Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 September 1894 — Page 4

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Can be found at the following places: I'AKIS .American Exchange In Paris, CG Boulevard tr t.'at ucliifa. KLW VOKK GUwy House and Windsor Hotel. I" II I LA DELPHI A A. P. Kerable, 3733 Lancaster , avenue. ClllOAGO-ralrar Horae, Auditorium noteL CIXCINNATI-J. U. Ha7ley & Co.. 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. During, northwest corner of Thlid slid JeOrson streets. T. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. - WASniNGTOX. D. C.Rigs Ilouse and Ebbltt House. Confidence to fight for victory, but no cverconfldence to beguile into Inactivity. The Republicans of Maryland are very bopeful In view of the dissensions of the Gorman and Cleveland Democrats; It Is so everywhere. ' Either Secretary Myers Should reiterate his emphatic Indorsement of the Cleveland pension policy or he should openly announce a change of mind.' ' Indianapolis hasn't had any real warm, lively politics for a year or so, and Is more than glad of Governor McKlnl'ey's visit, because it gives people a chance to "holler." In West Virginia LemocratIc newspapers are printing fictitious prices for wool, which, on the whole, is less stupid than declaring that it Is higher now than two years ago. Senator Allison's, friends in Iowa have announced that they will support him for the Republican nominee for President in 1835. lie i3 one of the score or more of Republicans in the country of presidential size. Mr. Singerly, the Democratic candidate for Governor in Pennsylvania, denounces the "boys" in his paper as "ruffians, roosters and rlngsters." Mr. Singerly had previously declared that he was not in the light any more. . It must have occurred to a number of Democratic Congressmen who have been so unwise as to accept renorainatlons that they, to' use j the. classic language of Henry AVuttprsnn. "ir walkinrr hroueh a slaugh ter house to an open grave." If the ' majority of the school commissioners Imagine that the public detestation of their deal'In regard to the Rlcketts property will soon' die out they will find themselves mistaken. It was such a barefaeed outrage that people will remember It a long time. Indianapolis Democrats who view the Republican crowds to-day cannot comfort themselves with the thought that the multitude will be equally great when their "big guns" appear; for, when they come to refleet, the cold truth presents .itself that they have no big guns. x "Millions rallied to the defense of the Infamous McKinley law," said Mr, Voorhees in his last speech; yes, und When the v;tca are counted the. night of the first Tuesday in November he will find enough millions to overwhelm the Democratic Whisky and Sugar Trust supporters. Not all the Democratic bosses In Marion dirty with a week's persistent drumming viy could turn out one-quarter of the men 'to welcome any living Democrat to Indianapolis as spontaneously responded to the .Invitation to meet Governor McKinley, at the station last night and escort him to his hoteL MMM------------HBM -- The first-class ticket in Marion county, from top to bottom, should receive the hearty support of all tax-payers who are not plcr-sed that the volume of county taxes has been increased 30 per cent, since 1S90. In fact, there is not a name on the ticket against which there can be a reasonAble objection. Politics must be mixed a great -deal in New York when Judge Gaynor is seriously talked of for Democratic candidate for t Governor after he ran for the Supreme 'Court In Kings county, Brooklyn and suburb- and beat the regular Democratic candidate by 30.000, thus helping to cripple the McLaugMIn machine. The name of the postofflce which is located where Appomatto courthouse of Lee's surrender used to be has been chanced to Surrender to please the VirClnla authorities. The old courthouse has been removed three miles to a place 'hitherto known as Nebraska, but which will be known In future as Appomattox. It is a name which neither side to the late unpleasantness would have blotted from the map. It was fitting that he Chamber of Commerce in London should extend lis hospitalities to Chairman Wilson, of the ways and means committep, and it was equally fitting for Mr. Wilson to accept. The British merchants and manufacturers can afford to fea.st the man who stands as the representative of the element In this country which is laboring to close American workshops that British competitors and British capital may be gainers thereby. Democratic papers whoe editors are not ou the pay roll of Uncle Sam by virtue of the good .will of the Cleveland administration are copying an Interview with exGovernor PUisted. of Maine, ns to the lead- - Ins causa of the failing off of the Denoc ratio vote in that. Su.te. It was the dlsriti -tira ci XZlj ccutts pursued by the

Democratic State committee In dispensing patronage. "Men who had contributed character, brains and mon?y to the party," says the ex-Governor, "found their wishes disregarded and appointments made in many cases which were obnoxious to the Democratic party." Fifteen years ago Gov. Plaisted left the Republican party to become a Greenbacker because the former cou'J not help him to a bigger office thn he Is capable of filling. Now he has been in the Democratic party a decade and has not had a taste of patronage since he was Governor by the united vote of Democrats and Greenbackers. The disgruntled, after a parly change, are a burden, but they have not been able to crsate the anti-Democratic revulsion that appears wherever there is an election in a Northern State.

