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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-09
NOTICE OF LETTING OF CONTRACTS

For the building OF pixies In Washington town.
chip. Decatur county. Indiana.
The Board OF Commissioners OF the county OF
Decatur will meet TN special session at the COM
missioners room. at the courthouse. in Green's
burg. Indiana. on Thursday, May 2ith. 1890, to
receive bids for the construction OF free gravel
roads In Washington township. said county and
State, ir accordance with the terms. conditions.
plans ard specifications for such construction
row on de in the auditors Office of Decatur
county, Indiana. to which bidders are referred.
The construction OF said roads will he let by
sections. Bids will be received up 10 1 O'Clock %.
M. on said day This order given by the Board
OF Commissioners Of the county OF Decatur.
7. PLEAK, Auditor.
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The Indianapolis Light and Power Com
pany will put In an Immense storage bat
terry In the Lyra-Casino building. 22 North
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Stolen bases-I. T., 4; L. c., 1. Struck
out-By Bracken. 8; by Poor. 4. Bases on
balls-Off Bracken, 4; off Poor, 3. Batteries
-Bracken and Merrill; Poor and Davis.
Umpire-Harris.
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The funeral OF Cornelius Friedgen will be
held az 2 o'clock this afternoon at the late
residence. SIS North Delaware street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-09

Earned runs-Boston, 4: New York. Z.
Two-base hi~ts-Tenney. Barry. Foster. COL
lins. Home r~uns-Stahl. Bowerman. Stolen
bases-Bowerman, Davis Double play
Foster, Bowerman and Doyle Sacrifice
hits-Gleason. Carrick. Bases on balls-On
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Pittenger, 8: off Bailey. 2: OF Carrick. 3.
Struck out-By Pittenger. 8; by Carrick. 2.
Time-2:30. Umpire-Connolly.
PhiladeIphfa Used the Bat.

BROOKLYN. May s.-Philadelphia out
played Brooklyn at all points to-day, win
ming by good stick work and Bernhard's
fine pitching. The batting Of Slagle. Flick
and Laioie was the feature. Score:
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sToRACE-INDPLS WAREHOUSE CO.
w. E. Kurtz. Pres III. A. Grassland, Mgr.
New 517-523 s. Penn. Phone 1343.
We STORE. PACK and HAUL.
Union Transfer and Storage
Company, corner East Ohio street and Bee
line tracks. only frst-class storage solicited.
AND PACKING OF
% A SPECIALITY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-09
CLUB RETURNS HOME
INDIANS MADE A GOOD RECORD ON
THE FIRST EASTERN TRIP.
Chicago Is the Attraction To-Day
Watkins Talks About the Teams
COndition-Baseban Scores.
Kansas City . S-Chicago ..... 3
Rain elsewhere.

st. Louis .... O-Cincfnnati -.
New York ..13-Boston $500. 4
Philadelphia .1O-BroOklyn -. 3
Chicago 80. 2-Pfttsburg go. 1
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SALE.

FOR fountain. second hand or new.
for see on tnstallment plan. Address VIM.
SMITH. s1 East ST. Joe street. indianapolis.
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sBatted for Clarke in the tenth.
Score by innings:
P%ittsburg ..........0 0 0 0 0 / 0 OIL
Chicago ...........1 0 0 0 o 0 o o -
Earned run-Pittsburg. /. T~hree-base hits
Williams, McCreary. Sacrifice hits-Ryan.
Mertes, Mccarthy. Double play-Ritchey,
Williams and Cooley. Bases on balls-Of
Chesbro. 8; of Killen, 2. Struck out-By
Chesbro. 8; by Killen. 2. Time-2:2o. UNI
pire-Hurst. Artendance-2,1 100.
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NOTICE.


