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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

Two or three newspapers and a number
of citizens have rushed wildly into the
high school controversy without knowing
very much, apparently, about the subject
they discuss SC vehemertly. They talk,
for instance, of the desirability of build
ing an addition to High School No.. 2. in
stead of No. /. of the two years course in
No. 2. of the probable ratio of increase in
attendance at No. 1 from year to year.
and of the likelihood that No. ! will soon
be overcrowded. All these calculations
show a distressing lack of information con-
corning the schools. Not one of them takes
into account the new Industrial Training
School and the immediate effect its OPEN
ing will have on the North-side High
School. Not one of them seems to know
that High School No. (which, by the
way. has from the first given a full hour
years course-will be transferred bodily
to the Training School building when the
latter is ready for occupancy next Febru-
airy. and the thousand or more pupils who
can be accommodated there will have the
benefit of the complete literary course, as
well as of the training in manual arts and
trad IS. The Training School,, in fact, seems
to be entirely forgotten, but is an impor-
tant element, not only in the educational
department of the city, but in the settle
ment of certain problems connected with
attendance at High School No. l.. AT pres
ent that building is well filled with its
1900 pupils, but when the Training School
is opened the rush will be in it's direction,
and No. 1 will be relieved of pressure and
ready to accommodate all who come for
some years yet. The Training School is TO
be a great institution, which will offer adj
vantages to pupils not furnished to public
school students elsewhere in the West.
Citizens do not yet realize it's magnitude
and Importance. but it will soon be able
to speak for itself. 1t must certainly be
taken into account in considering the ques-
ton OF additional space for the High
School.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

refuted by the figures. These show that IL
Vermont In 1892 the Republicans polled ST.
s2 votes. or ssh per cent. Of the whole;
in 1894 they polled A. 50 votes. or 74.90 per
cent Of the whole. In 1892 the Democrats
polled 1926 votes. or 2s.27 per cent. of the
whole. and in 1894 only l4.12O votes. or 24.5s
per cent. of the whole of the votes cast.
The Republicans made a gain Of over 13
per cent. and the Democrats lose nearly II
per cent. of their vote of 1892. In Maine
the Republicans polled 1928 votes in 1892.
or 40 per cent of the whole. In 1894
they Dolled 1850 votes. or GAP per cent.
of the whole. In 1892 the Democrats polled
4S.04 votes, or 41.26 per cent. of the whole,
and in 1894 only $500 votes, or 90.18 per
cent. Of all the votes cast. The figures show
Republican gains far beyond what can be
accounted for by Democratic absenteelsm.
In other words. a great many Democrats
voted the Republican ticket.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14
THE NEW INVASION OF THE SOUTH.

The action of the Grand Army of the Re-
public in deciding to hold the next National
Encampment at Louisville marks an in
teresting epoch in our history. 1t will be
the first encampment held south of the Ohio
river. Before the war that river was the
divided freedom from slavery, and during
the war it was, as nearly as such a line.
could be drawn, the demarkation between
loyalty and rebellion. 1t is but just, how
ever, to say that there was a large proper
ton of Union men in many Southern
States, and in none a larger proportion
than in Kentucky.
The Union veterans would have made a
mistake if they had declined the invitation
of Louisville to hold the next encampment
there. The extending of the invitation by a
gracious acts which ought never to be re-
PEELED. 1t goes without saying that any
Northern city is honored by the presence
of the Grand Army. and as long as the or
gan1zatfOn exists there Will be rivalry
among the principal cities of the North for
the honor of the annual -encampment. But
an invitation from a Southern city is quite
a different thing. That is the offering of a
hand that cannot be refused. the extension
of an olive branch that must not be re-
jected. Not that the passions of the war
All --.1l -..1 "a. -;
ciously active; but allowance must be made
for human nature, and it must be remem-
bered that a large proportion of the best
people in Kentucky, including it's principal
city. were in sympathy with the Southern
cause. 1t was, therefore,. a gracious, gen.
erous and hospitable act for Louisville to
invite the Grand Army to hold its next
National E~ncampment there. and it would
have been a mistake for the veterans not
to have accepted the invitation. Happily,
they did not make the mistake. Next year
they will hold their annual reunion in
Louisville, and the probability is they will
be amazed at the generosity of their treat
ment and captured by the charm of South
ern hospitality. The event will mark a
new step in the obliteration of sectional
lines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14
A UNIQUE FESTIVAL.

