Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1893 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1893.

THE DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1S03.

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" TUB INDIANAPOLIS JOUKNAL Can be found at the following placsa: FAIUS American Exchange in Paris, 3G Boulevard de Capucine. IW YOKK GIIej House and "Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA 4. P. Kenible. 3783 Lancaster vnue. CHlCAGO-ralmer Honsa. CINCINNATI J. B. Hawley fc Co, 131 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C.T. Peering, northwest corner of TLird and JeSerson street. BTLOUIS L'nion News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON, P. C Rigss House and Ebbitt House. tS'nco the event of Nov. 7 the number of democrats with S. J. Randall tariff views appears quite numerous in the House. 'And yet the Journal believes that Mr. Cleveland Is better than the bulk of his party. The demand of Senator Peffer for a new party Is conclusive evidence that hl3 Populist delusion is in the throes of dissolution. Since the recent revelations In New York and particularly In Brooklyn, that once famous Democrat, the Hon. William M. fXweed, 13 not In it beyond the kindergarten grade. Fifteen years ago the papers lnNew STork which are applauding the triumph of our latest American-built cruiser were decLaring that it would be impossible to build a first-class war ship in this country. The present administration has shown an ttrdent desire to discover a conspiracy to overthrow the Hawaiian monarchy, but it docs not seem to be taking any interest in the conspiracy to restore the monarchy In Brazil. The provisional government in Hawaii Ehculd transform Itself a soon as possible Into a republic. That would put a. quiatus on Secretary Gre3ham's claim that the lire of the provisional government' ended when his Mighty Highness. Grover Cleveland, refused to annex the Islands. Can anything more plainly declare the Incapacity of the Democratic' House to legislate for the Industrial North than the fact that West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas and Missouri furnish, with Mr. Bynum, the Democratic majority cf the ways and means committee? The Secretary of Agriculture was not wise after the manner of this1 world when he assailed the grangers at Chicago and thereby gave the president of the National Grange an opportunity to refer to the Secretary as "the railroad attorney and lobbyist who la Secretary of Agriculture." One of the rumors which reached San Francisco by the last steamer is that when the left Honolulu Minister Willi3 was engaged In trying to undermine and win over the soldiers of the provisional government by the use of money. Is not tliat great business for a United States minister? In view of the possible if not probable complications involved In the disturbances In Brazil and the part European governments may take In them, the country realizes the fatal consequences which may follow the incompetency and ignorance of President Cleveland and Secretary Gresham. Jt 13 said that there is a quite general feeling among tho best lawyers in general practice that tho elevation of Mr. Ilornblower, who Is conspicuous a3 a trust-corporation lawyer. Is not desirable at a time when the questions of the rights of such organizations are coming to the front. If the monarchy In Hawaii was popular tr.d if Queen Liliuokalanl only yielded to the force of United States troops, why has not the monarchy been restored during the several months since the United States forces were withdrawn and the United States flag hauled down? The truth is the monarchy I3 dead and tho Cleveland administration cannot resuscitate it. In the light of events It 13 easy to see that the provisional government in Hawaii rrado a great mistake In not withholding the proposition for annexation until after Mr. Cleveland inauguration. If the question had come before the present administration as an original one Instead of a legacy from the Harrison administration no doubt it would have received very different treatment. Unfortunately for the provisional government. It did not take personal malice into account. The story which comes from Washington to the effect that Postmaster Thompson rode upon the top of a tally-ho coach and tooted a hom the night of' the municipal election. Is a falsehood. During one evening of the National Encampment, when the services of the Ruld-headed Club were In treat demand at a score of reunions, the postmaster, who Is a member of that association, rodo with the club from place to place In a coach. It Is barely possible that, in connection with a Jubilee cf Union veterans, that act may be regarded as a misdemeanor. The New York Times i3 the Democratic organ cf the President, and locally it represents a class of Democrats who abhor ballot-box fraud3 and all devices by which a minority can steal a majority of a Legislature. Its correspondent In this city gent It one of those defense off the gerrymander In this tate which he Is wont to make defenses more tcStting a buccaneer than a

lawyer. Tha Democratic Times knows something about Tammany, but it is appalled to bear an Attorney-general declare that the- apportionment of a State Is not fair and was not intended to be, and at the same time' proclaim that a Democratic court will sustain it. Indeed, such a monstrosity is Alonzo Green Smith in the eyes of Mr. Cleveland's only organ that it makes him th subject of an editorial, which was printed yesterday.

