Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1896 — Page 4

THE . INDIANAPOLIS 'JOURNAL, SATURDAY,. APRIL 18, .1808.

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TUB INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Can b (oud at tha following places XSEW YORK G Use j House, Windsor Hotel and Astor House. CHICAGO alraer House and P. O. Se Co.. 91 Adams street; , - Cl.NUNNATI-J. B. Ilavley Co., 154 Vine street. LOUIS VI LLK C T. Deerln. northwest corner of Tfcird and JeSersoa sts, and LouisrUle liook Ca, 200 Fourth as. CT. lxCI Union Nfwt Company, Union Depot s XTAfiniSGTOX. D. C Rlrj House, Eobltt House, WlUard's Motel and tne WnlnTn Newt Exchange, t:Ui strtet, bet. Penn. art, and strut. Ex-Governor Russell, of. Boston, punc-, turirrff the boom of Secretary Olney that he may have apace to Inflate his own Isanother warning of the evil which comes of making very much of a young" person of good family with limited capacity. a A hopeful ' ' Democrat expresses the opinion that sojnd money will win in the Chicago convention. No doubt sound money will be a potent factor In deciding the nomination, and the Mgger the barrel the. better; but from present Indications it will not shape the platform. The Democratic 'convention In the State of . Washington declares for free silver, indorses the Cleveland administration and puts a sound-money man at the head of its delegation. Such all round magnanimity is as beautiful as it Is rare Just now lh the Democratic party. The report-comes from New York that the President wants his financial policy Indorsed by the New York Democratic convention, but Senator' Hill thinks 'the delegation should go to Chicago uninstructed. Senator Hill favors Colonel Morrison for the " Democratic victim, probably because defeat cannot hurt him. . It soems that the only feature of the present revenue law for which Senator Voorhees exerted himself tne eight years period for taking whisky out of bond and paying the tax has resulted badly. It may be of little consequence to the Senator that it has diminished the revenues from whisky, but he must be grieved to know that It has caused so much whisky s to be -made and put in bonded warehouses that no more can be made with profit for some time. A Washington correspondent with a statistical turn of mind has been figuring on the treasury deficit. The deficit for the first eleven days of 4 this month was $8,084,803. This, the correspondent observes, is at the rate of $608,430 for each -working day of the year. Counting eight hours to each day, which is the government rate of computation, It Is at the rate of $76,000 an hour and over $1,200 a) minute. This ought to convince the people that they are paying dearly for the experiment of taking the control of the government out of the hands of a debtpaying party and placing It in those of & debt-making party. Eighteen months ago "the .city controller of New York had no difficulty In floating a 3-per-cent; short-time gold bond at. a little better than par. Quite recently he offered $3,500,000 at 3 per cent and there were no takers, so the rate of Interest has been increased to 36 per cent. The failure to place the bonds at 3 per cent. 13 attributed to tha apprehension that exists among capitalists on the other side of the ocean that the United States may go to the silver basis through the adoption of free coinage. Bankers say there la an Immense amount of" foreign .capital awaiting investment In the United States which would be perfectly satisfied with 3 per cent, interest or a shade under, but that capital Is timid because of the free silver agitation. . The Bering sea treaty with Great Britain, which has been ratified by the Senate, provides for the appointment of three commissioners to settle the claims of Canadian sealers for alleged losses by seizures made before the meeting of the Farls tribunal. The tribunal held that the United States was liable in damages, but left the amount to be fixed subsequently. The Canadians originally demanded about $300,000. Secretary Cjresham offered to pay a lump sum of $123,000, and the claimants agreed to accept It, but Congress declined to ratify the arrangement. Now the Canadians are demanding nearly $1,000,000, but they will be lucky if they get one quarter of that sum. Under the treaty, the United States is to appoint one commissioner. Great Britain one, and the thirl is to be selected by the President of Switzerland. Seme of the Republican silver Senators from the Northwest are serving this year as awful warning, for demagogues. First, there was Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, who, after several months of noisy advocacy of free filver In the Senate, was obliged to recant on the floor of his State convention and promise to vote for honest money before he could be elected a delegate to the national convention. And now Senator Flansbrough, of North Dakota, gets a similar rebuke. Hansbrough, the senior Senator, is a Republican who was elected with the aid of Democratic votes, while Roach, the Junior Senator from North Dakota, is a Democrat who was elected with the aid of Republican votes. "While politically opposed on other issues, they have stood together on the wrong side of the silver question. After misrepresenting the Republicans of North Dakota on this question to the extent of his ability as a perststent and intem perate advocate of free silver. Senator Har.jLrou.Th is now rebuked by the RepuIlcn State convention adopting one cl tha ctrcr.t;t resolutions of the year

against free silver. His humiliation is

made more -complete by the fact that the only Representative from North Dakota, Hon. M. N. Johnson, has been an outspoken advocate of sound money, and assisted In framing the admirable reso lution adopted by the convention. If there are two Republicans in the United States who ought to feel thoroughly ashamed of themselves for their course on the silver question they are Senators Pettlgrew and Hansbrough, of North and South Dakota. S03IB .MISTAKES OF OHIO REP I'D LI CANS. The conclusion Is forcing itself on the minds of many Republicans that the Ohio engineers of Governor McKlnley's campaign are not j managing it with much wisdom. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that while they may have exercised wisdom In some respects. they have made rather serious mistakes in others. For Instance, It Is a common remark and pretty generally admitted that they have , made too aggressive a campaign, thereby creating unnecessary antagonisms. This is the more surprising, and, from a tactical point of view, more inexcusable because It has been apparent from the beginning of the campaign that McKInley had the lead of all the candidates and was. the second choice of many whose first choice lay in some other direction. This being the case, it ought to have been the policy of the McKInley managers to encourage the drift In his direction, and especially to avoid arousing opposition in States where be would naturally be second choice. Instead of this they have gone into several States which had "favoriteson" candidates, where they ought not to have asked for a single .vote for McKInley on the first ballot, and could not expect to get one without a contest that would create more or less bad feeling. The few scattering votes that have been won by these . tactics in favorite-son States have probably been dearly obtained. They will add very little to Governor McKlnley's vote on the first ballot, and will tend to weaken the drift towards him on later ballots. A more serious mistake, because It Involves a question of principle rather than of political tactics, was thejieclaratlon of the Ohio Republican convention on the silver question. The convention met early in March, and its platform was expected to be a keynote. If the Ohio managers of Governor McKlnley's campaign had been equal to the occasion they would have made a declaration on the silver question that would have challenged the Instant approval of Republicans throughout the country. Instead of that they passed a verbose, straddling resolution which tried to look two ways at once. It was coldly rec lved by sound-money Republicans throughout the country, and particularly by those in the. East. Undoubtedly it has hurt Governor McKInley in States where he needed strength and where he was logically the second choice. The pity of It is that it was a gratuitous injury in the house of his friends. The Ohio Republicans ought to have known that they were not expressing the best sentiment of the party, and that they were furnishing the. friends of other candidates whose State conventions would place them on unequivocal sound-money platforms a weapon against McKInley perhaps not a dangerous or effective one, but still a weapon. Nearly every Repub lican convention that has met since that of Ohio has made a much stronger. clearer and better declaration on the silver question. Some of these States will send solid delegations for McKInley, and it looks a little as If his friends In other States were trying to atone for the mis take made by those in Ohio. No doubt the latter mean well, but they certainly have made some serious mistakes. FACTORIES IX THE X AT URAL GAS ' nCLT. ' - The St. Lquls Post-Dispatch thinks it within the bounds of possibility that St. Louis may at no distant day become the center of the glass-making industry of the United States. It Bays a number of public spirited citizens of St.. Louis are working to that end, and adds: The gjass-making center of the country Is cow -located in the natural gas belt of Indiana. The cheapness of natural gas as a fuel led to the location there a number of years ago, of ft great number of the largest glass manufactories in the United States. Conditions are changing there, however, and theae bis firm will soon be forced to eek another location. .The gas wells are becoming weaker and weaker in now and It will be only a short time before they will be exhausted. The high price of coal and the lack of railroad facilities will force them to seek a location where coal as a fuel can be purchased at low figures and transported to their doors at low rates of freight. Th! Is the strong point on which the au Loulsans are working to bring this city to the attention of the glass men. The proximity of the city to the coal . fleds of Illinois, oupied with the splendid railroad facilities has been represented to them as being one of the points to make St. Louis an Ideal location for glass works. ' , As evidence that the glass manu facturers. are beginning to look to St, Louis as a suitable location the PostDispatch quotes one of the publicspirited citizens aforesaid as saying: "I am in receipt this morning of a letter from one of my travelers In Indiana, who was approached by one of the big glass firms regarding locating In St. Louis. According to my man a donation of two acres of ground and $10,000 in cash would bring them here." If the glass factories now located In the Indiana natural gas belt should con clude to seek a new location several hun dred miles further west, St. Louis would probably answer as well as any other point, but they are not likely to leave soon. The reason which brought them to this State is likely to hold them here for many years to come. If the Journal Is correctly informed as to the diminution of, natural gas, which, by the way, is very slow and gradual, it only affects the piping of it to cities and towns out side of the gas belt or some distance from its center. When the gas has to be piped thirty, forty or fifty miles the initial pressure Is an essential factor, and a diminution of a few pounds may make the difference between success or failure. Rut where gas is to be delivered or used near the mouth of the well initial pressure does not cut an important figure. Most of the manufacturing cities and 'towns In the Indiana gas belt are located close to the'source of supply, and many of the largest glass manufactories da not pipe their gas any distance at all. Practically they draw their fuel from wells almost at their back doors. In some cases the wells are actually in the factory yards. The Journal does not un derstand that any of these wells have failed or that the pressure has dimin ished enough to cause any apprehension

of their failure. Moreover.. If existing wells should fail there Is a, large amount of gas-bearing territory still unutilized, and there Is some reason to believe that

even wells , which have failed come in again after a period of rest. The failure of the supply for factories near the source is a contingency so remote as hardly to be worth present discussion, but if It should occur It Is: probable ell would take the place of gas. Current developments prove the existence of a very extensive oil field in this State, and It is the opinion, of , intelligent experts that whenever natural gas fails it will be followed by oil. With the recent im provements in the Use of oil as fuel that would not be a very bad exchange. The statement of the St. Louis paper that a traveling man of .that city was recently approached by "one of the big glass firms" in the natural gas belt regarding a removal to"St. Louis, and that a donation of two acres of ground .and $10,000 In cash: wpuld probably secure it is calculated to cause a smile. If there Is a big manufacturing firm, -or a little one either, in the Indiana gas belt which is offering to move out of the State for two acres . of ground and $10,000 it is probably on its last legs financially or trying to tide over a crisis. There are many factories in the gas belt to which an offer of several times two acres of ground" and $10,000 ta move out of It would be no temptation whatever. Prosperous -manufacturing establish-' ments do not ask bonuses, as1 an induce ment for removal, and. those which are obtained by such meariVare apt to prove no good. ; " " .