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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

It looks very much as if Great Britain had
really backed down from the position which
sias claims at Port Arthur and her own de-
mand for the opening Of the port of Ia
Lien-Wan. The position was just and tena
Bile from a British point of view, but should
not have been taken unless England was
prepared to back it up with force. Russia
seems to have regarded it as "a bluff'' and
TO have eountered with &. bigger one. caus-
ing Great Britain to execute diplomatic
retreat. One or two more such perform
ances by Lord Salisbury will bring about a
change of Ministry He and other members
of the Cabinet are reported as denying that
there has been any backing down, but the
indications point that way
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
BATTLE OF WORDS.
Women SuffraEists and Anti-Sunrn-
gists Talk. Hiss and Applaud.

DIES MONIES. Ia, Feb. S.-Thcre was
joint meeting ne Senate and House
committees o .age at the Statehouse
this afternoo, which the pros and cons
met in a bate of words The speakers
were alternately appauded and Kissed. the
Kissing being the first heard in the State
house this year Mrs. II. A. Foster of Des
Moines led the anti-sufraglsts, and Miss
Mary 6. Hayes, of New York, the suffrag-
lists. Each side given one hour. Mrs.
CoggeshalI said that every drop of her
blood boiled because the women were not
free. Mrs Foster replied that woman suf-
frage made no gains in Iowa until the hired
lobbyist and agitator began work. Mrs.
Day, wife of the ex-chef justice of Iowa.
predicted that woman suffrage would turn
every home into a Kilkenny cat scene. Mrs.
Evelyn Holden. of Sioux city, closed with
an appeal for suffrage. The question be-
fore the Legislature is on the submission OF
a constitutional amendment to strike out
the word male"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
What England Wants with China.


What Great Britain wanted in China
was not territorial acquisition. We thought
Or the country with no selfish interest. We
desired TO open ii and it's hundreds of mil
lions OF toiling, patient Woodworking peo-
pie to the bentits of the trade of the world
We desired that our civilization should
through trade, be brought into closer touch
than had yet been possible with Chinese
civilization.
I'VE did not regard China as place for
conquest or colonization by any European
or other power. CHEERS
I'VE looked upon it as a most hopeful
place in future for the commerce of our
country and the commerce of the world at
large, and we We're absolutely determined,
at whatever cost, even If necessary--for he
wished to speak plainly-at the cost of war,
that that door should not be shut to U.S.
This important declaration of government
policy the chancellor of the exchequer Sir
Michael Hicks Beach, made last night in
Swansea at a banquet given by the local
chamber of commerce. and the announce
ment was received with loud ana prolonged
cheering.
No one present anticipated that this oc-
casion would produce in so grave and en-
phatic q form the desired expression of
ministerial policy concerning the relations
of other powers toward China, for the
chancellor of the eXchequer opened his
speech upon topics far less engrOsSing.
A large audience of members of the
chamber and visitors were present at the
BANQUET.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
COUNTY SEAT WAR.
Trouble Between Kentucky Towns
That May End i'm BIOOdshed.

CONVICTION, KY, Feb. "a county seat
war has broken out here which threatens
to end with bloodshed. independence Is the
county seat of Kenton county, but nearly
all the legal business of the county is done in
this city. and the Legislature arranged for
holding court here, provided the city fur
nished suitable quarters. Judge Tarvin last
Monday ordered that court would be held
next Monday at Independence, and there
after as suitable courtrooms were not fur
nished here. The City Council refused, on
the advice of attorneys, to obey Judge Tar
WINS orders originally to furnish better pro-
lection to the court and county records.
Tonight the Council refused by vote of
to to confer further with Judge Tarvin,
who already holds them in contempt.
Judge Tarvin has ordered the sheriff to
have armed deputies to remove the records
to Independence on Monday, and to protect
the court and it's records at that place.
With the large force of armed deputies it
will cost the county over $500 per day to
hold court at independence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
CRADLES EXCURSIONS.
HIS Friends Always Travelled by Spe-
ciaI Train and Fared Well.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 3--Both Francis Gra-
BILE and W. X. Kurtz are well known in
Omaha. although neither of them has re-
sided here for some years. Kurtz came to
Omaha as a private secretary to W. II.
Craig in 1887, and later became resident
agent for Dundee Place, which was laid out
by the Craigs. Kurtz is said to be nephew
of Bishop Hurst of the Methodist Church,
and intimately connected with Bishop John
p. Newman. Both Kurtz and Cradle were
especially prominent in the reception and
entertainment of the delegates 10 the Meth
odist General Conference held III this city
in 1882. Immediately after the conference
the first three excursions TO the Edgemont
and Black Hills property We're taken out
under their direction, and as a result of
their operations a large number of men
foremost in the Methodist Church were in
duced to become investors in Dundee Place
lots and Edgcmont stock. Mr.. Cradles
SLACK HIS excursions are Ianlliar 10 me
people of Omaha. this city being one of the
stopping points on every itinerary.
Grable'S church and railroad connections
enabled him to travel in the most approved
fashion. 1t was always by special train that
his parties were taken across the country,
and ALWAYS included some enc of special
prominence. They always lGnched ut the
Omaha Club, where Cradle seemed to have
free entree, and after the luncheon lauda-
tory speeches were IL order by the visitors
and by well~known Omaha people who were
invited as special guests.
One of the last expeditions under CRADLES
patronage that attracted special note oc-
CURED only last spring, when Col Fred
Grant and his son were sent to Edgemont
and TO the Black Hills for the purpose OF
looking over the property with view OF
investment. Whether Colonel Grant was
among the holders of the stock OF the COM
panies is not known here. Mr.. CRADLES
Omaha office was in the Omaha National
Bank building and his residence was on
Howard street.
Suits were started to-day and attach
ments issued against the property OF
Francis c. Cradle. The house and stable,
with their furnishings and equipments. are
listed at $4,000. Marcus l.. Parrotte, OF
Omaha CRADLES resident agent, sues for
$500: Francis G. Hamer, OF kearney. an
attorney, sues for loo, and George ii.
Scripps sues for $4,000 q note. The mail
brought deeds from New York transferring
some of CRADLES local property to J. II. c.
Walker, of Scott City, Kan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

