Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1895 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JQURNAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1895.

THE DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, JUNE 1. lSltf.

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T1IC MDIAXAPOLLH JOLIIXAL, Can t found at the. following titare PAK1S Arrlran Exchange la Paris, 36 Itoulerard da tmrtnen. 'KV YOltK Ollaej Honte, Windsor Hotel and Alitor Houe. PI 11 1 vU) IX PHI A-A. r. Kemble, cor. Lancaster are. and ltartjir t. Cill'AM Palmer How. Auditorium Hotel and r. U. Neva Co., VI Adams treet. TNCrNNATI-J. K. Uawlejr Co.. 154 Vine rtreet. lf)tISVILLK-r, T. Peerlnsr. northwest rornr of Tbtnl and JelTeroon U., ami IonlsTlH liook Co., 3j4 Fmirtb ae. T. LOULS Union Newt Company, Union Depot 1VASHISOTON. T. C Itl Ilonw. Fbbttt Hon-, vi lllard'a Hotel and tb Washington New Lxehange, IIUi street, bet. feun. ave. ajid v atrcfL There Is not a free silver coinage nation to-day which Is not on a silver basis. After reading Altyeld's rant about 2)ebs citizens of . Illinois who are not Anarchists must regret more than ever that they have got him. Even Chairman and Senator Carter must be In fun when he mentions Senator Don Cameron In connection with the Republican candidacy for President. When less than 3.000 votes are obtained on the silver question In Chicago In a week by the coupon process It is lair to assume mat ine iau nas run n race. The Democratic theory appears to be to stick to an error after satisfied that It Is such. That is not only consistent, tout enables one to maintain the claim of Infallibility. The ennouncement that Secretary Herbert will cruise along the coast of Maine In the Dolphin to inspect the American navy, as he did last year, calls forth no Democratic protest. The New York World having got the Views of less than a hundred members of the next Congress on Jhe silver question, calls it a "poll." Nevertheless. 330. odd men are regularly drawing monthly salaries as members of the next House. The New York Herald suggests the British stamp system as a source of revenue anything but a revenue system which will at once preserve the American market for American products and at the same time secure all the l evenue.needed. The Kentucky Republican convention, which meets in Louisville this week, will be the most important ever held by the party in that State. The Louisville Commercial says that there is practically no difference of opinion among llepublicans In Kentucky on the money question all are hostile to the policy which will bring silver monometallism. Since a citizen of Illinois declared that It was no use to send murderers and rapists to the penitentiary because Governor Altgeld would pardon them, and it has been shown that the citizen was right, whatever he says about any public question is of no sort of consequence. He is the last of the anarchistic governors. Two-thirds of the names in all the lists of pensions granted in this State are "reissues." The public may not know it, but every pension agent, and particularly every pensioner whose name is on the list, knows that it means a reduction from $12 to $8 or $6 per month. Those who make up these lists should classify them -as pensions reduced instead of pensions granted. President Debs and Vice President Howard differ In their estimate of Judge Woods. Debs regards him as a tyrant, but Howard declares that he is a sincere 'and just man. and the friend of labor. That Judge Woods gave careful and protracted attention to the cases of these two men there can be no doubt, and, considering the offense of Debs, the penalty Is in no manner comnunurate to his offense. It would be very unfortunate for correspondents in Washington during the dull season to have the Iresldent nominate r Secretary of State at once, as it would deprive them of the revenue which can be derived from a dally conjecture at so much . line. It is also a theme for an occasional editorial by editors who deem It a matter of Importance who shall be the President's bead clerk In the State Department. It should not be forgotten that Debs is in Jail because he refused to obey Unorder of the court to stop giving orders which resulted in giving Chicago over to the control of touphs who destroyed many thousand dollars' worth of property, and which inspired two or three of his followers to turn a switch at Fontanet, in this State, causing the killing of an engineer. Most people will think he is fortuna'c if he escapes with a few months in jail. Yesterday the Journal permitted a 0 correspondent to aecuse Senator Sherman of holding back a part of the truth in his recent speech. Then he proceeded as follows: , lie (Sherman) was one of the astute legiaUtor who nuccmied In getting the Alfion amendment incorporated into the HUmi act, ly which, ever tnc the money lender has been allowed to discriminate against liver by refusing to accept an) thins tut gold In' payment of bin debt and (to dtsre a little) an amendment which I certainly class legislation if there ever was any, lor under that law. which la o kind to the money lender, the farmer la obliged to take stiver in payment for the product of his farm. The laborer must take it for hi.waice. th old voldier must take it for his pension, it is legal tender for all these, not by tho mandate of the law only, tut by the force of circumstance under which they live, and for this same reason it ii not legal tender for the money lender. As a matter of fact. Senator Sherman cas not a member of the Senate when th Allb9rpr43&ind act was passed. As a

matter of fact, the clause of the law to which, he refers does not work any injustice, since gold can be obtained now as easily as silver If payment therein Is demanded upon any contract. To say that the farmer Is obliged to take sliver for his wheat and the laborer diver for his labor, while the money lender can exact gold. Is one of the devices of a cheap demagogy which should be left to Democrats of the Voorhees variety. The farmer who takes a load of wheat to a miller Is usually given a draft upon a bank. At the bank he Is paid in greenbacks, treasury note?, silver certificates or bank notes, all of which are equivalent to gold except the silver certificates. If he should ask for gold of the bank it would undoubtedly give It to him. If he takes silver he can purchase Just as much clothing, groceries, etc.. for five silver dollars as for a gold five-dollar gold piece. If he owes a note at the bank the notes in which he is paid for his wheat will be accepted. The laborer can buy with his five-dollar note just as many of the necessaries of life as he could if it were gold, and Just as many with five silver dollars as with a gold five-dollar piece. The. writer of the article must know this why, then, does he bring Voorhees demagogism Into a discussion where plain facts alone are needed?

