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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

I guess I'd better unite thinks Bill. and
come again another day but when he goes
to loosen the string he finds that it's no go,
and he can't jerk the thing loose because
the other end is on the tooth. Well sir,
that train begins to start. and Bill he doesn't
have the nerve to stand back, so he Just
trots on behind, like a little pup on the end
of a chain. Where are you going. Bill?'
hollers out a fellow, you seem to be in a
hurry
Well, sir, Bill starts to swear like mad,
but the train is, beginning to go a little fast,
and he has to commence to lope like a jack
rabbit You see the train had been going
through the city, but now it started to get
outside. Bill didn't have the nerve to stand
still SO he just bumped himself after that
train like it was something that he wanted
bad. Say, mister why are you running
that way?' asked a brakeman, who got on
to the thing. OF course, that sort Of guy
made Bill madden than ever, but he had to
lope on. Lucky for Bill, the train had to
slow up for a crossing, and while it stopped
he borrowed knife and cut the string.
But say it was funny to see Bill chasing
the freight"
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MIR. La Follette,s brief.
-ashington Special in Chicago Post.

w dSIiilB lOIl CpcCldl OllCdSO L OSts
The attorneys for Benner and La Toilette
have filed their brief with the secretary OF
the interior in the Mckee land scrip case.
1t is a printed document of 1872 pages and liz
a remarkable production, viewed from a.
legal standpoint. 1t bears the imprint OF a
Knoxville (Tenn.) publishing house, and as
La Toilette is living in the vicinity of Knox
Vile az tne present time the inference is
that he mad the work done at home. 1t is be-
lieved, too, that the brief in large part is of
his own composition. 1t is full of paren-
thetical observations. the author taking that
way to explain obscure points, and also to
make side drives and attacks on the shore
owners and on officials in the Interior De-
partment. Feeling little lame as to those
celebrated afiidavits in which certain parties
of the Chicago lake front upon which the at
tempt was made to spread the scrip va
cant and unoccupied, the author of the brief
writes as follows
THE appellants allege that nearly all OF
the land sOughteto be patented is In fact as
in law, vacant and unoccupied land Cor that
it was at the date of their entry, small
army of carpenters and workmen having
been put to work soon afterward by land
spectators who are contesting this entry
to erect fences and thereby lay off streets.
alleys, blocks of improvements so that the
same might be enumerated in contestants'
affidavits)"
The shore owners attorneys have fifteen
days in which to file counter briefs, and with
that the case before the secretary of the
interior will be closed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
BRITISH OFFICER MISSING.
Sir Henry HavelOck-AlIan Possibly
KILLED In Northern India,

CALCUTTA, Dec. 30.--Colonel Sawyer,
commanding the British forces at Fort Ali
Musjid, telegraphs: ION learning that Sir
Henry Havelock-Allan had left his escort
yesterday and had not been seen since, a
search was organized. He rode restless
horse and might have been thrown near the
camp. The search, however, resulted in
finding the horse stripped and shot, with
Sir Henry missing. H. is feared that he is
dead or is a prisoner in the hands of the
zakk-Hols. The search is being continued.
Sir Henry Havelock-Alan is the COM
mander OF the Royal Irish Regiment, and
left England recently to investigate charges
of ccwardice and characterization brought
against the regiment. He was born in
Bengal in 1890 His father was the cele-
brated general. Sir Henry Havelock, the
hero CT Cawnpore and Lucknow, during the
Indian mutiny. He is the first baronet,
though the baronetcy was conferred on his
father, who died before receiving ii. He
served in the Persian expedition. 1851 and
was with his father in the campaign against
the rebels in Dude. In 1850 he assumed by
royal license the additional surname of
Allan. From 1874 to 1881 he sat as member
Of Parliament for Sunderland but resigned
the seat to assume the command of a
brigade at Aldershot In 1895 he was elected
member for Durham. He married Lady
Alice Moreton, daughter of the Earl OF
Duccfe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

Tacoma News.

