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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-08
Death of George w. shankIin.

WASHINGTON Feb. 6. - The death OF
George W. Shauklin, of Evansville, which
occurred this afternoon in this city at the
home OF his sister. the wife of Justice Har-
Ian. a surprise to his many friends I'm
Washington. lie came here last spring TO
engage In NEWSPAPER work and was taken
sick almost Immediately on his arrival.
never leaving the house from that day I'M
til his death. He was about town SO little
after coming to Washington that few OF his
hundreds of old-time friends and acquaint
ances at the capital knew of his continued
off was dropsy, supplemented by heart
trouble. Arrangements for his funeral have
not been completed. but il is understood
that he will be buried here George w.
Shanklin and his brother, John Gilbert, as
sociite editor of the Evansville Courier,
were familiar figures in Washington. and
were greatly liked Between the two BROTH
ers there existed the deepest and most loyal
affection. Thy thought alike. wrote alike.
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NEWS In DAYS JOURNAL
Resume of the Chief Events Printed
I'm the Issue of Feb. z.

Eight ministers OF the Philippine rebel
government have been shot
Knit goods manufa cturers have organized
TO protect their business
1t cost Harry Holphrey 81 to hug a
Bloomington MOI young lady.
Sylvester Scovel. of Wooster. o., is under
arrest in Santa Clara province, Cuba
Seven hundred refugees We're removed
from Canea, Crete, by an Italian cruiser.
Mrs. Norris and Cavalier Smith, who
eloped from Philadelphia, are in San Fran
CISCO
The House committee decided against
Tom Watson in his contest for Congress
man Blacks seat.
a commercial museum has been proposed
and Will probably be constructed in St.
Louis in the near future.
Paris newspapers say that England's an
nounced policy in Egypt is an insolent chal-
lenge TO France and Russia.
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IRA file Notes.

There Were handled at indianapolis last
week 6.2l0 empty cars against 1882 in the
week ending Jan. so.
The Lake Erie * Western handled at In
dianapolis last week sos cars. $50 being
loaded. an Increase over the preceding week
OF - loaded cars.
The Big Four lines proper handled at this
point last week III 672 ears g5S9 being load
ed. an increase over the preceding week OF
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Major DOxey Seriously Ill.

ANDERSON, Ind, Feb. 6.-Word was re-
ceived here to-day from Spencer, Ind, that
ten days ago. had taken a turn for the
worse and his relatives and intimate friends
are much worried. Some weeks ago the
ma jor went to Louisville where il was nee
essary for him to submit to a delicate sur
gical operation. He rallied but has not
been able to be in his Office attend to
business since then. He went to Spencer
for treatment hoping to return in a few
weeks q we'll man.
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indianapolis.

The exhibit of local artists opens at the
PrOpylaeum.
The bench show closes, after week that
was not successful.
The Vandalia has filed its report, in &C
cordance with the resolution of the Legisla-
ture.
Additional charges of rotten management
are contained in brief filed Saturday by
the attorney for the Churches In their suit
against the Citizens Street-railroad Com
pany.
Prosecutor Wiltsie sues Samuel Doug
lass. former proprietor of the Iron pool
room, on behalf of the wife of George W.
Elliott. for $3.50, lost in the place by
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VIII he Less Conservative.

An impression prevails that the new man
agement of the Pennsylvania system will
not be as conservative as was the one under
President Roberts. The Pittsburg Post. in
commenting on this matter, says: AL
ready there are rumors floating thick and
fast to the changes in policy which will
be introduced by Frank Thomson. the new
president of the Pennsylvania system of
railways While no one questions the wis
dom OF the late president. yet his ultra con-
servatsm has been criticised repeatedly.
If Mr.. Roberts had only one fault. that
consisted of extreme CarefulneSS. OF course,
he never made a mistake, but no man that
never ventures will. Frank Thomson is "A
young man, progressive and aggressive. and
he has had the benefit of living i'm an age
which is making some of the greatest rail
road men the world has ever produced. Ii
Is reasonable to expect some important
changes. and they Will come
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BELT Road Tra file.

There were transferred over the Belt road
last week 1879 ears, against 145lS in the
preceding week. Increase of 2.221 cars
Belt road engines handled at the stock
yards $50 CARS and for private switches on
it's line 622 cars
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Incredible.