Hospital, the clerk Of the Board Of Safety
and the clerk of the Board of Public Works
because they had declared preference for
an honest dollar?
Having heard all these things which he
could have done by being about with the
mayor and his coterie. what report would
the agent carry to the savings bank and life
insurance officials who sent him? Simply
this: These men are opposed to sustaining
the parity of dollars; they believe in a sys-
tenn Of coinage which will put this country
on silver basis; they believe in paying
the poorest money that will answer for the
best, and they are laboring for practical
free coinage" And these nonpartisan in
vesting agents, what would they do after
hearing such report? They would put
upon the face of the bonds a provision that
they shall be paid in gold or it's equivalent,
unless, in their judgment, the mayor and
his party will not be able to force this coun-
try to silver monometallism of which free
and independent coinage at the ratio of 16
to is the equivalent as it is in Mexico.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

when he arose to prav IN his classroom.
And ne began thus in slow solemn voice:
oh thou great; omniscient, infinite Jah.
and then ADDED, half to himself mot 'Je-
hovah, as that fool Gesenius says"
This notice of a boycott more than a hun
dred years before the word was invented
appeared in London paper in 17S5: There
being some Indian and French silks now
selling by auction In this town. and two or
three brewers wives IN tho E,arI nj Nfesth's
liberty having bought a few pieces thereof,
the master weayers and dyers. well as
JoufneyInen OF those corporations, give no
uce py peat OF drum that they would not
drink any liquor whatever brewed by the
husbands OF the said women, who would
encourage foreign manufacture when there
are numbers OF poor weayers in a starving
Sonultlon IN TINS town and all over the king
dom, for want of employment"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

1t takes a strong bank to be able to
charge up a shortage of 1895 600 to profit and
loss account without feeling it, as the Chem
zeal National, of New York has just done.
1t is the strongest bank in the United
States, not in respect of capital, for there
are more than thirty national banks in New
York that have q larger capital, but no Other
with so large a surplus. The capital stock
OF the Chemical is only 100000, but a recent
report showed that it had a surplus of
SIS 100000 with undivided profits of $t.454,736,
individual deposits $24379,5 S2 and loans and
discounts So, 2SSs, 1866 With such showing
the bank could stand a much larger loss
than the one just reported without Gripping
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

The Philadelphia Record, a free-trade pa
per, pays an unconscious tribute to the
efficacy of protection in an account of a tim
plate can factory in that city. The cans
manufactured are of the capacity Of five
gallons each and are made specially to con-
tain refined oil, which is exported in great
quantities from Philadelphia. Formerly the
tin plate used in the manufacture of the
cans was all imported from Wales, the
same ships that brought the tin plate taking
back the cans filled with oil. Now the fac
tory uses only American tin plate. The
Record says:
When the American producers of steel
and iron found that they could not only
make crude pig iron and steel ingotS cheaper
than elsewhere in the World, but could roll
the metal into sheets at less cost, they
began to turn their attention to the manu-
facture of tin plate 1t was soon found that
the old Welsh hand manipuiations were SLOW
and inefficient. and Yankee ingenuity was
trained upon the problem or producing ma
chimes to do this work automatically In
a very short time certain grade of tin
plate was successfully produced, and soon
atterWard the higher grades were also made
by automatic processes. 1t has been found
that the tin is more uniformly distributed
and that a better quality of tin plate can be
made by machinery than by hand. A SIN
gle tin can manufacturing company in Ohio
last year used 65 900 boxes of American tin
plate and not Il single box of imported plate.
Up to q recent period not a single box of
American tin plate had ever been used in
that establishment, and it is stated that the
American tin plate used last year cost about
S65, 600 less than foreign plate.
The attempt of the Record to account for
the establishment and growth of the tin
plate industry in the United States by say
ing that American manufacturers found
they could make it cheaper than it could be
made in Wales will not deceive anybody
but itself 1t is enough for a free-trade
paper to admit that the industry is firmly
established.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

