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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

A committee appointed to investigate
the workings of the Associated Charities
in Cincinnati has reported adversely as
to their methods and work. In conclu-
sion. the report says: The Associated
Charities collected last year $4,000 The
salaries aggregated nearly $1,000. Not
a dollar of the collections was expended
for charity The salaried officers evil
IDENTIFY think that charity begins at
home. and in this case it seems to have
ended there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

A Buffalo man is having a run of hard
luck. Not long ago he became defaulter
to the bank of which he was cashier and
was sent to the penitentiary for four years.
His mother had died some years previously,
leaving $4,000 in trust to be paid to him
only after his reform from certain habits
of dissipation, which eventually led to his
downfall. In case he did not reform the
money was to go to his sister and in the
event of her death to his wife. The sister
died and the ex-cashiers wife got the
money. She has also succeeded in getting
a divorce and has married the thrifty law
yer who procured it for her. The man in
prison has no lack of things to think about
for the rest of his term, but they are hard
ly those things that tend to cheerfulness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

Professor McAdie of the Washington
Weather Bureau, says that the much-rid:-
culed lightning rod is very useful on build
ings in the country, especially on hillsides.
He has discovered that the height of an OBJ
ject makes no difference, the bolt falls
indiscrirninateIy, regardless of the height of
surrounding objects There is no extra dan
ger in standing under tree or at an open
window or door, or in getting into feather
bed, as lightning takes the path of the least
atmospheric resistance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

Chess players on both sides of the Atlantic
are much interested over the international
match by cable between English and Amer
lean players which began yesterday. Under
the rules agreed upon ten players will con-
stitute each team, and there will be time
limit of twenty moves an hour. On ac-
count of cable expenses. German notation
of the moves is to be used.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

A New York paper expresses surprise over
the fact that fashionable women who wore
the garb Of 1860 and earlier at a recent fancy
dress party in that city did not lose their
beauty. Why should they? The garb of 1860
may have been extraordinary" the
writer says, but at the time it was worn
pretty women doubtless looked pretty in it,
as they do in the extraordinary garb of 1894.
If the women of 1860 who wore enormous
hoopskirts had caught sight of one with big
sleeves they would probably have wondered
how a fellow-creature could so disfgure her
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

1t is. now reported that the corruption
fund of the Roby Racing Association,
estimated at 100000. has been trans
ferred from Indianapolis to Springfield,
ILL.,. where a Legislature is in session.
1t must have departed after the attempt
to steal the anti-Roby bill so miserably
tailed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

The anti-toxin commission in New Or
leans, where a pretty thorough trial of the
new diphtheria treatment has been had, re-
ports that in total of one hundred cases
treated there were eight deaths, a mortal
ity of 121a per cent, against an average
mortality of So per cent. in cases treated by
the old process.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

Since the story of Count Castellane
having his face slapped by an actress
has got into the newspapers perhaps 1t
Is just as well for his honeymoon happi-.
ness that he and his wife are, for a
few days at least, beyond the reach of
the mails
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

A number of the Journals religious ex-
changes are devoting a good deal of space
to the communion cup question, the main
point of discussion being whether or not
there is really danger from microbes in the
common cup. When microbes get mixed up
with religion to this extent it looks as if a
revival were badly needed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10
Insufficient Data.

From the Plunkville Bugle: "If X w,
who wrote to US last week asking what was
the proper mode in shaking hands, will in
form whether he contemplates going into
society or politics, we think we may be able
to give his question satisfactory answer"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

The mistake should not be made of
expecting too much from the next Con-
gress. The House will be Republican,
but there will not be a Republican ma
jority in the Senate. and there will be
a Democratic President. After 1885, I'M
less the signs fail. the Republicans will
be in power in all branches of the gov
errment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

Supplying their knowledge 1t might be
thought that such school would so
I'LL a want that 1t would prosper finan-
cially AS matter of fact. however,
II Is heavily in debt. and is asking the
State for large appropriation. The
artist-artisan is yet being of the future
in this country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

1t would seem that there were enough
dead ducks about Washington to have
made it unnecessary for the President
to leave the capital to kill eighteen or
twenty a day. The ducks who left the
Capitol March at noon for the last
time are very dead
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10
SIXTEEN PAGES

The next time editor Dana, of the New
York Sun, lectures on journalism he
should inform the prospective editors
in his audience how to avoid criminal
libel suits
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Easy Enough

Shell should just like to see any man
kiss me!
Her-That is easy enough. Just keep
your eyes open next time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

The Nicholson bill as finally agreed
upon by both branches of the Legis-
lature received two-thirds of the votes
of both parties. AT no time has it been
treated as party measure. and if it
becomes a law it cannot be so regarded.
If the history of its development could
be written it would be interesting read
ing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

reading of the report of the commit
tee of the Senate regarding the attempt
to steal the Roby bill gives one a feel
ing that it's authors protest too much"
The committee should have added that
the bill undoubtedly wandered off itself
to have rounded out it's report
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

