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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-16
A Democrat Converted.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SHERIDAN, Ind, Sept. 15.-The CAM
paign for the Republicans was opened here
last night by ex-Lieutenant Governor
Thomas Hanna, of Indianapolis. The opera
gerrymander and showed the dishonesty. Of
the Democratic party in its legislative and
congressional apportionments. He paid his
respects to the Democratic free-trade party
and said that the reason the Democratic
party was for free trade and would not
legislate in favor of the wage-earner was
that Congress was controlled by 153 Sena-
tors ard Representatives from the South,
and that the wage-earner in the South was
and that the Southern Democrat did not
care whether they got a living or not. He
said that the same cause that controlled
the tariff legisla tion inspired the insults
and oppression that has been melted out
to the veterans o. the war. He quoted ex-
tracts from Southern school-books, news
papers and speeches, which said the Union
soldiers are nothing but a set of pension
beggars, and that only this week the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal said, in speaking
who plead for pap; charge of the pension
brigade; Pittsburg's heights stormed by an
army of pie-seekers.' A large number of
old soldiers occupied the front seats in the
applauded. At the close Of the meeting
Captain Dawson, a prominent hardware
dealer of this place, who was a soldier in
the Mexican and late war and a lifelong
Democrat. acknowledged his conversion to
the Republican party, and said hereafter
he would stand by the Republican party
and was for BENJAMIN Harrison, the SOL
diers' friend, for President in 1896.
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the majority of cases 1t shows no signs of
abatement. Ii is, however. satisfactory TO
know that a clew has been obtained to ac-
supposed remedy is easy Of application.
In the French public schools 2+2 per cent.
OF the scholars are shortsighted; in the
German, 35 per cent: in the English, only
20 per cent. From Investigations by NJ.
Martin into the annals of the French
schools IL appears that the percentage is
the highest in the rhetoric and philosophy
classes. The hygienic cor6ition Of the
school does not seem to affect the percent
age. and NJ. Martin think5 that want of
physical exercise is the cause of the trouble.
BY modifying the work OF he classes the
proportion OF shortsighted scholars at the
College OF Gsessen has fallen from 26.6 to
IL per cent. in five years NJ. Martin rec
ommeads reasonable periods of physical ex-
ercise between the hours for study. Where
these periods of recreation have been al
lowed, while shortsightedness has de-
creased, there has been no diminution of
general proficiency on the part of the schol-
arS.
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Immediately from the engine room, show
Ing that the engines have been started
ahead, reversed or stopped. as the case
sure, an electric connection with each en-
CINE shaft brings back a reply from the
machinery itself. Speaking tubes. tele-
phones and electric bells lead to the engine
room, the magazines and all the important
parts of the ship, and to all the guns of
the battery. An arrangement for concen-
trating the fire, Of the guns on any one
post in the coming tower the captain has
a better view than can be had from the
guns themselves where the smoke often
obscures the object to be aimed at BY
means of the range inder-an apparatus
recently devised. which does its work by
means of electrically controlled arms or
pointers-the exact distance of the enemy's
ship is found in an instant
The captain orders the guns to be trained
at a certain angleLthis is done by means of
marks on the deck training circles-thsn
the elevation is given. and instantly an
swers are telegraphed back TO the coming
tower that the guns have been laid ac-
cordingly.
Then the captain, by means of fixed
s sisf fbe 81 Shin tne or Pe directs c1se the OF b sl9 sower, az aim ms
side TO turn the wheel, that the line of
sight for the given angle shall gradually
come on the same line as that leading from
finger on the electric button that closes
the contact with the gun-firing apparatus.
and his eyes carefully ~glancing along the
line of the sight he waits till the target
a crash that shakes the ship from stem
TO stern, the whole broadside Of guns pour
out their deadly she'll
the control OF the ship Is not lost, for. far
down below the water line. protected from
injury by a curvsd steel deck. Is a dupli-
cate of the steering apparatus, always
ready in case Of accident to the wheel On
deck.
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THE MONTHLY MAGAZINES.
Some OF Their Defects Kindly Point
ed Out by u Newspapers.

