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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

while the roster of the new Congress
the Senat or House from every West
ern State Illinois has no polytechnic
school approaching in excellence that of
the Rose Polytechnic, at Terre Haute,
no institution whose mechanical equip
ment is at all comparable to that of
Purdue, and no Catholic college worthy
to be mentioned in the same year with
that of Notre Dame. When the mana
gers of Stanford University secured the
whole country for a president who
should represent the best educational
thought and methods of the day they
found him in an Indiana university. He
was succeeded in the presidency of the
ndian college by Professor Coulter,
and, later, when the managers Of the
Lake Forest University. of Illinois,
wanted for president a man with a ma
tional reputation as an educator and a
specialist. they selected Coulter, thus
showing their good judgment by initial
ing the example of the California people
in looking to Indiana for the man they
needed. Presidents Jordan and Coulter,
by the way, both wear degrees conferred
by Indiana colleges. and are proud of
them. If any person thinks that college
degrees grow on bushes in his State. or
that the general educational standard
is below the average, he had better in
form himself as to the facts before ex-
posing his ignorance.
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1t is a curious and interesting fact
that many politicians who a little while
ago were denouncing the Mckinley law
for having caused high prices are now
declaring that the country is at the
verge of ruin because of the low prices
resulting from the alleged demonetiza-
ton of silver in 1873. Many of the very
men who advocated free trade in order
now advocating free silver as conducive
to higher prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27
New Armor Tested.

NEW YORK, June ga new armor, in
vented by W. F.. Lennard. was tested at
Governors island yesterday. at the request
Of Colonel Worth. The arnor's resisting
force was tried by a Krag-Jorgensen rife.
bullets from which. at a distance of 80
feet. entered a quarter OF an inch into a
Harveyized steel plate. Mr.. Lennard's sam
pie Of armor was about fifteen inches by
ten inches and two inches thick. Its value
lies in its light weight, being only the
weight Of the same volume OF water. A
number Of shots were fired at the armor.
the bullets being stopped after penetrating
half an inch. Captain Furnace, of Conn
pany f, Thirteenth Infantry, who had
charge of the exhibition, declares the test
very satisfactory.
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TWO MEN KILLED.
MangIed ny the Explosion of n Can.
non Made Out nj "a Bolt.

OMAHA. Neb.. June a--he explosion 70
a miniature cannon at the Missouri Pacific
round-house. to-day. resulted i'm the de3tk
of E. y. Dedrick and fatal wCunding %
George Watt. railroad employees. Tie men
were amusing themselves at the noun hour
with a turn-table bolt wien they had
drilled in such a manner as to load With
a heavy charge OF powder. When 4 was
fired. pieces Of the iron boil. flew in every
erection. One of the picces struck Dedri.k.
tearing of the top of his hea5. nc died N
stantly. Another piece of the improvised
cannon struck Watt.
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dress to-day at the sociological convention,
principally devoted TO the arraignment OF
corporations. II do not argue that corpora
tons shall not exist. Simply that they ought
to be watched" he said. Mr.. Debs Is in
jail at Chicago. How about the managers
of the Atchison railroad fraud? The day OF
judgment is at hand for souliess corpora
tons. The government must find out
whether they have any souls or not. They
must prove without a doubt that they have
one. III not. their power must be taken
from them at whatever cost. We must have
laws just as rigid for the capitalist as for
the laborer."
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other Embarra..ment..

