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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

A Utah paper shows that Mr.. Roberts,
who has been elected to Congress from that
State, cannot claim that he is not amenable
to the provision of the Constitution which
debars from official position those who were
living with more than one wife when Utah
became State. He was not only polyga-
mist when the Territory became a State.
but he was prosecuted in the courts as a
pOlygam5st and convicted. The Mormon
leaders have put Mr.. Roberts forward as a
test case for the House. If he is permitted
to hold his seat. none but polygamists viii
be elected hereafter. The Mormon Church
leaders are determined to maintain. polyga-
my under the State government and in de-
nance Of the enablir~ act making its pro-
lnbition certain by the Constitution of the
State. These leaders at once put the
State under the domination Of the church.
and now boldly violate the pledges made in
the State Constitution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

There is no room for party division re-
garding the ratification of the peace treaty.
Ratification Of the treaty ends the war and
leaves the captured Spanish possessions in
our own hands, with their ultimate dis
position undecided The Same quality of
sovereignty that authorizes the government
to acquire territory authorizes it to part
with territory. and if, after discussion or
Few years of trial, the government wishes
to get rid of any or all of the new possess
hiOns it can do so. Ratification of the treaty
leaves the question of expansion open for
future discussion and settlement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The change of flags and sovereignties in
Havana on Jan. will be dramatic event
in history and should be marked by appro-
pirate ceremonies. The arrangements made
by the joint commission seem to be in
keeping with the dignity of the occasion,
and it is hoped they may be carried out
without any popular disturbance. People
who are helping to make history should not
lose their heads
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

It is said that the sudden retirement Of
Mr.. Searles from the Sugar Trust is due to
the conviction that the combine has seen
its best days. When the late president of the
Trust died it was found that he owned little
OF its stock The opposition is putting so
much sugar on the market that it is forcing
prices down and in Chicago is dealing di-
rectly with retailers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Another Theory Exploded.

Detroit Free Press-
The teacher had been trying to explain 70
the class TIE instantaneousness or thousht,
If the term may be used. 80, ~,
Thought is the quickest thing IN INC
world" she said. -,
And. turning toward the head OF the class.
continued ..Clarence Fitzgerald, DO you
know OF anything quicker than thousnts
'.Yes'In. was the quick reply.
The teacher started and squintod over ner
glasses
s.What?" she asked.
.Iaffin'."
why Clarence Fitzgerald. what 90 you
mean?'
fer tn other night my pa asked tn blesslh
at supper an said oh. Lord, bless the meat
before us when they wuzfI't nothln on IN
thought
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

to make his own selection of practitioners.
This right the regulars deny. Christian
science. as a healing art. may be, and doubt
less is, a delusion and snare but its fol-
lowers are numerous and disposed to assert
their legal rights. In this case they have
put themselves on an equality with the reg
ulars by escaping punishment when pa
fssot dice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

A number of papers find evidence Of the
growth Of irresponsible milftarism in the
story that the President had made an
rangement to let General Garcia have money
with which to pay the insurgent Cuban sol
diers. The probability is that there is no
truth In the story,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

the Puritan character to the front and its
defects out Of sight. The latter need not
be denied, but they should not be paraded
AT least. it should not be permitted to be
done at New England society dinners with
out protest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The lynching at Scottsburg, Ind, is said
TO be the first hanging that ever occurred in
the county, either legal or otherwise. AS the
record has been broken by disgraceful ex-
hibition of mob violence a legal hanging
would now be in order.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

Mr.. Andrew Lang recently criticised the
novel Evelyn Innes" with great severity
denying it any merit whatever. Another
English writer comes to it's defense in this
fashion: Evelyn Innes' is not a pleasant
book. and a great part of it is unquestion-
ably tedious. But that it is one of the ablest
novels Of the year is an opinion which Mr.
Lang will find It difficult to shake" If this
isn't case of damning with faint praise
what is it? And what must the less able
English novels of the year be like?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The testimony and interviews of General
Miles VIII cause the Presidents commission
70 take more testimony. The war is be-
tween General Miles and one or two others
who commanded troops and the War De-
partment and the sheads of the staff corps.
At Is really an old conflict. but it has never
been SO acute before the public as it now Is,
General 11iIes's weak point in the contro-
Yersy Is said to be that he did not Al the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

