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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06
THE DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND
COMMERCE..

The present anxiety of the people of
Michigan City and other lake ports
relative to the appropriation for car
rying on the Improvement of their har-
bors is fully justified by the impor-
lance of the work. 1t is not creditable
to the intelligence or patriotism of Congress
that the lake ports have to renew the fight
every two years for these appropriations.
The inland ommerc of the country is of
vast dimensions and capable Of indefinite
the lake ports should be liberal and pro-
gressive, but it has always been marked
by a sort of niggardliness.
One of the earliest commercial conven-
tons ever held in the West was caused by
the veto Of the river and harbor bill in
1916. Prior to that time a great deal of
money had been expended in improving the
Atlantic and gulf ports, but comparatively
The river and harbor bill of 1916 contained
many appropriations for the latter. and al
though they were comparatively small,
they were greatly needed. The veto of the
bill by President Polk caused great indig-
nation throughout the West and led to the
calling of a river and harbor convention
in Chicago, which proved to be one of
the notable events Of the times. Start
ing as a local movement, opposition to the
veto became general. and before the con-
vention met the movement in favor Of It
was national. The date OF the convention
was fixed on July 5, 1877. and before the
time arrived meetings had been held and
delegates appointed from most Of the
States. New York sent about three hun
dred delegates. among whom were Horace
Greeley, Thurlow Weed, David Dudley
Field. Erastus Corning and other noted men
of that day. The population of Chicago at
that time was only 5000. and the attend
ance at the convention was estimated at
| 10000. of whom 10000 were accredited as
| delegates. Abraham Lincoln. who had just
been elected to Congress from the only
J Wing district In Illinois. was a delegate to
the convention. and this was his first visit
the proceedings for the New York Tribune.
referred to Lincoln as "a tall specimen of
an minoisan.' This was more than ten
J year. before Lincoln's debate with Douxlas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

by a sign with this Inscription: ..po.....
for Incurabie Children" Turning 80 Nsd
companion with that genial smile FOR v-htaSS
he is remarkable, Lowell said. o,,le.sca
There's where they'll send me ore
these days" u
The son of Count Tolstoi. who is nov
Paris. has been questioned as TO his ,..s
er's book on the Franco-Russiau e.
which has been announced for public, 60
1t appears that thee novelist has ssizel ~
episode of patriotic ebullition as a evc.-
to exploit his ideas on patriotism. WhieS
according TO his son. he thinks inconssrc~.
with the spirit OF Christianity. This he -
he the general theme Of the new book "
Sardou and Dumas pursue very diHs--
ent methods in writing their plays. sarso,
always has a number OF subjects reasv
and half ready. He corrects and sl,a-.
over and over again, constantly condensip.
and improving. He usually needs 80
months TO finish a play. Dumas collects a
subjects and takes no notes He finishes
every detail of a play in his head. and then
sits down and writes as fast as his Den
can travel
Mr.. John Brisben Walker has decided n
move the editorial and manufactures d.
partment OF The Cosmopolitan 10 the gree,
hills of ~Irvington. Mr.. Walker has bouVh,
a fine piece of property there. and has al
ready moved into the dwelling house tia,
now stands on IL, which he will make ia
own home. On the slope OF a hill, within
a stones throw OF the Hudson, he will
build his printing office. Tn building
which will be $50 feet long and three STORES
after the manner OF French and Italian
houses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06
PREDICTION OF A SCIENTIST.

