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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
CHIEF JUSTICE ON TRIAL.
Judge Snodgrnss, OF Tennessee,
Charged with FeIonfous Assault.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. May 2o.-The
trial of Chief Justice Snodgrass on the
charge Of felonious assault was be-
gun yesterday in the Circuit Court
Last December attorney John r.
Beasley published a card IN a paper
re--ccting on the integrity of the Chief Jus
tice as judge. Judge Snodgrass met Beas-
ley in al office building and an alteration
about the article ensued, resulting In Beasiey
being shot in the arm. Beasley has been
an invalid from the wound ever since. On
the stard Beasley testified that Ii was an
unproyo<ed assault on an unarmed man.
In mis- testimony Judge Snodgrass said: II
asked Beasley IL he did not think il a cow
ardly thing TO write such an article. He
Jumped up. and in a threatening manner
said: No, don't; every word of Ii was so,
and you know It, I then struck him In the
face He put his hand in his hip pocket
and seemed TO be trying TO draw a weapon,
when ! shot him"
In court this morning Judge Shepherd
read the dispositions OF Judge Lurton and
Governor Turney, former members OF the
supreme Court, pronouncing. the Beasley
Clark, OF the United tSates District Court.
testified to Justice Snodgrass's character as
peaceable and law-abiding citizen. The
examination OF witnesses continued through
out the day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

candidates for the moderatorshlp Of the
assembly. There are now said TO be hve
candidates in the field. but the refusal Of
Or. BENJAMIN l. Agnew. OF Philadelphia. to
run. and the probable withdrawal of DR..
Thomas L. Sexton, OF Nebraska, from the
race. viii leave the contest between John
L Wfthrcw, OF Chicago, who is named as
a liberal candidate, DR.. David r. Breed, OF
Pittsburg who Is classed as a conservative,
and DR.. Frank c. Monfort. OF Cincinnati.
who Is understood TO represent the ultra
conservative branch of the church.
II Is stated that the committee on young
peoples societies has arrived at hagmoni-
Gus and unanimous report, which will be
found satisfactory by the church at large.
The report is TO be presented Friday.
The theological seminary committee has
had several sessions, one this evening, last
ing severa. hours. 1t is said they are hav-
ing great difficulty in adjusting differ
ences, and that the prospect OF conclu-
sion satisfactory to the ultra wing OF the
assembly is small The seminaries. so far
as heard from, have returned replies which
show lack Of desire for closer relations
with the assembly
Dr. william c. Young, of Kentucky. Is
dangerously Ill. and his place has been
taken by DR.. Samuel Mutcnmore, of Phila-
delDhia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
IRON WORKERS SCALE
still Under Discussion by the ANAL
gamated Association.

DETROIT, May 20.-The second days ses-
sion of the convention of the Amalgamated
Association OF Iron and Steel Workers
opened with an attendance of two hundred.
The entire day was devoted TO matters
brought up by the representatives. largely
of a nature pertaining TO their particular
unions. and to proposed changes in the con-
stitution and bylaws. The one thing on
which nearly the whole work Of the con-
vention hangs-the wage scale-has been
completed by the committee in Pittsburg,
and it is expected here this evening. The
delegates will. it is said. instruct the con-
ference committee to accept no reduction
in the 1856 scale, and, as far as can be
learned there will be a slight advance in
two departments.
Secretary Kilgallon said tonight: 1.-THE
scale report is full of figures representing
the scale OF prices Ior the various sets OF
men engaged in the iron and steel business
We have to go very slow in considering the
report and the discussions on the same are
kept strictly secret, even from members who
are not delegates. This is the most impor-
tant work of the convention and 1t is hard
telling at what moment something may
spring up to prolong the consideration for
some days. II everything goes well we shall
be through with il In about two days. II
any changes are made in the scale printed
copies OF the amended report will have TO
be submitted again TO the manufacturers
committee at PittSburg.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
Scenes and Incidents.

