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a CASE FOR INVESTIGATION.

A special appropriation bill passed the
lower house of Congress recently, with lit
tie or no discussion, which deserves to be
thoroughly investigated by the Senate be-
fore it is voted upon by that body; it is
an appropriation. of $2SS 600 to indemnify
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
for the use, occupation and consumption
and destruction Of the property of its pub
fishing house III Nashville after the Union
forces occupied that city. II this is a just
claim, what untold millions are not yet due
sumption and destruch4 Of property in
the late war? That the p perty was the
property OF the church VII III most of all
fostered the rebellion is neither for nor
against the justice of the claim. The facts,
as the Journal understands them, and as
are easily provable, are that when the
Union army entered Nashville that estab-
lishmenJ was in possession of the rebel
army. and its type and presses were he
ing used in printing government literature
Among the books published during the
army occupancy was Hardee's Tactics for
the use of the Confederacy. The agent at
the time in charge in his testimony be-
fore Congress, said he permitted" the use
of the establishment for this purpose
under the imperative demand of the Con-
federate army, so-caled' Soon after the
evacuation of Nashville by the rebel army
and the abandonment by the military au-
thorities of this property they had SEIZED
it was used by the Union authorities for
hospital. So were many abandoned
churches and splendid mansions. Must the
government reimburse all these for the
damages done in war? If so, why not re-
build the fences and pay for stock which
were damaged?
But, even admitting the justice of the
claim on any principle of equity the
amount is enormous. The claim was orig
inally for 100000. They estimated the value
at the time the Union forces captured it
from rebel possession at $4,000, but they
were willing to credit us with $500, GOO, the
probable value of what remained when the
war was over
To say the least of it, the case looks like
one of the jobs which .well-paid lobby
nurses along until the principal witnesses
are dead. in hopes of catching the House
asleep and getting the job through The
Senate should thoroughly investigate the
merits of case that has been pending a
third of century. Congress was much
better qualified to judge of the merits of
the case thirty years ago than now, and
it promptly rejected the claim on it's merits
then.
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% Per Cent. Larger than Last Year, "a
Larger than in 1895 and So over
Same Week in 1891.
TIDAL WAVE OF PROSPERITY
GATHERING; FORCE TO SWEEP OVER
THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
Unusually Optimistic Trade Reviews
by Bradstrects and Dun Il Co..
Cotton Advancing in Price.

NEW YORK. Feb ll.--Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: a number of favorable
circumstances ana events present them
selves this week. Perhaps the most notable
Of these are the renewed activity and conf
dence in the iron and steel market, accom-
panied by prompt and even rapid advances
in several grades of crude pig iron and steel
and the advance in the price Of raw cotton,
long predicted. but unrealzed antil the
present week. Bank clearings continue to
point 10 an immense business doing in the
country at large. in total aggregating for
the week 81, 100000, less than per cent.
smaller than last week - per cent larger
than in the corresponding week last year,
IS per cent larger than this week in 1896, "A
per cent larger than 1895, 50 per cent larger
than in 1894 and 6.3 per cent. larger than
this week in 1892.
What might be regarded as a minor fea-
ture in the business situation, though at the
same time conveying much that is hopeful
to the interest involved, is a quite general
improvement in distributive trade and de-
mand in the central West and in the South;
there spring trade is reported as opening in
good shape. Less favorable features of the
week are the slowness of spring trade in
dry goods to develop at New York and other
Eastern centers, except Boston, and the
mild weather of the Northwest rendering it
likely that retailers stocks carried over will
be larger than earlier expected. Although
the advance in cotton has been claimed to
be too rapid, it has undoubtedly impaired
much more cheerful tone to the Southern
business situation, and with the advance in
iron and steel has done much to add to the
confidence with which the trade outlook for
1898 is regarded
Business failures continue to make favor
able comparisons with previous weeks and
years the total for the week just ended be-
ing 27S, against 295 last week, 301 in the cor
responding week of 1897 3Sl in this week of
1896 29e in 1895 and 2SS in 1894 Canadian
failures for the week number fifty-one,
against forty-two last week, but compare
with fifty-four in this week a year ago
and seventy in the corresponding week of
1896
Wheat exports fall slightly below last
weeks reduced total, aggregating for the
week 3, 4l9. 504 bushels against 3,6S50O0 bush
els last week, 2,O51 900 bushels in the CORE
spending week of 1897 2,7lS000 bushels in
1896, 2,57200O bushels in 1895 and 100000
bushels in 1894. Corn exports show gain.
