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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-02
His Dearest Friend.

Cleveland Leader.
Here" said the hostess. at recent
Colonial Club function Il want to introduce
you to Miss Birthstone
The gentleman bowed very politely, but
Miss Birthstone smiled and said:
"Oh. i guess that Mr.. Wamsiey and Z
hardly need to be introduced to each other.
He is an old friend of mine
Yes" he added. II shah always regard
Miss Birthstone as one of the dearest
friends / have. She once declined TO be-
come my wife"
1t was several hours later when he sue
ceeded in guessing why Miss Brtnkstonea
air had suddenly become so cold and dis
f1nf
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Sir Goidenrod stands by and grieves
When Queen September goeth by.
Her viewiess feet disturb the leaves.
And with her south the thrushes fly.
Or linger mid the rustling sheaves,
And search and fail, and wonder why,
The burgher cat-tails stiffiy bow
Beside the marsh. The asters cast
Their purple coronets. and below
The brown ferns shver in the blast,
And all the fretted pool aglow
Repeats the cold. clear. yellow sky.
The dear loved summer DAYS are past,
And tranquil goes the queen to die
s. Weir Mitchell
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The Canny Crow.

G. G. Abbott, IN Lipplncott
There is some reason for calling an owl
the bird Of WISDOM and yet there Is cause
for wondering II the crow is not mentally
his superior. Crows are not disheartened
BY the gloom of late autumn. Ifethe FOG Is
TOO dense to f1y through. they rise above Il
or trot about the ground. discussing the sit
uatfon with their fellows. Is this akins
too positively? have long been familiar
hfs ss,aws within sight and hearing Of crows.
He claims 10 understand their language,
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WASHINGTON Star.
like him.
But ne is very polite and amiable. sug-
gested Mamie. and quite intellectual. he
to YOU.
II know II. But he's the kind Of young
man who carries lOve-sick poetry IN on0
compartment Of his pocketbook and items
about ice-cream poisoning IN another
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qualities, to close, at, pair ::.....&S
SPECIALS in DoMEsTICs
COTTONS- Ready-made "a Bleachcd
Sheet Sheets, "a yards wide, 21z yards .37c
Is Wards yards of Of heavy Unbleached ST.. 90
FLANNELs.Light and dark oI/.
MERITS Luster r9 Wool Q Skirts. 75c 40c
and soc qualities while they last. .O1C
BbbA1NKETs-Plain White Cotton .31c
Large size White Crochet Quilts, hemmed
and ready for use, $.25 ones, O2r
Tor .................... .......-....--.-
GLASS AND CHINA Basement.
200 dozen CUT GLASS Celery Dips. sold
regularly at 81 dozen; to-rnor- T0c .
D i'm sH'P sETs-A iinesof the best En-
gish Underglaze Dinner Sets. border
d erea Mape i fsn pece shape
Fine Porcelain Dinner Sets that look like
2 the best China, new shape, small pink
rosebud DECORATION. full traced, $40. 90
100 pieces, $l6 Sets, at........... VIZ "
HOUSE FURNISHINGS
3-quart Granite Coffee Pots, first Zoe
quality, for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. a -
1O-aua o &. M as Kettles, regular 2Oc :.
Genuine Granite Preserving Ket- tOc
ties, 32c ones. fOr..................... = -
No. 3 Steel skillets, special to-por- PIC
No. Flat-bottom Wash Boilers, 05r :
one to customer, for..-..........
Jewel Carpet RenoVator, regular price
19c a bar; tomorrow, bars for &c.
zoe Wall Paper Cleaner, sc a can.
Brick Pumice Stone, 15c
15c Housekeeper's Pride Polish, to
close, sc.
Santa Claus Soap. 10 bars for 25c.
soc Parlor BroomS for 12c.
Medium size Wooden Wash Tubs, S9c;
large size, ACC.
CANARY BIRDS, guaranteed 81 O9
good singers .....................APAe >>~
Bird Mamma. restores song.
Bird Bitters, zoe,
Cuttle-fsh Bone, sc.
Bird Cages. Csc, 75c and S1.25.
GOLDFISH, 1Oc each, or for Csc.
Fish Food. 10c.
IMPORTED FALL BULBS at special
prices.
Hyacinths, all colors, 45c a DOZEN Dou-
BILE Tulips, 15c a dozen; Crocuses, sc a
dozen; Jonquils. 10c dozen; Snowdrops,
12c a dozen; Freezias, 12c a dozen.
New Basement.
PettiS Dry Goods Co.
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HOSIERY SPECIAL
SPECIALS in DOMEsTICs

