Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1894 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS .lOUlllVAL, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 18?

Istratlon. federal .anti-federal. Whig or Republican In our history. The only exeuV ST,I5S.feTOrt to"ch Vxxation has been the financial exefrencies of actual war. Laws Imposing Internal taxes have always been repealed as rapidly as such eieeendw disappeared, anf have nem beforf tS5 !ou3ly proposed In times of profound peace, borne of the name Democratic leadera who. during and subsequent to the war. stood in Congress speaking- and voting against internal taxes and an income Xt aTJL founfi to-day heartily favoring tnem. They were unwilling to adopt these methods of .taxation when it was necessary

w vivxkiw me government ana the flag, but they are willing to adopt them now as a means of breaking down tfce patriotic principle of protection unler which the orth and Northwest, as well as the South, has enjoyed such unparalleled prosperity and have attained such marvelous development. It would bo interesting to the student of political history to examine the various acts and resolves of Congress touching internal taxes, beginning In 1SS1 and Including the years during an 1 shortly after the war. and to note the position of the leaders of the Democratic party thereon. I have time to refer to but one such law the Internal revenue act which was apJroved by President Lincoln, July 1. 1S4. t passed the House April 28, the vote being, yeas, llu; nays, 23; every Democrat present and voting responding In the negative. (The Governor here gave the names of some of the Democrats who then condemned internal revenue taxation. Among those mentioned were Daniel V. Voorhees, John Low and James F. McDowell, of Indiana, Thomas A. Hendricks voted against the measure in the Senate.) The system has been condemned by all the Democratic Presidents except Mr. Cleveland, and has been repeatedly characterized by Democratic platforms "as unendurable in Its offensive exactions." Such taxes have been constantly denounced as "war taxes" and Democratic platforms have loudly and clamorously demanded their repeal. Yet thirty years after the close of the war.. In a time of peace, they now propose to re-enact, in part, this odiou3 system of internal revenue taxation, which James Madison and other Illustrious statesmen pronounced to be "most grievous and un-American, and only to be justified In the presence of a "great national emergency." RECIPROCITY. To my mind another hurtful provision of the Wilson bill, entirely unwarranted by experience and unjustifiable as a matter of wise international policy. Is that which repeals Section 3, of the act of 1S90, commonly known as the "reciprocity clause." ' This, it will be remembered, was enacted to secure reclpjocal trade between the United States and countries largely producing sugar, rr.olasses, coffee, tea and hides, and under which thl3 country has opened up a foreign trade profitable to the people and of the most promising proportions. Commercial agreements relating to reciprocal trade have already been made with the following countries: Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Spain, for Cuba and Porto Klco, Guatemala, Salvador, the German em, plre. Great Britain, for certain est Indian colonies and British Guiana. Nicaragua, Honduras and Austro-Ilungary. In these arrangements it has been the aim of the government to secure enlarged markets for the products of agriculture, which, added to their splendid home market, would permanently secure them from the occasional depressions which visit our agriculturists . fcecause of their surplus products. As the result of these commercial arrangements, and for the most part duo to them, our trade has shown a gratifying increase. Tho domestic: exports to Germany and Austro-Hungary had increased in value up to December, 1SD2, from J47.0u0.00O to 157.000.L00, or more than 21 per cent. With American countries the value of our exports had Increased up to that date from $41,000,000 to JG4.000.000, or upwards of 23 per cent. The .total Increase in the value of exports to all countries with which reciprocal arrangements have been made had been 120,772,621, which sum Is chiefly from wheat, flour, meat and dairy products, from lumber and the manufactures of Iron and steel. Our imports with these countries have Increased 'also in the seme period, consisting of articles which we do not ourselves produce, ilike sugar, coffee, India rubber and crude drugs. During the first half of the year 1891 we exported to Cuba 14,000 barrels of flour. During the first half of the year 1SD2, under the reciprocity clause, we exported to the Fa mo country 337,000 barrels. For the year ending Aug. 21, 1S31, our total exports to Cuba were $11,900,000. For the corresponding perl I ending Aug. 31. 1S92, our total exports were $19,700,000, under a law not ?ret two years in operation. Of this great ncrease nearly $4,0uO,0UO were In hour, about $2,OCO,000 were in bacon, perk and other provisions, and a large proportion of w!iie remaining exports were also agricultural products. And yet the Democratic leaders in Congress seriously propose to shut the door oi this rplendld opportunity in the face of the American farmer. I am not here to discuss tariff rates or schedules. These are subject to change up or down, as new conditions require it; but my insistence Is that these changes must ver be governed by the protective principle, and within that principle rates may be, should be and will be amended as time, new processes of manufacture and changed commercial conditions require; but they must not fall below a rate which will adequately measure the difference between the American scale of wages and that of competing countries, and must always be in favor of the labor of our own country and the home market for our people. The principle upon which they were made Is not subject to amendment. The tariff policy of this country must be protective. That is what we contend for that Is what the American people mean, to have. THE PRETEXT FOR THE BILL. The pretext for the proposed bill Is not to raise more revenue. The declaration of Its author and the House committee Is that It will reduce the revenue. The same effort at tariff reduction has been repeatedly made In the past when we had a surplus revenue in the treasury. The present law was adequate to meet all the expenses of the government, and did meet them for the first two and a half years of Its operation. During no year of President Harrison's administration did the receipts fall below the expenses of the government, and when President Harrison went out of power, while his administration had paid off more than ?2Ck,00,0u0 of the principal and interest of the national debt, yet he turned over to the administration which succeeded him a surplus of upward of $121.0uO,0OO. Including the reserve fund, which, under the Republican policy, had never been encroached upon. If there is not enough revenue now it i3 because the proposed change of policy has had the effect of