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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-22
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES.
Report ON the Financial Condition of
the American Association.


MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. H-The
nominating committee of the American
Missionary Association effectually disposed
of the story that President Gates was to
be retired by renominating him for sixth
term to-day. All of the present officers
were renominated with one minor excep-
ton.
Rev. Clarence F. Swift, of Lansing, Mich,
reported on the work among the Noun
tain Whites" in East Tennessee, which he
said was very helpful to benighted people,
but greatly in need of more liberal financ-
ing. Rev. Dr. c. Ryder, of New York, cor
responding secretary, read a paper on THE
Yesterday, To-day and Tomorrow in the
Redemption Of Races" Rev. DR.. W. M.
Barrows, of Rockford, ILL.,, read the report
of the committee on Southern church work,
pres eLting concisely the negro problem
from the American Missionary Association
standpoint.
Rev Frank P. Woodbury., of New York,
corresponding secretary, read strong pa
per on "Outrages and Mob Violence in the
South. The problem, he declared, was one
not so much of Punishment as education;
not enactment, but intelligence, was the
This afternoon was devoted to woman's
work for the American Missionary Associa-
ton, the feature being the report of Miss
d. e. Emerson, secretary OF the womans
bureau.
The report of the committee on nnance
was presented by Rodney Dennis, of Hart
ford, Conn.,, as follows: There has been
collected as income from the Daniel Hand
fund during the year $75,S3S; there has
been expended to Sept. 80, $50, 60690, leaving
a balance in hand and appropriated of $12,-
231. There has been received for the year
ending Sept. 80, from donations, 1925, 44O.
The payments have been 1917 So, leaving a
credit balance on the year of $1162L The
debt Sept 3d. 1896, was $66,572 The present
debt is $54,945. The appropriations for the
coming year are over $4,000 less than the
last year because of the debt which still
burdens the association. The officers of the
association have made a handsome contri-
button to the association in a reduction OF
their salaries for the next year. in fact,
reduction of "a per cent. has been made IN
the operating expenses, and IL per cent in
the mission fields.
This evenings session marked the close
of the convention Following the opening
exercises Rev. VIM. Elliot Griffin, D. D., of
Ithaca, N. Y, delivered an able address in
the nature of a summary of the needs of
the various lines of mission work under the
care of the association. President Merrill
y. Gates delivered an address, urging with
force and power the i0ea that II was not the
spelling book that would accomplish the
work to be DONE but 1.-The precepts in Christ
incarnate in human hearts" The next con-
vention will be held at a place TO be de-
cided upon by the executive committee.
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Denial from MexIer.

WASHINGTON. Oct 21.-Senor De LONE,
the Spanish minister. tonight received the
following cablegram from General Weyler:
please deny the report that has been pub
lished that l have refused to surrender my
command, and that General Castellanos re-
fuses to consider as pacified the four west
ern provinces. In accordance with her
Majesty's command, viii sail on the last
day OF this month"
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Dr. Breck,s Remains Reinterred.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Oct. A.-The visit
ing bishops, clergymen and delegates to
the Episcopal Missionary Council, now in
session in Milwaukee, spent the day at
Nashotah, Wis, where services attend
ing the refinement of the remains of the
late Rev. DR.. James Lloyd Breck. at Nash
otah House. were held. The services were
of the simplest character, in keeping with
the man whose memory they were intended
to honor. Bishop Mllspaugh. of Kansas.
preached the sermon in the chapel. in
which he reviewed the life work of Dr.
Breck in the missionary cause. AT the grave
Bishop Nicholson repeated the service of
the dead, the Rev. w. A. NJ Breck. son Of
the deceased, placing the earth on the
casket in the form of a cross. Bishop Tut
tie, of Missouri, spoke at the grave.
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MONTREAL, Oct. 21.-The biennial con-
ference of the Y. w. C. "A. was brought to
a close with the election of the following
officers: Mrs. w. A Dorman. New York.
reelected; first vice president, Mrs. H. w.
Page, Worcester, Mass; second vice pres
O.. recording secretary, Miss Stewart, OF
Baltimore; treasurer, Mrs. Levi t. Scho-
field, Cleveland o., reelected, The assist
ant secretary will be elected later. 1t was
resolved to meet in Memphis, Tenn, in 1899.
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p. j. Radcliffe, formerly of the Lyceum
company, made his debut in vaudeville this
week in company with Miss Ethel Chase
Sprague at ?roctors Twenty-third-stree
Theater. The sketch which Mr.. Radcliffe
selected was 1.-The Black Butterfly" The
butterfly, represented by Miss Sprague, is
a.ballet dancer at the Grand Opera, Paris.
The piece is of a rather degenerate order,
and is filled with much discussion of the
subject of marriage Mr. Radcliffe as the
Prince thinks marriage a very poor inSti-
tuition indeed, and in consequence, gets
very severely jabbed with dagger, which,
of course, brings matters to an end. This
is the same Radcliffe who was dragged back
to New York from Chicago last spring
to answer charge of beating his wife
nearly to death.
Felix Morris, in THE Old Musician is
the star attraction this week at Keith's
New York Union-square Theater.
Klaw & Erlanger's lone Round of Pleas
ure'' promises to duplicate the success of
Jack and the Beanstalk.' It has just
closed a six weeks run in Boston.
Marie Wainwright has ceased to be a
Shakspearean star. and is now playing the
leading role in Jacob Lifts production of
the new English play Shall We Forgive
Her, which seems to have made hit in
New York and Boston.
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w. r.. G. of tho Eighth District