THC GOVERNOR'S PROGRESS. In one of his latest speeches Governor Matthews 13 reported as ' saying that half of the present State debt was incurred by Republican legislatures. This Is an improvement, since In his first speech he said that the largest part of the State debt was incurred by Republican administrations. The Journal congratulates the Governor on the fact that he is getting nearer the truth as the campalgn progresses. A few facts will help him. The, public debt of Indiana at the close of the year 1S72 was $1,003,930.37, of which 3,903,90S.3 consisted of the nonnegotiable bonds issued to the school fund by an act of the Legislature of 18, the money which they represented being used to pay maturing improvemenubonds which were issued years before the advent of the Republican party. Of the remaining $702,024 all but $129,000 of war loan was also Issued to meet liabilities contracted prior to ISii and in the adjustment of State stocks in 1S17. Therefore, In 1872, all of the debt for which Republicans could be held responsible was the war bonds, amounting to $139,000. Since 1873 the Republicans have not had a positive majority in both branches of the Legislature, and, for that reason, are not responsible for the increase of - the debt. When Gov. Matthews came into office the Scale Auditor's report gave the State debt at $3,830,613, an increase of $4,224,683 since 1873, when Republicans ceased to be responsible for the management of State affairs in a legislative capacity. That is, the part of the pres-, ent public debt which was in force when the Democrats came into legislative control in 1S73 was contracted before the advent of the Republican party, and the Increase since that date Is due entirely to Democratic management. The Journal hopes that Governor Matthews can grasp these facts and make a truthful statement, and thus distinguish himself from the Green Smiths and others of his party. In this connection there iai one matter which Governor Matthews could explain in a manner to interest the people. A member of the Governor's family charged that the person in charge of . the southern penitentiary was totally unfit for the position. He made those charges from personal observation. An investigation followed. In his testimony the warden confessed that he sold the labor, of nearly . a .hundred prisoners 'to the lowest, bidder and that he charges the State $20 every time he visits Indianapolis In an official capacity, when riding on a railroad pass. That officer has time and again certified that the expense of taking prisoners to the penitentiary was three or four times above the actual cost, so as to enable sheriffs to grab fees. The records show that this, same warden certified that a large quantity of brick contracted for had been delivered In order that the contractor might get the pay, when, as a matter of fact, the delivery was not made for months. And yet, with thesi indisputable facts before him. Governor Matthews has retained this confessedly dishonest official as warden. Why has he doneXlt? Is it because even other Democrat whom he might select would soon be guilty of similar irregularities? ' THE SEXT1XEL AXD MIL VOOIUIEES. Now that it is evident that the Sentinel is seeking to lead Mr. Voorhees and his friends to believe that It is supporting the Democratic. tariff and income-tax law. It will be well to remind them of the aspersions whicfi that organ has cast upoa the Senator and tjie' tax measure which he defends. In an editorial of March 22, 1891. relative to the measure which it, had stigmatized as the "defiled tariff bill." . the Sentinel said of Mr.. Voorhees: i. He holds the situation In his hands. In the secret councils of his subcommittee false and recreant Democratic Senators have forced provisions into the Senate bill which are utterly at variance with Mr. Voorhces's platform. There, for example, is the disgraceful extension of five years for the payment of taxes to the Whisky Trust. It brings no revenue to the government. On the contrary, it takes revenue from the government. How the farmers of Indiana would like to have five years' time on their taxes, and the taxes becoming smaller every year. Hut they cannot have a day's extension. Cut this "legalized looter." the Whisky Trust, Is to be Kiven five years. But Mr. Voorhees was not moved by the Sentinel. It does not move him to indignant protest that he is made the cham pion of the Whisky Trust. April 3. 1801, after Mr. Voorhees had presented the finance committee bill to the Senate the Sentinel said: - Trie itpeec'n delivered by Mr. Voorhees In the Senate, yesterday, marks another tlercent Into the mire of protectionism and corporate greed. Yesterday he appeared as the defender of these Iniquities and made himself responsible for them. Not a word did he utter in condemnation of the favors shown to the augar. whisky, iron end coal trusts. He apologized for them on the floor of the Senate. He argued to the country that they were wise and beneficent provisions. He parailed the general tax on sugar as a desirable source of revenue, commended by years of Democratic advocacy. Very few Democrats have questioned that. Under the gloss of these benefits, provided by real friends of tiriff refo;m. lie the OBNOXIOUS SENATE AMENDMENTS FAVORING THE TRUSTS. There Is no revenue In them. There I no benefit to the country or to the r-Pl In them. Des Mr. Voorhees pretend to say to the people of this country that ther is any desirable revenue in the COUNTY THOSE AMENDMENTS GIVE TO THE SUGAR TRUST? The increasea tax on whisky, coupled with the extension of time, will not produce any additional revenue at all. It Is practically certain that it will result in an actual loss of revenue on account of the shrinkage during stcrage. The foregoing are simply sentences addressed to Mr. Voorhees by the Sentinel. Has not the senior Senator seen this charge that he has descended Into the mire? Has his attention never been called to the fact that the Sentinel practically accuses him of being the champion of the Whisky Trust? Again, the Sentinel aesalled the bill for

which Mr. Voorhees voted and to which he gave his assent as a mcmWr of the finance committee, as follows: If the House shall surrender, on what can the party stand? Most certainly it cannot stand successfully on the Gorman measure. It cannot offer that miserable defense that "no great measure was ever adopted without compromise." That means compromise .of conflicting principles. There is no conflict of principles here. IT IS A CONFLICT OF PRINCIPLE WITH GREED. WITH

