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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
GLADSTONE DECLINES
AUTOGRAPH LETTER IN WHICH HE
SENDS REGRETS TO AMERICA.
Take Two Months Yet to Cure His
Cataract-The $4,000 Stolen Gold
Found i'm France.

LONDON, Aug. THE letter of Mr..
Gladstone. in reply to the recent invitation
of one hundred representative Americans
to pay a visit to the United States, was
written throughout by Mr.. Gladstone and
is in rather shaky. irregular handwriting.
but is fairly legibIe, only the signature
being blurred. The latter is scrawling and
In more respects wholly devoid of the for
mer characteristics of Mr.. Gladstone's sig
nature. 1t is as follows:
HILL. July 80, 1894.
"Gentlemen-I am alike impressed with
the gratifying nature of the invitation you
have been good enough to address TO me
and with the form, alike iattering and
considerable, in which it has been conveyed.
While / am sensible of strong reasons
which would make a visit to your great
country an object of just and warm de-
sire. l have, for some time. felt that my
advancing years have placed an obstacle
in its way such as / could hardly hope to
surmount. Undoubtedly your letter has
supplied the strongest motives for an at
tempt to brave the impossible, but / regret
to say that it reaches me at a time when,
even If | were much younger. it could not
induce me to consider this question.
The surgical treatment of m eyes for
cataract. which begun recently with the
usual operation, will not be concluded for
nearly two months. and until that treat
ment shall have reached its concluSion-in
about that time, l hope-I will not be able
TO look with confidence TO a date for the
restoration of practical and useful vision.
Under these circumstances, however SAN
guine as to the eventual issue 1 may feel.
l Am incapacitated from contraction of
prospective engagements, and / am sure
that you and the many distinguished gen.
tlemen who joined with you, will feel with
me that this Is the only reply l can make
to your proposal.
Il beg you to accept and to convey to
them the assurance of my grateful thanks
and unalterable interest in your country.
Believe me. most faithfully yours.
Nv. T.. GLADSTONE.
L the American Invitation Committee
To this letter Colonel Gourand replied to-
day. He said, in part:
1.-THE invitation had its inception in
March, when it was understood that you
were in excellent health and were con-
templating travel for recreation. Upon
hearing of the impairment OF your sight
the invitation was deferred until it was re-
ported that you were entirely recovered
from the recent operation. L anticipate the
sentiment of all who Joined in the invita-
ton in expressing regret at your decision
as we'll as the occasion for it."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
Cry of the impatient Patient.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
Chairman Wilson is sick, Chairman Voor-
hees is sick; but neither of these great
tariff doctors is as sick as the country.
Give us our medicine and have doTe with
~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

DENVER, Col. Aug. 1.-Governor Waite
has finally issued an order recalling the
militia from Cripple Creek. He says he
thinks the trouble in the great gold camp
is ended.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
The Kaiser Met by Capriyf.

BERLIN, Aug. l-Emperor William, of
Germany. arrived to-day at Wilhelmshaff.
near Bremen, from Norway. on board the
Imperial yacht Honenzollern The En-
Caprivi and by many high officials of the
government as well as by the local au-
thOrities, military. naval and civil.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
BGt It's Dwindling

Philadelphia Times (Dem.)
There is yet one chance for the Demo-
cratic leaders to rescue their party from
humiliation and to end the business I'M
certainty that now paralyzes the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
The $4,000 Cask Found Empty.

PARIS, Aug. w is supposed to be
the missing cask which contained the $780,
coo gold consigned to Lazard Freres by the
steamship La Touraine, from New York.
was found to-day empty in the car III
which all the casks OF gold travelled under
seal. 1t is believed that the gold was
stolen during it %stransfer from the steam
Some time after finding the keg the miss
ing gold was found in some sacks, hidden
in a heap of coal, near the railroad station
at Havre. There is still no trace of the
thiavpS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
Hendersop's Sixth Nomination.

SALISBURY. N. g, Aug. 1.-The Demo.
cratic convention to-day renominated Rep
resentative j. S. Henderson for a sixth
term in Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
Cuuom's Man Chosen.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The Republican
State central con mittee met here this af-
ternoon. John r.. Tanner. a close political
friend of Senator Cullom. was chosen per-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
FAIRVIEW PARK.

Visit the Pony Track. Ponies for Ia
dies and children's riding and driving.
Donkeys for the little ones. Track illu-
minated at night.
Prof. Geller in his celebrated AERIAL
ACT. afternoon and evening, commence
ing Tuesday, July 81, and continuing
for one week.
Music by Second Regiment Band.
afternoon and evening, commencing
Tuesday. July 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

ionahle. One oniy regrets that, like Sarah
Bernhard, strawberries, and the sun, ii
should have appeared so late in the season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
What Mamma Would Think.
Detroit Free Press.

