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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27
BUREAU OF THE SENTINEL.
WASHINGTON. d. c. Sept.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Sept. %
Two appointments of considerable i'm
portance fell to the lot Of Indiana to-
day. William II. Bracken of BrookvilIe
was appointed collector Of internal rev.
enue for the Sixth district. and Joseph
w. Nichol of Indianapolis was appoint
ed deputy second comptroller of the
treasury. Mr.. Bracken's case was
especially urged by Congressman HoI-
man and acquiesced in by the delega-
ton generally, as that appointment has
all the time been conceded 70 Mr. Hol-
mans district. 1t is the best revenue
appointment in the state. when the
patronage under it is considered.
Joseph W. Nichol formerly lived in
Indianapolis, but he came to Washing
ton to serve as law clerk Of the post
Office department during Mr.. Cleveland's
first administration, and has since made
this city his place of residence. He was
Endorsed by Senators VOORHEES, and Tur-
pie, and all the democratic members OF
the state delegation. He is a nephew
of the late ex-senator Joseph Z. Nc
Donald, a brother-in-law of Col. r. J.
Bright, sergeant-at-arms of the senate.
and a capable and popular man, we'll
known here and in Indiana The salary
of this new position is $1,000 per annum.
The postofflce of Kerwin, Lake coun-
ty has been discontinued and patrons
will hereafter get their mail at Millers.
Star postal service has been ordered
discontinued from Benjamin to Clinton
from Sent 20
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

talking with each other has done much !:
future acquaintance will do more. The
ice is broken. Religious seclusion. es-
pecially the seclusion of the Hindoo and
other foreign sects, has been broken and
hereafter the approach will be much
easier and the opening of the minds Of
the so-called heather to receive the
truth OF the ages will be more easily ac-
complished.
1t may be asked. What was the good of
all this? 1t is best answered by saying
that it was an opportunity to become
acquainted with each other, for neigh
bors and fellow workmen to look in
each others faces and see that though
another man is working in a slightly
different direction, yet the end will be
the same. All are working for the one
great end of elevating humanity and
bringing it into closer relationship with
the great Father, the God, however that
being may be named in the different
beliefs. All the religions represented at
Chicago had some elements of truth in
them. But not all can possibly be the
one religion that will last. The coming
centuries must see the passing away of
many, perhaps all now existing on earth.
Religion, as we have it, is largely tradi-
ton with some elements OF superstition.
No one denies the existence of God.
but very many do deny the right to re-
quire man to sign articles of faith
drawn by man when one wants to wor-
ship that God. The great minds of
earth have never been confined within
such limits; the minds Of the future
will not be confined as much as they
have in the past. The breaking down Of
the creeds has begun. The commingling
of the religions is in progress, as evil
denced at the Chicago meeting. 1t is
the first step toward the prophesied
millennium when there shall be no more
strife and trouble, when man shall not
rise against man, but when all shall
treat each other as brothers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

The last report of the department of
agriculture has been issued. The corn
crop declines over ten points from the
August report and is given at 76.7 per
cent. of an average crop. This decline
was general and was due to the prevail
ing drought. The general average of the
wheat crop, which can now be given
with considerable accuracy, is "a. the
lowest since 1885, when it was 70. In
Maryland the yield is placed at IS. about
a full crop. A further and large decline
in oats. rye. barley, potatoes and tobacco
is announced. The figure for the tobac-
CO crop is 1913. and the general drought
is given as the cause of the decline. The
recent copious rains in Indiana may help
the corn notwithstanding the dismal
prophecies that because of the showers
coming so late there will be but poor
crop. 1t takes a long series of disasters
to kill an Indiana corn crop. Complete
destruction has never accomplished it
yet. The wheat crop of the United
States this year is estimated at about
four hundred million bushels. The cereal
year began with an enormous surplus
brought over from the last crop. That
surplus, or an amount equal to it, has
been shipped to Europe, leaving in this
country the crop of 1898. Fifty million
bushels are required for seed and the
remaining 35O,OOOO 900 bushels must sup
ply our own people with bread and ill
the export demand.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

