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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

five and one-half metres. The lenses, there
fore, will be larger. but the telescope short
er, than the Yerkes telescope. Steinheil, in
Munich. will shape the lenses.
The presence in the sick room of flow
ers with delicate fragrance Is generally
beneficial. Certain colcrs are said to act
favorably upon the nervous system. Red
blue flowers are soothing
Boston is to have a new hotel in Back
bay, to be known as the Commonwealth
and to cost s.. 1900. The hotel will be one
of the largest in the world. The plan pro-
WOES for 2,250 rooms. The lot selected lies
between Ashby and Chilmark streets, with
frontages. on the Charles river and Com
sist of three pavilions. separated by hand
some open courtyards.
New York is now dotted all over with
Orientalsm You may dine in half dozen
Oriental languages, you may read newspa
pcrs in several, and you may worship ac-
cording to three or four Oriental or semi
oriental religions. You may fill up house
with four or five styles of Oriental furni-
ture, and buy it all in the shops of that
within the last ten years, and some of it
within three or four years.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt, of New York, made
the address of the evening at the gradua-
ton exercises at the New York Trade
Schools the other evening. In beginning
his address Mr.. Hewitt INDUCED in little
slap at Congress by saying: when /
heard the roll of those who had received
diplomas, and the. place of residence of
each. might well have imagined that I
was listening to roll call in the House of
Representatives. The Illusion might have
their diplomas not borne evidences of a
higher order of intelligence"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
AS TO THE INCOME TAX.

The Americans love fair play and justice,
and the law as now remodeled by the court
contains neither. But one comfort remains
A Republican Congress will probably repeal
the whole folly upon the first opportunity.
cincinnati Tribune.
1t is perfectly proper tax for the States
to try, however, but it is so annoying and
unpopular that there is not likely to be
any State income tax even in those States
where the PopulstS and the Democrats,
who have subscribed to Populist ideas, have
the most Complete control of legislation.
Louisville Commercial.
AS it stands, it is the capsheaf in the
stack of Democratic incompetency. The
very persons who above all others ought
TO be taxed on incomes, if anybody is to
be taxed, escape scot Free The law will
be either repealed or amended 1t as not
hard to guess which course will be adopted.
Cincinnati Commereial Gazette.
1t is not improbable that the very MEM
bers of Congress most strenuous for the
tax as levied by the law will be the strong
certainly difficult to conceive of any tax
less justifiable on any principle of justice
than the income tax iii it's present emaScu-
lated condition Chicago Inter Ocean.
A change in the personnel Of the Supreme
Court may yet afford remedy against
notification of the principle of the income
tax, scientifically and geGuitably framed in
a statute. This contamination is devoutly
tee against a revival sof Mckinleyism and
it's horde of evils.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The law is likely to become more UNI
popular on account of this decision than it
was before and the chances Of it's repeal
by the next Congress will be correspond
ingly Increased, particularly in view of the
fact that the revenue from other sources
promises soon to be sufficient for all the
necessities of the government.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. :
AS the law has turned out to be such a
failure from the Democratic-Populist point
of view, leaving untaxed the Astors. of
New York, the Scullys, of Illinois, and the
large land owners of the far West, there
should be no opposition to repeal among
nom Republican Senators. They should
unite with the Republicans in wiping out a
war tax imposed in peace tinnes.-Chicago
Tribune.
The result of months work of the SUI
preme Court and of several months labor
on the part of number of lawyers is
nothing. Nothing but mutilated tax
law, made so absurdy unjust by the partial
decision of the court that IL 1t is not speed
lily declared unconstitutional as a whole
great injustice will be done before Congress
has an opportunity to repeal F.-Chicago
Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
SALLIE DEANS MURDER.
Result of the Post MOrtem Examine
ton of the school Girls Remains.