Those people who trouble themselves re-
garding the fate of the inhabitants of the
earth when they shall have consumed all
the coal and other sources Of heat. and the
soil. worn out with the cultivation of GEN.
turtles. will refuse to supply food, should
find consolation in the theory of the great
French scientist. VI. Berthelot. If he can
impart to them his own confidence in his
theory. the sooner the last bushel of coal
shall be consumed and the earth denies 10
produce food the better il will be for the
human race, since there will be no cause
for the toll which the human family per-
to the Berthelot theory. when there shall
be no more coal and plants are no longer
nourished by the soil, all that will be nee
essary will be to bore into the earth four
miles to tap g furnace which will not need
fuel and will supply more steam power
than the world now knows about. That will
do for heat and power. but about
food? NJ. Berthelot says that II can be man.
ufactured out OF the original elements. The
chemical laboratory will take the place of
the farm. and the billions of acres now I'M
der cultivation or covered with forests will
have no value. not even for the application
OF the single tax hobby. carbonic acid viii
provide the carbon. water will be resolved
into hydrogen and oxygen. whs'e the air
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06


viii furnish the supply OF nitrogen These
and other elements will be combined into
proper proportions In the form of lozenges
to take the place Of the food now in USE
1t will strike those who are not satisfied
with present conditions and who fail u OBJ
tain what they regard as a fair share of
the worlds good things that there can be
no good reason why the applied chemistry
shall not supplant that law Of the universe
which causes the greater part of mankind
to eat bread in the sweat of the face and
to avoid perennial coal mine strikes by tap
ping the reservoirs of ~exhaustless heat and
source of light. 1t would. at least. be judi
cious to experiment with the food lozenge
while there is enough of the present vari-
cites. which must be secured by toll. just
TO see IL IL will work. If applied chemistry
can produce sustenance out of the abundant
elements thousands of years hence it can
do so now. II the human race is destined
to be relieved. at some remote period in the
future. from the toll which now makes
countless millions more or less unhappy,
why cannot the golden era be made to be-
gin in the immediate future?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

Judge Cooley, in a lecture delivered be-
fore the senior law class at Ann Arbor Uni
versity. a few nights ago. showed the fall
lacy of the Coxey idea of the right of pc
titioning Congress in person. He said:
In all our grades of government we have
no democracy, everywhere power is exer-
ciSed by representatives, and the chief func-
ton of the citizen is. to take part in the
selection of these. When selected the citi-
zen has no direct power whereby he can
coerce their action. He may petition, but
he cannot command. And If voters lumber
ing hundreds of thousands were to speak
in the name of the people and demand spe-
enc ieglsiaton, not one 10 Wnom 5ne DE.
obligation to head 1t. The right of the voter
is 20 petition. and even as to this he should
act through representatives. The notion
that he may present his petition in person
is preposterous. If the right existed, all leg
islation migh be stopped by a previous ar
rangement TO present petitions for the pur-
pose.
mands likely to be made by petitioners 'in
boots,'' the speaker said that those most
commonly talked of did not fall within fed
eral jurisdiction at all, but were in the
same line with popular attempts to enforce
justice by lynchings. He said the tendency
of all demands for measures outside of the
regular authority OF government was an
archical, and tina such demands could only
succeed through bloody revolution. The
point that this government is not a pure
democracy and that after the people have
chosen their representatives they have 40
right to try to coerce them is a good one.
The Coxey idea Of the right of petition is
utterly at war with constitutional govern
menf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

Using their wand with Natures impartial
ity. the magic rays tipped with gold the
scattered gray hairs commingled In the
locks that graced the temples of The Man.
Tenderly. and with the reverentiai touch
of one who Is permitted 10 take IN his
hand a fragment OF some sweet saints
robe. The Man held in his soft and taper
ing fingers a lock of hair. Only a
woman's hair blonde and silkily soft.
For a long time The Man sat in silence,
gazing at the little silken lock. Once he
sighed. and passed his rand over the tress
with a motion that the observer might have
interpreted as a caress.
The sun sank lower, till but a bit of red
rim showed above the horizon like the
sleepy eye of a jaded debauchee. Twitter-
ing sparrows filled the tree. and their
shadows on the tapestried wall seemed the
dance OF evil hobgobiins.
The Man look out the window TO the
west as the sun dropped behind a cloud
as If il had been seized and dragged down
TO darkness. The eyes OF The Mar as
sumed- n PARKWAY expression. his pupils
dilating. IF that chambermaid," said The
Man. don't quit using my comb and
brush, I'll get another boarding house. ana
that's all there is to it"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