NOTIcEIsf3.75 buys a high-grade 1900 model
one-year guaranteed gents or lady's Bicycle;
sent 10 any address in the United states on ten
days free trial. payable after received. For
catalogue. full particulars and special price Of
fer. cut this notice out and mail TO SEARS.
ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago.
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Totals 100. 8 D "a IL
sBatted for Denzer In the ninth.
Score by innings:
Kansas City ........0 I 2 0 IS
Chicago ..........2 1 0 O 0 0 0-3
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Batteries-Wicker and Donahue; Swain
and Bergen. Called on account of rain.
At New Castle-New Castle, 4; Youngs-
town., 3.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

In spite OF the constant complaints OF GER
tain church people the statistics show that
the churches. are more than keeping up In
membership with the increase OF popula-
ffon- This appears from a comparison
made with the recent statistics OF the year
1879 by the New York Independent and the
census OF 1890. These comparisons show
that the increase OF the number OF minis
tiers In the United States during the nine
years has been Is per cent. OF churches AZ
per cent a Of membership "a per cent.
while the increase in population II about
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

other publications 1t is safe to say that in
the most populous part OF the country the
attention of most voters was called to these
vicious publications-for 1t would be a per-
version of language to call them news
papers In the proper meaning of the word.
There Is reason to believe that a large pro-
portion of the voters had opportunity to
read these papers and that many thousands
did read them constantly in and about the
large cities in which they are published 1t
was expected by the publishers that the
-infammatory appeals to prejudice and pas
sion and the constant reiteration OF false
hoods designed to array the mass of labor
ers against employers would cause a revo-
luton OF ntimen Many people viewed
the large circulation OF these papers with
something akin to alarm.
The result of the election goes to show
that the coarse and brutal paper has had
little influence upon the popular mind. In
New York. where newspapers Of this class
seem to be in the hands of most of the
people. they had little influence upon popu-
lar opinion. Thousands read them 'just to
see what they were saying" Fairly intel
ligent people put no confidence in their
statements and were not influenced by their
vicious utterances- The truth Is that the
American people are wiser and more OBJ
serving than those who esteem themselves
| very wise have been led to believe. For
years excellent and well-meaning persons
have been warning us of the danger of ig-
norant masses Of people. but whenever a
test is made the majority shows a saving
common sense. During the past few months
they have shown it by rejecting the advice
and the influence of the yellow newspaper.
There is reason to believe that the crude
yellow journal has seen the day of its
|! power. For a time many people will read
it for the same reason that they have read
the dime dreadful, but they will not be-
lieve what it says. not even when published
as news. A reaction will set in against
such papers now that the election is over,
for the reason that people desire facts in
the daily paper and not sensation and ex-
aggeration.
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by escaping whatever I'll 1t Is which dis
tresses his soul. Ridicuie is particularly
trying to a sensitive child. He is not able
to Judge 1t for what it Is worth, but is smit-
ten by 1t as by a physical blow. Even IL he
succeeds in hiding the signs of his humiIia-
ton the sneers rankle. and the memory of
many a man and woman holds scars that
were caused by cruel words launched at
them, perhaps in jest, in their early years
Most children are naturally cruel and
positively delight in wounding each other
with verbal thrusts. Older persons who In
dulge in ridicule OF youngsters are merely
thoughtless as a rule. Sometimes their
ridicule has a ~salutary purpose-that Of
serving as a corrective of faults; but it is
always a rod to be used with especial care.
for with the best of intentions it is in dan
ger of doing more i'll than good. No one
but an ~inexcusably t~houghtless or malicious
person arrived at years OF intelligence
would indulge in disparaging comments on
physical defects or on the clothing worn by
a child. Even a glance of amusement or
surprise is enough sometimes to cause a
sensitive little one an agony of shame. One
Of the first lessons to be taught to children
should be that OF consideration for their
playmates and associates. Life would be
less hard to many a little one physically af-
flicted, or compelled through poverty to
wear shabby clothing. if their schoolmates
were all trained in the first elements Of
kindness and civility.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11
C%HILDHoOD's GRIEFs.

A few days ago a fifteen-year-old Chicago
boy attempted suicide because his sisters
had so ridiculed his homely features that
he became convinced hat he was hopeless
ly unattractive and did not care to live
longer. 1t is not very long since the papers
told of a little girl in a Virginia town who
compelled her TO wear certain old-fashioned
arments which made her an object of ridi-
Guile to her thoughtless companions. These
occurrences show in a startling way how
deeplv ridicule cuts into the sensibilities of
children. 1t is customary with men and
women who have met the serious troubles
of life to look upon Juvenile griefs as trivial
things. They are so only in the sense that
they are soon forgotten by the youthful
sufferer. While they last they are as keen
as any ever felt by their elders, and are
often more hopeless because the young VIC
tim lacks the philosophy which brings
calmness II not comfort and the knowledge
which assures him that life yet holds some
thing worth living for. II Is seldom that q
child will go to the length Of attempting
suicide; despair II assuassd before that
limit is cached. but often enough he con-
templates desperate deeds Commonly II Is
that Of running away from home and there
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

