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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
building Trades May Strike.

Chicago, April 27.-Four unions az
filiated with the Building Trades Coun-
ell are preparing to make demand for
an increase in wages May ], and gen
erll sympathetic strike may result.
The unions to lay down their tools on
that date arc the plumbers, bridge and
structural iron workers, hodcarriers
and building laborers and junior steam,
filters. These unions alone comprise o
membership Of over 5000, and as the
Building Trades Council has granted
its support, much larger number may
be involved
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
CONCRE SSIONAL,
SENATE.


Washington, April 2l.-Aiason's resoiu.
ton directing the committee on rules tore
por. rule for debate, after speeches by
Mason and Hoar was referred to the com
mittee on rules After "A short executive
session the bankruptcy bill was taken up
and an amendment was agreed To emitting
public corporations from the operations of
the bill.
HOUSE.
The death of Congressman Miiliken. of
Maine, was announced, and out of respect
the house adjourned until tomorrow
SENATE.
Washington. April 22.-The senate re-
ceived the nomination of Harold M.Sewall,
of Maine, to he minister To hawaii.
Allen introduced a resolution directing the
president to express sympathy with Greece
in the struggle with Turkey. Morgan
made sensational speech against the dis
organized condition of the senate and
house committees. Allen proposed a reso-
luton that all legislative business stop UNI
til the congressional committees were fully
organized The Nelson bankruptcy bill then
came to a vote and passed, 49toS. The free
homestead bill was taken up and debated
until the death of Congressman Holman
was announced, when, after adopting reso-
buttons of regret at his demise, the senate
adjourned till Monday
HOUSE.
Indian appropriation bill was LAKE up
and the senate amendments of minor i'm
portance were agreed to excepting the re-
moval of the supply department from Chi
cago to Omaha. The death of Congress-
man Holman was announced. A reso-
luton expressing the profound re-
greet with which the house heard the an
nouncement of the judges death was
adopted. after which. as a further mark
of respect, the house adjourned.
HOUSE.
Washington. April % The house after
agreeing TO eight of the eighteen. amend.
ments to the Indian appropriation bill,
rasscd the bill and sent it to conference.
The minor matter of difference was in
reference to the opening of the Uncom-
pabgre reservation.
CONGRESS ADJOuENs.
Washington. April 2j,--Both houses Of
congress adjourned to-day without trans
acting any business under an agreement
that nothing be done legislativcly until
next week
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
Greek Patriots Leave Texas.

st. Louis, Mo-, April 81. Specials say
that the first body of Greeks to depart
from the southwest for the seat OF war
to fight for King George has left Texas
The men are headed by Alexander Sta
yrianos, who started from Dallas for
the east to st. Louis. thence to Chi
Cago and New York. At Marshall.
Tex, number of Greeks from Houston
and Galveston joined the Stavrianos
party and others will be picked up at
Little Rock. Ark. At New York they
will sail on the first steamer that can
be taken.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
Bandit Makes N Confcssion.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 22.-John +.
Kennedy, alleged leader OF four men
who held up the Alton express in Blue
Cut, Dee. %, is on trial for his life In
the Criminal Court. James Flynn has
turned states evidence and testified
that while the detectives We're hunting
for him ten days after the robbery ne
WAS serving on a jury in the Circuit
Court in this city. Flynn gave de-
tailed account of the hold-up, the
preparations for it, the flight after
ward. to the minutest details.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
Many Thousands Appropriated.

Springfield, H., April Gin the
house a large number OF petitions were
presented against free text book BILL
The house proceeded to appropriation
bills on third reading. The following,
among others, were passed: Appropriat-
ing $685. COO per annum for the Soldiers
Widows home; appropriating $4,000
for two years for the northern hospital
for the insane; appropriating $4,000
per annum for the southern Illinois
normal university at Carbondale; ap-
propriating s205,O00 per annum for the
Illinois national guards.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
Rank Scandal at Suoerior

Superior, Wis, April 27.-Charges OF
n serious nature are said to have been
filed with the United States district
attorney at Madison by Comptroller
Eckles against eX-President Homer r,
Fowler Of the Northwestern National
Bank OF this city. For several days a
representative OF the treasury depart
ment has been examining the books OF
the institution
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK

At several points the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers have over-topped their
banks ana burst through the levees.
Already several lives have been lost
and many people are imperiled by the
rapidly rising waters. Thousands of
acres of farm lands on both the
Illinois and Missouri sides of the
Mississippi river have been inundated
or will be soon. Stock have been
drowned and crops destroyed. Several
lives have been lost near Jackson, Mo.
Fire which broke out in the Chcsa-
peake & Ohio railroad company's pier
at Newport News, Va, caused loss
of property aggregating $4,000, 900.
Several large vessels were destroyed.
Bulgaria has virtually declared
Independence from Turkey by refusing
to expel Greeks from that country.
Spalding, the Chicago bank wrecker,
is now behind the bars, having been
arrested on the charge Of embezzle-
ment from the University of Illinois.
At republican legislative caucus at
Frankfort, KY. State Senator w. j.
Deboe was nominated for United
States senator.
An ironworker who had been out
of work for some time attempted to
assassinate King, Humbert, of Italy. a
few days ago, but was prevented and
placed under arrest.
A Washington dispatch TO the Chi
cago Times Herald says the tariff bill
will probably not be passed by the
senate before July or August.
In fight III Puerto Principe, 1000
Cubans defeated two spanish columns
and killed 500 men.
Representative Holman. of Indiana,
died in Washington en- the I'D. Judge
Holman's death was due primarily to
fall he sustained Isaster morning as
a result of an attack of vertigo, and
his condition grew steadily worse.
Meningitis developed, and since then
he had been rapidly sinking. He
passed away without regaining con-
seriousness. Mr.. Folman would have
passed the three-quarter century mark
had he lived until next September, and
his career is remarkable for the large
proportion of his life that was given
up to the service of the public. No
living men, and few men dead, have a
record as he had of sixteen terms in
the house of representatives, and in
all tifty-four years of his life were
spent in some public capacity.
A large number of Greeks are MAX
ing arrangements to sail from New
York for Athens.
according to report of the bu-
reau of statistics of the treasury de-
partment, the total number of square
miles submerged by the Mississippi
river floods is 10000. A total of $780,
17G.177 will represent the approximate
value of the agricultural property of
the submerged region.
DIR. Hunter, the republican nominee
for United States senator from Ken
lucky. has withdrawn for the race.
Theodore A. Havemeyer, vice-pres-
ident of the American Sugar Refining
company, died in New York few
days ago. He returned recently from
Florida, took cold i'll the change from
the warm weather to cold, and la
grippe rapidly developed.
The president has nominated w. r.
Day, of Ohio, assistant secretary of
state, and Bellamy Storer, of Ohio, as
minister to Belgium.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
HOLMAN'S DESK DRAPED.
House Chaplain Refers to Death or the
COngressman,

Washington, April 24.-The desk of
the late Judge Holman Friday was COW
cred with a black pail OF mourning,
upon which were strewn lilies of the
valley and hyacinths. The blind chap
lain, in his prayer, referred feelingly
to the less the house and country had
sustained in his death.
The house completed the considera-
ton Of the senate amendments to the
Indian appropriation bill and sent the
bill to conference.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
Roman Catholics Ask "a Veto.

Milwaukee, April 26.-The Roman
Catholics OF the stale are preparing to
bring the strongest kind of pressure
to boar on Governor Scofield for the
purpose of inducing him to veto the
bill before the Legislature referring to
the commitment OF dependent children.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01

navigation as the Mississippi at st. Louis or
the rivers which wash Manhattan.
Primarily 1t win be Chieagos harbor. II
will be twenty-eight miles long. and with
a depth of twenty-six fet and surface
width of three hundred feet it will admit
any vessel which sails these inland seas.
1t Is here that Chicago has exhibited
long foresight. The federal government has
now practically completed the work OF open
ing twenty-foot channel from the further
end Of Superior and of Michigan to Buffalo;
but there are as yet no harbors on the
lakes of similar draft. 1t is just this that
the drainage canal will provide for Chicago,
with an inevitable stimulus to its lake
carrying trade.
Already the Western metropolis is the
greatest inland port in the world, and in
point Of tonnage the worlds third port. in
land or seaboard. The new harbor will be
the finest and the largest on the lakes and
afford unlimited water frontage and dock
room.
More than all this the canal must eventu-
ally form part of a broad channel from
Lake Michigan to the Mississippi and the
Gulf of Mexico. With an extension Of sixty
six miles from the present terminus at Lock
port 1t will carry navigation to the Illinois
river and pour into the latter such stream
times. 1t win make the river navigable to
craft of fourteen feet draft from its juno
ton with the canal to its mouth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01