The improved retail trade of Saturday
was undoubtedly the result of the payment
of pensions which began on Friday. Pen
sioners and those who give them credit
have learned to look forward to the period
of quarterly payment for the money with
which obligations are discharged. The re-
tail creditor. the landlord and others who
extend pecuniary favors to thousands of
poor people who are pensioners are paid,
and they in turn put the money they re-
ceive into circulation by paying debts or
making deferred purchases. The annual
aggregate of pension money paid in In
diana is over sllsosa0OO. which means that
nearly $,OOO.O 900 of cash will trickle into
the channels of business during the next
two weeks. Just now such papers as the
New York Times and Harper's Weekly
are assailing the pension system as corrupt
because the agents of the first named pa
per. sent out for the purpose. have hunted
up and magnified a comparatively few
cases in which they believe that persons
are receiving pensions who should not. If
any fair-minded person will go to the pen
sion agency on pay day and note that by
far the larger part of those who draw pen
sions are old, feeble and poverty stricken,
and observe how difficult it would be to
pick olt a half dozen who. from appear
ances, would not be entitled to the pittance
which they receive. he would have no SYM
pathy with such assaults upon pensioners.
as are made by Harper's Weekly. AS it is,
there are eight hundred WORKOUT ex-sol-
diers, their wives or widows in the poor
houses of Indiana. Repeal the pension laws
and thousands of those drawing pensions
would become objects Of private or public
charity. The federal government, which
these pensioners served, is under far greater
obligation 10 care for them than are the
communities in which they live. The whis-
ky tax. unless the Whisky Trust manipu-
lates the revenue bill. will more than pay
the pensions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

The Washington Post says that three
days after the death of Louis Kossuth, the
Hungarian patriot. a gentleman Of that city
called on "a slate-writing medium" hold
ing concealed In his hand a written
message to Kossuth and asking for a reply.
Two states were handed him, which he
tied together with his handkerchief. When
he separated them FIVE minutes later he
found written on one of the states the fol-
lowing:
Esteemed Sir and Brother-It affords me
sincere pleasure to know that men and
women Of a nation foreign to my own own
memory cen in the so-called death. Next
to my native land, none won my heart en-
i eoaS amy amy f fSa pnab1e on II fingered tns sreh IN nny
fond .recollections than fair America Not
only are you a great nation, a great coun-
try: a good people In the estimaton OF ai
nations of the earth whose respect and
confidence are worth having. But I find In
my brief s%ojourn here that you hold a be-,
loved place in the heart OF the spiritual
cent knowledge of the modern means ana
methods for intercommunion between the
living and the so.called dead; Aneel nands
tomb from heaven to beloved America
and clasped those of dear ones whose
valley of death. 1 greet you. dear sir, with
" March by p. issi.
. Before believing this the Journal would
require convincing proof Of the gentleman's
sanity and reputation for veracity If
these points were satisfactorily established
one would have to admit that the slate
operator was a clever trickster, though
Hermann, Kellar and other Straightforward
men do tricks equally inexplicable, and
quite likely could duplicate this one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Ny neighbor calls his cat THEREBY
because from it hangs a ail.-Arkansa~
Traveller.
This promises to be a year Of great
earthquakes. Ours is due in November.
philadelphia Press.
There is a great difference between having
to say something and having something "
say.-Dr. A. T. Pierson.
The meek must inherit the earth, Tor Us
plain they never could get il in any Ot"1
way.-Kate Fields Paper.
]. S. Coxey might have telegraphed irom
Washington: 81 came. was seen, ! vas
laughed at."-New York World.
1t is a consolation when another man "
in trouble TO think that IL will prove d
valuable lesson TO him.-Tid Bits
1t takes grace to keep still while SONS
body else is getting credit for WORK u@'
you are doing.-Boston Transcript.
The Democratic steering committee IN te
United States Senate appears 10 haFs
dropped the tiller rope.-Detroit Tribune
The only Coxey train run into Washing
ton thus far was George Francis, and 70
was run in by the police.-Phhaoe'pN~
Press.
A Democratic presidential boom is about
as dead an asset as an American pohtlcas
can own nowadays--kochester De"
and Chronicle.
You can always tell the novice in love
making when ne asks for Just one kss
AS though such a thing ever eXisted.-fMT
adelphia Record.
Many a man who bowls loudly about me
wrongs of society and the 'inequeAuSs
of our social system always lets Ms WIZ
carry the baby.-Chicago Tribune
II is said hat Henry s.. Ives ldt &c
hind him a cool million. Perhaps NJ teats1
that IL he took IL with him n might y
come a warm one.-Bufalo Courier.
Hoke Smith is taking dancing lessons
but no other member Of the administra-
ton can so successfully disguise his Ter
ings.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Teiegraph-
That was a wide-awake Boston boy "nO
said that his kittens at first were Demo
Gratis but changed 10 Republicans. W.
they got their eyes open.-Boston IraNei1'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