The defects in the monthly magazine are
almost vital and some of them are of long
standing. 1t was born of the Quarterly
Review, which is a most defective parent,
insincere even in name. Ostensibly, the
Review was instituted 10 review the lit
erature of the day. In fact, the contrib
and then looks about for some book of
which he can pretend the essay is a re-
view. Often the book whose title is placed
at the head of the essay is not even men
toned in the body of the article.
With sucn %parentage the monthly maya
zine had a poor start in life. At last il
has abandoned literature absolutely. al
though the writer's of its dialect stories
speak with an air about their literary la
aim beyond getting as many advertise
nlents as possible, 1T is to print pictures,
especially the portraits of play-acting and
stage-singing people, the letter text being
much like the matter of the Sunday news
paper. 1t seeks to please, which is the
particular thing it condemns IN the news
paper.
The immediate reform we have i'm view
for the magazine is one that will be CRATE
full to the immense number of persons
whose timely contributions have been re-
jected because I'VE have now on hand ac-
cepted articles for two years in advance"
The fact that hardly any matter printed
In the magazines is less than two years
old, or that the matter accepted to-day is
not likely to appear before the lapse Of
magazine editing. Magazines do not &C.
termine the subject matter of public in
tereSt at any time. Inat Is done by events
and by the newspapers. In this prodig-
iously active age and country the changes
in public interest and in public taste are
|. so rapid that il is impossible to foresee to-
day what will be of lively interest two
years away For example, two years ago
there was a rage for dialect stories. Mag
azine editors accepted and paid for them in
tons, and continued TO serve them on read
ers whose taste for such stories was sa-
tiated long, long ago.. Having bought them,
the editors are forced to print them to the
bitter end, TO the infinite WEAKNESS OF the
public and to the rejection of the fresh
ard delightful matter for which the public
taste is ripe.
1t cannot be said Of anything that il will
do at all two years ahead. A great event,
a war, a social disturbance of any kind,
affects the needs of the time in every de-
partment of human interest. We are read
ing magazines that bear the date OF Sep
tember, 1894, but which, in fact, were vir-
tualiy made up some time In the year 1892.
The contributors chose their subjects under
conditions created by events and by news
paper comments of some two years ago,
while the public demand even as TO fiction
and adventures and pictures, Is created by
the events and newspaper Of to-
day.
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ABOUT 200 DROWNED
CHINESE ABOAHD THE TRANSPORT
CHEAN DID NOT ALL ESCAPE.
Many Soldiers Are Now Said to Have
Perished When the Steamer
Stranded-A Japanese Victory.

LONDON, Sept. ia Shanghai dispatch
received here to-day announces that six
survivors of the persons aboard the Chi
nese transport Chean, which stranded in
the Che Tung pass recently. with 1,4OO
troops on board, while on her way to the
island of ForTosa, have arrived there. 1t
was first announced that in spite of the
panic which prevailed on board the trans
port after she went ashore all the troops
and crew were saved in the ships boats,
but the six persons who have reached
Shanghai say that they estimate that about
two hundred soldiers were drowned in the
Che Tung pass.
A dispatch received here from Seoul, CO.
rea, dated Sept. 10, says that the japanese
force moving from Gensan has completely
routed the Chinese at Sing Chuen. Both
sides are reported to have lost heavily.
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ALL DAY RIOT IN MUNCIE.
Men Run Down by Electric Motors
and Cnrs DitchcG.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. I5.-This city has
never experienced such exciting scenes of
riot as has been waged here nearly af of
to-day. 1t was a fight between the War
ren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Company ard
the Muncie Electric Street-railway Com
pany. AS a result of the riot q number
Of motors are lying in the gutter, several
men are injured and officers Of the street.
car company were arrested. The paving
company began to tear up tracks on Wal
nut street, opposite the public square at z
o'clock this evening. Superintendent
Brown, of the paving company, went to
work with a dozen teams. Manager w. j.
Hilligoss, OF the street-car company, or
aered the men to desist. They refused. and
he then sent q motor car at full speed into
the first team, and they were knocked
from the track. Another run was made
at team No. 2. but the colored driver stood
ready for the attack with a boulder
in each hand. threatening Hiligoss's life.
The fifty other hands approached with
shovels, picks and clubs and the street-car
company was driven back A mob of citi-
zens cheered the teamsters and Kissed
every move of the railway company. Final
w rails and ties were pulled at this spot.
but when the men were moved into the
next square they found fifteen cars strung
along the track. forming a blockade.
Every time a mar would step on the
track TO cut a splice wire or pull spikes he
would be run down by a motor car. After
several hours the railway company turned
the deadly current Of electricity into the
rail and notified the people that If they
touched the car or rail 1t was at their
peril. This caused the scene of war TO
be shifted to the crossing of Main n
Walnut streets, and thousands of men and
boys watched and cheered the destruction
OF the property. The same tactics of
driving the PAYERS off with cars was be-
gun here and kept up until the police
ordered the cars off the sidewalk. Manager
Hilligoss refused to obey orders, and one
OF the motormen came near running over
Superintendent of Police Miller. This act
caused the officers to pounce on the two
motormen- Manager Hilligoss and Superin-
tendent Petty, who were arrested amid
wild cheering by the mob. 1sney were
hustled to Police Court and the two cars
were then ditched, as had been others.
At 2 O'Clock the trouble was Temporarily
ended by the railway company getting a
restraining order from the court. This was
after two books Of track had been de-
stroyed- This evening the asphalt com
pany constructed a high fence across Wal
nut street AT the Main-street crossing to
prevent wagons from driving north. There
was but a short spur of track there. but
Hiligcss manned a car and with a burst
OF speed went into it. The second time
he did this he was knocked from the car
TITO the muddy ditch and severely in
tured. The outcome of the fight cannot be
fcrpfoid-
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THE ISSUE.
Senator Davis Does Not Think 1t
Should BE the Tariff.

