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The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Four Men Killed.

Marietta, o., June AT Whipple,
just east of this city, in shooting a
well on the Kelly farm, there was a
premature explosion of so quarts of
nitroglycerin and William NJ. Wat
son, ii. +. Zelton, Frank Speers and
Thomas Daniels were killed and seven
other men were injured, four fasally.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Carnegie's Wealth.

New York, May 31.-Henry w. Lucy,
NJ. p, writing to the Tribune from
London, quotes a friend of Andrew
Carnegie as saying that the ironmas-
ter lately declared that his posses
sions, readily convertible into hard
cash, amount to 5000. 1000. 900.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
An IOyya Bank R0bbed.

Des Moines, Ia, June 2.-The saw
ings bank at Sheldahl, 90 miles north
from here, was blown up by four rob-
bers at night who secured $1,000 and
escaped, after holding so or more cit
liens at bay with rifles.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
FIVE kiIleI.

Hamilton, o., June 4.-The engine Of
a fast freight on the Cincinnati, Ham
ilton q Indianapolis railroad jumped
the track west of this city Sunday.
Eleven cars loaded with stock were
wrecked. Timothy Mahoney, David
Starkey and Ambrose Smith, trainmen,
and two unknown boys who were steal
ing a ride were killed. The loss will
be about $4,000.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Two Girls Perish.

Belleville, H., June 2.-The residence
Station, three miles west of Belleville,
was burned at three o'clock Friday
morning, and Williams two daughters,
aged five and six years, respectively,
were suffocated
The true northerner., 1900-06-06

rcction against the authority OF the United
States shall be at an end then all military.
civit and judicial powers shall. unless oth-
erwise provided by congress, be carried on
under the direction of the president. formed
the basis OF the senatorial debate on the
Philippines. but was fruitless OF action
The only legislation as to Cuba Is OF a com
paratively minor character. relating TO
Cuban shipping.
Pensions.
The general pension laws have been
materially changed by the present con-
eress largely as result of the efforts
OF the Grand Army of the Republic,
which secured the passage OF bill
amending the law of June T 1890. so
as 10 permit the "aggregating" of disa-
bilities, and changing the provision as
10 widows so that "A widow may receive
pension when she is without means OF
support other than her daily labor. and
has an actual net income not exceeding
500" etc.
The free homes" act has at last be.
come law II provides for the patenting
OF homesteads on the public lands ac-
quired from the Indians on the payment
OF the usual fees and no other or further
charges This opens TO free homestead
entry many millions of acres of public
lands i'm the west, heretofore sold at
stated figures per acre.
Another measure passed of some gen.
eral interest permits the secretary or
agriculture TO restore game birds which
are becoming extinct, and provides
means for the restriction of traffic In
dead animals. birds. etc. from state To
state. the latter provision being in part
designed to limit the destruction of song
birds for the sale of their plumage.
Other Legislation.
Among other miscellaneous acts OF the
session are those for the preservation OF
the historic frigate Constitution and for
extending the work of the twelfth census.
Considerable general legislation Is carried
on appropriation bills. These provisions in
clude the amendment TO the military acad-
emy bill making the commanding general
of the army lieutenant general and the
adjutant general of the army major gen.
eral; also the amendment to the sundry
civil bill appropriating s5,000,0o0 for the st.
Louis exposition. Both of these bills are
still pending. The naval appropriation bill
adds two battleships, three armored cruis-
ers, three protected cruisers and five sub
marine boats to the naval strength, and
may include special legislation as to armor
plate and a government plant. The other
appropriation bills I'm the main carry the
usual government supplies. The Alaska
code bill, giving a complete civil system
of laws to the territory has passed both
houses, and undoubtedly will become a
law.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Gold Mine Sold.

PhoeniS, Ariz., June 2.-The Con-
gress gold mine, owned by the Congress
Gold mining company, and located 90
miles north of Phoenix, has been sold
for S1,500,0O0 to New York syndicate,
including Warner Miller and John
Mackay.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
The Public Debt.

Washington, June 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business May 81,
1900, the debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to 81 1,122, COS, ,s11, decrease
for the month of 81, ,193, ,274, which is ac-
counted for by the redemption of
bonds
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Three Killed.

Key West, Fla, June BY an ex-
plosion in the boiler room of the
steamship Bolivar. Chief Engineer
John Thompson. Pablo Zeal, a fire.
man, and Willie Hancock, a boy, were
killed
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Mnrder md Suicide.

Cleveland, o., June Carl Raub,
a newspaper man, aged so, killed his
niece, Miss Bertha Yucker, aged 25,
and then killed himself. No cause is
known for the deed.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Closed Its Doors.

Mulberry Grove, H., June 1.-The
doors and it is alleged that Shields
went to st. Louis, taking with him
between $4,000 and $4,000 in deposits.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
A Generous. GIFT.

