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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
MIR. HATCH,s BILL AGAIN.

The House is discussing Mr.. Hatch's
was before that body it was passed with
out discussion. and when it came back
from the Senate amended the House re-
fused to vote on II, so that it's original
passage was for effect. There is reason to
believe that the more the people consider
the matter the less certain they are that
OF Chicago and like exchanges are an in
jury to the producer. Such trading is no
more business than any other betting in
which judgment and experience may help
the most skillful of the betters. All the
transactions in all the pits never added
a dollar to the wealth of the country. IL
ter loses to the same figure. If a Pard-
ridge allures a flock of absurd persons
who think that they know a thing or two
about pit trading. and they lose their all
and he wins it. they have had an oppor-
tunity TO take the first lesson in the
methods by which the rich grow richer and
the poor poorer. But it is not as a ques-
ton of morals that the Journal is con-
sidering the subject, but as to its effect
upon prices. Now and then an attempt
is made to corner a staple, but that is
not often. Wheat. for instance. is a grain
widely produced and Of universal use. The
worlds supply is pretty accurately known
In the great markets. If the indications
point to a demand close on the heels OF
| production prices will advance, and all the
| option dealers in the world cannot beat
them down. If for two years, as during
in sight than seems to be needed, prices
viii drop in the central markets of
Europe. and the wheat pits cannot prevent
it. 1t is not the influence of trading in
wind wheat which makes wheat low
now. but because there is more than a
bushel awaiting a market where a bushei
price of wheat because Great Britain, Bel
gium and two or three other countries
close by are those that do not raise their
own wheat. The price of wheat has not
been so low for years in Liverpool as now.
The wheat of India has been so low there
at times that. at the prices of the Chi
calgo wheat pit. 1t could not be exported.
Except very rarely, and then only for a
brief period. can a combination on an ex-
change make the price OF a great agrf-
cultural staple, AS a rule, supply and de-
mand make the prices or such staples.
Those who eoolly consider the whole mat
ter and observe what takes place during
two or three years will probably come to
the conclusion that the exchange and the
pit register rather than make prices. But
the House could do worse Things than
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The newest Paris paper is called the
Journal for Mothers-in-law.
Senator John Sherman has kept all his
letters since he was fifteen years old.
The hero of Alexandra Dumas's "Chev-
alier de Maison Rouge" was in real life
Alexander Dominique Joseph Gouzze; He
was wealthy, called himself Marquis de
Rougeville and fought in the American
war for Independence
Actor Charles Coghlan has r~ejoined his
first wife and daughter, near Souris. Prince
Edwards Island. Wife No 2 (Kuehne
Beveridge) has been unable to serve her
divorce papers upon him.
Gold in transit across the Atlantic
"sweats" no matter how tightly it may be
packed. 1t is usually sent in stout kegs.
and squeezed in as tight as possible, but
there is a regular l~lowan for loss by
a%ttrition upon the voyage, and in the course
of years this loss to the commercial world
amounts to a large sum.
1t is said of the late Edmund Yates that
his devotion TO Charles Dickens's men,
DRY was displayed with a constancy delight
full to record. He could bear hardly a word
of dispa ra cement. You know i am a little
mad on the Dickens ger 3ues bnd vs ne wrote re
criticise his favorite, land probably my ir-
ritability increases as l grow older"
E~x-Empress Charlotte. the widow of the
late Emperor Macmillan of Mexico. shot
in 1867. and sister of the Belgian King, is
reported by the lat st Brussels papers as
being in a worss condition than ever.
1t is known that she has been insane since
the tragical death of her husband; but
II Is said now that the moments of 1u-
cidity which she was having from time TO
time have become more and more rare
Sir Edwin Landseer once had a model
who said to him: "Sir Ed'n, 1 sees from
the papers as you ofn dimes with her
Gracious Majesty in Buckingham Palace.
Now. Sir Fd'n, my missis is a rare good
washer, and if. next time you dimes with
her Majesty, you would just prevail on
her to give my missis her washing. 1t
would set us up, Ii would" 1t is not
stated whether the request was ever put
TO her Majesty.
Pullman car conductors have a snug re-
treat alongside the Pennsylvania station
in Jersey City. Here the Pullman Com
pany has built what is in effect a free
clubhouse. with lodgings. baths. billiard Ia
bles, reading matter and other CLUB com
forts. The conductor off duty may here
sleep, eat and amuse himself. The club
house is less used. however. than one
might expect, for Ii is an uncomfortably
convenient place to find a conductor TO
supply the place of one suddenly laid off
by sickness or some other interruption to
duty.
In calm content his life is passed;
He doesn't lose a friend,
With one umbrel to use himself
And another one to lend.
Washington Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
PERTINENT TOPICS.