PARAMOUNT IILOlNrS UEPOIIT. Finding itself put upon the defensive in its Hawaiian policy by the scorching Are of public opinion, the administration has given out the substance of Commissioner Blount's report. This report formed the basis of Secretary Gresham's letter to the President, and is nothing mere than an amplification of the alleged facts therein containsd, with evidence in support of them, together with numerous-assertions, implications and inferences by Mr. Blount himself. Taken as a whole, It creates the same Impression that the Gresham letter did, viz.: that of a prejudiced, one-sided statement. It does not have to be read between the lines to show that Mr. Blount went to Honolulu with his mind fully made up, not only against annexation butagainst the provisional government, and With a fixed purpose of doing all In his power to prevent one and overthrow the other. From reading his report one would not know that there were two sides to the case. There is no allusion to the unconstitutional acts and usurpations of the Queen which brought on the revolution. She is made to pose as a persecuted ruler, an unfortunate victim of circumstances, forced to abdicate her throne by the threats of a foreign power which she dared not resist. So far from this being true the evidence is overwhelming that her tyranny and corruption had made herself and the monarchy odious to the ruling classes In the islands, and that revolution was inevitable. Scores of persons familiar with Hawaiian affairs have testified to this point, yet no one would know from Blount's report but that the Queen was a model woman and an ideal ruler, whose deposition was sincerely mourned by a loving people. We do not say that the character of the Queen is an essential point in the case, but a fair and Impartial report ought to take notice of the fact that she had by her outrageous acts raised up a most determined opposition, and that her continuance on the throne was an impossibility. In short, if Mr. Blount had been candid and honest he would have admitted that the revolution was Inevitable, as all the facts clearly show it to have been. The report lays great stress on the fact that Minister Stevens pledged his recognition of the provisional government in advance of Its establishment. There would have been nothing censurable In It if he had dore so. Pledging recognition of a revolutionary government as soon as it shall be established is a very different thing from lending material aid to Its establishment. There is not a particle of evidence that either the minister or the forces of the United States did the latter. One of Blount's own witnesses testifies on this point. S. A. Damon says: YVhile we were hi the government building an 1 during the reading of the proclamation, and while we were all extremely nervous as to our personal safety. I asked one of the men with me: "Will not the American troops support us?" Finally I a.ked one of the men to go ov? r and ask Lieutenant Swinburne if he wer? not going to send some one over to protect us. The man returned and said: "Captan Wiltse's orders are to remain passive." I was perfectly nonplussed at not receiving their support. Thl3 corroborates Minister Stevens's statement that "the United States marines never lifted a finger in aid of the rjsing provisional government" While this 13 established beyond any doubt, it is probably true that the leaders of the revolution and members of the provisional government gave out that they hail the backing of the United States minister and would have the active support of the United States forces. It would be most natural for men engaged in such a movement tc circulate such reports for all they were worth. When men embark in revolution they do not stop at circulating exaggerated reports of their present and prospective strength. It is probable our revolutionary forefather. did a good deal of that kind of patriotic lying. But Mr. Stevens was not responsible for the statements of the revolutionary leaders concerning his attitude cr that of the United States forces. III3 and their acts constitute the record on this point, and they do not sustain the charge of forcible interference or moral duress. A sufficient answer to all charges that Mr. Stevens was too hasty In recognizing the provisional government Is that the representatives of Sweden, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Russia, the Netherlands and China recognized it on the same day he did. Mr. Blount lays great stress on the fact that the United Stat" troops were quartered in a place which showed that they were not there to protect American property, but to intimidate the Queen's government. They were quartered in Arlon Hall. Minister Stevens has made a statement on this point from which we extract the following: After I had made my request to Captain Wiltse to hind h's men as a precautionary safeguard to American life and property, he and hl3 officers informed me that their men must have shelter for the night. Without t-oeclal Information In that regard. I had supposed that the sh'p's marines had tents cf their own for their customary use In care of emergency on shore. I at once wrote" a note and sw.t it by a merenger to secure a large hall that was sunposod to be available. The men in charge of the hall were several miles away. I had not known of the existence of the Arion Hall until that evening, when a. messenger with my note was sent to the suppcre 1 ngent of the Arion Hall, who was a royalist. He returned me a, courteous ar.sv.-er, saying h. would be pi eased to let the hall for tho Fpecifled purpose, but he had ceased to be the a sent, informing me who then had charge of the hall. This required a third note and a third effort of a messenger, which proved successful. Fo much time hid been consumed that the Boston's marines and settlors were obliged to stand Wvv hours In the street before they were able to c to t!;dr nl ;ht ounrters. All of them would have been lodged at the legation p.nd consulate but for want of room, whrers us many as possible were received, thes" "localities being several streets ar.d Kauacs from th? palace and government builu'.n '. For the occupation of Arion Hall bv th rre'i of the Boston the committee of p-iblie safetv and the supporters of the provisional government had no more responsibility than Secretary Gresham himself. Unless Mr. Stevens is utterly disingenuous, in fact, unless he is a liar, the quartering of the troops In Arion Hall was not the result of previous understanding nor intended as a demonstration or threat towards the royalists. The ilrrt necessity

was to get comfortable quarters for the troops, and as they could be marched to any part of Honolulu In a few minutes In case they were needed to protect American property, it mattered little In what part of the city they were quartered. Mr. Stevens's statement on this point is worth far more than Mr. Blount's conjectures and innuendoes. As the Gresham letter was simply a summary of Blount's report, it will, of course, be claimed that the latter sustains and corroborates the former. It only does so in the sense that one prejudiced and ex parte statement is bolstered up by another, but In reality every material statement in both papers is controverted by the testimony of dozens of credible witnesses. AX I'M URGED PENSION ROLL.

