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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11
sENsATIoNALIsM IN THE EAST.

For many years the people OF the East
have been accustomed to regard the people
of what is now the central West as SEN
sational. or. at least. lacking the steadiness
and conservatism possessed by the people
of the Eastern Atlantic coast. There has
been less of this in recent years. but such
an assumption still exists in limited circles
in Eastern cities.
1t is possible there may have been some
ground for this assumption years ago when
the country was new, but there are many
indications that the Eastern cities have be-
come the centers of the sensational. This is
shown in the character of the newspapers
of largest circulation. With few exceptions
the newspapers of New York have gone
wild with sensationalism since the war be-
gan. Not only have they resorted to poster
type in headlines. but the managers seem
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11
A NATIONAL MILITIA.

The experience of the past few months
has convinced those who have seen the
working of the National Guard that in
some respects the system is defective In
some States the methods have been better
than in others, but there are defects which
apply to all. 1t was not the fault of the
National Guard that it did not have modern
rifles and equipments, but of Congress.
which has refused to do anything to put
the organization on basis which could be
effective in the event of war. If the guard
cannot be put upon sLch a basis it will be of
no practical value in the event that troops
are needed.
The matter is already being discussed by
men who take an interest in military af-
fairs and who have had experience in the
volunteer armies. A few days since the
subject was discussed by number of we'll
known officers of the war for the Union.
The general opinion was that the volunteer
army of the future to be effective, must
be affiliated in practice as well as in the
DRY with the regular army. There has al
ways been an opposition TO such policy.
which has embarrassed the federal govern
ment IN every war since the revolution.
The National Guard as organized was the
first victory for a national militia. in that
1t recognized the national idea In its name.
But 1t must be something more than ma
tional in name. While under direction OF
the executives Of States for local exigencies,
the new organization should be brought so
near to the war authority OF the federal
government that the man who enlists viii
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11
MAKING AN AMERICAN SAINT.
Important Clerical Papers Carried
ABROAD by Very Rev. Joseph Wissel.
New York Times

new 1Ofk Times.
The Very Rev Joseph Wissel. c. SIS. R.,
who sailed for Europe yesterday on the
Rotterdam. is the bearer Of ore of the
most important clerical documents that has
perhaps ever crossed the ocean from Amer
ica- On these documents depends the crea-
ton to sainthood in the Catholic Church
of the first citizen of the United States 10
whom ii has ever been given. the venerable
Bishop Neuman, Of Philadelphia, c. SIS. r.
The members of the RedemDtorist order
to which the bishop belonged. and which IS
known officially as the Congregation OF the
Most Holy Redeemer ana the numerous
lay friends of the bishop. have been con-
tending for years that Bishop Neum&nn
was a saint.
Rome listened to their pleadngs and
about two years ago officially sanctioned
the setting on foot of an investigation 10
prove the bfshop's right to be pla eed on the
calendar Of saints. The making of a saint
is a long and tedious process, and before
the church sets about it she must be pretty
well satisfied by unofficial proof that the
candidate for the honor of saiEthoOd has
pretty good claims upon it.
When this is settled he official inves-
tigation begins. This consumes at the very
least SIX years, so that IL will probably
be about four years more before Bishop
Neumaan will be declared blessed" the
first rung of the ladder to sa;nthood.
The official investigation was set on foot
in January, 1897 by the appointment or
Father Wissel as 9ostuiant of the cause,
with power to examine witnesses and coli
lect proofs of Bishop Neumann's sanctity
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

