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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Linn Boyd Porter, who has been nom-
mated for Congress by the Populists in the
Eighth Massachusetts district, is better
known as Albert Ross" the writer of
sensational stories.
Miss Dora Reed Goodale, the poet Of the
Berkshire hills. whose sister Elaine mar
ried DR.. Eastman. a Dakota Indian, a few
years ago, is engaged to be married to
Prof. Thomas Sanford, of the University Of
California.
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, was a visitor at Buffalo Bills Wild
West show the other evening, and was an
object of great attention. 1t is the first
entertainment of any kind she has attended
since her husbands death.
Germans claim that the late Hermann
Helmholtz was, after Humboldt, the great
est scientific thinker of this century. The
physicians who performed the autopsy were
astonished at the weight of his brain and
the extraordinary number OF Its convolu-
tons.
Darlington Booth. of the Salvation Army,
has a plan for buying a tract of land in the
West, gathering up the Israelites and
building a Canaan for them" The difficulty
will be in keeping the lsraleites in Canaan.
They will persist , buying up all the adj
joining country.
Kaiser Wilhelm carries with him a small
but serviceable revolver, either in his
pocket or in his belt, when he is in uniform.
His Majesty is extremely skillful in the
use of the weapon, and his chasseur. who
accompanies him everywhere, inspects il
every morning 10 make sure that 1t Is in
working order.
The Alaska Indians. in the absence Of
suitable birch, make their canoes Of
spruce bark. a measured section of bark
is first peeled from the tree after it has
been ringed at both ends and scored longi-
tudinally- The ends are then doubled and
sewed with roots, and a suitable gunwale
and frame of willow are fitted and sewed TO
the bark. Two Indians can build one canoe
in a day
"It is a significant fact said DIR. L. e.
Hale. the other day, that the five dis
tinctly American poets-Whittier. Longfel-
low. Bryant. Lowell and Holmes-were all
Unitarians through and through. the last
four active workers In The cause. They
were all Unitarians because they We're
poets. a poet must be a prophet, and a
prophet must be a Unitarian practically.
Or. Holmes was more than an ordinary
Unitarian. He had a remarkable hold upon
all sorts and conditions of men. and he
never entered into any EXTENDED discussion
but that he introduced his liberal theology.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

nearly every Northern State 1t was most
Of the central committee TO make a few
speeches In Indiana. His trip to Evansville
shows that he has lost none of his wonder
full facility in speaking and that the COM
mittee did not overestimate the desire of
the people to see and hear him. The series
OF brief addresses made during the trip
furnished a continuous presentation Of Re-
publican principles in the most admirable
style and stamp him as one of the fore
most of English-speaking orators.
For extent Of territory covered and for
number, variety and excellence of speeches
delivered the recent speaking tour of Gov.
record. If he does not reach quite as high
a plane of thought as General Harrison OF
possess quite as finished a style, he is still,
easily, one of the most versatile and eff
fective political speakers of recent years.
He gets very close to the people and never
fails to impress them with the force and
earnestness of his convictions. In fact, he
is a forceful and earnest man and an ex-
ponent Of Republicanism of whom the party
may well be proud
There are thousands of Republicans who
will regret to die without having had a
nance to vote for John Sherman for Presi-
dent. What a grand career his has been,
and what a heroic period Of the country's
history it has been identified With 1t is a
great thing for a man to have been pres
ent in his prime at the birth of the Re-
publican party, to have been a potent fac
tor in all of its great achievements and to
find himself In his old age one Of the most
trusted and honored opponents of it's prin-
ciples. This is the place occupied by Sena-
tor Sherman. who. within the last week,
delivered one of the best Republican
speeches Of this or any campaign.
Ex-Speaker Reeds reception In New
York was such as is only accorded by the
Republicans of that city to men Of great
ability and popularity, and his speech was
in keeping with the magnificent ovation
rendered him. No ADLER vindication of Re-
publican policies or more vigorous arraign-
ment of the Democratic party has been de-
livered, and the speech was as dignifed and
finished in style as it was forceful in argu-
ment. 1t fully deserved the enthusiastic APP
plause which it received. and it possesses
the unusual merit of reading so we'll that
the larger audience thr oughout the country
have enjoyed it as much as those who
heard it delivered.
A party that has four such speakers as
these on "the stump at the same time is
certainly not losing it's political virility.
The Republican revival OF 1894 could not
have ADLER exposition. They constitute a
great quadrilateral, the Big Four of Ameri-
can politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
PERSISTED BY FIRE.
Mother Believed to Have Burned Her.
self and Three Children.

