Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1896 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MARCH 2. 1896.

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conal safety Is assured no matter what the Issue may be. WIIAT SHERMAN AND LODGT2 SAT. Senator Sherman, the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committeealter carefully reading the dispatch from Barcelona, said: "Of course the Spanish people felt hurt at the passage of the resolution by the Senate, and I expected some such outbreak. It does not, howver, change my opinion of the wisdom of the action by the Senate. I do not think the Incident will lead to any trouble between the two governments." Senator Lode, of Massachusetts, speaking of the attack on the consulate, said: - 'The news from Spain in your dispatches Is gTave, for It Ehows that the Spanish people and the Spanish editors utterly fall to comprehend the situation here. They forget that they recognized the belligerency of ,ther Confederacy within three months after Sumter, while we allowed ten years to pass In the last Cuban war, and more than a year in this before moving. "We have ehown a Ions forbearance which they failed to show to U3. I cannot believe that the Spanish minister has been Instructed to protest against the action and speeches of the Senate. Such a step Is Inconceivable. As Mr. Webster said tn the famous Hulsemann letter, it

would be an Interference with our domestic affairs which no independent State could admit for a moment. I trust and believe that the Spanish government understands their situation and ours bet ter than these Spanish newspapers and 4 popular meetings appear to do, and I have no doubt they do. There Is nothing in all this which should affect us. The United States must do what is right, and what it Li their duty to do. We cannot suffer that useless, brutal warfare to go on and' that slaughter house to be maintained and our large business In terests In Cuba to be destroyed right at our doors and under our eyes without protest and without every effort which a great and civilized nation should make to end it and to restore peace to the island and to a people struggling for the freedom which we ourselves enjoy." Senator Lindsay, of. Kentucky, who made a speech In the Senate favoring Cuban independence, said: "The outrage seems to be the act of an Irresponsible mob. Trouble may come out of it, but there Is no cau.se for such a result. The mob spirit seems to be dominating two or three towns, but there is nothing to idicate that it has the approval of the government." The Senator did not lelleve that the report of the possibility Df the Spanish training squadron going to Cuba was the result of the passage of the Seriate resolution. What that body had done, however, was precisely right. Secretary Herbert and other prominent Oillclals of the government who were called on could not be seen. Efforts were made several times during the evening to see Secretary Olney, but the latter gave a dinner to a large number of Xriends, and, though he received the news of the assault on the consulate through the cable dispatches which were gent to him. he denied himself to the reporters. THREE CRUISERS IN PERIL. Probably od-j statement in the news dispatches from Madrid that will attract the instant attention of our naval authorities is the Intimation that a swarm . of privateers may be let loose on our commerce In the event of war, and the reference, thaft may or may not have been accidental, to the United States vessels In the Mediterranean sea. Probably this may mean only merchant shipping, but again It may have reference to the little fleet of United States cruisers under command of Admiral Selfrldge, now off the Syrian coast looking after the Interests of American missionaries In Turkey. These are the flagship San Francisco, the swift triple screw cruiser Minneapolis and the Marblehead. These are all modern and efficient cruisers, but, of course, are not expected to meet and engage armored ships, so it will behoove our naval authorities to get them out of the Mediterranean in short order lest they be caged therein. K, against the expectations of reason able public men here, this particular incident . should lead to hostilities, of course,' from the nature of the case, the war would be' a naval one principally. For this our navy Is as well prepared as can be expected, in view of .the short time that our new navy has been build ing. The first move would naturally fall to the lot of the north Atlantic squadron. now assembled at Hampton Roads and -New York, under command of Admiral Iiunce. The flagship is the protected cruiser New York, a matchless vessel of her class In speed and armament. Then there is the second-class battle ship Maine, about equal to anything the Span isn navy can command; the "pirate" Columbia, which holds the record for the Bwuirei passage ever maue Dy a war vessel of any nation across the Atlantic; the double turreted monitor (so-called) Amphltrtte, the cruiser Cincinnati, the Raleigh, a sister ship, and the Montijom ery, a third-rate cruiser. At Newport News lies the magnificent battle ship Indiana. There are other vessels that lie at the navy yarda under construction or repair, many of which might be ready for commission, in a short time If