THE SCHOOL HO A III) KL12CTIOX. Eecause the school elections on next Saturday occur In but three districts is no reason why -citizens living In other districts should not take a hand and use every legitimate influence to get the full vote out. Many such men who see the necessity of breaking up the extravagant and corrupt ring in the board have a feeling that they can do nothing until the opportunity comes to choose new men In their own districts; but If their present commissioners belong to the ring they may do as much to overthrow their power by helping to elect a member elsewhere who will oppose Jobbery and waste as if they were themselves casting their ballots. -The election of even one of the three candidates Chandler, McGill and Williams would so change the complexion of the board as to check the schemes of the present majority. Every citizen who pays taxes is personally and financially concerned In the school elections; every one is directly or indirectly concerned In the condition and progress of the schools. In difference to an election which puts men- in charge of schools and school funds is Inexcusable, especially under existing conditions. The scandals which have come to light since the present majority has been In control, the disposition of this majority to carry affairs with a high hand and without regard to public interest make It the imperative duty of every man who pays taxes and every one who has a child in the schools to help overthrow the ring. There Is no doubt that a strong desire prevails to see this majority, with the bosses inside and outside the board, "turned down." The only question is as to whether the men who favor economy and wise management will do what they can to offset the efforts of the gang which is. working "for what there -is In It." COMMEXT OX V COMMl X!UATIO.. An esteemed correspondent of the Journal, in a communication iif yesterday's Issue, criticises it for approving the speech of Secretary Carlisle. As a Statement of historical facts and the results which would follow the free and unlimited coinage of silver by the tTnited States alone the speech of the Secretary Is an Intelligent confession of a change of heart by a former advocate of that policy which might be read with profit. The Journal did not approve, but on the contrary, criticised the Inadequate remedies suggested by the Secretary. As for an international agreement, Mr. Carlisle was silent and is probably hostile, as are both the silver and gold monometalllsts. since all those who favor the free coinage of silver on the ratio of 16 to 1 are silver monometalllsts. This correspondent. In whose Judgment the Journal has had much confidence, quotes a portion of the Republican national platform of 1S92 and comments as follows: Iet us look at the platform a little further. It declares that the parity between gold and silver should be secured by legislation. This certainly does not mean legislation by the Urltish Parliament or the German Reichstag, but legislation by the American Congress, tho only deliberative body on earth that ha any jurisdiction over our finances. If he had quoted the whole of the Republican platform on the money issue he would have added the following: We commend the wise and patriotic steps already taken by our government to secure an international conference to adopt such measures as will Insure a parity of value between gold and sliver for use as money throughout the world. The correspondent says that "such a parity was maintained by congressional legislation up to 1873." And yet he must know that not a silver dollar was coined from 1806 to 1836. and only 1,300 minted during the next four years. He must know that after the change of the ratio from 15 to 1 to 16 to 1 In 1834 the silver bullion In a silver dollar was worth from U to 5 cents more than the gold bullion In a gold dollar, and consequently very few were coined; that gold, to use the words of Mr. Dunham, chairman of the ways and means committee In 18i0, "was the single standard for the last three or four years, and now Is," because the gold dollar was the cheaper, and the cheaper money becomes the standard. The legal-tender quality of the subsidiary coinage was limited in 1853 und the weights of the coins reduced to keep them In circulation. It Is an historical fact that from 1S0 until after the resumption of specie payments silver as a money was a fiction. The declaration that debtors were making silver dollars the money of final payment when ' the silver in them commanded from 2 to 5 cents premium is ab?urd. We now have practical bimetallism because nearly .half the legaltender money of the country Is silver. If, we have any wider bimetallism It must be established upon the basis of the market values of the two metals. This the Republican party has declared can best be done by International action. For the United States to adopt the free coinage of silver on the ratio of 16 to 1 would drive gold out of circulation. This is not guess work, because the undervaluation of gold on the first ratio of 15 to I drove out all gold, and the undervaluation of silver In our coinage by adopting the ratio of 16 to 1 drove out sliver standard money. In these instances the undervaluation of the metals was not above 3 per cent. If such results' folio veil a small undervaluation of cne metal those who lnsitt that an undervaluation of gold compared with

silver of 48 per cent, will not expel gold money do their common sense an injustice. The Illinois Democratic State committee, bossed by Governor Altgeld; is the only one which has been Induced to call a free sliver convention. Even In Texas the uroposltlon for such a convention was voted down, and In Missouri by a vote of two to one In the executive committee. , The public schools of the city are In session only In the forenojns now; but there is little probability that the pupils learn much while tho mercjry is in the nineties that will be of benefit to them. Considering the uncertainties of thla climate the end of the school year ought to be fixed by the temperature and not by the almanac. .Sensation-loving citizens of Han Francisco would feel that they were being deprived of their privileges if they were to look at their papers some morning and find no account of "another woman mysteriously murdered."