and received pensions for specific dis
abilities not of service origin and not
properly reasonable under the act OF
June p. 1890. This also accounts for
der that act, comprising the aftermath
in the work Of claim agents. which are
now being properly rejected
Looking After Frauds.
Wholesale frauds like those discov-
cred at Norfolk. Va, in New Mexico and
in Iowa have been disclosed by special
examiners. The work of this division
has greatly increased and an additional
appropriation for augmenting the force
in the service is saked for. Consider
able work in connection with frauds
has been done by the law division. All
cases Of fraud or improper practices
brought 70 light by special examiners
receive the personal attention of those
in charge Of this division. The sixty
cay notice in suspending pensioners.
the report says, was not Withdrawing
pension, but temporarily Withholding il.
where ii appeared TO be unlawful. pend
ing inquiry. Special examiners are now
investigating wholesale frauds in New
Mexico and Iowa"
The commissioner recommends codifica-
ton of pension laws with a few changes
that promotions be made with rega I'd
influence, and repeal Of the act of con-
gress providing that no pension shall be
paid TO a nonresident who is not a
citizen Of the United States, except for
actual disabilities incurred in the serv-
ice.
Commissioner Lochren concludes as
follows: 7 recognize TO the fullest ex-
tent that my sole duty is to execute and
administer the laws as they are en-
aoted-fairly and honestly interpreted"
The secretary Of the interior has Is
sued a requisiuon on the secretary q
the treasury for $11.S55 $50 for the quar-
terly payment of pensions. The sum f.
distributed among the agencies as fol-
lows: Chicago. $2.759375: Des Moines.
s., 100000; Milwaukee, 81. eO6. Az; Pitts
burg, $500, 900; Buffalo, 81. 7O5, $50; Con-
cord. SS05. 1885, Washington, d. c.. S2lS,-
S45: New York, $4,000: San Francisco.
S3.S6S: Philadelphia, $3.50; Knoxville
$4,000; Boston. $3.50; Indianapolis, 50, 125;
Louisville. $3.225; Detroit, $s.17O. and
Augusta, $3.50.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27
wnInuts and Quotations.

Select a number of familiar quotations.
write them carefully on slips of white
paper cut each slip into two parts and
mark each part with the same number.
Now select as many large English wal
nuts as there are quotations. Crack them
so that each nut comes apart in exact
halves. then remove the meat and reserve
il to be eaten during the evening. In ca oh
half shell place half a quotation and fas-
ten the two parts of the nut together with
a little mucage Lay them aside to dry
until you are ready to use them. When
YOUR friends are with you, give each one a
nut This the receiver must crack and
then seek for a partner the person who
happened to find the other half quotation
in his or her shell"
This always creates a frolic and is a
good idea for making an evening pass
pleasantly.-Harper's Young People.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

An English gentleman who recently
visited the Chicago exposition was asked
why more Of his countrymen did not
visit the great worlds fair. He explained
that the feeling was quite general in
Europe that spirit of lawlessness and
insecurity Of life and property pervaded
the United States. This remark was
made before the late railroad disasters
and train robberies. What effect these
will have upon European thought and
civilization we can readily imagine,
especially when they have been largely
exa ggerated, as they surely will be and
as such occurrences usually are. The
hfigands Of Italy and Spain can hardly
J. ,sist of such successful piece of work
:. he late Kendallville achievement
r with the Hancock. Mich. affair and
tat Of centralia, ILL.,. together with the
railway horrors Of the last two
weeks, the Roanoke matter and the
Daviess county murders, will appall the
average European tourist and deter him
from visiting a country that has ac-
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27
Starched Linen.