LONDON, May 2l.-The Chronicles Mos
COW dispatch says: 1.-THE serenade in the
courtyard of the Petrovsky palace was lis
tened to with rapturous applause by vast
multitude until IL o'clock at night. Not only
was It delight to the ears. but also to the
eyes. Each singer carried a long staff. PEN
dant from which were lights in tinted globes
giving chaming decorative effect. As the
darkness deepened. colored fires were light
ed on the grounds. which threw their
glowing hues upon singers and spectators
alike. besides illuminating the surrounding
buildings A special effect was made with
q beautiful composition, unaccompaniec by
the instruments, entitled Night =
The Moscow correspondent of the INES
says: The crowds now seemed so be-
wildered by the number and variety OF the
foreign visitors shat there was no appar-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

LONDON. May 20.-Sunday, the oath inst.
is the anniversary of Queen victorias birth
day, but the official celebration took place
throughout the country to-day. On the pa
rade ground of the Horse Guards there was
the usual attractive ceremony of 'trooping
the colors' and IL was witnessed by large
Prince and Princess of Wales the Duke
and Duchess of York. Prince and Princess
Christian of Schleswig-H III stein. the Duke
of Cambridge. Prince Charles OF Denmark
and the commander-in-chief, Lord Woiseley.
The attractiveness of the celebration here,
however was married by some lively rain
showers. There were the usual Queens
birthday observances at all the garrison
towns and the naval stations. Her Majesty
was born May II, 1919.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
ANTI-MIssIoNARY RIOTS.
Two Englishmen Attacked by n Mob
Of Chinese. and One Wounded.

VICTORIA. B. c., May 2O-The steamer
Altmore. arriving from the Orient last night,
brought advices of an anti-missionary out
rage at Tai Chau, China. Two English mis-
sionaries named Ferguson and Walker were
the victims. Proceeding by boat from shan
ghai to Chen Kiang. they arrived at Tai Chau
On April IL. While awaiting the return or
a messenger whom they had sent with their
cards and passports to the residence OF the
chief local official they were attacked by
mob that bombarded them vigorously with
stones. The two missionaries finding the sit
uation intolerable. sought shelter and at
tempted to pull the anchor and shove the
boat into the stream, the crew having fed
beyond the range of the missiles. During
this operation the stone-throwing became
more vigorous than ever, ald a shot was
fired, the bullet passing through Mr.. Fergu-
sons left hand. AT last the boat was got
off and, being rejoined by its crew, dropped
down the stream. The boat became again
the target for a cloud of missiles as it
passed a narrow part Of the channel. but no
serious injury was inflicted. An officer and
ten soldiers arrived on the scene while the
outrage was going on, but their presence had
little IL any effect IN Quieting the rioters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
Greece for the Olympic Games.
ew York Commercial Advertiser.

The good sense OF all high minded SPORTS
men Will ratlfy the action OF the Greek
government N deciding that the Olympic
games should be held quadrennially in the
land which gave them birth. To insist upon
the original scheme CT rotation. the games
TO be held in 1900 at Paris. in 1904 at New
York or Berlin and so on, would be like
proposing TO eliminate the role OF Hamlet
from the play. Without the restored stad.on
without the atmosphere of Greece, without
the scenery and ground hallowed by men,
cries OF the sturdy youth who strove for the
wreath OF wild olive. the significance OF
these games would be entirely lost There
was only one Olympus. just as there was
only one Acropols. This Is not a question
OF national or local pride. but OF the fitness
OF things. The old Greek devotion to the
prophecies should be initiated In this matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
FORECAST FOR TODAY.
Increasing ClOudiness and Occasion
Rains Predicted.

Rains Predicted.
Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity for
the Twenty-four Hours Ending IL p. m.
May H.-Increasng cloudiness and occasion
al rains on Thursday.
General Conditions Yesterday-Low atmos-
pheric pressure continues west of the Mis-
sissppi with storm areas central over Okla
homa and Manitoba The temperature rose
except near the Atlantic and eastern gulf
coasts. Rains fell from North Dakota north
ward; rain fell and thunderstorms prevailed
in localities In eastern Nebraska, Iowa and
from the central and lower Mississippi VAL
ley eastward TO the Atlantic coast. Heavy
rain fell at Omaha, Neb., 1.02 inch.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES.
WASHINGTON, May 20-For Ohio-Part-
ly cloudy weather, probably local showers in
southern portion; light to fresh southeast
winds.
For Indiana and Illinois-Partly cloudy
weather. probably light local showers
warmer; southeasterly winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
Raxcoft Declared or.