occasion warranted. It is believed that the-Spanish navy 13 not sufficiently strong to warrant offensiw operations by it, and it probably woula be kept off the Spanish coast to protect the home ports. The navy does not runk with that of the United States, but it i3 still a formidable weapon of w ar. AS LOMJOXCUS si:c IT. Comment of the Newspapers and YlevrM of CorrespoudentM. LONDON, March 1-The Dally Telegraph this morning", editorially discussing the situation which Spain is left in by the action of the United States Senate in regard to Cuba, says: "It is an invidious task to attempt to define the rights and wrongs of the question, which are extremely complicated by mlsgovernment on the one side end reckless cruelty on the other. Perhaps It is not yet too late to save the situation by the reappointment of Martinez Campos, with fuller powers of concession to the moderate Cuban party, arid the Immediate recall' of General Weyler. This might possibly pave the way for a satisfactory settlement of a very delicate question. Faring in trs, Spain, must resign herself to he; fate with what grace she can command. It would be sheer madness to kick against the pneks and inaugurate the costly comedy of a ruinous war with the United Otates." The Graphio describes America's action as a mre Jingo subterfuge. "No American wi!l ay." the Graphic continues, "that Il&cto has achieved any. success Justifying

such a measure (as the action of the Senate), which has Its rcot less in human sympathy than In the mischievous spirit evoked by Mr. Olney's new Monroe doctrine." The Standard has a dispatch from Madrid, which dwells at great length on the Indignation excited in all classes by the action

of the United States Senate, and the unanimity of the preaa in calling on. the government to tolerate no interference. This dispatch describes the scenes in the street on the arrival of the news of the passage of the concurrent resolution of the Senate. It says the people literally snatched the evening editions of the newspapers from the vendors. Forming groups under the lamps, they then read the telegrams aloud. A similar feeling is evinced in the leaiins towns In the provinces, the officials everywhere expressing their fear of anti-American demonstrations. The Standard's correspondent announces that the Spaniards are especially incensed because, during the past year, the government has done its utmost to conciliate the United States by settling all outstanding American claims, besides making concessions to American trade in the Cuban tariff, etc. "The Spaniards were led to suppose," this correspondent continues, "that the insurgents did not command serious support in America, when President Cleveland, his ministers and the federal authorities were affording the Spanish legation and consulates every facility to check filibustering expeditions and the notorious preparations by Cuban refugees. BUSINESS MEN WORRIED. "In financial circles there is an even greater Impression, because the Spanish business men are more alive than the politicians, of course, to the consequences on Spanish finances from the moment American interference obliges Spain to augment her already costly naval and military armaments. All securities have fallen heavily and foreign exchanges have hardened. The monthly settlement on the Bourse was rendered difficult. "Most of the party leaders condemn the Senate's action as unwarranted by international law. Senor Pi y Margall, chief of the Federal Republicans, says that Spain has the remedy in her own hands by granting Cuba home rule and ending the war by a treaty with the insurgents. Senor Salmeron and other Republican statesmen, and the Marquis Cerralb, chief representative of Don Carlos, agree to loyally cooperate with the government In defense of Spanish rights against foreign intervention. The Liberal party will support any measure to preserve the Spanish rights in Cuba. "I am able to state that Spain intends to follow the same course that America did when the European governments recognized the belligerency of the South during the secession war, should .President Cleveland carry out the Senatos resolution. Meantime, four ironclads, two cruisers and several gunboats will be sint to Cuba. The coast defenses of Cuba." the correspondent concludes, "will be increased. Orders have been issued to prevent demonstrations throughout the country." me standard says In an editorial on the above dispatch: "We cannot be surprised at the strong feeling evoked, even granting for argument's sake that the United States had the right to Interfere. The language which the Senators used was almost reck lessly offensive. If Iresldent Cleveland is compelled to act his task is rendered almost hopeless by the extravagance of American sympathizers with the insurgents, Spanl3h statesmen are urging their countrymen to keep cool. It would be well if America would follow their example. Neither nation has anything to gain by allowing the dis pute to develop Into an open conflict. We hope that President Cleveland will do noth ing further to exasperate a sensitive peo ple. The Americans may dismiss as an idlo dream the suggestion that any diplomacy will induce the Queen Regent to recognize tne independence of Cuba." "AN ELECTION MANEUVER." A New York dispatch to the Daily