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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

The occasion of the counting of the cleo
toral vote melted several editors to show
what a change of 10000 votes, if distributed
Among several close States. might have
done for the Bryan ticket. What is is Of
more Importance in presidential elections
than what might have. been.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

The shaddock. otherwise known as grape
fruit, is said to have originated in that part
of Asia where the Garden of Eden is sup
posed to have been situated, and some per-
sons go so far as to claim that it was this
and not an apple which Eve fed to Adam.
The claim has much to support it. Any
one who tries for the first time to eat grape
fruit will know that it would stick in Ad-
"A ms throat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

AS might be expected. the heavy cut In
prices of steel rails and other forms of
steel has been followed by a notice Of a
reduction of salaries and wages in the
Cambria works, which early in November
announced an advance. Any cheapness in
a great staple which cuts wages which is
the chief factor in such products as iron
and steel is a cheapness to be deplored.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

California Is employing her convicts at
breaking stone for country roads. The ma
terial, fully prepared and delivered on cars
is furnished at % cents per ton, and the
railroads haul 1T at bare cost, about %
cents ton for moderate distances, so that
this superior material for roadmaking is
delivered to the counties at price below
the ordinary cost of inferior local material
under the most favorable conditions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

tention and promotion for merit adopted.
The next administration could render real
public service by inaugurating this reform.
1t could not be contaminated during one
administration, but, once fairly begun and
the pace set, succeeding administrations
would be pretty sure TO follow II UP.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

A New York correspondent has discovered
that the purpose of Mrs. Bradley-Martin
in giving her famous ball was TO break
down the barriers which the -Four Hun
dred'' had built around them. This pur-
pose was accomplished by the ball, and
now 1t is the Fifteen Hundred"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
In the Vernacular.

"Will some pupil kindly put into ordi-
nary language the authors phrase, it is
not the vain rhapsody of an Oriental
dream?' asked the teacher of the night
school
Dat amt no pipe said the bullet
headed young man in the front row.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

A prominent manufacturer OF this city
has conceived the idea. of association Of
local manufacturers for the purpose of es-
tablishing an agency to introduce Indian
apolis products in foreign countries. He be-
lieves that by cooperative effort an i'm
portant work could be done in this direc-
ton at comparatively little expense
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

Among the significant celebrations of
Abraham Lincoln's birthday was one at
Chattanooga, Tenn, where patriotic
speeches were made by native Southern
Republicans lauding the name and works
of the great emancipation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

The people OF Indiana generally may well
be gratified when Governor Mount speaks
Rs the representative of the State, but it's
farmers must in a special degree be proud
OF the farmer Governor when he stands as
their spokesman. as he did at the Marquette
Club Friday night
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

Last month the money in circulation in
the United States was increased SIS, 754, 2SS
This was gain at the rate of S190,OOO.OOO
q year, or about IL per cent. As the gain
In population Is not more than per cent
year, IL the gain of money in circulation
should continue at the rate of last January,
1t will be six times as great as the gain of
Dnnulaffnn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

/, Within the next thirty days the country
will have read William McKinley's inaugu-
raj address and his proclamation conven-
ing a special session of Congress to legis-
late for prosperity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

The scheme OF pretended reforms pro-
posed by Spain is failure in advance.
1t is spurned by the Cuban leaders and
people with a degree of unanimity which
shows they will have independence or ex-
Termination
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

The difficulty with those who advocate
schemes by which convict labor may be-
come entirely unproductive and convicts
may be burden TO the State. is that they
fail 70 note the significance of official fig
ures. showing that less money was paid for
convict labor in 1896 than five or ten years
earlier. These facts are collected by the
chief of the national labor bureau. and for
that reason should be trusted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
BUBBLES In THE AIR.
Quite Worth COuside q

Maud says she doesn't care two cents
for him.
THAT is no sign she does not think
lot OF him. Just think how women will
fight for bargains that are marked down
from $3.50 to T3.4S."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

About this time the President-eiect would
probably Ike d few days in which 70 think
over and prepare an Inaugural address.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14
--Sixteen Pages

Recipe for Cuban reforms-first catch
your Cubans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

The sundry civil appropriation bill car
riss On item OF s5.0e3.5l2 for expenses OF
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
BIG CLOTHING COMBINE.
Firms Whose Aggregate Output is
$3.50, 100000 a Year Form
An Alliance.

