Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1896 — Page 4

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JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. re mw pending the Journal through the mails In the tutted states should put on an eibt-iag paper a ?tk-cx5T portage rtarap; on a twelTe or eUtien-pae raj r a TwcvfiM irmXif stamp. Foreign pcwta9 u kMiallx doubto tiie rate. r7"All communications intended for publication In tlii jyxr mut in order to rrtvm attention, be accompanied by the name ana address of the writer. TUC IMDLiXAPOLIS JOl'R!f AL Can t found at the following places P.ALIS American E arrange In i'arU, 38 Boclerard da 'spuelnn. fJEW YOlUL-GCttj Houe, Windsor Hotel and Aitor House. - CHICAGO Palmer Iloune, Auditorium Hotel and p. O. K e w Co, la Acams urn L CiyCTIOfATI J. K. Haw icy & Co, 1S4 Tine street. - ijOnsVILLE-C. T. Deerinsr, northwest coiner of Third and Jefferson su., and Loulsrllle Book Co, 2J6 loartb are. fcT. LOUIS Union Sewi Company, Union Depot. tVASHI'GTrrN, D. C Rlirc House, Ebbttt Ilonse, wiUard't Hotel and the WatiQlnirton Newt Exchange, Uto rtreet, bet. renn. ave. and f ' street. Our present banking and currency system may not be Ideally perfect, but It would be absurd to suppose that It could be Improved by the Democratic party. To this date the' Cleveland administration has Increased the bonded debt $262,COO.000, or $3,000,000 more than It was decreased by the Harrison administration. Inflationists of whatever kind, whether free paper or free silver, Ignore the Important fact that It Is the quality of a currency which Is Important, not its quantity. The most conspicuous feature of the political situation at present is the contrast between the almost violent contest tlcn and the apathetic indifference on the other side. Between now and the next general election there will appear seven unanswerable arguments In favor of the defeat of the Democratic party which have never appeared before. These will be the seven monthly debt statements. Mr. Plllsbury, the Minneapolis flour manufacturer, is quoted a3 saying that he can ship a barrel of flour from his mills to "Washington for the same money It would cost him to have a truckman take it from the mill to his residence. A report comes from Connecticut that Governor McKlnley will get several delegates in that State which have been counted for Speaker Reed. Still, it would not be well to count them in the McKlnley column until after the conventions. ... .. The four Populists In the Senate have given notice that they will not vote to Beat Mr. Dupont, not because he has .not a good case and no competitor, but because they propose to keep out any man who will not vote for the free coinage of silver. Mr. Merrill M'oores cannot be the loser in the end by declining to be a candidate against Mr. Overstreet when the conditions were such as make his nomination and election to the House practically certain. A sense of fairness which leads a man. to sacrifice his own political aspirations for the time is sure to be appreciated. One of the heaviest manufacturers In the Northwest, probably Mr. Plllsbury, pf Minnesota, has told the "Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record that when Governor Morton's name shall be withdrawn in the national convention Mr. Piatt cannot swing half the New ;York delegation to Speaker Reed or any other man. "Gold goes jwhere it can get the most for Itself," said ex-Speaker Crisp in his Atlanta speech. So does silver, wheat, and even men. Because as a rule wages are higher here than in Europe, shiploads off men come here for work and wages. From 1834 to 1861 silver went from this country to Europe because Mit got more for itself" there than it was worth here in standard silver dollars. Secretary Hoke Smith may win a few Democrats to hard money in Georgia by vne! t op on tVio mart whrt hnQ nrnvpnt frf the paying of 123,000,000 a year In pensions, but ex-Speaker Crisp, If he would, fmiM cnriiro n miirh lai-frer numhpr hv declaring that If his advice should be fol lowed the country would be put upon a allver basis, which would reduce the real purchase power of a pension of $12 a month to not over $S. It would be a "reissue1 of pensions all along the line. The Democracy can find no note of en couragement in the Rhode Island elec tion. The plurality of the Republican candidate for Governor in "Wednesday's voting-was 11,278. an increase of 467 over 1S34. Even In the Legislature the Dem ocrats have lost three of the nine mem bers they had last year. In 1S32 General Harrison's plurality was 2,637, and in 1SD3 the Democratic candidate for Governor had 183 plurality. The voting this year demonstrates that the revolt against the Democracy which showed itself in April, 1SD4, has increased rather than fallen off. 'It has been suggested .that a safer method of reporting the votes of delega tlonff in the State convention should be devised than that of calling them to the officers by their chairmen. "With such names as Doxey and Shockney, and Griffiths and Griffin, confusion would be sure to occur. It may take a little more time, but it would insure accuracy for the chairmen and secretaries of de'ega tlons to fill blanks which could be sup plied by the secretary of the' State committee, and. after reading them to the delegation, take them to the chairman to be announced to the convention and recorded by those keeping the tallies. In a pamphlet entitled "H. Sense, Referee,", which reminds one of the rrophlets of last summer on the silver ( rilnn, a writer whose name is not : 'v: i prr?nts a plan for the use of both