School Commissioner-elect Vonnegut: 81
know nothing about partisanship on the
School Board. My father contended for
certain methods. and TO those / hold. as
do other MEMBERS of the new board. / be-
lieve that the late school election indi-
Gated that the taxpayers favor that pol
icy. I refer, among other things, to a
policy by which the money which the
school money on hand earns shall go into
the school treasury. A public-spirited
management would make that disposition.
There are other things, chiefly along the
lines of conscientious administration. Those
who hold those views may not be a ma
Jority OF next years board, but they will
be the views of the board coming In a
year hence. / shall cooperate with all
members of the board who believe in such
methods. So far as the Manual Training
School is concerned, the plans are adopt
ed and the work begun. l have always
been in favor of 1t. getting my ideas from
the German private school in that line.
There seems a disposition to give one or
two men the credit. and some affect TO
fear that when they are dropped out the
end will come. A number OF German citi-
zens We're earnest in the matter before it
han was as influential as any one, and Of
the younger men. A. +. Metzger has given
an entirely strange man going into the
board. for the reason that l have always
been interested in the schools and am
familiar with my ralneT long service.
There must be no step backward In our
schools. To hold the van we must make
progress"
A p. H~endrickson: 'There has been a
great change in the wearing OF hats in
this country since / went into the BUSH
ness. Once any head cover would do, and
a good suit of clothes was often blemished
by an old. Uniting hat. Ladies knew bet
ter than this always. for they nave long
known the importance OF keeping up with
the STYLES and that there is more dress in
an appropriate bonnet or hat than in
| other article they wear. Men who On Sss
| are as quick TO get the styles now here as
in the East. Before the. Mckinley law
many hats were imported. but that law
! shut them out; the American hat Is as
good as the best. and the prices have been
lower since the advent OF the Mckinley
law. We have had circulars from dealers
over the water informing Us that when
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Didst thou never hear that things i'll
got had even bad uccess?-Shakspeare.
The highest fame was never reached ex-
cept by what was aimed above Thrown
ing.
Our piety sometimes needs a stiff breeze
Of comrnon sense blowing through it.-Gail
Hamilton.
Before some preachers will throw a stone
at sin they want to know who is hiding
under Horn.
Lord Rosebery is not the only statesman
who has had difficulty in solving a race
problem.-New York World.
When people are poisoned by buttermfk
in Iowa. who shall say that prohibition
does not prohibit?-Detroit Tribune.
JudgelCan't you and your husband live
happily together without fighting? Mrs.
M~ulcahy-No. yer, Amer; not happily.-Tit-
Bits. t
TO bear the odium of having manipulated
that sugar transaction. Philadelphia
Press.
1t is predicted that when women get to
voting the campaign chewing gum will
take its place alongside of the campaign
cigar.-Kansas City Journal.
1t appears that Havemeyer and Searles
are TO be "held for contempt" For con-
tempt Of what? OF the Senate? Then let
the rest of the country be held too.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
A noticeable difference between the or
binary bicycle and one Of the common
weals is that the formers tire is rubbe
while the ~latter's is constitutional.-Phil-
adelphia Times.
A West Walnut-street man who told
his colored valet to get out what he
needed for a ball was surprised when he
found a razor in the pocket Of his dress
Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
PRENDERGAST'S TRIAL.
Selection of a Jury Begun in Judge
Payne's Court at Chicago.