-I - There Is no reason why, any manu facturing establishment now located in this State should move out of it, especi ally to a point so far west as St. Louis. The center of, population of the UnitedStates Is in Indiana, and will . be for twenty years to come. It Is not likely to be as far west as St. Louis for a hun dred 3'ears. and may never bel' Other things being equal, 'the nearer a factory Is located to the heart of the country and the center of population the better. A factory which '' moves out of Indiana is moving away from the best distributing point in the United States, and if it moves westward It is moving away from Its best markets. The sum of the whole matter is that if the manufactories, glass and other, now located in the Indiana natural gas belt are wise they will re main where they are. FREE SILVER AXD THE DEBTORS. It Is the claim of the -advocates of free coinage of silver that it would be a great advantage to those who are known, as 'the debtor, class" . because they have borrowed money or have bought proper ty and given notes-therefor. The free coinage advocates make this claim on the ground that the volume of money will be increased when, by law, 60 cents' worth of silver bullion shall be coined Into a dollar, and the surplus will be so great as to cause money to be loaned at a lower rate of interest than prevails at present. All experience shows that .the day that 60 cents worth of sliver bullion can be coined into a dollar gold will cease to be money In this country, for the reason that the dollar whose metal is wrorth nearly twice as mucn as tne silver will not circulate with the cheaper, but go where its bullion value will pur chase enough silver to make nearly two sliver dollars. Professor Fisher, of Yale University. has presented some facts which show that free silver is opposed to the best interests of the "debtor class" itself. He does this by showing that the interest paid upon silver loans has been higher in gold for a series of years than when paid on gold loans. The government bonds of i India are of two kinds the rupee paper," payable in silver or. by draft on India, and the India stock, payable in gold. The yearly rates realized by investors in England on these two sorts of bonds did not vary very much for the ten years prior to 1875, when the fall in the price of silver began to affect exchange. The. following shows the. rates realized by investors In the two kinds of stocks since 1S80: Silver. Gold. Diff. 1SS1 4.0 3.4 .6 18S3 4.1 3.4 . i5 i-5? -2 1887 4.1 3.4 . 1883 v 4.1 , 3.0 1.1 1891 3.? 3.1 .7 1833 3.3 .V 1835 3.4 2.5 . .b This means that in the same market the rupee paper or sliver bonds have yielded a gold interest averaging threefourths of 1 per cent, above that which the bonds payable in gold have netted to investors. In California, where there Is a con siderable free silver element, it is said that "payable In gold" is put into contracts. Even so loud a silver advocate as Senator Stewart, of Nevada, was dis covered to have protected himself against the depreciation of silver byhaving the gold clause inserted in con tracts under which he loaned money or sold property. If there were a doubt about the money of the future in this country, either the gold provision would be inserted in mortgages or the rate of interest for mortgages payable in coin would be Increased to make good, so far as possible, depreciation if the country should go to a silver basis. If such a change of standard were a probability one of three things would take place, namely: either the money holder would not loan his money, or, he would insert the gold payment clause, or he would make the interest so high as to cover the largest depreciation which might be possible. And the borrower, like the man who held extra hazardous property. would be compelled to pay the under writers two,' three or four times the cost of normal risks for the insurance. All would 'lose by going to a silver basis except the silver mine owner and the capitalist who was in a condition to speculate in ' silver. And of all who would bear the, burden the portion which would fair to the debtor class would be heaviest, because they would be made to pay for all the risk. . Tfye Journal begs to call the attention of the Lafayette Courier to the fact that no delegates at large In the New England States are -instructed to vote for Mr. Reed "first, last and all the time." The Massachusetts convention Indorsed the candidacy of the Speaker, but when it made Senator Lodge, the leading paper manufacturer of the State, and two equally prominent citizens delegates at large it did not instruct. There can be no doubt, as the Courier says, about Republican sentiment In Indiana to-day, but if during the four weeks between the

holding of the State and the meeting bt

the national convention the situation should change, or it should appear, when two or three ballots had been taken, that Governor McKInley could not be nomi nated, would it be wise-to have delegates so instructed that' they could not place the vote of Indiana where it would be Influential if not potential, or would It reflect credit upon the Republicans of Indiana to have their delegates at large go on voting for McKInley after It should be evident that he has no chance? niUBLKS IX THE AIR. ' For the Sake of Hist Family. "So he denied himself for- the sake of his family T' . - ' "- "Ah, yes, noble man. His fight name was Reginald Van Corker, but when he was hanged in Arizona for, stealing a mule, he nobly called himself John Smith." Presence of 3Ilnd. 'Minnie Did you hear of Maui Edith's wonderful presence of nind?j r .r Mamie Dtar me, no. What was the occasion? ) "Why, when her wheel began to run away down hill she pulled back en the handle bars and screamed 'whoa as loud a she could."! Gifted that Way. 'It is dead easy," said he. rode all right the very first time, and have never had a fall yet." - . . '.21. , . "Oh, of course," said the girl, who had been practicing "thls-ta-so-sudden" ' before the mirror for more than six. months -"It Is out of the question for one; to expect you to ever take a tumble." , . 