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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

blue as they appeared in different proper
lions and arrangements in many other
flags. Eighteen months after the revolu-
tionary war began, in June, 1777. that emil
nent body OF skilled artists, the colonial
Congress, declared by resolution: THAT the
flag of the United States be thirteen stripes,
alternate red and white; that the union be
thirteen stars. white on blue field, repre-
senting a new constellation" AS the artists
did not indicate how the stars should be
placed the people who made the flag ar
ranged them in circle, and that continued
to be the arrangement for many years. In
1874 another body of artists, the Congress
of the United States, reconstructed the flag
by providing that it should consist of fif-
teen stripes and fifteen stars, instead of
thirteen, as before. This was the flag used
during the war of 1912, and the one to
which Francis Scott Key addressed his
celebrated song. Several years, later the
same body of artists, the Congress of the
United States, obliterated two of the
stripes, leaving only the original thirteen,
prescribed the arrangement of the stars
and directed the addition Of new one for
each State admitted to the Union. In these
various stages of development one finds
evidence of strict regard for consistency,
earnest patriotism and a sturdy determina-
ton to preserve the individuality of the
flag, but one does not discover that any of
those who had a hand in making the flag
regarded themselves as artists. But it
would be a pity to have the groups of
War and Peace constructed by a body
of S11cb artists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
A BOYS FEARFUL INJURIES.
Chester Leingruber Ran Into a Street
Car Hand Rail.

Chester Leingruber, a boy ten years old.
living with an aunt at 20 South California
street, was badly hurt on South West
street yesterday by collision with street
car. In this instance the car did not strike
the victim, but the victim ran into the car
and received his injuries by striking
against the hand grab iron on the side Of
an open car. The boy and a comnanioy
were going south on West street and We're
swinging on the end of a wagon Just he
fore the wagon crossed the street-car
track the boys dropped off and Chester
started to run rapidly across the tracks
and came up full against the side of the
car.
The motorman and conductor of the car
carried him into house and the citv am
bulance was called and removed him to the
hospital His right eye is knocked out and
both Jawbones on the right side were
crushed and his teeth knocked ont His
face was badly mangled. He was uncon-
scious when picked up and remained in a
stupor during the afternoon. Last night
he was greatly improved and the hosnifai
physicians say he viii recover
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

to Altgeld at the time of his election. They
also find that he was a very large bor-
rover from the bank at the time Spaulding
was elected treasurer of the Illinois Univer-
sity and that he continued to be a large
borrower from the bank during his entire
term of office, and that when the bank
failed he was largely indebted TO it. They
find. further, that Aitgeld had Spaulding
made treasurer of the university. and that
he and Spaulding worked together to have
the university's funds deposited in the rot
ten bank
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

A resident of this city who was at Tetuan,
North Africa, in 1859, serving on vessel
chartered by the Spanish government, says
that the Duke of Tetuan, who slapped
Liberal member of the Cortes lew days
ago, and who has just resigned with the
Spanish ministry, is an Irishman. AT the
time mentioned he was in command or the
Spanish forces operating against Tetuan
as Marshal O'Donnel, and after the capture
of the place he was made Duke of Tetuan.
The place was captured by the Spanish in
1859. and two years later was ransomed by
Morocco for $40, 600 COO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

A dispatch from Havana a few days ago
stated that Don Santiago Barroeta, dep
uty in the provincial assembly of Sauta
Clara, had escaped from the island with
documents which would blast General Wey-
ler's reputation. Barroeta has arrived in
New York, and, besides confirming the ru-
mors of Weyler's cruelty and inhumanity
he declares that his administration is cor
rupt and rotten in every department. AS
Senior Barroeta is a Spaniard and served
for time in the Spanish army his charges,
which he will lay before the authorities at
Madrid, will probably receive attention.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
81 Knickerbacker HAN.

