Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1896 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1896

TH V. DAILY JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1S0C. Washington Office 1410 Pennsylvania Avenue Telephone CalU. fStuhiesa Office 'Sn I Editorial Room A 84 T LlllliS OF SUBSCRIPTION. VAILX BV MAIL. rny or.Iy, cn month.... 9 .70 Daily ouly. Dart months. 2.00 Da!ly only, one yr. b.OO DaUr. Including feumlajr, on year 10.00 feuaday uly, pee year 2.00 whiv rrexiAHKD ur agists. Pally, per wee a, by carrier. 15 eta ButuIaj, log! copy 1 eta Ifeily a&U buaday, per week, by carrier 20 ctt WKJEXLT. Itryear. $1.00 Redneed Rates to Clabg. flatten b witii any of our numerous agent or send fubscriiUoAj to to JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, I nil. rerson tendica; ths Journal through the mans ta tne Cd1:1 States should pat on an eight-pare paper a cii-cmt posta. stamp; on a twelve or sixteen-page lajwr a two-ckxt potage stampt. lorelgn postage la uiAliy doutla these rates. ryAU com m unlcat Ions intended for publication in ft is paper must, in order to recelre attention. be accompanied by the name and address of tee writer. TUE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL Tan be fourd at the following r laces PAKIS American Exchange In Varis. 38 Boulerard de t purine. YOIiK. Gilsey House. Windsor Hotel and Astor House. CHICAGO Palmer House. Auditorium Hotel and P. O. hews Co, VI Adams strets. C1XC1XV ATI J. E. Haw ley Co 154 Vine street. XOCISVILLZ C T. Deertnjr, northwest comer of Third and Jefferson Eta and LcuUvlile Book Co., XA Fourth are. CT. LOCIS Union ews Company, Union Depot TrAPHINCTOX. D. C RUtr House. Ebbltt House, Wlllardi Hotel and the Wasblcgtcn Seas change, lien street, bet. Peon, are. and r streew Embassador ' Bayard attaches no importance to his speeches, and, perhaps, after all, he Is the best Judge. Senator Call, of Florida, seems to be Inspired by the spirit of patriotism, or ecme other spirit, to a degree that makes him dangerous. H SSSSBSSSSSSSI According to. the last report at hand the aggregate strength of the organized militia of ;all the States was 110,796. These troops, uniformed, equipped and fairly well drilled, could be mobilized for land service on very short notice. If the Monroe doctrine or any other American doctrine is to be given force and effect and command the respect of European powers, our navy and coast defenses must be materially strengthened.' Congress should understand that mere bluster will not answer. The National Association of Manufacturers, now holding its annual meetrtng in Chicago, Is a very young but a '.very important organization, and likely to become a very s'trong one. Its oifl-;ers-and managers will be wise if they nold it to strictly business and nonpartisan lines.

If England offers to submit the question of the ownership of the island of Trinidad to arbitration, Brazil ought to accept the offer, provided a Just and Impartial arbitrator can be agreed upon. All international disputes of that kind, not involving moral questions or national Cionor, should' be submitted to arbitration. ';-. '( . The Interesting mystery concerning the destination of Great Britain's flying squadron may not be solved even by Its sailing. It wilir'of course, sail under sealed orders, efrfdT-'tftose orders, to be opened at sea, roaycliyide the squadron and send it "in 'detachments to British ports in different parts of the. world. Just now England Is playing to the galleries. Several heretofore -prominent Democrats of Mount Vernon, 111., have recently Joined a Republican club, one of them, a large property owner, giving as a reason that since the Cleveland regime had been in control of the government he had worn out his clothing carrying the keys of his empty houses, which had ' previously been tenanted by prosperous "worklngmen who paid their rent promptly. Gen. Thomas Ewing, who died In New York yesterday, inherited a great name and a natural bent for politics from his father, Thomas Ewing, sr.. who was one Of the greatest lawyers and statesmen the country has produced. General Ewing was brought up a Whig, started in life as a Republican and achieved honorable distinction under the banner of that party. lie added nothing to his reputation after leaving it. Personally he was a man of high character and a pood lawyer. A cablegram fronf Madrid says that General Weyler, the newly appointed Captain General of Cuba, had a popular ovation on his departure for the island and made a brief speech, saying he strongly hoped he would be able soon to announce the complete re-establishment of Spanish authority In Cuba. So It was with General Campos, who is on his way back" to Spain under a cloud. The policy of the new general will, of course, be radically different from that of General Caaipos, but it remains to be seen if it will be mGre successful. The Spanish forces in the island so greatly outnumber the Insurgents and are so much better equipped that, under good leadership, they ought to be able to suppress the Insurrection very soon, but the change of generals and of methods may give It new life. Meanwhile, General Weyler, profiting by the experience of General Campos, should remember the advice: Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." The "Ashantee ricnlc," as the London press called the expedition to the Gold Coast of Africa, is ended, and King Pre m pen is on his way to a dungeon, where he will remain until he pays the expenses of the "picnic." Some features of this latest aggression by England furnish a good example of her methods in dealing with the natives of Africa. King Prempeh resented British encroachments on his territory and also the efforts to restrict his prerogatives. This gave the Salisbury government an excuse for grabbing another Immense slice of land. Prempeh was charged with menacing the peace of the colony on the coast and arousing other African chieftains against the British. Orders were at once issued for the organlza tlon of a punitory expedition, but while It was being prepared Prempeh signified his willingness to make a treaty of peace. This was not what Britain wanted, how ever, and the expedition set sail, with Prince Henry of Battenburg, Queen Vic toria's son-in-law, as a member of the "picnic" party. In course cf time the 'CUsIc-ers" reached Coomasgle, the cap

ital of Ashantee, entered it without resistance, found the King in a dazed condition from the effects of eating drugged food, but aroused him and held a palaver. The King accepted the terms of his "conquerors," which amount to the loss of his dignity and kingdom. In addition to reducing him to a state of vassalage, the British have demanded that Prempeh pay the expenses of the expedition, thus reversing the old saw that he who dances must pay the piper. The British have had their "picnic," and though the King of Ashantee was not among, the 'merrymakers, he must foot the bill. Thus Britain not only steals territory, but forces the pillaged to pay the expenses of the robbery. NOT A SIGN OP WEAKNESS.