diminishing it. The proposed policy has not only disturbed domestic trade, but the import trade. The reason the revenues are less under the present administration is because Importations are less, and the Importations are less because our people buy less foreign goods Just as they are now buying less of domestic goods als, owing to their pecuniary' distress, and all this Is because their incomes and wages have been either cut off or greatly reduced. You cannot have large Importations permanently unless the people are prosperous, and the more prosperous they are the larger the Importations. When home prosperity Is retarded Importations are checked and revenues diminish; hence the strictly revenue tariff can never be depended upon In an emergency. Importations are reduced by the fact that the party in power is pledged to decrease the duties. Those who otherwise would import goods are influenced not to do so now because the present administration Is committed to the policy of lowering the duties from a protective to a revenue basis. Merchants will not Import goods at a sixty-per-cent. rate when the government Is pledged to a thlrty-per-cent. rate, nor can home manufacturers produce with safety under such conditions. Importers will wait for the lower duties, and while so waiting importations will necessarily decline, as they are now declining, with the Inevitable result, which we now see, of greatly diminished revenues. The government requires a large annual Income to meet Its current expenses. This can only be secured by taxation. Some form of taxation to provide necessary revenue is Inseparable to all governments. It must either le direct or tariff, taxation. We must cither tax ourselves and our property, our lands and our Investments, or we must tax the products of other nations seeking a market here. The latter method Is resorted to by all nations, and has been our chief means of raising rev. enue since the government was founded. We have both systems in operation In this country. The bulk of our revenue comes from tariff taxes, and the remainder Is eecured by taxing spirits and tobacco, which of the long list are the only war taxes remaining. TWO TARIFF SCHOOLS. The advocates of tariff taxation are divided Into two schools. Both schools believe in raising public money by a tariff, and only "differ as to the kind of tariff to accomplish this purpose. One school, tho Democratic school, advocates a tariff for revenue only; the other, the Republican school, advocates a tariff for revenue and also protection. A revenue tariff has no Other aim or purpose, and disclaims every other save revenue. A protective tariff, while raiting all needed revenue, Ia ever mindful that the taxes imposed shall be upon those foreign products which will most encourage domestic production Pnd rest mct Ufrhtly upon the consumer. The revenue tarfit Is unmindful of the develop ment and prosperity of our country. Th. protective tariff, while having revenue and

the needs of the treasury always In view, steadily keeps in mind our own industries and the occupations of our own People. A revenue tariT seeks out articles of prime necessity, often such as we cannot produce In our own country, and makes tnem the subject of taxation. The Senate has Just Introduced an amendment to the Wilson bill which ia a striking illustration of a revenue tariff. It takes sugar, an article which enters into every man's household, and which for the moit part we do not produce at home, from the free list and places it upon the dutiable list. A revenue tariff will raise revenue for a time at least, but it Is inadequate to encourage, promote and protect production in our own country. Protection peeks out those articles of foreign production which we can produce at home and puts a tariff upon them, and while every importation of such articles produces revenue which goes Into the treasury. It at the Fame time stimulates our domestic production and sustains and defends our domestic enterprises. So long as we have to use the taxing power, why not use it in the interest of our own people and their occupations? What is the gain If we do put money Into the public treasury under a revenue tariff and thereby discourage domestic enterprise and destroy the opportunity for capital and labor to earn money? Why tax a foreign article which we cannot produce rather than one which we can? In the former case we help no domestic industry; in the latter our tariff discriminates against the foreign and in favor of the home product. A tariff levied exclusively for revenue encourages foreign Importations that is what it is made for, and when such a tariff Is levied on articles the like of which we produce at home. It discourages our own producers by depriving them of the home market which Justly belongs to them. A revenue tariff encourages no home enterprises; it supplies employment to no American worklngman; it takes employment from him becau?e in the encouragement of foreign Importations it diminishes the demand for American products. To the extent that It diminishes the demand for American products, it diminishes the demand for the American producer. The use of a foreign article, which a Democratic revenue tariir encourages, means less use or no use of a like domestic article. So long as labor is cheaper in Europe and conditions are lower there than here, a free trade or a revenue tariff upon competing goods tends either to destroy domestic production or to level labor and every other condition to the foreign standard. AN ENEMY TO AMERICA. A revenue tariff is an enemy to the American shop, the American worklngman, to American prosperity, and American industrial independence. It has not a single element of patriotism. It has no national spirit or instinct. To supply the needs cf the treasury is its chief and exclusive concern. It has no other. It is a sure precursor to national poverty, national bankruptcy and individual distress. It is the forerunner of hard times. It is without a single wortny triumph. The years in which it has been tried in the United States excite neither our respect nor pride. It has furnished no inspiring page in our history. Its record has been one of deficient revenues, greater bonded indebtedness and universal want among the people. The prevailing widespread distress emphasizes the nece.