The closing exercises of Knickerbacker
Hall were held last evening. The friends
of the school went first to Grace Cathedral
where choral service was given, the
young ladies of the school assisting the
vested choir of the church with the music.
Bishop White made an address to the grad
yates and presented them with their al
plomas. The guests then went TO knlckeI-
hacker Hall, where a reception was neld
from to II O'clock The guests were re-
ceived by Miss Yerkes the principal OF the
school. and the graduates, Miss Emma
Louise Fiske, Miss Marie Mummenhoff and
Miss Zelas Merrill Slocum. The several
rooms were prettily arranged with pro-
and other June flowers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The relations between Japan and Hawaii
are becoming very strained, owing to the
controversy over the immigration question,
and rupture seems almost inevitable. If
Japan should attempt to coerce Hawaii she
might encounter unexpected opposition. AS
conservative a man as Senator Frye said
day or two ago: IF Japan attempts to
coerce the Hawaiian Republic she will find
a stronger power than Hawaii to deal with.
The United States cannot and will not per-
nit any intimidation of that little republic,
It matters not under what pretext or what
governnent undertakes it"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The reorganization on a sound basis of
the State National Bank at Logansport, so
thoroughly wrecked by John F. Johnson,
is creditable to the pluck Of the stock
holders and speaks we'll for the business
solvency of the city. Logansport is on a
solid business basis, and the reorganization
of the bank puts at rest the foolish story
that the recent disaster was due to hard
times
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
Butler College Notes.

Mr.. Keeper, ex-'99, OF the Delta Tau
Delta fraternity, will entertain the young
men OF that fraternity at Butler ana
their friends at his home in Indianapolis
this evening.
The undergraduate members of the Kap-
pa Kappa Gamma fraternity will give
lawn party next Thursday night in honor
OF the young women of their fraternity
who belong TO the senior class.
Mrs. George Brown has issued invitations
for reception 10 be given at her home
on University avenue, on next Friday even
ing. I'm honor of Mr.. George kneppeT OK
Somerset. Pa. who completes his college,
course at Butler this june.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

good deal of speculation is being in
dulged in and some positive assertions are
being made as TO the report that will be
made by Mr.. Calhoun, the Presidents
special commissioner to Cuba. No doubt
the report will be interesting, and may
have much weight in determining the flu
ture Cuban policy of the administration, but
it is impossible that any person except Mr..
Calhoun knows what it will be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
WOMAN AS A DEFAULTER.

When a man is discovered to be de-
faulter he usually has no hesitancy in ac-
knowledging that he ought not to have
used money that did not belong to him, and
is, indeed often abject in his professions Of
regret and remorse. He often declines to
tell what he did with the money, and the
tale when he does tell it, is one of specula-
ton, riotous living or undue social ambi-
tion-things which he is ready to admit
offer no excuse for his wrongdoing. Ere
quently he lies glibly when to acknowledge
the real use he had made of the stolen cash
would be to show that he had been a fool
as well as rascal. Never does he braZen
the matter out and declare that his use of
the other mans property is his affair
The male defaulter is bold, but he lacks
that particular variety of courage. 1t takes
the end in a high-handed way Mrs. Nc
Cornell, the society lady of st. Paul who
has Incorporated $1,000 belonging to an
orphan asylum for which she was treas
urer, says calmly that she needed the
money for family expenses, times having
been hard She does not apologize and
probably feels that there is nothing left to
be said. In fact, the other women of the
charity society are made so breathless by
her composure and her assumption that her
statement has disposed of all argument that
they cannot say anything. She needed the
money for her family, and, therefore took
it. She would rather not have been forced
to do it, perhaps but it is the fault of the
times, not of herself, and household ex-
penses had to be met, of course Any one
in like circumstances, she seems to imply.
would do the same that she has done. There
is no sign that she comprehends that her
act is a felony and that she may be con-
victed and punished. Doubtless she would
pay the money if it We're convenient but
she thinks people must understand that she
was simply obliged to use it, and is in no
wise to blame. AT all events, her case is a
new development in financial irregularities
and will be noted with interest 1t is rea-
sonably safe to predict however that the
other women on the orphan asylum board
VIII appreciate the domestic conditions in
which she found herself, and will not prose-
cute, but will merely see to it that they do
not pay her household expenses in future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The story that Anelie Rives Chanler
Troubetsky has become a mental wreck
because of the unkind things people said
about her novel, THE Quick or the Dead"
is a trifle thin. At least the wrecking pro-
cess has been slow, the book in question
having been published ten years ago, and
forgotten by the public nearly that length
of time The interest in it was very
evanescent. Within that period Amelie has
been twice married and once divorced-in-
cidents that of themselves and without any
literary career as a complication have been
known to affect the mental serenity of some
women. If people had no greater sense of
propriety than to write rude letters to the
author about her book they deserve the
severest censure, but it is a little singular
that they did not affect her composure at
the time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

was obviously praying to the galleries when
he asked that the capacious nav of the
public institutions be contracted and that
the people should cease to worship money,
quoting poetry by way Of illustration If
he has not been accustomed to making po-
litical speeches he is getting ready to do
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

