Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOUBNAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 189L

THE DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MAY SO, 189L WASHINGTON OFFICE-H20 PEHNS1 LVAHIA AVENUE

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Till: lMlAtl'OLl JOURNAL Can le found at the following places: PARIS American Exchange In Paris, 36 Boulerard ttOpucmes. KtW YORK GEaey nouse and Windsor Hotel. PHILADELPHIA. -A. pTKemhle, 3733 Lancaster aTcuue. CHICAGO rainier House, Auditorium HoteL CIXCIXATI-J. R. HawleyJi Co, 134 Vina street LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering, northwest corner ot Third an UJeSeraou streets. hi. LOUIS V nlon New Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON, I). cJjUgcs House and Ebbitt Advice to strikers who contemplate stoppics of United States mail trains Don't. The United States Senate Is not strengthening itself in the estimation of the people. This seems to be a government of the coal miners, by the coal miners, and for the coal miners. - i . , Unless popular government can preserve order, enforce the laws and protect property It is a failure. Probably the striking miners at Clinton Locks acted wisely In not resisting , the order of the United States Court. No political party on earth ever gave so Impressive an object lesson, of incapacity as the Democratic party is now doing. The local authorities in the country 'do not seem to have learned that the only way to make law respected Is to enforce it. No matter how good or, sacred the cause of the striking miners may be, it cannot Justify the seizure of railroad trains or the, violation of law. The currency of this country is sufficiently varied already without the introduction of wildcat bank notes, and sufficiently abundant, too. The State authorities and State courts could make rioters as much afraid of them as they are of the United States authorities If they wished to. Governor Matthews would be Justified in Issuing a proclamation . warning all persons that the seizure of trains 'and the Interruption of railroad traffic will not be tolerated in this State under any pretext whatever. What would It profit the Populists for Congress to Inflate the currency Jf it did not give them collaterals on which to borrow money? A3 long as paper money is worth anything at all one must have something to exchange for it or some collateral as security before one can get any of It. The last ditch fight over the tariff bill will come In the conference committee. That will consist of seven members from each house, and as they will be pretty obstinate men with decided differences of opinion it will probably take some time for the committee to come to an agreement. "When they are done with it the bill will be a Worse hodge-podge than ever. Governor Flower, of New York, has vetoed a bill passed by the Legislature forbidding the display on public buildings, of any flag but that ot the United States. lie thinks veneration for a flag is a "sickly sent imentality," and such legislation as that referred to "small and narrow and clannish." It is to be hoped that a large majority of the American people differ with Governor Flower. His veto message Is unAmerican In spirit and a demagogic appeal to foreign-born citizens. The Louisville Courier-Journal thinks Mr. Cleveland's tariff message of 1S87 was "the one act of his political career to which he was thereafter to owe all of his political consequence and fortune," and declares that ever since "he has tried to discredit himself and destroy his party by. substituting for a great and noble principle, simple and commanding in character, a series of cowardly evasions and misleading . compromises." As a Democratic opinion. of a Democratic President this Is entitled to welghL If the Russian government has refused to permit a naturalized American citizen to enter Russia because he is a Jew it has shown a contemptibly narrow and prescriptive, spirit, and if its action Is in violation of treaty stipulations this government will have to take some notice of it. Perhaps, however, before getting too indignant, it would be well enough to remember that the United States deliberately violated a treaty with China when It forbade Chinese from entering this country. It makes considerable difference whose ox is gored. A citizens' mass meeting has been held at La Salle. 111., and resolutions adopted pledging the authorities full support In enforcing the law against all who took part in the recent riots at that place. The sheriff has sworn out warrants against sixty of the leaders and has arrested the following persons: Andre PalorskI, Mike Chronskl, Ellmle Borache, Anton Carahari, Patrick Spezinlat. Vincent Vlodelzwick. Ignatz Barowski, Vincent Kampe, Frank Petrowlzk and Xavier Walllnskl. Comment is unnecessary. The names are selfexplanatory. A bill has been introduced in the House and reported favorably by a majority of the Judiciary committee to prevent federal courts from punishing for contempt State, county or city officers who refuse to assess or collect taxes under Judgments rendered by federal courts against States, counties or cities where the levying of such