ELIZABETH, N. j., Oct. I5.-Mrs. Jennie
Harrigan and her three children persisted by
fire in a barn on the farm in the outskirts
of the city to-day. The oldest OF the chill
dren was six years of age and the youngest
fourteen months. Mr.. Harrigan is quite
poor and follows peddling for a livelihood.
He went to Newark this morning to sell his
wares. When neighbors. attracted by the
smoke, reached the home of the Harrigans
they found a box of wood on fire in the
house. and that was quickly ex~tiEguished.
The flames in the barn, however, had
gained such roadway that nothing could be
done until the flimsy structure had been
dren became known. Mrs. Harrlgan, who
was thirty years OF age, had SHOWN no
signs of insanity, though for a time she
had been respondent over her circum-
stances. She Is believed TO have deliber-
ately burned herself and children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
HANGED TO A TREE.
Negro Taken from Jail and Lynched by
Mob of Kentuckians.

PRINCETON, KY, Oct. 15.-Willis Crit
fey, a negro, who was brought
here two weeks ago from Chris
tian county for safe keeping. was
taken from the county jail last mid
night and hanged, two miles south of town.
Griffey assaulted Miss Lena Berry, the
adopted daughter of a wealthy Christian
county couple, while she was on her way
home from church four weeks ago. He
ter being kept quiet until he was arrested
The mob consisted of about forty men. all
of whom rode forty miles to do the work.
They came into town so quickly that only
the jailer's family knew they were here.
They searched the house and found the
key, after which they took the man out
with a rope about his neck and carried him
away. TIL body was found this morning
swinging from a limb of a tree growing
in the middle of the Cadiz road. 1t had
been mutilated and contained several bullet
holes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

One of his novels was intended to put an
extinguisher on Calvinism, and 1t did Ii"
The woods they are getting their chestnuts
Which ripen'd mid October dew,
And all of the comical papers
Are getting their c~hestnUts, tool
There's the pawn-ticket joke and the seal
kin,
And the man who's afraid of the cold.
And the joke of the tie-walking thespian.
And all Of the rest that are old
Syracuse Post
When Music. heavenly maid, was young.
While yet in early Greece she sung,
Hers was a SoulisSs lay;
She had not yet acquired the art
OF singing things that touch the heart
Like Ta-ra-boom-de-ay.
New York Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
A GREAT QUADRILATERAL.

Renublicans have reason to feel proud OF
the manner in which the principles of the
party have been presented and its record
defended before the country during the last
few days. 1t would he difficult to cite any
campaign in which four ADLER speakers
nave taken part than ex-President Harri-
son. Governor Mckinley, Senator Sherman
and ex-Speaker Reed. There are many 9TH
err excellent Republican speakers in the
field, but these four are so prominent and
so distinctly representative that all will
concede them leadership and superiority.
Differing in many respects. as men of pro-
nounced individuality always must. they
stand, each in his way. among the
foremost opponents of Republican princi-
pies and Republican craftsmanship.
General Harrison is the first ex-President
to appear before the people as a political
campaign speaker. and he has done 1t in
SO modest and natural a way as to fully
vindicate his action. He is also the first ex-
President TO appear in a university as a
law lecturer and in the courts as a practi-
toner. and this also was done IN such n
way as to ~forestall the criticism of those,
If there are such. who think an ex-Presi-
dent should occupy a position OF digniied
uselessness. General Harrison win never
forget the proprieties Of his position as an
ex-Presldent. but he is too much OF a work.
- -. - Al. Mathematical In attrranf
events TO be willing TO be sidetracked on a
mere point OF official or political etiquette.
After declining invitations TO speak in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