amounting, as they do, to 450S,000 Bushels,
against 4,1O40OO bushels last week, 4,164 900
bushels in this week last year, 3, $4,000 bush
els in 1896 and 562, 900 bushels in 1895.
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The only argument in favor OF the annex
alton Of Hawaii, and one that is conclu-
sive. is its Importance as naval station
for the defense of our western coast ana
the control of the Pacific. If this argu-
ment fails annexation is indefensihle. be-
cause we do not need the islands for col
cnizing purposes, and as mere terrific
rial addition they are not extensive enough,
altogether not one-ifth as large as the
state of Indiana, to make their acquisition
of any consequence. What may be called
the naval argument in favor of annexation
is that the islands would form a sort of
outpost or ocean picket for the defense OF
our Western coast a naval station for our
vessels in the Pacific. and point of van
tage for the control of Eastern trade TO
this it is replied by the opponents of an
nexation that the islands, instead of being
source of naval strength, would be
source of weakness, that in case of war
with a naval power they would be the first
point of attack, and that it would require
the whole strength of our navy to defend
them This argument is entitled to re-
spect because it is based on considerations
of public welfare. Is it true? Would the
possession of Hawaii by the United States
be a source of naval strength or the re-
verse? On this point there is no better au-
thority than Captain Mahan, whose fame
as a writer on naval matters has extended
throughout the world and Who is regarded
in England as the foremost living authority
or naval strategy Captain Mahan is de-
cidedly of opinion that possession of the
islands would be source of strength to
the United States. a letter was read from
him few days ago in the Senate in which
be gave some reasons for this opinion. He
pointed out that the islands could easily
be made so impregnabe that it would be
next to impossible for an enemy TO take
them, whereas, should the United States
ever get into war with Il foreign power the
possession of the islands by that power
would put us at an immense disadvantage
and we would be obliged to capture them
before we could defend our Pacific coast.
With the islands in our possession no other
naval power would have a naval base of
supplies in mid Pacific, and consequently
could not operate for any length OF time
either against our coast or for the capture
OF the islands themselves. Captain Mahan
claims that with the islands i'm our possess
sion and with our high-power guns we
could easily beat Oft any naval force that
might attack them, and. being without any
base of supplies, the attacking ships would
soon become helpless from lack of coal.
Captain Mahan does not go INTO the ques-
ton of commercial advantages, hut re-.
garding the matter strictly from naval
point of view. he thinks possession of the
islands by the United States would be
source of national strength and safety, and.
OF course. failure to possess them would
involve opposite results. His opinion
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The HAWAIIAN Trentx.

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA number of
the members of the Senate committee on
foreign relations favorable to the Hawaiian
annexation treaty held an informal meeting
in Senator Frye's committee room to-day
for the purpose of considering the future
course to be pursued with reference to the
treaty. The meeting resulted from Senator
Teller's suggestion made in executive SEES
sion a few days since that the treaty
should be abandoned as much because of
the lack of votes to pass it, and that an
nexation be accomplished through the
means of direct legislation. There was
thorough discussion of the situation at to-
days meeting, the result of which was a
decision to find an early method of de-
termining the strength of the annexation
sentiment Accordingly Senator Davis will
make an effort to get the treaty up in
the Senate next week with the view of
exhausting the speeches soon as possible.
He will then attempt to secure a test which
will reveal the voting strength of the friends
of the measure and locate the senators now
considered doubtful.
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NOT DUE TO A QUARREL.
