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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-18

eminent the ''endless chain was prejudicial
because the demand liabilities of the govern
ment We're SO great that the theoretical pro-
vision of gold is inadequate to redeem
promptly ard to give confidence of prompt
redemption, and that, said Mr.. Gage, Is a
source of weakness
Mr.. Gage made a general statement OF
what he hoped to see ultimately accom-
plsned as permanent financial system. 1t
would be a condition of affairs with national
Dank notes made safe to the people without
specific security therefor. wisely restricted
by law SO as to prevent such evils as might
arise. and with the entire elimination of the
United States government from paying its
debts by giving other debts in payment.
Why not accomplish this now?" asked
Mr.. Walker.
Theoretically there is no reason why it
should not be done now. practically there
are many reasons. The predi position of the
people is in favor of government notes.
believe the economic loss to the people from
this system, although unknown, outweighs
the narrow advantage of the mere saving
notes You cannot change the minds of the
people. Tfey are timid and suspicious or
Dank-note issues. They disbelieve that any
one can uphold system such as have
tives. They fear that ii involves hazard and
loss. They recall the period of wildcat
oanks. 1t is desirable, therefore. to make
the first step so simple to show the peo-
pie that 1t involves no dangers, so that in
time the full development of the plan would
be responsive to public sentiment
AT 12:30 Mr.. Cages hearing closed until
tomorrow. An after-recess wrangle over
motions and counter motions to restrict the
time of the committee members in interr0-
eating witnesses delayed the session of the
banking and currency committee for over IN
hour In the course of the discussion Mr..
McCleary of Minnesota made the state
ment that every Republican on the COM
mittee favored the gold-standard PROPOSE
ton of the monetary commission bill. when
Mr.. Hill, of Connecticut. protested that was
not correct. The examination of ex-Secre-
tary Fairchild was then resumed
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-To-day's state
ment Of the conditions of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $240, S47, 1894 !;
gold reserve, $l62, 52S rs.
Representative Griffith to-day introduced
a bill to remove the charge of desertion
from the military record of Edward w.
Raney.
The House committee on Indian affairs
to-day restored the salaries of the members
of the Dawes commission to $1,000 on the
Indian appropriation bill, but refused to put
the number of commissioners back to five
from the three provided for in the reduc-
ton.
Secretary Alger was able to sit up for a
short time to-day, and is said to be other
wise improved in condition.
The urgency deficiency bill was reported
to-day by the Senate committee appro-
priatiOnS. The most important amendments
added were for the Nicaraguan Canal Com
mission, 100000, and for the Geological and
Typographical commissions in Alaska 10000
Representative Wheeler. of Alabama, has
introduced a joint resolution to fill the va
carcies in the board of regents of the
Smithsonian Institution by the appointment
of Alexander Graham Bell to succeed Gar
diner G. Hubbard, deceased and the reap
pointment of John B. Henderson, of Mis-
SCuri, of this city, and William Preston
Johnson, of Louisiana, whose terms expire
Jan. &C.
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COLLEGE BOYS RIOTING
BAPTIST STUDENTS AT FRANKLIN
SMASHING HEADS ALL DAY.
Panic in bourbon Church Caused by
Entrance of the Devf During
the Rev. Akin.s sermon.
Special to tbe 1naiananolis Ionrna1.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
FRANKLIN, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE students
of the conservative old Baptist College at
this city began series of class fights this
morning, which grew worse as the day ad-
vanced, developing into riot on the pub
lie square later in the day with many heads
cracked and bloody faces as evidence Of
the bitter strife. 1t is the worst exhibition
they ever engaged in here, and is still going
on tonight On one side are the seniors
and freshmen, while on the other are the
juniors and sophomores. The war was
opened this morning when the senior-fresh-
men crowd tore down a junior flag which
had been run up over the college last night
The fight that followed was sharp and ex-
citing, but was not to he compared with
the bloody conflict which took place in the
courthouse park an hour or so later. a
second flag had been run up over the court
house by the juniors, but it was also torn
down by daring seniors and freshmen, VINO
in some manner reached the roof of the
building. The banner was brought down
into the park, and this was the signal Tor
bloody struggle, in which numbers of
students received injuries. This afternoon
another conflict took place at the college,
part of the night taking place on top of the
four-story building. several students mar
rowly missing falling or being thrown from
the roof. The fine telescope was consider
ably damaged and other depradationS were
committed The students are in frenzy,
and the fight is being continued tonight.
There seems to be no way to stop the war.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Insurance on Lives of Sane Suicides
Cannot BE Collected.

