Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1895 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1095

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' T3K ISDIAXAPOLIS JOURNAL Cm be found at the following places rAUIS American Li change to rarte, 38 Boalerard fle rruclnes. I. J, YOIIK Gllsey aroj, Windsor Hotel and Astor House. PHILADELPHIA A. P. Ktmbls, cor. Lancaster are. r-. l Lirtni st. CHICAGO lamer House, Auditorium Hotel and p. ' u. ews Co.. vt Aaanss street. Cl.CECIATl-J. R. Hawky 1 Ca, 1S4 Vine street. rn.SVlLLK C. T. Peering, northwest corner of lliri tad JeSemm its., ana Louisville Book Co., lct:rth sre. CT. LOC13 Union Sewi Company, Union Depoi. TT ':nN3TON7 D. C Rlrc noose Ebbltt House, . Sard's Ilotel and the Washington News Exchange, . IIJj street, bet. lenn. ave. ana V street. Cpanish war vessels have bad luck In Cuban raters. They should stay nearer It does not come with very good grace Tor an American to say th Cubans are not fit for self-government. That Is rhat British royalists said about Americans a hundred years ago. - The Republican State committee ,1s pcry properly beginning to make hay crly. That Is, It la preparing to sow th3 seed for a big crop next year. Prospects are all in Its favor at this'stage of T -rations. The present bonded debt of the city, c-cluclve of the Belt railroad bonds, is Cl,ZTt,lZ0, and of this amount $1,200,000 created under a single Democratic c-rlnlrtretlon. A wide-open city means "a X7ldc-cpen treasury. Prom 1873 to 1873 the city was under Democratic control and was run on the :7ride-open plan. During those two memcrable years the bonded debt of the city Increased from $176,000 to $1,3S3,500. A tricfa-open city means a wide-open treasury. It would not be surprising if Mr. Cleveland in his next annual message should recommend some radical legislation on the currency question. He will do what fca can to dlvext public attention from the tariff question and from blunders of this cdmlnlstratlon. At the close of the Sullivan adminis tration, which Mr. Taggart helped to J put In power, the city debt less cash in th2 treasury was $2,040,092. Now the dab t less cash in the treasury Is $1,839,ZZ which still goes to prove that a wldeepen city means a wide-open treasury. In addition to refunding $1,200,000 of 1 3-1D per cent, bonds into four-per-cents. Controller Trusler has paid off and wiped cut $10,000 of temporary debt incurred during the Sullivan administration while tl:a city was being" run on a wide-open j;!an. A wide-open city means a wldecn treasury. Then the directors of the Atlanta exposition learned from the report of the treasurer on Sept. 30 that it was $40,000 la debt they immediately made up the amount by personal subscription, and t2 exposition opened next mOrning without a cent of debt. That sort of public Cplrlt is very admirable but rather exccting on those who are called upon to exercise it. . In county as In, city affairs the Demo-, cratic party is a debt-making party.' From June 1, 1S59, to June 1, 1834, a Democratic board of. commissioners, with Thomas Taggart as county auditor and cdvisory member of the board, increased the bonded debt of Marion county $150,C:3 and the floating debt $370,000. Yet come people pretend to doubt that a trlde-open city means a wide-open treasury. The Sentinel devoted one, page yesterday to an attempt to prove that the people of Indianapolis are "taxed to death," while on another page it censured the Council for. cutting down the appropriation for parks and -enforcing other economies. The people could not be taxed so heavily that a Democratic or-C-n would not try to force a Republican administration into extravagant appropriations. , The proposed celebration of Indiana's centennial anniversary in the year 1900 l far af ay the most fitting occasion that has ever occurred for an exhibition of State pride by every citizen of the Utate and by every native Indianlan wheresoever he or she may be found. ICo person who fails to enter, into this movement with hearty enthusiasm rhould ever azaln assume to' speak in tlie name of State pride. Th? Belt railroad bonds, amounting to C;CO,000, will mature and be taken up two years hence. When that Is done the tor.ded debt of the city will be at least !eS than the constitutional limit, and Immediately all tsorts of schemes will be sprung for Increasing the debt. If anybody thinks It. would be advisable to have a Democratic administration at that time let him remember that a widecpen city means a wide-open treasury. Mr. Albert Lieber stated in a recent interview that "the rigorous enforcement .cf the Sunday and the 11 o'clock features cf the law has ' driven many of the cloons, out of existence, the saloon keeper being unable to continue unless allowed to sell during the proscribed hours." Mr. Lieber Is working might end main for the election of Mr. Tag- . c-rt. Does anybody imagine he Is werkir.z for fun? lie wants a wide-open tin. and. though he does not say so. f nevertheless true that a wide-open rn'na a wide-open treasury. rzv to a request of the Chicago ,r.3 t!:2 c-vcrnora of eighteen States f It Tirnrs in regard to the Cuban . I! zy ell czzrtrzzd. sympathy : , r :!v rU f-vcrci

their recognition as belligerents, and some were outspoken in favor of annexation. The most guarded and noncommittal reply of, all was that of Governor McKinley, of Ohio, who wrote: "I most politely decline to go on record. -At this time I do not care to speak about it. In my position it were better that I say nothing now. Perhaps later I may have something to say."' AX IXTERESTIXG COXTIt.fST.