Hon. Whitelaw Reid, ex-ambassador to
France, member of the peace commission
and editor of the New York Tribune, said
on his arrival at New York: "As news
paper man should like to talk, but as I am
public official / cannot" fresh grad
uate, just beginning his career, would have
called himself a journalist instead of a
newspaper man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

A local trust company has given notice
that it will not pay over per cent. on de-
posts after Jan. /. The inference is that the
rate of discount has also been reduced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The last speech of Colonel Bryan indicates
that he derived poor inspiration from his
recent interview with Mr.. Andrew Carnegie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

If favorable conditions and bright pros
poets can make a merry Christmas, this
should be the merriest the American people
ever knew
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The Senate has acted wisely in providing
for pooling of the merits of the rival plans
for the construction of the Nicaragua canal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The portrait of William Black in Harper's
Weekly represents him as a man of about
thirty-five. AS he was seventy years old
when he died the picture can hardly be ac-
cepted as correct likeness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
Consistent.

When Mister Hobson takes a ride,
The oscillations cuss;
He hires him no trap nor hack,
He'd rather take a bus.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25
The First Ono.

Tommy-Paw, what is the divorce ques-
ton?
Mr.. Figg-The first divorce question is,
'Will you be mine?"
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WASHINGTON, D. C-Riggs House, Ebbitt
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An Exnansinnist.

Your Uncle George is an expansionist, is
he not?"
"Oh, yes, even to that bald spot that start
ed on his head few years since"
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Evening journal., 1898-03-25
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

China has yielded to all Russta's de-
mands, virtually ceding Port Arthur to
Russia
In a storm on the cast coast Of Eng
land the crew.of the trawler Nellie were
all drowned.
The Ohio river is still high. and there
is more damage from the floods in Indi-
ana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Kittie F. Leavitt, who was shot
by Edmund Elliott last September has
Just died at Belfast. Me, OF consnmp-
tion.
Rev. G. H. Emerson, d. D.. one of the
best known clergymen Of the Univer-
sallst denomination, died at his home,
IN Salem, Mass.
The trial Of Mate Thomas Bran OF
the Herbert Fuller proceeds slowly and
with scarcely a deviation from the tes-
timony in the first trial
A jury at Utica, N. Y, has awarded
IS, 900 contested insurance money to the
sisters Of Thomas K. Fulton of Alle-
ghany City. Pa, who was accidentally
killed.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff has
named Senators Brush, G.. A. Davis and
Gallagher as a committee to investi-
gate the project of establishing a colo
ny for consumptives in the New York
state forest preserves in the Adiron-
daclxs
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
FINEST COMIC OPERA PRoDUC-
TTON

klaw & Erlanger and B. d. Stevens.
under whose direction John Phillip
Sousa's new opera, "The Bride-Elcct, ,"
Is 20 be presented here at the Grand
Opera House next Monday evening.
have mounted the opera most layishly.
no expense having been spared for the
artistic presentation of even the
smallest details, and it is promised
that in the display CT scenic splendor
and rich and handsome costumes, "The
Bride-Elect" wiz be the finest produc-
ton OF comic opera ever seen here
Ernest Gr0s, in many picturesque
scenes, has brilliantly preserved the
Italian atmosphere and there are over
AGO different costumes. The chorus
dumbers fifty voices, and there is q
beautiful ballet under the direction Of
Carl Marwig. The cast of principals
all OF whom are said to have found re-
markably happy successes in this
opera includes Nella Bergen, Albert
Hart, Christie Macdonald, Frank Pol
lock, Melville Stewart, Harry Luck
stone, Mabella Baker and Charles II.
Drew. The opera has been staged by
the foremost of stage managers. Ben
Teal, and is under the musical direc-
ton OF Paul Steinfdorn. No attraction
for many seasons has excited the
amount of advance interest which is
taken in the coming Of Sousa's great
opera.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
Now York Markets.

