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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
ECHO OF THE BORDEN CASE
The Letter Urging J. w. Carpenter to
Return to Fall River Was Genuine.
His Wife Admits Having Written It-Carpen-
ter Once "shajowed' ly the Police BE-
cause He Qusrreled with Mr.. Borden.

FALL RIVER, Mass. July 9-Joseph w.
Carpenter. jr.. about whom much is now
being printed in connection with the Bor-
den murders because of a suspicious letter
supposed TO have been addressed 20 him in
New York, formerly worked for the Borden
a. Amy firm of furniture dealers. of which
Andrew j. Borden was the senior member.
1t was alleged against Carpenter at one
time that he falsified the firms books.
Andrew borden was most severe with Car.
pentor. but the latter never had serious
trouble with him.. Carpenter left the city
shortly afterward and became o drum
mer." He has Travelled the most OF the time
in New York state and generally makes bis
headquarters in Albany.
When the Borden tragedy was heralded
sbont the country last August every man.
who might hsye had reasons for enmity
toward Mr.. Borden was hunted down
Among the suspects was CARPENTER. Dis.
trict Attorney knowlton felt satisfied from
his talk with Mrs. Carpenter and her little
girl. here. that her husband had not been
in the vicinity since the time OF the trag-
edy, nor for some time before il. Never.
theless, at the suggestion of Marshal Hill
lard. who was urged on by Mr..
JtDutIkcs Sapt0i %
sent out 10 run down Carpenter and
obtain positive information of his
whereabouts during the later days or
July and the early days of August. 1872
Carpenter proved an aiibi by hotel clerks
and regf5ters. One fact IT connection
with the Carpenter matte, caused Miss
Borden's lawyers TO be persistent in their
search for him. IL was positively stated
by one Peter Driscoll that ne had shaved
Carpenter In the barber shop at the Will
bur House "A day or two before the murders
were committed. This story, the police
say. was wholly unfonnded.
Tonight Mrs. Joseph W.. Carpenter was
found ut the home of her father. in law,
where she was visiting. with her daughter.
In answer TO questions she said she wrote
a letter TO her husband some weeks ago. in
which she begged him TO come home
as soon as be could. She said,
in substance. that nobody could cause
him any more annoyance hero on account
of the murders. iuasmuch as Miss Lizzie
was acquitted and the feeling in the mat
ter had quIeted down. She wrote in this
strain because her husband had been diff
dent about coming TO Fall River on ac-
count OF having once been Swallowed and
had his name mixed M In the affair. Sho
said that her husband had not been here
since Decoration Dsv. 1892. and that his
whereabouts after that date had been fully
explained TO the satisfaction of the police.
She cannot explain how her letter was
lost. She requesttd that Captain Harring-
toms detailed statement be gwen the broad
est pm hlication. The officer SAYS he cam
not talk until Tomorrow. when he will have
acOnsultation with the marshal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
CASUALTT On A BATTLE FIELD.
0ne Nan Killed and Another Seriously In
jured at Chickamauga BY a Falling Tree.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. July a-The OK
cursion of q merry party of picnickers from
this city met with a sad ending ut Chicka.
manga lo-day. One of the party. ex-AldAr-
man John ID. Crimmins. was killed and
Chez of Police doe" Mitchell was serious
~ Injured. About a dozen bers of the
Tammsny political organization, headed
by Chief of Police Mitchell. took one of
the city's patrol wagons early this MORN
ing and drove to Chicksmsuga, where they
intended TO spend the day. About noon q
severe storm came ur. the wind bio wing at
al unprecedented late in this section.
Part of the crowd took refuge un-
Mitchell got under O large oak tree.
They had hardly become located when .
terrific gust OF wind tore the TOD OF q huge
tres from the trunk. and IL caIno spinning
TO the ground with frightful velocity.
Both men Jun ped. bot too late. The fall
ing tree struck Crlmmins III the top OF tho
head. and tho limbs caught Mitchell. The
fOrmers head was frigDtiully mangled.
and the latter had two ribs AND a wrisS
broken. ~ foot badly mashed aud received
severe cuts over his body. The injured
men were removed TO the ChIckamauRa
Park Hotel. q mile distant. where Crimmius
died in half an hour. Chief Mitcn.ll is
very dangerously injured. but IL - thought
will recover. The wIndstorm was the Sc
verest ever known in that section of north
Georgia, tearing down fences and moving
the tallest corn as II cut by q scy the. Ia WAS
confined 10 the Immediate section. Chat
tnnooga, only ak miles distant, experience
ing only q slight storm.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

