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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
JUDICIARY COMMITTEES WORK.
Several Bills to he Reported Favor
ably-Others Postponed.

The committee on judiciary met yester-
tAy afternoon and decided to recommend
the passage of the following bills:
Senator Parker's bill to legalize the sale
by county auditors of lands upon which
school loans have been foreclosed.
Senator Stewards bill to amend the ex-
emption laws.
Senator Shiveley's bill amending the law
concerning proceedings in civil cases.
The following bills have been marked for
indefinite postponement:
Senator. Sellers's bill for an act to legal
dZe sheriff's sales of real estate made with
out appraisement of rents and profits.
The bill prohibiting the selling or mort
gaging of personal property by parties in
possession thereof by virtue of conditional
purchase. with the consent of the holder
of the legal title thereto
Senator McDonald's bin, by which it was
proposed to give the fee, which now goes
to the circuit prosecuting attorney in cases
of misdemeanor to the city or town in
which the offense was committed.
Senator McCutchans bill providing for
the organiZa ton of mutual fire and tornado
insurance companies.
Senator Schneck's bill creating the office
of inspector of county records and offices.
There will be a majority and minority
report on Senator Shiveley's bill for the APP
pointment CT humane inspectors and upon
Senator McCutchan's bill providing severer
penalties for carrying concealed weapons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
An Octogennrian,s VIII.

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. H.-James A.
Bradley, bachelor capitalist aged eighty,
died last month in Fabiola Hospital, Oak
land. He made death-bed will. leaving to
educational institutions all his property in
this State. including a monthly income of
$500. At the same time he transferred all
600. in equal shares to the oxford Orphan
Asylum of North Carolina; Davidson Col
lege, in the same State, and a Virginia theo-
logical seminary. Attorney Richard Brad
ley. his nephew and nearest of kin. will con-
test the win and deeds, alleging undue infiu-
ence on the dying octogenarian.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
The Proposed Hawaiian Cable.

WASHINGTON. Jan. H.-Recent events
in Hawaii will rather tend to prevent than
advance the notifications of the Hawaiian
a company under it's auspices can obtain
an island in the group for cable terminus
Senator Frye. who is a member of the SEN
ate committee on foreign relations, dis
cussing the subject recently, said that lie
did not believe there We're a half dozen
osition. Mr.. Frye says that he is very
much in favor of the United States taking
immediate steps towards laying such a
cable He says the necessity for ii is grow
ing every moment and he believes that such
a proposition would now receive favorable
action, but Congress seemed averse at that
time to taking any such action. Senator
Frye has already introduced proposition
for cable and he will follow 1t with some
very hard work in that direction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Fourth District County Officers.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG, Ind, Jan. 21.-The coun-
ty officers of several counties of the Fourth
congressional district met here to-day to
consider the fee and salary BILL The cir
cuar calling for / per cent. to '.buy post
age and expenses fully considered.
1t was star chamber meeting with re-
porters left out. 1t was intended to keep
the meeting a secret. The visiting states
men did not register at the hotel. An Of
ficer from Franklin county who looked like
a Democrat, gave the meeting away but
not Intentionally. 1t is understood similar
meetings are to be held in each cpngres-
sional district. Speeches were made By A.
p. Nowlin; Ostetter, clerk, and Bullthorp,
Tackett and Caskey, of Decatur, and sew
eral others gave their views ON the stu
alton. Both Democrat and Republican Of
ficerS were in attendance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22

preston and comment concerning it among
the courts and attorneys in different por-
lions of the State, and every expression
that 1 have heard has been unfavorable
to its continuance l believe that you could
perform no better service for the State
In your official position than to bring about
this manifest Improvement in our judicial
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
rou.t-Rinenr Contest.

The Senate committee on elections held
a meeting after the adjournment of the
Senate yesterday afternoon to consider the
Foust- Rinear contest case. but nothing of
Importance was done. Another meeting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
State Board of Arbitration.

The committee on labor will pass bill
creating State Board of Arbitration. The
bill will be introduced by Mr., O'Brien to-
day. Under 1T the president of the State
Of Statistics and the mining inspector will
constitute the board of arbitration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22

Representative Moore has bill chang
ing the present method of supervising cleo
ton canvasses. Instead of hordes of in
spectors drawing pay for watching the
count, there will only be a few men. Each
party casting per cent. or more OF the
total vote will be entitled to an inspector
at the canvassing of the vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Murder in a Church.

LEBANON, Mo, Jan. 21.-Rufus Stone.
residing near Decaturville, was shot at Zion
Church by Rufus Farmer, at religious serv-
ices. Farmer and another man became en-
broiled, when Stone interfered as a peace
maker. Farmer drew his revolver and shot
Stone in the right side, from the effects Of
which he died.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
CurdvyiIl,s Omnibus min.