One of the numerous veterans In this State, who is neither a pensioner nor a pension claim agent, sends the Journal sample names from a pension roll which has not been purged; and which never will be. They are as follows: The widow of Gen. Samuel Cooper, who was Adjutant-general of the United States army when the war of the rebellion broke out, and who used his knowledge as adjutant-general of the confederate army. "The widows of Stonewall Jackson, Gen. George Pickett, Gen. Gideon Pillow, Gen. A. P. Hill and Sidney Smith Lee. All of these men, whose widows are drawing pensions under the Mexican pension act, were men who, after being educated by the United States, and after holding commissions in the United States army, violated their oaths by joining the rebel army and doing their utmost to destroy the government now paying pensions to their heirs. The following confederate leaders are pensioned under the Mexican law: Gen. James li. Chalmers, Gen. D. H. Maury, ex-Senator Maxey, Senator George, of Mississippi, and Senator Colquitt, of Georgia. The above are a few of the most conspicuous ex-confederates, or heirs of ex-confederates, who, to the number of 22,500, are now drawing pensions at the rate of 58 or 512 per month. At the present time 3,000 Mexican cases are pending. The aggregate of Mexican pensioners is now several thousand In excess of the number cf soldiers in the Mexican war at any one time. There was never any question about the names of the widows of .well-known rebels being placed upon the pension roll without delay, but last April the claims of 143,320 widows of Union soldiers were pending, while the force of the Pension Bureau was devoted to seeking causes to suspend pensioners who served in the Union army. There was no chatter In mugwump magazines and anglomaniac newspapers about the pension roll being a roll of honor when the above names were added. That doubt first arose In the minds of these excellent editors and writers when it became necessary to sustain the administration in striking off the names of broken-down veterans to whom the stipend voted by a Republican Congress 13 necessary to save them from absolute want or to keep them out of the poorhouse. An exchange says that the Bank of England is authorized to issue what is equivalent to tSl.000,000 of notes "without any specie or gold security whatever," which the Kansas City Journal calls "fiat money." When that paper shall have recovered from its delusions regarding a sixty-cent dollar, and has time to learn more about the Bank cf England, it will find that that institution Is granted that privilege because it 13 compelled to hold a certain amount of the loans of the government. That is, there Is the same sort of security behind the 1G.200,000 of Bank of England notes as there Is behind the notes of our national banks. Furthermore, any paper representative of money cannot be called flat money which is redeemable in gold at the counters of the bank or by the government using it. Susan B. Anthony, who Is a resident of New York, 13 raising a fund to pay for the canvassing of every election precinct in that State for signatures to petitions to the constitutional convention for a clause to be submittetl to the people conferring suffrage on women. In a mesting held in Brooklyn $500 was raised for the purpose, and the Brooklyn Union says that the character of the audiences at the recent meetings in that city proves that woman suffrage is becoming popular. Among the women who have recently declared for woman suffrage are Mrs. Russell Sage, Miss Helen" Gould, daughter of the late Jay Gould, and Mrs. S. Van Rensselaer-Cruger. When the idea of woman suffrage becomes fashionable it will receive tens of thousands of supporters. In a recent letter to a business man in Rochester, Governor Flower, of New York, said: No citiz?n can afford to let another man vote three or four times to his once. Every citizen should see to it that the ballot is kept pure. The trouble in New York, wherever there i3 a Democratic stronghold, is that the average citizen can do nothing to prevent the tough from voting three or four times. At p. voting place in New York city a citizen who objected was thrown out, after which a Tammanyite voted three times In succession to show how easy it was to vote the Democratic ticket. Society Noc from Georgia. The Journal has a society cckunn which it has long regarded as one of the most important and popular or. its news departments. Everybody reads it, and everybody likes to be mentioned in It occasionally. It is true that this latter statement may be disputed by person3 who would like to have it understood that they read only that variety of literature commonly known as "solid" or "improving" or by other persomj wHo profess a scorn of or indifference to society and Its doings; but. nevertheless, the Journal's assertion is made advisedly and as a result of experience and observation. Everybody reads It, and everybody wants to be in It. Not only membero of Indianapolis social circles and those of other Indiana towns find it desirable to have their proceedings chronicled, but petitions come in from aspiring residents cf other States for the privilege of being mentioned In these valued columns. Even from far off Georgia comes a call for space. Here, for instance, is a young man who will be mentioned as J. Algernon Jones because that is not his-name. Mr. Jcnes writes that he desires permission to contribute some society notes and then proceeds to unfold the imtort'int information that Miss Juliet Cipulet Smith, nearly related to the May-

. flower Capulets of Boston, and who was ; the prettiest bridesmaid at the Rlttenho se- ! Russell wedding in Paris, has sailed for this side and wlil soon live over the gay Parisian ! scenes at the "parential fireside in In- , dlanapolis. After dqpeanting at some length