The press dispatch describing the lynch
ing Of one Oscar Morton in Powell county.
Kentucky. says: This is the eighth lynch
ing IN central Kentucky in the past three
months. and the people have determined to
put down murder IL they have to take the
law into their own hands every time a
man is killed. An eyewitness OF the af-
fair says the lynching party wa COM
posed OF the best citizens of the place. and
adds: II have witnessed a good many
lynchings. but this one was the most
orderly and business-.ike OF any / ever
saw" These c-ommendatory expressions
seem designed to convey the impression that
the people OF central Kentucky are be-
coming conservative and civilized in the
matter OF lynchings. Perhaps some time
they VIII progress so far as TO conclude
that crime should be punished in a regular
and legal way instead of by mobs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
RHEYs ESTIMATE OF HIM.
HOosfer Poet Admfres Both the Mau
and His Hoaka


DR.. Doyle was given an informal recon
uon at the Denison after the lecture LAST
night Many OF those who had en,oved the
lecture passed through the parlors and were
introduced TO the novelist. At 1890 O'Clock
DR.. and Mrs. Franklin w. Hays, at their
nome, No. Is West Ohio street, entertained
DR.. Doyle at dinner. W.. Hay Doyle, BROTH
er OF the author. and James Whitcomb Ri
ley were among the gentlemen present.
Mr.. Riley is an admirer of Conan Doyle
and his books. He talked freely and enthu-
siastically Of the distinguished English au-
thor last night. and praised him. not only
as an author. but as a man.
II like DR.. Doyle immensely" said Mr..
Riley without hesitation. ST had long been
an admirer of his stories, and the per-
sonal acquaintance with him which I have
enjoyed the last few hours has heightened
Have you any particular choice as to
his novels?' Mr.. Riley was asked.
attached to his style of writing fiction some
years ago. / like TO study his characters.
because they have been subjected to that
close, subtle analysis that is so admirable
in the conscientious writer. Then, there Is
honest, true work to be found on every
page OF DIR. Doyle's books. His Sherlock
Holmes stories have interested me greatly.
While Dr.. Doyle may have taken much in
terest in his work of preparing the Sner-
~ OLl4C u At SllLC 4 Hill
that the labor spent in writing his histor-
ical novels was devoted TO a field more
lofty. The stories which he has given 20
the public show evidence of hard work.
Not only are they the results OF great men,
tai labor, but they indicate thorough re-
search into history. The author has taken
the characters Of the histori al novels OF
other centuries and compared them with
those he wished to create. His facts are all
proven, and this, / think, is not only true
of DR.. Doyle but can truthfully be said of
our own Lew Wallace and other writer's OF
the time. Those who heard DR.. Doyle's
lecture must understand something OF the
untiring labor to which the writers OF such
books as he has produced must devote
themselves. | admire his stories because L
can read them easily. There is nothing
heavy about them Not only are they en-
tertaining, but they are refreshing. People
don't want to read the heavy stories pro-
duced by some Of the old writers. II is
nothing short of hard labor-too much like
coming from work and then going 10 work
again The stories that DR.. Doyle has
given US will last"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
can politics

