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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1894-11-23
SOVEREIGN RE-ELECTED.
Grand Master of the Knights of Lab
Will Serve Another Term.

NEW ORLEANS Nov 2l.-Grand
Master Sovereign was reelected with.
out any opposition by the knights of
Labor general assembly. Messrs. Bishop
OF Massachusetts and Merritt of Col.
orado were nominated for foreman, the
place now held by Bishop, and the lat
tel was elected. Secretary Treasurer
Hayes was reelected, though there was
some OpDosition
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
PROGRESS OF ARBITRATION.
Contractors and Carpenters Beginning
to Get Together.

A committee from the carpenters union
waited upon the contractors yesterday and
attempted TO have the latter appoint time
for an arbitration OF the difficulties be-
tween the two, and In main TO bring about
some settlement of the wage and hour
question. President Jungclaus after SONS
deliberation, stated that he would set to-
night as the tiEe for the meeting, and the
committee departed seemingly satisfied.
After their departure several members re-
called 10 President Jungclauss memory
that the bylaws Of the association read
that mo special meeting snail be called
by the president unless on the petition OF
five or more members or by a vote of the
majority Of the members present at the
previous meeting" AS no such action had
been taken, President Jungclaus at once
saw that the meeting could not be held in
keeping with the constitution, and accord
ingly Informed the union that the meeting
was on.
The contractors state that the situation
is peculiar and interesting. They state that
the strikers saying that there Is
difficulty. The contractors only laugh when
this is mentioned. Difficulty said one.
Not to me 10 any other contractor that
/ know OF. | and all OF the rest are get
ting many men as We want at our own
prices. which have many times been print
ell. There are two men applying 20 every
position I'm the field"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

partment making comparisons between the
wages paid in the pottery business at that
place and at Trenton, y. J. The COMPARE
sons were so favorable to American work
men and furnished so good an argument
for protection that the report was sup
pressed. Shortly afterwards a Democrat
was appointed to the position, and was
specially charged to make report which
should refute the protective argument that
wages and cost OF living are greatly TO the
advantage Of American workmen. His re-
port. made Feb. II. 1894. fully sustains that
Of his predecessor. and shows an average
difference Of ~ per cent. in favor of wages
paid at Trenton over those paid at Tuns-
tall. II the free-traders could only get a
fact now and then to sustain their cause
the argument would not be so one-sided.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

State tax which il must pay. When IL
comes 10 the levy. the county or township
shall make it upon such kinds Of property
as 1t sees ft. Several States In the Union
have that system, and bill is now pend
ing before the Legislature Of New York
uLcer the provisions Of which taxes may
be levied upon 1.-The assessed valuation OF
personal property alone, upon the as
sessed value OF real estate alone, including
land and all improvements thereon, or upon
the assessed value Of land exclu-
sive Of improvements. and of personal
property. or upon the assessed value Of
land. Improvements and of personal prop
erty taken together" In other words, the
object of the association is to secure to
counties in Indiana the right to control
local taxation.
The subject is certainly one OF great in
terest, and entitled 10 careful investiga-
ton. The association in Indiana proposes
10 bring the matter before the next Leg
islature, and. meantime. 1t will publish
pamphlets and literature bearing on the
subject. Those who desire this literature
for free circulation should apply TO the
secretary, Mr.. ]. H. Springer, No. rs South
Pennsylvania street Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The University of Wales now has royal
charter, by which, for the first time, de-
grees in music are TO be granted TO women
In a current address to the London
School Board Professor Huxley. the hetero-
dox. warmly advocated the study of the
Bible as 1.-The most remarkable collection
OF books among the people.
The Duke of Norfolk's eldest son is deaf.
dumb. almost blind and half-witted The
youthful Earl has been afflicted from his
childhood and his condition appears TO
grow worse with each succeeding year
Louis Kossuth, In his old age. was opposed
to anything like socialism. Talking to an
Englishman recently, he said: your great
danger is socialism. L say make no terms
with socialism. You must stamp ii out"
Sir Robert Ball. the eminent English as
tronomer. in a recent lecture in Leeds. en-
phatically asserted that the planet Mars
is inhabited. 1t was, he, said. impossible
for men live there, but creatures of
some sort exist on that distant world
An enterprising woman suffragist in
Yuma, A. T., wants to be appointed prison
matron, despite the fact that there have
been but four female prisoners in the jail
in sixteen years. Still, there is a strong
probability that the appointment will be
made.
Mrs. Waite the wife of the Governor Of
Colorado is forty-eight years of age. while
her husband is sixty-nine. She
widow and he a widower when they were
married. She is interested in the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union. and
thinks there Is no one like her husband.
Moved by the example OF Peter the
Great, perhaps. Count Julian Teleky. who
belongs to a rich Hur garian family, is
just now learning the snip builders trade
I'm san Francisco. He repres ents a Russian
syndicate which is about 10 establish a line
OF steamships between the Pacific coast
and eastern Siberia.
Mrs. Mary +. Willard. president of the
American Home School in Berlin, has given
to the Association OF College Alumnae a
scholarship in modern languages. including
board and tuition for one year in that in
stiution. The candidate must be a graduate
of not more than one years standing of
some college in the association; she must
be under twenty-five years OF age and must
have studied French or German for two
years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
BEES INSTEAD OF SMOKE.
Firemen's Unusual Experience at the
First German NJ. T.. Church.