LAWLESSNESS. WITH METHODS WHICH ARE PLAINLY DESTRUCTIVE TO POPULAR GOVERNMENT. SUCH COMPROMISE IS ABHORRENT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. The Sentinel has not apologized for these charges of corrupt purpose on the part of Senator Voorhees, and the Senator has not made defense . or explanation. Will Senator Voorhees go through the campaign with these charges of the Sentinel standing against him? Silence is consent. Can the Senator be silent? TUB RAPID EAPAXSIOX OF COIN. The main argument of those who demand the free coinage of silver in this country is that the demonetization of silver has caused such a shrinkage . in the world's money as to bring about a general fall of prices. They tell us that wheat Is low because sliver is no longer free money, and not because the world's wheat crop has been, for four years, from fifty to two hundred ' million bushels in excess of the demand. Cotton, they say, is cheap because of silver restriction and not because the crop has been Increasing or that there is a surplus. If this were true wages should have fallen, but, as a matter of fact, wages advanced In this country until the election of 1892. But it is not true that the volume of silver money has been shrinking. On the contrary, its use as legal tender has Increased during the past ten years more rapidly than at any other period, despite Its nominal demonetization. The annual report of the Director of the Mints for the yea r3 1SS3 and 1SD3 show that, during the Intervening, decade the volume of silver and gold money in the world's thirty-eight principal countries has Increased. In 1883, the silver money In existence was $2,711,0O0,0O', while in 1S93 the amount was $4,042,000,000. Here is an expansion of $1,329,000,000 in ten years. This Is an increase of nearly 50 per cent. The Social Economist, edited by Henry Gunton, who cannot be accused of belonging to the "gold clique," commenting -upon these figures, says: In view of the actual silver inflation, the various demonetizing acts concerning silver can no more be charged with lowering prices of commodities than an act prohibiting the use of liquors could be charged with some generpl hygienic effect, good or bad, upon the public health, when it appeared that, notwithstanding this prohibitory act, three times the usual quantity of liquors had been made and drunk. So far a prices could have been affected bythe actual, co.'nage of silver between 1SS3 and 1S93. they ought to have risen, for In that period an addition of almost actually bO per cent, was made to the world's volume of silver co'nage, and, so far as our own country Is concerned, this added silver coinage actually circulates through sliver certificate!. Not only has the coinage of gold In all countries Increased from year to year, but the output of the gold mines the past four years removes all fears that there will not be enough of it, with the use made of silver, for the world's money. These figures are remarkable: the output of gold In 1890 was valued at $118,819,000, while during 1S93 it rose to $133,521,700 or a little over 30 per cent. Now that gold is in greater demand, the ingenuity of man will be directed to its production. In view of such facts as the increase of the volume of silver money 50 per cent, in a decade tnd gold bullion 30 per cent, in four years, the cause of low prices must be sought in some other direction. The chief cause is the temporary overproduction of certain great staples. OVERCROWDING THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS. The overcrowding of the schools "of the city In grades lower than the High School, the providing of outside quarters for a part of the overflow and the difficulty experienced by the superintendent and teachers in the effort to relieve the pressure by transferring pupils from one district to arother create a situation hat is its own commentary on the peculiar methods of the School Board. The High School has sufficient accommodations for present needs and is likely to have room to spare when the new manual training school is opened, but nevertheless the board has seen fit to buy an addition to the High School grounds at a cost of $120,000. In the district north of Fall creek, now being so rapidly built up. the residents were led to expect that their children would be furnished wPh comfortable and convenient quarters before cold weather. Ground was purchased some time since, but the plan to build has been postponed indefinitely or until funds are available. Meanwhile two schools are crowded into the little frame building meant for a future school Janitor's residence and two others are in rooms over a drug store and with no play ground but the public street. Advanced pupils are compelled to travel two miles for instruction, that being the distance to the nearest building which contains their grade. It is far more important that pupils of the primary and other lower grades be given educational advantages than that the possible wants of high school students be considered if both cannot receive equal attention. The great majority of children do not reach the advanced grades, but end their school training at an earlier period. The foundation of learning is always the most essential part, and when the training of three or four years constitutes the beginning and the end of formal education it is so much the more Important that no hindrance be placed In the way of any child. It is well understood that the finances of the board are in bad shape, and the temporary accommodations and other makeshifts In various districts would have been excused by the public on the ground of economy and necessity and would not have been criticised had not the extravagant and reckless Rlcketts purchase destroyed the shadow of an excuse. As matters now stand the public must necessarily distrust every move the present School Board makes and have the feeling that its acts are not meant primarily for the general benefit. If organization can accomplish the purpose the rising generation will not be lacking in patriotism. A dozen societies, among j Which may be mentioned the Colonial I' Dames. Sons and Daughters of the Revolu

tion and the Sons of Veterans, have as one of their chief alms the inculcation and stimulation of a spirit of patriotism in the youth of the country. The Patriotic League is another of these. It was formed three years ago, but has lately taken on new life and will make a formal and energetic effort to educate young people to be good citizens. The officers of the league estimate that "the 20,000,000 young people in the United States will soon represent the American Nation. They believe that definite preparation for responsibility in national life is needed for the success of popular government. On this theory offices have been established, literature of an educational character will be circulated and a systematic effort made to train the new. generation to love their country and its institutions and t6 teach them the highest ' principles of their form of government. It is an admirable undertaking, and in view of the great number of ignorant foreign immigrants whose children can hardly be expected to acquire patriotism from the air it may be regarded as a much needed society. Very properly its headquarters are established in New York city, where the field for patriotic effort is certainly broad. . . . . The Linton Call, of last vreek, Will Yakey, "sole editor and publisher," contained the following announcement:

Wool is a better price now than it has been for two years,vand under the Senate bill, too. The above is a sample of the stupid lies which a class of Democratic organs are publishing. Scoured wool averages 30 cents a pound less than It did In September, 1892, and for all grades of raw wools prices are from 9 to 11 cents less than in 1SD2 a fact which, every man in Indiana who has a sheep knows. Mr. Bynum first made this statement, but people should not be absurd because he Is. The fact that the sales of wool during the last .two weeks, according to Dun's review, aggregated only half as much as during the two corresponding weeks of 1S92 shows that free wool has not stimulated consumption in this country. The Toronto Globe, a Canadian paper, recently had an article on the prospects of trade with the United States, which contained the following paragraph: There seems to be a prospect for at least a partial revival of the American demand for Canadian barley. In consequence of the McKinley tariff our export of that grain to the United States fell from 6.434.SU0 bushels in 189 to 638,273 bushels In 1893. Horses, flax, bean3, vegetables of various kinds and hay are articles on which the duties have been lowered, and there will likely be more or less improvement in the profits to be derived from raising all these articles. No practical farmer will forget that to the extent the lower duties of the Democratic tariff law let in Canadian products, to the same extent American fanners are displaced. A New York. woman who was about to enter a carriage which made part of a funeral cortege caught the hand of a thief Just as it was entering her pocket. Instead of screaming or losing her presence of mind she turned upon the wretch, grabbed him by the collar and, with the remark, "I don't care if this is a funeral; it will have to wait for me," she boxed the thief's ears vigorously before a policeman came and took him away Women are tender, emotional creatures, -but ia. emergencies they rise superior evetrto funerals. ' The Michigan woman who stopped saying her prayers at her bedside long enough to reach for her revolver and shoot her husbard dead in mistake for a burglar was evidently one of those Interesting but unsafe persons who shoot by faith and not by sight. ;v - . The evangelistic campaign will open in this city in November. It will be an auspicious time. The political campaign will be over, the Republican ticket elected, and the community In a . thankful and pious frame of mind. Judge Carter, as he is sure to be, was made a native of Ohio by the imaginative reporter. A native-born Hoosler, he knows of no better State to hail from or be born in than Indiana. BUBBLES I THC AIR. His Affinity. He And am I really and truly the only man you ever loved? She Well er I never had It seem so easy before. And Trouble Folio red. "Did you make a hit with that red tennis blazer of yours down, on the farm?" ' 'Did I? It struck the bull's eye the first time I wore it." The AVnlchrann. "Watchman, tell us of the night?" Thus did, the tenor roar; And across the street from the factory There came an answering snore. Snd Mistake. "If It were not so childish and out of date I could take a real good cry," said the woman with the short hair. "Whit is the matter, dear?" "I wore my husband's vest down town shopping yesterday, by mistake, and there were three great big cigars sticking out of the top pocket. I never noticed it till I got home." ABOUT PEOPLE AND TIIING3. An enterprising firm in Palestine does a prosperous business by bottling water from the Jordan and selling It in various parts of the world for use in the cfhurches. When Miss TlIHe Ashley, the champion oars woman of Connecticut, wears' her boating costume she still has some clothes on, but not too many to prevent a modest man from blushing when he looks at her. The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, now on a foreign tour, writes thus to a friend in Brooklyn: "To-day all New Zealand is rejoicing that the American Congress has put ! wool on the free list, and the value of the sheep on all these hfilsides is augmented." Bishop William Boyd Carpenter, of Rlpon, England, is the court preacher. A story Is told of him that when he was asked how he managed to address so exalted a personage as the sovereign and yet maintain his composure he replied that he never addressed her at an. lie Knew there would be present the Queen, the princes, the household, the servants, down to the scullery maid. "And." said the Bishop, "I preach to the scullery , maid, and the Queen understands me." Surgery's discovery of a way to obliterate facial blemishes has given the European detecttve forces a great deal of difficulty in locating well-known criminals. By thee operations the whole character of the facial expression Is sometimes changed by a few deft jabs of a lancet. The wounds heal In a very short time, and In most cases can never be noticed. The criminal fraternity are not slow to take hold of this knowledge, and, in consequence, the descriptions in the possession of the detectives cannot always be depended upon. When Mr. Robert Bonner was at Buf falo during the circuit meeting, the Kttle bay gelding Robert J., champion pacer, was led out upon the floor of the barn. He looked at him critically and remarked: "A very speedy form, but he is badlv over in the knees." "Yes," replied Mr. Hamrln, "his forelegs are bent, but as

he was born that way I have faith in them. They are different from legs sprung by overwork." The owner of Sunol and Maud S. agreed with the owner of Fantasy, and now that Robert J. holds the pacing record, his faulty legs may become fashionable. Fraulein Alice, the popular actress of Berlin, announces her coming marriage In this way through the press: "To all my friends and acquaintances I desire herewith to make known that I am about to appear in a new character, which I 'have never yet performed. The drama is called 'Marriage ('Die Ehe'). The part of the hero will be taken by Herr Hans E . Upon him depends whether the play will be a comedy or a tragedy. It will certainly not be a farce, for we are both of us terribly in earnest. Besides, all my married friends tell me that In 'Marriage' there is nothing to laugh at." SHREDS AXE PATCHES.