Just 70 dozen-94S pairs-of Ladies' Fancy
Lisle Thread Hose SOC and 75c o.
qualities, to close, at. pair. 1900. %SC
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cLoAKs AND CAPS FOR TINY TOTS

Just scores and scores of kinds and
J. styles, all pretty. all dainty, all moder-
- THE CAPS include all kinds. They are
i prim ,I and plain, and then; again, they are
ngs and bows Of ribbon 6 ae Four H Specials cul
Y Pretty White Caps OF a crinkly 1Oc
+ stuff, lace trimmed; for SIN. - ~,
+ I rughing around arc the edge. and six SOC
pTe efngs Cabs fer Of Bengaiine Silk in colors
+ trimmed RIM with thru ruching edged $500
! All-Satin Gaps, full ruching trimmed Silk
n lining and wide Satin strings 81 40
: THE cLoAKs are in Plain Cloths and
+ plain, and in all colors to match the Caps
\ Plain Cloth Cloaks with wide
sailor collars, nicely braided%2. ~
r An All-Wool Eiderdown Cloak, with wide
r collar and plain cloth. prettilyS,3. 80
riggs nPafi En- co 9ds naap rwithS3.z5
r sILvERwARE
+ eco dozen good silsyer-plated Tea 25c
r 100 dozen good silyer-plated Table 5Oc
siIssr3P 2 it l, Knivf 81 and Forks Si.5O
These will wear we'll and look as good
/ Large Handle Pickle Forks.
b UNDERWEAR SPECIAL
=. Ladies' Combed Egyptian Urion Suits,
with bust opening, our soc ones. QOc
Tomorrow, at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS =
East Aisle.
TWO SPECIALS FOR MEN
r Blue and White Plaid Working Jackets,
II just 100 of the 39c ones, go Mon DC
: Fast Black 81 Full Regular Made Cotton
/, Half Hose, with double soles, heels and
E toes the 19c kind. - PAIRS FOR 25c
East Aisle.
(, LINEN SPECIALS
80 dozen Hemstitched and Open o.
work Tray Cloths, 35c ones, for. 80
a 20 dozen Hemmed Damask Tow o.
els, 25c ones, for. Observation-Disclosures. - AC
j. 20 dozen SSx20 Hemmed Huck Tow to-
+ 10 pieces Turkey Red Damask, 25c 30
n quality, at, yard...................A ~
10 the piee ace o9 sensh at cream pamak 20
. pieces Pinch Cream Damask, A..
r the soc quality, at, yard. OOC
q Basement.
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Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
Personal AND, 0TnER WISE.

Kansas farmers received $3.50, ,41O143 for
their products in 1897, and every dollar was
worth 100 cents.
Mr.. Thomas A. Edison thinks the reporters,
in dealing with his achievements, invent a
good deal faster than he can.
The latest fad in high life in England is
perfumed butter. The butter is kept on
rose leaves, from which it draws the per-
fume
Ex-President Cleveland seems to think that
those who steal from Gray Gables steal
| trash, AS long as his Princeton home is
not invaded, he isn't worrying much.
The rell wheat king is not Mr.. Letter of
Chicago, but an Argentina farmer named
Ganzone. whose crop occupies 66,2T0 acres.
When the crop is harvested it fills over
5000 railway cars.
An ounce of vanadium is worth SITS or
thirtyseven times much an ounce of
gold. Information as to where a few tons
of vanadium can be picked up would be
gratefully received
Judge Willhouse of Kansas is called the
apple king in those parts. His orchards
cover 1870 acres, with over 100000 apple
trees. In thirteen years he has harvested
100000 bushels of apples
b. f. Newcomer of Baltimore has offered
to give to the library corporation OF that city
$4,000 providing the citizens subscribe $780,
900 for the purpose OF erecting a suitable
building. e. w. Mealey has already offered
to give a site for the building.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser of st. Paul is,
with the probable exception of the czar of
Russia, the owner of more timber than any
man on the globe 1t Is estimated that
with his immediate associates, he controls
$4,000, 900, 900 feet of standing white pine.
According to the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune, the late Moses p. Handy coined the
word "popocrat" in a conversation with
Murat Halstead during the Chicago conven-
ton which nominated Bryan. Mr.. Halstcad
used the word in his correspondence and 1t
soon became a familiar expression.
Ex-Governor Morrill, of Kansas once said
that his ambition was to create in Kansas the
largest orchard in the world and leave 1t as
a monument to his memory. That hope is
about to be realized. as he has turned his
farm over to a man with the stipulation that
$1,000 fruit trees, mostly apples, are to be
planted there.
s. B. NiclSum of Lockport Ind the alleged
inventor of a perpetual electric light, says
that the invention lis fact and will be made
Qublc as soon as he takes the necessary
steps to protect his iaterests. The light is
kindled in a globe, it cannot be eXtnguished, |
generates no heat and may be carried as a
lamp. and is kept burning by Surrounding
conditions of the atmosphere by a new
dynamic force" But what that force is the
inventor will not eayS
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
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TILE STlTE EdIR.