News calls the Cuban resolution an election maneuver, and says: "President Cleveland will not act hastily, if at all." The Dally News also says In an editorial: "There are many reasons why the Presi dent should not act hastily. In the present fierce temper of the Spanish people the recognition of belligerency would almost cer tainly lead to war, though the ultimate lssje could not be doubtful If the Americans put their whole heart into the business. It w-ouia De oimcuu to get tnem to ao mat. I They would probably feel little enthusiasm for a war not involving the national secur Ity or honor. General Campos thought that recognition would be a blessing In disguise, because If the United States sent troop3 to Cuba there would te regular battles instead of skirmishes. Emilio Castelar haa said that the whole American army, navy and mllltla would be inadequate for such an enterprise. Canovas del Castillo has recommended an alliance between Spain and Mexico to counteract American designs. This ri3k cf ;in aili.m-;e would be anriclpated in America by the suggestion of an alliance between Cuha and Mexico, tut Mexico does not take kindly to this proj ect. An editorial in the Chronicle says: -Spain seems to be losing her head. She had better restrain herseir. No great carm has been done. If General Weyler suppresses this rebellion in a few months, the Cuban question will retire into the background until the next revolution comes. Spain cannot afford to hold out forever against the Western world. She miL?t remember what she has lost by a too rigid adherence to mere rights of occupation. Will she throw away Cuba, one of the few relics of her grrand Western empire? If it comes to a struggle, America could wipe Spain off the earth either by land or sea." The Morning Post's editorial commends America's prudent attitude throughout the rebellion and believes that President Cleveland will only abandon neutrality with extreme reluctance. "He may, however, feel himself compelled." the Post adds, "to find an outlet for the aggressive feeling previously directed ag.xinst England. The best Issue would be that General W eyler should crush the rebellion, and that Spain should grant autonomy to Cuba. WOlIiD NOT LAST LONG. Admiral Belknnp Doe Not Fenr the Result of n Flajht -with Spnln. BOSTON, March 1. Rear Admiral George E. Belknap, United States navy (retired), recognized as an authority on International affairs as well as on naval matters, thinks that in the event of a war between the two countries the United States would not be the greater sufferer. "I do not think," the Admiral said, "the coast of the United States would be in any danger of an attack. In my Judgment, Spain would need all of her available navy around Cuba, for if she left the Cuban coast unguarded all our gulf ports would swarm with vessels loaded with men and munitions of war to be landed in Cuba. The seizure of Cuba would practically end the war, for Spain could make no attack upon us that we could not successfully resist. No great expansion of our navy would be necessary. We should need all the ships we have in commission. I would not deem it wl3e to take too rainy ships from the Paclfl?, but we would have to concentrate all those we have available on the Atlantic coast. Some merchant steamers might be employed as commerce destroyers and as transports to land troops In Cuba. Such a war. If it should come, would be a short and sharp one." Thnnkd for Sberninn. PARIS, March 1. The Cuban colony here has telegraphed Its thanks to Senator John Sherman, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, for h's speech in the Senate in support of the concurrent resolution on the Cuban question. Senor Betances, the representative of the Cuban Republicans in Paris, In an interview declares that the United States's action has insured the speedy triumph of the insurgents, probably within three months. Cannon nnd Ilia Wheel. Special in Chicago Post. "fTnc:e Jc-' Cannon, the eru statesman economist from Illinois, was tne t torm center of a sensation to-day. Hu half-edti-euil Mcycle cot away from tini In front of Willard's Hotel about nojn and threw him about twenty feet, morj or iers. first entangling" the great man's fet in the spekes of the wheel and thc.i releasing them with an explosive, catapultle movement most disturbing to the jenttenani tnderest fpellnir-?. The acclJent as de to "Uncle Joe's" attempt to make a graceful landug befoie the admlrljg view ut an I!!iaCii. delegation, headed bv ex-3?nator varwell. He landed all right." bit on Ihe Installment plan, and diffused over considerable landscape. "Uncle Joe ' assembled himself and his wheel, and led ha latter to the sidewalk with as much caution a3 if 1. a fractious, kicking mule colt. Not until he had the Infamous manhie safely chained to a treebox did he soi to tak an account of stock. He felt of hlir.slf to see whether any bones broken, brushed the asphalt dust from luj clothing, and. giving the wheel a look of malevolent hatred, strode haughtily tnts tae hotel !!e lie wouldn't mount that b.cvcle a sain fcr rrw. "Uncle Joe" got even hi cutting ;: Jifj out of the District apprjprJation bill this a?!r-.con. Not Far "Wronjr. Chicago Tribune. Johnny Say, what's a philosopher, anyhow? Tommy A philosopher's a mau that don't care & dura.