The Oklahoma farmer, author of a new religion whose most novel requirement Is that Its adherents shall not wear clothes, ought to make a good many converts during this spell of weather. Shnhzadah, the Afghanistan Prince now visiting In London. Is said to have been much shocked at the low-necked dresses of the ladies in the Queen's drawing room. The horrid heathen! Richmond, Ind., people are tickled almost to death over the mastodon skeleton it is about to have "in their midst." Some folks with skeletons about their premises are not so proud. The Kansas woman who deliberately chose burning as a means of suicide showed singularly bad taste for this season of the year. Under the distressing circumstances It may be some satisfaction to reflect that summer does not really begin until June 21. The rains descend and the floods come everywhere save in Inuiana. ll'JIl III US IX THE AIR. I)n numerous. He stopped to note the mercury. And when the thing exploded. He only gasped, before he died, "I didn't know It was loaded." Certainly. "What more should woman want?" he asked. "Is not the world at her feet now?" "Of course it Is," replied the sharp-nosed girl. "You lo not expect her to walk on her hands, do you?" Financier. Dismal Dawson How do you stand on ae financial question? . Everett Wrest I am a little bit puzzled. I ain't right sure whether it means sixteen beers for a dollar, or sixteen gallons. notnnlc. "Well." said the first baseball crank to the other baseball crank, "are you going to root to-day T' "No," said the other baseball crank, feeling vaguely in his vest pockets. "I guess I am going to seed." SI'RAKIMJ OF THE "WEATHER. The progressive thermometer is a public nuisance. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The present brand of .weather is utterly unfit for publication. Pittsburg Dispatch. Only the bicycler finds this' weather tolerable. He is used to "scorchlns." Chicago Times-Herald. For variety of climate Uncle Sam can bfat all creation, but we wish he wouldn't. Philadelphia Press. The new weather is determined not to be behind tho new woman In the matter of progress. New York Evening Sun. These rare June days will have to hump themselves if they hope to outdo the well done days of May. Washington Post. Why, if this keeps on the farmers will soon be picking baked apples from the bending orchard boughs. Philadelphia Inquirer. Take trolley trips, or trips on the river, and decline to argue the silver question to the blood-heat point.-Phlladelphla Record. What is needed Is the development of the cold-storage system to houses. A fortune awaits the man-be he Edison or Tesla who solves the problem.-Clncinnatl Commercial Gazette. The men who drink hot and rebellious liquors these days do not rretend that it makes them cooler, but only that after several drinks they don't care what the weather i?New York Commercial Advertiser. The one thing to do Is to remember the philosophy of life, and above all things, the fretful soul should be at peace. The man or woman who Is always consulting the thermometer is the most unhappy of creatures. Philadelphia NothAmerlca n. AUOUT PEOPLE AXD THINGS. "It Is thirty years since General Ruckner surrendered to Grant at Fort Donelson. The veteran soldier walks about Ioulsviile nowadays, corncob pipe in mouth, waiting for a summons to represent Kentucky in the Senate. Gustav Freytag. the famous German author, who died a few weeks ago, left a fortune estimated at l,0o:000 marks, about S250.COD. in addition to Ms real estate in VvieiMden and Gotha. Ho wrote his wdl himself. His library contains many raro books and manuscripts. Inside of ten years Fanny Davenport has paid $73,000 In royalties to Victorien Sardou. She has sent J15.0O0 to him this season for "Glsmonda." Wlihin tnls time she has spent In staging Sardou's plays "Fedora." "La Tosca," Cleopatra," and "Glsmonda" $15n,UR). She Is reputed to be worth half a million dollars. Alphonsa Daudet has been greatly Impressed by the size of things In London. Everything, particularly the Tower bridge, seemed colossal to him, and in comparison Paris appeared like a delicate and artistic jewel. He wont to England with a detestation of the English race, but now finds himself "in spite of the horrible cookery of big joints and the tea, which h could never bring himself to like completely broken in." Uncle Dick" Oglesby, the Illinois exGovernor, told a visitor the other day that he was "an old piece of household furniture, old-fashioned and worn out," but he did not look fo. He is past seventy, but hearty and ruddy, though lie U Just recovering from an attack of the grip. Governor Oglesby Is a Kentuckian by nativity, as many of the Illinois great men. including Lincoln, have been, but he has lived in his adopted Staf for nearly sixty years. The illuminated bats owned by J. Lewis Hebutt. of Xewburg. N. Y.. while they no longer create surprise among his fellowtownsmen, are a source of great Interest to sti angers. They are of a Central American ariety known as the mothololigentlustaceous baltlca. or glow birds, and the reason for their pho.-phore.-cent appearance is that they feed entirely on the eggs of fireflies. Mr. Hebutt has nine and they perch on his hat and shoulders when he wishes to read on his rlazza after dark. The postoftiee. in India not only collect! and delivers letters, parcels and other articles, but acts to a certain extent as a hanker to the general public, sells quinine and salt, pays military pensions and collects the revenue accruing to the government from land and other sources. Hut to the fertile brain of one of the oldest officers In the department Is due the latest development in the work of the potomce. The Punjab postotfice has come forward a? an elements ry it ache-. It not only collects letters and delivers them, but teaches boys In elementary schools how to write them and address the covers. So many gods, so many creeds So many paths that wind and wind. While Just the art of being kind Is all the sad world ned. Elli Wheeler Wilcox. In the Century. They stood on the bridge at twilight. While the moon looked down from above; The breezes blew soft and balmy 'Twas a time lor sighs and love. They silently gazed on the water. And thought of the things held dear; She longed for some ice cream soda. He yearned for a glass of beer. Kansa3 City Journal.

