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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19
PAPERS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Work of the Transmississippf Con-
gress-DecIination from Bryan.

HOUSTON, Tex. April 1S.-The COM
mittee on resolutions. the most important
of the Transmississippi Congress. is at
work tonight preparing to report to-mor-
row. II has somewhat over a hundred
resolutions before IL 10 be acted on. and
not more than twenty-five will be ac-
cepted. Several important resolutions were
adopted to-day. Resolutions were intro
duced as follows: BY Patterson, OF Colo
RADIO. indorsing the bin to appropriate
100000 for the St. Louis worlds fair; by
Whiternore. of Missouri. favoring a gov
eminent cable from the United States to
Hawaii and Manila; by Patterson. OF Colo
RADIO. opposing the Hanna-Payne ship
subsidy bill: by Brown. of Texas. favoring
the Improvement of the Brazos river.
A telegram from w. J. Bryan thanked
the congress for its Invitation to attend the
session. but declined because of other en-
gagements.
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton reported the following nominations:
President, Hon. John r. c. Pitkin, of New
Orleans: first vice president. w. Gresham.
OF Galveston; second vice president, l.. Il.
Prince, OF Santa Fe. N. M; third vice
vice president, George Q. Cannon. OF Salt
Lake. The report was adopted and the
officers were declared elected.
Mr.. Woodward. OF Louisiana, introduced
a resolution indorsing the proposed Hous-
ton ship channel. asking the national Con-
gress TO make adequate appropriation
therefor.
William NJ. Bates. of Denver, then read
an address in opposition TO the ship-sub-
sidy bill. He was followed by Professor
Waterhouse, of st. Louis, on "a Factor OF
Public Prosperity"
AT the afternoon session Mr.. whitmore.
OF Missouri, introduced a resolution favor
ing a waterway from the lakes to the
gulf via the Chicago drainage canal and
the Mississippi river.
A paper prepared by Lyman J. Cooley.
Of Chicogo, was next read. Then came
an address by Rev. DR.. Lucey. OF Arkan-
sas. industrial Development OF the
South Affected by the Negro Race"
Mr.. Coleman. of New Orleans. and Mr..
Whitmore, of St. Louis. introduced resolu-
lions indorsing the bills now pending be-
fore Congress providing for the immediate
construction of the Nicaragua canal There
was great applause when Mr.. Whitmore
declared that 1.-The time has gone by for
argument over this canal; IL must be built
and at once"
Mr.. Troutman, OF Kansas. then addressed
the congress. After a brief discussion OF
the time at which the next place of meet
ing is TO be selected (Which was set for
Friday afternoon) Mr.. Mead. of Oklahoma.
read a paper. The congress then adj
journed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19
THE H. R. ALLEN ESTATE.
It's Settlement Delayed by an Injunc-
ton Issued by Judge Clifford.

CHICAGO. April 1S.-The death last Feb
ruary of DIR. III. r. Allen. sr. and the eff
forts of his son. II. r. Allen. jr., of In
danapolis. TO find what had become of his
fathers bank account, which, il was al
legged. had mysteriously disappeared. was
recalled to-day when Judge Clifford issued
an injunction restraining the transfer of
any of the accounts of the DR.. IL. r. Allen
Medical and Surgical Association until the
hearing OF n petition filed by the State
Bank OF Chicago as administrator of the
estate of the late Horace r. Allen. The
petition calls the attention of the court TO
an alleged conspiracy to obtain possession
CT the property of Mr.. Allen. and names
Isaac r Bradick. formerly of Lewis Cen
ter, Ind, brother-in-law of II. r. Allen
sr., MS sister. Mrs. f. F. Bradiek. and Miss
Ella Grant. a former acquaintance. as par
ties interested In the attempt TO obtain
possession of his entire fortune The ad !.
ministrator representing the heirs-at-law
declares that the time when the will was
made, in which Mr.. Allen transferred his
property TO the Bradicks. Mr.. Allen was
wholly unfit TO transact business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19
TRIAL OF COLONEL C0LSON.
Testimony of Capt. b. b. Golden, j. N
Kehoe and other Kentuckians.