on the attractions of Miss Smith and her popularity as an "adjunct to a bridal procession," It is delicately Intimated that "she will herself shortly take the lead in such a procession; the Impression being that her marriage to Mr. J. Algernon Jones, of the South, Is dated to successively follow the Brown-Thompson nuptials." Mr. Jones then gees on to say that "Mr. Jones's pedigree and fortune will be considered In a future allusion," but in order to allay the excitement which the announcement of his coming marriage with an Indiana girl must arouse he imparts the fact at once that his family is not unknown in "Indiana societarian circles," and that he himself "has acquired an enormous Influence the result of a courteous bearins and great business luck." The Journal extends Its most distinguished consideration to Mr. Jones, "of the South," and assures him that it inserts his society notes with unfeigned pleasure; likewise that It will be glad to give publicity to his "future allusion" concerning Mr. Jones, "of the South." at any time. It may be worth while to add, also, that It has refrained from disclosing his real name and Identity at this time for the reason tMht "the South," where he has attained such enormous popularity no doubt among maids as well as men might feel the shock too deeply were It to be Informed suddenly that he had sought a wife elsewhere. Its loss should be broken to it by degrees. Passed Assistant Engineer Hollis, now professor at Harvard,' recently made some Interesting calculations concerning the United States steamer Columbia, which achieved so high a rate of speed a few days ago. He said; There will be on the Columbia about sixty-one separate engines, not counting cylinders, which would probably run up to 120, for main, auxiliary and pumping purposes. Her low pressure piston, which 13 ninety-two inches in diameter, has an area of forty-six square feat, a very comfortable six feet by eight feet state room on board ship, and this piston has an initial load ot cne hundred ton3, equal In weight to three locomotives. The mean piston speed at maximum power will be eleven miles an hour, and the maximum speed sixteen miles an hour. The tip of -the propeller blades will move through the water at the moderate rate of seventy-live miles an houK The condenser tubes, if placed end to end, would fcrm a tube thirty-three mlle3 long, and, ir flattened out, would cover about two-thirds of an acre, "The cooling water passed through these tubes will be equal to 3fi,000, 000 gallons per day, enough to supply a large city with water. The main boilers, if placed end to end, would form a tunnel 155 feet long, and large enough for a train of cars to pass througn. If divided up Into rooms they would suppiv a hotel with sixteen fair-sized bedrooms. The heating surface Is equal- to one and one-eisrhth acres. The grate surface, if arranged in one grate, would equal a small town lot of twenty feet front and seventyEeven feet in depth. The boiler tubes, placed end to end, would thirteen and one-half miles long. The blowers are capable of supplying 1,000,000 cubic feet of air an hour, which would stipf ly a good-sized yacht with a ten-knot breeze. The coal required for a full-power run across the Atlantic would supply 150 families for one yerr. ' 1 With 20,000 horse power she would lift herself (7,500 tons weight) to ih3 Brooklyn bridge in three minutes, if hoisting ropes were coiled around drums on the shafts. If the engines were st up on shore, and used as a catapult, they would throw a 300pound weight with such velocity that it would go off into space entirely clear of the earth's influence. The lictions of Jules Verne sink into inslpnl!icance by the side of this coal-eating monster of the nineteenth centuryThomas L. Gulick, a native of Hawaii, who Is attending college at Oberlln, O., writes a letter to the New York Tribune, in which he says: What does the restoration of Llliuokalani to her fallen throne mean to the islands? It means the forcible ..pujLtUur by the power of the United States .at-, t!vo head of this nation, which owes everything to America, a woman who for many years has lived an openly immoral life; one'who, deliberately turning her back on Christianity, offered sacrifices to Pele, both before and after her accession to the throne: who was leading the people back to idolatry and licentiousness. It means the destruction of the purest and most worthy government thai the Islands have seen in forty years, having at its head a Hawaiian-bom Christian statesman of unblemished character, trusted and admired bv, all the inhabitants of the land, to forcibly thrust back a vile woman to a rotten and sunken throne. It' means the restoration to supreme power of one who trampled upon the rights of the people and was eager to tak? a bribe from gamblers. It means the bolstering again into power one who constantly used bribery to defeat tho aims of constitutional government; to gst rid of honest ministers; to force through an opium license: to make the land a gambling hell by selling it Into the octopus embrace of a national lottery. Tho Chicago Tribune prints some rules said to have been given by a veteran burglar as to how people should behave wheri they wake in the night and find a burgla in the house. One of the rules is: Never place yourself between a burglar and means of exit. A burglar will take the risk of adding the crime of murder to that of theft rather than be captured. When a burglar is discovered he is always anxious to esca.pe, and will drop his booty as wc-h ns his tools to accomplish this end. Give him a start and follow, but never step before him. This is a good theory, but it does not always work out in practice. Burglars often shoot the moment they are discovered, without waiting to see whether their escape is cut off or not. Perhaps the best general rule Is to shoot the burglar before he shoots you, but there are difficulties In the way of carrying that out, too. The truth is, no rule can be formulated that will fit every ca.se. Burglars are erratic people and constantly creating now situations. IUHBLES IX THE AIR. He I'nys In AIviauoo. BillingsAh! Society turkey to-day, eh? Mrs. Hashcroft Why, what do you mean, Mr. Billings? Billings The dressing is the best part of It. Suilcd Him. "But, papa," walled the young woman, "you can have no idea how he loves me. He is willing to dia for me this very minute." "Well," said the old man, scratching his chin thoughtfully. "I don't know that I have any objection to that. I was afraid he wanted to marry you." JiiKt tt tines. 