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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

If Ii Hung Chang lives until next Feb
ruary he will be seventy~six years old. If
report be true he is the richest man in the
world.
Mr. F.. G. Logan, a well-known Board of
Trade man of Chicago. has given $4,000 to
the Art Institute for the erection of a
library building as an addition to the insti-
tute
The late Calvin s. Brice's only explana-
ton of his remarkable signature was that
he had always written that way and
couldn't make it palmer" II was a mere
series of up and down marks which bore no
similitude to English penmanship.
Nine. Patti in a recent interview. said
that she intended to write her memoirs as
soon as she had definitely retired from the
stage and concert room, but declared her
self unable TO state when that would be.
Her dream of the future is 10 realize her
theatrical experience in giving counsel to
young and aspiring artists.
General Garcia" says the Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Record. had
an aged coored servant, who was born a
slave upon his fathers plantation, and was
brought up with him from childhood. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
cHADwICK's REPLY.
Arthur Warren's Allegations Denied
by the New YOrk's Captain.

by the New YOrk's Captain.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Capt. +. Z. Chad
wick, commander of the cruiser New York
now lying off Tompkinsville, gave out a
statement to-day denying allegations made
In an article published in the Engineering
Magazine. In the article referred to state
ments were made to the effect that the
United States war ships that destroyed Ger
Veras fleet at Santiago on July were re-
ally not in a proper state of preparedness
when the Spanish fleet passed out through
the channel and attempted to escape. En-
gines were uncouped, it was stated, boilers
were either empty or full of salt water and
the CRATES were cold. Captain Chadwick
says:
The New York and Brooklyn have four
engines, all of which together can only be
used to advantage with fun power. The
New York was using forty-five tons of coal
a day on the blockade as ii was. 1t was the
practice to keep steam on four of the six
boilers, a fifth filled with water kept hot by
the hydrokineter and primed ready for mr.
ing, and a sixth cleaning. This was the con-
dition the day of the action. The sixth
boiler. as all the rest. was filled with fresh.
rot salt water. To have kept fire sufficient
TO use efficiently all the engines coupled
would have occasioned an expenditure of
coal which would have forced the New York
from her station. as II did others. AS 1t
was. she was hanging on by her eyelids, so
70 speak, avoiding as long as possible going
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

old negro had followed him in all his wars,
and had shared his prison cells, and sat be-
side his bed when the general breathed his
last. Every time his master groaned ne
would groan also. and the death which
came TO the one will not let the other linger
much longer The faithful servant does not
care to i've now. His interest in life is
gone, and no one would be surprised if he
died of grief within a short time
The people of Killemuir ('Thrums'O were
recently treated to a performance of The
Little Minister by competent travelling
company. 1t is reported that the results
were of an unexpected kind. There was a
full house, il is true, but the audience de-
clined to admit that the mirror being
held up to nature. Snecky Hobart was
held to be speaking form of Scotch never
heard in the town before, and an Aud
LIGHT elder who dared, to be present de-
Scr1bed the conduct of the stage elders as
"a gross caricature." Laughter was almost
continuous throughout the play, but 1t was
not quite the laughter for which the author
had striven.
Rev. Dr. Epson says that he was once
rusticating with DR.. Dwight who has just
resigned the presidency of Yale, when they
borrowed a horse from a farmer on condi-
ton they Embarrassed him when through
their drive They filled the contract except
as to the collar, which they could not get
off. DIR. Dwight said: 1T must have been
put on when he was a colt. and the way his
head grown since it's impossible to re-
move it." Just then a passing milkmaid
told them to turn the conar round if they
wanted it off. my dear brother" said
Dwight, "either of us thinks he knows ten
times as much as that woman. and yet we
didn't know enough to turn the collar"
Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott. in one of his re-
cent lectures on the Hebrew prophets, says:
THE notion regarding the prophets has
been very common mat they were men who
saw the future and told what the future
was to be, and one of the functions and,
perhaps, the chief function of the authority
and inspiration of the Bible, was the con-
formity of these very predictions with the
events which took place subsequently. and
long subsequently, That this is no longer
the view of mouern scholars might easily
be proved by many a citation. That the
prophets did not regard themselves as fore
tellers is clear from the character of their
writings; only a very small and relatively
insignificant part of their writings is taken
up with predictions of any kind. In its ma
tive Greek tongue prophet means not one
who speaks before bat one who speaks
for or on behalf of another 1t is in this
sense that we must think of the prophet of
the Old Testament, He is a speaker for
God. :"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