Hi would demonetize both

metals, but make all debts payable in money, which shall be notes issued on

an actual deposit of the two metals, which shall not be coined, at their mar ket value. Any person depositing $10 worth of silver and $10 worth of gold bullion would receive $20 in bills, which shall be legal feeder. "When the bills are presented for redemption half the amount will be given In each metal. This sort of measure, whatever else it might do, would not please the silverltes, since the silver bullion deposited as well as the gold must have a market value equal to that of the notes issued. It .would take a dollar's worth of silver rather than 53 cents worth to get a dollar bill. THE I.CnEASI'IM3IIGR.lTIOX. The statement front the immigration office in New York that the number of Immigrants coming to this country is much in excess of the number coming a year ago, and that the Immigration, as a whole, has never been so undesirable as now, should lead Congress to pass one of the bills before it to put an .end to this great evil. It will probably do noth ing of the sort. The House could probably enact such a measure, but nothing which may be useful to the country can be expected to receive the sanction of the present Senate.,' That body seems to find the Cuban insurrection a more im portant matter than the crowding of the ranks of rough labor by tens of thou sands of men and women who are a detriment under any condition. With hundreds of thousands of idle men In the country now, Congress pays no heed to the fact that European nations are sending to our shores the most unde sirable people that their vicious systems can produce. From an economic point of view there is no place for such .people unless they take the work of others. If many, of them do not become paupers themselves their competition In an already crowded labor market will tend to pauperize others. From such immigrants the sweat shops are recruited, and also the cheap labor which has from time to time demoralized the coal mining and other industries. Statistics show that the class of immigrants coming to us has been furnishing a very large per cent, of the crime which appears to be increasing in a larger ratio than popu lation. Furthermore, this class of immi grants constitutes an element of danger. All of them are ignorant of our institu tions, and a large part of tr.em have as their only Inheritance a hatred of au thority. In short, no good thing can be said for them. The Lodge bill before the Senate is a mildly restrictive measure, shutting out only those over fourteen years of age who cannot read and write the language they speak; yet so.mlld a measure would bar out the element whtch would be most burdensome and injurious. Except the revenue bill which that body has strangled no more Important measure has been before the Senate. But the probability is that the Senate will not give an hour to the measure, while-wasting hours and days upon resolutions like those of Senator Call providing that war ships be sent to Cuba to put an end to Spanish barbarities. The Injustice of permitting that class of Immigrants to come here to crowd out of employment common labor already in the country and to lower the standard of living is not so exasperating as that of the Spanish rulers, but it involves degradation and suffering the consequences of which are far-reaching. Now that the flood of the worst has again set to our shores Con gress should promptly give protection. PIIESIDCAT DIAZ O.X THE MOXUOC DOCTRINE. The formal adhesion of Mexico to the Monroe doctrine Is an event of much political significance 'and Interest. . "While there could scarcely be any doubt as to the entire sympathy of the Mexican government with the doctrine as enunciated by the United States, it, was hardly to be expected that it would make any distinct declaration on the subject unless required by circumstances to do so, especially as the Venezuelan crisis seems to have passed. President Diaz seems to have thought the occasion Justified him in going out of his way to define the position of Mexico, and he has done it In terms that leave no room for doubt. His treatment of the question is dignified, strong and statesmanlike. It opens with a declaration of friendship for the United States which will not fall to attract attention abroad. ""With cur northern neighbor," says the Mexican President, "our intercourse is of the same friendly . and cordial character as . our diplomatic and other relations have been for some years rast." This is a sufficient answer to charges recently made by European papers that the Monroe doctrine was another name for American filibustering, and that all neighboring countries were afraid of the United States. President Diaz gives them to understand that the Monroe doctrine is not so understood by Mexico, and that, so far from fearing or" distrusting the United States, the relations between the two governments are most friendly. In other.parts of the message he distinctly recognizes the controlling power and leadership of the United States and its duty as well as its right to assert the doctrine of European, noninterference In American affairs. "It is our opinion," he says, "that to the United States, for the immensity of its resources, belongs the obligation of assisting other republics of the hemisphere against the attacks of Europe, if such attacks are still to be considered as possible." The United States must, of course, be Its own Judge as to the extent of this obligation in any particular case, but this voluntary as sertion of It by a neighboring republic is sure to attract attention. Proceeding a little further on the line of the com munlty of American interests as against European aggression. President Diaz suggests that each one of the Central and South American states "ought, by means of a declaration like that of Pres ident Monroe, proclaim that every at tack on the part of a foreign power with a view of curtailing the territory or In dependence, or of altering the lnstitu tlons of any one of the republics of America would be considered by the na tlon making such declaration as an attack on Itself." This is the first time such a suggestion has been made, and. whether It Is adopted or not, the fact that it is formally put forth by the sec ond largest American republic outside of the United States is significant. The effect of the message will be to convince Europe that the Monroe doctrine is real

ly v:tzt President Diaz says it should

be made, "the doctrine of America In the fullest sense of the word." and not a mere political whim of the United States. A AXTI-SLRPLLS PARTY. It looks now as if the deficiency of the Gorman-Wilson tariff law in the first two years of its operation would be, in round figures, $100,000,000. In nineteen months it has been $76,137,883, and five months more will bring it up nearly to the figures named.

