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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

Memorial Address by Governor MO
KinIey Before 10000 People.

KinIey Before 10000 People.
NEW YORK, May 30.-Twenty thousand
neonle were present at General Grants
tomb this afternoon when Governor Nc
Kinley. of Ohio, rose 10 deliver the GRAFTON
at the Memorial day exercises held under
the auspices OF L. $. Grant Post, No. sz'.
G. A r. Governor Morton. accompanied by
his staff, and looking none the worse for
his fainting fit earlier in the day. was loud
ly cheered as he walked up the steps or the
grand stand. TIE earliest OF the prominent
arrivals was Governor Mckinley. who was
greeted by a very faint mede OF applause.
Immediately afterwards Mrs. Grant came IN
a carriage with her son, Colonel Fred Grant.
Mrs Fred d. Grant and their son, Ulysses
Grant. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ID. Grant were
IN mourning.
A burst of cheering announced ex-Presi-
dent Hsrrison's arrival. AS he walked up
the steps Of the stand. with General Horace
Porter. the president Of the Memorial COM
mittee. the cheering was renewed Gov
ernor Morton also received an ovation as
he preceded his staff 10 the platform. IL
was past 3 o'clock when Mrs. Mckinley
drove up in a carriage. in which were also
Colonel and Mrs. Stafford. Mrs Mckinley
remained in the carriage during her hus-
band Grafton.
Over the temporary TOMB or General
Grant waved the national nag at half mast
magnificent floral pillar, crowned Win
red white and blue plumes was among the
floral decorations which literally smothered
the mausoleum. The members OF the L. >.
Grant Post reached the scene at 5sJO, ana
With gepty p rs msmbsT5 men S, eraa 81 dns Posr so
seats directly in front OF the grand stand.
AS Junior Vice Commander Jacobs rose 10
announce the order of exercises a salute
of twenty-one guns doomed from the United
States ship Cincinnati. which. under COM
in the Hudson, directly opposite the tomb
MKINLEY'S ADDRESS.
A selection by the band preceded Gen.
Stewart l.. woodford's introduction OF Gov
Mckinley. He said: Let me introduce
YOU the Governor OF Ohio. but who Is
dearer in our hearts devoted COM
rade. William Mckinley" Major McKin-
ley said. in part:
while the day Is devoted 10 the eead.
it's lessons are intended for the living.
Standing about this tomb dedicated 10 the
uncomfortable Grant, the first soldier IN
the Republic since Washington. whose name
recalls the most hallowed and heroic nera-
ories linked as IL was with the greatest
crisis in our history, i am sure that We are
made better men and better citizens. and
our great government made stronger and
more enduring. This spectacle-the flags.
and songs. and flowers. the children OF the
schools the presence OF the wars survivors.
nobler thoughts and lift us 10 a higher and
better plane of patriotism and citizenship.
The true purpose OF the oay will have been
altogether lost II IL fails 10 fnspire In all
our hearts q deeper sentiment OF American
Ism and stronger attachment to thoss
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BATTLE IN KENTUCKY.
Straight Creek the Scene OF Bloody
Encounter-A Woman In the Fight.

PlNEEILLE. Ky. May GA battle oc-
CURED on Straight creek. fifteen miles from
here, in which Long John Helton was killed
and jim Belcher and Charles Johnson were
badly wounded Those on the other side
we're George Taylor, Jim Taylor. John Ar
nett and a woman named Sarah Griffith.
who can handle Winchester with the best
OF men. The Helton crowd was surrounded
and fired upon from ambush. They re-
turned the fire, and think some of the Tay-
lor crowd were wounded and carried 10 the
mountains. The battle grew out OF a series
or lawsuits and controversy between
Johnson and the Taylors over the possession
OF some property
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JAPAN AT WAR AGAIN
HER WAR SHIPS BOMBARDING A
TOWN IN NORTHERN FORMOsA.
Formation of "a Republic Prompted INV
the Chang-Chi-Tong Party
Revolt in Ecuador.

