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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
POSTAGE COUNTERFEITING.
Treasury Solicitors Opinion Will Be
Enforced Hereafter.

WASHINGTON, Dec 3O.-The opinion of
the Solicitor of the Treasury to the effect
that it is unlawful to have in possession
or Use plates for the printing of postage
stamps in the similtude of those issued
by foreign governments will be acted upon
at once. 1t is stated by the chief of the
secret service that so-called stamp albums
now on hand by publishers and dealers
containing these prints will not be confis-
Gated but no more will be allowed to be
printed. The cuts. plates. etc., from which
they are printed will be seized If not sur
rendered.
1t Is an astonishing fact that the penalty
imposed by law for the counterfeiting OF
foreign stamps Is much more severe than
for counterfeting United States stamps.
In the case of foreign stamps the penalty
is not less than two nor more than ten
years Imprisonment, while for the counter
feiting of the United States stamps. the pen
atty is fine Of not more than $500 or not
more than five years imprisonment. or
both.
Thus court might impose a fine of 81
or one days imprisonment for violations
of our own law and come within the law,
while the minimum penalty for foreign
stamps is two years Imprisonment.
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CxcIing Record. Allowed.

CHICAGO Dec. 30.-The folio wing road
records have been allowed by the Century
Road Club of America:
c. G.. Merrill, 100 miles, 7:20; 200 miles,
1851: 246 miles, a hours, on Oct. and Q,
1898 Ohio State records.
Frank E. Devlin, Boston TO Detroit, S42
miles, in IL II 80, on July Il to Aug ].
r. p. Searles, 1000 miles in 6 days and )
minutes. from Oct. IL to %; also American
record Of 500 miles in 3:02:2O. from Oct IL to
20: also Chicago to Buffalo, $50 miles, in
3:O5:1O, from Oct IL to %.
III. w. Jpn eyer, st. Louis 10 Washington,
No., and return, 40 miles, in 12:45, Oh Nov.
25 Course record.
H G. Kennedy and j. A. Mcclure Den
YER to Brighton, zoo miles, in IS minutes:
Denver to Platteville, IS miles, in l:45, on
Dec 9. Tandem course records.
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VIEWS OF A CONGRESSMAN.
Henry U. johnson Talks on the Pro-
posed AppOrtionment Plan.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 30.-The Hon.
Henry U. Johnson, Congressman from the
Sixth district, is at home at present to
take part in the trial of the Morrison will
case. which comes up In the Circuit Court
on Wednesday next. In interview Mr..
Johnson said, regarding the proposed re-
districting of Indiana by the Legislature:
Il shall not appear before the Legislature
in this question. / think the Legislature
in settling this matter should have nothing
before them save the map Of Indiana, and
should make fair and just apportionment,
and one that can be defended on the
stump. The opportunities Of men to have
a district made for their personal benefit
should not In any way interfere with the
final action. We have elected a Legislature
composed of men of ability, and they are
fully able to attend to this matter, and to
attend to it rightly. The people demand
fair treatment and must have ii. | shall
abide by their decision. and If my district
$ changed il is a fair field for all. If L
conclude to seek denomination, / will
come home and enter into the contest for
denomination regardless of the change,
should there be one.'
In speaking of the currency bills before
Congress, Mr.. Johnson said:
These bills are all vicious and opposed
TO the best interests of the country. The
House because of its inherent weakness |
should not be in the least surprised TO see
President Cleveland call special session
Of the Fifty-fourth Congress. unless the
present condition of the country is greatly
improved. A Republican Congress can
quickly pass measure that will relieve
Us and place the country again on safe
formulate a bill, however, by dropping out
the State bank feature. that every Repub-
lcan on the floor would support. They do
not seem to see it, and / do not suppose
thew will do it"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
Personal AND SOCIETY.