1t is unreasonable for the supporters of
Colonel Bryan to complain that he is talk
ing too much. Talking has been col. Bryan's
than talk. He was a college orator rather
than a student or thinker. Besides, for
nearly six months he could not talk. He
pinned under the compulsion to silence, and,
when he. could stand it no longer, he re-
signed. His friends should be considerable
They made him a great man simply upon his
capacity to talk. They encouraged him to
talk; now if they fear that he is talking
too much they have begun to suspect that
his talking may hurt him and consequently
that he does not talk wisdom.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

Represented tive Tawney, of Minnesota. has
offered bill IN the House which has for its
object the retirement of aged employees of
the United States and their support by an
annual assessment of about per cent. upon
the salaries of the $4,000 to whom the pro-
visions of the bill apply. If the tenure of the
employees in the certified lists is not to be
limited to number of years, something of
this kind should be done to prevent the
service being filled by men who are or soon
will be too old to discharge the duties de-
volvihg upon them. The strange thing is
that when it is so well known that poverty
and the humiliation consequent to helpless
old age are a certainty of narrow life in
the civil service. so many young men of
ability and intelligence are eager for such
employment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

to Guantanamo for coal. The use of her en-
gines and the Brooklyn's coupled before the
moment of full power would have been 4
very serious detriment. and after full poweEt
was on it would have been absurd to have
stopped to couple when going sixteen to
seventeen knots and thus lose from four to
five miles. when 1t was so clearly apparent
that the chase was being rapidly over
hauled. Stringent orders existed regarding
the use of fresh water in all ships 1t was
not singular TO the Oregon. The New York
never had any but fresh water in her boil-,
ers. and a circular order of Admiral Samp4l
sons. of May o. covered this matter In
great detail. II full steam had been kept at
ali times it would simply have meant more
ships off their stations and less force To
meet the enemy. 1t would have been fool
ish thing to do from any point of view, par-
ticularly from the engineering, as bleeding
continuously into the condensers at high
pressure would have been most injurious TO
them, and we should have had our ships
shortly altogether incapacitated."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

1t will be found without much investiga-
ton that the most persistent opponents of
the proposed legislation to secure more re-
sponsible and economical local government
are those who are indirectly interested in
the profits of irregular practices. County
commissioners who have been awarding con-
tracts for bridges without advertising for
bids and those who complain if there is any
interference with their liberal schemes. and
trustees who have private reasons for desir-
ing the almost unlimited powers the law now
confers, will be found fighting any legisla-
tion whatever. Well-meaning men may be
led to oppose better systems. but if they are
they will be influenced by those who enjoy
or expect to enjoy the advantages yielded by
the present loose practices under a lax law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

building of railroad by the State which
should create an outlet for Kansas by the
shortest route to some port in Texas. At
one time company was organized by Pop
ulists for the construction of such a road.
in which subscribers could work out their
subscriptions in grading, but the scheme has
not been realized. Now the Populists pro-
pose that the State shall be taxed to build
the ''north-and-south" railroad. All these
schemes show the tendency of Populism, or
what it would have been had it not been abb
sorbed by the Bryan Democracy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
souvenir of Dakota.

WdshlngtOn POST.
Speaking of Dakota makes me remember
an odd souvenir which hangs over the desk
of a business woman here in town IL ia
withered shriveled. hardened potato
fastened to a pink ribbon Years ago-long-
er ago than you'd imagine from the potatoes
look-the business woman spent a winter
on a Dakota homestead claim that she had
taken up" Provisions ran low during a
blizzard. For week she took her bag Of
potatoes to bed with her to keep them from
freezing. There were three potatoes left
when the weather moderated The dried
up relic Is one OF the three. The homestead
claim belongs 20 somebody else and the
business woman hasn't been west of Pitts
burg in five years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

In the course of his remarks at the dinner
of the New England Society in New York
the other night Colonel Roosevelt said: II
think that the descendants of the Puritans
and those who feel as they do are the
strongest force for good in our national
life" Colonel Roosevelt was a guest and
not of Puritan descent, but because he had
always lived in another State he did not
consider that that fact gave him liberty to
distort history or to revile the ancestors of
his hosts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

An unconfirmed Washington dispatch says
that Archbishop Ireland has been selected
to consider the Cars proposition for dis
armament. The American government would
be ably represented if he should be selected
for the position
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

The assertion of the best people, of
Scottsburg that it will be useless to attempt
to bring the lynchers to justice indicates
that they wish to emulate the example of
Ripley county to the full extent and bring
as deep a disgrace upon themselves as the
citizens of that county secured
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
RefraVed.