quarreled with me and broke our engage
ment. He said he loved a girl who could
TAXA girl who was not dumb, as we are
This closed the plaintiffs direct examina-
ton, and with the assistance OF the enter
prefer, Arabian Levy. counsel for the de-
PENDANT cross examined her.
After the fingers of the interpreter ana
the plaintiff had been hard at work for
another hour the court learned that the
meeting of Miss Berliner and Scharlin was
brought about by Herman Hannamann, a
schatchen. He told her that Scharlin would
be a good man for her to marry. When
the plaintiff was introduced to Scharlin he
was riding a bicycle
us Jacob Scharlin reputed to be the son
of a rich MANI" asked the lawyer.
Yes" Signaled the plaintiffs fingers
Then by rapid movements they told that
Scharlin promised to give her a fine home,
carriages. horses and every luxury ana
''i5o you still love him?" questioned the
Miss Berliner nodded her head In as
would you marry Scharlin now?'
YES" signaled the plaintiff.
And so the love and its worth went to
the Jury. They were not long. They found
that its loss was worth $1,750 to Annie. A
score were around the girl to translate the
verdict to her.
No one needed an interpreter to under
stand her feelings. A great wave OF delight
swept over her face; from tears she
changed to Joy. And the amount-it fairly
dazzled her. And all those silent people
got up and moved out, chattering merrily,
but still as death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
TRAFFIC STILL HEAVY
LOADED-CAR MOVEMENT EXCEEDS
ALL FORMER OCTOBER RECORDS.
The Seaboard AIRLINE Assumes an
Independent POsitiOn-MfsceIIa-
neOus and Personal News.

The train records show that in the week
ending Oct. 80 there were received and for
warded at Indianapolis 2s772 cars, q ,173 be-
ing loaded, fifty-two fewer loaded cars than
were handled in the week preceding but
the heavy business of last week would have
been even larger were cars in ample sup
ply to handle the business offered. The
loaded-car movement of last week was $3.50
in excess of the corresponding week of 1896,
and 2,772 greater than in the corresponding
week of 1895. The present heavy freight
traffic verifies the statement of freight men
of late, that should the grain movement fall
off freight business would not show it, as
there is such a demand for cars for mis-
celianeous business and traffic which pays
the roads better than handling grain. The
east-bound shipments of live stock, dressed
meats, produce and provisions are heavier
than month ago, as are the shipment of
cerealine products, while the shipments of
-four and grain have decreased, but doubt
less only temporarily. The point freight
officials most emphasize is that they, with
the decreased grain movement, are able to
handle miscellaneous business for which cars
are badly needed. West-bound the tonnage
Of high-class freights is not as heavy as
in early October, while in the lower class
freights each week shows an increased ton
mage in shipments of anthracite coal. coke
and iron structural work; railway supplies
also form an important item on west-bound
business. North-and-south lines are doing
an unusually good business. The Chicago
division Of the Pennsylvania lines last week
handled at this city the heaviest business
since operated, forwarding from Indian
apolis COL and bringing in 351 loaded cars,
and the Louisville division continues to do
an unprecedentedly heavy traffic. The bust
ness of the Monon at this city is highly
satisfactory. The most striking increase,
however, is with the Vandaha Ind the St.
Louis division of the Big -Four. Not in
many years have they, if ever before, done
as heavy business. Both lines are handling
east-bound a good deal of cotton. live stock,
dressed meats and tranScOntinental freightS.
The yellow fever scare has doubtless di-
verified considerable business from the
Southern to the more Northern routes. Lo-
cal traffic is at its maximum. Seldom is
there such activity noticeable at the city
freight depots and on the bulk tracks.
Every road has more men employed, and
working overtime is a common occurrence.
From now on the business at the stock
yards will increase The packing houses
are approaching their busiest season, the
new packing year beginning to-day. Below
is given the car movement for the week end
ing Oct. 80 and for the corresponding periods
Of 1895 and 1896.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
Made lowe BY SIGNS.
Deaf Mute Breach-Of-PrOmise Case
Before Jury.