There are some interesting facts connected with the issue and interest of bonds and coupon notes by the School Board. Between July 1, 1SS3, and July 1, 1SD0, the board issued $240,000 of bonds, all of which bear 4 per cent, except $20,000, the Interest'rate 6f which is 4 per cent. July 1, 1831, one year, later, when the control of the board had fallen under the influence of the Democratic money lending coterie in this city, $100,000 of bonds were issued, redeemable after ten but not falling due until the expiration of twenty years, bearing 5 per cent. Interest. That Is, a more desirable bond was sold for 1 per cent, more Interest and in a larger block than those sold at 4 per cenfi The annual difference in the interest between a 4 and n 5 per cent, is $1,000 a yea,r. This means that, for a period of twenty years, the Increased Interest, compounded, is $30,000 more on $100,000 for twenty years than it la at 4 per cent. Money was no higher in 1891 than in 1890, but the loan was manipulated in the Interest of the Democratic oilque which has always been thrifty in such matters. About this time the board . made use of coupon notes when it borrowed money. At the samd date that bonds running from ten to twenty years were sold at par, bearing's per cent. Interest, $4.3,000 of coupon notes were negotiated at 4 per cent, to purchase a library site. Two years later $40,000 more of these notes were sold, bearing 4 per cent, interest, payable after ten and redeemable after twenty years. Then came the remarkable Ricketts property transaction. " by which $60,000 was paid for $40,000 worth of real estatp In coupon notes bearing. 4 per cent.,, none of which can.be paid for fifteen years, and the last cannot be paid until ' the year 1932. This means that the Rlcketts transaction will cost the city not less than $200,000 before the last note shall be paid. The next lot of coupon notes was issued to pay for the equipment of the , Manual Training Schdbl. These notes aggregate $33,000, bear 6 per cent. Interest, and. may be paid any. time before the expiration of six years.' Tn other words, about a year ago, when the Republican controller of the city was selling bonds at 4 per cent, and placing temporary loans at even less than 4' per cent., the thrifty clique managing the . majority of the School Board was getting 6 per cent, for Its money. There is now outstanding $140,000 of temporary loans bearing from to 5 Per cent. These were negotiated at the time that the Republican controller was hiring money for 3 and 3 per cent The total school debt Is $633,'000. ' - If the people of Indianapolis are anxious to have the greedy Democratic money-lending, coterie which controls the party extend its extortion to the loans of the city they can surely do it by making' Mr. Taggart Mayor. OIR DUTY TOWARDS ClllA. ( , The danger that a mass meeting called in' Chicago to express sympathy with the Cuban insurgents would outrun public sentiment and perhaps hurt the cause it was intended to help was judiciously avoided. The resolutions adopted by the meeting were temperately worded, the review of the situation was candid, and the meeting went no further than to de clare a belief that it is "the privilege and duty of the United States government to recognize the rights of the Cuban revolutionists as belligerents as soon as practicable, on being so requested by competent Cuban authority, in accordance with international law." The recognition of the insurgents as belligerents would in no way Involve the recognition of their independence. It would simply be an official recognition of the fact that they have a regularly organized ' military force and are prosecuting a war according to the laws of war, and that the Spanish government has had to resort to warlike methods in order to quell the Insurrection. As these are notorious facts the United States government ought to recognize them as soon as it Is so requested by competent Cuban authority. The Journal does not understand that such a request has yet been made, but it Is likely to-be as soon as the provisional government of Cuba now being formed shall be promulgated. During the Cuban Insurrection of 1870 General Banks, of . the committee . on foreign affairs In the House of Representatives, reported a joint resolution recognizing the insurgents as belligerents and authorizing and Instructing the President "to declare and maintain a strictly impartial neutrality on the 'part of the government of the United States In the contest now existing between the people of Cuba and the government cf the kingdom of Spain." In speaking to the resolution General Banks said: It is a misconception of fact to assume that by this action ne grant belligerent ntfhts to the Cubans. This government baa no power to create, confer or denne the rights of belligerents. That can be done by- the general consent of civilised governments cnly. They are defined by the law of nations. We are bound to obstrve them as the rule of the Christian world. The Cubans have an inalienable right 10 fight 'against cpprjsslon and for liberty. It dees not depend upon the consent of government or of men. It is our duty to recognize tee fact of the contest and maintain our neutrality. The administration has already Informed the government of tpain that tho law of nations would Justify our intervention in the contest in the Interest cf humanity; but Intervention U the policy, cf personal, not of republican government?, impartial neutrality Is our duty. U woull be criminal In us to strengthen the hand of the oppressor. If we cannot espouss tho cause of liberty we ought, at least, to stanl neutral. Without a recognition of the contest neutrality Is impossible. When we recognize its existence and declare our neutrality, the law cf nations, the enlightened ccV cf the civilized world, defines the rights and duties of neutral nations and applies to the contestants the law of belligerents. This is the action recommended. . This statement fits the present situation quite as well as it did the insurrection of 1S70. , The t gist of It is that the recognition of the Insurgents as belligerents would simply be the recognition of a state of facts, and would carry with it the duty of strict neutrality between the parties to the war. General Grant In hds first Inaugural message sai: "I would respect the rights of all nations, demanding equal respect for our own. If o.hcr3 depart from this rate with us we may be compelled to follow their precedent." Spain was amens the first European governments to recognize the belligerency of the. rctt'i Iz cur civil war and to de

clare her neutrality between them and the government The Queen's proclamation on 4he subject bore date June 17, 1861, and in it she said: "I have resolved to maintain the strictest neutrality In the struggle engaged In between all the federal States of the Union and the Confederate States of the South." This action of the Spanish government, taken before the first battle of Bull Run and before a single life had been sacrificed except at Baltimore, showed no respect for the rights of this government. With this precedent Spain could not complain If, after many months cf actual war in Cuba, the United States should recognize the. insurgents as belligerents. If they form a provisional government and ask for recognition as belligerents the recognition should-be extended at once, and if the' President falls to do so before Congress mecH it should instruct him to do so.