Eyes. we went away and left the gas
burning. Stayed two weeks.
WAS your bill any higher?"
Yes. The fool night Waterman told the
gas company about it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
Gloomy Outlook.

First PrOhibitionist-Are you aware that
there are 35,467 drug stores in the United
States?
Second Prohibitionist-Is that all? Surely
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
Beyond Endurance.

The Officious One-How did you get the
black eye?
The Blackeyed One Gllustrating)-Fello
hauled off and soaked me-just like this!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
sincere Sorrow.

do you believe Cholly was really so cut
up over being Tilted as he pretended"
Yes, l do. He actually neglected creas-
ing his trousers for a week"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

The Brooklyn IN. W Eagle says that six
convicts of the Kings county penitentiary
were removed to an insane asylum on Fri
day because they had lost their minds by
reason of having no occupation. The Eagle
says the officials ceased manufacturing
brooms year ago and went to manufacture
ing lunatics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

Philadelphia Times.
Colonel Ingersoll is said to have had his
watch stolen lately He's probably not
pleased over it. as his idea of a happy ex-
istence being confined to this world he
doesn't like TO lose any time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

The explanations which have been offered
for the murder of Tyler by mob in Scots
burg have tended to confirm the first opin-
ion that the real cause was the breaking
out of fiendsh instinct to take human life
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

To have $15.OOO,OOO taken out of ones
Christmas stocking at one swoop as hap
pened to his Holiness, the Pope, this year,
is enough to make any one, even so amiable
a Pontiff, "speak bitterly" Who wouldn't?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

at is utterly impossible for the United
States to let go the Philippines says the
conservative General Merritt. Having been
there, he may possibly be better judge of
what is necessary to be donesthan is Col
r1r,,.r s.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

Indiana long ago established reputation
for possessing the best schools in the coun-
try. but this good fame was not acquired
by chance 1t came about through the or
ganization and cooperation of teachers and
other men and women actively interested in
educational matters. The State Teachers
Association is forty-ive years old. and in
that length OF time 1t has helped to bring
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

They are Democrats who are complaining
that Bryan is talking too much. Republic
ans know that is precisely what he is doing
but they only smile and make no COM
plants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

1t is well that the health board is pre-
pairing to give the Legislature plenty of
pure air. That body will have enough to do
without fighting microbes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
Not in the Least.

Kansas City Journal
Admiral Dewey's placidity doesn't seem
to be disturbed by any haunting fear that
the battle of Manila may be unconstitu-
tional and void.
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Everything Ready.

washington Post.
Now that Mr. Depew has paid his re-
spects TO the year 1898, it can prepare to
take its official departure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27

A week has elapsed since the Presidents
kindly speeches in the South. and no news
paper has made hostile criticism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-27
Good for the YOUNG Mar

Kansas City Journal.
In the opinion of the Navy Department
there is nothing like a good long ocean voy-
age to reduce an overheated young man to
his normal temperature.
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washington Post.
Indiana celebrated the holidays by pulling
off a lynching, From an artistic standpoint
ii was decided success.
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THE PHILIPPINES.
We Don't Want Them. Says a Man Who
 Has Been There.

Last evening several gentleman were sitting in front of the Truloek discussing the situation in the Phil lippines, when a middle-aged man from the north, occupying chair on the outside of the hotel and enjoying gentle summer zepher from the Southland, oyerhearing the discuss ion, remarked: "The Philippines, we don't want them. I have been there and 1 would not give q pica- yune for the whole of the Phillip pines.
 A GRAPHIC reporter walked up and engaged the northerner in conversation. The gentleman prov ed to be Mir. E. c. Barrett, of Oay- ton, Ohio, who represents a ear fac tory and is in the city for several days. Yes, was i'll the Phillip pines in the spring of 1865. :" he said. and it was in Manila that 1 heard the civil war had closed. I was there some three or four months. The climate is as hot as hades. The population of the islands is dreadfuly mixed. In Manila are the Spaniards and the interior is densly populated by Malays and natives, the natives being a sort of negro almost in q savage state. We could never keep such a popula- tion under control without an im- mense army. The tribes are like Indians. heterogeneous, speak diff erent languages and always in a state Of rebellion.
 "But the old city of Manila is one of the prettiest l ever saw" con- tinued the speaker. "It has great broad streets and drives with beau tifuI parks between and large md massive oak trees stretching their branches almost across the streets. 1t is also a great city of commerce, and when 1 was there, in 1865, there were over 100 vessels in the harbor waiting to be loaded.
 But with all of that" he contin- ued, i've don't want the Philippines, because they would be more trouble than they are worth. "
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MARRIED.