Last night. about O'Clock, Rev. John c.
Martling, pastor Of the First German NJ
+. Church. at the corner OF New York and
New Jersey streets, came running TO the
headquarters OF the fire department very
much excited, and told the firemen that his
church spire was afre In a moment the
gong sounded, and in less than ten seconds
the fire department was on its way TO the
church. When the firemen arrived they
found apparently a stream of smoke issu-
ing from point near the top OF the spire
The fire. ii seemed, had gained no head
way. SO two OF the flremen were sent up
into the spire with a small extinguisher to
battle with the fiames% BY this time large
crowd had gathered. and all were intenty
watching the seeming smoke as ii lowered
about the top of the spire. In a few mo-
ments the two firemen had reached the
base OF the spire. and Harry ng con-
tinued on up. climbing among the many
timbers OF the inside Of the steeple till he
reached a point near the top, where fur
Their progress was impossible. Still he could
find no fire. nor could he smell any smoke
nor feel any heat After a full investiga-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
TAX REFORM IN INDIANA.

The word reform has been so monopo-
Iized by the advocates OF fads and theories
that many Of the people have no confidence
In any progressive measure which is pre-
scented as a reform, lest IL shall turn out.
like many movements to which the word
has been applied, a humbug or a fad But
there is so much dissatisfaction regard
ing taxation in Indiana and other States
that any plan which promises relief or
even a change will receive popular atten-
ton. There IS now in Indiana one asso-
citation whose purpose IS to secure a change
In the system Of taxation. and II is called
'',rhe Tax Reform Association Of Indiana"
Its object Is 10 secure such a change in
the Constitution and the laws as Will per-
nit each county and township TO adopt a
system OF it's own for raising its revenues.
The State I'm such case would have valu-
alton Of its own, simply for the purpose OF
apportioning to each county the snare OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