WASHINGTON, Jan. lin the United
States Supreme Court to-day Justice Har-
Ian handed down an opinion in the case of
Howard Ritter, executor of William NJ.
Runk, VS.. The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany of New York, involving the question
or whether the heirs of a man who commits
suicide when in sound mind can recover an
insurance policy. The court held that they
could not. 1t appeared from the facts
stated that Mr. Runk, a resident of Phil
adelphia, committed suicide within less
than year after increasing his insurance
to the extent of 100000 making an aggre-
gate insurance of 100000 on his life. OF the
100000 the New York company carried
$4,000, which it refused to pay, on the
ground that Runk was sane when he took
his hfe 1t was shown in the trial court
that he had written a letter the day before
his death, stating that it was his purpose
to put an end to his life so that his life
insurance money could be collected for the
payment of his debts In deciding the case
Justice Harlan said that when an insurance
company entered into a contract to insure
a mans life neither party to the contract
could be supposed to have suicide in con-
temptation, and it was not intended in en-
terlng into such contract that the life of
the person insured should be at the option
Oh either OF the parties In fixing the
premium the company would naturally take
into consideration the circumstances bear
ing on the duration of life, and no COM
pany would undertake to insure against sui
cide. If any should make such an attempt
1t would, he said, be against public policy
and would not be allowed. Concluding, he
said explicitly that no insured person COM
hitting suicide and found to be of sound
mind could recover on his policy. The case
came to the Supreme Court from the Cir
cult Court of Appeals for the Third cir
cult, and that courts opinion was con-
firmed.
The Supreme Court also decided THE case
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
way Company. plaintiff, in error, VS.. Pat
rick L. Solan, from the Iowa Supreme
Court. The case involved the constitution
atty of the Iowa state law rendering void
any contract with a railroad company linn
ting liability in case of loss. Solan brought
an action in the state courts to recover
damages on cattle shipped over the railroad
line, and was awarded $1,000 notwithstand-
ing his contract with the company limited
the latters liability to $500. The decision of
the court to-day affirmed the opinion. Jus
tlce Gray said that the law did not inter-
fere with interstate commerce, and that the
regulation attempted was within the prov
ince of the States.
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HOW TO WIN A WOMAN.
George Maple Shot Himself and Ber-
tina Van Gordon Was ''His'n."

George Maple Shot Himself and Ber-
tina Van Gordon Was "His'n."
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLG, Ind. Jan. 17.-George r.
Maple, the young son Of Willis Maple, a
well-known farmer. one night in October
escorted Miss Bertha Van Gordon home
from church festival, and during the ride
proposed marriage, declaring that if she re-
fused he would kill himself. After Miss
Van Gordon entered her home she heard a
pistol shot, and rushing out, found her
young lover lying on the ground near the
buggy with wound just above the heart.
He was carried into the house, and Miss
Bertha nursed him back to. health. The
parents of the girl objected to the mar
rage, and only a short time ago took the
girl away from young Maple by force when
hey were attending neighborhood church.
This morning Wills Maple, the father of the
young man, secured a arriage license in
This city. telephone message from the
south part of the county received this
afternoon states that Miss Van Gordon has
not been at home to-day and they do not
know where she is. 1t is probable that the
young people are married by this time
unless the father has been able to overhaul
the wedding party
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FIRE LOSS OF 100000.
Stocks of Eight Firms Either De-
strOyed or Badly Damaged.

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Eight firms with
stocks aggregating almost half million
dollars, suffered heavy losses by fire that
broke out at $50 o'clock this morning in
the building at the northwest corner of
Market and Quincy streets. They are l.. c.
Wachsmuth & Co., clothing, loss mostly by
water; Adams Brothers, dry goods, loss
complete; Taylor & Parrote, wholesale
dealers in hats, loss by water Worcester
Corset Company, loss complete; Fred Kauf-
man &, Co., tailors, loss complete; Skinner
Brothers, dealers in wooden goods. loss COM
pIete; Nickerson & Co., dry goods, loss
completes Cluett, Coon & Co., collars and
cuffs, damage by fire and water; Sol Fried
man, dry goods. loss complete; l. Abt &
Sons, jewelers.. loss complete. Two tiremen
were injured during the progress of the
fire. The total loss win approximate $780,
600, well covered by insurance.
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viding for the appointment of a director and
thirty-one other employees of the twelfth
and subsequent censuses.
Mr.. Allison, chairman Of the appropria-
lions committee, in this connection desired
II to be understood that the appropriation
bills, which, under the Senate procedure
have the right Of way over other legisla-
ton would be pressed by his committee and
that the pension appropriation bin now on
the calendar would be called up probably
on Wednesday.
In response to an inquiry from Mr.. White,
Mr. Carter sad he had no desire to en-
deavor 10 displace consideration Of the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty in executive ses-
sion. but he thought the census measure
ought TO be passed promptly.
Bills were passed providing for an Ameri-
can register for the steamer Navahoe, and
TO amend Section 4440 of the Revised
Statutes, authorizing the licensing Of mates
on river and ocean steamers.
The joint resolution providing for par
ticipation by the United States in the fish-
cries exposition 10 be held this year in Ber-
gen, Norway which had been passed by
the House. was passed
The Senate then. at AS p. m, on motion
Of Mr. Quay. went into executive session
and at 8 D. m. adjourned.
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Meat Inspection.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE secretary
of agriculture sent to Congress to-day re-
port on the operations of the Bureau of
Animal Industry for the last fiscal year,
with special reference to meat inspection
1t shows the work of meat inspection was
in operation in 12S abattoirs and packing
houses. located in thirty-three cities. 1t
ly accomplish the intent of the law and Sc
cure inspection of all the animals which
the law contemplated. OF !, 1851, 800 specimens
OF pork micrOScopically examined - 1926
were found affected. Experiments are also
being made in killing only the plainly dis
eased animals, and treating those exposed
IDENTIFY has been beneficial. The laboratory
and experiment stations are now investigat-
ing, looking 20 the production of an anti
toxin of greater productive power and at
less eXnenSe
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How Labor Unions Discriminate.
John S. Durham. in February Atlantic.