Colorado has earned a great deal of bad
notoriety during the last few years through
the blatant vaporings and demagogical acts
of Governor Waite. and has also become
known as the home of a very rank growth
of cranky ideas on the silver and other
has contributed his mite towards adver-
Using the capital of tie State as the birth
place of a new school of anarchistic philos-
ophy. and altogether there has been occa-
sion for a good deal of censorious talk
about the State and people.
But Colorado has great redeeming fea-
lures besides her mountains, her climate
and her gold and silver mines. She is
responsible for having inflicted on the coun-
try some cranks of high degree. but she
has also established an entirely new holiday
Peach day. atones for Governor Waite,
and the country can afford to forgive al
most anything to a State that has estab-
lished SO novel and beautiful a festival.
Peach day" is the title of an annual fes-
tival which is intended to celebrate and
advertise the harvesting of the fruit crop
in Mesa county, Colorado, the county seat
of which is Grand Junction. Ten years ago
the county was part of the Ute Indian
reservation and was a desert waste. Now,
by the aid of irrigation and intelligent
1ahAr ~ hos haonron a ,oocf nr01,at;v1
region and a phenomenal fruit-growing
country. Vegetables of incredible size and
many kinds of fruits are produced in the
greatest abundance and of most excellent
quality. The peaches of Mesa county are
celebrated far and near. and the annual
observance of Peach day shows that the
people Of Colorado take an interest in
something besides the vagaries Of Governor
Waite and other cranks. This year the
festival fell on the 10th of September and
1t was celebrated in royal style. Thou
State focked to Grand Junction, and they
were permitted first TO feast their eyes
and then TO fill their stomachs with the
choice products OF Mesa county orchards
and vineyards. There were grapes. pears
and apples that for beauty of ~coloring.
juiciness and delicacy of flavor bafled the
descriptive power Of the reporter. And the
peaches! There they were without money
and without price for everybody from cow
boy TO Governor. Fifteen tons of the finest
the local orchardists could select were
temptingly displayed in arbors and pavil-
ions. and everybody was invited 10 par
lake. There were apples that weighed a
weighed over a pound. punches of grapes
that topped the scale at eight pounds, aud
peaches 'till you conldn't rest" From ali
accounts the people did not rest. They
enjoyed themselves in every possible way.
but chiefly by eating peaches, and when
they could not eat any more each person
was given a baslzetful 10 take home. Moth
ing was sold and nothing reserved. Every
thing went. and. last OF all. the people,
full Of peaches and gratitude for the en-
joyment OF a holiday in which there was
no suggestion OF anything cut hospitality
and good cheer. The country owes Colo
RADIO a vote Of thanks for establishing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Thomas Edison. the inventor, has never
carried a watch in his life. He says that
he never wanted TO know the m
Wheels propelled by petroleum are being
introduced in Paris to take the place Of
the cycse They are very costly, $l,VW
being the price for one.
The great Harry Miner of the greater
Bowery has ordered John W. Ransone to
''cut" his song. THE Ruler of New York"
which he has sung recently with great
success in Miners Theater. Ransone
makes up as Richard Croker, and as Miner
is an intimate friend of Mr.. Croker, and
has a few political aspirations of his own,
the burlesque don't go, see?
A recent invention is the pulsimeter. a
watch made especially for doctors to time
pulses with. 1t is made very much on the
principle of the stop watch, and indicates
the rate on a pulse dial in so many beats
per minute.
Wood is about to be torn down to make
way for a new railroad. 1t was built from
the artists own designs, and the walls
of the studio and the door panels are COW
cred with paintings by his hand
Nine. Bazaine and her family are in the
direst poverty. The last resources of the
Marshal's wife were spent in an attempt
to recover from the Mexican government
her property, which had been confiscated
rlage.
A recent Homeric critic points out that
the most delicate thing in ancient litera-
ture is the subtle passages in which 1t
is told how Penelope, most faithful Of
women could not recognize her returned
husband until his identity had been re-
vealed by the deeper instinct and more de-
voted affection of his dog.
1t is said that owing to the close inter
marrying of the Rothschilds there is no
one of the rising generation of the family
who is considered capable of succeeding
now controlled by this house, whose total
fortune is by competent author
tiles as being over $2.00O,0 O0, 000.
OF over five million children in element
airy schools in England only 5000 pay for
their schooling, and of these half a million
pay no more than half a penny a week.
according to a recent official statement.
whole or part of the tuition is paid by the
parents, 5000 receive from 10 to 20 shillings
a head for the children in attendance.
1900 between 5 and 10 shillings and 5000
under 5 shillings.
BY the will of the late N. p. Coburn,
of Newton, Mass, the sum of $40, 600 is
left TO the Massachusetts Home Missionary
Society, $1,000 to the Newton Cottage
Hospital, $4,000 to the library of Colorado
College at Colorado Springs, and 800, 600
to the American College and Education
Society of Massachusetts,. A clause in the
will reads: The property which / hereby
beCueath is the accumulation iof many
years of patient industry and toll. and it
is my wish that those who are to receive
it may profit thereby. using it honestly,
charitably and wisely"
This is the blissful autumn time,
So priced by bard and lover,
When one wakes up at 3 p. m.
And bellows for more cover.
Kansas City Journal.
MY plans for the future? Why really
They're all merely matters of course.
It's a widely known fact
That in winter / act
And in summer / get my divorce"
Truth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14
RUMORS ABOUT SATOLLI.
The ALLOCATE to Be Crowned with Red
and Recalled, 1t Is Said.

