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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-19
TIE REPORTS ON THE BRrDgE.

l THE hEFOhIS ON THE .BRIDGE.
 The report of the majority of the
 Judiciary committee concerning the
 East Hartford bridge matter is an in-
 genious compromise. It is also a per-
 fectly honest effort to straighten out a badly twisted situation. It throws the | bridge back on the towns of Hartford
 and East Hartford, gives the Berlin
 Bridge company authority and permis-
 sion to sue the State, and says: If any
 contract for the building of bridge
 over the Connecticut river between the towns of Hartford and East Hartford,
 alleged to have been made by said com missioners with the Berlin Iron Bridge company, shall be declared valid and binding upon any complaint brought for its construction, as hereinbefore provided, then the comptroller is au- thorized and directed to carry out and complete said contract, according to the provisions thereof, and to employ
 ompetent engineer to supervise the con- struction of such bridge, and to draw his order or orders upon the state treas urer for the same and for said cost of supervision.
 Though this report Is an effort to do the right thing it will please none of those interested, and none of them will think 1t Is right. The towns of Hart ford and East Hartford will mot be able to see why they should be loaded with the burden put upon them by the bill. The Berlin Bridge company will not be able to see why It's contract with the State is not good, and those who got the State into the mess will not be able to see why their sklllful work should be nullified.
 The confusion of opinion that does and will prevail concerning this matter is well Illustrated by the action of the committee. The majority report has the approval of only five members of the committee-a bare majority. Two other members of the committee report In favor of throwing the bridge upon the county, and the other two will, it is said, report in favor of State control
 The most awkward feature of the af- fair is the contract. The Berlin Bridge is not responsible for poor leg islation or poor ways of securing legis- lation. It made it's contract in good | faith and has been carrying 1t out to | the best of its ability. The majority | report generously allows 1t to sue the | State, but that isn't what it wants to | do. Should it be obliged, because leg slators were foolish or wicked, to pay D heavy penalty? And were they fool sh or wicked, or both?
 It will be interesting to see how the 'eports are received. It would not be surprising if the legislature should be IS muddled over the matter as the com nittee is. Tn that case perhaps nothing will be done. It is sometimes hard to lefeat lobbyists without doing as much larm as the lobbyists do.
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FASHION NOTES.

Buttons and Straps for Trimming.
 Very large white pearl buttons are much used on light cloth gowns, and some very beautiful specimens are overlaid with net work of silver or even of gold. The ornamental buttons on the dress displayed here are fancifully chased, but the economical woman may substitute buttons covered with cloth and feel that she is in good taste. Tn this case they are used as a finish to bias folds that trim the bottom and top of the skirt, the material of which is gray cloth. The bodice accompanying fastens at the side and 1t is also made of bias material, the garniture of bias folds matching that on the skirt, only 1t runs up and down instead of across. One strap comes in the center of the top at the back and front. The full sleeves are gathered on the inside and have double epaulettes.
 Any bodice is now put in style by the addition of a fluted front of black chif- fon enriched by bands and lines of jet.
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 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business (all matter to be unobjec- tonablel, and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more. one month and over, 10per cent; on four inches or more, one month and over, 15 per cent.
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A clergyman of Atchison, Kansas, has been denouneing the governor for not enforcing the prohibitory law in that city. Police commissioners for the large cities in Kansas are appointed by the executive. who thus cam decide whether or not the law shall be enforced by the character of the men whom he selects. Governor Morrill, has named commits sioners for Atchison who were not ex- pected to stop liquor-selling, and he jus tifies his action on the ground that the great majority of the people of Atchi- son do not want the law enforced. The truth of the governors statement is ad- mitted even by the supporters of the law All of which indicates that prohi- bition does not prohibit.
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Are there such Methodists? The Methodist Conference in session at Car bondale, Pennsylvania, amended the re- port of it's Committee on the State of the Church by inserting a. clause to the effect 'that no church or district shall send out false statements as to the number of its members"
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A club of people with six fingers on each hand has been started in London. Those having six fingers on one hand may, however, also be admitted. The secretary reports that there are at pres ct on earth 2,17S persons with six, and 4s1 with seven fingers on one hand. There is but one person living with eight fingers.
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In reply to question by the editor of the Richmond Dispatch the Depart anent of Agriculture has decided that the peanut is not a nut, and that ''the weight of authority seems to be in favor of accepting it as a native of Brazil"
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According to Alexander Mcdonald, of the Standard oil company, that monop- ply has put up the price of oil, not to get money for itself, but to stimulate the production of crude oil'' in the in- terest of the public. How kind.
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Notice.