-sity for enlightened public policy and wi?e statesmanship. The Indifference which ha3 been too prevalent for many vears ha3 given place to a deep and absorbing interest in public affairs. The masses of the people are considering economic questions more earnestly than ever before and are aroused to their importance as affecting their own individual happiness and prosperity. To wisely guide them calls for the exercise of the hlghert wisdom, coolest Judgment, and purest patriotism. No party can be safely trusted with the sacred interests of the people or the control of the government without it posses 3 a fixed, honest and enlightened purpose. Singleness of purpose is necessary to every reform, indispensable to wise administration and legislation. The want of this quality is the infirmity of the present administration and the present Oongre-33. Their victory was due to discontent of everj' kind. It was not the result of unity of purpose, nor of lofty and united pubic sentiment. It was the outcome of misguided judgment, pique, passion and prejudice. The majority of those who voted for Mr. Cleveland and the present Democratic Congress did not agreed upon any principle or policy. They had their several different reasons for opposition to the Republican party, and their temporary union- was not inspired by devotion to Democratic principles, purposes or policies. Free-silver men voted the Democratic ticket; opponents to free silver, or to any silver in our circulating medium, voted it; the wildest inflationists, as well as those Inflexibly opposed to every form of Inflation of our currency, voted it; the protectionist voted It because he did not believe the Democratic leaders would be wrlckless enough to disturb the tariff; the . free-trader voted it in the belief that the Democratic leaders would demolish all custom houses and inaugurate unrestricted commerce with all the world; the single-tax men, the disciples of Henry George, voted it, while thousands who hate all such vagaries voted It; the silver standard, the gold standard, the double standard, the paper money advocates and the advocate of State bank money voted it; pensioners voted it, and those who were certain that the Democratic leaders could be counted upon to wipe out all pensions voted it. And when it was all over and the victory was won by these various antagonistic and contending elements, the realization of their hopes and the enactment of any legislation for the good of the country were, of course, found to be utterly impossible. Failure and disappointment were bound to follow an administration and Congress thus chosen, and the whole coun

try suners as a result. WITHOUT A RUDDER. The administration and Congress are without compass or rudder. Before they have, accomplished anything while they are yet wrangling about what, they will do the people have become so dissatisfied as to burn with impatience for an opportunity to repudiate them. A general election was never before so much desired a3 now. and never so much needed. The altogether too common idea that thsre is In fact little difference between the two parties, and that the country will prosper equally well whichever may be in power, has been completely exploded by cne year's trial of the Democratic party. That difference has been shown to be so vast as to iill the country with astonishment. It is a greater question than who shall hold the offices. In fact, it has been demonstrated that the success of one party or the other means all the difference between national hapiness and prosperity and national discontent and distress. What part shall you. my fellow-countrymen of the State of Minnesota, take in the settlement of these great and pressing public questions? May we not hope that the spirit of Justice and patriotism which animated you in the critical days of the past wlien the people of the Northwest led the hosts of freedom in the great contest with the slave power may still inspire you to even mightier efforts in behalf of the fundamental principles of our government and of ot'r industrial independence and prosperity? Standing before this vast a?smb'y I recall the words of William II. Seward, spoken to the people' at St. Paul on Sept. 18, 1SG0, when he sail: The virtue which Is to save this Nation must reside in the Northwest. On both sides of this stream are the people who bold In their hands the destinies of the Republic. That some great States are to be built up in the valley of the Mississippi I know. You will no longer hear hereafter of the 'Old Dominion" State; dominion passed away from Virginia long ago. Pennsylvania is no longer the Keystone of the American Union, for the arch has been extended from the Atlantis coast to the Pacific ocean and the center of the arch is moved westward. A now keystone is to ba built In that arch. New York will cease to be the Empire State and a new emniro State will grow no in a northern latitude where the lands are rich and where the people who cultivate them are all free and all equal. That State which shall be truest to the great fundamental principles of the government: that State which shall be most faithful and mo-t vigorous in developing and perfecting society on those principles will be at once the new Dominion State, the new Keystone State, the new Empire State." The cuesticn for which the great New York state-man spoke so eloquently hps ; een seiuea. rignteousiy settled, as he plead- ; ed and prayed it might be; settled in conse- ; Quence of the decrees of the grat catnpaign in which he spoke; settled by the : great liberator for whom he s;oke, the im mortal Lincoln; settled In eternal justice for freedom and mankind. Citizenship Is no longer unequal and tvery man is 'free beneath the flag. The differences existing then are no longer present to Imped the progress ami unity of the Republic or to st iTv! between ps in the realization of its highest interests. Now all sections and all Status bow at the shrine of freedom. All have si common and glorious citizenship, nil a. like interest in the permanency and prc.re.s of tr.? Uri-jn. The liberty for which Seward fpoke has ben secured and thi Union saved stronger and better than ever. The virp'.o which Is to advance the Nation Haw free to its highest destiny and rl ory must reside In the people not of the Northwest alone but in the people of every part of our common country. "The North-we-t can be relied upon now and In the future, as in the past, to contribute to the onward march of the best government on the face cf the earth. M I X . BSOTA M2ACJ I' KHS. Nearly U.OOO Delegate in Convention Tenor of the Ileolti tloita. IUS X 1 : A PO LI S, M a rch . Ilarmoilx Hail, th-j meeting plac.? of the Ctate League

of Republican Clubs, was packed to suffocation when President Goodnow called the assemblage to order. It was evident from the moment his gavel dropped that the accommodations were not sufficient to allow all the delegates breathing room. After a prayer had been offered by Illshop Fowler 1 'resident Goodnow announced that the rr.ee; In 5 would be adjourned to the Exposition Building which has a seating capacity of over 5.M). Headed by the band the 1.9'jO odd delegates marched over the river to the exposition, made famous by the last national Republican convention. After a brief speech by the president Governor McKInley's wellknown face and form advanced up the aisle. The vast assemblage rose, cheering, ard the