John Koeppen. a faithful employee OF the
Journal for more than twenty years past,
died on Sunday night under circumstances
which Justify the assertion that he was a
victim of the mischievous fad called Chris
tian Science. A believer in the foolish
ness himself, he refrained from calling in a
physician until his condition was serious,
but even then he might have recovered If
he had followed the advice OF the physi-
clan instead of that of Christian Science
friends who assured him he was not sick.
Acting on their assurance he went out in
the night air about his usual work and died
almost Immediately. 1t seems to be about
time for some legislation to fix the respon-
slbility in such cases as this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Six leading colored ministers Of Chicago
have united IN issuing an address to colored
men urging them to support the Repub-
1ican party as "the party OF reform, pro-
lection and equality" 1t is a strong and
eloquent address, and concludes by saying.
eve are led to make these suggestions not
for the hope of reward or through sinister
or selfish motives. but as lovers of good
government and friends OF our race"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Able lawyers who have important bust
ness before the Interior Department say
there has never been so inefficient an adj
mInistratIon of the department as at pres
ent. They aver that Secretary Hoke
Smith has no conception OF the Importance
OF the business that comes before him. and
tory and slipshod manner. He is probably
the worst chump in this chumpian admins
<raffop
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Conservative Republicans in Pennsyl-
the coming election at 100000. and Demo-
Gratis admit 100000. The Democratic cam
paign is mainly directed to saving seed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
Lucid Theory.

ri see," said Mr.. Wickwire, "that the
newspaper liar is at it again. This time he
has a story Of a hen adopting a lot Of kit
tens"
THAT story may be true" said Mrs.
Wickwire. THE hen may have been de-
ceived by the similarity in the sound of the
words. Kitten and chicken sound a good
deal alike"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

The charges of attempted corruption and
bribery made against Mrs. Lease by the late
superintendent and matron of the Kansas
Deaf and Dumb Asylum are SO direct and
explicit as to call for an explanation from
that distinguished female reformer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

The Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, United
States minister to the Court of st. James.
has not served an apprenticeship in diplo-
macy for nothing. When asked to express
his opinion in regard to the political situa-
ton in New York he said: II nave never
had the presumption to pretend to under
stand New York politics."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Of1cial returns Of the Georgia election
show that in nearly every county where
Secretary Hoke Smith spoke the Demo-
cratic vote was fully 25 per cent. less han
two years ago, and in Atlanta, where he
opened his campaign. it fell off 1876 votes.
His political influence seems to be Of the
recoiling kind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

The latest song 10 appear in the music
market is Kathleen" a ballad with waltz
~refrain. written and composed by Louis
Wesiyn Jones. OF this city, author OF the
popular Laughing Irish Eyes. The House
that Lax Built and other pretty compost
tons kathleen has been published by
me Bryant music house. OF this city. and
is attractive!y gotten up. The music Is
sweet. The ballad as a who-e bears marks
OF originality and careful arrangement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

A remnant OF Coxey's commonweal army,
n charge of marshal Carl Browne, Is on its
way to New York to take part in a street
parade of striking tailors tomorrow. They
will probably be met by the police and
escorted to Jail as Migrants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

At a time when Attorney-general Smith
is pocketing II per cent. Of SO large an
amount of school funds, he ought not to
glory in the fact that the putting Of wool
on the free list has destroyed half the
average price of years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
Kind Girl.

'Have you got any waterproof powder?"
she asked the druggist. in a whisper.
~"Any-what? Er-beg pardon" =
waterproof powder. I'm sure he is going
to propose this evening, and I've got to re-
fuse him, and If / shed a few tears 1T will
be easier for the poor boy"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

The President will return to Washing
ton this week., and 1t Is announced that he
will soon visit West Virginia, ostensibly
on a fishing trip but really, no doubt. to
try and stir up Democratic enthusiasm.
If he will rub up against the people a lit
tie he will discover that this is not a Cleve-
land oo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Bynum in this, his hour OF distress, as he
was in favor of passing the Senate bill long
before any other Indiana member in the
HD.ea
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Perhaps the discovery that whisky can
.e manufactured from beet sugar refuse
pay induce the Democratic party to sus-
3end its warfare upon the sugar beet in
d-a+-r
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
Resumed Operations.

