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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06
TUSNELINc TUE STATE TREASURY.

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If there Is any truth ii, some of the ru-
mors drifting about. the incoming Legisla-
ture will be called to deal with a number
Of more or less clever propositions to tun-
mel the approaches to the state treasury
for the benefit Of a few persons, Some of
these propositions are old. while some are
new devices. IL is an era of fads and sci
entifc theories, and those who have them
desire to attach them to the taxpayers,
upon the assumption that great good will
result. At the present time there seems
little danger Of the success of the scheme
to establish an insurance department or
bureau independent of the state auditor.
because the folly of such a change is too
commission is. however, being talked of
mainly by those who hope that they will
receive the appointments. ndian has had
a great railroad system constructed and
operated without the assistance of a rail-
road commission. During the past few
years there have been no q~uarrels between
railroad corporations in the State that the
courts cannot adjust if the roads fail to
agree. The claim that a commission Is
necessary to examine the condition of
tracks and bridges is without reasonable
basis. The companies operating or leasing
the roads in Indiana are managed by men
who realize the injury which a company
suffers in damages and loss of business by
accidents due to defective construction. 1t
is so much in the interest of railroad COM
panies TO have sound tracks and bridges
that they will see that both are inspected
much more thoroughly than any commits
sion can do it.
Another equally indefensible scheme that
is likely to come up is the several times de-
feated bill to provide for boiler inspection.
Boiler explosion is too costly a thing for
the owners of any considerable industry
or building using steam to take any risks.
In most large establishments boilers are
insured and inspected by those who insure.
In other buildings unsafe boilers affect gen.
eral insurance. In the larger cities there
are building inspectors, whose duty it is to
look after boilers. Such being the case, it
may be said that the one object of the
proposition is to pay, at the expense of
industry and investment, a few men more
salaries as boiler inspectors. That such Of
tcers are not needed is shown by the fact
that there has not been a boiler explosion
in Indiana for a long time, except in small
sawmills or for threshing machines.
There are those who advocate a pure
food commission. If there is not now sufi-
cient law to punish those who sell impure
or adulterated food, let such law be en-
acted and the local boards of health made
responsible for its enforcement, but there
is no call for a pure-food commission or
commissioner with a costly staff to go
about the State doing the work that be-
longs TO the local authorities. We have
boards enough; indeed, there are those who
would get rid of some of them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

NEW YORK, Dec. "a strike of servant
girls on Manhattan island is imminent. ac-
cording to Mrs. Justin Beale. who is plan
ming a servant girls union. Three hundred
domestics, she says. stand ready 10 stop
work as soon as the union is formed and
demand better conditions. The union, she
says, Is 10 be organized by Herman Robin
son, general organizer for the American
Federation OF Labor. II have always taken
a great interest in servant girls" she said.
and L md that. with a few exceptions,
they are badly fed, badly housed and over
worked
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

Nc person OF humane sentiments can re-
jcice in the fact that Councilman Higgins
has gone to the State prison. For a man
like him il is a fearful penalty. yet it
cannot be said that he did not have a fair
trial. Aside from a few personal friends
and partisans there Is reason TO believe
that public opinion believes he has been
Justly treated. Mr.. Higgins seems To have
been one or that numerous class OF men
who push into municipal affairs for what
there is in IT,. There Is reason TO suspect
that there are others who should receive
the same punishment This suspicion is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

The report OF the isthmian canal COM
mission showing that that able body of
men believe that the Nicaragua route is
the most practicable and feasible ought to
settle the contention as TO the location.
II may also be assumed that this commits
sion has attained a clearer idea OF the
than nave previous commissions. Hereto
fore. It has been given out that $40. 900. 900
az the outside would be sufficient for the
work. but the present commission puts
the cost at over $500. 900. 600. 1t is certainly
q great undertaking, but. so far as indica-
tons go. the people of the country gener-
ally are very much in favor OF the enter
prise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06
Thinks the Canal VIII he Built.