Weoannot accept anonymous or return re- jected communications. In all cases the name Of the writer will be required. not for publica- tion. but as a g1arante good faith
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Rev. pr. I. IT. B. Headley, who has recently gone over from the Congrega- tionalists to the Baptists, gives these as his reasons: am the first to leave the old faith, but as rats are said to desert "a sinking ship, so have felt that must abandon a sect when true evan gelical doctrine is thrown to the winds. I can no longer stay in church where the Bible is cast away. I want a relig- ion where I can believe In the Good Book, from cover to cover. The Con gregational church is willing to take in anyone who comes along-Quaker, Uni tarian or any one. It is like house with crumbling walls. have felt that the Baptists were really reformed Con- gregatfonalists.
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District of New Haven, ss. Probate Conrt.l
 April IT, 1895. Z UPSTATE of JOSEPH BURTON HINEs ceased. The Court of Probate for the district of New Haven hath limited and allowed six montnsS estate to exhibit their claims for settlements Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested within said time will pc oe- barred a recovery. All persons indeDLe1Mi ato to said estate are reqlested to make tmmealaLs payment to EDWARD D. SW IF ~ al8 2dlw. Administrators
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This years California, legislature has an anti-cigarette law, raised the age of consent to IS years, prohibited saloons within two and one-half miles of any soldiers home, defeated the uniform li- cense bill, created sanitary districts, putting into the hands of the residents therein the power to exclude saloons in San Francfsco; prohibited the adul- iteration of drugs, food and drinks, in- cluding the watering of whiskey and other liquors, which gives an important leverage against the saloon, and voted to submit a woman suffrage amend ment to the popular vote.
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Here's your chance. A gold medal of the value of $2OO is offered by the Bolog- na Academy of Sciences for the memoir describing the best system or apparatus for putting out fires by chemical physi- cal or mechanical means. The papers must all be in by the end of May, 1895, and may be written in Latin, French or Italian, CT in any other language if accompanied by an Italian translation.
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Commending the campaign against free-silver ieresies which has begun in New York, the Boston Transcript urges similar educational movement in Mas sachusetts, saying: With sufficient light upon this matter, every intelligent citi- zen will come to see that the silver crowd, who have filched by political means so large sums of money from Uncle Sam, are on another crusade which can only end for the advantage of those who have the white metal to sell and are seeking a wider market for 1t. Public benefit must be put against their private gain so that there can be mo mistake in the premises.
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If you are fond of giving advice, study law and medicine and charge for it. Atchison Globe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
INDIANAPOLIS MORNING. DECEMBER

