Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 42, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 April 1890 — Page 1

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Vol. 2O.-N0. 42.

THE^MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Notes and Comment.

The Indianapolis San remarks with great propriety: "What a sensation an honest man might just now create in New York City."

In March ?3,600,000 in standard silver dollars were coined. The United States mint is one manufactory in this country whish is never idle.

The Russian authorities are talking about investigating the abuses of the penal colonies in Siberia. To say the least, the talking is timely*

The czar of Russia, it is said, drinks four quarts of champagne per day. Then the surmise is true that his brain does not have to bear all the load of his existence. _____

Journalistic criticism is a dangerous calling in Hungary. An article which appeared recently in a journal at Klausenburg gave so much offense that it led to no fewer than thirteen duels.

Switzerland will celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the formation of the Swiss Confederation next year. Good luck to the little nucleus of Republicanism in her enterprise.

Pickpockets made an inexcusable mistake when they invaded the Methodist Conference in New York. The slip was one which Is Indicative that the craft of the robber bold is on the decline.

A London physician claims to have hypnotized patients by means of letters and telegrams. He should at onoe attach himself to the editorial corps of some matrimonial paper and make his fortune.

A French scientist says that people are growing dark, and that all will be black in a few centuries. This affords some explanation for the overwhelming majority of brunettes among the ladies of the land.

It is authorltively stated that Jay Gould began life for himself by milking cows. Without doubt he here gained that experience in "watering" whloh has been so noticeable In his later stock manipulations. _____

Blsmark and Ben Butler are both writing reminiscences of their experiences in public life. The stories will be mighty good reading as both lives have been long and full of important historical interest. _____

George Peok, the funny editor of Peck's Sun, and father of "Peck's Bad Boy," was lately elected mayor of Milwaukee. This reversal of the joking business is looked upon as an effort of his readers to even the balance.

The recent accident to the City of Paris would have Instantly sunk the great majority of steamers now afloat. The experience of this ocean raoer goes to show that it is new fully as safe to travel on the ocean as on the land. 'Mr. Ingalls has said that he will soon attack the Louisiana lottery. History does not state how many "blanks'* the Kansas buzz saw has drawn in the lottery, but, if he chooses to let himself out this time, Hoosiers will vouch for it that he will draw a prizo.

Clement Studebaker, the mllionaire wagon-maker, of South Bend, is talked of as a Republican candidate for Governor of Indiaoa. With his axles properly greased and his tongue headed in the right direction he could easily roll into the office on all four wheels.

What better Index to the character of the late General Crook ia needed than the statement that he dlod leaving an estate of but 11,000. Think of the many golden opportunities he had for becoming a millionaire while dispensing government funds, etc., to the Indians.

The members of the New York Produce Exchange are jubilant over the decision of the St. Louis Board of Trade to use New York market quotations instead of the Chicago prices. St. Louis is becomming desperate in her efforts to antagonize Chicago, as this recent move indicates. ____

The Atlanta Constitution boasts that 1 Georgia "fifteen children in the family are not unusual, and occasionally the record runs aa high as twenty," What a privilege it must be to preside as father in such a household about Easter time, especially if fifteen of the twenty are girts, as nature seems to proportion the division thee© days.

The territorial possibilities and probability for the coming year are being liberally discussed on all aides. looking into the future from a reasonable standpoint it seem* almost a surety that Wyoming will join Idaho In becoming a states, while Ariaona, New Mexico and Utah will remain out In the cold. There is a good chance that Oklahema will become a territory, and similar good fortune may fall to Alaska. All depesds on the liberality of Congress.

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Gath says that Chicago is the most representative American city on the continent. Gath ought to know what he is talking about, and people of this section of Indiana are willing to accept his statement aa authority. There really is no reason why Chicago's world, fair will not be a success.

