Hope Republican, Volume 2, Number 2, Hope, Bartholomew County, 4 May 1893 — Page 2

HOPE REPUBLICAN. By Jay C. Smith. HOPE INDIANA Two live dukes and a blazing rajah have excited anglo-maniacs and worshippers of rank in New York to a high degree of exhilaration. Chicago continues to furnish the most sensational instances of criminal enterprise to be found in the United States, if not in the world. The furniture of a six-rootn flat was surreptitiously carted off the other day in that city and no trace was left behind. A Duluth judge has a novelty at his bar in the person of his own wife, recently admitted to practice. He is the only man in theUnited States who can get the last word with his wife in a dispute, and her “contempt” would lead to disastrous re suits if exhibited in the court room. Steam power at Buffalo, Rochester and other towns in the vicinity of Niagara Falls costs from $35 to $40 per horse-power per year of ten hour days, while it is estimated that the new electric plant at the Falls will furnish the power for about $15 per horse-power per year of twentyfour hour days. A Boston boy who has been arrested for numberless incendiary fires, some of which resulted in loss of life, confessed and declared that he was impelled thereto by an “irresistible impulse.” If the law does not evince an irresistible impulse to throttle the young villain then justice will fail. . . I ' "8 New York aldermen receive a salary of $2,000 a year and are clamoring for a raise to $3,000. It is a - leged that the city would be the gainer by granting the advance and cutting off all “perquisites” now received by these officials. “Perquisites,” In New York, like charity, “covers a multitude of sins.” An enterprising actress who recently devised an extra leg to add to the effectiveness of her stage makeup has been outdone by a dan uesa who appears in a unique dance with four apparently perfectly developed limbs which she agitates with astonishing dexterity. Actress No. 1 has brought suit for infringement of her rights, having patented the original idea of an extra pedal extremity for stage purposes. If your uncle has an aunt who has a nephew whose wife has a cousin that is married to an old friend of your wife’s sister, whose grandfather used to live in the same town with an old schoolmate of yours, whose son-in-law is now living in Chicago, you should at once renew the acquaintance with a view of saving hotel bills while attending the World’s Fair. This scheme can be worked successfully in many instances. The work of preparing for war in the time of peace goes bravely on at Birdsboro, Pa. The Brown segmental, wire-wound gun was tested April 15, in the presence of government experts, representatives of foreign powers and a number of invited guests from New York, Philadelphia and other cities. The test broke all records, and shows Uncle Sam to be at the head of the procession in gun making. The new piece stood a pressure that would have blown any other gun to atoms. England and Italy have been supposed to be the only countries in the world able to boast of statesmen who have passed the scriptural limit of human activity and yet remain prominent factors in the affairs of government. Pope Leo XIII and Gladstone have served as examples of “Grand Old Men,” to such an extent that it has been forgotten that the United States can also furnish an example in the person of Senator Morrill, who as past eighty-three, and in full possession of his mental and bodily vigor. A tender conscience is a moral attribute that is generally considered creditable to the possessor who puts his inner promptings into actual practice in the transactions of life, but an acute sensibility in that