Plan for Lighting That May Work in
Small Cities.
PHILADELPHIA Recnrf


:, me city of Madison, Wis has under con-
slderatlon novel proposition for cooper
atlVe system of electric lighting There is
al al eHtfIhsiVe machine shop in that town
wlicH mas It's own electric lighting plant,
ana the company has offered to go into
partnership with the city for a period of
i InlLty years IN the furnishing Of electric
llsht ana power to the municipality and to
private consumers. OF course this would
require an enlargement of the plant
~, W;l ..1 atfemptlng to give the details of
1t may be said that the scheme. as pub
lshed appears to have been carefully con-
is provided that after the actual capital
invested without any injection of ''water'0
snail nave received 3 per cent. interest or
profit per annum, and certain amount
agreed upon shall have been set aside for
depreciation, betterments engagements
etc, the surplus earnings shall be divided
equally between the city and the company
In case of failure to earn dividends the city
appears to be protected from loss; and in
case OF any dispute the matter in difference
IS to be submitted to three arbtrators one
to be chosen by the city, one by the COM
pany. and the third to be selected by the
other two-and if they cannot agree the
Circuit Court.
1t is not difficult to raise serious objec-
ions TO any plan involving such a partner
ship; but we must remember that conditions
III small cities in this country are peculiar
Many of our towns and villages are scarcely
more than adJuncts, or boarding houses. at
tacned 10 the great manufacturers, without
which they would have no reason for exis-
tence. The welfare of one is the life of the
other: A close partnership necessarily ex-
lists from the moment of creation of the
city and the factory; they are like the STA
mese tWlns,if one should die the other
would quickly succumb. A partnership of
the kind proposed is therefore not abhorrent
TO our ideas of the true relationship between
municipalities and individuals when applied
to such peculiar conditions, and it will be
interesting to watch this novel and original
experiment If the city of Madison shall de-
eide to accept the proposition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
Victory for MIR. Quigg.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.--LemueI e. Quigg
and his friends carried everything before
them at the meeting tonight of the Re-
publican county committee. Only two MEM
bers of the county committee were absent
who were entitled to a vote; 2l1 delegates
voted for Mr. Quigg for president of the
county committee. two voted against him
and two declined to vote. motion to
make his election unanimous was defeated
by the vote of one of the members who had
originally voted against him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
WANAMAKER MAY RUN.
He VIII Consider the Question of
Making the Race for Governor.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. S.-Ex-Postmas-
ter General John WanaInaker, who was de-
cided on yesterday at a meeting of BUSH
ness men and politicians from all parts of
the State as their choice for Governor, re-
turned home tonight from the South. Mr..
Wanamaker freely discussed yesterdays
meeting, but was silent on the question
of his acceptance or of the request that he
permit the use of his name as u candi-
date. He said he did not want the office
and would prefer to- conduct his business.
but he would give the call his serious con-
sideration and give the notification commit
tee his final answer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

Regarding the order excluding American
fruits from Germany, we want TO be sure
We are right before we go ahead. The first
thing to ascertain is whether the alleged
reason for the order is sincere, and whether
there is any ground for it, This would in
volve q friendly correspondence and argu-
ment. and unless Germany could show rea-
sonable grounds for her action it would be
fair to conclude that it is spite work or done
to placate tho agrarian element in Ger
many. In either case the United States
should retaliate promptly and vigorously
by excluding some of the German products
that we import. German sugar, German
wines, German cutlery, German wooden
goods. etc, furnish ample opportunity for
effective retaliation il it should become nee
sssary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

It has been evident for some time that
the House committee on banking and cur
vency is divided against itself. not only po-
Htically, but otherwise. Politically It stands
twelve Republicans to five Democrats but
the former are by no means a unit on the
question OF banking and currency reform.
Harmony could hardly be expected in
committee OF which Representative Wakes
Of Massachusetts,, is chairman and Repre-
sentative johnson. OF this state. a member
They harmonic about like powder and
live coal Both are opinIonated and uncom-
promising 20 a degree that makes compro-
mise. 3. very important factor in legislation,
almost impossible. But they are Only two
0ut o. twelve Republicans on the commit
tee. and the other ten can shape It's action
Il they viii. II is doubtful, however. If they
can get together. The chairman has plan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

The American Economist of Jan. : pre-
son law figures of January, 1897. will be ex-
ceedcd by more than 100000 in customs
receipts alone. while the excess from all
sources will not fall below $5.OGO000. as COM
pared with last January" The returns
show that the receipts from all sources dur
ing January, 1898, exceeded those of jan
uary. 1897, by nearly $5,OOOOcO. while the re-
ceipts from customs duties under the Ding
ley law exceeded those under the Wilson
law s2,9s2,6lS. The prediction was We'll
verified
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
CHARGED WITH HERESY.
Rev. Herbert ;. BigeIow 10 BE Tried
by Church court.

CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. S.-A mutual
council has been called to try Rev. Herbert
S. Bigelow, pastor OF the Vine-street Con-
gregatiopal Church, for heresy The con-
gregation, by a vote of 81 to IS, refused to
accept his resignation. The pastor is u
graduate Of Adelbert College. and came
here from Cleveland. Rev. Biselow has se-
lected three Eastern ministers, whose
names are not announced TO represent him
on the council. His opponents have not Sc
leeted their three members.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

October our Office was moved from New
York TO this city. We are now building
smelters. and as soon as they are COM
pleted we will so ahead
George \. Fletcher, one of the directors
OF the Edgemont and Union Hill Company,
to-day, in Common Pleas Court. obtained
writ of foreign attachment against Fran
els c. Cradle for $4,000. j. Wesley Sup
plee, of the Corn Exchange Bank, and John
III. Graham We're named as the garnishees.
Bail was fixed at $5OOOO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

Senator Thurstons suggestion that the
country will "outgrow the money question, .
meaning the demand for currency reform,
is open to two objections-first,. the coun-
try cannot outgrow the question: and. Sec
ond If ouseht not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
establishe,

The merchant millers of Indianapolis
claim that, so far as their product is con-
cerned, there is no ground for the complaint
that the flour is too dark and makes gloomy
bread. The local millers grind nothing but
the best Indiana wheat, which is equal in
quality to any grown in America, and they
are making better flour than ever before
The complaints of dark flour come from
people who use the product of Northwestern
mills, which is ground from spring wheat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

"Habberjohn doesn't seem to have very
lovable nature"
''Well, no. If Habberjohn were at a BAN
quet and some one should discover that
there were thirteen at the table, all eyes
would instinctively turn toward Habber-
inhn as the one to GO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

It seems that religious prejudice, partisan
spirit and typical French sensationalism are
the chief elements brought to bear in the
Dreyfus case. When all those agencies
fail, evidence should be added to the list of
ingredients and perhaps a fair conclusion
c1uld he reached
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

number of senators are making q
Southern trip to avoid the severe Northern
winter. Those who voted for the Teller
resolution can have it made warm enough
for them at great many Northern points
that might be named
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

When the president Of the Chemical Ma
tionai Bank was asked regarding one Of the
persons who had got $4,000 out of it What
is Silver's business his reply was Chiefly
to get money out of apks." There is some
thing in a name
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
Grahle rransfers Property.

BEATRICE, Neb., Feb. "a deed from
Francis c. Cradle to j. IL. c. Walker to a
rumber of Beatrice lots was filed for record
to-day. Francis c. Cradle is well known
here and this is the home of his brother,
j. S. Cradle, who is associated with him
in some of his enterprises Both the CRADLES
have Droperty here. tFQ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

The Spanish censorship of mails at Ha-
vana seems to have become almost intolera-
bic eighteen men being. employed in open
ing letters and reading newspapers from
the United States before delivery 1t is a
eoptemptible system at best, and unworthy
of . civilized government
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
The Cheerful Idiot.

az wonder said the Cheerful Idiot, why
sailors are, as d class, profane. OF
course, / understand that shallow stream
cannot well be navigated without the aid of
dams, but on deep water 1 cannot see the
necessity"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
Washington Post.
City Innrna1

The government has no right to suspect
the honesty of any veteran whose case It
has passed on and to whom it has granted
a pension without specific cause; and If
there be specific ii can go after the
suspected persons without any aid from
printed lists. In fact such publication
would be wholly useless IN the investiga-
ton Of supposed frauds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

The tradition of honor among thieves has
received confirmation in the action of the
Indianapolis thief who rented a safe deposit
box in which to keep his spoils. A dishon-
orable thief would not have taken so good
care of his neighbors property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04

Her GREAT Success.

"Of course a woman can tell funny
story" she exclaimed Indignantly. II never
tried to tell one yet that all the men didn't
get to laughing before L had more than
started"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-04
Reduced Rates to Clubs.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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PnssibIe Chance.

"By the way asked the Office Bore, sis
that report of a big battle near Havana
official?'
1T isn't" answered the telegraph editor.
"Ah! Then it may be true.