Lady Henry Somerset says the mission of
the new woman" is to be mans guide
counselor and helpmeet. Is there anything
really new about that or is Lady Somerset
talking through her Paris hat?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

Neither the Astors nor the vanderbiits
can afford to make faces at each other on
account of divorce scandals, but whether
this thought brings unmixed comfort to the
respective families may be considered doubt
full.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

If Russia, France, Japan and the
United States enter into partnership to
lay a submarine cable it is probable
that almost any bank would discount
the firms paper at sixty days without
collateraIs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

If Abraham Lincoln held that he could
sign the bills which Congress passed
during it's last hours any time within the
ten days after it's adjournment, as has
been affirmed, his successors have an
excellent precedent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10
He Was Mime.

Though a young man of football physiqu
His heart was exceedingly wique;
While he much loved the maid,
He was SO afraid,
That he hadn't the courage to spique.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10
In 1000 A. ID.

II thought you were paying attentions to
Willie Bright?'
81 was, but he is too womanish in his
ways for me. He thinks he ought to have
vote, same as woman"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-10

rather than to sustain the claims OF
those corporations whoac interests touch
the interests and welfare of the people
at SO many points.
Such important facts jas these. show
ing that the decisions Of the highest
courts recognize more and more the
paramount rights Of the people. these
disturbers utterly ignore. They prefer
to declare that the courts are against
the masses. when. in truth. the whole
scope of the DECISIONS Of the highest
tribunal is t. broaden the power of the
people In legislation and to advance
their interests in the Interpretation of
the Constitution and the laws.
= =
Several years ago distinguished pub
lie man. now dead, said that no very
extended injury could come to the peo-
pie from trusts and combinations for
the reason that they would either fall
to pieces because of internal weakness
or would succumb to the influence of
free competition. There are indications
that this prediction may be true in the
signs of weakness shown by several
leading trusts. The Whisky Trust,
which has practically held up the trade
LII ICdASs 10 AONN III LIE uduuS O1 d re-
ceiver because its maintenance has be-
come so expensive. The Cordage Trust,
having passed through the hands of
receiver, has been reOrganized in a man
ner which has caused SO much dissat-
isfaction with many stockholders that
a new company has been formed as
rival. After an extended period of
sharp and costly competition, the Sugar
Refining Trust has entered into a COM
bination with the independent refiners
to advance prices. Thus the Sugar
Trust is handicapped by being COM
PEELED to temporarily combine with it's
competitors. It's stock is based upon
the appraisal of all the plants which
compose it at twice their real value,
while the competing refneries have no
such burdens to carry in the shape of
walered stock or bonds which represent
no earning capacity. At the present
time the Standard Oil Company is the
only vigorous trust, and it is so because
it can undersell all competitors, and at
the same time furnish satisfactory ar
ticle. In fact, it is the only trust in the
country which is not showing signs of
weakness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
THE ..BAR-KEEP,s, STORY.
He Thinks at Least Ten Negroes
Were Drowned.