OF Indiana During the last year primary
departments in which there were ninety
students abolished. yet the number
has not diminished. There is no great in
dustry upon which Indiana depends that is
not benefited by Purdue. The experimental
station is doing a work for Indiana farm
which, If not new, will in time be
worth millions of dollars 10 it's agriculture
The experiments have been not only extern
sive. but OF practical character. Purdues
experiments TO determine the conditions
under which better results may be attained
from the use Of fuel by locomotives, which
have attracted the attention and the CO.
operation of railroad managers, concern the
mass of people as well as the owners of
railways. More than half the power of the
fuel consumed is now lost When that loss
can be prevented the cost of transportation
will be less, and millions will be saved to
the people as we'll as to corporations.
Every State like Indiana needs an institu-
ton such as Purdue can be under the pres
ent progressive management but TO be
useful ii must have the means to keep
in the front rank of progress. What the
public school is and should be to insure
general intelligence, the school of tech
nology of a State should be in regard to
the application of scientific experiments to
her varied industries There must be some
place where theories can be tested and
experiments made along general lines, and
Purdue, a State institution, should be
made to occupy that place in Indiana.
When this can be done by an expenditure
OF less than 100000 in addition to what
the institution now has, the money should
be raised. Its call appeals to Indiana men
who have the means TO assist the institu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

tion he descended TO a point where he could
report 10 the waiting fremen below. and
assured them that there fire up
there stu the smoke was plainly visible
70 all the assembled crowd.
Finally some one noticed that the sup
posed smoke did not behave I'm the regula-
ton manner for smoke, but. a instead Of
curling up into the air and passing away.
any good and true smoke usually does,
il seemed 10 curl around and finally find
its way back into the hole out Of which
ii was coming. This phenomenon caused
some one OF the crowd to suggest that
probablysit was not smoke. 4 pair OF field
glasses were procured and the smoke IN
vestigated. The smoke" proved TO be a
large swarm Of bees that were lowering
around the spire.
This Is not the first time the department.
has, been called on 10 cNtngllish "A swarm
of bees in this church sp!re. About four
years ago box was pulled and the de-
partment hurried 10 the scene. Then, as
now, what was supposed 10 be smoke was
seen near the point O. the spire. The hose
was quickly reeled of from the chemical
and carried into the church and up the
winding stairway into the spire, but no
fire could be found. II was quite a while
before the real truth was discovered, and
then the department retired in disgust
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
The Needs of Purdue University.

Great as had been the success of Purdue
University to the date when its new build
ing was destroyed by fire. few months
since. il was then on the threshold OF
new career, which would have given il a
national reputation and national field in
certain branches OF scientific investigation
applied To practical affairs. In an hour the
results of years of planning and study and
of intelligent liberality were lost. Just now
an effort is being made by friends of the in
stitution in Lafayette 10 rebuild. 1t should
be successful. A State institution, and
occupying a field I'm many respects it's own
In Indiana, State pride should be stimu
lated TO put Purdue where II can 90 the
work which IL can for the development Of
the State. As a school Of technology in
certain lines II has no rival, and if IL had
il is very important 10 the future OF Indi-
ana that IL should have school in which
applied science il taught. The fact that II
has retained about seven hundred students
and could have had more II IL had the
buildings and the machinery prove that
such a school is appreciated by the people
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
DecentIy and In Order.

The dying man beckoned to the physician.
"Say Doc he whispered.
what is it?" asked the man of med-
cine.
"Sein' as l am the first man to die in
this town with his boots off, 1 know they
will be a considerable amount of scrim-
mage for the privilege of burying me be-
tween the undertalxers Now, as l been 10
considerable expense and trouble to git
this home fixed up fer the old woman and
the kids and don't want it mussed with a
lot of fellers shootin holes through the win
ders and walls. 1 want you TO git them I'M
dertakers together and have 'em play a
game of seven-up fer the chance of plant
ing me. You'll do it, won't you, Doc?"
And the doctor said he would.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
A seyenty-Year-old PeddIer

Charles Wooley. aged seventy years, who
wore a'plug hat and was otherwise dressed.
was arrested yesterday afternoon by patrol
man Milan on charge Of peddling without
a license. Wooley has been I'm the city
about a month His money became eX-
hausted, and he sought. he says, 20 earn
money TO pay for transportation 10 Dayton.
where he has relatives living. 10y selling
pencils on the streets. lie did not know
that license was required before he would
be allowed TO sell, and. had he known II,
he did not have the money 10 get the IL
cense. His case will be investigated by
Township Trustee Gold
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
GOOD OUT OF EVIL.