Judge Cardwill, of New Albany has in
troduced the most revolutionary bills with
respect to existing customs and regulations
He presented measure yesterday that
gives cities under 10000 inhabitants a gov
eminent similar to that of the charter I'M
der which indianapolis operates. Nine
councilmnn-a t-large are to be elected, and
different departments are created The pro-
visions in many respects are like those of
the Indianapolis charter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Change in Grand Jury system.

Mr.. Allison proposes a change in the
grand jury system of the State reducing
the number of grand jurors to five and
making four sufficient to return an indict-
ment. They are to take cognizance of
crimes of no less degree of turpitude than
felonies, the procedure In crimes of lesser
cegree and misdemeanors to be by affidavit
n nd informatOn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Keeping Their plans Quiet.

The members of the House committee on
tees and salaries are keeping very close
the movements of the committee. Mr.
Cardwill said last night that the commit
tee did not propose to give out anything
until the measure which 1t is working on is
DreDared
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Against Spurious JeweIry.

The McCrea jewelry bill makes 1T unlaw-
full to use the stamp sterling" on silver
jewelry when the article fails to contain
1926 parts of pure silver, or where an article
of gold is given a fraudulent karat mark.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Telephone Legi.lation.

The Thomas telephone bill compels one
company to transfer messages for another
company the company receiving the mes
sage to receive one-third of the tolls. Com
panies are prohibited from charging more
than % cents for the first fifteen minutes
of conversation over line not more than
one hundred miles in length. and cents for
each additional five minutes. For distances
of more than one hundred miles, So cents is
to be the maximum charge for fifteen
minute conversation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
senator Boyd's Fee and salary Bill.

The fee and salary bill introduced in the
Senate yesterday by Senator Boyd, does
not have the appearance of a fee and salary
bill that the county officers would want
or that they would indorse. 1t is bill that
embodies the principles of the act of 1891
and hence the county officers opposed
to it, Salaries are equalzed throughout the
various counties and there are some marked
increases in the gas belt counties, but the
total salary list of the State would not
be greatly increased over the sum total pro-
vided by the act of 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Militia Expense Bill a Law.

The Governor signed, at O'Clock yester-
day afternoon, the bill appropriating $4s,-
61s for the payment of the militia expenses
during the riots last year. This amount
pays all the expenses, including interest
on the amount the Governor borrowed In
signing the bill the Governor said he had
at no time a doubt that the legislators
would pass the bill promptly. The notes
which the Governor gave to secure the loan
to pay the troops fall due to-day. The
Senate passed the bill just in time yes
tcrday to enable the Governor to meet the
UbligatiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Canyassfng Election Returns.

of the committee will be held this morning
to appoint subcommittee to go TO hunt
ington and Wells counties to take evidence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
TOrnedo in Tennessee

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. 2l.--At 6 O'Clock
this morning a tornado struck Covington,
Tenn, blowing off the tower of the court
house and wreckfng several stores and resi-
dences. Total damage about $4,000 No
body hurt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
HUSBAND. calcinea Magne.ia.

Four first-premium medals awarded. more
agreeable to the taste and smaller dose than
other magnesa For sale only in bottles,
with registered Trademark label
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22

They strolled along the broad parade,
John Jones and pretty Miss Maria.
your teeth are awful, JOHN she said
why don't you buy the beautifier?
See mine! How white Yes, tbs my wont
To polish them with Sozodont.''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
Colombia VIII Use silver Only.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2l.-The United
States of Colombia, which has long suffered
from an irredeemable paper currency, has
taken steps to gradually put it's money on
silver basis. United States Minister Nc
Kinney has forwarded to the State Depart
ment synopsis of law passed Nov. q
last by the Colombia Congress, by which it
Is expected this object will be attained The
act provides for the use of such government
funds as shall be on hand for the purchase
and coinage of silver. The coins will not
exceed so cents each in value, and will be
issued in redemption of paper fractional cur
rency, which is to be destroyed. Later
notes of larger denominations will be re-
tired In the same way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-22
FIREMEN's PENSION BILL.
House Committee Practically Decides
to Recommend 1t.

to Recommend 1T.
Mayor Denny and ex-Judge Elliott were
before the committee on cities and towns
yesterday afternoon, speaking on the pro-
posed firemens' pension bill. The commit
tee has practically decided to recommend
the passage of the bill, but will wait until a
delegatioS from Evansville appears in a
few days before taking formal action. Mr.
Cardwill, who is on the committee. even
favors extending the system to some of
the smaller cities of the State. William H.
English and a. number of the largest prop
erty owners in the city have signed the
petition which the firemen of this city have
circulated. The petition contains the names
is said to represent nearly IS per cent. of
the realty wealth of the city. Members
of the fire department have been very
active recently obtaining names to the
petition.
The bill proposes levy of one-tenth of a
mill and In Indianapolis this would mean
an annual tax of about $4,000.
The Universalist., 1895-07-20
THE PROPHET ELIJAH.
BY REV. R. S. KELLERMAN.

