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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
Despite the Searching Day Thousands
March Over BIinding Streets I'm the
MemOrial-Day Parade.
SERVICES AT CROWN HILL
CHILDREN 81 At STATEHOUSE
HONOR THE SOLDIERS.
Exercises at Nearly All the Public
Schools I'm the MOrning-Parade
i'm. Detail.

Yesterday was the hottest Memorial day
that Indianapolis has known for years, yet
1t had no appreciate effect on the number
of old soldiers who paid tribute to the
memory of their dead comrades, either by
marching in the parade or by trewing
flowers on the graves at Crown Hill. At
no time during the day was there a sug-
gestion of rain, for the sun poured down
torridly all the while.
The services at Crown Hill were attended
by eight to ten thousand people, who took
advantage of the clear day to witness
the decoration Of the last resting-place Of
the unknown heroes who lost their lives
While fighting to sustain the Union. The
services were very impressive. The various
organizations and military companies who
participated in the parade down town re-
assembled at the east gate of the cemetery
In the same order as before and marched
to the soldiers cemetery, the section in
which the dead heroes are resting. The
indianapolis Light Artillery, stationed on
the top OF the hill in the western part of
the cemetery, fired thirteen guns as a
signal for the column to march and then
continued to fire at regular intervals dur
ing the march. Arriving at the graves, the
military companies formed a Gordon around
them. Ropes were stretched and the police
kept the crowds away from the soldiers
graves. The Indianapolis Military Band
opened the services by playing the Way
side Chapel" George c. Webster, master
of ceremonies, then made a few remarks
In accordance with the Grand Army ritual.
He said the object of the services were
significant-to express honor and respect
to the memory of those who were lying
at their feet. Following this the memorial
chorus selected for the occasion sang Rock
of Ages" Comrade A. B. Charpie then Of
fered an earnest prayer for the souls Of
his dead comrades. "Strew Beautiful Flow
ers'' was sung by the chorus. followed by
a ritualistic address by Mr.. Webster. His
address is from the G. A. r. ritual and is
the same as has always been spoken at
these services. While the band played the
soft strains of Chopin's Funeral March the
mounds which mark the resting place of
those who were assigned to the duty. The
gentle hands of the Daughters of Veterans
strewed the flowers, the Sons of Veterans
planted the flags. while the veterans them
selves placed the evergreens. The flowers
used were furnished by the various mill
tary organizations of the city and Others
who wished to contribute them.
After the decorations were completed a
parting salute was fired over the graves
by Companies A and ID of the Second Regi-
ment. The buglers then blew taps, or
the signal that is blown at bedtime i'm
camp, and the crowd slowly dispersed to
their homes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
More Wind and whiskers.

THAT ~feller," said the man with the
ginger beard, as the smooth-shaven new
settler drove by, that Teller, when / knowed
him out in Kansas. had a set of goat trim
minis that would discount PETER. And he
lost EN- in the funniest way"
Got 'em shaved OFF," asked the grocer,
trying to be sarcastic.
Much to the surprise of the man from
Potato Creek, the man with the ginger
beard replied:
That's jest the way. Exactly"
When the man with the ginger beard had
enjoyed the grocer's evident surprise, he
continued:
"'Course. he didn't have to have ,em
shaved off, but after the way they took to
actin he allowed that was the best thing
he could do. You see. they was a cyclone
come along acrost his place. He seen 'er
a-comin', an by the time he got the COW
and the dog and his wife an chillern in the
cyclone pit they was so little room that he
had to leave his head stickin' out. Purity
soon along comes oil ST.
"Old ST who?' asked the grocer.
1T might have been old 81 Hubbard. but
this time it happened to be ole ST Clone.
Well, that there wind took them flown
whiskers and wrapped 'em round and
round his neck and durn nigh choked 'im."
And he lowed after that it would be
safer to go smooth, l SUPPOSE asked the
man from Potato Creek.
Hardly. Ketch any Kansas man takin'
off his whiskers fer any SIGH frivolous rea-
son. But the ellicktricity, er something,
had sot 'em so that they wouldn't grow no
other way than jist round and round. /
tried to persuade him to leave 'em that
way, SEEM as how he had the finest neck
comforter ever a man had in them whisk-
ers, but he was too dadwormed high
minded, an keeps 'em cut clean off now
The man from Potato Creek slowly gath
cred up the two burlap sacks that served
him as a saddle, put them on his yellow
mule and rode homeward, bordering, pom
6arinO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
FRANCE IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.

