Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1895 — Page 3

IBE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, 3ICXNDAY, FEBRUARY." 2o, 1895.

The New York Store Established 1853. ; , , MEN A re you in need of Shirts? Well, whether you are or not, It will pay you to attend our Annual Sale of Men's Shirts That begins this morning. Lay in a supply. You won't have another such m chance as this tor a year. As low as 29 cents for a Shirt. Others up to $1. All worth a great deal more. Will you be here? PettisDryOoodsCo AMUSEMENTS.

Gran el Oljra Xethernolo To-Mlit. Ml Hi Olga Nethersole, the English actress, wlu make Tier first appearance In Indianapolis this evening at the Grand as "Camflle." Before coming to America Miss Nethersole was a distinguished success in England and Australia, and has recently achieved a triumphant victory In New York. She was a revelation to the metropolitan theater-going public, for no actress so young, beautiful and original has appeared 1 In this country for years. She drew full (houses and received numerous recalls at every proformance. Miss Nethersole possesses the dramatic tempcrment without which no actress can be truly great, and has creative and executive ability of a high order. Her diction in faultless, her. grce of action is exquisite and her portrayals of character true to lire. She copies no one, and her delineations bear the Imvress solely of her own potent individuality. Her ubllltles are not limited to the personating of one character or one set of similar characters. She will 'be seen, in several inteoseiy emotional roles affording her an opportunity to display her wonderful vernatllity. Sho has proved herself a genius and a success beyond a doubt. Tuesday evenlptf "From Frjn" will be given. Wednesday matinee "Camilla" and Wednesday evening "The Transgressor." Miss Nethersole Is supported by Maurice Harrymore iirl a utrnnir nmrmiv - which niimhtra In vits ranks Kuch artists as Ytarton Hill. George Nash. J. J. Savtlle, J. ( Ruilestone, Miss Phillips and others. Mr. Harrymore is known as one of the best actors In America. K n r 1 1 nU'nfi t r o It's Vuatlev tiles. Stroh'a vaudevilles, .a strong variety organization, headed by F. VV. Stroh, who claims td be the champion light-weight dumbell lifter of the world, will be at Kngllsh's all this week. The prices have been mado very low for this engagement, tho best reserved seats selling for fW cents and the- rest of tho house for 'Si and 13 cents. In the company are Mile. Fougere, the famous French chansonette; th Bieketts, aerial artists; Harris and Walters, the Valdarr-s. Itl.iilo Fov, and the Vedder sisters, Kittle Clayton, Edward and .Josle Kvans, Thomson and Bunnell, and the Krannlgans. There will bo matinees Wednesday) and .Saturday... , .- (-- - -, rarkUira Kendall Tu-Dny. Ezra Kendall has heretofore played at Kngllsh's Opera House when visiting Indianapolis, He makes his first appearance nt the Park this afternoon in a "Pair of Kids." Ills performance is a Btrong one for a . jopiiIar-prlccd theater. Uesldes his nu'n tu1.M' fw. 1vjh fntltoil thaf nf h f iil . lowing clever artists, all popular in this city: Perkins ,I. Fisher, Ia-'o Ilarlman,, Jlurry Noblett, Frank Walton, Jennie Dunn, Agnes Carlton, J esse -llertman. Jean Del-' mar. The engagement Is for three days beginning with to-day's matinee. ' i:nilro "Koulli nvfore the War. Whallen and Martelle's ".South Before the War" will be the attraction' at the Empire this week, commencing1 matinee to-day There are more than seventy people In the company, and the show irt Its entirety is one of the best presentations of life on a plantation evef produced. The scenes and incidents uro laid in the colored quarters of a plantation during slavery days. While the principal characters are assumed by white people, realism is secured by the aid of fifty colored Jubilee singers and dancers, several yokes of oxen and a trick donkey. Everywhere the show has been given large houses have been the rule. Humor and pathos are well blended throughout the performance and romantic and Ppecuictiiar features tiua anumonai interest. There will be a grand cake walk at each ierformanco. A street parade will be given to-day. Louise llenudct Is T.altl I'p. CHICAGO, Feb. 24. The rumor circulated regarding tho Ktrandlng in this city of the Iiouiso Boaudet Opera Company is absolutely untrue, arising, no doubt, from tho fact that Miss Bcaudet was unablo to apScar at the mutinee on Washington's blrthay. Tho physician who has been in attendance on tho singer since Thursday advised her thut a rest w:u absolutely necessary, . : Damngei Promptly Paid. MILWAUKEE, "Wis., Feb. S3. Richard !Mansfleld, the actor, to-day received $2,500 from th Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul railroad as r settlement for the Injuries hia wife received in the Union Depot Monday when a switch engine crashed into his private car. . Note of the Stage The sale of seats for De Wolf Hopper's annual engagement at English's begins next Thursday morning. Mr. Hopper comes next Monday with his company for threo nights of hlH new opera "Dr. Syntax." . When Cora Urquhart Potter appeared as Cleopatra at Palmer' a Theater in New York six seasons ago. she introduced, as oven-body knows, a live asp that was supposed to poiwm her. Of course asp had understudies. After the run of the piece Mrs. Potter put the asp In charge of an animal keeper. Sh then sailed for South Africa and. made her tour of the world. She forfpt all about the asps. But on Monday, , . Feb. 18, when she began an engagement in New York, the preserver of the asps called and presented a bill for board and lodgings lor his charges for $387. He said they were all well and 'happy, Mrs. Potter paid (ho bill. . PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 21. Two weddings of prominent people are announced to be solemnized soon,, one in March and ono in June. The first is that of Miss Edna Walters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Walters, and Mr. Vincent O. Thompson, of Chicago; the other is that of Miss Florence Line, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. T.lne, and tho Rev. W. H. Wise, of Lafayette, a son of Commodore It. W. Wise, of Cincinnati. - DAVIS-NIXON. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.. TEURE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 21. Miss Marv Run Nixon, of Newport, and the Hon. Gra Davis, Representative of Vermillion, Vigo and Sullivan counties In the Legislature, were married, last evening at the home of the bride's father. R. II. .Nixon, the Newport banker. Mr. Davis was formerly a resident of Newport, and moved to this cf'..y several years ago. Tin- ChlrkumiiUKn Memorial. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: I see that the military committee have favorably reported on Senator Uoyd'a bill appropriating $.,9U0 for the erection of tablets and monuments for marking the position of Indiana's troops on the battlefield of Chlckamaupa. This bill shoulJ become a law. The amount asked for is reasonable, and the bill provides that those who may 'have charge of the work ehull setve without pay, other than their traveling expenses, and one member of the comniMsiou Phttll reMdo in each rongressioual district putting them in easy reach of all the military organization of the State. Ohio! Indiana and Illinois, In the order named.

