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

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TIIK DAILY JOURNAL wednesoav. apkil 22, iscc. WcsL!c2ion OfflceIM Pcnj;ylvanU Avcnae Telephone Calls. Euiioeu07.ce Editorial Koomi A W TERMS OF &LUSCRIPTIOX. TA1LT ST XAIU fjnrcnlr, otj mcctb $ .13 Iistly only, tUrfe montbi r.oo I sily nl. fre jar. Koo 1'atly, l:KiiH:ir utvlaj, one rear . 10.O tuiiuay only, cue year "5LU0 WJIEX rVKMMXED 3Y Af.EXTS. Petty. jor wwii, by arrter JS rt term. Hitler;'.. 3 cm LaUjr aaU suulaj, per k, by carrier.......... Su ct WJCJLiCLY. rrjear fl.W ltedaeed nates to Club. FutTlba with my of oar nuuicruiii ageutsorsenl JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY Indianapolis, I nil. I tfowt veiling the Journal through th ma!U In th ti.ued Mstrs KbuixM put en aa f isLt-i-ao )ir a SK-CEJJTjKfTas stamp; on a twelve or Utrtn-a;3r r'rTM (K-KT ita?e ktamp. i'crtigu potae u ktually double lbc iatts. ryAn romimtnlratlons liitendM for pnWlcatlon in tli pair must, in cr.ler to reelT attention. be ac-comi-anled by the name aad address of tii writer. TI1C IXDIAXAPOL.I9 JOin.VAL Caa b found at tt following yUwes JIKW YORK GUsey House, Windsor Hotel and Astor lion. CHICAGO Vaimer House and I O. Mews Co-. W Adorns street. Clci'ATI J. It. Hawley Vo 154 Vine street 10UISV1LLE-C. T. Deerinjr. northwest corner of Third and Jetfereou u., and LouiavllU) liook Co.. ISJ Fourth ave. - CT. LOUIS Union Newt Company, Union Depot T7A!IINGT0N, D. C lUczt House, Iltrxtt House, WtuarU's Hotel and tbe Washington News Exchange, lUh street, bee r"enn. ave. and t btreet. 'liere Is no question the right settleirent of which Is more vital to our prosperity, both national and commercial, than the money question. It Is a matter tvhich far transcends any mere political Issue, and from which politics should be entirely eliminated. The Journal's Southerncxchangcs contain specials from .numerous cities and towns concerning m iss meetings held to give expression to public sentiment "regarding the arre3t and imprisonment of Itev. A. J. Diaz in Cuba. The Southern people evidently feel very strongly on the subject. The Republican national committee vill endeavor to get the use of the American flag which was hauled down at.IIonolulu by order of Paramount Commiseioner Blount, to be floated over the Republican hall at St. Louis. The flag is now in possession of a lieutenant in the United States navy who was a witness of he humiliating occurrence. From present appearances the Republican State convention of Pennsylvania, which meets to-morrow, will be a Quay convention.. Ills friends claim that of the sixty-four district delegates from that State.at least fifty-nine are pledged to Senator Quay, and the convention tomorrow will, undoubtedly indorse him. In that event he will go to St. Louis with more prestige than some other favoritecon candidates. Tho sugar bounty test cases which were set for hearing In the United States Dupreme Court yesterday will probably be reached to-day. The cases Involve the constitutionality of a law which granted a bounty on sugar and appropriated $3,COO.OOO to pay it, but which the Controller

of the' Treasury refused to "execute" on the ground that It, was, unconstitutional. The real question at Issue is whether the Controller is a co-ordinate branch of the Government. The Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, representing business men of various shades of politics, haa unanimously adopted a resolution that "we insist, as men who are vitally interested in the question of sound money, that there shall be no change In the present standard of value upon which the business of this country is transacted, and that no political considerations shall be allowed to tamper with this all-Important ev.bject.' No doubt that voices the sentiment of all commercial bodies. It Is said an effort will be made at the approaching General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to change that part of the church discipline which condemns dancing, card playing, theater going and like amusements, the present form being regarded by many as too severe and restrictive in the present era of liberal Ideas. The opposition will be strong, however, and the outcome of the movement Is doubtful. If any change Is made it will probably be an elimination of 'specific amusements from the list, leaving members free to interpret "sinful amusements" for