LONDON, Dec. 6.-The Daily Chronicle,
which admits that there is a doubt as TO
the profitableness of a canal across Nicara-
gua,f says: Considering the wonderful
expansion of American trade, however,
success is not so unlikely as detractors of
the project wish it TO appear. Nevertheless
II the prospects were five times as problem
atical as they are. we must face the GER
tsinty that the canal will be constructed in
the very near future
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

INGLEWOOD JUNCTION. Ont, Dec. o.
An engine on the Grand Trunk Railway.
near here. early to-day. crashed Into =
hand car. on which were fve section men
going 10 work. All five We're killed IN
stantly. Tbs. dead; John Allen. foreman.
oliver Ellis. Neil Macarthur. Arthur Frame
and John TeetseL All the lnen live q
cheltenham. The ln <er and stoke. u
the engine escaped unhurt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

The army bill under consideration i'm the
House provides for one lieutenant general,
six major generals and fifteen brigadier
generals. The number OF infantry officers
from AS to 80, of artillery from S14 to 63S.
The staff is about double that of the pres
ent establishment. An innovation is a
corps of women for nurses with a super
intendent to be appointed by the secretary
of war
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06
SHIP BOUNTIES.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED

the combinations or special favors made
between or granted by persons otherwise
entitled 10 the benefits of the bill. and IL
the ~wrongdoers shall not receive any bene-
fits under the act.
The secretary of the treasury Is pro-
hfbited from making any contract under
this bill after ten years next following
its passage. The right IS retained by Con-
Gress to repeal or amend the bill at any
existing at the time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

The pamphlets which are being sent 70
Grand Army and other patriotic organiza-
t,ons urging them to join in a movement
1t as a trademark are advocating a wor-
thy cause, but that fact does not warrant
the caption, The Crime of the Century,
because it is not. and calling it so will
harm a good case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

Tn State factory inspector says in his
report that Indiana Industries are, without
condition. and that many places are short
both Of skilled and unskilled labor. AS the
election is over there will be no object in
denouncing that as a campaign liel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

The French did nothing in their war
with Germany to indicate that they can
do better than Napoleon / in an attempt
on England. He was a mighty man, but
all his schemes to invade the tight little
island failed. But what cause has France
for war on Great Britain?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

lygamous cohabitation and providing FOR
the Acknowledgement OF those who persist :
In such practices. TO give these Important
measures immediate action. 50 as 10 get
their report upon the calendar In time 20
insure it's consideration during the p-es-
ent session"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

In his proposed lion unit in Colorado
Governor Roosevelt should be on the alert
that the lion does not turn hunter. After
all the trouble of electing him the people
of Vice President.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

A citizen who was once a Republican is
exhibiting great alarm lest the people for
get the principles of Thomas Jefferson.
Most of US know that Mr.. Jefferson never
favored a 5O-cent silver dollar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

A roster of the next House of Repre-
sentatives shows there will be 1873 Repub-
leans, $50 Democrats and eight Fusionists.
PopuIists and silverites. thus giving the
Republicans a clear majority of forty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

If the vandalism of defacing the statue
OF the late Hon. William H.. English in
Scott county is intended for revenge on
Captain English for being a Republican.
it will fail in its design, but it shows how
cowardly vicious party hatred can make
eor,a parsonS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

The fact that an industrial convention
composed entirely of Southern men has
adopted for its motto. "No politics, no
secfi9nalisna. but business" shows a great
advance over former years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

BY a mistake of the types the caption of
an editorial in yesterdays Journal was
made to read president McKinley's I'M
perialism" instead of 'Impersonalism.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

The venerable President of the South
African Republic is learning the difference
between sympathy and assistance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-06