Klondikers who come to Tacoma need
have no fear of being delayed. Tacoma has
four miles of ocean docks, and oan accom-
modate twenty ocean steamers or ships at
one time. For the fiscal year ending June
so out of a total of exports of $11 $685. 62 and
imports of $7.064, 1884, Tacoma. by the United
States government report for the customs
district of Puget sound. which includes the
State of Washington, handled $5S2l SIS of
exports and $685. 675 of imports Tacoma
ranks next TO New York in the number of
packages handled through the custom
house. For the accommodation of its ship
ping and the shipping of Puget sound the
largest floating dry dock on the Pacific
ocean is located at Tacoma, and is constant
ly in use by ships from all parts of the
world.
Steamships and sailing vessels already
listed for the Alaska-Klondike trade during
1898 will have a capacity for carrying more
than $1,000 tons of freight and 10000 pas
sengers per month. 1t is estimated that
over 100000 men will so to Alaska during
1898, and it is readily seen that Tacoma the
great port Of the Pacific. is ready to handle
and transport this army of Klondikers. Not
less than sixty vessels, mostly steamers.
will ply between Puget sound and Wrangel,
Dyea. Skaguay. Chilkat Cook inlet Copper
river and ST. Micheal Alaska, and on the
Yukon between St Michael and Dawson.
during 1S2S.
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Cable Notes.

Rifaat Bey, formerly at Washington, has
been appointed Turkish minister at Athens.
DR.. Won Boetticher, Germany's former
minister of the interior has been gazetted
governor of the province of Saxony.
The representatives of the powers have
refused to permit the Turkish government
to replace 1850 time-explred troops of the
Island of Crete.
An autograph letter of Emperor Francis
Joseph, addressed to Baron Won GautSch
Won Frankenthurn, the Austrian premier,
is gazetted ordering the session of the
Reichsrath 10 be closed
1t is officially announced that the recent
famine cost the Indian treasury $500 900,
while loans to agriculturists and suspen-
sions of taxes, mainly repayable, absorbed
another 94,O00,000, irrespective of charitable
contributions, approaching e1,750,0O0.
A farewell banquet was rendered at Paris
last night to Baron De Mohrenheim the re-
firing Russian ambassador to France. All
the guests wore Russian orders. M. Hano-
taux, the French foreign minister, and Bar
on De Mohrenheim exchanged toasts, and
their speeches were filled with the warmest
expressions of friendship and affection be-
tween the two nations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
TIED HIS TOOTH TO A COUPLER.
But when the Train Started He
Didn't Have the Nerve to Stand still.


Say, did you hear about my friend, Bil?'
said a trainman. Well that fellow has
made me laugh more times than once. Not
long ago Bill got a jumping toothache. He
wants to have that tooth out. but he don't
want to pay any money nor he amt got
the nerve to have the thing done. All the
same. that tooth is keeping him up at night,
and Bill he almost goes wild. Either me or
that TOOTH. says Bill, one or the other; l
amt going to stand this sort of life All
the same when Bill starts TO go TO the
dentist his knees begin to bend and he is
so scared that the tooth stops aching, but
when he turns back and reaches the house
the tooth is plugging him again. Now Bill
thinks of great scheme. What does he
do but buy piece of strong string SAY
you know this kind of silk thread and he
wakes that and ties it to his tooth so tight
that Ii can't come off.
Then Bill walks down to the railroad sta
ton. You see, II was his idea to lie the
string 10 a freight car and then when the
train started il would jerk the measly tooth
out. He finds a freight and ties the string
to the coupler Of the last car. and stands
around to walt until the train stars. Well
sir. he begins TO feel chilly about the gllls.
The more he thinks of the time when that
train Is going to move the worse he feels.
Every time whistle blows he jumps. Well.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Some Objections to 1t Stated by Mr..
r.. II. BOwker.
Municinal OwperShin