It has become a commonplace remark that the Democratic party is a debtmaking party. It can contemplate a deficit with entire equanimity and borrow money to pay current expenses without compunction, but it abhors a surplus. It came into power in 18S4 on a platform pledged to abolish the surplus and that h) about the only pledge it has' kept. From 1866 to 1S92, under a Republican tariff, there was a surplus every year. During the period of twenty-six years the smallest surplus in any year was J2.344.SS2. and the largest was 1145,543,811. From 18S0 to 1S90 -the smallest surplus in any one year was $63,000,000, and in six of the years during this period it exceeded $100,000,000 a year. These annual surpluses, accompanied by large reduc tions of the public debt, excited the anger of the Democratic party? The Democratic platform of 1880 declared: "That change is necessary is proved by an existing surplus of more, than $100,000.0C0." It was not charged that the surplus was stolen or misappropriated, though no mention was made of the fact that the public debt was being rapidly reduced, but the surplus Itself was the point of attack. During the campaign of 1SS4 the late Vice President Hendricks, In his speeches, had much to say about the surplus. So did other Democratic speakers. The late Governor Gray said in one of his speeches in this State, and no doubt repeated the statement many times, that "there is in the United States treasury $400,000,000 that has been col lected from the people by unjust taxation; this money is lying there a useless surplus, and under Republican manage ment It will still increase indefinitely and without limit." He said that the treasury ought to be empty and the sur plus in circulation among the people. Mr. Hendricks talked the same way, and many Indiana Democrats thought if Mr. Cleveland was elected the surplus would be distributed among the people and every man would get his per capita share. Mr. Cleveland was elected on this antisurplus platform, and candor compels the admission that from the day of his election the Democratic party was unre mitting in its efforts to abolish the surplus. It could not do this as long as a Republican tariff was In force, but at last it succeeded in passing a tariff law of its own, and then came the realiza tion of its pledges. "With the disappear ance of the surplus there came in some thing very different, a new and strange thing In American finance, a 'forbidding and unlovely thing called Deficit. There was a deficit the first month after the new law went into operation, and there has been a deficit every month since. Nineteen consecutive monthly deficits aggregate $76,000,000. Truly, the Democratic party has redeemed its pledge to abolish' the surplus, but there is reason to believe the people would now prefer a surplus to a deficitV , ROOJI FOR GROWTH. A statement recently made by the United States Geological Survey shows that one-third of the land area of this country is still vacant. According to this statement the total land area of the United States is 2,970,000 square miles, of which 980,337 are still classed as vacant public lands. This does not include Indian reservations, which aggregate 131,6S9 square miles, and xwhich will all eventually be opened to settlement after giving the Indians their share in severalty. These vacant public lands are in twenty-six States and Territories, and nearly one-half of them are still unsurveyed. Most of it is in the Rocky mountain and Pacific coast States, and other portions are In the arid belt, but the mountain regions will eventually support a considerable population, and the arid regions will be made inhabitable by artificial irrigation. But outside of these districts there, is still a large amount of vacant public land in agricultural States. Minnesota has 2,500,000 acres surveyed and 3,000,000 unsurveyed; Nebraska has 10,900,000 acres surveyed and subject to entry; North Dakota has 10,800,000 acres surveyed and 11,900,000 acres unsurveyed; South Dakota has 9,000,000 acres surveyed and 5,400,000 unsurveyed. Missouri and Mississippi have each about 1,000,000 acres of vacant public lands, and Wisconsin, Michigan and Alabama have each nearly as much. It Is evident, therefore, that the public domain of the United States suitable for cultivation is still by no means exhausted. But in estimating our room for growth the area of vacant public lands is a small factor compared with the ability of the lands already occupied to support a larger population. The census of 1890 showed the average number of inhabited ts per square mile of the entire United States to be twenty-one. According to Mulhall, the population per square mile In 1890 in England was 503, In France 320. in Germany 233, in Italy 260, in Holland 330 and In Belgium 530. The most densely populated State In the Union Is Rhode Island, with 318 inhabitants to the square mile, and the next is Massachusetts, with 278. Indiana has 61 inhabitants to the square mile, Illinois 68, Michigan 36, Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 16. Iowa - 34, 'Nebraska 14, North Dakota 3, South Dakota 5, and so on. Comparing the density of population of these great agricultural arid productive States with" that of European countries shows that a long time must elapse before the limit of the supporting capacity of the country will be reached. He would be a rash prophet who should undertake to predict the population of the present territory of the United States two or three centuries hence. The contest between Messrs. Johnson and Watson for the congressional nomination in the Sixth district probably has no parallel in the history of primary elections. Other contests before and during conventions may have been as hot and stubborn as this one, but they lacked the element of popular excitement and personal electioneering. This one was also made specially exciting by the fact that the contestants were both remarkably able men skilled campaign