furnished very nearly three-rquarters of all the I'nlon troops engaged In that great battle. Ohio has erected to each of her fiftyfive organizations a large granite monument for w hih she paid $90,000; Illinois has, now a Mil ust jready to pass appropriating $7.X - for the purpose of erecting monuments to her military organizations. Thd United States has monuments to all her regular organizations . as frrave many other States. Indiana cannot afford to be behind these great States. Fitty thousand dollar-, is not a" large price to pay to perpetuate for all time to come the history of Indiana's' noble sacrifice. These monuments will stand in company with like tokens of love f rod: Other great States, as silent messengers, telling of the heroic defense made by the soldiers of our proud Hoosier State to rave the life of this great Nation. They will teach a lesson of heroic and noble daring of -.men whose blood crimsoned -the sides of the wooded slopes and many of them were left unburied by a cruel foe on the fated field of Chickamauga. They -will teach the generations yet to come the allImportant lesson of the twin guardians of our Republic, heroism and patriotism. The heroic men who "grimly held the lines for Thomas" on and around Snodgrass hill are fast passing- away. A newer generation of men, born for the most part since the trying scenes of the civil war, are now in charge of this Nation's destiny. To them the old soldiers appeal for proper and Just recognition. I hope that When wa meet in that park, next September, at the dedication of these beautiful and historical grounds, that there will be a sufficient advancement of the work In honor of our troops there engaged, to show that Indiana will not be behind in paying a tribute of love to the memory of her gallant men who

wiinngiy sacriuceu all . the comforts of home, and endured all the fearful privations of war, that her proud name might be enrolled as one of the most patriotic States In the Union. w. M. COCKRUM. Oakland City, Ind., Feb. 23. PARTISANISM IN POLITICS. An Armrnnieut Ilaaed on the Idea of Control by the Dominant Pnrty. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In the present vigorous, and timely discussion of what is called the "spoils system" the "partisan" element ; labor under soma disadvantages, aside from the merits of the principle Involved. First, the, sys tem as practiced In the past has been sometimes abused, and hence stands discredited. This fact has aided the "reformers" In creating the popular Impression that the chief motive of those who advocate party control Is neCesarily sordid, selfish, mercenary and unrepublican. They are forced to hear themselves constantly stigmatized as "spoilsmen." "offensive purtlsans" and the like, the inference and conclusion, being that all strict partisans have but one Incentive an unholy lust for "party spoils," unjustly and unpatriotically so-called. As a conscientious believer In majority control I wish to enter a protest against the violent assumption that because the Democratic party and the British nobility have abused their privileges, partisanlsrn Is therefore-" necessarily wicked, corrupt, nepotlstlc, vfcloua and devilish. I believe I express the ,sentlment of all earnest and intelligent partisans when I say their plea contemplates the only successful method of conducting popular government. ' In a series of articles In the Atlantic Monthly several years ago Mr. Oliver T. Morton made a Very able argument In support of ctvll-service reform, the merit plan of securing1 "nonpartisan appointments." But he failed In one very Important thing to make It . clear how a republic can be successfully. . "run" without the development and Judicious application of partisan methods and partisan spirit. Perhaps the limitations of his discourse would not permit him to adequately set forth the beauties and advantages of his "ideal republic." There is one thing, however, that should be plain to all: that this American Republic has flourished phenomenally under the so-called "spoils system," and that notwithstanding' the falsehoods and croaklngs of demagogues, mugwumps and alien Socialists our civil service has grown to be tho purest and best the world has ever known. The most sanguine of ua are apt to exaggerate our troubles, whether individual, domestic or pertaining to the public service. A while ago we were glad to pav half a dollar to ride In a hack from the station to our residences. The transfer facilities increased and we rode In a mule car for a nickel. Then we began to clamor for quicker service. The trolley system was Introduced. . Then . the bobtail car was denounced as a disgrace to civilization. It was promptly eliminated.. And now we are. growling about the 5-cent fare, and are lampooning the government because we have to pay 2 cents to send a letter from Kennebeo to San Francisco. The spirit of pessimism is abroad, and we ; may next look for the sklnny-visaged "reformer" to send a petition to the Lord demanding that He "get a move" on the slojv processes of evolution. The nonpartisan idea originated with a .coterie of political Pecksniffs who had already ceased to belle Ve in party organizations. All. their arguments tend to disintegrate parties, and hence are antagonistic to Republican methods. Who can imagine a republic without parties? And who can conceive of parties without partisan spirit? tnat is, strong convictions, leaderships, debates investigations. It is this spirit wheh incites the people to "read up" on questions whose solution would otherwise be left to professional politicians and tho expounders of Bellamistlc socialism. Partisan spirit has been, abused, distorted and misunderstood. Properly interpreted. It Implies conscientiousness as opposed to duplicity, loyalty as opposed to treachery, vlptlance as opposed to lethargy, and patriotism as opposed to nonpartfsanlsm. If parties grow Corrupt in a republic, it is the people's privilege and duty to make a change; and the legitimate fruit of such a system Is party emulation and party reform. If the defeat of a party incldentallv displaces some capable officials they should submit gracefully, foeling that their punishment is only vicarious, and nemembeilng, that plenty of. good men stand ready to Jill their places; anct this fact alone should Keep them and their mugwump sympathize ers from worrying about the public service. The writer is not much of an idealist, but he believes most sincerely that the time will come in this Republic when both Democrats and Republicans will understand that the most sensible as well as the most efliClcnt administration i. the one operated strictly on honorable . business principles, . and that the only way to secure an indefinite lease of power is to deserve it at the hands of tho people. I also hope to see the day when our civil-service, reformers will no longer be (logically) driven to the humlltatlnjf confession that the only way to make an official hoard discharge Its duties faithfully is to construct it upon the plan of setting a thief to catch a thief; that Is, putting one rascal on salary to watch another salaried rascal. I confess that I do not understand the term "nonpartisan" as recently applied In American politics. If placing' two members of the dominant party and one of the defeated party on a board does not make the board nonpartisan the word Is a misnomer. If one Democrat on such a board doesn't constitute a nonpartisan element the inference is that the two Republican members have absorbed his polity-Hl Individuality, which, God knows, wouldn't hurt him nor cripple the efficiency of the board. The fact Is, a strictly nonpartisan service would have to .be performed by political nondescripts; that is to say, mugwumps. And it Is generally conceded that a political eunuch is the most conspicuous type of Inefficiency to be found in a republic. -- In the present controversy the advocates of party control have 'been unfortunate in having the. Journal against . them, and still more at a disadvantage by reason of the popular interpretation (by perhaps- a majority of the State press) of the party's platform. The whole matter hinges on the exnct limitations of the term "nonpartisan." The Ru?hville CuntiiiRent has declared that the popular understanding is and has tUeen that a board composed of two members of the dominant party and one member of the defeated party would be a nonpartisan board. The strict constructionists deny this and assert- that the unequal representation on such a board would make it partisan, and that the only nonpartisan board is the one on which both parties" are equally represented. A member of the present Legislature has aptly suggested that the highest form of nonpartisan representation would make the board consist of one Republican, one Democrat, one mugwump, one Populist ana one i'roninuionist. And there you are. The question remain. Does a nonpartisan plank mean a nonpartisan board? But whatever be the solution of that Pickwickian-puzzle, experience has taught us one great fact, namely: That the safest board must have n ' working majority of Republicans upon it; and iot3 of people believe that that is exactly what the Indiana voters meant lat fall vhen they sent a strictlv "partisan" delegation to the Fifty-fourth Congress -. J. C. OCHILTREE. Indianapolis, Fet, 22. . The Planters' Hotel, St. Louis, completed and opened lst fall, is orw of the Hnest buddings of character In America. It is ten dories; hih. absolutely tire proof throughout, and the 2.0t,c"H expended by the compaii;, In ! erection and furnishing insures the comfort and welfare of its patrons. Se advertisement in, this Issue.