SPOTTERS ARRESTED

TWO SPIES OS LETTER, CAIUUEHS FORCED TO SHOW CREDENTIALS. Farden anil Darnett Indicted by the Vlffo Countr Grand Jnry The Alexandria Tragedy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 1. Two of the "spotters" who were here spying on the letter carriers were arrested by the police on "suspicion." An officer took them in because a storekeeper saw them hanging about his place and suspected they might burglarize his store. At police headquarters the men showed their credentials and were released, but their Identity was thus made known to the carriers and their usefulness was at an end. The local papers also had stated that the spies were In the city, and the letter carriers had ample warning should they need to change their ways. Postmaster Don ham had asked for additional carriers, and the probability Is the "spotters" were sent here to make a case against granting the request of the postmaster. It has been noticed that in cities where the carriers have been disciplined the postmaster had asked for more carriers and tho reports of the spotters were used by the department to sustain its contention that If the carriers did not loiter they could render the Increased service. WAS SHE PEARL BRYAJfT A Young Woman Who Visited Dan ville Physicians Dee. 30. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind., March 1. It has Just developed that possibly Pearl Bryan came to Danville in the hope of finding reiief from her trouble. On the 30th of December a girl drove Into town in a worn buggy hitched to a gray horse. She ascertained where offices of various physicians were and visited them, telling them her trouble and assuring them she had plenty of means. None of them knew her. She said her name was Fox and that she lived twenty miles away. The description of Pearl Bryan in tho papers fits the girl who was here. One physician after another refused her case until her list was exhausted, and she drove away. The date has been fixed beyond question as Dec. SO. There may be or may not be some connection between thi3 fact and the fact that less than a week before Will Wood spent two or three days In Danville visiting friend3 he made while his father was pastor of the church here. Rev. Wood Appeals to Young 31 en. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 1. Rev. D. M. Wood, presiding elder of the Greencastle district, Northwest Indiana Conference, occupied College-avenue M. E. pulpit this morning, at his regular quarterly meeting appointment. This was his first appearance In pulpit work here since the great crime of nearly a month ago, with which his son's name ha.- been so prominently associated. A large audience heard the Rev. Wood, who preached for forty minutes rrom & text chosen from the eighteenth Psalm,- 30th vers i: "Tne work of the Lord is tried." No reference was made to his trouble, but ISlder Wood closed with a powerful appeal to young men to take the Bible for their guide through life; study it and follow its teachings. g0 TO BE TRIED TWICE. Express Robbers Farden and Harnett Indicted at Terre Ilaafe. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 1-The errand Jury yesterday returned Indictments no.j,n,t rnn TfnrrtPi nrd Rohert Harnett ?5 - . : ; .15?" the former for the embezzlement of $211.23 from the Adams Express Company and the latter for the embezzlement of $300 frm the Vandalia Railroad Company. Farden was the express company's cashier and Barnett the railroad ticket agent. They ran away from here six months ago. The procure ment of these indictments is to force the two men. Who are now serving a five years' term In the Michigan City prison for the theft of the elxteen-thousand-dollar pack age from the express company, to tell where &000 op ,10'000 of th3 mo?y hid-, den. 'ine express company omciais ana me detectives have been confident that fuily that amount had not been .gotten away with at the time the men were caught. After they left the city they made a hur ried division of the money, and In their drunken nervousness Barnett got about $11,000 and Farden the remainder. The package, as put up in the internal revenue office here, was In two bundles of bills, but one bundle contained the smaller denominations. Farden got that bundle, and, while he had as much in bulk as the one taken by Barnett, he had less money. In tracing the men the detectives learned that no doubt Farden's story was true that he had spent or gambled away his money, but there was no trace of Barnett having thrown his share away. On the contrary, he gained the reputation among the people wltn whom he came la contact of beinsr very stingy. After his arrest "he surprised all of his oldtime friends here by his cheerfulness. It is the theory that his good spirits were due to the knowledge that he had the money safely "planted." Every means was resorted to to get trace or it. His wire was con stantly shadowed for weeks "here, and pres sure was put on him to make restitution. Both men pleaded guilty in the belief that the maxlrium imprisonment under the fed eral statute of five years, which, with the allowance for good behavior, reduced their confinement to less than four years, would soon be over. The conviction in the United States Court was . because the $16,000 was government money, temporarily in the care of the express company, nie indictments in the State court yesterday were for the embezzlement of other money, and under tho indictments they can be sent to prison for a much longer term or years. Name Wanted for a Skeleton. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., (March 1. Seme time ago Prof. Joseph Moore and his assistants succeeded in mounting in the museum the skeleton of a mastodon, which la one of the largest and finest Jn existence. Since that time Professor Moore has been search ing for a name for it. The elephant skeleton, which stands at Its side, and which looks so much dwarfed, was at one time the pride of Van Amburgh's big circus, and was a native of India. He was named "Tippo Salb," after an Indian prince In that Eastern country, who was a great power. Professor Moore wishes to give the mastodon, the bones for which were all found in this' section of the country, a name of one of the Indian chiefs who roamed the forest hereabouts, and he will probably select "Tecumseh. The Alexandria Trajrcdy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, IncL, March 1. The lnque.t over the body of John Worthlngton, killed at Alexandria last night by officer Graham while resisting arrest, was held to-day. The officers in charge are very reticent, but ixmte new - features have leaked out. It jeems that Keating, whom ortmngton shot at three times, thus leading up to the attempt to arrest Worthlngton which resulted fatally, was in love with a widow whom Worthlngton was paying attentions to. and that he became jealous and Phot at Keating, but missed him. It is also stated on very good authority that the dead man was wanted In the South for killing a man some time ago. All talk of lynching Graham, who was brought here for safe keeping, has subsided. The 3Ieelnc of Science Tenchers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind., March 1. The Indi ana teachers of science met on Friday at Science Hall, Purdue University. Prof. Stanley Coulter stated very forcibly the purpose of the meeting, while at the same time calling the body to orer. Professor Coulter was then put in temporary charge of the meeting, and in a short time chowed his scientific skill by putting every one to work. After organization President Smart. of llirude. welcomed the body. The body of teachers were put at ease at once tn regard to the treatment which would be received at tne nanus or tne coiiece men bv the words so kindly and earnestly spok en, while each one at the same time was made to feel snew the greatness of the need which had made the call imperative. Among the many good things he sail none

were better received than his assurance that every thing of the university was at the disposal of the conference, including the dining hall. The programme was rendered entire, ihe most prominent characteristic was the great earnestness and determination to be understood and answered if need be. The discussions dealt largely with the questions of how much, and what, and when shall science be taught? Owing to the fact

that biologists, chemists ana pnyiscisis eacn desired the best time for the special subject nearest his heart, the consensus of opinion was not wearisome. The need of permanent organization was at once made apparent, as well as the need for all the science teachers of the State. The society was organized under the name of "The Science Teachers' Association of Indiana, ' and officers were chosen as follows: G. Y. Benton, Indianapolis, president; Adelaide Baylor, Wabash, vice president; E. .Olive, Frankfort, secretary and treasurer. The avowed purpose of ihe organization is tse promotion of a closer acquaintance among the science teachers of the State, with a view to securing greater uniformity in extent, sequence and method of work. The numbers present, representing about thirty counties and sixty teachers, give evidence to the earnestness with which the work was entered upon. Among the special features was a lecture by Dr. W iley. chemist of the United States Department of Agriculture, and an illustrated lecture by Dr. Duff, or Purdue, on the "Roentgen Rays." Before adioumment the sentiment seemed universal that Purdue should have a. meeting in which all should participate if the unlversltv desird it, and President Smart made a welcome again assured. The conference adjourned with the time and place of the next meeting left with the executive committee. . - Farmers Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLOVERDALE, Ind., March L An interesting session of the Farmers Institute was held here yesterday and largely attended. The "Value of Farmers' Institutes" was presented by J. W. Robe; "Farm Dairying," by Miss Jennie Moore; "The Corn Plant and Its Cultivation," by J. B. Burris, and "The Problem of Education In the county," py Trnf. R. A. Osr sunerintenaeni or. me SVi Sd' S Whole sion tnese papers were reau. I Subject of Fertilizers," by w. w. aievens; "Roads Good, Bad and Indifferent," by C. G. II. Goss; "Some Experiments in catie Feeding." toy L. A. StockweJi; "Arrangement, Indoors and Out," by Miss Hattie McCoy, and "rne uynamics oi a raimci a vujtunlty," by A. O. Lockridge. Rev. Fraser Will. Resign. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., March 1. Rev. B. r . Fraser. pastor of the Presbyterian Church here, surprised the greater part , of his congregation this morning by announcing at the close of the sermon that he had decided to present his resignation to the presbytery at the April meeting. He assigns several reasons ior tnis course, une oi me chief ones was that, he and the board of elders held dlfferine opinions as to the TTroner method of rovernlnz a church. Be sides, tnere were personal reasons wny ne wished to make a chancre. Mr. Fraser has been pastor of the church for almost four years, and is deservedly popular. Changes at the Normal Scbool. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March. L The board of trustees of the State formal School yesterday decided to admit new students at the spring term who hold a one years" license to teach in the public schools of the State. Last spring, owing to the short appropriation by the Legislature and the lack of school room, applicants were required to present a two-years' license. The change this year wa3 maae possiDie Dy me new law which increases the amount of money for ihft school and bv the fact that more room in tne new building will be available. The total enrollment last spring was about 1.000, and it la thought that this year it will reach 1,3U and possipiy-.i,4w. . . Travelers Will Sleet Mar 25. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. (RICHMOND, March 1. The date of the State Travelers Protective Association meeting, which is to be held here In May, haa toeen changed from, the 2d, for which It was originally set, to the 25th. This was done in order to secure the presence of the national president and secretary, wno nave pronised to be present. The local commit tees appointed to maKe an me arrangemnta fnr th mtetirur are now at work. Richmond has a strong post of the associa tion, the membership being about seventyfive, and the visitors will be wen enter tained. .. . . V ;v J 1J Fonnd Dead Alongside the Track. Special to the Indianapolis journal. SHELBYVILLE, led., March 1. Austin B. Slatterly, a tal. aged thirty-nine years, whose relatives reside In Goshen, md., spent Saturday in this city and disi played mucn aesponaency. xns ouuy t found on the Big Four tracks, mutilated beyond recognition, shortly after dark last night. It is not Known now ne met nis death. Two trains had passed over tne body. His parents at Goshen were notified and the body will be taken to that place for burial. For years he had been a rover, going about, irom piace 10 yia.ee. working at nis trade. Detroflial -Announced. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., March 1. The engage ment of Miss Cora, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Leonard, of this city, to Mr. Albert W. Randall, of Boston, Mass., has been announced. The announcement ha hocn the occasion for a number of dinner parties, one of the largest of which was given this evening at tne woiei wesicott by the parents of the bride. Among the guests were Mrs. Elliott Flske, of Waltham, Mass., Miss Kate iieron, oi v-oii-nersvllle, and Mr. Will N. Ruskin, of Chicago. ' The Indian Girl Orator. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., March 1. Miss Ger trude Simmons, who . is to represent the college In the State oratorical contest, on the 13th of the present month, at Indian apolis, is making levery effort to make a good snowing mere, xier ui ouuu "tta Z rearranged ana strengineneu, emu bub ua been excused from her studies in order to have time for rehearsal. A good-slzel delegation will accompany her to the contest, and shout for Earlham.' Girl Evnnarellst Breaks Down, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., March 1. Miss Fannie Edwards, the giTl evangelist of this city, has returned to her home from Crawfordsvllle on account of ,rter neaum creasing - a. down. She was conducting a revival at Linden, near Crawfordsvuie, ana was meeting with great success. The people came for miles around and over sixty united with the church. She has met with a similar success at a number of other places. Request to an Orphans Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., March 1. Some days ago Miss Sarah Phillips, formerly of this city, died at her home in Philadelphia, leaving considerable property here. The contents of her will have been made public ami reveal the fact that she bequeathed J2.000 to the Wayne County Orphans Home, ail the rest or ner consiaerauie esiaie going to persons and institutions in Penn sylvania. State Death Record. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind., March 1. William Frooks, a well-known citizen, aged sixty years, and a member of the Thirteenth Indiana Regiment, died suddenly last midnight of heart disease. Feter Hentz, a number of the Sixth Indiana, is also dead. Indiana Dent lis. SHELBYVILLE, Ind.. March 1. Mrs. Sophia Zeigler, a widow, aged sixty-nine years, died at her home in this city this morning. Her son. Otto Zeigler, is a prominent merchant and well-known caterer at Crawfordsvllle. She will be Interred here Tuesday. . A Comparison. The Independent. Women constitute two-tMrds of all the church members in the United States, but only one-thirteenth of all the criminals. Men make up twelv -thirteenths of the criminals and only one-third of the church members. Which is the superior sex? We can th;nk of one preat advantage of the sterner sex; considerably more than nlne-ty-nine-one-hundredths of Christian ministers are men. The 3Iore Probable Iteuwon. Chicago Dispatch. It is hardly fair to say that 'the cheerful imbecile who died in Edinburp, Ind., last week "smoked cigarettes until his brain softened." lie probably smoked them because his brain softened.