ers, and each with an enthusiastic per

sonal following. For the sake of harmony the Journal hopes that the charges of unfairness will be shown to be baseless, and that the result will be cheerfully accepted by both sides. Political workers should learn to' give and take, and while the Journal does not subscribe to the mischievous maxim that everything is fair in politics, it is decidedly of opinion that when a candidate for office or seeker of ' a nomination is fairly beaten he should bow gracefully to the will of the majority. The very fact that the contest has been so hot and close is a reason why it should now end. It Is reported that Influences are being brought to bear upon the School Board to make radical changes in the officers of the public library. -It is hoped that there is no foundation. for such reports, as there is every reason to believe that Miss Browning has proved an efficient and faithful librarian, intelligent, courteous and conscientious in the discharge of her dutio3. Furthermore, there is every reason to believe that a very large majority of the, patrons of the library who are in a position to Judge of her qualifications would 'regret exceedingly any change. Whatever complaint the Journal has heard regarding the management of the library can be traced to subordinates who hold their positions through the influence of members of the board, and for whose efficiency and faithfulness Miss Browning cannot Justly be held responsible. It was. reported last evening that a clique of the School Board has two or three persons from a distance, one from Montana, whom it is consulting with a view of making a change so secretly that it. will be ioo late for the public to protest when it shall become known. The people of Indianapolis who are most Interested in the library are opposed to such methods, since they are never adopted unless to secure results which cannot be defended. The Journal sincerely hopes. that the reports concerning this matter are wthout foundation. . . r Probably most people who read in yesterday's Journal the proposition of the Patriotic Sons of America to the effect that two billions of dollars of greenbacks be issued and, given to its members in order to increase the money of the country will consider these men as a new brand of idiots . the like of Which never was before. This is because they forget. Their plan for currency distribution is no more ridiculous than that of Senator Peffer and greenback and

Populist leaders for a quarter of a century. In,1878 Indiana was badly infected with fiat : moneyism. This district sent a fiatist to Congress on a flat platform which was not much 'less absurd than the proposition of the Patriotic Sons of America. In fact, the Patriotic Sons have the advantage of a method of distribution to themselves which shows that they are shrewder than the other advocates of flat money who have only clamored for its issue at! a" time when there was not the pretext of a lack of revenue to make the basis of issues of such paper as there was during the war. The Patriotic Sons of America are no more ridiculous than their predecessors in the advocacy of flat money. The people of the country have learned that irredeemable paper notes stamped Ave or ten dol lars are not money. Those people who object to the Introduction, of machinery in production on the ground that it ' displaces so many work people should find some consolation In the demand which new employments make for men. In'Whls State, for instance, the statlstlcs 'of the bureau show that in 1895 2,419 men, women and boys were employed in' bicycle factories. These figures do not include the large number of men who find employment' in repairing wheels. This is practically a new Industry, and as such -has given employment to .tens of ' thousands" of people throughout the country who otherwise would be pressing the old industries for employment. Applied electricity has opened another field for employment within a few years which will broaden with time. These Illustrations indicate that if a country stimulates the varied Industries which an" advancing civilization calls forth, the introduction of machinery, which cheapens the cost, will increase rather than deprive people of employment. .;y:. ' The dull business and hard times are due much more to'. lack of confidence than to lack of currency. There is plenty of money in the country for all the needs of business, and if other conditions were favorable the country could prosper even with much, less currency, but the trouble Is lack of confidence among those who promote and control business. The Coxeyltes . and calamityltes could not do anything to improve business if the volume of currency were increased tenfold, and such an increase would only add to the lack of confidence among those who, by virtue of brains and. enterprise, control the business of the country without regard to the. volume of currency. In short, the free silver agitators and the inflationists of high and low degree are responsible for the depression of business. ' -' ' - Residents of Chicago are discovering that Democracy Is a tax. A defaulting Democratic State Treasurer made neces sary an advance of 70 per cent, in the State tax,, and an Incompetent and corrupt Democratic municipal government compelled a large ( increase in the city levy. It Is simply another proof that a party which Is controlled by its worst elements Is not fit to be intrusted with the control of public affairs. In Memory of Alexander Ralston. Seventy-five years ago next Monday Alexander Ralston bean the work of surveying and laying off the site of the city of Indianapolis. The selection of the present site of the city for the capital of the State had been confirmed by the Legislature on the 6th of January preceding, and at the same time three . commissioners were appointed to meet here on the" first Monday of April following and make arrangements for sur veying "the donaUon" and laying off the town. Alexander Ralston was one of a few ptrsons who were here at that time. He was a Scotchman and a practical surveycr. When young he had assisted in the survey of Washington City, and he introduced here some of the distinctive features of the plan of the national capital, as unusually wide etrtets. diverging diagonal ' avenues, etc. Ralston died in 1827 and was buried in the village graveyard, which afterwards became known as Greenlawn Cemetery. His re mains still lie there. The cemetery has been practically abandoned and most of the bodies interred there have been removed by de tcendants ov relatives. As Ralston w&s a.

bachelor and had no re!atlves In this country his remains have never been transferred. In view of his early services to the capital and of the distinctive Impress which he left upon it. It has been suggested that his remains should be removed to Crown Hill Cemetery and a suitable monument be erected to his memory. The trustees of the cemetery will donate -a lot, and for the rest the requisite amount of money can doubtless be easily raised. Those who wish to contribute to the fund will be given an opportunity In a few days. Now that the administration of Mayor Tsgart has permitted an assistant inspector of sprinkling to be created, the inspectors of smoke and weeds will soon appear. HURDLES IX THE AIR '