themselves. In a matters of conscience much should be left to the Individual. SSBMaWBatMSBMiaWBBfBBSSSBSSBSSBBBBMWS The Council has taken the first step In a very t important matter by providing for the appointment of a committee to confer with the Board of Public Works as to the advisability of purchasing the water works plant. All intelligent ad vocates of municipal reform nowadays are, of opinion that cities should own thalr water works. Experiments on that line have demonstrated the feasibility of the plan beyond any doubt, and the time is not distant when for a city not to own this class of property will be re garded as evidence that It Is not progressive. The Journal is not prepared to cay whether all the conditions, legal and financial, are favorable to the early 'acquisition of the water works by this city, but It should be done if possible. The Republican and Topullst conven tions of Alabama will both meet on the rsth Inst., and from present Indications the two parties will nominate a Joint State ticket. There are six officers to be elected, and the present plan is for the Republicans to nominate Secretary of State, k Attorney-general and one other officer, and the Populists Governor and two other officers. From a Northern Re publican point of view such a union is wholly unjustifiable. The mere fact that it may enable the fusionlsts to capture a few State offices is no compensation for the sacrifice of Republican self-r?-tpect by the formation of ouch an alli ance. If the Alabama delegation comes to the St. Louis convention with that kind of a 9tlsma upon It It cannot ex pect to be very cordially received. One horror of the illustrated press is the custom of using the same pictures over and over. This repetition applies e&pecJally to portraits which are thrust before the eyes of unhappy readers at every opportunity. The lineaments of murderers are particularly apt to make; frequent reappearance. It is not enough tht C.2 Ul:rr.?-3, or what purports to ?" r i1?, c! a c!vir-;c;l with crime Is

presented once to the public; It Is set forth as often as the wretch is brought into prominence thereafter. When he Is arrested, when he has his preliminary trial, when he is enjoying the social privileges of Jail, when "newly discovered evidence" Is found against him, when he is finally brought into court and when he is set free or hanged on each of, these occasions and as many more as skill can devise his portrait is trotted out and made to do duty. It becomes wearisome and Irritating, one introduction to a murderer being all that most people care for. Still, this putting In of a. biff cut fills space cheaply, and as an economical device Is a boon to papers which can afford nothing better or whose readers tamely submit.

EARLY PROTECTION I. 1MJIAXA. For many years after Indiana was ad mitted to the Union she had the natural ambition of all new communities to get on and ahead. Being an agricultural State and quite depenient In respect of manufactures, she had a special desire to progress In the latter direction. Thus it happened that from an early period in the history of the State there was a strong sentiment among its people in favor of protection to home Industries. Indiana was admitted to the Union in 1816, the same year that a protective tariff law was passed, and that as well as subsequent measures of a similar character found ardent supporters In this State. The Whigs, especially those who came from New England, were strong advocates of protection, believing that it was the true road to prosperity for the West, and even many Democrats of that day, more patriotic than those of the present, favored the same policy. In 1828 the Legislature adopted reso lutions asking General Jackson, then a candidate for President, for an expression of his views on the tariff question. These resolutions were forwarded to Jackson with a letter by Governor Ray. In his reply, dated Hermitage, Feb. 28, 1328, Jackson eald: "I pray you, sir, re spectfully to state to the Senate of Indiana that my opinions at present are precisely what they were In 1823 and 1824, when they were communicated by letter to Dr. Coleman, of North Caro lina, and when I voted for the present tariff appropriations and for Internal Improvements." He asked that the Cole man letter "be made a part of this communication." In that letter Jackson declared himself In favor of "adequate and fair protection, that our