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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

It is probable that the Cincinnati Enquirer
sold a good many extra papers yesterday
morning by printing in poster type the I'M
confirmed runlor of the destruction of the
Fern. The wonder is that any one who was
led to purchase the paper upon the cry
OF another ship sunk in Havana" could
have thought for a moment that it was
other than a canard made TO sell papers.
Many did. however. telephone the newspa-
pers for. confirmation. If the Fern had
been sunk in the narbor of Havana the
Navy Department would have been the first
TO be appraised of the fact, and the agents
OF the Associated Press would have sent
II TO all the papers belonging to the asso-
citation. Those who traffic in such rumors
proceed upon the assumption that people
delight to be fooled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

The fact that some excellent persons are
opposed to war with Spain under any cir
elnstances should not deter Congress from
taking such action as the case may can
for We have never had a war in which
the people were a unit in favor of it either
before it began or afterwards In the
revolutionary war there was an anti-war
party from the beginning 10 the end. There
was strong opposition to the war Of 1912.
When CONGRESS declared war the vote in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

So the self-eomplacent Mr.. Bailey is drill
ing his associates in the House to meet
the Presidents message with a declaration
of the independence of Cuba and nothing
more. Under the present conditions Spain
would be pleased with that policy, because
it. would relieve it OF the immediate pros
would do nothing to put an end to Spanish
misrule in Cuba
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

The Journal would mildly suggest to those
who want bloodshed before the close of an
other day that the United States is in sore
need of men for its navy. A recruit need
not be sailor He will not be asked If he
has seen salt water or knows starboard
from larboard. In short, any able-bodied
man can get a fighting chance. This an
nouncement is made because the Navy De-
partment Is said to be considering the pro-
priety of offering bounty for recruits 1t
may be possible that the war cannot go on
until crews are secured for the ships, II
these tongue werrlors DO not hasten 10 re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

The Peoples Health Journal, of Chicago,
announces that "a glass of cold water, when
slowly slipped, will cause greater accelera-
ton of the pulse than will glass of wine
or spirits if taken at single draught,"
and, further, that 1.-The slipping of a glass
of cold water will often allay a. craving for
alcohol in those who have been in the habit
of taking too much, the effect being prob
ably due to the stimulant action of sip
ping" If this can be demonstrated to be
true, water will attain an unexpected pop
ularitY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Prof. John Fiske, the historian, in a re-
cent sketch of the early history of Cuba
relates the follow -ng. Hatuey, it should
be said, was a native Indian chief:
In the year 1911 came Diego Veasquez
tied to stake and fagots piled about him
While the flames were licking the flesh
from his bones, a black-robed priest held
up the crucifix, and begged of him to re-
pent of his sins and secure a place in heav-
en-. Where is heaven?' cried Hatuey;
are there any Spaniards there?" Yea
many" quoth the priest. Then" said the
writing victim, pray let me go some
where else
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

House was 70 for and - against. The anti
war sentiment was st 'ong and active during
the entire war. The same IS true of the Mex
lean war and the war for the suppression
OF the rebellion. From present indications
Congress and the people are more nearly
unanimous I'm favor of war with Spain than
they have ever been in any previous war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Electricity will play an important part
in the next war. The great war ships are
wired from stem to stern and their big
guns are handled by electric power The
heavy coast defense guns are elevated and
lowered by the same power. submarine
mines are exploded by electricity, while
telegraph and telephone wires connect all
adjacent Notifications. In case of war cleo
trical experts will be much in evidence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NlsW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House. p. o. News Co., III
Dearborn street, Great Northern Hotel and
Grand Pacific Hotel
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street
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OF Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co., 256 Fourth avenue.
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WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House and Willards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

A reporter of the Denver Post, speaking
of the bride of young Walter Sanger Pull
man, says she is a beautiful woman of the
parlor-made type!' Now, what is the par
lor-made type? OF course, the Denver
writer cannot by any possibility mean par
3or maid
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

It develops that none of the leaders of the
Cuban Junto who have been talking recently
are Cubans, and that Mr.. Rubens, who de-
clared war in the name of the Cuban pa
triots on the United States in the event of
intervention to obtain peace was never in
Cuba, but is native of New York and a
graduate of Columbia University. He is a
Cuban patriot for a per diem.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Two Psychologists OF Havana have found
time lin the midst of alarms to make a
study of microbes on bank notes. and find
that these notes have a specific septic bacil-
lus which rapidly kills animals inoculated
with it. 1t is hardly likely that this dis
covery will lead the Cubans to decline to
handle any money they can get hold Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Affairs seem to be almost as bad in Porto
Rice as in Cuba. 1t is the same everywhere
under Spanish misrule. If war comes We
should make clean job of it and drive the
Spanish out of both islands and the West
ern hemisphere
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