BUILDING PROSPECTS

D.VGEROl9 IR03T CORMCB WILL GIVE WAY TO TERRA COTTA. Tendency Sow Seems to He for FlrstCIaM Fire-Proof Bnlldlnsrs tvltu 'Little Ornamentation. Architect Louis If. Gibson -was asked in regard to the amount of building in prospect in the city and State. "While the general volume of the work will not be large," ho said,, "the amount of substantial building will be greater than ever before. Times like these lead people to build seriously. Much that has been done in former years will have to be rebuilt. I find in the county towns a disposition to get away from the very shabby methods of recent' years. The period of galvanized iron cornices and shabby, decoration is passed. The galvanized iron cornice injured a man at the Denlson House a few days ago. A substantial, simple decoration of stone or terra cotta can be produced at a less cost than the extravaganzas In galvanized iron and wood. The pleasant thing about good construction at this time is the estimate in which it is held by the people. People are coming to realize that there Is a definite relation between good construction and the cost of insurance. I was Just looking over the report of the Factory Mutual Insurance Company of New England. I find that it is enabled to insure factories, woolen mills, store buildings and even structures which might be estimated as special hazards at a cost of less than one-third of 1 per cent., and I find that the good construction which is required is a large factor in giving them these low rates. Within the history of some of the establishments which they insure 3, 4 and 5 per cent, has been paid, so you Bee that there is a relation between good construction and the cost of insurance. "If you have a fair memory you recall that it has a very intimate relation to human life. One can fulfill all artistic requirements and yet bear in mind the rate of insurance. A beautiful stone or terra cotta cornice of moderate proportions, one ele gantly decorated, can be built at a less cost than of galvanized iron. One is beautiful, a good risk; the other is ugly and a bad risk. This is a mere typical instance, and applies to any building detail. "The expensive street improvements of recent years and the financial depression of recent months makes it necessary to improve a great deal of idle propetry all over the city. The rear end of many corner lots on side streets will within a short time be occupied by producing property. The miserable, cheap shells, which have brought a relatively large rental for years past, will either be vacant or take their proper place in the rental market. It is not the new, . good houses which will be vacant; it will he the old, or the shabby, or the badly built new ones. "I hardly think that our people who are in a position to build commercial structures fully appreciate all of the surroundings of the problem. What we need is buildings thoroughly, fireproof, absolutely secure, graceful in appearance, but not extravagant in cost. There are two extremes; one is a building with a wooden interior, inflammable floors and partitions; the other is fireproof and with interiors absolutely luxurious marble wainscotlngs, and a great deal which is merely expensive. There is a tendency that way. Such a structure would be loaded own with unremunerattve capital, while another, more rational, would contain only that which gives it perfect security, convenience and comfort, and which could be rented at a much lower rate than the other and pay a relatively better return. There is no reason why wooden - joists or stud partitions should ever be used in any structure In the center of our city. They can be built in a more substantial way and be almost fireproof at a cost which will compete with the inflammable buildings built in former years." Indiana. Behind Her Sister State. Said a South Delaware-street commission merchant: "Indiana is no longer in it as an agricultural Slate in the production of fruits and vegetables. Here we are to-day receiving a. carload of cabbage from Port-' land. Me., two carloada of . potatoes,1 one from Michigan another from Minnesota; a carload of apples from Massachusetts?, and one from New York, and when you como to onions we have just got a carload from Canada. Is it not a disgrace to Indiana, with her soli and climate, that she cannot raise her own fruits and vegetables? We also received this week a carload of oranges, from California. Indiana can hardly be expected to raise oranges or bananas, but she should raise her own potatoes, onions, cabbage and apples. Indiana is slow in another respect. The butter made annually in Indiana would yield $l,oo,00 more than it now does if the farmers' wive would learn how to make good butter." He thought it no exaggeration to say that 50 per cent, of the butter made In this State is fit only for grease, and there is where it at last goes. Another 25 per cent, is purchased by the produce men, put through a sweetening process! and then sold for number one butter; the other 25 per cent, is properly made, and will average the year round to pay the maker 30 cents a pound. II rick Company to Rebuild. The winter plant pf the Sheridan brick works was entirely destroypd by fire last week, involving a loss of $18,000, and but partially insured. The company has built up such an excellent reputation for the brick it manufactures that it cannot afford to go out of business, but has about decided to build near this city. The1 works at Sheridan were the largest In the State, and complete in every respect. The tiro was so' hot that it practically ruined the engine, boilers and other machinery. Industrial JVolc. Work is progressing rapidly the last few mild days on the new bullllngs which thu Jetiney Motor Company are to occupy when completed. Dealers In agricultural implements report their trade improving. Orders are coming in briskly for plows, harrows and less important implements. Both of the large harness manufactories have of late considerably increased their forces and in each case a marked improve-' ment in business is reported. S. K. Fletcher on Saturday shipped a large Quaker brick plant to. Central America, and received an order for a complete plant, Including boilers and engine, to go to California. "One of the new industries here is baking beans. One establishment is baking dally fifteen to twenty bushels of beans, which are sold in little Jars and are equal to tho home-baked article. The pay rolls of the Parry Manufacturing Company showed that on Saturday it had over seven hundred people employed, with fully 50 per cent, morq orders for spring delivery than one year ago. Addison Bybee and C. W. Claybourne, of this city, have become Interested with Lafayette parties in a patent crude oil burner, which they think is to revolutionize the methods of heat under boilers. " Selling two loaves of bread at 5 cents of the regulation size has fully doubled tho sale at the groceries. The establishment of Parrott & Taggart is daily converting 112 barrels of flour into bread, crackers and cakes. The DugJale Can Company, which has been working of late a two-thirds force, will begin this morning full handed. Last year these works turned out seventeen million cans and expect this yeitr to beat that record. Brown, Ketcham & Co., have about 250 men at work In their iron works and report the outlook brightening somewhat. With new orders and their government contracts they are kept fairly busy but not not crowded. . - This city now has three establishments which manufacture catsup, soups and all kinds of jellies on a large scale. The three give employment to two hundred people inot of the time and their trade now extends to nearly every State in the Union. The RockwooJ Manufacturing .Company furnished the paper pulleys which attract so much attention in the Industrial School building. Last week this company made a large shipment of paper pulleys to Hartford, . Conn., for a manufacturing establishment. : The Indiana Coffee Company Is taking front rank as an importer. Last Saturday the company received advices of the arrival in New York of three vessels with large quantities of coffees from European and South American porta of their own importation. I-aJcal .ttirriage manufacturers report business very quiet, but are looking for a good spring trade, judging from Inquiries as to prices for some of the finer cla.ss of vehicles. With each year. Mr. Shover sav?,' the demand for a finer class of work becomes more apparent in Indianapolis. President Mendenhall. of the Hoosier Sweat "Pad Company.- returnel Saturday from a six weeks' business trip. He reports the business joutl.xk .improving. These works have eighty persons employed, largely

