Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1896 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JAN (JAjlY 1, 1896.

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All persons are warned not to pay money for the Journal to nlm, or any one else, unless at their own risk. - The only traveling agent the Journal has, who Is authorized to collect tnoney, is Mr. William Smith King, and he carrfe credentials that are unmistakable. a nappy wew rear to Indiana is a Wish of which there Is good reason to look for fulfillment. i Senator Voorhees having been a little Blow In becoming the soldiers friend, Is trying to make up for lost time." ' A peculiarity of the recent war scare was that It did not ' scare anybody. Anglo-Saxons get mad, but not scared. The action of the United States In re gard to the Alaskan boundary has been characterized by inertness and that of England by alertness. "When the Venezuelan question Is set tled and out of the way It might be well to have a commission ascertain and define the boundaries of the Monroe doctrine. "When there was no possibility of get ting new bond legislation the President was very anxious for It, but as soon as there is a prospect of Its passage he hurries to issue more bonds under the old law. . It Is the regulation time for meditating, moralizing and sentimentalizing, but if you will go right ahead and attend strictly to business with what honesty and faithfulness you can muster the other things can be omitted. It is a mistake to regard the Armenian massacres as the result of sudden outbursts of fury. They are simply the carrying into practice of the principles of Mohammedanism and the long estab lished policy of the Turkish government. Between the burning cable messages , from the Armenian Relief Association to the London Times and the outspoken letter of the French statesman, M. Flourens, in the Pall Mall Gazette, En glishmen are hearing some wholesome truths. A leading London paper thinks the only way out of the Venezuelan dl.Hculty which shall Impose neither humil iation nor retreat on either side Is "some thing which is not arbitration, but which is as like it as possible." How would the United States commission do? Aue rresiueni s negotiation with a new bond syndicate while Congress was rri t m . . . ... acting on his financial recommenda tions was about as tricky as accrediting a minister to "my great and good friend Dole with secret instructions to work for the re-establlshment of the mon archy. At the beginning of the civil war Montgomery, Ala., was the seat of the so-called Confederate government. To day the colored people of that city will celebrate emancipation with Impressive exercises. It Is the soul of John Brown and not that of Jefferson Davis that .seems to be marching on. So Professor James Bryce Is aston ished over the attitude of the United States In the Venezuelan matter. Well, the Professor knows the "American Commonwealth" pretty well, but no En Clishman can know it so completely that he is safe from surprise over its . unexpected proceedings. A bill has been Introduced in the House to restore reciprocity as it ex isted until destroyed by the Wllson-Gor-inan tariff act. That would be one step towards restoring the prosperity which prevailed before the election of Mr. Cleveland, but neither that nor any other legislation can ever make good what is actually lost. The St, Louis Republic says the Immigration of thrifty and progressive farm ers from Iowa, seeking a warmer cli mate, has advanced the price of farm property in nearly every county in Mis souri. And by the same token It has helped to swell the Republican vote until Missouri is about .ready to swing Into the Republican line. The value of the reading circle sys tem adopted by pupils and teachers of many Indiana district schools Is well . illustrated by the showing in Fulton county, where each of the 1C0 schools Is supplied with its own library, numbering from fifty to one hundred books. c!d tonnship library was never en-

tlrely satisfactory for a variety of rea

sons, one being the difficulty of access to it for many pupils, but where the members of the schools have a personal Interest In the books purchased, and where they are chosen with a view to especial needs, the feeling In regard to the collections is likely to be very differ ent, and good is sure to come from them. A XEW IIO.XD issue It Is authoritatively announced that the government has entered into a con tract with a new syndicate for the purchase of $100,000,000 of gold to be paid for In 4 per cent, coin bonds, with the option of $100,000,000 more on the same terms. The surprise which this an nouncement will cause the public will be mingled with indignation, that the President and Secretary of the Treasury should have taken so important a step while Congress Is still considering relief measures which may materially change the situation. It is difficult to divine the motive for this action. The President may feel confident that the pending bond bill will not pass, he may distrust its efficacy or he may think the situation of the treasury, so threatening as to require immediate relief. In either case the step" is in keeping with the arbitrary and hysterical temper that has characterized his recent acts. An Astonishing feature of the case is that by this new contract the President deliberately repeats a transaction which was notoriously unfavorable to the government, and agrees to pay fdr gold with 4 per cent, bonds when Congress was about to authorize the issue of 3 per cents. The pending legislation was on a line with the President's own recommendations. In his annual mes sage of 1S93 he said: I desire to earnestly surest the wisdom of amending the existing statutes in regard to the issuance of government bonds. The authority now vested in the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds Is not as clear as it should be, and the bonds au thorized are disadvantageous to the srovernment, both as to the time of their maturity ana rate oi interest. In his message of 1834 he stated that bonds had been issued to replenish the reserve, and added: It would have been well if. in this emer gency, authority had existed to issue the bonds of the government bearing