l confess to an imperishable inter-
est in the life and character of the
Prophet Elijah. / revere him as one
of the old heroes in an heroic age of
the world. He flashes up like me-
teor in the darkness of the ages and
strikes the Imagination with the bril-
liancy of his life and efforts. He
strikes like the lightning out of the
midnight darkness and leaves them
terrified by the rolling thunders. His
bolts are never forgotten. The ma
tion lives in terror of the coming of
Elijah. When John appeared on the
banks of the Jordan, all haggard and
rough in his sheep skin garment, they
sent out priests and Levites to ask
him if he were Elijah.
Elijah was wild and uncouth in his
outward aspect and wayward and
rough in his manners. He comes
suddenly on the stage of action, and
as suddenly he disappears, like one
without father or mother or descent,
having neither beginning of days nor
end of life. Homeless, man with
out a country, dwelling nowhere
Ahab sent to every nation and coun-
try to search for Elijah, but they
found him not. His habitual express
sion was, GAS the Lord liveth before
whom | stand" And it was said that
when one saw him, the breath of the
Lord carried him away, whittier no
one knew.
He was pre- eminently the servant
of God, and he was everywhere. At
one moment he was in the ravine of
Cherith by the brook Kedron, and al
most at once he was wandering among
the forests that covered the mountain
of Carmel. Far away to the north
on the seashore near Zidon, God sent
The Universalist., 1895-07-20
Varieties.
ICONOCLASM IN PARAGRAPHS.

Cesar did not cross the Rubicon. 1t
lay on the opposite side of the Italian
peninsula from the point where he left
his own possessions and entered Italy.
The bridge of sighs in Venice has no
romance worthy the name. Most of the
unfortunates who cross it are petty
thieves being sent to the workhouse.
Diogenes never lived in tub. The
story originated from a biographical
comment that "a man so Grabbed ought
to have lived in tub like dog"
Vinegar will not split rocks; so Hanni.
bal could not thus have made his way
through the Alps. Nor will it dissolve
pearls. SO Cleopatras famous act is also
fiction.
The Army of Xerxes has always been
over estimated by historians. Common
ly computed at 100000 the best evil
dence goes to show thst, camp followers
and all, it did not exceed 100000, the
increase being due to the natural inven-
tiveness OF the oriental imagination and
to the vanity of the Greeks. who prided
themselves on having defeated it's num-
bers. His thousands of ships" num-
bered only 1900 to begin with and of
those 400 were lost in storm.
The hanging gardens of Babylon did
not hang nor we're they gardens. They
were terraces supported by arches and
overgrown with trees. They were erected
for the amusement OF a Babylonian
queen who had come from a mountain
GUS country.
The Universalist., 1895-07-20

of Boston. Edward Everett Hale, Frank
W. Gunsaulus, and Robert S. Macarthur
are among the contributors. The work
will be profusely illustrated, and the
aim of the writer's will be to present the
Bible history in the manner at once COM
prehensive and condensed, embodying
the results of modern scholarship in the
most attractive form for popular read
ing. We await the publication of this
great work with much interest.
The Universalist., 1895-07-20

The PEOPLES PICTORIAL BIBLE HIS
TORY is an important enterprise project
ed by the Henry o. Shepard Co. of Chi
cago. From specimen pages before US
we judge that it will be work of rare
merit in both text and illustration. The
plan is unique. 1t will be work Of not
less than $50 large folio pages. divided
into fifteen books, each treating of a
separate epoch. These books or chap
ters will be prepared by eminent schol
ars of several denominations in England
and America, no less a parsonage than
William E. Gladstone writing the gem
eral introduction, luminous paper set
ting forth ths value of Scriptural studies
to the laity.
Piof.A.H. Sayce, the famousAssyriolo-
gist of Oxford. England, has prepared
the special introduction to Old Testa-
ment Literature and History, and Dr.
f. w. Farrar viii write Book III. cover
ing the period between the Creation and
the Dawn of History. Our own DIR.
Capen. of Tufts College, is the writer of
Book III. from the call OF Abraham to
the Bondage of Israel.
The general editor OF the Peoples
Pictorial Bible is DIR. George L. Lorimer
The Universalist., 1895-07-20