WOSIEX A AD THE 31. E. Clfl'RCII. Editor Buckley, of the New -Vork Christian Advocate, has been fighting the women almost singly and alone for some years and has proved a formidable adversary, but Indications are that he will presently have to lay down his weapons and acknowledge himself deifeated. One by one the Methodist conferences throughout; the country vote almost unanimously to admit wom-n to tho General Conference . of the church as delegates, that, of Rock River being the lf.test. To the lay rr.lnd there is a special appropriateness in permitting women, who make up such a large proportion of the church membership, to participate In its government. Even the minlsters( of the Methodist denomination have practically ceased to oppose the plan, but brother Buckley holds out sternly to the last. He is afraid the sisters will wish to enter the pulpit next, and his fears are . undoubtedly well founded. Probably he will yet have opportunity to listen to an ordained female pastor of his church, and whisper it softly to him his eyes may even behold a bishop in petticoats. , This approval of women, as indicated by the action, of the conferences, shows a change of opinion on the subject which has. come about by a natural evolution. The part taken by women in business life and in all v sorts of . philanthropic work has put them on a different plane in the estimation of the public from that formerly occupied. No unprejudiced person can deny that they are qualified to serve acceptably In religious official bodies, and It will not be leng until they are represented in all such assemblies. The same evolution Is In progress In regard to their participation In politics, and advocates of equal rights who are content to bide their time will sooner or later see their hopes realized through the natural growth of public sentiment. It is much better that woman suffrage, for instance, should come In that way, if it is to come, than to be forced upon the community before it is ready. The retirement, of Lieutenant General Schofield furnishes a good opportunity to drop that rank, which is, only conferred by special act of Concress. Before the late civil war it had been conferred on "Washington alone. There was some propriety in conferring it on the veteran General Scott, and excellent reason for conferring it 6n Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. Hancock did not quite rank up to these as a soldier, yet he wore the rank worthily. With his death it should have .lapsed. General Schofield was a good soldier, but not a great one, certainly not to be classed with Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. There was no good reason why a rank which was created for Washlnston should have been conferred upon Schofield, and there Is no special reason why it should be conferred on Major General Miles. Its discontinuance now would be no reflection on that gallant soldier, but would simply be the suspension of a rank which was created for extraordinary reasons, and ought to be reserved for extraordinary use. If not dropped now it will probably be continued Indefinitely and cease to have any special significance. Notwithstanding the necessary and legitimate expenditures of the city are naturally greafer. now than they were three years ago, the present administration has' kept the city's expenditures within Its Income and paid off $140,000 of temporary loans made during the Sullivan administration, all of which were drawing 6 per cent, interest, and it has done this without an increase of the tax levy. If Mayor Sullivan had been reelected there is every reason to believe the city debt would have been increased instead of being diminished. It certainly will be if Taggart is elected, for a wideopen city means a wide-open treasury. Mr. Lee Nixon is addmg much to the strength of the Republican ticket. His record as city clerk for the past tw6 years has been greatly to his credit and to that of the Republican administration. Already popular among the workingmen, of whom he is a representative, he gained many friends among business and professional men during his term of ofilce, and on all hands are heard expressions of good will toward him. The wisdom of his renomination is every day more apparent. Atlanta, too, has made the mistake of having a woman's building.. Some time there will be a great exposition where women will not permit their handiwork to be displayed, by itself as if it derived a merltx from being their own that it would not otherwise possess, or as If it would not bear competition with men's work. To separate it as they now do casts discredit upon them. Does any one happen to know what has become of the esteemed Mr. Sovereign's boycott of the national bank note? It was to begin the 1st of September but the note still appears to be in demand by a considerable number of citizens. A Drmorrnlle llmnKC ,o( Daae. " Two years . ago, during the city campaign, . the organ of Democracy raised a great cry to the effect that if the Republican ticket were elected public improvements in Indianapolis would cease. The Republican ticket was successful, and public Improvements have not stopped, so tnat to-day the city is second to none in the country in respect to improvements. Tho records of the Board of Works, showing the proposed improvements, indicate that . the great bulk of the work has been completed. The large street Improvements and the extensive sewer work, with few exceptions, are completed.- Yesterday the organ cf Democracy,, with much inconsistency, reviews the work of the Republican administration, and la Caring heillirta. cilia re