women, and in the wjrk 'use' thirty-six sewing machines, twenty-four . of them of the largest size made. IXSIIIANCE XEWS AXD XOTES.

Major Charles E. Gilbert has been appointed assistant secretary of the Aetna Life. W- T. Woods has been re-elected president and D. B. Halstead vice president of the Lloyds Plate-glass Insurance Company. There are forty-four mutual fire insurance companies chartered by Massachusetts, exclusive of the manufacturers' mutuals. A bill to compel a medical examination of every applicant for life insurance has been Introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature. - . Frederick B. Fancher has been appointed insurance commissioner of North Dakota. He is a native of Orleans county, New York State. The number of policies in force Jan. 1, 1S5, by three industrial life Insurance companies of this country was 6,4!H,D81, insuring 76G,231.38e, an increase of 1.01C.627 policies and $131,318,590 of insurance last year. The Commonwealth Mutual Fire of Boston, In compliance with the instructions of the Massachusetts insurance department, has called upon its policy holders prior to Jan. 1 last for assessments to make good its impairment of $74,083. The suit of the heirs .of Dr. Fraker, of Fxcelsior Springs, Mo., against several New York life companies for $41,000 insurance, has, according to a dispatch from Kansas City, been settled out of court by the interested companies for $39,018. The appeal of the" father of . Cecil Hambrough, who was mysteriously murdered at Ardlamont a year ago, asking for a judgment or a nev trial of his action against the Mutual Life of New York city, has been denied by the Scotch courts. The elder Hambrough sued to recover on two policies of $50,000 each. The Alabama Senate has passed and Govornor Oates has signed., the bill requiring life Insurance companies, before they can contest the payment of a policy of insurance for fraud, to deposit with the court all the premiums they have received from the insured, and in event fraud is proved and the suit decided in favor of the company, all Of the premiums shall be paid over to the heirs of the assured under the policy. Judge Beekman, of the New York Supreme Court has rendered an opinion in favor of the Union Insurance Company of Philadelphia, and the insurance company of the State of Pennsylvania, in the action which they brought against the Central Trust Company, tho Continental Insurance Company of New York, and Kate K. Dlmlek,. as executrix of the will of Ixrenzo K. Dlmick. The action was brought to recover- the cost and expenses which the plaintiffs were put to in arbitration proceedings for the settlement of all actions arising out of the Dlmick cases. The. items of damage amount to $18,173.45. In this column last week was given the substance of a strange stpry from Toronto, to the effect that two brothers named Harry Place Hymas and Dallas T. Hyama, of that city, were suspected of having caused the death of William C. Wells, on Jan. 16, 1893, to obtain the Insurance on his life, which had been taken out in favor of his sister. Subsequently the brothers were arrested, charged with the crime. Well's ulster married Harry Place Hyams and it was due to the fact that a very largo amount of Insurance . was placed by him upon her life, which led to the present action of the authorities. - Several years ago the Hyams brothers conducted a real-estate business at No. 234 Broadway, in this cltv, and another brother Is a millionaire banker in New Orleans, who was lor many years a part owner -of the, Louisiana Lottery Company. . . : An important bill which has been introduced in the Connecticut Senate provides that "whenever upon the annual statement of any life insurance company, it shall appear by the commissioner's valuation of its policies and estimate of the amount of its reinsurance reserve and surplus, computed upon the basis of the socalled actuaries' or combined experience tabla of mortuary. with compound interest at 4 per cent, per annum, that the assets of such company exceed its liabilities,1 including its reinsurance reserve, no furthef valuation of such policies anil estimate ; of " its reserve and surplus shall he made by the commissioner; but if such valuation and estimate shall show that the liabilities aforesaid of such company exceed Its assets, then the commissioner shall proceed to make an additional valuation of such policies and estimate of said reserve upon the basis of the socalled American experience tables of mortality with compound interest at 4', i per cent." The United States Casualty Company, of New York, has filed, a certificate of incorporation at Albany, and Will begin business about March S3, 'This,' company, will absorb the' business' 6T' the' United States Mutual Accident Association and the Guarantee and Accident Lloyds, of New York, and also that of several less prominent concerns. The - incorporators of the new company include (Jen. Benjamin F. Tracy. Charles S. Fairchild, Charles R. Flint and Robert A. Chesebrough, who are prominent in the Guarantee and Accident Lloyds; also William D. Chase and I William 11. Chesebrough, the attorneys to the association. Other names are those of Chauncey M. Bepe'w. Perry Belmont. Thomas C. Piatt, William, R. Grace, J. Kdward' Simons, Roswell I. Flower, R. T. Wilson. Henry P. Booth. Walter O. OuRman, Jtmes W. Hinckley, Frederic R. Coudert, William P. Allrich. M. K. Worthen, Frank S. Bond and lxjuls D, Collins. The formalities of transferring the business of the United States Mutual Accident 'Association to the new company, it is understood, will be completed about March 1. The officers of the United States Mutual Accident Association paid that the Investment Company of New 'Jersey has relinquished all claims upon the former, ami that the new concern will start with a pai 1-up capital of $300,000 and a net surplus of $150,000. .. llrmnndN of (lie Voter. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal; I have been watching: With Intense Interest the proceedings of the Legislature, especially for tho last two weeks, and I suppose that others arc doing ko, too. Tho last few days have. led me to the conclusion that the great opportunity that has been bestowed by the overwhelming majority of November last has been misplaced In a large degree -I have been a citizen of the State nearly thirty-two years, and had been ardently devoted to the principles ten yeafs before, and have done what seemed possible to do for tho success of Its principles ever since 1S54. and I think I know that treachery to party pledges is tho one thing that honorable and true men will not condone. It Is quite within the memory of all that the treachery of a few holdovers, who refused to ubmit the constitutional amendment to the people, although the party stood definitely pledged to submission, took from the party the legislative power of the State, and nothing but the perfidy of the Democratic party , gave if hack to us, with positive assurance- that we would be faithful to our solemn pledges. It certainly goes without saying that the caucus action relative to the appointing power is a flagrant violation of all our past pledges, and the worst of it seems to me to be that Chairman Gowdy leads the Infamous demand. The people of this county are very tired of political bosses. -.and I am sure they will find a way to rebuke, him In Indiana. The Nicholson bill is demanded; is tho very least that good citizenship demands for the enforcement of our present license law. and if the present Leginlati'ic faUs to make it effective there will be x Legislature in the near, future that will deal with the question ii ;, a very radi?ul way. It will be well for tlwj political future of a good many legislators io tuj n thej.' eyes to a group of more than-a hundred, thousand voters who stand a little to-' the,, rear just now, but who are watching intently. They will speak oon. It seems a strange thing that intelligent men elected on a platform publicly proclaimed should have . to be badgered and petitioned to do what a 43.0UO plurality elected them to do. Surely, any man who cannot carrv out with his vote his party's pledges ought to resign at once ahd go home. Evidently politics, which ought not to have much place in a legislative1bodv anv more than in a Supreme Court, has broken out in bad form in our Legislature. --But- we shall see what We shall see. I traveled five hundred miles to cast my vote for the P.epuluican ticket, but if it is not a pledge-keeping party I was betrayed. Less, demagoguery and more honor are demanded. PATRIOTIC REPUBLICAN. Tipton, Ind., Feb. 23. Free Tnltlon at the Stale I'nlverslty. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Your reference to free tuition at the State University as a result of the liberal appropriations from the State 13 slightly misleading. Tuition is jut as free at DePauw University without such appropriation, and no one will presume to say that it i in any Fense inferior. The advantage, is not to the students, but to the teachers. They get better salaries at Bloomlnuton..- as a rule, than at Greencastle, and the greater number of professors in proportion to the number of students makes the work so much lighter that they have time to devote to lecturing in the. University-: -Extension Course and on political economy, which furnishes not only pleasant pastime, but considerable income besides. If the object is free -tuition or a better article there Is a mistake in making the appropriation. How far it is the duty of thone who are compelled to keen tin private schools to !e compelled also to keep up a State school is a question for legislators to solve. U. L. SEE. , Indianapolis, Feb. 23, ; '

DB. THOMAS'S DEFENSE

SIPERIXTEXDEXT OF SOITHERX HOSPITAL REPLIES TO CHARGES. lie Denies that He Has Been Xealeetfal of Ifl Duties and Cites the Hospital's Record ns Proof. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: : Feeling now that , the criticisms of the newspapers on myself as medical superintendent of this hospital have reached their utmost limit, I hope it is proper for me to make my statement. I have waited patiently and felt that it was not proper for me to rush into print in an undignified and hasty manner. As some of these criticisms have been printed in your paper I hope you will allow me space to reply to them. I shall be as brief as possible. First I am charged with habitual drunkenness and that 1 am incapacitated from the performance of my duty from this cause. It has also been stated that I admitted this fact. I said I drank whisky when I felt inclined. I denied that I had been incapable of attending to my duties from this cause. I did not acknowledge that I was guilty of excessive drinkimr. I did not cry and tell the committee or any one that 1 would resign If the report was not made public. I could not consistently resign. My resignation under these charges would he an admission of guilt. It is not my disposition to shirk my duty while under lire. If I were so thoroughly incompetent from drunkenness why is it that the hospital has made such a record? It is admitted that my corps of employes is composed of good and capable people. Who selected these employes? I did, every one of them on my own judgment. I desire to present, in connection with this charge, the following facts, as can be seen in the third biennial report of this hospital: The death rate is the lowest of any hospital in the State, and I know of only one in the United States which presents a lower death rate. Tho percentage Of cures is much larger than any hospital' In the State, and there are only a few in the United States with a larger rate of recoveries. The lowest per capita of expense of any of the State hospitals let the calculation be made upon any basis. There have been no suicides, no homicides, no serious accidents since it was organized and opened more than four years since. How could all these thlnjrs happen with a drunken superintendent, as he has to do ' more than all others in bringing about the results mentioned above. In this connection I am reminded of one of Air. Lincoln's experiences while he was President, and which has been frequently printed in the newspapers. When it was known that General Grant was to be transferred from the Western military district to Ind commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States and to take immediate command of the Army of the Poto mac, a large delegation of preachers from, New England went to see Mr. Lincoln to protest against the appointment of General Gniiit to this position on account of slanderous charges of intemperance which had bem made against him. Mr. Lincoln listened to their pretest and asked the chair man of the delegation if he knew what brend of whisky General Grant drank. This astonished the preachers, and they asked why he propounded such a question. Mr. Linoln replied that he wanted to know the brand so he could purchase a hundred barrels and have It distributed to the principal officers of the Army of the Potomac, all of whom had been so unfortunate in their trials of strength with General L?. "The bearings of this oberwation lies in the application on it," as Captain Jack Bunsby bo sagely remarked to Captala Cuttle. Second T am charged wltt . borrowing me nf y from emploes and making appointments to places depend niton such accommodations; in fact, that I was a placebroker and trafficked upon the necessities of thn poor women arid men who were working here. No one who knows - me could for a moment believe this. All money I borrowed was obtaineel as a purely business transaction. A statement is made as to a transaction of this kind with Miss Mary Shannon, and It was said that the authority of the trustees had to be called uion before 1 would pay it. I promised Mips Shannon a place here in the event I was made superintendent, more t,han a yetr before I was appointed. Some time, bpfore I came to this hospital Miss Shan, non came to me with some money and 'asked me to have it deiosited lu a. bank for her. This was done, the monev draving 2 or 3 per cent. A short lime afterward Miss Shannon offered to let me have the n cccy at 8 per eent. interest. I took the merey, and paid principal and Interest long since. I have to-night a letter in my possesslon from Miss Shannon in which she denies having given Senator White the information he gave the newspapers after returning to Indianapolis from the hospital. Also, a letter from Miss Cora Wood, who was present at the interview between in. White and Miss Shannon. In which Miss Shannon's statement given above is fully corroborated. These letters were sent to mo voluntarily as soon as these girls saw the publication of Dr. White's statement. 