a low rate or interest and maturing within a short period; but the Congress having failed to confer such authority, resort was necessarily had to the resumption act of 1875. At other times and In other ways the President has conveyed to Congress his desire that It should pass a bill conferring more distinct authority to issue bonds and authorizing a lower rate of interest. Now, when one house has passed such a bill and the other Is about to take it up, he suddenly decides to issue' $100,000,000 of 4 per cent, bonds under the old law. Ills action is charac teristic of the man and insulting to Congress. AN IXTERESTIXG POSSIBILITY. In connection with the fact mentioned In another article that the United States once declined to purchase the island of St. Thomas, in the West Indies, some interest attaches to a rumor that. Denmark may soon make a proposition to the United States to purchase the islands of St. Thomas, Santa Cruz and St. John. The authority for this statement is the editor of a leading Danish paper who Is now in "Washington. He says: Denmark is compelled to dispose of the islands. You must be aware of the fact that she is a small country, with no large army or navy, and the expense of main taining the governments on those islands reaches $150,000 a year. If your Congress does not see fit to purchase they may be sold to Germany. Every (mportant EuroDean power excent Germany has a har bor in the West Indies. Hence, the desire of the German government to secure control of St. Thomas, which has a harbor large enough to accommodate the i:avles of the - whole world. The people of Denmark dislike the Germans, and do not want our West Indies possessions to pass under German control; in fact, do not not want any European power to secure possession of them. A most liberal offer would be made to the United States to purchase, at a compara tively small price, almost nothing, in fact. ls it has been practically determined to either sell these islands or give them lib erty. Most of the residents or the island are British immigrants, nna their nrst move after securing their Independence would probably be to petition Great Britain for a protectorate. This seems to contain the elements of an interesting situation, ine inree islands named constitute all of Den mark's possessions in the western world. As her commerce in this part of the world is not extensive, and as she has no special reasons for holding the islands it is'not surprising to hear that she would like to dispose of them, and most natural that she sfiould offer them first to the United States. At present Great Britain owns eighteen of the West India Islands; France owns six, Den mark three, Netherlands six and Spain two. If the three Islands named should be offered to the United Starts, as one of them was in 1SC7, -and declined, the question would at once arise, what would follow her refusal of the offer? Ac cording to the Danish editor above quoted they would be offered to Germany, who, as she does not own a single island In the West India group. would probably quickly seize the opportunity of acquiring them. This might bring up the Monroe doctrine in a new shape. At all events, It would raise the question whether the United States could afford to permit these Islands to pass into the possession of a Kuropean government which would undoubtedly convert them into naval supply stations and military strongholds. For all prac tlcal purposes we have enough terri tory, but with Great Britain almost en circling the United States with land fortifications and fortified Islands from Halifax to the Bermudas, the Bahamas, the West Indies and around to Van couver Island, it becomes a question whether it ls not about time for the United States to begin to acquire some outlying islands. TlIC UX1TKD STATES AMI TKltRITOUIAL AUGHAM)IZi:.Mi:T. Among other friendly and truthful statements made by Professor Goldwin Smith in an article in the London Saturday Review concerning the construc tion and. application of the Monroe doc trine Is one relative to the indifference of the American people regarding the acquisition of more territory. "Of mere territorial aggrandizement," writes Professor Smith. "I have never In thirty years of Intercourse detected the slightest desire In the American breast." Further on he adds: "The land hunger, economical or political, fled with slavery." This statement from an intelligent foreigner does no more than Justice to the conservative temper of the American peonle regarding the acquisition of territory. It is true, as he intimates, that while slavery existed there was a strong motive for the acquisition of territory. in order to provide for the

extension of that Institution and increase the political power of the slave States. That was the real motive for the annexation of Texas, and although that and other territory acquired by the Mexican war has proved immensely valuable. It is doubtful if the United States would ever have made war on Mexico to acquire it but for the demands of slavery. Professor Smith mentions two comparatively recent Instances in which the United States declined to acquire new territory, and he might have added a third. The two cases mentioned are those of the islands of St. Thomas and San Domingo, the former owned by Denmark and the latter an Independent state. Shortly after the close of our civil war negotiations were opened with Denmark for the transfer of St. Thomas to the United States. In 1867 a vote was taken in the island which was almost unanimous In favor of the transfer, but the project fell through In the United States Senate. Again, in 1S71, San Domingo, by a nearly unanimous popular vote, asked to be annexed to the United States. President Grant favored the acquisition of the island and sent three commissioners to investigate the situation and report. They reported favorably, but the project met with strong