WASHINGTON. Sept. ia special dis
patch from Rome. dated yesterday, stated
that Mgr. Satolli would soon be created a
cardinal and that Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Corrigan would witness the
ceremony of bestowing the red hat. The
dispatch also stated that Satolli would
leave the United States.
Mgr. Satolli said to-day that he had re-
ceived no communication from the Vatican
%intimating that he would be recalled. When
asked about the reported intention of the
Pope 70 direct his return to Rome and to
elevate him TO the rank of cardinal, Mgr.
Satolli made the following statement:
1.-The apostolic delegate has not received
any letter as to his recall to Rome He
thinks the news given Is at least inexact
and he does not know anything in this
matter"
us IL true that in the event of your nom-
ination as cardinal that your successor will
be Mgr. Tomnasi, of Rome?"
1.-The apostolic delegate" was the reply.
has not received any letter of recall.
About the matter he has no knowledge"
He declined to discuss the probable action
to be taken at the consistory which the
Pope intends TO hold in December.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

The Pittsburg Post estimates the num-
Der OF veterans in the parade there
on Tuesday at twenty thousand. If this is
correct there were not as many in line as
there were here last year. The same paper
says the Pennsylvania contingent made
up the bulk CT the veterans in line, though
there were delegations. large or small.
from nearly all the States" Here the In
diana contingent was the largest. Wher-
ever the encampment is held 1t is natural
greatest number of veterans. No doubt the
parade has passed h~igh-water mark. There
will never be as many veterans in line
again as there nave been. and If the annual
parade is continued 1t will fall off in num-
bers from year to year
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