She Cblushing)-Oh, George, what would
mamma think ii she knew you kissed me?"
He-She wouldn't think at all; she would
say it right out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

manent chairman by acclamation; 1. G.
Edwards, of Peoria, supposed to be the
candidate of William r. Mason and George
s. Willetts, United States senatorial as
pirantS, having Withdrawn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
Three wouId-Be Train wreckers.

CINCINNATI, Aug. l. John Keefe,
Walter McCue and Henry Dresbach, alias
Herman Grosebeck. were brought here to-
day from Hamilton and bound over in 81
600 each. They were leading strikers at
Hamilton. where they attempted to wreck
an excursion train July 4. William George
saw them fix a switch so as TO throw the
train. George then rushed out TO flag the
train and saved it, but the three prison.
ers stoned and beat him so that George is
still laid up. The three prisoners have
been concealed in a house in Hamilton
ever since July 4, when Judge Taft issued
an order for their arrest. Detective Rooney
and deputy Archambault finally located
them and will have witnesses here for
their hearing next Saturday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

Your Chance Ia Trade

Next Sunday the Pennsylvania line will
sell excursion tickets to Madison and re-
turn for $l-50.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

The success which Hoods SarsaparillS
has had in freeing Old and young from az
fiictions caused by impure blood is really
remarkable. Hoods Sarsaparilla is a build
ing-up medicine.
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable. and do
not purge. pain or gripe. Sold by all drug
RistS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

Your square plano. See Bryant's for par
tlculars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

committee IN ScSSAoh"
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Aug. Ia grievance
committee Of the Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain railroad employees from the diff
ferent divisions Of those roads are in the
city and have been in session most of the
day. Representatives of the brotherhoods
of railway trainmen. engineers and teleg-
raphers are meeting with the committees.
Those present at the meetings preserve the
most secrecy as to what business is being
discussed and what grievances will be pre-
scented To the management of the two roads
liz Is rurnored. however. that the dispatch
ers OF the roads represented have been re-
quested by the railway management to
leave the orders they are members of, and
that this is one of the objects under dis
cusSiOn-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
Grievance Committee i'm Session.

and another mar put in his place shall re-
ceive raid wages for doing So
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02
The INDIANAPOLIS ACADEMY

Thorough prep lration of Boys for the leading Col.
leges and polytechnic Schools. Begins Sept 10.
Send for catalogue.
ASAHEL BLooMER, Head Master.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-02

Opens Sept. ID, 1894. College preparatory and al
vanced courses of study. Fine advantages In Music
and Art steam heat Passenger elevator. Send
for Catalogue No. II. FANNIE RUTH ROBIN
son. NJ. A. Principal, Kalamazoo.
WILLISTON SEMINARY-Prepares boys
for any college or scientific school. New
laboratories with electrical plant. All build
ings heated by steam. Fall term opens
Sept. 6, 1894. Address Rev. WM. GALA
GHER, Principal Easthampton. Mass.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28

LONDON, July IA dispatch received
here at I1:20 a. m, from Lloyd's agent at
Shanghai, confirms the announcement
exclusively cabled to the Associate Press
that war between China and Japan has
been declared.
Hugh Mathieson Sc Co., Chinese govern
ment agents in England, have received a
cable message which also confirms the an
nouncement that war has been declared.
Up to noon, however, neither the Chinese
nor japanese ministers have received adj
vices which would enable them to confirm
The report.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation company and other London
firms doing business with the east have
received kilograms confirming the Associ-
atel Press advices that war between China
and Japan had been declared. Despite
this fact neither the British foreign Office
nor the foreign legations have as yet re-
ceived from any official source confirma-
ton OF the news.
Numerous transactions at war risks
were made at Lloyd's yesterday. There
are rumors that the Chinese government
intends TO negotiate a loan.
From Chinese official sources no con-
firmatiCn can be obtained of a report al
legged to have been received from Shanghai
by news agency here to the effect that
JAPANESE cruisers have attacked AID sunk
many Chinese transports which were land
lng troops from Taku.
The Standards correspondent at Brus-
sells hears from an authoritative source
that the Chinese government welcomed
proposal made by Japan, that the two gov.
err ment5 act jointly against the Corean
rebels and that 1t IS hoped TO complete an
agreement
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
scorehihr Ds.,rr Wind.