hold and said: The doctors will have !,
that am iii. but see here" Then he HANDED
to guard the stick on which he had been
leaning heavily and walked some forty
steps at brisk gait.
The health Of the Empress Eugene has
been practically restored since her return
to Marlborough. The Empress is a great
sufferer from rheumatism, and her recen,
illness in Paris was due to the pr0strating
effects of influenza Her life at Farnbor-
ough is exceedingly quiet. for she is in com
plete retirement there. Scarcely a dav
PASSES but she visits the memorial chapel
which contains the embalmed remains Of
her husband and son.
AS proof that the Pope's hand has not
lost its cunning. a recent visitor to the
Vatican has shown a design which the Pope
has just made with his own hand for an in
scription to be carved on a mural tablet in
memory of an ola schoolfellow who had
lately died. The inscription was written Cor
rather printed) with amazing neatness and
accuracy the words being ScrupulOusy
spaced, exactly as they were meant TO stand
in the marble plaque.
1t is said that in Australia there IS a
hotel where rheumatic patients congregate
Whenever a whale has been taken the pa
tients are rowed over to the works in which
the animal is cut up. the whalers dig a
narrow grave in the body. and in this the
patient lies for two hours. as in Turkish
bath, the decomposing blubber of the whale
closing around his body and acting as a
huge poultice This is known as the whale
cure for rheumatism.
The Rev. Arson Dodge (EpiscopaD. of ST.
Simon's Island. Brunswick. Ga, who has
just died, endowed a church in Allahabad
India, with $4,000, in memory of his first
wife, who died there fifteen years ago. lie
gave $4,000 to the Diocese of Georgia, South
ern district: $40 600 to the Northern and
Western districts. and $4,000 to the Eastern
district. lie built twelve churches and
SClnOlhOlSaS "a
Southern district and established and en-
dowed an orphans home on St Simons ISL
and
1t has been generally believed that hos
pitfalls were unknown to the ancients, but
the London Standard reports that the re-
mains of an ancient hospital have been mn
earthed near Baden, containing fourteen
rooms supplied with many kinds of medical.
pharmaceutical and surgical apparatus,
probes, tubes, pincers, cauterlzing instru-
ments and even a collection of safety pins
for bandaging wounds. There are also med,
cine spoons of bone and silver, measuring
vessels jars and pots of ointment. some
still containing traces of the ointment
used
(After Omar Khayyam)
Hot is the sun and dusty is the way
Here in this vineyard let us make delay:
What though we fall behind, this very wine
Leaves us head upon the following day.
Harlem Life.
They muse as they gather to welcome the
boy
Who loyalty stood by his clan;
Hes undoubtedly less in his avoirdupois.
But he's very much more of man"
Washington Star.
The soldier of the Legion who lay dying in
Algiers
Would doubtless be alive to-day and
strictly in the race
There'd have been no lack of nursing and
no dearth of woman's tears
If Helen Gould had heard about his case.
Cleveland Leader.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

More than s1,250OO0 it is said, has been
paid in royalties for Moody and Sankey's
hymns.
The statue of Oliver p. Morton. Indiana s
war Governor. which is to be erected in
Washington, will cost S., 600
Mr.. Gladstone was true to his record up
to the last" says the New York Herald.
Even his will is an Grafton Of two thousand
words"
Bishop Alfred A. Curtis. whom Cardinal
Gibbons has appointed vicar general in
Baltimore, began his clerical career as an
Episcopal clergyman.
So far Miss Helen Gould has contributed
$4,000 to the country's cause If the Maria
Teresa is saved, says the Galveston News.
why not change its name to the Helen
Gould?
The wheel will figure in Pennsylvania
politics this fall. One of the Keystone State
candidates is about to start on a campaign
tour mounted on bicycle. He will ride a
pea-green mount and carry a flag into every
hamlet, village and town. and will discuss
politics at every stopping place.
According to London paper the Pope is
by no means so weak as recent reports
wouiS make out. 1t is sEia that while
walking In the Vatican gardans recently he
suddenly turned TO an offic4r OF his house,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

A Honolulu dispatch says that as direct
result of annexation the sugar industry In
Hawaii has received a great boom. I'm
mense improvements are planned and under
way which involve the expenditure of mill
lions OF dollars. Refineries will be built to
handle the raw sugar of the various planta-
tons, and in few years the sugar of the
islands will all be shipped to American
markets in refined state. With the profits
arising from sugar and coffee culture 1t will
not be surprising Il the Territory of Hawaii
eventually becomes one of the richest COM
nunltles in the United States.
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rant arraignment for breach of military
regulations or a frosty reception in WASH
ington. If matters connected with the army
had been intrusted to him by the War De-
partment as they were to General Grant the
last year of the war some minor plumbers
might have been escaped. At the same time
General Miles. like some other able officers
who have had differences with the War De-
partment, is an imperious man. But what
ever the personal differences, the President
will not permit them to be pushed to the
front as important public matters. The
President has sustained General Miles, and
doubtless viii continue to do so. AS for
the frost Of subordinates and clerks in
the War Office. it is not killing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

The mastering out of an army of voun-
the mastering in, owing to the necessity
of accounting for government property
There may be as much enthusiasm in one
case as in the other, but it is of a diff
ferent kind. being born of a desire to
get to the 'front.' and the other of desire
to get home The mustering-out process
now going on is a small affair, compared
with that at the end of the civil war. In
that case, between the 18th of April and
the 18th of August 1865, 64O,S06 troops were
mustered out. BY Aug. % this number had
increased to 1888, and by Sept IA to 741,-
107. The Southern troops did not have to
be mustered out, and never were. They just
disbanded and got home the best way they
could-most of them on foot. Three days
after the surrender at Appomattox the
Army of Northern Virginia, which had
done so much hard lighting and marching,
had dispersed in every direction. At the
close of the war the Army of the Potomac
numbered 162,S51 officers and men. Regi-
ments commenced leaving it to be mustered
out on the 10Th of May, and on July 10 the
last regiment started for home. There were
no sleeping car or parlor car accommoda-
tions in those days, and the men did not
get any thirty-day furlough before being
mustered out. fss,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11