TO THE" CITY'S YOUTH

WAS Till: IMH'STIUAL TRAIMXG SCHOOL DEDICATED. Addrena by Dr. Mendenhall, President of the Worrenter (Mann.) Inilnatrlal nnd Training School. The Industrial Training School, at the corner of Meridian and Merrill streets, was formally dedicated to the youth ot Indianapolis last night. The extensive but entertaining programme was carried out in full, despite the fact that the thermometer registered almost 100 and the heat was nearly unbearable. The torpid condition of the weather Interfered materially with the audience, and the handsome little auditorium was little more than half filled when the exercises began at 8 o'clock. Ropes and potted plants, and patriotic colors were conspicuous among the decorations. Above the broad entrance on Meridian street an immense American flag was gracefully draped. Along the smooth cement corridor leading from the entrance to the auditorium smaller flags were hung or twined about the chandeliers. Above the stage a large silken banner was tastefully arranged and below It great palms and other plants. Members cf the School Hoard and the speakers of the evening occupied chairs on the stage. Charles Martindale, president of the School Hoard, officiated as master of ceremonies and delivered the opening address. The speeches were Interspersed with Instrumental music by the Schllewen Quartet and a soprano solo by Mrs. lottie Rashig. Rev. Dr. Haines, of the First Presbyterian Church, delivered the invocation. President Martindale, on behalf of the School Hoard, formally turned the institution over to those who are to patronize It. He said the founding of every new school was a new mile-stone in the highway of civilization. School houses and churches are movements of social progress. The beautiful new structure now being dedicated to education was not only an advanced sted In free'school educa Hon, but It is a new event in the municipal history of the city of Indianapolis. To some it means that men and women will be able to earn better wages by their handcraft. To others it means honest pride in. a work well done. Unless it inspires moral training and the love of the beautiful as well as the good it will have failed in its import. Mr. Martindale said the idea of the creation of an industrial training school in Indianapolis sprang from the public, and he felt that the board hai endeavored to faithfully discharge the trust placed upon it. He thought the work had been honestly done, at least, and It was for the public good. John P. Frenzel, who was president of the School Hoard when the first steps toward the erection cf the institution were taken, gave a brief history of the work in which he had always been greatly Interested. The establishment of the Mechanics' Institute, In 1&4. by German citizens, he thought, was the first step toward the culmination of a grand plan for the practical .education of the youth of Indianapolis. It .was the persistence of those Interested In the scheme .that finally attracted the attention of the Hoard of School Commissioners. Mr. Frenzel contended that the new institution vas not a technical school, but Its mission was to impart general education to the pupil. Neither is It merely a trif le school, but it will dignify the industrial and domestic pursuits of the city. People must not be too hasty In their Judgment. The watchword of the institution munt be patience, and the work should be done with the feeling that no time Is too long to do work well. Otto Stechhan contHbuted some interesting data covering industrial matters in Indianapolis. France and Germany, he said, have alreadr recognized the Influence o? trade schools, tut Indianapolis is the first city of the Union to erect such a school on so extensive a plan. Years ago. he saia, he had dreamed of Just such an institution for Indlanapoll and his dream had been realized In every detail. He felt constrained to criticise the board slightly. He di.l not believe the apprentice should be prohibited from enjoying the advantages of tho Institution because he did not attend High School, and honed that the bo.ird would In the near future, make such arrangements that would adr?lt tV honest, ambitious j-outh of the shop nnd factory. The principal ad'lress of the evening was made by Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, of Worcester. Mass.. formerly president of Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute. After referring to the honor conferred upon him in being invited to deliver an address on an occasion so auspicious. Dr. Mendenhall in sub-jance spoke as follows: "It Is no longer necessary to argue that the education of the people is the prime duty of the State, because upon the intelligence of the voter depends the safety of the Republic. We have but recently witnessed a most striking illustration of the power wh'ch comes to a nation through the education of its people, in virtue of which at the most important crisis in its history it hs been enabled to prevail against its enern. So entirely, in my judgment, is the vlctoryof Japan over China to be attributed to the recent yielding on the part of the land of the rising sun to the vitalizing influences of the school, the college, the newpaper and the lecture platform that I may fairly, refer to It as an example of wbt education may accomplish for a natlrn of forty millions of people, even in a slixle generation. More than a decade ago in Japan, the common school flourished In all th? land: normal schools for the training of teachers were numerous, and some of them equal to If not better than any in this country; a great national university, with its professional, scientific and Hteriry departments, challenges comparison wltl the oldest and best In Europe and Armrlca. Is it to be wondered at that such a ptople, bound together by the closest ties, a nal affection and reverence for the soverelsji. a loyalty to their own newly created piwers and privileges growing out of an ittelligent comprehension of wnat it would tost them is it surprising. I say, that such a people should be found more than a much for another, however rich and numerois. which had allowed the centuries to roll by with hardly so much as a nod of recogiltion? Coming now to our own interests, to our own country. It Is but conmonplace to say that the stability of the government rests upon the intelligence o: the people. The principle was recognize! by our fathers, and no one h8 ventured to contradict It. Hut the enurclttlon of a pdnelple and its practical application are diferent. In the application It Is of the first inportance to attach definite and clear nvanings to words and phrases, and it doe not always happen that this meaning Is vhat was orlglnallv Intended. The Conaitutlon of the United States declares thit no direct tax shall be levied except undr certain conditions, but the wisest men o. the jyesent generation have only recently after long deliberation, determined what i. meant by a direct tax. "Two or three social and economical problems are "prosing upon us for a solution which it eeenv we can no longer safely postpone. In ttv solution of these problems Intelligence aid moral courage will be needed. Not Intelligence and ' courage on the part of a few r.en high in place, but of the whole people. We sometimes overlook the important fact that we are, after all, governed by the jeople. However intelligent and courageas men in high