IDAHO SPRINGS, Col, June 26.-George
B. McClelland has resigned as cashier and
director of the First National Bank and
has turned over to his bondsmen all his
property. His brother has also deposited
collateral sufficient to protect the bank.
Mr. McCieIland had borrowed money large
ly TO carry on mining deals in which he had
paid options to the amount of 100000.
CLEVELAND, June 26.-Thomas w. Hill.
cashier of the Cleveland National Bank,
has been appointed a receiver for the
Lorain Manufacturing Company. The bond
is Sl0C, 900. Mr.. Louis j.. Grossman. one of
the interested parties. says the concern will
pay 100 cents on the dollar.
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that she was the granddaughter of the
somewhat fabulous Peralta. Having found
the heir, or a person who could be used as
such. Reavis went TO work to make bogus
titles. This involved great investigation
and much skill. The governments attor-
ney proved that all of the papers were
forged and that the records of the Cath
Ollie mission of San Salvador, CAL, were
fabricated TO enable his wife to connect her.
self with a Peralta family. 1t was not
only proved that they were forgeries. but
by other witnesses il was shown that she
was never known in that connection. The
contest has been going on a quarter of a
century. and altogether it was the most
stupendous fraud ever attempted; and it
came very near being successful. The claim
covered territory considerably more than
half the area of Indiana. though not so
good land.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

There have been land claims which have
been longer before the country and which
have attracted much more attention than
the Peralta claim. covering l., $4,000 acres
in New Mexico and Arizona, but none of
them has been more pretentious. When
the United States came into possession OF
those Territories the government was bound
by treaty TO recognize all the Spanish
grants made for hundreds of years to indi-
viduals. One Reavis has spent years in
working up a claim under patents alleged
to have been issued by Spain long ago
TO one Peralta. IL Reavis could have pre-
scented satisfactory titles the vast tract Of
land would have been his. He went to
work 10 provide them. He. at the outset.
married a girl whom he undertook to prove
was the granddaughter of the Peralta who
is said to have had a title to the vast ter
ritory claimed. II was pretty clearly
proved that the alleged Peralta heir was
the daughter of a white man and an In
dian woman. whom he discovered in a car
on the Pacific railroad. years age. and said
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FAIR HAD MANY LOVES.
Wife and VIII to Worry the
Late Senator's Heirs.

SAN FRANCISCO. June &c. -According to
a local paper. Mrs. Lobo, a dressmaker for
the Fair family. asserts that senator Fair
called at her house some time before his
death, and there met a Miss MciIenna.
Senator Fair afterward married Miss Nc
kenna before a justice of the peace ii Oak
land. Two children were born; one a boy,
fourteen months of age, is still living. A
few weeks before his death, Senator Fair
porting to be a will, in which he provided
for the children The mother of the chill
dren now lives at Lodi. Cal, and is prepar-
ing TO make a fight for some of the dead
mans millions.
The attorneys representing the various
interests in the FAIR estate discredit Mrs.
Lobo's. story. All unite in declaring that
il is absurd and untrue.
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BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June 2S--Flve per-
sons we're killed by lightning during tnun-
derstorms throughout the state to-day.
Thomas and George Washington were killsi
while taking shelter under a tree near Fsik-
land. Lightning struck the house OF James
Tackney. at Lincoln. killing him and serl-
ously injuring his wife William Nelv.ne
and his wife were driving near Smiths
Mills. when their buggy was crushed by a
tree that had been struck by l.ghtning.
MeIyine was killed, and his wife received In
inries from which she died soon after.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

The New York Sun sympathizes
strongly with the Cuban insurgents. but
has no sympathy with the proposed
holding up of Spain by the seizure OF
Havana TO compel h payment of the
Mora claim. 1t believes the people
would. IL a roper occasion should arise.
favor Intervention by the United States
In behalf Of the insurgents. but it says
ITO threaten interference with Spain in
Cuba, not from any friendship for the
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o DOLE'S YACHT.
Three American Sailors Arrested by
Honolulu Police for Piracy.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.-Three sailors
of the American ship Title E. Starbuck,
deserted at Honolulu, stole President Dole's
private yacht and attempted TO sail for
Mexico. They grounded on a coral reef and
stuck there until the Hawaiian police came
out in a boat and arrested the pirates,
who are now in Jail.
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ST. LOUIS. June 26.-sAnnie Smi.h. ssed
twenty-five. was shot and killed instantly
in-law. aged fifty. There were no witnesses
to the shooting. which Mrs. Barnes sald
WIS accidental, but which the poiice tninn
i'm a room al No. s2l Madison street. IN
which Charles Drayer. who is now IN jail
awaiting trial for the crime. killed he!tha
Iuanke about one year ago. Mrs. Darnes
Is under arrest awaiting the investigation
of the coroner's jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

The Cheerful Idiot.