The attempt to assassnate the young
Queen of Holland the other day and the as
sassination of the Empress of Austria yes
terday show the fepdishness of anarchism.
Nothing could be gained for the cause of
the Anarchists, if they have any cause, by
the murder of these women. Holland has
a constitutional government, and the young
woman who has just become its head is re-
garded as a woman Of high personal quail
ties, and who is as likely to temper justice
with mercy as has been Queen Victoria
The Empress of Austria holds title simply
because her husband is Emperor; conse-
queltly her assassination is in no sense a
blow at imperial government. Ii the victim
had been the Emperor, a man Of good i'm
pulses, whose rule has broadened into more
liberal government, would have been muir
dered. Anarchism is in weak minds dis
ease which is planted in them by the ADLER
men who are teachers, The civilized gov
ernments may be compelled to make sys-
tematic war upon men who teach assassina-
zion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

In the midst of his grief over the death
of his promising young son General Wheeler
must derive some comfort from what seems
to be the undoubted fact that he lost his
life in endeavor 10 save that Of his friend.
Lieutenant Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick had been
i'll and. it is supposed, became exhausted
soon after going into the water. Marks OF
a mans fingers were found on Wheeler s
shoulders, and his arms were extended as
to swim. Ii he had died in battle he would
have been mourned as hero. He was none
the less a hero in dying to save friend.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

amazing ignorance OF the civil war, as is
shown in almost every war story that APP
pears. viii write you tale wherein the
hero shall be the adjutant of the Ninety
ninth Albania Flying Artillery. serving tenn
porarily with Company @. of the Vermont
Rifles, and he shall perform valorous deeds
at Five Forks and be mortally wounded at
Fair Oaks, and / viii bet you a box of
American cigars manufactured in Havana
that one hundred respectable newspapers
will publish it without comment.
If stories quite as ridiculous regarding
the war for the Union had not appeared in
papers from time to time. one would ques-
ton Mr.. Johnson's statement. Let US. how
ever attribute such publication to inatten-
ton rather than to ignorance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

WV IUTk tIlIN- 4NtNa-
Some day record of woman's contribu-
tons 10 the war win be made and a most
glorious record II will be. II viii disclose
many heroine as brave as the heroes wno
have gone to the front. and no slight por-
ton Of that record VIII be made up OF the
services and ministrations Of the noDle
women who as doctors and nurses have
iabored with tender and incessant solicit
tude for the boys in blue. For such services
as these the country IS profoundly crate
full and il is gratifying to observe that the
government itself is equally appreciauve.
No doub. in the future administration OF
our army there will be large fiela for the
activities of women who can render assls.
lance such as the doctors and nurses OF
that sex have been giving throughout the
war. The present conflict has demonstrates
how much good they can and do accomplish,
and they arc destined 10 occupy more I'M
portnnt position il il shall be necessary Tor
our se>untry again To resort to arms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

Emperor Williams first public utterance
after the Cars peace proposition referred
to the German army. thoroughly efficient
and prepared for war;" as the best guaran-
tee of peace, and expressed pious hope that
under Gods blessing I'VE may always be
able to care for the worlds peace with this
keen and weIl-preserved weapon That
does not sound much like beating swords
into plowshares.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

The case of John Scott, a fireman on the
United States steamer Machias, is a GU
rious illustration of the workings of our
Scotland twenty-five years ago, and has fol-
lowed the sea. Five years ago he enlisted
on the Machias, which was then in a Medi-
terranean port. but was soon after ordered
to China, where it remained until last
spring, being on the way home when the
Maine was blown up. 1t then engaged in
blockade duty on the Cuban coast, and is
now in Boston harbor. Scott's five years
in United States service has inspired him
with desire for citizenship, but as the fed
eral law provides that he must have resided
in this country continuously for five years
before application, the court has refused
his petition. His ship is likely to be or
dered to China again for a long term, and
unless he leaves its service and takes up
his residence here his wish to be
an American citizen cannot be graf
flied. 1t would seem that continuous stay
upon a ship belonging to the United States
ought to be equivalent to residence upon
land for naturalization purposes. but the
law being, as Mr.. Bundle said, an ass,
does not take cognizance of common sense,
but sticks to literal interpretations of the
text. If Mr. Scott merely wanted the right
to vote he could secure it by living in Mas
sachusetts, or Indiana, or any one of a
number of other States for term of one
year, and in that way would gain, by en-
trance at side door. the right of citizen
ship most coveted. But this man does not
want to vote, and would have no oppor-
tunity to do so. He simply wants the right
to call himself an American, and is denied
IL, ,rirr ic tcc, hnd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