In the departure of Rev. w. F. Taylor.
of the First Baptist Church, to another
field of labor, his congregation loses an
earnest, energetic and faithful pastor and
Indianapolis a valued citizen. During his
five years passionate he has succeeded in
giving the church a rank in the community
which it had never before reached, his
progressive spirit securing him a promi-
hence Of which the organization to which
he was attached gained the benefit. 1t was
through his efforts that the church build
ing was modernized and made into a
structure that is at once an architectural
Improvement and an attraction to strangers.
Outside of his church he made many friends.
He was especially popular with ministers
of all denominations. and was an author
ity in literary and art circles, his work as
a member of the Art Association being
highly appreciated. He will be greatly
missed here. and goes to Seattle, his new
home, accompanied by regrets and best
wishes for his future prosperity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Rudyard Kipling is to spend the
coming summer in England.
Mr.. 5. r. Crockett, the author of ..Tba
stickit Minister and 1.-THE Raiders" ia de-
scribed as being a broad -sAouldered mo,
hair and beard.
Another British novelist who ,s nrena.
to bring out a new work is DR. Caorgs
Macdonald. His winter in Italy has CO e.
improved his health that he has been abia
10 complete his novel. Oe
Daudet is very nearly as popular in
france as is Zola-that is. if we may Judge
ny soausucs OF sales. Zoia's are rated ar
an average of $4,000 copies. while Dauda.
follows not far behind with 80 Oa 0otaxee
reuiliet comes next with an average Of "a
600 copies. VI o.
II Is saja that Capt. Charles Kings nat
story thus far is Between the Lines b..
tnat ne mas IN view one that shall incJ,,da
R re- maTe1 OF OF the the Men in Gray" Seventh
In April, 1861. ifont
Daudets new book, Memories of a psas
ant is his only by right of translator
In IL ne presents a version of a long noem
ny a provincial writer, Baptiste Bonnet.
VINO was a laborer, and was, at twsnty
years OF age, unable 10 read or writ
even to speak French. ' UT
Mrs Humphrey Ward says that before
she finished her first novel she was saizad
with writer's cramp and that every word
OF the novel had TO be dictated TO a short
hand writer. She has since recovered e.
use OF her hand. Mrs. Ward Otter ~
writes a page twenty times before she s.
satisfied with the result.
One Of the most magnifcently furnishes
houses in London is said TO be that -,
Mr.. George Augustus Sala. Journalist
novelist and traveller. Yet. it Is often sa,d
that newspaper men and authors nevar
make enough TO keep them Mrs Ward
MISS Braodon and Mr.. awfor mirht
tfon- o'tauic-
When James Russell Lowell was passing
aiong the Edgeware road with q friend
Two years ago, thetr eyes were ottrartod
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