If General Grant were alive now and
should say to Congress what he said in
1873, what howl would be raised! What
ne said was that in order to resume specie
payments the cooperation of the moneyed
institutions must be secured
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

If the National Guard, if called out shall
display high soldierly qualities, the United
States will never have a large standing
army, but more army officers win be de-
tailed to instruct the guard
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Madrid papers declare that Spain should
never agree TO give up Cuba and Porto
Rico because they are the key to the Gulf
OF Mexico That is not a very good argu-
ment to address to Americans
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
Twenty Pages

Public Indignation has been expressed in
regard to the insolence of those who claim
to speak for the Cuban Junto. The venom
Gus yellow newspaper should be treated in
the same manner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10
The Cornfed PhiInsnnher

"A man may know enough to come in
when it rains" said the Cornfed Philoso-
pher, but he would not have needed to
come in had he known enough to keep
his umbrella
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

lieve the government some who are not must
do so. BY way of encouragement, it may
be added that the navy was regarded by the
land soldiers of the last war as a soft
snap. Lest any person who yearns in loud
speech to be let loose upon Spain should not
learn of the great need of naval recruits,
anX one who knows of the fact should take
some pains to inform that class.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Barlow tells me that he kept perfectly
cool when that burglar got into his house"
'Barklow's wife told my wife that Bark
low hid in the refrigerator"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

Dollie Footlites-I wonder to whom l am
for this lovely bouquet?
Mile Wingdantse-To the florist. /
reckon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-10

She-Do you think love is an illness, as
the doctors claim?
He-Well, yes; something of a rash ma
ture
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The herald., 1898-10-15
Let Justice Be Done

Regardless Of the fact that IN the Lorin
Fox case JUSTICE w. c. VAN FLEET
did no more than put forth the law as the
law is, many of our exchanges still continue
to denounce him in bitter terms. The very
language of their articles demonstrates
that they could not have read the decision
In its entirety; or. having read 1t, did not
know that the attorneys for the boy nave
themselves declared that the decision Is
perfectly sound, and could not have been
focused otherwise under the law; or, hav-
Ing read 1t, and knowing this and many
other facts heretofore presented In these
columns, must be classed as journals which
are willing and ready to continue to do In
Justice for party effect They should read
over again this statement from NJ. Z.
Chapman, one OF the attorneys Tor the
boys father
The legal effect of the decision of the su-
preme court in this case was to counten-
ance, on behalf of a poor man for the death
of his son, a greater recovery than could be
awarded to a rich man for the same loss.
The recovery, 1t Is always to be borne In
mind. is based upon the estimated value
of the services of the child to the parent,
having In mind the condition In life of the
child and of his parents. The poor man
shows in court the probable earnings Of his
child during minority. and Is awarded them
accordingly. In the same kind Of action
the rich man can only show that his son
has been and in the nature OF things prob
ably will, be constant source Of outlay
and expense to him during minority, and
as a consequence his recovery In the law
must be limited to nominal sum.-Sacra-
mento Bee,
The herald., 1898-10-15
The State Printer

To the Editor of The Los Angeles Herald:
State Printer Johnston, through the col
umns of the Times of Thusday condemns
circular giving data concerning his ex-
travagant administration Of the state print
Ing office. The principal objection adj
vanced Is that those charges are brought on
the eve of election, whereas they have been
In the hands of voters for two weeks. and 1t
still lacks three weeks of elecion. Cannot
Mr.. Johnston reply in this time? We optne
that 1t Is not the shortness Of time, but
the lack of any reply that bothers Mr..
Johnston and his associates. Surely five
weeks should be sufficient for any innocent
official to prove himself such. 1t Is be-
cause he realizes the futility of any de-
fense he might make that prompts him
to advance this ridiculous excuse of And
this at the eleventh hour. and unsigned,
tooI'
He ignores the fact that were signatures
attached 1t would require still another
circular to contain them
Quoting from the circular:
In July, 1885, Mr.. Johnston entered
upon the expenditure Of his large appro-
priation, which he promised Governor
Budd he would make cover the entire
expense of his office.
But Mr.. Johnston had apparently
become involved with his political
necessities, and his obligations to the
dealers from whom he purchased sup
plies, and that year made the extra
ordinary expenditure of $146OOO.59.
This created deficiency of over $751;
900 between the amount of the peoples
money he expended and the value Of the
work he did for the state which Mr..
Johnston submits and makes no effort
to explain.
The herald., 1898-10-15
"HOME AGAIN"