ST.. PAUL. Sept. Ex-senator c.. K.
Davis, In an interview to-day, said: "The
American people cannot help producing.
We have 100000 Of people, and for six
teen months 10000, 600 million of people have
been economiZing. But matters have
reached a point where people must buy.
This will have a tendency to improve bust
ness conditions and hasten prosperity. /
think that the cuisines of the country will
gradually adjust itself to the provisions of
the new tariff. And / think, also, what the
peace on the tariff question. The issue of
the next campaign is the conspicuous fail
ure of the Democratic party to administer
the affairs of the government in diplomacy,
in fnance-in everything. The Democratic
party will be on the defensive throughout
the campaign, e~ndeavoring to justify its
acts. The Republican party has its record
and will stand upon that" He does not
anticipate much danger to the old parties
by A. r. II. detection to the Populists
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NICE FOR THE CAPTAIN.
That Dignitary Now Occupies a Place
OF Security ON His Ship.
Do,rSopsS Weekly

In the days of wooden ships the post of
the captain of a man-of-war vas on the
quarterback, where, exposed to the shots
of the enemy. he directed the movements
of the ship and controlled the fire Of the
battery. The post of danger is a post of
horor, but many a brave captain has lost
his life by needlessly exposing himself to
shot and Shell. The dangerous position of
the leading spirit of the ship has in the
past been a weak point in the system OF
naval warfare
In the ships of the present day a place
is SET apart which the commanding officer
IS to occupy during action This is called
the "conning tower" The coming Is
a cylindrical structure made of steel about
three or four inches thick. with a dome
like top. II has a narrow entrance in the
rear. protected by a curved thanking piece
os tie same thickness Small sight-hoies
are pierced through the steel. and inside
tuere Is just room enough for three per-
s,rs-the captain. the helmsman and an
o.her man to work the signals 10 the dif-
ferent parts OF the ship. The coming tow
er is situated in the forward part OF the
ship. and from the Inside the captain has
4 clear view through narrow windows in all
directions. From his station he has COM
plete control Of the movements OF the YES
sci and the fire Of the battery.
On either SIDE Az tie leve.rs for ~slgne1ing
to the engine room The levers vork g
automa11o n9na1 ~ 1epsy oeuAeo*neeE
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HARRIsoN's ART
Himself with IS- Tact
and PrOpriet,.