ne thinks AT Least Zen negroes
Were Drowned.
CINCINNATI, JAM N.-Joseph McCabe,
bar-keeper of the steamer State of Mis-
souri, arrived here to-day. He says: I'VE
struck just about 5:15 Saturday evening at
Horse Shoe Bend, over seventy miles be-
low Louisville. There is a point of rock
that runs far out into the river there. The
Missouris head passed all right, but the
current swung her stern around and struck
hard. She Immediately began to fill and
listed to her starboard side. This caused
the fire in the furnaces to fall out setting
fire to the deck. With number of others
I rushed to the hurricane deck. All of the
officers, white members of the crew and
passengers huddled together nervous, but
quiet. Negro roustabouts began jumping
into the water and saw five six of
them drawn under the boat and drowned
james Pell jr.. was at the wheel when hen
she struck He tried to run her nose against
the heb bank 3h;a Her stages were run out and a
tree, partly submerged in water, but the
tree snapped and the boat seemed to slide
yards out in the river. The fire burned
so fiercely that a number of us jumped
about foty feet. into the cold water. | must
have been under water fully five minutes
lit Its seemed as many hours-dghting against
being drawn under / had seen the
negroes. l finally came to the surface and
made for the clump of trees we had tried
to tie to. We hung to those trees until
farmer named Harding took us off in
yaWl. We went to his house and dried out
was SO exhausted that 1 fell down six
times while walking to the house
While in the trees 1 saw the roof part
from the hull and float down the river
those on 1t were standing about two feet
in water When some distance down a
yawl took them off, making several trips
and our people were taken to Altman,
Rome, and our party to Harding's Land
ing. one of the firemen, a white boy be-
came craZed with fright and after being
rescued tried twice to jump into the water,
and We had to tie his hands and feet to
keep him quiet. / never saw anything hap
pen so quickly in my life; we scarcely had
time to- think. Nothing was saved I
jumped in without even removing my coat
leaving. behind $500 in cash and $50 worth
OF clothing The captain and head engi-
neer were the last to leave. after seeing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
NO LIVES WERE LOST
PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THE
STATE OF MISSOURI SAVED.
There Were Only Seventy-Nine Peo-
PIE Aboard the II-Fated Steamer
and All Are Accounted For.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 21.-Not single
man was lost in the wrecking of the steam
er State of Missouri, according to the cap
tain and others of the crew. When Capt.
Joseph +. Conlon completed list of those
saved 1t contained the name of everyone
on board the boat However, until this list
was completed, at o'clock yesterday morn
ing, Captain Conlon, engineer Willard
Alexander and other officials of the boat
were of the opinion that at least ten lives
had been lost. Last Sunday morning Capt.
Conlon and the other officers of the boat
were at Alton, Ind, which is two miles
below where the accident occurred and set
about finding just how many lives had
been lost. The work was begun with the
following list of the persons who We're on
board when the collision with the rock oc-
Cured: Cabin passengers, 9; deck passen-
gers, 2; officers and crew, g. making a total
of 70. Thirty-three persons arrived here on
the Tell City Sunday night. There were
thirteen persons, including officers and pas
sengers at Alton; the steward the two
pastrymen and the two cooks were known
to be on the Kentucky side of the river at
a farm house; three passengers had been
taken down the river by the steamer
City of Greensboro. Mr. McCaffery, his
wife and the two deck passengers, Messrs.
farmer Hardin on the Kentucky side of the
river, and the rest of the crew, with the
exception of Joseph Braxton, colored fire.
man, whose home is in Cincinnati, were
accounted for.
Engineer Alexander said: 81 was as GER
tain as 1 am living that at least twenty
had been drowned. When I jumped into
the water negroes were all about me, their
heads bobbing up and down in the water
like potatoes, and just then I looked
around and saw the swamping of the life
boat with its overload and heard the
women Shrek as they went down. 1t left
a picture in my mind that is even hard to
efface by the cold facts. How they all
got out will never be known
Several people who had been passengers
the Inflated steamer refused to believe
for some time that no one had been
drowned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
MEASURING THE SENSES.
Interesting Experiments by Professor
Scripture, of Yale.
New York Sun.


Everybody knows how easily children in
general take up a suggestion, and what
curious exceptions to the rule there are.
tell her without question, and will imagine
she sees or feels anything that the teacher
suggests to her. Another child will persist
entity doubt the teachers word, will be a
skeptic on all questions. and il he grows up
to be q philosopher, will probably doubt
measure this difference of suggestibility
that Prof e. w. Scripture, of Yale Uni
versity, has been conducting a series of in
teresting experiments. Professor Scripture
gives the following account of the process !:
Here is the way in which it can be done.
Through a thin wire / send an cleo fric
wire slightly warm; 1 ask some one to
put his finger the wire before I send
watch, / note the second at which l sent
1t through. He is to tell me when he feels
The sgatetd hf And note hoy
Then l perform the test twice again. and
note the time as before i hold the con-
Meeting cords in my hand, and the current
can pass only when the two points touch.
On the last two tests / do not let the two
points touch. and so the wire does not in
reality become hot at ALL and the sensa-
ton which the person had was the result
of my. suggestion that the wire was going
to be hot. The time Ii takes for that sug-
gestion to work will give some idea of the
persons suggestibility.
about LOO children in the public schools
of New Haven. They were done under the
supervision of DR.. j. A. Gilbert, of the Yale
laboratory, and are reported in Studies
from the Yale Psychological Laboratory
As experiments with the thermo-suggester
cannot be performed rapidly enough. set
of suggestion weights was devised. 1t con-
ssts or large block Cd of wood and a
small block Id filed with lead. Both OF
these blocks are exactly equal in weight.
When person lifts first one and then the
other of these blocks between the thumb
and finger 1t is impossible to believe that
they are of equal weight, even if he knows
the fact. The eye suggests that the big
block must be heavier, because all our
little ones. But when the hand raises
them we are surprised not to find this the
case with the blocks, and the discrepancy
at once suggests that the small block Is
heavier. 1t is fact that after a years
familiarity with these blocks, and after
having many times weighed them on the
scales cannot undeceive myself. Even to-
day the small block actually feels the
heavier.
In the. new psychology we are not con-
tented till we can measure every thing. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Indicted senate Witnesses Arraigned
i'm the District Court.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. - President
Henry Havemyer and Secretary John w.
Searles, of the American Sugar Refining
Company, and brokers Allen w. Seymour,
of New York, and John w. Mccartney, of
this city. We're arraigned through their
counsel in the District Court to-day.
Counsel entered pleas of not guilty. The
arragnment of Messrs. Edwards and
Shriver, the newspaper correspondents, was
postponed until next Friday, owing to the
inability of their counsel, Judge Often
hoeffer, of New York, to come to Wash
ington before then. Pleas of not guilty
VIII also be entered in these cases.
Broker Chapman, of New York, came
into court in the custody of a deputy
marshal, but was not arraigned pending
the action of the United States Supreme
Court on a petition for writ of habeas
probably Tomorrow The surrender of cor
respondent Shriver in order to enter into
habeas corpus proceedings has also been
considered, but probably will not be done,
owing to the similarity of the case with
that of Chapman. District Attorney Brney
has agreed to await the decision in the
habeas corpus proceedings before taking
action on the cases of those arraigned. It
Is the intention of the government to press
the cases, and the trial of the witness may
begin in about two weeks Attorney Will
son says he Will ask for a writ of habeas
corDus In the case of Mr.. Chapman before
thu Supreme Court of the United States
to-nlorroW on the opening of court
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22