An incident once occurred at Tuskegee
itself which is sharp reminder OF the labor
unions discrimination against cclored work.
men. The school had a contract in tin
smlthing which required that the work be
done in q shorter time thar it was possible
for the students to do it alone. The man
ager of the tin shop sent to Montgomery for
tinsmiths. They came, but when they found
that they would have to work with the
colored students, who had already begun
the job, they declined, explaining that the
rule of their union forbade their working
with colored men. The manager firmly de-
clared that they must work with the stu
dents or not at all. They had spent their
money to go TO Tuskegee. and they were
indignant that they were bound by such
a rule; but, fearing the subsequent resent
ment Of their fellow craftsmen at Mont
gomery, they spent the day in idleness, and
at night went home. The union offered no
obstacles to their working for a coored
mans money. The men personally. i'm this
instance had no feeling against the stu
dents. There was no race antipathy shown
by the incident; it was simply the ancient
idea of exclusion, of obstruction, asserting
itself through the union with perfect and
in this case DISASTROUS consistency.
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More ArtiIIerymen Needed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. lin a commune
cation to Congress to-day ON the care and
preservation of the government fortifica-
tons and their armament, acting Secretary
of War Meikeljohn called on Congress for
an additional force of two regiments of ar
tillery, imperatively required to keep the
guns and mortars throughout the country
in good condition, and to use them effective
ly when required. He incloses reports of
General Miles and others on the subject
and says the most practicable and economi-
cal plan, having in view the purposes for
which the Notifications and armament are
by units of organization (batteries1 behind
the guns they are to use az far as the ex-
listing force will 60 caring for the remain
risons. The present authorized strength of
the artillery force OF the army is made
quate to the proper care and preservation
OF their armament
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Julian Ralph ON the Chinese.
u orpa,.,e VNaoI-I,-

The Chinese are truly fine people:
asleep, but not worse off. l never met in
Asia or anywhere single man who knows
the Chinese and the Japanese " ell who does
not say that physically, mentally and NOR
ally the Chinese are superior to the
Japanese. We must not Judge the huge
agglomeration of differing Cinnamon by
those we see here. These are all Kwang-
Tung coolies, except the occasional tail.
large-framed men of the more northerly
provinces who come to us on diplomatic
missions. The farther south you travel in
China the smaller, weaker and less adj
micable do you find the people, so that in
the far south, where the French were the
first to begin the partitioning of China, they
are no bigger than the Japanese and Moth
ing like as able. Our Cantonese have not
proved bad visitors. yet they are not TO be
compared fol physical merit for shrewd-
ness. commercial ability, refinement OF NOR
ality with their neighbors to the north.
who in stature rise higher and higher as if
nature had planted them in terraces. The
Chinese as a whole present better material
for the magical manipulation of progress
than the Japanese seemed to offer forty
years ago. They. are a finer people than
any other Asiatics unless the people OF
India have to be excepted.
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BROUGHT THE DEVIL.
Effect of the Rev. AI1in's sermon at
Bethel Church in Bourbon.