BALTIMORE, April 9.-Excitement in
Carolina county over the murder of little
SaIlie Dean continues. The post norton
examination made yesterday proves con-
cIusiveIy that the brutal assault was COM
mitted before her assailant added murder
to his fiendish crime. The autopsy goes
a long way toward proving that the young
girl fought desperately. Her limbs were
bruised and SCARED, which would not have
been the case had the brute had things his
own way after having stunned her with
a stone when he stole on her from behind.
And further, the girl had never erred in
virtue The people unit in believing
that the young school-teacher Corkran, who
Price in his confession charged with be
ing the principal actor in the crime, is
eni;reiv innocent The girls father shares
in this belief In his evidence Mr.. Dean
here that one man. and one alone assaulted
and murdered my Sallie. This is made plain
TO me by Prices own words In what ne
calls his confession. 1t was almost inn
possible for me to force my way through
the bushes and briars of the copse to
where my poor girl lay. Two men could
not have carried her there. 1t was all one
man could do to drag her to the spot l
am certain it would have been physically
Impossible for two persons to have carried
her there.
Corkran's lawyers have secured order
from Judge Phillips directing Warden Con-
stantine to produce Corkran in court to-
morrow and show cause Tor the detention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
ABOUT People AND THINGS.

The Salvation Army issued last year ST.
100000 newspapers, magazines. periodicals.
tracts and other publications
Mount Cook. the highest peak in New
Zealand, 1852 feet high, has just been
climbed for the first time by Mr.. Fitzger-
ald of the Alpine Club, and the Swiss
guide Zurbriggen.
The Methodist National University at
Washington has received an endowment of
500, 755 for the chair of history from a New
York woman. The fund for the proposed
hall of history now amounts TO slOl,2 go.
Greeley square was So named as a testi-
mony of the honor in which New York
holds the memory of Horace Greeley. Yet
the city authorities arc so ignorant as to
the man they assume 10 honor that they
do not gnow how to spell his name. 1t is
written aGreely" on the lamp-posts.
For the Berlin exposition in 1895 a mon-
ster telescope is now being wrought The
four lenses measure each ITO centimetres
(about forty-five inches In diameter, but
the length Of the instrument WI be but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

scarcity of cattle in the stockyards and
1t is the same In effect If two million or
ten million represents the falling off
which occasions the scant supply. As
for sheep, free wool has made sheep
growing Improbable, and the deficit
will not be made uD. as the World sug-
gests, by farmers in the Western and
Southern States adding TO their f1ocks.
because it will not pay to raise sheep
for meat unless a high price shall be
secured. If there was the number of
sheep in the country that there was
two years ago mutton could be sold SO
low as to afford people of limited means
a wholesome meat at prices they could
pay, but the falling off in the supply of
sheep has not only increased the price
of mutton but has tended to cause
higher prices for beef
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

1t is unfortunate that the joint COM
mittees to which Mr.. Frenzel addressed
himself Monday evening cannot see the gas
problem az he figures it out. Those COM
mittees should see that Mr.. Frenzel ig-
nores the interests of the Consumers
Trust, so absorbed is he in furnishing the
patrons meter gas at less aggregate cost
and thus preventing the people from de-
stroying one-third of the value of their
food by too much heat. The committees
ought TO be able to comprehend the philan-
thropy of Mr.. Frenzel which combines me-
ter gas with overlooked and deprecated
food. That they do not is evidence of in
herent perversity of the ordinary human
being Even if he were member of the
Council Mr.. Allen should not have been per-
mitted to turn the Frenzel philanthropy
into ridicule by drawing the conclusion
therefrom that, with enough meters, gas
would be practically free to the consum-
ers A better way for the Trust to DEM
onstrate that meter gas would be cheaper
to the consumer than -you-please gas
is for the company to put five hundred me
tiers into houses during the summer, when
no one will burn more gas than is neces-
sary, and thus convince an altogether cred
ulous community.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
RoCKFoRD's CHRIST MULcTED.
Verdict of $4,000 Against Schwcin-
furth, of "Heaven'' Notoriety.

