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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-31
PEASANTS WERE TOO EAGER
IN THEIR HASTE THEY OVERTURNED
TABLES AND BENCHEs,

Ran Over Thousands Of Their Fellows
and Stamped the Aves Out OF Most
Who Fell to the Ground.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-31

cTedSeO - WAS q iOnS tne DelOre the
Khodijnskoje plain could be cleared enough
to allow the work of rescue to proceed
Many OF the injured were conveyed to the
various hospitals, which were soon filed
to over1owing. Hundreds of persons who
were wounded, however, were removed to
their own homes or taken to private resi-
dences. Most of the victims were women
and children.
So immense was the concourse of people
on the plain that hundreds OF thousands
were not aware for a long time that dis
aster had occurred. for there was noise,
caused by the excitement of the celebrations.
by the music In the open-air theaters. by
ments, all the entertainments provided for
the people being in full swing at midday. and
yet the work of gathering up hundreds of
crushed dead was in progress in another
part of the plain and the work OF attending
to many hundreds Of injured people was be-
ing carried on by a large force.
1t was not until nearly 10 O'Clock tonight
that the first official statement Of the dis
aster was made public. some people claiming
that this was done in order to avoid putting
a sudden stop to the festivities on the plain.
which might have resulted in panic and
still more serious loss OF life. Even now
the people in this city refuse to believe that
the disaster is nearly as great as the officials
declare. The bulletin given out about 10
o'clock said that W 10 : o'clock this after
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-31
MEATS

ME- ATS
We sell only government-inspecte
Meats. Our porterhouse steaks are well
known to be the best in the city.
Armour's Star Hams, cooked, per
pound ................... 26c
The evening times., 1896-04-30
WITH THE SOUTHERN EDITORS.

AS the gold organs are admitting that
there are S3IS.OOO.UOO of gold in the
country. il is well to conclude that at
least a million of this is pure invention
Atlanta Constitution.
The recent duelling in Germany calls
. mind the fact that the code is about
extinct here. After a while the oldest
inhabitant will no longer recognize New
Orleans.-New Orleans Item.
Candidate J. A. White. Columbus ambi-
uOus shoemaker, is still in the race for
Presidential honors. Notwithstanding any
opposition that may have arisen from
William E. Russell. or any man, for that
matter.-Columbus, Ga, Ledger.
The silver question, which for the past
four or five months has been in a mort
bund condition. is now being agitated with
redoubled vigor by the rabid champions
Of the white metal, and present indica-
tions are that it will cause serious trouble
in the Chicago convention and lead to the
division and disast rous defe at OF the
Democratic party.-New Orleans States.
The Republican conventions, North, South,
East and West, are speaking out with one
voice for sound money. against free coinage
Industries. Those are the things the
people want. aud what the st. Louis con-
ventiou must do is to speak in rs plain
and unequivocal terms as the State con-
ventioas are doing, and nominate a candi-
date whom ste people will recognize as
fit representative of sound money and pro-
lection. and he will have walk-oyer-
Louisville Commercial.
We do not believe that any free silver
candidate for President eau win, or should
win. We believe that the domination of
Tree silver candidate at Chicago will result
not only in his defeat at the election in
November, but also in the final disruption
ofthe eDemocraticparty. Such result would
be calamity to the country, and particu-
larly to the South. The strength and hope
OF the South have been in the Democratic
party, and especially in that part of the
Dcmocra cy whichiS no " so ouucOmpromising
in its hostility to the free and independent
coinage of silver-the Democracy of the
Northern, Eastern and Middle States
Charleston News aud Courier.
Some OF our contemporaries who advo-
cate free silver are defending the propo-
sition to adopt the unit rule in the State
Democratic convention on the ground that
in case the sound money men prove to
be in the ma jority in that body, they would
have the same right to deny the minority
representation at Chicago. That has
nothing to do with the principle at stake,
and carries with 1t no logical force, so
far as are involved the questions of right
wisdom and sound policy. Should the
''goltiites' have never SO great a ma
jority in the convention, they would not
be justified In pursuing course that
might endanger the unity of the party
Richmond Dispatch.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
SOME MISERS.