1 must confess that I have been so unfortunate as to be a borrower. I have had a burden of debt resting on me for many years, some of which has been paid and the balance I hope to pav if God spares me. For this reason I have borrowed money, both from banks and private individuals. There is no man whom I own borrowed money but feels perfectly safe us to his being paid. Third The charge of official extravagance Is also made" against me. Now, It Is well known that tho superintendents of insane hospitals In this State have nothing to do with the purchase of supplies or the awarding of contracts. The trustees perform tho latter duty, anil the steward is the purchasing agent of the hospital. When the supplies are delivered and placed in the store, then It is my fluty to sec that economy obtains in thi Issue and use of these supplies. This I do. I adopted a system of requisition books, in duplicate, when I came here, and upon these requisitions, approved by me, all supplies are issued to the heads of departments and receipted for bv them. Not a shoestring can. be issued xeept upon my signature. An examination eu these requisitions or stubs will show how economically I have administered that part of my duty. In fact, my people In the lioni-e consider me a crank upon tho saving of tho stores and property of the State. Dr. White says I do not present anv vouchers for my contingent expenses. He evidently meanf receipts, as no money can be paid here except upon a properly attested voucher. The contingent voucher consist of small amounts paid during the monthsuch as postage, expre-ssaac. freight, railroad fare occasionally. I was never asked by the board to file any receipts for these small items, nor do 1 believe this is required of any other head of an institution in the State. It would be a very Inconvenh ent matter to take receipts for postage stamps, railroad fare, et Upon examination of reports of the expenditures of the elifferent institutions my eon tin-gent expenses will be found smaller than any. Fourth It is said that the hospital is conducted upon, a partisan basis. It is -true that upon an average there have been more Democrats here than Republicans. My e-ourse in selecting employes has been never to ask the politics. of tho person who applied. I never knew the politics of the house until the polls were taken at the general election. There has always been quite a proportion of Republicans in the service. At one time it was nald that there were more Republicans in the service than Democrats. There were. on the day the legislative committee visited here, twenty-four Democrats, eleven Republicans, three whoe politics were unknown, and two minors on the pay roll. Tho chief engineer, the assistant engineer, the laundryman, florist,' chief farmer and chief night watch, are Republicans. I have always, in filling a vacancy, promoted the best man to the place. I have never bothered mvself concerning their politics. 1 neither knew nor cared what their political faith was, so tho men and women hired were fitted for the positions they held. Since I have been the superintendent of thiM hospital I have eneteavored in a modest, eiigrmfied and con-' wientlous way to perform my dutv. When I took e-hirge of the premises the house was incomplete and only partially furnished. i ne grounas were almost a swamp, the fields were waste places and no water sunply nor drainage nor sewerage. The trustees set themselves to work vigorously to change' the condition. Under their instruction I did my work faithfully, and in a short time the whole state of affairs was changed and the house was ready for patients. 1 do not believe that a drunken superintendent could have done all these things. The Hon. Mr. White, a- Senator from Speneer county, was left behind as a committee to investigate the bookrf. This gentleman is a physician. He remained In Evansville four or five elays and spent a portion of three elays at the howpital. The Doctor is an affable, pleasant :sntlemaii, and we. were glad to have him with us. I was anxious tnat he should see all of the hospital, examine and investigate every department. I placerl him in charge of one of my medical ftaff I did this because the physician was an aceiuaintanee of Senator White, being from the ame county, and further, that he might feel less delicacy in investigating with this medical officer than if he was in my company. He expressed himself highly pleased with thei hospital !r: every respect..- He said the interior of our house, was cleaner than any he had seen, and exhibited Indications of better housekeeping. He asked this medical officer nom questions cunvemliiK myself. Truthful and

correct replies were made. The Senator then said: "It's no Us to ask you questions, for I see you are entirely faithful and devoted to Dr. Thomas." It appears, then, that information was sought only from the disloyal and disaffected. I do not believe any of my employes or officers testified against me. I regard them entirely devoted to me and have perfect faith in them. In the city, where Dr. White spent most of his time when here, he was visited by all who had a grievance against myself, and if he knew of any one unfriendly to me he sent for that person. The political bummers made his life a burden to him. He sought business men to know If the steward did not purchase whisky and have it charged as flour, potatoes, etc He went to mercantile houses where I had dealings, and asked or demanded that he be allowed to Inspect my private accounts. He threatened one gentleman if he did not allow him to make this inspection he would get an order from the General Assembly to have him answer for contempt. I have heard of such actions as this by the police officers of the public surety in Paris, and the same things have been done- by the officers of the Third Section in Russia, but this Is the first time 1 have ever heard of it being done In this country, where we take pride in blng honorable, just, and giving an opportmt or an enemy fair play. This action .was an astonishing revelation to me, and there has been much severe criticism of the Doctor among his own political friends. Fifth It is charged against me that I am a Roman Catholic and was a soldier In the confederate army; to both of these I plead guilty. It is hardly necessary to say much in reply to them. I make no distinction in favor. of any religion in my appointments. I was told by Republicans of Evansville, who were friends of mine, two weeks after the last election,- that politicians had my scalp In view, and theso two charges would be made privately, but not publicly. This has been talked of a great deal in Evansville since the election. I had hoped that the war feeling had passed away. Nearly thirty years ago I came to Indiana, a young boy, comparatively without friends and without money. I knew only one man in the State. He was a good friend to me. I carne to Indiana to better my condition, not to fight the war over. I had enough lighting. I have tried to be a good citizen, faithful to the interests of my adopted . State. I have been fortunate and' happy in my life here. I have made very many good friends and I am proud to number hundreds of Republicans among them. These Republican friends have been good ones never falling me in time of trouble. I do not think nny one of common sense wants mo to publish an apology anil say that I was ashamed of having been a confederate soldier. The mer. who criticise me most would condition being reversed, have done precisely as I did. Such an objection as this is too puerile to notice further. I told the .