r.. r.. BOwker.
Municipal Ownership.
The first objection to municipalization is
as to cost and economy which is closely
ment neceSSitated in private enterprise. A
public body does not get its work done as
we'll or as cheaply as a private corporation.
The mixture of politics with business is
demoraliziDg to both. Government plants
are apt to be behind the age" The
United States government. have been told,
exhibited at Philadelphia in 1876, and again
at Chicago in 1893, cartridge-making ma
chine which private manufacturers had SUI
perseded in 1871. Ships built in the navy
yard are known to take longer to build, to
cost more and often to be less satisfactory
than those built by private contract. The
court house in New York and the capitol at
Albany are notorious examples of the waste
of public moneys in public work too often
invited by our political system.
A municipalized industry is accordingly
at serious disadvantage as to management.
While the whole trend of industrial prog
ress Is toward consolidation within the
same industry, 1t is toward approximation
for instance, is done for all our cities at
best advantage by the Barber and other as
phalt companies, which do only this one
thing. The. contrast between American and
English railways-private corporations, and
German railways-state organized, is in
point; the Pennsylvania and the New York
Central systems are recognized as foremost
in the world. The Italian government after
Matchmaking" its railways. organized two
operate them. England has two
telephone systems, one private, the
other governmental, and the pri-
vate company has taken nine-tenths 90
of the business, so that a consolidation of
the government into the private system is
probable. In fact, the public service fails
to assure the adequate salary and perma-
hence of tenure necessary to obtain concen-
trated and continuous directive ability of
the highest order, although the public dis
tinction of office holding in part offsets the
lower salaries in public employment. Many
great corporations in New York pay their
executive as high higher salaries than
that of the mayor of New York, even under
the new charter, and this high payment for
brains is not at the expense of good pay
ment for wages. Successful direction means
an increase of business which gives wider
employment to more men at better pay.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
Engineers Truce Extended.

YORK. England, Dec. 9O-A largely at
tended meeting of the members of the En-
ployers' Federation to-day unanimously
passed a resolution indorsing the action of
its representatives at the recent conferences
with the delegates of the striking engineers,
reiterating the opinion that it is impracti-
cable to shorten the hours of labor, main
tanning that the proposed arrangements for
the management of the works would in no
way interfere with the functions of trades
unions and acknowledging the receipt of the
engineers vote. The employers committee
will write to the engineers committee that
the truce is therefore extended"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
THANKS from East indians.

BOMBAY, Dec. 3O.-The Indian National
Congress came to a conclusion to-day amid
much enthusiasm and cheers for the Queen
Empress. Resolutions were adopted thank
ing the people of the United Kingdom, the
British colonies and the United States for
generous aid during the famine. 1t was de-
cided to erect, at the cost of $1,000 $1,000,
a memorial of gratitude in London. Other
resolutions were adopted criticising the
SeditiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
STEAMER In A STORM.
Owners of the stafford Fear the YES
sci May Be Lost.

FRANKFORT, Mich, Dec SO-No tele-
graph communication has yet been received
from the steamer Stafford. which left
Manistique Tuesday night and was caught
in a heavy storm en- route for this place,
heavily loaded with -four. Since yesterday
noon the lake has been clear sailing, and
her owners are alarmed for her safety The
steamer Lawrence arrived from Manistique
tonight, but did not locate her. The steam
er Ford returned to Manistique tonight by
way of Manitou, the Foxes and the Beaver
islands in search OF her
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
Tortured His Black Mistress.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 90.-The Independence
Beige reports that Belgian agent at Bona,
Congo Free State, has been sentenced to
two years Imprisonment for the murder of
his black MISTRESS in the Aruwimi district.
He tied his victim to tree, Smeared her
with honey and sugar, and left her to the
attacks of bees. She died after three days
horrible torture.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
The Nicaragua Canal Commission.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec 3O.-Rear
Admiral j. G. Walker and the members
of the Nicaraguan commission, with the
newspaper correspondents, will arrive here
tomorrow from Greytown after stopping
over to-day at Castillo. President Zelaya
will send q special train to Granada for
the party. Minister Munez will go with
it to receive them. 1t is understood that
all the members of the commission are we'll
The Nicaraguan congress will reaSsemble
on Saturday
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Cleveland to bring
about an arbitration treaty, observes:
Americas internal history may be sum-
med UP In three things: The passage of the
Hall, and the steady growth of desire for
strong navy. The latter agitation finds
its excuse in Cuba and Hawaii, but the
more vehement advocates of the new policy
make no secret that it Is against England
and not Spain or Japan that the main eff
fort is to be directed"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