places may be. they will lot. In this country, be allowed to remain here unless their views on all questions arc In harmony with those of the people." Mr. Mendenhall hen entered Into a discussion of various conomlc questions, for the purpose of leadig up to the conclusions that the public schol is the place for the first Instillation of noughts of a public nature Into the youni mind. Continuing, he said: "Certainly this onditlon of things deferve our consldeation and it has long been the custom to Jraw comfort from the assumption that ve were educating the young to Fuch an e.1ent that danger from these sources (the faie beliefs that are often gathered by childre In the. ordinary contict with the word) would be avoided. Things have not Orned out exactly as we have hoped, hovever. and in casting abouf for an explaation it became clear that -our scheme ol public education was lacking in some pariculars. Improvements along cne or two lies have now been In progress for at let two decades with most lntere.'ting ad important results. These had their orifji in the at first somewhat ill-detined ide. that found friendly longing with a few people a quarter of aicentury ago. that a our scholastic training, lrom the hight to the lowest, we were neglecting thf development of certain entellectual frultles and powers, , which, after all. wfcn properly cultivated, were tolerably f ure to be of more real value than all othTs. The methods of old school men had revail?d; books were assumed to contain Jl that was valuable and the possibility tht even young pupils might be l?d to knw something of the methods by which tuth was discovered or confirmed, and ths be led to the exercise of the hlshes of all powers the power of independent thinking the possibility of such a thig, I say, was little dreamt d of. And this too. In spite of what Galileo, and R.icon. ind Newton, and a host of others bad one and said. What has teen generally. Und perhaps felicitously, called the nw education sprang

into a vigorous life, vitalizing all educational work from top to bottom. The effects of this revolution in educational methods and results are shorn Indirectly as well as directly. Look up any college commencement programme of twentyfive years ago: you will find that the young men then read ersays and delivered orations on such subrct.s .2. these: The Seasons 'Silent Cities. The Heavens Above and the Earth Delow, and the like. which are ltOT J5kdy to associate with i h raduatlng classes in young ladles' scnoois. A recent commencement programme of an institution whose life covers !fl? p?l twnty-flve years exhibited the Utle. Design of a GO Kilowatt Multipolar Gf.nerator.' and otners The most beneficent effects, however, of new education as compared with the old have shown themselves in method rather than matter. Its early development was in the friendly soil of the physical sciences and their applications. So fertile in results was the new departure that its principles we,re , quickly adopted and its methods quickly followed by the exponents of other kinds of learning. It ought, to be everywhere asserted until It Is understood that we shall lack nearly all If not quite onel,, ot tne Z00 to be derived from our public schools until all classes of children receive their primary and secondary education In them. "There is nothing new in the thought that the children of the rich and the poor should receive their early education side by Fide. The fact Is that both classes will be greatly benefited by such contact. Among the poorer classes, and especially in this country, many of the manlier qualities and homely virtues are found in a greater degree than among the rich. Here will be found a more generous recognition of the rights and privileges of others, a recognition that is ntither to be bought nor sold. Here, also, is to be found intellectual activity, keen ambition and noble aspirations. The children of the well-to-do can well afford to acquire a larger measure of some of these positive virtues in exchange for some of their gentleness and good manners. The great benefit to be gained, and one worth no small sacrifice, is that these two classes shall know each other, and by reason of knowing, shall respect. "And now I trust that the application of all of this to the present occasion is not entirely hidden. The splendid institution, which you to-night dedicate to the youth of this city, embodies, in my Judgment, in its organization and n its courses of study, vastly more that is sure to met the real requirements of the time; more that is in accord with the demands of wise statecraft and true public policy, than is to be found in most other organizations and educational foundations. I may be allowed to confess to more than mere incidental gratification and pleasure in this event in which I have been permitted to take part. For some years a citizen of Indiana, I am and always shall be Interested In whatever concerns her name and fame, and It Is an especial dellgnt to witness the expansion and growth of her educational institutions, for the excellence of which she Is already so widely known. I may even be allowed a little professional pride In the present Instance, In the fact that the director of the Industrial High School, who has had so much to do with its organization and its plans, is an honored graduate of the Institution over which I preside. "To all who have had to do with It, from its Inception to the present moment, I beg to offer sincere congratulations.- And especially do I congratulate the people who, without distinction or difference of clas-s, have contributed to its erection. Let all be alike jealous of the uses to which It is put. Do not Imagine that because of the somewhat practical character of its courses, it is best suited for those who may in the years to come do their share of the world's work with hands rather than head. If one of these two classes only Is to make use of it. by all means let that clafs be the children of the we'l-to-do who far more than the others need the broadening and liberalizing effect of its courses in which the variety and value of eklll ami deftness of vision will be revealed to them. Hut far. better, let it be a common school, where children of a common country are educated to be sound in learning, logical in reasoning, considerate of the rights and opinions of others; but courageous In the defense of their own, loyal to the truth and to their country, and blessed shall be those who laid its foundation." K. OF P. GRAND LODGE.