Baroness Hickey Unable to Explain
Cause of Her Husbands Suicide.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, Feb. 1.-THE news
that Baron Hickey had committed suicide
at El Paso reached this city by private
telegram addressed TO the baroness, who is
residing at her home in Breton square, this
city. The baroness can give no reason that
could have caused her husband to take his
life. The couple had had no quarrel and
were exceedingly happy when together
Plans had been made for the baron to
spend the remainder of the winter with his
wife in Riverside. AS soon as the news
was received by Mrs. Hickey, a telegram
was sent TO the chief of police of El Paso
directing that the personal effects of the
baron be sent TO this city. and that the
body beNembalmed and forwarded to San
Francisco where the interment Will take
place in the family tomb.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. ll.--Baron Harden
Hickey and his wife came to this city about
four years ago and for a time entertained
elegantly among their circle of friends.
They purchased a handsome residence on
Pfco heights and there the baron held
bachelor hall during visit his wife paid
TO her father in the East. They also In
vested rather extensively at Santa Monica,
ard during the past two or three seasons
Baroness Harden Hickey has passed half
OF her time there Later the baroness has
lived much alone, and for year or more
past spent most Of her time in San Fran
cisco The baron departure from this city
was not generally known. and the news of
the suicide at lei Paso was the first inti-
nation that local people generally had of
his absence
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specie resumption. thus preventing the pay
ment Of pensions in the equivalent of gold.
Finally, by Republican action. specie pay
ments were resumed. Since Jan. i, 1879, ex-
soldiers and other pensioners have been
paid pensions which in the aggregate are
ten times much as the soldiers were
paid in bounties and monthly pay during
the entire war, in just as good money as
the bondholders received. AT the present
time the pensions of a single year, from
$40 OO0.000 to slJOOO0.OOO. aggregate more
than the monthly pay of all the enlisted
men in the late war in any one year. All
demagogy is contemplate, but none is more
contemplate than that which is manifested
by those who would have people believe
that any class of the governments creditors
are paid in better moneys than are the
others
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Appointments and COMBINATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE President
to-day sent the following nominations TO
the Senate: Cicero NJ. Barnett, surveyor Of
customs for the port of Louisville. KY.
Joseph w Burke, collector customs. district
os Mobile, Ala; John II. Burford, chief
justice, and Bayard T. Haines, associate
justice Supreme Court Territory of Okla
homa; Edwin s. Cunningham, of Tennessee,
to be consul at Alden, Arabia.
The Senate to-day confirmed these nomin-
ations n E. Malcolm, of San JOSE Cal.
to be United States commissioner. District
OF Alaska; f. l.. Lee. of Texas, collector
OF customs at Galveston, Tex; John 4.
Rich. collector of customs at Detroit Mich; :
X. c. Parsons, jr., of Ohio, second secretary
of the embassy at Rome; o. j.. w Smith,
of North Carolina. to be minister and con-
SUI general to Liberia; Ethan A. Hitch
cock, of Missouri, to be ambassador to Rus
STA; w. II. Powell, of Illinois. collector of
internal revenue, Thirteenth district of ILL
nois; H. II. Dunn. of Georgia, collector of
customs, Brunswick, Ga; f. Solignac of
Deming, n. NJ, register land office, Las
Cruces. n M: William McMicken of Olym-
pia, Wash, to be surveyor general of
Washington; d. King, of Mississippi coll
lector of customs. Natchez, Miss. r. W.
Cooling, of Illinois, consul at Newcastle,
New South Wales; l.. NJ. Berg, of Texas
CONSUL NuevO Laredo, Mexico.
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GenernI Nofes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. n.-To-day's treas
ury statement shows: Available cash bal
ance, $217 ,0S1 256: gold reserve, $685. ZIG, 755.
Representative Wadsworth, of New York,
introduced in the House yesterday bill
to refund to the State of New York s42, 1876
paid by the State in 1863 to arm state troops
organized in aid of suppressing the rebel
lion. "A
The Hbuse committee on judiciary to-day
killed the Senate bill to permit the State
OF South Carolina to control liquors
brought into the State in original packages.
The motion to report it favorably was lost
a tie vote.
Dr. Henry w. Furniss, consul to Bahia
Brazil, arrived to-day for final instructions
prior to sailing from New York on the 18th
inst. for his post of duty.