HONG KONG. May SO.-Hostilities have
Desun at Formosa. Private advices re-
ceived here are to the effect that tho Ian
anese are bombarding Kee-Tung, a town in
the extreme north of Formosa 1t is be-
leved here that the bombardment is being
carried on by the fleet of the Japanese now
supposed to be at sea in the vicinity of
Tan-Sui
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The Mikado welcomed to Toxic.

turned here from Hiroshima, where he was
accorded a triumphant welcome. The
streets through which he passed were pro-
fusely decorated and the most intense
enthusiasm was displayed by the populace.
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BERLIN, May 5o.-The Frankfurter
Zeitung to-day says that France, Germany
and Russia will Jointly take up the Chi
nese war loan and that the Rothschilds will
be intrusted with the transaction.
The Allgemine Zeitung asserts that the
German markets must remain closed unless
the German financial syndicate is placed
on the same footing as those of the other
countries.
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Tohacco FACTORY Burucd.

HENDERSON. KY, May 30.-Fire tonight
destroyed the Hodge tobacco factory and
the Elliott. stemmery. Loss on factory and
tobacco. $4,000 loss stemmery and to-
bacco. 10000; insurance on both plants be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000
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salute over the graves of the veteran dead
to-day one OF the cannons of Battery A.
*. ". c.. exploded prematurely and shot
will die. This Is the fifth man that has
been butchered by this gun, which had been
condemned by the government after the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31
scheme of the Corean Premier.

LONDON, May 31.-The correspondent OF
the Daily News at Vienna telegraphs TO
that paper that the Corean Premier has
negotiated a treaty with the Russian en-
bassador whereby Russia agrees to protect
Corea in certain emergencies. "Corea would
become Russia's protege," the correspond
ent continues without losing her inde-
pendence. The King of Corea refuses to
sanction the treaty. Japan threatens TO re-
call her representative from Seoul If the
treaty is sanctioned. The treaty contains
two clauses. l am informed that China
has given Russia a conditional permis-
sion to cross the Chinese frontier at any
time the ChinesesTartars modest the Rus
sian workmen employed on the. trans
siberian railway. This may explain the
reported invasion of Manchuria-"
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at 3:54 o'clock. The stay OF the distin-
guished company In Chicago was, there
fore, less than two hours.
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Advices Received mt London.

LONDON, May 30.-The Times, to-mor-
row, Will publish a dispatch from Hong
Kong giving details regarding the trouble
on the island of Formosa. They show that
the action which resulted in the island
declaring itself republic was prompted
by the Chang -Chi-Tong party, as opposed
10 the Ii family. General Tcheng has been
appointed Foreign Minister. and Ku Sing
kung the originator OF the movement. has
been superseded by Tang. Dissensions have
already occurred, and the common people.
it is stated. regard the declaration of a
republic as an official dodge. Mr. H. III.
Morse, the commissioner OF customs at
Tan-Sui, island of Formosa, has refused
to recognize the republican flag, and the
German consul at Tan-Sui addressing Tang
as Governor of the island. protested against
closing the port of Tan-Sui with torpedoes
in time of peace.
Five Japanese war vessels arrived at
Tan-Sui May 26, and took soundings in the
harbor without being molested by the gar
rison of the Chinese fort. Only n portion
of the soldiers support the republic. Prior
to the declaration OF the republic. it is
stated. a French cruiser visited Tan-Sui,
and two of her officers had a secret inter-
view with Tang. No Importance, however,
is attached to this fact.
A petition has been forwarded to Peking
from South China praying the Emperor to
introduce constitutional reforms, to remove
incapable officials, TO abolish the queue
(pig tail) and foot binding, and to allow
freedom of speech and of the press. Briefly,
the petition advocates reform on Western
lines
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-31

WARMER. Ark. May 30.-Win Owen.
who murdered his wife at Noble Lake one
year ago. was hanged here at l:25 p. m.
He died repentant.
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Professor WHITING and Family.

Bus ION, May 3U.--Frolessor Harold Whit
ing and family. passengers on the wrecked
steamship Colima, lost off Manzanillo,
formerly lived in Cambridge. Mass, and
were returning to make their home there.
The party consisted of Prof. Whiting, his
wife. four children and a. nurse. Prof.
Whiting graduated from Harvard in 1877.
and was for several years instructor in
physics at Harvard. For the past three
years he has held the chair Of physics in
the University OF California
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Charges Against Count Ito.

