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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
HIGH-sPEED RAILROAD TRAINS.
They Can he Run More Cheapiy by
Electricity than by Steam.
Casters AIagazin,


If we wish to obtain higher speeds on
railroads we must employ more power i'm
proportion to weight than we now have at
our disposal with the modern steam-driven
locomotive. In order to greatly increase
the power it is necessary that the source
of energy should be stationary and the en-
ergy transmitted to the moving train and
the only practical way of accomplishing
this on a large scale is by employing cleo.
tricity. An electric engine may be made
TO develop almost any amount of power
and still be well within the weight and bulk
or an ordinary locomotive. In regard to the
question of supplying a long road with
powerful high tension current / would say
that when trains are propelled by steam
it is necessary to employ n large number
or separate steam engines. Why, then,
should there be any objection to using a
large number of steam engines for an eleo-
trical railroad? II certainly costs no more
TO run stationary engine than a locomo-
the current could be placed at regular inter-
walls along the line. The tension OF the cur
rent might be, say, from 1000 to 5000 volts
The main conductors could be thoroughly
fiuences. The actual rubbing surface trans
hitting the current to the moving train
should be in relatively short sections and
connected to the main conductor only while
the train is actually passing, the latter be-
ing provided with suitable apparatus for
switching the current in ahead of the train
and cutting ii out after the train had
passed In this manner there would be
very little loss of current even if at a
very high tension, and nearly all danger of
accidents would be avoided. With the pres
ent steam engines Ii is necessary to use the
very best quality of coal, costing at least
twice as much per ton as the cheap coal A
locomotive steam engine has OF necessity to
be a high pressure, noncontenSing engine
and the exhaust steam has to be dis
charged against considerably more than an
atmosphere OF pressure, because 1t has to
be employed for inducing the draught
Moreover, for reasons before stated To-
connective engine must be limited In size A
stationary engine, however, may be made
of any size. 1t may be compound con-
densing or a triple expansion engine. Large
boilers may he employed, having very large
heating surface in proportion TO the coal
consumed, and the crate surface NAV be
of any size, so that very cheap coal may
be employed In this manner the cost of
developing a given horse power costs 90 per
cent less than 1t does on the locomotive
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

There II an Increasing Demand for
Them I'm This Country.
Philadelphia Inquirer.


Some months ago the newspapers printed
m account of the growing business done by
q factory in Northwestern Pennsylvania
operated by Hollanders. where wooden shoes
are made IL surprised the readers OF the
newspaper item to earn that there was
q market In America for the wooden shoe
in such general use in the rural portions
OF Holland From Grand Rapids Mich
letter IL appears that this market is a
growing one. In that place there is also a
wooden shoe factory and the product OF 500
pairs a week finds a ready sale
The letter says that Americans are rapid
~ coming TO the conclusion that in adoDt-
ing wooden footgear the Dutchsnan showed
good sense. Americans are discovering that
wooden shoes are especially desirable for
work n laundries. brewcries. stables and
on the farm when the II Sund IL wet Which
IN these ATTITUDES pretty much al ths
time from autumn 20 spring. The sevan-
tages or the wooden shoes s'e Said 10 b.
that they do not become satarate1 with
moisture. never get out IF shape, are varr.
comfortable and cheap, and will ous,ast sew
eral pairs of cowhide boots, and at the
door can be readily kicked off for slip
pers, thus leaving barn-yard and stable
doors and the mud Of the fields outside of
the house
Wooden shoes are now said to be shipped
to all parts of the United States at prices
ranging from 81 so to g per dozen. There
are also several wooden shoe factories In
Iowa and New Jersey. IL begins 10 look
~ II the wooden shoe would soon be an
other OF number OF American tnstitu-
lions que to Holland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
HARDWARE NAMES,
Derivation Of Names Of Articles in
Common Use.
Hardware,

HARDWARE.
So accustomed does the hardwareman.
long in the business, become to the names
of his wares, that he is not much given to
speculation upon their derivation.
If the question should arise in his mind
it is dismissed with the reason that il was
so named when made, possibly hundreds
of years ago-just as he was named John
when he was born.
pirants for hardware lore. IF" say they.
YOU were named John-why John?'
To satisfy this demand the following
Why's" have been collected:
knife was a knife in colonial times
The Pilgrim fathers had knives. Across the
water the English had knives as far back
as Chaucer's time, as the Sheffield Whittle
testifies.
For the name however. we must cross
the English channel to France. In the thir-
teenth century knives were known as men,
saculae" and 'artari,' little later by the
word ''kenivet" From which is evidently
derived "canif," or knife.
In this connection 1t may be said that
two-prong forks are mentioned for the first
time in an inventory OF Charles i'm 1879
The table upon which food was placed was
surrounded with benches or Dances. whence
To know why a two-faced rim lock is
called a Janus faced lock, We must go
from the realism of the twentieth century
to the ideal symbolism or ancient Greece.
There. in temple whose doors were never
closed during the war, Janus, the god with
two faces, was enshrined-
III TIE HdIQWdIc otOiC janus BECOMES a
fitting name, indicating in the lock that n
is the same on both sides, and in the store
the alertness necessary to success in these
days of commercial warfare.
In the sixteenth century Pistoles and Pts
toilets were so called, Ii is said. because
they were invented at "Pistola."i But on
this subject etymologists differ, some pre-
ferring the suggestion that they were
called pistols from the fact that the bore
was of equal diameter with the ''pistola,"
a coin Of the time.
In the names anvil, stirrup and hammer
we find very curious thing-that the posi-
ton is reversed and that these articles
give their names to what was made long
before their use was known. The three
pretty little bones of the inner ear are
called hammer. anvil and stirrup."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