The London Graphic, commenting on the proposed- new declaration of the Monroe doctrine, says: "The proviso that it shall only apply to cases which the United States deems dangerous to its peace or safety look3 like a sign of weakness." To show the point of this comment the declaratory part of the Davis resolution is reprinted: Be it resolved. That the United States of America reaffirms and confirms the doctrines and principles promulgated by President Monroe in his message of Dec. 2, 1S23, and declares that It will assert and maintain that doctrine and those principles and will regard any Infringement thereof, and particularly any attempt by any European power to take or acquire any new territory on the American continents, or any islands adjacent thereto, for any right of sovereignty or dominion in the same. In any case or Instance as to which the United States shall deem such attempt to be dangerous to its peace or safety, by or through force, purchase, cession, occupation, pledge, colonization, protectorate or by control of the easement in canal or any other means of transit across the American Isthmus, whether on unfounded pretention or right in cases of allege 1 boundary disputes, or under any other unfounded pretensions, as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States, and as an Interposition ..which It would be impossible in any form for the United States to regard with indifference. Careful reading of this will show that the clause referred to by the London paper is Important, but it is not a sign of " weakness. The significance of the clause, Is that In every case of acquisition of American territory by a European power it makes the United States the Judge whether the action in that particular case Is dangerous to Its peace or safety. The omission of that clause in the resolution would commit the United States to the position of opposing and practically prohibiting the acquisition of any American territory by any European government whatever by purchase, conquest or other means. That would not be a wise position to take, and might not be found tenable. Suppose, for example, that the republic of Switzerland should offer to purchase one of the Danish Islands now said to be on the market or one of the Central American states. The case isiscarcely supposable, yet It serves to Illustrate the argument. Switzerland, so far from being a dangerous neighbor, might be a very pleasant and profitable one. Certainly, Swiss government would b'j a vast Improvement on any now in liouth America, and Its establishment anywhere on this continent could not be a menace to the United States. Or suppose, again, that Russia, a friendly power, were about to purchase a strip of country from Uruguay or Paraguay. So remote an acquisition as that would be no menace to the United States and would , not call for an assertion of the Monroe doctrine. The applicability of the doctrine depends on the circumstances of each case, including the power which proposes to make the acquisition, the location of the territory and the mode of proceeding, and the United States should claim the right to decide for itself in every case whether the doctrine applies or not. The clause referred to Is not, as the London Graphic thinks, sk sign of weakness. It is a sign of r2asonableness. It reserves to the United States the freedom of action which every nation ought to exercise in deciding whether a particular feature of Its established policy applies to a particular case. SPAIVS FOLLY AND LOSSES. In the statement which General Cam pos made after he was relieved from command in Cuba, and which the press censor would not allow to be wired from Havana, he declared that the Cuban poli ticians had. conspired against him be cause he had refused to adopt a policy of relentless cruelty, and added bitterly: This Justifies the true saying that Spain has lost the Americas because of the Spaniards themselves." The remark is profoundly suggestive. If there, ever was a case of a nation proving false to Its duty and Its opportunities and suffer ing the punishment of retributive jus tice It Is that of Spain in dealing with her American possessions. For a long time Spain had undisputed possession of a much greater extent of territory in South and North America than Great Brltainhad. Before the revo lutionary war the Spanish possessions in America formed nine distinct governments. Four of these, Mexico, Peru, La Plata and New Granada, were vice royalties, and Ave, Yucatan, Guatemala, Chile, Venezuela and- the island of Cuba, were captain generalships. Besides these large possessions on the mainland she owned by discovery twelve of the West India islands, and from 1762 till 1S00 she owned Louisiana, afterward purchased by the United States from France, embracing territory which now forms fifteen States. Of all these vast possessions she now has only the two Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. Their loss was distinctly due to mlsgovernirlent and to the retributive reaction of Spanish crimes and outrages. Wherever the Spaniards went there went Spanish vices and misrule. They first enslaved the native Indians and then introduced African slavery. The first place in which they established their power. In 1493, was the large island of Hayti, or Hispanola. The island was inhabited by a numerous race of harmless Indians, a third part of whom are said to have perished within two or three years after the Spaniards conquered them. Early in .the sixteenth century, finding the Indians too weak to stand the burdens Imposed on them, they began to import negroes from Africa, thus laying the foundation of a traffic which continued to disgrace the civillza tlon of Europe for three hundred years. There was no injustice, no oppression. no outrage, no crime known to nations that was not systematically practiced by Spain, and no vice known to a cruel. lustful and avaricious people that was not both practiced and propagated by Spaniards wherever they had control. By extortion, perfidy and cruelty the whole power ot the Spanish government

when it was the most powerful in Europe