'Taw," said Tommy, "why do they call policemen coppers?" "It may be," said Mr. Figg, who had been "moved on" the day before while he was standing on the corner discussing the hard times, and in whose mind the outrage to his feelings still rankled, "If may be bocause they are not worth more than twelve cents a dozen." Only One Over.ilcht. Tubbs, '9i How did you Allows get along In the practice game this' afternoon? Hobbn, 'DS Bully. Simpson lost his best eye. Brown got both arms broken, and Tompkins got his ear.s chated around to the back of .his neck. If we hadn't forgotten to take the ball out with us, the game would have been us good a3 any that was ever played for the gate money. A HOL T PEOPLE AM) THIN GS. Flammarion, the French astronomer, who has been studying ant life, says that If ants had the stature of men such are their other qualities they would soon achieve the empire of the world. Mrs. William Thaw, of Tlttsburg. has presented a tract of 1,160 acres to the city for a park. She stipulates that It shall be called Lyndhurst Greec. and reserves the right to build a public fountain cn it. The Hon. Robert Taylor, better known In Tennessee as "Bob" Taylor, ex-Governor of that State, who fiddled himself into the gubernatorial chair, has entered the lecture field as a permanent attraction. His success on the stump inspired him to prepare

. a lecture on "The Fiddle and the Bow," out of which he made considerable money. 1 He is delivering a new lecture now. entitled, "The Fool's Paradise." Mr. Taylor t hopes, some day, to be United States Sen

ator from Tennessee. A statuette displaying a figure of Hermes, the god of commerce, claimed to be 3,000 years old, was found by J. A. Koondylls at Jausgle. near Athens. Greece, some time ago, while excavating. The relic ha the familiar whitish and reddish color of Egyptian works, and is about a foot high. Governor McKinley's father-in-law, James Saxton, of Canton. O., now dead, was strongly opposed to the political ambitions of his son-in-law when a young man. He did not want him to run for Congress in the first place, and after he bad served his first term strongly advised him against standing for re-election, declaring that "this going to Congress is a wa.ste of time." and that "the youngster had better stay at home and build up a law practice and amount to something." The London dallj' New3 says that Hans Schllessmann, the well-known Vienna caricaturist, has sent half a dozen letters to artist3 and authors of his acquaintance, writing on the envelope only, "Mr." and then adding a tiny sketch of the person in question, and the designation of the quarter of the town in which he lives. All these letters arrived without delay, giving a brilliant testimony to Schliessmann's art as a caricaturist, and to the brightness and alertness of the postoffice staft In spite of the reputation for latitudinarianism he gained from his early trial for heresy, Professor Jewett, of Oxford, was intolerant of pretentiousness and shallow conceit. One self-satisfied undergraduate met the master one day. "Master," he said, "I have searched everywhere in all philosophies, ancient and modern, and nowhere do I find the evidence of a God." "Mr. ," replied the master, after a shorter pause than usual, "if you don't find a God by 5 o'clock this evening you must leave this college." The most interesting Item of literary gossip is that the laureateship is to be offered to Mr. Lewis Morris. Mr. Morris, it is understood, has been communicated with from a very high quarter, and it is hardly open to doubt that he will accept the offer when it is definitely made to him. Mr. Swinburne was llrst approached on the subject, but his refusal is reported to have been polite but absolute. Mr. Swinburne "could not and would not" accept the post of laureate. Mr. Morris was then applied to, and no other person. The appointment will probably not be made until the new year. Charles F. Brush, the famous electrician, became interested In the mysteries of that force when he was but thirteen years of age. It is related that while he was attending the Cleveland High School he distinguished himself by making electric machines and batteries for that institution. During his senior year the chemical and physical abilities of the laboratory were placed under his charge"." When he was but sixteen years of age he constructed an electric motor having magnets and armature. He also constructed a microscope and a telescope, making all the parts with his own hands, even to the grinding of the lenses. She searched his pockets through and through. Yet felt no jealous thrill, Though she found some lines from an old. old flame, A great unpaid gas hill. Chicago Inter Ocean. "Will you marry me, sweet, 1 When the year grows gray? She biushingly answered, "George, don't pet gay; I will if pa's willing To give me away." AndThe old man was. Chicago Dispatch. THEY ARE HORRIFIED Farmers on the Grand Jury Are Having: Their Eyes Opened. Eottenncss of the Indianapolis National Proves Surprising: to the Members. The United States grand jury resumed its examination of the defunct Indianapolis National Bank yesterday afternoon. The body convened at 2 o'clock, at the call of the foreman, Capt. H. H. Talbott. Expert accountant Hayes was before the jury several times during the afternoon. The first witness called was F. W. Deckerman, of Chicago, president of the American Desk Company. Elmer Shirts, of the Noblesviile Citizens Bank, and one of the stockholders of the Hauffhey bank, testified at considerable length. Yesterday morning, in answer to a subpoena from the United States marshal, Frank Pearce arrived from Boston and was examined at length. Mr. Pearce was formerly book-keeper for the Indianapolis Cabinet Company, and about the time of the bank failure went to Boston to take charge of the Eastern branch of the concern, which was finally transferred to him as hi3 property. Ye-terday's session of the grand jury was prolonged until after 6 o'clock last night, and when the members of the body emerged from ihe room they had the appearance of having tusseled with an unusually arduous afternoon's work. From the', statement made by one of the United States officials it appear3 that the examination cf. witnesses ha3 a tendency to greatly astonish many of the members of the grand jury as the case progresses and daily becomes more clearly defined. In commenting upon matters relative to the bank examination the