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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-26

the Bay Of Biscay. and with her went down
Sir John Burgoynes only son, Captain Bur
goyne, v. c., the commander of Coles ILL
fated invention. Sir John was to save one
life for the loss of another.
Ignorant of the fate of the captain, Sir
john and his illustrious guest set sail four
hours after the disaster-at Z O'Clock on
the morning Of Sept. Z. when the storm
had abated Even then the Gay Gazelle
had a terrible passage, and it was not till
$3.50 on the following morning-after twelve
hours on the passage-that the yacht
reached Ryde. The Empress got a few
hours rest at the York Hotel there, and
then took the train to Hastings, where her
son had arrived with three officers from Os
tend on the previous day. What a different
landing in England from the one which the
Empress had had fifteen years before, when
she came as the guest of our Queen Since
then she has been the guest of England.
At Camden Place, Chiselhurst ber husband
joined her early in the new year March,
1S7D, and though the Queen befriended her
Immediately, she saw all her possessions slip
from her one by one. In 1872 her precious
jewels We're scattered by the hammer for
$4,000 Six months later Gan. 9. 1879. her
husband succumbed to the deadly disease
which had cut off his father and Napoleon
/: and on June l, 1879. her beloved son, the
Prince Imperial was butchered by the
ZlIluS
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Forgcr Caught i'm Canada.

WALKERTON, Ont, Dec. 25.-A PinHer-
ton agent has arrested Robert King, a resi-
drafts and hitting them tbroueh the First
National Bank of Rock Rapids, Ia 1t is
alleged that King, on Sept. 80. registered at
Seneca. N. Y, and induced a Mr. Penman
to identify him at the bank. He first put
through a genuine 500 draft, and followed it
up later with forged draft for $780, issued
by the Partridge banking house of Seneca,
N. Y. Penman came to Paisley with a de-
tective and identified the man White. He
a dafensp
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THE BILLY MASON HAM.
A New Order of Nobility Created by q
Chicago Packing House.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, has achieved a
distinction unique in the history of Amer
lean politics. When he introduced the other
day resolution directing an inquiry into
the legislation against the importation OF
American pork into Germany, now pending
in the heichstag, one of his enthusiastic
constituents who happened to be IN WaSn-
ington, the representative of Chicago
packing house, called the senator out or the
chamber and expressed gratitude at this ag-
greSsiVe movement in behalf of the hog.
He declared that his firm wished, In its en-
thusiaStic appreciation of Mr. MaSon,S 10y
atty to a great and grunting institution OF
his country, to name after him a nam. Al
though overcome by the honor thus uneX-
pectedly thrust upon him, the senator
promptly signified his acceptance.
The Constitution prescribes that no tue
of nobility shall be granted by the United
States. The same great instrument pro-
hibits the acceptance by any ot1ceholder or
any present, emolument, once or tltle OF
any kind from any king, prince or foreign
potentate But none of these restrictions
apply to the BILLY Mason nam. IL is
title of honor bestowed by his own state;
1t is a dignity conferred by commerce, ana
finds its origin In agriculture. May the
brand become popular at home and entlcing
abroad May thef succulent juices, Wen
cured and wholesome, of this product or
American corn and digestive chemistry de-
light the palates of all Germany and convert
the sturdy members of the Reichstag TO y
Just appreciation of the superior quality OF
pork from across the sea. The Spanish car
us In opprobrium, a nation OF pigs. Iney
have found us a Nation with tusks. May
now those Spanish sympathlzers' the Ger
man statesmen, find not food for pohtlcaI
prejudice. but morsels of delight 70 their
palates in the BILLY Mason" ham. May It's
fame and it's SAVIOR add to the swelling vol
ume of our export trade. To Chicago is due
the credit of creating q new order OF no
bility not effete, but lustrous with the
glory of sustaining a need of the human
race in all countries.
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color Lime i'm Ha,vaiian society.

