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well as they do that of gold. They would
know that the white metal is worth say "a
cents an ounce or about one-thirty- third
as much as gold. Suppose the holders of
silver bullion should enter into compact
that they would only part with it at the
rate of sixteen ounces of silver for one of
gold, and suppose Congress should pass a
law putting that valuation on silver and
the government should send an agent 20
the Klondike to stamp all the silver bullion
there as worth one-sixteenth as much per
ounce as gold bullion, when the market
reports of London and New York show it
is only worth about one-thirty-third as
much. Does anybody suppose the Klon-
dikers would take it in trade or exchange
their gold for it at that valuation? The
Klondikers are not fools.
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A MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST.

The indications now are that the rumor
of the transfer of the Panama canal con-
cession to a British syndicate, backed by
the government, had no foundation in fact,
but it has served to point a moral. The
sensation, one might almost say the con-
ste1nation, which the rumor caused at
Washington and in political and CONNER
cial circles, shows how great a calamity
such thing would be. Yet something like
it is liable to happen, or, at least some-
thing that will prove an almost insuperable
bar to the building of the Nicaragua canal
and its practical control by the United
States. All intelligent Americans agree that
the canal ought to be built, that its con-
struction is one of the certainties of the
future, that the work is entirely feasible
and that when constructed it should be
controlled by the United States. The i'm
mense Importance of the work to the
United States politically and commercially
is shown by the cold shiver that runs
through the country at the bare suggestion
that it may fall into other hands, or that
another interoceanic canal may be built by
some European government that will rem
der the building of the Nicaragua canal
useless. This being the case, it would seem
to be the part of American craftsmanship
to take prompt and definite steps towards
insuring the construction of the canal I'M
der American auspices. The Republican
national platform adopted at st. Louis last
year declared that 1.-The Nicaragua canal
should be built, owned and operated by the
United States" The Republican platform
of 1883 expressly Endorsed the project. Mr..
Mckinley was a member of the committee
which reported the resolution, and it was
unanimously adopted by the convention.
The Democratic platform of 1892 also in
dorsed the project. Thus both parties are
committed to it as a measure of national
policy. 1t should be considered in the light
of national interests and settled on broad
grounds. The Journal believes this admin
istration could not do better thing than
press the matter upon the attention of Con-
gress as one of national interest and i'm
portance.
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The convention of Methodist Episcopal
laymen which is to meet in this city on the
18th inst. may mark the beginning of new
departure in the government of that
church. 1t is an independent movement on
the part of the laymen of the church to as
sert their right to equal representation
with the ministers in the General Confer
ence In a certain sense it is a laymen' S
rebellion because it is unauthorized by the
constitution usages of the church and
not countenanced by the church authorities.
1t is, however, in accordance with the spirit
of the age which recognizes the people as
the source of all power and majority rule
as q basic principle of government. The
convention which is to meet here will be re-
spectacle in numbers and influential in per-
sonnet 1t is attracting considerable atten-
ton in Methodist Church circles and is
likely to be followed by similar conventions
in other States and perhaps by national
convention
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The Improvement of Pogue's run would
be of benefit to g. considerable part of In
dianapolis, but an improvement to be of
any service in curbing this impetuous
stream means a deepening and straighten-
ing Of its channels in way that will pro-
vide for sudden floods-a work of skillful
engineering and great expense. The $4,000
set apart by the City Council ostensibly for
this purpose will answer admirably as a
Democratic campaign fund, but work to
that value applied to the run will do no
more good than coat of whitewash
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

The September bulletin of the Indiana Blu
reau Of Statistics treats entirely of agricul-
tural interests and contains interesting in
formation regarding crops and live stock.
1t shows that the area in wheat this year
was 2.479.07 acres against an average of
2,6S1, 1872 for the past i've years. The falling
off in acreage was doubtless due partly to
the low price of wheat in recent years and
partly to the fact that a good deal Of wheat
was plowed up in the spring. unwisely as it
tsrned out. The total yield of wheat in the
State this year is placed at S7769,S15 bushels.
an average of a little over fifteen bushels to
the acre, and of unusually good quality.
Only two counties in the State report an
average of twenty bushels to the acre, viz. J:
Hamilton and Posey. while the most run
from eleven to nineteen bushels. Rush
county reports the largest yield. 1.oiS,157
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The full text of eX-Secretary Carlisle's
letter to the sound-money Democratic con-
vontion of Ohio shows that it was an able
review of the political situation. 1t con-
cludes as follows:
The existing conditions cannot be en-
during, and out of the political confusion
and disorder now prevailing, there will
arise, in the near future, q great party
Democratic and patriotic in its purposes
with which all citizens who believe in a.
sound and stable currency, the preservation
of law and order, the independence of the
judiciary, just and equal taxation for rev.
eEue only and the maintenance of q peace
full and honorable foreign policy, can ac-
lively cooperate without sacrificing either
their honest convictions or their Self-re-
spect; and, when that time comes, the
clear and unequivocal declaration of prin-
c:ples made at Indianapolis last year must
constitute the basis of the organization,
and then, if not before, the prodigal sons
of Democracy who have been lured from
home by the false promise Of permanent
and successful alliance with their ancient
enemies, return to the house of their
fathers.
Mr.. Carlisle sees a good deal further from
his high point of view than do those blind
leaders of the blind who are now eating
husks with the Populists. When they get
their fill of husks, as prodigal sons always
do soon or late, they will be glad to re-
turn to the Democratic fold.
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GEORGIA WOMEN TERRORIZED.
Afraid to Venture out of Their Homes
for Fear of Assault by a Negro.

ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 1O.-Much excite
ment prevails at Athens, the seat of the
University of Georgia, over the strange
performances of a negro who rushes upon
and strikes women in the street without
any provocation. Five women have been
attacked in this way in the last two days
three Wednesday night and two last night
S. G. McLendon, of brownsville. All these
women give the same description of the
negro, but so far all efforts to locate him
have failed. Fifty armed men searched
the town last night and to-day several
hundred were out looking for the mysteri-
Gus assailant Between thirty and forty
negroes have been taken before the women
who were struck. but none has proved to be
the guilty one. Tonight the police force
was quadrupled. To-day the women of
the town stayed indoors. afraid to venture
IN the street.
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and brother of Zimri Dwiggins, came to
this town before the war. ard was the
leading member of the bar here, being
member of the State Senate during the
seventies, until he embarked as a minister
In the Church of God, or Soul Sleepers.
He was with the boys in Chicago and has
been with them in New York, having
charge of the Office at No 2S0 Broadway.
he is a shrewd business man. Zimrl
Dw1gginS, who was noted in the family as
the banker, started in the banking business
In this town, and went from here to Oxford
and from thence to Chicago, where he or
ganiZed the United States National Bank,
which was finally merged into the Colum bia
National Bank, with a capital of $1,000 600,
and which had branches in the Northwest
ern States numbering over one hundred.
and which practically all failed with the
Columbia National Bank. There are many
judgments and indictments hanging over
the heads of several members of the Dwig-
gins crowd in this section of Indiana and
other States The Dwiggins family has
been remarkable in more ways that one,
and it is remarked by the oldest citizens
that they will be heard of again in many
ways before they close their careers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

The Klondike region In its present stage
of development furnisheSan object lesson
on the money question. At present there is
comparatively little coin or paper money in
circulation there, at least not nearly
enough to meet the necessities of trade.
Consequently the principal medium of ex-
change is gold bullion in the form of mug
gets. flakes or dust. The gold in this form
is weighed and passes current at so much
an ounce. Its value, roughly speaking
about SIS an ounce. is well understood by
buyer and seller. and it is taken at an
agreed valuation. Coming ii would not ma
terially change the value, and no amount
OF affidavits or certificates would induce
the Klondiker TO pay it out or receive it
except at its bullion value. Suppose SILVER
were produced IN the Klondlke rs we'll as
gold, and that bags or bars of silver bull
lion we're passed from hand to hand IS
money. as gold is now. or course the
miners would know the value of silver AS
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ADVANCE IN PRICES.
Increase of 6.5 Per Cent. in Two
Months ON 100 staple Articles.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: The business week has
been marked by a continuation of compare
lively free buying from jobbers and COM
mission merchants in anticipation of wants
at almost all important distributing points.
At number of centers special rate excur-
siOns of merchants have increased the
weeks volume of business, notwthstand-
ing the Intervention of holiday. Specula-
tive interest and the strength of wool re-
main features of that market Cotton fab
RIGS have improved their position in view
of increased demand and cheaper raw ma
terial. There has been falling off in gem
eIal trade in portions of Texas due in part
to the unwilllngneSS of planters to sell cot
ton at its present price, but at central
Western points, notably Chicago and st.
Louis, business has been quite active.
Western iron and steel mills are practi-
cally Independent of buyers for the remain-
der of the calendar year
The August advance in prices for more
than one hundred staple raw and manufac-
tured articles, products, live. stock etc,
amounted to ga per cent, following 81
per cent. advance in July. During the first
SIX months of the calendar year prices re-
ferred to fell away about &c per cent.
Exports of wheat Oiour included as
wheaO from both coasts of the United
States and Montreal show a falling of from
last week, but still very large aggregating
5,461, sos bu With the exception of last
week. when the total exports aggregated
6,26S 247 blu, these were the largest for any
week this year, and compare with exports
In the like week a year ago OF ; 7S9l IA blu,
in 1895 of 100000 bu in 1894 of 900 bu,
and in 1893 of 53S7 600 blu. Corn exports are
the largest for any week since last spring,
aggregating 4,94S,S4S bu against 1855 600 last
year $40, 900 in 1895, $1,000 in 1894 and s59, 900
in 1893.
There are 173 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week,
against 1913 last week, 3OS in the week one
year ago. 213 two years ago, 223 three years
ago, and as compared with 300 in the like.
week of September, 1893 There are thirty
two business failures reported from the Do
nlinion of Canada this week, compared with
thirty last week, forty-one in the week a
wear ago, twenty two years ago, and as
contrasted with thirty-six in the like week
of 1893
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In the case of Luetgert, the Chicago sau-
sage maker and alleged wife murderer, 1t
looks very much as if the prosecution
might fail through inability TO prove the
corpus delicti-in other words, to prove be-
yond a reasonable doubt that the woman
is dead. She has unaccountably disap-
peared, but unaccountable disappearance
does not necessarily involve murder. There
are many suspicious circumstances tending
to support the theory of murder. but they
fall little short of conclusiveness. The
finding in the vat of what are claimed to be
the woman's rings savors rather strongly
of a 'set-up job" and it is not yet proven
that the small bones found there were hui
man bones. Unless the woman's death is
established beyond a reasonable doubt and
quite beyond conjecture the jury will not
convict the defendant. even though they
may have strong suspicion that he is
guilty.
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ONE MAN LOST 100000
LIABILITIES OF DWIGGINS BROTH
ERS GREATER THAN EXPECTED.
Criminal Prosecution POssible-Ca-
ciers-WeH known in Indiana,