manufacturers and ' laborers may be placed in a fair competition with those of Europe." He also said: "In short, sir, we have been too long subject to the policy of British merchants. It is time we should, be come a little, more Americanized, and instead of feeding paupers and laborers of England, feed our own; or else, by continuing our present policy, .we shall all be rendered paupers ourselves." This was Jackson's reply to the resolutions of the Indiana Legislature, and on this platform of protection to American in dustries he was elected President in 1828. Indiana did not make any material progress In manufacturing during, Jackson's administration nor, under the'tarlff of 1833, but under the protective tariff of 1842 she did. That tariff, which caused a revival of prosperity throughout the country, led to the establishment of some new industries in this-State, including several iron factories. There were at least four of these, namely, at Rochester, Plymouth, La Porte and Mlshawaka. At each of these factories bar iron was manufactured from bog Iron ore obtained in the vicinity. The ore was re duced with charcoal, and the Iron produced was of the best quality. An old gentleman who was a merchant at Michigan City and LaPorte during that period states that he sold tons of It, and that it was the toughest and best iron of that day for horseshoes, wagon tires, etc. The factories named gave employ ment to quite a large number of men, and their products were widely known. The defeat of Henry Clay In 1844 was the death knell for these factories and many other infant industries. The election of a Democratic President was followed by the enactment of a tariff for revenue only. The fires In the Iron factories went out and were never lighted again. The market was glutted with English iron. The industry might never have become a great one In Indiana, but it was at least worth preserving and encouraging. The history of Indiana was similar to that of other States whose infant industries which had taken root under friendly legislation were killed by'a tariff for revenue only. . OCX IL'S I S PI I tEl D Y FOOTBALL. Mr. Stephen Crane, an American youth twenty-three or twenty-four years old. wrote a book not long ago called the "Red Badge of Courage." An English house published It, and English readers found it-a "deuced clever thing, don't you know." Then Crane wrote some things that Ham Garland, of Chicago, and the literati of East Aurora, N. Y., called poetry. Garland, in fact, claims to have discovered the genius of Crane even before the young man went to Eng land and got found out. The poetry Is of a sort that old-fashioned people who have been used to literature like that of Shakspeare, and Tennyson, and Scott, and Thackeray, and Longfellow, and Lowell, and Hawthorne find a difficulty in comprehendingpeople who do not quite know what "symbolism" means and have always believed that the chief beauty of a literary style is lucidity, and that great thoughts are clothed best in simple, direct phrase. When they read a wild, weird taie by an Ibsen or a Maeterlulck and fall to be greatly Im pressed, but are informed that it is great because of its symbolism, Its inner mean ing, they are a trifle bewildered. They remember that classic literature is great not alone for the character of scenes and ideas represented, bufbecause it typifies human life and thought, and wonder If the new school of writers and their ad mlrers fancy that symbolism is a modern Invention. They ask themselves If the storIc3 of Lear, and Othello, and Shylock, for example.' were not quite as typical s "The Doll's House," and whether, If symbolism unadulterated be desired, the "Pilgrim's Progress" may not be ac cepted as an example. Stephen Crane does not pose, or is not posed, as a symbolist so far as his stories go, but he is admired by the very young men who affect that school of writers. The hysterical, ungraramatlcal and staccato character of his verse doubtless has somethir.3 to do with this, but their chorus of praise is sounded mainly in be half of tho "Rtd Ead-e cf Courage." It