Annie Berliner, deaf mute, went on the
witness stand again to-day in the supreme
Court and by means OF nim6ie myers s, ana
told as best she could how Jacob Scharlin,
after winning her love-. Tilted her;
The woman Is suing Scharlin, also deaf
mute, for $4,000 damages for breach of
promise of marriage. She met him through
the medium of a schatchen, who is a deaf
mutes, and the Rev. DR.. Thomas Gallaudet,
rector of st. AIMS Protestant Episcopal
Church, and pastor of a deaf mute congre-
cation which meets In ST. John the Evan
gelist's Church, acted as interpreter.
when did you first meet Scharlin?''
asked the plaintiffs counsel, Eugene v.
DR.. Gailaudets fingers did sprinting in
front of Miss Berliner's face. She held up
both of her hands and the ten fingers APP
peared to initiate the twistings of small
The Interpreter smiled. and turning to the
court and jury, said:
"sh b says that s she first met the defend
what did he say to her?" asked counsel.
Again the nimble fingers of interpreter
and plaintiff danced something like an Irish
reel in the air and Dr. Gallaudet said this
is her answer:
"TIe (Scharlnl said to me, L love you and
want to marry you. You are the only girl
l want to marry"
when did you become engaged to Jacob
Scharlin?" signaled the interpreters long
fingers, while his silently moving lips ap.
peared to offer an accompaniment.
The plaintiffs fingers tied imaginary
knots in the air, which, translated, an
swered: 1.-The same day that we met"
The fingers told the story. of the court
ship of the mutes. The result of an hours
twirling and twisting of the fingers of the
plaintiff and interpreter drew from the Ber-
liner woman the fact that Scharlin prom
ised to marry her in April 1896 The we'd
ding day was postponed several times ana
at each postponement Scharlin's love for the
plaitiff appeared to grow cooler and cooler.
At this point of the story the young wom~
ans fingers did not move as rapidly as be-
fore There was a funereal sort of move
ment about them as though they were beat
ing a dead march.
Miss Berliners face took on a sadder ex-
preston, and her long, tapering fingers
moved slower and slower as they told how
her lovers affections seemed to falter and
die out.
DR.. Gallaudet translated several hundred
movements of Miss Berliner's fingers as
follows: He did not seem to love me so
much. He was cold to me-so unloving. and
/ loved him so. He postponed our wedding.
He did not seem to be anxious to marry me.
Then he took me to a dance on Feb. FL
1874 ball of deaf mutes.
HE danced with other girls. He left me
alone. was unhappy and 1 danced with
other men. After the ball was over he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
PersonnI. Local and General Notes.

The stockholders of the Baltimore & Ohio
road will hold their annual meeting IN
Baltimore Nov. 8.
1t is stated that the earnings of the Wa
bash for October will be the largest of any
month in its history.
Since Jan. l the Missouri Pacific has
earned $l,74l COO more than in the corre-
spending period of 1886
e. o. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
ager of the Big Four, expects to be away
on his bridal trip until Nov 10.
The Wabash carries a blanket insurance
policy against fire of $6,O00,000, which COW
ers all its property in the United States.
Marion, Ind, people threaten to boycott
the Big Four unless it at once takes steps
to build a new passenger station at that
point
Alexander Mitchell has resigned as COM
mercial agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul at Salt Lake City and is succeeded
by l.. L. Downing.
The through cars between St. Louis and
Washington over the Big Four and Chesa-
peake & Ohio have become remunerative,
and the arrangement will now be perma-
nent
The Baltimore & Ohio officials give notice
that the congestion of freight at FAirport,
on the lakes, has been relieved and grain
is now going forward in immense guam
titles
Two locomotives, the largest ever built
in the country, will be shipped in a few
days to the Oregon Short-hne. They are
of the consolidation type and will be used
for Beaver canyon.
H. w Putnam, one of the principal own
ers of the Columbus & Hooking Valley
road on Saturday left for the Pacific coast
to be- absent several weeks. Meantime no
further action will be taken concerning the
financial affairs Of the company.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana has begun
extensive Improvements at Rome City,
pleasure resort on that road, which will
make it more attractive place. The lake
is being partially drained TO admit of max
ing the contemplated Improvements.
President Mellen. of the Northern Pacific,
has been in charge but two months, but in
that time he has accomplished much. He
has adjusted some tax litigation which Will
be worth many thousands OF dollars and
settled the title of large tracts of land.
The Michigan division of the Big Four
lines is doing a very heavy west and north
bound traffic. on Saturday there were
eighty-five carloads of freight at Benton
Harbor awaiting the arrival of the car fer
ries to forward it.
The day before the recent accident on the
New York Central the passenger depart
ment issued a report to the effect that not
a person among the many hundreds of thou
sands carried had been killed or seriously
injured in the last year while being con-
veyed on their trains
1t is definitely stated that the Denver G.
Gulf will never so back into the Union Pa
cifc system. The receiver of the Denver
* Gulf now has handsome surplus in his
hands, and he has under consideration
building fifty miles of road, which will bet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01