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Great Volume of Business transacted
and Congress Is Yearly Adding
to the Amount.
NEARLY 100000 PENSIONERS
OVER TWO AND A HALF BILLION
DOLLARS PAID SINCE 1895.
Directed to Laws Which Are
Faulty and Fruitful of Fraud
Recommendations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The annual re-
the interior. made public to-day, covers
more ground than any other departmental
report. Over 100. 600 words are required TO
review the work of the various bureaus and
institutions under Mr.. Hitchcock's direc-
ton, and Congress is continually extending
the duties of the secretary. On this point
Mr.. Hitchcock says:
THE scope of the jurisdiction of this de-
partment is wide, and the affairs in its
keeping are varied. The labor involved in
supervising and directing the great d.
versity of national affairs submitted under
you to this department is enormous and
has frequently severely taxed the energies
of the several secretaries. In addition to
the accumulation of business arising from
the rapid development and extension of the
country, Congress has, from time to time,
imposed new duties on this department,
greatly augmenting the work to be dis
posed of without any material additions to
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ling OF the details Of the vast volume of
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ment. superior business qualifications, adj
ministrative ability, and, very frequently,
legal knowledge. l lave accordingly sub
uillteu 10 congress-, IN the annual mi
of the department, such recommendations
as the circumstances appear to demand"
A large portion OF the secretary's report
has hitherto been made public in the re-
ports OF heads of bureaus. Included in the
secretary's review on the operation of the
Indian Bureau, the Patent Office, the Public
Land Office, the geological survey, the Gen.
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The most interesting feature of the re-
port is that relating to pensions. The Sec
rotary says:
18th report of the commissioner of pen-
sionS shows that on June 80, 1893. there
were 99l ,5l9 pensioners borne on the rolls.
During the fiscal year ended June 80, 1900.
there were allowed AZ, Gas pensions on orig
inal applications, and the number restored
to the rolls was 1859, making a total of
new names added to the rolls of 45, 344. The
pensioners dropped from the rolls during
the year by reason of death and all other
causes aggregated 1884, leaving the num-
Der remaining on the rolls June 80, 1900 $685.
529, a net increase of 2,010 as compared
with the previous fiscal year 1889. The pen
sioners borne upon the rolls on June 80, 1900,
are classified as follows, to wit:
Evening journal., 1900-12-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Somebody seems to have taken a
blotter and blotted Coin Harvey out
Memphis Commercial Appeal
lt is not the second term in the
White House that is worrying Mr..
Bryan, but the first term.-Omaha Bee.
The workman who votes for Bryan
will find in his dinner pail only food
Tor refiection.-SDringield Union.
The men who nave money invested
in the commercial and Industrial en-
terprises of the United States must see
10 IT that the conditions under which
prosperity has been restored are not
destroyed Leader.
The farmer is as directly interested
in keeping people employed as is the
business man who employs ca the man
who is employed. The more people we
have at work the more Of everything
we will consume. And yet there are
hose who ask us TO leave this policy
hat we know 10 working well for an
experiment. at the hands Of man who
las been proved q false prophet-AIin-
neapolis Journal.
Evening journal., 1900-12-03

with Mr.. Melvin's parents, MI and
Mrs. James Melvin. Both Mr. Melvin
and his wife were former residents o.
Newport, but recently Mr. Melvin OBJ
tanned a position as fireman on the p,
NV. & B. division between Washington
and QuanticO.
Gilbert Whann, of Philadelphia, spent
Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Whann.
Edward Riley, the genial clerk for
w. F. Groome, visited friends in Will
mington ON Thursday.
Mrs. e. Nelson spent Wednesday IN
Wilmington.
Mrs. Sewell Workman has been the
guest of friends in Philadelphia for the
past few days.
The Misses Ida and Lizzie Hins-
worth visited friends in Stanton on
Thursday.
W. T. Gallaher the postmaster, spent
Thursday in Wilmington.
Miles Barratt and Delaware r. Bar
ratt spent Thanksgiving with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Joseph r. Barratt.
Miss Mabel COnlyn is visiting rela-
tives I'm Newport this week.
Mrs Fannie Thatcher has been the
guest of Miss Mary Green for a few
days this week
John Ford and Miss Annie First were
quietly married at the brides home en-
Wednesday evening by the Rev Alloy
sius Green.
Evening journal., 1900-12-03

to support such measures, and the op-
portunity to test the sincerity Of those
pledges is near at hand. But make the
scheme practical and not too elab-
crate and expensive, for there will be
conservative members whose objec-
Ions will mve TO be met and overcome.
Remember that the thing to do is b
get the work started, and do not an
ticipate that you will obtain all you
want from one session Of the Leglsla-
ture.
Evening journal., 1900-12-03
NEWSPAPER OPINION
Addleks Up Again