direction, such as is said to be the rule with a citizen of Wilmington, Del., would be very inconvenient in —Chicago for instance. This excessively honest mortal, after pondering the matter for many years, laid a note containing $5 on the doorstep of a prosperous citizen, explaining that his mother had owed the the recipient’s grandfather, who died in 1839, $5 for the rent of a house, and that he felt in honor bound to pay the same, which he accordingly inclosed. London dudes and their feeble imitators on this side of the water, are sadly agitated over the question: Ought a man to wear “sprats.” “Sprats” are overgaiters. Some well-dressed men persist in wearing them, though objection is made that they have descended in the social scale. Another problem which is worrying the imbecile brains of these effeminate creatures is whether frock coats should be worn buttoned or unbuttoned. London talent has decided that they may be worn unbuttoned and our anglo-maniacs will doubtless fall into line ere long. Red ties are popular in Piccadilly, and are coming into favor rapidly on Fifth avenue. In the meantime our readers will find more useful occupation in getting in a big area of corn and in keeping posted on the price of hogs. A distinguished French scientist has startled the medical world with an assertion, the truth of which, if established, will give rise to many uncomfortable situations and awkward dilemmas. The alleged statement has been made by this authority that the electric shock, which is the legal mode of execution in New York, does not kill, but that in all cases the death sentence has been carried out by the knives of the surgeons at the autopsy. He insists that the electric current simply brings about apparent death, and that the subject may be revived by artificial means. Ho dares the surgeons to experiment at resuscitating the criminal. The statement has created an extraordinary sensation, and is given credence by many medical authorities. People who are capable of sincere sympathy for the hardships that are endured by impecunious sprigs of nobility who happen to have been born after their older brothers, will be glad to know that Queen Victoria has given practical evidence of having a mind with similar proclivities by appointing young Lord Granville as one of her lords in waiting—whatever that may be —with a salary of $4,000 a year, the duties of the position being so light as to occupy but four weeks’ residence at court. It is stated that the only money that this fortunate young man received from his father’s estate as a permanent inheritance was a half-crown piece, which he inadvertantly swallowed while performing some amateur sleight-of-hand tricks while a boy of fifteen, and which has remained within his noble interior in spite of the efforts of eminent specialists to rescue this coin of the realm for the legal heir that has succeeded to the earldom by the law of entail. President Cleveland is still said to express his disapproval of nepotism on the part of officials of all ranks, and it is believed that were he to fully carry out his own ideas, he would order from the public crib every son, nephew, or other relative of any degree of consanguinity, who has thereby secured position through the favor of prominent heads of departments or bureaus. When the sons and relatives of the various secretaries began to flock to Washington, Mr. Cleveland, to a certain extent, stopped the movement by giving the country his views on the matter in an emphatic manner, taking the occasion to say that the administration was opposed to anything of the kind, and that his own relatives were barred by the same principle which he sought to impress upon his subordinates. Secretary Carlisle, however, has placed his son in office and there have been other transgressions of the unwritten law that has been laid down. What course the President may take to give effect to his conscientious views on the subject remains to be seen. Eyeless fish are numerous in a subterranean lake at Ashland, Mich.

THE WORLD’S ARMADA. The Great Columbian Naval Review in New York Harbor. An Imposing: and Significant SpectacleCurious Contrasts of Ancient and Modern Naval Architecture. Open the gates for the guests are arriving, Come to the feast we have spread for the world— Over the crest of the waves vainly striving Calm the ships rest with their banners unfurled. Under the fairest skies and on an unruffled sea the international fleet, representing ten foreign nations, which had been gathering at the appointed rendezvous at Hampton Roads for a week previous, weighed anchor, Monday morning, and set sail for New York harbor, where, after an uneventful voyage, they dropped their anchors amid salvos of artillery from the fortifications on the different shores, Monday night and Tuesday

morning. The contrast between the architecture of the Spanish caravels, which wero in tow of the Spanish war ships, and the monster cruisers, was striking, and perhaps no feature of the great pageant was so Impressive. In the land-locked harbor, Wednesday morning, when the first rays of the morning sun had cleared away the hazy shadows, the great fleet lay revealed, a triumph of spectacular art in its arrangement and detail. Silence that was suggestive of an untold force brooded over the scene, but did not long endure. Soon the bay became alive with pleasure craft, and the patrol boats had difficulty in keeping the anchorage grounds clear. Thousands of spectators had assembled at all available points to witness the formation of the line of review. At 9:45 a. m. the start was made, and the scene speedily became one of combined grace, animation and beauty never to bo forgotten. The absence of cannonading left the air clear and the magnificent ships stood out in the luminous silhouttes against a cloudless sky. The entire water front was lined with people and steam whistles were blown continuously from the time the fleet entered North river until the last vessel dropped anchor. President Cleveland and the Cabinet, with their families, arrived Wednesday evening, and wero driven quietly to the Victoria Hotel. The party declined invitations to attend a banquet given by the Union League Club, and retired early, being evidently much fatigued. Rain on the roof, rain on ten thousand roofs, rain washing sidewalks and pave, rain drops pricking the river surface into a rash of white spatter, rain wetting the decks and rigging of the pulseless war monsters riding at anchor, wetness above, moisture below, permeating, saturating everything, everywhere—such wore tho conditions of the early morning about the flag-smothered, bunting-decked city of New York, Thursday. As the growing day advanced, however, a breeze felt its