Charges Against Count Ito.
VICTORIA, r. c., May 3Q.-The steam
ship Victoria arrived to-day. bringing the
following advices to the Associated Press,
dated Toxic. japan, May 10: The imperial
proclamation published May 13 gives the
people of Japan an insight into the posi-
ton OF affairs and enables them to open in
vestigation their account, the
eagerness and energy of which will present.
ly bring all hidden facts to light. Crit-
cism can never be directed against an
edict issued in the sovereign's name, but
the events which the document records may
be considered apart from their recital in
this particular form. These will be dis
act responsibility Of the leading ministers
of state and with the purpose of holding
them TO strict account for occurrences which
are pronounced 10 be dishonorable TO the
dignity and prestige of the nation. There
be no nlistaking the depth and in
tensity OF popular feeling. The angry ex-
citement OF the multitude recalls the expert
ence of six years ago. when the adninis-
tration of which Count Okuma was the
Minister of Foreign Affairs was over
Count Okuma's negotiation of the treaty
revision. by which the national indebted
ness was believed TO have been endangered.
Yet the accusation then leveled against the
Ministry Of which Count Okuma was the
leading spirit, was as nothing compared
with the arraignment which awaits Count
1tos Cabinet. The ground or onense in
Okumas case was that he proposed to
introduce foreign judges for limited
period into the highest japanese tribunals,
Ito will be charged with treachery. cow
ardice and connivance. His manifold serv
ices TO the state will be wholly lost sight
OF and nothing remembered but his failure
TO assert the territorial claims of Japan in
defiance of the peremptory commands OF
the three great European powers. The
whole official class believe that the Prime
Minister will resign before the various
political organizations have had time TO
consolidate against him.
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BIG 4 ROUTE
TINE CARD-May 26, 1895.
Trains leave indianapolis Union Station

sIndicates daily.
Ticket oices-No. Fast Washington street 20 Jack
son place Massachusetts avenue and Union station
cY-The knckerbocker Special at +6:25 H. m does
not stop at Massachusetts avenue.
u. VI. BRONSON, A G. T. A.
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piece presented to the association by the
United States government. The ceremony
is known as "monumenting the guns" and
consists in making the ordnance part Of
the monument to the dead. The monument
ing corps consisted Of the following: For
cannon No. ], Col. r. H. Stewart and Miss
Lucy Lee Hill; FOR cannon No. 2, Col. Sam
uel j. Sullivan and Mrs. Albert Akers: for
cannon No. 3. Lieut. Col. George Forester
and Miss Laura l.. Mitchell; for cannon
No. 4, Lieut.. Col. John W. White and Miss
Belle Armstrong; spiking party, Lieut.. Col
r. Lee France and comrade Theodore Noel.
This party formed In procession. and the
gentlemen n. ,ess ,eeSeordieng I'll the ladies' passed
gun, and when they stood beside IL General
underwood gave the command, "Consecrate
Colonel Stewart advanced to the piece.
and with him went Lieutenant Colonel
France. carrying a triangular bolt of steel,
Colonel Stewart spoke the first words OF
the ceremony: This gun. having fired its
last Shot on field OF battle, will now be ST.
fenced forever" Lieutenant France placed
gun, commanded General Underwood.
Down came Mr.. Noels sedge on the head
that cannon forever harmless .''s
Colonel Stewart then escorted Miss Lucy
Lee Hill TO the pedestal beside the spiked
cannon, and Miss Hill said: This cannon,
with it's glorious record on field of battle.
having been silenced forever. L do conse-
crate to the memory of the valorous sol
diery we now monument as military deco
ration for their bravery and honor unto
DEATH" The ceremony was repeated at the
other guns by the other members of the
consecrating party, with slight changes In
the phraseology OF recommendation. /.
Fayette Hewitt. chief OF stan. then as
sisted Mrs. Katie Cabell Currie TO the
central pedestal. whence the lady delivered
the final words OF conservation: These
four cannon. being guns captured from
freesboro and Chickamausa and afterward
manned by the Confederates. and fought
on the Southern side in the battles OF
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Cburobe. and tho Census.