q per cent. BY the Independents figures
the number or Catholics in the United
States was s.As.so5 at the close of 1899
a gain OF % per cent; the number of Meth
odists. 5.soe.57s-a gain of 2s per cent; of
Baptists. 4.4s3.e2-a gain of 10 per cent; OF
Lu~therans. 1.575, Hs-a gain of q per cent
of Pres5yterians. 1,56o.sf7-a gain OF q per
cent: OF Disciples of Christ (Campbellites),
1.11S,39s-a gain of "a per cent; Episcopal
ians. a9,s25-a gain of 81 per cent; of Con-
cent. The Christian Scientists ave in
creased from s.7z4 in 1890 to $4,000 in 1899.
and the non-polygamist Mormons from
&c., Us TO s43. $40.
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The Journals Reduction in Price


A wrong impression seems to pre-
vail among certain of the subscribers
TO THE JOURNAL, namely, that the
recent reduction in the subscription
price of the paper was only temporary,
and that a return to former rates would
take effect when the campaign closed.
This is an error. The present pub
lished price of the paper will be per-
manentIy maintained and its high
standard will in no way be impaired.
Send In your subscriptions to us at the
published rates or have the paper de-
Iivered to you by u agent in your
locality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11
FAILURE OF THE VICIOUS NEWS
PAPER.

One of the most gratifying results of the
election is the failure OF the yellow news
paper to influence public opinion. The
country was literally covered with the
Hearst newspapers 1t was. indeed. a re-
mote locality that one OF these three pes
tilentsal sheets. with hideous pictures,
poster type and malignant appeals to the
base passions Of men did not reach. They
were cried on the streets as other papers
are not. because the system for circulating
the papers was effective N elaborate.
They occupied the most prominent posi-.
lions on news stands and were more per-
sistently urged upon the public than any
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

wanamaker Is one of the largest policy
holders If not the most heavily insured man
in America. He has more thar N'VU'V" On
his life.
Michael Anagnos, the head of the Perkins
institution for the Blind in Boston. on a re-
cent visit TO his native place, a Greek town
I'm the mountainous part OF Turkey gave
the town a sum estimated al &U,ut, 10 DC
invested in such a manner as TO give d Ger
tain number of worthy students the DeneH
Of a higher education each year.
A jury at Washington. Ga. has decided
that IS is a reasonable charge for shaving
dead man. A local barber presented a Dill
for the amount named after having done
his share toward preparing a coIpse 20
burial, and payment was refused Dy the u
dertaker. The barber thereupon tOOh N0
case TO court, with the result stated
Switzerland's universities are suh inc
most popular educational institutions IN
Europe for women students from all parts
of the world. OF $50 students at the Uni
versity Of Zurich 2S are women. one III
dred and twenty of these are studying meu-
icine, nfty-eight philosophy, tWenty-oe
natural science and eleven Jurlspruoen0-
Only eighteen are of Swiss nationahts.
Ninety-seven are Russians. twenJy-hlne az
Americans n twenty-nine are Oeriha"0
The Wichita Ran.) Eagle says that AZ
a recent ~spiritualistic meeting the spHl'
of Elijah Crosser was called for. EhJah
Crosser had died there i'm an early oays
but was remembered for his IMMENSE
stature, six feet five inches A VOICE ia
the darkness said he was Elijah. are
you in Heaven asked an old-tmeI.
Yes" came the answer. Are you an
| paused. evidently having exhausted ms
fund OF questions. and then suddenly IN
CURED: ''What do you measure from Up
to tip. Lige?'
s.Twenty-seven years ago" says the 81
Louis Post-Dispatch. Charles NJ. Hays
aged nineteen years. was a clerk In the
| Frisco Railroad offices in St. Louis. with
| a salary OF $40 a month. Last week az;
HAYS. now forty-two years OF age ana Sill
retaining his home in St LOUIS, Decans
the president Of the Southern Pacilc nan
| way. the second largest railway system IN
the world. His salary viii De $oWy .
| year. making him the highest $500
railroad man in the world, and a Dc'eSl
salaried executive than the PRESIDENT oh
the United States.
Gladstone was VIGOROUSLY a stickier on
small points of etiquette and conduct and
a story Is told OF him how once ne re-
buked a young man for expressing his al
| miration for a woman in hyperooicai
terms. II was while he was premier ano
the woman was Lady Hayter, VIZ oA onnee
of the leaders OF Gladstone's party enc
gave a reception once. during the courss
| OF which a young man renarkso 70 o.aa-
stone that he had simply falien ln i0ss
with her. you mean said the fteuler'
that she IS a Woman whom YOU noio an
/ particularly high estimation Inc young
| man subsidized.
| Dolby, who WAS Charles Dickens man
a~er f~-s~~ sh~ '~tt~-'~ lerfurin~ tour =
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was with the advance guard when it en-
tered Peking. In a conversation between
the correspondent and a member of the
British legation, a white-bearded gentle
man, on the subject Of the siege. occurred
this PASSAGE:
You must lave had a hard time" I
said.
Yes" he replied, I'VE had a very hard
time"
Tell me how your supplies held out" I
said; that was one of the matters that
was worrying us most"
The supplies held out pretty WELL" he
said: I'VE were practically out of timed
milk, and almost out of butter"
Out of timed milk and almost out of
butter, n WI with hearts sore for their
supposed suffering! Well. probably we are
none the worse for our sympathy, and the
legation people are not to blame for not
having the sad experiences we feared they
were having. Still. it does seem, somehow,
as II there had been a waste of tears.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11
THE MODERN FABLE OF THE LIVELY
GIRL WHO CARRIED ON SOME
THING SCANDALOUS.