The Case School of Applied Sciences, of Cleveland, will add to its curriculum a course of instruction in practical road making. This is a step in the right direction. The day is near at hand when fine drive-ways over the country will be one of the principal features of engineering, and will be liberally patronized by all states in the Union.

One of the problems of recent public popularity has been that presented by the Mississippi court which declared Kilrain guilty and Sullivan not guilty of engaging in a prize fight. A solution has been largely sought for, and at last the Atlanta Constutlon comes forward with one. It says that in Mississippi it is a misdemeanor to be "licked."

Justice Wilkinson, of Albany, N. Y., has given a decision that "an umbrella is not common property." This righteous judge has willingly and maliciously contradicted every vestige of tradition and authority known to the American people, and if he is not rebuked by his constituency whtn the opportunity is offered, the generous population will deserve to be visited with a plague.

One of the Boston schoolhouses, three stories in height, has only one stairway leading to the second and third floors. Were this stairway on lire below the second floor, the 250 children above could not escape exept by a bridge extendiug from the upper story to a neighboring building. What a wonder more lives of little school children are not lost, talcing into consideration this criminal construction of school buildings. Thank fortune Terre Haute has no such fire traps. 1

Town Talk/

ANOTHER VIBRATIO&.

The Democrats surely did not expect so easy a victory as came to them in Monday's elections. The wave of success not only swept Vigo county but the state. This Is evidenced by the official returns which show that of the 1012 township trustees to be selected* the Democrats secured 608, while the Republicans elected but 398. There were Buocessful Independent movements In six townships, but as the division now stands these do not ohange the tenor of the victory. The strange part of the result is that the Republicans here do not seem to feel the defeat very sorely. If there were many townships like Harrison over the

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given a very good sized portion of the credit for helping the Democrats to win. There is no question but that Mr. Peker received a great many Republican yotes, and there is no question that as many more Republican ballots might as well have been cast for him, as by remaining away from the polls on election day several hundred Republicans virtually assured a complete Democratic victory. There was a disposition to underrate the importance of the election, and the end was that every chance the present minority had of winning was deliberately thrown away. The meaning of the result is variously interpreted. To the viotora It has ne other significance than a success for the Democrats in the state election next November. To the Republicans it means that there Is no evading the fact that to accomplish anything at all next fall they must poll their full strength and do less scratching. It Is shown by records of previous elections that as the townships go, so is the state likely to go, and it is on this index that the Democrat* are prophesying their victory next November. While referring to the election one feature werthy of mention cannot be allowed to go unnoticed. This was the prevailing quietness everywhere. Good order and friendly spirit surroonded every voting place, and the thought occurred that if all elections during the coming year could be conducted as well, what a step in advance of previous years would have been taken.

LIBRARY OAT.

The city school board has set aside next Friday as "Library day." The meaning of this expression is well understood by this time, for Library day is now a firmly established date the calendar of educational af&drs here, and is accepted as a regular day of giving by patrons of home institutions. All are earnestly invited to observe the day and make it of practical benefit in building op the public library by sending to the trustees or librarian as many volumes as can be conscientiously given. Books of any kind, excluding only those which It would be a detriment rather than help tor the boy or girl to read, are acceptable. It does wot matur If volume* are duplicated. There is always demand for good books greater than the librarian can satisfy, and so if you have a novel or history S*® would be willing to donate but hfisitiitte because you

think there will be plenty of others

INDIANAPOLIS' AJtBITION. wl The attitude of Indianapolis on the base ball question is very amusing from a local standpoint. Disappointed being forced out of the National league* she is anxiously looking for a place elsewhere. First them was talk of going into the Association, but this came to naught. Now every hope is centered on gaining admission to the Inter-state league of which Terre Haute and Evany ville are very important factors. It remains to be seen whether success will reward their efforts in thia direction. 11 entrance to the Inter-state is refused, and it certainly will be if a little speed is not put in their movements, there if^ one field left—the Indiana league, with Muncie, etc., etc., to play against. Wben^