NEW YORK, Sept 1O.-Regarding the
failure of j. r. Willard & Co.. brokers, re-
ports are current in Wall street to-day that
the liabilities are much larger than sup
posed. One client lost about $500 900. He
may institute criminal proceedings A tele-
gram from Chicago to-day stated that J.
r. Willard says that the capital of the
firm was supplied by the Dwiggins broth
ers, and that he was guaranteed a salary
for the use Of his name, but had no other
interest in the business. j. R. Willard was
suspended from the Consolidated Exchange
to-day. ]. l. Starbuck, the assignee de-
clined to see anY one.
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CONDITION OF CROPS.
September Report of the Agricultural
Departments Statistician.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1O.-The September
report of the statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture shows the following
conditions on Sept. l: Corn, 1913; oats. SAC:
rye, COL; tobacco, I5.5; wheat, s5.7; barley.
S64; buckwheat. 95.1; potatoes. 667.
The condition of corn C7s.S) is 40 points
lower than last month. III points lower
than on Sept. l. 1885, and s.3 points lower
than the September average for the LAST
ten years. The principal state averages are
as follows: Ohio. "a. Michigan. IS; Indiana,
81; Illinois. 81; Iowa. 10: Missouri. AZ Kan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

@Haggarts free-silver interview is of no
consequences; we know better" In effect
this is the position taken by the gold Dem
ocrats. The main point about Taggart'
financial views so far as the local CAMPAIGN
is concerned is the striking illustration
given of the absolute insincerity of the man
lie was chairman of the Sound-money
League until it was turned down by his
party. Then he took refuge in the old
sophistry about the party being greater
than the man. Later he declared himself
an ardent free-silver man. And yet every
one of his business associates knows per
fectly well that he is not a believer in silver
nor in gold nor in anything else longer than
may suit his political convenience.
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If Diogenes were still prosecuting his cele-
brated search for an honest man he could
find him in the person of Mr.. Clark Graves,
of Marunsville Ind, who has returned to
the Pension Bureau $3.50 which he drew at
the rate of $40 month, on the ground that
the disability for which the pension was
granted disappeared three years ago. The
Journal congratulates Mr.. Graves on his
restoration to health, and may he live long
and prosper and his tribe increase
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Tan be found at the following places:
HEM 1ORk-Windscr Hotel and Astor House.
cIIICAGo-Palmer House and P. o. News Co.,
~ Dearborn street
street.
LOUlSyILLE-C. 7. Deering northwest corner
81 ihlrd and Jefferson streets, and Louisville
~Sook Co., 256 Fourth avenue.
Vt LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House, Wizards Hotel and the Washington
News Exchange, Fourteenth street, between
Penn avenue and l. street
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The Louisville Commercial thinks reform
in our monetary system is necessary and
that the commission appointed by the
+ executive committee of the Indianapolis
convention is a very able one and we'll
qualified for the work, but it adds:
At the same time we recognize that
monetary reform Will be slow work, and
can only be accomplished after a period,
and after d campaign of education. When
during a period of good times, and the peo-
pie are beginning. after long depression
iE business, to do we'll, they do not want
to be bothered about changing their none
tary system.
This is rather a lame conclusion to the
premises. 1t savers too much of the case
of the man who did not repair his leaky
roof when the weather was fair because
there was no necessity. ard when it
stormed he could not. If monetary reform
is necessary it cannot be begun too soon,
and the longer it is likely to take the sooner
it should be begun. The Commercial should
join in and help push along the campaign
of education.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