is a story of a volunteer roldler in our civil war, and the remarkable feature of the tale Is said to be its vivid portrayal of battle scenes. TheFe are the perfection of realism, battle Itself say the claquers, most of whom, like Mr. Crane himself, seem to be of that tender age which precludes the Idea that he or they have ev;er seen war. Out of the fullness of their Joy in this newly arisen literary light they . have feted him, have written him up in. syndicate articles, have published, his portrait and have "'boomed" him In every possible style until even people who read very few books are familiar with Mr. Crane's name. But now comes General McClurg, of Chicago, who is older than Mr. Crane and has been a soldier, and who, after reading the book, pronounces the tale trash, Its choicest descriptions sheer Idiocy. The hero of the tale he classifies as a coward and a simpleton, if not an actual lunatic. "No thrill of patriotic devotion to cause or country ever moves his breast, and not even, an emotion of manly courage. Even a wound which Jie finally gets comes from a comrade who strikes him on the head with his musket to get rtd of him; this is the only 'Red

Badge of Courage which we discover In the book," says General McClurg. "No intelligent orders are given. No in telligent, movements are made. There Is no evidence of drill, none of discipline. There is a constant, senseless and pro fane babbling going on, such as "one could hear nowhere but in a madhouse. Nowhere are seen the quiet, manly, selfrespecting and patriotic men. Influenced by the highest sense of duty, who in reality fought our battles. No soldierever saw any approach to the battle scenes In this book." Mr. Crane modestly explained to an interviewer recently that he drew his idea of conflict from the football field, and that this really was his inspiration seems probable from the verdict of his latest critic. " The whole affair Is not of general in terest In Itself, ' but serves to illustrate tho risk of premature exploitation of genius. Mr. Crane may possess genius, but there are some advantages In the old method of permitting it to make its way by its own Irresistible force. The public likes to do a little discovering of Its own. A CASK OP Jt STICB DENIED. After five years of delay and litigation the Chilean government has finally refused to pay the claims of Patrick Shields and Andrew McKlnstry for Injuries received, .from assaults of a Chilean. mob at Valparaiso in 1891. The case presents some interesting phases. Shields Is an Irishman by birth and McKlnstry a Scotchman. In 1891, although not yet naturalized American citizens, they were working; on the American merchant steamer. Keweenaw, Shields as a fireman and McKlnstry as a sailor. The Keweenaw was in the harbor of Valparaiso at the same time with" the United States steamer Baltimore, and these two men were with a party of sailors from the latter vessel when they were attacked by an armed mob of Chileans and police In the streets of Valparaiso in October, 1891, resulting In the killing of one or two and the wounding of several. Shields and. McKlnstry, were among the Injured. As soon a3 the facts were brought to-the knowledge of the Washington government President Harrison made a demand on the Chilean government for reparation and apology, and prepared to enforce It. After some higgling Chile Anally paid an indemnity of (75,000 to the families of the sailors of the Baltimore who were killed and to those Who were injured. This ended the incident so far as the American sailors were concerned, but It did not Include Shields and McKlnstry. In a special message to Congress on the subject in January, 1892, President Harrison said: Upon information received that Patrick ShUMs. an Irishman, and probably a British subject, but at the time a fireman of the American steamer Keweenaw, in the harbor of Valparaiso for repairs, has been subjected to personal Injuries In that city largely oy tnc ponce I directed the Attorney-general to cause the evidence of the oificers and crew of that vessel to be taken upon Its arrival In San Francisco, and that evi dence Is herewith transmitted. The brutality. and even savagery, of the treatment of this poor man by the Chilean police would be incredible if the evidence of Shields was not supported by ether direct testimony and by tne distressing condition or the man himself when he was finally able to reach his vessel. The captain of the vessel says: "lie came back a wreca; black from his neck to "is hips from beatings, weak and stupid, and Is still in a kind of paralyzed condition, and has never been able to . do duty since." A claim for reparation has- been made for this man. for, while he was not a citizen of the United States; the doctrine