The air of the Sahara IL at times 90
dry that when rain-clouds come mp from
the distance the rain can not fall to the
ground, as it already evaporates ia
midair, which phenomenon is accompa-
MED by peculiar mixes in the stmos-
phere. A ''samum" has been known 20
reach temperature of ie5 deg. 20 iss
deg Fahrenheit in the shade. Tho
scorching power Of wind il better IL
Illustrated by the following fact: Ia
central Australia, near the liant river
at one time a hot desert wind DESTROYED
every wheat field in a radius Of ten
miles. In the ceu,ral Asiatie deserts.
especially IN the desert 81 Cobb, these
sand-storms are even fercer than IN the
Sahara. At certain periods Of the yesr
their appearance Is a frequent occur
renee and one has -esn known 10 even
last one whole day. Thea the dis
turbed masses of sand and dust are 50
thick that even at midday the luninary
is hid from view and darkness reigns
supreme. But even these severe storms
hare never been known % annihilste a
caravan, provided IL carried a good
water supply 20 outlsst the. storm -
Chicago News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
REPORTS BY STEAMER

VICTORIA, b. c., July 2S.-The steam.
ship Empress of India, seven days from
Nokohoma, arrived this afternoon. Icnor-
ant &C the latest cable advices, the pass.
engers almost to a man are strongly of
the opinion that China will not fight. but
VIII automatically get out of the corner
into which she has been driven. This
seems 10 have been the general opinion OF
foreigners IN the orient when the Empress
left.
\ dispatch from Chemulpa under the
date OF July 9Th, giving latest advices re-
celved at 1ekohomA, said: The Chinese
appear TO Toe holding from action in Corea
Tor various reasons, one of which is prob
ably the festival in honor of the empress
dowaEers sixtieth birthday.
Both Japan and China are making sc.
tive preparations Tor the Intending
struggle. ii hung Chang borrowed one
million taels from leading foreign bank.
pledgiBg as security property OF the China
Merchants Steam Navigation COMPANY.
The empress dowsger also placed at his
disposal the funds tor her birthday cele-
bration. A large quantity OF ammuni-
ton mas been sent by The kyang arsenal
TO the forts ana feet at Woo Suug. Yes
sells are also called for three weeks cruis-
ing at forced speed.
a telegram was received at Toxic from
Tien IslH on the eleventh inst to the eff
feet that the arsenals of Japan are still
busy aud cabinet meetings daily consider
the situation. The policy is still agrees
i've. The army and navJ are at the high
est pitch OF enthusiasm for war. An i'm
mense amount IF stores ere being Dur.
chased and held ready for use.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
KNOWLEDGE

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tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many. VINO live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs Of physical being, will attest
tie value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced II the
remedy, Svruy Of Figs
It's excellence Is due 10 its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste. the I~freshing and trUly
beneficial properties Of Perfect lax
alive; efectuaily cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and tevers
and permanently curing oonstpatioa::
Ii has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession. because it acts on the klo-
news. Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and il i perfectly Tree IRON
every Objectionable substance
Srrup N Figs is for sale by al drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, bEt il is man
ufactured by the C2lifornia Zig syrup
Co. only. whose name i printed on every
package. also the name. syrup Of figs,
and being well informed, you NlA noi
accept any substitute il efere1
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
THE coRmoRANT AT WORK.
II Can swim Much Faster Under water
Than on the Surface.

IL Can swim Much Faster Under Water
Than on the Surface.
Those who watch the cOrBorant's
diving feats are usually 50 interested
In the fortunes Of the chase. a. the
handsome bird dashes after the fsh.
that not one visitor in twenty OBJ
scrves that. from the mode q it, enter
ing the water 10 its exit. IS methods
Of movement are absolutely different
from those OF the penRuins The cor
rnorant does not plunge headlonR. II
launches itself on the surface and then
ducks" like grebe.
It's wings are not used as propellers-
but trail INCREASINGLY level with is
body and the speed AZ which - courses
through the water is wholly due % The
swimming powers - its large ard ugly
webbed feet These are set on quite
e. the end II The body ard work inces-
sanity like a treadie or the foats - =
stern-v heel steamer Yet The conds-
ton. Of submarine motion are 50 favor
able that :he speed 81 The bird below
the surface j. three or foar times
greater than that Raine-i by equally
rapid movements % The feet rFhca l.
has risen and j. swimming on the tip
The lusts- q the feather In ths clear
water. The cloud Of brilliant bubbles
which pour from Tho Vluuaagv, Ike ~
uebnloss train Of comet. "a ths bird
PUSHES through the water. and LIE
sapphire iigEt @ The large h.ur eye.
make the cormorant's ashiug o1e ~
The prettiest aquatic exerclses IL tae
s2rlG - ec.afor.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
RELIGION AND REFORM.