JoYcE-SHNABLE-Last night at 8:30 o'clock at the Riverside Metho- dist church, Miss Estelle Joyce, of Waco, Tex, and Mr. Andrew Shnable, of this city, were joined in the holy bonds of wedIock Rev. J. F. Carr, officiating.
 The Riverside Methodist church, which was handsomely decorated for the occasion, was filled to over flowing.
 Mrs. Maggie Hill, in her usual charming way, presided at the or gan as the bridal party marched up the aisle to the accompaniment of weet music.
 First came the bride, who entered leaning on the arm of the groom s sister. Miss Martha Shnable, followed by the groom, who was ushered in by his best man. Following these was the sweet little flower girl, Vera May Joyce, cousin Of the bride. The bridal party formed in semi-circle near the altar and Rev. J. r. Carr, in his usual impressive manner, per formed the ceremony, which made the couple one.
 After the ceremony the party re- paired to the newly furnished home of MT. and Mrs. Shnable on east Second avenue and partook of an elegant spread which awaited chem.
 Mir. and Mrs. Shnable were the re- cipients of many costly and hand some presents.
 Miss Joyce is the niece of Mr. and Mrs. k. A. Joyce. of this city, and Is considered one of the most popular of Waco society belles.
 Mir. Shnable is an efficient machin- ist at the Cotton Belt shops, and has host of friends, who join with the GRAPHIC in wishing the newly married couple health, happiness and prosperity through life.
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vne terms or peace 70 meet ouuslae or the United States, and preferably France, The president sees no obiec- ton to granting this request and it is said to be practically settled that the conferences will be held at Paris
 The Madrid government, through M. Gambon. propounded the questions as to the time Spain will be expected to evacuate Cuba and the territory ceded to the United States and what provision wtt be maae py the United States 10 protect the interests of Spain and her subjects of these islands while the evacuation IS ill progress. M Cambon was informed upon all these points, pre- sumably to his satisfaction.
 The one point, however, which the Spanish authorities, judging from their communication to their representative here, failed to comprehend, and Seere- tary Days call upon the ambassador was for the purpose of making perfectly clear this point, which was that the evacuation of Cuba, Porto Rico and one of the Ladrone islands, to be selected by United States, and the permanent ces- sion to this government of all of these islands except Cuba, was made con- dition precedent to all peace negotia- tions, and that not until these terms had been fully compiled with would this government consent to entertain any peace propositions whatever.
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NIGHT SHIRTS,

A St. Louis paper waxes unduly merry over letter which was re- ceived from a soldier in the volun- teer army in Cuba, acknowledging the receipt of a nightshirt sent him by friends in New York. The letter contains the following paragraph:
 Nearly every man in our regiment received a night shirt from the La dies Aid and they came in handy for cleaning guns, as the sand and rain keep the rifles in bad shape and rags are scarce. They were all glad to get the shirts, as it is better to have your gun in good shape than it is to sleep ip 8 night gown. ."--H. s. NewS.
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WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN
General Summary For the Week Ending
 Monday, August 1.

The temperature and sunshine have been about normal. General rains have occurred oyer the State; in the southwest section they were quite light, elsewhere they were above the normal for the week, the heaviest daily rainfall being on July 30 and 31.
 Following are the weekly amounts at reporting stations: Brinkley, 3.75 inches; Forrest City, 3.55; Ft. Smith, O.56; Helena, 1.83; Little Rock. ? B; Malvern, 1.88; Newport 1.90; Pine Bluff, 1.35; Prescott, .0.98; Russellvllle, 2.45; Texarkana, Q. 06; Warren, 0.82.
 Cotton continues to present fine prospect there are a few reports of rank growth and damage from she'd ding but the injury is appar- ently not sufficient tO deeogate from the previous fine condition of the crop. Corn has been greatly bene- fted by the rains of the past week and now renews its early promise of fine yield; heavy winds caused some damage to this crop. Irish potatoes very poor; many of the late planting rotting in the ground. In  the northwest section grasses are growing and oats very light in in localities Chinch bugs have disappeard.
 Redfeid, Jefferson county, W. F. Campbell-The rains have saved the corn, cotton is fine, except in some localities it is going too much to weed.
 E. B. RICHARDS, Section Director.