While the offensive details of the Pollard
Breckenridge case were being spread be-
fore the public from day to day with a de-
gree of realism that was shocking by it's
very truthfulness, almost everybody felt
that the cause of public morals had suffered
great and permanent harm. There did,
indeed, seem occasion for deep regret that
the story of so base an intrigue should be
so widely exploited, and at first glance it
did not seem possible that the ultimate re-
suit could be other than demoralizing. But
those who were disposed to take this view,
and almost all decent people were, forgot
that vice is only dangerous when it Is at
tractive. Naturally it is repulsive, and only
needs to be stripped OF its DISCUSSES to
make people shun it. There has been moth
ing in this case to make anybody think
contrary, much to show that it carries it's
own punishment.
Already there are indications that good
may come out of the evil. We are too near
liiC tiiu VI pun
lie sentiment on moral and social questions
is too we'll defined to permit such an occa-
sion as this to pass without reforming and
advancing some of the lines of social action
AS long as men did all the thinking and
talking and fixed the standard of social
purity to suit themselves there was little
danger Of protest or appeal. But that time
is passed. though the defendant in this case
and at least one Of his lawyers have shown
that they do not realize the fact All the
same 1t has passed. The women of Amer
lea are doing their own thinking now, and
fair share of the talking Moreover they
know how to organize and act. They know
how to make themselves heard and felt,
and they by means backward in
doing it. There has been no more signif-
cant movement in recent times than the
combined action Of several women's organi-
cations in Washington for the establish
ment OF a new social standard and a
higher code of morals at the capital. This
movement does not aim at anything ex-
treme visionary; it simply demands that
society shall exact of men the same degree
of virtue and morality that it exacts of
women. This is just and right. 1t is a
natural outgrowth of the nineteenth CEN
| tury movement for the recognition of the
| true rights and the true equality of woman.
and it is the essence of practical social re-
| organized body Of women of recognized
social standing makes such a demand and
| offers unanswerable reasons why it should
| be complied with The movement is des-
tined to be a progressive one and to make
its impress on society
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

The Journal has received a copy Of Pub
lie Opinion with a red letter notice marked
copy on the outside. Turning over the
pages the following is found with blue
lines on either side:
The Democratic view, on the other hand.
Is that the political upheaval is unmis-
takably an expression of strong popular
disapproval of Democratic delay in carry
ing out the pledges upon which the party
was voted into full control of the govern
ment two years ago. Accordingly the press
of each party finds in the local election
returns a fresh mandate from the people
to adhere to the respective but antagons-
tic party policies. Apparently the individ-
ual voter is left no alternative but to
study the questions at issue upon their
merits and shape his own course without
regard to election returns. And it would
not be strange If the individual voter should
ask himself at this point what reason there
is anyhow for allowing himself to be
swayed by the course of any other voter
or any number of voters.
The Journal cannot imagine why the
foregoing is of sufficient Importance to be
marked and sent over the country, unless
that portion which is the editors opinion.
and not Public Opinion, is important
namely. that the individual voter should
not allow himself ito be swayed by the
course of any other voter or any number
of voters" 1t is probable that the stop
page of factories, the loss of employment
or the reduction OF wages have not affected
the Opinion, but the hundreds of thou
sands who have been affected by the in
dustrial stagnation attribute it to the DEM
ocratc tariff policy and they are so posi-
tive about the matter that they Will not
be "swayed" by the opinion Of a paper
which claims to give current opinions. but
on the results of the late elections gives
it's own opinion and those of Democratic
and free-trade papers only.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

The ST Louis Republics Washington cor
respondent says an immense corruption
fund has been raised TO defeat the passage
buy three or four. Senator's and the corre-
spondent says: THE purchased ones must
be Democrats. There is no need Of buy
ing a Republican in this deal. because all
the Republicans Will vote against the bill"
Coming from Democratic source. this is
fine tribute TO the honesty OF the Repub-
lican party
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
XnIunhIN ReneGcence