The growth Of the churches of the United
portion of the work bearing on this subject
being just on the press-keeps equal pace
with the very rapid increase of educational
institutions. 1t Is also noteworthy that the
Increase In the number Of cOmmunicants In
evangelical churches Is more rapid even than
the astonishing increase In the total popu-
lation-
The communicants In all the churches
number 20,612, 800, which shows that 32.9l
per cent. Of the total population are mem-
bers of the churches and that Of the popu-
are church members. Not only has the mem
bership of the churches increased wfth IN
eIampled rapidity, but the value Of CHURCH
property has been augmented neariy hV
per cent. since 1870, while the number OF
church organizations has expanded i26 Per
cent. In twenty years 80
There never was time In the history OF
this country that the churches were making
such rapid advances as the present, nor was
there ever a period in which church infu.
ence was so aggressive and far-reachlng. II
has overstepped educa tional and phllanthroR
ic limits and invaded the domain OF RoL,.
ties. Christian citizenship Is as much taikeu
about now as was the Sunday school twenty
five years ago. t.,
In a country like the United States. with
no state religion, and one In which relH-
ious instruction is excluded from the puoaS
schools, such growth and development 0f
church influence and power shows marvel
ous vitality. The Oft-rcpeated declaration.
that all educated thought tends directly 70
religious ends seems TO be fully yerihel IN
this country, for religious sentiment Is Iuliy
abreast with the facilities for the higher ed
ucation Of the people.-Chicago Record.
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E,eetr,e,.y for switch Lights.

The Union Pacific Is contemplating
introducing the electric light into their
switch lamps along the system. Had
not the suit for a separate receiver
for the Short Line been commenced it
1t is understood that the Huntington
yards would have been equipped with
the Edison incandescent lamp, but the
intention has been abandoned. It Is
argued that the yards in cities having
electric light plants could be equipped
with lights, firm in Chicago having
demonstrated that a light can be at
tached to the lower portion of lamp
without much cost, and would need less
attention than the ordinary oil lamp,
while the resultant light would be much
greater. The yards at Omaha, Council
Bluffs, Columbus and North Platte will
probably be equipped with the electric
light. Should such a departure be
made the Union Pacific will be the first
road in the United States equlpping Its
switch lamps with electric lights, and
the experiment will be watched with
interest. ii l' '7si .aia W.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

The most wonderful cliff dwellings, III
the United States are those of the Man.
cos. in a southern Colorado canon.
/, A triumph Of art over nature was IL
Illustrated recently when well-known
English artist made painting of some
old beech trees In Kent pasture. which
he sold for S1.4O0. -.., III
Paper telegraph poles are the latest
development of the art Of making paper
useful. These poles are made of paper
pulp. in which borax, tallow, etc, are
mixed in small quantities. 80
7 A blast of LOO pounds of dynamite IN
twenty-seven holes was made recently
at a quarry near Providence, r. l.,
blowing of the face Of a cliff and dis
lodging about ten thousand tons OF
stone.
An unusual growth is noticed in the
garden OF Mr.. George d. Colt at Nor
wich. CT. A wistaria vine has entwined
itself around an elm SO tightly that II
is gradually strangling the growth out
of the latter.
Galton declares that the patterns on
the finger tips are not only unchange-
able throughout life, but that the
chance of the finger prints of two per-
sons being alike Is less than one in six
ty-four billions.
According to a German scientific jour.
nal, a material called flexible glass"
is made by dissolving four to eight parts
Of gun cotton in one part of ether or
alcohol. and adding to the solution two
to four parts of n non-resinous oil. ane
four - ten parts Of Canada balsa&
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A FAMOUS WALL.
Some Facts About It That Ought to
..- f.a Remembered.