officials vesterday remarked: "The effect of this startling testimony upon these honest old farmers Is appnlling. And it is not surprising, either. Since the grand jurywent into session there has been evidence that shows the affairs of the Indianapolis National lo have been of the most corrupt and rotten sort. It bids fair to rival In villainy the operations of the Fidelity institution, of Cincinnati, which sent it3 president to the State's prison. It is amusing to watch the faces of some of the members of the grand jury as they listen to the evidence adduced from the witnesses. The expression of hc.v horror that, at times, pervades the features of the straightforward citizens who compose the Jury is remarkable." Their Follticnl Predictions. To relieve the tedious waits between the examination of witnesses, yesterday afternoon, the federal grand jury resorted to a novel plan by which the political sentiment of each member was revealed. Foreman Talbott suggested that each man cast a vote for his choice of presidential material for the campaign of 1SD3. The foreman, at all times an eloquent and pleasing talker, explained that he hoped no member of the jury would resort to the scherrv? of electioneering or vot? buying, but that each would cast his ballot in accordance with his honest political belief. Of the twenty-three members cf the jury all voted but one, with the following result: McKinlcy. 9: Vest, 1: Davis. 1; Cleveland. 1: Hill, 4; Palmer, 1; Yoorhee?, 1; Gresham, 1. Admiral Irvlu Brother. Washington Letter to New York Sun. Admiral John Irwin is a brother of Robert Irwin, Hawaiian minister and immigration commissioner in Japan, appo!nt:d by Liliuokalanl originally, and continued by the provisional government In the fame place. Robert Irwin has made a fortune and is in ' receipt of a princely income yet rrom Sf nu1 ing Japanese coolies to the J.rbinds. "x'ns I mav account for the belief "that Admiral Irwin will be more in harmony with Mr. Willis,- the new minister to Hawaii, than his predecessor in carrying out the policy of the administration In regard to those Islands." Attmlral Irwin is believed to be an ofllcer of excellent character and standing, but there is nothing in his family history' to indicate that he 1 likely to voluntarily do anything which will interfere with the lucrative business cf his brother, the minister. It is very probable that Mr. Claus Spreckels. who h? a large employer of coolie labor, knows both Commissioner .Irwin and the Admiral, and, for their common Interest, has not been a "dead head" In the enterprise which they are now engaged, under tho patronage and protection of the administration. 7Vothi:iKr to 51 ray Over. New York Commerciil Advertiser. After all the fas, the Bank cf England's loss through the cashier's loan3 on bad security Is but -! 0U Even our little Madison Sqt;:'r- . -vn Uiut that.

A TAX ON VEHICLES

Council Passes the Ordinance with Little Opposition. - Plumbine; Inspector's Office Abolished The Wine-Koom Evil Kaugkville Wants to De Annexed. The Common Council had a lengthy session last night, several Important ordinances being passed and a number of new ones being introduced. The following ordinances were passed: To tax vehicles. To change the stand of the express wagons. To change the name of Young street to Olive. To repeal the plumbing ordinance. To kcp peddlers from selling by station on Washington street and other streets. To license pawnbrokers and to compel them to keep a register for the police. To permit the Big Four to lay switches to its new roundhouse near Dillon street. To compel the Big Four to station a flagman at First street. Providing a seal for the city of Indianapolis. The vehicle tax ordinance met Fne little opposition, but it was passed after a number , of amendments had been voted Upon. Mr. Ryan wanted that section which provides for taxing draymen omitted, as he claimed the expressmen and draymen were now paying heavy licenses. Expressmen pay ?C25 a year. Mr. Young explained that they paid the tax on their occupation. Mr. O'Brien offered the information that the wholesale grocers had drays on which they had been paying no licenses. The controller's books show that last year only fifty drays paid license, although there are probably two hundred drays in the city. Mr. Drew said he thought it was somewhat of a hardship to impose this extra tax on the draymen and the expressmen, but he was In favor of afterwards reducing their special license. Mr. Merritt wanted to Increase the tax on surreys and other vehicles of pleasure from $2 to $3 a year. An amendment to thi3 effect was tabled. Mr. Ryan wanted to amend by striking out that portion compelling expressmen and draymen to pay. His amendment was lost. Upon a final vote the ordinance was passed, the only ones votinir against it being Messrs. Merritt and O'Brien. The ordinance provides that every vehicle shall have its registered number posted conspicuously in metallic plate, to be tacked on the wagon In different places according to the description of the vehicle. People having one team that they use to several vehicles are compelled to pay only on one vehicle, but the tax applies to the highest class vehicle they own. Hacks and other public vehicles driven at night must have their numbers painted on the glass lamps. All tlie funds derived from the vehicle licenses so to the maintenance and repair of streets and alleys. The police are to make examination of vehicles and report violations of the law to the controller. The licenses are transferable where a vehicle Is sold. The ordinance becomes effective two weeks from its passage, but the regulation of the tires does not go Into effect until after Jan. 1. The following i3 the list of the fees that must be paid: On each wagon or truck used for hauling boilers, engines, machinery, safes or Ptoae, and drawn by four or more horses. $20. On each wagon or truck used as above and drawn by two horses, $15. On each wagon or truck used for hauling brick or ice and drawn by two horses, is. On each omnibus drawn by four horses,. $10. On each omnibus drawn by two horses, $S. On each tally-ho drawn by four horses, $10. On each tally-ho drawn by two horses, $3. On each wagon drawn by four horses, and not used In the manner specified in clause 1. JS. On