taxes Is contrary to the State laws. The j

bill should be entitled "a bill to prevent the collection of debts, to promote repudiation, to exalt State soverelgmty and to curtail the constitutional powers of federal courts." The bill was Introduced by a Missouri member, and Is no doubt an outgrowth or a long and stubborn fight on the part of one or two counties In that State to repudiate certain bonds Issued many years ago by the County Commissioners and now held by Innocent purchasers. The bondholders obtained Judgment In the United States Court, but the local officers have refused to levy a tax for the payment of principal or Interest on the bonds and have gone to Jail rather than do it. Unless the holders of the bonds can enforce their payment through the federal court they axe without any remedy, as the State laws and Stata courts of Missouri favor the repudiation of the bonds. No doubt the people are poor and the payment of the bonds is a hardship, but that is no excuse for repudiation. The passage of the bill would be a national disgrace. TUB BILL OP SALE TARIFF DILL. The impression prevails that the duties have been materially Increased in the bill now before the Senate over those imposed by the now long lost Wilson bill. Such is not the case. Here and there the duty on an article or a class of articles has been in-' creased, not as a matter of Justice to any Industry, . but to secure the votes of the Democratic members in the Senate, and. Incidentally, those of the Populists. The bill In principle Is no more protective than the Wilson" " bill,1 although it will produce more revenue because of the sugar schedule introduced to secure two or more votes. . Take the estimates of the various schedules. The average ad valorem duty Imposed on chemicals by the McKInley bill .is 32.01; by the Wilson bill. 23.00; by the bill now before the Senate, 24.41 per cent. On earthen and glassware, the McKInley duty averages 51.46 per cent.; the Wilson bill, 24.37. and the Senate bill, 37.33. On metals and goods made therefrom, the McKInley duty is 58. 4S per cent.; the Wilson bill, 25.06, and the Senate bill, 31.26. These are samples. The average duty Imposed by the Wilson bill on all schedules is 35.52, while in the bill now under consideration it Is SC.73 an increase of only 1.23 per cent. Under the McKInley law the value of dutiable goods imported In the last year of free trade was almost $100,000,000. Under the Senate bill now under consideration dufles will be imposed upon $480,000,000, upon the same basis of importation as imposes a duty on $KM,000,000 worth of goods under the present law. - This is due to the fact that the duty has been placed upon raw sugar. .. . This explanation seems necessary because of the frequent claims of the freetrade papers that the Senate compromise bill is a second McKInley measure, when It is not. For nearly all the industries it Is no improvement whatever from a protective point of view. There was a sort of principle running through the Wilson bill to put what are crlled raw materials, but' which are not strictly so, on the free list, but when the Democratic managers and free-traders in the Senate found that they could not pass a bill with coal and iron ore on the free list, a duty was imposed. When they found that the. Louisiana Senators would vote against the bill I if raw sugar was free, a duty was imposed upon sugar. When the Voorhees sugar schedule wa3 found not to satisfy the Sugar Trust, one was prepared in the Treasury Department on that basis. The iron schedule was advanced In spots to suit Senator Brice, and on collars and cuffs in the hope of pacifying Senator Murphy. It Is a bill of. sale tariff measure so outrageous that no one .man or set of men will assume the responsibility of paternity. Senator Gorman lays it at the door of the administration as its bantling, but the administration organs rudely and indignantly kick it away. And yet It is claimed that every Demo cratic Senator and two Populists will vote for it. A SALUTARY PROVISION. While, the almost unanimous opinion of this community is that the verdict of the Jury in the case against the Coffins was a righteous one, it is criticised by some on the prohibits a national bank from loaning to prohibits national banks from loaning to any person or firm at one time a srum greater than one-tenth of its capital stock cannot be enforced in practice and is con stantly violated by the banks. It is assert ed that business cannot be done on that basis because there are times when the patrons of a bank must have accommoda tlons to a greater extent than this pro vision would permit, and that, as a matter " of fact, banks frequently extend such excessive accommodations. To this It is to be replied that the Cof fins were not Indicted under that section of the law, and could not be. That section applies only to the bank, and the only