New York, Jan. 22.-After years Of
quiet but persistent effort the clothing
manufacturers of the country have final
ly organized a combine, to be known as
the National Clothiers' association.
This promising addition to the list Of
trade combinations was born in this city
last night at the Savoy hotel.
The manufacturers from every impOr-
tant trade center III the country met
Tuesday morning at the Broadway Cen
trail hotel. They talked all day and adj
journed to meet again Wednesday. Then
jealouSieS were SmoOthed away and the
competitive rivalry Of years buried in a
scheme for combination. The final meet
ing at the Savoy on Wednesday night
put the finishing touches to the enter
prise.
The officers elected are as follows:
President, Samuel Rosenthal of Balti-
more; first vice-president, Alfred Hook
stader of New York; second vice-presi-
dent, Adolph Nathan of Chicago; treas
urer, Jacob S. Cheuer of Cincinnati
These officers will be assisted in man
aging combine undertakings by the
board Of directors, which will include
Abraham j. Katz, Rochester; Marcus
NJ. Marks, New York; William S. Peck,
Syracuse; Robert II. Wicl1es, Utica;
William Gushing, Boston, and Louis II.
Kahn, Chicago.
The firms pledged to the scheme have
an annual output of $3.50, 100000. The
avoWed purposes of the combine are to
do away with long credits, excessive rat
ing. and the cancellation of orders; to
influence legislation in the interests of
the trade in general, and to promote har-
mony where rabd competition has here
tofore prevailed. They assert with We
hemence prices are not TO be tempered
with and that each manufacturer will
be at liberty, as heretofore, to conduct
temen also say the association does not
propose to take action in labor diff
culties
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
Prices for Grain Are Very High, but
with Government Aid People
Are Relieved.
Copyrighted. 1897, by the Associated Press.

Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.
Jhylum, Punjab, Jan. pa special
correspondent of the Associated press,
who is visiting the ADMINISTRATOR dis
tricts Of India, accompanying the official
mission engaged i'll the same work, has
arrived here. An exhaustive inspection
was made of the vast relief work known
as the Jhylum canal. about which no
less than 10000 coolies are congregated.
OF this number 10000 persons either in
firm, aged or blind, are classed as non
workers.
As the correspondent arrived here the
roOlies were just quitting work and the
scene recalled the spectacle of the great
Oriental mela. The prepOnderance of
women and children was noticeable.
After visiting the tents the officials of
the mission traversed the bazaar market.
long, double line of mat huts matched
with grass. The market was filled with
grain dealers and heaps of wheat, bar
ley, maize and millet were piled on the
ground in front of the huts.
Prices, it was remarked, had fallen
slightly since the recent rains. which
have caused a slight change for the bet
ter in the stricken districts, but in spite
of this the prices asked for grain were
terribly high, the cheapest kind being
double the normal price.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
SUIT FOR FORECLOSURE.
United States Takes Expected
Legal Proceedings Against
Union PaCiTiC.