JiEW PUBLICATIONS. Prof. Monllon' Valuable Work on "Literary Study of the Bible." Prof. Richard G. Moulton professor of English literature in the Chicago University, and university extension lecturer, has embodied his lectures on biblical literature in a volume entitled "The Literary Study of the Bible." In this work he treat the Bible as a part of the world's literature and expressly avoids religious criticism and discussion of theological points. The propriety and importance of Incorporating the Scriptures in high school and college cours

es is forcibly set forth in his preface, lie says: "It has come by now to be generally recognized that the classics of Greece and Rome stand to us in the position of an ancestral literature the inspiration of our great masters and bond of common associations between our poets and their readers. But does not such a position belong equally to the literature of the Bible? If our intellect and Imagination have been formed by the Greeks, nave we not in similar fashion drawn our moral and emotional training from Hebrew thought? Whence, then, the neglect of the Biole in our higher schools and colleges? It is one of the curiosities of our civilization that we are content to go for our liberal education to lit eratures which morally are at an opposite pole from ourselves literatures in which the most exalted tone is often an apothesis of the sensuous, which degrade divinity. not only to tne human level, but to the lowest level of humanity. Our hardest social problem being temperance, we study In Greek the glorification of intoxication, while in mature life we are occupied in tracing law to the remotest corner of the universe, we go at school for literary im pulse to tne poetry that dramatizes the bur den of hopeiess rate. Our highest political aim at conserving the arts of peace, our nrsi poetic lessons are in an Iliad that can not toe appreciated without a bloodthirsty joy in killing. We seek to form a character in which dedcacy and reserve shall be su preme, and at the same time ire training our taste in literature which, if published as ingnsn books,- would be seized by the Pllce- recall these paradoxes, not to mnvA nhkotinn k,. make objection, but to sujreest the reason ableness of the claim that the one side of our liberal education should have another side to balance it. Prudish fears may be unwise, but there is Xio need to put an embargo upon decency. It is surely good that our youth, during the formation period, should have displayed to them in a lit erary dress as brilliant as that of Greek literature. In lyrics which Pindar cannot surpass, in rhetoric as forcible as that of Demosthenes or contemplative prose not interior to Piatos-i people dominated by an utter passion for righteousness, a people whose ideas of purity, of infinite good, of universal order, of faith in the irresist ible downfall of all moral evil, moved to a poetic passion as rervid and speech as musica as wnen bappho sane: of love or Aes chylus thundered his deep notes of destiny. When it is added that the familiarity of tne Jingiisn Uible renders all this possible without the demand upon the time table that would be invo.ved in the learning of another language, it seems clear that our school and college curricula will not have shaken off their medieaval narrowness and renaissance paganism until classical and biblical literatures stand side by side as sources of our highest culture." Professor Moulton lays especial stress on the form In which the Bible should be pre sented in order to appeal to Its readers as literature. The present arrangement of the printed pages is arbitrary, does not show the distinction between prose and - verse. does not set forth metrical divisions, and even In the revised edition separates the parts Into chapters without regard to the continuity of thought. It is certainly no more than just, as the author says, to give tne same advantages to readers of the Scriptures which tney enjoy in the perusal of tne plays of Shakspeare. and his Quota tions from the sacrea writings are there fore arranged in verse, or as uia.ogue. or in dramatic torm. as the eye is accustomed to Be such varieties of literature elsewhere. Apart from this arrangement his aim is to show "how to distinguish one literary com position from another, to dertne clearly the dividing line between them and to recosnize epic, lyric and other forms aa they appear In biblical dress, as well as to distlnguisn tne titerary rorms peculiar to special writ ers." Professor Mouiton's own literary style is good, and, aside tiom the Intrinsic interest of the subject, he presents his views in an attractive manner. There is undoubtedly a growing Interest in the Uible as literature, and this volume will ao much to encourage study in that line. Published by Heath 6c Co., Chicago. Solomon's Sons;. In a bygone age when books were few and found only in v the form of papyrus rolls or great tomes of parchment and leather the Bible must have served as literature as well as a religious guide to the few who could read and had access to its written pages. Even later, In the days of our not long gone fathers, Its habitual and regular reading in each reputable household gave the hearers familiarity with its stately phrase and beau tiful forms of expression, its poetic thought and dramatic pictures, although the benefit of moral teachings may have been all that was sought for. In recent days this sacred book has been greatly neglected and the ig norance of it among otherwise well educated youth is lamentablJ. Perhaps the neglect is in the nature of a reaction from the former enforced attention given it, but now it looks as if it 'were to have a revival of favor. If the restoration comes first as a recognition of its literary beauties the moral and relig lous innuence need not therefore be lost. A decided Interest in the Scriptures as litera ture is manirestea in various ways, none more notable than the brineiner out. almost simultaneously, of a number of books on the subject. Curiously enough, several writers have addressed themselves first to the Song of Solomon. The Journal lately made mention of a version of this Song by Itev. T. A. Goodwin, of this city. He presents it as an