Controller Johnson says that Mr.. Woody
was not considered when the extra appro-
priations were discussed. Mr.. Woody says
that Mayor Taggart, Controller johnson
and the street commissioner promised that
If he would vote for the ordinance certain
things he wanted would be done. There is
q lack of consistency about these state
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company which recently increased the
wages of its ten thousand employees, an.
nounces that when iron scores another adj
vance of % cents ton it will make an
other advance That is fair.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

Twenty-Five thousand dollars of the tax
payers money to be used for helping to re-
elect Mayor Taggart is high-handed bust
ness that the citizens will be apt to rebuke
when they go to the polls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

Nearly all of the shocking railroad acct
dents Of recent occurrence have been due to
mistakes in the wording or construction Of
orders. There seems to be too much care
iessness somewhere.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

1t the Board of Health would only put a
few Of those extra garbage inspectors to
inspecting the Taggart administration!
There are several overripe things about it
that need looking into.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

1t looks as If the indianapolis gold plat
form of last year would be much in evidence
among sound-money Democrats during the
next few years
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Richmond Laymen Delegates.
pecial 70 the 1ndianapolis journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept 10.-The official
board of the First NJ. E. Church has chosen
the following delegates to the Methodist
Laymens Conference at Indianapolis Sept
15 John N. WestcOtt, H. Il. Lemon Rev
and Mrs. l.. II. Bunyan and Mrs. j. M.
Williams.
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The fact is worth noting that Democrats
and their organs are the only ones worried
about the Republican organization. The
Republicans are perfectly satisfied with it
and with the good work it is doing.
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Died the Day He snid He would

CHATTANOOGA Tenn, Sept 1O-Rev.
jeremiah c. Long an aged minister al Mon
eral weeks ago, created sensation by
prophesying that he would die suddenly the
morning Of Sept. 3. Yesterday morning
Rev. Mr.. Long died very suddenly presum-
ably OF heart disease.
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For the Whole Country the Total Was
$1,1O4,6SO,65O, a Gain of 45.0 Per
Cent. over Same Week in 1896.
BUSINESS GROWING BETTER
IN ALL LINES OF TRADE THE M
PROVEMENT is MARKED.
Several Hundred Thousand More Men
at Work Now than at This Time
Last Year-Prices Advancing.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-The following ta-
BILE, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
clearings at eighty-seven cities for the week
ended Sept. 8, with the percentage of In
crease and decrease, as compared with the
corresponding week last wear:
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Cracks in the flooring through which the
water can be seen may make timid bicy-
clers dizzy, but do not necessarily render
bridge unsafe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

The Sons of Veterans" are not all OF the
kindergarten age by any means. Some of
them are pretty old boys" The war ended
thirty-two years ago and they have had
time to grow up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11

It will be news to most people who are
In the habit Of crossing the Fall creek
bridges that they are greatly out of repair
or in condition bordering on the unsafe"
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,
Indianapolis, Ind.

Persons sending the Journal through the mails
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. All communications INTENDED for publication In
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Just at present the C. F. Smith party Is
lying low. Next week it is going to print
Truth with a big IT." two syllables and
several trills to the 'R."
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Muncie Laymen delegates.

MUNC1E, Ind, Sept. 10-High- NJ
E. Church and Sunday school has selected
the following delegates to the laymen con-
vention in Indianapolis: Church-Dr. G. w.
H. Kemper, W. A. Thompson, DR.. H. A.
Cowing, William A. Meeks, Mrs Ella
Mitchell and Dr. Bucklin. Sunday school
Mesdames d. Nihart, Mary Veneman. w.
L. Stevens, and Charles Glascock, Arthur
L. Shideler and DR.. H. A. Cowing Rev.
Naftzger, of High-street Church, states
that the point made by ministers is that the
conference would be too largely attended
If equal recognition was made between the
minister and layman