was devoted to-, establishing in her American colonies a system of tyranny which It was hoped would make Independence or liberty forever impossible. To support such a system it was necessary to keep the people in profound ignorance, and their degradation was made an object only secondary to their enslavement. Such government and such methods could only lead to one conclusion. Through generations of bloodshed and revolution they led to the rebellion and independence, one after an other, of the Spanish states and colonies, until'now, of her once vast possessions, she retains only two islands, of which by far the largest and most valuable seems on the point of throwing off her rule. Besides these historic reasons. General Campos had a personal one for saying that "Spain has lost the Americas be cause of the Spaniards themselves." If his pledges to the Cuban people, made nearly twenty years ago, had been carlied out with a reasonable approach to good faith, .the present insurrection probably would not have occurred. In the treaty which followed the suppres sion of the rebellion of 1879 General Campos distinctly promised the Cubans home rule and progressive political reforms. It was largely on the strength of these assurances that the Insurgents laid down their arms. After his return to Spain General Campos did his best to make good his word, but to no purpose, for the stiff-necked grandees, now that the Insurgents were disbanded, cared nothing for treaties or promises. The old system of oppression and extortion was begun again and continued till the people were again driven to rebel. The lessons of two hundred years have not taught Spain any wisdom. She will not rest until she has lost the last foot of her once vast possessions in America. , THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION AND Call CAT BRITAIN. It Is doubtful If the British govern ment will make any reply to the com munication of the president of the Venezuelan commission. The communication is anomalous In diplomacy, as Is everything connected with the commission. It was addressed by the president of the commission to the Secretary of State, who has caused copies of it to be sent to the British and Venezuelan govern ments, respectively. In courteous phrase It offers both governments an oppor tunity, if they desire, "to give the com mission the aid that is no doubt in their power to furnish In the way of documentary proof, historical narrative, unpublished archives and the like." Whether the Secretary of State accompanied the communication with one of his own requiring an official reply is not known, but in any case Lord Salisbury will probably take his time about replying, and unless official courtesy requires he may. not reply at all. Thus far the British government has not recognized the existence of the commission or the action of Congress In appointing it, and it may continue on that line. A polite declination by the British government of the invitation of the commission to appear before it or at least to submit documentary evidence of its claim would not necessarily be an unfriendly act. It might slmply .be a continuance, of the British policy of ignoring the existence of a commission which, from a British point of view, is ex parte and without any International standing. If the British government were dis posed to act fairly and broadly.lt would waive technicalities and do all in its power to aid the commission in its Investigation and to a right conclusion. It is more likely, however, that Lord Salisbury will play for delay, secretly open negotiations with the Venezuelan government direct and bring about a peaceable settlement of the whole question on a basis satisfactory to both gov ernments. That would ' save British pride and leave ;the Venezuelan commission In the air. - . The London Globe, commenting on the Invitation of the United States Vene zuelan commission to -Great Britain to submit documentary proofs of its claim, says: "Great Britain will never allow this monstrous claim to determine the territory of a British colony within Its Jurisdiction." The language of the Globe, though somewhat unintelligible, shows a misapprehension of the scope of the commission. The finding of the commission will have no binding force or legal effect on either Great Britain, or Venezuela. It can only serve as a basis for the final decision and future action of the United States. If Great Britain's claim is Just, the commission will so, report, and this' government will then be In honor bound to Indorse and approve it. There is nothing "monstrous" in the desire of the United States to obtain all the facts and full information before finally deciding on a line of action. As an evidence of England's naval progress It is mentioned that eleven years ago the best fleet of England assembled in the harbor of - Portsmouth, where the flying squadron now Is. Thirteen war vessels were then gathered of the best type extant at that time. Either the Majestic or the Magnificent of the present channel fleet could send the whole thirteen to the bottom before any one of them could "reach it. Of the thirteen only three are now in commission, and are practically superannuated. The others have been sold as marine rub bish. Relatively as much progress In naval architecture has been made by other. countries. It might be added that the United States has some war cruisers which could overtake any vessel In the British navy and easily run away from any one that outclassed them. The Anneke Jans Estate. The Anheke Jans myth Is being heard of again. There is an "Anneke Jans In ternatlonal Union" diligently kept alive by persons concerned in collecting money from the credulous "heirs" for "attorney's fees and, other necessary expenses" and by their dupes. Somebody at Cincinnati, by order of a committee, issues a call to the members of the association and all other Anneke Jans heirs to come to a meeting to be held soon for the purpose of "perfect Ing plans for immediate legal action." The Journal Is asked to publish this announce ment, including date and place of meeting. anJ all other Indiana papers are requested to copy the same. The Journal declines to comply with this request, for the reason that it wishes to take no part in furthering tho schemes tu sharpers and helping them to swindle their deluded victims. That there Is no Anneke Jans estate within the reach of these so-called heirs has long been well known to those who have taken the

trouble to investigate the matter on their

own account an J have refused to accept the assertion's and representations cf Ir responsible attorneys and agents. The actual condition and ownership of the prop erty claimed have been set forth from time to time In these columns, but for the bene fit of "heirs" of whom there are a large number in Indiana, who may not have learned the truth in regard to it, this ar ticle on the subject, taken from a recent issue of the New York Tribune, is here given: Inquiries have been received by the Trib une regarding J. H. Fonda, of this city, who has been sending out circulars to the heirs of Anneke Jans for the purpose or get ting them to subscribe to a movement against the Trinity Church corporation for tne recovery of the estates anegea to oe duo to the heirs. A copy of the circular which has been received by the Tribune sets forth that Mr. Fonda Is acting under the alleged direction of a so-called "Union Asso ciation of Heirs of Harlem. Anneke Jans Bogardus, Edwards and Webber estates." The circular purports to be signed by Bunnell Fargo, of Baltimore; Joseph Barter, of Wilkesbarre,- Pa.; Alfred Herdman, of Newark, N. J.; Elmer E. Bennett, of Saratoga, N. Y., and AndTew W. Barter, of Truxvllle, Pa., "as