urientai Jove song, pure and simple, without theological significance. Now comes another presentation similar in character by Mr. Elbert Hubbard. .Mr. Hubbard does not enter into a scholastic or critical exposition of the text, but prefaces the Song by. a study or essay sounding in eloquent phraseology the praise of love, human and divine. The Song is given in xne iorm or a dialogue between the Schulamlte maid and her shenherd lover. The idea that this ancient poem is an expression of love only is by no means new, but no two writers agree as to the identity of the speakers, and it is interestinz to com pare this latest interpretation with those of Dir. Goodwin and Professor Moulton, both recent. Mr. "Hubbard, with the assistance of the itoycrort irintlng Company, of East Aurora, 2i. l., has made a beautiful book. It is in the early Venetian style, nrlnted In an artist ic black-faced type with ornamental Initials ana an antique arrangement of the columns. tsiignuy iauny pressworK mars the clearness of the pages occasionally, but as a whole tnis volume, bound In dove gray and white, is one to be singled out for its attractiveness from many handsome books. The edition ifl limited to 600, each of which contains the authors autograph. Other Xew nooks. 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"Proportional Representation," by Prof. John R. Commons, of Syracuse University, la a very complete presentation of that system, including some kindred political questions. The author argues forcibly in favor of the plan adopted and recommended by the American Proportional Representation League, of which he was the founder. He Illustrates it by example taken from those European countries which have successfully tried it. He believes 1 that proportional representation will secure the independence of the voter and freedom from the rule of the party machine; that it will do away with the spoils system and result in the publication of our politics, and that it will be an effective aerent In municipal and social reform. His argument certainly deserves the consideration of every Intelligent voter, and of every patriotic citizen. Cloth, JL75. New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co. The demand for more than a dozen editions of "Pushing to the Front," by Orison S. 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While confining his narra tive generally to the operations of the cav alry and to the work of the staff of the army as it affected the mounted branches, the author has succeeded In presenting a raitnrui description of cavalry achievements in the shortest and most decisive campaign of this century. The book is republished from the pages of the Pall Mall Magazine. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.25. Boston: Roberts Brothers. A Prlnicca nf tVia rZiitov ' hv T. T Meade, is a story of the London slums. The author, a mission worker in East London, has had ample opportunity to study the lives and character of the people who Inhabit that quarter of the great city. This is a very reaiistio story, introducing some cnaracters evidently drawn from life, and through the general hardness and gloom there appear some rough characters of true nobility, ina story is strongly written. Cloth, JLL. o. P. Putnam's Sons. 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Loans npon real estate, first lien ftW.OSVW.U Loans upon stocks and boudi 12,0.01 11-emium notes on o Icies in force........ l,l60,l55.Ga Cost or real estate owned Ij the coinjny, 7.679.481.64 Cos! of United States and other bonds.... 13,087.05183 Cost of bank and railroad stocks 3 Cash in banks i,7s.85l.I Bills rcelrable Agents' ledger balances ' 208.71 soo.7a,ojo.4 Add Interest due nnd accrued fl.uiCSlM Bents due and accrued 37, 583. W Market ralue of totks and ; bonds OTer cost 531.834.11 Net deferred premiums 33y,73J.0 1.395,74131 Gkoss Assets, Dec 31. 1S35.... Ci,75,7C4.V4 LIABILITIES: Amount required to re-insure aIlouUUDdinjpolicles.net. company' standard f54.491.S3I.00 Allotier liabilities 1,171.373 52 $553.9.31 SURPLUS fl.O.HJ.JM.U Ratio of expenses of managemeut to re- ' celpt in If 3 10.00 per cent rolidea in force Dec. 31. 15, 63,606 insuring tl5S,42.05.0O J A COn L GRKCXU, Pi evident. JOIIX M. TAYLOR, Vlce-rrea. EDWARD M. 1IUXCC, Secretary. UAMBL II. WELVS, Actanry. C. P. GREENE, General Agent, 76 Commercial Club Building, INDIANAPOLIS - - - - IND. Robert H. Kellozg, Dist Supt. Agencies, Cincinnati, Ohio. WHY EAGMSmilSX MAY LAUGH. The Stupendous Folly of the Hemocrhtlc Tariff Is an Intrrestinsx Study. The Manufacturer. Just how far the Wilson tariff has operated to the profit of Englishmen and tha hurt of American woolen manufacturers may be estimated from the following statement of the exports from Great Britain to tha United States of wool, fabrics and yarns foi two years: 1SS4. 1833. Colonial and foreign wools. lbs 51.0W.Ki British and Irish wool. lbs. 5.&S.000 13.K2.400 Woolen and worsted yarn, lbs 98.700 1.494.200 Woolen fabrics, yards 1,748.0)0 13,C6.100 Worsted fabrics, yarda....l7,5S2.(X0 72,3Tfi.7 Carpets, yards 143,000 002.500 That one item of carpets is pavticularly interesting. The imports have increased Just four times during a period when such eminent authorities as the Philadelphia Ledger have been hurrahing over the invasion of th British market by American carpet manufacturers. Even the familiar obtusenefs of Englishmen to humorous suggestion must yield to the comedy of such exultation. Wa are capturing England with our carpets In the same way the French won the battle of Waterloo. . , , As for other fabrics of wool, the British manufacturers are pimply sweeping everything before them. While our own mills ar half Idle and our own laborers working on. part time, with decreased pay. our British rivals are waxing fat over profits lugged away from this market. It is a curious condition of thing, and interesting Just as a study of the possibilities of human folly. Modern Society Talk. New York Press. Mr.' Lindabury, the lawyer, says that Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton was afraid to receiva her husband's friends because he misconstrued the most commonplace talk. 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