At the meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture just held the proposition
was taken under serious consideration
to discontinue the holding of the annual
state fair, and particularly the two fairs
yet to b. held at Omaha under the con-
tract by which the fair was located in
this city for period of five years The
state board has wisely deferred action
upon the matter in order that full light
may be first thrown upon 1t before en-
tcring upon such radical step.
This suggestion takes its origin in the
dissatisfaction that has arisen over the
failure of the state fair receipts of 1897
to meet the expenditures incurred by
the board for that year Incidentally
complaints have been made that the
people of Omaha do not support the
fair as they should and that the re-
moval of the fair from Lincoln to
Omaha has been to the disadvantage of
the board and to the dctriment of the
fairs success. Whether there is any
real foundation for these complaints is
a question the board should go into fully
and dispassionately That they have
been exaggerated and magnifed is easily
proved by a study of the principal items
OF the boards finances, compiled from
the trcasurer's reports in the following
table:
STATE FAIR FINANCES
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21

mode to which the people OF the district
have given their assent. The court affirmed
the principle OF home rule as applied TO
municipalities. No municipal tax could be
levied by the legislature directly or To-
directly. Such taxes must be levied by the
corporate authorities ant the corporate
authorities could be chosen only by the
people or appointed In some mode to which
they have given their assent,
II this case is not sufficiently full to
authorize the Inter Ocean to withdraw It's
remark 1t might consult the ninety-second
Illinois. In which the East ST. Louis case
was considered The statute In that case
pronounced unconstitutional was an exact
parallel in principle to the pending met
ropolitan police bill The pending bill pro-
vides that "all moneys for the purchase.
rent. furnishing and maintenance OF suitable
rooms and buildings for the accommoda-
ttons OF said board of police or for salaries
and for all the expenses incurred In the adj
mtntstration OF the police department shall
be paid by the city out OF the funds ap-
propriated for the maintenance OF such police
department. Every city subject to the pro-
visions OF this act shall at the time Ct max
ing It's annual appropriations for municipal
purposes include therein n sufficient sum of
money to maintain the police department,
which appropriation shall be added upon
estimates furnished by said board of police"
The Illinois supreme court held when such
oils as this was sought to be made opera
tive in East st. Louis that not only were
those portions OF the acts unconstitutional
which purported to authorize the police COM
miSsioners thereby attempted to be created
to levy taxes and to create Indebtedness
against the corporation, because the commits
sioners were not elected by the people of the
municipality nor appointed in any mode to
which the people had given their assent, but
also that portion of the acts purporting to
create police force for the city was uncon-
stitutional and void.
tax cannot be levied by the legislature
upon municipality for a corporate purpose.
1t must be levied by the corporate authorities
themselves. If they refuse to levy tax to
maintain a police force governed from
Springfield there is an end OF the matter.
The Inter Oceln odds: THE very existence
OF Chicago rests in statutory enactment"
Does 1t? To certain extent it does. 1t rests
on statutory enactment plus the will of the |
people earnestly declared on vote as to
whether or not they would Incorporate under !
the act provided by the legislature. II they |
refuse to do so all the statutory enactmonts
of which the general assembly is capable I,
would pass for naught.
These cases are commended to the consid- |
GRAFTON of the Inter Ocean for thoughtful |
peruSal.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
SUICIDE FORFEITS INSURANCE.
No Recovery on an Ordinary Policy
When Sane Purpose to Die is shown