Philadelphia North American.
Poor curticks died very suddenly the
other day.
Nonsense. Suddenly? He was man OF
too much judgment TO act hastily In any
thing"
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Philadelphia Telegraph

The proposition TO pay 100000 to sur
ViVors OF Lees forces at APPROPRIATION is "A
suspicious-looking affair Grant gave much
more than he took on that celebrated oc-
CASTOR. lie fed the hungry and acted with
noble chiValrOuSneSS.
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Victims of an Avalanche.

BERNE, Switzerland. Feb. Give men
I'm sleighs and seven horses have been over
whelmed by an avalanche near the Hospice
Of F'luel, on the road leading from Davost-
lath to Engadid.
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BRANCH OFFICES
THE JOURNAL

Have been conveniently located at the following
drug stores in the various sections OK
the city, from which
ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE TELEPHONED
Direct TO this Office at regular rates.
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TT -
For Nervousness
Use Uorsfora.s Acid phosphate.

Dr. ]. O. Friend Nashville. Tenn. says:
I'm nervousness and general debility L ind
IL one OF the very finest nervines. as well
- tonic. that i have ever used
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admired or despised men and measures
alike and were together much poSSi-
bic all through life. George w. Shanklin
was a bachelor
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
FLANNER & BUCHANAN-f72 North
Illinois street. Lady embalmer. for
ladies and children. Office always
open. Telephone GAL.
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WANTED-MISCELLA
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WANTED-Partner To invest Sl.5O0 10 extend
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place.
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1545 loaded cars. The increase was chiefly
with the Bee-line and Chicago-Cincinnati
divisions.
The Peoria e. Eastern. on both divisions,
handled at this point 2.22S loaded and $40
empty cars, an increase in loaded car move
ment last week of 61s.
The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
Indian apolis last week 5,3i6 cars, 3,465 being
loaded, an increase over the preceding
week of 39S loaded cars.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton ham
died at indianapolis last week 1853 cars, 40
being loaded. an increase of 1S6 loaded cars
over the preceding week.
The Monon handled at Indianapolis last
week a total of AIS cars, 35S being loaded,
a decrease of ten loaded cars as compared
with the preceding week.
The Decline division of the Big Four last
week renewed it's olden time volume of
business. handling 1851 loaded and 600
empty cars at indianapolis.
The Vandalia handled at Indianapolis last
week 24S6 cars 1913 being loaded. the road
bringing in LII and forwarding 49, loaded
cars. OF the inbound business 153 cars were
loaded with stock.
Only twice in it's history has the Indiana.
Decatur & Western handled more loaded
cars at this point that last week, receiving
and forwarding CPS loaded cars. Superin-
tendent Graves says the road would have
eclipsed all former records could ii have
obtained cars.
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FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-By G. w. Phillips.
20 Monument place: Mills. factories, hotels,
restaurants. stores merchandise. printing Offices
livery stocks. sanitariums, farms timber. coal.
oil. gas and other mineral properties. stocks,
bonds. notes. mortgages, city and town property,
building and loan, insurance. rentals.
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CLAIRNOlANT-The trie herald OF merit Is
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street. Letters with stamps answered.
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FOR RENT.

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FOR SALE

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storage business. VIII pay 125 per net
profit on purchase price every wear Names of
thousands OF good shippers. Cheap rent, good
location. and $4,000 will buy same worth twice
amount Other business Address 325 Eleventh
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WANTED-MALE HELP.
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The leader., 1897-07-14
ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS.

Selling stamps is an old business. A
st. Louis firm advertises 1641 varieties
Of stamps, catalogue price s131.o5, for
$50 CASH. This Is a confession that the
stamps are catalogued at four times
their actual value.
As a result of the recent destruction
of large quantities Of Hawaiian stamps
by the authorities in Honolulu, there
by setting at rest the possibility Of
their being put upon the market, II
would not be surprising of Hawaiian
stock should experience a slight boom
1t may not be generally known that
the Friedl museum, in Vienna, Austria,
is to be given up. 1t was established
nearly Is years ago, and has been the
center of much interest TO collectors
abroad and visiting philatelists from
this country. Wealthy collectors in this
country and Europe are eagerly wait
ing for a chance to bid on the choice
specimens that will be sold.
The leader., 1897-07-14
Under the standing rules Of the house