OF the litigation are not important exceQtinv
to dramatic managers. but the facts r.
vealed by Il are OF interest The testimony
showed that Mrs. BurEetfs play yielded =
profit, New York and Boston excepted. az
nearly $4,000. while the profits in those
two cities were sufficient 10 bring the
sum up to nearly 100000. These Were The
managers profits, after royalties and an
expenses had been deducted from the re-
ceipts. Mrs. Burnetts royalties often were
as high as 1000 a week. and her total roy
allies reached about $4,000 That. too, Tor
a play which manager after manager re-
fused, and which vas only produced as A
desperate venture. X brought Mrs. Bur
nett an unexpected fortune. since she had
no notion that il would command the a.
most hysterical success which character
lied its production for about two years
What the profits Of '~rrilby" are no one
knows, although there is good authority
for the statement that royalties running
from $500 10 $500 a week were sent 10 Du
Maurier. This play, however. has been
upon the boards only about eight months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
Few York Letter.

NEW OK LtlIeT.
''Trilby'' has been thought to be perhaps
the finest money maker OF all plays recent
ly produced in America. except "Shenan-
doah." but a decision just reached by one
play. Little Lord Fauntleroy." may per-
haps have made the record In recent years
at least for the time when its popularity
dramatic u1anagers involving the rights to
the prodts IN this play was determined yee
terday BY the decision Of Mr.. Justice Van
Brunts perhaps the last decision that this
Appellate Court win put on record Since Il
&oes ont OF exissenco to-day. The dekaiis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Magazine.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS haSd1iHc.
The commemoration of Hungary's thou
sancth anniversary will begin May g 1886.
The central scene OF the celebration will be
in Budapest, but its qualifications are TO
extend over all the kingdom. The govern
nent has given enthusiastic attention to
the task of making the time one unexam-
pied before the world for the. variety. the
magnitude and the beauty OF the EXPOSE
ton, while the people as a whole have en-
tered into the work with unrivaled energy
and spirit The enormous labors which have
BEEN and are to be. expended for the OBJ
servance of this anniversary are not de-
signed for transitory purposes merely. 1t
is intended that the exposition VIII give the
as was not before-a knowledge OF her arts,
her literature. her industries: her resources
Ia eli directions. But. In addition to this,
the occaaion Is to be made memorable by
the erection Of buildings, the construction
Of bridges. educational improvements. and
the establishing of multitude Of utif1tar-
ian movements throughout the length and
breadth. AZ the land
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

This is something that happened last year
or perhaps Il was the Year before. or
just as good to be telling as. II il we're
brand new. There is a man here whom
him for the loss of his sight. has richly en-
dowed with artistic abilities. That isn't In
the story. You know, but IL dercribes the
TO HON:
Ny dear. I've bought you lovely
Christmas present"
Where Is it," he asked.
There" she answered. Its q painting
there on the wall"
That evening ne said to her. Ny dear
I've Just been buying you Q lovely Christ
mas present"
Indeed" said she. what 10 it?''
An overcoat," was the answer. Il nav
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
How Lincoln Learned Grammar.
foC1,rresS Aapazine

II have talked with great men," he Q.in-
"and do not see how they differ from 9TH
ers." He made up his mird to put himself
before the puplic, and talked Of his plans to
speaking he walked seven or eight miles to
debating clubs. 'Practicing polemics" was
what he called the exercise. He seems now
subjects. Grammar waa what he chose. He
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