FRANKFORT, KY, April 1s.-The TAX
ing of testimony in the Colson trial COM
menced this morning in the Circuit Court.
The first witness introduced by the COM
monwealth was Capt. B. B. Golden. who
was badly shot during the duel and is sup
posed to have entered the hotel with Ethel
bert Scott. Golden testified at length as to
his whereabouts after arriving in this city
up to the time of the shooting. He said he
left Scott at the cigar stand and started
across the office 10 the main entrance. He
did not know whether Scott was follow
ing him or not. He got almost to the door
when he saw Colson arise from his chair
and heard some one moving behind him. =.
"Colson rose and took the first shot,
said the witness, but / don't know who
fired the second. I was shot in the back
while trying to get out of the room"
In the cross-examination nothing new
was brought out and after two hours on
the stand Captain Golden was excused.
James n. Kehoe. prominent lawyer Of
Maysville. who was in the hotel at the
Colson fired about the same time. He gave
a very vivid description of the tragedy.
Mr.. Kehoe was the last witness for the
morning session.
The first witness this afternoon was Lind
sey South, but the defense asked that Capt.
Golden be recalled. The questions put TO
Golden related TO the i'll feeling he bore
Colson and statements he made about Col
son while the Fourth Regiment of Ken
lucky Volunteers, in which Colson, Scott
and Golden were officers. was at Admission.
Ala, and when he (Golden) said he was for
Scott, right or wrong. and when he got out
of the army he wanted to get even with
Colson. Objections were sustained.
Lindsey South testified that the first two
shots were from a large piston He did not
know who fired them. South saw Scott ly-
ing in the basement, but he was not the
man who first fired He said there were
more than two men firing.
John c. Mayo. OF Paintsvllle. testified
that he was talking to Colonel Colson when
ne (Colson) saw Scott and arose very ex-
citedly Both faced each other with drawn
pistols. They fired" said the witness,
"about the same time, though believe the
first report was not as loud as the second
They were standing almost together. After
Demaree fell Scott ran towards the steps,
leading down TO the bar. and disappeared.
Colson followed and also disappeared
There may have been one or two shots
after both men were out of sight"
Doctors Williams and Tobin described the
wounds.
Col. Milton Heger. of Salyersville. was
the last witness. He was I'm the hotel Of
flee when the shooting commenced and ran
down the steps. He started back to the Of
fee and met Lieutenant Scott coming down
the steps and saw Colonel Coison At the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Another periodical-this time Leslie's
Weekly-has been worked" by a wicked
person who palmed off it his own
poem recognized since publication as one
which had grown to venerable age in the
service of McGuffeys Fourth Reader. AT
this rate the editors of the magazines and
literary weeklies will have to go back to
primary school in order to protect them
selves. 1t is not unlikely that the daily
press. which prints a good deal of con-
tributed verse. is occasionally deceived in
the same manner; but the daily press does
a rule. it does not pay for contributions
of verse and can afford to regard such de-
ceptions more carelessly, and to reflect
philosophically that the paper is in a much
better position than the wretched person
who signs his name to what is not his own.
This, in fact, is the only proper view to
take. 1t is no reflection upon the intelli-
gence or literary knowledge of an editor
that he does not recognize poems which
have appeared in even widely read
work as McGuffey's Fourth Reader, es-
pecially If they not the productions of
some of the few leading poets. No human
being. however Industrious can keep track
of all the verse of the day that gets itself
printed. and since there are men and
women so base to attempt frauds of
this kind the wonder is that they are not
oftener successful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Prima Donna Melba is quoted as saying
she will wed Haddon Chambers, the play
wright, while another dispatch says Cham
bers is already happily married. Melba
should be more careful in making a choice.
She should remember the fate of the now
almost forgotten Princess of Chimay.
Women have many rights and privileges
guaranteed by law and permitted by Gus
tom, but when one boldly declares she in
tends to marry another womans husband,
without asking the wifes consent, there
may be trouble. Don't do it, Melba. The
public will tolerate almost any kind of
license or eccentricity among the stars of
the stage, but the cold law may not be so
generous Choose any of the bachelor bar
ons. dukes or princes of Europe you please,
Melba, but don't tear a loving husband
from the bosom of his family and force him
to marry you.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Democratic conventions in the State
which denounce the establishment of
United States authority in the Philippines
without the consent of the governed"
will not be likely to incorporate state
ment made by the chairman of the Demo-
cratic State convention at Raleigh, n. c.,
a few days ago. In urging the adoption of
a constitutional amendment DISTINGUISHING
negro voters, he said: mot all the soldiers
Mckinley can spare from fighting negroes
in the Philippines can defeat the purpose
Of the white people to rule in North Caro-
lima. The object of that amendment can
be stated in ten words-to disfrarchise ig-
norant negroes and not disfranchise an un-
educated white man-and by the eternal
God, every white man shall vote!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Turkey is IN serious trouble. The sick
man of Europe is always sick in a finan-
cial way. but now his condition is critical.
Me has fofd the powers s per cent. in
crease In duties is necessary TO avert bank
ruptcy. but the powers remain obdurate
iri their protest and will address another
note that may either kill or cure the strick-
en- Moslem. Meanwhile the United States
is watching the controversy. and If the
Porte is granted permission To increase
revenues another demand will be made for
the payment OF about 100000 due American
missionaries for destruction of property
during the Armenian riots
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