each .wagon or cart drawn by two horses, $5. On each wagon or cart drawn by one horse, $3. On each dray or truck drawn by two horses, $3. On each dray or truck drawn by one horse, $5. On each furniture car drawn by two horses, $7. On each furniture car drawn by one horse, $! On each fcprinkling cart drawn by two horses, $8. On each sprinkling cart drawn by one horse, $5. Hacks, or hackney carriages, cabs, barouches, buggies or driving carts, surreys and all otner pleasure vehicles using the streets: On each hack or hackney carriage drawn by two horses, $G. On each barouche, coupe, rockaway cr surrey wagon drawn by two horses, On each cab drawn by one horse, On each barouche drawn by one horse, $3. On each four-passenger surrey drawn by one horse, $2. On each driving cart drawn by one horse or pony, $2. On each buggy, $2. On each sulky, 2. On each push or hand cart used In peddling, ?2. On each bicycle, except those use! by children under fourteen years of age, si. On each one-horse vehicle, not before mentioned, $3. On each two-horse vehicle, not before mentioned, S. On each three-horse vehicle, not before mentioned, $8. On each four-horse vehicle, not before mentioned, $3. All vehicles used exclusively for bringing to market any produce or provisions of the owner's own raising, or owned by persons engaged as gardeners, fruit-growers or Ilorl?ts, or to any person or persons living without said city, engaged in huckstering and marketing produce into or from said city, cr to persons engaged In farming, gardening or huckstering, hauling goods or merchandise to or out of said city in any buggy cr carriage, or any dairyman, or m-iiiufacturer of brick, and all persons engaged In selling ice, living without said citv, shall pay license fee upon their vehicles used upon the streets of said cityas follows, viz: On each one-horse wagon, w. On each two-horse wagon. $T. On each four-horse wagon, ?S. On each two-horse wagon used for hauling brick or ice, $S: and on each four-horse wagon for either such purposes, $12. Provided, That any person residing without said city, and "conducting a business in st.id city, and going to and from his business by any vehicle, shall pay the license fee as stipulated. The following are the regulations fcr tires: A one and one-fourth-inch axle of steel or iron must have a tire at least one and one-eighth inches wide. A one and three-eighths-inch axle of steel or Iron must have a tire at least one and one-eighth Inches wide. . A one and on-half-inch axle of sicel or iron must have a tire at least one and one-half Inches wide. A one and five-eighths-inch axle of steel or Iron must have a tire at least one and five-eighths inches wide. A one and three-fourths-inch axle of steel or iron must have a tire at least one and three-fourths inches wide. A one and seven-eighths-inch axle of steel or iron must have a tire at least two inches v ido A two-Inch axle of steel or Iron must have a tire at least two lchcs wide. A two and one-eighth-inch axle of steel cr Iron must have tire at least two and one-fourth inches wide. ... A tvo and one-fourth-inch axle of steel or Iron mu.it have a tire at least two and one-fourth inches wide. A two and one-half-inch axle of steel or iron must have a lire at least two and one-half lnehe.i wide. A two and three-quarters-inch axle ot steel or Iron mast have a tire at least two and three-fourths inches wide. A three-iqen axle of steel or iron iwurt have a tire at least three and one-fourth Inches wide. . . 1 A three and oue-half-inch arle of steel or iron must have a tire at least three and one-half inches wide. A four-inch axle of steel or . Iron must have a tire at least five inches wide. Wagons, drays, dump carts and other "eh.!c!?s having axles of wood shall have a width of tire as rollows: ' V three and on-fourth-lnch axle of wood must have a tire one and three-fourths inches wide. A three i-.nd three-fourth-inch axle of wood mt'st hnv- a tire two Inches wide. A four and 0.1 -half-inch uxle of wood must have a tire two and one-fourth inches wide. A four and three-fourths-lnch axle or wood must have a . tire two and one-half inches wide. A hvc-Inch axl of "wood must have a tire two nnd three-fourths Inches wide. A live and onc-half-lnch axh of wood

must have a tire three and one-half Inches wide. A six-inch axle cf wood must have a tire four Inches wide. Each truck used for hauling boilers or engines, safes or dimension stone, shall have tires at least live inches wide;, drays fchall have tires four Inches widn. All vehicles having axles less than one nnd one-fourth inches wide shall not be subject to or governed by the provisions of th! ordinance as far us the width of tire H concerned. It shall be the duty cf the iolice to examine the license plates of the vehicles and to report to the controller all parties, giving number of plate, who ar? violating this section in regard to the width of tires.

TO ABOLISH WIN!: XIOOMS. A Committee of I.nilleM I'rcnent tt Petition to the Council. When the Council opened last night there were three ladles who came to ask the Council to legislate against the wine room evils. The following petition was read: "At the executive meeting of the local council of women, composed of more than fifty of the most prominent and 'responsible societies of the city, a committee was appointed to bring before yur honorable body the advisability of closing the wine rooms now existing in this city. They are a source of degradation to the youth of both sexes, who, largely through their ignorance of their dangers, fall victims to their "temptations. They tncourage vice in its lowest and most corrupt forms, by harboring those who are fiagrant in vlciousne.s; who use these plac.s as a trap for the unweary and Innocent. Not only are these wine rooms promoters of drunkenness, but they foster the social evil and are in every way a disgrace to our city. In the name of the mothers, who with broken hearts and blighted hopes, weep over loved ones lost to home and honor through these deadly influences, and for the sake of the boys and girls to whom these infamous dens prove a snare, through which they fill, from virtue into vice, we ask that such legal steps be taken as will secure the abolishing of this evil from our midst." The petition was signed by Josephine