CHICAGO spends s25, 1000 per day for
tobacco.
In eighty-two towns in New Hamp-
shire no Intoxicating beverages are
sold.
ROBERT LAIDLAw. of England, has
given $4,000 to build a school in CAL
cutta, India.
For fifty years no smoker has grad
uated from Harvard college with the
honors of his class.
The Christian Endeavor societies and
the Sunday School association of st.
Louis raised more than 81, 900 the past
season to help those out of employ
ment.
THE Legislature of New York has
passed bill providing that the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren shall receive $50, 900 annually from
the city treasury.
II Fiji, which In 1885 was heather
land, there is a circuit which has 10
ministers, $40 local preachers and up
ward of 1000 members, with q, 900 adj
herents. OF the ministers, all but one
are natives.
WHEN Admiral Foote was abroad in
any foreign port where there were any
missionaries, he was accustomed to
make his first call upon them, in state,
In order TO show that his governments
honored these seif-denying men.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
FROM MOUNTAIN TO PLAIN.
Modern Civilization Brings This Change in
Human Habitation.

| Modern CIVILIZATION Brings u MS SnanSe III
Human Habitation.
It sometimes seems as though modern
civilization tended, broadly speaking,
TO transfer life from the mountains to
the plains, leaving behind just what
we are pleased TO call romance. In
other days no man, as a rule, built in
plain or valley when he could possibly
build upon the top of a hill Now. no
one who can dwell in the plains takes
the trouble to live on the top of the
mountain. unless for some very partic-
ular reason. The security that once
lay in stone walls and iron bars is now
sought in strategic position and in
earthworks There are no small, daily
dangers in our time against which man
barricades himself in towers and be-
hind reconstructed doors of oak. The
great perils of our age are few, far be-
tween and general Military power
once meant an agglomeration OF des-
perate individuals devoted to common
cause, bad or good, not one of whom
could find a place IN the well-ordered,
unreasoning and mechanically obedi.
ent ranks of a modern conqueror's
army.
The more we live in plains, the less
we can understand the hills; the more
Systematically we obey laws and regu-
lations having for their object the
greatest good of the greatest number,
the less able are we to understand the
reasoning of such men as Alaric, the
great count of Sicily, Tancred, Caesar
Borgia, Gonzalvo de Ccrdova, or Carl
baldi.
It is singular that while most intelli-
gent people undoubtedly prefer the
conditions of modern civilization for
their daily life, they should by prefer
ence also like to dream of the times
when civilization was still unrealized,
and of lives lived in circumstances
against which modern common sense.
revolts. These are machine-made
times; those were handmade; and true
art IS manual, not mechanical.-Cen-
fury.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-28
WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE BALD7
a Scientific Question That Stumps Physi-
clans and BARRIERS.

a Scientific Question That stumps Physi-
clans and BARRIERS.
In these degenerate days there are
a great many men whose heads are
bald, and the consequence is that
large proportion of any community
will be found to be interested in the
subject of hair, on the principle, pre-
sumably, that most of us are given to
thinking about and placing a high
value upon what we haven't got and
can't by any possibility obtain. When
a man once loses his hair it is gone for
ever, and about that time he is not I'M
likely to begin to inquire what is good
for the hair, what causes badness and
whether it is best to have the head
shaven or singed-all too late.
A question that often arises and is
| seldom answered twice in the same
way is as to why the hair falls out on
the top of the head and not at the back
and on the sides. The old-fashioned
theory is that badness occurs within
as nobody has ever offered conclusive
proof to the contrary. that explanation
may be the correct one.
The case was stated the other day 70
two very intelligent BARRIERS. One of
them thought that the reason why
badness occurred at the top of the
head was that the brain came closest
to the surface there, and this being an
age in which many brains are kept go
ing at high tension, the abnormal
amount of blood thus carried to the
l.. : I. :
upper scalp. Fevers, as is well known,
often result IL the falling out of the
hair.
The second barber gave variety to the
discussion by charging upon a notion
that he had formed from the observa-'
ton and reflection of many years.
You will notice." he said, that the
first hair baby has comes in on the
top of the head and falls out before the
child is many weeks old. The hair
that comes to stay grows thicker and
stronger on the sides and at the back,
and have an idea that the growth on
the top of the head is always the weak
est from infancy on to old age"
But how do you account for the
fact that women do not grow bald as
men do?" queried skeptical listener.
Account for II? I don't have to ac-
count for IT," replied the ready-witted
second barber 1T isn't so. Why.
/ used to work in an establishment
where they had nine chairs in the
mems department and eleven in the
women's. and l want to tell you that
learned some things there that the av-
erage man and the average barber.
too, for that matter, doesn't know. If
You could appreciate as l do the num-
| Der of women who have false hair so
artistically arranged that nobody can
! tell it from their own natural tresses
| you wouldn't ask why men grow bald
and the other sex doesn't"
HairdresserS have their pet theories
| on this subject as well as BARRIERS, and
some Of them are very plausible But
! if YOU should ask doctor who was
not ashamed TO confess his ignorance,
| the chances are that he would tell you
| he didn't know much about tn. Y.
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