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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

The terrible blunder Of the Montreal sur
seon in removing the wrong eye of a pa
tient in his care will react more or less upon
all surgeons by lessening confidence in their
accuracy and carefulness. Harsh things
are being said Of him, but 1t must be re-
membered that where one man makes
mistake like this thousand others perform
wonderful feats of skill and save many
lives. What could be more heroic, for in
stance than the act of the young Chicago
surgeon In taking the knife from his faith
er's hand when the latter was stricken with
heart disease in the midst of a critical sur
gical operation and going on with Ii in or
der to save the patients life. To leave his
father to the care of others at that final
moment Of his life for the sake of the hos
pital patient required as much courage and
self-sacrifice as soldier ever showed in bat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

There Is reason to fear that the disband-
ing of the Cuban army will not bring to the
island the good results which many hoped.
since every man viii have a certificate that
ne Is entitled to so month for three years
whenever the island has an independent
government and can negotiate bonds to pay
the claim. while every general has certifi-
cate that 500 a month is due him. The
Cuban army. so invincfble since the United
States brought peace to Cuba and so invisi-
BILE when our army went TO the island TO
drive of the Spaniards. seems now the ele-
ment which will retard the progress and
prosperity OF the island. Americans have
hoped that the patriots would rise to the
occasion. but as months pass hope has van
ished- IL may yet be easier to establish
good government in Luzon than in Cuba.
with thirty or forty thousand men holding
the promise Of reward to resist efforts TO
build up a stable government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

cradle part OF the audience. The meeting
and as demonstration hostile to the Pres
ident can do. Aguinaldo no good. But. while
1t failed In its purpose, II went to show the
weakness of those who assai the Pres
ident's policy, sanctioned by Congress when
1t created provisional army of 500 men
10 establish the authority of the United
states. III a series of meetings to oppose
the resolutions of the Aguinaldo meeting in
Chicago should be called. 1t would be made
very clear that the masses sustain the pol
Icy Of the President in defeating Agulnaldo
in war which he began against the United
States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
what Liquid Air Can be Used For.

Prof Elihu Thomson, in Engineering Mag
azine.
found for liquid aid in which considerations
of cost are not so important as is the abll-
ity to obtain the effects in view. In war
fare for example. the possession OF highly
concentrated energy -stores under control Is
very important Liquid air can be rapidly
converted into compressed air at six tons
per square inch. This would probably be
useful in the projection of high explosives.
Compressed air is now used tor propelling
mobile torpedoes, or hsh-torpedoes, as they
are called. Dirigible torpedoes either de-
pend for power upon compressed air or the
electric energy of a storage battery. Com
pressed air requires high pressures and
very strong and heavy containing vessels.
LIQUID air can be stored without pressure
or at low pressures. and can be evaporated
at any desired pressure, while its bulk rep
resents that of air under $40 atmospheres
A storage battery would probably be from
five to ten times heavy as hquefied air
in a receptacle, for equal available energy
But no storage battery could be discharged
submarine boats ard flying machines may
vet find use for liquid air. In the subma-
rine boat ii could be avaporated by the heat
Of the surrounding water, and after furnish
ing power il would yentilate the boat. Before
the final discharge IL could be burnt with
oil in a fuel engine for further power We
may find use for IL in the flying machine
For emergency work IL could in evaporating
cool the cylinders OF fuel engine and YIELD
power as a result. Moreover, control of the
SunmerBence OF q uodl couiu De eHecteQ Dy
the use of liquid air. so easily gasified, TO
add TO the displacement.
The great feature OF the application of
such a power as liquid air would be it's
emergency value. By this Is meant the
ability 10 obtain at will sudden output far
beyond the normal. Animal power notably
possesses this emergency value, and the
success of electric trolley systems largely
depends upon the fact that. when needed
the station can be called upon for a tenn
porary delivery to any single car or train
OF a power greatly In excess Of the rated
output Of the motors
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

federal election laws: It defended rather
than opposed the policy by which the negro
vote was suppressed: it was silent In regard
to the election assassinations in Louisiana
and other States, and II has not opposed
the latest scheme of DISTINGUISHING colored
voters by constitutional amendments which
have never been submitted 10 the people
In fact. those who responsible for the
conditions In the South had no more Jealous
allies than the Springfield (Mass.) Repub-
lican and the New York Evening Post
Now the first named Of those papers init
mates that the President fails to do his
duty because he does not in some manner
Interfere with local outrages in States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
PENSIONS FOR EVERYBODY.
Possibilities of citizenship in Aus.
tra1ia and New Zealand.
II. De r. Walker in Nav Atlantic