The eighth annual meeting of the Eighth
District of the Womans Relief Corps was
held yesterday at the Grand Army Hall, on
North Delaware street. The membership of
this convention embraces all the Indfanapo-
lis relief corps and some others in neigh
boring cities. The next meeting will be
held In this city in October 1898. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President-Mrs Emma Hanna, Major
Robert Anderson Post, city
Delegate at large to the National Conven-
ton. 10 be held at Cincinnati-Mrs Augusta
PAYER, George II. Thomas Post city
Alternate Delegate-Mrs. Eliza Shepard
Phil Fl. Sheridan Post city.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2L-The steamer
Alameda, which arrived to-day from sgd
ney via Honolulu, brought 81. $4,000 in Eng
lish sovereigns from Australia as part Of
the balance of trade. which Is the second
large shipment OF gold received here with
in the past thirty days. The money was
deposited in the mint
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct 21.-The synod
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church met at Belfast this morning, with
Rev. James L. Young moderator of Mon
ticello, Ark: Rev. James Boyce, Hunts
vile, N. c.. stated clerk; Rev. E. p. Nc
Clintock, Newberry, S. c.. second clerk, and
A. c. Brice. Chester. N. c., treasurer. Rev.
G. G. Boyce delivered the opening sermon.
Chester S. C., had given $4,000 to build a
new dormitory at Erskine College. Revs r.
N McElree, New Wilmington, Pa, j. G.
Knox Montgomery Cincinnati and A S.
Montgomery Sparta, H., are in attend
ance from the United Presbyterian Church.
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"The Highwayman,, a Novelty.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 21.-"The
Highwayman," comic opera by De Koven
and Smith, made it's first presentation on
any stage at the Hyperion Theater here to-
night. The opera is in the style of robin
Hood" and 1t promises to equal the popu-
larity of that famous success. The story
is unusually interesting, and the music is in
De Koven'S best style. Nearly all the
songs were redemanded, and the striking
situations seemed TO please the audience
greatly, in fact THE Highwayman" may
fairly be called an operate novelty.
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Liberal Congress of Religions.

NASHVILLE, Oct. 2l.-The morning SEES
sion of the Liberal Congress of Religions
was attended by large audience to-day.
W. L. Sheldon. of st, Louis, presided. The
exercises were devoted to science, and the
first paper read was entitled Religion
Based on Science" by T.. =. Powell OF
Clinton, New York. Prof Il. A. Dolbeas,
of TUFTS College, read paper on Science
and Theism." Rev. S. NJ. Crothers. OF Cam
bridge Mass, spoke on The Inspirations
OF Science" and Prof Nathaniel Schmidt,
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hold next Tuesday night when the great
wrestlers get together.