substitute for Mr. W. E. Satchell, Brooklyn. N. Y." The document relates the proceedings of an alleged convention of delegates, representing "about 275 heirs." It declares tnat J. n. Fonda is doing, and has done, more to collect evidence and records bearing on the case than any other person's work we have hitherto Investigated," and announces that Mr. Fonda should "be supported, in every honest and honorable way" by the association. J. H. Fonda is put .down In the City Directory as a "senealogist." living at No. 153 West Fifteenth street. He was found by a reporter of the Tribune last evening at No. 25 Vandam street., to which address he moved in September last, it was said at the former place. Mr.i Fonda appears to te about seventy years old. He has a strong and interesting face. Is mild-mannered and of dignified appearance. He seems to be lieve Implicitly the long since exploded theory of the claims of the heirs of Anneke Jans to the old "King's Farm and Garden." Mr. Fonda went back to uueen Anne s time in explaining hi3 views that the Trin ity Church corporation has never had a valid title to its sixty-three acres of land in this city. - When asked if the question of title had never been settled by litigation, he said it had not, and when asked why. he expressed some remarkaWe ideas about piles of one-hundred-dollar bills and Trinity Church Influence, which, according, to 'him, extended to the Legislature and In manyether directions. Mr. Fonda also Indulged In a good deal of rambling talk about Trin ity Church, Tammany Hall and other things which mix about as readily as nre and water. It is well known that the Trinity Church corporation has had a legal adjudication of these alleged claims against It, and that its title is as valid as that to any property In the city. Tho Anneke Jans "heirs" had better save their money. t t ( , These vast estates, so numerous In untrustworthy tradition, are very-enticing to the imagination of the impecunious possessor of a family tree whose roots reach In that direction, but If any Anneke Jans descendant continues to contribute money to prosecute his claim after all that has been printed on the subject he is a hopeless "sucker" and desexvcs.no sympathy. Yvette Gullbert is about to appear in the Central Music Hall, of Chicago, greatly to tho wrath of tho virtuous Dally News, of that city. Yvette Gullbert i3 the French woman who can neither '.act nor sing, but who recites Indecent songs In her own lan guage, greatly t4o the delight of American audiences, who do not tirjcUjrstand where the Indecency comes In,' but are there because It is so naughty, you know. What rouses the truly good News to anger is the circumstance that this Interesting but not nice person Is to give her entertainment in the room where David Swing preached high morality. The News, which, one might sup pose from the way It talks, never admits anything to Its columns which could bring a blush to the cheek of a young person, is so shocked by this outrage upon its ten der Chicago sensibilities -that it abandons moral suasion and undertakes to bully the people cf Its city into decency. Such of them as dare to attend the Gullbert show In that hall will. It declares, find: their names printed in full In its colum-ns.noT.his' ia a decided ly new method of regulating the morals of a community. It must ; be said that Chicago newspapers do not, at once commend themselves to the dispassionate observer as conservators of public morals, and the further point presents Itself that morals which must he preserved by force are not of the mcst valuable sort. But, after all, it is not tho citizens who are being protected from contaminating association with the wicked .Gullbert, but the sacred Music Hall. Thatimust be preserved immaculate at all hazards. It may be that the News will "spot" and hold up to pub lic scorn of the righteous .any citizen who ventures to see Gullbert In any other hall, but that Is uncertain.' 'For the present it only holds the rod over those who mean to visit her in the advertised place. It re mains to be seen how much virtue can be rairmed down the Chicago throat by this bulldozing process. .'' England is. not the only country threat ened with sporadic attacks of poetry, Kan sas is in the same unhappy predicament. Commenting on the report that; Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease will soon publish a poem, the Kansas City Journal, published on the edge of the menaced State, says! The fact'is Colonel Lease has been ready to launch a poem, of any number of volts and unlimited horsepower, for a, long time. But she has wisely thought best to wait un til the literary, waters got over being troubled by the poetry of a gentleman named Lewelimg. who was once on exnioitlon in the Statehouse . at Topeka. Lewelling wrote a poem which was as ragged and lame and . footsore as Coxey's army. He watched for a chance, and when the police were looking the other way. he pub lished it. In the following week Kansas lost more citizens than ever went away in one week before or since. There was a general exodus. Now that tho exiles have returned and people are once wore in a ro.-jfiil rirul iinPYTiprtirir frame of mind. It will be Just like Colonel Lease to let loose her dogs of poetry and make people wish they lived in Cuba. Indulgence In petty personal gossip is not more dignified or proper in a newspaper than In an Individual When such gossip takes the form of scandalous insinuations and the repetition of the tattle of Irrespon sible writers it is even less excusable In the paper by reason of the greater publicity glvan. The action becomes the more contemptible when the publication relates to one for whom the paper has professed re spect and friendship, whose private life It knows to be irreproachable and In whose family affairs It has no shadow of right to meddle. The Indianapolis News Is a great offender In this respect. Respectable citizens should pray to be spared its hypocrit ical assurances of regard, knowing that Jt Is likely to follow such professions by a stab in the back. The Journal notes with pleasure that its exchanges, in commenting on the fact that a cousin of the new English poet laureate resides here, make no unkind reflections on the city. 11UIIULES IN THE AIR. Satisfactorily Explained. "Well, of all the impudence! Asking me to help you because you have three wives to support!" "They don't belong to me, mister; nothin of tho 6orU They belong to me son-in-laws." The Skeptic. 'Yes. I kissed her when she wasn't ex pecting anything o the kind." "Lemme see; a young man, a young woman, and nobody about; and the young woman not expecting to be kissed. H'm. Ha! Pooh!" It Must Be Simple. "This riot gun," said the enthusiastic in ventor, "will fire 15.C00 shots a minute. And It Is so simple that an ordinary patrolman can learn the use of it in less than an hour." "It must be a lot simpler than a revolver.