According 10 the report of the election
In Louisiana on Tuesday, the new consti-
tuition and new suffrage law intended TO
disfranchise negroes. worked TO a charm.
This is done by an educational and prop
erty qualification under which only 1000
colored men registered out of more than
125eoo of legal age. In fourteen parishes
or counties of the State not negro reg
fstered for the recent election. and In forty
three out OF fifty-nine parishes the negro
registration was under one hundred. The
same provisions that deprive the negroes of
voting also shut out about three-fourths
of the foreigners In the State. but a little
thing Ike this ala not stand in the way of
those who wanted 10 bar the negro.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

The upholders of the faith, that Is to
say, Of the Presbyterian Confession of
Faith, are now being heard from, and
they are particularly severe on DR.. Park
hurst for his structures on the creed. They
declare that the Confession is founded on
the Scriptures, and that to revise the
church standard means to revise the Bible
In other words. they not only assert the
inerrancy of the Scriptures. but the in
spiration and inerrancy of the Westminster
Assembly. One Philadelphia minister says
that Dr. Parkhurst Is attacking God HIM
self No. the revision of that creed is not
a thing of the immediate future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

The most regrettable feature about Sena-
tor Hoar's speech is the effect it will have
ir encouraging the Filipino insurgents. In
this country. where his age and personal
characteristics are understood. 1t will have
10 effect on pubic opinion beyond furnish
ing campaign material to the Democrats,
speech OF a senator of the United States,
II will tend to prolong the insurrection and
may be the means of sacrificing more
American lives
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Instead of the servant famine which has
threatened in New York city for some time.
a surplus now seems imminent. not less
than three thousand immigrants who wish
to engage in domestic service arriving each
reports OF high wages. which have reached
them in their foreign homes; also the most
of them expect to remain in New York, the
impression prevailing among them that this
is the only city in the whole Union worth
living i'm. What a lot our newly arrived
citizens have to learn,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19
The Danish Minister Declines.

CHICAGO, April 1S.-Mayor Harrison has
received from the Danish minister at
Washington, c. Blum, a letter expressing
his regret at not being able to attend the
Dewey celebration, owing to the amount of
work on hand, which would keep him in
Washington. In speaking of the report that
no members of the diplomatic corps, ex-
cept the Spanish minister, had been given
invitations to attend the celebration, Mayor
Harrison said, to-day, that invitations have
been sent to all the representatives of for
eign countries. THE letter 1 sent to Due
d'Arcos explained the matter as IL really
occurred" said the mayor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