New York Letter i'm PHILADELPHIA Press.
Whether ex-President Harrison viii speak
in this State during II campaign or not
is a matter yet to be determined. He Is
f fSat he ready sppe 40 d noo so The y It st is 5hoq His r best
tons with Mr.. Morton, always cordial.
would justify his saving something. in aid
may not be regarded as too soon to sug-
gest that perhaps after all the ticket with
which to appeal to those who prospered
ment-to those who had good wages in the
four years prior TO 1882, and who nave since
suffered. as well as to the great business
viii be that one which being successfni In
ISIS showed the country that the Repub-
licah party was a party OF action. of con-
which would make for the prosperity of the
whole country. The ex-President has been
spending a good deal of time in this city
for the past week or two, and yet with
such singular discretion. such perfect tact.
that no person, however maliciously dis
posed, can point the finger or reproachful
can discover the slightest Indication OF
any purpose on his part to regain in 1896
what was lost I'm 1892.
has seen and heard enough TO convince
him, as il has many other men. that the
great objection to the Democratic party
which has been raised IN the minds OF men
who supported 1t with enthusiasm in, 1892
Is not that II quarreled over a tariff. or
that II biundered over Hawaii, or that II
imposed an income tax, or that 1t has done
or left undone any specific thing. but Is the
whole record OF absolute Incompetence as
a governing force. The Democratic party
has not got brains enough TO govern this
country" was a remark made on Labor
day by one Of the abiest Democratic Con-
gressmen from New York State, n HI
added hat the Democratic Congressman
from one section of the country were a
set OF sublime fools and from another sec
ton Of consistent coundrel The woeful
administrator Of Mr.. Carlisle, OF the
Treasury Department, Is spoken OF h<ss
not 90 much with blame for Carlisle as =
sample Of what Democratic government II
1n its tneompetency and capacity 20
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SEIZED THE GHOSTS
". L ~ AN INDIANAPOLIS
LAWYER. EXPOSES sPIRTrUALIsTs.
rr.at victory for Rev. c. U. Wade mt
Hutton - Muncie
Riot That Lasted for Hours.


+DeCtaI 20 the llQ1dudHC1c
BLUFFTON, Ind, sept. lo.-Hev' :.
Wade, Of the VI. T. Church OF 1nis cry
having for a number Of Sundays recently
nae onan exnoses of spiritualistic phenom-
ena and from his pulpit demonstrated the
.aua hy n.rforning wonderful" medium
,stic feats nv means Of trickery and sleigh
Of hand has greatly aroused the feeling
he,uaan CHRISTIANS and Spiritualists This
civ has many dsvout and conscientious
Snlritualists and the sermons OF the Rev.
AR wade caused a challenge 10 be issued
addressed to this minister through the daily
naners The apostIes OF the spirits creed,
an order ~ nrove their belief to their Doubt
ing brothers. offered TO make a test case.
The challenge was accepted by the minister.
and the SpirituaHsts sent 10 Lafayette and
secured II. r. Wardwel, whose rare me-
dlumistic powers had astonished the credu-
lous people all over the State.
In due time the medium, with his wife
and three children, arrived and secured
rooms In the Bliss House. the leading Motel
OF the city and, in the private pariors' ar
ranged for the test. At 7:30 o'clock tonight
the invited guests gathered in the room
and formed two circles. AS usual, the
lights were extinguisled, the music box
wound up. the preliminaries gone through
with and soon manifestations appeared.
Faces and figures hideous and ugly enough
10 brighten the saints were seen.
Suddenly w. L. Royse, formerly a young
indianapolis lawyer, an investigator
and seeker for truth, made a dive for the
cabinet and seized the ghosts. The gas
was lighted and one OF the greatest frauds
ever perpetrated stood exposed. The medi-
,,n,'e uifa and three children. rObed In
white were discovered in the cabinet with
the medium. The money paid by the visi-
tors was Immediately demanded and re-
OF the visitors. out Of sympathy for the
woman and children, gave the medium
thirty minutes to leave the city. which he
did. This exposure Is a fatal dow TO the
cause of spfritualism in Bluffton, where IL
has numbered among its adherents some
OF the best people OF the town. The expose
Is highly gratifying TO all honest people.
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voorhees, Defending Willis.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
vINCENNES. Ind, Sept 1.-THE Willis
murder trial is in progress in this city.
More than fifty witnesses nav been exam
ined nor the State. which is not yet
through. When the divorced wife OF Willis,
was placed on the stand she broke COM
pletely down and sobbed Historically. The
defendant also burst into tears and cried
like a boy. 1t was the most pathetic scene
ever witnessed in the Knox county court
room. TIE array of attorneys for the ie-
Tense is the strongest ever ngaged on one
side of any suit ever tried In Vincenncs.
Notable among these are Senator Voorhees,
and Joan L. Lamb, OF Terre Haute.
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WAS "HE" A WOMANs
Another Story Concerning the Missing
and Well-I Insured DR.. Fraker.