2He Needed It Not. "I have here," said the agent, . "a little hook that will show you how to be your own. law yer.' I: "Bt ut would show me how to be eomebody else's lawyer," said the man with the black beard that was gray at the roots, "I might buy it. But what Is the use fer a man to learn how tc rob hisielf?" . A Dandelion. O, golden heart a-gleamlng in the grass On a fair morn o May, . I stoop to touch you softly as I pass Along the common way, Thinking of one blue-sky-and white-cloud day , . "... When, free from vexing care, I pulled and curled your stems in childish play, r . a.. And wove them In my hair; Or breathed across .your phantom seedsphere there - With wonder and delight. . To see you, spirit-like, rlee in the air And vanish out of, sight; ' Believing while I watched your shining night, ' . The brooding, blessed .Power, Mysterious and silent as,; .the light. Would bring you back, a flower. Ah, sweet child-trust that bides through sun and shower, r: In wisdom all unskiHed; After long storms will come a fateful hour When it snail be fulfilled. Hope's winged seeds, through aU the years unchlUed, -.'-il . Bloom In the wayside grass. The flower comes back: and with- heart strangely thrilled i.i V-,.' We bless it as we pass. -.. . . "'Anne L. Muzey. Preacher' vs. Pastor. . New Yorjt Post. ' - ' Many. If the excus'es fptft forward for Dr. Morgan Insinuate that the principal use of the pulpit 13 to keep the church well filled, to make it much talked of, and to raise money for it, and if a pastor, does these things he is a success; otherwise not. This makes all attacks on him really an attack on the voluntary system. It indicates, too, pretty clearly that the Protestant church makes a mistake in not keeping preaching as in some sort a profession apart from "a pastorate. A man fvho Is kept busy marrying, burying,-baptis-eg, visiting, raising, money, and listening to people's sorrows ought not to be expected on Sunday to preach two discourses which will keep the cnurdi thronged. There . are men who by nature are gaod preachers. There are others whose efforts In that direction bring preaching into contempt. They ought not to be asked to do the same work, especially in cities. At all events, the practice of reading other people's sermons openly and above board ought to be encouraged. Any one who shows, even .now ana tnen. mat ne can preach a good sermon of his own, ought ro be allowed every now ana tnen to snow that, besides being a good preacher, he is a good Judge of preaching. -, , Cleveland and Free Silver. Special in Chicago Post.- ' , The President has taken occasion within the last twenty-four hours to emphasize his purpose In a variety of ways to prevent the adoption of a sllver' alank by the national Democratic convention '.if the full power of the administration can accomplish that purpose. , ' , ". "We (the Democratic party) are going to the devil this year anyhow." said a Whit House authority to-day, "and we might Just as well fight this question to a finish now and have over wlth.it The only hope for the future salvation .'of the party Ilea in its unccmpromislng adherence, to the principles of sound finance. If the silver delegates persist there will be two Democratic tickets in the field without a .doubt. That decision is unalterable." , ( . . - W. C. T. U. Slandered. Chicago Post. " In answer to a telegram sent by Miss Frances E. Willardao the president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Pcrti-mcuth. Va.. In regard to the "Naples matrimonial bureau,'" said to be under the care of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the president writes: "There is not a vestige of truth in the story. It was simply a canard, which originated In an anonymous letter found by the editor of the Portsmouth Evening News in his mail, and published by him .without Investigation. The note was signed Elght Young" Ladles. The editor has made 7uU explanation of the matter in his paper." The . Great Debs' Gathers Greens. Terre Haute Gazette.. , Eugene V. Debs, president of the American Railway Union, arcse a little earlier than it has neen his custom this morning, and; in company with his aged father, hied him to the outskirts of town and picked a mess of greens for the noonday meal. Eastenders who witnessed the proceedings, seeing Mr. Debs down on his knees with a long, ragged knife, in hi3 hand, earnestly at work digging in the ground with his father close at hand with a basket in hii hand taking the greens as they were handed to him by his son, were mucn interested in the scene. Lorlmer Is for Cnllom. Washington Post. ' ' ' . 1 Congressman Lorlmer, of IlIino'.5, wa in the House yesterday wearing a large Cullom button. He says he has no second choice. He is for CuIIom from first to last, and predicts that the State convention will send a CuIIom delegation. "Harrison? I was for him because" he had been tried In foreign complications and we all know where he stood. But he has declined to be considered Senator Cullcm is in the race, and that settles my choice. As long us Collum is a candidate before the convention I am for him." Had for Hlppolyte. Buffalo Courier. . j There seems still to be some liveliness In Haytian politics. The first intimation of Hlppolyte s death which the people of Jamaica received was this telegram, sent by the late President's political rival: "Hlppolyte has gone to hell." A later dispatch from Kingston to New York reads: "The news is confirmed" which looks bad for Hlppolyte. Only Chance. Detroit Tribune. Inasmuch as the Democrats have carried nothln,? lately except South Smithfleld. in Rhode Island, we assume that the logic of events will turn the eyes of the Chicago convention to some good South SmtthflelJ man. One Man In the Way. Chicago Record. The count made by Mr. Reed's friends shows that if one McKInley were out of the way Mr. Reed would be as certain of getting the nomination . as ; any other man in the field. , .. ' : She Kissed Tillman. Chicago Post. To be kissed by an elderly and not very attractive woman in public Is scant reward for a powerful statesman who has traveled all the way from Couth Carolina and Washing-

ton to Colorado to bring glad tidings of great joy. Of course, there is always room for the suspicion that the osculation was a mean trick devised by the "gold . bugs" for the purpose of annoying Senator Tillman, but the fact that 8.000 witnesses applauded would seem to indicate that It was a free-silver demonstration. In certain untamed districts it ha3 been customary to force everybody to "sa-lute the bride" at the point of a revolver, but If visiting statesmen in Colorado are expected to submit tamely to kisses from every old lady who happens to be amatorily inclined .the free-silver party of the Rockies wilt be left to work out its own salvation. We do not particularly admire the Senator from South Carolina, but the mouth of Tillman is Just as much his own as the hand of Douglass rather more so. for obvious reasons and every man should be arbiter of his own kisses. If we were South Carolinians, as we are Illinclsans. and an amatory old lady should land In our vicinity, we never would lay down our arms; we would fight. ADVANCE IX St GAR PRICES. What the Fijthttnor In Cuba Costs This Country in One Item. New York Post.