1t is somewhat singular that, just as
we have got rid of an income tax in this
country, the question of imposing one
should have become a prominent one in
France. 1t is stated that a majority Of
a committee of the Chamber of Deputies
appointed to consider the financial bud
get are in favor of levying an income
tax as the most feasible means Of rails
ing needed revenue and averting a def
cit. If it is done 1t may have impor-
tant results on the political future Of the
country.
There has been so much said about
the ease with which France paid the
great German wal indemnity, and the
advocates Of free silver in this country
have had SO much to say about the ex-
traordinary prosperity of France, which,
by the way. has not coined any legal
tender silver since 1878. and no silver
money of any kind since 1891, that many
persons have an idea that it is an ex-
ceptionally rich and prosperous country.
This is true only in a qualified sense.
France is a very productive country. her
people are thrifty and saving, and she
enjoys a fair degree Of prosperity, but
she is enormously in debt and the people
are fearfully overtaxed. The public debt
of the United States is small compared
with that of France. Our interest-bear-
ing debt, even with the considerable in
crease during the present administra-
ton, is only $716, POI. 900. while that of
France is Sc, 122, 337, 024-more than eight
times as great as ours. The population
of France is about 3S, 900, 900, against 65,-
600, 900 in the United States. In 1890 the
debt Of France was SIG per capita, and
that of the United States $14. and the
difference is about the same now. The
interest on the French debt is more than
$500, 600, 900 a year, and the ordinary ex-
penses of the government almost nvari-
ably exceed it's revenues. The only re-
lieving feature about her enormous debt
is that it is mostly due TO the French
people, a large part of it being for the
money borrowed to pay the wal in
demnity, but it is none the less a debt,
and the people a to be taxed to pay
the interest and keep up a sinking fund
TO reduce the principal. AS they are
creditors of the government, the process
is equivalent to taking money out of one
pocket and putting 1t in another. The
people pay taxes to pay the interest or
a debt owing to themselves. Perhaps
this is the reason why they CARRY their
burdensome taxes SO uncomplainingly,
for in no other country are taxes heavier
than they are in France The confirmed.
habit of the government of mourning ex-
penses in excess of revenue requires a
resort to continually increasing taxation
to meet deficits, and so the work of pill
ing up taxes goes on. That accounts
for the present proposition to impose an
income tax. The mere proposition indi-
Gates the desperate financial straits of
the government. for the levying of such
a tax would be the beginning of a class
conflict in France the end of which could
not be foreseen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
AN UNNOTICED MURDER.