opposition in the Senate and failed. A third and more recent case ls that of Hawaii, whose people have asked and are still asking for annexation, with, as yet, but little encouragement from Congress. It ls remarkable that in each of these cases the proposition for transfer or an nexation came from' the other side and was declined by the United States, and this notwithstanding that In each case there were some obviously strong arguments in favor of acquiring the territory. They furnish unmistakable proof of the conservatism of the American people in regard to territorial aggrandizement. The issue of government bonds about to be made will be the fourth during this administration. The first was in February, 1834, of $30,000,000. ' After this issue the gold reserve In the treasury stood at $100,000,000, but in a few months it had again fallen below the danger line. In November, 1S34, a second issue of $30,000,000 was made, but the necessity for another one soon became-apparent. The President in his last annual message said: Between the 4th day . of December, 1SK and early in February, 1S93, a period of scarcely more than two months after the second reinforcement of our gold reserve by the Fale of bonds, it had lost by such withdrawals more than $G3,000,000, and had fallen to $41,310,181. Nearly $13,000,00!) had been withdrawn within the month immediately preceding this situation. A third issue was made in February, 1S95. This sale brought into the treas ury 5107,571,230 in gold. The transac tlon was enormously profitable to the foreign syndicate which handled it, and It afforded relief to the , treasury, but. as later events have shown, It was only temporary, as any relief must be when the revenues are not equal to expend! tures. The Monroe doctrine Is well enough as a keynote for an American policy. but this government should be careful not to tie its hands by a too slavish adherence to the doctrine. There is still a higher law, that of self-preservation and self-protection, and 'the United States should ever be ready to assert that, whether it squares with the Mon roe doctrine or not. It is said to be the purpose of Mr. Chamberlain, who is the minister in charge of British colonial affairs, to make the mother country and the colonies a commercial unit, with open ports for each other and tariff duties for the outside world. This is a move ment, it need not be said, in the dlrec tion of protection. Those who predicted two weeks ago that the President's war message would rally about him all who had ever voted for him with a demand that he head the Democratic ticket in 1896 must now come to the conclusion that prophecy is not their vocation. He has rallied no body, and lost the Brahmins of mugwumpery. IIUHDLCS IX THE AIIl. Jan. 1, l.H!);. Last night, with gay and Jagful sound, He chased dull, carklng care off; To-day, with head in towels bound, He writes his annual swear-off.. The Chief End of Man. "Dear me, Adelbert." said the poet's wife, "this stuff don't make sense." "I know that as well as you do," said the poet. "It Isn't intended to make sense. It is to make dollars. It was ordered by a magazine." Rmii Kntnhdin. "Here is an interesting article about the new ram Katahdln," said Mr. Wlckwire. "Would you like to hear It?" "Oh. do read it, please," twittered Mrs. Wlckwire. "I do so enjoy hearing anything about those lovely East Indians." Itenlly Unkind. Chollieboy Haw! Old man, I have a tewible tawsk befoah me. I am going to make a matwimonial pwoposai this evening, don't you know? Mudge By George! You surely are taking early advantage of leap year, aren't you? Sone people living In a fashionable Chicago flat have caused the arrest of a woman living in the adjoining flat on the ground that she maintained a neighborhood nuisance by playing the piano Incessantly. The case has not come to trial, but the outcome will bo looked for with Interest by unmusical persons anxious to know if they have any rights pianists, fiddlers, homblowers and vocalists are bound to respect. The youthful colored evangelist over In Randolph county, who "holds his audiences spellbound for over two hours three times each day," will be apt to distinguish himself should he ever turn his attention that way. A spellbinder of that sort can secure almost anything within reach. The gentleman of the several associations with the high-sounding names have fairly reveled In scienee and theory and the Interchange of great thoughts during the last week of the year. The lay mind fairly shivers In retrospective contemplation of the Intellectual orgy. Beginning with to-day a law takes effect in Pennsylvania abolishing days of grace on all notes, drafts, bills of exchange or other evidences of indebtedness. The new chaplain of the House delivers eloquent prayers, but they favor too much cf spread-eagle oratory. The fact that Hon. Tom L. Johnson has offered. In return for a street-railroad franchise In Detroit, to sell seven tickets

for 23 cents

"Li pTef ' Mr! j,on enough In that price. In the business fcr amusement. AI10UT rEOPLK AXD THIXGS. Mme. Jeanne Hugo, the granddaughter of Victor Hugo, who was recently divorced from her husband, Alphonse Daudefs son. Is about to marry a young doctor of Paris. Mr. Mounteney Jephson, who was a lieutenant of H. M. Stanley In the expedition for the discovery of Emln Pasha, has been appointed one of Queen Victoria's messengers. In memory of the late Lawrence Rust, LL. D., one of the founders of Harcourt Place Seminary at Gambler, O., ten scholarships of $J00 each have been founded. It is desired to bestow them upon earnest and refined girls of good family who may be unable to pay the full charges. Dr. Gaster has discovered in a heap of torn papers sent to him from Yemen, in Arabia, an ancient book of magic called "The Sword of Moses." It is written in a Syrian hand, the first part in Hebrew and the last in Aramaic. It will be published with a translation and facsimiles In the translations of the Royal Asiatic Society. Max Nordau, the author of "Degeneration," lives in Pari3 above a drinking saloon. The name Nordau was originally used by him as a newspaper psuedonym. With the consent of his father. Herr Hudfleld. he legally assumed it, transforming himself from South Field into North Meadow. He is a good deal of a hermit socially in Paris. In a biographical sketch, Intended to be wholly complimentary, of a banker in La- I mar, Kan., a newspaper of that town says the banker "has forged his way from a clerkship to a position In the firm." Obviously it would be a delicate and difficult task to undertake to explain