penalty for Its violation is forfeiture of the charter of the bank. The Coffins were indicted and convicted under the section of the law which makes the willful misapplication of the funds of a national bank or the aiding and abetting in such willful misapplication a penal offense. This willful misapplication may be of a sum much smaller than one-tenth of the capital stock of the bank, and not sufficient to wreck it. In other words, the willful misapplication of the moneys or funds of a bank may be something entirely different from the offense of making excessive loans to one person or firm, and while In the present case the two offenses did go together, the crime of the Coffins would have been the same If they had plundered the bank of only $73,000, Instead of $073,000. For the rest, the criticism of the ten-percent, section of the law seems to be based on a misapprehension as to Its effect. It reads as follows: The total liabilities to any banking association of any person or of any company, corporation or firm for money borrowed. Including In the liabilities of a company or firm the liabilities of the several members thereof. Fhall at no time exceed one-tenth part of the amount of the capital stock of sach association actually paid in. But the discount of Mils of exchange- drawn in pood faith against actually existing value shall not be considered as money borrowed. This is a salutary provision, and we fall to aee how Its strict enforcemr-nt can in

terfere with business. If it be said that in

commercial cities a patron of a bank may sometimes need accommodations to an ex tent greater than one-tenth of Its capital stock, a sufficient reply is that no patron of a bank should have such special accommodation at the expanse of other patrons. The capital stock of city banks Is hardly ever less than $000,000. and from that to $1,000,000 or more. One-tenth of thU Is as much as any patron ought to ask or receive In the way of personal loan.. There Is a line of business by which banks may legitimately and constantly do extend accommodations to individual patrons far in excess of one-tenth of their capital stock. This is by discounting drafts or bills of exchange drawn against "'actually existing values." This i.c. expressly permitted by the law, as above quoted. A dealer in or shipper of grain, flour, pork or other commodities may have his warehouse or elevator receipts discounted or may draw against the consignee of goods actually shipped to an amouut much greater than one-tenth of the capital stock of the bank. But this is rot a personal loan; it is an advance on actually existing values. It is hardly necessary to say that the drafts of the Coffins which were discounted by the Indianapolis National Bank were not against actually existing values. They were against wind. 4 TUB ailSArPLICATiqjf OP BASK; FLWDS. .. ' ' If the motion for a new trial in the case of the Coffins shall be overruled it will be appeal?d to the Supreme Court of the United States, and it is said their counsel hope to get a favorable decision in that court on the ground that the law against aiding " or abetting the misapplication of the funds of a national bank applies only to the officers or employes of the bank, and not to a customer or outsider. The point Is a new one, never having been raised before. If that is the true construction of the law the Coffins will be entitled to its benefit, but It seems to afford slight ground on which to build hope. The law is as follows: Every president, director, cashier, teller, clerk or agent of any banking association who embezzles or willfully misapplies any of the moneys, funds or credits of the association, or who, without authority from . the directors draws any order or bill of exchange, makes any acceptance or assigns any note, bond, draft or bill of exchange, or who makes any false entry In any book, report or statement of the bank with intent, in either case, to injure or. defraud the bank, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of the bank or any agent appointed to examine the affairs of the bank; and every person who, with like intent, aids or abets any officer, clerk or agent in violation of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, be Imprisoned not less than five years -nor more than ten. One cannot see how language could be made plainer than this. The first part of mo aecuun applies lu tuiy presiueui, : uirector, cashier, teller, clerk or agent, of a bank who shall do the prohibited thing, and the last clause applies to every person who shall aid or, abet any such bank officer in his fraudulent work. In the absence of any words limiting the operation of the i law to officers or employes of a bank, and In view of the expression, "every person who aids or abets," etc., it seems like a strained construction of language to ins-.' sume that a customer of the bank who asslsts in' the misapplication of ltftfuhds is not liable to punishment. It can hardly be that the framers of the law intended to make the penalty for aiding and