committee and the Hon. Mr. lioyn, ttie chairman of it, that I was willing to trust my case to Its justice. 1 have an abiding faith In the American quality of fair play and I believe since the committee left the hospital, If any one member was feeling unkindly and prejudiced towards me, that a thoughtful consideration of the conditions under which this attack has been made upon me and a review of the statements made, will be fair enough to vindicate mc. The Hon. Mr. Boyd treated me In a very generous, friendly manner, and his action, in this particular, left a deep and lasting impression. Now, I come to the history of the part which Dr. Wertz, a former trustee of this hospital, took in the investigation of the charge's against me. It Is a disagreeable thing to do, but Justice to myself requires me to handle the matter without gloves. Wertz was a trustee here for three years from April. ISyo, to May. 189.1. He was a member of the board which appointed me. He was the bane of my life; he embarrassed my administration of affairs in every way; he never complimented anything that was done; he was always having a grievance; he was rude and ubuslve to employes and made all of us unhappy. He formed an alliance after the election with the "pot house fellows" and the "pcanutters," and Inscribed' on his banner "Down with Thomas, the rebel, death to him and all his tribe." He tried in every way to nag and worry me into resigning, when he was trustee, hoping he miht suce'eed me as superintendent. All of this was common talk throughout the city. and the counties In southwestern Indiana. He had been an aspirant for the place, but. feeling his chances . were not good, he then secured the appointment as trustee by the General Assembly. He testified that he did not know whether I was a graduate of a medical college or not, said that I was indolent, neglectful and drank too much, and gave mo a bad character generally. Now, all these faults he charges me with were observable by him when he was trustee. He never called my attention to anything of this kind and asked for a correction. Hp never repeated1 such matters to other members of. the board nor suggested my removal, or that I should be cautioned In testifying to these things he stultifies himself and admits that he was faithless and recreant to the trust reposed in him by the State by not calling for a correction. He should have known I had a medical elcgree and Phould not have voted for me If he did not believe me to be competent. As a matter of fact -1 have a medical degree from the Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, one of the oldest and best colleges In the United fcttates. I am also a graduate from the literary elepartment of the University of Missouri, and have had two additional elegrees conferred upon me by that university. This learned Doctor is a man of some ambition socially and Is always looking for a chance to benefit himself financially. He concluded to join a society of this city. He had his name presented for membership and when the ballot was counted he was blackballed, very much to hla mortification. I do not belong to this society and of course do riot know what happened, but is was whispered about the cttv that members who voted against him said that they did It because he had acted unfairly to rne when he occupied a confidential official relation to me and had acted ungenerously to a brother Knight of Pythias tind that the preeence of such men as he was not elesirable as members of an association like this society. He holds this against me. Every one who has talked to me concerning these charges ays that Wertz has been the instigator of them. Members of the committee told me this. In vindicating myself I feel compelled to bring him in. He being so prominent In It, I feel that It is proper to show the motives by which he was actuated. I could send with this article communications signed by several of the best people of this city, especially Republicans, who would deny the truth of these charges and declare their confidence in me. In further contradiction of the - charge that I am neglectful of my duty I will say that I know the names of every one of the four hundred and forty patient on the register, their residence, approximate their date, of admission, tell their mental and physlcul condition, pee-ullarl-tles, delusions, habits, prospects of recovery In each case, ami this without consulting the official register, the clinical records and county books. A drunken superintendent. e?ould not do this. Thus. 1 have made as plain and as brief a statement as 1 could under the circum stances. My reputation Is all that I have and if that is taken from me I am left deprived of that - which makes life bearable and pleasant. 1 trust that all who Judge m will divest themselves of alt prejudice and preironceiveU opinions and give . my statement a fair e-oneideratlon. .1 have been in the service of th State in-its benevolent institutions for sixteen years and, without arrogance, I may fairly claim some credit for the work I have done for "tlod's unfortunates" the helpless, Irresponsible insanethe most unhappy of all the children of man. A. J. THOMAS, Medical Superintendent Southern Indiana Hospital for Insane. Evansville, Ind., Feb. 23. A Frlenel's Testimony. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: As a life-Ions Republican and in the interest of fair play and justice to a Democratic official, I desire to enter my protest against the unfair and unjust criticism of the conduct and administration of Dr. A. J. Thomas, medical superintendent - of the Southern Indiana Hospital for Insane, lo cated near this city. Politically, I am opposeel to Dr. Thomas, but political differ ence in opinion does not close my eyes to the fact, obvious to every one who will take the trouble to examine the records of the hoepltal at his place, and compare them with the other Institution of Mi ' d mu ! ch.iractc-r In tho Ktu'a that 4 ha i.ilmlnl.H-.j. tion of Dr. Thomas ''has been eminently suc cessful. I find thai the hospital ords show these facts: Flnt, that the death rate for the Southern' Indiana Hospital for In sane Is the lowest in the State; see-ond, the records fhow the highest rate of ree-ov-erles in the State: third, that the expense per capita is the lowest in the State. The unfair and indiscriminate abuse of Dr. Thomas as a man and official is not indorseel by the Republicans in this part of tnrf i-itate. x-nave always insisted upon bipartisan control of the penal and benevolent Jnstitutioas of the State, and maintain the mme position now, but still I woald not f1ijr.l'triA ek .lltttttotir -ilVft n nil Ir.lv public official by fawe accusation affecting Ins personal character as a man and profes sional gentleman. I have known Dr. Thomas somewhat Intimately ever since he came here to assume charge or the HoFpttal for Insane, and am surprised to find -him charged with drunkenness ami inattention to his duties as medical s-ipeinternlent of the Institution. My surprise is shared by numerous other Republicans In this part of Hie State, if Dr. Thomas- is. to Ih uispuivni let it be done "dceently and in order." and