then," said the police commissioner, with a sigh. ' . 4

Disappointment. He looked at his watch, which had stopped, reproachfully. "Here," he said, "where I expected to see the glai hand, ticking off the seconds, I find you give me the dead face." ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINKS. It is true that scarcely a single ill wind falls to blow somebody some sort of good. In this case the Transvaal worry has caused an Immense sale In London of Olive Schreiners "Life on an African Farm." Lord Brassey has scandalized Melbourne society. The first time he occupied the viceregal box at the theater, he noticed, sit ting in the srallery. several sailors from his yacht, and, terrible to relate, "nodded familiarly" to them. Victor Robert, of Paris, has paid $30,000 for the collection of postage stamps all new formed by Count Prlmoli. Princess Mathlide's nephew. The stamps were valued one by one: Moldavia's. S1.600; Re union's, 11,000; Tuscany, 3-lire, 600, and so on. M. Robert is a famous "timbrophile." Princess Maud, of Wales, whose' betroth al is a matter of recent history. Is not over fond ot the formalities and attention which her position demands. In days gone by, when the Duke of lork was often to be seen walking incognito about London, It was usually his youngest sister who ac companied him,' and on more than one occasion she has Joined parties in a country nouse under an assumed name. President Kruger, of the Transvaal Re public, Is one of the greatest diplomatists in the world. He is a living proof of the iact tnat in rare instances the diplomatist is Dorn, not made. He Is ignorant of let ters and the elegancies of life, and his range or reading is very limited, but the old Boer possesses qualities that enable him to cope with the cleverest of the trt:?'1 diplo matists or tngiand. He is a rough diamuwi. but he cuts well. Sir Lewis Morris, who has always been supposed to be unmarried, has recently an nounced that he has been married iot thirty years, lie nas two daughters and a sou. The latter was recently married, and resides near his father's home in Carmarthen. The fact that -the author of "An Epic of Hades" is a married man did not leak out till the vexed question of the succession to the laureateship was settled. It was doubtless the son's marriage that led to the surprising disclosure. The old legend, "Pike's Peak or Bust," which used to adorn the canvas covers of emigrant wagons in the old days, has been succeeded by various signs appropriate tD tne changed and changing location of the boomers' paradise. A big prairie schooner passed through Osborne. Kan., bound East from Oklahoma last week, bearlns the in scription: "Oklahoma for starvation. Kan sas for desolation. Texas for devastation. Nebraska for damnation. Going to Ohio to sponge on wife's relation. To hell with Democratic administration." Siegfried Wagner, the son of the great German composer, Is not satisfied with the laurels which he has earned as a musical director in and ouslde of Germany. Ac cording to the irankxort Courier, he has composed a symphonic poem, entitled "Die bennsucnt" (longing)' which was first given upon tne occasion or the sixty-eighth anniversary of Frau Kosima Wagner, his mother, at Bayreuth. The new symphony. which is his first greater musical attempt. nas pieasea very much, and will shortly be given in a number of cities of Germany and Austria, witn tne composer conducting the orchestra. Dear woman, since this world began, Has searched for an ideal man; , Nor ever dreamed so foolish she That such a one could never toe. But man who has a wiser streakIdeal woman does not seek; He knows and wants it understood The good eld kind is much too good. Chicago Record. GENERAL WALLACE'S EARLY' WORK 111m First Literary- Effort Done Under Ue-ry Salp;rove'a Direction. Harper's Round Table. "How did you first come to think of writA smile of amusement creot " over the General's face at .the recollections of those crude boyish days. "My first literary effort was maae m a society or lads near my own age, of which I was a member when about sixteen. Berry Sulgrove, once editor of the Indianapolis Jousnal. was president, and assigned each one his part in our weekly meetings a speech, essay, story or poem. i wa3 ordered to write a story. I undertook a love tale of the crusades cf the tenth century, in weekly Installments, with ihe title of The Man-at-Arms.' The leading character was a Spanish grandee, a duke of high Castillan line, wno aweit among tne mountains or Spain. He had numerous valiant retainers, and one only child a proud and beautiful daughter named Inez. In the service of the duke 'was a handsome page of eighteen. Drave, courtly, endowed wjth manly graces and a talent for muslo This ho. s.d ko skilfully that the love bngs he sang to nis light guitar took captive the heart of the flir. Inez. Their love was discovered. and the handsome page banished from the castle. Hut they managed to meet, and my hero carried off the prize. Together they mounted hl3 snow-white steed, and dashed away to the hermitage of an old monk, who lived alone on a wild and dreary mountain side. The duke pursued the fugi tives v.itn armed retinue, and brousrht his disobedient daughter back to her ancestral halls. The page escaped, went to Venice. and enlisted in the army about to marcht to l'aiestine. lie wore his armor by night and day, never opening his visor except to eat, so that his nearest comrades rarely saw nis race. lie perrormed prodigies of valor, was ever in the forefront of battle, a mysterious but conspicuous figure: He became ramous, and was made a knight. By the time he returned to Swain all the countries of the Mediterranean had heard of his prowess, and were proud to do him honor. He was tendered a grand banauet at the duke's castle; but the old enemy did not recognize m the Knlghr of the Closed Helmet his former page. The lovely Inez. of course, knew him at once, and he found ner of true heart and constant mind. The father was delighted to see the impression his child made upon the gallant knlzht. and with his free consent they were soon betrothed and married. After the wedding the page disclosed his real name I regret to nave rorgotten it and all was forgiven, the old duke only too willing to call the brave warrior of the Holy Cross, his son." "Did you complete the story?" "Oh yes! Every week my installment was ready, my audience rapt and sympathetic. and the generous applause most encourag ing." -Was the MSS. lengthy?" "Two hundred and thirty pages of fools cap, closely written, and I am sorry to say it was lost. I left it in my father's li brary when l went to the Mexican war In 1S47; when I returned, the unfortunate 'Man-at-Arms' was not to be found. I never knew how he camo to his end." The Ncbnla of Andromeda. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Of nearly four thousand nebulae observed by astronomers but one can be eeen with the naked eye. This is the famous nebula of Andromeda, which Is now visible any clear starlight night. It was seen as far back as A. D. 905; was for centuries lost sight of, but rediscovered In 161?. It may be found without a glass as follows: At 7 o'clock in the evening the variable star Algol Is In the zenith. The next bright star, due west about fifteen degrees. Is Almaac. Still westward by eouth, -about the same distance, is the bright star Merach, Northwest of Merach," and close by, are two smaller stars. West of and very near the smaller star is the nebula, shining with a pale light. An opera glass will greatly assist In bringing 'It out. The three last stars and the nebula are in the girdle of Andromeda. It Is not only remarkable on account of Its visibility, but its nebulosity 13 of the most perfect milky kind, abso lutely irresolvable under the telescope. This is the true nebula, the spectrum of which Indicates that it consists of glowing gas. About nine years ago the writer wit nessed the appearance of a bright nucleus In the nebula which was called a new star. Some thought we were to see the evolution of a star from nebulous gas, according to the nebular "cosmogony of Laplace, but the nucleus disappeared in a few months. Sir William Herschel considered the nebula of Andromeda the nearest of all the great nebulae, and yet so remote that it requires six thousand years for the light to pass from It to us. Consequently, what we pee is the nebula as it was six thousand years ago. It may be now considered to be a brilliant star. Six thousand years must elapse before the astronomers can see it as it Is to-day. JOHN C. DEAN. Indianapolis, Jan. 20.

DUTY OF THE LAWYER

SPEECH BY DR. C. M. DEPEW BE FORE THE NEW YORK STATE BAR. Forcible Argnmrnt In Favor of nn Arbitration Court for Settlement of International Disputes. WISDOM AND LEGA-. ACUMEN NEEDED TO EVOLVE A PLAN FOR REMOVING POSSIBILITY OF WAR, And the Orator Think Novr la the Time for the American and British Lawyer to Ynlte for that Purpose. ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 21. The annual session of the State Bar Association opened tonight at Odd Fellows' Hall In the presence of a large number of auditors. William H. Robertson presided. The address of the evening was delivered by Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, on "Patriotism and Jingoism; the Lawyer's Duty." He said la part: "You will not expect of me a technical discussion of constitutions, codes or statuses. The needs of the State or the country m these respects will be ably presented hi the papers which will be read during your session. A meeting of the lawyers of thts great commonwealth has a profounder meaning than suggestions for amendments to laws or facilities in procedure. By virtue of our official distinction as advisers of the court, there devolves on us public duties of the greatest importance. Never during the seventeen years of our existence has 'our meeting been held at a period so interesting and at the same time so fraught with dangers. Ours is a lawyers' government. It was the agitation by the patriotic members of the profession which brought on the revolutionary war. It was the conservative wisdom of the lawyers which framed the Constitution of the United States. Twenty of our twenty-four Presidents have been lawyers, as were twenty-four of the fiftyfour signers of the Declaration of Independence, and thirty of the fifty-five s members of the convention which framed the Con stitution of the United States. A large majority of the members of both houses of Congress, and of both houses of the legislatures of the several States have always been and still "are members of the profession. "The checks and safeguards against revolutionary action, which distinguished the Institutions of the United States from those of all other democracies, are the fruits of the wisdom and foresight of great minds trained to the law. The best evidence of healthy public sentiment, or, rather, of Christian civilization and enlightenment in the law. Is that to-day tho man who loses caste in duel Is not he 'who refuses, but he who challenges. While this healthful advance in civilization and this undoubted public sentiment sup porting it, mark the new relations between individuals, there has been little, ir any. progress In the peaceful, lawful and order ly settlement of international disputes, in volving communities. "The barbarous, murderous and uncertain methods of the ancient and the medieval periods still pievail. The alarms of war agitate a world. The columns or our daily papers are filled with cables and telegrams, announcing the rage of nations and the Im minence of their flying at each other s throats. The battle blood which is tne in heritance of the ages, is aflame for fight. Only one power keeps the nations of Europe from Instantly declaring war. me bankers and business men have become the arbiters between nations. The only two nations which may be said to be free from this thraldom, because of their wealth, their commerce and credit, are the United States and Great Britain. THE NEW GENERATION. "The events of the past few weeks have demonstrated how easy It is to arouse the fighting blood -among our own people. A generation has come on the stage since the civil war , who are eager for battle. The greatest ministers-and leaders for peace whom I ever met were the generals whose fame fills the world, and whose victories were in our civil strife Grant and Sher man and Sheridan. During the whole of their lives after the war they were the apostles and preachers of peace. There are occasions when war is both right and necessary and a nation must embark on it without counting the consequences, but the issue or battle is never certain, nor does the arbitrament of war always end in right or justice. "Now is the time for the profession to perform a great work on the lines of the lawyers of the centuries In promoting international arbitration. The present dis pute between the English-speaking races which Is agitating the world calls for both practical wisdom and legal acumen for Its solution. There is no dissent in this