FIOUR-State and western showed
moderate weakness Of undertone; city
mills patents, s5.75@6; winter patents,
s4.9OG5.5O; city mills clears, S5.5OQ6.J5;
winter straights, $4.5Oq465.
XVHEAT-No. 2 red opened fairly
steady on cables and covering, hut sub
sequent bear attack induced liquidation
and a sharp decline; March, $1.O2iA@
1O2s; May, 99hc.QS1.OOh.
RYF;-Dull; No. 2 western, 5Slsc., T. o.
b. afoat, New York.
CORN-No. 2 was dull and barely
steady with wheat; May SS1AQSSssc.;
July, S4s4d34 13-16c
OArs-No. 2 dull, but steady; track,
white. state, SSqSsc.; track white
western, 3S@39c.
PoRK-Dull; mess. ss.7501O; family,
S11Q1150.
LARD-Steady; prime western steam,
$3.50 nominal.
BuTTER-Firm; state dairy, l4QlSc.;
state creamery. 151k@19c.
CHEESE-Dull; large, white, Septem-
ber, &c.; small, white, September, sac.
EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsylvania,
10Q10hc.; western, 10hc.
SUGAR-Raw quiet; fair refining,
3hc.; centrifugal. 96 test, 4c.; refined
quiet; crushed. 5ssc; powdered, 5-l6c.
TURPENTINE-Qui at 32ik@33c.
MOLAsSES-Firm; New Orleans, 2Sg
Ssc.
RIcE-Firm; domestic. 4iha6hc.; ia
pan, 5lsc.
TALLow-Quiet; city, 11-16c; coun-
Try 3ssQ3Ac.
1 HAY-Dun; shipping, sO@s5c.; good
I a choice, 55Q70c.
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NINE MEN TIE.
Pigeon shooting Tourney at -liwo5,d.
N. j.. Ended Other Sporting News.L

Pigeon shooting Tourney ne -sIkwotid,
n. j., Ended Other sporting Nows.
NEW YORK, March 25.-The Grand
American handicap. which IS the blue
ribbon pigeon shooting contest canu-
ally brought off under the auspices OF
the Interstate association, was brought
TO n successful issue late yesterday
afternoon at Elkwood Park, n. ]. Nine
men, Elliott, Walters, Guilford, Bender,
Jones, Wagner, Loomis, Heikes and
Latin, finished with 25 straight kills,
the highest possible score, and divided
the first nine moneys, which amounted
70 So, 1875. Each man received S412. 80.
Manager RIcElroy OF the lacross 81
team which has just been organized at
Cornell has lost no time in arranging
for games. Although no definite seec.
tion Of a team has been made as yet,
the schedule is practically completed.
It IS as follows: May 2, hobart, at Itha-
ca; May Z, Harvard, at Cambridge.
Mass; May 9, Lehigh, at South Bethle-
hem Pa; May 16, c. c. N. y, at New
York; May II, Columbia, at New York;
May IS. Crescents. at New York.
The new Louisiana Jockey clubs
meeting started at New Orleans yester-
day. The attendance was very fair and
the betting good, particularly In the
last race. in which Elsie Barnes was
backed into favoritlsm. Free Hand was
the only winning favorihe. Sullivan rode
three winners, two Of them at long
odds
The Yale university baseball schedule
for the coming season has been an
nounced officially. IL includes 80 games,
six of which will be played on the East
er trip and 13 in New Haven.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
ADJUSTMENTS
THE FASCINATING CIsSY TO-
NIGHT

NIGHT
AT the Opera House this evening
there viii be introduced for the first
tirg 20 a Wilmington audience tne IDOL
Of New York, the famous .issy Fit2-
gerald, who has succeeded in coni-
r'etely cnslaving the great metropolis,
apd has made one Of the greatest Sue
ecSscs ever known. When this highly
attractive young creature came over
from London a few years ego With
George Edwardes original "a Gaiety
Girl Company, she Immediately be-
came the fashionable rage. In England
she had been merely prominent mem
per Of the company;in America she out
shadowed the principals of the COM
pany, and even the piece itself. and on
every side, in the fashionable clubs, in
the daily newspapers and from the Bat
terry to Harlem, It was "Cissy" Fitz-
gerald She has probably received
more attention at the hands of the
press than has any other actress. Cissy
fitzgerald, her winsome wink. her
Wondrous beauty and her generally
fascinating personality are known IN
even the remotest corners of tne coun-
try, although the fair subjec. Of all
THIS enthusiasm has never strayed
very far from Manhattan.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
BEAUTIFUL SPECTACULAR DRAMA