From the New York Sun.
The Regular Republicans of Della
ware have been endeavoring for ten
years to save their State and their
iarty from the disgrace that the cleo
ion of ]. Edward Addicks to the Unit
d States Senate would bring. In the r
spirited and successful resistance they
ave had the moral support of that
public sentiment outside of Delaware
which is best worth having. The strug-
gle against the crudest, vulgarest and
most impudent methods Of political
degradation has been maintained not
ess for the honor of the State than In
he interests OF good Republicanism
nd good citizenship throughout the
and. it was more than the cause OF
Delaware, it was the common cause (.
or the little commonwealth Is not re-
ponsihle for Addicks. or for the un-
sought evils indicted upon It when
that political adventurer and monde
script deliberately chose Delaware as
he field of his operations for no other
reason than that it was small and, as
he believed, easily vincible.
The difficulty of the present situa-
ton. as 1t concerns the resclute up-
holders of Delaware's honor, has been
increased greatly by the circumstances
II the recent presidential election, and
somewhat by the surprising and dis
creditable detection OF the Whining
ton Morning News a journal which
hitherto has consistently opposed Ad-
dicks and fearlessly denounced his
practices.
The next Legislature is due to meet
at Dover on the 1st of January II
viii have to elect two United States
Senators. one to fll the vacancy tha
has existed for two years, on accoun
OF Addicks, and the other to succeed
the Democrat Kenney who owes hi
seat to the same pernicious inhuence
In the canvass of this fall Addicks hal
prOhted by the opportunity to cove
his intriguos with a pretence OF yea
for the national ticket
Shoulder to shoulder with Addicks
Shoulder TO shoulder with Captain
Kidd II he were alive and invading
, Delaware with a view to political pre-
fermont under the same circumstance
as obtain in the present case.
Meanwhile Addicks is boasting q
e Delaware not only that his own cleo
tion to the United States Senate 4
q January is assured but also that Il
in his power TO dictate the selection {
u his colleague. He is making such I'M
K pudent remarks as that his colleagu
e must be a person 'cOngenial" TO A,
e dicks, and such silly remarks as tn,
n it is possible his wife may claim n
second senatorship for some favori
Of her own. In other words he believe
or pretends TO believe, that his pred
tory enterprise OF the past ten yea
II has at last achieved complete succe
!, and that Delaware is in his pocket
y We mention these things in order
VI show that the honorable Republican
p OF Delaware-the men who have dete
'y mined never to compromise their opp
rs sition to Addicks and his ways al
III. works, even II the result be a cont
!. 4 ued vacancy in the United States Sc
ate, or the preferable alternative. 4
ed election of a clean and capable Del
Evening journal., 1900-12-03
SOCIETY SEES
GREAT GAME
WilmingtonianS Witness
Army and Navy Contest
Marriage Of Interest on Thurs
day--0ther Social Hap
penings

Wilmington society was well repre-
sented at the Army-Navy football
game in Philadelphia. which resulted
in victory for the sailors by the score
.of II to z. The game was the great
event of the football season, and sell
dom does Franklin Field witness such
IA distinguished gathering as that OF
Saturday.
The secretary Of war rooted for the
soldiers from a box draped with Old
Glory. With him were his wife and
daughterthe Misses Hitchcock. daueh-
ters Of the paymaster- general. and
Miss Thornell, of New York.
Not far away sat the lieutenant.
general with Mrs. Miles. In other
south stand boxes were Adjutant-Gen-
eral Corbin, General and Mrs. Brooke.
General and Mrs Bates, Colonel AID
Mrs, Edwards. General and Mrs. Ind-
ington, Major w. A. Simpson and Miss
Simpson, General and Mrs. Sternberg.
and captains and lieutenants enough
to fill an army register
Arrayed against these sat the "sailor
crowd in the north stand with such
renowned old salts as Sampson and
sigsbee, Melville and Clark, Captain
and Mrs. Sands. Lieutenant-Com-
manders Grant, Eldridge and Parker.
Commander and Mrs. Colohan. and ell
most everybody else of navy promi-
nence who could get there. Secretary
Long was not among them. but As
sistant Secretary Hackett represented
the department.
Among the Wilmingtonians noticed
were:
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Bannard, Newell
Barnard Mrs Elliott Miss Alice Lea.
Miss Ethel Lea, Miss strubo, Mr.. and
Mrs j. Ernest Smith Miss Rehecca
smith, Mr. and Mrs. IT. b. Thompson.
Miss Catharlne Wilson. Mrs. George
Gray. Miss Anne Gray. Miss Emily Gray.
Andrew c. Gray. Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Elliott, Miss Elizabeth Candy. Mrs. John
A. Andrews, Or. sedgwck Andrews. the
Misses Cooper, William S. Hmes. Robert
II. Richards, James W. Ponder. Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. Latrobe. j. p. Nields. L. Irving
Handy. Levi c. Bird. the Misses Draper
T. Allen IIilles, Joseph II. Hnles. w. b.
Carswell, Thomas i. Bayard, Jr, Mr..
and Mrs. Otho Rowland, John IT, Dandy,
II. L. Evans, the Misses Rice. Mrs. Tilgh-
man Johnston, Mr.. and Mrs II. J.. Fulen-
wider, Victor b. Woolley Mr. and Mrs.
Henderson Wier Alexis DUPONT Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene DUPONT, H. c. Haskell. Mr.
and Mrs Willard Hall Porter. Miss Ethel
Cause, Miss Christine Cause. Henry
Candy, DIR. r. r. Tybout. Martin E Wal
ker, John Neary, John j. Brady.