The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27

downfall, when he tried to escape from the
country. Caught in the disguise of sailor,
he was sent to the Tower to save him from
the mob. and there died four months later.
April IS 1888. his constitution having long
been undermined by hard drinking
The monument TO be dedicated in May is
called The Soldiers and Sailors Monu-
ment." Now. in whose memory was 1t
erected? What body of soldiers and sailors
is referred to? Was IT. or was IL not. erect
ed in memory of those who lost their lives
fighting for the Union in the civil war? |
never vet could find any one to answer the
question.-SiXteenth Indiana Regiment.
The movement to build the monument be-
gan with the Grand Army. and number
of thousands of dollars was raised by pri-
vate subscription. The idea then was to
commemorate only the soldiers and sailors
of the war of the rebellion. but later, when
the State took the matter up. it was found
expedient to enlist the support of certain
Democratic members by including the sol
diers of the war with Mexico, or as some
expressed ii at the time, 10 commemorate
Indiana's war spirit. In carrying out this
plan two of the dates near the top of the
shaft were originally those covering the
Mexican war, but owing TO vigorous pro-
taken down. The Mexican war and the
Spanish-American war are now mentioned
on the tablet on the south side of the
structure. The monument is, however. TO
all intents and purposes chiefly a memorial
to the soldiers and sailors of the civil war,
and is generally so regarded. The other
wars are named there mainly through
courtesy.
Whom do you consider the greatest phil
| anthrOpist? In argument some claim Ar
mour. some Sage. some Rockefeller, some
| Carnegie.-X. Y. L.
If you consider only the men who give
large sums of money for public benefit then
the greatest" is either the one who gives
most money. or he who gives in accord
| with the views held by the one who eX-
| presses an opinion. 1t is purely a matter
| of individual opinion to whether the en-
dowment of colleges, of industrial schools
| or of libraries is of most service to man
kind. The Journal however, does not be-
| lieve that the greatest philanthropists are
necessarily they who spend most money.
| The world is full of men and women who
| are spending their lives i'm work for hu-
| mainly, and who deserve to rank with the
| highest-as General Booth, Booker Wash
ington, Jane Adams, Edward Everett
Hale.
Would l be obliged to pay license TO sell
! merchandise in Indianapolis made outside
| of the State? q Would l have TO pay
| city license in any Incorporated town to
| sell goods or 10 take orders for future de-
| livery? g. Do merchants pay city license
| TO do business in Indianapolis. 4. Enclosed
| find clipping from New Ideas. Philadel-
| phia, in regard to the taxing of peddlers
| agents, etc. +.
As a peddler or auctioneer you would be
obliged to pay license, no matter where the
| goods you handle were made. This is under
| a city ordinance. .. Each Incorporated
town may make its own regulations on the
subject but State law specifies that trav-
| cling merchants or peddlers who are not
| residents of the State and are vending for
| eign merchandise must pay license TO the
county, the amount depending on the cap
| ital employed 5. No. T. We do not know
where New Ideas gets it's authority for the
statement that the State cannot impose
such license. In Indiana the matter would
have to be tested in court
Will you print something about the dykes
| of Holand?-C. G. w.
| They entertainments to protect the
! land from salt and fresh water. and are
! on an enormous scale. costing millions of
dollars yearly to maintain, and preserving
for agriculture many thousands of acres
| of land that otherwise would be under
water. much of it ten feet deep, some of it