Few nersons nrtihahlv a Hts who fi bellion In Cuba has cost and is costing the fuiif oi xnis country by reason of the increased charae for rfln1 rum c in rnnn.i figures that extra cost to the consumers of tne United States aggregates about sio.ooo.ooo " J . e prices oi renned euvars nave gradually increased $Inrv th hActmAa novo egun, until now the .prices are 1 cent a iMjunu nijfner man tney were a year ago. This is due to the decrease in the quantity Of raw sugars imported from Cuba, and the tunarijueiii increase in tne price or the raws. . "There is a duty of 40 rjer cent, on raw su gars," said a leading man in the sugar trade this morning, 'while on refined snpar there is only an ad valorem duty of less than 4 per eni. ine auty on tne raws, therefore, has operated directly to the disadvantage of the consumers. Of course." he continued, "the sugar cane growers of Louisiana are satisfied with the situation, as they are getting the benefit of the increased prices for raw sugars. The annual consumDtlon of refined sugars In the United States 13 Just 1,800.000 tons. An increase of 1 cent a pound in the price of the commodity therefore equals $20 a ion, ana consequently the consumers or refined sugars in the United States are wav ing now at the rate of about $36,000,000 a year more ior ineir sugar tnan tney aid bcrore because of the rebellion in Cuba. Sav that the Increase in the price during the past year nas averagea oniy nair a cent, then tne people or the united states have actually paid $18,000,000 more, and during the next year the additional cost will certainly be double that sum, if not more. It is easy to see that this Increased cost of the com modity, for which the refiners are not re sponsible, will have a very bad effect on the various canning industries of the country in which sugar plays an important part. "I tell you." said the sugar man. in con. elusion, "it would be cheaper by far for this country to take possession of Cuba at once and think abour it afterwards. As for the United States recognizing the belligerency of the Cubans, that is out of the question. They are the biggest lot of cutthroats and scoundrels on earth. The Spanish soldiery is. not much better: thev are lncaDable of DUttinz down the rebellion. The Cubans are destroy ing the sugar cane; and levying blackmail on the sugar planters, and every one else thev can. The Spanish soldiers do tne Dest they can. but one nigger can burn a whole jjlantatlon of cane in a night. This system pi destruction nas oeen carried on to sucn an extent that instead oi swu.wo tons ot sugar from Cuba we shall be lucky if we get 150,000 tons." ' - - . GUYED ALLISON. , The Senator from Colorado Had a Little Fun with the Iowa Man., Washington Special. . : '; The Record makes no mention of a little oassaee between Senators Wolcott and Alli son the other day. rne postomce appropria tion bill iwas up. ana senator Ainson was ex plaining some of its provisions. He was un usually dlgmned ana earnest, especially sj when he came to discussing a proposition in whlcti Wolcott was interested. Now, there is nothing on earth that really interests wolcott, but he can simulate earnestness as well as any actor on the stage of puollc anairsi, and this was one of the times that it pleased him to pretend to be greatly concerned in what was going on. Not only was he deeply Interested, but he was apparently unaoie to fully grasp some of the points luminously explained by the Senator from jowa. His Interruptions were so frequent that some of his colleagues began to suspect that the Colo rado Senator was slyly guying the venrabie Iowa Senator. Allison is usually as placid and calm as a May morning, but on una oc casion his patience was clearly strained, and his answers to Wolcott s Interruptions finally took on a wire edge. He was getting tsty, and the Senate became amused. . "Postmasters at a distance should be given a little more latitude," the Iowa Senator was saying. They should not be required to send to Washington every time they want a paper or pins or a ban or twine." "What's that?" broke In Senator Wolcott sharply, as though astonished beyond measure bv what the speaker had Said. "A bottle of wine? vvtiy on earth, may I ask the Senator from Iowa, does a postmaster two thousand miles away want to send to Washington for a bot tie or wmer . "I didn't say a bottle of wine." snanned Senator Allison; "I said a ball of twine." Jh," said Senator Wolcott. seemingly wonaenuny renevea. "i tnoughf the Sena tor said a bottle of wine." The Senate burst into a roar of lauzhter. to the intense annoyance of Mr. Allison, but not ior a moment aia senator wolcott per mlt his face to show that he was not in dad. ly earnest. Statesmen sitting up behind a stiffly bluffed "bobtail" flush never wore a more wooden countenance than did Wolcott at that particular Juncture. He gave .the auunce a view or wnat ane boys calr Wol cott's poker face." It was a treat. newspaper advertising;. Words of Experience from the Ad vertiser's Side. . Hardware. , . . . Newspaper advertising occupies the most Important place in the merchant's estimation, and often forms the only method he employs ior spreading nis fame. To the very moderate advertiser, or the man unskilled in the art, the paper affords an easy and effective means for reaching the public, and all advertisers, small and large, give this medium the preference. To advertise In the papers. It is only necessary to write the copy, read the proof, kick for position, and pay the bills, while any other method requires considerably more attention. Experience has shown that for ordinary purposes a space four Inches lone runntne across two columns Is most effective. Two and a half or tnree incnes would answer, but a fcurInch ad presents twice the showins- and floes twice the good of three inches. A larger space is not generally needed, and if the ad Is much smaller, there Is danger that the printer will place It where it will not show up well in trimming up his pages. A singlecolumn ad is too easily put anywhere and used to fill up odd corners. Almost any paper win snow examples or small advertisements rendered valueless In this way. A fixed rule for writing advertisements Is Impossible. A very valuable feature of an ad rests in Its helng the expression of the mer chant s own idea, and it should be as different from other advertisements as he differs from the men who use them. An advertiser gives tne puouc not only the information