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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Mr.. Heath's Plan for increasing Bene-
fits of Rural Free Delivery.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The benefits de-
rived from the extension of. the rural free
delivery of mail matter, it is expected, will
be increased as soon as authority can be
obtained from Congress on the subject At
the request of the House postoffice commit
tee. First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath is preparing an amendment to the
appropriation bill. giving to carriers in rural
districts authority TO receive cash and OBJ
tain money orders for patrons, and to receipt
for and deliver registered letters. This adj
the carriers who will. If the scheme is put
in operation, become travelling postoffices =
Country people. therefore viii have nearly
ell the benefits enjoyed by reside It's of the
city in this regard, as the carriers row are
permitted to carry postal cards ard stamped
envelopes for sale. Should the proposition
work well, the department will be enabled
to abolish many of the small Dostoffices
along the star routes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The secretary of the navy has asked for
legislation which will make 1t possible for
the most efficient officers in the navy
to acquire commands earlier in life
than is now possible because so many high
positions are held by old officers who are
not so well qualified 10 command modern
ships as they should be. The revolution in
naval matters requires that the man who
commands a ship should be an expert en-
gineer as. well as a seaman. If such a re-
quirement should be enforced it is said that
quite number of navy officers would be re-
ffrod
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
An Indiana Hero.
From W. H. Smiths History Of Indiana

From w. H. Smiths History or Indiana.
A volume might be written of like soldier
ly conduct by Indiana soldiers during the
war, some by regiments, some by compa-
MES and some by individuals. At Gettys-
burg, on the first day. it was a gallant
dash for the Nineteenth Indiana and one
Wisconsin regiment which developed the
fact that the Confederates were there in
force. In that dash they captured Con-
federate brigade. The Nineteenth went into
the fight on the 1st day of July with 2SS
men. 1t came out of that days battle
with only seventy-eight. 1t is told of a
Hoosier soldier, Henry Shaler, of Company
K, Twenty-eighth Indiana, that in the bat
tie of Gettysburg he captured more pris-
oners than were ever captured before by
one man. He captured in all twenty-five,
taking a lieutenant and eighteen men at
one time. On the morning of the 4th, be-
fore Lee had retreated, Shaler so the story
goes, went out over the battlefield. and
soon came across Confederate lieutenant
and eighteen men. They mistook him for
one Of their own party. when he cooIly
told them to lay down their arms and come
and help carry off some of the wounded
Without thought they obeyed. When he
got them some distance from their arms
he drew his revolver and told them to
march into the Urion tines This order
they obeyed, but very reluctantly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The assembling of the Joe Blackburn Leg
isature in Kentucky leads the Louisville
Courier-Journal to indulge in a double-col-
umn editorial covering half page In the
course of this article allusion is made to the
reports that one of the purposes of the Dem
ocratic or Populist Legislature is to destroy
the CourierJournal. Mr. Watterson tells
such politicians that it is not in their power
to reach or touch that paper. The Waiter
son newspaper would seem to deprecate
such assaults as simply raising HE'LL" but
the spirit of the article indicates that the
CD. is willing to join battle with the Joe
Backburns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
A Good Indiana Town.
Washington Post.