AS Lord Roberts's dispatch censuring
Feb. Is. one is at loss to understand
why It should be given out by the British
War Office after being held two months
without being acted on. The public will be
inclined to agree with Mr.. Spencer Wiki
irson that IL the government had intended
20 recall the censured officers 1T should
have done so promptly and quietly. and
that the publication of the dispatch after
this lapse of time Is ill-advised
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

The Louisville courier-Journal regards
the overwhelming victory OF Senator Nor
gan in Alabama as a distinct Endorsement
OF national expansion. OF which the senator
s. strong advocate. HE position from
the beginning has been that the material
interests of the South as . coSton-grow-
ms and manufacturing secfIn lay In COM
merciai expansion. and espjcIally the de-
vsiopment Of trade with calna and the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

been source Of annoyance to families re-
siding near 513 Tacoma avenue Haley
found the animal in the stable and sue
ceeded in getting rope around its neck.
He fired one shot, but did not kill the dog.
which jumped and grabbed him by the
hand. He forced TO drop the revolver.
but picked ii up with the other hand and
ended the brute's life. DR.. Karchner, of
the City Dispensary. dressed his injuries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

With any other government than that of
Turkey, the breaking off of diplomatic re-
Iations would be almost equivalent 10
declaration OF war, but with Turkey 1t
will simply be a brusque notice that the
time has come when certain just and ad
mitted claims for indemnity must De paid.
II may be that United States warships
will be sent TO the Dardanelles to collect
the claims, but at the last minute the Sui
xxyslIr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

1t Is not surprising to learn on the
authority of a close personal friend of
Senator Fairbanks, who has just returned
has not authorized the use of his name as
a candidate for Vice President. that he
does not want the Office. and prefers to
stay in the Senate. Any other view for
public man OF Senator Fairbanks age
and political prospects would be strange
oue
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

!, DIR. r. T. Hill. a well-known geographer
and geologist. says that since American
Occupation OF Porto Rico the old spelling
puerto" has been almost universally dis
carded by the newspapers. officials and
business men OF the island. AS the new
civil government law passed by Congress
and approved by the President writes it
Porto Rico the question may be considered
as settled
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

East. The Courier-Journal regards his
election by so large a vote as "proclama-
ton of an idea that has taken deep root
in the South and that the Democratic
party leaders cannot afford to ignore II
they do ii becomes only question of time
when the party viii lose the South as 1t
seems to have lost the East"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

The suffering of the people of India was
brought to the attention of Governor
Mount, yesterday. in letter from c. C.
Bonney. chairman of the Chicago relief
committee. He asks the Governor to desig-
ate day in May for donations of corn and
money TO the relief fund.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

The Filson Club, of Louisville. KY, is
an organization which sets an example
TO the innumerable literary clubs of the
country in that 1t aims to do work of
permanent value in the way OF historical
research During Its existence 1t has issued
fifteen publications. the latest OF which
deals with . subject Of especial interest
to Indianians. namely. the battle Of Tippe-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

In the Yiddish dialect the word "alumna"
is used to designate divorced woman or
''grass widow If this use of the term
is generally adopted, as so many of the
Yiddish words have been through the me-
dunn of "Chimmie Fadden'' and others,
it may tend TO the disintegration of the
many alumnae associations to which
women are now so proud to belong.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Major @. A. Armes. a retired cavalry Of
ficer OF the United States army. says he
has recruited in this country and sent to
South Africa nearly 5000 men who will
Join the Boer forces. In addition to his
other pecuIiarities Major Armes is known
as the possessor Of vivid imagination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Carl Brown, the Coxeyite.- has offered
Dewey a haven of refuge from the politi-
cal storms that beset him. Carl proposes
to make the admiral the presidential can
Gidate Of the "middle-road" Populists.
Wharton Barker and his friends were so
amazed when the Coxeyite made his dec
laration they forgot to howl him down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

COLUMBUS. o.. April is-A temporary
organization was effected at the Phi Kappa
Psi biennial convention to-day E IL
knight. OF indianapolis. being chosen tenn
porary chairman. The Grand Arch Council
OF the order chose the following officers.
President. George Smart, Columbus: vice
president. f. w. Lawrence. Philadelphia:
recording secretary. George Il. Lockwood
Washington. d. c.: assistant secretaries.
II. K Craft and G. q. Cunningham, Co
lumbus: sergeant-at-arms. O. @. Carpenter.
Columbus: chaplain. Rev. H. +. Scudder.
Brooklyn. ~. Y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19
The Commercial Hall Mark.