Now 1OTk IIIUUIIG.
oddly enough" says an American in
Honolulu. cit is that the half-caste and ma
tive women married to white men who fear
most profoundly the effects OF annexation.
They are afraid that the color line. never
before drawn in Hawaiian society, viii
speedily be marked with no uncertain SYM
boil When a dusky court was the apex or
society and men, now leaders in republican
simplicity, disputed for precedence, there
could be no question of color. If there had
been, the white would have been discrimi-
mated against. Later the intermarriages
were sufficient protection. Only last night,
in Honolulu's SWEETEST restaurant / saw the
former postmaster general of Hawaii and
his wife and daughters sitting at the next
table to three Chinese, apparently prosper
GUS but obviously not high class. There
were kanakas American soldiers. pretty
girls with light-colored skins and traces OF
Chinese origin about eyes, and kanaka
fairness of the nose, Philippians and Euro
peans scattered at the tables ] doubt IL
such a mixture dwells in such social equality
anywhere else on earth"
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Misused Children.
Chicago Post


The little children who are so fortunate
as to be connected by marriage as it were,
with the Temple Baptist Church have been
explicitly instructed that there is no Santa
Claus. Any child of the Temple Baptist
communion who dares to breathe the pro-
fame name of Santa Claus is spanked by inn
mersion-that is to say, all over. We re-
member hearing pious mother laboring to
disabuse her child's mind of pagan ideas by
telling him that Santa Claus did not give
him his Christmas presents. And when the
poor, disconsolate urchfn pathetically asked
who did, this worthy expounder of truth and
nately, we lost track of that interesting
family. for we should like to note from time
to time the development of that child's ir-
tellect and the rapidity of his growth in
spirituality Really we feel sorry for our
dear old friend Santa Claus, who never had
an instinct that was not kindly and whose
life is ever in accord with the divine injunc-
ton for the love and care of children. Many
of our professedy Christian brethren could
not treat him worse were he Lucifer hiu-
self
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A LIFE OF SORROW.
Woes of the Ex-EmpreSs Eugene
Since 1870.

In the English Illustrated there is an inter-
esting Renaissance of the Empress Eugene
After Sedan, Napoleon was a prisoner (for
the fourth time in his life); Paris was Writh-
ing in an agony of impotent rage and the
beautiful Regent was beseged in the Tuiler-
les At last, on Sunday afternoon (Sept a.
Eugene resolved to leave At o'clock in
the afternoon she managed to escape from
the palace, and. with no change of Clothes
without money and without food she was
conveyed to a cab. Only street urchin had
noticed her. but his cry, IL Imperatrice!"
passed UNDECIDED. The next four DAYS We're
spent in a race for life or death Her
cccher took her to two houses in turn, only
to find the owners away from home. The
flying Empress turned for help to America
in the person of DR.. Evans. the famous dem
fist, who died recently. But his hospitality
could prove of little avail After infinite
trouble and Il weary journey of two days
and three nights she managed to reach the
coast, arriving at DeauVile. near Trouville,
in a Normandy peasants cart, on Sept s.
1t so happened that Sir John FOX Bur
goyne (whose statue is in a corner Of Carl
ton House terrace) was waiting at Deauvlle
with his trim little yacht the Gazelle. fifty
feet long and of forty tons burden, 10 con-
Vey his wife to England or her return jour
ney from Switzerland The fugitive EN-
press was introduced to Sir John. who had
fought against France years before. and he
agreed to take her across the channel. This
was on the afternoon of Sept. 6. A wild
hurricane swept the channel that evening.
England will never forget the storm, for IN
the early hours of the next morning (the
7th) her Majesty's ship Captain capsized in
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depositor would suffer under a system of
note issue based upon commercial assets?'
Nothing of the sort" was the reply Il
am glad you have given me an opportunity
that subject. The controller directed his
criticism TO the proposition that the notes
for their full amount over all other liabili-
ties. He demonstrated correctly that in
such case the assets Of some of the small
banks which have made bad failures would
be largely absorbed for the redemption Of
the notes in full and that the dividends paid
depositors would be considerably reduced.
But the provision which he criticised is not
in any way essential to a sound bank note
currency. based upon commercial assets.
The provision was put in some of the bills
before Congress in order to give bond TO
fate in regard to the security of the notes.
The prejudice against the wildcat banks
was the cause Of this provision; I thing ed
ueation has advanced far enough on the sub
Ject, with those who have given il any seri-
Gus attention, TO convince them that the
notes, m properly limited in amount, would
De absolutely secure without a first lien.
The calculations | presented above regard
ing the fraction of ] per cent. required to
raise a sufficient safety fund to cover all
losses were based upon equal treatment for
the noteholder and the depostor far as
the assets are concerned. The noteholder
simply gets the advantage of the safety
fund, which covers that portion of the value
of the notes not covered by the dividends
paid from other realized assets. If the notes
were first lien, the tax would be reduced
to the vanishing point The whole amount
required to be made good from the. safety
fund in that case from 1864 to 1897 would
have been $l94S29, or less than S. 600 per
year. This would require an annual tax up
on the solvent banks of one-four- hundred-
and-fiftieth of one per cent, or about $22
upon O. circulation of 81 600 600. The amount
required annually. if the notes were not a
first lien. in order to cover all losses, would
be $555 upon circulation of $1000,O00. while
the tax actually levied by the government
under existing law is $4,000. I think it is
obvious that bank-note system resting up
on the solid basis of the commercial wealth
of the country would not only be absolutely
secure for the noteholder, but would leave
the rights of the depositor unimpaired and
impose an insignificant burden upon the sol
nlrc
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Anglo-American Good viii.