abetting in the willful misapplication of the ftmds of a bank operative on one side of the counter and not on the other. An official report of the Bureau of StaUs tics shows that the importations of. du tiable goods during the months of! March, February and April, 1S94, were 50 per cent, less than during the same months of and the customs receipts of the government correspondingly less. There is one article,' however, of which the importation showed a large increase, viz., sugar. As sugar ; is now free, and under the new tariff bill will continue so until Jan. 1, 1803, the trust Is Importing very large quantities to save the duty and will continue to do so for. the next six months. At present the importa tion of sugar is going on as fast as steam--ers can bring It, the only trouble 'being lack of transportation facilities. Every day of delay in passing the tariff bill puts hun dreds of thousands of dollars in the coffers of the Sugar Trust and beats the government out of that much in revenue. When the custom of decorating soldiers' graves was first Instituted the day on which the patriotlo duty was performed was coiled "Decoration day." That designation met the requirements of the time well and fully. As years passed the original, inspiration of the custom widened out, and by. cormnon consent and official action Decoration day was changed to Memorial day. The change was indicative of a broadening of the sig nificance of the ceremony. Memorial day" Includes all that Decoration day Included, and more besides. The decoration of sol diers graves with flowers is still one of its most conspicuous and beautiful features, but it comprises other functions as well. In its wider sense it embraces every kind of pub lic demonstration that goes to pay honor to tho dead soldiers of the war, and, by ths same token, to the living cnes. Memorial day as now observed Is the willing tribute of a grateful people to the patriotism and valor of those who saved the life of the Republic' The addition of another "inspector" to the army of those functionaries now on the public pay roll seems hardly desirable when viewed from one standpoint, but the need of an intelligent oversight of the city's shade trees is certainly apparent. These trees are the chief beauty cf Indianapolis, and unless prompt measurci are taken to preserve them thl3 beauty Is likely to be lost to a considerable extent. On narrow streets where asphalt pavements and ce ment sidewalks are laid the people must be prepared to give up their trees. The manjier in which the toots are cut away and the spaces filled with alr-tljht and watertight material weakens the tre:s at once and mak?s it improbable that they will adJust themselves to conditions. Last year a number of fine trees on North Pennsyl vania street died from this treatment, but their severest test will come this saas.n. when mor3 may be expected to go. North Illinois street is about to pas through the sam? experience. Uut wnere treea live and flourish they need attention. Judicious prunS nz is essential, especially cf their lower ttirrViia fit rr,-t aa 1 1 tn"T1 tVifi itlfichora whc3? only idea of trimming is to reduce a tree to an unsightly stump is as greatly to be desired. If a city forester is ap pointed, however, as U now propped, ho

should be a man fully qualified for the work and should be under rigid limitations. Too much authority should not be delegated to him. It Is a matter In which every citizen who wishes to beautify his premises is interested, and too much care cannot be used In making such an appointment or, In defining the duties of such offi

cial. To Aqullla Robertson probably belongs the distinction of being the oldest person living who was born within the limits of the present State of Indiana. He was born in the old settlement called Charleston, now Charlestown, Clark County, in 1804, and lives near, the village of Deputy, In Jeffer son county. He was born twelve years before Indiana1 was admitted to the Union, and four years after the Territory of In diana had been created, which, at that time. Included all of the Northwestern Territory except Ohio. There are older men than Mr. Robertson living in Indiana, but they were not born within the present State limits. The will of tho late Jesse Sellgman, a wealthy Hebrew banker, which has Just been probated in New York, contained bequests to forty-five charitable institutions, over one-third of which were non-Hebraic, including Protestant, Roman Catholic and non-sectarian institutions. It was natural that he should have given the preference to charities of his own race and religion, but his remembrance of so many others shows the breadth and catholicity of his mind. It is calculated to make one feel that life is still worth living to learn that Georgia has 23,000 'acres in watermelons this year. Unfavorable weather has, however, retard ed the crop, and it will not begin to move till about ten days later than usual. The first carload will be shipped between June 12 and 16, and shipments will generally commence