So many criticisms are made against the
governments of Australia and New Zea-
land that have thought it we'll to answer
at some length those which seem to be most
current upon the subject AS tc the bene-
fits which are obtained by the general pop
ulation, they may be summarized in a
lew words. Let me assume that l am a
New Zealander; In that case. live in a
country which is governed in the interests
or the people, and not in the interests of
monopolists, as England is largely gov
erned in the interests of the ground land
lords. / live under an equitable system Of
taxation, the burden Of which Is in proper
ton, far possible, to the payable ca
pacity OF the taxpayer. If / am anxious to
on favorable terms from the government
Owing to the existence Of a vast number
OF freehold properties, / can be certain that
no revolutionary measures will have any
chance of acceptance, because so large a
section of the population has a direct in
terest in the soil and is likely to be con-
sentative In the best sense of the word. AS
the owner of land or a leaseholder - as
Stunning that i have carried out improve
ments upon my property - can borrow
money from the government at low rate
of interest If l I'm urban worker /
have the benefit of stringent laws which
protect me from abuses, whether l work in
a factory or in shop. Whether / am an
employer or a workingman, / feel confident
that there are not likely TO be any violent
disturbances in trade, because l am in
country in which. owing to the compulsory
arbitration law, there has been no strike or
lockout for a period of four years, and all
Industrial disputes have been amicably set
tied. If l want to insure my life | go TO
the government, and know that they can
give me the best security. When / make
my will, II have no friend whom l can
trust or no friend whom l wish TO trouble,
/ can put my property, with entire conf
dence in the hands OF the public trustee
Finally if / am living as an upright citizen
of my country. though poor man, / need
have no fear of miserable old age, be-
l-txr ax-.. rhn
government will give me a pension of z
shillings a week. and in the meanwhile
shall save as much as possible in order that
my own modest means, az supplement 10
the allowance which l shall receive, may
enable me to obtain something beyond the
mere necessaries of life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

railway manners are not always either po-
lite or gracious. To their credit be IL said
that they will not knowingly employ an H.
hammered conductor, but this rule is often
disregarded among the higher officials.
free passes are miserable investments
Tor railroads. Some State legislatures have
prohibited them. and in this they are right
A common carrier has moral right to
give away transportation TO influential peo-
pie. DISQUALIFICATION should be inhibited
by rigid laws. No railroad stock or bond
should be issued without tile permit OF some
state officer whose duty II Is to see that
none out paid-up stock Is issued and no
more than the statute allows"
In conclusion. Judge Baldwin argued I'm
favor OF state boards OF control for rail-
WAYS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

One Of the mugwump papers Of the East
demands that the administration turn its
attention to the outrages upon negroes in
he South and give that race security against
numbering mobs instead Of going to the
Philippines with professions Of a purpose
OF establishing benehcent government. 1t
goes on to say that the injustice and cruel
~ which have been manifested in the South
in regard to the negro are calculated to
cause the people Of the Philippines to sus-
pect our profession Of good will toward
them. This imputation 10 simply malignant.
The mugwump paper knows that the fed
erai government cannot interpose to sup
press mobs and protect blacks or whites In
the States Further than that. when the
Republican party was doing its utmost to
secure the coiosed people . fair chance in
the South. the mugwump press was among
the blftorsst and most persistent as6niiants
- sueh HsDublicaa ourDesA Il fought al
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
Message from Abercrombse.

WASHINGTON, May L-Acting Secretary
Meiklejohn has received a report from Cap
tain Abercrombie, who is commanding the
expedition investigating the Copper river
route to the Yukon country. The report
comes through Captain Robinson, quarter
master at Seattle, Wash, who says that the
following message, signed by Abercrombie
was handed him by the purser of the steam
er Excelsior, which arrived yesterday from
Valdez, Alaska: MY expedition disem-
barked to-day, April g. Hospital organized
for the care OF destitute miners, who are
now coming out of the interior by the route
you contemplate opening a military road.
While the conditions are distressing so far
as the restitution is concerned, the worst
is over. A full report follows"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