coun try from the Monroe doctrine as promul gated by President Monroe and interpreted by Jefferson, Madison. Webster and Cal houn. Yet any one who studies the Monroe doctrine will see how in each Individual case, except where there is a flagrant violation, like the French invasion of Mexi co, the applicable Interpretation of it should be tho subject of judicial determination. The President's message to Congress pre sents a novel view or tne principle, ir there is a dispute as to a boundary line be tween a south American republic and Eu ropean power, rto matter how insignificant the territory Involved, or how distantly it affects the independence of the country or how remotely it may Interest us. we must demand that the tvo governments arbi trate the line, and if they refuse, we must find out as best we can what the line is and enforce It by war. If, however, pend ing our inquiry, tne two parties agree, we have no further rights or duties. This seems to surrender the doctrine, if Vene zuela or Brazil chooses to sell a portion of its lands. A slight extension of the prin ciple compels us to assume a protectorate over all these republics. Their enterprises and Industries are almost entirely owned or controlled and carried on by Americans, English, Germans, French and Italians. Their governments are In almost perpetual revolution, ard the military dictator of the hour connscates property right and lea. except that of foreigners. If he could rely on the United States to protect him, he would treat the lives, possessions and busi ness cf the Germans, English, Italians and r rench with the same impartial appropria tion as he does those of his countrymen. These nations would demand reparation and redress. This would involve the col lection of substantial damages, and we would be In a measure bound to assume tho quarrel. We might, at the whim or necessities of the success of the successful military dictators of Venezuela or the Ar gentine, of Brazil or Bolivia, of Peru or of Yucatan or Honduras, of Chill or liollvla. be involved In frequent wars with tho powers of Europe. This would reaulre an Immense navy and large standing army. COURT OF ARBITRATION. "The United States Is the only nation so situated that it can with honor and safety move cn the pathway of peace for an inter national court of arbitration. We have no fear of the countries to the south or the north of us, and it is, three thousand miles across the ocean to the nearest seaport of any European power. So great has been our prosperity, because of 102 years of peace and only five of war, so free have we been from the strifes which have exhausted the resources of Europe, that the taxing power of the government has not yet touched for any puropse the real and jersonal property represented in these $70.WX).UOO.UOO of ac cumulated wealth. According to the census of we have 3,29U.'XW fighting men. The experience of the civil war has shown that from them could be drafted, mobilized and Instructed in three months three millions of soldiers. All the transports and navies of the world could not land upon our shores an army which could march one hundred miles from the seacoast or ever return to their ships.. With all the world In arms against us. the vast interior of our conti nent, except in its industrial and economic pha&es. would know nothing of the trouble and never see a foreign uniform except on a crlsoner of war. "Secure in our Isolation, supreme In our resources, unequaied in our reserves and free from dangerous neighbors, we occupy anionic the nations of the globe a position so exalted and safe that to compare us lth oth-r countries would be absurd. The statesman or tho politician who really fears for rhe safety of this country Is a fool. The statesman or politician who djes not fear (because, he knows better) and who yet reaches of our weakne3 and our vulnera bility la a demagogue, and he insults the intelligence cf the American people. This great reservoir of force for all purpose the American Republic this mightiest engine of war and most beneficent power for uezce on the race oz tne siooe, can extend

the right hand of MlowrhlD ts warring-

brethren across the Atlantic and promul gate with honor and dignity a schtrrui for international arbitration and had In the movement 'Had there been an international court of arbitration in the Venezuelan matter, Lortt Salisbury could not have rkadnl that thera was a boundary line embracing territory fo long and unquestionably held by the British that they could not In honor submit the question of their title to the court. Both the English and Americans have l-n edu cated to believe that, though anybody may make claim on any property, the court card be relied on to dismiss the complaint if It is unworthy of being entertained or disavow Jurisdiction should there be any dcjbt, or. ir it considers the matter, to adjust it en the eternal principles of Justice and right. The idea of securing at an early date an International court representing and em bracing all the nations of Europe and or. North and South America ts probably at E resent Utopian. It is possible for Great ritaln and the United States, out of this; present difficulty, to evolve a tribunal of In ternational law and Justice, which snau rw In perpetual session. Jiose members shall be selected with such care, whose dignity shall receive such recognition and whose reputation shall be so great that each nation can submit to It any question in dis pute and bow to its decision with safety and honor. "We. the lawyers of the United States. and our brethren, the lawyers of Great Eritaln, falthtu; to the traditions of our profession and the high calling of our or-di-r, can agitate and educate for the crea tion of this great court. We recall that even in the days of almost universal assent to the vine authority of kings, justice Coke could boldly challenge and check the autocratic Charles with the Judgment mat the law was superior to the will of thft sovereign. Christian teachings and evolu tion of the two thousand ycar and tho slow and laborious development of the principles of justice and judgment by proof demand this crowning triumph of ages of sacrifice and struggle. The closing or tne -nineteenth, the most beneficent and pro gressive of centuries, would be made glorious by giving to the twentieth this rich lesson and guide for the growth of its humanities and the preservation and perpetuity of civilization and liberty." The business session will be held to-mor row in the City Hal!. The session will elosa