CAIRO, Dec. "A farewell banquet was
rendered this evening to Lieutenant Gen
eral Sir Francis Grenfelt, the recently
appointed governor of Malta, who now re-
tires from the supreme command of the
Anglo-Egyptian forces in Egypt. The pres
ence OF Mr.. Thomas S. Harrison, United
states agent and general consul, and Ethel
bert Watts, United States vice consul gen.
eral, led to an Anglo-American demonstra-
ton. General Grenfelt and James E. Donnell
Rodd, secretary of legation at the British
agency, spoke warmly of Anglo-SaXon
friendship. Mr.. Harrison, who was re-
ceived with immense enthusiasm, made a
stirring speech, sparkling with humor. In
the course of a speech Mr. Grenfelt recipro-
Gated their friendly expressions.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind. Dec 25.-Dr N H.
Ballard, aged fifty, died this morning at his
home in this city. He had been suffering
with kidney disease for some time and his
death was not unexpected. DR.. Ballard was
native of Ohio, and came to this city in
1860. In 1878 he began reading medicine with
DIR. J. r. Weist, and remained with him
until March. 1883 In 1881 he graduated from
the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He
took a course at the Rush Medical College
Chicago, and graduated in April, 1888. He
rad been member of the city, county, dis
trict and State medical societies. having
served as secretary of the county organiza-
tion. He was a member of the Masonic fra
ternity. A wife and daughter survive.
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Christmas Doings in Camp.

SAVANNAH Ga. Dec 25.-Christmas in
the camp of the Seventh Army Corps came
as near being a civilian celebration as is
possible in military life Practically all
army restraints were suspended except
morning and afternoon calls, and the men
were left to enjoy themselves in their own
fashion. The Third Nebraska Colonel Will
liam ]. Bryan's old regiment had a fund of
81 600 sent from home for Christmas din
ner. This was apportiOned among the COM
panieS. The Second Louisiana also had 81 600
for a Christmas dinner, but this regiment
spent Christmas at sea, having sailed yes
terday at the same time as the First Texas
Several officers and men took dinner in the
city, though there was no concerted move
for a spread for the troops as on Thnaks-
giving day. Tomorrow will also be holt
daV for the trOopS
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LAST WEEK OF HOSPITAL.
Camp Poland Patients Being Re-
moved to Fort McPhersOu.

CAMP POLAND Knoxville, Tenn, Dec.
25-Within another week the military hos
pital here will be a thing of the past. The
army hospital train from Fort Mcpherson,
Atlanta, Ga, arrived this morning and left
tonight with forty-two sick soldiers. The
train will take these patients to Fort Nc
Pherson where they will be attended until
they have recovered They are from the
Sixth Ohio. Thirty-first Michigan, Second
Ohio and First West Virginia regiments.
Six patients are left in the hospital here
With a single exception these are con-
valescents who will likely be released this
week. The exception is Mai. David Hemp
hill, of South Carolina, who is in n critical
condition and who may not recover. Col.
Cornelius Gardnes, of the Thirty-first Mich
heart trouble and pneumonia. but his friends
left tonight with him for his home in De-
troit Mich
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sloan Disnppointed the Dude..