KANSAS CITY. No.. May 2o.--The strk-
ing fremen of the Armour packing plant,
who went out May 6 for increased wages
and fewer hours work. compromised their
differences to-day. lifted the boycott against
the company's meat. and will return to
work tomorrow morning. The thousand or
more employees In different departments OF
the plant who were laid Off because Of lack
OF work, will also be reinstated. The fire.
men gain an increase or IA cents an hour
demand. J. Z. Fitzgerald, secretary OF the
Industrial Council. has accordingly issued
the following. addressed ITO Organized La
the product OF the Armour Packing )Com-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
Cable Notes.

On Tuesday twenty-nine deaths occurred
at Cairo from cholera, nineteen deaths at
Alexandria and twenty deaths at the
Tourah camp.
A dispatch from Bingenbruck, near Bin
Rhine, announces that the boiler
of a tug exploded there yesterday, sinking
many others.
At a meeting of the anti-Parnellite mem
bers of the House Of Commons at London
yesterday, Mr. John Dillon presiding, it was
resolved to make an earnest effort TO bring
and to reconstruct united home rule party.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
Voted to Return to Work.

CLEVELAND. May 20. One thousand
men who have been idle for the past ten
days as result of the strike at the ship
yards of the Globe Iron Company, returned
to work to-day The company submitted
proposition, offering a substantial advance
in wages, and, after a long and heated dis
cussion, the men voted by a small major
ity to return 10 work on condition that all
hands be taken back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
American building. wrecked.

SHANGHAI. May 2o.-Details received in
regard to the anti-missionary riots at Kiang-
Yen, on May IL, during which a mission was
looted, show that the disturbance was caused
by the admission of a native child to the
hospital This caused the assemblage of a
mob, which demanded the child and on re-
fusal of the missionaries TO give ii up. the
Infatuated crowd wrecked the mission build
ings which, il Is added, were American prop
erty and not the property of the British
missionaries. The missionaries, however
ESCAPED
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

MILWAUKEE, Strfkers Making TrOubIe.
MILWAUKEE Wis, May 2O-The street.
railway strikers are sullenly continuing
their warfare and boycott against the rail-
way company. The failure of the negotia-
lions of the citizens committee Yesterday
has had no apparent effect except perhaps
to increase the bitterness in the minds OF
the more excitable. To-day a motorman
named Shepard was struck on the head by
stone and very seriously injured. He was
operating q car when the missile was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

PniIadelpnia NORM American.
II the people OF Iowa or Wisconsin find a
stray town In their midst answering 10 the
name OF Bodavilie they will please return IL
10 Kansas. When last seen It was travel
Ing in a northeasterly direction and seemed
RI be In q hurry.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
The Latest Kansas Tornado.

WICHITA, Kan, May 20-Reports from
the town of Rock in Cowley county, where
five houses were demolished by a tornado
yesterday, are TO the effect that no one was
killed and it IS believed that nobody was
sriouS1y injured
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

Bar. Their. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre-
a. m. 1904 81 81 S'east. Cloudy A
p. m. .29.9S % 6S S'east. Clear L
Maximum temperature, AZ; minimum tenn
perature. 50.
Following is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation on May
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
SCRATCH
SCREAM

