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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
A NEW THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE.

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The Journal has expressed it's doubt of
some features of the alleged discoveries bv
Mr.. S. B. Nickum, of Logansport, but it is
open to conviction. The word discoveries is
used advisedly, because if Mr.. Nickum's
claims are established he has discovered
something vastly more important and far
reaching than a self-perpetuating light; he
has discovered a new theory of the uni
verse. His ~postulates seem incredible and
they are startling in their holiness. yet they
are simple and ineligible. and if demon
strated to be true would form a consistent
theory. They are as follows:
First-That all matter is of one kind.
~Second-That there is but one kind of
power.
1hird-That atoms singly or atoms In
mass are not endowed with the power of
~Fourth-That atoms singly or atoms in
mass are not endowed with the quality
called affinity.
~'t1fth-That there is no such substance
as the intangible, indescribable something
called ether which is supposed to invade
and permeate space.
~Slxth-That ali space. from system to sys-
TEN. Is occupied by n tier.
Seventh-rhat the supposed atmospheric
pressure of something like fifteen pounds
to the square inch is not less than ninety
tons to the square inch or Whereabouts.
For most of these propositions the scien-
title world will demand complete demonstra-
tons. without which it will reject them.
If true they demolish natural laws and
principles which have been accepted as true
for generations past. The only proof that
Mr.. Nickum has yet offered in support of
them is the construction of a light which
generates itself from a certain substance
and which he claims will perpetuate itself
indefinitely in a perfect vacuum. 1t was
in the pursuit of this perfect vacuum that
he claims to have made the discoveries for
INFLATED in the above propositions. The in
ference is that what has heretofore been
considered a vacuum was only a beginning
towards IT, and that Mr.. Nickum has sue
ceeded in producing a condition of aerial ex-
haustion FAR beyond anything heretofore
achieved or imagined. If he has really done
this he may have laid bare some secrets
and laws OF nature heretofore unsupported.
This Is what he claims, but whish he has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
Lose Their Americanism.

Mr.. Harold Frederic and Mr.. Poultney
Bigelow, who are in London sending the
British view of European politics to Amer
lean newspapers, seem to have succuTnbed
entirely TO their present environment, just
as Mr.. Smalley did. Bigelow besides has d
personal grievance against the German EN-
peror, and his blunder of supposing that his
pleasant personal relations with the Emper-
or would enable him to get for American
insurance companies concessions from the
German government has embittered every
thing on Germany that he has since writ
contemplated to the Emperor in the vulgar
supposition that a pull would cause him
to depart from his duty to his own country
and because it must nave given to the EN-
peror an unfavorable impression of Ameri-
can character and breeding. Another result
is that Bigelow has suddenly became as
good an Englishman as he had previously
been a German in his ~sympathies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

not yet begun to demonstrate. If his theory
destroyed atomic attraction and the law of
gravitation without substituting some other
law and power for them. it would not stand
a minute. and neither would the universe.
But he simply reverses the accepted theory,
and for the law of attraction and cohesion
which draws and holds particles Of matter
together, he substitutes a force which
drives them together. In short, for a pull
he substitutes a push. According to his
theory, the force exists all the same. in an
entirely adequate form, but instead of draw
ing atoms of matter together it drives them
together. The source of this force he finds
in vibration, which, according to his theory,
pervades and controls the universe. This
recalls the fact that Kelley of motor fame
has had a great deal to say about vibra-
ton, but it must be remembered that he
has produced some startling results in a
way to confound scientists. Possibly the
Logansport man has got still nearer to the
heart of nature and the secret of the uni
verse. As to the vibration itself. which he
claims is the primal source of every kind
Of energy, including heat, light, electricity
and ~gravitation, he does not attempt to ac-
count for it except by saying it was orig
inally implanted by the Creator. The at
traction of cohesion and gravitation can
only be accounted for in the same way.
Altogether, Mr.. Nickum's theory is of
transcendent Importance If true, and, if not
true, is ingenious and consistent. He pro-
poses to give a demonstration of his light
in a few days. and if that succeeds it will
perhaps be a first step towards establishing
his new theory of the universe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
END OF THE OHIO CONTEST.