Muuvivf O lUaAiil^ ^at ttnutvu v»* Indianapolis was in the National league

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the capital city papers could not devote' too much space to detailing base ball re ports. Now the situation is strikingly changed. If y6u find half a column on the subject in the Journal you may rest assured that it was occasioned by some unusual happening in the base ball world. All things considered, Terr* Haute would enjoy having Indianapolis*in the league simply as an oppOi^j. tunity of showing her that there are some things which fall to the lot of others in the distribution of honors, th-Inter-state pennant for instance. OQ course it wont do exactly to say that tfc^ Terre Hautes will capture the prize, bti^ if they play during the entire season ayj they have started out, there will be liii tie hope for the rest of the league. If you do not agree with this view, wa*,6 and see. ,4 %.J

BOOMING.

There are vaiious ways of advertising a city. One is to make a wild hurvah proclaiming that town lots are going liky wild fire, that everything is on a boor»" and that a golden opportunity willfc) lost if capitalists do not immediately come forward and make large inves'' ments. Another is to quietly go about informing manufacturers over the country of the special advantages to SSdtt^ft ililocatiiQg inyonr-nftyvln&d by^ a systematic method of persuasion and argument convince them of the wisdom of moving their works. One way involves the expenditure of a good deal of money in .a very short time, with the possible result of oreatlng a temporary real estate boom. The other involves a comparatively small expenditure with the probable result of seouring a number of substantial industries which in time will produoe a permanent and constant inorease in real estate valuss. The positive assertion is not made, but it looks very much as though Evansville had been pursuing the first' method. According to the annual report of the secretary of her business men's association only |1,62S, of an expenditure of 16,627.75, has gone to "Industries," and nearly ail of that was invested In a worthless gas well. This means that about |5,000 was spent in either "proclaiming" or in some other way the permanent usefulness of which is not especially evident. In all events a temporary benefit has come to her in establishing a local enthusiasm which has resulted in local improvements, which may account for a good deal in future efforts. In comparison it can be said Terre Haute has followed the second plan. While maintaining a seeming quietness, much good has been accomplished, and this will not be slow in manifesting itself. The Cobleigh piano case factory alone will directly and indirectly, repay several times over for all the time and money the local business men's association has spent. Already the ^influence of the prize on north end real estate has been wenderfnl, and as the buildings go up this influence will undoubtedly increase. Altogether it is safe to say the business men here, while not manifesting much outward enthusiasm, have had their eyes open and in doing that good possible with an organisation such as they are, have followed a most sensible and wise plan.

THX nWUSOTION SOTT.*1

As was feared, the committee of civil engineers appointed by Judge Mack to investigate the claim made by the E. fe T. H. railroad company, that ttfe disputed siding on Poplar street was formerly the main track, have found the claim to be correct. What does the report mean? It means unless some unforeseen good fortune interferes, that the city Is oat |500 attorneys* fees and other costs, all to no purpoee If the court accepts the report tor all it is apparently worth. The whole trial illustrates the carelessness with which the council is accustomed to going into such serious transactions. It also makes evident another thing—that City Engineer Roberts overstepped himself when he reported to the council in reply to a resolution asking for information on the question, that th« records showed clearly the right of the city to order up the tracks. The fight is not tost yet, however, and there may be other directions In which the city's claims will be more successfully established. It Is to be hoped so, at least.

Jos Huhert

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 12,1890

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Visitors who. watch the proceedings of the Stock Exchange from the galleries vainly try to catch an inkling ef what is going on. They see brokers below them rushing to and fro, shouting all at once *rid shaking their forefingers at each other. Groupies rush hither and thither like boys over a school-yard and the racket Is terrific. Visitors to the galleries of the House of Representatives frequently witness similar scenes, writes Amos J. Cummings. Vainly do they stretoh their neoks to try to ascertain what is up. At times a score of members are on their feet, all seeking the eye of the Speaker. Some are asking unanimous consent to consider bills others making parliamentary inquiries, and

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shouting for the regular order.