Leslie weekly.
No one believes that the Samoan islands
are worth fighting over. They are 1000 miles
south Of the Hawaiian islands and consist
or ten inhabited and two uninhabited
islands, with an area of 100 square miles
pie: or less than the population of a single
ward in the city of New York. The princi-
pal export is dried cocoanut, and the total
valuation of this exported product in 1896
was only $231O00. The chief value of the
group to the United States lies in its loca-
ton on the direct steamship line connecting
the Philippines with the proposed Nicara-
guam canal. AS a coaling and repair station
the group would have great value to us
greater value than to any other nation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

The new destructive weapons Of war do
not seem to do much destroying, after all.
We are told OF savagely-fought battles, in
which Maxim and Calling guns are used of
tremendous commandments. of desperate
storms of shot hurled against the enemy,
and then read that the loss of life on the
part OF the foe aggregates from thirty to
fifty men. And the old-fashioned tornado
goes on its way. and mows down hundreds
in its path in few seconds, to say nothing
or wiping two or three towns off the face Of
the earth at the same time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

"Christianity fired from Calling guns
was the phrase of Colonel Bryan: teaching
humanity by rapid-fire guns" was the
phrase Of Professor Laughlin. Both are I'M
happy at this stage of the game
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
Notice.
Edinburg Qnd.) Call.

Whereas / married Joseph Saddler. of
Bartholomew county. q little over a year
ago. and found that L could not consistently
live with him, and on the 18th day of April
1899. left him. and instead of my leaving his
bed brought my bed with me and left him
without one. therefore, as he refused to
clothe and support me 1 had just cause
for leaving. and the public are hereby no.
titled not to credit or trust him on my ac-
count. as will pay none of his debts
ARTIMACY SADDI.ER
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
Theological.

The Anti-But you are mistaken in call
Ing them heathens. Most Of them have
been long ago converted to Christianity.
The Expansionist-Then why amt they
got better weapons than bows and arrows?
Answer me that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

1t may be suggested that the man who
was found guilty in Circuit Court in the
southern part of the State OF calling the
woman who had been his wife to the door
and shooting her TO death should not be
sent to the Reformatory under the system
OF indeterminate sentence. The man who is
guilty of deliberate murder should. at least.
be sent to prison for life. and In prison that
class Of criminals should be kept by them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

The Seeker-Really. is there such thing
as honor among thieves?
The Observation-Disclosures have &C.
CURED where "A member of the profession
has been entitled to Hon." before his
name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHIcAGo-Palmer House. p. o. News Co., al
Dearborn street, Great Northern Hotel and
CINcTNNATI-J. r.. HawIey & Co.. ia Vine
street.
IOUISvILLE-C. T. Deering northwest corner
Of Third and Jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co.. 26 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, 1899-05-02

The Memphis Appeal says that Repre-
sentative Bailey has ruined all his sena-
torial prospects by an hours speech at
Houston against expansion on the occasion
OF the anniversary of the battle IN which
the Texans defeated the Mexicans and took
the first step in annexing Texas to- the
United States. The Texas Democracy
favors exhaustion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

1t was not question Of wages which
caused the raid upon a mine in Idaho. re-
sulting in destroying plant worth $4,000
but the refusal Of the company to require
the two hundred men in its employ to join
q union. Now that troops have been called
for by the Governor It is well to under
stand the issue. The men who raided the
mine were employed I'm mines miles distant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

The announcement in the Journal of April
80 that Hon. George w. Faris would RECON-
mend Mr.. j. j. Higgins for supervisor of
census of the Fifth congressional district
was erroneous. Mr.. Higgins writes the
Journal that he is not an applicant and
does not desire the appointment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

The meeting of the element in Chicago on
Sunday which is silent when the name of
Dewey Is mentioned. which Kisses the Pres
ident and cheers Aguinaldo. disclosed both
its spirit and Its weakness. In their
speeches the leaders substituted ISLANDERS
for fact and vituperstion for argument.
and thus provoked protest from . eonsad-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

Many Republican politicians In Ohio are
surprised and puzzled by the discovery that
neither United States senator will lead
faction IA making state ticket The sena-
tors are wiser than the others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

Washington Pos

Mr.. Bryan says it makes but little differ
ence as to the nominee. How would Hon.
Wharton Barker strike him? Wharton has
been nominated on a red-hot Bryan plat
form, and his adoption would save the ex-
pense of holding another convention
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
Educational.

oid-fashioned Uncle-Well. my boy,
what have you learned at school to-day?
undutiful Nephew-I don't think you
would understand, even il told you.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune has
discovered that when q longtime repre-
sentative to Congress dies or declines
further service in Maine big crop of candi-
dates appears. and 1t has further discovered
that 'in Tom Reeds late district every
county has a candidate. and some have
two" There are two counties in the ex-
speakers district. Cumberland and York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
BUBBLES In THE AIR.
Financial.