SHAMOKIN. Pa. Oct. 15.-The Burnside
and North franklin colleries OF the Phila-
delphia & Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany. employing Loco men and boys, re-
sumed operations this morning. after an
idleness of six weeks The Hickory
Swamp mine. OF the Union Coal Company,
employing 400 workmen. also resumed this
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

The inexorable reports of the wool mar
ket show no indications OF that doubling OF
price which Senator Voorhees, has so
persistently predicted to take place by the
18th.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
Making Game of Her

what do you think Of my new ball
dress?"
cit seems to me more like a hunting cos
tune
I'D like to know why"
"It is dear, and you are bare"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

"That Joshua story is true, I suppose"
soliloquized Mr.. Figg, who had to get Tom
my ready for school, "but it was no eight
year-old son he tried the trick on"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Every man who likes the lines Of the
past six months should secure them as
long as there is a Democratic Congress by
voting for Mr.. Bynum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

1t seems paradoxical, but 1t is neverthe-
less true that Democratic times make Re
publican votes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16

Many letters are forwarded TO Col. 1. ~.
mittee OF the Grand Army. by the COM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-16
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

6 LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House and Ebbitt
House.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-10-30

There is probably only one church in
Britain which contains a satirical pic
turo 1t is the little church Of South
Brent, in Somorsetshiro. On three oakon
pows are carved pictures which were
intended to satirize the greed of GER
tain religious dignitary at Glastonbury,
This ecclesiastic is represented in the
first picture as fox dressed in robes
and miter and holding a crook in his
right paw. In the second picture the
fox has been manacled by flock of
geese, and in the third the birds have
revenged themselves on their foe by
hanging him from the branch of tree
London Correspond
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-10-30
PrnfessinnaI Etinnrtte.

The following is told Of tho late Sir
William Gull rs illustrating tho doc
tors maxim that it IL necessary before
all else that the patient shall have con.
fidence in his medical advisor.
Being called in haste to patient un-
der the care Of a very young practition.
er, Sir William found that brandy and
water was being given at intervals, with
certain other treatment. Tho great ply
sician carefully examined the patient
and said, give him another spoonful
Of brandy"
He then retired to a private room
with the young doctor in charge.
1T is case of so and so, " he said as
soon as the door was closed. "You
shouldn't have given brandy on any ac-
count"
But, said the junior practitioner
in amazement, IL thought, Sir Will
liam. that you just told the nurse to
give him another spoonful.
$50 did, said the great man. "be-
cause we must not destroy his confidence
in you, or he'll never feel comfortable
or believe anything you tell him again. "
London Truth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-10-30

A lonely old bachelor in Atchison sat
on his porch the other evening, and in
his great loneliness and desire to he
made mech of by one woman made up
his mind that he wUpld ask the seventh
woman who passed, if unencumocre
by husband, to marry him. Tho first
was girl who wore rel slippers and
black stockings Tho bachelor was crit
icai and congratulated himself that he
had said seventh instead of first
The second had dude by the arm.
The third wore glasses and looked cold
ly at the gigglimg couple ahead of her.
might rs well go into the ice b1si-
ness, thought the bachelor. The fourth
had three children with her and talked
about papa rs she passed the gate. Tho
fifth wore widows weeds. The sixth
was such a modest, pretty girl Of q
that the bachelor wonder ell il he hadn
said sixth instead of seventh, Several
minutes elapsed before the seventh camo
into view
She had graceful walk. and a nearer
view showed rho was not bad looking
Might have done worse. he thought
She stopped as she reached the gate,
turned and walked up the path. BY
Jove, she is coming to take possessionr'
said tho bachelor. Il have come, " said
the woman in voice that somehow
made the bachelors blood chill, 'to ask
your influence in favor of tho constitu-
tional amendment " The bachelor gave
horse yell, threw up his legs and fled
-Atchison Globe.