that the use of the unfortunate figure of speech was well meant. M. Sylvain, a well-known French actor, Is in financial trouble, arising from his curious mania for rearranging and refurnishing his villa. He is never satisfied with his hou?e or its surroundings. . Once he turned his garden into a huge pond for the delectation of a colony of cormorants, his favorite birds, and a few months later he dismantled a handsome dining room on the first fioor and had it reconstructed on the ground floor. A unique distinction belongs to Sir Robert Rawlinson, K. C. B. that of being the only soldier who has been knocked out of the saddle by a cannon ball w' hout being kivled. The identical forty-two-pound shot is preserved by Lady Rawlinson as an interesting relic. At the Crimea Sir Robert was riding- with a group of artillery officers, when he announced his intention of turning back. At this moment a shot from tho Russian lines came whizzing along in front of him, cutting the reins, the pommel of the saddle, and wedging a steel purse with terrific force against the rider's hipbone. . , Probably one of the oddest presentations of a Christmas gift made in many a day occurred at Lenola, N. J., last Saturday night, when the Union Church held its Christmas entertainment. The pastor, Rev. J. F. Stanger, Hvcs in Merchantville, and is obliged to make a hurried departure some evenings in order to catch a train. The members of his flock decided to remedy this, and as the exercises were about to close last nlsrht the doors were suddenly thrown open and a handsome, sleek horse was led up the aisle of the church by two little boys In livery. Mr. Stanger was surprised and delighted, and will now linger long enough to say good-bye after his sermons. Here is an ultimatum which Would seem the proper stuff: We won't do any bullying, Nor yet stand any blurf. Washington Star. "No v, who Is that?", asked the dignified hen; "That chicken is white and cray?". She's very well dressed, but whence did she come? And her family, who are they? "She never can move in our set, my dear," Said the old hen s friend to her, later; "I've Just found out you'd be shocked to hear She was hatched in an incubator." Harper's Round Table. NOT READY TO REPORT. , Dnnrnven's Charicea. Investigated, but Xo Decision Vet Rendered. NEW YORK, Dec. 2L The taking of testb mony by the members of the special com mittee of the New York Yacht Club, who have been investigating Lord Dunraven's charges against C. Oliver Iselln, William K. Vanderbllt and E. D. Morgan, of the Defender syndicate, was concluded to-day. No decision, however, has been arrived at by the committee and'lt is not likely that the result of the Investigation will be an nounced inside of a week or ten days. None of the testimony taken by the com mittee has been made public and it is, therefore, impossible to speculate on the probable outcome. After the adjournment of to-day's session attorney Choate, for the New York Yacht Club, said: "The investigation ls over so far as the taking of testimony ls con cerned." "When will the committee report?" he was asked. "I cannot say anything as to that," he replied, "for I do not know. It Is probable that when it arrives at a decision it will be made public through the officers of the club." , Mr. Choate gave as his opinion that the verdict would not bo rendered right away. but further than this he declined to ex press any opinion. Barrister Askwlth. Lord Dunraven's rep resentative, refused to discuss the hearing before the committee or give his opinion as to when a decision would be mide public by the committee. Mr. Phelps, of the investigation commit tee, said: "I cannot say vvhen the commit tee will be ready to make its report, but I am sure that it cannot be prepared this week. It may be readr for publication next week, but of that even 1 am not certain. I have nothing whatever to say at present in regard to the testimony or the position of the committee. Bx-Secretary Whitney was Just as reti cent. J. A. G. Hamilton. Lord Dunraven's pri vate Feoretary, sailed to-day for home in the Havel. He received a cablegram an nouncing the illness of his father, which hastened his departure. Dnnrnven Criticised. LONDON, Dec. 31. The St. James Gazette, referring to the hurried departure of Lord Dunraven from the United States, says: "Lord Dunraven, instead of leaving, should have faced the judgment of the New York Yacht Club like an English gentleman. In New York alone an amende honorable from either party could adequately be made. The Interpreter. The New Yeotr on the threshold stards With the King's message in his hands; For so a thousand came before, And a like royal message bore. And who, save Love, deserves to read This gcspel if the world give heed? For only she, by day and night. May te'.l Time's mystery aright, "I am the Law fulfilled." she saith. "Come peace or war, come life or e'enta." She doth upbuild where others mar. And Hate and Fear false prophets r.re. Through all the earnest years that were, Love hath been, life's interpreter; Of all the golden days to be. Love holds the key. Love holds the key. Frank Walcott Hutt, in the Indepen dent. American Chemist. CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. 31. The meeting of the American Chemical Society to-day was full of Interest. Mr Charles B. Dudav nt rh(lod.lnhlfl. van pleated nresiie.nt nf'thn n.-iation and papers were read by the following members: Mr. James Otis Handy. William J. Martin. E. A. Deschwtinity and James A. Emery. Mr. Edgar s Smith th rptlrinsr resident, delivered an address. In the afternoon delegates visitr.i thot Grasselll chemicil works. At the request cf Director Walcott. of the Geological Survey, Prof. W. F. Hildebrand. of Washington; Dr. C. P. Dddlev, chief chemist of the Pennsylvania Company, and Prof. W. A. Noyes. of Terre Haute, Ind.. were appointed a committee to collect and arranee available data concerning the composltlon of coal. Papers were read as follows: "Technical Analysis of Asphaltum," Laura A. Lynton; "The Cyanide Method of K.Ttrart nir Gold from Its Ores." Wm. J. Martin, Jr.; "Determination of the Heatof Broxlnation In Oils." H. W. Riley. The chemists were given a reception to-night in the Chamber of Commerce roonw.