st. Louis. Mo. Jan. 23.-United States
Circuit Judge Sanborn has issued an or
der authorizing a foreclosure suit against
the receivers of the Union Pacific rail-
way The government representative,
who appeared before Judge Sanborn, Is
Gen j. c.. Gown Of Omaha. Gen.
Gown kept his mission secret, but
quietly intimated to Judge SanbOrn dur
ing the course of the day that he might
probably desire an audience before the
night ended. At a late hour last night
Gen. Gown appeared at the hotel and
was Immediately admitted to the judges
room, where a proceeding in chambers
was duly begun with the usual formah-
ties.
The attorney for the government was
provided with voluminous document
which was produced and proved to be Il
bill praying that the lien Of the United
States on the Union Pacific division of
the Union Pacific railway be foreclosed.
1t is the practice Of the United States
courts in proceedings against properties
in the hands of receivers not to permit
suits to be filed against them without
permission first has been obtained from
the Judge in whose circuit the property
is located.
Accordingly Gen. Gown asked for an
order of court for leave to sue the re-
ceivers who were appointed at the in
stance OF first mortgage bOndholderS ana
who are now in possession of the prop
erty.
The court granted an order giving the
United States permission to sue the re-
ceivers upon condition that the govern
ment appear in the suit brought by DeX
ter and others trustees for first mort
gage bondholders of the Union Pacific
Railway company, against the United
States and others.
Gen. Gown entered an appearance for
the government in the Dexter suit and
asked leave to answer on or before the
rule day Of the court in March. The Per
mission was granted, the necessary or
ders were Immediately made and mes
senger was ut once dispatched to Omaha,
Neb.. where the orders and the bill for
foreclosure will be filed today.
The Union division of the Union Pa
ciic railway. on which the government
seeks to foreclose its second mortgage,
extends from Council Bluffs Ia, TO Og-
den, Utah, and embraces 1884 miles out
of Il total mileage operated by the COM
pany of 1903 miles. Receivers for the
entire property were appointed IN DC
tober. 1898. The receivers are S. II. III.
Clark. Oliver ". Mink, Il. Ellery Ander
son, John w. Doane and +. X. Coudert.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
BURNED A GUNB0AT.
lsurgents Board the Spanish Ship
Cometa Under Cover Of
Night.

Key West, Fla, Jan. 23.-Advices re-
eived here state that the Spanish gun
cat Cometa has been captured and
lurned by the insurgents. The Cometa,
which was one of the most powerful
of the Spanish vessels i'll Cuban wa
ters, has been cruising near Cardenas
o prevent the landing of tilibusterlng
expeditions. For some time the boat has
been accustomed to anchor at night oil
Sierra Morena.
The place where the gunbOat anchored
was favorable FOR an attack from shore.
The insurgents opened on the vessel with
a underground Hotchkiss gun. The yes
sci was struck several times and badly
damaged by shells from the Hotchkiss
gun, and while the crew was III confu-
sion boats loaded with insurgents left
the shore and the Cometa was boarded.
A desperate hand-to-hand fight took
place on the deck Of the gunboat.
The Cubans used the machete with
deadly effect, and finally after the Span
ish commander and half his men had
been killed. the survivors surrendered.
The insurgents sent the prisoners ashore
and then looted the vessel, securing Il
great quantity of ammunition, many cut
lasses and pistols and a few rifles. Two
quick-fring cannon were also removed.
The insurgents then fired the boat, which
was soon burned to the waters edge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
MOVES is ARRESTED.
He and George r. Mcdonald De-
tanned at Police Headquarters
in Chicago.

Chicago, H.. Jan. 22.-For two days
the cellroom at police headquarters has
held a man who twenty-five years ago
made himself famous throughout the
world, for in company with three 9th
ers he succeeded in swindling the
Bank OF England out of f1,0OO000.
The man is George +. Mcdonald, and
today one of his associates in the Eng
lish conspiracy, Edwin Noyes Hills, or
as he has been known, Edward Moves,
was arrested and locked up with Nc
Donald. What Mcdonald has been ar
rested for the police positively refuse to
state.
Capt. Elliott the chief of detectives,
was greatly annoyed when he learned
that the identity of his prisoners had
been discovered and refused to talk con-
corning the arrest except to admit that
Mcdonald was not positively identified
as being connected with any crime. 1t is
said the men are supposed to have been
engaged in a large swindle among bust
ness men in the city,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
SIR ISAAC PITMAN DEAD.
Inventor Of the System of Short
hand Writing Which Bears
His Name.