TONS additional teachers, etc, and this
must be met by those in whose interest it
has been passed. SO far as this city is con-
cerned the school levy is lower than in
almost any other city of the country and
its schools stand ia the front rank. 1t
should be the desire of every person to keep
them there and to increase their efficiency
and extend their onnortunities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The Kentucky Democratic convention re-
affirmed the Chicago platform, free silver
ism, fatism, communism, anarchy and all.
If the party generally will only do that,
Republicans could not ask anything better
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

a good cartoon is published illustrating
the difficulty of moving the Senate 1t
represents Atlas with the world on his
shoulders and the Capitol on top. He has
just given the earth quake. Uncle Sam.
looking over the edge, calls out to Atlas.
"Shake her up again; you haven't Weakened
them yet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
Wise Course.

Most Of my success" confessed the re-
tired business man. 81 owe to my friends
"A man is lucky to have good, faithful
friends" said the listener.
1T wasn't luck. I picked them out At
the ball games"
THE ideai''
BEST place on earth. When saw man
who was an earnest rooter. made It a
point TO get acquainted with him and make
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
investigation of Larayet.e uou.

At the instance of the Governor the State
Board of Charities will next Monday be-
gin thorough investigation of the State
Soldiers Home at Lafayette The inyesti
cation has been asked for by large nrna-
Der of soldier organizations DESTROYS of get
ting at the whole truth concerning the re-
cent assault made upon the comma ndant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

Up to date four thousand applications
have been filed at the Department of State
for 1923 consular positions, some of which
are worth only a few hundred dollars per
annum. 1t does not require much figuring
to show that most of the applicants will
draw blanks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

personal friend of ex-Secretary Carlisle
says that after twenty-five years of public
service he retired from the Treasury De-
partment in debt, while within the last
three months he has received in actual
cash for professional services $1,000, or
nearly as much as a years salary for
Cabinet officer and $1,000 more than the
salary of a Congressman. There is no
money in politics
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

Ex-senator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky
it is very gratifying to be able to write
ex before senator-made a speech be-
fore the free-silver convention at Frankfort
in which he said: IF the country continues
under the control of the Republican party
our debts will be increased and our bur-
IDEAS become heavier" Yet from 1892 to 1896
MIR. Blackburn's party did nothing but pile
up debts and deficits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
This Is CHASTITY.

The maiden and the lover bold
once had little lovers tiff;
He went and swallowed poison cold,
And soon became a lover stiff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

1t is evident that the enforcement of the
new compulsory education law is going to
be difficult and expensive That the prin-
eiple of the law is right no one can doubt
If it is the duty of the State to provide free
schools it has a right to require that all
children of school age shall attend them
at least to the extent of acquiring a COM
mon school education. The new law simply
asserts the right of the State to protect
itself against the evils and dangers of
illiteracy, and provides the machinery for
doing this in practical and effective way.
Whether it is In the best form possible re-
mains to be seen. 1t may be that expert
ence will develop some defects in the law
and show how it can be improved. But it
should be understoodi at the beginning that
the work which it aims to accomplish can
not be done without some increase in the
school tax. The enforcement of the law
viii involve considerable expense for paid
officials. for enlarged school accommoda-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The rare sight may now be observed of
the United States Senate in action. 1t APP
pears that that body can hurry if it is
prodded sufficiently.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

Persons sending the Journal through the mails
in the United States should put eight-page
paper a ONE-CENT postage stamp; on a twelve
or sixteen-page paper a TWO-CENT postage
Etamp. Foreign postage is usually double these
rates.
All communications intended for publication in
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accompanied by the name and address of the
writer. II IL is desired that rejected manuscripts
be returned. postage must in all cases be inclosed
for that purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The faal report Of the legislative COM
mittee of investigation in the case OF the
Globe Savings Bank of Chicago comes very
near charging criminal completely on Gov
ernor Altgeld The committee finds that
the bank was practically insovent in 1892,
and that. as stakeholder and director in
The bank, the fact must have been known
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