The Cheerful Idiot. "Charity," said the proverb-loving boarder, "begins at home." "And," said the Cheerful Idiot, "so also do divorce cases, as .a rule." A Wild ana Woolly Warrior. "Wlfat do you know about war, anyway?" asked the veteran.. "A heap," answered the youngish roan. "I have been in a dozen mass meetings and three flag burnings." And Blade Him Sroate. A young man, to his wedding en route, Stopped over and got on a toute; -So that , when he got there - He was loaded for here, And the girl's father gave him the boute. A Complicated Cnm'." " "I hardly think," said the lawyer ! "that you can get a separation from your wife on account of her making a practice of throwing things at the dog." .......... "But, Great Caesar, mister!" said the man with the haggard look and the" black , eye, "nigh every time she throws at the dog she hits me!" , '"'" '. - POLITICAL FLEASAXTRIES. ... The new war ship, the Iowa, is equipped with an Allison jlbboom, of course. Kansas City Journal. The McKinley.boom seems to have 'caught Mr. Cullom upon the point of his. .human nature. Detroit Tribune. . , It will be observed that Mr. Harrison is being frequently thought of without the aid of a literary bureau. Washington Post. The movement of Major McKinley's friends to capture the silver Slates" might be called a movement in the Major and minor keys. Philadelphia Record. . .............. Mr. Reed is strongly in favor, of.. some amendment to the Interstate commerce-law which will prevent McKlnley germs being carried into New England. New York Journal. Some say Democracy's coming chieftain is our old friend Anon, who is responsible for so many, remarkable things, but Judging from the third term, talk Ibid is the more likely man. Philadelphia Press. Reed is haFd at it solidifying himself throughout New England. No one knows better than he that whoever does it. in the House it's the delegates that count , in con ventions. Philadelphia Times. INDIANA PRESS OPINION. (Democrats are Joining McKlnley clubs they know which is the best wagon to ride in. Richmond Telegram. The revenue bill strangled by the Demo crats and fre silver. Judases would have prevented the continued increase of the gov ernment debt. Huntington Herald. Hoke Smith says the Democratic party will be In the fight for the presidency to the end. This is correct, but after the end 'of the fight the Democratic party will not be in it. Goshen Times. " For a quarter of a century we were treated to a flood of Democratic? theories. For three years we have had . the experi ence. The theories are bad enough,- but next fall the people will decide to-endure thetm as Infinitely preferable to the experience. Marion. Chronicle. We suppose that the administration 'consoles itself with the fact that, .though, we lost the best market in the world the United States for our products under the Wilson-Gorman tariff law, still we obtained a foreign market for our bonds under the disgraceful syndicate bond deal. Bluffton Chronicle. It Is a very significant fact that where protection has spread free silyerism has waned. The obstructive policy of . the. free silver Senators toward protection was the greatest mistake they made, as their constituents know that free trade Is evenworse than free silver. Terre Haute Express. An early adjournment Kt Congress would be satisfactory to the country. So long as the Senate' is controlled by the Democrats and Populists the needed revenue laws cannot be passed. When the appropriation bills are enacted the Congressmen may as well go home. Columbus Republican. Grover Cleveland has been mentioned as the logical candidate for the "Democratic nomination for the presidency. But Just what makes him the logical man is not plain unless it is that he deserves the overwhelming defeat the nominee is sure to meet for the llln he has brought upon his party. Greenfield! Republican. There is not -a Democratic; paper 'in tha United States but is perfectly aware of. the fact that the reason we can. have no revenue cr financial legislation Is the obstruction of a combination of Democrats and Populists -in the Senate; and yet not one haa the moral courage and manhood to tell the truth about it. New Albany Tribune.' ADOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. . The eight sisters, and sl9ters-In-law of a condemned wife murderer In Cleveland hava issued invitations for a leap year party next month for the purpose of raising money with which to fight for a new trial for him. Bishop William Taylor, the famous mlS". sionary to Africa, recently made bars of laundry soap the currency of the natives. " It me; with such favor as handy change that the bishop's son now sends from' three to five tons at a shipment. Li Hung Chang Is making arrangements to. Impress the Western world -with- his wealth and power. He will travel with a suite and in a style that will testify, to the grandeur of Oriental luxury. LI Hung Chang is an absteminous and simple man in his tastes, but he long ago learned the value of magnificence for impressing the crowd. Mr. Barrett . Browning, son of the great poet, has Just been thanked by the municipality, of Venice for the liberality and splendor of his hospitality. Recently Mr. Browning lent his magnificent palace, Rezzonico, for charitable purposes to a society composed of tha noblest Italian women in Venice. The fete held In it was of unusual magnificence and the sum realized was $3,400. A Parisian house furnisher is now intro ducing a novel little appliance for the carving at the table of chicken and other small fowl. The new instrument is composed of a lonir. curved jblade, to which a very much shorter blade is fastened in sciiaors fashion. This will permit the host to carva the chicken properly and) serve the Joints and clip thin bones with th greatest easa and absolute absence of difficulty. Dr. Jameson Is not attracting as much at tention In England as he was a week ago, but he is still an object of great interest. He spends considerable time refusing proposals of marriaga reaching him by mall. Publishers agents are on his track at all times, eager to compel him to write a book. To cap the climax he was offered a few days ago a large sum If he would exhibit himself ror a week in a nigh-ciajsa museum. A "Deutsche Sappho" would Indeed be an anomaly, for woman has taken ; anything but a prominent place In the literature of Germany, Whre . her abilities as a hausfrau are much more hignly prized. Yet this is tha title which enthusiastic critics are afflxicg to .one Johanna Ambrosias, a peasant woman, wSaose poems were edited about a year aero by a sympathetic professor, and have since gone through fifteen editions. Her fame la as yet confined to Germany. The trial by an ecclesiastical court on Thursday of the Rev. S. II. Fuller, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maldsn, Mass., will be interesting to Episcopalians. Seme time ago Mr. Fuller procured a dlvcrce from his wile on the ground of desertion, and, he oas recently married another woman. As th Episcopal Caurca lorbl&s the marriage of divorced persons except that of the innocent narty to a divorce suit for InSdcllty It is heil toxt Mr. Fuller Las brcl::n a law cf ths