band played "My Country, 'tis or Thee. President Goodnow, In presenting tne Governor, asked the Introduction to be by rising and giving three cheers, which was enthusiastically responded to. Governor McKlnley then delivered an address which in its main points did not differ from the speech made at the Exposition Building thl3 evening. After the retirement of Gov. McKlnley the election of ohMcers followed. John Goodnow, cf this city, the present incumbent, was re-elected by acclamation. F. C. Stevens, of St. Paul, was elected to succeed himself as secretary. The committee on resolutions completed the work assigned It this evening and at the mass meeting at which Major McKlnley spoke presented a set of resolutions for adoption. These were lengthy in character, and embraced a scorching arraignment of the Democratic party, particularly in regard to its action in the matter of pensions, indorsed the administration of Governor Nelson, of Minnesota, complimented the officers of the league for faithful service during the past year and concluded by reaffirming faith and loyalty to the principles of the Republican party. SEVERE SNOW ST0EM Western States Clothed in a Mantle of the "Beautiful." Yesterday's Blizzard Far Reacliins:Ilaw Norther m Texas Fair Weather Probable To-Day. CHICAGO, March 28. A snowstorm swooped down on Chicago last night and has raged all day. Street-car travel was badly demoralized by the damp and soggy "beautiful," the cable roads being especially hampered by the storm. Many of the Incoming mail trains were delayed by the storm. The Milwaukee & St. Paul trains and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois were several hours late. Overland limited trains on the Nortwestern were also badly delayed. Reports from all over the West tell of snow, rain and falling temperature. A dispatch from Evansville, Ind.. says the blizzard struck that city to-night. Snow began to fall at 4 o'clock, and was swirled and eddyed through the streets by a strong west wind. Farmers report wheat killed, and also peaches, plums, cherries, grapes and strawberries. The weather has been at the freezing point here for four days. In the Southwest. ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 28. The present cold snap which extends over the Southwest is accompanied by rain and snow in different localities. San Antonio, Tex., is the southern limit of the cold weather which affects the Indian Territory, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri and extends into adjoining States. During the past twenty-four hours the temperature has fallen at least thirty degrees and to-night is going still lower. Hot Springs, Ark., reports that a regular blizzard struck that place this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, and a blinding snowstorm set in. This sudden change means destruction of fruit and early vegetables. The snow continues and is drifting badly. An Enid (Oklahoma) dispatch says: A terrible sandstorm has been raging in this section for the past three days and business at times has been almost suspended. A hard snow fell this morning, but only lasted a few hours, and afterwards the sand seemed to drift with increased Intensity. A cold wind has been blowing a gale since Monday night. Over In Nebraska. OMAHA, Neb., March 28. Indications are that the blizzard Is about ended. So far as reported from Nebraska little damage has come from the second blizzard. Only one fatality is reported, an Indian who got drunk at Decatur and froze to death. Casper, Wyo.. reports a fall of snow amounting to six inches during last night, but no wind and a rising temperature tonight. The principal loss in that section is to sheep, averaging 15 per cent, in flock3 heard from. Conrad Dalley, a sheep tender, was frozen to death. A Howling TVorther. DALLAS, Tex., March 28. At noon today a ringing, stinging and howling norther Jumped upon northern Texas and will be all over the State and throughout Louisiana by to-morrow morning. The thermometer fell twenty degrees fromoS to 3S in fifteen minutes. It will certainly go below 3i) to-night. It will complete the havoc of Sunday and Monday among the fruit, garden and forests. Many ornamental and forest trees are looking black and dead. No II ml a Left to Kill. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 28. The weather has been very cold here for the past twenty-four hours, but the sky has been clear, and no snow has fallen within a radius of fifty miles of the city. The damage to fruit has not been Increased, as Sunday and Monday's cold wave practically killed all prospects of early fruit crops. Golnj? Out Like n Lion. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 28. March, that came in like a Iamb, is going out In true lion style. After a cold rain this evening a raging snow storm set In which continues. The ground is covered and much damage to early vegetation is apprehended. To-Day'ft Forecast. WASHINGTON, March 28. For Indiana Generally fair; slightly colder; northwest winds. For Illinois Generally fair; northwest winds. For Ohio Light rain or snow; probably sl'ghtly colder, except on the lakes; winds becoming northwest. Local Observations. Indianapolis, Ind., March 23.

Time, Bar Tner. K. II. Wind. Weather. I're. 7A.M. 30.33 23 72 s'east. Lt. nov. T. 7iM 30.10 32 90 S'west. Cloudy. 0.21

Maximum temperature, 34; minimum temperature, 2. The lollowinir is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation. March2S. Tem. Tre. Normal 45 0.12 Mean 30 0.21 Ueparture from normal 15 "O.O'j Kxcess or deficiency ince Mar. 1 "24d 0.70 llxeess or deficiency ince Jan. 1 407 LOG Tin. C. F. It. Waiiemians. Local Forecast Official. United States Weather liurcan. How to Clean Clothes. American Analyst. The mystery to many people how th scourers of old clothes can make th'jm almost as good as new. Is explained as follows: Take, for instance, a shiny old coat, vest or pair of trousers of broadcloth, cassin.ere or diagonal. The scourer makes a strong, warm soapsuds, and plunges the garment into it, souses it up and down, rubs the dirty plac?s and, if necessary, j uts it through a second time, then rinses it through several waters and hangs it up to dry on the line. When nearly dry he takes it in. rolls it up for an hour or two anil then presses it. An old cotton cloth Is laid on the outside of the ccat and the iron passed over that until the wrinkles are cut; out the iron is removed before the steam ceases to rise from the goods, else they would be shiny. Wrinkles that are obstinate are removed by laying a wet cloth over them and passing the iron ever that. If any shiny places arj seen they are treated as the wrinkles are the iron is lifted while the full iluud ol sfani rises and brings the nip up with t. Cl.d'u should always have a' su.H specially for them, as in that which has le?n used for white cotton or woolen cloth3 lint will be left in j the water and will cling to the cloth. 1 In thi.s manner we have known the sarns ; ctat and trousers to be renewed time ard I time again, and have all the louX. an l feel i of n:w garments. Good 1-ro.idc 1 oth er3 its fellow-cloths will bear many waslurgs. ami ; look better every time because ol them. Ti-M same trt.itnimt may b2 applied to women's dress goo Is. If all wool they may be renovated to loo' like now. It 1m She. Detroit Tribune. The templar leaned upon his lance and pondered. "Who can s;he be?" he mused. "She says further," adiled the siu're. respectfully, "that she knows your s?crct." A low cry escaped the knight. "Mrs. Lease." he gasped. "Well. I'll be Llowed."