James O. Hanson, of Cincinnati is visit
ing his grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. orr, at
AS North Meridian street.
Mr.. Howard. futile, of Chicago. and MT.
G.. I,enand, of Denver. are in the city 10
spend a week, the guests Of MIR. l.. ID.
Munger on North Meridian street
HEES-HOUSHOUR.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Dec. 3o--One of the
pretty weddings of the season was that
of Miss Flora Mae Houshour and Mr.. q. 7.
voorhees,, at the home of the bride In Nil
ton Rev. L. c. Wells, of the Christian
Church, OBLIGATED, and the groom was at
tended by his brother. Mr.. Rollo VOORHEES,
and the bride by Miss Edna Smith OF IN
dianapolis There were guests from Grahd
Rapids. Glendale Mason Hazewood.' In
dianapolis. Richmond. Chicago. Cambridge
City and Connersville. Mr.. and Mrs. Noor-
bees will reside at Cincinnati.
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Fall River Mills Losing.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec 30.-The an
nuaI report of the earnings os the mills
of this city issued by G. NJ. Haffords (.
Co., brokers. was made public to-day, show
ing a decided falling off in the dividends
total amount reported paid in diviends was
81 l14650. This Is on a total invested capt.
tai of 81. 75S.000 The average yearly diyid-
over ass per cent, which Is q low average
but IL would have been much lower If sew
eral corporations had not drawn upon their
surplus to keep up their dividends. Nine
dividends for the whole year.
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COL. REND ON BURNS.
No American Would Go to England
and Talk Burns Has Here.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-Col. w. p. Rend, the
coal magnate, replying to the structures on
his criticisms of English labor delegate John
Burns. NJ. p, tonight makes public the fol-
lowing statement:
when. at the late Pittsburg convention
OF operators and miners. Mr.. Burns's pres
ence became known to me by motion from
the chairman that the courtesies of the
meeting be extended to that gentleman,
felt impelled to perform a most imperative
duty. My language the occasion may
seem severe, but it was none too much so.
1t was deserved. 1t prevented an unfriendly
stranger from using that occasion to treat
us with fresh insult and further indignlty
Mr.. Burns came to this country in a rep
resentative character He is noted labor
leader and a prominent member of the
British Parliament. On this account he was
treated on his arrived in America with
courteous consideration. Forgetful of every
sense of propriety and every obligation of
decorum becoming a stranger seeking hos
pitalfty. he soon commenced offensive crili-
cism of our domestic affairs. He attempts
TO justify impertinence by telling us that
he has said nothing more than appears in
our own public papers. He should know that
the right of criticism Of our own matters
belongs to our own people and TO the citi-
zens of our own country. Ii does not belong
10 foreign intersopers- They should not be
permitted 10 exercise IT. mere Is a marked
difference between criticism intended for
reform and criticism intended for the graf
tcation of foreign enmity and foreign abuse.
Il feel quite sure that the respectable
sentiment of the very country he came from
will condemn him for his improprieties in
this country. If an American Congressman
were 10 so to England and so far forget
the dignity of his position as to behave as
Burns has behaved here, he would be de-
nounced by the intelligent AM. decent opin-
ion of America unworthy representa-
tive. OF course no American member of
Congress would act in this way. If any
prominent American were to deliver in Lon
don or any other English city addresses OF
malicious criticism OF evils found there, he
would probably be mobbed by enraged
populace- Were the offense committed in
France. Germany or elsewhere in Europe
the guilty offender would be given his pass
port and ordered to leave the country Ii
the past American good nature and Amer
lean Indulgence have been too often out.
ragged by foreign visitors and foreign
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
200 MILES AN HOUR.
Plan Of Buffalo Man to Overcome
Friction with N Train of Cars.