regarding his goods conveyed by words, but the person who reads a number of the ads as they appear has a pretty definite idea of the character and magnitude of the business done, and of the kind of man who does it, and In the end this effect is of more impor tance than the trade directly resultant from each advertisement at the time of issue, PAINTED HER OWN PORTRAIT. Flrttt Prise Content by inknoivn Ar tists. Washington Post. The first competition amons .unknown artists ever new in this country was de elded at the Corcoran Art Gallery. The competition was based on lines similar to those of the Paris competitions, and brought fcrth seme very fine work. There were thirty-two entries, all madeby number only. and on the back of eazh canvas was a sca.ed envelope containing the name, resi dence, and other nformation concerninz the artist, so the work of choosing the winner was strictly impartial. The competition was under the direction of the Corcoran Art School, and the subscribers to It were entitled to vote as to the one entitled to the prize. $200 in cash. The only restriction placed on the competi tors was tnat regarding subject, and in every case the painting was a likeness of the artist. The canvases were on exhibition all day, and were critically examined by hundreds. nearly all of whom voted for No. 22. and when the votes were counted it had the highest number. The head was that of Miss Alice M. Hunt, of 1241 First street southeast. M-ss Hunt was the gold medalist last year. The second highest was No. ST.. Miss Caro line Peare, of 1301 Vine street. Philadelphia. Scattering votes were received by No. 8. Miss McMillan, whose portrait was the most striking one in the exhibit; No. 14. Misa Gwynne C. Price, of Chicago, whose work is very clever ana or great promise; No. 27, Miss Mary a. uonsaJL or PhiiadesDhla: No. 5. Miss Mary A. Frats. of Philadelphia: No. 4. Mr. Will Coffin, of this city, and No. 13, miss camenne j. v.ncnter, or Alexandria. Sot ; Washington Post. The Indiana friends of Mr. Harrison are beginning to move about In their chairs and shune their lest.

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T1IF, ; CONTROLLER REPEATS HIS WELL-KNOWN FINANCIAL VIEWS. Hetrredlcts Great Prosperity If Ihe Free Sliver and Fiat Money Forces Are Routed This Fall. CINCINNATI, April 17. In response to a Jclnt invitation from the Chamber of Com merce, the clearing house and the Commercial Club, Hon. James H. Eckels, Controller of the Currency, addressed an audience of representative business men at the Grand Opera House to-night on finance and currency. His hearers were not exclusively Clnclnnatians. Representative business men were present from all neighboring cities and towns. He was Introduced by President J. D.' Heame, of the Third "Natlonal Bink, and was received with liberal applause. He said that owing to the oppressively hot weather he would abbreviate his remarks somewhat. He was often applauded. He said in part; . "I consider the first and great essential to the return of nrosoerity to the American people the conplete elimination of the free silver fallacy and the equally emphatic and Unequivocal reaffirmation of our adherence to the single gold standard of value. As a part of that work, I deem it necessary that the outstanding demand obligations or the trovernment shall be ai the earliest practi cable moment paid In gold and canceled, and that assurance thus be given that we have entered on an era of financiering that is based on correct and sound monetary principles. " As a contrlbuUon to all this, every note of issue to be circulated as money should be issued by the' banks, and every bank that issues such a note should stand ready and capable to redeem the same in gold on presentation. The government of the United States ought not to occupy the position of being the one great source of gold supply for this and every other nation. "JDuring ail tne years prior to tne civil war the country's banks, without inconvenience to themselves, and without working disturbance to the business world, supplied what ever gold was needed to transact business at home and to settle International balances abroad. No one then considered it either the part of duty or of wisdom for the gen eral government to take upon Itself so great a burden. Neither was the task placed on the Treasury Department after the resump tion or specie payment- until the passage or the Sherman silver purchasing act. It was only then transferred wnen it became manifest that a policy had been entered on through the Increasing of the demand obligations of the government payable in gold without a corresponding increase in the gold reserve, that made doubtful the abihty of the government to continue gold redemption. I am confident that if the government should give sufficient proof, through a proper enact ment, that this policy would be changed, tnere would be at once a return to normal methods and the banking institutions of this country would, as they did In the years to which I have alluded, with profit to them selves and with benefit to the people, contribute to the. . business wcrld every dollar in gold which it could possibly use or need. If, however, it is still insisted that we shall have free coinage of silver, that there shall be no lessening of the demand obligations of the government, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall be denied proper powers to properly protect trre government s credit I cannot see how it can be expected that there can be other than a hesitancy upon the part of either banks or individuals to lessen resources which a governmental policy makes a necessity for purposes of their own selfpreservation. r !'I trust that In thi contest that is now being waged between the forces of free sll vei and natism on the one side, and those who take their belief In monetary affairs from that which the world of business and of commerce holds to be controlling prin ciples, tne outcome may oe dennite and the settlement conclusive. There Is now no room for compromise or means of avoiding a aennue issue. io-aay tne American busi ness wond stands eager and expectant, prepared, if doubt and indecision comes to an end, to set at work forces which will make this country again the home of a new and greater, prosperity. Its resources are amnle. me energy or us people unbounded, its opportunities would be world-wide. It onlv - l . . . . m 9 nceas sucn nnanciai ana monetary laws and policies