The Free kindergarten Society has asked
the ministers of the city to call the espe-
cial attention of their congregations, next
Sunday, to the philosophy of Froebel, the
founder of the system of child culture now
in use, and also to set aside the collections
of the day for the benefit of the work
among poor children. This is very proper
and reasonable request The anniversary
of FroebePs birth occurs on the 2lst, and
it is the purpose Of the society to celebrate
the occasion each year in a practical way.
The association has conducted it's work for
years chiefly through the personal efforts Of
it's members and the aid of comparatively
small number of people who understood
the Importance of the undertaking, and it is
only just that the general public should be
asked to lend it's assistance, since it is the
public that must ultimately share the ben
eft. 1t is not too much to say that be-
nevolent enterprise now In operation in In
dianapois is of such direct and lasting
value this. The kindergarten takes the
child almost In it's babyhood, and leads ii
along a pleasant path into ways of gentle
ness and refinement, and opens to 1t doors
of knowledge which might, but for its help,
remain forever closed. The training thus
given, lasting, though IL does, only through
the infant years. cannot be lost, but is of
incalculable benefit To reform a man or
woman whose steps have gone astray is
difficult and doubtful task; it is much easier
to turn those steps Alright at the beginning.
The children of to-day to be the men
and women Of tomorrow, the citizens on
whom the country's welfare depends, and
the work of making them good citizens cam
not begin too early nor its Importance be
overestimated Many excellent people have
their msgivings as to the utility of foreign
missions. but there is no room to doubt
the usefulness of the free kindergartens
They institutions whose methods and
results can easily be seen, but those who
have not time or opportunity for investi-
cation may be that their contributions
to the work will be a good investment. The
schools we'll deserve a generous support.
! A volume of poems called Cuckoo Songs"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

The New York Worlds Washington cor
respondent confirms the report that the
Sugar Trust will demand OF the majority
the present schedule does not afford the re-
finers sufficient protection. Furthermore.
the correspondent believes that the trust
will carry its points. And yet the majority
talks of a tariff for revenue only.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

What are you looking glum about,
old man?' asked Jupiter.
Mars frowned "A little German tailor
bas invented a bullet-proof suit that Is
likely to interfere with my business"
said he.
They are getting a little the best of
YOU" chimed in Cupid, but it will be a
cold day before they ever get an armor that
is proof against my darts"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17
BUBBLES In THE AIR.
And So She Could.

az suppose" said he, that If you women
had the right to vote, you would also as
sumo the right to stand up In the crowded
street cars, all the same the men?"
"Hmh!" said she. IF woman was run
ming things. there would be enough street
cars put on the tracks, or she would take
the company's privileges away"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

In criticising Criminal Court methods.
yesterday. the Journal charged that the
secrets OF the grand jury room had been
betrayed. the basis or this charge being
the fact that the name of a witness had
been presented before a secret society of
which he was member and his expulsion
demanded and secured because OF testi-
mony he had given before the grand jury.
The Journal is informed that this did not
occur until after the indictment and the
names OF the witnesses had become public
property. This being the case the strict
ures alluded 10 are hereby withdrawn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

The sugar schedule in the tariff bill has
been reopened, and new deal is on be-
tween the Senate finance committee and the
trust. The result is that Sugar Trust stock
Is rising and Democratic Senators are
again deep in the speculative pool
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

Colonel Breckenridge swore that he never
promised to marry Miss Pollard. Twelve
Jurymen say by their verdict that he did.
tleman to resent such an imputation on
his hnnnr2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-17

1t Is said that but three of twenty-seven
members of the national Democratic COM
mittee approve of Senator Hills speech. If
the Democrats in the Senate stand in like
ratio to the Wilson bill it will be defeated.