MONUMENT. Co.., Sept. 15.-Dr. G. N.
Fraker, the physician said to have been
drowned at Excelsior Springs, Mo-. and
over whose life insurance there is a con-
test, came to this town In 1887 in company
with James W. Skeen, and for two years
they were in the drug business here. The
relationship between the two was extremely
intimate. and people here who knew them
well are inclined to believe the report that
the doctor was a woman. He was very
fond Of needle work, cooking and house
keeping. Failing in business, he returned
to Excelsior Springs with his inseparable
companion. A few months after their de-
parture Skeen committed suicide.
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SMALLPOX.


Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND. Ind, Sept Is. = Reports
from Walkerton, this county, Indicate that
trouble over appearance of smallpox is go
ing to be greater than at first anticipated.
DR.. II. ID. Denant, of WaIkerton, has felt
1t necessary to again call DR.. Metcalf, of
indianapolis. who arrived there last even
ing, and win a k necessary precautions
DR.. Metcalf fears the situation is very seri-
Gus. as the whole town has been EXPOSED
through failure of DR.. Doud to properly
diagnose his original case. 1t is said that
Douo visited otner patients even after his
own person was broken out with the dis
ease. One of the new cases is In the fam
lily OF undertaken Vincent.
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Indiana Notes.

The twelfth annual reunion of the Thirty
fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers will
be held at Alexandria Sept 20 and 81.
The brick schoolhouse at Spring Hill,
seven miles northeast Of Greensburg. was
burned Friday night. Loss, 5000; insured
for s., LOCO.
The venerable James Ellinger, a prom
inent citizen of Scottsburg. died Friday
night of paralysis. He was eighty-four
years old.
Riley Spoilers, a farmer, near Farmland.
has a turkey gobbler that has just Matched
a setting of eggs He takes care OF the
chicks just as well as a mother hen would
do, and at night gathers them under his
wings.
The stock barn belonging to Harvey
Hicks, near Center Point, was burned Sat
urday. Two horses, farming implements,
two buggies, harness and a large amount
of feed and grain was burned. This origin
of the fire is unknown. Loss partly COW
cred by insurance.
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BACK In THE HARNESS
W.. FAIRBANKS SPOKE AT
GREENFIELD YESTERDAY.
Col. Hardy and Frank Posey Doing
Good Work I'm the South-Aionzo
Burkhart's Populist Rant.
ipecial 10 the Indianapolis Journal.

GREENFIELD, Ind, Sept l5,-Hon.
Charles w. Fairbanks, of indianapolis,
opened the Republican campaign in Han
cock county this afternoon by an able and
eloquent speech at Masonic Hall. There was
a large audience of the solid and substan-
tial men of the county, who were pleased
with his masterful presentation of State
and national issues. Hancock county, with
her numerous manufacturing industries,
feels the weight of the German tariff bill
in a large reduction IN wages. The popular
candidate for joint Senator. Thomas K.
Null. of Rush county, was present at the
meeting and made the acquaintance Of the
majority of the people.
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Tom l.. johnson Rencminated.

CLEVELAND, O.. Sept. 15.-Congress-
man Tom l.. Johnson was renominated for
Congress to-day by the fwenty-irst dis
trict (Cleveland) Democratic convention.
Mr.. Johnson's nomination was made by ac-
clamation. In his speech of acceptance he
said among other things: while there are
some who still seek to judge the present
by the past, while there are some editors
and some newspapers who still cling to
past traditions and think they can stem
the tide and bring the party into line with
their opinions, / for one hope the line will
be distinctly d~rawn-those in favor OF pro-
lection on one side and those opposed to
1t on the other"