A woman who can sharpen a lead pencil properly has her good points. Chicago Tribune. Coxey's congressional boom sesms to have struck a hard roads movement Washing ton Post. The most successful performances lately have been those of the Mikado. Baltimore American. The sugar planters of Louisiana are rais ing Cain in the Democratic party. New lork Recorder. It's for astronomers to explain why a comet has a tall and the Dog star hasn't. Philadelphia Times. After wiping up the earth with China, Japan is disposed to act likewise on the water. Philadelphia Times. It begins to look as if the Mikado thought of taking a house in Pekln early next spring. St. Louis Republic. After a man has been engaged two months he walks ahead of his girl as though, married to her. Atchison Globe. This old world is so full of tmutv mat a man has to shut his eyes and walk in the nighttime not to sea it. Atlanta Constitu tion. "What are the relations now between your wife and yourself?" "Oh, only her mother, two uncles, a sister and a few cousins." Detroit Free Press. ClaraWere there any marrying men down at the beach this summer? CoraYes, there wen two ministers and. a justice of the peace. Yonkers Statesman. Marion Crawford Is said to have ; one of the largest private libraries In existence. He has probably kept at least one copy of each of his novels. New York World. FUNDS TO DRAW UPON COUNCIL PASSES AMENDED APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE. Only $7,000 for Garfield Park Street Repair Fund Also Reduced Mr. Raali'N Reiiolution. AtVthe special meeting of the Council last night the appropriation ordinance was passed after being amended according to the recommendations of the finance committee. The proposed amendments of the committee caused considerable discussion in the Council, especially upon the Garfield rark and vapor light amendments. The sections of the ordinance amended are Sections 1, 8, 23 and 29, under the heading, "Department of Public Works." Section 1 was as follows: "For the maintenance and tepalr of streets, Including street repair pay roll, the sum of $45,000." It was amended by adding the words, "which sum shall Include the sum In the city treasury on the 'first day of January, 1SS3, derived from the vehicle tax or . vehicle license tax, said sum so found to be In the city treasury derived from such' source on said day being hereby appropriated, together with a sum sufficient to make the whole sum appropriated in this Item $45,000." Item eight was as follows: "For the maintenance and Improvement of Garfi?ld Park the sum of $10,000." It was amended so as to make the appropriation $7,000. Section 28 read: "For vapor lights the sum of $G,C0O." It was amended by adding the words: "But this appropriation is not to be taken or deemed as a ratification of any contract or alleged contract heretofore entered into by the Department of Public Works of said city which may not have been authorized by. previous appropriations therefor or by other action of this Council." Section 29 was amended by adding the same words. All of the amendments recommended by the committee were adopted. The first of the amendments was adopted without debate, but the others produced a spirited discussion. This was especially true of th Garfield Park appropriation, which was cut uown. When tnis amendment wa3 read Mr. Drew arose and quoted statistics showing the amount of money which had been expended on this park by the city to be nearly a half million dollars. He then said: "If a business man purchases an article and afterward sees that it is not what he thought he does not sit calmly down and lose what he has invested, lie Invests more money and tries to make something out of the purchase or save a part of what he has invested. This park is not a South-side park, as has been said; it is a park that belongs to the whole people. If it was properly fixed up it would be visited as much or more than any park in the city. It is said that we onght to wait till we have better fire and police protection before we spend money on prka. I take Issue with those making such statements. I think money expended for that park would be well expended. It Is also said that we ought to wait till we have better street-car accommodation for the park. This I do not think need be, but I think $7,000 is sufficient for all that Is needed at tne park. Mr. Koehring said the street-car company would build Its lines to the park as soon as it was put in such shape that it would attract the people and make It profitable to the company to extend its lines. Mr. Young said he would favor a larger appropriation if the city had a park commissioner, and Mr. Raun also said he would then favor a larger appropriation. The amendment to the vapor light section provoked some opposition. Mr. Young cojected to this appropriation for the reason that the city attorney had held the contract with, the vapor light company to be invalid,. He said the threatened litigation was not to be feared because, while the city charter was new. it was to be expected that ittigat'on would arise upon it and the sooner all questions relating to the charter 'were settled and the city knew exactly what Its powers were the better it would be for the city. He said the price appropriated for vapor lights would pay for eighty electric lights, and he favored cutting off the vapor lights altogether. He was not sustained by a majority of the Council, however. The amendment to the appropriation for the gas lights was the same as that to the appropriation for the vapor lights. When it came to the vote upon tne appropriation ordinance Mr. Young voted against it. saying in explanation that he was opposed to voting for the fulfillment of any invalid contract made by the last Board of Public Works. The following resolution was Introduced, just prior to adjournment, by Mr. Rauh: "Resolved. That the finance committee be and is hereby directed to take under consideration the advisability and practicabliity of the city, at an early period, purchasing from the Indianapolis Water Company its buildings, machinery, pipe and corporate rights and privileges, pursuant to the option reserved to the city by the contract with said company, and make such recommendations in the premises as may be deemed to the interest of the city. The. Mayor and city attorney are requested to act with said committee." MM BM1 M aMl Celebrated Emnnclption Day. A large crowd of colored people gathered at Simpson's Chapel, on Howard street, last night to celebrate Emancipation day. The programme was lengthy, and those that spoke discoursed on the life of Abraham Lincoln and others that helped to give them their freedom. The progress of the colored people as a race was also discussed. Among those that spoke were: W. A. Sweeney, J. I). Blair. Mrs. S. E. Hill, J. H. Ballard. C. H. Stewart, Thomas Fox. George W. Cable and O. A. Williams. Though Emancipation day is really Sept. 22. yet it 13 rarely celebrated on that day. It la celebrated by many on Jan. 1 and April 9, In addition to Sept. 24. Early Mnrrlnjre In Clinton. The Clinton county birth' returns for the quarter ending last June show that seven teen fathers and nineteen mothers Wcra under twenty years of age. . .