My baby broke out with rash. He would
scratch and scream. II would take two to hold
him. aud one to put medicine on him. We had
to hold him sometimes an hour before we could
get him quieted down. All said that they never
saw such face or body on any baby as on him.
day, for five mouths. My sister had used CUTI.
CUKA, and began to use it. Atyer only ono
application, ne lay doop aud sieptas he had not
for o month, poor little fellow. He has not scar
on him now and IL az fair and his flesh is rs soft
az any baby While he had this disease had to
cut the sleeves out of his clothes, and put gauze
underwear on him 10 keep him cool. l had to
keep pieces Of soft cloth around his neck. IL was
so wet with moisture from the sores, and had to
change the cloths sometimes ten or twelve times
day. MRS. A. HAYNES, Lisbon, N. ID.
SPECIFY Ours TREATMENT BABr HuNoRs--
Warm baths with CrTIcuRA SOAP and gentle applicn-
ton OF crTIcuRs ton talentl. the great skin cure.
Sold throughout the world. PorrEE DRuo AND
- .-- pe-e.~ a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21
CumberIand Pre.byterinns.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 20.-The Sixty
sixth Annual General Assembly OF the Cum
beriand Presbyterian Church OF the United
States was inaugurated here to-day by
big mission rally in the new First Cumber-
land Church. Upwards of 500 delegates and
ciergymen from every part of the United
States were present. DR.. ]. w. Laughlin,
of St Louis, superintendent Of missions.
presided Rev. j. A. Mcdonald, OF San An
tonic. Tex. led In the opening prayer. Able
Spirit in Missions" by Rev P. NJ. Riley. Of
Jefferson Tex: Triumph of Christianity In
Japan" by Rev. J. W. Caldwell, Of West
by Rev. c. G.. Russell, of Sedalia, Mo-;
Some Hindrances of Missionary Work." by
Rev. II; C. Bird. of Tniontown; Pa; City
Evangelization,," by Rev. G.. A. Blair, OF
Portland. Ore: "Synodical Missions" by
Rev. w E. Chappelle. of Paducah, Ky;
systsmatie Bsneficerce, BY Rev, charles I;nnes
bury. Mo-; "our Work in. Ohio
ess.i Req ns Ms5 to 4 ssl0 %ss!
by Rev. p. NJ. Fitzgerald, of Knoxville,
Tenn; Mission Heroes" by Rev. ]: r.
Henry. Of Pittsburg. Pa. The tenor OF the
the church should push its efforts In the
cities and towns. Rev. j. ". Miller, OF West
U s she anG n DANGER Of
disruption of the Ohio Synod for the lack of
necessary ministerial quorum. The assem-
bly, proper meets tomorrow, when Rev. NJ.
" Dewitt, of Springfield, No. the retiring
moderator, will preach the opening sermon.
Southern Presbyterians.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. May 2o.-To-morrow
win witness the opening exercises OF the
General Assembly of the Southern Presby-
terrain Church. The city Is rapidly filing
with delegates, both clerical and lay, ana
each incoming train adds its quota to those
already here. The First Presbyterian
Church, on the corner of Poplar and Third
streets, has been chosen as the meeting place
of the assembly. An interesting fact in this
connection is that the last time the General
Assembly met in this city, thirty years ago.
its deliberations were held In the First Pres
lot. The old church was subsequently
burned. Among the conspicuous divines who
will be in attendance is the Rev. Jos. X.
Wilson, D. D.. Rev. r. p. Farris, ID. D., Oh
st. Louis, formerly the editor OF the St
Louis Presbyterian; Rev. r Q. Mallard, OF
New Orleans, editor OF the southwestern
Presbyterian; Rev. Dr. J. p. Smith, OF Rich
mond. Va, editor of the Central Presbyter-
ian, and Rev. DR.. James Woodrow. Mission
aries TO China, Japan and Africa Will also
be present and address the. assembly.
The retiring moderator OF the assembly is
the Rev. c. r. Hemphill, D. D., now pastor
Of the Second Presbyterian Church of Louis
vile. Dr. Hemphin is one OF the leadings
lights OF the church. Two business sessions
Will be held daily, one during the morning
and one in the afternoon. In addition to
these business sessions there will be all
evening session every evening which will be
made particularly interesting to the pubic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-21

Yesterdays Temperatures.
The following table OF temperatures Is furA
nished by the United States Weather Bureau
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pany has been declared of, existing dffficul-
ties having been amicably adjusted"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-06
BEES HAVE COMMON SENSE.
They Do Not Walk Backward when
in the Presence of Their Queen.