hold next Tuesday night when the great
wrestlers get together.
The ''Big Sensation company continues
to do a good business at the Empire. For
next week the management announces
Flynn & Sheridan's City Sports" The show
is said to be on the spectacular order. The
feature will be the Robinson-Baker trio,
famous jumpers and leapers, whose acts
have created a sensation on the variety
stage.
Public desire to view the beauties of the
new Englshs opera House and to witness
the production of the extravaganza Jack
and the Beanstalk' was demonstrated yes
terday morning, when the sale of seats for
the eight performances TO be given next
week began. Hundreds of people crowded
around the ticket Office and the sale was
rapid until evening. 1t appears to be gen.
orally understood here that the opening of
the new house, from all points of view
will be the most important amusement
event in the history of the theater in In
dianapolis and the result will probably be
a succession Of immense audiences through
out the week. A very strong drawing card
is MeSsrS. klaW & Changers celebrated
production of the extravaganza, Jack and
the Beanstalk." The big organization, num-
berlpg more than one hundred people, in
Guiding the original cast and all OF the re-
markaDle stage effects seen in the larger
Eastern cities, will be placed on the stage
or the new EngliShS absolutely as seen
during those engagements Naturally there
is larger sale of seats for the opening
night than for any other performance, but
seats have also been in great demand for
the remainder of the week. The sale will
continue every day from in the morning
until at night. There are still good seats
LETT for the opening night.
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TO Make YOUR FAMILY LOVE YOU
Buy Garland" Stoves and Ranges.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14

ing good demand for lumber as well
as logs, and the prices range some
what higher than earlier in the season.
The wages paid the woodsmen are from
50 to SIS a month higher than year
ago.
Several Crookston citizens, E. D. Childs,
H. Stevenson and William Anglim, fingered
in the lobby of the Merchants yesterday.
E. S. Upham and daughter, Miss Bessie
Upham of Duluth, are registered at the
Windsor.
Bernard Corbet one of the substantial citi-
zens of Grand Forks, N. D., is a Ryan
guest
E. G. Nevins, of winona, wrote his auto
graph on the Merchants register yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles H. Korts, of Wash
1ngton, D. c., are registered at the Ryan.
DR.: Theodore L. Hatch. of Owatonna, regis
tered at the Windsor yesterday.
J. G. Teyner, of st. Peter is a, Windsor
guest.
w. D. Fox, Faribault hotel man, is stop
ping at the Windsor.
Herman Anderson, of Zumbrota, is a guest
of the Windsor.
Thomas Mullen, of wadena, registered at
the Clarendon yesterday.
A. M. Halstead, of jamestown N. D.. is at
the Clarendon.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. L. Penrose, of Walla
Walla, WASH, are at the Ryan.
Charles Lavender an attorney of Leadville
Col. is at the Ryan.
A Ryan guest yesterday was R. C.. Stevens
of Seattle
w. R. Renken. of La Crosse, is stopping at
the Merchants
John L. Gibbs. of Geneva, is registered at
the Merchants
DR.. NJ. L. Robey, of Grantsburg, Wis, is a
Merchants guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. CopIey, Kansas
City, are at the Metropolitan
C. H. Remke, Fargo, is registered at Hotel
Metropolitan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14
AN ABSURD RUMOR.

1t was apparent on the face Of it that
the rumor declaring the Bank of Eng
land to have determined to hold one
fifth of it's reserve in silver was with
out foundation. 1t puzzles one, indeed,
to know how such a report ever OBJ
t0ined general circulation. or found its
way into accredited cable dispatches.
The only solution attempted to be
found on this side of the water was
that Great Britain was becoming
alarmed lest a vast amount of her gold
reserve should have to be transferred
to this country this fall in payment of
purchases of grain from US. Fearing
lest the absolute control Of the finances
of the world would be transferred from
London to New York, and that the
United States instead Of Great Britain
would become the keeper of the strong
box, she conceived a plan of further
disordering our restored finances by
taking action which would once more
prectpitate the silver question as an
issue This explanation, while some
what diaphonous, was accepted by
many who believed the rumor to be
genuine.
The simpler explanation and the nat
uraI one is that the whole story was
a fake 1t is denied explicitly by one of
himself at a loss to know how such a
rumor originated. The bank has no
idea of departing from it's traditional
policy or of favoring silver in future
more than in the past. If we might
hazard a guess, we should say that the
report was probably spread abroad by
one Of the astute gentlemen who are
acting as commissioners for this coun-
try in behalf Of international bimetal-
lism They find their occupation gone
in these days of Klondike discoveries
and falling silver prices and rising
prices for everything else. Never did
the prospect of persuading Europe to
join in a general silver restoration ap-
pear gloomier than at this present mo-
ment. Since the Wolcott strolltng play
ers are not willing to return to this side
with an admission of confessed failure
it is not unlikely that they set this re-
port upon its travels, just as they have
already had notice given Of a mythical
opening of the Indian minis to free
coinage The explanation, then, Of
what appeared to be an astounding
revolution in the financial policy Of a
great nation, is not that of the econo-
mist or financier but it is just like the
answer to the old eonundrum, THE
boy lied"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14