Milwaukee, June John w. Hin
ton and wife celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary in this city by
sending a check for $4,000 to the
Protestant home for the aged.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Fate of AguinaIdo.

Vigan, Luzon, June 2. via Manila,
June 4.-Maj. March, with his detach-
ment of the Thirty-third regiment,
overlook what is believed to have been
Aguinaldo's party on May 10 at La Cat.
about 100 miles northeast of Vigan.
The Americans killed or wounded an
officer, supposed to be Aguinaldo,
whose body was removed by his follow
ers.
The officer shot was either Aguinaldo
or his adjutant, and as the horse was
richly caparisoned it is a fair presump-
ton that it was Aguinaldo.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06

The president has commuted to ten years
the life sentence OF Jefferson Harrison for
robbing, In Is93 a mail car In Alabama and
threatening to kill the postal clerk.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
ON THE DIAMOND.
Tables Showing the Standing of the
Clubs Of Leading Organiza-
tiOns Up to Date.

The standing of the leading baseball
clubs is shown in the following tables:
National league:
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
.FL|P|NDS TIRED Of WAR.
Macarthur Reports Voluntary and
Unconditional Surrenders Are
Very Encouraging.
OFFICERS AND MEN LAY DOWN ARMS.
Some, However, Keep Up the War
fare, and Small engagements Oc-
cur Daily-The Governor of Ben-
guet Captured-Report Of Death of
AguinnIdo Believed I'm London.

Washington, May 29.-The war de-
partment has received the following
cablegram from Gen. Macarthur, at
Manila. dated Monday
"Th-ee officers. &c men. with 46 rifles. sur
rendered Internationally at Guyapo yes
terday. Three officers. 46 men with 55 rifles
surrendered Internationally to-day at
Tarlac. These spontaneous surrenders are
very encouraging"
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
Believe AguinaIdo Is Dead.
In Hands of Rebels.

Manila, June 2.-Capt. Roberts, of
the Thirty-fifth regiment, and his two
missing companions, captured at San
Miguel de Mayumo, province of Bula-
can, island of Luzon, May 20, are still
in the hands of the rebels, who have
communicated TO the Americans their
intention to treat the prisoners well
and in accordance with the laws of
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
America ms Killed.

Manila, May 31.-On Tuesday night
the insurgents reached San Miguel de
Mayumo, province of Bulacan, Luzon,
garrisoned by three companies of the
Thirty-tifth volunteer infantry. They
swept through the surprised town,
shooting right and left, killing five
Americans and wounding seven. Capt.
Charles ID. Roberts and two privates
are missing. No Filipino dead were
discovered. San Miguel de Mayumo is
only few miles from Manila.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
A Governor Captured.

Manila, June 1.-The fugitive gov
ernor of Benguet province, rich, in
fiuential and devoted friend of Agui-
naldo, has been captured at Allit.
Small surrenders continue daily in
the department of northern Luzon.
The true northerner., 1900-06-06
-eaties Acted Upon.

The senate In executive session has
being occupied to a considerable extent
with important treaties. OF these the
treaties with Great Britain and Germany
|closing the tripartite government in
Samoa and awarding to the United States
the island OF Tutuila, with its valuable
harbor Of Pago-Pago, has been ratified,
while the commercial reciprocity treaties
with France and British West Indian is
Hands and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
|concerning the interoceanic canal, go over
without action.
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fess an utter failure to see how trade is
helped by the squandering of this money
for that which robs the family of its right
and proves curse to the user as we'll
New Castle Tribune
There isn't the slightest probability that
the Republican vice presidential nominal
ton will have to be forced on anybody.
1t Is an honor that has never been de-
Observation-Disclosures Republican.
The Democrats of Raleigh. n. c., have
Endorsed the Hon. Julian S. Carr, the mil
lionaire tobacco manufacturer, for United
States senator The Democrats. however
are violently opposed to millionaires in the
other party.-Tipton Republican.
Each candidate for Governor is running
his campaign as a gentleman should. 1t
Is pleasure, though difficulty, to choose
from such body of men one who shall
head the state ticket. One feels sure that
no mistake is possible.-Marion News.
Among the men spoken of for Vice Presi-
dent on the Republican ticket Secretary
Longs name meets with general approval.
His administration of the high Office he has
held under the administration has shown
him TO be a man of fine executive ability.
He has a clean record, against which no
breath of scandal has ever been heard.
He has been and is in full accord with the
President and his nomination would add
strength TO the ticket. But IL is not i'm
probable that sectional considerations may
lead to the nomination of a Western man.
-VincenneS Commercial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23
JackpOts.