Fort Wayne" said Mr.. L. r. Hartman.
a banker of that lively Indiana town, at the
Riggs. lis about as thriving as any city in
manufacturing plants there. There is an
immense electrical plant and one of the larg-
est foundries and machine shops in the
working extra time. The Pennsylvania Rail-
road shops are also lDcated there. with a
pay roll of about 500 0c0' month. Political
ly there is not much agitation in Indiana.
The State is close between the two great
parties and it is hard for either to get any
permanent advantage. / do not believe,
however, that free silver is altogether as
strong as it was in 1886. Our bushes men
are expecting Congress to do something to-
ward strengthening the currency system,
and a Fort Wayne man. Judge Taylor. is a
member of the monetary commission that
was appointed at indianapolis TO formulate
a better system of finance than the country
now possesses. The report of the commits
sion is being anxiouSly awaited by business
men all over the United States"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
General Notes.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3-To-day's treas
ury statement shows: Available cash ball
ance $685. ,474 100; good reserve, $160. 911 ,546.
BY an order issued from the War DEPART
ment to-day. Col. Thomas E. Barr. of the
judge advocate generals department. now
at Governors island has been directed to
act as judge advocate of the court-martial
which will meet at Savannah. Ga. on the
18th to try Capt. D. NJ. Carter. corps of en-
gineers, for his conduct of the Savannah
harbor works Colonel Barr takes the place
of Colonel Clous. who is relieved on account
OF illness, as explained in the order
Commodore Geo. Dewey to-day cabled
the Navy Department from Nagasaki.
Japan. that he had assumed command of
the Asiatic station. relieving Admiral Nc
Nair who is returning 10 the United
States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Five or six men who were elected as Re-
publicans TO the lower branch of the Ohio
Legislature have joined the Democrats and
organized it. True, the man who has been
elected speaker is nominally a Republican.
but the man who united with the enemy to
defeat nire-tenths of his own party can no
longer be regarded as a member of that
party TO obtain the position he has given
the control of the important committees of
the House and many of the subordinate po-
sitions to the enemy. These men could have
defeated Mr.. Hanna lust as well by helping
their party associates or those to whom
they owed party allegiance in organizing the
House. While ii appears to the distant OBJ
server that the hostile organization of the
House defeats Mr.. Hanna. 1t is by no means
certain that 1t has been accomplished The
most that the Governor and his allies can
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Mr.. Curtis, Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Record finds from the official
less pardoning than did his predecessor
during his first ten months-the Mckinley
total for the period being ninety-seven par
dons. to go by Mr.. Cleveland. Even par
dons for violators of the MISUNDERSTANDING
laws were nineteen during Cleveland's first
ten months. to fourteen by President Nc
Kinley The comparison indicates that the
Presidents attention has been called to his
pGrdoning, and that he does not care to
stand as free dispenser of pardons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-The complete
consolidation of Nicaragua, Salvador and
Honduras into a sovereign republic is pro-
gresing steadily. according to advices re-
ceived by Senior Correa, charge d affaires OF
The Greater Republic of Central America.
Mr.. Correa is advised that the Diet has COM
pleted a constitution for the greater re-
public. with full legislative powers, and that
notice has been sent to the Presidents al
the three countries forming the union that
the constitution IS ready to be passed upor4
The next step Will be 20 convSnC a consfitu-
ticssal assembly. with twenty delegates from
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
a Common Experience.
Philadelphia Press,

Il discovered a long time ago." said Mr..
Wingleby, that there was whole lot of
words that didn't know how to pronounce;
words that suppose that / ought to have
known about but which / didn't. Ny first
discovery of this sort was when / heard
some body pronounce a familiar word in a
in which / had been accustomed to pro-
nounce it myself. I looked that word up in
the dictionary, and found that the other
man was right, ard was wrong. 1t made
me shudder to think Of the many times J
had mispronounced that word, and | fear
that l used 1t thereafter, for while at
least, oftener than was really necessary.
just to let people know that knew how TO
pronounce it,.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
Another Place for McNuIta.

WASHINGTON. Jan. s--Mr. John Nc
Nulta has been appointed receiver of the
National Bank of illinois in place of John
c. McKeon, resigned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

WASHINGTON, Jan. alt is reported
to the Navy Department that Capt. Barker,
of the Oregon. has unearthed the identity
of the person who wrote the celebrated
Good Friday letter, which appeared in
the religious press and charged the cap
tan with trying to Romanize all Of the
ships crew The man is said 10 be Ernest
Robin of Castle Rock. Wash, a deserter
from the oregon. 1t is asserted that he
wrote the letter to arouse the sympathy OF
hts relatives and make pretext for his
deserfiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Miss Frances Willard recently undertook
the job of collecting something like half a
million dollars to pay off the debt of the
Womans Temple at Chicago. She tainted
during her lecture on Sunday night, prob
ably because she was worn out trying to
raise the money with no better security
to offer than treasures laid up in heaven.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Said the Shoe-clerk Boarder: ANY Gus
toner who desires to look at something in
one of the upstairs departments is taken
on the elevator while the poor clerk has to
walk up the stairs. l think this is done to
show the difference in their positions"
ut looks to me- said the Cheerful Idiot,
more like showing the difference in their
hrip OF I'm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

expect is to cause a deadlock, which will
defeat Mr.. Hanna, since, when it comes to
depending upon Democrats to elect a Re
publican to the United States Senate. 1t is
very certain that a half dozen will choose
the Republican for whom they viii vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
Very Much in Doubt.