employers confirmed their suspicious.
They felt that the increase in the tax
was for their benefit. They had rea-
son to so believe, for that was the
ground on which the increase was de-
manded and obtained. What is pro-
lection for if it does not protect, and
what is protection that does not in
crease wages? So they reasoned, and
no protectionist can assail their logic
Their reasonable demand refused, what
recourse was left them but a strike?
And what protectionist can deny the
justice of their action without deny
ing himself? The millions of dollars
lost by labor and operators; the in
cidence of the agitation on other indus
tries the startling advance of govern
ment by injunction; the increase in
that discomfort that finds expression
i'll the revolutionary speech of Debs,
and finally the blood shed at Hazleto1,
all find their cause in that prolific
fountain of evil, that Pandora's box,
a protective tariff. It's responsibility
should not be lost sight of in the tur-
MOL of the contest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14

| Mr. Hanna, maker of presidents and
generalissimo of campaigns, has been
known as a man of action, a hun Gn
| dynamo, whether in business or IN poll
| tics. AS such he has given Us. IL prac-
teal results, his measurement. We ad-
nit that he sizes UP wall, ii means are
| to he obscured in the glare OF affair
n1ent. We might think that it detract
ed somewhat from his merits, were the
moralities of life or even OF politics TAX
en- into account, that he mortg4ged his
candidate to such fellow as Good
now to get the Minnesota delegation,
| to fellows like WimOerly and Demas to
| get the Louisiana delega ton away from
| Reed, or that he put up a cold cash
! equivalent in other quarters where
promises of office were held at a dis
count as being mighty uncertain IF full
| fillment. But it is not in that light we
are now gazing upon this Napoleon of
politics and business. He does not so
regard himself and cannot understand
why any one else should. If in his bust
ness he wants anything, he buys it at
! the best price he can get. Naturally
he carries into politics the same meth
| DDS and regards them as rightful there
as in the iron and steel business. And
! in each he has scored a phenomenal
success.
Now, however, this man of business,
IL.
seat in the senate he now holds by ap-
, pointment, finds that a strange condi-
| ton confrGnts him. There yet remain
| fragments Of the old custom that one
who would play the part of statesman
must discuss public questions from the
/ stump to audiences OF the electorate.
| Fer a man who believes that it is only
money that talks it is embarrassing to
meet condition where that handy
! commodity is silent and the man must
/ talk Men of action are very rarely
men of talk There are exceptions, but
this is the rule, and Mr.. Hanna is not
an exception. So Mr.. Hanna gets upon
! the stump and makes a speech. Elmer
| son somewhere says. IN substance, that
one gives the world his measurement
when he opens his mouth to speak. Mr..
Hanna opened his mouth and spoke,
and we have his measurement in that
| direction. Clearly his is no silver
| tongue. Long association with the bas-
err metals in his business would make
an iron or steel tongue a more appro-
pirate smile. His colleague, Foraker,
also spoke from the same stump, and
his is a silver tongue. Limited to a
choice between these two we confess
we prefer the iron tongue. 1t may not
say as much nor say it as glibly, but
it carries more weight.
But the insight Mr.. Hanna gave the
public in thus opening his mouth into
the interior Hanna reveals phase Of
character that was unsupported. Moth
ing heretofore known of him would
| justify a suspicion even that he was
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14