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FLANKER & BUCHANAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS. VTe have removed to new and iomtnivii..i rt'tf ten. Irfeoi privkcr nud eunreiiienra attinl. Cimpeil Hint Muitf-un lu cnarxa or iiMy niuiml iiii 172 North llllnQls St. DIED. VOXNl-XUTTCarrte I-.. daughter of Georue and Laille Vonnesrut. died yesterday. aped 6 years, 11 months. Funeral prlvato. NKKDLER-J. F. Needier. Saturday. Feb. 23, lHOo, at 9 p. m Funeral service at residence, 67 Kuckle etreet, Monday, Feb. 25, at 2 p. rn. Friends Invited. MANKEIt Dr. Iwi9 Manker. formerly eurgeon of the Seventy-ninth Indiana Volunteers, died Feb. St. nt 2 n. m.. at the Yoke farm, nouth of . this city. . Funeral Tuesday at 12 o'clock. HTIIOXO At Delphi. Ind.. Feb. 22. AVrn. 11. Strong, formerly of Indianapolis. lte mains can be viewed at chaped of ('has. P. Vh)tnett. No. 113 .orth Delaware Ktreet. Monday, from 7 o'clock until , 1" .o'clock a. m. KAC1LKN' Lemuel Eaglcn, aired 7? years. at tji residence of hla son, Silas Kagien, , No. tl Kast Market Btreet. Funeral rrom above address at 2 p. rn. Tuesday. Was born at Warsaw, eiallatin county, Ken tucky. Madison, Jnit.. papers picase copy. Friends Invited. GH K12N K John urcene, age aeventy-rour, it his residence. 590 South Kast street. at 5 a. m.. Saturday. Feb. Si. Owing, to ill ness in family he will be buried from th residence of his son, r. A. ureene. 78 xukii Htrevt. Rt !) o'clock Monday mornitiK. Serv ices at St. Patrick's Church. MASONIC Mystic Tie I-Kdge, No. 398, F. and A. M. Special meeting .Masonic .temple at 7:30 o'clock this evening, fof work in second degree. Visiting . brethren will be cordially weK'omeeL WILBITU F. lSROWDER. W. M. WILLIS D. KNGLE, Secretary. LOAN S Money en mortgages. . C. BAYLES, la JSaat AiarKet street. LOANS Money on watches, diamonds. Jewelry, without publicity. CITY LOAN. OFFICE, 67 West Washington street. LOANS Suma of (SOU and over. City property and farms. C. E. COFFIN & CO.. f treat. Lt Market MONEY TO LOAN Wo have plenty of ?er cent, money to loan on Indiana arms. C. N. WILLIAMS & CO., Crawfordsvllle. Ind. MONKY TO LOAN On farms at the lowest market rate; privileges tor payment before due. We also buy municipal bonds. THOMAS C. DAY & CO.. 72 East Market street, Indianapolis. LOANS ft per cent, money on improved , real estate in this city only. (No loans made outside.) Bo.-rower has the privilege of prepayment semi-annually. No delay. Reasonable fees. JOHN a SPAN! & CO.. 3 Kast Market. JFOn SALE. FOIt SALK Our stock delivery and mllK wagons, 20 per cent, reduction until Aiaren 1. A. .If. ST UIITE VAN T & CO., 68 South Pennsylvania. - FOU SAL1S All our 1894 samples of buggies and harness; great reduction until March 1. A. II. STUKTfcVANT & CO., 68 South Pennsylvania. l7oif SALtSRegardless of cost, if taken before March 1. 1 cut-under. 2 straight sill, 1 jump-spat surreys. A. II. 8TUIITEVANT & CO., 68 South Pennsylvania. WASTKIUIOT WANTED Salesmen, we Hend samples, allow liberal salary and expenses or cornmission to proper applicants. Staple seller. Three stores out of Ave will order. Address, with stamp, Lock Pox 420, 'Newi York city. WVAN'rEDShoe falcsme-n in all parts of . the Pnlted States to sell a specialty shoj ' to the retail trade. Permanent poeltlevx to the right parties. Only experlone-ed men with first-class references need apply. PERFECTION SHOE CO., Lynn, Mass. AliatlKXTS. ANNOUNCEMENT Magnetic Shields will prevent and cure paralysis. MR.S. -M. C. THAVEH. 139 Park avenue. jHKJl0VA j.L J ' REMOVED A. E. Buchanan, Dentist, temporarily removed to. Room Z', InjallS Block, over Model Clothing Store. CLAIRVOYANT Madam May, Clairvoyant, old and new friends, can find me at 74 South West street. In a manly way. The great tody of tlm people expects the Republican party to act fairly and honorably with political opponents, and any other treatment ' will . result in injury to the party. I afTlrm without fear of successful contradiction that the persecution of Dr. Thomas is uncalled for. unjustifiable and wromy, and cannot but result in Injury -to the Republican party. J. XV. WARTMANN. Evansville, Ind., Feb. 23. lMrdtfcn Miimt lie Kritt. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In looking over the dlscusslpns of ths Nicholson bill; now before the Legislature, I notice that "much fear is felt lest" the "'beer-drlnklng Germans" should be offended and thus defeat the Republican party. I wish to call to mind that the law-abiding, temperance-loving Americans in the party far outnumber these much defended citizens. We are too far advanced In American civilization for the Legislature jf Indiana to vie with th President Tf the lnlt-d States in truckling to foreigners. 1 think I represent facts when I say that W) per cent, of the Republican party of this country not only favor, but demand lh measures of the Nicholson bill, especially that part granting the right to petition against the saloon. Since my first vote was cast for Orant I have not failed to vote the Republican ticket; but from the present temper of the people I am convinced that the Tailure of the Legislature to pass the above measure and keep its platform pledges will break the party fealty of thousands of our best Republk-ans. A READER. NoblesvUle, Ind., Feb.-T. Rheumatism Is primarily caused by acidity of the blood, ll.iod's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood and thus cures th disease. TO YOUNG WIVES We Offer a Remedy Which, Used as Directed, Insures Safety to Life of Mother and Child. MOTHERS' FRIEND i i Bobs confinement of Its Fain. 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