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The result of the separate vote in the two
houses of the Ohio Legislature yesterday
makes it practically certain that Senator
Hanna will be reelected in joint convention
to-day. He has only to hold his vote Of
yesterday to be elected. and he is more
likely to gain two or three votes to-day
than he is to lose any, as the certainty of
his election will probably cause the 'com-
bine'' to go to pieces. Rats desert a sink
ing ship, and the few treacherous Repub-
licans who nave been working with the op-
position will probably seize a plank now
and try and get back into the party fold.
They may be admitted as a matter of form,
but they will never be trusted or respected
again in politics. The leaders of the com
bine'' on the Republican side-Bushnell,
Kurtz and the boiling members-may as
we'll anticipate the verdict of the people
and retire permanently from politics before
they are turned out. 1t will not be 'surpris-
ing if Senator Foraker should be included
in the list Of those meriting popular con-
demnation, for, while he has kept in the
background and declares that he is not in
the fight, the belief is general that he or
ganized and engineered it. If this fact
should be established it will go far to blight
his political career, though he has five years
yet in the Senate. in which to reform and
fortify himself.
1t will take some years for the party in
Ohio to recover from the effects of this con-
test. Incidentally it has had a good effect
in showing that the people think more of
principles than they do of men, and that
there is a strong sentiment of honor in
volved in the popular idea of party fealty.
Personally, Senator Hanna is not popular,
but the result of this treacherous coalition
and dirty fight against him has been to
make him more nearly popular than would
have seemed possible a few months ago..
Thanks to the political pirates who tried to
defeat him, he will go back to the Senate
with more prestige than he could ever have
achieved for himself. All personal consid-
~erations aside, the country is 70 be con-
graduated on the assurance of a sound
money senator from Ohio.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
The Date of Christmas.
London Chronicle.

Those who do not lose sight Of the relig-
ious aspect of Christmas may be interested
to have the fact recalled that the 25th of
December has not always been the day
fixed as that upon which Christ was born.
Before the fourth century many. people be-
lieved that April 20 was the eventful day,
others May 20, and in Egypt the belief pre-
vailed that it was Jan. 6. The Greek
Church for a long time had no settled feast,
but merely c-ommemorated the great event
on the Epiphany. St. John Chrysostom,
in a Christmas sermon, preached on Dec.
%, 3S6, said that his day had not been
clearly known to them longer than ten
years, but it has been familiar from the
beginning to those who dwelt in the West"
From this it appears evident that Dew. %
was in the fourth century adopted by the
church in the East, in conformity with the
traditional custom in western Europe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
SILVER MEN FOREWARNED.
Is What al Silver Organ Thinks
of the Monetary Commission.

Detroit Tribune.
Technically speaking, the report of the
committee of the Indianapolis convention,
which was given to the public last Monday,
was not addressed to the general public.
If the people who oppose the confessed
primary object Of this committees work
nave a notion that the publication of this
report is a mere academic matter and that
the whole movement drops with the print
Ing. OF the report they are mistaken. This
Indianapolis convention is in the fight to
stay. The report of the is made
to the convention, and ii is announced that
the convention will reconvene the 18th Of
this month to carry on the work. Every
board of trade and commercial organiza-
ton OF n Importance in the country has
been notified of the meeting of the conven-
ton, and all are asked to send delegates.
The size OF the convention which met last
January is a pretty good prophecy of the
size of the coming one.
The report which was published on Mon
day Will be presented TO the approaching
convention for It's approval or amendment.
That the report viii not be rejected is a
%foregone conclusion. The purpose of the
men behind the movement is to keep the
subject alive and to bring pressure on Con-
gress to take action on the lines marked
out by the report. THE writer is pleased
to report says the call for the conven-
ton, that the prospect of legislation at
the present session of Congress improves
Tally, and there is in his opinion ground
for belief that Congress will act favorably
in response to reasonable appeals" Wheth-
er or not the leaders Of this movement
have the good grounds Of belief in the
favorable action of Congress which they
pretend to have. one thing is certain, and
that is that the strength of the movement
and the determination with which 1t is be-
ing pushed ought to arouse the friends
of silver to some action of a corresponding
nature. We are not informed of the kind
of pressure which it is proposed to bring
upon Congress, but we may well believe
that the appeal will be a strong one when
1t comes. These people nave a way with
them of getting what they want, and I'M
less they are checkmated by some force
different from mere abstract arguments on
finance they will not be checkmated at all.
The very near future is the time for silver
ment to show whether or not the saying is
true that to be forewarned is to be fore
armed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