BANcRoFT's Book OF THE FAIR.-Parts
XII-XIV. of this sumptuous work we'll
maintain the high character established
by the proceeding issues The work is
far and away beyond any of the pictorial
histories of the great Exposition. Part
XII continues the description of theFor
estry Building, illustrating the pavilions
and the exhibits. 1t gives full page H.
lustrations of the Administration plaza,
the Mining Building and a birds eye
view of the Exposition from the Wooded
Island.
The descriptive text of the sixteenth
chapter, also contained in this part,
opens with Mines, Mining and Metal
lurgy." The magnificent pavilions Of
New York and Missouri are illustrated,
with several of the more important ex-
hibits. Part XIII continues this depart
ment and illustrates the pavilions and
sections Of Montana and Colorado and
several of the foreign countries. We
find here reproduced many of the great
features of the Mining Building-the
silver statue Of justice in the Montana
exhibit, the mineral monuments of Aus
tralia, the diamond mining display of
South Africa, and the anthracite coal
needle of Pennsylvania. The Fisheries
and Agricultural Buildings are the full
page illustrations. This part begins the
interesting description of the Fisheries
and Pisciculture, which is copiously H.
lustrated. This department is contin.
ued in the next number, and in the
eighteenth chapter the Transportation
Building is described. A full page view
is given of the building, showing the
famous golden door. The railroad ex-
hibits are made the subject of intelligent
comment and several of them we'll illus.
trated. A full page illustration shows
the architectural features of the pleas
ing Fisheries Building.
This Book of the Fair brings back Wis.
IDLY the great scenes which Chicago
witnessed two years ago. The Dream
City. now indeed only a beautiful mem
orY, lives again in these beautiful pages.
The work is sold only by subscription at
S100 part. Chicago and San Fran
cisco: the Bancroft Company
The Universalist., 1895-07-20

THE EYE IN ITS RELATION TO HEALTH:
By Chalmer Prentice, M. d. This is
professional treatise on subject which
has not in the past received the atten-
tion it deserves. The eye is not to be
regarded as simply the organ of vision
with no relation to the other members
of the body and the functions they are
appointed to perform. Sight is not
passive but an active function and DR..
Prentice claims, what is no doubt true,
that definite amount of vital energy is
consumed by every exercise of sight;
that, in the aggregate, the eye gives off
large share of the vital energy which
is needed for the harmonious and proper
working Of the body in all its depart
ments. Hence the Importance Of the
health of the eye. "a large amount of
motive-force," Gays the writer, sis util-
lied in the function of vision, even when
it is performed under the easiest posi-
BILE circumstances; but when there are
defects in the eye and its appendages,
there is still greater demand for nerve
force to bring about good vision" From
this general principle DIR. Prentice pro-
ceeds to elucidate his contention that the
eye is prominent factor in the gen.
eral health of the body and that any
disturbance of the faculty of vision has
to be made up in special demands on
the nervous system. His theory on this
point is worked out in an interesting
manner. The treatise is popular in
style and is easily understood. especially
in connection with the glossary of tech
nical terms which is given at the end.
Chicago: A. G. McClurg & Co. Price
s1.50.)
The Universalist., 1895-07-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

MESSAGES OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE:
Selections for every day in the year from
the writings of James Freeman Clarke.
This is beautiful volume mechanically
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lum and the messages" are we'll ar
ranged and printed in large type, max
ing the page very easy to read. The
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Clarke was one OF the Unitarian saints,
an Israelite indeed in whom was no
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has more deeply influenced the Unitar-
ian denomination on the side of the re-
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Every message" in this volume is
needed one in this day and generation.
We welcome the volume as a memorial
of the beloved and venerated pastor and
teacher, bidding it Godspeed on its way
to the minds and hearts of the many
who will be comforted by its cheerful
inculcations of the faith hope and love
revealed in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Boston: Geo. HI. Ellis. Price 51O0.)
The Yale expositor., 1895-09-06
Sailor Crockett at SaVenty-tWO.

From the Journal. Detroit, Mich)
At IS West Montcalm street, Detroit.
Mich, lives Mr.. j. Crockett, a weather.
beaten sailor OF seventy-two years, now
retired from active life, but still In good
health and remarkably active and in
teresting. He tells the following story
of his life:
For fifteen years was engineer on
the City Of Detroit, one of the Detroit
and Cleveland Steam Navigation Co.'S
steamers. ] suppose II was the work.
exposure and mental strain that finally
began to tell on me. / broke down COM
pletely. l had to give up my position
and became as helpless as a child. /
doctored for years, but the physicians
could do nothing for me. One doctor
told me plainly that II was no use CIV
ing me medicine.
II could not keep warm. My blood
seemed to be exhausted. Wrapped in
eider-down blankets, with hot water
bags at my feet, and covered to my
chin in bed still was cold. Symptoms
OF paralysis began TO show very strong
ly and nothing could keep me awake.
81 could not walk without some one
to lean on, 1 was so weak One day a
lady called, and in the conversation
told me about DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
I did not think much about II, for
was completely discouraged. However.
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II attribute my wonderful recovery to
the use of them. l began to improve at
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began to circulate through my body.
my appetite returned, and / was a new
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