church, and he !s to be tried on that charge.

msnop Huzn Miller Thompson, of Mississippi. was the officiating clergyman at the ecand marriage. - When he was in Madras General Booth, cf th Salvation Army, was informed that it was not an uncommon practice for the father of a family, when he borrowed money to defray the expenses of his daughter's wedding, to pledge the first-bcrn son as swrurlty ior the payment of the debt. General Doora was incredulous until one of his own oCic-rs in Madras toid him that he had some cadw in the Madras Salvation Army who had thus been mortgaged by their grandfathers In payment for the feetlvities cf their mother's marriage, and 'Who recegsizfd their obliga tion to discharge the debt when possible. It seems that winter now on soring 1 Fcr 'neath the snow that March winds bring iae crocus croaks. Philadelphia Record. I wrote what I thought were tender lines. And I was chaerined enousrh. When the editcr read them, to hear him say. "Ge whizz, but this Is tough." Detroit Tribune. At the Cross. At the cross her station keeping. Stood the mournful Mother weeping. vvnere lie nung, the dying iora; Fnr hr rf iiv hsraivpd Bowed with anguish, deeply grieved. me snarp and cruel sworn. O how sad and sore distressed Now was she, that Mother blessed . ur tne sole begotten One: Deep the woe of her affliction When she saw the crucifixion Of her ever-glorious Son. Who on Christ's dear Mother gazing,. , Pierced by anguish so amazing. Born or woman would not weeD? Who on Christ's dear Mother thinking. Such a cup of sorrow drinking, Would not share her sorrows deep? For His people's sins chastised She beheld her son despised. ' Scourged and crowned with thorny wreath: Saw Him then from Judgment taken,. Mocked by foes, by friends forsaken. Till lie gave ills soul to deatn. Jesus, may such deep devotion Stir in me the same emotion. Fount of love. Redeemer kind. That my heart, fresh ardor gaining. And a purer love attaining. , May-with Thee acceptance find. Lyra Angllcana. MIDDLE MEN MUST GO IMPORTANT ACTION TAKEN BY MAN. , VFACTUIIERS OF STEEL. Negotiations Hereafter Will De Di rectly Detween Producer and Con V sumeiwMr. Oliver's Statement. NEW YORK, April 2. Representatives of the twenty-one leading manufacturers of Bessemer steel In this country met here to day. It was reported . that a trust would be formed, and. there has been much gossip on the subject. Before the meeting Andrew Carnegie, who has Just returned from Florida, said to a reporter, that he had not heard of the proposed combination of steel manu facturers. "I don't think it will amount to much,"' continued Mr. Carnegie. "In times cf depression and stagnation people are dis posed to get together and agree to suspend the law of competition. But no permanent results follow. I never believe in combina tions. They are only for weak people. They give a-little temporary strength to these weak persons, but they are not good for the strong and healthy." 1 "What is your opinion of the general out look in business?" 'Well, business Is not good,", he replied. "Ac general depression prevails, and I think that we must get the presidential election over before we can hope for general prosperity. After that I hope that the currency system of the government will be placed on a proper financial basis, so that we will get rid of the agitation for a change of standard." At the conclusion of the meeting George T. Oliver, president of the Halnesworth Steel Company, of Pittsburg, made the following statement: "With the exception of a few weeks last fall the manufacturers of Bessemer steel In the United States have been conducting a losing business for the past three years. This has resulted more through the : growing Influence of the middle men than on account of competition between the manufacturers themselves. With the purpose in view of eliminating such influences and of bringing about closer relations between buyer and seller, the steel men met in session and have succeeded in agreeing among themselves that. In the future, all negotiations shall be confined strictly to the producer on the one hand and the consumer on the other. It Is not intended to restrict production, exceDt so far as such restriction will be brought about by doing away with such fictitious transactions and .he confining of business to tne actual wants of the country. In many Instances a middle man will purchase steel in large quantities from a manufacturer, for which he has no customer In sight. When the time of delivery arrives the manufacturer will, naturally, expect his customer to furnish specifications for the steel. His only course is to dump It on the market at any price it wiU bring. One such transaction has, in many Instances, resulted in. the demoralization of the entire market, and even the business for the rest of the season. We hope, through the influence of this organization and by frequent meetings and Interchange of views, to do away with this evil. We think we can do so. "This organization does not Include all the manufacturers of Bessemer steel, nor is such unanimous action necessary. The great firm of Schoenberger & Co., of Pittsburg, is not represented at all, neither is the Illinois Steel Company, of Chicago, bound by the action of our members, but there is no doubt in our mind that both of these large Interests will act in harmony with the other manufacturers, as neither has the reputation of being a disturber in the market. It Is not our intention to bring about any undue advance in the price of steel. The price which has been -agreed upon for the present, $20 per ton, Is fully Justified by the strong advance which has taken Dlace within the past two weeks in pig Iron and iron ore, and It is really doubtful whether, In view of the existing conditions, manufacturers can make any profit at that price." Mr. Oliver admitted, with some reluctance, that another meeting would be held to-morrow afternoon. He Intimated that the organization would probably be perfected at this meeting. Condition of the Market. PITTSBURG. April Z.-The American Manufacturer and Iron World will say tomorrow: The Iron and steel trade this week Is In rather a mixed up condition, caused by the announcement of the Bessemer steel arrangement. So far only Bessemer has been changed, but the trade Is waiting to see what effect It will have on other lines. Consequently it Is very difficult to guess the immediate future of the trade. If the compact among the Bessemer steel producers Is made thoroughly effective it Is very likely that . there will be a marking up of prices all along the line and it is argued that the certainty of advanced prices will brin? out the demand which has been so long suppressed. Grey forge Is quoted at 1O.;5011; Bess?mer, 13.50; muck bar. CO; steel rails. J2&. STUDENTS ON STiUKR They Refuse to Recite to a Professor of Church History-. PITTSBURG, April 2. The senior class at the Allegheny Theological Seminary has gone on strike against Rev. John Wilson, D. D., the professor of church historj, and refuses to recite to him. .So far their revolt seems to be a success. At least the class has had no church history ince the holidays. Among certain members of the church there has been much opposition to Dr. Wilson, it Is claimed, ever since he was elected three years ago. and the result Is ,two factions are developing In the United Presbyterian Church. Several members of the board were seen and all say that the trouble has been patched up, but It leaked out that one mem ber of the board nas threatened to resign. Allegheny Seminary ! governed by th5 synods of New York, Ohio, Northern Pennsylvania and PitUburg. It has always been orthodox and ha- graduated many of the most famous ministers of the Unittd Pres byterian denomination.