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work is kaleidoscopic. The

House will be shifted into committee of the whole in a twinkling. The leading advooate and the opponent of the bill in the committee to which it was referred after its introduction control the time allotted for debate. One member will give time to another, and others will vainly seek time. Occasionly a member will snatch five minutes by moving to knock out the last word of a section.

The confusion at times is bewildering. Messages from the Senate and from the White House arrive and the changes in the situation are many and frequent. The hall buzzes like a bee-hivo. Con-tinual-streams of Representatives pour through the entrances in answer to requests from constituents and others. It will be absolutely impossible for the occasional visitor to ascertain what is going on by listening to the proceedings. Those who visit the House frequently gradually acquire a knowledge of the rules. With some effort they can keep a shadowy track of what is transpiring. Measures of the utmost importance, however, may be passed even under their eyes without their knowledge. In the last Congress Martin A. Foran reported a pension bill appropriating over $90,000,000. The House went into a committee of the whole'on 'the state of the Union for its consideration, reported it baclcfavorably, and the bill was passed. The whole thing was done inside of three minutes. On the other hand a resolution appointing an extra clerk may entail a three hours' debate. The oasual visitor is ever at ssa. He can never tell one rope from another in legislative navigation, and the noise of the speaking trumpets though great is unintelligible

The new members have full as muoh trouble as the visitors. It takes them a long time to get the hang of things. The rules are so intricate and the procedure so complicated that they are dazed. They hardly get an idea of what is up before the scene shifts and something new appears. The consideration of a bill will be cut off at a second's notice by some speoial order giving some other measure preference. Privileged committees will step in and secure preference in legislation. Senate Wile will rise from the Speaker's desk unexpectedly and confront the House. There is always a pile of unfinished business to distract attention, and any quantity of executive documents which are thrown Into the interstices by the Speaker. The thread of legislation is quickly lost. An old member frequently loses it while answering the simplest questions.

Months pass before the new member begins to feel the least at home in legislative matters. H4 may ascertain what Is before the House, but he will find it difficult to learn why certain bills are considered in committee of the whole and why others jump from the bosoms of committees into open House and take precedence. There is always more or less confusion in the chamber. His mind becomes distracted in its effort to keep track of what Is before him. It requires the closest attention to become in anywise familiar with the routine. The old members watch the calendars and the special erders. They remember what day of the month and the day of week are given for the consideration of private bills and legislation affecting the District of Columbia. Suspension day ia never forgotten. They know what committees have the call in the morning hour and can call almost by intuition what bill will be called up by the chairmen of those committees.,

The new member never has time to think ahead.

If he

am only get an idea

of what is being done in the present he will be satisfied.

The

past Is a labyrinth

which he cannot retrace and the future is beyond his kin. If he is ever to become a good parliamentarian under the rales he must pay strict attention to business. He will have time neither to read aewspapera nor to write letters while the House Is in session. He must keep hit eyes away from the ladies' gallery and resolutely refuse to receive cards unless there Is a measure before the House entailing a long debate. Watch-dog Hoi man, Benton McMillin, James H. Blount, William McAdoo^ nxpevv u* John Henry Rogers and other expert- 1 pretty soon

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enced legislators are ever in ther seats listening to what is occurring. If the confusion is so great that they cannot hear they will rise and demand order. The new member it too modest to do this. It requires a good stentorian voioe to make this demand so that it can be heard by the Speaker,