tention to the expenditure for Improvements, thereby endeavoring to make political capital. In other words, an effort was made two years ago to get votes on the fear that Improvements . would stop, while this campaign an effort is made to get votes because the improvements have not stepped. While Improvements have continued the work has also furnished employment for hundreds of men. and at the same time made the city more beautiful and addedv vastly to the value of real estate. The election of the elegant business buildings new under way Is evidence that men with capital have reached the conclusion that Indianapolis is past the country-town period, and that the growth from now on Is to bo steady. With poor streets and the censequent low values of real estate, there would be no inducement for the erection of large and elegant buildings. The Improvements, in the minds of the publicspirited citizens, have been right in line with the growth and progress of the city. It is a matter of observation that during the last two years ' Indianapolis has had fevrer Idle workmen than any city of its size in the country. Because of the work of Improvement It was not" necessary to feed the unemployed for months at a time from soup-houses. Mechanics and many workmen suffered during the time, as they did everywhere, owing to financial depression, but the men who depend for a living upon such work as Is furnished by public Improvements fcave found plenty to do. Only , a few days ago one of the large asphalt companies was endeavoring to obtain fifty workmen, and it was with a great deal of difficulty that It obtained that number. The number of names that have been taken from the eligible list for street work indicates that many have found positions elsewhere. . Ihe cost of Improvements, as published, was prepared by Mr. Parker, the Democratic clerk of the Board of Public Works. Great stress is laid on the fact that most of the improvements have been made beyond the mile limit. It mlsht appear from tie Sentinel . that all . the people living beyond this limit are paupers and their homes have been mortgaged in order to pay the assessments. The article failed to state that a majority of the streets within the mile limit were Improved before the time of the present administration. Among the other Improvements which v "were not Improvements fqr the rich" were those of Meridian street, Central avenue and Capitol avenue. The Board of Works has made Improvements in response to petitions for them. Tho petitions In each case-have been exanr'ned and Improvements have not been ordered where a majority of the property owners were opposed to' them. The board has made but two or. three improvementa during the last year which were not asked, and these were thought absolutely necessary. Those property owners outside of tho mile limit have already , learned the value the Improvements have added to their property, y ' Advice to Onr Mnnufnctnrers. The prospective construction In the near future of several high buildings on Washington street will add materially to the city's present office room facilities, and, It is to be hoped, attract the attention of a class of business men who, heretofore, have not seemed,f;tp appreciate such facilities. It Is only within a few years that Indianapolis has begun to be" fairly well supplied with modern buildings containing desirable cfflce rooms, and while the supply is as yet limited the demand for such offices has come chiefly fromrthe railroads and from professional men, insurance agents, etc. In air the modern office buildings yet completed there Is a conspicuous absence of the representatives or agents of the city's large manufacturing and industrial interests. In -factfv scarcely one of these ' establishments0 hits an office In the central part of the city They are located on the Belt railroad, In the suburbs, and In all directions remote from the business center, near the stock yards. In West Indianapolis, at Brlghtvood, or In other outlying districts. The only way to reach them is by mall, by telephone or by a personal visit. The .mall Is xoften too slow, the telephone Is not always satisfactory, and a personal visit takes too much time. If one wishes to have a personal interview with the proprietor of 'an establishment on the northern edge of the city and with another on the western or southern boundary. It takes the better part of a day to see them. This is not as it should be. In business time is money, and the more business is concentrated .the more rapidly and satisfactorily It can be done. Every manufactory in the city or Its suburbs ought to have an office in-the business part of the city. In Chicago scores of establishments located in the furthest suburbs of the city on beyond the city limits have offices In the heart of the 'city so conveniently located that one can - transact business with three or four of them in as many hours. We venture the assertion that there is not a manufacturing establishment In Indianapolis that would not Increase its business and confer a favor on all Its customers and patrons by having .a downtown office, while at the same time contributing to the support of enterprising builders and helping to give the town metropolitan business facilities. There is reason to believe the cltjt loses business by the failure of its business men to adopt up-to-date methods. 'Other things being equal, a man who has business to transact will go where he can transact it most com-, fortably and expeditiously, and if he can see and talk with' half a dozen manufacturers or their representatives In Chicago or 'Cincinnati In the same length of time that it takes him to visit one or two In this city he will not come here. Therefore, we repeat, every manufacturing establishment in the city. In Its suburbs, on the Belt railroad or within twenty-five miles of the city limits should have an office In the business part of the city. Sixteen members Of the grand jury of the District of Columbia united in presenting to the District Court a recommendation for the establishment of the whipping post as a punishment for wife beating and petit larceny, and the jud?e said from the bench that he fully agreed with the recommendation.

Any one who has cherished the Idea that the Friends Church is on the decline may be undeceived by reading the reports of the Yearly Meetings. It Is only the old bell-crown beavers and the close-fitting bonnets which have gradually dropped off. The owners remain. A very giddy portrait of (Miss Frances Willard, representing her looking over her shoulder with a coquettish, cigarette-picture air, appears'lti the New York papers. Frances cannot successfully deny that matrimonial rumor while she maintains such a pose.' That Chicago woman In bloomers, who with her husband has started on a bicyclo tour of the South, should beware. In the Scuth when they see strange things they usually have their guns. The high temperature of September must have Interfered seriously with the comfort of the young gentlemen engaged in growing football hair. , The News speaks up promptly and answers "Here" to casual remarks addressed to the Evening Pharisee. To be unforgiving is the mark of a small soul, and nothing ia so virulent as the hatred felt by such ' a. one toward those r. hem it has fctttmbttd to Injure. It wts

not to be expected the News could ever forgive Colonel Lilly and Mr. Fortune. The literary club season cf Indianapolis opens this week with a bang. The football season, It appears, Is now, fairly open. , Dt HULKS IX THE AIR.