Special to the indianapolis Journal
KOKOMO. Ind, Dec. 25-Tod Sloan spent
Christmas with his adopted parents, Mr. and
Mrs. ID. G. Blouser. his companions, Charley
Dwyer and EdCie Bald, also being guests at
the modest Blouser cottage, where the party
ate turkey cooked by Mrs. Blouser To the
great disappointment of the Kokomo dudes
Tod is not wearing his stylish clothing or
diamonds. He says he is tired of them and
hereafter will wear only plain suits. He
denies the report that he was mistreated in
England 1t is said that in all his races
abroad Sloan wore a small American flag
next his heart as a mascot. This he says is
luckier than rabbits feet. He will leave for
California Tomorrow
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Teaching Hygiene in school.

new 1OIh ENCNlIlS LOSt.
In the course of some recent remarks on
hygiene in the public schools, DR.. John S.
Fulton, of Baltimore, secretary of the Mary
land Board of Health, said: Hygiene as
taught to schoochildren seems to me fairly
open to criticism as much for what it unnec-
essarly includes as for what it unwisely eX-
cludes. The textbooks that l have seen give
a great deal of space to the sort of anatomy
that no one but a surgeon needs to know,
much physiology, of which about half is
superfiuous and at least one-fourth false,
while so much as treats of hygiene proper is
concerned exclusively with personal health"
The doctor might have added that the teach
ing of the subject with existing textbooks
at least. is regarded as farce by very
many teachers, who comply with the law i'm
a merely perfunctory way. This lack of
spirit in the matter is communicated to the
children, and their contempt for the book
is increased by its unreasoning condemna-
ton of some of the habits of their parents.
They note also that the managers of the
schools, in requiring children of tender age
to study at home violate one of the ex-
press provisions of the physiology text
bOO1-
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Made Poor ChiIdren Happy.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
MARION, Ind. Dec. 25.-The Women's
Christian Association did a work in Marion
making merry the homes Of many a family
that otherwise would not have been happy
to-day. Friday afternoon ard yesterday
morning the president Mrs. N. B. Comstock,
assisted by Mesdames Eli Halderman, Justin
blood, was busy at the rooms of the asso-
citation, distributing toys. fruits, candies and
clothing to the children that called to receive
q present. All Saturday afternoon the wom-
en- rode about the city in an express wagon.
distributing presents to the children. The
business men of the city made up about $3.50
and gave to the w. C. A for Christmas
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MISS SUTRO Welded.
Lawyer w. j. English, of Chicago, the
Happy Man.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec 25.-Miss Clara
Sutro, daughter of the late Adolph Sutro,
the famous San Francisco mining man,
mayor and millionaire, and William J. Eng
lsh, of Chicago, were quietly married this
afternoon att the residence of Right Rev.
Bishop Montgomery, who of1ciated. The
brother of the bride was the only witness
to the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. English will remain here for
a few days and will then journey to New
York. They contemplate a trip to Spain,
and upon their return to this country they
will take up their residence in Chicago the
home of the groom.
Mr. English is a widely known attorney,
being a member of the firm of English &
Hefferman, of Chicago. He is also mem
president of the Chicago Fair Association.
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Dances for Insane Patients.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Dec. 25.-The holiday
season is being we'll observed at the
Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane.
Superintendent S. L. Smith furnished the
patients an entertainment that was greatly
enjoyed. Friday night there was a dance
for the patients. Last evening the comedy,
ITO Let, Furnished was presented. This
evening a concert was given, and the rest
OF the program provides for Monday night
dance for patients and an employees social;
Tuesday patients social; Wednesday, con-
cert; Thursday. employees dance; Friday,
patients dance; Saturday, presentation of
the farce comedy "A Gallant's Dilemma
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CANAL DOVER, o.. Dec. 25-The black
plate plant of the Reeves Iron Company.
which manufactures plates for the timing
plant here, owned by Philadelphia capital
has been sold to the American Tin Mill
Trust, now forming with headquarters at
Chicago. Negotiations are also pend
ing for the sale of the timing
plant. The Reeves mill will be shut
down Jan. l. when invoicing will
begin Great concern is felt by the en-
ployes lest the plant will be abandoned
at this point by the trust. In that event
however it is believed it will be leased by
the Reeves people and converted into a
sheet mill.
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SAY BRYAN IS TALKING TOO MUCH.
Democratic Congressman DisapprOvp
of the Nebraskan,s Course.