Associated Press Dispatch.
BOURBON, Ind, Jan. 17-Rev. Mr.. Akin.
pastor of the flock of Bethel Church, Sun
day night took for his theme His Satanic
Majesty" He is an eloquent man and he
painted the arch fiend in vivid colors. AT
the climax of the description, a being,
dressed to represent devil, with large head
and switching tai, ambled up the aisle,
blowing smoke from its nostris and bel
lowing: Il am the devil. and L want all of
The audience became panic stricken.
Men. women and children were hurled to
the floor and trampled in the mad rush
for the door, In the confusion the stove
was upset and the building caught fire
Before the Mortified members reganed their
senses the fire had made such Roadway that
all attempts to save the church were in
vain.
This morning George Akin. son of the
pastcl. confessed that he. with the help of
other boys, riSged up a devil suit, and,
knowing the subject of his fathers SER
mon, copc.aled himself behind a chair and
awaited the arrival of the audience to give
q scare.
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Oldest Revolutionary Daughter.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CCNNERSVlLLE, Ind, Jan. lin re-
gard to the claim that Mrs. Eliza Johnson.
of Ligonier, is the Oldest Daughter of
the American Revolution in the State, Con-
nersville enters a protest and claims this
honor for the State and perhaps the United
States. Mrs. Sarah NJ. Hatton, now living
here with her daughter Mrs. L. j. Clark, is
the daughter of revolutionary soldier,
James Mills Van Arsdall, who served in the
army of the revolution and died in New
York in 1920. Mrs. Hatton was born in New
York city in 1903, on Dec "a When quite
young she went to Baltimore, where she
afterwards married Aquilla Hatton They
came to Connersville in 1855, where she has
since resided. She celebrated her ninety
fourth anniversary last month.
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assists them. They say that the reports
bring many people in where they drive one
away. The men whose interests are tied up
in the gas belt say they wish 10 know just
exactly what the annual report shows-the
exact truth concerning the reservoir. II
gas is giving out they want 20 know it, and
the reports have it is claimed. had a ten
dency to make people economize. Inspector
Leach's work in this county alone this year
has saved much gas, and his endeavOrs re-
sulting in this, and landing the present
three cases in the Supreme Court, are thor
oughly appreciated here. Should any move
be made to abolish the office there would be
a general protest from the men most in
terested in the future of the gas field.
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Indiana Obituary.

DARLINGTON, Ind, Jan. 17.-Mrs. Mary
E. Smith, wife of w n II. smith, dlea
after an illness of eight months. she was
born in this county April IA, 1S4l. she mas
owned and managed a millinery store here
for twenty-five years. She was the mother
of six children, three sons and three daugh-
tiers. all living and married The Oldest son
George A. Smith lives at Peoria. III ana
is general agent for the Continental fast
freight lines. The second son, Thomas II.
Smith, lives at Terre Haute, and is chlet
train dispatcher of the Michigan division
of the Vandalia. William E. Smith is the
Vandalia bill clerk at st. Joseph, Mich
The three daughters are Mrs. Andrew
Booker, Mrs. r. T. M. Gitfin and Mrs. VII,
liam Burkett all at Frankfort. The funeral
will take place at 2:3O o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon.
RICHMOND. Ind, JAM IA dispatch
was received from Los Angeles to-day an
nouncing The death of S. H. Bond, of this
city, who recently went there to be with
his daughter, Mrs. Cornelius Harris he
wa sborn near Farmland Oct. q. 1882, ana
was sixty-fve years old Three children
besides the one mentioned above SURVIVE.
They are DR.. Charles S. Bond, Mrs; Dr. M:
F. Johnston and Miss Emma Bond, all OF
this city. At his own request Mr.. Bond S
interment will be in California.
PLYMOUTH, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE funeral
of Johnson Brownlee, who died suddenly
of heart disease Saturday, took place to-
day. Mr.. Brownlee was seventy-eight years
old and had lived here continuously for tif-
sx He WAS W this cfH for 3d
eight years, and was buried with their fun
eral rites.
MUNCIE, Ind, Jan. 1.-THE wife of A.
e. whitney. treasurer of the Muncie casket
factory, died this evening from paralysis
OF the heart She was one OF Muncie s,most
charming women, and the announcement OF
he rdeath was q shock to the community.
She was thirty-four years old.
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind, Jan. 17.-Miss
Adde McCune, a popular young woman
of this city, died last night at St Joseph
Infrmary Louisville, where she had an
operation performed for the removal of
tumor. She never rallied after the opera
ton.
ROCKVILLE, Ind, Jan. 17-Mr Abra-
ham Clark, a well-known farmer. living
southwest of Rockville, died Saturday night
of heart disease. He was over sixty-five
years old and a Mason. He was a candidate
at one time for county assessor.
ANDERSONN, Ind, Jan. 1L-Morrill
Longaker. aged eighty one of the oldest
men in this city. died last night suddenly
of dropsy. He had been ill for many months.