The recent announcement of the kill
in Cubs has excited little if any public
interest, and is not likely to receive any
attention from the government authori-
ties. If he had been an Englishman
and correspondent of two or three
prominent English papers the case would
have been very different. A prompt and
vigorous effort would have been made to
ascertain the facts, and if they had
showed, as is likely in this case, that the
correspondent was murdered under a
general order or the commander-in-chief
of the Spanish forces in Cuba. somebody
would have had to suffer.
As has been said, there is reason to
believe the correspondent was murdered
under an order of the Marshal of Spain.
His name was Woodward. and he was
we'll connected and we'll known in news
paper circles of two or three cities of
the United States. General Campos has
no use for the American war correspond
ents. Their enterprise in obtaining
facts, their disposition to tell the truth,
and their fearlessness in pursuit of it
are all opposed to Spanish ideas and
methods. One of the first things General
Campos did after arriving in Cuba was
to muzzle the Spanish and Cuban press
and establish a system of censorship for
dispatches sent to American
When he found that his carefully doc
tored reports and e~xpurgated statements
were not acceptable TO the few corre-
~spondents representing American news
papers, and that they persisted in get
ting facts for themselves. he issued an
order that any correspondent found
going toward or coming from the in
surgent lines should be shot-not turned
back or placed under arrest. but shot.
This was equivalent to saying that no
correspondent should go outside of the
fortified towns held by the Spanish and
ing shot. 1t was after this order was
ISSUED that young Woodward undertook
to go from Laval into the interior and
within the insurgent lines. 1t was a
dangerous and perhaps foolhardy under
taking, but ii was not deserving of
death. He left Havan May 6. and has
not been heard from since. except by a
report of his death. If he had been ar
rested and SEM out of the island the
danger of his sending out truthful dis
patches would have been averted, and
the ends even of Spanish justice would
have been subserved. His killing was a
wanton and unnecessary outrage. quite
characteristic OF Spanish methods AS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
BRICE WRITES A LETTER.


COLUMBUS. O., May Ex-senator GAVIN
s. Brice to-day. in A letter TO a Columbus
Democrat on the situation in Ohio, says
II should not have taken the Interest IN
the matter that l have had l not known
that there was a very considerable feellhs
i'm favor of the free and unlimited eoinase
of silver" The Senator then covers INC
history of the greenback craze. says ne i
a large borrower for public Improvements
and is able to look at the matter from
their point of view. and predicts that the
free-silyer craze will end and be- discredltel
as the greenback craze was. After POM
ing out that this is a commercial qoe-tio-;
not a political one. and cannot be regulalet
the commercial world. Mr.. Brice concludes;
Il have many hundreds OF letters irtm
prominent men in every portion o. tHo
and the calm judgment OF a verS 49,
number il thai II would be ruinous 10 nc
templated. 4 care no more Tor gota -,
for silver. Itfnakes little difference Net
has happenef in the past-wise legisl1tVls
must be governed by present condiiio"S
regardless Of their own preference.
MY reference 10 President Cleveland IA
a former letter was merely 10 show tnas:
in the present condition OF the DemocIaI0
party. there was no reason Tor a ceciata
ton in the Ohio State convention. tHls
year: on a question where there ~aa,cS
side of a national question. and not IL
tended TO say that the individual Demo
crat must blindly follow IN his oeileis
those of the Democratic President. toee
on the tariff question last year. and woula
not have wanted the state convention !,
declare either way until there was -
least some necessity Cor IT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

ct the hotel were lavishly decorated with
the choicest blooms, but directly the royal
steward arrived he requested that all the
nor smell them.
Cardinal Vaughan says Englishmen have
reason to regard the Maid Of Orleans not
only with as much admiration as the
small amount Of real gratitude. as but for
Joan's intervention the Plantagenets might
have gained the throne of France. in which
case they would certainly have chosen to
live In that country and then there would
have been no kingdom of Great Britain
DR.. a PanQuin's blood serum formula
cure for consumption is to be given to the
world within a short time, together with
a description of all the details necessary
for its preparation and use. When the dis
Medical Society by the investigator, who
had devoted two years to its practical test.
not yet fully satisfied himself as to its
efficacy. Now he believes it will meet all
tests.
Not every one heard of the escape Of
the King of Sweden a short time ago.. His
Majesty was smoking a cigar on a sofa in
his palace. He rose to retire to his study
and had hardly reached the door when
there was a tremendous crash and a mas
sive chandelier. weighing. several hundred
weight, fell down. completely smashing the
z PlCtC VI tDltu O(C0PiCa ~ thO
King only a second before. 1t was after
ward discovered that the beam of the cell
ing had been rotting for years.
She gave him the rose from her hair;
He had called and was going away;
She gave him the rose, but she did not sup
pose
He would keep it for ever and aye.
Yet the dead rose was carefully kept;
All, he was too true to her, far!
For the rose that she gave found an odor-
GUS grave
In his other girls %potpourri jar.
Washington Post.
The angler now a trout can see,
Between each drop of rain;
1t is the time of year when he
Gets fishing on the brain.
But this, to me, is very plain:
1t is, and no miStook,
One thing to get fish on the brain,
Another on the hook.
A month ago his prospects were
What he considered great.
The outlook for prosperity
Was truly roseate:
But now. alas, all this is changed,
The future brightness lacks
He's one Of those appointed to
Collect the income tax.
kansas City Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