Woman" said the sentimental boarder,
lis a little lower than the angels"
'She does come high assented the cheer
FIJI idiot
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The call issued by Senators Harris.
Jones and Turpie for an organization of
party is a distinct defy to President
Cleveland and honest money Democrats.
II means an attempt to capture and
control the party machinery, and COM
NIT it to a policy which Mr.. Cleveland is
irrevocably committed against.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

CLEVELAND. o.. June e6.-It Is stated
that a project Is on foot. with the Hon. Tom
L. Johnson as its chief promoter, to connect
Cleveland and Toledo, o.. by an electric
railway. A number Of short electric roads
are already In operation or are under course
of construction between the Two cities.
These lines are controlled by Mr.. Johnson.
and IL will only be necessary. ~ IL said. TO
build from Fremont. O.. 10 Toledo 10 COM
plete a through line.
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aola kickanoo saunw.

WICHITA, Kan, June s6.-kaniadia. q
Kickapoo sQuaw. took a shotgun to-day and
stood of the contractor OF the Choctaw rail-
way in Oklahoma and all his men. and
would not let them build a foot OF track on
her allotmen until a bond OF $500 was put
UP as a guarantee for damages. The eon-
psny refused a day or two ago 10 arbitra1e
with her. and when the men arrived on the
ground to-day she met them With her shot
gun. with the above result.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

When the president of the Kentucky
Democratic convention adjourned the
convention, at 100 Wednesday morning,
to prevent a row.. Democratic harmony
was on the verge OF the club and sand
bag variety.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

Lest 1t should be assumed that they
nay be following Sibley and Stewart in
forming a new party, Senators Turpie.
Harris and others have made haste to
call q meeting to declare that they will
fight for free coinage within the Demo-
cratic ranks.
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LYNCHED BY POLICE.
Officers Charged with Hanging n
Fire bug in Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS. June 26.-Joseph Stech-
lin, one of the men accused of being impli-
Gated in the incendiary fires a,
Gretna, out of which grew
the lynching of John Fry, Mon
day morning. says that the lynched man
was hanged by the police. Fry, he says,
was first badly beaten by the chief of police
and the officer who captured him, fastened
the rope around his neck, the other police
officers standing by to assist,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

It will be a great bereavement for the
Indiana Democratic editors who received
no portion of postoffice or consulate or
other variety of Cleveland pie to be or
dered not to assail the President in free
coinage resolutions.
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Condition of the American Fire In
ran Com