Chas. n. Williams, of Charlottesville, is
in Washington.
Postmaster Fred Nauer, of North Yer
non, Ind, has received a promise of in
creased allowance for clerk hire Wash
ington and Elwood will have free delivery
after June 80.
Washington postoffice, according to the
increase of business. will soon be entitled
it in 1896, but business fell off the next year
below the required $4,000 a year.
William Turner was to-day appointed
postmaster at lie Roy, Lake county, Indi-
ana vice John Wilson. removed.
ElWood will. according to present postal
revenues receive free delivery after June
30. An inspector is Investigating the FEAST
btlity of removing the New Castle post
office to more commOdious quarters.
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AT a recent entertainment of bankers in
New York ex-Postmaster General James,
one of the speakers on the occasion, said:
| congratulate you. gentlemen. on the
wave of prosperity that has at last over
taken us, and l further congratulate you
that, although there is unsafe Teller in
the Senate, who has repudiated the bond he
gave when first elected to that body, we
have board Nof directors in the House of
Representatives who. are sound and sensi-
BILE, and a cashier i'm charge of the Treas
ury Department who believes that n gov
eminent, like individuals, should pay its
debts in the best money that the world
knows. and insists that there can be but
one yardstick for all measurements of val
ues, and that a golden one; and, above ALL
that we have a. President who bluntly says
poor money never made country rich. and
sound money will not and cannot make one
poor
The bankers liked this way of stating the
case and applauded roundly. No doubt nine
y-nine-hundre1ths of the country will con-
cur
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The Democratic minority wasted Thurs
day in the House because. pending the pas
sage of a resolution affecting the issue of a
duplicate check, the speaker ruled that the
free-silver member from Delaware could not
make a speech replying to some letter of
ex- Minister Bayard on the money question.
IL the member had been permitted to pro-
ceed precedent would have been estab-
lished of allowing members to reply, in the
House and through the Congressional Rec
ord, 10 constituents who may express opin-
ions in newspapers
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FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY.
Prediction and observations of the
Local FOrecaster.

Forecast for indianapolis and Vicinity for
Twenty-four Hours Ending IL D. M, Feb. u
Fair weather on Saturday.
General Conditions Yesterday-The low
barometric area moved more rapidly east
ward; central over Canada it covers the
lakes and Canada. The temperature fell
cast and rose west of the Mississippi Rain
fell in the Mississippi valley, the Ohio val
ley and near the lakes.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-For Indiana
Generally fair; colder III southern portion;
northwest winds
For 1llinois-Fair; colder in extreme
southern portion; westerly winds.
For Ohio-Senerally fair, preceded by
rain on the lake; colder, fresh southwest to
northwest winds.
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The De LONE incident cannot be said to
be entirely closed until Spain shall have
made some reply 10 the demand of this
government for disavowal of De Lome's
letter. So far as De LONE himself is con-
cerned or his relations with the Spanish
government, the United States has nothing
rurther to dc or say. but 1t has a right to
insist upon it's demand that the Spanish
government shall disavow the offensive let
ter. That should be insisted upon by our
government as a sine qua non to the re-
sumption of friendly relations
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In issuing a call for meeting of the
state central committee of the sound money
Democrats of Indiana the chairman has
simply recognized the logic of events and
fallen in line with the leaders of the move
ment in other States. 1t is evident that the
money question is to be the leading issue
of the next campaign and that the Bryan
ties will make it free silver at 16 to / if
possible. That being the case, there is moth
ing for the sound-money Democrats to do
but maintain their organization and indie
pendent attitude. We do not agree with the
chairman that the Republican party has
disregarded the chief lesson of the election
of 1896. 1t is much too soon to make such
a declaration as that, especially in view of
the outspoken utterances of the President
and the vote of the House on the Teller
resolution. The game is not played out yet,
and the Republican, party is right in it.