as will again inspire the world's connaence and again draw to it the world's iuie capital." LENA OLSON'S MURDERER. A. A. Austin, Alias J. E. Alsop, llarry Hayvrard Friend, Arrested. DULUTH. Minn.. April 17. After a search of nearly two years, during which time at lelst a dozen suspects have been arrested. A. A. Austin, who enticed Lena Olson from Minneapolis to Duluth, and then brutally murdered her for her money, throwing her body into Lake Superior, has been caughi. He was arrested by a Minneapolis attorney in Seattle yesterday, where" he lived under the name of James E. Alsop. Chief of Police Smith, of Minneapolis, who has been work ing up the case, arrived here to-day, and requisition papers will be procured. The hand writing of A. A. Austin, found on a hotel register here, tallies exactly with- that of Al sop. Alsop has been Involved in a number of questionable deals heretofore. He was a warm friend of Harry Hay ward, the. Minne apolis murderer, and in his valise was found a handkerchief marked with Haytvard's name. On Wednesday, Aug. 22, 1534. the body of a young woman was -found on the lake shore of (Minnesota. Point. When a cap which covered the head was removed blood spurted from the nose and from a wound in the back of the head. The skull had been fractured. and the Instrument which inflicted tae blow was found to be a heavy oak stick, whl:h was lying near the place. About twenty feet away was found a switch of false hair, to gether with a comb. It was some days before the remains were identified, when a Minne apolis woman identified the comb and other things found on the bodv as helnnein to Lena Olson, of -Ihat cltv. The mmfier wan iraceu xo one a. a. Austin, forfyhom ttie tuncc uac Buiue own searenmg. . A dispatch from Tacoma sava: Mame "FT Alscp, who was arrested in Seattle yesterday on a charge cf having murdered Ien 01mn. came here In 1888 from Kansas, where he had Deen a deputy snerirr. He engaged in the real estate business, and several years later was supposed, to be worth $80,000. He was made superintendent of the Lake Park Land Railway and Improvement Company, whlcn Dam a suburban railway, but was removed bv the directors. He left Tacoma for Duluth. where tie engaged in the real estate business, and is reported u nave got into trouble' there by the alleged fortrins of a deed. Nov. 24. isso. Alsop drove his wife behind a spirited horse to me lop or a hill to look at a house. At the top of the hill he got out for the amarenr purpose of flxlnr the harne. The horse ran away, threw Mrs. Alsjp out, and she was Killed. Jiie body was burled, it is raid, without her relatives in the East brln notified Later her brother came out and wanrert thm j.bcdy exhumed, alleging foul play. Trough tne encrts ot rriena tne matter was nushed up. ine next July he married Mrs. Julia Mlnthorn. who had Just secured a divorce n tne ground or nonfupport, ror which divorce Alsop Is alleged to hive nald. The finni lived tccether very unhappily for a veir. n sun reside r.er, as aoes Aison's eon. a ycung man. ani nis uausnter Kate, ared Snlclde of the 3Iurderer. SEATTLE. Wa?h., April 17. James E. Alsop committed suicide In Jail here to-night. CHILE REFUSES TO PAY. Claims of Tivo Snllors Who Were Mobbed at Santiago Not Allowed. OAKLAND. Cal.. April 17.-Af ter' five year. the claims of Patrick Shields and Andrew McKInstry against the Chilean government for injuries received from assaults of a Chilean mob at SantlagD have- finally been thrown out of all the courts and commis-. felons. iShlelds and McKInstry were sailors on the Keewana. that entered Santiago har bor, a week after the Baltimore sailors 'were so roughly handled, by (the mobs in that cfty in 1831. They made claims against the gov ernment of Chile Shields for 1100.000 and Mc KInstry for J20.0C0. President Harrison made these two claims a very Important part of one of his messages to Congress In 1832. In this, though he said the men were forelzn subjects, they were sailing under the protec tion oi tne American nag. ' and that tbey should receive the same protection as Amer ican citizens. F. Allen Orr, of this city, at torney ior snieias ana aicK.instry. brought the matter before the Uritish Parliament, and it was finally referred to a British claim commission, composed of Frederick Kerr, as .tne representative or ureal xtritain, and a representative from Chile and Germiny. As

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5on. Mr. Orr has received a letter from Mr. Kerr, Informing him that the Chilean gov

ernment has refused to pay the c.aiirj. FItOST IX CALIFORNIA. Frnlt Orchards and Vineyards n Cca trnl Portion of the State Damaged. SAN FRANCISCO, April IT.-Sevrre frosts during the last two nights have cause J much damage to fruit in the orchards la the center of the State. A dispatch from Fresno says that serious damage was dona In vineyards there, and that the frosts will cause a short raisin crop. Two-thirds of tne grape crop in the vicinity or Calistoga. was destroyed, and fruits of all kinds suf- -fered to some extent. fhrriM. nnrlrota . and prunes suffered from the frost in the . vicinity or San Jose, and ranchers are discouraged over the prospects of the season's ( crop. The frost had a killing effect on th grapevines in the vicinity of Stockton, and tne vmeyara men declare there will not be half a crop of grapes from the neighboring counties. WUitlJ tfliUJl WAIiJNiDli THE ISAE DOCTOR IS WORniED WITH S03IE GREAT SECRET. He Relieves Ills Daughters Knoir Something About the Pcnrl Bryan Murder Other Clews. Special to the Indianapolis Journal 1 CINCINNATI, April 1. A dispatch to day from a man at Lexington, Ky., says: "Maud Wagner left Nicholasvllle Thursday for her home. She bid her father good-bya Wednesday and left word to send all letters ' for him to her at Rellevue, Ky. There ara many who believe that Dr. Wagner, who is confined in the Eastern Kentucky Insana Asylum here, has a terrible secret that is worrying him. When brought here March 14 ' he had bad spells and a tendency. to suicide. In his ravings he spokeTof a female patient who died and he afterwards said that he regretted that he did not treat her differently. Wagner is improving now and Superintend ent Scott believes he will get well. Wagner has lucid intervals. I had a long talk with him during one of these periods. He denies all acquaintance with Jackson and Walling, but says he believes nis daughters knew both. Said he: 'They knew a number of