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PRESIlYTKRIAXS PREPARING FOR A MISSIONARY CONFERENCE. ETnngrllral nnd Germnn Ilnptlst Conference Iter. E. II. XeaPa Ministerial Record at Pern. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind.. April 2. Rev. Frank II. Hays returned from Danville last night, where he represented Muncle Presbytery at the Presbyterian Missionary Conference for Indiana and Illinois, held in that city Tuesday. He reports that the meeting was ' very interesting and of great Importance to Presbyterians, In the West especially. Every presbytery In the two States was represented, and plans were perfected for a great Home and Foreign Mission Con gress to be held at Winona. Aug. 4. 5 and , to which all the Presbyterian churches In Ohio, Kentucky. Illinois and Indiana will be asked to send delegates. P. C. Dickey, of Indianapolis, R. V. 'Hunter of Terre ' Haute, and Rev. Hays were selected as a committee to represent Indiana at a missionary conference that will be held in NewYork about May 1. The object of the conference is to strengthen the relations cxlstIne between the work in Indiana and the boards of the churches In New York. The' result of tho conference will he of great importance. Evangelical Conference nt Urlinna. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind.. April i-The forty-fourth Annual Conference of the Evangelical Association of Indiana opened this morning. at Urbana, this county, with Bishop S. Breyfogle, of Reading, Pa., presiding. About one hundred ministers of the church from northeastern Indiana and westtrn Ohio were present The Bishop ana Revs. Krueger and D. S. Oaken conducted the devotional.-, the former reading the fifty-third chapter of isaiah. and making a brief address. S. H.. Baumgartner was appointed secretary. Members rf the conference were then ,xamlnsl and all passed. H. Mattill, of the Evangelical publishing house. Cleveland, was re ceived as an advisory member. In the after noon the committees on letters and documents reported. Rev. J. E. Thomas and F. Plnkenblner were located. F. Hurrenr. I. Suit, W. Bermeghy. A. Welsjohn. J. Iubtr. B. Koenir. m. Sunderman. p. Smith and S. Cramer were granted lloense to preach. uev. II. Mattill nreached to a large audi ence to-nlght. German Rnptlat Conference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU. Ind., April 2. The annual session of the conference of the German Baptists of the middle district of Indiana was held In Mexico, a village ftve miles north of this city, yesterday. The district Is composed cf thirty-two churches which were represented v Dy aoout eight nunarea delegates at in conference. The German Raprlsts hare a fine church at Mexico, built especially for large gatherings and hero the meetings were held. The busine.ss. of the meeting was principally the talju.cting of the finances of the district. The delegates slept and ate In the church and a thousand In all sat dawnto dinner Wednesday. Lnrget Church in the Conference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU. Ind., Arril 2,-The Methodifts of this city are gratified at the return of Rev. E. E. Neal to this charge. During hi three years pastorate here he has been art indefatigable worker and ha strengthened tho church. The First Methodist Church of this city is now the largest church In membership In the North Indiana Conference. There are 375 members. 303 having been added during the year. The Semans chapter cf the Junior Epworth League connected with the Peru church is the largest Junior Lcaque chapter In the world. C. L. MAG EE'S BIG COMPANY. Combination of Street Rnlltrnya, vrltti Capital of lf23,HK,0(KI. TTTT'niTnr: AnHl ?