test by denouncing the merit system. SEN
ator Fairbanks observed. apropos of the
monetary question, that mo party can af-
ford to vary from its platform pledges the
width of a solitary hair" The party
pledged itself last year to the maintenance
of the merit system-a system which the
people favor. The Indiana Republicans
must not repudiate that pledge,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Hugh McLaugh-
lin, for many years the dictator of the Dem
ocratic party in Brooklyn. has definitely an
nounced his retirement from political lead
ershp He will be succeeded, according TO
the present understanding, by Bernard ].
York. The retirement of Mr. Mclaughlin
is the close of a long, successful and pic
turesque political career. Many years ago,
when young man, he was employed in
rope walk. One of his fellow workers was
Jacob Worth who became and was until
turned down last autumn. at the behest of
Senator Platt. the leader of the Republican
party in Brooklyn, as Mclaughlin was of
the Democratic party. Mr.. Mclaughlin has
twice held the office of register. When in
1898 the Democrats in Brooklyn lost the
mayorality by over 600 votes, Mr. Nc
Laughln declared that he wanted to re-
main in politics just long enough to see the
party back in power again. He has now fol-
lowed out the plan outlined at that time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

PARIS, Dec. S0.-The yacht Satanic, with
Cornelius Vanderbilt, his doctor and guests,
left Salins dHyeres for Alexandria to-day
on three months cruise for Mr.. Wander
bits health. He takes with him DR.. Jean
Charcot, son of the celebrated Professor
Charcot, and whose fee will be $100 day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

claim against Spain, and the success of
which he lived to see. Then there were w
c. Wey prominent through the Elmira Re-
formatory investigation; Erastus Corning
and Matthew Hale, Albany lawyers: Jean
Francois Gravele. better known as "Bion-
din" Colonel Jesse E. Peyton, of Haddon-
field, n. j.. called the Father of Centen-
nials,' because he first suggested the cele-
bration of the centennial of Americas indie
pendence; Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, and
oddly enough, Mrs. Elizabeth r. Tflton:
the United States; Father Sebastian
Kneippe, of the Observation-Disclosures cure;
Nelson Sizer, phrenologist DR.. Thomas W.
Evans, the millionaire American dentist in
Paris; Colonel Lewis Ginten, famed for his
cigarettes and for his benevolence in Rich
mond; Captain c. G. Boycott. whose tl1bula-
lions enriched the English and other lam
guages; Robert Kemp, who started the "Old
Folks Concerts so popular years ago, and
Christian K. Ross. father of the lost
LOCALLY NOTED.
Here in New York education lost Profess
sorg Drisler and Colby. of Columbia and
Hardy, of the City College, while elsewhere
died Henry w. Sage benefactor of Cornell
University, and Gen. Francis A. Walker,
political economist and president of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
There were two somewhat noted suicides,
that of Capt. Philo N. Giffen. hero of the
battle of the Yalu and Miss Herbert, daugh-
ter of the ex-secretary of the navy.
The list of the prominent New York dead
the far-famed Little Church Around the
Corner Colonel George Bliss, Collector
James T. Kilbreth, Naval Officer G. c.
Baldwin, Park Commissioner Stiles, ID. q.
Rollins. ex-district attorney and surrogate
Charles w. Brodie, lawyer; William Blake,
superintendent of the Outdoor Poor in the
Department of Charities, Count Armand de
CaStan, the opera singer, better known as
Customary, and Composer Woolson Morse
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
Nobody but n woman.


Nobody hut a woman would get up and
read q paper upon THE Moral Support of
Mental Discipline as Applied to Club Life"
and all the while know that the only moral
support" enabling her to survive the read
ing of the paper was the fact that her frock
was siIk-lin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

LONDON, Dec. 3O.-The gales continue
about the British coasts and the anchorages
are full of vessels which have sought shell
ter. The channel service between Dover and
Calais and Folkestone and Boulogne-sur-
Mer was suspended this morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
Party Pledges Must he Kept.