CHICAGO. April 9.-George w. ACoudrey
was awarded $4,000 damages to-day in his
suit against Jacob Schweinfurth, the Rock
ford messiah The case was tried in
Judge DUNES court Godfrey alleged that
the defendant alienated Mrs. Coudrey's af-
fections from her husband by inducing her
to enter his heaven" When the case was
called Schweinfurth was not present and
was not represented by counsel. An attor-
ney was present however, who had re-
ceived letters from the defendant regarding
the suit. In them Schweinfurth declared
himself unable to resist the "doings OF
man" and fntimated that he cared nothing
for the case He emphatically added that
he was guiltless of wrongdoing. The first
witness called was the aged Dr. Abraham
Smith, an ex-inmate of the Rockford
heaven. The Doctors testimony devel-
oped nothing new regarding the place be-
ing chiefly confined to intimations that
Schweinfurth's morality was not above par
The jury returned a verdict awarding
Godfrey $4,000 damages. the full amount
asked for The jury but a few minutes
in reaching. the verdict Schweinfurth's
people say he has no money to meet the
damages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
GREAT SPEED FROM LITTLE COAL.
Achievements of the Triple Screw
Cruiser minneapolis.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-One of the con-
siderations which influence COMMANDMENTS
chief Melville in supplying the MINNEAPOLIS
with three screws. which has been rather
overlooked in the contemplation of her
achievements in high speed, was eco
nomical performance at medium speed,
most important consideration in a cruising
vessel. Reports just received from the YES
sell which is now attached to Admiral
Meade's squadron in the West Indies, indi-
cate that the calculations of the designer
were we'll founded and that the ship is not
only very speedy, but also more economical
than the twin screw ships in coal consump-
ton. The squadron started from Trinidad
on March 49, for Laguayra, and a careful
watch was instituted the coal consump-
ton of the ships at the cruising speed of
thirteen knots per hour. When they arrived
at Laguayra it was found that the Mime
apolis had made the run on twenty tons
of coal per day less than the crack New
York Leaving Laguayra, and when half
way to San Domingo, Admiral Meade sig
nailed his ships to go ahead with all the
speed they could make without increasing
the boiler power, which was to one-half,
the squadron going thirteen knots, and to
screw of the Minneapolis began to run at
the rate of ninety revolutions per minute
she shot through the squadron and at sun
down the remainder of the ships were hull
down astern. At o'clock she slowed down
to eight knots and then it was not until
8 a. m. that the squadron caught UP with
har
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.
The boundary Agreement Accepted by
Guatemala and Mexico.

Guatemala and Mexico.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 9--The settle
.ment between Mexico and Guatemala con-
tains seven clauses:
.First-Guatemala declares that that gov
eminent never had the intention TO OFFEND
Mexico and believed that she only exer-
ctsed her rights over the territory west
of the Laountan river, thus recognizing her
error.
Second Notwithstanding this, and for
the sake of harmony between the two coun-
emala promises to make good the damages
caused by her agents and the amount OF
said indemnity to be settled by arbitra-
''Third-Mexico desists from her claims
of indemnity for war expenses, also her
the removal of Miles Rock from the Guate-
malan commission OF boundary engineers
which Guatemala had already done.
''Fourth-Guatemala consents that Mexico
may Immediately occupy the territory west
of Chixoy and Usumaclnta rivers. the terri
ISL and md Which Guatemala claimed belonged
to Mexico only after full delimitation is
finished, while Mexico comedies that the
real meaning of the treaty of 1882 is the
line as quoted by Guatemala.
'Fifth-Both countries accept the aver
ave and dra eSse f Of dispute
is to be submitted TO arbitration Of engi-
neers.
Chixoy and Usumacinta rivers is to be fixed
from the intersection of first parallel to its
point of confluence with the Passion river
and the boundary stones are TO be placed
according to the agreement Of September,
1888
mitted TO the legislative bodies OF both
countries for approval. but 10 be previous
ly published by both countries, IL SO de-
sired and the exchange OF the ratifica-
tions must take place before the last day
of May" -,
lister Mariscal and Guatemalan envoy De
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