! CRONKHITE IN TEARS

Embezzler's Wife and Child Met Him at Los Anjreles Prison. All Bituminous Miners Will Have to Come Down Fort Wayne Ilepnblicaii3 Are Hopelul Fire Losses. LOS ANGELES. Cab. March 23. A sad scene occurred in the police station this morning when Cronkhlte, the embezzling county treasurer from Warren county, Indiana, was taken from his cell and confronted by his wife and little boy, who had journeyed hither from Indiana, concealing their Identity and also hoping to be met at the depot by the husband and father. They knew nothing of the arrest until they had waited several hours In vain. Then Mrs. Cronkhlte made some cautious inquiries and learned the distressing truth. She then made herself known to the police and the reunion that followed was one of the saddest ever seen in the city prison. WHAT T1IKV WANTED. lUtumlmm Operator Will Demand ii Reduction All Around. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., March 28. There is reason for saying that most of the bituminous coal operators In this State will announce to their men before the end of the week that they will be unable to operate their raine3 during April, the last month of the scale year, unless they concede the twelve-cent-a-ton reduction to fS cents, that has been conceded in Vermillion and Parke counties. In these counties the men tooK the initiative and ottered to work at tne lower rate, but in other fields the men hav not evinced a willingness to do so. Therefore the propo?ed action of the operator, who say they .arc entitled to the same opIortunltv to place cheaper-mined coal in the market. The operators will take pains to make the announcement read so that they cannot be charged with breaking the Fcale contract. It is also understood the fifty-eight-cent rate is the one that will be sought to be established in the yearly contract, beginning May 1. DEMOCRATS ALARMED. Lin on nt Fort Wnyne Closely Drnwn IJetween CntlioIIcs anil A. I. A. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., March 23. The great strength of the A. P. A. in the Republican nominating convention last Saturdaj, which was the most unprecedented for enthusiasm and ' general satisfaction ever held here, has greatly alarmed Democrats. Until then they had four candidates for Mayor, Shambaugh, Boseker, Read and Stringer, all Protestants, but to-day William S. O'Rourke, supreme secretary of the Catholic Knights of America, has announced himself as a candidate. He Is a pon of P. S. O'Rourke, superintendent of the Grand Rapids & Indiana railway. This Is to draw the lines sharply between the A. P. A. and Catholics. While the former have a large membership, estimated at over 2,000, the Catholics are also strong here and are trying to bring the Lutherans to them by claiming that the A. P. A. Is an organization opposed to parochial schools. Completed the Ticket. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION" CITY, Ind., March 2S. The Republicans in this city completed their ticket yesterday morning by nominating councllmen. The ticket now stands: Mayor, Thcmas Jones; treasurer, John C. Rosser; clerk, James II. Horney; road In Fort Wayne, resigned Tuesday to Robert J. Clark; Second, E. F. Anderson; Third, John Montane. The township ticket nominated is: Trustee, I. F. Lefever; assessor, William II. Alexander: Justices cf the peace, Valentine Thompson, William Smith and Orla E, Green. Starke County Delegates. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KNOX, Ind..' -March-2$. Republicans of Starke county hell 'bne of the largest conventions ever held In the county Saturday afternoon, over five hundred voters being present. Delegates were nominated as follows: State C. M. Townsend. Abner Hay, Simon Rybee, Samuel Koontz, L. C. Kilgore. Congressional F. A. Green, L. D. Allen, N. G. Edwards, B. S. Bell, C. E. Holdeman, Georg-e Lightcap. Delegates were also selected to the senatorial and Joint representative conventions. Hon. George Moon for Mayor. Special to the India napoll3 Journal. WARSAW, Ind., March 28. Republicans of this city held their town caucus last night and nominated the following ticket: Mayor, Hon. George Moon; clerk, Robert W. Nelson; treasurer, Washington Vanator; marshal, William E. Garner. Councilmen First, li.i F. Richardson; second, Harry Lockwood; third; John Shoup. The convention was the largest and most enthusiastic ever known to have taken place here. LAX DLOIID IIOLLIXGS WORTH. Left Lebanon for Thin City nnd Has Xot Ileen Heard from Since. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind.. March 28. WTIIliam N. Holllngsworth, proprietor of Pleasant Grove Hotel, of thl3 city, left home last Friday night, saying ho was going to Indianapolis. Since then nothing has been seen or heard of him. He took considerable money with him, and it is feared he has met with foul play. Mr. Holllngsworth was one of the best-known hotel men in Indiana. AS ELEVATOR IlLRXED. Together tvlth the Monon Station nt Cortvln Lo.im, $17,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., March 23. On Tuesday night the Simison elevator at Corwln, on the Monon between Crawfordsville and Lafayette, was burned, with 2.503 bushels of wheat. The Monon station was also burned, with several cars. Loss on elevator and contents $12,000; building insured for $3,000 and contents for $2,500. Plymouth Hotel Iliirned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PLYMOUTH, Ind.. March 28. The Parker House, the largest hotel in the city, was destroyed by fire thl3 morning. Loss, $3,000; fully covered by insurance. It was owned by I. W. Ayers, of Denver, Col., and occupied by William McClure, whose loss will reach $2,000. with only $100 insurance. A large portion of the furniture was removed to a place of safety. Knox Sehoollioue Ilnrnetl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KNOX, Ind., March 28. The high school building burned to the ground this morning about 1 o'clock. The fire is supposed to have been the work of an Incendiary. DIED IX A DKXTIST'S CHAIR. Prominent GokIipii Citizen Couldn't Stand n Cocninc Application. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN, Ind.. March 28. Thomas H. Daily died suddenly in a dentist's operating chair this afternoon after an application of cocaine preparatory to the extraction of a tooth. He was cashier of the City National Bank and prominent in politics and the city's business interests. Landlord Ihvlr.g Shoots Himself. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., March 2S. This morning at 8 o'clock M. Curt Ewing, aged thirty-four, a prominent business man, of Ewing, Inl, eleven miles west, and proprietor of the Commercial House at that place, committed suicide by shooting himself In the right temple. Ewing had met with severe financial reverses through the destruction of his new hotel by fire last 1 year. The hotel was rebuilt, but in doing so ho went into dent to sucn an extent that he could not see his way out. He was also confined to his bed by sickness with gri;, and while the members of tho family had gone down stair he committed the deed. He leaves a wife and child. He was a member of the order of Knights of Pythias. End of a llrllllant Lnvyer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., March 28. John Blackford, once a prominent attorney and politician at FinJlay, O., died last evening at a Frankfort hotel a victim of the i whisky and morphine habit. Dluckforcl was

brought here two weeks ago by his brother, who was taking him home from Hot Springs. The invalid grew worse so rapidly that he had to be left with a nurse. Tne brother returned wltn another brother, who remained at the bedside until the last. Blackford 13 said to have left Flndlay twenty years ago and was not heard from by his family until recently, when he asked to be taken home to u4e.