The manager of a big New York
laundry says: Anything that needs to be
stiffened and polished should be washed
perfectly clean and allowed to dry thor
oughly before il is Starched. Let it soak
before washing in luKewarm water long
enough to thoroughly soften the old
starch. Take care not to bend the stiff
parts sharply back or forth until gentle
rubbing has made them pliable, for stiff
starched linen is almost as frangible as
cardboard, even when new and sound of
fiber. Especially is 1T so with tine quail
are ready for the line, be sure to hang
them on it properily-that is, with the
hanging smooth and straight between.
If a short bosom dries dragging slant
wise, the several thicknesses pulling
about. no after effort will achieve quite
the proper smoothness and soldity With
cuffs and collars il is much the same
Snap them out straight and hang them so
that warp and wool pull together.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

The resistance to the introduction of
religion into politics is something in
which every patriotic American should
Join. 1t is the catholics who are assaiIed
now, but it may be the Jews, the meth
odists. the Lutherans or the seventh day
adventists next year This country was
settled by people who wanted liberty to
worship God according to the dictates of
their own cOnsc' ences. They endeavored
to secure religious liberty to their de-
scendants by strong provisions in their
constitutions. Nothing could possibly
have been more obnoxious to the franz
ers of the constitution than such an
organization as the A P A and every
man who believes in religious liberty
should join in stamping the accursed
thing out of existence. In such organ
izations lies the real danger to American
liberty
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27
Woman n. n Property-Owner.

To the extent of which the ownership
and control of property is passing into the
hands of women it has not received the at
tention which its Importance justifies. In
Boston alone women pay taxes on more
treasury annually in taxes about $500, 600.
which is expended by the representatives
of men. nine-tenths of whom pay only a
poll tax of 81, and some not even that.
AS a great and growing power in the
business world as a landed proprietor, a
stakeholder an employer of labor and an
investor of funds. woman has already &C
quired an influence in public affairs which
ought to be represented by the ballot. The
rapid transfer of property from the control
of a sex trained for generations for it's
management to a sex but recently organ
ICED is one of the most remarkable social
changes ever witnessed.-Boston Woman
Journal.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

There are indications that Henry Wat
terson is in favor of tariff reform. In
a recent article he says.
The more thorough and sweeping the
reform the surer and speedier the relief
Every evil prediction is the voice of
Mammon shrieking the torment of the
damned Every threat of ruin and con-
fusion is the devils bellman vainly
seeking to sound hells fire-alarln The
long night is over. The dawn of a
longer day has come. Presently its
glorious sun will rise TO brighten every
prospect. and. as the painted harlot of
protection. her orgy ended and her
beauty gone, wends her way over the
hill to the bOne-yard, millions of honest
people will rejoice, wondering how the
bleared and beastly thing could work
so many spells and last SO long
This is doubtless true. and somebody
ought to snap a kodak on the reprehen-
sible female as she scuds for the Gene
terry
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27
DIDN'T READ THE PAPERS.
story of Two Farmers Who Met
Green Goods Men.

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Three hundred
dollars was the plaintive cry Emil Myer,
thirty years old, farmer from Williams
town, O., uttered when arranged before
Justice Ryan in the police court this
morning. Jacob Kasper, who accom-
panied Myer from his home, was also
a prisoner, but less demonstrative than
his companion. Yesterday afternoon
Policeman Peter Miller Of the Second
precinct was on post at Cortland-st-
ferry looking for green goods. sharps
or victims. the officer saw two we'll
dressed men coming from the ferry
house one Of whom had a tin cash box
half hidden under his coat while his COM
panion kept a close watch out
The box was full of neatly-cut white
slips of paper. They broke down com
pletely when they saw the contents OF
the box and said they were farmers
from Ohio. They gathered $500 by hard
work and came to Hoboken on Thurs
day in response 10 a circular letter
which they received three months ago
from New York.
Myer, who speaks with a German ac-
cent, said that he and his companion
were met in Hoboken by man who
said his name was Johnson and he took
them to Perth Amboy, y. ]. They
reached little store there and Myer
went inside, while Kasper stood out
side. The deal was made very quietly.
as Myer was satisfied with the sample
bills. He then came to New York to see
the sights and at the ferry Johnson gave
him the box, which he said contained
- 800 and for which Myer paid him $500
They had only reached this city when
Miller accosted them. Kasper carried a
revolver i'm his hip pocket and this was
taken from him. Justice Ryan held him
in $500 for trial for carrying concealed
weapons and discharged Myer Both
men said they never read any news
papers and had not heard of these
green goods swindles.
At an early hour this morning the
police captured a gang of green goods
men on upper Third-ave., and secured
large account of paraphernalia-. The men
gave their names as Walter Melward,
twenty-six years; Henry Randall, thirty
one; John Byrnes, twenty-four, and
Peter Shelley, twenty. They are all well
dressed and respectable looking men.
They refused TO say anything when ar
raigned and were held in 81 200 bail for
examination on Monday next.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