London, Jan. 22.-Sir Isaac Pitman,
the inventor Of the system of shorthand
writing which bears his name, is dead.
He had been suffering several years
from a complication Of troubles.
Sir Isaac Pitman was born at TroW-
bridge, Willis, January 4, 1918, and edu-
Gated at the grammar school of that
town. At the age Of II years he left
school and entered the counting house of
a cloth manufa cturer, where his father
was manager. The change was neces-
sary for the preservation Of his health.
More than 100 boys were taught in a
small room and he often tainted through
breathing the vitiated air. After six
years service as clothier's clerk he
took training course in q normal school,
and at the close of 1881. was appointed
master of the British school at Barton
on-Humber. Later he started school a
Bath.
His first treatise on shorthand, entitled
''Stenographic Soundhand," appeared Ill
1887, and he thus became the originator
of the spelling reform, to which, and the
propagation of his system of phonetic
shorthand, he has devoted his entire time
since 1913, when the first phonetic So
ciety was established. The society now
numbers upwards of 5000 members.
The Phonetic institute at Bath is in real
ity a vast publishing house. Mr.. Pitman
edited and published several shorthand
journals there and the publishing of all
his books is done there. Mr.. Pitmau
had a complete set of moyeable types
for printing in shorthand, and he had
issued a library of nearly 100 volumes,
printed entirely in shorthand characters
and ranging from the Bible to "Rasse-
las" Mr.. Pitman has received scores of
medals in recognition of his work III ed
ucational lines, and several years ago he
WAS knighted
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
TO SIFT IMMIGRANTS.
Revised Measure will Soon be Acted On
by Congress.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 22.-The COM
promise emigration bill which has been
agreed upon by the conferees of the
House and Senate, and which Will soon
come before the two houses for accept
ance, contains several new features which
have not before been made public.
The first section of the Senate bill is
retained, which excludes from the Unit
ed States al persons over IS years of
age who cannot read and write the Eng
lish language or the language of their
native country. bur is amended by the
words ''or resident" before country" in
accordance with a suggestion made by
Chairman Bartholdt of TIE House com
mtteo.
For the purpose of testing the ability of
immigrants TO read it is provided that
they shall draw from box printed slip
containing between twenty and twenty
five words of the constitution, instead of
five lines Of it, as required by the Senate
bill, and read these words. A clause is
added to the bill that if the slips are not
at hand for use the officers shall make
the test by the most appropriate and
availablp means at hand, and state in
writing the reasons why the slips are
lacking and the substitute test employed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
THE PLAGUE SPREADS.
New Cases Appear on the West
Coast of Arabia-MeCCa
May be Affected.

ST. Petersburg, Jan. 22.-Two cases of
the bubonic plague, which is raging in
Bombay, are reported from Kamaran.
Kamaran is an island on the west coast
of Arabia in the Red sea. 1t is Brit
ish possession and one of the landing sta
lions near to the city of Mecca. 4
severe quarantine has been established
by the Russian authorities.
4 Committees in aid of the Indian famine
have been instituted by the governors
of ST Petersburg, Moscow and Odessa.
Calcutta, Jan. 22.-The government
has ordered the stoppage on February ?
of ali pilgrim traffic from Bombay and
Karachi on account of the plague.
There are now over 1,75O,OOO persons
employed on the relief works and about
10000 are receiving gratuitous relief.
The principal increase i'll the number Of
persons relieved is in Bengal and in the
northwest
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
MAY TAKE HEROIC MEASURES
Acknowledgement Says Filibusters May
be Considered Pirates.