The question as asked in Truth the
other day, who trains elderly gentle
men to walk backward in royal process
sions?" correspondent seems to think
he has found the answer to the question
in the following extract from book on
bees, which he sends to me:
LAS she (the queen bee) leisurely
traVerseS the combs, the bees clear pas
sage on her approach, their heads turned
towards her The affection they
show for her is plainly the mere loyalty
of subjects, rather than the personal love
of child and to fully realize Its
nature we must take into account the in
tense patriotic spirit of the bees; they
know that the queen is essential to the
prosperity of the commonwealth, and as
such, and not caring a straw or crumb
of wax about her individual person, they
cherish her deyotedy, and show their
lives to be bound up In hers"
"Who taught the bees this?' asks the
gentleman who sends me this extract,
land is it inconsistent with either their
dignity or sanity?' Apparently he is UNI
der the impression that the elderly gentle
man to whom l referred learned to walk
backward by the light of nature, or that
Providence imparts the necessary instinct
for this mode of locomotion in court func-
tionaries.
1 do not know whether my correspon-
dent is an elderly gentleman, but if he
were suddenly given a place at court l
think he would speedily exemplify in his
own person that the power of walking
backward does not develop itself spontan-
eously in human beings. l also fancy that
he can never have seen a procession of
court officials, or he would not libel ma
ture or Providence by suggesting that so
ludicrous a spectacle is a natural phenom-
enon. If nature inspired man to proceed
stern foremost, she would at least teach
him how to do 1t with dignity and grace
accomplishments which no court function
airy ever mastered, nor, in my opinion,
ever will
The above extract shows how easy 1t is
for any one to misread q passage in order
to support some conclusion which he has
previously formed in hissown mind If my
correspondent will look at his author
again, he will see that he does not even
say that the bees walk backward They
merely clear a passage for the queen as
she approaches, and turn their heads to-
ward her. This is precisely what a crowd
does in the streets of London when her
majesty passes. A little compulsion from
the police may be occasionally necessary
before the passage is cleared but the
crowd turn their faces to the sovereign
spontaneously. This is nature, IL you like
and the passage quoted shows that in this
respect bee nature is very much like hui
man nature. But until it can be shown
that the bees perform absurd antics en-
tirely contrary to nature in order to tes-
dify their loyalty / am inclined to think
that the bee is the superior being
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-06

umn of letters under the first figure Of the
desired number, and followed the letters
down to the two which appeared on the
horizontal lines marked with the name Of
the article bought or sold. There were
eighteen horizontal rows Of letters, and
each row represented different article,
as chests of tea" bales Of cotton
tons of COAL" and so on. BY writing
these letters and putting ten I'm a word"
the limit allowed by the cable companies,
a quantity of goods and the price for
them could be indicated In such few terms
that the expense of the dispatch was con-
siderably reduced. The cable tolls admit
three figures as a word, which is different
from the charges for domestic messages,
which count each figure in a number as a
word.
The most elaborate cable code is the
creation of John c. fairfield, an expert
in that line, at No. II Broad street. He
has compiled a vocabulary OF words num-
bered from O00.000 to 225,00O. The book has
more than 1000 pages, and Is as large as
the large ledgers used in business offices.
There are l25O00 words devoted to dia-
logue. There are also about 10000 general
phrases. AS specimens of the condensa-
tons, the description of a market as ac-
tive Is told in the single term "balobo."
An advance generally expected later is
described by "bananzola.' The message.
IF foreign advices continue strong we
small certainty ADVANCE, Is condensed
briefly into "bankhouder."
There are many codes. Every large
shipping house has separate system,
guarded closely. The money saved by the
use of codes is enormous, and the compar-
alive cheapness secured has enabled
American merchants to operate in every
country on the globe to far greater advan-
tage. An ordinary message, If sent in
the language of conversation, would cost
500 for few dozen words but by the
use of the code the dispatch is shortened
until the cost is a mere bagatelle to a large
firm.
The makers of codes have not been ia
nous for wealth, however. One little
! CODE which has been popular for years
with many shippers, and which has saved
| fortunes in cable tolls, was compiled by q
man who died in the streets OF London
| from starvation.