THE health of Robert Louis Stevenson,
the novelist. in Samoa. has greatly i'm
proved.
MADAME DE VALsAYRE. a foreign cham
pion of woman's rights. has started a cru
sade for che admission of feminine writer's
to the French Academy.
MRS. Lucy SToNE says: At Montreal.
they show the visitors. among other Curl
osities and trophies. q small cannon cap.
tured from the Americans at the battle of
Bunker Hill. One American woman to
whom IL was exhibited looked sharply at
the official in charge and said, with spirit.
well, you've got the cannon. but l guess
we've got the hill"
MOUNT TACOMA is the highest mountain
In the United States, according to the six
measurements taken by +. G. Plummer,
civil engineer. of the city of Tacoma. The
measurement shows the mountain to be
over fifteen thousand feet In height.
Mount Whitney. which has been supposed
to be the highest mountain In this coun-
try. is only 1i,S9S feet In height.
BARON ALPHONSE ~RoTHsCHILD, of Paris.
has now only one eye. In the course of q
hunt which be gave on his estate in France
last fail one of his guests accidentally shot
him in the eve. Although the best special.
lists in Europe tried to save the organ, it
was found impossible. The eye was taken
out a few days ago. Ii was feared that the
sight of the other eye would be impaired.
THE only sign of great age in Marshal
MacMahon. who recently celebrated his
eighty. sixth birthday. is his lack of teeth.
When q molar passes the time of it's useful
ness the ex-President accepts the loss phil
Osophically. and refuses to call on adentist
to repair the damage. He attributes his
green cid age to temperate Irish ancestor s
1.-THE MarshaPs name Is Patrlck) and to tho
absence in his Own character Of malice and
ambition.
II is not easy to be a s~leeping-car porter
on q long-distance train. He gets no sleep
himself. except a wink now and then after
he has the shoes blscked. and he is held to
q strict accountability for everything that
con be scratched. broken or torn. No mat
ter ut what hour the train arrives. he must
have all berths made up. unless the passen-
gers refuse TO rise. and his car in u clean
and ~prssentable condition. He has q long
sleep when he reaches town. The worst
enemies that the porter has are women,
who want pillows at all hours. who require
their ~valises several times q cay. who
make him get ice water for them. ami who
carry their own food. making tea over g
lamp and getting crnmbs on the
seats and floor. They usually forget TO
give him q tip.
EACH clergyman shouldIpity take
Upon his congregation.
and offer now his faithful flock
A few weeks OF vacation.
New York Herald.
K THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME.
Those little Japs are cunning chaps.
They try their best to please:
IT Is strange To see them serve out tea
While on their Japan knees
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

THE Christian Endeavor convention
at Montreal seems to have developed a
good deal of unehristian feeling among
some OF the delegates and q still larger
amountamong the rowdy class of French
Catholics. 1t is surprising that in the
last decade of the nineteenth century a
convention fog the express purpose of
promoting tho cause of Christianity
should result in blackguardism and
rioting. The ccoun indicate that
both sides were more or less in fault,
though as usual in such cases the trouble
was brought on by a few hot-headed
fools.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

journal has expressed no opinion on the
subject whatever. If it had, 1t would
have said that the cloture, as applied by
Gladstone, was the right thing to do.
was evident that the Tories were
seeking to kill the bill by unnecessary
delay. In that case. and in all others,
after proper time for debate. it is the
duty of the majority TO bring important
measures to a tote. The Sentinel
should not create and print such un-
called for falsehoods as here referred
to. If it is seeking TO be sensational. it
might reprint its Anarchist editorial in
defense of Governor Alteeld.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