Nowadays famous misers seem not to
exist. We have no one to compare win
Daniel Dancer. who was the chief OF the
class. After his death 1t took several
weeks to explore his filthy dwelling His
favorite hiding place for money was
heap of manure in the back yard. Nearly
5000 guineas were found there, fGUO in
notes were in his teapot and as much again
in his chimney. The notes were safe. as
he could not a ford tea a nd never had fire
There has not been an ELVES for half
a century. He Inherited his miserly ten
denotes. His mother, who possessed $780,
600, nearly starved herself to death aud
his uncle, Sir Harvey, who had half as
much. lived to be eighty on diet OF cruel
and water.
Elves wasncither monster nor a magpie.
He was a great gambler and, after losingat
the gaming table seve raj thousands, would
leave the room 10 meet his cattle coming
up to market. He also kept hounds aud
horses. His maxim was emineutly sensible
that all great fortunes were originally
made by saving.
Generally speaking, misers have no con-
science. yet Audle y, the mOney-lender OF the
Stuart times, had remnant of one. He
purchascd an office in the Court of Wards
which practically placed in his hands the
fortunes of those who are now termed
wards in chancery. To any one who asked
the value of II he replied: 1T might be
worth some thousands Of pounds to him who.
after his death, would instantly go to
heaven; three times as much to him who
would go to purgatcry- and nobody knows
what to him who would venture farther"
-Exchange-
The evening times., 1896-04-30
\ n R. ROBERT S. CHILTON, Jr., chief
~ of the consular service of the State

~ of the consular service of the State
Department, has gone to Tampico,
Mexico, for the purpose of investigating
the United States consulates in the neigh
boring republic. On his return he will go
TO Europe and Canada ON similar missions.
Mr.. Chiffon is a Washington boy. He has
not yet seen as many years as it requires
to make IL generation, but he has climbed
by energy and diligence to Il position in the
service ofthe government that many an older
bead might well lie proud OF. In 1877 he
was appointed temporary clerk in the
Department. In 1889 he WIS private secre-
tary to Vice-President Morton. In 1898
be was appointed chief clerk of the State
Department.
After holding two or three other posi-
tons OF confidence, he was sent to Turkey,
in company with William Delaney Hun
ter, also Washington boy. on a consular
mission. The two were in Trebizond at
the time of the terrible massacre there.
The Turkish government refused to give
them passports to reach their intended
destination.
AT the hour of the awful slaughter Mr.
Chiffon was standing at the window of his
hotel. He saw the slaughter of the victims
III the street beneath him. Mr. Hunter was
out at the time, and would have been mur-
dered had he not had the protection of the
guards OF the British embassy. The men
received orders TO return to this country
before they proceeded farther than Con-
stantinople.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
PLATE GLASS CoFFINS.
Advantages Which VIII Probably
Bring Them Into General Use.

The latest invention in coffins is glass
casket, which, among other advantages,
will relieve the fears of those whose minds
constantly revert 10 being buried alive.
BY this coffin the mourners will be able
to detect the slightest movement of the
corpse through the transparent walls.
While there is something poetic in the
idea of being laid to rest in a block of
crystal, sentiment did not enter the in
ventor's mind. Why a coffin should be
made of glass is a question which at first
puzzles those who have not made a study
of the subject. The reasons are, never
the less important, from a hygienic stand
point. Probably the first advantage that
will commend them to the public at large
is the fact that they are cheaper than the
modern metallic or wooden caskets. What
Mil interest the board of health is that
their adoption, it is claimed, will be a
source of protection to communities in case
of epdemics. Being hermetically sealed,
they will prevent the escape of any germs
which might generate disease in the Sys-
tens of those coming in contact with the
corpse. Mourners will not be debarred from
gazing at the features and form of the
deceased when a malignant fever carries
them off. The inventor is q citizen of
Warsaw.
Although resembling the metallic or
wooden casket in shape, the glass coffin Is
radically different in every other respect.
Not only is it made of glass, but an in
moulded network Of wire reiuforces the
strength of the sides and top. The glass
eiu;I.OycI in the construction of the caskets
will be OF the heavy plate description,
which, when carefully Joined in compact
form, will prove fully as strong as the
wooden article now in use. The method of
manufacture is the saiIe as that employed
in a plate glass factory, the edges beiug
bevaIeI by the same process used in man
uracturing pressed glass limitations of cut
glass articles.
By the insertion Of the wire-woven
frame the glass sides will be greatly
strengthened. This feature will be easily
accomplished. the netting being dipped into
the molten glass and cast with it in the
mouids. When the various lengths have
The evening times., 1896-04-30