Under the standing rules of the house
Of representatives no Dill can be consid-
cred, unless II has been favorably re-
ported from a regular committee, ex-
cept by unanimous consent" Even
under existing rules, IL n popular mem
Der Of congress receives recognition
from the chair, and can induce the
house to give Unanimous consent" he
can have a bill passed. But there is
always some one man i'm the house of
representatives who opposes the pas
sage of bills in that way, and when
unanimous consent" Is asked. some
body shouts: "Nr. Speaker, object"
That settles it. As long as one MEM
Der objects there can be no "unani-
nous consent" and hence the bills cam
not be considered.
Speaker Reed has decided that he will
not now appoint any of the committees
OF the house. That power is placed in
his hands. The senate appoints its com
mittees by election; but the house Of
representatives confides that impor-
tant power to the speaker alone, and he
can appoint the committees when he
gets ready. Speaker Reed does not in
tend to appoint the committees for the
Fifty-fifth congress until the beginning
OF the regular session of the congress
i'm December next.
The greatest number of people affect
ed by the failure of the speaker to ap-
point the committees will be found
among the old soldiers, their families
and friends. The rules of the pension
office are strict, and apparently unjust,
in some cases. Consequently there are
many old soldiers who can never re.
ceive pensions unless they can secure
special acts of congress. But no pri.
waite pension bill can be passed, except
by unanimous consent" because there
is no committee on pensions. Before G
pension bill can be considered in the
house it must be referred to the com.
mittee on pensions. and be favorably
reported by that committee. But there
is no committee on pensions, and there
VIII be no committee on pensions un.
til next December. Consequently the
old soldiers and their friends must de.
fer their hopes until the beginning of
the regular session.
There are many ambitious cities in
the country, with populations of TO-.
900 or more, who desire that the gov
eminent shall appropriate money for
public buildings.
The same rule applies TO these bills.
mittee on public buildings and grounds
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ABOUT STAMPS.

The British government has resolute-
ly refused to issue any jubilee stamps
this year, although the temptation
must have been very great to thus east
ly add to the revenues of the kingdom.
Before stamps came into use postage
was paid over the counter 10 the post.
master and the amount written on the
envelope. 1t is amusing to hear that
people of high social standing did not
consider postage stamp an ornament
to letter, and preferred to pay the
postage in money. Family crests and
stamps on one aud the same letter was
sign of poor taste in those days.
When the first perforated issue
United States (1s55-6O) came upon the
scene some post offices had large guam
titles of the 1851 imperforates on hand,
which were not exchanged for the new
stamps. 1t was understood that the
stamps of the old design had to be sold
before any of the perforated issue was
disposed of. This seems to explain the
reason for the existence of the oeca-
SIGNAL cover found bearing 1851 stamps,
although postmarked at some time dur
ing the 1s55-6o issues .vogue.-Mekeels
Stamp News.
The leader., 1897-07-14
EARLs OF ELECTRA
Preparing for the Coming of Their
Queen.
scheme for the Grand Pageant IL Com
piete-It VIII lie the First Of Its Kind
Ever Attempted In America-Plans
for the Trolley Floats.

In the parade that will celebrate her
visit to ST. Louis. Queen Electra, Cod
dess OF Light and Queen Of the Electric
Spark. has commanded that the subject
10 be Illustrated in honor Of her coming
DO to some extent set forth. in order that
benIghted earthIings be given opportunity
10 study and be prepared to appreciate
that grand event. To that end. therefore,
her mundane representative has decided.
because OF this command as well also as
that the pageant Is to take new line of
departure into that field 20 little explored
-electrIcity-io give the subject TO be pre-
scented as well ss some idea of It's treat
ment. as here set forth.
THE Planets and Consultations" the
subject chosen, Is best adapted to H.
lustrate the worship OF Electra. Goddess
OF Light and Queen OF the Electric Spark.
Every float OF the pa geant will be thrown
into the field OF a strong electric light by
the footlight5 surrounding the lower edge
of the floats The power will be taken
from the wire by trolley and running
over the street car line will present .
scene of glory.
The costumes vii! he entirely new and
built especially to meet the requirements
OF their novel parade. In truth 1t will
be in all Its splendid features a magnin-
cent surprise, and is calculated to arrest
attention at once and bring to St Louis
next fall a great concourse of peope.
The leader., 1897-07-14