flun OF n BuM0lO Man To overcome
Friction with IN Train of Cars.
Buffalo Express.
A Buffalo man named E. Henri Kelly
which Is calculated to go twice as fast as
those now in use, by being made so as to
offer the least possible resistance to the
air. The train is a queer-looking affair.
which resembles big caterpillar with
beak. The engine is shaped like one big.
solid cowcatcher, and this. besides cutting
of trains to rise off the track at high rates
of speed by blowing under the air and so
insures a. continual increase of traction
power. The rest OF the train is rounded
and the rear car made much like the over
hanging stern of racing cutter. to pre-
vent drageing in the air, Other improve
The inventor has this to say, among other
things:
Suppose a railway train to weigh one
ton standing on a straight. level track
M 1e e fPics d viii set
the train in motion. At twenty miles an
in motion; at forty miles an hour. one
eight of ton will be Sufficient, and at
1t, ar. so on, until rate of speed is at
tanned that a power of one pound will keep
a ton of load in motion, providing there
were no air resistance. But as the train
requires less and less power as ii increases
in speed to overcome it's natural load. il It
the same time acquiress in greater ratio a
iUdu VI dlI IcSlStduCc tfLdt HloIe ludli cOul-
pensates for the saving in power until it
finally overcomes the power of the best To-
connective that can be built, assuming that
a straight, level track be used. In a train
of five standard cars there is by actual
measurement 1.436 square feet of surface
exposed to. the resistance of the air. while
140 feet, or less than one-tenth as much
surface exposed to the air resistance. BY
mentioned. We find that 1.-THE Empire State
express on its famous ribn of l12 miles an
hour had a direct air resistance of sixty
of surface equal to S6l6O pounds. or forty.
three tons without counting about forty
tons of power lost by dragging air alone
correct, can any person Discover anythins
in the way that will hindef my train from
attaining a speed OF at least twice tina
made by. the Empire State express, or 20
to 240 miles an hour2''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
THE SYSTEM OF FINES.
Nothing More Absurd In Our Method
of Punf.hment

Arthur Brisbane. in New York World.
1t seems TO me that nothing in our
system or punishment is Nore absurd than
the system OF fines. The law is supposed
to treat all men equally. Nothing IS more
unfair than punishment by fine. See what
a tine means If you fine Mr.. Astor 81, 600
you give him the trouble OF signing his
name on the lower right hand corner OF
a small slip Of paper. The bank does the
rest. If you fine Mr.. Astor's tramp 81 0O0
you compel him to spend one thousand days
IN prison. for it, is usual to estimate the
time OF man who cannot pay at one day
In prison for each dollar. If you take a
man with smalI savings and fine him 81. o0l
you deprive him OF all immediate chance
or material advancement OF course. II
IS q me thing to be rich and II ali men
earned their money in a manner useful
to the commQnity Il might be all very
crime OF not having bank account. B sns
what do you think future generations vii
sn ha s o. TINS State g things: Mr.. saphead
punches DdE'cenea: - ~ S ~ e ~S9!s
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SCALDED TO DEATH.
Terrible Fate of One OF the Oldest
Engineers in the South.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 30.-John w.
Ramsey, the veteran engineer of the
Southern railway, died this morning from
injuries received from an accident last
night at Sweetwater. Death was due to
scalding. While his train was standing
at the station the arch pipe of the engine
burst. Ramsey was standing at the time
near the door Of the boiler. receiving the
full force OF the steam. When the blind
ing steam cleared away Ramsey was found
standing on the front platform of the bag
gage car picking flesh from his arms and
breast. He was suffering terribly. and
begged those who approached him to kill
him and end his misery. He was one OF
the Oldest engineers on the road, having
run ever since the war.
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THINKS FITz HAS A CHANCE.
John L. Intimates He May Go in the
Ring Again.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
KOKOAIO. Ind. Dec. 3o-Whiie in town
to-day ex-champion John l.. Sullivan said:
THE Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight will come
off in New Orleans or not at all. The
earth ought 10 be big enough for these
TO fight on, but ii seems to be en-
tirely too small. Who will win you say?
Well. 1 have never expressed my opinion
that subject, but 1 think Fftz has a
chance-a very fair chance He will be IN
the fight If it comes off, Will I enter the
ring again? Well, that depends on the result
Of the coming contest. / never felt better
or stronger in my life than now. but
have been out OF training for a long time
My present weight Is 24S pounds
The Riordon and Bowen incidents were
accidents for which athletic contests should
not be held responsible. Legitimate. scien-
tiic boxing contests are neither dangerous
nor brutal Do you see those horses out
there? pointing TO several unblanketed
horses shivering in the storm outside J
The owners OF those poor dumb animals
are ten times more brutal than the most
brutal prize fighter that ever went In the
ring"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
C0RBETT ROASTED.
An Audience Demands It's Money Back
and Gets 1t.