DR.. ]. NJ. Rice who has made various
so-called educational tests in the public
schools of the country during the past few
years. gives the results of his spelling tests
of last year in the current issue of the
Forum. The chief purpose Of his investiga
tions as explained at the time they We're
in progress was to discover by scientific
deduction from data gathered what was
the best method of teaching spelling.
After discoursing at considerable length
and setting forth a number Of tables of
formidable looking figures, which no teach
err whose time is valuable would waste
time by studying, he summarizes his de-
auctions by the statement that there is
no direct relation between methods and re-
suits. For example, he says. among
the points that have given rise to endless
discussion is that concerning the value of
oral spelling. My tests showed that, while
in some of the schools where a special
feature had beeen made of oral spelling,
the results We're favorable, in others they
were unfaVorable. And the same conditions
were shown where oral spelling had been
abandoned Second, much discussion has
arisen as to whether. in written spelling,
the words of the lesson should be placed in
columns or in sentences. But the claim Of
superiority in favor of sentence over col
umn spelling was by no means corrob-
GRATED; the results of the sentence method
varying just as much as those of the col
umn method" Summed up even more
briefly, DR.. Rice's Investigations amount to
nothing, and a knowledge of spelling must
be drilled into children just as it has al
ways been; the method does not matter,
but the drill is all 'important-a truth any
teacher of experience could have told the
investigator at the beginning. AS DIR. Rice
has lately been made editor of the Forum
IT is to be presumed that there will be no
more of these not very valuable studies"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

Since Mayor Taggart has found out
where he stands on the silver question he
wonders that any person should ever have
been in doubt about it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
Hers Was n social Lion.

Gracious me! Here is a story in the pa
per about a man killing lion with rocks" "
Huh. 1t was Gladys Does rocks that
brought down the Duke of Knowlands, and
he was the lion of the season, last year
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

Q. w. Isensee. living at S77 West Tenth
street. arose yesterday morning at 6
o'clock. and, in walking across the floor
stepped on a rug on which Il match was
lying The rug caught fire and the fire de-
partment was called. The loss was
about $50
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The senatorial fight in Ohio promises to
be spectacle upon which the self-respect-
ing American would prefer not to look
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

British bimetal1ism is a very different
thing from American monometallism. Brit
ish bimetallsts never mention 16 to l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

him my friend. If man had a good root
ing disposition, why shouldn't I set him to
roofing for rne9r
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04
The BEST Policy.

Really. now is honesty the best policy?"
II guess it is a good deal like a life policy
fellow has to die to realize
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

The Shaw monument in Boston seems to
meet the approval of all the critics. both
as to the design of the artist, st. Gaudens,
and the architectural details of the struc-
ture as carried out by Mr.. McKim. Enthu-
siastic admirers even go so far as to call it
an ''epic work" which is perhaps true.
though it is not quite certain what they
mean by this term At all events, the
mounted figure of Shaw, with a file of
negro soldiers marching by his side, these
bronze figures in relief against a back
ground of pink Tennessee marble, meet all
the requirements of art and sentiment as
understood at this time by Boston people.
But one possible flaw mars their entire sat
isfaction, and that relates to the inscription
which reads thus: "Omnia relinquit servare
Rempublicam." The Boston students in
the Latin classes had learned in their text
books that the purpose of an action is never
expressed in Latin save rarely in poetry by
the simple infinitive as in English, and
while people who remembered enough Of
their school-day Latin to understand that
''he sacrificed all things to serve the coun-
try" and were rather pleased, on the
whole, that they could translate so well, the
boys thought it ought to have been made
to read lin order that he might serve" etc.
They asked their teachers, and the teachers
were embarrassed for they would have
liked to uphold the textbooks, but as it
happens, President Eliot wrote the inscrip-
ton, and everything considered, President
Eliot might reasonably be assumed to know
what he was doing. The professors could
only say that probably the words were
quoted from Latin poet and that the
variation from textbook rules was poetic
license. They cannot find the quotation
however and an awful doubt is growing up
in the minds of Boston youth as to the
grammatical accuracy of the inscription on
this beautiful memorial. In order to have
avoided all trouble the committee in charge
of the work should have submitted the
proposed inscription in advance to the pro-
fessors at the literary joint in Irons alley,
Indianapolis Their opinion upon this or
anything else on earth would be the voice
of authority. Boston has some things to
learn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-04

Among the passengers for Europe on
Wednesday We're Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Andrew Carnegie and George j. Gould.
Just before sailing they were interviewed
regarding the business situation and out
look. Mr.. Depew said: 1T seems to me
we have crossed the Rubicon; that ahead
of US now are good times, business activity,
general prosperity" Mr. Carnegie was con-
fident that business conditions are improv-
ing. The outlook is excellent" he said,
and / expect to see very busy times in all
lines when I return George Gould said,
in railroad phrase Everything is on the
up grade and, SO far as 1 can see the
signals are set for a clear track ahead.
Against such opinions as these Mr.. Bryan
is travelling about the country asking,
Where is your restored confidence and
your Mckinley prosperity"