Governor Flower, of New York, recently
delivered an address at an industrial expo
sition, in Binghamton. in which, referring
to the new tariff law and its probable eff
feet on business. he said:
1t happens that the principal feature of
this new law concerns a principle or tar1f
construction which has been a cause of
radical difference between the two great po-
litical parties during recent years-the prin-
ciple of free raw materials. While the bill
did not go as far in this direction as many
of its friends wished, it did go far enough
to place on the free list wool, lumber and
other articles which enter largely into do
nestle manufactures. That in itself is a
great gain for those who believe in this
kind of tariff reform. We shall now have
the opportunity of ascertaining whether the
theory of free raw materials, as exempli-
fled by the removal of the duty on wool, is
sound or unsound, whether ii is for the
best interests of the country or whether il
is not. If it is found to be a successful
experiment with wool, the people will in
sist that it be applied to other raw ma
terials; if ii Is not a success with wool, then
/ am sure no class OF people Will desire to
see the experiment repeated disastrously
with respect to other raw materials in the
same category. Therefore. the extreme
theorists on either side, as well as the peo-
pie generally. may regard the experiment
of free wool as a fair test of the theory Of
free raw materials, and tariff reformers as
well as high protectionists may well be dis
posed to await the result of this test before
extending their theories further.
This is, in effect. a proposition that the
new law shall be judged by it's effect on
the wooden industry. In order to make the
proposition fair. Governor Flower should
state whether he includes sheep growing
and wool producing as well as manufac-
turing. There is no doubt that free wool
will benefit some lines of manufacturing,
and just as little doubt that it will kill
American sheep husbandry. The unanimous
protest of American sheep growers against
the new law is sufficient indication of their
opinion as to it's effect on that branch of
the business. However, the law is in force,
and time will show what it's effect will be.
The advocates of protection can afford to
await the test without any misgiving as to
the result.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14
A PLEA FOR THE HALF CENT.

The suggestion that the government
should resume the coinage of the half-cent
piece has more significance than might APP
pear at first sight. There Is an intricate
connection between a country's coinage
and the character Of its people. High
standard coins bespeak national honesty.
debased coins administrative and popular
corruption. and so on. The Characteristic
of national economy and close dealing finds
expression in the issue of small coins to
meet the popular demand and habit. A
wasteful people have no use for small
coins. and they always disappear from cir
culation during periods of imitation and
extravaganza.
The first coinage act passed by Congress.
that of 17S6, provided for the coinage of
half cents. The people at that time were
Door; economy was regarded as a virtue,
and everybody bought and sold closely.
The half-cent held a place in the national
coinage until 1867, when it was discon-
tinued. together with the old-fashioned cop
per cent. Since 1857 the smallest American
coin has been the one-cent piece, generally
bat enormously called "a penny The
piece. commonly called "a nickel" is le-
gal tender for any amount not exceeding
% cents in any one payment. Street-car
conductors generally refuse to take cents
in payment of fare, because they are
troublesome to handle and count. but they
have no right to refuse them. A fare or
any number of fares up to rs cents ten
dered in one-cent pieces is a legal tender,
and any person refusing to receive it does
so at his peril.
During the war and for many years
after it was a rare thing to get a cent in
change. The extravaganza Of the times
drove them out of circulation. Their re-
appearance indicated the return of more
economical habits and proved a great con-
venience. Now. the prices of a great many
things are fixed by cents. and no person
can shop conveniently without handling
them. They are very handy in making
change for odd amounts, and most deal
ers always seem glad to get them. In
many respects the half-cent coin would
prove equally convenient. 1t is a common
practice for merchants to charge 12A cents
a yard or a pound for an article, but they
invariably keep the odd half cent. Custom
sanctions this. but il is not fair to the
purchaser. and if we had half-cent coins
it would not be tolerated. A great many
things are sold 1.-TWO for a Nickel" yet
If a purchaser wants only one he or she
must pay three cents. This is a small mat
ter in a single transaction, but when it
happens millions Of times in a year it
makes a considerable aggregate. In a pop
ulation of 10000, 600 there are a great many
people to whom the loss of half a cent
several times a week for lack of a coin
to make correct change is an item of
some consequence. Congress ought to con-
slider the propriety of restoring the half
cen. to its old place in our coinage sys-
tenn. 1t has an ancient and honorable rec
ord. and there are strong arguments in
favor of it's use.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14
WITHOUT A CENT OF MONEY.
An American Boy Circles the Globe and
HObnObs with EmperOrs.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 13. The Nor
wegian steamship Fortuna, from Java,
landed Arthur Vincent. a New YORK boy,
who. has circled the globe without a cent
of money. He left New York two years
ago at the age of fourteen. and the testi-
monials he carried with him are sufficient
proof of his travels. The boy bears evil
dence of rough experiences and is almost
destitute of clothing. When the Fortuna
reached the Captain Christie
phersen sent ashore at Lewes, Del, and
bought him shoes and a quit of clothes.
Vincent is a strong. healthy-looking lad.
He Is reticent about his travels After the
customs officers passed him, he took the
first train 10 New York. Vincent came on
the Fortuna at Port Said. Egypt, with let
tiers from the American consul asking Capt.
Christophersen 10 take him on board. Vim
cent has visited every country of interest
and civilization. He went overland across
America to San Francisco and visited the
Hawaiian Islands. In Russia he claims to
have been entertained by the Gar; in fact,
throughout his travels. he says. he was
treated in a most courteous way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