The Financial Chronicle publishes a COM
municatior from X. Nakamura, of Toxic,
Japan, in which, among other results OF the
establishment of the gold standard in
Japan. the writer mentions the elevation of
the national credit and the marked increase
in investments by foreign capitalists. He
says that English capitalists have recently
invested 40, N0.ce0 yen in japanese bonds.
the yen being equal to $1.OS. the French
100000 yen in the city bonds of Osaka, and
that American capitalists also are placing
investments in Japanese securities. Thus
the adoption of the worlds standard of
value has brought Japan into touch with
the whole commercial world. greatly to her
advantage, as it appears. The Bryanites
would nave the United States reverse the
action and experience of Japan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
In Ohio.
Ohio stalwarts in delight
Shout many a loud hosanna;
While Charlie Kurtz is "out of sight,
Sos HANNAH

Philadelphia ought not to hesitate over
the terms of DR.. Evans's will, by which the
city is to have $4,000, OC0 for building a mu-
scum on condition that the institution be
called by his name and his clothes n
decorations exhibited therein. Just what
interest the public will have in the doctors
clothes, or even in his medals, is not clear,
but the desire to have them displayed for
the world to look at was the outcome of a
harmless vanity. and there is no good rea-
sor why the terms hould not be complied
with.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
MIR. EckeIs's Enthusiasm.

Now that Mr.. Eckels is no longer con-
>troller of the currency. 1 hope 1 am not in
discreet in telling a little story about him.
through Switzerland with Mr.. Ben Cable.
of Illinois, and a party of Americans. One
afternoon the coach stopped in the midst of
the most wonderful of Alpine landscapes.
Everybody sat in silence, entranced at the
beauty of the scene. The ladies of the
party murmured their admiration. Mr..
Eckels seemed the most deeply affected of
all, and everybody waited for him to speak.
Wrapt in reverie, he seemed to have for
gotten his surroundings. At length he
spoke.
81 never saw anything" he said, solemn
~, like those fish we had for breakfast"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

Senator Fairbanks's speech on the i'm
migration bill, delivered in the Senate yes
terday, was a very able and interesting pre-
sentation OF the subject. 1t is doubtful if
the question was ever handled in q more
statesmanlike manner or in a spirit at once
so broad and catholic. and yet so distinctly
and periodically american. The statistics
presented show very thorough investigation
Of many sources of Information and fully
sustain the arguments based upon them. 1t
is impossible not to agree with Senator
Fairbanks that the evils of foreign i'm
migration in recent years have been such
as to call for greater restriction than has
yet been exercised. The only question is
whether the remedy which he proposes, an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

record occur in what are proudly claimed
to be the centers of civilization. The MUIR
der of the Bordens in FAN River was one,
n the slaughter of a family of three near
Worcester, Mass, noted in yesterdays dis
patches, is another. Every infamous GRIM
west OF the Alleghenies can be matched by
one east of that line, yet the Eastern press
continues to speak of the iawlessness of
the West when commenting upon such af-
fairs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

The name CT Robert McKisson. alleged
Republican mayor of Cleveland, must be
written near the head of the list of self
stultihed Republicans. He denies having
stand on the Chicago platform, but he evil
IDENTIFY satisfied the Democrats that he was
a good enough free-silver man for their pur-
pose. and they voted for him. The Re
puolicans of Cleveland should open the door
and let him out of the party, with the in
junction to stand not on the order OF his
going but go at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

One often wonders what sort of people
English visitors to this country fall in with.
Here is Martin Morris, son of Lord Morris.
formerly chief justice of ireland and now
lord of appeals. who finds that Americans
always say: Well. sir, and what do you
think of our country?" and that you must
never forget that there is only one answer
which will satisfy them. and that is the
clear and unqualified response, Il guess your
country is the finest in the world This
is fifty years behind the times, dating from
Dickens's american Notes" Mr.. Morris
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

San Francisco has made a very phar-
isaical exhibition of itself in refusing a
burial place for the remains of the Murderer
Durraht, n compelling the unhappy par
ents OF the criminal to travel 500 miles to
find a crematory whose managers would
consent to receive the body. 1t is not such
a privilege to be buried in the graveyards of
that city that this exclusiveness will tend
to prevent the commission of crimes by
other mon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