PittsburR Chronicle Telegraph.
Hoke Smiths method of su~spending pen.
sioners is brutal. To permit crippled vet
Grams and needy widows to call for their
dole on the regular disbursinR DAY. only TO
be met with the announcement that they
have been suspended. il barbaric cruelty.
The men and women on the pension rolls
did not obtain q place there until their
right had been established. bnt MANY
names are now being ar arbitrarily suspended.
with no opportunity of defense.
Possibly here and there u name should be
erased. but that over q hundred should be
dropped at the Pittsburg office In one day.
We cannot believe. Even If the suspension
was Just, the method of dong 1t was bar
barous. Why not notify the suspended
people by mail. and spare them the morti-
~ficariOn and distress or disappointment
after a visit TO the pension agentf Why
heap insult on injury in this wayi
The Repu blic Is not ungrateful. but 1t ie
Il thousand pitIes that its dependent de-
tenders are at the mercy of Q man like hoke
Smith.
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Simple Enough.

"I can hardly understand" said the gentle
man from Massachusetts,, "what system Of
ethics obtains out here, by which a man who
steals is hanged, whilst a murderer is allowed to
go scot free"
"Hit's jist this way" said the Arizona gentle
man. land simple enough when you look at it
right. When a Teller kills another one. it is jista
private affair between him and the Teller he
kills, and amt no sign that he is liable to be
KILN some one else. But when he starts out
hossstealin', wy, the chances is he will keep
on hoss-stealin'. and so we get rid of him for the
good OF the community"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
Attitude of Ex-Presidents.

The Boston Herald has q dissertation on
the attitude ex-PresideDts. and particular
lY defeated eX-Presidents. should occupy.
IN which 1t claims that they owe it 10 the
country TO maintain a certain dignity In
their discussion of public affairs. The
Herald Is To be- congratulated on it's dis
cOvery. The only regret is that 1t did not
apply the principle while Mr.. Cleveland
was O defeated ex-President and was be-
soldering the country with letters on all
sorts of subjects. from how the Nation
was to be saved politically to how a man
ought to treat his dog and how murderers
ought to be dealt with down in Tennessee.
1t Ia true that these dissertations of Mr..
Cleveland helped TO amuse people. and
kept times from getting dull. but that they
went TO raise the respect of people for the
ex- presidential office nobody imagines.
The Boston Herald should ememb Der these
facts IN applying It's lately found wisdom
on the attitude of eX-Presidents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

and less wages in the Troy factories. The
collar girl, in brief. is reasonable as we'll as
handsome. and she realizes that certain
causes must produce certain effects. In
other words. she knows that every thou
goods for American consumption means
Just SO much less to be ex pended for labor
IN this country. And her father. and
brothers. and ~uncles. and cousins compre-
bend the same fact. This Is one powerful
reason why there are practically no free.
traders In Troy of either party. We oil
want the collar tariff retained and CORE
sponding protection on every other llmerl-
can industry similarly situated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
Toe Much Talk.

Yes. Secretary Carlisle. you are entirely
right in saying there has been entirely
too much talking concerning financial al.
fairs" and that mo small part of our pres
ent difficulties might he traced To that"
But who has been dOing the talking"
which has brought on US u food of finan-
cial and industrial failuresi Not the Re-
publican party. it's newspapers. it's follow
ers or it's statesmen. 1t is the Democratic
mouth that has been wide open. Its bel
lowinRs have filed the world, created
alar N ard distrust every where and brought
almost a panic on the country. If you can
shut 1t mp and paddock it you will do q
great service to the Republic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

Mr.. JOSEPH MEDILL, the veteran ed
itor. prOclaims himself decidedly in
favor of bimetallism, but not of that
kind which would have a 100 cen dol
lar on n side and a fifty-cent dollar
on the other. He holds that the only
honest and safe system of bimetallism
is that which makes the silver in a
silver dollar actually worth as much as
the gold in a gold dollar. After all is
said. this is the only rational view of
the case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

Ria than in those of the Altgelds, the
Mayor Harrisons. the David Hills and
the leaders OF Tammany Hall. If the
free.trade policy of the Democratic
to be given the force Of law, Repub-
licans had just as soon that the measure
should be framed by Southern men as
by the representatives of the importers
in New York or the S~pringers of the old
copperhead Democracy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
THE GERMAN ARMY BILL.