about June 20. An exchange, noting the fact that Con gressman Breckinridge is to deliver a Fourth of July speech at Fulton, 111., advises him to take for his text the admonition, "Be virtuous and you will be happy." Perhaps he could not speak from experi ence. He Is now presumably virtuous, but it Is not certain that he is happy. Clio, Brazil, Ind.: General Sheridan's death resulted from heart disease compli cated with pulmonary ailments. He was 111 for several months. . HUDDLES IN THE AIR. Fine Work. "These Jokes," said the humorist, "are what may be called regular stem-winders." "How's that?" asked the editor. "They don't require' any key.". Puzzled Him. "I can't understand," said Mr. Potts, how it is that all these Anarchists run so to whiskers. It seems, to me that the man .who doesn't have to submit to the tortures of a barber ought to be the most peaceable person In the world." Sorry He Spoke. "Speaking of an upright carriage," said Mr. Wheeler, "what is the matter with the bicycle as an example?" "It may be an upright carriage," said Miss Flyooe, gazing thoughtfully at the young man's shoulders, "but it doesn't conduce to one." Jnat Horrid. "I am not going to that horrid Delsarte school any more." "Why not, dear?" "The teacher shook a mouse on a string at us this afternoon, in order to teach us the proper expression and attitude for ab ject terror. Ugh!" Hear the Drams March By, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, hear the drums march by! This is Decoration day hurry and ba spry! wneei me to tne wmuow, gin; rung it open hlirh! - Crippled of 'the body now, and bllnded'of the eye. , '. Sarah let me listen while the drums march by. Hear 'em; how they roll! I can feel 'em in my soul. Hear the beat beat o the boots on the street: - Hear the sweet fife cut the air like a knife; Hear the tones grand of the words of com mand; Hear the walls nigh shout back their rspy! Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, hear the drums dance by: Blind as a bat, I can see 'em for all that: Old Colonel J., stately an grey, . Riding slow and solemn at the head of the - . column; There's Major L., sober now and well: Old lengthy Bragg, still a-bearing of the flag; There's old Strong, that I tented with so long: There's the whole crowd, hearty an proud. Hey: boys, say! can t you glance up tan way? Here's an old comrade, crippled now, an gray! This is too much. Girl, throw me my crutch ! I can see I can walk I can march I could fly I No, I won't sit still an' see the boys- march by! Oh! I fall and I flinch; I can't go an inch! No use to nutter; no use to try. Where's my strength? Hunt down at the front; There's where I left It. No need to sigh; AH the milk's split: there's no use to cry. Plague o these tears, and the moans in my ears! . Part of a' war Is to suffer and to die. I must sit still, and let the drums march by. Part of a war is to suffer and to dieSuffer and to die suffer and to Why. Of all the crowd I Just yelled at so loud. There's hardly a one but is killed, dead, and gone! All the old regiment, excepting only I. Marched out of sight In the country) of the nlgnt. That was a spectre band marched past so grand. All the old boys are a-tentfng in the sky; Sarah. Sarah, Sarah, hear the drums moan by! Will Carleton, in Harper's Magazine. ME. CARS TENSEN" MAY LEAVE. St. TauTs Rector Will Probably Go to Columbus, 0. Rev. G. A. Carstensen, of St. Paul's Church, has received a call to b?com2 the rector of Trinity Church at Columbus. O. Mr. Carstensen is consilering the proposi tion and his decision has. not teen made. It is probable that Mr. Carstensen will accept the caU, as he has inducameats which are very complimentary to him as pastor. Mr. Carstensen came to. this city three years ago irom rsew loric, wnere he had charge of the mission "church of fc'L Bartholomew, which is carried on by the Vanderbllts. He is a great worker, and not only does he work h ms?if. but he Intereats and keeps his people dclng their part of the labor connected with a large parish like St. Paul's. A SLOT-MACHINE COMBINE. Pnrse Raised to Fiffht Snperinteiident Powell's Order. Superintendent Powell is to have a bitter fight upon his hands if he undertakes to enforce his order against the slot machines. There are several hundred of the machines in the city, and the owners of them have organized to resist the enforcement of the order. A purse Is being made up with which to fisrht to a finish the case of the first man arrested. The contributors to this purse are not alone the owners of the machines. Some of the wholesale dealers who have control of cigars, which are given to vinners upon the machines, are Interested in having the machines continued, as they are a means of selling a large numbsr of cigars. A number of the machines are now being run. Hon. Henry Wntlfron' Lecture. Hon. Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, will address the Contemporary Club at the Propylaeum' tonight on "Money and Morals."

MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY.