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ECONOMISTS PARTAKE OF A FEAST OF 3IORE MATEIUAL. THIXGS. Banquet to the Ylalton nt the Com mercial Club L.at Might The Tonats. The delegates to the American Economic Association and the Political Science Asso ciation of the Central States were entertained at dinner last night by the Commercial Club. After several days spent in the lists of debate, the delegates found a common ground on which they could meet and for the moment lay aside all differences. The dinner was characterized by addresses in a most happy vein and the frequent sallies of the speakers of one society or the other were received with hearty applause and much laughter. On behalf of the Commercial Club its president, D. P. Erwin, extended hospital ities and Introduced the toastmaster for the evening, William Dudley Foulke. Mr. Foulko said: "Now I think I can hear from some of those present the questionhow did you come here to-night? I came here for the purpose of supplying the place of a much abler man, who should have acted as toastmaster to-night, Mr. r ish back, but I am sure the welcome which the State of Indiana offers you this evening is not the less hearty because it is made by one of halting language. Indianapolis want ed you to come here not for the same reasons Chicago, Atlanta or other places want great fairs. Indiana realizes that mental treasures are greater than financial treas ures. For that reason we of Indianapolis wanted your presence. We know the presence of these gentlemen, who have conducted the deliberations of the two associations, has been most pleasant to Indianapolis, and therefore I bid you . welcome. I take much pleasure in Introducing Presi dent John B. Clark, of Columbia College, who will speak to you of the American Economic Association." ! President Clark said: "I should think better of my powers of speech if I thought I could do approximate Justice to the toast to which I am asked to respond. This ban quet marks the period between two eras. I remember when it was quite the fashion to speak of the 'younger economists. but now, looking about for the persons oy whom we should be thus addressed, I do not know where we shall find them, as we have grown older in the past ten years. Looking back for ten years, the retrospect is solemnizing. Something has been done in the United States and a large number of the States have been driven by Yankee teachers Into new lines of economic truths. But there is much division of belief. I re member when we were reproached with being too nearly unanimous. A New York lawyer said one time, we seemed like a body of men with a constitution modeled on the by-laws of a Y'oung Men's Christian Association, which provided no debates should take place upon any subjects upon which the members were not in perfect accord. We have not been in any way troubled with unanimity on the currency question. There is no danger of us falling into a condition of stagnation jdue to our unanimity upon vital questions. I re joice in the remoteness of such stagna tion." In the absence of Albion W.- Small, pres ident of the Chicago University. Professor Woodburn responded to the toast. "The Political Science Association of tne unueu States." He said: "I came to this clubroom to-night with the most pleasant anticipations, not expecting that happy state of mini, to be Interrupted by that feeling which is said to seize a man as tne time approaches when he Is to be called upon to speak, but if I were like some or my friends here who are waiting to speak, perhaps I might realize the happy pain they are now enduring. (Laughter.) I can realize, however, with the Political Science Association, that we have enjoyed very much indeed the hospitality of this club and our stay in this city" On the subject of the alms of the Political Science Association, he said: "We believe in the solidarity of the race, of the solidarity of science. We be lieve it is a good thing for men not to get too much to themselves, but to affiliate with ethers and indulge in the interchange or thought, and It was for that purpose the Political Science Association was formed. We most feelingly return thanks to the people of Indianapolis for their hospital ity MR. DUNN'S SUGGESTIONS. Mr. Jacob P. Dunn, of Indianapolis, responded to the sentiment, "Our Guests." "I think," he began, '1. voice the public opinion in saying, we are glad to have you amongst us. I believe the people feel your meeting has been both a thing of enjoy ment and a thing of profit. We have not looked upon you as strangers. Some of 3'ou have been known to us and have aided political reforms in this State. They are of the class who are known by their works. We have made some material progress, and I think we feel proud of It and that we are indebted to the American economists for it. There was a time when it was thought the only essential qualifications for a political economist were a stock of unlimited imagination and a few technical terms. Now our students seem to realize what is wanted is facts and information. There is now hardly any economic topic a man can safely discuss without looking up economic publications, without fearing he Is vaunting some exploded theory. I would like to suggest here a valuable work might be done through the co-operation of the various colleges and universities in the development of comparative history especially legislative history in the various States of the Union. Something has been done in that re?pect. It i3 a remarkable fact that while the experience of one State is the experience of all, very little proilt is had by one State from the experience of others in trying similar theories." Mr. Dunn spoke of the experience of Indiana in dealing with the questions, and said lie had been able, with the help of Mr. Henry Winn, of Boston, to get some facts before the (public when that question was under dicu?sion that had saved the State from falling into very serious errors. In conclusion, he said "In the long run, facts and information are two things that will win in this countrv." Prof. F. W. Taussig, of Harvard University, spoke of "The Eighth Annual Meeting, American Economic Association." He spoke of the heartiness of the welcome extended to the American Economic Association and said: "I want to say I am sure we all feel that the arrangements have been very convenient for us. We have never had a more pleasant room in which