The proceedings at the dedication of
the to the Confederate dead
IN Chicago were appropriate, and some
of the accompanying incidents very in
teresting. General Wade Hampton's adj
dress was patriotic in tone and in every
way unexceptionable. The only crlti-
cism tina could be made on the proceed
ings was the selection Of Memorial day
as the time. 1t is not likely that any
offense was intended by this, but it
would have been better to have avoided
giving ground for criticism. 1t is un-
derstood tina hereafter Confederate ex-
ercises will b. held on another day. The
proceedings al Chicago were a genuine
reunion of war veterans of the Union
and Confederate armies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

Among the large number of ladies who
went TO the cemetery yesterday. most of
them carrying flowers. were many eld-
erly ones and many others quite youth
full looking. The former were generally
dressed in sober colors, many of them in
black. while the ung ones wore the
colors of youth. The older women were
doubtless soldiers widows. and the
young ones the daughters of soldiers. To
such the observance of the day was
something more and sadder than a pa
<rioffc caremOnX
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

The monument fountains flowed yesterday
for the first time, but though they were
wet and their splash had a refreshing
sound on SO hot a day they were not inn
p~ressive as objects of beauty. The criticism
made in advance proved correct. They are
too small and cheap looking to be in keep
ing with the size and magnifcence of the
structure they should adorn. They should
be rebuilt and enlarged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

Ex-senator Edmunds stated an immu-
table truth when he said. in his speech
at Philadelphia. that IF n faith car
be put in human experience it ought to
teach us that we cannot make a given
amount OF silver worth any more when
II is printed at the mint with the. stamp
Of the United States than il was before"
And yet, simple as that fact is, there
are a great many people outside of in
sane asylums who cannot grasp it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

The banquet given by the citizens OF
Chicago in honor of the visiting ex-Con-
federate officers was a brilliant and success
full affair. There probably never has been a
banquet in Chicago" says the Tribune, in
which the menu. though elegant. occupied
such a subordinate position to the speaking.
1t is also probably true that there has never
been a banquet given in Chicago in which
there was so much and such noisy and
protracted applause"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

After all, nature is the great bull or
extensive rain. an untimely and wide
spread frost. OF a blasting hot wind can
do more to send wheat up or down than
all the efforts of all the spectators. Ma
ture is right 'in 1t" all the time, and yet
she does not profit a nickel by iuctua-
tionS in prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

The extremes of life met in the pro-
cession which marched yesterday in
honor of the Nation's dead. Youth and
old age, little boys in uniform and old
men with the soldierly movement that
told they once wore it. made by con-
trast an impressive object lesson in pa
triOtism-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY,
Ind.
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places
PA~RIS-Amerfcan Exchange In Paris. SO Boulevard de
Capucines.
NEW YORK-Gilsey House. Windsor Hotel and Aston
House.
PHILADELPHIA-A. p. Kemble, coz. Lancaster ave.
and Barring &.
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Q. News Co., 81 Adams street
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Third and jefferson SITS, and Louisville Book Co., 16
Fourth ave.
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Wizards Hotel and the Washington News Exchange,
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