The reports Of suffering and crime. of
unfair methods and lawless terrorism,
which come from the Cherokee strip, are
fitting sequel to the folly Of opening
land for settlement as this land was
opened. and as other lands have been
opened. The whole system is disgrace
full. and there ought never be another
such opening" The lands should be
disposed Of at auction and the proceeds
paid into the treasury.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

The Washingtn Post fiercely asks: IF
the country is in a panic because the
government is putting out silver notes
against silver bullion without providing
a gold reserve. how will it feel if the
government puts out some sixty millions
of notes against nothing and provides
no gold reserve?' That may be hard
to answer and yet it is not a much
more hopeless scheme than the Posts
proposition to strengthen the national
credit bv borrowing gold.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

and sentenced there is very seldom any
reasonable excuse for pardoning him I'M
victed under a mistake, and that should
be shown clearly and conclusively. not
by any mere preponderance of testimony
aided by the reasonable doubt" theory.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27
TWELVE PAGES.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. p, 1893.

This country seems to be degeneratins
into a kingdom, conducted by silver
kings. tariff barons. sluggers' dukes.
New York counts and merchant princes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

Congressman would do we'll if they
would take to heart the impressive
words of the president at the exercises of
the centennial of laying the cornerstone
of the capitol. de said:
Those who suppose that we are sim
ply engaged in concentrating the be-
ginning of a magnificent structure de-
voted to important public uses have
overlooked the most useful and improv-
ing lesson of the hour. We do, indeed,
celebrate the laying of a cornerstone,
from which has sprung the splendid edi-
fee whose grand proportions are the
pride of every American citizen, but
our celebration is chiefly valuable and
significant because this edifice was de-
signed and planned by great and good
men as a place where the principles of
a free representative government should
be developed in patriotic legislation for
the benefit of a free people If repre-
sentatiVes who here assemble to make
laws for their fellow-countrymen for
get the duty of broad and disinterested
patriotism and legislate i'm prejudice
and passion or in behalf of sectional and
selfish interests, the time when the cor
ner-stone of our capitol was laid and the
circumstances surrounding 1t will not be
worth commemorative.
There is a world of truth in this, and
IT can be proftably applied all through
the tariff debate as well as in the sill
yer debate The idea that controls so
many congressman of getting a fair
share for my district" is one of the most
demoralizing sentiments that ever got
into a legislative body Legislation
should be for the whole people.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

and Chronic Nervous diseases. DR.
Shoop's Restorative, the great Nerve
Tonic. by a newly. discovered principle
also cures stomach. liver and kidney
diseases through the nerves that govern
these organs. Book and samples free
for &c stamp.
DIR. sHOOP. Box X. Racine. Wis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

Lawless Illinois has broken out at Leb-
anon. A German named Simmons de-
sired TO marry a colOred lady who weighs
nearly 400 pounds. his intention being to
take her to Germany and exhibit her.
On the evening set for the ceremony
Monday of this week-a crowd Of white
men captured Mr. Simmons, whipped
him, ducked him, tarred and feathered
him, and rode him on a rail. Meanwhile
the colored population became so indig-
nant at the lady's prospective marriage
with white trash" that a party of ne
groes put her through the same course.
Mr.. Simmons and the bride-elect have
left Lebanon. No arrests. No wedding
presents. No flowers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

centuated the close of the century with
a scene of horrors and brigandage that
would have been disgraceful two cen,
turtles ago.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