Civil service reform under the present adj
ministration Is not what it was during
Mr.. Cleveland's first term. Then" says
tn Washington correspondent OF the New
York Sun. Cabinet officers discarded their
official carriages in the interest of DEM
the Cabinet has a government carriage at
his disposal night and day for himself and
family, and even assistant secretaries are
provided with horses and carriages for
public and private use.' The only demo-
cratic simplicity there is nowadays is that
which believes in the honesty or genuine
ness of Democratic reform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

Senators Teller and Wolcott both de-
clared in their speeches before the Colo
RADIO Republican convention that they
would withdraw from the Republican
the cause of silver. The Republican party
favors the coinage of silver under condi-
lions that will maintain its parity with
Of silver. and the Colorado Senators seem
to know il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

The physical prostration of Hon. William
ID. owen. Republican candidate for Secre-
tary Of State. may prove a serious inter-
ference with the plan of campaign. but that
is of less importance than the concern
which his illness will cause to his family
and friends. His present disability dates
from a sunstroke received about a year
ago. from the effects of which he has never
fully recovered. The exertion incident 10
the opening OF the campaign during a per-
iod OF very warm weather brought on a
renewal of Mr.. Owens trouble and necessi-
tated his temporary withdrawal from po-
ntioal work. IL is hoped that under judi
cious treatment he may be able soon to re-
sumo work and fill out his engagements.
but this Is not certain. Meanwhile he is en-
titled to the sympathy which. irrespective
of politics. is always extended 10 a sick
man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

When Miss Kuehne Beveridge's midnight
marriage to actor Coghlan took place in
this city. last winter, it needed no deeply
skilled prophet to predict a brief and un-
happy matrimonial career, even though the
existence of another wife had not been
made known. 1t is therefore no matter
of surprise to learn that the young woman
has so far recovered from her infatuation
that she is trying to release herself from
the ENHANCEMENT by going through the
form of divorce proceedings. OF course,
MIR. Coghlan is an unprincipled wretch, and
of course Miss Beverage was under his in
fluence and the equally injudictous guild
ance of her mother, but she cannot be re-
garded entirely in the light Of an unso-
phisticated and unwilling victim of a viii
wiles. Although young she had con-
siderable experience with the world-enough
at least to have secured a newspaper celeb
rity through her skill as a sculptor before
she went on the stage. Moreover. she was
aware of the existence of the first Mrs.
Coghlan, and, according to report, had been
warned that she still laid claim to her
husband. so that Miss Kuehne must have
anticipated a degree Of unpleasantness in
her new relations. Her course was that of
a headstrong, obstinate, infatuated girl.
and as she would go her own gait, she is
now paying the penalty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-14

There are many points to be taken into
consideration before the contemplated pur-
chase by the School Board of the Ricketts,
property is contaminated, and the Journal
believes that there is abundant reason why
the purchase should not be made. If the
School Board needs more room at the
North-side High School 1t should first util-
ize to best advantage the ground it already
has, and If more is needed proposals should
be regularly advertised for. Whether the
Ricketts, property is worth $4,000 or not,
the plan by which the commissioners in
favor of its purchase are proposing to pay
for it is bad enough to insure it's very
prompt rejection.