Several Hundred Delegate and Member Already Here. The Grand Lodge. K. of P.. will begin Its annual session this morning. The hotels wers well filled last night with delegates Interested In the result of the election of officers, whi?h occurs this afternoon. The attendance promises to be very large. There are five representatives to the Supreme Lodge to be elected. Senator Charles K. Shiveley, one of the Republican leaders in the Senate, is prominently mentioned for this position. He was defeated once before for representative by a narrow majority. As there are four to elect, the Grand Lodge for the first time having the right to send five representatives, it is thought probable that Senator Shiveley will win. Other candidates for this position are E. L Slver, of Fort Wayne; C. L Williams, of Terre Haute, and A. C. Hawkins, of Cvansville. The next grand chancellor Is to he C. F. S. Neal, of Lebanon. He has no opposition. For vice grand chancellor the contest is in doubt. Otto Kolb, of Boonvllle, is a prominent candidate. Friends of R. A. Brown, of Franklin, are insisting that he run, but he had not last night consented so to do. Union R. Hunt, of Winchester, and Erastus Peacock, of Rensselaer, are the lea'ding candidates for prelate. The report of the committee on the Pythian hall is expected to contain much matter of interest. The report of the committee to revise the laws, so as to make them conform to the new laws of the Supreme Lodge, will also be heard with great interest. The headquarters of the officers is at the Denison Hotel, though a large number of the Pythlans are stopping at the Grend To-night Star Lodge, No. 7, will exem4 ; fy the degree work at English's Opera Hou.The Rathbone Sisters will meet to-d. in the Agricultural Hall of the Statehouse. The candidates for grand master-at-arms are Senator James E. McDonald, of Ligon'er. and J. H. McCarthy, of New Richmond. Friends of R. A. Brown said last night that the fact of Kolb's steady promotion should not suffice for election without opposition. They pointed to the fact that Mr. Brown had reached the rank of prelate ami was ambitious to go higher, when James E. Watson came upon tho scene and secured the nomination of vice grand chancellor. These friends said at midnight that Mr. Drown had consented to be a candidate. Mr. Watson is in town as the friend and champion of Union B. Hunt, but If Mr. Hunt's interests are not Imperiled, it is said that Mr. Watson would not object to election as ono of the supreme representatives. He s what is termed a receptive candidate. BOY FATALLY BURNED. Fonr-Year-Old John Pressley Cnrson Bleu In C.rent Anony. The four-year-old son of J. F. Carson was fatally burned yesterday afternoon while playing with other children on the street about the family home, 831 North Pennsylvania street. It is not known how his clothing caught fire, but It Is presumed that some of the children had matches. The little fellow's sister, aged eleven, found him enveloped in tlames. and. with rare presence of mind, unbuttoned his burning clothes and threw a bucket of water over him. It is not known whether he Inhaled any of the flame or not, but death occurred at midnight. He suffered tortures, being burned alout the breast and back. The shock was the immediate cause of death. . WILL DEMAND THE PENALTY. Auditor Dally Will Allow Treasurer Only n Few More Day Cirnre. The treasurer of Allen county called at the office of Auditor Dally yesterday and offered to make a settlement under the law of 1879, which offer was refused. He then said he would call later In the day and settle. His warrants were made out, but when he called he had changed his mind again and refused to make a settlement. Sir. Dally has decided to bring suit in a few days against the delinquent treasurers. The treasurer of Allen county will probably be tr.e first one sued. In his case the 15 per cent, penalty, will amount to. about ,ov0. ' STOPS A RUNAWAY. J. II. Prill, u Traveling; Man, Injnred In Doing n Heroic Art. J. H. Brill, a traveling man from Milwaukee, who is stopping at the Denison House, was injured last night by a successful effart to stop a runaway on North Kijt street. A horse hitched to a spring wagon was running at full speed and ths oung man driving was too much frightenel to help h'mself. .Mr. Brill ft lied the animal by the bridle an.l hung on until it cime to a stop. He was dragged fifty yards and was bruised and ragged when he recovered a firm footing on the ground. It was "a heroic act. far wMh. he received much praise.

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STATEMENT OF G. A. R. COMMITTEE TO THE HOARD OF EDtCATIOX. Reasons Why Montgomery' "Leading Fart In American Hlatory" Shoald ot Be Ined In School. The subject of school histories, so far as they treat the late war, has attracted so much attention that it was noticed at the last National Encampment of the Grand Army, and came before the late Indiana Encampment because of a protest signed by the Indianapolis posts, which was referred to a committee consisting of Judge A. O. Marsh, of Winchester; Senator Haggard, of Lafayette; Professor A. H. Graham, of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home; J. J. Todd, of Bluff ton; W. H. Armstrong and V. M. Cochran, of Indianapolis, anJ Superintendent T. J. Charlton, of the Reform School an able and conservative committee. The committee held two meetings, and at the last all the -members except Mr. Charlton, who was out of the State, signed the following protest, prepared by Judge Marsh, against Montgomery's "Leading Facts in American History," a text-book in use In all the public schools: "At the annual meeting of the Department Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic for the State of Indiana, hell at Muncie, on the JTth and 2Sth of March last, a memorial was submitted to the encampment pointing out certain objectionable features In the school histories in use in the public schools of the State, so far as they relate to the war of the rebellion, and asking that the encampment take such action as would lead, if possible, to the revision or change In such histories. This report or communication was referred to the committee on resolutions of the encampment, and upon the recommendation of that committee a resolution was adopted by the encampment, of which the following is a part: ' " 'The committee recommends that a special committee of seven members be appointed by the Incoming department commander, to which shall be referred said memorial and accompanying papers, with Instructions to present to the State Board of Education the objections to the books now In use, and to request and insist upon their withdrawal and the substitution of textbooks giving a true and honest account of that Important period In the Nation's history.' "The department commander thereupon appointed as such committee: A. O. Marsh, W. S. Haggard. A. H. Graham, William H. Armstrong. J. J. Todd. W. M. Cochran and T. J. Charlton. This committee, having given the matter referred to them such Investigation as they have been able to do, respectfully ask the consideration of your honorable board to the following: "This committee has learned since Its appointment that the authorized history nowr in use in our public schools is the work of Montgomery, called 'Leading Facts in American History,' and for this reason the Investigations made have been confined principally to that work, although the Barnes History and the Ellis Eclectic Primary School History, now in use in some of the grades of the public schools of Indianapolis and other cities of the State, are believed to be equally objectionable. The objections which this committee urge upon the attention of your honorable board to Montgomery's history are as follows: "First It contains no suggestion or intimation that the men who fought for the preservation of the Cnlon were right. It is the earnest belief of the committee that the children who are to be the future defenders of the Nation's honor and the guardians or Its Integrity should learn lessons of patriotism from a history of the civil war, and should be taught by it that those who contended for national unity InMhe great struggle were right. "Second That there is a general unfairness of treatment of the people of the North, of the