long held by us is that the circumstance that the vessel is American t? evidence that the stamen on board are such. .This shows that although Shields was a Brltlsh subject, President Harrison de manded reparation for his Injuries, on the ground that as a fireman aboard an American vessel he was entitled to the same protection as an American citizen. This was the last heard of the claim during the Harrison administration. The Chilean government, scheming for de lay, succeeded In postponing further con sideration of the 'case until after Mr. Cleveland's inauguration. It Is probable the Cleveland administration abandoned It on the ground that the claimants, being British subjects, must look to that government for protection, for the next heard of the case a San Francisco attorney had brought It to the attention of the British Parliament. From there It was referred to a special commission composed of one representative from Great Britain, one from Chile and a third from Germany. The San Francisco attorney who had charge of the matter has Just been notified by the commission that the Chilean government has refused to pay the claim. Thus Shields and McKlnstry have fallen between two stools. If they' had been American citizens their -indemnity would have been Included In the amount demanded for the other American sailors, and finally paid by the Chilean government. Or if President Harrison had "been re-elected he would doubtless have continued to assert their claim on the ground that as employes on an American vessel they were entitled to American protection. and Chile would have been forced to pay the claim. But a change of administration and the adoption of a. new foreign policy compelled the claimants to look to Great Britain for . the enforcement of their rights. As a rule the British government extends protection to its citizens everywhere, but in this case the fact that the men were serving on an American ship and had already claimed the protection of the American flag probably prejudiced their case and afforded a pretext for not pressing their claim. Besides, It has been the British policy In recent years to foment trouble between the United States and Chile

while maintaining most friendly relations with Chile itselfj. This may have furnished an additional reason for not pressing the claim. At all events, Chile has refused to pay it, and doubtless that is the end of it.

3IIL CLEVELAND AD THE FKEESILVEIt .MOVEMENT. Administration papers . are quoting with much approval Hon. Chauncey M. Depew's recent remarks, commending the firm stand of Mr. Cleveland on the money question, oi, rather, on the silver question. The silver question Is only a phase of the money question a very important one. It is true, and the most prominent one at present, but still only a phase. Mr. Cteveland deserves credit for being on the right side of this question, but on other phases of the money question he has been' very wrong, especially in his unqualified Indorsement of Secretary Carlisle's . vicious scheme for substituting State banks of issue for national banks. The Journal would not detract an iota from whatever credit belongs to the President for his present attitude of opposition to i,he. free coinage of silver, but It should be remembered that he Is largely responsible for the present agitation of that question. The free silver movement is a direct sequence and result of the attempt of Messrs. Cleveland and Carlisle to relegate the tariff question to the rear by bringing the currency question to the front. This they did by causing to be introduced in Congress a series of preposterous currency bills which. -although they were soon knocked to pieces 'arid buried out of sight, started a popular discussion of the currency question which led directly up to and became an annex of the free silver craze. Had' General Harrison been elected In 1892' with, a Republican Congress there would have been no attack on the national bank system, no attempt to re-establish the "wild-cat" State bank system, no repeal of the McKlnley tariff law, no attempt afterwards to relegate the tariff question to the rear by making the currency question prominent, and, finally, no wild demand for free silver inflation. It. takes a Democratic administration to breed financial vagaries. Messrs. Cleveland and Carlisle ought to do ali Jn. their power to stem the current of the? jfree silver craze, for they are largely 