How the morning sun in glory streams in
spiendor from the skies,
With golden gleam Of welcome to our
gallant soldier boys,
Who are marching back to kindred, home
and friends they loved SO we'll
But what hardships they have passed
through their thinn'd numbers now
can tell.
First to go when duty called you on the
death-strewn road to fame,
Ev'ry heart with joy was pulsing. manly
breasts were all atiame;
Yes, when Freedoms trumpet sounded,
loud, against oppresson's thrall,
Have you rallied round Old Glory-first
that answered to the call.
Now q hundred thousand welcomes to our
noble boys in blue.
And as many kindly blessings on the lowly
and the true,
Who are resting by Pacific, where the mid
night breakers roar.
AS If chanting loud their requiems on the
wild and rugged shore.
mothers, sweethearts dear
Let us clasp the hand of friendship while
we give three ringing cheers
For that starry flag, triumphant, on the
land and on the main;
And three for missing comrades that we'll
never see again.
tbs.
Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, Oct, 1898.
The herald., 1898-10-15
THE LITTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA

One pound Of sleeps wool Is capable
of producing one yard Of cloth.
A horse will live twenty-five days
without food, merely drinking water
The total length Of the worlds tele-
graph system has now reached A,SoS,s2l
miles.
Some of the screws used In watches
are so small that it takes 100000 Of them
to weigh pound.
The "cow tree. OF Venezuela gives
fluid resembling and possessing a close
chemical affinity to cows milk.
About 5000 words in the English Ian
guage have no rhyme to them. These
include such important words as honor
virtue, gulf, month and echo.
The consumption Of horse flesh as
human food has slightly decreased
during the year in Paris, being 4,472
tons. This was derived from POSTS
horses, SO mules and 232 donkeys.
1t is an inexplicable fact that men
buried in an avalanche Of snow hear dis
tinctly every word uttered by those who
are seeking them, while their most stren-
uous shouts fail to penetrate even few
feet of the snow.
The underground railway in London
was the most expensive to construct OF
any in the world. Some parts Of 1t cost
as much as 1000 guineas per yard, or &c
for every inch The cost of constructing
the Great Western railway was also very
great, passing as 1t does through the
hilly districts Of Devon and Cornwall.
The herald., 1898-10-15
HIS Ho1HwARD TALKS

In his homeward talks the president
continues to impress upon his hearers
the Importance Of bracing up the ad-
ministration, by sticking firmly to the
grand old party In it's day Of tribulation.
He does not ostensibly say this much,
in plain English. but he says 1t by infer
ence. I'VE must stand unitedly until
every settlement Of the recent contest
shall be written In enduring FORM" he
told the people of Red Oak, Ia. At an
other point he said: I'VE must stand to-
gether until the issues Of the war are
finally settled"
This emphasis of the Importance of
standing together sounds something like
the famous remark that 'ff we don't
hang together we'll hang separately.
In all this line of talk, and we find the
essence of 1t In all his brief speeches,
the president is following the path
aim is to impress upon Republicans the
momentpus Importance of saving con-
gress in the coming elections, SO that
the administration will have a clear
swing in adjusting all the matters re-
sulting from the war.
The prosperity claim also continues to
hold its place in the presidents stock of
rear-end speeches At Creston, Ia, he
said: II do not know a period in our
history when the country enjoyed more
real and substantial prosperity than it
does today" And then he gave a varia-
tion of an expression made on his way
westward, "the job hunts the man now,
not the man the job" Putting the
stand together" appeal to his party
and preaching prosperity that is invis-
ible to the naked eye are the standard
subjects of the presidents talks as he
backtracks from Omaha.
The herald., 1898-10-15
Politics and War

There has been politics in this war 1t
was prophesied in the beginning when
Grosvenor of Ohio declared ha congress
that it was to be Republican war. 1t has
been manifested in appoin ntments and in re-
fusals of appointments. 1t has been shown
in contracts and jobberies innumerable.
But these are incidents, perhaps. and could
be CLOSED over as inseparable from and a
necessary outgrowth Of partisan control of
government under our system. The GRIM
.nal neglect. the utter incapacity, the out
rageous, inhuman conditions attendant
upon nd swiftly succeeding the end Of ac-
tive operations, these must be hunted down
to the primal cause and the responsibility
fixed in the light Of fact, In defense Of civil-
zatlon and natural self-respect.-Seattle
Times.
The herald., 1898-10-15
CHARTER CHANGES