brotherhood, and a number OF others
united in insisting that the move OF the
contractors meant an attempt to return to
means that the contractor becomes virtual
ly the judge as to what constitutes days
work He gives an employe. for example.
do them in order to get credit for days
work regardless of the time it may take
him. The contract which the employers
signed last summer provided that the
hands should work ten hours a day; that
they should have their own chairman-who
really acted chiefly as a time-keeper-in
each shop, and that q delegate Of the union
should have the privilege of examining into
the condition Of each shop once q month.
he being allowed fifteen minutes for the the
these conditions the contractors gave bonds
in the sum of $100 for each machine. A
shop has anywhere Sga IrSm one .,o to twenty Sa
bosses In locking out their employees Is said
by the latter to be entirely unwarranted.
ana, In ract a great surprise 10 e,I, Lnem.
they say, and only desire now to be given
an opportunity to continue to do so. Now
assert @ that they Will fight it out to the
end.
agreement but said that 1t was a of1e-sded
asremeent, and that they will have none Of
1t. Others try to make the point that the
men themselves have first broken the agree
ment' because IT provioes tnat IN case o, o,
shop gets all the extra men required. This,
they assert, the brotherhood has not done.
Benjamin Wilkowski, the secretary of the
employers organization, insists, however,
that the agreement has nothing to do with
the case. 'It simply means" said he, that
we are going to run our own shops. Under
the present system we cannot discharge an
incompetent man without having the union
down on us, and we have resolved to put an
end to that sort of thing" Mr.. Wilkowski
denied that there was any intention TO re-
turn to the task SYSTEM or that there was
any lockout even. I'VE simply put our
rules up in our Shops" he said. Those
who want to work under them may"
The new rules, so-called, are printed on
large cards, with both the English and He
brew version each. The conditions they
propose are these, literally: This shop Is
open for such employees that will suit our
work. No shop chairman walking dele
gate admitted here. Working hours are
from to II a. M and from 1 to 6 p. m,
daily. All employees must be at their re-
spective places time. Any one ten min
utes late shall not start work before a
quarter OF day. All hands hired by the
The proprietor is the only boss OF this shop.
and the management of it is under his con-
troll only"
Both the employees and employers held
meetings this afternoon. The locked-out
men met at Walhalla Hall, and were ad-
dressed by Herman Robinson, Benjamin
Schweitzer and others. At the Headquarters
OF the contractors a lively discussion of the
situation ensued. Secretary Wnkowski
however, would not make known what tran
Spired at the meeting.
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that the Internal machines would be mailed
10 them. Is detained In Postal Inspector
Stuart's Office on the supposition that ne
sent the bombs. The theory advanced oy
Inspector Stuart Is that Owens conceived
the idea OF sending the bombs and notifying
the recipients in advance OF the mailing or
the packages in the hope OF obtaining a
good reward. This belief Is further strength
ened by the similitude OF the bad spelling in
statement furnished by Owens IN detailing
the manner of his securing the information
Of the sending of the packages. In his
statement Owens spells contents" as con
tense" as the word was misspelled In
similar manner on the cover OF the package
addressed 10 Mr.. Armour. Further confir-
nation OF the theory is found in the fact
that Owens's business is that or worker
in metals, and the fact that the bomb was
prepared by skilled man. The lead pipe IS
plugged at both ends with cork, and the
lead hammered down over the opening 10
make the cork plugs hold.
Owens's statement, made to Inspector
Stuart, recites that on Sunday night, at III 80.
ne went into the alley near the Il" tracks,
at Congress street, and there overheard the
conversation between two men to the effect
that they intended sending bombs to Messrs.
Armour and Pullman. He then called at
both homes OF the men and notified them
OF the intention of the conspirators. Owens
denies that he sent the machine through
the mails.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
VICTORY FOB "MOsEn GUNsT.


SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 16.-M. B. Gunst,
better known all over the country as
Nose" Gunst, has been confirmed In his
position as police commissioner by the Su-
preme Court. Gunst was appointed police
commissioner. life Office. by Governor
Markham just before he retired from Office
The appointment, although relating TO San
Francisco alone, created a great stir all
over California, ministers and others OBJ
jecting to Gunst because OF his reputation
as a sporting man, although not a WORD
could be said against his integrity. When
Governor Budd came into office he promptly
appointed Stewart Mensies, a highly re-
spected citizen, to succeed Gunst. The lat
ter refused TO give up his office, and the
case was carried into the courts. Gunsr
won In the lower courts. and the fun bench
of the Supreme Court to-day sustained the
decision or the lower court. Since his ap>
pointment Gunst has taken an active In,
terest in police affairs, and has instituted
many reforms in the department here as the
result of an extended tour OF investigation
In the Eastern cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
SHOT BY A CHIEF JUSTICE.