be COpS1Uer0u
Washington. D. c., Jan. 23.-Since the
decision of Judge Locke some days ago
at Jacksonville, Fla, in the case of the
supposed fihbusterer the Three Friends,
Acknowledgement Harmon has given the
oresti0Il raised by the defense careful
considerati ton and has reached the con-
clusion that the decision was not good
law.
The decision was to the effect that the
law inhibiting the Quitting and depart
urc from the United States of armed
expeditions to aid Il people in its con-
tests against the lawful authority of a
nation with which the United States is on
friendly terms does not apply to the
Cuban insurgents, they not being peo-
PIC within the meaning of the law.
The attorney-geEeral takes view Ill
rectly in opposition to that announced
matter may be brought to n speedy de-
termination. he has applied to the Unit
ed States Supreme court for writ of
cprtiorari on the United States court of
aDpcals at New Orleans directing that
the case be at once certified to by the
United States Supreme court for trial.
The encouragement. in speaking of
the matter today, said that if Judge
Iocke's Interpretation of the law that
these expeditions arc not political is cor
rect. it necessarily follows that persons
engaged III them are pirates and that
he was seriously considering the question
of arreSting them such. The attor-
ney-general : very much in earnest IL
this matter, and it is not at all unlikely
that heroic steps will be taken to put
stop to these expeditions which are CON
Stantly being set afoot in aid Of the
Cuban insurgents
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
TIE BILL IS FILED.
Rec:tes Defaults on the Mortgage and
Demands a Decree.

Omaha. Neb. Jan. 23.-Attorney-Gen.
Harmon. through special counsel John G..
GOWN, filed in the Office of the clerk of
the circuit court of the United States at
noon today bill ii equity calling for the
foreclosure Of the government second
mortgage on the Union Pacific main
line from Omaha TO Ogden and
the Kansas Pacific from Kansas
City to Denver. The bill recites the
acts of Congress prior 10 the organization
Of the company and shows how the gov
ernment got into the case. 1t then re-
cites the defaults in the term of the
mortgage and calls for a decree of fore
closure and sale in accordance with the
terms of the mortgage. Under the rule
of the court the defendants have until
the first Monday in March to answer the
bill. The receivers of the Union Pacific.
the government trustees and the first
mortgage bondholders are made defend
ants.
Denver Col, Jan 23.-The clerk of the
United States district court i'll Denver
has received telegram from John c..
GOWN, special counsel in the Union Pa
cific foreclosure suit, announcing that he
will arrive in Denver tomorrow TO file a
bill FOR foreclosure of the governments
lien on the Union Pacific and Kansas
Pacific lines
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
Now Injured for the WISCONSIN.

Washington, D. O., Jan. 22.-Secre-
tary Herbert paid a visit to the Wash
ngton navy yard Yesterday, III company
of Ordnance Sampson, TO examine full
size model turret which has been con-
strrcted to illustrate the plans of the
construction bureau for the turrets Of
the battleships Illinois, Alabama and
Wisconsin The ordnance bureau had
suggested alterations in these plans, but
after a careful examination of the big
model. Secretary Rerbert decided to ad
here to the original plans of the con-
struction bureau. These provide for an
oval balanced turret with inclined front
face and sloping defective top; and this
construction, it is believed, is the best
ypt devised
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-01-27
BANDITS KILL A FIREMAN.
India aapolis Fire Fighter is Shot While
Pursuing Two Robbers.


indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 23.-At 6
o'clock last evening Job Eldridge, an
aged and crippled ex-soldier. who keeps
n secondhand store on Massachusetts
avenue. was badly beaten over the head
by two strangers who had entered his
place of business to purchase a lap
robe.
He resisted and his cries for help
brought Frank Redmond, pipeman Of
engine company No. S, fror. the engine
house across the street. lie, with six
or seven other fremen. started in pur-
suit of the robbers. who had just left
the secondhand store. Redmond was
in the lead and gaining on the robbers
when the rear one turned, leveled his
revolver and fired. The bullet struck
Redmond in the middle of the forehead
He dropped ike a log and expired in a
few minutes The robbers escaped.