The observance of Memorial day has become a national custom, and it is well that It should be so. The nation that is without sacred memories and hallowed associations to bind it together in a union of sentiment is without cohesive, power or patriotic moorings. There can be no impluse of devotion without an object, and when that object is the national union, about which cluster the hero!cmemorles of the past and the budding hopes and promises of the future, whatever custom or observance tends to keep alive the fires of patriotic devotion should never be allowed to decay nor be diverted from Its ordinal purpose or meaning. The services held upon Memorial day are impressive and beautiful, but, if they were simply an outgrowth of affection for the dead, would fall into disuse and finally be abandoned altogether, as time lessened the poignancy of personal grief. But, back of the dead In whose honor the services are held, deeper than the graves in which they lie, broader than the earth in whose bosom they rest, stronger than the ties that bind us to either the living or the dead, lies that sentiment of the human heart which recog nizes loyalty, courage and fidelity as the crowning virtues of mankind, and devotion to national integrity and the cause of human rights as their highest and grandest manifestation. It is the cause for which they fought, the principle that sustained them and for which they gave "the last full measure of devotion," that lives in the national heart to-day, an finds visible expression in the memorial offerings placed upon their graves. The " men themselves were nothing; what their names were is of no moment; who they were does not matter; what they were, whether of high or low degree, aspiring scions of wealth and position, or contented plodders in the humbler walks of life. Is of no consequence. They rest, sheltered from storms forever, with the myriads upon myriads.of nameless dead in tho eternal embrace of mother earth. But what they did, what they established, what they represented, concerns us all, everyone, and makes of our national life a living force, vitalized with the heroism, hopes, energies and high aspirations of all the ages gone and Cf all the ages to come. They proved that mankind have the capacity, as well as the right, to rule themselves. They struck the blow that shattered at once the traditions of authority and the presumptions of caste, and established it as an axiom that no man has the right to earn his bread In the sweat of another man's face. They represented In themselves the principle of loyalty and patriotism, the spirit of self-sacrifice for a cause, for an idea, for liberty. The war for the Union was not merely a war between the sections, a quarrel between different members of the same political family over the honors or the spoils of office. It was the battle of opposing Ideas in human affairs, of conflicting forms of civilization. It was the last great contest between the genius of progress and the barbarism of the feudal ages. It was a "battle royal" between human right and human wrong, and the right won. Mankind broke their fetters when the belated knights of feudalism, with visors down and lances In rest, rode to their final overthrow at Appomattox. The Nation that was born anew amid the throes of civil war and rededicated by the baptism of blood to the cause of human freedom must be held to Its course, and carried forward to the achievement of its high destiny, by the same spirit of patriotic devotion that animated the men who gave up their lives in defense of the Union. And to that end must the lessons to be drawn from heroic examples of devotion and self-sacrifice be impressed upon the minds and instilled into the. hearts of our people. The services of Memorial day are no meaningless ceremony. They are not merely tributes-to the dead, whose eyes cannot seenor ears hear the floral offerings and words of eulogy, ,nor yet the songs of thanksgiving and praise, but are a consecration anew on the part of the living to the Integrity of the Union and the rights of man. No nation on earth requires so much as ours that the faithful and devoted, in heart and soul, to the national Idea and the institutions of civil liberty should be forever on guard. We are building not only a nation, but a race a. race that is ' to be formed by the processes of assimilation out of the heterogeneous elements that come to our shores frem every quarter of the earth. A thousand years, hence will there be one great homogeneous people dominating the continent, and upholding the glories and controlling the destinies of a great republic of freedom? or will there be a diversity of races "and nationalities? The fate of the future lies in the wisdom of to-day. The foundations of nation and race have been laid deep and strong, cemented with blood and tears, and hallowed by prayer and self-sacrifice, but the beauty, and strength, and durability of the superstructure to be reared through the centuries will depend upon the character we transmit to the generations that are to follow us. and from and out of which will be founded the race or races that will receive from our hands a heritage of freedom to preserve or to lose. In