nightfall all was in readiness. and the
hunters, sitting down to the evening meal,
awaited the coming OF the enemy
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
They were greeted sooner than they antic-
ipated. For very soon the hillside and the
lower slope appeared to be alive with num-
bers of strange. ghostly things. At present
the flame of the fire was holding them at
bay, but 1t could not do 50 much longer,
owing TO the scarcity of fuel. The hunt
ers. realizing this unfortunate circumstance,
took up their rifles and banged at every
object in the shape OF a Polar bear. But
it could not last. The fire went out, and
the enemy, quick TO note this fact. shuffled
down the hillside and forced the prospectors
TO retreat TO the shelter OF the cabin
Throughout the night the suspense to the
inmates was horrible. The monsters were
smiling and scratching on all sides OF the
structure. At other times a crash on the
roof, threatening to stave il in. would tell
them OF the arrival CT additional forces,
and at-other periods the grooming of the
walls suggested that, with a little more
Thus excepting TO sally out and fire shots
in the broad daylight, they were kept i'm
prisoned for five or six days
At length they awoke one morning to find
the enemy gone. Leaving one man at the
hut TO act in the capacity of cook the whole
band set out up the small valleys to ex-
piore. On rounding a bend in the rivers
course. all intent IN their quest OF the vel
low" they were suddenly attacked by
number of the ferocious bears. They seemed
to spring up from the bowels OF the earth
on all Sides and. before they could be either
killed or dispersed, bore two of the pros
pectors to the turf In death
dens. the hunters were further dismayed
The cook was missing and bear shu11ed
about the interior OF the hut 1t II needless
to state that they dlled the CARCASS fuu
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
LEGAL. TECHNICALITIES.
Thrice Convicted Montana Murderer Dis
charged From Custody.

Thrice Convicted Montana Murderer Dis
charged From Custody.
GLENDIvE, Mont, Nov. l9.-H. 7.
Bailey, who was arrested about year
ago, charged with the murder of com.
panion, by the name of BARLEY, was
released on an order of the district
court, Saturday, and is now free
man.
On the first trial Bailey was con-
yicted and sentenced to hang by Judge
Milburn.
Bailey's attorney succeeded i'll OBJ
tanning new trial, when he was again
convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
A second motion for new trial re-
suited as the first one, and Bailey was
again brought before <atwelve good
men and true and strange Us it may
seem was convicted the third time.
For the third and last time, the efforts
of Bailey's attorney succeeded i'll get
ting an order for another trial, when
the district attorney of Dawson county
notified the court that it would be i'm
possible to convict Bailey OIL the evil
dence at hand, and asked that the case
be dismissed. Public opinion is divided
as to the guilt of Bailey.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
MinuesOta. Manitoba Boundary

WAsHINGTON, Nov. l9.-1t is quite
probable that provision will be made at
the coming session of congress for a
boundary commission to determine the
divisional line between Minnesota and
Manitoba. Representative Heatwole
reported from theforeign affairs com.
mittee in the last session resolution
providing for sucha commission. The
dispute is over tract called Hunters
island and hinges on whether the main
channel of the Rainy Lake river runs
north or south Of the island
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
VIZ " T +: 8 Nyu~;.:r" Ni>-
TINS Of A~>a>>iltS III Liberty,
Missouri.
The Deed Was Evidently Done
After They Had Retired for
the Night.
Thrice Convicted Montana MUIR
derer Escapes on Legal
TecmicalitieS.

KANSAS CITY, Nov. l9.-Mrs. Foley,
q widow aged 80 years, and her un-
married daughter, Fanny, aged 40,
were found murdered i'll their house
Lear Liberty, Mo.
News of the murder reached police
headquarters at 1 30 a. III. William
Foley, aged -, "a son Of the murdered
woman, had visited a neighbor and,
returning home after midnight, was
first to discover the dead bodies. The
gates to the farm We're open, the cattle
and horses loose and the front door
aiar. Mother and sister We're found IN
their bedroom dressed in their night
gowns and bespattered with blood.
The mother had been shot through the
head. and the daughter i'll the back.
Further investigation showed that
the assassin or assassins had first fired
mt Mrs Foley through one of the front
windows. The bullet lodged III the
head of the bed Both women evidently
became frightened and ran into the
bedroom in the rear. The door was
then forced open and the bloody work
completed.
After making a hasty examination OF
the bodies, the son gave the alarm to
neighbors and party was soon gath
cred and sought for traces of the perpe.
traitors of the crime. Finding no detin.
ite clew, they rode to Kansas City, ID
miles distant, and reported the murder
to the local police in the afternoon.
Detectives were Immediately sent to
Liberty from here. while in the mean
time posses were being organized at
the scene Of the crime.
Robbery the Object.
Later investigation shows it to have
been "a cold blooded murder committed
for the sole purpose of robbery. The
robber or robbers who apparently shot
down the victims without the least
show of mercy, first dispatched the
women and then ransacked the house
Fifty dollars. all that was secured, was
taken from the foot of the bed OH whicl
the women slept.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19

TOPEKA. Kan. Nov. i9.-The Santa
Fe receivcr>hip case has developed a
direct conflict between the state and
federal courts. Anticipating the APP
pOintmcnt of Il new receiver by Judge
Myers at { (s1alooa, A A Hurd. gen.
eral attorney for the railroad company,
obtained supp emental order from
Judge Foster Of the United States cir
cult court The order directs all the
officers and employees Of the Atchison
sas TO continue the management and
control of sad railway in the same
manner rs the sam" has heretofore been
conduct I'd. until the further order of
said United : atc> circuit court shall be
mad
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
Mrs. Jefr-rson Davis and Daughter.