officers and soldiers of the Union armies and the battles fought by them. "Third-It is misleading in its statements of fact, and is calculated to give the student false impressions as to the relative courage, heroism and achievements of tha contending armies, and of the endurance, devotion and sacrifices of the people of the two sections of country engaged in the conflict. "Fourth-SThat the accounts of the victories of the Confederates are exaggerated, while those of the Union armies are dwarf d and made insignificant by comparison. "Fifth That all statements of a commendatcrv and eulogistic character are reserved for the Confederated while nothing of like character Is said in favor of the Union soldiers or people. "Slxth-That it Is unpatriotic and partisan in statement, tone and sentiment. "Seventh It is unreliable In its statement Of facts. "In support of our contention we submit the following specifications: "The statement found on page 281, Section SIS, that The Union was broken up and the State of South Carolina had now become a free and independent nation.' is well calculated to leave a false Impression upon that period from this book. We believe that the statement of historical fact should toe so clear that when presented to a child, as a fact to be believed, there will be a certainty that truthful impressions will be left upon the mind. We thmk that If any fact was made clear as a result of the war it was that the Union was not broken up and that South Carolina never became a free and independent nation. The author of this statement may not have intended to leave such an Impression, but It seems to us that the child who reads the statement In the text without other light must so understand it. "The statement contained in the next section that 'They (referring to the seven States attempting to withdraw from the Union) had left the national government a corpse lying in state in Washington,' seems to us peculiarly improper and quite inaccurate as a statement of historical fact. In fact, the entire account of the attempted withdrawal of the rebellious States and their effort to form a government with Jefferson Davis at its head seems to us calculated to convey the idea that no wrong was committed by those who engaged in rebellion against national authority. "We Fuggest that the account found on page 289, concerning the New England woman's gift of the family umbrella to her son when bidding him good-bye at the railroad station, could have been left out of the text without materially impairing the value of the work as a history; and that the space might possibly have been profitably used in giving a more extend d account of the achievements of the Union armies. As supporting the contention that undue prominence is given to Confederate victories and undue praise to Confederate officers and men we call attention to the account of the battle of Bull Run. found on pages 292 and 23, and the foot note at the bottom of page 293, in which an estimate is placed upon the character of Stonewall Jackson, and. contrasted with this foot note, we call attention to the foot note on page 297, giving a history of the life of General Grant. "Thffo accounts and comments upon the character of the two conspicuous soldiers indicate the general tenor of this work, and, as it seems to u., fully justifies the claim that it is unreliable in Its statement of facta and unpatriotic in its tendencies. "The statement on page 238, as to the battle or Pittsburg landing, is one of the many to be found in this history, all subject to the same objection, the Inference necessarily drawn from them being that it was only in cases where the Union troops largely outnumbered the Confederate troops that a Union victory was secured. Tne statement to which we refer Is as follows: 'Tlitj t'nion men now outnumbered the Confederates by 17.hh. etc. See. also on this pDint, the statement on page Z, that at the battle of Chancellorsville 'Hooker had twice as many men as the Confederates, but he was badly beaten. PofSibiy he might have gained the victory, but at a critical moment he was struck by a cannon ball and lay senseless for many hours. During all that time his army was without a head.' "The account of the battle of Gettysb j.g, found on page I5, i especially rr.islealing to one havbig no other information as to that m'.ghty contest than the kno.v.'ed;e derived from this history. This battle may not rank as one of the decisive battles of the' world, but it certainly was one ot tuv most Important: It was one In which furious and desperate fi?htin was alrr.os; continuous during a period of three days. Some of the finest and bravest troops to be found in either army, commanded by gallant and distinguished otficers. met in this sangmnary contest, but the only gallantry displayed, the only fighting deemed worthy of mention by this author is that of the Confederate General Pickett and the men under his command. It may be inferred from thi3 account that when Pickett reached the ridge, after starting upon his ill-alvisel charge, he found someboJy waiting to receive him; but tne fact is not retried tbat his assault with from IG.vjO to men. the flower of tne Confederate armv, was met and repulsell almost entirely by one division of Union troops under General Gibbon. Nor Is the faM recorlei ihut the gallant Hancock remained upon the field watching the cbire. and in comman I of the troops agalr.t whom it was directed, thougi no badly wounded that it was feared he would die from los of blood before he could receive surgical uid. and tha; he re- ; fused to leav- the field until th-ifvkle$ . hosts under A'ickett's command ihad- been

destroyed. The prominence riven to tha charge made by Pickett cox.parr! wltS p.a meager account of the batt T Mikslon.tr;r KlJe and Lookout Mountain, found on par 310. is a glarin; cxam;l of the partial out unfair treatment of Uj Union cause and it defenders by this author. The c-:ojnt -f these battles. whl:M continued for thre days, and were directed by fu.h conspicuous leaders as Sherrr.an knd HooVcr. and all under the personal direction of Grant. Is embraced In less than five line. Grant and Sherman, In the memoirs they ive lefteach treat these battles as Irrprrunt. Grant, devotes pages C3 to is of Volume 2 of his memoirs to a description of them, and Sherman, on page 292 of Volume 1 of his memoirs, treating both engagements as one battle, says of them. 'It was a magnificent pattle In its conception, in Its execution and Jk ;l lor,ous result" The author. In i ;00S x.ote on V Sl- Places tne l ut Ljookout Mountain at six thousand men from the Lnion and ten thousand from the Conilfjf arm certainly sufficient to just.fv TmT; f more than a merc mention. Upa io fnf nn It lm,,te a corlson of the ac2?! P.nVJ.'2 of Stonewall Jackson's co in n t iUaKl f ,rai l w ,th th five-line acf the batt,e of Murfreesboro. Tenn.. found on page CC1. The ralJs of Jackson and Stuart were simply what they are called- raids, of little or no importance and deserving no place In a history not treating of the war In detail: but in EjE?,y l here arded the author i. record as a fact of history that a Union wererc?mL h? J0'0 Un3er hls OOmnunt were compelled to run for their lives to'. escape a Confederate officer; also, to refe? of eaal.rS ftUUt M a dsh,ns baJy "The account of the battle of MurfreesSir le5i and her.e 18 battl rontinulng th?r F?r!? of tnree ua'- an m whicn wr rp?s nt Ioi? amoun'tnS to more than i inTinthTatTle" Ut f & camoalSi8 f?1 slvon of th Visfcsburg tamE ,DeKinning on page 307. the onlv iryVl'SnW toxoid a We in the met federal? whV" th enJnce of the Conleueraies who surrendered onlv -ha S"SUre c6uJJ n'i"re no mSreeS ?rni?