w. II. Harvey. author of Coins
Financial School," writes to Chicago
paper denying that a certain extract
printed on the first page Of his book is
a forgery. as charged by the Journal
AS 1t appears in the book 1t Is credited
to Report United States Monetary
Commission Of 1873" Not a word of it
appears in that report. Now comes
Harvey and says 1t should have been
credited to the report of the commits
sion of 1876. This report. he says, con-
tanned the exact language quoted"
This Is not true. The report contains
most of the language quoted, but not
all of it. The pretended quotation. after
describing the effects of the reduction
in the volume of metallic currency dur
ing the dark ages. says: 1.-THE discovery
OF the new world by Columbus restored
the volume of precious metals. brought
with it rising prices" This is not in
the report. The pretended quotation
also jumps over eleven lines of the re-
port which go to show that other causes
than the reduction of metallic currency
may have contributed to the stagnation
OF the dark ages. and that the intro
duction OF bills OF exchange and paper
currency certainly contributed to the re-
vlval. These eleven lines of the report
are omitted because they did not suit
the authors purpose, and an entire sem
tence OF his own, is, substituted. There
Is no typographical error in this. 1t is
garbling and forgery with intent to de-
cieve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

The Philadelphia Record, a Cleveland
organ, says the reason that neither Har-
rison, Mckinley, Reed nor Allison has
been invited to the Chicago sound
money demonstration is because they
are not recognized as sound money adj
vocates, while Mr.. Cleveland is. Gen
eral Harrison is not a sound money
man, says the Record because he signed
the Sherman silver bill, and Senator
Allison is not sound because, as a men,
Der of the last international monetary
conference, he favored worldwide free
Record were not a gold monometallist
it would know that three-fourthS of the
people of this country would sustain the
proposition OF Senator Allison because
there is reason to believe that if the
commercial world would fix that ratio
the two precious metals would be so
chained together that there would be
parity between the dollars of both.
Furthermore, it can be said that Presi-
dent Cleveland by insisting upon the
passage of the CIeveland-Carlisle bank
ing plan, which would have driven all
good money out of circulation by the
issue of the notes of State banks. for
the redemption of which no provision
was made, advocated a currency scheme
which is only less Objectionable than
the fiat money heresies of the Popu-
lists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

II think" said well-known citizen
yesterday, when the tens of thousands
OF people who have been reading Coins
book come to realize that the meetings
which he claims to have held, in which
he COMPOUNDED such men as MedilI,
Gage and others with his questions and
his answers that he has actually put
words into the mouths of men who have
not spoken and has declared that the
people attending his meetings expressed
the greatest amazement and gratifica-
ton in regard to his statements-when
It comes to be known that these meet
ings were never held and that the
things he relates as facts never took
place they will lose faith in the book
because of the imposition upon them by
its author" There is a great deal in
this. The author has deceived the peo-
pie in representing that he has held
meetings. and, once deceived. many will
In good time regard all that he says
with distrust. IAN
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
APACHES ON THE WARPATH.
Three White Men Attacked by ssDandy
Jim's" Band of Indians.

PHOENIX, A. T.. April ga band of
Apaches is on the war path and they made
their first attempt at Strengthening white
men last Friday An old man named Blew
ms, a noted character Of Arizona, his son
81 and another cowboy were hunting
horses near their ranch, eight miles west
OF San Carlos reservation last Friday, when
they were fired on by a party of a dozen
Apaches, Well mounted and armed. The
yolley struck wall of rock close to which
the whites were riding. They Immediately
sought shelter and returned the fire, driving
the Indians off without loss to either side
Of Dandy Jim, who was pardoned from the
Yuma penitentiary. where he was supposed
one of the most troublesome men on tho
reservation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

The New York World says the fact
that there are but 100000 less cattle
and 100000 less sheep than a year ago
cannot account for the present rise in
the price of meat. While 1t is not prob
able that these figures represent the
real falling off in numbers which has
been going on the past two years. that
falling Off is sufficient to make the
difference between crowded and
scant supply. IL only a hundred more
cattle are presented each day at great
market than the buyers care to pur-
chase or have orders for the fact of
that surplus one hundred will have a
powerful influence in holding down or
isduclng prices. On the other hand.
hundred less cattle in the yards than
there are orders for will start up prices
II that deficiency continues from day to
day. The higher price Is due to Z
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