BEAUTIFUL SPECTACULAR DRAMA
"The Sporting Duchess, that beauti-
ful spectacular drama, which made
such an enormous hit in other cities,
comes to the Opera House next Tues
day night. The cast this season is even
stronger than that which appeared in It
last year. There are over fifty people
in the production. The four thorough
bred race horses in the great Derby
race scene present the most exciting
spectacle that has ever been seen on
the mimic stage. The horses are rid
den by professional jockeys, and it is
race for blood" from start to finish.
The magnitude Of this production is
almost inc0nceivable; fourteen huge
scenes form the various stage pictures.
It is necessary to send men In advance
, to arrange the details, and Mr. Rob
erts, the stage director of the company,
has been in the city for two days. maxi
ing preliminary arrangements. Ffol-
lott Paget, in the part of tho Duchess
Of Milford, is seen in a particularly
happy vein, even for her, and has added
much to her already enviable reputa-
tion by her artistic rendition of "The
Sporting Duchess"
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
GREAT VERIsCOPE sDNsATIoN

The veriscope pictures, which will be
seen at the Opera House on Saturday
night OF the COrbett-Fitzsimmons
glove contest, which took place at Car
son City Nevada, March II, are with
out doubt the greatest sensation of the
year. Since their first exhibition at
the Academy of Music.in New York the
newspapers Of the country have given
columns Of space to the discussion of
many important features of the contest
shoWn in the pictures. Many of these
FEATURES were scarcely noticed by the
Spectators at the ringside, owing to the
intense excitement, caused by the su-
perb and closely-matched work of
those TWO giants Of the athletic world.
and yet they have an important bear
ing on the issue of the contest.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
pnriIist smith Helh.

March 25.-The coroner's
ouest into the death Of Henry Braun,
no died on Tuesday morning as a re-
.lt Of injuries sustained in a contest
the Palace Athletic club on Monday
.ght with Jack Smith, resulted in a
,rdict that Braun's death was due Ell
Ier to a blow or a fall. Jack Smith
as held without bail by Police Justice
ckson. and Referee Sam Austin and
Eanager Jack Skelly of the Palace Ath-
Itc club. as well as the seconds OF
m Braun and Smith, have been held
,der $500 bail as witnesses.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25

IN his seat, and by the time Mr.. Thurs
ton had begun his speech dozens of
members of the house were either
Handing or occupying chairs in the area
|yithout the semicircle of seats.
His first sentence, in which he said
be spoke by command of silent lips-a
lelicate and touching reference to the
PISS OF his wife on his memorable trip
10 Cuba-commanded instant attention.
h hush fell over the great audience,
which hung with almost breathless at
Aention and interest upon every word.
Mrs. Thurston's dying request to her
husband was that he should lose no
lime on account Of her death to do his
Utmost to save and free Cuba and its
&eople. In accordance with this re-
uest, therefore, Senator Thurston sac
tfced his personal feelings and deliv-
Ired his speech, a speech that was his
cibute to the memory of his wife.
His speech throughout favored forci-
le intervention in Cuban affairs. He
declared that newspaper statements
nd illustrations have not exaggerated
be terrible distress Of the reconcentra-
os. He denounced stock gamblers who
barred war as unpatriotic Americans,
xclaiming, Let the men whose loyal
" is to the dollar stand aside while the
len whose loyalty is to the flag come to
be front"
He concluded as follows:
'AIr. President, in the cable that
hoored me to life and hope the strong
Bt strands are broken. have but lit
left TO offer at the altar Of freedoms s
acrifce, but all I have am glad to
i've. I am ready to serve my country
s best I can in the senate or in the
eld. Ny dearest hope, my most ear
est prayer to God is this, that when
bath comes to end all, I may meet it
N almly and fearlessly as did my below
i, in the cause Of humanity, under the
merican flag"
Staid and dignifed senators turned
way and wept, and in the galleries
S ears welled to hundreds of eyes. 1t
as a remarkable scene, and the still
ess until the last word had been pro-
ounced was as of death itself. As Mr..
( hurston sank into his seat and buried
s face in his hands the galleries We're
yept by such tumult of applause as
Mas not in a long time been heard in
he senate chamber.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
postmnstnra AnnnInted.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-Fourth
class postmasters have been appointed
as follows; Connecticut - Shewville,
George Tanning. New York-North Pc
tersburg, Stephen r. Brimmer. Penn
sylvania-Duryea, Mrs. A. w. Houser;
Hahnstown, George W. Trego; Haw-
thorn, James McWilliams; Llanwell-
ing, Robert w. Cromie; Springdale. j..
Z. Karns; Tylersburg. w. II. Kerr.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
ON CUBA.
The Senator Carries Out His
Dead Wife's Wishes.
CALLS FOR FORCIBLE INTERVENTION.
Denounoes stock Gamblers Who Fear
War as Unpatriosic Americans-sen-
ators Weep at His Word Pictures.
Ends In a Fervent Peroration.