Merchant-Mrs. Marmaduke Flngfammer
seems to be perfect lady.
Young Woman Clerk-Indeed she is! Why.
she never asks the price of a thing she buys
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House and Fifth Avenue
Hotel
CHIcAGO-PaImer House. p. o. News Co.. 217
Dearborn street.
CINCINNATI. r. Hawley Co.. l5 Vine
street
IOUISVILLE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
Of Third and jefferson streets and Louisville
Book Co., &c Fourth avenue.
ST. LoUIS-Union News Cornrany, Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. d.. C-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

AS result OF the thoughtlessness and
ignorance Of the Chicago Dewey day pro-
motors in inviting the Spanish minister to
celebrate the destruction of his country's
fleet in Manila bay. the Washington au-
thorities suggest that all invitations to
foreign representatives be first submitted
to the state Department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

canoe. The author, Alfred Pirtle, says in
preface that the work was begun as pa
ger to be read before the club. but was
kept in hand for more than three years
and until Il reached its present proper
tions-that of a good-sized book. Probably
the reason that this theme was taken up
by Mr.. Pirtle is the fact that many Ken
tuckians participated in the engagement
under General Harrison. AS Mr.. r. T.
Durrett, president OF the club, says in an
introduction:
He has gathered some information from
old MAI uscripts and newspapers not. be-
fore used in any history of this battle, and
las beer very careful to collect all accessi-
bic Information concerning the Ken
tuckians who were in the action. In his
narrative will be found the names of Ker-
tuckians not before known to have been in
this battle, and their descendants can
hardly fail TO be grateful to the author for
rescuing these names from oblivion If
Captain Pirtle's monograph shall so direct
public attention to Joseph Hamilton
Daviess and Abram Owen and other heroes
CT this battle as tc insure suitable monu-
ments over their unmarked graves a good
men and accomplished soldiers. They sleep
on the battlefield which their deaths helped
consecrate to fame, but their sleep is an
undistfEguished repose and should have
some LANDMARK TO point the living 10 me
spots of earth hallowed by their mortal
remains.
What IS true of Kentuckians is true of
others, and as the volume includes In an
appendix the list of killed and wounded
and the company rolls of General Harri-
sons army, lists not easily accessible to
the public elsewhere, 1t IS probable that
MANY Indianians will take a personal in
terest in studying these records. The
author has evidently taken much pains to
secure accurate data of all sorts. and his
history is likely TO take it's place au-
thority. 1t is a valuable contribution to
the historical literature of the middle
West, and he deserves much credit for his
work. The book is very handsomely
printed and contains numerous illustra-
lions, among them portrait of the
Prophet" taken from an old print.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

The United States Playing Card Com
pany. which recently went into the trust
and will remove its plant to the East, yes
terday sold seventeen lots near the Belt
Railroad and Shelby street to the Bemis
Brothers Paper Bag Company for $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

NEW YORK, April ls.-The news
papers to-day announce the marriage In
this city yesterday. OF Mrs. Bernard Bcre.
the actress. 10 c. w. Olivier. a former pri-
vate secretary of Lord LonsdaIe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19
A wild Guess.

What's the difference between orthodoxy and
heterodoxyg'
We'll. hereto talks about his doubts. and
orthodox questioner keeps STILL"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-19

Out of 145 cities and villages in Illinois,
which held municipal elections on Tuesday,
seventy voted against license. fifty-five for
license, one for high license. and one for
low OF the cities in which party lines
were drawn the Republicans carried eleven
and the Democrats seven. The elections
showed that the license question over
Swallowed all others.