All estimates as to the commercial value
OF the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico are
valueless because they are based on condi-
lions that existed under Spanish misrule.
Under home rule, moderate taxation and
new incentives to enterprise the productive
ness of the islands and the purchasing abil-
ity of the people will be enormously in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

From March l until Sept. 1 the expendi-
ture for the army was s7s,5JoOOO and that
for the navy was sS6.OoOoOO. An exchange.
commenting upon this matter, says the
navy accomplished a great deal more than
the army at half the expense. This is true,
but the army did all that it was called TO
do; further, the army has seven or eight
times many men as the navy, which has
something TO do with the relative cost of
the two arms of the service
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

1t is bad form of state rights that induces
some Governors to insist on the mastering
out of regiments which the President has
selected for retention in the service. If it is
not phase of state rights it is state med
ding with national affairs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

A religious paper states with much salts
faction that Bismarck always carried a
Bible with him, but this circumstance, es-
pecially in view of other well-known facts,
does not seem to warrant the editors con-
clusion that the late chancellor was de-
rrn,,t man
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

Congressman Bailey. of Texas. is coming
to Indiana to open Democratic anti-expan-
sion campaign. II Mr.. Bailey advocates be-
fore Indiana audiences the surrender of Ha-
wall or Porto Rico or the hauling down of
the American flag at Manila, he will en-
counter frost that will remind him of a
Texas norther.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

Whatever quarrel or disposition to quarrel
there may be between Secretary Alger and
General Miles, the President is in a position
TO keep the peace and will undoubtedly do it.
AS head of both the civil and military
branches of the government he is not likely
TO permit wrangie between two of his
subordinates that would bring discredit on
the country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

No equal number of men in the United
States know more about the difficulties of
raising and moving large bodies of troops
or about the hardships of war than the G..
A. r. veterans who recently met in Cincin-
natl. For this reason their unqualified in
dorsement of the conduct of the war carries
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

On Sept. 2 the amount of gold in the
United States treasury was Sis. O372. The
highest point before was in March, 1888. dur
ing Republican administration. being $21S,-
100000, and the lowest point was in January.
1925, during Mr.. Cleveland's administration,
E44.O 600. Facts like those need no diagram
or argument to inforce them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

The investigation which the President is
said to have determined on will meet with
very general appreciation. If it is put into
the hands of such men as Generals Scho-
field and Gordon it will be made in a man
ner to satisfy the people. and nothing else
will dispel all doubts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

The International League of Press Clubs
and the National Editorial Association have,
appointed committees to consider the mat
ter of establishing a home for journal
lists" AS the members of most press clubs
have little to do with the press and edi-
torial associations are largely made UP of
people who do not edit, this step is nat
urally to be expected. Journalists are
often in want of a home; the men who get
out newspapers die in harness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

English health authorities warn the Brit
ish public against the use of American
chewing gum Now, if American health OFF,
GERS will do the same they will be working
in the cause of genuine reform. There can
be no doubt of the evil qualities OF chewing
gum Even If the chewer survives the peo-
pie compelled to look at her-and him-are
made i'll.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

The report of the membership of the
Grand Army at the National Encampment
was 305,OO0-a loss of 5000 the past year.
and of 5000 since 1896. Some of these losses
are due to the dropping of members for the
nonpayment of dues. but many more to the
marching on to the eternal sunset" as the
late cornmander-in-chief pathetically stated
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CIIICAGO-Palmer House, p. o. News Co.. BIT
Dearborn street, Great Northern Hotel and
Grand Pacific Hotel.
CINCINNATI-J. r. Hawley Co., l54 Vine
street.
LOUISvILLE-c T. Deering northwest corner
Of Third and Jefferson Streets and Louisville
Book Co, 256 Fourth avenue
ST. LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

Rossiter Johnson. who is one of the we'll
known men in historical work in this coun-
try. makes the following remarkable state
ment in note to the New York sun:
1t may be remarked generally that our
present generation OF journalists exhibit en-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

of 100000 men need not cause any concern in
this country. AS long as she has no navy
an army of a million men would do her no
goon in a foreign Mar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

For reasons not necessary to mention the
American flag had to be hauled down after
it had been raised at the review of British
troops on Salisbury plain a few days ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

ago declared were taking wings to them
selves and flying out of the country seem,
OH the contrary, to have settled down here
for a long rest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11

General Miles won the confidence OF the
country by his efficient discharge of his
dulles. showing in doing 50 that he is a man
OF great executive ability. His statement
which has been printed may have been un-
called Tor. but there Is nothing In it TO ware
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11
An AngInmnniac

Say They tell me that the spread at the
banquet was fine enough for a prince
'Oh, yes, yes, indeed. 1t was almost fine
enough for The Prince"