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way over the banks and across the water where the fleets were. It broke Its way through the mists, and before the tattered fogs closed in again the ghostly outlines of masts and lines of dark hulls appeared and half faded again. Then venturing gusts of air wandered through the fog, and gradually the little gusts were reinforced until a stream of them flowed over the high river banks and blew away the mists. The crack ships of ten nations drawn together at the invitation of the United States to commemorate the fourhundredth anniversary of the discovery of America had been put in readiness for their part of the celebration, but the rain sadly interfered with tho holiday display. When 8 o’clock had arrived there were signs of activity on ail of the vessels in the fleet. Each vessel ran up a big American flag to tho top of the main mast and big flags of her own country foro and aft. The Spanish, French. Brazilian and Argentine ships ran up lines of streamers on their yards. Uncle Sam’s white navy

floated big holiday flags from each mast. At 10 o’clock the United States vessels ran up bunting and the Rritish, Russian, Italian, German and 'Holland 'ships followed suit until all were in holiday dress, but owing to the inclement weather the programme arranged for the forenoon was deferred till Ip. m. It was near 1 o’clock when President Cleveland and family, the Cabinet and other distinguished people embarked on the Dolphin. As soon as the President stepped on board the Dolphin the vessel tripped her anchor and fired one gun as a signal. This was responded to by a boom which seemed to shako the whole city. The double-turretcd Monitor Miantonomoh, lying at the rear of the port column, fired for the first time in port one of her huge ten-inch guns charged with nearly 250 pounds of powder. Almost before the reverberation of this gun had died away in the distant echoes, the whole fleet was called to quarters, yards were manned and every preparation made to receive the President of the United States with becoming respect.

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Following the Dolphin came the army steamer, General Meigs, bearing the Duke of Veragua and party, and the Monmouth, bearing Governors of States, Senators, Members of Congress, and army officers. All other vessels were excluded from the limits of the presidential progress. Opposite Ninety-Fifth street the Dolphin dropped anchor, and the officers of the foreign ships came aboard and were pre-

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seated to tho President with groat ceremony by the ministers of their several governments. At night a great Columbian ball was given at Madison Square Garden. Tho groat budding was gorgeously decorated and tho President and the Duke of Veragua were the guests of the evening. A FORGED WARRANT Secures the Liberty of a Notorious Crook, It has been discovered that an accomplice of P. £1. Danforth, “Red” Austin, tho bunco man, who was in prison at Middleton, N. Y., for swindling Farmer Crowley out of $5,030, a year ago, has very cleverly buncoed the sheriff and under sheriff out of their notorious prisoner. About two weeks ago a man who said that hs was a United States marshal called on Under Sheriff Goodale, at Newburgh, and asked for Austin, who ho said was wanted in Now York for slippery work. He wore a shield and had a warrant, and Austin was turned over to him. It has just transpired that tho pretended marshal was an accomplice of tho buncoer and that the warrant was a forgery. INDIANA TAXABLES. Abstract Completed by tho Auditor of State. The Auditor of State has completed the abstract of taxable property in Indiana. The value of lands is *449,514,037; improvements, $71,553,811; total, *531,007,868. The value of lots is *141,133,709; improvements, *136,635,393; total, $277,709,103. The personal property assessed amounts to $395,914,156. The telegraph property is rated at *1,080,831 and the railroads at $160,387,420. The total value of State taxables is *1,268,855,377. Tho number of polls assessed for taxes is 385,619. The taxes raised from this valuation are distributed among twelve funds, apportioned as follow; State tax, *1,704,806.44; benevolent institutions, *758,551.53; State school, *2,210,387.37; permanent endowment, *63,196.42 These funds are settled with by the Auditor of State. The following taxes are collected by the counties; County tax, *4,316,042.49; township, *361,788.73; tuition, *1,303,403.95; special school, *3,205,902.95; road, *1,358,117.98; dog tax, $173,954.25. The total taxes levied for the year 1892 amounts to $18,037,759.51, an increase of $1,000,000 over 1891. Tho delinquents for 1891 and previous years amounts to $3,001,903.69. The total amount, inclusive of the delinquents, is $31,039,666.20. “Achou,” in monkey language, means warmth and comfort, according to Prof. Garner. “Achou,’’when uttered by poor humanity generally means cold, discomfort and a sneeze.

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