Memphis by way OF Guthrie, Parr, and
Mckenzie. 1t is highly probable this
route will be adopted.
Senator Bate will announce the death
OF his colleague tomorrow directly after
the senate finishes the consideration ~
the deficiency bill, which will take but
a short time. The senate will then adj.
Journ out OF respect TO the dead senator
Tho funeral will tako place in the
senate chamber next Saturday at noon.
The special train with the remains and
committees Of each house OF congress
Will leave at a lato hour on Saturday
evening, yet undecided, for Memphis,
where the interment will take place at
Eimwood Cemetery. As stated above.
the route has not boon decided, but IT
will be either over the Chesapeake &
Ohio by way OF Louisville and through
to Paris and West Tennessee, or over
the Southern as above described. Tho
time OF reaching Nashville and Mem
phis will, of course, depend upon the
route selected.
lsham q. Harris was born on Feb
ruary 10, 1918, in franklin county.
Tenn. His father was named Isham G..
Harris, and tho maiden name of his
mother was Lucy Davidson.
His Public Career Begins.
Mr.. Harris entered public life as an
ohiceholder in 1917, fifty years ago. and
in the numerous canvasses that he has
mado since then he was never defeated.
His legislative district was then COM
posed of the counties OF Henry, In which
he lived, Weakley and Obion. There
was an exceedingly narrow margin for
the Democrats over tho Wings in the
district, and in tho Democratic conven-
ton for the nomination Of a candidate
in 1S47 there was a split in the claims
of two rival candidates. Every effort
failed to bring about a reconciliation,
and the leaders OF the party, feeling
that the district was lost without strong
action, met in a caucus and brought out
Mr.. Harris as the most available man to
settle upon. lilo was young man and
they knew that he could beat any Wbig
in the district, and felt that since he
had mover held Office before each OF the
rival Democratic claimants would with
draw for him. But he refused to do so,
and the race was run with three Demo
Gratis and ono Wing in the field. MIR.
Harris won even against those odds, and
Immediately became factor in tho pol
tiles OF his native State. In lS4s he was
named as tho Democratic elector for the
Ninth district, and in the following
year he was sent to tho congress of the
United States. When he died yoster-
day he was tho senior member dating
The leader., 1897-07-14

from Mondays to Thursdays, and from
Thursdays to Mondays. The constitu-
ton authorizes the house of representa-
tves to determine the rules of its pro-
ceedings.' That is all that the pres
ent house of representatives has done.
We adopted rule for these constitu-
tiCnal adjournmcnts; and it is simply
political nonsense to have our constitu-
tional right to do so questioned"
Whether Senator Morgan is right, or
whether Speaker Reed is right, must be
determined, il ever, by the supreme
court of the United States; for that
body alone has constitutional power
to interpret disputed questions con-
corning the Interpretation of the or
ganic law upon which the republic is
based. Correspondents and readers
have their own views, but the supreme
court alone can decide who is right in
this contention.
One thing, however, is very apparent.
Every man has purpose in his public
and private life. What is the purpose of
Speaker Reed, Chairman Dingley and
the other members of the majority of
the house of representatives? There
seems to be no doubt upon this sub
ject, for Chairman Dingley announced,
early in March, that there should be no
legislation enacted, except tariff legis-
lation. Speaker Reed publicly an
nounced. from his official position at the
speakers desk, that this special session
of the congress was called by the presi-
dent solely for the purpose of the en-
actment of revenue or tariff legislation.
That is all yerS plain; but there is
something back of it.
Every member of the house of repre-
sentatives has some constituent, or con-
stituents, urging him to secure special
legislation. Excluding pension claims,
there are revolutionary war claims,
Mexican war claims, civil war claims
and numerous private claims against
the government, amounting in the ag
gregate to more than 500, 900. That
is pretty big sum of money, and would
be alarming in its proportions, even if
the national treasury were not in a
bankrupt condition.
1t is the determination of Speaker
Reed that none of these claims shall
have consideration at this time. Do
you know why? Because there is
danger that many of them would be
passed, and the government is in no con-
dition to pay even its just obligations.
You read about trusts and combina-
lions of rich men, to accomplish re-
suits. Well, congressman form combi-
nations, too. The statesmen who have
constituents after them, demanding
consideration of their special measures,
get together and work together and
vote together. They talk with each
other in the committee rooms about
their bills, and tell each other how inn
portant it is for each of them to secure
the passage of bills, in order that they
may be renominated and reelected to
congress. A fellow feeling makes them
sympathetic towards each other. All
of them want to continue in public life;
and they can do so, by each others aid.
Consequently, they secure favorable re-
ports from committees, and if they can
bring their several bills before the house
of representatives, they vote for each
others bills. All they need Is public
consideration. in order to secure the
passage of their pet measures. Speaker
Reed has shut tlem all of.