Some Facts About It That Ought to I.
..- f.4 Remembered
The entire history of China, like that
of Egypt, is divided into dynasties. The
great Chinese wall was begun by Che
hwang-te. first emperor Of the Tsin
dynasty. 240 B. C. 1t forms the north
ern boundary Of China, and was bsilt
to prevent invasions from that direc-
tion. Every third man In the empire
was required to give his help to build
it, and 1t took hve years to complete It.
The wall is not solid, but consists If
two thick walls, filled in with earth;
every foot of the foundation, however.
is Of solid granite. 1t is lined with bat
Elements and towers. and is so wide
that six horsemen may easily ride
abreast on its top. The towers are
about one hundred yards apart, and
there are steps here and there for per-
sons to ascend. Recently. in q sur
vey for a Chinese railroad, this stu
pendous barrier was measured; the
measurement gave the height as eight
cen feet. and the length as thirteen
hundred miles. 1t goes over the noun
tains and plains, crosses rivers and tra-
verses great marshes. 1t is estimated
to contain enough material to girdle the
earth with two walls, each two feet In
thickness and seven feet In height.
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the way to shoe horse" and ghastly al
the humor seemed to be. he found him
self smiling at 1t. But his wonder re
doubled when the sorrel horse. aftel
looking at Mrs. Wigglesworth for
moment with a surprised air. slipped
demurely down from the edge OF the
stall and began scratching his neck re-
fiectively on the manger.
There you are" said Mrs. Wiggies.
worth. climbing down from the box and
cautiously approaching the stall. The
Wigglesworth, as he took hold OF the
halter. remembering his suspender
could not forbear giving 1t a vicious IT.
tie Jerk.
What followed Mrs. Wigglesworth ex-
planned to the doctors. The tall sorrei
she said. when he felt the jerk. seemed
to turn and shot hasty but astonisheo
look at her husband. Mr.. Wiggles'
worth's hands appeared to be glued %
the halter. she said. for when the sorrel
stood up on his hind legs and walked
out Of the stall. Mr.. Wigglesworth came
with him, swinging back and forth ike
the pendulum to a clock. only faster.
When the sorrel got out on the barn
floor. he looked around for Mrs. Wig
ellsworth. but falling to discover her.
at first. he performed a few complicated
dance movements. such as a circus
horse makes. leaving portions OF Mr.
WiggIesworths clothing and cuucIe
upon the studding and rafters OF the
stable as he went along. Then he put
his hands around that gentleman ana
charged out Of doors. The hired girl had
just time to look over her shoulder ana
see the procession coming. ana then
drop her clothes basket and crawl under
the stoop. When the sorrel horse came
down again. missing the hired girl by an
inch. he put his off hind foot through the
clothes basket and bore 1t away with
him.
1t made one of the best Items Of news
the local papers ever had. and even got
copied into a city daily with cuts. Peo-
pie coming out of their houses would see
Mr.. Wigglesworth every few minutes
going Into the air. and then coming
down again, closely followed by the sor-
rel horse. with his leg thrust through
the basket. and accommodating mud
which ever and anon he would shake on
upon the bystanders as he went hustling
past.
Half an hour later Mr.. Wigglesworth
climbed slowly up the stoop. fragment
Of the halter. apparently forgotten.
showing in his hand.
MY darling, darling Ellery?" sobbed
his wife. with a pale face. tottering for
ward. ....... s.. .-.l
Don't ye fall on mel! warned Mr.
Wigglesworth. the passionate lines on
his face growing deeper; don't ye come
whining around here asking for any
more family horses warranted to stan6
without hitching! The kind of family
horse you want Is a gentle, long-eared
donkey. and blamed II don't wish
you'd got one before you ever saw me"
And In explaining It afterward to the
woman across the way. Mrs. wiggies-
worth said: ut did seem queer that
Eliery should lay 1t all onto her. when
the horse was just as much of surprise
to Ter as 1t was to anybody especially
Mr.. Wigglesworth." So
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MEN TALKED ABOUT.

Lord Rosebery. the English premier
Is great student Of the Bible.
Edlson's fondness for electric science
Is only surpassed by his admiration OF
children.
Arthur Balfour, the leader of the con-
servative opposition In the house OF
commons, is a bicycle rider.
Charles Dickens. the younger, has sue
ceeded the late James Sine as literary
adviser to the house of Macmillan & Co,
In London.
William r. Moody. son of the evan
gelist, who Is in charge Of a depart
ment in Mount Hermon school, has de-
veloped considerable aptitude as a pub
lie speaker.
Robert J. Cook, better known as Capt
Bob" Cook, Yale's most celebrated
boating expert, has consented to take
charge Of an eight to represent the uni
versity against Oxford and Cambridge
Sir Julian Pauncefote. the British am
bassador to Washington. has set an
excellent example to patrons of the fine
arts in his treatment of the sculptor
Dunbar. This artist chiseled a bust OF
the minister and received for II q CHECK
tor twice the amount agreed upon.