was saving 9obdb James E. Rosewood
yard, corner of Sixth street and Virginia
avenue soutlieasti3 last evening. The Firth
precinct pat5Pl; wagon removed Young 10
Providence Hospital.
Nothing has been learned by the police
or the friends orrelations OF Fred Spiecer'
the 17-year-9ld boy. who was injured In
Mana yuuk. Ra,rfyesterday, and who is
said to be Mashington lad. as detailed
in The Morning 9Times.
A fine of So was imposed in the case of
David Gillcn. of Congress Heights, near
ADacostia. tOdayin the police court, charged
with q simple assault upon Herbert Day.
Several councils of the patriotic order.
Sons of America. are being organized
by DR.. Heyser in this city.
For committing n brutal assault upon
Policeman Milton NJ. Miller, several days
PagO, while he had n prisnner at the patrol
box. Byron Ncaie and Charles I. Mitchell,
both colored, were held for the grand jury
today by Judge Miller in $500 bonds each.
At a wel-attended meeting last night d
No. 511 Twentieth street north west, a
club was organized, ~ be known as the
A. b. Allison Club. johnson Green, presi-
dent; W. n. Thornton, vice-president;
8. Is. Bacon. ir., secretary.
John Cation. young white man. was
sent TO Jail for thirty days by Judge Miller
this morning. He was accused by his father
OF stealing clothes from his house and
selling them. 5a.l
Charles Warner. a visitor from Pitts
burg, Pa, was held up I'm the Monument
grounds yesterday afternoon by a negro.
The latter displayed a badge and claimed
to be an officer. He accused Mr.. Warner
OF violating the law, but was willing to
compromise the matter for 81. His in
tended victim refused to produce and the
man made his escape.
william Hawkins, an ash man, was fined
S5 in Judge Kimbalrs court for profanity.
He was given twenty-four hours time to
pay his fine.
Patrick Dillon, the young barkeeper OF
ihe United States Hotel, who is wanted in
Newburgh, N. Y to answer a charge or
this morning on a requisition signed by
Governor Morton. Emanuel Parrott. chief
OF police of Newburgh, took the prisoner
home. He was arrested yesterday after
noon by Deceive Horn.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
THE GREAT METHODIST CONFER
ENCE.

THE GREAT METHODIST CONFER
ENCE.
A religious assembly which enlists the
interests of millions of people in the United
States is the twenty second General Con.
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
which will meet in Cleveland, OHIO, to-
morrow. Nearly 500 delegates will be
present, representing all parts of this coun-
Try, as well as the other great continents
of the world. There are 377 clerical and
200 lay delegates, who on occasion may de-
liberate as two separate bodies, thus ne
cessitating concurrent action upon some
matters that come before them.
AS recently pointed out by The Times
one of the most important subjects to be
considered by the conference is the admis-
sion of women as lay delegates. For
years this question has been a bone or con-
tention in the church. Until about a quar-
ter of a century ago the general conference
comprised only ministerial delegates, but
since 1872 the laity has been represented
in these gatherings. and it is held by some
that as women form a part of the laity of
the church they are entitled to admission
as delegates. This view is vigorously an
tagonized by those who object to women
taking part in the administrative functions
of the church. and the Cleveland conference
will be called upon to decide the question.
Justice and equity would seem to be ON
the side OF those who espouse the rights
OF the women in this instance. 1t cannot
be denied that but for the w.omena all church
work would sadly languish. They are in
defatigahle not only in minor matters, but
in the vital matter OF ways aud means they
are an important factor. Their zeal is
made manifest upon all occasions, and the
The evening times., 1896-04-30
TENDERS THAT DON'T FEND.