adoption of a policy by which the Secretary
hopes to put into circulation an increased
volume of silver certificates of small de-
nominations in place Of treasury notes. The
committee decided TO strike from the sun
dry civil appropriation bill stipulation
that for several years has been added to
the item providing for printing treasury
notes to replace those received at the Treas
ury. Secretary Carlisle stated that 1t was
his desire to get more silver certificates of
small denomination in the hands of the peo-
pie, but explained that other notes occu-
pied the field and crowded them out. Sew
eral members of the committee led the dis
cussion from the question at issue into the
byways of finance. Once Representative
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, asked the Score
tary what objection there would be to a
system of redeeming notes in gold and sill
Yer at the option of the Secretary of the
Treasury instead of the holder.
IF that policy had been inaugurated at
the beginning of resumption answered
the Secretary, ''it would have worked bene-
ficially. and no trouble would have arisen
from it, But my predecessors have followed
the policy of redeeming in gold or silver, at
the option of holders of paper. and any Sec
rotary who tries to change this policy and
forces silver on a man who wants gold, or
vice versa, particularly at such a critical
period we have been passing through.
would have precipitated disastrous results
Two financial bills were introduced to-day
by Representative Warner. New York, a
member of the banking committee. One. ito
maintain the credit of the United States'
gives the Secretary of the Treasury dis
nominations Of $50 and muftiples thereof
united States easn a after ere 0e ehree years
and due in ten years, with interest
at per cent, providing the outstanding
issues shall not at any time exceed $780,
0oDo00. Also authorizing the appropriation
or surplus revenue to the redemption Of
these bonds upon the most advantageous
terms he can secure.
The second bill, to "reduce the demand
obligations of the United States for other
purposes proposes to repeal the act of
1873 forbiddng the further retirement of
legal-tender notes, and provides that all
hereafter received, except those under the
act of 1890. shall be destroyed. To carry
out the redemption of notes, the Secretary
is authorized to sell no bonds at less than
par similar to those described in the act of
1870. except that interest may be fixed at
the most advantageous rate not exceed
ing per cent. Also to repeal the provision
of the banking act of 1882 that stipulates
that no national bank that makes deposit
or lawful money withdraw its circula-
tIOn for the period of six months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
THE GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
GeneraI Stone Says 1t Is Making Prog
ross In Many STATES.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-Gen. Roy Stone,
in charge of the bureau that is gathering
Information regarding roads, and who has
been spending some weeks attending road
conventions in the West, as the representa-
tive of the Agricultural Department, has re-
turned to Washington. In reviewing the
progress of the movement to-day General
Stone said: I'm Indiana and Missouri great
interest is being taken in the movement. In
Nebraska there is not much need for gen.
erai road improvements, except in the river
counties, owing to the naturally good roads,
helped lately by the very dry weather.
Kansas is interested in the question and
anxious to make the improvements and
the matter and make decided changes in
legislation. Nearly all of the Southern
states are taking some steps in road build
ing. either by increased use of convict la
Dor or by county bonding. very iner-
getic movement is in progress in Wiscon-
SIM In New Jersey State aid probably will
be doubled in amount this year. The
Massachusetts, State Commission has asked
100000 to expend in the construction of
State roads. General opinion favors con-
Wet and tramp labor for road Improvement.
The main idea is to use State prison con-
victs in preparing road materials, working
in quarries where they can be guarded, and
to use tramps, county prisoners and short
term convicts in macademizing the roads,