No ponder that the new member at times becomes wearied and retires to the cloak room to enjoy a new story and a good cigar. He tries to guage his leisure time by what is before the House. If he Is from the east and the committee on Indian depredations is hammering away at a bill, he knows that he has no Indians in his district, and metaphorically speaking, takes a walk around the block. If he leaves the House and joins a convivial party in the restaurant, he is very apt to hear the words, "Call of the House," or "Yeas and nays," shouted by pAges sent out into the corridors. When he returns he will find himself out on the ooean. He i^ay be voting upon seconding a demand for the previous question upon an amendment or upon a substitute for a bill, or upon ordering it to the third reading. His party vote in one case is a yea and in the other a nay. He is forced to depend upon his friends for a oue, and he is mighty apt to get a wrong one. The old members, when in doubt in such cases, usually vote with the majority of the committee who have reported the bill. If there is no political question at issue, the bill is apt to be put through the House by the pride of committee. Many a bill has been passed under this influence.

If a new member spends a week at home while the House is in session he can never recover the ground lost. A newspaper man might as well try to get track of the news of the day after miss'ng the daily papers for a week.

A BAD WRECK.

A pretiy bad acoident occurred on the Vandalia wacks inside the city limits about 8 o'cu *k this morning, which came near result'ng disastrously to the Union depot. Thhse engines and several freight cars were pretty thoroughly demolished, Engineer i\lhn Crosby was seriously hurt', and the front wall of the Union station badly caved i^. The acoident happened as follows:-Vandalia freight train No. 25 extra, due frosn Ef fingham at 6 o'clook, was behind, "iime and was coming into the oity at fairly good speed when it collided at Fourth street and Lafayette avenue with an E. & T. H. switch engine transferring a line of cars to the First street yards. Engineer Crosby on the Vandalia, did not have time to check his train, and he and his firemen jumped only in time to save themselves. He failed to reverse his engine, and the result was that it went ahead, breaking away from the train following and pushing the E. fe T. H. engine and train before It. The switch to the Union depot "Y" was open for the T. H. P. passenger to go out and the wild engines ran In and around to the depot, going at 15 miles an hour. The engineer remained on the E. fe T.

H. switch engine, and blew his whistle continually until he saw that the wild train would strike the T. H. fc P. passenger which was just ready to pull out from the depot when he jumped. The T. H. A P. engineer saw the train com ing and attempted to baok out of the way, but the first freight car of the wild train struck his engine in front of the ticket office, standing it almost on end. One box car was raised from its trucks and sent crushing into the depot knock ing In the wall at the door to the gents' waiting room. The engine came to a atop where the last collision occurred. Ticket Agent Scott Bell was in the ticket office at the time, and the few witnesses thought he had been killed, but, he came out without a scratch. The wreckage was cleared away in time for the noon trains. An immense crowd collected immediately to see the wreck, and by noon a good portion of the oity must hsve visited the place.

SAUCE FROM OTHER SANCTUMS.

Minneapolis Journal: Keep your boys away from the Michigan University. Seventeen of the graduates of the institution are new in Congress.

Washington Post: There are some men to whom a loss of their reputation would mean mighty good luck.

Morning Journal: A man may never read the paporsf and yet always find out when his name is In print.

Boston Sentinel: Many a maiden lady's sge is marked down to a low figure that she may be disposed of at a bargain.

Buck: The German army Is to have fifty new batteries. "Keeping the peace" Is a grand and glorious occupation.

Somerville Journal: A woman's idea of a true friend is one who will admire her children just as much ss she does herself.

Metropolitan: A woman, says Sheridan, may be idle, but she is never a loafer. She cannot knock a man down, but she can break his heart, and when disappointed she goes to Ood, while a man goes to the devil.

St- Loui* Magazine: Delaware has ten ex-Governors. The other 600 inhabitants would move a way if they didn't expect to become Governors themselves

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Twentieth Yeat

Geraldines Letter.