Self-Evldent. Watt Do you think a man can be a Christian on a dollar a day? Potts I don't see how he can afford to be anything else. Changed. He looked at her earnestly. "You have changed since last we met," he said. "Yes," she answere'd. "Those red ones were causing so many runaways that I thought I would adopt a pair of a more somber hue." Two Good Reasons. "Why didn't you call it a theater, instead of an opera house?" asked the visiting gentleman. "Well," said the eminent citizen of the little town, as he gazed with pride at the local amusement hall, "opry house sounds bigger and don't sound so wicked." The Corn fed Philosopher. "No man," remarked the youth who would, be oracular, "can achieve success without achieving enmities." ' "Certainly," asentedthe Cornfed Philosopher. "Even if there is ho one else to be at enmity with, he Is bound to hate those who helped him in his struggling days." His Position. ' S6me want to throw the throttle wide" And set the town a-spinntng; Would have no thirsty man denied; Would bid the law to stand aside . That sports may have their inning. And some there. are of moral joys And order always dreaming, Whom beery, revelry annoys; Who grow impatient with the "boys," And think it unbeseeming. Now, I've been thinking that, la' view Of lthl3 consideration, , I'd Just indite a billetdoux To plainly intimate to you Where I shall take my station. I think the laws are best obeyed When they're not violated. And think provision should be made To regulate the liquor trade According as I've stated. And so, if I'm your Mayor-elect Your side shall be protected. The way you think is quite correct. And all the others may expect To see the unexpected. And now, to mako the matter plain. Although I am no braggart, One thing I firmly must imalnfaln . , Elect mc Mayor, and I remain Yours truly, Thomas Taggart. s .. . Nemo. i THE TALK. AIIO UT IIARIlISO.. Still, we don't believe General Hairison would put the convention to the trouble of choosing twice. Kansas City Journal. It Is a significant fact that a denial quickly follows every repcTt that General Harrison will not be a candidate for the presidential nomination. Buffalo Courier. We are still Inclined to the belief that it will be perfectly safe for the friends of tMr. Harrison to proceed on the theory that he Is in their hands. Washington Pest. . . Everybody is privileged to have his doubts about the retirement of General Harrison, and the doubts can be maintained for six or seven months. Cincinnati Tribune. There is a lot of time before the convention, and the man with the prestige of a splendid administration in the exalted of-, flee of President Is no mean figure in national politics if he still chooses to enter the arena, Detroit Tribune. If General Harrison has a preference he will not state it yet awhile, if at all. When he retires from the field it will not be in a manner gratuitously to bring a pack of the snarling 'partisans of Reed or McKinley or any other ; candidate upon his heels. Springfield Republican. For ourselves we believe there Is nothing more likely in the future of politics' than that' General Harrison will be the Republican nominee in 1836. The "unexpected may happen, to bo sure. But no dispassionate purvey of the field to-day can discover any figure, or any number of figures united, that compares with General Harrison, in weight' and position, and in the worth of this weight and position to the Republican party. Indianapolis News. It is an open field as yet for everybody, and Piatt and Quay to the contrary notwithstanding it is Idle to attempt to eliminate Mr. Harrison from the race unless he voluntarily and peremptorily withdraws. Should the Republicans In 1S96 decide that they, want a man of conservative views, not troubled with extreme opinions on the tariff, hailing from a central State, and possessed of a record which-at least Justifies confidence, Mr. Harrison would be a very strong candidate, indeed. Chicago Record. . AS VIEWED FROM THE OUTSIDE. The main Issue In the Indianapolis city campaign is, "Shall the laws be enforced?" and that seems to be the Issue raised by the Democracy everywhere else. Lafayette Herald. . . This is the last week of the Indianapolis campaign. The canvass "has been made on' local Issues, but there will be much political significance in the result, Notwithstanding the many declarations to the contrary. Munclo Times. . If the 'people of Indianapolis elect th? Democratic city ticket after Mayor Denny and Controller Trusler have given them such an able and law-abiding administration they must be prepared to experience the doubtful benefits of a wide-open town and poorly administered finances. Vernon Journal. This Is the last week of the Indianapolis campaign, and It Is to be hoped that the Republicans will utilize it to make sure of the election of their ticket. It is desirable in every way that they roll up a substantial triumph at the polls next Tuesday. The best interests of the capital citv require It, and such a result will stand for the continued Hupremacy of the Republican party. Indianapolis Republicans can win the contest and their party brethren throughout the State expect them to do