His death was accidental, was it not?"
asked the relative from the East.
Course he didn't die a-purpose," said
Rubbernek Bill but I'll be doggoned, mis-
ter, if 1 know whether to call it, when a
Teller tries to bore a hole in a dynamite
cartridge with a gimblet, a accident, er a
natural consequence of natter"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Now that Mrs. Mack has decided to plead
guilty to the crime Of cutting up her hus-
band, the yellow press of New York which
bemoaned the sorrows of this lady will
perhaps go so far as to admit that the
bloom is off the reach.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

No advocate of silver who stops short of
silver monometallism, which unlimited
coinage would bring. can ask more than the
monetary commission advises in the propo-
sition that the entire currency Of the-coun-
try under $40 shall be of silver coin and GER
tificates based upon silver dollars in the
treasury. supplemented with gold coins of
$50 and S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Calvin S. Brice doesn't like to do it, but if
ecessary-absolutely necessary-he would
be a compromise candidate" for the Office
of United States senator from Ohio. This is
all a result of Brice's great love for the
Republican party and his reluctance to see
any harm come TO it on account of a party
snlit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

If Mr.. Bryan is wise he will accept the
prefer of the fusion nomination for Con-
gress from his district in Nebraska, on the
ground that half loaf is better than loaf
ing all the time. But If he is as foolish as
the people who offer him the nomination,
he will refuse and continue to chase his
will-o' -the-wisp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

1t would not be safe to bet that Mr.. Han
ma will not be elected senator because of
the vote organizing the Legislature yester-
day, since his friends claim seven or eight
more votes than were given for the Repub-
lican candidate for speaker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The recommendation of the monetary
commission regarding the organization or
banks in small towns by basing the circu-
lation upon the assets thereof. seems de-
signed to meet the demand of the South for
a more liberal circulating medium
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The Denver Times shows that Colorado's
output Of coal last year was worth s14,O O0l
and that the people of the State sold $6,0OO,-
600 worth of fruit. 1t predicts an output
of 100000 of gold the present year. The
people of such a State should not make the
coinage of 50 cents worth of silver bullion
into dollars a side issue in politics
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Mr.. Wanamaker and the Salvation Army
are going to buy up the abandoned farms
of New England and settle them with aban-
doned people But what will become OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
Bad Combination

New York Commercial Advertiser
The fact that Mr. Kipling will be in
AFRICA at the same time as Mr.. T. d Glib
son would strike terror to our souls aid we
not. know that they We're separated BY the
shtlre length Of the continent A combina-
ton or Mr.. Kipling as author and Mr.. Glib
son as illustrator is TO be avoided
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The director of the minis credits Colorado
with s22 600 of gold during 1897, but the
Denver News publishes the reports of the
smelter and mint statements which increase
the years output to s24,S66,O74 and an out
put of silver of 81. SO7.S7o. Silver has little
more than held its own. but the output of
gold was one-third greater in 1897 than in
4coc
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The plan of the monetary commission
provides against, the contraction of the cur
rency and also against the issue of bonds
for the redemption of the greenbacks. These
provisions meet two objections of those
who would do nothing with the currency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Easy, This Year.
When you've written 81,
In putting down the date,
1t only takes a curlycue
To change it to an 8.


II wonder why" said the Cornfed Phioso-
pher, when fellow comes up to you and
says, Why, 1 thought you were sick! he
always does so in a tone that implies your
good health is an insult to him."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

When John Kelley was the head of Tam
many he took all the power from the voters
and vested it in one thousand members. Mr..
Croker has reduced the one thousand to
thirty-seven, which makes dictation easier.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Four years hence the precedent Senator
Foraker's friends are making in the Ohio
Legislature may be used to his undoing. If
chickens do not always come home to roost,
buzzards do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

attribute the setback in the manufacture
of cotton to the Dingley tariff that its cot
ton schedule is substantially the same as
that of the German Wilson law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

One of Mr.. Kurtz's reasons for not sup
porting Mr.. Hanna is that he was shaky
on the silver question in 1885, going so far
as TO ask the state committee to stop him
(Kurtzl from pushing the silver issue to the
front
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

1t is not altogether impossible that those
who are now crying deficit will. within
two years. be complaining of the Dingley
law because it takes too much revenue from
the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The Klondike relief expedition had better
hurry and start before any more men return
from the Northwest to give the lie to stories
of suffering in that region.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

The Georgia express embezzler who failed
in an attempt to commit suicide by cutting
an artery was brought to realize that it is
easier to bleed corporation than an in
dividuaI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

each Of the three countries. to pass upon the
constitution. The assembly is expected to
taa held during the coming spring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Charges of duplicity and things are being
hurled around Columbus, O., at such reck-
less rate that innocent persons will DO well
to keep off the streets.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
Dawes and scott in once.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.--Mr. Charles G..
Dawes. of Illinois. to-day took charge Of
his Office as controller OF the currency. and
Mr.. ~ d. Scott, of West Virginia. assumed
his new duties as commissioners of internal
rayRnue
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

is forcible object lesson on the benefits
of clean streets and general sanitation. The
health rate has kept even pace with these
modern improvements.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Ohio politicians are never so happy as
when they are having family fight. 1t
may be added that they have few intervals
of unhanDfness
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
There Are Others.