to meet than your Senate chamber. I think we should say a word for the intelligence and interest with which the press have reported our goings on." He spoke of the conditions of population and location of Indiana, and said Indiana was a Slate in which the Jaeksonian principle was more apt to be Prof. A. C. McLaughlin, of the University of Michigan, spoke of the "Second Annual Meeting. P. S. A of the C. S." He spoke of the old controversy that existed in colleges on the subject of self-made men. He said: "It is the tendency of the colleges to-day to make self-made men. They turn them Into the laboratories and tell them to be self-made men- to make themselves." "Our Creed" was the subject assigned to Prof. Edward A. Ross, of Leland Stanrord University. THE VENEZUELAN QUESTION. Franklin MacVeagh. of Chicago, spoke on "Venezuela." "Until President McLaughlin was kind enough," he said, "to Include the business man, I wondered a little 'where I was at in this scientific association. . But he has pointed out there is a scientific use for the business man. I felt better about it. I feel, however, I certainly have a right In a commercial club. This subject was suggested to me this noon by a gentleman. I said to him or he did to me, rather we want an after-dinner treatment of the Venezuelan question. I toid him it was a little difficult ls such a short time to prepare to speak on that subject, and it passed througn my mind there had never been a scientific definition of an after-din-ner treatment of a subject. He helped me by saying after-dinner toplci are not supposed to have a basis of thought. Now. 1 a word about the Venezuelan question. I cannot refuse to express my sentiments upon the subject. I think it has been proven there was a necessity for the position which our government has taken. I do not say the position which our President has taken, as It is now the position of the President and Congress. In my mind, it was necessary for the government to announce its position because of the way in which the President's annnouncement was received. .Not . nation in ru ruiw oui wimr a in was a political trick of the President and they actually regarded it as an flectionerinic dodge. V hen the people or Europe ' will not take us seriously. I say it is time

we should act. It was Important because we had come to the parting of the ways. When Lord Salisbury not only refused to arbitrate the question, but also refused to acknowledge we had anything to say in it, and refused to recognize the Monroe doctrine, . the government had to declare itself or promptly surrender the principles of that doctrine. If the policy was to be announced, then that was the way in which to announce it. It succeeded in raising the attention of Europe. The Monroe doctrine has been extended. There is no doubt the doctrine of to-day is not the doctrine of James Monroe's time. It has evolved Uself to meet a larger expression of nati character and larger national ideas. 1 has : been no enlargement of its ideas the purpose of self-aggrandizement. ju will find that good will come of it. . ou will find it will shape the Monroe doctrine of the world and In her own respect. It is Idle, Mr. Chairman, to sny this Nation can keep out of the affairs of the world 8he cannot. She ousht not. This nation has a mission without as well as within, and it will be a good thing when she shall exercise her influence." Prof. Richmond Mavo-Smlth. of Columbia College, spoke of "The Hoosler State." He said that after listening to the sanguinary speech of Mr. McVeagh he was more than ever Impressed with the idea Indiana would be a good place in which to live when the British fleets should sail Into the harbor of that not inconsiderable village of New York and begin the work of lombardment. He referred to the extended remarks that had been made with reference to the hospitality of the people of Indianapolis, and concluded by saying he did not think it necessary for more to be said.

A WELCOME TO 1896 HOW IT AVAS OBSERVED OX TWO CONTRASTED SIDES OF LIFE. PrayeM nt the Salvation ArmyDances of the Mnennerchor and the AMiemlily. Perhaps thirty friends and members of the Salvation Army gathered at the "barracks," cn South Illinois street, last evening to seo the old year go out and the new one come in. The general appearance of the room old not indicate that the year which died at midnight had been very kind to the faithful .members of the army, but the numerous men and women, representing ' several conditions of society, who knelt, prayed and rejoiced with the officers of the army, testified that the old year was kind. Prayers were offered that the promises made during the old year might live and be honored during the coming one. A man whose clothing was ragged and tern, who looked a fair picture of poverty, knelt and prayed fervently that the blessing cf the'old might extend into the new and that his happiness might become the happiness of all men. The old year passed out with all present on their knees. Then came prayers for guldar.ee and blessings, followed by a Reason of recicing. Preceding the midnight hour there var. a service held, which extended for an hcur or more. Three women officers of the corps stationed here sat on a bench in the front of the hall and each wore the uniform of the army, with, the broad shovel-shaped bonnets. The face of one shone with decision and a steadfastness of purpose; a sincerity which could not be doubled. Another of these officers was tall, and in her face there was the light of Ur.seliifhness. She was also en thusiastic in the work which engaged her, and while she spoke her eyes lit with all tho ei.rnbtnes3 of a devout Christian. The other woman was younger and her face loiked pretty bereath the bonnet she wore. Her face, lacked some of the decision of tho others, but it was none of the less hon est Her words were not spoken so loud as those of others, nor was she so demon strative, but she participated in a manner to leave no doubt of the sincerity of the heart which prompted the actions. One of the women held a guitar In her hands and between the prayers she would iStart the music for some oid-time hymn or for some new one set to popular music. While she sang ehe knelt, lacing the audience, with the guitar resting on the back of a cnair. In the plain wooden chairs facing these women sat members of the army, their friends and others who .had struggled in. some came