this age of materialistic tendencies and exaggerated individualism, with Its mixture of socialistic and other theories and schemes of government, the rising generations need to be taught that there is something higher, nobler, grander than the worship of self or the pursuit of the "almighty dollar;" that while the state and the Institutions thereof give-the widest scope and freest range for the development and exercise of every capacity of mind and will, yet their stability and permanence, and consequent power to give and prolect such freedom depend upon the consecration of individual powers and energies to their welfare and preservation. They need to be taught that there can be no Individual freedom without national integrity; that the state owes to the individual what he earns and no more, but that, on the other hand, the individual owes all he has. Is or may hope to be to the state. They need to be taught that patriotism is the crowning virtue of the citizen. Our public schools and institutions, of learning ought to be nurseries -Bf patriotic sentiment, where the duties and obligations of citizenship and loyalty to the state and ita institutions should be taught with most assiduous care, and whose teachers and professors who are molding the plastic minds of our youth should set a good example in the observance of those days set apart for the commemoration of patriotic deeds. The public schools, the academy and the college should make love cf country and loyalty to Its institutions a principal feature in their teaching. The lesson of patriotism should begin at the cradle and end only at the grave. Literature, science and art, and even athletic sports as they are pursued and acculred at our most advanced universities, can only be of benefit to the' Individual as they serve the interests of the state and the good of the race. Learning and culture are desirable things, physical development a good thing, wealth is not to be despised and honored position is an object of laudable ambition, but above arid beyond them all, and which, they can only ornament and adorn, lies the principle of loyalty and devotion to the national Union and the rights of man. JOHN R. MILLER. Retnl Jewelers Meeting. The retail Jewelers of the city have been requested to meet Mr. Newton Dexter, of New York, at the Bate3 -House this evening: Mr. Dexter claims the Jewelers of this State can have the same protective laws as now enjoyed by New Yorkers without

the expenditure of a cent. "Peddling." said Mr. Dexttr. "is now so expensive as to have virtually killed it. Every peddler must take out a license fot a year for each city, town or village he enters. Auction sales that palm off a lot of worthless goods are now prohibited from selllr.- except between sunrise and sunset, an 1 every Jeweler knows their big sales are in the evening. After July 1 no manufacturer can e.l 'sterling under .923. We have driven out the drop-a-nickel-in-toe-slot gambling machines, which are now spreading to other States. We have a Mil in Congress regulating the rale of gold and silver the name as our State sterling law. We are also making a determined ilht against the coupon business. There are many other benefits the Jewelers of the country can have if they will only organize." MINERS AND TRAINS

JUDGE DAKI'Il CALLS TIIC GRAND JURY'S ATTENTION TO A STATUTE. Railroad Companies Mny Make Complaints Reference to the StannardArm strong; Bribery Case. The twenty-three members of the federal grand Jury will begin , the consideration of cases this morning and work half a day. They were sworn and instructed yesterday. Judge Baker choosing William Goodwin, of Utica, for foreman. The Judge Instructed them concerning the various classes ot crimes which they will have to considr, and made special reference to the rece.it attempt to bribe a bank case juror, saying that both Armstrong and Stannard were liable to prosecution for conspiracy, and reading the section of the United States statutes tinder which he expects the grand jury to Indict these two men on that Charge. The law regarding interference with the movement of mails was referred to b7 Judge Baker, who said the Jury might have occasion to look into violations of that statute. This is understood to refer te th action of the striking miners in blocking railroads with coal-laden trains, and thus delaying the mail trains. Several of the railroad companies are reported to be considering the matter of calling the grand Jury's attention to this subject. The Jurors are almost all farmers. They will take this afternoon off, it being Decoration, day, but expect to get through by Saturday night. ' On next Monday. the trial of minor criminal cases will begin Jn the federal court, and the following veniremen, thirty-six in number, have been summoned to report for duty then: Jerome B. Atkins. Kingsbury; Hans Barnholdt, Valparaiso; lfenry C. Brown. Anderson; Harrington Boyd, Letts Corner; Thomas H. Boswell. Spencer; J. A. Commons, Centervllle; William" Cullom, Frankfort; Elwood Clark. Economy: G. W. PerfoI, Olive Hill; Jared Gardner, Westvllle; Soi'omon Hardy, Marklesville; Wilson I. Hongham, Franklin; Jr.mes C. Humstead, Danville; Thomas