1t was an oversight that the school
children who assembled at the Statehouse
grounds yesterday were not drilled to sing
while the procession was passing. The
sight of the children themselves was pretty
and their cheers touched the heart, but the
singing in chorus of a patriotic song would
nave been still more effective.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

there are no other correspondents In
Cuba but those of American newspapers,
General Campos's edict is almost equiva-
lent to ordering that any American cor
respondent found outside of the Spanish
lines should be shot on sight. He proba-
bly, intended that his order should have
that constr ctiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

A bill providing that women doing the
same work as men in the public schools
of the State shall have equal pay has
passed one branch CT the Pennsylvania
Legislature, and there are no women in
that Legislature. either. The "tyrant
man" is disposed to be just, after all,
once he is educated up to 1t and his at
fenffnn called
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

There was every reason why Mr.. De-
pew's Harmony dinner should have
been a harmonious affair. and no doubt
st was SO. The company was composed
of gentlemen amply able to entertain
each other we'll. and if the dinner was
good nothing was in the way of har-
monv-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

1t called for the courage of a soldier
to stand out in the heat and review the
c.. a. r. parade in New York yesterday.
but IL also required qualities of endur
ance which Governor Morton did not
have. The sympathy of the country is
with him in his illness, and the hope
that the attack will leave no lasting ef-
Rocfa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

Since his return from a trip through
southern Europe and the Orient ex-Secre-
tary Whitney says that for three c%ontinu-
Gus months he enjoyed perpetual sunshine
and that for the same period he did not
get sight of a New York newspaper. Is
1t possible that he meant to imply a log
ical connection between the two statements?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

Senior Romero, Mexican minister at
washington. simply discharges a pa
triotic duty in making the best defense
he can for the single free silver policy
and single silver standard of Mexico. He
would be a poor sort of Mexican If he
did not. But from any other han a
Mexican point of view his argument
Seoms more effective against than for the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
In THE AIR.
BOStOnese.

Are you a ball crank, Miss Beekin-
streteg"
II was afflicted with a mild attack of
spheromania last summer" answered the
Boston maiden, but this year / have taken
but little interest"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

When wheat was 81 cents a bushel
Professor Coin was shrieking that it
was due to 1.-The 4reat crime of 1873"
With wheat at so cents rising. while
silver remains stationary. he ought to
admit that he is either a big fool or a
little rascal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

lish Derby seem to ave been actuated
by very whimsical reasons in placing
their bets. and yet they nearly all won.
Their success will probably encourage
that class of gamblers who believe in
blind luck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

The city of Milwaukee is preparing to
celebrate the semi-centennial anniver-
a Of it's settlement. The United
States is the only country where great
Naara
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
The Cheerful Idiot.

Yes" remarked the Cheerful Idiot, in
an absent-minded manner, lit was a clear
case.'
What was?" asked the shoe clerk board
er. unthinkingly.
THE showcase. of course" answered the
Cheerful Idiot with lightning CELEBRITY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

The caterwauling among Ohio Repub-
licans does not necessarily imply a fight
to the death. They always get together
before election.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

More than five hundred competitors took
part in a twenty-mile bicycle race at Chi
'cago yesterday. We seem likely to become
a nation on wheels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

Yesterday was a day of flowers and
tears. A Nation remembered her silent
heroes, and the living did honor to the
dead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
Mi.took Hi. wife for = Burglar.

MARSHALLTOWN, Ia. May
Hall an electrician. shot his wife through
the head with a revolver last night. She
died five hours later. Hall claims he mis-
took her for a burglar, but wiiifui murder
bitterly. The woman was Halls third wife,
The case win be fully investigated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
CarlixIe's Grip Full of Bonds.
A New Cloth.

WASHINGTON, May 0.-Consul fancy,
at belfast Ireland. has sent to the State
Department a report upon experiments in
the weaving of ramie yarns into cloth.
Success with ramie alone has not been at
tanned. but the experiments of mixing with
fax yarns have been quite satisfactory.
Of the cloth. showing what has so far been
dork. Considerable money Is being invested
in the manufacture of the new ciotn-