Those who play or understand the great
American game In contradistinction from
other games of cards will not need to be
informed that this book relates to the
game 1t is not, as might be supposed.
a handbook of instruction as to how to
play poker, but a. collection of stories,
anecdotes, traditions and incidents regard
ing it, which players of the game will prob
ably find interesting and instructive from
a poker point of view. The author, Eugene
Edwards, Is evidently an expert In the
game, and seems TO have devoted much
industry to collecting the material for his
book His love for the game may be in
ferred from the following extract from
the opening chapter, which many players
of the game will probably appreciated 1T
is amusing to see some coteries making up
their minds to limit the game. They sit
down and unanimously agree that they will
not play minute after IL p. m, because
we'll, for whole lot of reasons. When
IL p. m. comes along il is let slide by. and
then at about half-past IL some one says:
'Helloi it's eleven, boys Then they agree
to play one more round, and when that is
done, IL is suggested that there be round
of jackpots After about six rounds OF
jackpots. then there is one or two rounds
of something else, and the end of IL is
that the gathering scatters nearer to 1 a.
m. than IL D. m The only remedy for this
sort of thing is to have one of the play
ers wives send after him, or for one man
to get all the chips" Chicago: Alexander
Belford & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23

So much Misrepresentation exists regard
ing the expenditures for pensions and the
cost of disbursement in recent years that
the Journal has been asked for the official
figures. The following are the figures for
the fiscal year which ended June So 1899:
Paid TO army pensioners. 1874, 671, 25S.6S
Paid TO navy pensioners. 1858, 794.27
Salaries of pension agents...... 100000
Clerks for pension agencies. 404 456 9S
Rents for agencies. .............. 15S30O0
Fuel and lights for agencies 532H
Printing and other contingent
expenses .-...........-........... 29,60.10
Total cost of disbursement S521 1876 40
Fees OF examining surgeons. $715 191. 26
These sums, amounting to 1927. sS7.75, are
taken from the gross appropriations for
pensions, making the total expenditure
$3.50 392, 1910. That is. the cost of disbursing
the pension money, including the fees of
examining surgeons. is about four-fifths
of per centum. 81 cents on each $780,
IL the outlay Is confined to the actual cost
of disbursement by the pension agencies
s521. fit would be 81 cents on each 500.
For this 81 cents four vouchers are made,
sent out. received and verified. four checks
are mailed in year. and much other work
necessary to keep payments straight.
The expenses of the pension bureau in
Washington, including salaries, examiners
In the field. ETC.. were s.. 617, Las during the
last fiscal year. This amount is not taken
from the appropriations for pensions, but
Is a part of the general expenses OF the
department of the interior The total cost
of the bureau and disbursement is $685.
7223 instead of $4,000 900. as the veteran
who made the inquiry has been told. which
is an error Of s6.145,Ooo. or about $50 per
cent.
The same inquirer was told that the
amount above stated would go long way
toward the payment OF a doliar-a-day pen
sion TO every man who was in the service
and honorably discharged. Let us see. The
actuary of the pension bureau reports the
number of survivors OF the war. deserters
excluded. 1.0l5,S7s. To pay these a dollar a
day would require $50. 7s5. 740 a year. The
soldiers OF the civil war received sis. ga
during the last fiscal year under the gem
erai law. and s47.si5.5s3 under the law OF
is9o-a total Of ssS.sS9.s57. Deducting this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23

In this work James Knapp Reeve, the
author. undertakes to give writers an in
sight into certain technical, commercial and
financial aspects of the literary profess
sion followed by the experienced writer
for current publications. The several chap
tiers touch upon literary beginnings. litera-
ture as profession. editors as friends of
writer's, tools of the craft. desirable train
ing, the short story, the work OF the liter
airy hack, the work of the specialist. the
descriptive article, verse writing, the trade
journal, joke writing. the agricultural
press, the English literary market and a
number of kindred topics. Ii Is very
practical guide and instructor to the liter
airy beginner, and contains much matter of
use to every writer. Mr.. Reeve does not
paint the career of authorship in rosy col
ors, and though he does leave the conclu-
sion to be drawn that any fairly edu-
Gated person who sets himself to the task
can become an acceptable and successful
writer, that is matter which each in
dividual will soon test for himself. and in
the main the information is not mislead-
ing, but useful and necessary. Following
its directions will not inevitably make a
writer. but its advice and instruction will
be found helpful 1t is just the book to
recommend TO the young man or woman
with literary aspirations. but who does not
know just how to proceed toward their
realization. The Editor Publishing Com
pany. Franklin o.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23