Republican, Markleville, Ind. The Mex
lean silver dollar did not circulate in the
United States as money from 1861 to 1879;
in fact, no metal legal-tender money was
in circulation to any extent until the assur-
ance of specie resumption. Jan. l. 1879.
made the legal-tender paper dollar worth
as much as the gold or silver dollar because
redeemable in coin dollars. The only mon
ey in circulation from late in 1861 to a few
weeks before specie resumption in 1879 was
the greenback, the national bank note and
the fractional paper currency OF the United
States. Gold and silver money became mer-
chandise as soon specie payments were
suspended because they were worth more
than the legal-tender paper. A low-cost
and hirh-cost money viii not circulate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

The complications growing out of the
decision of the Supreme Court relative
to the income tax. which are set forth
In Washington dispatches, are likely to
deprive the government of a large part
of the $30,000.000 which the Secretary of
the Treasury expected to derive from
that law. Those who are not exempted
by the decision will. in all probability,
delay payment until all the questions of
doubt are solved by the proper tribunal.
This will involve a long delay. SO that
II may be doubted If any considerable
amount Of money will come to the treas
ury from the income tax.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10
LOCATING THE RESPONSIBILITY.

From present indications the decision
of the Supreme Court on the income
tax law will be followed by further liti-
cation and by period of agitation and
uncertainty. The decision is confined to
points before the court, but it justifies
belief that the law can be success
fully attacked at other points. The ex-
emption of incomes derived from rents
has already raised question whether
all revenue from real estate does not
come under the same head, including
that from mineral products, building
stone, coal oil. and, in short, everything
that comes out of the ground Those
who derive income from these sources
will not, If they can help it, pay tax
under a law that exemDts those who
derive income from rents. Already
other class interests are preparing to
bring suit, and the lawyers are getting
ready to train their guns on parts of
the law which are still left standing.
Another source of confusion and liti-
cation will be in regard to the manner
of making out returns. A great many
returns were made before the recent
decision, which will not be good now.
A question will arise whether those who
made these returns shall make new
ones or whether they shall pay on the
old returns and have their overpay-
ments refunded. Either course will in
volve confusion, delay and dissatisfac-
ton. Many disputes will arise as to
the amount of rebate, and there will be
numerous lawsuits against individuals
for taxes alleged to be unpaid or claims
of individuals against the government
for sums claimed to have been paid in
excess of the amount due
All this means a period of suspense
and uncertainty which always hurts
business. If the law had never been
passed men would know where they
stood. So they would it it had been de-
clared unconstitutional as whole. But
with a law riddled in some parts,
threatened in others and of doubtful
application and enforcement even in
what is left. with certainty of more
litigation, men of taxable incomes will
hardly know what to do.
All this confusion, uncertainty and
prospective harm to business are due to
the criminal folly and demagogy of the
last Congress. 1t could all have been
dNOlOcd very easily ana very simply.
If Congress had doubled the tax ON
beer, as it was urged to do, there would
have been no need of an income tax.
The increased tax on beer would have
yielded about s3O,0OOOOO without increas-
ing the price of glass of beer to the
consumer the fraction of a cent. There
would have been no doubt about the
constitutionality of the tax. 1t would
have fallen on the brewers, who sare
abundantly able to pay it, and would
have been easily collected. 1t would
have caused no confusion, no litigation
and no injury to business. 1t would
have been an ideal tax in every respect,
and would have yielded as much reve-
nue. as was claimed for the income tax,
even before the recent decision. But
the Democratic majority in Congress
would not listen to increasing the tax
on beer. and the populistic sentiment
demanded an income tax. Hence the
present situation, whith is simply a
legacy Of Democratic and Populistic
folly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-10

OF all the individual arguments on the
constitutionality of the income tax law
that of Justice Field is the most logical
and gets nearest to the heart of the
matter. His argument for uniformity
of taxation and against the discrimi-
mating features of the law is unan-
swerable and goes to the constitution
atty of the entire law. 1t might be
added that his style is that of master
of pure English as well as a great
lawyer