'responsible for its existence, and it had. Its natural home and greatest strengthen their party. THE TRIE AMERICAN POLICY. A well-known citizen 6f Indianapolis, prominent in its social and business af fairs, said a day or two agoi "In former years I have, not been an ardent advocate of a high protective tariff, but tho longer I live the more; convinced I become, that our tariff ..policy ( ought to aim at making the United States a thoroughly self-supporting, independent country. We have the greatest wealth and variety of natural resources.; ipf ?ahy, country, in the world, and it should.be the-first object of American legislation to develop them. For this reason I find myself more and more an advocateiaf protection, and I don't care if you say high protection." This Is good business7 sense as well as good American doctrine. The first duty of every government to look out for the interests of its-own ; people in the day and genemtiem'jifj which it, exists and under the circumstances by which they are surrounded.' An economic policy that Is good for one country may be bad for another differently situated. Even England practiced protection for three hundred years ,-put of the three hundred and fifty that-she has had an international, trade,'rarcl ;she -would not hesitate tq, re-establfsu'. protection now were it not that free tfadc, or the near'est possible approach to it,' is necessary for her existence. If his country were insular, limited in a rear a ml resources or lacking in any element pt national independence it might find its . true policy in throwing open Its floors and Inviting other nations to come in and possess its markets. Being continental in extent and possessing a variety, of climate, soil and resources unequajed ' by any other country in the World, together with every, other factor of natjona ' Independence, its true policy Is the protection and de velopment of home industries. American interests first and, those of other nations afterwards should "be" its motto. . ,.'t -. M., Kokomo: If a renter of land finds a vein of silver, coal or other natural mineral product when digging a well or making other excavation, he cannot lay claim to it; it belongs to the owner of the land. On the other hand. It has been decided, we believe, that burled treasure. . whse- original owners cannot be identified may remain in the possession of the finder. . 1 j Li Hung Chang. " the eminent Viceroy of China, who is now on his way to Moscow to attend the coronation of. the, Czar, with the Intention, it is said, of afterwards visiting the United States, carries 'a Casket in which he expects to be buried" toiien 'he dies. He must be hard to suit in a coffin if he could not trust to American . artists in that line. ntUHLIIkftlAIR. A Mean Little falff. Minnie It takes all sorts of people to make a world. Mamle-F-That must be a great satisfaction to you. . ; Woman's Wisdom. He What is the sense of putting all that trimming: on the back of your hat? Do you suppose any man can . see the back of your hat when he meets, you?. She No; but every woman will when she passes me. ' ' Knerr 1IU VVeakneii. "Mary," said the elderly farmer, "I spect you better have the doctor In and have me bled, er sumh'm." . .. ' "What Is the matter weth you, Silaa?" asked his spouse. "I think I am about , due to buy another gold brick. I sorter feel it comln on" Ills Only Feat. "How Is It," asked the; flippant young person, "that you have no medals, when you are so prominent a member of the athletic Clubr "Oh." said the elderly gentleman of sporty proclivities, "all I ever did In the way of athletics was to lift the1 mortgage on the clubhouse." A Plain, IH ant Man. Washington Post. v General Grosvenor Is a plain, blunt man. His chief strength in debate lies in reversing the injunction about a soft answer turning away wrath, though he rarely neglects to wrap his sarcasm in u coating of sugar to make it more relishable. Thus it happened not long ao that a young man of little experience with Congressmen, while addressing a committee of which Grosvtnor is a member, consumed so much time in explain! his cause that all the members were worn out. Yet no one. liked to interrupt him or tell him the committee ha3 heard the same argument, made by others time and time again, geveral hours passed and the young man showed no signs of comlny to a stop. At lat Grosvenor arose Xrcni fcts aU sfowly put ca fcia ovcrccat.