of the Nebraskan's Course.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-Several Demo-
cratic congressman who are earnest sup
porters of the Chicago platform and of Mr.
Bryan as the exponent of it are speaking
privately in disapproval of Mr.. Bryan's re-
sumption of unreserved public discussion of
National questions which are as yet so in
definitely presented as to leave it a matter
of doubt how party lines may be drawn
Some apprehension is expressed among silver
men that by the too free discussion of the
expansion question and of the military en-
larsement he is in danger of obscuring the
freely made that he can afford to be very
circumspect in talking publicly until the
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Saloon Keeper,s FamiIx Poisoned.

NEW YORK, Dec. 25-Adolph Neat, a
bartender. employed by Mrs. Marie Zizscher,
who keeps a small hotel at Paterson, N j.,
died to-day after suffering great agony. It
is thought his death was caused by arsenical
in the milk used by the household of Mrs.
Zizscher. Mrs. Zizscher. Mary Doty. a serv-
ant, Fritz Hagerman. an employee. and Fritz
Zeffen were also poisoned, but will probably
recover. The milk will be analysed.
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BROOKLINE, Mass, Dec 25.-By the
sudden breaking of the ice on Loverett
thirty young girls and boys were thrown
into eight feet of water and, though numer-
to rescue the children, three were drowned
before help could reach them. They were
Jams w. Clattenburg jr.. ten years old /;
Arthur Collins, thirteen years, and Emma
Miller fourteen years
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WEST SUPERIOR. Wis, Dec 25-The
Morning Leader, published by the Middle
ton Manufacturing Company, has gone into
the hands of County Treasurer II. H. Stew
art as receiver. The publication of the pa
per will continue under the courts direc-
ton until further notice. The editorial an
nouncement of the paper states that every
effort will be made to pay all creditors in
f,rIl
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A santa claus calls Dead.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NEW ALBANY. Ind. Dec. 25-John Will
lams dropped dead this morning al George
Blust's saloon OH the Corydon pike west of
this city. Williams was taking home an arm
load of Christmas presents and was show
ing them to a crowd in the saloon when he
toppled over dead of heart disease He was
twenty-eight years old.
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NEW YORK, Dec 25.-News reached this
city to-day from Vienna that the committee
appointed to decide the disposition of the
prizes for the most brilliant games played
in the recent international tournament at
Vienna has awarded the prize TO Pilisbury
for his game against Halprin. Lipke got
second prize for his game against Janowski.
and Marco got third prize for his game
against Burn The prizes are to the value OF
$780, SIS and $50, respectively.
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A Christmas Eve svvindIe.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 25.-Last night a
stranger opened a museum of living freaks
here, charging an admission of % cents The
large room was speedily packed with peo-
pie, who found nothing inside and soon dis
covered the manager had fled with the door
receipts. Several business men were also de-
frauded
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HOUSTON, Tex, Dec 25.-The cotton re-
ceipts at Houston for the first months OF
a record never equaled by interior town
or port of the United States and which will
be celebrated with a banquet TO which all
the prominent civil officials and cotton men
will be invited. II is estimated by Secretary
Warner. of the Cotton Exchange that GOO 900
bales viii yet be received during the re-
mainder OF the season.
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Bpecial 10 the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH. Ind, Dec. 25.--Owen Sullivan,
for twenty-five years postal clerk on the
Wabash Railroad between st. Louis and
Toledo. says that not in all that time has
there been such run Of mail as the crews
have had to handle In the last four days
The crews were stuck" time and again,