Company.
NEW YORK, June 26.-Superintendent ].
F. Pierce, of the State insurance depart
ment, made public the result of the de-
partment's examination into the affairs OF
the American Fire Insurance Company of
New York, which shows that, on April 30,
the company's capital stock of $40o. 900 was
impaired. Superintendent Pierce has written
a letter to the president and directors di-
recting them to repay to the corporation
such dividends as were paid to the stock
holders in 1894 and 1896. amounting to $780,
coo. He claims they were not earned and,
therefore, the law was violated.
At the office of the company to-day pro
tenn. President Downer. who succeeded Pro-
~visional President Crolius, was busily en-
gagged preparing a statement of the condi-
ton of the company which, he said. was
not rightly represented in the report of
the insurance superintendent, published in
the newspapers this morning. He said that
the present condition of the company is
very different from what il was at the
time Mr.. Pierce prepared his report, owing
to the fact that the unexpired business. of
the company had been reinsured and that
the company had netted a handsome sum on
commissions.
President Silas p. Wood said: Our capt.
tai is now practically intact and a meeting
Vi TIE tAtCutlNe COaliIIllttee mas DttD Cdiftu
when it will be made entirely So" He said
that he did not believe il mad been shown
that eX-President William Crolius had
profited to the extent of a dollar in the
transactions conducted by him. Business Of
fered at undesirable points will not be ac-
cepted in the future and the company will
be managed on a more conservative basis.
An official statement issued by the com
pany to-day says that simultaneously with
the examination by the State Superintend-
ent of Insurance an expert the
condition of the company for its officers.
The result of both, il is stated. was TO show
an impairment of about Is per cent. Rein
surance OF outstanding risks relieved TOE
company of the greater part of its liabili-
ties anterior TO May 10. Since that time the
company has written $4,000 OF premiums
and incurred only 81. GOO loss. Its unimpaired
capital now, il is said. is So, 900, which it is
intended TO restore at once TO $500, 900. 1t is
also the intention of the directors TO place
an experienced underwater in the presi-
dency as soon as possible.
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Cuban sympathf.er shot.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. June 26.-F. r. An
derfer, the young man who has been re-
celving secret information and letters from
Cuba. among them being several from F. p.
Ham, was waylaid here shortly before mid
night last night. Anderfer left his boarding.
house in the evening, saying that he was
going for another Cuban letter. Pistol shots
were heard shortly afterward. and, on IN
vestigation, Anderfer was found face down.
ward in a vacant lot, unconscious. He held
a pistol in his hand with four chambers
empty. Bloodhounds were put on the scent,
and followed a trail to the fair grounds,
one mile away where the scent was lost.
Anderfer has been unconscious ever since.
No bruises were found on his body, but ii is
feared that he has been foully dealt with.
The mystery was made all the more pro-
found this afternoon by the arrest of An
derfer and his associates, Scott, of Illinois;
Guthrie, of Alabama. and Lilly, of this city,
on a charge of breaking open the safe in
the Florida Central & Peninsula railroad Of
flee. His associates are in jail. but Ander-
fer is unable to be removed from his room.
The case must remain yelled in mystery
until Anderfer RECEIVERS consciousness.
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MIR. Bynum will make a great mistake
II he should make his sound-money les
sons to Democrats in Indiana anything
other thar rudimentary, very rudimen-
tary, SO long have they been taught
demagogic heresies by Voorhees,.
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Preacher shot.

NEW ORLEANS. June 26.-Rev. ]. j. VII
son. a well-known Cumberland Presbyterian
minister OF Redwin, Lincoln parish. was
killed near Rustin. in that parish. yester-
day. by James Howell. a gardener. Rev.
Wilson was accused of circulating scan
dalous stories about a woman. and when
called to account tried TO use his shotgun,
but missed fire and vas killed by a return
shot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

The Louisville Post. in assailing Sena-
Senator Stewart, wrote the Republican
platform of 1sSs. He did no such thing.
Governor Mckinley reported it. and sew
eral members of the committee on reso-
buttons wrote portions of il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

Tax Commissioner Allen should not
permit himself to be interviewed on the
silver question from the immediate free
coinage point of view until he has made
fpforyfew
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His Preference.

The Head Cook-That sailor says he would
like to tell you what he thinks of you before
he is put in the pot.
The King of ~Mbwpka-Never mind that. l
want him served without any sauce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

Word comes from Illinois that many
Of those who worked to get up the silver
Democratic convention now express sor-
row that they ever went into the move
meut
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

The Indiana Democratic editors would
be wise to &c n secret session over
the Democratic events in Kentucky.
They can make 1t a profitable season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

Judging from the members already Sc
lected. the new Salisbury Cabinet is
likely to be a very strong one. and. with
an exceptionally able Premier. it will
probably make a record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

DENVER, Col, June 26.-Thel grand jury
has indicted thirteen prominent citizens OF
this city for renting houses for immoral
purposes. AS this is the first time a cru
SADIE against vice has been undertaken on
these lines in Denver the movement is ex-
citing a great deal OF interest.
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Theological.