NEW IBERIA, La, Dec. 9O.-Pugilist
Corbett has been numerically roasted here
to-day by the people and local press. Last
night he appeared in Gentleman Jack"
at the opera house, and the show broke
UP early. The cause of the trouble was
that the play was cut in two. Those pres
eat say that they were being imposed
on and began to show their dissatisfaction.
Corbett finally came out and offered to re-
turn the money paid for admission. The
audience accepted this proposition and
withdrew
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 3O.-The Union
Depot tonight echoed and re-echoed with
alternate cheers ard songs of the Harvsrd
and Yale Banjo, Glee and Mandolin clubs.
The Harvard musicians were just leaving
for Milwaukee, and the Yale boys had just
arrived from ST. Louis. After exchanging
greetings the clubs spent the time till the
Harvards should leave in singing and max
ing merry. A multitude of joyous farewelis
marked the departure OF the train. The
Yale boys We're taken in tow by local
reception committee and escorted 20 their
hotel where supper and q brilliant recep-
ton followed. They play at the auditorium
tomorrow night.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

his foolish father earned and left 10 him.
Mr.. Moloney, who has worked six DAYS for
sixty years. gets drunk because his wife
Is dead. or for some other reason salts
factory to himself He is invited by the Judge
to take his choice OF SO or ten days, and not
having the SO takes the ten days. No law
should allow man 10 pay money for an
offense which condemns any otner man
10 prison The judge who imprisons a poor
man and lets rich one pay is. of course
hemmed in by custom. If IL were the doing
of his own free viii he would not be- iii
to be police justice among Swifrs yahoos
or in Tammany Hall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
Ohio Man Found Dying fn Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31.-David Zelioux
was found In a dying condition on the street
this evening with mis- face covered wiz 1
blood and with a fractured skull. In h =
pockets were letters from Hamilton, O..
signed by his father. jacob Zelioux. and
from his brothers. Charles, George, Samuel
and Jacob. 1t IS not known whether his con-
dtion is the result of ar attack by foot
pads or is the result of a fall caused by the
use Of morphine, papers Of whi,h were found
in his pockets. Zelioux had been employed
drug clerk I'm Portland, Ore, and Los
Angeles Cal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
MRS. BLOOMER DEAD
SHE WAS THE FIRST FAMOUS DRESS
REFORMER IN THIS COUNTRY.
John &. Fitzgerald, the Irish Land
Lacquer. and an Italian POetess
Also Pass Away.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Dec. 30.-Mrs. d.
S. Bloomer died here to-day at the age of
seventy-sx. She has lived here with her
husband in the same residence forty-one
years They celebrated their golden we'd
ding four years ago. Mrs. Bloomer is a
woman of national repute, being the orig
inator of the dress reform which bears
her name. Mrs. Boomer was born at
Homer, Cortland county, New York, in
1918. Her marriage to Mr.. Bloomer, who
was ten years her senior occurred in 1910.
Mr. Bloomer was lawyer. and then or
shortly afterward practiced at Seneca Falls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31

ST. LOUIS. NO.. Dec. 3O.-About thirty
I'VE delegates TO the National Council OF
the Peoples party have organized national
initiative and referendum leagues James
president, and an executive committee and
national and State organizers were chosen.
IL Is proposed 10 push at once the organi-
zation throughout the country OF clubs to
promote the scheme OF the Swiss system
OF Initiative and referendum. Thirteen
states were represented AZ the orgsniza-
ton -
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John III. bali Turns Tn.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LAPORTE, Ind, Dec. 3o.-John III. Ball,
of this city, who mysteriously disappeared
from South Chicago on the night of Dec. 21.
and was thought to have been murdered,
returned home late last night. much TO the
Joy or his family, who mourned him as
dead He claims TO have no recollection OF his
movements part OF the time and can give
nc satisfactory reason for his action. He
left South Chicago at a late hour on an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
New Receiver Appointed.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, Dec 30.-Judge Rooms has
appointed Charles NJ. Turner, cashier of the
Citizens National Bank receiver of the
White River Iron and Steel Company, vice
E. c. Caleyran, resigned. Mr.. Caleyran's
final report has been received but not yet
approved by the court. 1T shows some very
high salaries and what looks TO be exorbi-
tant travelling expenses, and an expert
bookkeeper from Cincinnati is making an
examination. There is but little left for the
stockholders and creditors.
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At the Theater.
Life.