WASHINGTON, March 25.-A scene,
dramatic in the intensity Of It's interest,
was presented in the senate during the
delivery by Mr.. Thurston of Nebraska
of a speech on the Cuban situation,
graphically depicting the horrors of the
island and pleading for Cuba Libre.
Not since the Inauguration OF Presi-
dent Mckinley have so many people
been on the senate side Of the capitol
los were there yesterday. The galleries
|were packed with people, many Of whom
|had arrived at the capitol as early as
1880 a. m. in order to obtain seats.
Even the diplomatic gallery, which is
rarely occupied. was filed. Within a
few minutes after the senate convened
every senator who could be present was
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
rhrows the blame on a Woman.

NYACK, N. Y, March 25.--Carmen
Jriordi, who was arrested in New York
city on Feb "a for the murder Of Mrs,
Mary Kenny at Sloatsburg on the night
OF Nov. 1, 1897 has made q confession
to Detective Dominic Rossini. Carmen
said that Maria Disable, one Of the
prisoners under indictment for the rnur-
der. killed Mrs. Kenny, while he, Rafael
Disable and Pasquale Biancardo were
present.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
Sneakers In the House Cheered.


WASHINGTON, March 25.-The ma
Il appropriation bill was taken up in
le house yesterday. The debate was
)t on sensational lines, but every rad
al expression was cheered to the echo
Z the crowded galleries.
The speeches of Messrs. Dayton Of
Test Virginia and Arnold of Pennsyl-
mia, both of whom took advanced po-
lions in favor Of aggressive action to
|op the war in Cuba, aroused intense
Ithusiasm. Messrs. Boutelle, chair
Jan Of the naval committee, and Mey-
Is (Dem., La.), also a member of the
|mmittee. confined their remarks
|osely to the bill and the extraordinary
|nergency which necessitated the large
Icreases 1t carries. Several of the
her speakers discussed political ques-
|huq
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
charles II. Wright Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, March 25.-Charles
wright one Of the best known rail-
ad men and hnanciers of this city
ed yesterday at his home in this
". aged 76 years. Death was due to
general breaking down of his consti-
ton. Mr.. Wright was born in small
Wn in Erie county, n. Y.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
.ReheI George Convicted.

YREKA, Call March 25.-The notori-
Gus George Knowlton, better known as
''RebeI George one of the cleverest con
ddence men in the United States. has
been convicted Of obtaining money un-
der false pretenses.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
rhn pellonn nelierna r.ost.

TACOMA. March 25.-It is now con-
sidered certain that the Northern Pa
cihc steamer Pelican, 1872 days out from
Tacoma for Tien-tsin, China, was
wrecked and disabled off the coast of
the Aleutian Islands last October. An
empty lifeboat supposed to belong TO
the Pelican was sighted by Captain
Helm OF the ship Falkirk. which has
arrived here from Shanghai
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
al rchn nd the BE storm.

fNDIANAPOLIS, March %. - Con-
rvative railroad men estimate the
Is to the Indianapolis lines alone be-
use of the storm will not be less than
10, 600, including the loss OF business
mage TO tracks, damage 10 EQUIP
,ant and personal injuries
Evening journal., 1898-03-25
chamberIain's Indictment Dismissed.

LYONS, N. T.. March 25.-county
Judge Sawyer has dismissed the in
dictment against DR.. Dwight S.pCham-
berlain, president Of the Lyons Ma
tionai bank and secretary Of the Lyons
Rural Cemetery association, for assault
in the third degree.
Evening journal., 1898-03-25

Take your trade to the storekeeper
who sells what you want to buy, and
does not wear out your patience trying
to make you accept something you do
not want. seAAu