RIVALS THE J30RGIAS

PROFESSOR REAUIHGARD, "WHO SLEW HIS GUESTS WITH BACILLI. Had Cholera Germn Froien In Ice Which He Served In Drink Suicide on the Eve of Ills Conviction. New York Herald. Information has Just reached here, through the medium of private letters from Buenos Ayres, of one of the most remarkable murder cases the history of criminal procedure contains. It created much excitement in the Argentine Republic, and Is still a lively topic of conversation. The papers of the United States have evidently not learned of It, for no reference ha3 been seen In them concerning Its occurrence. The man guilty of the crimes, the unparalleled ingenuity he displayed and all 'the surroundings of the incident would have made it a cause celebre if it had taken place in any North American or European city. The accused was a man of unusual attainments, scholarly and courtly, thoroughly in touch with all the requirements of polite socletj, a finished linguist and an admirable entertainer. He had long been regarded as one of the most capable and brilliant of experimentalists; his work in the laboratory was widely famous in Its marvelous results, and his lectures on pathological subjects were the popular feature of the Ecole de Medicin of Buenos Ayres. He was far in advance of Koch in his bacterial explanation of disease, and his demonstrations, carried on in the presence of the class, were of the most interesting, as well as the most convincing description. But all that was now In the past. Trof. Beaurigard stood in the dock accused of multitudinous murders murders so mysterious as to give no clew whatsoever to the prosecution, and yet the circumstances were such as not only to warrant suspicion but arrest. The trial had been set down for several definite dates, but upon their recurrence a postponement had been granted on the application of the prosecution, with the assurance that It was not yet ready to proceed, as Its evidence had not been entirely secured. Finally, the counsel for the prisoner Insisted upon a hearing, and as public clamor had been aroused the judge indicated a final date and insisted that the state should then be prepared to proceed or the action discontinued. THE CASE OPENED. The day for the trial was reached, and the capital was on tiptoe, the court room was crowded and those of the curious who were unable to gain an entrance stood about the corridors of the Palal3 and even out into the courtyard discussing the probable outcome and gathering such scraps of information as was possible from those who had worked their way into the crowded room and escaped from it again. In opening the case the prosecuting attorney eloquently presented his version of the affair, detailed the incidents so far as the government had been able to discover any and made the best possible argument from very meager material. His story, shorn of the legal verbiage that confused the details of the indictment and given merely as the jury heard it, told of the Professor's extraordinary mental gifts, his high standing, his long service in the cause of education, and then plunged into an attempt to attach to the prisoner responsibility for the unaccountable deaths of some fifteen Individuals. Tne only chain that appeared to link the prisoner with the crimes was the fact that ne had enjoyed personal acquaintance with the deceased, had been on what might be called intimate relations with them, and a social entertainment, taking the form of a savory participation,, had. In each Instance, preceded the deaths by about twenty-four nours. The Professor was famous for his dinners his petit carre, he called them for he never invited more than three guests, and the quartet, he maintained, made Just the suitable number. There was not to be had finer cooking In Paris than the host laid before his friends upon these occasions. His chef and his butler were experts, and it was a gastronomic success from the imported oysters to thr , trapped creme de roenthe. These dinners were now figuring in an uninviting light. From the peaceful offering of one friend to another they had become, by the process of reasoning in the prosecuting attorney's mind, the instrument of removal of these fifteen missing people. And yet the cause of death as testified to by the physicians conducting the autopsy on the bodies was variously cholera, yellow fever or some other recognized disease that certainly could not be employed or be brought about at the caprice of one murderously inclined to act upon his victim. The prosecuting attorney was forced to admit, that the autopsy, had shown no poison, but on the contrary had clearly shown an active disease that could not prevail with the violence indicated and have any other than a fatal result. Nor could he show any reason appearing to ba good why the death of these particular persons should have been desired, and what advantage the professor derived from the crime. PROSECUTION PUZZLED. It was apparent to the audience that the prosecution was floundering about hoping to discover something, but without any well-defined ideas of what it might be. The prisoner answered the questions of the court satisfactorily, and a witness was introduced who testified to certain remarks on the part of the Professor raade at various times to the effect that all the poisoners of the world from BorgU to the De Medici were bunglers, amateurs, tyros; that he could kill a city ull of persons and it would never be discovered. mat was the nearest approach to criminating evidence produced, and the contemptuous smile of th attorney for the defense was redected on the faces of the great public in the room as It was being given. A murmur went through the crowd and the 6tate rested its case. Amid a profound silence the counsel for the prisoner arose and moved for the discharge of his client on .the ground that nothing had been