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Dec. 16.-Chief
Justice d. L. Snodgrass. of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee. shot and painfully in
jured lawyer John r. Beasley In the law
Office of Congressman Brown, of this city,
a few minutes before noon to-day. Judge
Snodgrass entered the law offices 10 see
Mr. Spurlock. who is a partner of Con-
gresham Brown. Mr.. Beasley was sitting
at desk. Walking up to him, the CHER
Justice denounced an article in the Times,
which appeared over his (Beasley's) sigma
ture, as lie. Mr.. Beasley protested tina.
Ii was the truth. They came TO blows, and
Judge Snodgrass drew a pistol and shot at
Beasley twice. One ball entered the lef,
arm near the wrist and came out near the
elbow; the other ball lodged In the ceiling.
The charges made by Mr.. Beasley in his
card to the Times were to the effect that
the Supreme Court rendered decision I'm
the case of a railroad debt case OF the
State from a political standpoint and not
from justice. The shooting has created
great excitement Judge Snodgrass went
before Justice Cowart and waived trial. and
on giving 81, 900 bond was released.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
PACIFIC CABLE COMPANY.
Concern with n Capital OF $2,0OO,O
Incorporated i'm New Jersey.

TRENTON, n. j., Dec. 1.-THE Pacific
Cable Company. with a capital of 100000
was incorporated to-day under the laws of
the State OF New Jersey. The company is
formed for the purpose of constructing. lay
ing. operating and maintaining an electric
submarine cable in the Pacific ocean with
telegraph lines and connections for the
transmission OF messages. The capital
stock OF the company Is divided into 2DOOO
shares OF 500 each. Tine incorporators and
the number OF shares taken by each follow:
Abram S. Hewitt. New York. 1900 shares:
u. o. Mills. New York, 1000 shares; G.. b.
Dodge. New York. 1000 shares; Fred d.
Grant. New York. 500 shares: Wager
Swayne. New York. 500 shares: j. ]. Hill,
ST. Paul, 1000 shares: Il. s. Spaulding San
Francisco, 2,o00 shares; John II. Browning,
Tenahy. N. j., 1000 shares: Mason w.
Tyler. Piainneid. n. J., 1000 shares.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
THE sECRETARy's REPORT.
Mr.. Carlisle Recommends Retirement
of LegaI-Tender Notes.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Secretary Car
isles annual report on the state OF the
finances sent to Congress to-day. IL
shows that the revenues of the government
from all sources during the last fiscal year
amounted to $500. .373, ,203 The expenditures
during the same period aggregated $lss.-
I7s, ,426. leaving a deficit for the year or
$42. sos, ,223. AS compared with the fiscal year
1894, the receipts for 1896 increased ST. SIC. o5
although there was a decrease os 81. s.eSf
in the ordinary expenditures. which Is large
ly accounted for by a reduction OF sl1.13io55
on sugar bounties. The revenues for the
current fiscal year are estimated. upon the
basis of existing laws, at $4sl ,s07 4o7. and the
expenditures at s44S. 1907. .4e7. which will leave
a deficit of $17. COO. For the coming fiscal
year, ending June 30 1897, the Secretary esti-
mates the receipts at s464. 7s3, 40. and the
expenditures at $457, 1eS, or an estimated
surplus Of S. .se6. The Secretary states
briefly the facts concerning the issues or
bonds during the year, the particulars OF
which have already been reported to Con-
gress-
The report shows that the Bering sea
patrol feet during the last season boarded
and examined ninety-four vessels. fifty-four
OF which were engaged in sealing. The
number OF skins actually counted was 81 ,2l6
Many of the vessels in the revenue cutter
service. the Secretary says are very old
and nearly unseaworthy. and he recom>
mends that four new ones be provided to
take the places OF the McLane. the Craw-
ford, the Seward and one for the port OF
New York. The Secretary says that the
government OF Great Britain has refused
TO renew the sealing regulations agreed on
for the season OF 1894. providing for the
sealing up OF arms, which leaves the ques-