to scoff, but a majority came to pray. There were several very well-dressed persons present, nut majority were people who are not reached by cnurcnes, ana whose dress would make them 111 at ease in other places. A few minutes before the old year died testimonials were givenbrief, earnest words from those wno ieit that they have been made better because the Salvation Army located a barracks here. One man gave thanks for the Joy which was his: another for the power wrich had enabled him to give up drink; another for the influences which had caused him to quit using tobacco, and another for the love which had made him a man. In the hallway without stood two boys, standing protected from the wind. They had been drawn to the barracks, and within they had warmed themselves. Standing in the hall, the two ragged boys talked. "There Is an empty room up on Illinois street." suggested one of them. "Yes, and the cops will get us," replied thft other. "Well, we can stay up all night," said the other. "Let's go back to the barracks," said the other, and the boys returned there. In a manner such as this the old year died to those at the barracks, and under these circumstances the new year was born a new vear of hope and promise for better tnings. Tho Tnd'ananolls Maennerchor observe! the death of the old year and the birth of the new in a most glorious style at the society's hall. The occasion was a bril liant one, great pains being taken with the preparations. The hall was tastefully decorated, and well lighted, and every one wa3 in evening dress. During the earlier part of the evening the members of the society and their friends sat at tables, drinking beer and watching with a vast amount of pleasure, the production of "Incognito," a one-act comic opera, presented by memlers of the society. The stage was ar ranged and decorated, and the participants of the pleasing little opera prepared themselves most faithfully for their parts. Fol lowing the opera 3 pleasant social time was had, until the midnight hour. As the old year went out a tableaux, or "a great living picture." typical of the occasion, was presented. Then came the dancing, which continued until a late hour this morning. Tables were spread In the parlors, where re freshments were served. The new year was started on its uncertain course by dancing, eating and singing, and It Is said that the Maennerchor never celebrated the event In a more elaborate and better style. At the Propylaeum. the Assembly ball was in a blaze of glory when the new year came In. FOUGHT WITH WINCHESTERS. Two Good Clllsenn Killed by Two Oatlnnn nt Donkey, W. Vn. SARGENT, Ky.. Dec. SI. Information has Just been received here from Donkey, a Httta hamlet near Pound, two miles from Pcund Gap, in Wi?e county, Virginia, of a tcrriblo fight and double murder there yes terday evening, the result of a drunken row Christmas over a woman of bad character. It seems that Bill Wells and Gus Osborne, always known as good citizens, with Jim Cox and Abe Williams, two desperate moun tain outlaws, met on the public road a half mile from Donkey, heavily armed with Winchesters, for the purpose of fighting It out. Firing was immediately commenced and continued for more than two hours. Shortly after the firing began a deputy sheriff of Wise county, whese name has not been learned, appeared on the scene but could not stop the fighting. Soon Well? and Osborne lay lifeless on the roadside. with Cox seriously wounded, being fhot twice. The deputy sheriff also rectived a serious wound in the left leg. Williams was last seen going up Cumber.and moun tain, probably making his way to the Ken tucky f-lde for refuge. This was the most fatal fisht in that section since the Mull!r.s family, five in number, were killed at Pound Can on May 12, 1SJ2. by Doc Taylor and the Flemings. Juritre I'rrkhitm'a SacccMor. ALBANY. N. Y.. Dec. 31. Governor Mor ton has appointed Judge Irving Vann. of Syracuse, who is now one of the Judges of tho Supreme Court, to succeed liurus W. Peckham on the tench of the Court of Ap peals, the latter having been appointed by President Cleveland an Associate Justice cf the Supreme Court of the United States.

OPERATOR TO BLA COXFESSIOX OF FRED I1ROEGE, AS EMPLOYE OF THE 1). A O. 5. V, He 3I(le n Blander Tlint Resulted In a Fatnl CollUlon-Corrected Liit of Cnnunltle. CINCINNATI, Dec 21. Full details the collision on the Ohio & Misslfslppi d sion of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwesti railwaj-, near Coal City, last r.Ignt, wet not obtainable this morning. The result in human casualty was two killed, five fatally and nine more or less seriously Injured, making sixteen in all, to fay nothing of a score of others, more slightly hurt. The two locomotives literally destroyed tack other, ar.d the baggage and express cars of both trains were shattered to splinters. A corrected list of casualties follows: Killed-Ciarence Yil.on. of Louisville, fireman on train No. 1'Ji Loui Madtnaiirr. saloon keeper, Cincinnati, beneath the wrec until nearly 2 a. m. Dangerously Injured Hiram Bruennlng, Vinceant-s, Ind., fireman No. 6. legs crushed and Miuil fractured; at hospital Betts btreet, Cincinnati. A. Pruitt, of Louisville, engineer of No. 19, arm broken and punctured, and Injured internally ; at Betts-street Hospital. William Voignt, Cincinnati, United States express messenger on No. IS, Jaw broken, and otherwise injured about head and face; at Betts-street Hospital. - J. M. Bauer, of the big cooperage factory at Lawrenceburg, Ind., injured in spine, chest and internally; taken home. John Wachtel, Scipio, Ind., hip dislocated, and spine, chest and head injured; at Betts-street Hospital. Painfully, but less seriously injured Dr. J. C. Hlggins, of Ennis, painfully hurt about head; able to walk. Ed llausman, lumber merchant, Louisville, severely truled; abla to walk supported by two mtn. James Ga briel, engineer No. 8, Seymour, lni., uadiy cut about face and head; went with his brother to Cleves. O. Fred Bernkamper. of Cochran (Ind.) chair factory, home at Au rora, Ind., cut head and face; George eisenberger. United States express messenger. train No. 8. Flight ly bruised; David Parish, conductor of No. 19, bruised had and back: Thomas Gibson, brakeman. No. 13. bruised slightly; Fred Deinkamein. Cchran. Ind.. bruised slightly; Dr. W. H. Fuller. Cros Plains. Ind.. cut and bruised on face and arms, but rallantly served others more