Washington gossip says that Senator
Lindsay. of Kentucky, is rather sorry the
free-silver Democrats of that State have
abandoned their purpose, declared some
time ago, of demanding his resignation. He
was loaded for a reply hat would have
made good reading all over the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

esteem Of his fellow-citizens, but what
about Mrs. Griffith? The Woman's Literary
Club of which she was a member has
fired" her for her participation in active
politics, or, rather. for having tried to de-
feat Hanna, and what chance is there for a
woman once her club has cast her out?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

To some enthusiastic callers who con-
graduated him on his election Senator Han
ma said: at is not so much a matter Of
personality as it is a question OF keeping
the pledges and unfolding the integrity of
the party and of giving heed to the will of
The people," Now, If he will only maintain
that modest attitude.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

terhazy seems to have been organized to
acquit, just as that which tried Captain
Dreyfus was organized to convict. The per-
secution and Imprisonment of the latter will
stand among the monumental outrages OF
history
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

Commenting on Senator Teller's decla-
ration that he intended to- do all in his
power to drag down the Republican party
the New York Tribune remarks that there
is a difference between dragging down and
putting down.. Tha is true. Dragging down
implies bringing down to a lower level, and
that is what the free silverites are trying
to do, not only with the Republican party,
but with the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
Accounted For.

Charlottesville grandfather in the ould
country had more money than he could
count.
Donahoo-Oi hav heard, bedad, thot the
ould man could not count more than tin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

educational qualification, is sufficiently radi-
cal and exclusive. This is a question for
discussion, to which Senator Fairbanks has
made a valuable and instructive contribu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

When those votes in the two houses in
Ohio were counted out yesterday every
loyal Bryan man howled, as with one voice,
Another crime of 73!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

Considering the antecedents Of Allen
O. Myers and his services in working up
the Ohio combine it should have voted
to give him either a long term or a short
term-in the Senate, we mean.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
Noble Animal.

Eyes, the family dog saved me from
drowning once said the colonel.
'Inoculated you" asked the Young Vul-
garian, with -hydrophobia?'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

One of the most touching features of the
Ohio fight is the way the party leaders who
are not hunting office this time refrain from
"meddling.'' Their po~liteness and self-re-
straint are indeed edifying.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

A man was accidentally shot at Mount
Vernon. KY, but the dispatch makes haste
to confirm its truth by stating that the shot
was meant for another man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
A WouId-Be steve Crane.

"What in thunder do you mean," asked
the city editor, by comparing the air to
frozen quinine?"
Il meant to say" said the new reporter,
with proud humility, that it was bitter
cold s
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
BUBsLEs IN THE AIR.
Modern Medicine.

Fond Mother-Now, mind Willie, If Willie
don't be good and mind mamma, mamma
won't let him have any more of his nice
medicine!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
Made the Allowance.

DFIIUIt IItV AANas.
'Oratory is q gift. not an requirement
said the proud politician as he sat down
after an hours h~arangue.
II understand said the matter-of-fact
chairman. We're not blamin' you. You
done the best YOU could"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

IS to DIR. Cornelius Herr, whose claim of
$500 600 against the French government
Attorney Limberger is pushing, it can at
least be said that he has strong counsel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

The Iroquois Indians nave decided that
they do not like the ways of civilization, but
they ought not to be censured too severely;
a good many white folks feel the same way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

right for a very small mess Of very poor
pottags.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
Total immigrants and Aliens.
A RADICAL GRANGE.

A radical change began in 1880 in the
nativity Of the principal arrivals, which
may be conveniently observed by forming
two principal groups-one embodying the
western and northern and the other the
eastern and southern parts of Europe. The
per cent. of immigration from these groups
to the total immigration was as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

The empty vote given by the Ohio COM
bin to Mayor McKisson can hardly be
called a complimentary one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

Having played out her part in the Ohio
senatorial contest Mrs. Griffith should now
retire from politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

1t will be a long time before the public
will care to see another spectacle of dirty
clothes washing by Ohio Republicans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
ST. LouIs-UnIon News Company. Union Depe

Exeunt Bushnell. Kurtz and their pirat-
Zeal followers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

Mr., Griffith, of Ohio, having faced about
and decided to vote as his constituents de-
sired him. can perhaps be reinstated in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

Among those who have learned a number
of things in the Ohio fight is Marcus Au-
relius Hanna.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
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