ton Of the possession and use of arms TO
be determined wholly by the Paris award.
The total catch OF seals at sea In the
award area during the last season was
Sc, ,2l, as compared with 6i,ssS for the sea-
SON OF 1894. The catch on the seal islands
was 1900 A careful count OF all the seals
on the islands last year makes the number
a little over 10000 a decrease OF over one
half since 1881
The Secretary devotes a large share or
his report TO a discussion OF the condition
of the treasury and the currency. In the
course OF which he makes an exhaustive
argument In favor OF the retirement OF the
greenbacks. "The cash balance in the
treasury on the 1st day OF December. 1896"
he says. "was si77 7.fos.3ss. being sss.oz2.42o in
excess OF the actual gold reserve on that
day, and 81. .4os.sSs I'm excess OF any sum
that IL would be necessary TO use for re-
plenishing that fund I'm case the Secretary
should at anytime be abe 10 exchange
currency for gold. There Is. therefore. no
reason to doubt the ability OF the governs
ment to discharge all its current obiiga-
tions during the present fiscal year. and
have a large cash balance nj its close with
out imposing additional taxation In any
form on the people; but adhere 10 the
opinion. heretofore expressed. that the Soop
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
TEN THOUSAND IDLE TAILoRs.
Lockout Begun I'm New York, Brook
Iyn and Jersey City.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-To-night about
ten thousand tailors in this city. Brooklyn
and Jersey City, are locked out. There
are 195 shops in the Employers Association
and OF this number eighty-three have
posted the new card and the rest are ex-
pected to follow within few days. Twenty
thousand workmen may be involved. for
that is the number controlled by the broth
erhood in the three cities named.
The varying stories of the two opposing
factions relate both to the cause and mean
ing OF the stand made by the contractors
Benjamin Schweitzer. who is at present In
charge OF the strike. Harry Jackson. a
member OF the executive committee Of the
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a Harmless Bomb.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE district
chemist made an analysis to-day OF the
alleged bomb or internal machine which
was found on the doorstep Of Spanish
Minister DeLome's residence yesterday
morning. The contents were found to be
entirely harmless, consisting OF three small
pieces of zinc taken from an electric bat
terry; a mixture Of choloride of ammonium
and powdered coal. The receptacle which
was half filled with .he composition Is
about the size of a shoe box and on the OUT
side is printed in gilt letters, ~ Louis
Loose, cut flowers" small hole was
cut in one end of the box and through IL
projected a paper fuse and three zinc wires.
Minister DeLome intends, If possible, to
discover the perpetrator OF the joke and
No clew has yet been obtained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH.
The Body Placed I'm the street and
COlOred Men Warned Not to Bury IL.

DECATUR, Ala. Dec. 16.-Squire Jones'
colored, who was arrested and lodged in
the Courtland calaboose. charged with
burning a barn, was taken from the lookup
by unknown persons Saturday night for the
purpose of extorting from him a confess
sion. The negro ran from his captors and
was shot to death. The negroes of the town
became frenzied with Indignation over the
affair and placed the dead body on the pub
lie street and forbade any of their own race
burying II on pain OF death. The negro's
body remained exposed all Sunday. and this
morning the authorities took charge OF IL.
Warrants are out for the arrest OF sus-
pected parties.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-17
SUIT AGAINST THE CLOVER LEAF.


TOLEDO. O., Dec. 1s.-Judge Kicks lis
tened to the arguments OF ex-President
Harrison and c. Z. Henderson to-day in
the case OF Charles Hamlin against the
Glover Leaf railroad to controvert 100000
OF preferred stock and oust the receiver.
stockholders. The decision was reserved by