L
Baltimore is just now wrestling with the
problem of car tenders. II the managers
of its electric and cable lines want to find
out just the kind OF fender they should not
adopt let them come over to Washington
and look at the contrivanccs that are in
use here. These may. by chance, pick up
a PROSTATE form. but they are more often
person under the wheels. The case of the
late DR.. Moffatt fully illustrates their Use
lessness as life-savers and their great USE
fulness as lifc-takers.
There are tenders that do fend. They
have them in Detroit and in other cities
as well. 1t is understood that right here
in Washington fender can be found that
would make such an accident as that which
befell DR.. Moffatt an impossibility. No
mechanical contrivance. of course, is so
absolutely perfect that it may not fail
some time of its purpose. but the very
construction of the things that are now
attached to the cars here is enough to
satisfy even an inexperienced person that
they cannot be relied upon to do effective
work. and that IL perchance they prevent
the mangling of an adult or child it is
the exception and not the rule. A change
cannot be made too soon.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
q W. ANTRAM, a travelling man of

n W. ANTRAM, a travelling man of
~. Galena, ILL.,, is stopping at the Re-
gent. THE celebration OF Grants
birthday last Monday was observed with
more ardor in Gaiena tina n in any other city
OF the laBd,'' said he.
ut was there thirty-six years ago that
he made his first speech on the beginning
OF the war of the rebellion, and he left as the
obscure leader OF a company of volunteers
He returned TO Galena at the close of the
war, and his counirymen received him with
open arms. The first monument erected
TO the memory of Gen. Grant was raised in
Galcna. The fervency and denthusiasm with
which his townsmen celebrated his birth
day was really pathetic. and no man ever
came nearer being worshiped than he"
The evening times., 1896-04-30

peculiarly devotional temperament Of wo-
men makes them valuable coadjutors in
all pastoral worh There is no detail of
that work, nothing that concerns the wei
fare either of the congregation Of which
they are members, or OF the Church as a
whole, that do q not interest them. and this
interest they make evident not only by
word, but by deed. Under such circurn-
er that they should be permitted to take
part in the deliberations OF bodies that
regulate and determine the policy aud
workings of the whole Orga uization.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

eeI NOTICE there are more small boys
smoking cigarettes now than ever be-
FORE" said physician to the Lounger
this morning. THE only way. to stop 1t is
to have Law passed making II an offense
for boys under certain age, say sixteen
years, to smoke on the public streets.
"If the parents will do their share at home
and the teachers watch out for the schools
there won't be mary opportunities given the
lads to use the poison Gus things. The vile
cigarette habit is having "a disastrous effect
on the coming generation, in my opin-
ion. and the shattered nerves and weak
lungs Of the future may be traced to It..
The habit does not receive the attention
1t deserves"
The evening times., 1896-04-30
CCQI0USLY THOUGHT
NJ ~ TO BE
~ HUMOROUS
The Same Old Process,

He was the new summer boartIer, and
while strolling about the premises he
chnHcrd to meet the farmers daugh ter re-
turning from her milking.
How is the milk maid this evening""
he Inquired fariiliariy.
in the usual way, Mr.. Sapiey; same
old COW; same old grass she replied
naively, as she proceeded on her way.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
Where He BELONGED.

what were you on earth?" queried 81.
Peter, as the wheelman knocked at the gate.
Il was bicycle rider"
"Did you ride fast?" asked the saint.
"Fast?' res,ated the cyclist. Il should
say so. No one could pass neon the road
You were always riding like mad aud
oolliding with other cyclists aud running
DOWN pedestrians, weren't you?''
Yes, was a scorcher,'' the cyclist ad-
0itted.
"A scorcher, eh?' st. Peter repeated.
swell. there's no scorching here. You be-
t1g on the floor below.n-Trutb
The evening times., 1896-04-30
Plausib,e, buo, Improbable.

A man in Oklahoma heard noise at his
office door, and thin king that it was some
one peeping tbr0uglfi the keyhole, he in
jected little peppersauce into it. When
he went home his wife told him she had
been cutting wood, and chip flew up in
her eye. ae ..If,
The evening times., 1896-04-30
Not Nearly NJ Hueh.

Charley Footlights I suppose. Miss Cory
Phee, you sa W a good deal of Chicago dur
Ing your enga cement there with the
living picture show?
Miss Cory Phee-Yes, but not as much as
Chicago saw of me.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
A LIQUOR 81 oint."

he stayed and argued politics
in a barron till twas late:
And then he told his wife that he'd
Been in a Joint debate.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
"The punishmsnt Fits the Crime

Visitor to Hades But why do you keep
that poor man over there in u double
heater? ~
HIS Satanic Majesty-That man on earth
was one of those cranks who carried
children in front of him on his bicycle.
The evening times., 1896-04-30

been turned out, the edges are accurately
bevelled, and all is ready for the compile
tiou OF the coffin. After the body has been
placed in the receptacle. the interstices
are closed with waterproof cement, and
the remains will be kept intact for years.
long after the death of those who have
lowered the ca sket to its last resting place
The evening times., 1896-04-30
Spring Outfit

Margaret-Papa bought me a lovely
spring outfit.
Maude-Did he?
Margar.t-Yes: a silk gown. n dear little
bonnet. a sealskin sacque. n fan, sun
parasoi. macintosh. an umbrella, and
a pair of snow shoes, all complete.-Ex-
change.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
The Explura.ior.