The brave resistance to train robbers
on the illinois Central is an act that de-
serves the highest commentator. This
is the first serious check that train rob-
berry has had since the Reno gang was
Iynched. The published accounts of
trains being held up and robbed by two
or three men have led to the belief that
anyone could succeed In such an attempt.
but this a plain notice that trainmen
are now carrying arms and that they
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

will use them Nothing puts such a dam
per on robbery as the killing of few
robbers. 1t is to be hoped that the Illi-
nois Central viii find it convenient to re-
ward the trainmen handsomely for their
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

The tramps seem TO have scored a
victory over some of the railway COM
panies. 1t is stated that the latter have
issued orders not to interfere with the
tramp tourist who steals a ride on
freight trains. 1t will cost less to trans
port the tramps to the end of their lines
than to run the risk of having their
property destroyed and the trains
wrecked and robbed. Indiana being so
near the worlds fair, and Chicago be-
ing overrun with them, they seem to have
taken up permanent residence in the
state. Nearly all of our state exchanges
relate instances of highway robbery,
arson and pillage by passing tramps.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

A recent writer on panics submits a
table showing the substantial coinci-
dence of panics in three leading COM
mercial nations since 1910:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27
TWO PLACES FOR INDIANA.
w. H. BRACKEN FOR COLLECTOR OF
THE SIXTH DISTRICT

And Joseph W. NichoI for Second
Comptroller of the Treasury-The
Nomination of the Former Expected
Mr.. NichOIS Previous Work.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

Judge Parker of Little Rock, Ark, in
charging the federal grand jury a few
days ago made this very sensible
remark concerning the abuse of the par
doning power:
If criminals are let stay where they
properly belong, In the penitentiarfes.
men would do nothing that would send
them there. If it was certain that GRIM
inals would be punished YOU could burn
down every gallows in the country to-
day.
Unquestionably one of the greatest de-
fects in our criminal system is the facil-
sity with which pardons are secured. A
great many guilty persons escape on
trial but after man is once convicted
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

Senator Allison was the originator of
the silver purchase policy, or at least
he fathered the bill of 1878 for that pur-
pose. He is now supporting the repeal
of the Sherman law, which is the last
and worst form of the purchase policy.
In his speech on Saturday he said
If this government will undertake the
policy Of an international agreement be-
tween silver and gold l believe that that
policy will be accomplished, and that
within a brief period we will be able to
restore the parity between the metals
and practically to rehabilitate silver. In
the mean time we have to drift
along as best we can and as best
we may. Ny belief is that if we
are to have an international agreement
we must make ii appear to the nations
of the world that we ourselves do not
mean to take care of silver. There are
men in Europe who read every speech
made on this floor, and who gather their
opinions from our public documents, who
believe that sooner or later the govern
ment of the United States will go to
free coinage, and thus relieve them from
their situation and relieve us of our gold
as we'll If ii be known in England and
the other nations that we do not intend
alone to deal with the silver question
they will deal with it in agreement and
accordance with us. So believing, l am
in favor of this bill.
1t is surprising that other friends of
bimetallism have not sense enough to be
ready to leave a policy that has proven
a complete failure after fifteen years of
trial, and try something for which there
is some prospect of success.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-27

One common cause says this writer
must have originated crises so practically
simultaneous. "The only cause common
to all was overtrading to such an extent
that neither credit nor money was to be
had. so that a forced liquidation or
panic inevitably ensued.' Commenting
on this another writer says that the
one singular thing about the existing
disturbance in the United States is its
coming out of the regular order, well
after England and France have gone
through their financial earthquake. I'm
doubtedly it is an extension of the 1890
panic, the full extent of whose effects
was averted by artificial stimulants for
the time being. Our bubble, not then
quite full blown, was only partially
pricked by the Barring failure and the
French disturbances just preceding that.