WnlinMlt on the LoiiB-DUlnope 'Phone Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind.. March 25. Th: right of way for a long distance telephone line is being secured between Wabash and Indianapolis. Lewis Morrell. of the Central Union company at Indianapolis, has Just completed a drive through to this city, and started from here to Waterloo, where the proposed line, built via Huntington and Fort Wayne, will intersect the New York and Chicago long-distance line. The line will fork here, extending nort'aeast to Waterloo and west bv way of Peru. Igansport, Delphi and Lafayette to Chicago. Construction will begin within a few weeks. Found Dead with a Pair of "Knucks." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY. Ind., March 28. An un- , known mr.n was struck and killed by a suburban train this afternoon at Thirteenth street in this city. Nothing was found on him that would disclose his Identity except an old dance ticket and a pair of Iron "knucks." He was about twenty-five years old and weighed about 185 pounds. His remains were taken to Merker & Gwin's undertaking establishment, where they have been viewed by hundreds. Strike at LlppIncottN Glass Works. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., March 28. The Llppincott glass-chimney works closed down to-day and over four hundred men voluntarily quit work. The act that precipitated the walk-out was the discharge of one of the "gatherers" by the sup?rintendent. The union in a mass meeting considered the action unwarranted, and on the refusal of the company to reinstate their fellow-laborer they withdrew. The strike was wholly unexpected. Gnllle Dixon Iliirned to Dentil. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind.. March 2S. Yesterday morning, at the residence of Kelly Dixon, two miles south of this city, Go.die Dixon, a six-year-old daughter, lost her life. The child's clothing caught tire from the kitchen stove nad blazed up around her almost instantly. She suffered until this morning, when death came. II. .& O. S. W. Sned for 10,0(M). Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., March 2S. Suit for $10,000 damages was begun here to-day by Mrs. Mary Kemer against the B. & O. S. W railroad for killing her husband, John A. Kerner, an employe, who was killed in the shops at Washington ,n 1S02. Pnrls's Trial Set for April 17. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., March 28.-Judge Doyal, of the Clinton Circuit Court, today set April 17 as the day for trial of the embezzlement case against John W. Paris, president of the defunct Greentown Bank. Vlncennes Bonds Go for n Premium. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., March 23.-Knor county issued bonds aggregating $.j,0tX today. The bonds were sold to Rudolph Kleybolt & Co., of Cincinnati, for $1,CS3 premium. . Indiana Deaths. HUNTINGTON. Ind., March 2S.-Word has been received in this city of the death of Wilfred Frash, son of John Frash. a prominent merchant of this city. The young man went to California a year ago on account of his health. He died at Pasedena. He was about thirty years of ag and was widely known, having been In mercantile trade here and at Hartford City and at Marion. O. The remains will be brought to Huntington and the funeral will occur Monday with the honors of Knights Templars. SHELRYVILLE, Ind., March 2S.-Isaac Tteese, a well-known farmer, aged seventyfive, died at his home last night suddenly. His wife noticed him breathing heavily, but before the family could be aroused life was extinct. He leaves a wife and five children. Indiana Notes. The frame passenerer station at Fairmount, on the Big Four, was burned by Incendiaries Tuesday night. The Knights of Pythias at Muncie made enough off their Easter ball to- take the commandery to the Washington encampment. Muncie has decided to make a bid for the next State G. A. R. encampment and will send a big delegation to Lafayette next week to present her case. Daniel Keys, of Crawfordsvllle, was bad y injured on Tuesday by a stallion taking him up by an arm and throwing him to the ground. The horse in attempting to stamp him fell and the man escaped. The Madison County Agricultural Association was recently organized at Alexandria with a capital stock of &O.H0Q divided into 800 shares of $25 each. Eleven directors have been chosen and the work on the grounds will be rapidly pushed. FRUITLESS CONFERENCE. Demands of the C. fc E. I. Employes Refused liy President Carpenter. CHICAGO, March 23. The trouble on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad is far from a settlement. The officers of the trainmens and conductors brotherhoods were again in conference with President Carpenter to-daj'. "President Carpenter," said Chief Sargent, "'agreed to so modify the rules as to remove the features most objectionable to the men. As to the cut In wages, Mr. Carpenter refused to yield an inch. He said the cut will go Into effect and that his determination on that point will not be changed. The new schedule of wages will be submitted to the vote of the engineers and firemen all over the line and the majority will decide whether the cut will be accepted or not." 2,000 Striker Dismissed. CHICAGO, March 28. According to notice the strike at the Crane factories began today and the two thousand men who did not return to work are no longer In the employ of the company. It Is said that gas fitters, plumbers and steam fitters will refuse to handle any piping turned out by the Crane company, while its employes are on strike. This matter will be brought before the building trades' council at its next meeting. Hun by Cheap Colored Labor. AUGUSTA. Ga., March 28. The Chronicle publishes, this morning, a statement showing that the Augusta cotton mills are in splendid condition, with sufficient orders on hand to run them for six months, even If no more orders are booked. One mill has just received an order from a Northern firm amounting to about a quarter of a million dollars. Diet for the Sick. New York Ledger. There are few follies more extreme than that of putting sick people on a diet of toast-water and thin gruel. It would make a well person sick, and how one can be expected to recover health and strength on such pabulum Is more than ordinary intelligence can conceive. A small quantity of good meats, the vegetables that are most craved, a little light bread, the best of butter and the usual beverages should be given if they are at all rellsed. It is one of the greatest of mistakes to give sick people sloppy drinks of any sort. If lt is necessary to quench the thirst, an abundance of pure water, boiled and cooled to the temperature of spring water, is most desirable. Coffee, tea and chocolate are better when used