it. Kokomo Tribune. The Issue in the municipal election at Indianapolis is thoroughly defined. It Is whether wide-open lawlessness or law and order, shall prevail. Taggart represents the former policy and Trusler the latter. The people of the whole State are watching the result with considerable concern and personal interest. The -enforcement of the law by Mayor Denny at Indianapolis has been a direct and tangible influence for good in every locality In Indiana. The State at large deslre3 the policy continued. (Madison Courier. ABO IT PEOPLE AXD THINGS. " Leather tires will in the future be employed on bicycles made fcr the French arm)'. Four generations of a family are being. taken care of at the ioor farm at Elddeford. Me. Linen can.be marked by electricity. The fabric is dampened 'with water containing common salt in solution, and a current is passed for about two seconds from a sliver die, carrying silver Into the fabric wherever the. die touches. The original "Hold the Fort" man was at the Chlckamauga celebration. He is George Frankenberry, who was signalman on Kenesaw mountain when the " famous signal which was the inspiration- of the song, was waved to General Sherman. Frankenberry still has the flag he waved that day. There are many English aristocrats who stand in sore need of wealthy wives. Last week a son of the late Duke of Roxburghe appeared before the Bankruptcy Court for the fourth time. The Earl of Ancaster is selling his Welsh estate in mall lot3. Viscount HU1 his been obliged to ccllthis fanily hilrlccr tD c::t tho cf cre d

itors. There is nothing left certain blueblooded Englishmen to do but to make a pilgrimage to America. It is remembered of the late Mr. Houghton that he was wont to' tell a characteristic story of Noah Webster. Houghton was a boy in a printer's shop when an old-looking old gentleman came In one day to make him promise that he would always set up "the word "center," not "centre." The dictionary man is said to have traversed New England on this errand to printers. Mme. Dieulafoj. the explorer, one of the few women in France who can legally wear men's clothes, In public, in defending the use of bloomers or bicycling asserts that half the women in the world wear breeches, and have worn them for centuries, and that in countries where the women wear the trousers population is steadily increasing, whereas in France It Is diminishing. According to the will of the late II. O. Houghton, his interest in the publishing firm of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Is to continue, and each of his children is to share alike in the profits $10,000 is given in trust to each of his three daughters, the earnings of which they are to devote to the benefit of the "worthy poor" of Cambridge. At their death their descendants are to carry on their work forever. The remainder of hfs property is equally divided among his children. The Newspaper Maker tells how David R. Locke (PetrolfuO V. Nasby) flr3t evolved his famous "Letters." They began to appear When Locke was struggling with poverty as an obscure country editor, first at BeHefontaine. O., and later at Findlay, in that State. He never reduced the "Letters" to writing; he simply tOk his composing stick, went to his case, and put them in type, impromptu, as it were. As an aid, however, he first procured an overflowing glass of gin, which he placed on a printer's stool at his right. He would take a swig of the ctuff and then begin business. After setting a stickful of type he would interview the glass again, and so on. The gin and th.? "Letter" were finished at the same time, and Locke was about "finished," too, as far as his usefulness for the rest of the day was concerned. "Locke," said a friend of his on one occasion, "your 'Letters' show downright genius." "Ginius, ycu mean," was the laconic replv. Locke afterward became a total abstt.lner and prohibitionist. Oh. where is the girl who used to play "The Maiden's Prayer and oft crochet In such a sweet, audacious way. In colors striking? Who loved to see the house well kept; Who dusted some, betimes, and swept. And pensively o'er "East Lynne" wept? - She's to cur liking. Where is the girl whose blushes glow When, as the golden moon swings low. You tell her that you love her so? She's to your liking. Alas! It Is in vain to seek Her who would hear a lover speak. With dewy eye and mantling cheekShe's gone a-biklng. Washington Star. y Alns, How Human! . Oh. we mortals are so curiousFirst lavish, then penurious . Today we find It all too hot, 'To-rr.c rrow much too cold. All the winter we are scheming v t For the summer, and now dreaming What the wintpr months may bring us, lie it fame or needed gold. We are never, never satisfied, r Whate'er the luckless fates betide, , And are ever looking forward To the unseen things beyond. On "the good old times" we ponder . And we longingly will wonder If the future win bring happiness And wealth to correspond. Will there ever be created On the earth such beings' fated , To be happy in the presentIn the sweet, almighty now? Yes; but 'twill be when the races . Of mankind have angel faces, Wltha golden harp to tinkle. And a halo on each brow. New York World.