A Girl who wore a big Rat under her
P~ompadour and preferred a short Walking
Skirt, even if Men did turn around and look.
had a kline Of an uneasy Wish to be real
Devilish. She told every one that she
couldn't bear anything Formal, and she be-
lieved in having a Jolly Time. even though
1t caused Talk.
When she had a Filtration under way she
worked Overtime a. it. She made it Hum
while it lasted. She had the Telephone
Habit. and the Messenger Boys knew where
she lived without looking in the Book. She
loved to go out in the Afternoon and meet
some Fellow without letting her People
know anything about 1t. She would walk
the Young Man up and down some Side
Street and taunt him with being a Trifer
and try to draw him out and make him
Propose, SO that she could give him the
Whillykithrow and mark another Notch on
the Handle Of her Scalping Knife. She had
many Notches and apparently wanted to
establish a new Record. A good many
Young Men of the kind that can get away
in the Afternoon did Propose to her just to
Humor her. She always said she was
Sorry that they had mistaken her Friendly
Interest for the real. genuine old Love, and
she noped they would go away somewhere
and try to Forget. Most of them took her
Advice. They were Commercial Travellers
and had been packing up 20 move to the
Next Town even before she spoke to them.
These Intrigues and Clandestine Meetings
in Department Stores and Make-believe Ro-
mances. conducted with almost as much
Secrecy as a Business Mems Carnival. led
the Girl to believe that she was Reckless
and a teeny bit Wicked. She hoped so,
anyway. For fear that others would not
know how she was Cutting Up she told sew
eral hundreds of her Acquaintance that a
Girl could have a good Time and at the same
lime be a Lady, and that very few Under
stood her. but those who did wouldn't be-
leve everything they Heard. She said she
was a natural Bohemian, and to prove il
she used to serve Rye Bread Sandwiches
every Wednesday night and tell her large
Staff of Gentlemen Friends to smoke all
over the House.
Once she cut loose so far that she drank
about a Tablespoonful of Artillery Punch
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

The Cuban constitutional convention will
be watched by the people of this country
with much interest. Despite the fact that
its first session was opened with cheers
first acts Of the convention was to pass a
message to the President expressing ''pro-
found gratitude and affection" the form
of oath agreed upon by the majority looks
to entire independence of all nations, or.
in its words. to repudiate ANY compact
made with any state, or nation, directly or
Indirectly"
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indirectly

A physician who Is q member Of the
Chicago School Board, and who has been
making a special investigation of the rela-
ton between physical and mental culture,
says there is abundant evidence that prog
ress in studies is seriously retarded by
neglect of the physical welfare of pupils.
He holds that it is criminal to attempt to
develop the intellect of a child and at the
game time neglect it's physical welfare. 1t
is easier to recognize this as a general
truth than it is to provide means Of en-
forcing it.
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FOOtnOtea.