The Old Friend-And have you succeeded
In laying up anything?
The Unsuccessful Notwithstanding but
a lot OF fine grudges
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

Democratic paper, in view of the latest
intelligence from Manila, observes that
President Mckinley may have nothing of
the Philippine incident to refer to Congress
bat the expense account.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
The Only Question.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
While Mrs. George cannot quite appreciate
the idea Of appearing on the stage she
thinks she might go as far as to lecture upon
woman's rights. The only question remain
ing Is whether the public will stand It
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

While twenty professors OF the University
Of Chicago were In the Aguinaldo meeting.
one hundred will join in the expansion meet
ing next Sunday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal.
The bicycle rider is not hardhearted. He
sincerely regrets collision with pedestrians,
though his regret is not as keen as II used
TO be when wheels were higher in price.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

The divorce obtained by Mr.. Henry T.
Sloane from his wife was secured by prac-
tees or dangerous secrecy. by some ex-
traordinary mitigation IL not. indeed, by an
actual defiance OF those rules of legal pro-
cedure which experience has shown to be
necessary for the maintenance Of Justice
and the preservation of individual rights
and with which all ordinary litigants in
court are forced TO comply. The officials
concerned in the Sloane divorce deserve pub
lie cOnderr nation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
Condemns Them.
Philadelpf

Philadelphia North American.
After smoking one OF the cigars stamped
by the counterfeit. We are convinced that
the guilty persons deserve life sentences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
But Will ItP
washington Post

Washington Post.
The country should oe considerable enough
to omit the poetry ON the occasion OF Ad-
miral Dewey's return.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02
I'm Missouri.

Kansas City Journal
Uneasy lies the dead that doesn't know OF
a convenient cyclone cellar at this season
OF the year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

NEW YORK. May Howard Goulds
steam yacht Niagara Is at quarantine. pre-
pared for long foreign cruise. She Is 20
visit the Azores. ports In England. Scot
land and Norway and possibly Spitzb>rgen-
The Niagara Is expected TO be back IN time
for the international races for the Amerl-
cas- cup In the fall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-02

q
from a sunfower, 1 don't think I'd be
valuable collector"
HIS LATER CAREER
Nevertheless the prospect was so alluring
that he set to work to learn practical
botany. and in 1892 was in Alaska. He went
over Chiikoot pass in late blizzard. struck
for the interior reached the spot where
Dawson City now is and started down the
Yukon alone in canoe which he had built.
His canoe was caught in rapids. split on a
rock. and that would have been the end of
Fred Funston but for a missionary who
CHANGED TO be going along with some In
dams and who saved him. That winter he
spent with Indians. hunting and exploring,
and when he returned IL was with store
of highly comprehensive and valuable
botanical material. His one criticism OF
Alaska was that it was a magnificent coun-
try but pretty lonely.
His next venture was In Cuba, where he
went hlibustering. Gomez gave him a COM
mission and he became second in command
of artillery under Osgood, the famous Cor
nell football half back. He made record
for bravery at Guimaro in October. 1885,
where his chief was killed. and he took
command. AT the head of his artillerymen
and with dynamite bomb in his hand he
charged the Spanish works in the assault
which terminated in their surrender. At
Bayamo he became a cavalry officer tempo
rarily because there was more for cavalry
than for artillery TO do there, and was shot
three times. out sucn was MS enuurance
and physique that he was ready for more
lighting in a short time. AT Las Tunas he
managed the Cuban dynamite guns which
wrought such havoc among the Spanish
troops. and was again wounded. AT the
same time his horse was shot and fell upon
him. badly injuring his hips Wounded as
he was ne hobbled to headquarters on learn
ing that fifty prisoners, guerrillas who
fought on the Spanish side. were TO be exc
cuted and begged for their lives. The petit
ton was refused.
Enrared al the harbarity of the Cubans
Funston swore that he would never strike