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of the New South" and believes in the
generous distribution of it's advantages.
with special reference TO the infant indus
tries of the cotton States and of those
which are favored with great coal and iron
deposits 1t is well known that Mr.. Bailey
has been moved to take this advanced po-
sition because of a deep-seated belief that
If the Democratic party did not make mod
crate protection one of its tenets the Re
publicans are liable to go into the New
South ard build up political organization
which could not be beaten upon just these
lines. His open move in that direction must
therefore be regarded as an event of great
political Importance and significance
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To Prosecute Unlicensed Physicians.
HOARD or WORKS ROUTINE.
ResoIutlonn Adopted.

For asphalt roadway on Washington
street from Alabama street 10 Senate ave
nue.. and from Rural street 20 the Belt Rail-
road
For asphalt roadway on New jersey
street from Sixteenth to Nineteenth street.
For asphalt roadway on Market street,
from East to Noble street
For brick roadway on Gray street from
Pearl street 10 1876 feet south.
For bricking the first alley south of Pearl
street from Alabama 10 New Jersey street.
For bricking the alley east Of Alabama
street from Washington 10 Pearl street.
For brick roadway on Pearl street from
Alabama 80 New Jersey street.
Petitions Filled.
For cement walks on Alabama street.
from Eleventh to Sixteenth.
For sewer on MariOwe avenue. from
Oriental TO Preston street.
For cement walks on Thirtieth street,
from Meridian 10 Illinois street
For cement walks on Alabama street,
from Massachusetts avenue To- Fort Wayne
avenue.
For gravel street and sidewalks on Brink
man street.
For The Improvement Of Morris street.
from Madison avenue 70 the Belt Railroad.
NobIe-Street sewer.
The contract for sewer on Noble street.
from Washington 80 Louisiana street was
awarded TO w. ~. Albeit < CO. at <i.6l a
iineal foot.
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Senator Chandler is reported as saying
that nothing will save the Republican party
from defeat in the congressional elections
next fall but IAN aggressive foreign policy"
BY which he means annexation of Hawaii
and Cuba. The Journal has some good rea-
sons for favoring the annexation OF Hawaii,
but the salvation of the Republican party
IS not one of them. When it is proposed to
shape our foreign policy with a view to
Keeping any party in power, perhaps in
viting war for the same purpose as in the
proposed annexation of Cuba. it is time to
call halt. The Republican party will sue
coed better in the long run by aiming to
do what is right than it viii by seeking
60 influence elections by snap policies
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Gone to Meet His murdered nabc.

SPRINGFIELD Ill.,. Feb. thames Min
gle, who murdered the infant Dollie Bris-
coe and at the time made an attempt on
the life of the childs mother, was hanged
here to-day. Aingle showed nerve 10 the
last. From the scaffOld he said: I'm only
OH a journey To meet my child In heaven.
am going 20 my baby and my little woman
will join me soon, for she has not long TO
live. She will meet me; she has forgiven
me- l forgive all, I'm going TO heaven.
where ! hope 10 meet you all His neck
was broken by the fall.
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That restless demagogoe. Governor Pin
gree. IS reported 10 have proposed to the
students Of some institution that they write
Essays showing how much more the soldiers
would have received if they had been paid
IN gold. as were the bondholders. His pur-
pose is plain. Ii - TO show that under the
legislation FOR which Abraham Lincoln was
As much responsible as any other man the
b1ndhoIder was paid in a better money than
me soldier in the held An the difference was
that during the war the holders of bonds re-
ceived their 3 per cent. interest in gold.
No bonds were redeemed in gold until
greenbacks ard gold dollar for dollar were
nearly equivalent Consequently. Governor
Pingree and those like him are making a
great ado about comparatively small
matter Andrew johnson. who was of the
Pingree order OF politicians, urged Congress
10 scale down the bonds. on the ground
that the country could never pay them.
Grant. as the real successor of Lincoln de-
rlared IN his inaugural that the bonds must
Be paid in gold. For years in Congress
demagogues Of the Pingree order fought
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a commission appointed by the Governor
Of Massachusetts. under authority from the
Legislature, to investigate the subject of
municipal ownership oil street railways, has
reported in favor of cities owning and leas-
ing street railroad tracks, but against their
operating the lines. This is the conclusion
of the commission after careful investiga-
ton Of the most advanced experiments in
this and other countries.