Chicago Tribune.
The Indiana Republicans will not
strengthen themselves In next years con-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31
DEPUTIES ExoNERArED.
Acquitted of Participation in Panama
Canal Intrfgues

PARIS. Dec. S0.--All the deputies and 9TH
ers who have been ON trial the charge
of participation in the Panama canal in
trigues have been acquitted.
On Monday last the public prosecutor am
nounced the abandonment of the charges
against NM. Gaillard, Rigaud. Laisant and
Boyer. and asked that adequate sentences
be imposed on NM. Arton, Saint Martin
Maret and Planteau. Nj. racquet who was
not present and was alleged to have alb
seconded. was charged with having received
100000 francs. M. Andrieux, Il former pre-
feet of police. who was examined on Friday
last, declared that the real culprits We're
being spared for political reasons. Arton,
who was extradited from England. had pre-
viously testified that ne undertook Il parlia-
ment8ry campaign for the canal company
and disbursed 2Oa0.00 francs among those
in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies who
Were opposed 10 certain canal projects Ar
ton, however. denied having bribed anybody
claiming that he merely gave acknowledge
ment for services rendered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-31

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low t.e .sThunderery views U..

LONDON, Dec. Si.-The Times. in its re-
view OF the events OF the year. this morning.
after saying It is disagreeable to be obliged
to record the failure OF the long efforts OF
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-08-27
Notice of Mortgage Sale.

Whereas, default exists in the conditions of u
certain mortgage: dated May 10: 1894. and eSecu:
H. Wheeler, wife and husband. Of Lake county,
s. D.. mortgagors, to Northwestern Loan and
Banking Company, Of Lake county, s. D.. mo:
to wit: From southwest (sw) corner of the
northeast [ne) quarter of section No. elk o.,
township one hundred and Fix 1O6l, north of
range ffty-two (52), run east twelve u2) rods on
south line Of said quarter section, thence north
on a line parallel with west line Of said quarter
section, nineteen (19) rods, five (5) fee: from
this point lnm as sod place csoo OF b spd theme 1Gn north arasth
on a line parallel with west line OF eald quarter
section, thence east twelve (12] rods seven ~
feet, on q line parallel with south line of said
quarter section, thence south twenty COY rods
eleven and one half (11H) feet on q line parallel
with west lin. of eaid quarter section, thence
west to place OF beginning, containing one and
the United States Government survey thereof,
situate in the county OF Lake and state OF South
Dakota; SAID mortgage having been given to Sc
dated Nav 10, 1894. and signed by the mortgagore,
for Sl2S. ~, with interest at II per cent per an-
rum from d tie on all unpaid installments; said
fee Of the register Of deeds IN and for Lake
county, S. D.. May II, 1894, at $3.50 O'Clock p. m.
and recorded in book II. on page 2O3; and,
whereas, the said note and mortgage contained
a condition that in case of nOn.payment of any
inetallnent when due, the whole amount of the
note then unpaid should at once become due and
payable, and shOu d draw interest at ~ per cent
from date; and, whereas, the installments due
on said note } January 1, 1896, July l., 1896, Janu-
airy l, 1897, and July !, 1897. respectively, are past
due and unpaid, the mortgage does hereby OK.
ercise its option and declares the whole of eaid
note and mortgage to be due and payable: and.
whereas, there lie now claimed to be due on said
note and mortgage the cum Of one hundred
thirty-eight dollars and thirty-ive cents (S13S.3 5),
principal and interest. and the further sum OF
fifty dollars ($5OO0) attorney fees as stipulated
in said mortgage in case Of foreclosure aud,
whereas, there hae been no proceedings at law
or otherwise for the collection of said debt, or
any part thereof, now, therefore,. the sheriff Of
said Lake county will sell the said above de.
ecribed premises at the south front door Of the
court house, in the city OF Madison, in said Lake
county, on the 4th day OF september, A.. D. 1891,
ut two O'Clock p. m., to the highest bidder fol
each to pay said debt, attorney feee, and costs OF
sale.
Dated, Madison. S. D., July 20. 1897.
NORTHWESTERN LO.N AND BANKING
CO MPANY, Mortgage.
j. Il. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Mortgages.