a very sensitive man, regardful of the
sensibilities of others. Something of the
nature of the things men work with
enters into them the butcher who
slaughters becomes cruel; the black
smith becomes forcefully direct; the
soap maker becomes saponaceous in
his manners, and an oiliness is dis
cernible in the ways of those who pro-
duce oils. SO one might expect in Mr..
Hanna a hardness that would ignore
the softer side of human nature and
trample rudely on what it regards as
the amenities of intercourse. 1t is with
surprised pleasure, therefore, that we
have him assuring the audience of six
or seven thousand persons who came
to see and hear that, referring TO some
charge made against him, IF it was
not for the5darge1 crowd heresI would
like to use apopdlar term and say that
it is lie" Captious persons will ask
how much smaller a crowd must be
before Mr.. Hanna would indulge him
self in the use Of that popular term"
and an unfriendly critic might point
out that, after all, the largeness Of the
crowd did not deter him from using it.
But the discerning will perceive the in
nate sensitiveness of the man in con-
sulting at all that refinement of every
large crowd which would be shocked
by the rude designation of any charge
as being lie. There is tender side
TO Marcus Aurelius or Antonius that
we never suspected, and which it re-
jOlceS us to discover
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14
sHUFELDT ON THE STAND.
He Testifies Concerning the Packing
House TrOubIes.

House Troubles.
The trial of the suit of the Minnesota
Packing and rovsion company, limited, of
New Brighton. against the Minnesota Pack
ing and Provision company of Minnesota,
began yesterday before Judge Brill without
jury 1t viii probably consume the great
er part of two weeks.
The matter made its first appearance in
the district court last spring, when the Eng
fish company through its attorneys, Davis,
Kellogg Severance, asked the court to
Dust Philip Sh1fedt and other managers of
the concern and to appoint a receiver The
application of the plaintiff was based on
voluminous afidavits charging Mr.. Shufeldt
ana MS associates with mlSmanagement of
the plaintiffs company for the purpose of
practically wrecking it in the interest of
another provision and packing company To-
Gated in the vicinity of the Minnesota Trans
fer. The Plaintiff made the specific charge
That Mr.. Shufeldt and his associates were
selling the products of the packing and
Minnesota Packing and Provision company
which they were managing for the English
interests at advanced prices.
AS result of the hearing before Judge
Brill, Mr.. Shufeldt and his associates were
temporarily removed and William R. Mer-
riam was appointed as receiver. The case
is now being tried on it's merits
1t was also charged that they were sur
reptitously purloinng the machinery of the
plaintiff, for use in their own concern.
The trial began yesterday forenoon with
Philip Shufeldt on the stand. He was still
under examination when court adjourned, at
y. m.
court and the testimony was founded upon
statements therein contained concerning the
price of meats and other articles in which
both companies dealt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14
COLORADO BANK CASE.
Decision Reversed in the Court of
Appeals


In the United States circuit court of ap-
peals yesterday an opinion was announced
in the celebrated case of Charles II. Dow,
Sidney B. McClurken and Orlando f. Miller,
plaintiffs in error against the United States
of America. defendant in error; in to
district court of the United States for the
district OF Colorado. The court reverses the
judgment and sentence of the trial court and
the case is remanded to the district court of
the United States for the district of Colorado.
The case was one of great interest in the
state OF Colorado. In the year 1893 Dow was
the president of the Commercial National
bank of Denver, and MCClurken was reCeiv-
ing teller. Miller was president of the Miller
Hernia Treatment company. All three were
tried for frauds in connection with the Com
mercial bank of Denver and were sentenced
to the pententiary. Pending an appeal, Dow
and McClurken gave bail, but Miller could
net furnish bonds, and has been in the pen-
Tertiary. When the bank closed in 1893. Mil
the capital stock being $3.50, 900. Miller had
in two years drawn from the bank SIPS, 900 in
excess of al payments.
Judge Shiras. who wrote the opinion says:
Owe are comrelled to sustain the objections
taken to the several parts Of the charge
wherein it was stated that the reception and
crediting of tie check on Milier's account
constituted a violation. The trial Judge
it appears from the record. gave a sweeping
charge to the jury that if a check was drawn
and there were no funds the drawer was
guilty of fraud. and if the check was cred
tied with the knowledge that there were no
funds the persons crediting it were ac-
completes in the fraud"