Even the compromise army bill 10Y
pending in the German Reichstag is a
very comprehensive scheme for increas-
ing the army of that empire. 1t pro-
poses that the effective peace force of
the army shall be increased $4,000 at
once and shall continue to increase
gradually for three years, when the an
nual increase beyond the present re-
quirements shall be 10000 a year. IT.
means a trained army of over 4, 400, 900
men in time of WAT against a war
strength OF 3.OO0,00O under the present
system. AS France cannot command
more than $3.50, 600 men at the utmost,
it must be evident that this increase of
force gives Germany an enormous ad-
vantage. If Russia should join France
against Germany she could not raise
over $500, 900 men. This alliance could
menace Germany were it not for it's So
called triple alliance" but, when REIN
forced by Austria Hungary with it's war
strength of 1.753, 5S3 men, and the army
of Italy, whose war strength, including
the militia, is yer 5000. 900, the German
Empire would have s, 900. 900 men toe ,000,-
600 mustered by France and Russia. On
the face of this presentation the neces-
sity of this bill increasing the German
army does not seem warranted. but it is
said that the Emperor has not full con.
fidence in his allies. 1t is said that, in
view of the attitude of the Austrian
Premier toward Russia, the German
government does not fully trust that
ally, while it knows that the army OF
Italy, so formidable on paper, would be
of little use in an aggressive war. Such
an increase of force as this bill contem-
plates will at once cement the alliance
and deter the foes of Germany from
planning a war with Germany. The
taking of 1000, 900 of the best men in a
nation away from it's industries is a
burden which is impoverishing one of
the most industrious and intelligent
peoples in che world. As intelligent
people the German masses show an in
creasing hostility to this policy of turn
ing q nation into a military camp in
time of peace. hence the rapid develop
ment of the democratic and socialistic
sentiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

If the worlds lair managers have in
vited the German Emperor to visit the
exhibition they doubtless have invited
the President of France, and both
should be received with the same hon
ors. Heretofore the royalty business
has been rather o~verdone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

NEw YORK. July 9.-The famous middle
weis hts. Jack psey and Billy smith,
will net meet on July - To contend for the
championship OF their class and "A 5000
purse. Ihe Con1y Island Athletic Clubs
board of directors. al q meeting to-day. de-
cided Co postpone the event. because. IN
the absence OF the fighters. they have no
tangible proof that the men are iu proper
condition. No date vas liked for the meet
ing OF the men. bnt the affair will proba
biy DO pulled OH In Septemb Der.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
The Exact Truth.
Commercial Advertiser.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
When Mr.. Cleveland has read Champ
Clark's remarks he Will regret that he did
not put Oft the extra session TO a still more
remote date. Ex.Presidens Harrison had
the Champ Clarks and the other champing
beasts in mind when he spoke OF Mr.. Cleve-
lands team of wild horses" And the OK.
act and naked truth did not require that
he should have referred to the team 40
horses at all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
sentiment.

GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN Pow
DERBY, who is now engaged in trying
to formulate a plan for the union of, la
borers ON the farm and in the cities,
says:
No organization of labor in this day and
generation can be nonpollticsi and be Of
~fectlye. The nonpolitical ORGANIZATIONS
are no COED. Our strikes and boy colts are
failures to-day. and whyf Because CAPT.
tal has elected the judges and rules the
courts. The only thing for us TO do now is
to take the political power into our own
hands, and we can do il if we stand togeth-
er. In this country the majority rules, and
certainly the ca pitaiists are not the ma
jority.
This is mischievous talk. 1t is, in ef-
feet, q recommendation for the organi-
cation of a movement to obtain p~o!itica l
power to be exercised not for the good
of all, but in the interest of n class only.
The assertion that capital elects judges
and rules courts is anarchistic and un-
true. Mr.. Powderly does not talk like a
good citizen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
Noe NTnch Con.oI.t,or