-.ThP Hr traction combine' which has been talked cf for some time past has finally been consummated, and now has full control of the street railways cf the two cities In the combination. The new company which Is now In operation is known as the Consolidated Traction Company, and the roads which, have been absorbed are the Pittsburg Traction, Duquesne Traction, Central Traction, Allegheny Traction, Citizens' Traction and the Fort Pitt Traction, lion. C. L. Magee, of this city, is president of the consolidated, company. The capital of the company is $23,0u0,ooo, of which 113,000,000 Is common and nO.0O0.OOO preferred rtock. It is the intention to spend H.000,000 at once on improvementi. AN UNCHARITABLE METHODIST. The Lnte Fred Donalasa Criticised by; the Rev. Dr. McAnney. NEW YORK, April 2. The color line wai distinctly visible for a short time In today's session of the New York Methodlft Episcopal Conference. It was precipitated into view by a resolution offered by ths Rev. Delos Lull, of Woodlawn, which recommended that the General Conference take under consideration the advisability and exEediencv of putting a colored man on the ench of bishops. This was characterized by the Rev. C. 11. McAnney as an attempt at special legislation as to the colored race, many of whom, he said, had shown themselves ungrateful for favors received. "The late Pred Douglass," continued Dr. McAnney, "was held up as an ideal man by those of his race. In what way did he benefit them? And when he died, did he leav a penny for their improvement?" Several other members spoke in the same strain, after which the resolution disappeared from sight without having been put to a vote cr laid on the table. A Metliodisfa Attack on Yale. BALTIMORE, Md.. April l-The Rev. A E. Warfield, of Lynchburg, Va., created a stir In the Maryland Methodin Protestant Conference to-day by attempting to call the Rev. Dr. F. T. Tagg to account for an editorial attack upon Yale College, which was printed in the Methodist Protestant, of which Dr. Tagg is editor. The e-ditorial follows: "Young men who go to Yale come away ecclesiastical Iconoclasts, before whom nothing Is sacred. And they are not satisfied to think and settle their faith; they are ready for war, and they want to carry it Into the churches of which they are pastors, and tear down what they will never live long enough to rebuild." The Rev. Mr. Warfield said he was a-Yale man. and wanted this attack explained, but the moderator ruled him out of order and thus cut off what promised to prcve an exciting episode. Attempt to Wreck n State Capitol. JACKSON. Mis?., April 2.-An attempt was made lait night to wreck the dtate Capitol." At 10 o'clock, while Secretary of. i:ate Power was engaged in his office at the Capitol he heard a noise outside of tho office. Going to the window he saw several men digging at the wall between the door anl a window. His appearance frlghtenei them away, and an Investigation shoel that two Sieces of stone, about two feet square, had een removed from the wall. lUd the wori: gone on a little longer a section of the wall about four by twenty feet would have fallen, thus wrecking the whole buiiding. Strenuous efforts were male during tr rrcent fusion or the Legislature to provide for a nesr building, but nMhin was done In the nutter, and It Is thought some miscreants took this means of securing Immediate action. Editor Chnrajed with Larceny. POUGHKEKrSlE, N. Y., Arril 2.-Dr. O. M. Shedd. proprietor of the Poughkeepsie 8tar and a member cf the board of.pollco commissioners, was arretted to-niht on a charge of larceny in the first degree. It Is charged that 8hld defaulted from the Order of United Friends In the amount of $3 02156. Lawyer M. W. Van Auken. of Utica, arrived In this city to-day. accompanied bv treasurer A. A. Lmprey, of the order. The defalcation, It is aller.ed, datej back to September. ISM. Shedd was taken before Hrorder O'DeJl. who ficM him In $1,000 ball for cxamlnaika to-morrow. 8hdd secuixd a bondtman and was released. Ills Shortage O er ClOO.t'OO. PlTTSBUrta, April 2. Another shortage amounting to fu.iw) was discovered to-day by the committM- audi ling the books of x City Attorney Moreiand. The total shrtatre now aggregates considerably more than JlOO.OUd. Morcland and his arl&iant. llouy, are now out on tall, pending trial for rr.laPDropriatlcn cl put lie fu::2-