seriously hurt. The ill-fated trains were No. 19. the Louis ville express, and No. 8. the St. Iouie ac commodation. No. 8 was due in Clnrlnnatl at 7:03 p. m., but was over an hour behind time. No. 19, the Loul.vilIe express, started from Cincinnati on time, at 7:0.1 o'clock. witnout lnctructIons. No. g had orders to pass No. 19 at Delhi, three miles nearer to Cincinnati than Coal City, where in collision occurred. The responsibility for the collision was not definitely fixed until this afternoon, when Fred Procge. the op erator at Storr Station, confessed that h was to blame f-r the wreck. He v'slted Superintendent Rawn. of the Baltimore fc . Ohio Southwestern, and said that the train dispatcher at Washington. Ind., a?ked him if the Louisville expre. No. 19. had passeJ his station. He answered tliat it had not. The fact was No. 19 had gone by. Orders were men ptven to tne m. ixuis accommodation. No. 8. coming east, to meet No. 19 t De'hl. eleven miles we-t of Cincinnati. - The Washington (Ind.) office soon learnrl that No. 1 had nased Delhi. Then h knew a bead-on oll'sion was inevitiMe. and ordered Storr Station to prepare wrecking trains at once, which was do". The col lision occurred on a curve. The rest had already been told in these dispatches. Innle In n Water WorUn Tnnnel. CHICAGO. Dec. 31. James Whitney, of Columbus, p., second cook for the gang cf men in the new water works tunnel, was severely burned last night by the explosion of waste oil thrown into the furnace used in the tunnel. The explosion of the oil was accompanied by a dull rumbling sound. which was greatly increased by the clcse quarters In which It took place. The la borers at work under the bosom of the great lake believed that they were in a living tomb and a panic followed. In front of them was the solid wall of earth and to their rear was the dense cloud of smoke. which hung in the narrow subterranean passageway like a pall. The thirty-five men were ror tne time being wild with terror. and few expected to reach the air alive. . The gang foreman, who was near the fur nace at the time the explosion took place and knew that the rest of his men were in no danger, hurriedly male bis way through the dense smoke to where the ter ror-stricken laborers were huddled together. He soon convinced them that there was no danger and after explaining the nature of the accident the men resumed work. Signals of distress were then hoisted, which were responded to by the tug Hobble Dunham. The injured man was taken on board and conveyed to the city. where he was placed in the hospital. His injuries are thought to be fatal. Into the Snaqnehnnna. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Dec. 31. The locomotive and fifteen box-cars of a Northern Central freight train were tumbled into the Susquehanna river two miles below Georgetown to-night. Twenty other freight cars were thrown across the track and completely blocked travel. An Immense bowlder, weigh ing several tons, had been loosened from the mountain side by last night's storm and fell on the track in front of the train. Six men went into the river with the wreck and suffered severe Injuries. They are: Bailey Kennedy, of sunbury. and W. B. Scheets, conductor, of Dauphin, both seri ously injured; Calvin Cooper, brakeman. i-unbury, ankles dislocate! and legs bally bruised; Harry Schure, brakeman. of Sunbury, crushed about shoulders; Matthew Neely. of ishamokln. a rider. m erely bruised and cut: Harry Angle, of Philadel phia, drover, who was riding on the engine, foot crushed. The engine was wrecked, as were also the cars that followed It. all of which were loaded with coal. The train was running at the rate of thirty miles an hour. The injured men were taken to Dauphin and sunbury on a special tram. C'oIUhIoii tn n Tunnel. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 31. One man was killed and two badly Injured in a rear-end collision In the Terminal railway tunnel be tween two passenger trains. The Chicago Limited, on the Wabash, left the Union station and proceeded through the tunnel leading to the bridge which crosses the Illinois side of the river. It had not proceeded far when the Diamond special on tho Illinois Central railway crashed Into tho rear sleeper. The engine and baggage car of the special were derailed and turned over, falir.g on Henry Rothweller. the tireman, and crushing him to deth. Milton White, thte engineer on the Illinois Central train, was badly bruited, and J. (J. Chambers, express- messenger, burned and choked by escaping steam and gas. Neithtr will die. None of the passengers were injured. Three Men Killed hy n Roller. WILKESBARRE, Dec. 31.-A terrific boil er explosion, by which three men wro killed, occurred at the I-aw colliery, at Avoca, a small mining town, twelve miles from here, this morning. The dead are: Alexander Young, aged thirty-eight years, pump driller; Thomas McDonald, aged fifty-two years, a machinist, and John Rol ler, aged fifty years. The two first named were mangled beyond recognition, in' explosion Is supposed to have been caused by low water in the boner. Four Brother Burned to Reatb PITTSBURG, Kan., Dec. CI. Near Frontenac. four brothers. Robert. John, William and Arch McCadden. were burnt 0 to death in their house whila asleep. They were eighteen, sixteen, twelve, and eleven years old, respectively, and the two oldest were miners, mere are nnts or ioui piay. AVeitern Commercial Traveler. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 3L The eighteenth annual convention of the Wctj-n Commercial Travelers' Association 'convened here to-day with delegates jresent from all parts of the West. There was a decided falling off in the. attendance compared with the last two neiwionf, due to the fact that traveling men find It hard to get away. President Shaplfijca' report showed the assoc iation to bi In-a flourishing condition. The retiort from the treasurer showed a cash balance of $l.2S cn hand. Of this amount J1S.312 la held a reserve fund. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year and Installed: President, Robert B. Dula. St. !ouU: board of directors, D. W. R. McDonald. Simon Seasongood. Wm. G. Boyd. AdrUn De Young. Frank Wymen. John M. 1 locksmith. ll of St. louls, Thre was no opposition ticket In the field. Retiring President Shpleigh. who had served rtx tern:s. and who declined re-election, was prefented with a Bllvtr tea set as a token of etce:a