CHICAGO. June 20.-Assassin Prendergast
was taken before the bar of the Criminal
Court again to-day to be tried for insanity.
Proceedings began before Judge Payne.
with arguments on the question OF the
venire. The State, represented by attorney
Morrison. asked a special venire. arguing
that the trial was not strictly criminal.
For the defense the argument was made
that the regular venire should be exhausted
before a special one was summoned. After
lengthy arguments Judge Payne decided
that the regular venire should be exhausted,
after which a special would be ordered.
The work of securing a jury was than be-
gun. Prendergast- VINO was present, made
one of his rambling speeches, and asked
the court to dispense with a jury. He OBJ
jected to his counsel, and said he had au-
thorized no one to represent him.
The afternoon was spent In the examlna-
ton of veniremen, and when court adj
journed two jurors mad been secured and
a third had been accepted by the state,
but has not been by the defense:
The search for jurymen will be continued
tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
Republican EditoriaI Association.

The summer meeting and outing of the
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
will be held at Lake M~axinkuckee. July 30
10 Aug. 3, inclusive. This extended session
will afford ample time for the transaction
or all official business OF the association
and for the participation by the members
In boating, fshing and other pleasures OF
the resort. After leaving Maxinkuckee the
editors Will go on an excursion to South
Bend, st. Joseph and Benton Harbor, the
trip lasting two days. The programme OF
the week is very attractive. and a large
attendance is expected. Detailed Informal
ton as to the rates and other matters can
be obtained by addressing ]. A. Kemp.
secretary. Salem, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

Any congratulation over the prospect Of
an appropriation for a public building in
this city will be lost. If in the last Con-
gress, after the Senate had passed such a
bill. Mr.. Bynum had not the influence with
his own delegation and with the large ma
jority his own party had in that body.
pass 1t through the House. he cannot now
get one through from the beginning. Mr..
Bynum is not a member of that sort: but
a man who walks so much in the higher
attitudes of craftsmanship that he cannot
get down to such inconsequential affairs
as the getting OF an appropriation for a
public building upon the best case that can
be made in the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
THE PROPOSED TAX ON NATURAL
GAS MAINS.

TIL action of the Council in directing the
posing a special tax on natural-gas mains
invites discussion of the subject. 1t
should be considered dispassionately, with
due regard TO vested rights on the one
hand and to the rights of the city and of
individuals on the other, without prejudice
towards any corporation. and in q spirit of
justice towards all.
So far as the legal aspect OF the ques-
ton is concerned there is no room FOR ar
gument. BY the terms Of the ordinance
which the gas companies accepted and un-
der which they are operating. the city ox-
pressly reserved the right. at any time
after the expiration of five years after the
date OF the passage of the ordinance. to
require any company doing business under
1T Ito pay into the city treasury annually
a license or tax not exceeding the sum OF
3 cents per foot of mains laid by such cor
poration within the city limits. exclusive
of service connections" The five years
from the passage of the ordinance expired
June q. 1892. and since that time the city
has had under the foregoing provision an
undoubted right TO levy a special tax OF
not exceeding 5 cents per foot. or $l5s 10
per mile on all natursl-gas mains within
the city. The question is whether. alving
this right. the city ought to exercise il.
1t is not a question of law. but of equity.
In deciding II due consideration should be
given 10 the following facts;
The people OF this city are not being
heavily taxed for natural gas. and the
companies are not making any money Il
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
LILLIAN RUSSELL liz.
Result of a Surgical Operation Per-
formed Monday -Perugini Abroad.