ter enable the company to maintain its In
dependence.
Every differential line west of Buffalo and
Pittsburg has asked for differentials in con-
nection with the standard lines in both ter
ritories. The general impression is that
these applications are filed for the purpose
OF making the Pennsylvania obnoxious, and
1T is possible that the decision in the case
of the Panhandle win be reversed.
f. b; Hutchinson, claim agent of the
Pennsylvania Company Saturday re-
few days stay on Moosehead lake. Mr..
Hutchinson states that on the train he
came to Boston on Thursday night were
nlnety-elght deer and six moose, which
had been shot in Moosehead IL Ike territory.
Within the next few days Vice President
Ramsey, OF the Wabash, and his subordi-
nate officials will start on an inspection of
the lines. Since Mr.. Ramsey accepted the
general managership of this property there
has been a great Improvement in its con-
dition, and now that there is plenty of
move 1t is favorably commented on
The Southern Pacific claims to be doing
the largest business at any time in its his
tory, and importations from China, Japan
ana South America are doing much to swell
its traffic. Nearly all its freight facilities
have been transferred from the Sunset route
to the Ogden route The cattle shipments
and Kansas City are large. One day last
week the road was 400 cars behind in its
orders to ship cattle from Nevada alone.
It is stated that President ingalls,, of the
Big Four, lengthenS the running time OF
the White Special and night express trains
70 make matters move smoothly between
the Big Four and its competitors: but the
year the White Special has been run plain
ly demonstrates that such time schedule is
safe and practicable, and the distance could
In fact, the condition Of the Big Four
track is such that it is as safe now to run
over 1t sixty TO seventy miles an hour as
10 run over 1t hve years ago at thirty miles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-01
Are Quakers Vanishinge
Thomas Wharton. in Lippincott.


Only lately have Philadelphians begun to
realize and reflect upon the disappearance
of the QuakerS as we knew them; only late.
~ has 1t been brought home TO us that
gradual obliteration of the old uncompro-
missing orthodoxy has set in which means
the ultimate absorption of the sect Even
now, rare as is the old garb en- the streets
whereNt was such a common sight not so
many years ago, the assertion that the So
ciety is diminishing would meet with doub.
and hesitation. We are so familiar with the
Quaker, he is so necessary and potent
type in Philadelphia. that we should not
accept the warrant even of statistics; yet,
now that the visible limit has been reached.
what can we do but awake to the change?
We see few broad-brimmed hats and drab
bonnetS where we once saw many; of those
who wear them the most are old and trem-
bling. If there are young Quakers, how
we to recognize them? Not by their dress
at any rate, except in so far as plainness
of cut and sobriety of color still rule the
taste of Friends, whether wealthy or in
moderate circumstances; the distinctive cos
tune is being laid aside, with many of the
distinctive customs. And why? Because
the society is losing it's control over its
younger members? Because its rigid rules
no longer suffice to hold in check the human
spirit. with its unconquerable love of free
dom? This is the common explanation, and
the one desired by those who love romance.