of regular strength, such as Is taken during health. The quantity may be a good deal lessened, but the quality should remain the same. If people in ordinarily good condition get a cup of tea or coffee, such as invalids are supposed to require, it would be almost certain to upset the digestion. How much more need is there, then, of care when all the functions of the body are more or less deranged? It is frequently the case tnat a bit of broiled chicken, steak or bird, with a little dry toast and a cup of good coffee, will relish and be satisfying when nothing In the way of invalid's food, as ordinarily given, can be tolerated. Of course, the tood should be . eaten verv slowlv indeed, and i thoroughly masticated. If the condition of ; the patient will permit, some extremely en- ! tertalning conversation may be carried on ! during the m:al. It 13 a weli-establlsed j fact that amusement during eating, espe cially that provocative of laughter. Is of the greatest possible benefit. Indeed, the laughter cure, administered in a quiet way and without too much nervous agitation, has been of the most marked advantage In i many instances. Several physicians make 1 It a point to amuse and entertain their patients quit? as much as to xrescrlbe drugs and diagnose the cases. A Jolt Lot. Philadelphia Bulletin. Mr. Moody converted 4.000 Washington at a cost of ?29v. peonle In

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OIIITUAUY. CJeorsre Tirkuor Curtis, the Lawyer and Political Economist. NEW YORK. March 23. George Ticknor Curtis, the lawyer and writer on political economy, died to-day of pnejnonia, aged eighty-two. Other Deaths. WASHINGTON. March 2S. The War Department has been informed of the death from heart disease of Lieut. John II. Alexander. Ninth Cavalry, one of the very few colored officers of the army, at Wilberforce College, Ohio, where he was detailed, Mrs. Horace H. Lockwood, sister of Gen. H. V. Boynton. the correspondent, and Charles A. Boynton. agent of the Associated Press in this city, died suddenly here to-day of heart disease. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Charles B. Boynton. who preached many years In Cincinnati and Washington. Deceased leaves a husband, son and daughter. LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 28. Gov. Charles Trichel, of the Soldiers Home at Santa Monica, died this morning. He had been ill for some time. He was '.veil known in New York and Philadelphia, and was In the New York custom house under collectors Murphy and Arthur. He came to the Western coast in 1SS9. PITTSBURG. March 28. diaries C. Baer. grand commander of the Knights Templars of Pennsylvania, died at 5:45 a. m. of spinal menengitls, aged fifty-three years. The deceased was a thirty-third degree Mason anil a member of the Oriental Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Losses by Fire. CINCINNATI. O., March 2-1 a. m. The ! large building at Wade and Barton streets occupied by Louis Lipp, furniture manufacturers, and the Smith Novelty Company, was destroyed by fire which began at 12:20 this morning. The fire is gaining headway and every effort is being made to save the Cincinnati furniture works adJoining. Loss so far estimated at $75,000; insurance unknown. SEATTLE. Wash.. March 28. Advices by steamer state that the famous Baronorf castle at Sitka, Alaska, was burned on the morning of March 17. The only occupant of the castle, Robert C. Rogers. United States commissioner, escaped, in his night clothes. CHICAGO, March 28. Four firemen were seriously Injured at a fire in Weller Bros.'s malting machinery establishment this afternoon. The men wsre all upon the ladder, which broke, letting them fall thirty feet. All of them will recover. NORTH PLATTE. Neb.. March 28 The town of Sutherland, sixteen miles west, was destroyed by fire last night. A high wind was raging at the time and the efforts to stop the fire were of no avail. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. March 28. Arrived: Teutonic, from Liverpool: Grecian, from Glasgow; Bohemia, from Hamburg. LIZARD, March 28. Passed: Spaarndam, from New York, for Rotterdam. AMSTERDAM. March 28. Arrived: Edam, from New York. SOUTHAMPTON. March 28. Arrived: Spree, from New York. LIVERPOOL, March 28. Arrived: Majestic, from New York. GLASGOW, March 28. Arrived: Assyrian, from Philadelphia, MOVILLE. March 28. Arrived: Ethiopia, from New York. DIzsy Metropolitan Festivity. New York Sun. Mr. and Mrs, Duncan Elliott had a caudle party yesterday afternoon for their infant son. Seventy acquaintances were invited to pay their respects to the tiny but vociferous bit of humanity and then to drink its health in bumpers of caudle. Caudle is not a very appetizing drink. To the man who is accustomed to whet his taste with a cocktail caudle is insipid. It is made of a mixture of warm milk, wine, eggs, bread, sugar and spices, but the caudle party guests drank it with a zest yesterday afternoon for Duncan Elliott, jr.'s sake. Charles Ketchum Arrested. FORT SMITH, Ark., March 2S. Charles Ketchum, alias Charles Harden, wanted by the Wells-Fargo Express Company, was captured this morning at Alma, Ark. In 1S92, while acting as messenger for the express company between Cincinnati and Louisville, two packages, containing $33,000, wre placed In his charge, and when they arrived at Galveston, Tex., they were found to contain nothing but brown paper. When arrested to-day $19,000 was found upon his person. Had Given It Up. Washington Star. "Here," said the philanthropist to the district messenger boy, "Is a book for you. Be studious and take care of your money, and who knows but you'll grow up to be a United States Senator?" "Thank vou, sir." said the little boy, with a touch of frankness in his voice. "I used to think of growin' up to be a United States Senator, but I have given it up." "Why?" "I can't learn to go slow enough." Steamer's Holler Explodes. POINT PLEASANT. W. Va,, March 28. The pump boat Hero, belonging to Armstrong Brothers, of this place, burst her boiler about 2 o'clock to-day while lying alongside the Annie L, killing the engineer, John McGrilfln, and wounding several others. The United States Inspectors were aboard the Annie L at the time and one of them, Mr. Ira Huntington, of Gallopolls, was severely scalded. Injunction Dissolved. ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 28. Judge Thayer, in the United States Circuit Court today dissolved the temporary injunction granting the complainants In the damage suit for $500,000, filed against the N. D. Thompson Publishing Company and the C. II. Woodward Printing Company, of St. Louis, and P. S. Peale, of Chicago, by C. D. Arnold. H. D. Hlgginbotham and the world's fair Columbian exposition. A Muii of Ills Word. Boston Transcript. Uncle George I really don't think you should find so much fault with Henry. He is not so bad a man, and I am sure you have always found him a man of his word. Henry's Wife Yes, when we married he promised to share his joys and sorrows with me. And he always has. He has taken the joys and left me the sorrows. Murk Twnln. Chicago Times. MarK Twain tells a Lonlon reporter that he han three bocks on the stocks, as yet unnamed, but almost ready for publication. The American public has a friendly feeling for Mr. Clemens by reason f his early performances, and wculd gladly ree him protect his own fame by consigning these un- . finished works to the flames. Letter Carrier Murdered. CHICAGO, March IS. Guy T. Olmstead shot and killed letter carrier Clifford at Madison and Clark streets this afternoon. Hundreds of people who were passing the carriers witnessed the shooting and threatened Olmstead with lynching, but he was soon locked up by the r-olfee. A scandal is said to be back of the shooting. Western League Umpires. CINCINNATI, O., March 2S. President B. B. Johnson, of the Western League baseball, announces the following apjointments of umpires to-night: John Sheridan, New York; Norman Biker, Forest City. Ia.; James McDonald, Sin Francisco, and Charles Mitchell. Pittsburg. Anti-Insurance Combine 1 1 1 1 1 . DE;4 MOINES. Ia.. March 28. The antiinuranco combine bill pas.el the Senate to-day. It makes it unlawful for insurance companies to combine to keep up rates and provides penalties In lines from $10 to 55jo. PremlergiiNt In the Dungeon. CHICAGO. March 23. Prendergast. the assassin of Mayor Harrison, -.vas kept in the dungeon to-day because cf hl violent exhibitions of temper and refusal to tat his meals. The Bark of Fruit Trees. Meehan's Monthly. As a general thing healthy trees are able to get rid of the old bark without any help from the cultivator, but in many cases they are all the better for having a little help from man. 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FOWLER AND WARM'iGTOK'S COHEDIASS In a revised and Mt-ottfttructrd vetnlon of the rollickiiiir iarce-0 mdy, SKIPPED By the LiRht of the Moon. Aprd'2, 3.4-"LITTLK HCQOETT." TOMLINSON HALL Tuesday Evening April 3, 1894. Under the Auspices of the ART ASSOCIATION, 31r. II. ft. SNOW annourcoa th? leM'VoaniiivC la Amcrlc i. after twojeirn al bence abroad, of TVIARY HOWE, The beautiful and Qiftt-'d j cung Soprano, WITH HIE Howe-Lavin Concert Company Mary Howe, Soprani. William Iaviu, Tvnor Mi&s Leonora Von fcdoscli. Vloli'dst. Sip. ciiusenpe Caiupatitrl. Rarltouo. Mr. Iaadore l.uckatono. Mimical I ?l rector. Prlcra r0c. 75r and 1, H.ile open fratur.!ay morning, March 31, at Big Four Office. EMPIRE! HEATER, Corner abaVi anl !-". feta. MATINEE at 2. TO-XIOHT at tJ. 10c. 15c, 23c 15c, 25c, fOo. Lester and LUIlliams's Me and Jack, And ERNEST ROEIJEUS Athletic BchooL Introj ductnir Ernest liobprf chanij ion ;ra co licmaa wreeJlerof the world, who will meet all corner. Next Week Oriheuni Specialty o. National Mj hh VR0WDWB0N PIPE roa QaSfStcamand Walet IM'er Tnoea, Caat an A Malleable Iron Kit tin a (black and gal ran 1 1 r dj. V lrea, Stop cock. Ene'.n Triniralnjr.'v Ftam waupi 1'Ue Tonpa. n- Cutter. Vise. Sen w rUV'i and Iiea, Wrenches, Stoa-n T r . p a , linnps. KHclien Mnk. Ho, Belt 1 iic. Iiabldt Metal. Sd. der. Walt and 0i.rvt Wlp. In Wate, and all other tu plica uk1 In connection witli oas. Steam aud Water, rvatoral Oat nnrplle a apecla'ty. Meain-heutlajT Api'rat ia fot llibUc Bu'.ldimra.sstote ro:n. Mill. 9hojs. Ketones, Lanndriea. Lumber I)rvdiou, etc. Cut and Thread to or l r any airo Wioiirht-lron Plps from 4 lncu to li lnce diameter. Knight Ss Jillson. 75 and 77 8. PENNSYLVANIA ?T. These are called, In scientific language, "euber cells" that Is to say, cork cells. These nprK-ar at first on the outer bark as small brown spots. From year to year, however, they develop, sometimes eating into the bark In longitudinal lines, and in this way form the cracks which ultimately result In what Is known as rough bark. As it is thus the design of nature to pet rid of the outer bark, it Is pood practice to help nature In this work. For this purpose washes of various kinds are found in practice extremely useful. In fruit culture soapy solutions have been found very effective, and in the unscientific work of successful farming even lime wash has been found beneficial. In some of the interior counties of Pennsylvania a farmer would almost as soon think of never cleaning his horses as letting his orchard trees go without a coating of lime wash once a year. The practical results of this treatment speak for themselves. No healthier trees or more successful fruit crops can be had than result from thio practice. He Felt Confused. Washington Star. "Were you ever arrested before?" asked the judge. Meandering Mike held his hat before hisface and looked siiewise :il the court. "Do you mean that question. Judge?" he asked. "Why, certainly I mean It." "Sure?" "Stop your trifling and answer." " 'Scuse me. yer honor. Hut I can't pit over yer takln dls appearance fur nr debut. Hones', now. Judge, do I look like tr bud?" He Took Preen ut Ions. Til Hits. Teacher (pointing to caricature of himself on blackboard) HolliTbeck. yoj nn the tst of my pupils. Say, who drew tho horrid face on the board? Scholar Please. Fir. my pense of honor forbids my acting- the part of informer unless you assure the i-rperator immunity from punishment. ' Teacher Ah. well, for your ?ake we will let It pafs this time. Now, who was lt? Scholar I did it myself. Tlie Vort of Their Kind. Washirston Star. "My friend George has gone to Seattle." sal 1 the obituary editor to the funny man, quite seriously. "Ah." twittered the funny man, 'hat has he gone to Rfle Attle for?" "I rlwuld say," reiondl the obituary editor, with great solemnity, "that he lias gone to Seat tie. Wash." And the funny man felt the gray matter In hU brain slowly congealing. Solitude Preferred. Chicago Tribune. "Leave me now, Lotn-ila." si 1 Mr. McSwat. passing his nan 1 nervously across Ma forehead. 'I wish to be alone for the nxt hour or two." "What Is the matter. M!lii:cr?" Inquired Mrs. Mr.Sv.bt. with some anxl. ty. "I hav? got to consult a railway guide," groaned the unhappy man. Sniiirt Hoy. Detroit Free Press. Father Now. Jlmrr.Ie, I'm gn'.nir to give you a hard thrashin. I'ye wanter know what for? S n Nosslr. I don't, cos If you vU tr.? what fur thn I'm g-oln to ?iy I hain't dun It. 'en you'll lick tne twlcxt as hard fur lyln about it. Way l'p. Ufe. "And do you find marriage so very e'evatmg?" "l'trer?cle SInee I hnve ren nuu ried I have lived on U;c eighth tlcr.

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