"hen sane purpose 10 Die Is SHOWN.
New York Sun.
Justice Harlan, in the United States su-
preme court in Washington, handed down
Monday en opinion holding that benefciaries
Of the policy of an insured person who con-
mits suicide when OF sound mind cannot re-
cover on an ordinary policy. The caSe at
issue was that of A. Howard Ritter as eX-
Mutual Life Insurance company of this city
Runk a citizen of Philadelphia on November
5, 1891, took out $4,000 policy In the Mutual
Life. 1t appeared by facts as presented that
this sum was a part of 100000 increase in
the amount Of insurance which he carried,
all of the increase having been effected at
about the same time, and the whole OF it
bringing up the total of his insurance to
$500 900 On October 10, 1892, Runk killed
himself. 1t was shown that on the day be-
fore he did SO he wrote a letter saying that
he was going to do it in order that his debts
might be paid out of the insurance money.
The insurance company contested the claim
made for payment of the policy cn the
ground that Runk was sane when he took his
life. The so-called "incontestable cause"
of the policy did not figure in the suit be-
cause that clause becomes operative two
years after the date OF issue of the policy
and Runk killed himself in less than year
after that date.
Justice Harlan held that it was not sup
posed, when an insurance company con-
tracted to insure mans life, that either
party he'd suicide in contemplation or that
the life of the insured was at the option OF
either and that no company would under
take to insure against suicide. And there
could be no recovery, he said, by heirs of an
insured person who when of sound mind com
mitted suicide.
This decision Is the first authoritative one
on this point, it is said, delivered in this
country. The finst delivered by any court
was one handed down by the Illinois court OF
fhn Il hot
the Runk case WIS heard in Washington.
The Illinois decision was submitted to the
federal court by the Insurance company's
lawyers. Justice Haran's decision, counsel
of the Mutual Life says, put the United
States in line with most of the countries OF
Europe, where the principle the Justice lays
down rs established law and has long been,
athOugh not until now In this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
ILLINOIS MUNICIPALITIES.
The Principle of Home Rule Imbedded
in the Constitution.


The Inter Ocean ventures the assertion
that "it Is not to be denied that in some
oates there are constitutional difficulties in
the way OF the metropolitan police system
but such Is mot the oase in Illinois. The
policy OF THIS state has always been to leave
the legislature uurestrained and free to act
on municipal matters"
Is the Inter Ocean quite certain of the
truth of this assertion?
In the south Park quo warranto case It
was held that "there Is no doubt in regard
to the general proposition that the legis-
lature has the power to control municipal
bodies which 1t has created and may as
general rule alter or amend the act OF in
corporation at pleasure" but there comes
in an important addendum: "All such
changes must be subject to such limita-
tion9 as may be impo1ed by the constltu-
t!Cn OF the state" And the court, further
considering the matter as to who are cor
porate authorities upon whom the power
of taxation may be conferred. stated that
they must be such municipal officers as
may have been elected directly by the
people OF the district or appointed in some
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
MINNESOTA AyD THE EXPOSITION.
Sound Reasons Why the White Pine
State ShluId Participants.

Minnesota and ithe cities of MINNEAPOLIS
and St. Paul mayIhaye an exposition of their
own some of these days. The proposition to
have an exposticaI at some suitable ooint be-
tween Minneapolis and st. Paul was dis
cussed very seriously three years ago and
all the commercial bodies of Minneapolis de-
Paul decinei to cooperate. But the proba-
bility Is that such an exposition will be held
here before very long, say within the next
Nebraska and all the other states to par
count u,2on their taking any interest in such
n enterprise hero If We refuse to con-
tribute in any way to the success OF the very
creditable effort now being made ct Omaha?
The great trouble about getting 10 any en-
tbrs!asm hereabouts over the Omaha eXpc5i-
tim, or, rather, the Transmssissppi EXposi-
ton, because 1t Is not eimpy an Omaha
show, is that the people OF Minnesota do net
realize what 1t Is to be. Competent judges
Of such things are enthusiastic over the
prospects there. 1aey say 1t Will be seccnd
only to the Worlds fair at Chicago, far
ahead of any OF the southern eXp,sltions,
which hayo attracted a good deal of atten-
tion. and something which the people OF
Minneeota, and OF MinneGD0lis and st. Paul
particularly, cannot afford to ignore. Mime
SOFA Is, with the exception perhRQs OF Mis-
souri,, the richest state between the Mis-
sssippi and the mountains, and ii is the
only ono which has thus far made no effort
10 be represented at that exposition, The
time is short. and II we are to be I'm IL"
at all. We will have to get TO work.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21

for the more practical statesman of a
later generation to put it to practical
advantage
While Jefferson evidently recognized
TIL valuc of reciprocity. his prescnt-dny
profeSs,d followers have done all In
their power to make it impossible. Re
ciprocity is inconceivablc save in con
nection with protective tariff policy.
Those who are so anxious to give their
political hero credit for having been first
to point out how Americans might profit
by reciprocity might well refrain from
condemnation of the reciprocity policy
more recently inaugurated.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
THE sWELLING TRADE BALANCE.