The new city charter, published In
The Herald, has attracted widespread
attention. AS far as has been ascer-
talned, the changes In the ways and
means of conducting the city govern
ment which 1t contemplates, have been
we'll received by the people of Los An
geles Among these changes, extending
of the terms of office Of the mayor and
other elective officers of the city, in
Guiding, of course members of the coun-
Gill; from two years to four years is by no
means least in Importance. This exten-
sion of municipal service in office doubles
the interval between city elections, and
thus saves the community from excite
ment and partial hindrance to ordinary
business incident to a municipal cam
paign.
Under the present charter the ap-
pointive power of the mayor-subject to
confirmation by the council-is limited
to superintendent of buildings, water
overseer, sealer of weights and meas
ures, four members of the board of
health and the directors of the public
library. The new charter gives him the
power to appoint all officers of the city
whose election or appointment Is not
otherwise provided for In the charter.
The more prominent of these latter are
city clerk, city attorney, city engineer
and street superintendent. Under the
charter of 1889 the election of these Off
GERS by the people is provided for. Con-
ferring their appointment on the mayor
with the consent of council. Of course
materially enlarges the powers of that
officer, but as, In the main, he is held re-
sponsibie for the faithful and efficient
discharge Of their official duties, it would
seem only right that he should have a
voice in their selection.
Touching the penal sums Of city bonds,
the amounts specified in the present
charter are retained in the proposed in
strument, 1t being provided therein that
the superintendent Of buildings and the
chief Of fire department, respectively,
enter into bonds of $4,000 each.
A feature of special interest to city
taxpayers is the provision of the new
charter regulating the salaries of city
officials. These, Notwithstanding the ex-
pansion of municipal affairs in other di-
rections, remain substantially as pro-
vided for in the present charter. Where
change in the amount of official COM
pensation occurs in the new instrument
it is In favor of the taxpayer. For in
stance, under the present charter the
city auditor receives $4,000 per annum
under the proposed charter the amount
is fixed at s2400. Then the new instru-
ment cuts down the city treasurer's sal
airy from $24O0 to $4,000, and the salary of
the street superintendent from $4,000 to
$2400. The new charter gives the city
tax collector s2400, while the present
charter allows the city tax and license
collector $4,000 per annum. It will be
seen that the proposed changes are all
in the interest of economical adminis-
tration Of our municipal government,
The herald., 1898-10-15
ODD ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE

In ten years the descendants Of two rab-
bits, If left unmolested, will number 70,O00,-
900.
The sultan Of Turkey has just built at
Mecca the biggest house in the world. 1t
Is intended for the accommodation Of pill
grms, and Is capable of sheltering 5000
persons.
There are 4OO,000,000 people in the British
empire, and the queen would have to live
another seventy years to enable her to see
all of them pass before her. night and day.
for all that time.
A certain Episcopal clergyman is in favor
of compelling all clergymen of the church
to say the morning and evening service
daily because 1t would improve the vocal
utterance of the ministers.
Considerable trouble was recently caused
in a Chicago court when p r. Barnes, q
prominent lawyer OF that city, brought suit
against butcher because his meat caused
"schlerostomapinguec
The laborers who built the pyramids did
not work under such disadvantages as
have long been attributed to them. Re
cent research shows that they had solid
and tubular drills and lathe tools. The
drills were set with Jewels and cut into the
rocks with keenness and accuracy.
President Mckinley has become a pipe
smoker, Attorney General Griggs chews
tobacco, privately; Postmaster General
Smith smokes cigarettes, Secretary Gage
smokes cigars and chews tobacco. Secre-
tary Alger is an inveterate smoker. The
abstainers of the cabinet are Secretaries
Day, Bliss and Long.
The women purchasing agents who earn
their living by placing orders from their
customers at the large department stores
have been classed as commercial brokers
by the internal revenue authorities at
Washington, and have been assessed $40
each. They have decided to form an or
ganization to protect themselves, and their
first step after they are organized will be
an effort to have the ruling revoked.
The herald., 1898-10-15
SEVENTH REGIMENTS CAREER

The career of the Seventh regiment is
ended, and we may now appropriately re-
view its history as q military organiZa-
tion. Its five months service in the vol
unteer army of the United States will
henceforth be only q memory. The
events of that service will be so in
delibly impressed upon the mind of
each individual soldier, however, that
only death can efface them. Not all
of those who marched through our
streets five months ago will bear these
memories. Twenty-Five members of the
regiment gave up their lives In the SER
vice, heroes as truly as if they had
dropped before Spanish rifles at San
tiago.
No doubt thousands of persons who
witnessed the departure of the regiment
also witnessed its return. Joy and glad
ness beamed upon the faces Of the SOL