NEW YORK, June 0.-Miss Lillian Rus
sell is lying seriously Ill at her home in
West Seventy-seventh street. Her illness
follows upon a critical surgical operation
performed last Monday. She is permitted
TO see no one, and will not be wholly out
OF danger, according TO her physician, for
ten days or two weeks.
Her husband, Sig. Perugini, sailed Tor
Europe on the American liner New York
to-day. He did not inform his wife CT his
intended departure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

The disclosures of police corruption in
New York are beginning to bear fruit in
other cities. The grand jury in Cook coun-
ty. Illinois. has begun an Investigation
which promises to disclose almost an equal
Tribune Of that city says that some Of the
gambling houses pay large sums of money
monthly to the Democratic ward men. in
return for which they get police protec-
ton. This sort Of corruption seems TO spring
up under Democratic rule as naturally as
weeds in fallow soil.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
WHITES WILL VOTE.
DISTINGUISHED Citizens of the Chickasaw
Nation Want Their Rights.

DENISON, Tex, Jure 2o-An attempt
will be made to reinstate the disfranchised
citizens of the Chickasaw nation in their
right of suffrage. 1t is the intention OF the
intermarried whites TO attempt to vote at
this MINER gubernatorial election and
again to see whether this prerogative
ton will be denied them. Many Indians
favor the re-enfranchisement OF the white
citizens, and X. i. Boyd, candidate for
Governor, is determined that -hey snail
vote. He says that they will set up polls
of their own IL kept away from the regular
voting places. and that the sotes snalI te
counted. He proposes TO test this matter
on the basis OF a property Fight The issue
involved in the election (allotmenu being
one M which the squaw men are Vltally
iniat cstcl.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

A recent decision OF the Supreme Court
OF Georgia Illustrates one OF the tendencies
OF modern legislation. The influence OF or
ranIzed labor In politics and the growing
prejraice against corporations have borne
no more singular fruit than the law passed
by thu last Georgia Legislature requiring
railroad, telegraph and express companies
20 give to every discharged employee. on
demand. a reason for his discharge. and
providiag that he could recover damages in
the fxed sum OF $500 from such COM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
A CHEAP LIE ovERTAKEN.

Just after ex-President Harrison had COM
pleted his course of lectures at Stanford
University and had left that institution. a
report was put in circulation to the
effect that students had stolen a quantity
Of fine wines which he had purchased and
stored in his rooms. and that he demanded
that the missing liquors should be paid for.
No attention was given to this by any
fair-minded paper, everybody who knew Mr..
Harrison recognizing at once the sensa-
The tale. after the fashion of it's SANDER
Gus kind. did not die a natural death, now
ever. but passed from the secular to the
religious and prohibition press, where il is
ment of Mortified comments. To give the
truth of the matter with the expectation
that the papers alluded to will print the
correction is not worth while. since it is
an unhappy fact that too many of such
publications are more eager TO make a
point than to do exact justice. but in order
to furnish them an opportunity to do the
right thing. it may be we'll TO print what
is practically an official statement made
by a member Of the Stanford faculty, and
one high in authority in the university. The
letter Is a private one, written to one of
the Journals subscribers, and hence the
signature cannot be used, though the writer
would probably not object to the appearance
of his name. The facts in the case are
these: Those having charge of the enter
tainment of Mr.. Harrison while at the uni
versity provided a small quantity of choice
wines and cigars in case he should wish
to use them. Some days after his departure
the stewards room. in which the articles
had been kept, was broken into by per-
sons unknown and a part of the wine stolen.
The wine had never been out of the possess
sion of the steward. and therefore was not
in Mr.. Harrison's room, nor did II belong
to him. 1t was at first thought best that
the students should pay for this from their
guarantee fund. but this being objected to
by some dissatisfied students who wished
to find fault with the managers of the stu
dents club, the loss was made good by
voluntary subscription. The action OF the
students in paying for the stolen goods
was simply that 1t might not be said that
students committed or co~untenanced the
theft. Mr.. Harrison had no connection with
the matter except in the imagination of
those not informed as to the facts. 1t was
a sensational newspaper in San Francisco
that set the story afoat.
Thus is a mountain resolved into it's
original molehill by a simple process, but
il IT continues to do duty as a mountain
in hypocritical prohibition organs no sur
prise will be occasioned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

The action Of the block-coal miners yes
terday at Brazil will go very far toward
Fastening the end of the strike in this
State. Indeen, the present position of the
bituminous miners seems so unreasonable
and untenable that they ought to lose no
time in getting out Of it. They made a
serious mistake when they ~repudiated the
Columbus agreement. which they were in
honor bound TO abide by. and they made
another when they undertook TO declare
that the operators should not bring in
miners from other States to work at the
Columbus scale. Now that the block-coal
miners nave decided to go to work the
bituminous miners ought to recognize the
inevitable and initiate their example. The
sooner they do so the less probability there
will be of the operators bringing in foreign
miners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
weeds in fallow soil.