~iHSdBO inter Ocean.
mere Is something in the nature OF a
1 i. IN the fact that the name OF
tns Young man who has all the grain
sv ~ ny g, up Is Joserh. Nevertheless. there
are other Kernels in the bin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

According to the report of the health
board, the death rate of New York city for
the year 1897 is the lowest ever known This
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

If Senator Hanna should be elected, his
experience should lead him to a material
modification of his method of treating men
in his own party with whom he does not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04

Can be found AZ the Following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House. p. o. News Co.. III
Dearborn street. and Great Northern Hotel.
cNcINNATI-J. r. Hawley & Co.. 154 Vine
street.
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OF Third jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co.. z56 Fourth avenue.
ST. LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, D. C-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-04
FINANCIAL EXHIBIT.
Public Debt Statement and Receipts
and Expenditures.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The monthly
statement of the public debt, issued to-day,
shows that at the close of business Dec. 81,
1897, the debt, less cash in the treasury.
amounted to $999, III, 567, a decrease for the
month of $1O114,S99. This decrease in the
debt is due principally to an increase in the
cash, which is accounted for by the sale of
the Union Pacific Railroad. Following is a
recapitulation of the debt:
Interest-bearing debt ............ $S47, 1865, $40
Debt on which interest has
ceased since maturity ........... 800 go
Debt bearing no interest ......... 3S5, $780, 446
IOtal 81, zo4, 900 900
The above amount, however does not in
clude $576 $50 1888 in certificates and treasury
notes outstanding, which are offset by an
equal amount Of cash in the treasury. The
cash in the treasury is classified as fol-
lows
0Olu .@lJl 400 Ho
SILVER 0uI,E51 0c4
Bonds, disbursing officers bal
anceS, etc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5O,ZSo fo9
1OIdl $oOl J05l,0fU
OH
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dom of the speakers was most pro-
found. The humor and wit was of the
highest order. The chorus seemed
all at once to have added a new prima
donna. The air was pure, tDe seats
the most comfortable, the decorations
artistic. the flags sang a new song OF
patriotism, the few gentlemen here
and there in the audience were of the
meekest kind and the motto, Unity in
Diversity" came to me with its full-
est meaning. Some one has sa o.,
There are those whose destiny it is
never to finish: never to have enough;
to leave the feast upon the table; t.
leave all the edges of life ragged"
| cannot express the exquisite graft
tude when this feeling of my uncer.
tain tenure of a highly priced place was
turned into permanency by real dele
gates offer of a press badge, speakers
ticket or delegate badge. ] had the
honor of being admitted by one OF
these evidences of eligibility on many
occasions. L assure you that no knight
decorated with the Order of the Gar
ter appreciated the honor more than
did when some delegate decorated the
front of my shirt waist with a badge
There are many acts of kindness
that we may do to strengthen friend
ship between club women but the
delegate who divides her badge with
the visitor has secured her greatest
affection forever.
The visitor is a kinder critic than
the delegate. She sees only the smooth
side and does not feel the jars or hear
the discords in the business meeting
though l believe the Biennial meetings
have been very harmonious. i heard
of lady. who. i'm her haste to get tC
the meeting. put on her bonnet wrong
side before and when some one saiC
my dear. l believe your bonnet is or
wrong" she said. II noticed that
was attracting good deal of atten
eion, but l supposed they were only
talking of running me for president
of the National Federation"
Some of my impressions brief,
stated are that the fourth Biennia
cannot fail to impress visitor or dele
gate with the intellectual progress o.
the club women. In the past she has
lived outside the public interests. but
she is now rapidly making up for the
apathy of her grandmother. Th'
crowds which were in attendance
showed what wonderful influence
the club movement has on the pubic
mind. and that through its influenc,
many quiet homekeepers have claimed
the inheritance of the ages. One of the
best essayists in this country. two O
the best story writer's, acknowledged
leaders in philanthropy and many dis
tinguished women made the Biennia
profitable to all who attended.
Some of my friends have signifie6
their intention of attending the mex
National Federation of WOmen's Clubs
Go by all means but surround yourself
with as many delegates as possible
for while they may not be able to Sc
cure your standing i'm a great intel
ledtual body like this. they at leas
may help you to secure sitting.
Mrs. Field spoke of the inspiring au