One of the speakers at the Transmissis-
sippi Commercial Congress, at Houston,
discussing the irrigation problem in the
great West, said: "All that is needed to
reclaim arid America is water" 1t was re-
marked long ago that water and good So
ciety' were the only drawbacks in Texas
and certain other place. 1t should not
require much argument to prove that water
would redeem arid regions. The speaker
referred to continued:
II the water that goes to waste in the
mountains of the arid regions were stored
and controlled il would save to the federal
government each year by preventing floods
In the overfowed lands along the Missis-
sippi river more than the cost of construc-
ton and operation of reservoirs This
water should be turned into the arid lands,
thus giving them some value.
This is a fair sample of the wisdom of
schemes that are sometimes exploited at
conferences for the promotion of every
thing. 1t will probably be some time be-
fore the government enters on the work of
rebuilding the continent and controlling
the elements
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23

The cut which the managers of the Steel
and Wire Company have made in the price
of it's products might have been expected.
as there was no cause for the advance of
prices which that combination made to-
ward the close of 1899 and last January. The
result of nearly doubling the price of the
most necessary article of food would cause
for the reason that consumers would not
be able to purchase freely. When the price
of fence wire is doubled the natural conse-
quence of such action would be TO materi-
ally check the sale. When told that the
price would make the fencing cost him
double, the farmer would conclude that he
could patch up his old fences and not pur-
chase until prices should be lower. Thus.
1t was the doubling of prices that caused
barbed wire to accumulate in warehouses.
The same of nails: the doubling of the
price, with the sharp advance in other
building materials, had tendency to check
the building trade, those designing to build
deciding, in many cases. to postpone until
prices shall be lower In Chicago the
senseless strike has paralyzed the building
trade. 1t is still claimed that prices were
advanced last fall and in the months fol-
lowing in order TO boom the sale of the
stocks of the steel and wire trust. much of
which were water. and that, having un-
loaded them upon friends, the time had
come to cut prices and resume legitimate
hicin Of no
ton of Mr.. Gates. 1t cannot reach the great
iron industries which are said to have con-
tracts for the entire season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23

Now that the Republican factions in the
and otherwise calling attention to the fact
that conflicting organizations are kept
alive simply to attend conventions and Sc
cure the federal offices. the coming nation
al convention should take action that will
put the representation in future conven-
lions on the basis of votes rather than Of
state representation in Congress. There is
no justice in giving to a congressional dis
Republican voters the same voice as an
Indiana district in which from 5000 to
$1,000 Republicans vote.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23

"Ouida,'' a sometime writer of fiorid fic-
ton, contributes an article to an Italian
paper in which she 1ashes Colonial Secre-
tary Chamberlain numerically. She holds
says he has carried into the sphere of
politics ''the ways and habits of an un-
scrupulous drummer and declares that
'if he had remained mayor of Birming-
making screws and dominating the Mu-
nicipal Council, the struggle with the
Transvaal would never have taken place.
The war was conceived. desired. and i'm
POSED by the colonial secretary" "Ouida''
has not lost her picturesque style.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-23
What Is Good English.

Prof Harry Thurston Peck is very dog
matte, as those who are acquainted with
his utterances in the Bookman are aware.
In fact many. If not ALL. of the essays in
this volume made their first appearance in
the Bookman. 1t iss perhaps, because of
his professorship and it's attendant habit
of laying down the law to students that
he carries this fashion of positive express
sion into his literary productions, and is,
therefore, sometimes irritating to sensitive
readers. even when they acknowledge the
correctness of his assertions. For. in the
main, his opinions are sound and worth at
tention. The volume Is not entirely de-
voted to discussion of the language, only
the first essay, which gives the title to the
theme. In this essay he undertakes to
show how far a scholarly man may go in
giving life and color to the language of the
books by Incorporating with II the speech
of the streets, the colloquialisms of the
day. Barbarisms and solecisms he con-
siders inexcusable in the work of any
writer, yet he believes measure of liberty
to be necessary If the language is to grow.
II Is the extent to which this liberty may
be allowed that is in question. and 1t re-
solves itself, according to his reasoning,
into matter Of good taste on the part Of
which rule and precept have little to do,
is comprehended only by the "enlight-
ened.' not necessarily by the educated"
between which two classes he draws a dis
tinction. The essay itself has number
of the little touches'uto which the author
alludes in a later paper. and is especially
to be recommended to the persons who are
DESTROYS of pedantic grammatical accuracy
and elegance of speech. The next essay,
Little Touches" is really continuation
of the first, but those following are on diff
ferent themes. They are ten in number:
The Progress of Fonetic Refa wrm, :"
Names" Fifty Books" 'Stephane NAL
larme," "Honore De Balzac," 1.-The Human
Robert G. Ingersoll," "A Great National
Newspaper and Uncle Toms Cabin in
Liverpool In Fifty Books he gives a
list of the volumes he would wish to have
ably few readers would be willing to ac-
cept all of his selections. The volume
which is published by Dodd. Mead & Co.,
is worth place on the library table.