Mudge-Just listen to that idiot rafting his
money. 1t makes me tired.
Yabsley-Well, there 10 one consolation. The
fellow who jingles his money generally hasn't
much.
Mudge-That amt the point. I'm not kicking
over whether he has much or little. He has
more than 1 have. haven't enough TO rattle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

No doubt MIR. Cleveland's present ILL
ness has been magnified and exagger-
ated by the sensation-mongers, yet it
j. evident that he is not in good health.
His excessive accumulation of fat indi-
Gates a condition and tendency which,
if not alarming, at least call for timely
measures TO arrest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

THE Pope announces that Christopher
Columbus will soon be beatifed. This
means that he will DO pronounced ad-
mitted to heaven and worthy of rever-
ence though not declared a saint. The
posthumous honors of the church IAN
not add anything to tho measure of
Columbus's greatness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUkNAL

Can be found at the following places:
~PARIS-AmeTican Exchange in Paris. 36 Boulevard
de Capucineh-
NEW YORK Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel.
PHILADELPHIA-A- p. Kemble. S735 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House.
CINCINNATI-J. z. Hawley Co., 154 Vine street
LoUIsvILLE-C. T. Deering, northwest corner OF
Third and Jefferson streets.
81. ~LOUIs-Union News Company, Union Depot.
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
Fitting u Text.
The Outlook

The Mail and Express continues the
practice of printing a Bible text at the
head of it's editorial page. Last Thursday,
when the news of the great fall in the price
of silver came, it had as it's nightly text:
And the KING made silver in Jerusalem az
stOnes." We suspect that the founder of
the text custom would have regarded this
as ili-placed facetiousness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

ONE of the good results of the con-
tentiOn for the Democratic candidacy
for Mayor is that the Sullivan regime
has employed a large force of men in
~scraping up the filth in the streets. Such
IN indirect method of purchasing votes
is bribery from a moral point of view.
but the cleaning of the streets can be
pleaded In mitigation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
Hint to the President.

This is no time for theories or for the
long and laDored sentences which too fire.
quently obscure the Presidents state
papers. Plain facts are enough. and the
palmer they are and the simpler the more
profoundly will they impress the people.
President Cleveland ought TO be able to
write his messages in half IN hour and to
do it without the help of his favorlte do
tionary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
The Key of the situation

New York Commercial Advertiser.
1t isn't the Sherman law-it's Grover
Cleveland that must be repealed to secure
complete financial quiet and industrial
prosperity. The feeling that he knows
little how to improve matters. and that the
crazy fellows back of him do not want to
legislsted about. The key of the situation
is the ballot box.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
Is q cOntes'

If the three or fOur thousand voters
in indianapolis who are in full accord
with the principles of the party, and
who have contributed most to its sue
cess in the past, will attend the pri-
maries an ideal city ticket can be nomi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

THE Sentinel takes a column to de-
fend in advance the contract for light
ing the city by which the price is in
creased from $50 under a Republican
administration to- $50 under the Sullivan
regime. A defense without an attack is
an apolo1y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

AT a time when the banks IRE well
supplied with money the gilt-edge pa
per of Indianapolis should be discounted
for less than 8 per cent, particularly
when these banks are reported to re-
fuse to pay a cent of interest on the
funds of the city, of which at times they
mold considerable quantities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10
A Specimen Lawmaker.


The display of profanity and vuigarity
which Congressman Champ" Clark made
the other day in his speech at the Tsmmany
celebration might be dismissed as a matter
of little account were it not that this Con-
gresham is O specimen OF the men who are
To meet next month to deal with some of
the gravest business questions which have
ever pressed for settlement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-10

The national banks have increased
their circulation about 50. 900. 900 during
the past two months. This, with the
new coin certificates issued. must go a
long way to offset the export of gold
all of which shows that money string
eney is entirely artificial. y
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Grand Historic Democrats.

New 1OfK PTess.
Hall as that grand historic order" Aaron
Burr and William NJ. Tweed did make his
tory, but it was OF q kind that is only
adapted to the tastes of the knights of
the Golden Circle or the followers of Jack
Cade.