- Sr. LOUIS, Nov. Is-Mrs. Jefferson
Davis and her daughter, Miss Winnie,
accompanied by Judge Leroy +. Vail.
liant and r. r. Hutchins of this city.
have arrived from New York to attend
the annual reception and ball to be
given here by the ex-COnfederate re.
union. They We're met by large nun.
Der of ex-Confederates and friends and
escorted to the Planters House where
elaborate plans had been made for THEN
entertainments
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
To Restrain Martin.

Later-When it was learned that
Judge Myers had appointed a successor
to Johnson, Attorney Hurd again ap.
peared before Judge Foster, this time
requested restraining order to preven,
Senator Martin from qualifying. Jus,
before the restraining order was erved
upon him Senator Martin was seen and
said that he would Immediately qualify
as receiver. What action he will now
take is not known
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
DIED AT PRAYER.

Grand Chaplain of the Illinois Rebekahs
Victim Of Heart D:sease
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Nov. 19.-The OPEN
ing session Of the Daughters of Re-
bekah and the grand lodge of Illinois
Odd Fellows was sadly interrupted by
the sudden death of Mrs. Mary b.
Stevens Of Yale, Ills, chaplain of the
grand lodge. She had just commenced
her prayer and said sour Father
when she dropped to the floor and ex.
pired of heart disease.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
Valentine Plead Gu lty.

New YORK, Nov. l9-William +.
Valentine, alleged to be chief of gang
of swindlers operating III various cities
of the United States and Canada, plead
guilty in the second degree. Valentine
also plead guilty to the charge of alb
duction. the victim being Mary Win
tage. whose attempt to commit suicide
it was that led to the exposure of the
gang
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19

LoUIsvILI 8, KY, Nov. i9.-The Ma
tional FraternM Congress elected the
following officers: J. q. Johnson. Pea.
body, Kan, president J. Shepard,
Lawrence, Mass. vice president; N.
w. Sackett. Pennsylvania. sscretafy
and treasurer Port Huron, Mich. viii
BE- We next meeting place
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
College Presidents in Convention.

CHICAGO, Nov. l9.-The presidents of
the Methodist colleges and universities
in the United States, in annual cOnven-
ton at Evanston, have elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year
President, Henry Wade Rogers, North
western university; vice president, j.
J. Goucher, Womaus college, Balti.
more; secretary and treasurer, Samuel
PIantZ. Lawrence university.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19

MILWAUKEE,. Nov. l9.-The 81, ,OOO,-
600 issue of receivers certificates whit \
Judge jenkins permitted the recelv" =
Nov. /, 1894, to make have been e.
tended for another year by the courr
Holders of certificates, however, VINO
are unwilling to make All extension
will be paid upon presentation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
Congregation Changed Fa tn L.

LANGFORD. :. D.. Nov. l9.-One Of
the most sudden changes of faith on
record has occurred here. The mem
bers of the Methodist church, becom.
ing dissatisfied with the rulings Of the
presiding elder, left that denomination
in body and organized Presbyterian
church, and III consequence religious
circles are all torn up."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19

LONDON, Nov. l9.-The final heat of
the ColquhOun sculling match at Cam
bridge was most exciting. Gould of
First Trinity. beat Howell of Trinity
Hall. by two yards. Howell. is New
Yorker and. The Times says, first made
the acquaintance of Il sculling boat I,
fortnight ago. He won his heat on
Monday III eight seconds faster time
than Gould
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19

REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi, Nov. 49,
.. B. Turrell. cashier of the defunct
Citizens bank of this city, who has
four indictments against him, has been
acquitted of the first and most serious
one, that Of embezzling over $l5,O 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
HE WAS INITIATED.

Death of Chairman Curry Of Iowa Due tn
Peculiar Cause.
DES MONIES, Nov l9.-Edward w.
Curry, chairman of the Democratic
state committee. died at tho Saverv
House of blood poisoning, the result OF
initiation into Elks lodge here few
weeks ago. He was seated i'll an elec.
trio chair and horribly burned before
those operating it realized what they
were doing. The matter was kept quiet
til his death occurred.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
Br.xili.n Min,.ters Resign.

PARIS, Nov. 49, A dispatch received
here from Rio de JaneirU Says that the
miuisters Of marine, finance and indus
try have resiYled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-11-19
CHEST of Leavenn Strengh-Late L. S. Report.
Highest Leavenng StengthLatest L. S. Report.
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that he saw bu1Siars about the mouse
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