1 love my neighbor as myself,
In truth, 1 can proclaim it;
love my ueiGhhor, ah, cen mere
Than words of mine can name il.
1 love-but really what's the use,
l know that doubt you'n borrow,
Unless-well, this is my excuse,
: I'm 10 marry her tomorrow.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
Not Necessary to Read It.

Wife tslanciug over ne newspaper)-"Here's
an article headed "A Terrible Wreck
wonder what It's about Shall read it,"
Husband -"No-o: mEst likely it's a pa tent
medicine advertisement, or else an obituary
notice of some new daily paper that was
started to fiji a H.. g-felt vi ut -''-Ne~ York
Weekly
The evening times., 1896-04-30
HEAIRanes { +
tDHE biggest man in our part of the

DlBBtSe man III Jul pdit VI Viz
state is Lieut.. Gov. Mortimer
Nye," said William Ingalls, OF La
porte, Ind. at the Ebbitt House He will
probably be the Democratic candidate for
governor, anf in case he Is elected he would
make as good n chief magistrate as the
state has ever known.
He is now an active practitioner oflaw
In his native town of Laporte AMI mas a lu-
crative business. He is q Democrat of
5he original Jeffersonian brand and q.
stanch advocate OF sound money. In the
event of his nomination for governor he
will stand the best chance OF anyman in the
West for the second lpace on the presiden-
5iai ticket, in my estiT alton. Especially
will that be true If the head of the ticket
Is an Eastern man. Among the recog-
nitions of merit and popularity he has re-
ceived was an appointment on u Supreme
Court commission
The evening times., 1896-04-30
Tha Difference.

.In China a wife costs from $3.50 up"
'.In this country she costs more than ten
times that amount down. and even then
she'll often kick about the cheap look of
the furniture"
The evening times., 1896-04-30
BLOW TO Observation-Disclosures

To the thousands OF good people in Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia who
have hoped, prayed. and worked for the
uprooting of race-track gambling in the
Old Dominion the decision OF the State
supreme court will be a joyful assurance
that their labors have not been In vain.
AT the same time 1t conveys positive in
teligence 10 the gambling fraternity that
its days aEe~numbered In Virginia. The
defect in The title, by reason of which
pool selling is the only species of betting
cured by the next legislature, and then
the statute will be as effective as the
friends and promoters of the Maupn bill
hoped it would be when II was in process
OF CESSATION.
1t is possible, of course. that tie race
track people may not accept this decision
as finally determining the coHstitutionahty
of the law, but. If SO, they are sure TO
come to grief, for in all material Joints
the court has upheld the validity of the
statute. The result of the litigation thus
far shows that the law was carefully con-
sidered and drawn, and that it will act as
an effective stay against all such fraudu-
lent schemes were practiced OH the out
Ia Nv track across the Potomac. The Times
rejoices with the people of Virgiuia, and
especially with those OF Alexandria county,
that the good fight has been definitely
won, and that the incubus which has been
weighing on them SO long is at last re-
moved.
With proper vigilance and energy on the
part OF the authorities OF Alexandria coun-
ty the dives and hell-holes of Jackson City
can also be weeded out, and that plague
spot wiped off the face of the earth. The
law is more or less openly and boldly violat-
ed there, and the places where that is
done are breeding spots for all sorts of
vice and crime. All that is needed for
clean sweep is vigorous, honest action on
the part of those charged with maintaining
the supremacy of the law and the peace
and order OF the community.
The evening times., 1896-04-30
Th, Sole CONSIDERATION

IF fellow has; chance 10 marry a
poor, handsome girl, or rich plain one,
which do you think he ought to dor
THAT depends entirely on his own
bank account"
The evening times., 1896-04-30
No Family Ties.

Miss sGushingiy-Yousa say you have no fam
lily ties. Mr.. Swectleigh?
Mr.. Sweetleigh-No; all three of my wives
obtained divorces.