to-morrow evening with addresses and a re ception by Governor Morton. CANNOT HE PASSED. House May Shelve the Sennte MonroeDoetrlne Resolution. WASHINGTON. Jan. 21. The prediction ia freely made by members of the House committee on foreign affairs that If the pro posed reaffirmation of the Monroe doctrine is adopted by the Senate and sent over ta the House for action It will allowed to rest quietly in the committee files. A can vass of more than a majority of both Republican and Democratic members of the committee failed to discover any memwr who Indorses it. Courtesy to their colleagues of the Senate impels the membera of the committee In the other nouse to re frain from putting themselves on record ia interviews as opposed to the resolution, but in conversation they do not hesitate to cxUi clse the verbiage of It and to deprecate the policy which brings lt forward at this par ticular time. One of the foremost autnor;tles on diplomatic matters in the House said that he deemed it very poor diplomacy to take any steps- tending to increase the tension between this government and Great Britain In what practically amounted to a crisis. The committee members think It will be a better policy to sidetrack the resolution without and demonstration of disapproval than to make an-adverse report upon It to the House. They say that it win be impolitic to evok any appearance of discord In Congress upon a question of foreign policy, and that if the concurrence of the House Is not to be secured for tne reso lution, and they believe it will not be, the friction over it should be minimized. Leo Didn't Offer to Arbitrate. - ' ROME, Jan. 1. The Osservatore Romanoi to-day says there Is not a shadow of truth in the statement that the Pope, through Cardinal Satolll, 'has offered President Cleveland to arbitrate the Venezuelan dis pute, or that he has instructed Cardinal Vaughan to ascertain . the feeling of tho British government regarding his proposition. Continuing, the Osservatore Romano denies that his Holiness offered his services as mediator at the beginning of -tho Venezuelan dispute and that the Marquis of Salisbury refused them. S. Mnlet-Prevost Will Aecept. CHARLESTON, S. C, Jan. a. Mr. S. Malet-Prevost, executive officer of the Vene-, zuelan commission, who is here as counsel in the Laurada filibustering case, stated today that he would leave for Washington to-morrow to assume his new outies. METHODS OF ADVERTISING. Valuable Sujoccstlonw to the Retail Merchants for Dull Seasons. Dry Goods Chronicle. How to advertise successfully In dull times for a general retail store is a diffi cult-subject to decide. It is at the same time a subject upon which there is a great diversity of opinion. By dull times we mean the seasons or the year when trade Is not usually so brisk as it is at other times. At these times seme .merchants largely increase their ad vertising expenditures. Others continue about the same- as in busy times. Business discretion should, of course, be used by all, but as a rule those who do the most advertising at these times have the best of the argument, and can bring up more good reasons to suppcrt their side than the others. If the purpose Is to draw trade, then why not advertise when you need trade the rnoBt? Of course, this rule is subject to the surroundings and the circumstances. We realize that In dull times it is much harder to bring people to the store, but that la one reason why more advertising should be used, for It Is not always necessary to extend one's space where the name result may be accomplished by using the same space in making the advertisement attrac tive. ' If possible. In dull seasons more Induce ments should bo held out to the customer than in brisk seasons. More care shouli be used in selecting articles to be adver tised and more thought should be given to advertisements to bring trade to your store. Advertising, to a large extent, is cumu lative In Its benefits, for the value ot present advertising depends largely upon what has been done before. If you discontinue advertising entirely you are leaving out some of the bricks In the wall which you are constructing and will lose a larse por tion of the benefits of accumu'ative advertisements when you begin . again, there having been a disconnection In what you did before and that which you now Intend to no. The benefits to be derived from advertis ing are In the future as well as what you mav eet at the present. Advertising is something like making a snowwball the further you go the bigger It grows. If, after you have rolled your novba!l a lit tle distance, you stop rolling It anl nejsin another one, you are expending an extra labor Instead of accumulating, vjitte If you had kept on rolling the old ball It would soon grow to much larger proportion than any new one you could start. It Is poor pollcyx ever to stop advertising altcj-ether. In dull times. If the amount expended- must ixs decrease, more care than ever should be usil in the preparation of the advertisement. When the fish 13 harder to catch be more careful In Fe lectlng your bait. The war to advertise is an importart point to consider. In dull times make yor offerings Just as attractive as you Knw how. and advertise seasonable pools, such as will be of Immediate use. It is hrd enough to sell unseasonable goods woen people buy freely, but. it is much harder to push tnem in uniavorame units. The New Man. Philadelphia Record. ThA latest champion of the new woman's i,inAm(.rs" is a doctor, a well-known phvslclan and hysienlc authority, who rot only praises the bifurcate! knlckerlockc!S of the female bicyclist, but gor so far at to con-rfi-mn th trousers of hit, fcllo w-men. Shades of Beau Drummell! Can it be that the new man has arisen and that In the. nineteenth century the male garment vujjrarly known, as "pants" will be discarded by the lords of creation as Immodest as we-ii as unbecoming? Women will thn be wearing the trousers 4n earnet. -,-" MBBBSBBSSBSMHStBS-MBBBBBBSBSBBSSSSB Liked te NcT Way Best. Harper's Round Table. "I don't see what's the use of my twtherIng my had learnlr-g to write." quoth Tom. vit's & great deal more fun using thv typewriter, and you don't get your clothes all over ink." Sovereign Blljtht Settle It. Louisville Commercial. Why not Ret General Master Sovereign, to settle our disputes with Great Hritain by threatening to boycott Bank of England notes? Connecticut Discovery. New Haven PalladiumMany a man would be a Benedict to-day If his teeth hadn't wolbled when ho kU&td tho irl he loved. , .