R. Nichols, president of the local council or women, Lilia Mcl). Ketcham and Juliet R. Wood. Mrs. Nichols addressed the Council .briefly. She said she understood the evil could be greatly abated in the city by legislation and that was what the women asked from the Common Council. The women are about to establish a refuge for women and they feel that the existence of the wine rooms are a bar to this movement. The petition was referred to the committee on public morals with Instructions to conftr with the city attorney and see if an ordinance can be drawn up to abolish these wine rooms. The ladles were thanked for their call. IIAUGIIVILLLVS KNOCK. An Ordinance Introduced to Annex the Thriving Suburb. The people of Haughville are active In their effort to become a part of Indianapolis, as they show in their petition for annexation sent to the Council. On the line of this petition President Cooper Introduced an ordinance calling for the annexation of the town. The territory proposed to be annexed is described as follows: Reginning at the city limits at the intersection of the National road and Belmont avenue, north on Belmont avenue to Emrich street and White river, thence northwest to the north line of Clark's recond addition to Haughville. west to Rismarok avenue, south to Clark .street, west to the northwest corner of Clark's addition, south to Grand view street, west to the north section line of section 4, township 15, south on said section line to Vermont Ftreet, east to Warmon avenue, south to the National road, east to the place of beginning. It is provided that the ordinance Fhall be in force after its pas:HLige. The petition accompanying the ordinance is a very strong one. It 13 signed by tne National Malleable Castings Company. Brown. Ketcham Sc Co., and over a hundred citizens. A financial statement was submitted, fhowing the condition of the finances this rpring. The outstanding Indebtedness of the town is as follows: (ieneral fund, J7i3.:'9; road fund, $185.45; fire fund. $2.vo: old schoolbouse bonds, 4,800; new schoolhouse bonds, J7.4); total, $13,liS.Si. Another annexation ordinance was Introduced, but it is not so extensive. Councilman Young wants that territory annexed extending from Meridian and Seventeenth streets to a point 175 feet east, thence north to Twenty-sixth street, west to Meridian, and thence touth to the point of beginning. These ordinances were referred to the committee on streets and alleys. A STAND AT LAST. ExprcRsmrn Ilnve n ew Territory Leilncd for Them. The express wagon drivers have, at last been driven to another stand. The ordinance of Mr. Ryan was passed, the only vote against it being that of Mr. Puryear. who is in that business. The wagons must now go to cither Missouri street, from Market to Georgia, or to Maryland, from Delaware to Alabama, or Alabama, from .Market to Maryland. All offal must be cleaned up from the streets by the expressmen. An old ordinance introduced by Mr. Rauh was stricken from the files. j i' m out or a .ion. Council Ieienl tht riiimbinc InHpector OrdlmtKCM. It did not take a long time to legislate Plumbing Inspector .Tudd out of the sinecure he has been enjoying for some time. The ordinance repealing the plumbing ordinance was called up towards the end of the meeting. The Democrats tried to prevent its passage in order to keen Judd In ofiio as long as possible. Mr. Ryan prcte?td against the reoeal. Upon the final vote for the reneal there wore fifteen ayes r.nl the following noes: Colter, Costelio. Hcn:kssy, O'Brien and 'Ryan. AfiAIST Till: IHCKSTF.HS. The Itetnil Grocer VVnnt to Iiuponc tt Heavy Tnx. Mr. Young smilM as he bonded the clerk an ordinance which also was labeled "a peddlers ordinance." This U the ordinance which the retail grocers have had prepared to put a heavy tax on the hucksters r.tnl the peddlers who sdl ftuit and v.-yetaUes throughout the city. It fixe a 'license cf $h) a year for those who peddle on foot :.n Increases the Mccn.se on those who sell by push carts irom $12 a year to $40. It further requires that those who Fell frum a wagon slull pay a license of C20) a year. A fine of $100 is fixed for a violation cf the or dirance. Tlii: IMAVMlUOKIMtV OHI)IACi:. These Money Lender Will Hereafter l:i n Anutiul I.IceiiKe. The pjuvn brokers' ordinance, reported from the committee with the recommendation that the annual iiccr.se fee be fixd at $h. Instead of $2j0, was passed without oplcidtIon. Mr. Yoi ng got in an amen Imcnt bfore final passage making it unlawful for a pawnbroker to take any article from a mir.or without first obtaining th ons.nt of the minor'H parents or guardian. Th$ pawnbroker must keep a record of all the goods thev take in. and this record inuft be submitted at any time to the police. MlNcrllsiiMMMiN Matter. Mayor Denny sent in a communication in -which he stated be had approved the ordinances passed at the last meeting of tho Council. The committee on rules . offered a resolution requiring all amendments 'submitted her?uftcr to be In writing. Th res'olution was adopted. Mr. Young was given more time on the ordinance refcmd to Uv committee on fees and salary. Mr. PurycHr wanted more time on the bootblack ordinance, which was icf erred to the committee on morals. The CID-'n Xrw Seal. Mayor penny sent a communication to the Council asklrg for a corporate seal for the city ard a st of rales providing for the impeachment of any otfker who nvy be found guilty of malfeasance of ofiic . An ordinance fixing the sal, with an eayie in th center, was passed under a r.uspension of rules. o 31 ore I'lililrn. The peddler's ordinance Introduced by Mr. Young was passed without a dissenting voice, but not until Mr. CostePo found out thit the Joyful oil man was not to lose his occupation by th effe-t of tha ordinance. This will relieve Washington, street of the fakirs who draw crowds around the corners at n'.ght. The Illx Pour' Stvltchew. Th ordinance giving the Pig Pour the right to lay tracks cn Dillon, Leota. State streets and Kngilsh avonue In order to reach its new roundhouse received the vot of every councilman. A Flagman nt Plrst Street. The ordinance requiring the lllg Pour tc station a flagman at the Flrst-strr-t crossing wjs also passed unanimously. The ilagman must be a man iiot undtr twenty one years of a to.