A gentleman who was in Washington on
the day that the Coxey gang attempted TO
hold a meeting on the steps of the Capitol
says:
What seemed to me most remarkable
was that / did not hear Coxey's name men
toned in the Capitol Building during the
three hours between 9 and IL o'clock that
morning, though the House was in session
Senate talking. There was q crowd of TO-
600 people outside the Capitol Building,
members of Congress attended to business
and seemed not only oblivious to the
demonstration, but. even of the existence of
such a man as CoXey.
This was as it should be. Congress is
not always digniied. but it could not afford
to show any t~repidation at or take any
notice of so Insignificant an event as the
assembling of Coxey's rabble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

The act which the Legislature of New
York has passed prohibiting, in effect, the
construction of the Astor stable in one
Of the finest residence districts of New
York city goes a step further than any
previous statute. Hitherto the prohibition
has stopped at the prohibition of structures
dangerous. unhealthful, and such as would
come under the general head of nuisances.
The Astor stable was neither of these. AS
a structure 1t was to be imposing, the
front being devoted to stores and the rear
to the stable. The objection On which the
law was based Is that a stable would in
jure surrounding property whose value was
due very much to it's exclusiveness. The
neighborhood has set a standard to which
a stable was inconsistent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

morning. The directors OF the festival nave
worked arduously to make II a success
both financially and artisticaIIy. The ex-
penses have been kept down to the lowest
point consistent with high-class entertain
ments. and il the festival this season is
not a financial success it will demonstrate
beyond doubt that such annual entertain
ments cannot be made seIf-sustaining in
indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

There Is every indication that the May
music festival next week viii be the great
est series of musical entertainments ever
given in this city. The singers engaged
are pre-eminent in their profession. the
orchestra Is OF the highest excellence and
the great chorus. which has been skillfully
drilled by Professor Arens. is showing a
remarkable degree Of Proficiency in the work
which It will be required TO do. II only re-
mains for the music loving people OF the
city to do their part In making the festival
a financial success. The sale OF season
tickets thus far indicates that they will
do this. But a further and greater oppor-
tunity to demonstrate their willingness to
support this most deserving local institu-
t1on WIN be afforded y the sale Of tickets
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

The Southern Indiana Press Association
will hold it's midsummer meeting at Madi-
son, May %. All editors and members OF
the press south of the old National road
are eligible for membership. All visiting
editors are also cordially invited to attend
whether eligible for membership or not.
The business programme of the associa-
ton for the occasion will be reported by
the committee later. The Merchants and
Manufacturers Club, composed Of the lead
ing citizens of Madison, through their COM
mittee on reception are preparing to enter
tain the association as the guests Of the
city. On the evening Of the 23d a recep-
ton will be rendered the association at one
of the city halls. The morning Of the oath
will be devoted by the club to showing
their guests the city. its beautiful environs
and magnificent scenery. Reduced rates
have been secured at all the hotels.
At the Madison Hotel a special rate
of 81 has been made for the a%ssocia-
ton and their families. Editors who con-
template attending will please notify Mr..
A. S. Chapman, Of Madison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

Ex-AIayor Hewitt. of New York. who has
had In mind a trip TO Europe this summer.
has given it up. believing that this is a time
when every patriotic American should re-
main at home and use his influence to stem
the tide of unhealthy agitation which is
sweeping over the land. When a friend
asked him recently il he did not think he
might be speaking too much nowadays.
Mr.. Hewitt replied that every man who APP
preciated the perils which lie in this wave
Of populisn and socialism ought to speak.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06

On Feb. 1. just before the Wilson bill
was referred TO the Voorhees, committee.
the certificates of the Sugar Trust were
OF the Senate committee bill was announced
the certificates rose TO 9ssl. When the COM
promise schedule of 20 per cent. al va
IN this increase OF $50 per share. millions
OF dollars We're made by those who were
first in the secret of the tariff changes.
How many Senator's were in It?