proved against him. The president evidently believed theoretically in the guilt of the accused, but he could find no reasonable excuse for denying the motion to dismiss. He hesitated, glanced at his notes, made a feint of referring to some documents upon "his desk, gave a slight preliminary cough and had resigned, himself to the inevitable and resolved to speak when a clerk from the prosecuting attorney's office forced his- way hurriedly through the crowd and held an excited conversation in whispers with hl chief. The president waited until the conference was concluded, upon which Hie prosecuting attorney, in tones marked by almost uncontrollable excitement, requested the Indulgence of the court for a few moments, as he had Just received Rome Rtartlinjs' information .hicei would require Immediate investigation, and to give him time to do this he asked a recess for fifteen minutes. The court gran-ted the request and the prosecuting attorney withdrew with his clerk. vithin the time specified the attorney reappeared at the door of the Judge's roam, accompanied by a little frightened Spaniard, who pointed eagerly toward the Professor and then dived back Into obscurity. The Professor's eyes met those of the new actor In the tragedy, and as he did his face paled, he trembled in his seat and would have fallen had It rot been for his counsel. who sprang to his support. Then another murmur ran through the court room, but this time it was one of surprise. It was clear that the sympathies of the audience, a few moments .before with the prisoner, were now wavering, for the audience could not comprehend what was going on. GUILT ON HIS FACE. The effect upon the Professor was appar ent, and it was that which had, perhaps only for the Instant, diverted the current of the prevailing, sentiment. It was one of those moments when excitement is, with difficulty, suppressed, and when everyone is looking forward to some great development, the nature of whUh canus. even be con lectured. The prosecuting attorney hu rled back to his place and announced to the court that he had been called to take the confession of an accomplice of the Professor, and, as the investigation in connection with it would require a few hours he asked an adjournment until the following morning. The prisoner's counsel made vigorous objecU5n to this, but it was granted, and the im mense crowd, with sem!ng reluctance, left the .Palais in evident regret that it could not be taken Into the confidence of the ' prosecuting attorney befo- t --t dv The following morning the Professor was found dead in hU cell, Khkd y . t , poison successfully concealed by him m a I diminutive golden capsule crowded Into a

hollow tooth, and which had thus escaped the usual keen eye of the Jailer. Death was a confession of guilt. But how explain the guilt? That was a question sufficienty strong to bring together such a crowd of sightseers as never before gathered In that capacious building. Men nnl women fought with each other and with the guards to gain entrance to the court room. Elaborate fiounc- of rich silk and great pieces of cheap material were torn from the dresses cf the women; hats wero crushed, coats Irremediably rippd. umbrtdlas. canes, parasols dracced from the bands

of their owners to be tramnIM tml-r foot, smashed, trodden Into ribbons and .tier ?pi up wnn tne rubbish. When the flutter of exr.eotati.-m h.-tA ..-n su JTPreFFed anil the warrlnir Invars nf the door had been cowed by the drawn SWCrds of the nollre the rtrnspriiMnc ntf.-r-ney arose Flowly and with, due impressiven in nis place ana announced the death . V. 1 . of This beine the first official rmhlltlrtn ef the traeedv. It rfliisnl n Inn r-n n n . Clamation frn m trio a tkI i An rc- on,4 ft rM7f lnOf Whispers, both rf which uoro rmlv tnn. ressed finally by vigorous rapping for rer bV the mifl n! Tho full affat -,f thli de announcement, however, was unhappily us,L. iur me situation had been anticipated by rumors of th siiri,i tvia vi.i ir. m inexplicable manner rnrh1 tho ttrcoti and the breakfast tables almost slmultaneusiy wun us discovery. THE ACCOMPLICE'S STORY. Hesitating a moment, that this first dra matic situation might have ample time to develop, the prosecuting attorney played his second card. He placed in the witness box the diminutive, frightened Spaniard, whose appearance at the judge's private" room the previous day produced such an effect upon the Professor. ' Under the skillful but encouraging questions of .the presi dent the little man told his story, whlcla ran about like this: I filled the IKJSltiotl of hlltW tn tmfa. sor Beaurigard, and for many years I supervised the dinners he gave, and to my expert knowledge of the proper manner of serving and the most frrtK-i a of the table, much of the success that tlenoea tnose entertainments was. due. "While the Professor had already passed much of his time In his laboratnrv. I nrt. tlced an Increase in the hours fo devoted aunng tne iat twelve months, and I frequently heard him talk of his sa far o re discoveries in disease termsbacilli, h called them. I noticed also his introduc tion or new instruments in his work, among others a small water freezer, wherein he made Ice, a branch of experiments I never knew him to employ before. me I'roreesor bad, previous to this. In no way, and at no time, ever interfered with my duties at all, nor had he ever considered it necessary to look after any of the dinner details, having full confidence in mv rirofe began to do so, and ft. was this first aroused my svuspjaon ana prompted me to take especial note of his actions. At eacn dinner given to parties of three, WhO died twentv-fonr hnnra af'iir ifh !