J. Raymond. WaMron; J. K. Hershman, Arcadia; Samuel Hannah, Alexandria; Turner H. Johnson, Oakville; Jo3iah M. Jenkins. Frankfort; C. C. Jamlpon, Marion; J. K. Little, Danville; J. C. Lane, Elkhart; John Miller, Needmore; John F. May, Bloomlngton; Frank Oldham, Sheridan; Dennis Palmer, Palmer Station; John L. Pierce. Lebanon; Iltmry C. Bratten, Spencer; William .Rogers, Nashville; Frank Record .": Franklin: Alfred Rhodes, Columbus; Peter A. Sasaunan, Kokomo; D. E. Simons, Valparaiso; Seth Stafford, Greensboro; Isaac M. Shoemr'-ar. Northfleld; John SwiaMer, Marion; L' Jamln Wheeler, Big Springs. THE GOVERNOR CRITICISED. Ills Duty to See that Property night Are Protected. y There is much adverse criticism among federal officials of the lack of action on the. part of the county authorities and th Governor during the present trouble between the striking miners and the railroad companies. "The Governor in a case of this kind.said one oi! them yesterday, "is a great big sheriff, whoso duty it is to take prompt action looking to the protection of property, the rights of railroads and the interests of communities. He should not avoid this duty, which is a part of the responsibility he assumes when he takes the oath of office. Before the government is called upon to interfere In such matters the local authorities and the Governor of the Stat should have exhausted the means of protection which they have at hand. It is not at all to teir credit that tney failed to do so." United States Marshal Hawkins telegraphed to his chief deputy. John Foley, here, yesterday afternoon, that the coal train had been moved without trouble, and that everything was quiet. The marshal has had some strike exjorience. and, in fact, knows the ringleaders of the present trouble in Parke county, who were at the head of the strike in Sullivan county when he was sheriff there. When he read the Injunction to the miners he told them they would be acting1 foolishly to try to oppose the government, as. if they refused to observe the injunction, he would have to swear in a . big lot of deputies, and keep adding to the number if the original force proved too small, until it was large and powerful enough to enforce the requirements of the wriL Afterwards he told General Solicitor Lyford. of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, that they would now have no trouble moving the coal train without further delay. Mr. Lyford was skeptical on this point, believing it might require several days, but tho result yesterday proved the correctness of the marshal's assumption. The latter official is still over there. Deputy Foley returned yesterday. EXCUSE FOR LYNCHING. Florida Whites Discover a Conspiracy Amonc: the Negroes. PALATKA, Fla., May 23. The people of this section were very much excited over the discovery of a conspiracy among the negroes to commit a series of outrages upon white women. A negro preacher, L T. Burgis, proposed to a number of negroes that they should seize several white women, and, carrying them Into the swamp, mke them submit to their embraces. The negroes consented, but the whites secured evidence that euch a conspiracy existed and they took steps to guard their homes.- In the meanwhile the negroes began to leave the country. One of those to leave was Burgis, who went to Georgia, where he was apprehended. An officer returned with the negro, but was suddenly confronted with between fifty and one hundred mounted men. Being overpowered, there was no alternative but to give Burgis up. and the next morning he was seen hanging from a limb. The white people are wild with rage, and it Is believed that more lynchlngs will speedily follow. ' Stannnrd Falls to Show Up. Marshal Hawkins confirms the report received several days ago that Frank O. Stannard, under indictment for attempting to sell the vote of Juror Armstrong to the Coffins in the former trial had "skipped." He has been nbsent irom his home In Lawrence county for several days. Marshal Hawkins says he is in no hurry to beprin the trial of Stannard. Ife does not think it will be difficult to locate and arrest him when he is wanted and thinks it Just as well to wait till the grand Jury has indicted him before making the arteyt. F. A. Coffin has been suoioenaed to appear before the grand jury and testify as t whit ha knows of the offer to ucc?pt a bribe. Robbery lit n Rourihouse. John Schruble, while enjoying the hospitality of Thompson's roadhouse, had his pockets picked of Monday olght. William Alexander made a rush for The door about the same time and was arrestM by Constable Black. The constable got his prisoner to the doors of the siatlm hcuso, but before he could land him he escaped. A number of the city police force urned out and emptlod their revolvers before Alexander could be recaptured. He was fined by Judge Stubbs yesterday, after which Schruble filed information against him in the Criminal Court. Street Coniiiilftloner'm Dills. The street commissioner will present bills for his department for the month of May to the Board of Works at its Friday meeting. The bills for materials. Iru'luiim; gravel, stone and lumber, will aregale About Jl.Cvu for the month.

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