MT DEAR RUTH:—So you are tired of your own work and think there are other professions easier and more lucrative, tired of the place you live in, and wish you could go where there is more life, more to see, more to enjoy, and where you think you would bo a great deal happier. Do I ever feel like that? Weil, yes, in part I do, occasionally I get tired of my work, tired to death of it. I look at my friend, who is a rarely successful stenographer, and wish I had her art, look at my artist friend and think how easy and delightful her work must be, look at another who makes a great deal with her pen and think it must be greater than all to be able to do that, then I look at other friends whom the gods have blessed with the gift of fortune, and think how favored above all others they are, and how their days should be all happiness and thanksgiving, for are not all things theirs? If they have a taste for travel, are not the ends of the earth open to them? If they choose to follow any pursuit have they not days and years of leisure? Have they not the means to gratify every taste? And beside all this the blessed privilege of helping others less favored. But my dear, are these things, or, are these lives easier and more blessed than ours? Or do we cover them with illusions? The trouble would be that wherever we go we would have to carry ourselves with us, we can never love our own personality, as if the demon of discontent is within us. We could never be in any position that it would not crop out. One of the greatest American writers says: "Every ship is a romantic object except the one we sail in. Embark and the romance quits our vessel, and hangs on every other sail in the horizon. Our life looks trivial and we shun to record it. Every roof is agreeable to the eye until it is lifted, then we find tragedy and moaning, women and hard-eyed husbands, and deluges of Lethe." So after all, it is best to cultivate contentment. If you oan get Into another and larger sphere, do it by all means work hard for it and accomplish it if you can, if you oannot, do not allow yourself to fret. I have always held to the opinion tb£t considerable sunshine apd happln&ss can be put even ih the hardest and most common place of life. If I were going to select a motto for you to hang in your hall for daily contemplation, I would choose some words of Helen

Hunt Jackson, would emblazon them in red andj gold and in heavenly blue, and they would say to you: "Learn a wondrous seoret, that pennllessness is not poverty, and ownership is not possession that to be without is not always to laok, and to reach is not to attain, and that sunlight is for all eyes that look up."

Chevalier Scovel, the tenor of Emma Juch opera company, which we are to haye the pleasure of hearing next week, has quite a history. He gained the title of Chevalior for an aot^of great bravery. A few years ago he was In Paris. WalkIng In the street one- day, he saw a pair of horses that had become unmanageable dashing wildly down the street, and a lady, who was the only occupant of the earrlage, in imminent peril. He rushed into the street, caught the horses and stopped them, but at the risk of his own^ life. For this act of bravery he was'"' knighted. He married Miss Roosevelt, of New York, a wealthy and accomplished woman, and rumor has it that she and her children, governess and nurse, aocompany the Chevalier in all his travels. Tagliapetra Is also with the troupe. He has been a favorite for years. I never hear "The Palms" but I think of him and bis magnificent rendering of it. Adolph Neuendorff, the conductor, stands very high In his role. He instituted the summer concerts in Music Hall, Boston, called the popular concerts —"Pops" for ihort. At first Boston didn't know whether she approyed of them or not, but they have steadily grown in favor until now any summer night representatives of Boston's bluest blood can be seen sitting at the tables, the ladies eating ices or sipping lemonade, the gentlemen smoking If they choose, while listening to the most delightful music from Mr. NuendorflTs fine orchestra.

Who that heard the splendid recitation of Sharnus O'Brien, at the hospital fair, Wednesday night, will soon forget it. Mr. Lamb, with no attempt at the kind of elocution one Is pained with nowadays, held a great audience, the most of whom were standing, perfectly spellbound. He has a fine voice, speaks very distinctly, and he told his story in such a way that one could see and feel the whole scene. The part where the good priest unbinds the bands of Shamus and he leaps and runs for his life, the carbines banging, the crowd shouting, was most magnificently rendered.

Yours truly, Geralddtk.

The third of Terre Hauto's new dry goods stores, that oi Brosius&Co., opened Thursday morning. Their room, No. 664 Main street, in a very pretty one and gives excellent opportunity for an attractive display of stock. Silas and Geo. Brosi as, of Galllpolis, Ohio, are the members of the firm.

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