-.. fessor excused himself Just after the coffee, and going to his laboratory would return I, , . . my Pan'irr, onng with him a biOCk Of Ice from. hi frcwTr -a L- i into mall pieces with his own hand and tx i - . ... . mi unre- oi me glasses wun it, bidding me pour In the creme de menthe and serve. He n PVPr rlrank ht vrnn Hii -v.n tented himself with a second cognac. Thus l caa my suspicion aroused, and when the I'rof eSOr. t t h last dinner noHortt rt throw away the ice left over, as ihad ever been his custom, I put all that was left in a bottle and when it melted it gave onl en offensive odbr. and so yesterday I brought rt to the prosecuting attorney. inat is ail x Know. Tho Ilttlo hlltiAr loft t ha ultnomi .n,1 his place was taken byone of the leading chemists of the city. His story was this: "inis ooitie or water, from frozen ice, was brought me last night by Senor Salveter. the nrosecutinc attorn v. fur n i wsis. I detected its offensive odor and de voted the entire night to its chemical study. I find, after thorough examination, that it is a liviner mass of cholera frm or bacilli, which were originally obtained irom active cnoiera ana frozen. The freezing in no way interfered with their activity or poisonous power, and at once upon their being introduced Into the human svstem, either by the Individual eating the Ice or drinking the water which had melted from it, they came again to life and the party died' within a few hours from violent Asiatic cholera." As the doctor stepped down the prosecuting attorney arose and said: "Mr. President, we have discovered th source of death. The butler Is blameless, for he was an unconscious accomplice. The reason for the crime can only be that th Professor desired to verify his experiment! upon his guests." v ALLEGED BUIBEUY. Grand Jury Ciiarsred with Corruption and Forced to Invest ig-ate Itself. PITTSBURG, Sept. 21. The grand jury has begun the investigation of charges of corruption made against its membtrs In open court, John Murphy, chief of "public safety of Allegheny City, ws charged with receiving bribes from , keepers of gambling and disorderly houses. When the matter went before the grand Jury It was ignored by a vote of 11 l IL Attorney II. Rowand then went before Judge Mageo and alleged that members of the grand Jury, whose names he d!J not give, had been ocrrupted by the defence with gltta of office and cash. When called upon for affidavits ihe claimed to have refused to surrender them. This morning foremanGeorge Burblck, in an address to the grand Jury, stated that Mr. Rowand' would have to apiear and make good his charges or admit their falsity. In the meantime District Attorney Rurlelgh presented a petition to court anking that Rowand be compelled to produce evidence in his possession bearing upon the matter. GENEUAL EZET.VS I'LAXS. The Snlvndorlnn Reported to HnTa Gone to Jlexleo to Rftlne un Army. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2L-Gen. Antonio Ezeta and his attorneys, Messrs. Rubens and De Quesada, have left surreptitiously for Mexico. They had bought their tickets secretly the night before. So careful were they in their efforts to deceive the public that even after they had bought their railway transportation they g.ive out to the press that they would not leave here for several days. General Ezeta was to stay In San Francisco for a week, and the attorneys said they would not depart till next Wednesday, when they would leave direct for New York. The General and his servant and the two New York attorneys quietly left the hotel in a carriage an hour before the regular time of departure of the train. They cros.-ed to the Oakland pier ahead of the regular passengers and sought the privacy of their sleepers. Those who soma days ago obtained an Intimation of the natu f the telegrams flyir.g between her ai exico say they gathered that the conr 'cn of all Central America with Mex1 j being considered, furthermore, that ,s Intention was to ralfe an army . and proceed at once to oast his enemies. Whether It was to regain poKc-si.jii of tialvador only or to effect a union of som-5 sort, of which he has Ion? di?amed. Is not known. But there Is little doubt that it is one or the ether. Lie it.-Col. Juan Cienfuegos, the young: refugee whose extradition to San Salvador on a charge of attempted murder has teen ordered by Judge Morrow, says he is confident of regaining freedom as soon as the case is brought before the President, and declares that he will commit suicide rather than be extradited. "I expect to b fr in four or five days," said Oenfueyo. in Spanish. '"I will die a thousand (tenths rather than go back to San Salvador." When asked what he would do if hi had to go. he replied: "I mot certainly would take my life rather than have my enemies, who are waiting to assassinate me, get a chance to triumph over rue Little Hope for CIcnfnrRo. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Ge:ieral Ezeta's proposed Intervention In behalf of CoL Cienfuegos, who was held by Judge Morrow for extradiiion on a charge of murder. Is likely to prove fruitless. While the Secretary of State Is not absolutely bcuni t grant extradition papers by the action of a United Stares commissioner or court, his power to revise their findings is rarely exercised, and only in cafes where a very strong case is made oat for the. accused or new evidence is presented. Tne hearing before Judge Morrow la regarded as having been very full and fair, and it is extremely improbable that anything that Gtnerai Ezeta can adduce will move the S:ate Department to refase the extradition of Cienfuegos. Tvco Jiore- t'orewpondent. WASHINGTON. Sept. 21. fhe attorneys on behalf of Charles GlaeocA. In hia uit for divorce against his wife, naming Senator Stewart as coresponjent. have asked leave to Include the alii davits offered by Senator Stewart as evidence of the inut.acv of Mrs. Glascock with W. R. Ahidl and James S. Cobb, mentioned in tiio affidavits, these twt persons thus bii;:g brought into the care a ajuitJoaal cv-respondents.