-w.ord larding this, one of the most flrii ?5fr. sklf"l campaigns of the ?nJrTiS TltnCirh fon8plcuous military cadn . a.7cock' Kan. Reynolds. .fcPherFn ft VrMthlnameK of fuch not( actor, a hitorv nf ,eKni;afi:e4ment9- nnot be called ..A tory ot tne c,vll war. ilnALiJP auJnor has Rvn hi views of the relative sufferings borne by the HeiifnliJ,'- lnR8 from the war! ir urllS?S chdren that while the sacrltico Mr. Lvn,r"rfreJ alike by each section, in eery other, respect the privations and sufferings of the war fell almost wholly " " n the South i ' and that 'in the quiet hoineii of many millions of the people the progress or the war was only known bv newspaper reports the hardship, the horrors of tho struggles, touched none of them directly On page 323 he says of the Southern people, after recounting their hardships and sufferings -the wonder Is not that they wtm forced to yield at latr, but that, under such dlsoourager. ents, such hardships, such sufi . "J? thy beld out o long ajid so bravely. To our mind these statements are misleading and Inaccurate. They do not place before the mind of the child receiving lis first information and instruction as to th condition of affa'rs in the two sections of the country, a correct statement. Where were the quiet homes of many millions of people in which such a condition of things existed as given In the text by this author To say that the Northern people, or that any considerable portion of them were exempt from the hardships, and the horrors of the terrible struggle is simply falsifying the fact of historv. "In support of the contention that this author treats the slavery question from an economic standpoint purely, and without any reference to the rights of the slave. we cite the last clause of Section 337, on pagu W. and Section 359. on page 326. Section 362. on page 329, Is so manifestly improper and vicious In Its tendencies that it should, as we believe, condemn the entire book. ThA statement as to "carpet bagger Is not accepted as a truthful statement of a historical fact, by a very large number of the people c .he North; it is simply a partisan stateme . and Its tendency Is to stimulate partisan contention and bitterness. The last clause of Ihe section Is still more objectionable; the clear and open expression of approval, as it appears to us to be contained therein, of a resort to violence on the part of the white population of the South to secure political control of the States which had been engaged In rebellion, in our opinion render this work totally unfit to h placed In the hands of the children, who are the future hope of the Republic, as a textbook. "In view of the foregoing facts, this committee respectfully, but earnestly, protests against continuing in use the history under consideration, and urges that when the contract expires under which this work is furnished to the State. It be rejected as a textbook unless the history of the war period is revised In such manner as to give a patriotic and truthful narrative of the events of this Important period in the life of the Nation. "The committee makes no recommendation as to the adoption of any other history, but is firmly of the opinion that this history. in its present form, should not be continued it use." ,

SUICIDE OF A HANKER, He Speculated, Lost, Cut III Throal and Poisoned the Wound. DES MOINES, la.. June 2. E. B. Cassatt, ex-State Senator and president of the First National Bank at Pella made a sensational attempt to commit suicide In the bank building to-day. The bank was closed to-day by order of Controller Eckels. It Is In bad shape, and much Indignation exists over the matter. Cassatt has for some time been speculating on the Chicago Board of Trade, and had suffered heavily of late, one deal, amounting to about H4,0h, last week. For some time past he has been drinking heavily. . Saturday evening ha was engaged in a social game of whist at one of the hotels wKh a party of friends. About 10:30 Sunday morning the assistant cashier found Cassatt In a room at the rear of the bank, lying on a cot with the b!ood oozing from three ugly gashes - In his throat and from a slight wound in the right leg. He was still alive, but was weak and unconscious, and. probably, still under the influence of liquor, in which he had Indulged freely. It seems to have been an attack of delirium tremens, for there are evidences of a terrible strurgle with imaginary foes, during which he declared he would kill himpflf rather than be killed. It appears he poured poison Into tho wounds to aid death, but the whisky counteracted this. His family is prominent. His friends claim depositors In the bank wiil toe paid In full. TARIFF DECISION. Contention of Ihe Goernmenl fiegnrdlnK Cut Diamond I phclrf. NEW YORK, June 3. The quest icn whether cut diamonds are free or dutiable at 2T per cent., under the tariff act of Aug. 28. 1S31, recently aro-e on. an Importation of J. Franker Sons, of this city, and was argued in the United States Circuit Court, before Judge Townsrnd, a few weeks ago by Assistant United States Attorney Henry C. Piatt for the government, and W. Wlckham Smith for the importers. Julg Towrsend, this morning, tiled his decision in favor of the government. hoMlng thnt the diamonds In controversy are dutlahle under Paragraph 33S at 2 rr cent, ad viInrem as "previous tone of all kinds, cut but not set," and are not free of duty under Paragraph 4'T. The decision virtually sustains the position taken bv the government on the argument thu the word " oiamonLV in Paragraph 47. of the free list, is a mere heading to that paragraph and I restricted in its application to miners', glaziers' and engravers diamonds therein enumerated and which alone arc entitled to free entry. This decision is of considerable importance to the treasury. lor of Ihe Turn Frt. KANSAS CITY. June 3. Bright .and cheery weather greeted the Turners in the. last day of their great festival. They were up bright and early to take rart In the final contests for individual prize. The exercises at the Exposition Park were participated in by most of tne active Turners. A majority of the awards will go to St. Iouisians. For Individual work Alb.rt Crabr, of the Denver Verwartz. probably :na1e the best record of any one contestant. This afternoon a grand parade throush the has:- t ness street was hid. S'.x thousand Turners, the actives dressed In uniform, were in line, which was interspersed with half a dczen brass bands. They wound up at the Airline depot, from whence all were trauoried to Fairmount Park, where the remainder of the day was hpent in picnicking and competition in bowling, shooting and aquatic games. O'Brien I.IWrlj to Go Free. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. June 3. In the Circuit Court the indictment acainst M. J. O'Brien, late treasurer of the Catholic Knights cf America, was found to be fatally defective and was quashed. The bond, which was JIj.Ooo. was reduced to fj.ox) ti hold the defendant until the ner.t term of court, pending a meeting of the grnud jury, and this is generallv regarded as a praetk-af abandonment ot all criminal proceedings.