Controller Eckels, who has been brushing
up his acquaintance with Western bankers.
says the banking business Of the country
is In an excellent condition, and adds:
The banks have a plethora of money now
and are as much worried to put 1t out as
they were last year at this time to keep 1t
In their vaults And yet there are Popu-
lists and commonwealth who are not able
to get as much as they want on their per-
sonal paper.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
EATEN BY CANNIBALS.
Fate of Two Americans Who Visited
Tiburon Island. Lower California.

MEXICO CITY. Mexico. June 2o.-Consul
Gibson, of Guyamas. has reported 10 Sec
rotary Gresham the story that two Ameri-
cans had been killed and eaten by Canni-
balls on Tiburon island. Lower California.
Secretary Gresham has asked the Mexican
government to punish the Indians II II
a newspaper correspondent will reappear
with a Sensation for his paper. Nevershe-
less, Mexican troops VIII thoroughly inves-
tipate the affair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

A political quarrel among the Populist
officials Of the Kansas penitentiary has de-
veloped the fact that the warden has his
heads the list with a salary Of 1850 a year,
one son draws 5000. another 5000. one
daughter $1,000 and another 5000. This is the
way Populists reform the abuses of the old
~uarties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21
Travellers May Meet mt Terre Haute.

MILWAUKEE, June 20.-At to-day's ses-
sion of the national travelling mems con-
yention congratulatory teiegrams were read
from Alabama, Texas and the Tennessee
divi sions The roll call OF States was con-
tinuea. All reported a rapid growth Of the
order and a bright outlook. The choice for
me next convention lies between Ter-e
Haute. Ind. and san Antonio. Tex. The
DAYS programme included a drive ABOUT
the city for the delegates and their ladies'
The evening was spent at Whitesish bay
offers for a site for a sanitarium were re-
ceiyed from Eureka Springs. Ark. and
Hot Springs. 5. d., but no actton was taken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

SPRINGFIELD. O., June 20-Secretsry
Nicolls. OF the Board of Trade. has received
the following letter from Senator John
Sherman at Washington
My Dear Sir-Your note OF the 18th re,
survey for ship canal IN Ohio. IL Is
probable thar the contest will be mainly
FOR the route from Erie 10 Pittsburg. or
from Cleveland via the Muskingum river
TO Marietta. or from Toledo 10 Cincinnati.
But all of these routes will be carefully
surveyed by military engineers. and there
Is no knowing what they will determins."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

The Senate put up the duties on farmers
products, In part. Tuesday. in order to has
ten the bill along. but the conference COM
mittee of the Wilson side will probably
drop them out in conference.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

Senator Butler and Governor Tillman are
contestants for the senatorship in South
Carolina. and the campaign has already
opened vigorously. AS between the Butler
the former is preferable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

The refusal of the American Railway
Union 10 admit negroes TO the organization
shows how stubbornly the old sentiment of
race prejudice holds it's place. The bogy of
social equality with negroes has a great
terror for some people who are not able to
discriminate between business and social
rala.;ons
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

Eight thousand Storage passengers have
since March. And there are thousands and
thousands more whose radiance would be
a blessing 10 that CITY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

Nov that the Coxey leaders demand
money and food as a right. the movement
Is not so attractive as it was when the
Populist leaders tried to work it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-21

The Chicago Herald is engaged in the
task OF making the Senate. sugar bill as
bad as it really is. in the hope of frighten-
ing the House to beat it in conference.