The statement of the foreign trade of
the United States for the month of De
cember shows no diminution in the pill
ing up of the balance favorable to this
country. The value of the exports for
that month was $73,0OO,00O in excess
of the imports and this balance is about
15,OOO,OOO larger than for the CORE
spending month of 1896. But in order to
properly comprehend the vast business
of this country last year with the rest of
the world, 1t is necessary to refer to the
statistics for the entire year. These
show the exports of merchandise to
have amounted to 81 1,O99,OOO, ,OOO exceed
coo. Thus the year 1897 stands without
parallel both as to volume of exports
and favorable trade balance.
This Is n great record, but of course,
as the Philadelphia Record points out,
there are offsets which dispose of most
instance, the large amount paid to for
eign ship owners, estimated to be not
less than S100,O0O,000 year and prob
ably more than that. Then there is the
large annual outlay abroad by Ameri-
can travellers, an unascertainable sum
but amounting to tens of millions of
dollars. The annual interest upon for
eign investments of capital in this cOun-
try Is another considerable factor. But
with all this the trade balance of last
year will doubtless require to be set
tied in part by transfer of gold from
Europe to the United States and prob
ably this would now be taking place
on more or less extensive scale if
there We're more demand for money in
this country. AS 1t is very large
amount of American money, estimated
loaned in London and Berlin, because
1t commands Il better rate of interest
there than can be obtained for it in this
country OF course it will ultimately
come hera. adding that much to our
stock of gold.
The situation with respect to our for
eign trade is altogether satisfactory and
the outlook for further swelling of the
balance in favor of this country appears
highly favorable. 1t is the belief of
those who are in IA position to Judge
that the pressure of securities returned
from Europe has ended and our gains
on foreign trade will count directly to
our financial benefit.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
Proof of Prosperity.
Baltimore American

An estimate has been made by the Finan-
Gal Chronicle OF the gross earnings for the
full calendar year OF 1897 of 1873 railroad
companies. which operate 100000 miles out
OF the total mileage OF 900 in the United
States. These are. in round numbers COZ
million dollars, against 565 millions In 1896.
For eleven months on slxty-eight other roads
having a mileage of 53.732 miles. the gross
earnings were, in round numbers, in 1897,
435 million dollars, against Ala millions for
the same period in 1896. In the totals there
This is good showing. all things considered
The cause that operated to produce prosper
ity did not get to work until bate in the
year. There is hardly doubt that the pres
ent year will show a substantial increase
over these figures The crops have been
large, and the hauling business promises to
be good
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
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Shameful Bill Passed.

The immigration bill which passed the
senate was practically the same measure
that President Cleveland vetoed last year
with the Corliss amendment, relating to
Canadian and Mexican laborers, left out
This was the only commendabe feature of
last years bill. The measure is un-Ameri-
can, bartarous and fanatical. In its pretense
of being designed to benefit labor it is hypo-
critical. In its pandering to race prejudice,
it is demagogcaI. The Express especially
regrets to see that it was passed by an al
most purely party vote. Republican senators
are heedlsGsly making a record which will
plague the party in years to come.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-01-21
CALENDAR OF GOOD INTENTIONS.

New York Life
Said Father Tempus, | have a plan.
l m going to swear off on the first of
JAN.
But his resolution began to ebb
He was two days shy by the end of
Then he lost his temper and went so far
AS to bawl and buster all through
He puffed and blew till he spoiled his shape.
SO he took the water sure in
AP.
He took shower bath every day,
And was NEST dsagreeable all through
MAY.
Then summer came and he changed his
tune
Any fool can be good in
But the strain was so great that by and by
He was taken with fever in
He only just escaped the morgue
His temperature was so high in
AUG.
Never were resolutions kept
So well as in conValeScent
SEPT
When he recovered the world was shocked
For he painted the country red in
Then he howled and ragged like a fiend in
He was full as could be of remorse in
It's plain, said he. this thing must cease,
III swear off again-at tne end of