T~eacher-How did sin come into the
world?
The New Boy-The preachers picked out
all the things people liked to do. and said
they was sins.
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. SERIOUS REVERSE
TWO SPANISH GARRIsONS FORCED
TO SURRENDER To REBELS.
C~apftulated to Maxine Gomez With
out Firing a ShOt-Cfty Of Puerto
Principe Invested.

HAVANA, June 26.-The most serious
news of Spanish disasters received here
since the outbreak of the rebellion reached
here this evening. The garrisons of two
towns have surrendered. and the places
themselves have been burned by Maxine
Gomez. Firing was heard constantly
around Puerto Principe last nighu and ex-
traordinary precautions are being taken TO
protect that city. Owing to the ~restric-
tons placed by the government on trans
mission of telegraphic news concerning
the insurrection, only the most meagre de-
tails of the disasters TO the Spanish army
are obtainable. 1t appears certain, how
ever, that the garrison at FL Mulato, in the
province Of Puerto Principe. near the city
Of Puerto Principe, has surrendered to
Maxine Gomez. The garrison consisted
of about twenty-five Spanish soldiers, un-
der Lieutenant Romero. and they were
quartered in a guano house. fortified with
palisades and pierced with loopholes for
rifles. The place was also provisioned, and
contained a considerable stock of ammuni-
ton. During the unexplained absence OF
Lieutenant Romero the fort was surround
ed by about one thousand insurgents. un-
lder the of Gomez. The latter
gave the soldiers fifteen minutes in which
to surrender. The lieutenant surrendered
the garrison against the desire Of his SOL
diers, who were much indignant at being
compelled to capitulate without firing a
shot. When the garrison was in the hands
of the insurgents. Gomez ordered the VIII
Iage of Ell Mulato to be burned, and, after
depriving Lieutenant Romero of his arms.
set him at liberty. The lieutenant was
afterwards arrested by the authorities OF
Puerto Principe. and it is thought probable
that he will be promptly tried by court
martial and shot.
In addition, the town OF San Geronimo has
met the same fate. 1t was attacked by the
insurgents under Maxine Gomez. and was
burned to the ground after Its garrison OF
about fifty men had surrendered.
Advices from Puerto Principe indicate that
the city Is invested by the insurgents. The
military Governor of that place has issued
a proclamation forbidding anyone to come
into the town or 60 out of it, and not more
than three persons are allowed to assem-
BILE in public, and, finally. no one is to be
allowed on horseback in the city after night
fall.
1t is rumored here that Antonio Maceo
has succeeded in making his way from the
province of Santiago de Cuba into the
province of Puerto Principe at the head of
a large body of insurgents, and 1T may be
his intention TO join his forces with those
of Gomez and make a combined attack
upon Puerto Principe. 1t Is also rumored
here that the rear guard of the insurgent
force commanded by Gomez has been at
twelve of the enemy and captured nineteen
.;eo~oe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

There seems to be at least two Demo-
cratic parties in Kentucky-one Cleve-
land the other Populistic-and it is nip
and tuck between the two.
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Morning Conversation.

I'm glad you came" said the mosquito;
Il have been nearly worked to death"
well. you can get a good rest now an
swered the fly. III take care Of him till
he gets ready to get up"
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Seized.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 26.-The gov
eminent has seized the brig Pearl. at Port
Maria, as a Cuban filibuster. There were
arms and ammunition found on board Of
ho-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-27

The Indiana Democracy can study the
lesson Of their brethren in Kentucky
with great profit.
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GALVESTON, Tex, June 26.-Miss Carrie
r. Scott, a prominent society lady. of Dem
yer. Col. who instituted suit against Henry
Edison Simms for breach Of promise. placing
her damages at $4,000, got judgment in the
District Court to-day for $i0. 100 and costs.
Sims is a prominent Republican. and was a
conspicuous member of the Colorado Legis-
fature.
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1t would seem that the Democratic
party has enough wheels i'm it's head al
ready without the organization of a sill
yer wheel.
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Indiana law may be a little slow in
getting hold. but. once having its grip.
Roby promptly recognizes 1t.