CENTURY CLUB DINNER. Some Interesting Toasts The YalUyrle" and "Defender." .The Century Club began Its seventh season last night with a symposium at the Columbia Club. The menu was served in the best style of this institution. The card read as follows: . - - ". t Menu Little-neck clams, celery, olives, consomme a la royal, baked Ted snapper, tomato sauce, Saratoga chips, escalloped oysters, pineapple sherbet, baked young chicken, oyster dressing, lobster salad. Mayonnaise dressing, ice cream, assorted cakes, black coffee, cheese and crackers. Mr. Charles Moores, president of the club, presided as toastmaster. The first speaker was Mr. JohnL Griffiths, on the subject, "Degeneration." The refrain which he was to discuss was "Gone to the deranition bowwows." Mr. Griffiths showed that the teachings of Nordau and his imitators had not made a pessimist of him, for his remarks were roseate with the glow of hope. IHg Is one who cares for nothing, he said, for the philosophy of Nordau, but he took pleasure in unfolding the bright lining to the dark things In life. The address was one of the most eloquent and notable in the history of the club. It was given most vigorous applause. Father Francis H. Gavlsk succeeded Mr. Griffiths in a short talk on 'Regeneration." The theme had been set down for Bishop Chatard, but In his enforced absence Father Gavisk took his place. His remarks were facetious in nature and taught several very bright truths in this vein. Mr. William L Taylor, who has Just returned from Europe, had for his subject "The Valkyrie." The refrain assigned to- him as an inspiration was "I don't want to play in your yard; I don't like you any more." Mr. Taylor assumed the-character of one of our British cousins, and told how the English sportsmen had come to America and secured plans for a yacht on the most advanced American ideas, and at the same time the American sportsmen had gone to England to secure the British ideas, of what a yacht should be. The result is well known. The English boat was beaten cut of sight. Mr. Taylor argued that these yacht events are the forerunners of closer communication with the cousins across the water, and that things are coming to a pass in which the ocean will be but a river's breadth for a comfortable trip of four or five days. Mr. William A. Pickens spoke on the subject, "Defender," in which remarks he took occasion, in a pleasant way, to review the category of things that need defense. Mr. Hilton U. Brown reviewed the history of the club, which he said was organized seven years ago in the law office of A. F. Potts by eight young men. who were anxious for such affiliations as would benefit them, and afford social and Intellectual pleasures. Mr. H. H. Hornbrook. a new member, spoke with much hope of the future, of the club, basing his faith upon the standard which he observed It to have. W. P. Flshback. one of the older members, was called on and spoke extemporaneously. He complimented the club upon its past successes and then took issue with Mr. Griffiths In his disdain of the theory of degeneracy. Mr. Fishback said that the signs in literature and art do mark a tendency for degenerate quality, and instanced the works of Shakspeare, following which, in the century's close. Is Zola. And In art. he said, the limner used to master the beauty in the Madonna face, but now is content to revel in the nude. Mr. Fishback appealed to the club to help ctem the tide and to eek to throw Its Influence against the tidal tendency. Governor Matthews was called on for' a speech, but he excused himself with a few hrief remarks. There were fifty members present, and the meeting, several remarked, was an auspicious one for the opening of another successful year. THE ARMY ASTRAGAL. Work of Putting It in Plaee "Will Re Pushed Ilnpldly. The monument regents met yesterday morning with a representative of Nicolaus Gelger, the sculptor who designed the army astragal. Mr. Gelger's representative Is here to superintend the mounting of 'the astragal. He speaks no English, and General Khefler acted as Interpreter. Yesterday afternoon the regents visited the railroad yards and arranged to have the astragal transferred from the cars to the monument at once. The engineer of the monument reported that he had connected some additional exhaust drums to the machinery In the basement, which will Btop the thumping noise that has emanated from that quarter. , . Time to Pn; Taxes. It is now only little more than a montry until' the last day for paying taxes rolls around, and Treasurer Schmidt yesterday suggested that people would save themeelverCi Iang wait an l much wcrry by sclziaj the opportunity to clear up their tax fcCiotmts before the rush always incident to t!:3 lr:t dzys cf ths r?rlcd. o

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M'MAHOX HALL, OP THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, DEDICATED. Opening Addresr on Philosophic Study Delivered by 3Ir. Satolll Pope Rob" on Ste. Ann's Rones. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. With the dedication to-day of MacMahon Hall, the central and most beautiful building of the Catholic University, that insiitutlon enters upon the work of education in secular branches. The dedication ceremonies were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the piesence of a distinguished assemblage representing the dignitaries of the church from every section of the country. Robed in his scarlet vestments, and attended by a score of archbishops, bishops and priests. Cardinal Gibbons blessed and dedicated the building. Following this Mgr. Satolll delivered ' the opening address on philosophlo study, in Latin. It was the Introductory lecture on philosophy which th delegate had delivered at Rome during his courses In philosophy" there. Addresses ere made also by Prof. E. A. Pace, dean of the department of philosophy, and by Prof. W. C. Robinson, dean of the department of social sciences and law. Cardinal Gibbons closed tho exercises with a congratulatory address -m the eventful step the university was about to take. Among these participating in the exercises were Archbishop Williams, of Boston; Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati; Archbishop Corrlgan, of New York: Archbishop Ran. of Philadelphia; Archbishop JaniEen. cf NewOrleans, Archbishop Kaln, of .t. Louis; Bishops Maes, Kean, Fulllvan. Kcly. nai.ley and llortsman. Monsigneurs Farley, MacMahon and Sehroedcr, President Tilchards. of Georgetown College; Prescient Gannon, of Fordham College; Jre4ideiit Yirgi, of Woodstock College, and Itev. William O'Brien Pardo, provlienclal of the Jesuit Order. President Gillman. of Johns Hopkins University, also occupied a place on the platform. The dedication