Apathy is that feeling we have when the other
men try to explain why what didn't happen
didn't happen.
An industrious November morning glory likes
barbed wire as we'll as any other kind of wire.
AS we stoop over to pick up one thing other
things rattle out of our pockets.
The professional hunter gets the game; the
amateur hunter appreciates the environment of
the sport.
The Nebraska man-with-the-hoe can now hoe
right along as IL something hadn't happened.
Man may take discouragements to bed with
him. but they manage to sneak of somewhere
while be is asleep.
Man sleeps all evening in his chair. then gets
up, goes to bed. and thinks he has nsomnia
The way to find anything you have lost is to
60 out and buy another one.
To be real out-and-out foolish now and then
keeps humanity young.
Social obligation Is a barbarous myth The
gracious presence of guests should never be
weighed in the scale with food or lodging
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A good ripe apple is completely digested
in eighty-fve minutes. This easy digestion
is one thing which makes the apple so de-
sirable-
1t has been decided that the marriage of
Queen Wilhelmina shall take place Jan. Il.
in the Wiliemskerk, at the palace of The
Hague.
1t is the purpose of the friends of the late
William L. Wilson and of the alumni of
Washington and Lee University. Of which
he was President. to raise by subscription a
fund Of at least $l00. 900 to maintain q pro-
Censorship In the university. md to be
known a. the Wilson endowment.
Mr.. Wanamaker's friends feel q great
deal OF uneasinses about him.. He has had
. carbuncle removed BY the knife and has
not secovered from The operation Mr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-11

The United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, sitting at Richmond. Va, has de-
cided that a woman can be the head of a
family, even when she lives with her hus-
band. Mrs. Richardson, engaged in a gen.
eral merchandising business, made an
assignment in. favor of her creditors. In
that assignment she held $1,000 under the
homestead law of Virginia. The district
Judge held that a married woman living
with her husband could not be the head
of a family, and consequently could not
take advantage of the homestead exemp-
ton law, but the Circuit Court of Appeals
reversed the opinion.
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what the people. and particularly the
agricuIturists. most needed. Senior Torres
tier went On to say that. under the Span
ism regime. public moneys had often been
misspent. and he outlined the system OF
Spanish proceedings in public improve
ments which made such maladministration
possible. He asked the commission for In
formation as to how the provisions Of this
bill were to be carried out, as he was fear
full that. unless carefully watched. I'M
scrupulous contractors would find oppor-
tunity to divert this s.. 900. 900 of the peoples
money from bringing to the people the
greatest amount of good. After Senior
Torres had spoken the provisions of the
bill and the manner of carrying 1t into ef-
feet were explained by members Of the
commission to the entire satisfaction of
the Filipinos present. The local press Of
Manila, Filipino, Spanish n American.
all comment most favorably on the action
OF the commission, which is expected to
mark the beginning Of a new era in the
development Of the islands.
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Reports by mail are at hand Of the meet
ing OF the Taft Philippine Commission. at
which bills were passed appropriating g.
010. ASS for the construction and repair OF
roads and bridges in the islands Besides
the members of the commission there were
present at the meeting a few army Of
icers. several representatives OF the press
and three Filipinos. One OF the latter was
Senior Torres. district attorney at Manila
Being invited to speak he said he did not
come to attack the bill. but to praise 1t.
and be complimsnted the commission on
its PRONUNCIATION. declaring It provided for
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Indiana women come to the front now
and then as we'll as Indiana men. Not to
mention others, it comes to light that the
Miss Grace Carr who was married a few
days ago in London to Lord Newborough
Is a native Of Leavenworth, Ind, where
her parents lived many years. There were
two Carr sisters, both very beautiful, and
after their father died they were chaper-
oned by friends in Louisville and intro
duced in society. One was married TO a
New York millionaire, and now the other
has welded a British lord.