students and I have heard them speak of Jackson and Walling When told that his family's name was spoken of in connection with the affair he shuddered and avoided aU further questioning. That he knows something there seems little doubt. In his spells he has mentioned the name of Jackson. Ha seems to want to get away from himself. When told that he would probably get well he said that while he felt better, he feared that he would never leave the asylum alive. His nurses say that some awful knowledirs seems to worry him. The police and detectives are now working on the theory that Maud Wasrner Is aoquainted with May Smith. May has been t Keeping ratner close or late, but Thursday she moved to Southgate street away irom the 'Campbell county jaiL Whether Walling knew this or not cannot - be ascertained, but he spends all his time at a window on the southern side of the Jail sunning himself. It Is believed that May Smith has passed on the street several times, and that she has moved to, New port so as to ne nearer waning, it will be remembered that Walling is .reported as spending his- time flirting. with some girls mat puss tne jau. one of them Is believed to be May Smith, and it Is supposed that Walling communicated with her bv means of signals. May Smith was asked what she knew about Maud Wagner. She 'hesitated for a , icw moments ana smnen in a mysterious way. Then she said:. "Why, I don't know anything about her." "It is reported that you and Maud Wagner were the ones who tried to tret into Jail that day with flowers for Jackson and waning." "That Is not true. "Suppose certain persons sav thev saw you and Miss Wagner together in Cincin- . nan?", "Well. If they say It It's all richt. buttill they do" I won't." ' . "Then you will neither affirm nor deny that you know Miss Wagner T' -. a win not." "How about Miss Ruddier "I do not know her. I won't have any thing to say on this subject.". While Walling is given all the benefits of the open windows on the upper floor,: Jackson is being sweated In a cell on the first floor. Walling is given everything he wants , almost. - . Miss Wagner has been seen In rrarard to her reported acquaintance with the two prisoners, and she denies it absolutely. She denies even having received any telephone message rrom either Jackson or Walling. NEW YORK SCHOOLS. Possibility of Their Rescue from Cor runt Rlns Rule. The Outlook. PvAr" .fan tnrir Via ksffsnMi n ' a! Ua New York public school system Is a step taken by the friends of the poor man, as was pointed out In these columns last week. and the passage of this bill wiu be only ths beginning cf the inevitable reform which is coming In this city, and which all friends of education have, so ardently longed fcr. The very character of the opposition to this bin the bitterness, vituperation and coarteness which characterized many of the speeches in opposition to It before the 8enate committee on cities affords a painful revelation of the. kind of spirit which has grown up In certain circles in this city the spirit wnicn, in dense ignorance or the opinion of the whole country. Is continually reiterating the falsehood that New York has a perfect school system: which treats as a matter of personal affront every attempt to critic's that system: which prompts teachers employed in our public schools to cry out In public meeting, in answer to criticisms, "You He." or "You're a liar." An educa- . tional system which breeds such a spirit and 1 which makes such manners possible is a system which needs a thorough revolution. There is nothing so tyrannous and brutal as a machine, and the machine element in the New York public school management is bearing its fruits In an attitude of mind 1 than which nothing could be further re moved from the real educational feeling and ' spirit. As managed at present, our school'! system is not even provincial; It la parochial. cuucfciuis uo noi even uiscufs it, so general . is the consensus of expert opinion with regard to it. The time for plain talking on this matter has come, and we earnestly hope mat puDiic scnooi reiorm in mis city. will not lack apostles as courageous and able as those who have already appeared In other renovations of our community life. For a Confederate Memorial. . 2 Washington Post. Probably the mont unique entertainment ever given in the world will oocur on the 1st of May all over the South, and will bo . a series of fairs which wllh on that day take place In every village in Dixie. This will be In accordance with the order is- -sued by Gen. John B. Gordon. Commander of the United Confederate Veterans, and is done to get funds to make part of the sum of 100,COi, which must be raised to meet a similar amount donated to the South by Mr. Char.es uroaaway liouss, a wealthy . merchant of New York. It Is believed that at least half of that $100,000 will be raised by the subscriptions of the veterans themselves in the different camps throughout the South, and It Is the Idea of General Gordon that the women of the South make up the remaining rum. He has. therefore, sent out throughout the country letters stating that Friday, May L 1893, will be set aside in the South as "Memorial Festival Day," and that on that day he expects the proceeds of the thousands of entertainments will equal the remaining ICO.COO. The fairs are to be held entirely and exclusively under the orders and control of the ladies, and General-Gordon ts sure, that they will do all that Is expected. Mrs. John C. Brown, widow of -the late General Brown, and president of the Ignited Daughters of the Confederacy. ha also sent cut a similar appeal, and outline? the work, in which she asks the co-operation of all Southern women, by stating that in, every city, town, neighborhood and hamlet there must take place on the 1st day of May a fair, and that there will be on these occasions tournaments, sham ' battlrs, sports, concertslectures and other means of raising money. One of the roost Important, things to bo decided by the me-tln- of the Confederate veterans at Richmond will be he site "or the Abbey, which is to be erected In some city .n the South or In Washington. The magnificent donation of Mr. ltojs will be added to the JluO.W) raieo by the ladles of the South and the Confederate camps, and the llns-l vote will be taken, as to which city will be the victor in the contest. Washington Is making an earnest effort to gan the Uitlle Abbey for thia city, and has itrcrj hope of accc)ll:hir.j iu cb-Jac.