of MacMahon Hall inaugurates the work of the Catholic University in lay branches, in addition to the divinity branch, which it has conducted for the last six years. The new schools are to embrace a department of philosophy, with Professor E. A. Pace as dean, and a department of social sciences and tax, with Professor W. C Robinson, late chief lecturer of the Yale law school, as dean. After the dedication ceremonies ot to-day the actual work of the schools begin? in MacMahon Hall to-morrow, when, at 'o'clock, students will be enrolled by the registrar, and at 4 o'clock the faculty holds its first meeting for organization and beginning work. The handsome structure dedicated to-day has cost a little short of half a million dollars, and tho entire amount was given by Mgr. MartMahon. He Is now seventy-five years old, and has been fiftythree years a priest. He inherited a small fortune and swelled It to large proportions by judicious real estate investments in New York. On Joining the faculty of the university he gave his entire fortune to it, reserving only such small portion as is requisite for his personal comfort. In recognition of this munificence the Pope has conferred on Mgr. MacMahon his present title. The building Is the central one of what is to be an extensive group, r.nd Is intended to be the most beautiful oiie. It Is 225 feet long by 70 to 100 feet In depth, four Etoiies high throughout and a fifth central story. The entire building is of hewn granite, of Romanesqeu style, but approaching closely to the classic. Its lowest rtory will be entirely devoted to civil sciences and engineering, with the exception of lounging and club rooms for students. The first floor contains the school of social science. In the west wing, mathematics and physics in the east wing and administration offices In the center. The. second floor has the school of letters in the west wlng, biology and botany in the east wing and assembly room and senate chamber in the center. The thlrjl floor is devoted to psychology and other branches of philosophy; In the west wing chemistry, in the east wing the museum of ethnology and professors' rooms In the center. The fifth floor contains the chemical museum and class room of chemistry. Even the roof has a large flat space its entire length for scientific experiments. The various laboratories and these several scientific branches have been constructed and equipped according to the latest advances In science. The astronomical observatory has' been provided with several new and valuable instruments. The Eucharistlc Society of the Catholic Church opns Its congress here to-morrow with a large representation of 'the clergy from various parts of the country. Mgr. Satolll will celebrate pontifical mass prior to the opening session. The mtlngs will be held at the Catholic University, with Cardinal Gibbons presiding, and will continue for three days. The addresses are not expected to be of Interest beyond the clergy, as the society Is of doctrinal character. Intended to stimulate its members to a more fervid devotion to the Uoly Eucharist. . . BOXES OP STE. AXV. : 'Pope" Ingersoll .Denounces Thetr ' Exhibition and Abases Cnthollrs. NEW YORK. Oct. 1. Robert G. IngAfrsoll astonished a great many persans by attacking Archbishop Corrlgan vigorously In his lecture In the Columbia. Theater, Brooklyn, Sunday night. His . lecture was entitled, "Which Way?" and was a general condensation of views on theologians, in -which he went out of his way to make personal attacks. "No Intelligent person now believes that devils Inhabit the bodies of men," he said. "No Intelligent person now believes that devils are trying to control the actions of men. No intelligent person now believes that devils exist. And yet, at the present time, in the city of New York, Catholic priests are exhibiting a piece of one of the bones of Ste. Ann, the supposed mother f the Virgin Mary.' Some cf these priests may be credulous imbeciles, and some may be pious , rogues. If they have any real Intelligence they must know th.it there is no possible way of proving that the piece of bone ever belonged to Ste. A.m. Anl If theyhave any real Intelligence they must know that even the bones of St. Ann were substantially like the bones of other persons, made of substantially the rame material, and that the medical and miraculous qualities of all human bones must be substantially the same. And yet these priests are obtaining from their credulous dupes thousands and thoutands of dollars for the privilege of seeing this bone and kissing the box that contains the 'sacred relic , "4rchbuhop Corrigan knows that no one knows who .the mother of the Virgin Mary was; that no one knows about any of the bones of this unknown mother: he knows that the whole thing is a theological fraud; knows that his priests, or priesm under his Jurisdiction, are obtaining money under false pretenses. Cardinal Gibbons knows the same, but neither of these pious gentlemen has one word to say against this shameless crime. They are Willing that priests, for the benefit of the church, should make merchandise of the hopes and fears of ignarant believers; willing that fraud that produces revenue should live and thrive. This is the honesty or the theologian. If either these gentlemen should be taken sick he would not touch the relic; he would send for a physician." Will Sue the ArrUlitsLop. CHICAGO, Oct. 1. Rev. Anthony Koelowskl. priest of the Polish Roman Catholic Church in Lubeck street, near Itoby, will begin suit for damages In the sum of $100,000 against Archbishop Feehan. of the diocese of Chicago. The suit Is tne result of the trouble growing out of the excommunication of the priest by the archbishop. Thirteen Missouri Ilanks Closed. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Oct. l.-The .Bank of Monett and the Bank of Purdy. both Barry county Institutions, have been closed by Secretary of State I-esuer, upon notification. by the State Btnk Examiner of their insolvent condition, and are in the hands of receivers. This mikes thirteen banks closed by th Secretary of State since the execution of the new bank examination law began on the lt of July, besides some half doaen others 'hat anticipated the examination by making assignments. Lemons Will He Plenty lly end Il. NEW YORK, Oct. l.-The Brhlsh tramp steamer Sylvia, from Messina and Palermo, has Just brought rfi.S' boxt's of lomons to this port. Owlns to the entjre failure of the Florida crop, and the hcrt prod'iotion elsewhere, lemons had Jum;ed to ti0.2j a box and $li."-0 a case. In a d&y v-r twj the steamer Victoria, from Maltha. Spain. Is due with boxes cf lrrr.ors. Prices will then crop asatn. Tho rs-rr.t.i-l rat tj frcin thrc3.to tzzr ii:Ilrr n t:z.