'see man.
He-Why, no; | would not think of 1t.
She-But really. / sha'nt object in the
least.
He-How absurd How can you say such
a thing?
She-Weil, TO tell the truth. i want TO
see a man myself, and l know he won't
come over while you are here.
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REPUBLICANS On ioP.
Majority Claimed I'm Both Branches
Colorado Legislature.

DENVER, Col. Dec. 30.-The Republicans
claim they can organize both branches OF
the Legislature which will meet next
Wednesday. They apparently have hand
some majority in the House and there will
be no contest there. The Populists have
a majority in the Senate. unless a COM
binati~1 can be formed by the kcpLbli-
cans 9TH the one or two Democrats that
are left there Such & combination the
Republicans hope. ii is said, 10 accom-
plish
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John c. Fitzgerald.

LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 30.-Hon. John c.
Fitzgerald. ex-president of the Irish Ma
tional League, and one of the most ex-
tensive railroad contractors in the country.
died here to-day He had been in poor
health for a couple of years and had prac-
tically retired from business. He was
native of Limerick, Ireland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
A RED hOi" NAN SHOOTS.
Attacked by TOughs, He Kills One
and MOrtally Wounds Another.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3o-As the result of an
attack on ''red-hot man this evening
one tough was shot and killed and another
fatally wounded. Edward Steinbank,
weinerwurst peddler, was attacked by
Frank Mcdonald and Patrick Sullivan
and knocked down. The PROSTATE man
pulled out a revolver and shot both men
several times Mcdonald is dead and Sui
livan's life is despaired of. Steinbank was
placed under arrest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
4. a. II. III. Agent Robbed.
Snecial IN tho Indiananolis journal

SHELBURN, Ind, Dec. 3o.-Last night,
after the 1920 north-bound passenger
had left the station, and C. H. Hudelson,
the Evansville & Terre Haute railroad
agent, was locking the depot to go home,
three masked men seized him. flashed two
reviewers in his face, and ordered him to
throw MS nanuS up ME the swo KEPT
rified his pockets of $500 of railroad and
express money, gold watch and revolver.
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LONDON, Dec. 31.-The Chronicle an
nounces the death of Christina Geor9ina
Rosetti, the poetess. Miss Rosetti was
born in London Dec. s. 1880, being the daugh-
ter of Gabriel l.. Rosetti. an Italian Iatriot
who took refuge in England from the trou-
bles i'm his native land and who was the
was the author of many poems. among them
being 1.-The Goblin Market The Princes
Progress" seek and Find" etc.
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The police received a telegram late last
night saying that Frank +. Darrow. or
this city, is dead in Chicago, and request
sng that his sister. living at No 81 Locker
bic street. he notified. An officer was sent
to that number. The people living there
seemed very much surprised 10 hear of the
death. The deceased was in the CITY lew
weeks ago. He was a travelling man and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
Cable Notes.

NJ. Smeets, a Socialist, has been elected
a member of the Chamber of Deputies at
Brussels, receiving a large majority over
his Catholic opponent
A dispatch to the London Times from
Cape Town says il is reported from De-.
lagoa Bay that rebellious natives attacked
two Portuguese gunboats on the Incomati
river, arrested their progress and killed
the officer in chief command.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
Bakery and Residence Burned.


SHELBYVILLE. Ind, Dec. 30.--About
o'clock this morning fire destroyed the
bakery and residence of John w. Friday
in the west part of this city. LOSS on
building, s., 800; loss on stock belonging TO
Mr. Hern an Bogerman about 81 800 ORR
gin of the fire unknown The family bare
ly ecaped with their lives. The property Is
partially insured fu
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Mcbride Ready to BE Installed.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30-John Mcbride. who
succeeds Samuel Gompers as president of
the American Federation of Labor, arrived
in this city to-day. The first meeting of the
new executive council will be held here
Tuesday. Mr.. Mcbride VIII then begin his
work as chief officer. The meeting will be
the last In this city. as the new president
VIII move his headquarters To Indianapolis,
Id
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-31
Found Their Bed I'm Flames.
,pecial to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal

MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 30-Jacob Goldman
and wife, residing near the Midland steel
works. escaped from their burning home
last night into the cold in their night
clothes TO save their lives and both were
badly burned The irregular natural gas
pressure in the stove had caused an ex-
was in flames The hair was burned from
both of their heads and both were badly
burned heSdeS