looked Into the g!a?s. took his hat, gathered up a small traveling bag out of a recondite corner, put it on the center table and male an ostentatious, bustling display, preparatory to taking his departure. Still that young man talked on. "Oh. by the way, Mr. Grosvenor," said the chairman. "I hope you are not going. There is to be an executive session of the committee Immediately after this hearing." 'Tin not going." said Grosvenor. with thrilling distinctness; "I am only trying to drop a hint." ADOLT PEOPLE AXD TI1IXCS. Felix Faure, President of France, recently, remarked that one of the most unpleasant. features of his recent advancement was the fact that as President he found no time for bicycle riding. In being shown through the Bishop of London's palace at Lambeth, recently, a London Methodist was pained to notice that It contained no portrait of John Wesley. He at once bought an engraving of him, had it framed, and sent It to the Bishop, who accepted it with thanks. .. " A Sioux Indian named Banks, chief of the Indian police at Crosv Creek agency, made application for pension in Chamberlain, S. D., last week. He is said to be the first Sioux to ask the government for a pension for military services. He served as a scout during one ofthe Indian wars, and makes application for a pension under the act of June, 1S30. Mr. H. M. Stanley, the explorer, says that certain portions of Africa will always be worthless on account of. the ravages of the grasshoppers. In one instance he saw a column of young grasshoppers, ten mfie3 broad by thirty long, marching down a valley, and when the grass was flred against them they were thick enough to smother the flames. Jules Guesde organized a banquet In Paris to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Commune in March, 1871. One Socialist ettoemaker explained that the cause of the failure of the Commune was that they had not carried out his idea of looting the 3,000,000,000 francs in the Bank of France, and of buying up with it Thiers and his genrals. Count Herbert Bismarck is the father of two children, both girls. Count Herbert was disappointed at the sex of his last child and telegraphed the news to his father In three words: "Only a girl!" Prince Bismarck replied by wire: "So matter: remember Mane was only a girl." Bismarck's ,only grandsons are the children of .his daughter Marie, who bears the name of Kantzau. The Hindoos are great gamblers. One of their favorite methods la that of betting on a rainfall. The Indian Mirror, of Calcutta, of recent date, says: "The raln-gambllng inclosure in Burr a Bazar presented a scene of unusual activity on Monday, when heavy clouds betokened the approach of unsettled weather.1 There was some heavy plunging, but, as the rainfall was extremely light. It was only the rain ' brokers who made a haul." About poor M. Berthelot, who had to resign as Minister of Foreign Affairs as soon as England planned Its Soudan campaign, Edmund Lepelletler writes: "I traveled with him and Renan in Brittany. I assure you that the naivete, the Incompetency and the absolute practical Incapacity of this good chemist appeared at every step. He lost his room in the hotel, he went out at stations on the wrong side of the railway

track, missed the trains, made everybody laugh at his absent-mindedness. Just as the German schoolmasters fancy they were the men who defeated France,' French savants imagine that they are the men who have restored the republic." Henry Labouchero has no sympathy with England In tho troubles that J she has brought upon herself. "Patrick McCarthy, an Irishman in America," he writes, "one day found a blanket belonging to the government stores marked in large letters -U. H.. for United States. Paddy Immediately Annexed the blanket, Baying: 'Yls, that's molne U for Patrick, S for McCarthy. Be my sowl, but this larnin' Is a folne thing. If I had not been well edlcated I -would niver av known the blankets to be molne, at all. at all Our government has been Imitating Patrick McCarthy, annexing uncivilized territories, and explaining that it did so in the interests of , civilization. "Be my sowl ' but this civilization Is a folne thing But this conduct has brought trouble." ; . . t ' : SARAH BERNHARDT! HANDS. The Actress Remarkable Poorer of ExprcMalon -nrlth Her Flnvers. London Woman. It ' has been asserted by the admirers of Mme. Bernhardt that If 6he were o concealed by curtains as to render visible only her hands, with which she could go through a' pantomimic action, she would be instantly recognized by any one who had ever seen her act. It Is certainly true that her arms and fingers are as potent agents In the expression of her emotions as they are unusual. The average actor has a scanty enough stock of gestures, all of them traditional, whh which to express love. bite, .despair, - rage, contempt and the rest, nut tne aiyme-ara. Ah, that is another thing! Let Mme, Bernhardt speak French.' Greek. Choctaw qr not at all: let the play be Itaclne, Sardou, what you will; let the thought be the height or passion or a level of ordinary experiences, with only her beautiful and wonderful hands she can translate the whole story;- daylight and champagne discover not more clearly. There-is something about her inspired finger tins stranre. weird and more than natural. ' About the middle of the first act of "Glsmond" in walks this astonisning creature, leading the clever little child who plays the uart of Gismonda's son. The Duchess seats herself at one side and talks with her barons bout a statue of Aphrodite and other easy topics. She does not think much of the statue and banishes it with an expressive curving sweep of her arm. The little boy in hpr lan and she runs her flnxer tips through and through the root of the hlr with that yearning trick of affection which most mothers practice and most children de spise. Francesco trots awav, ana tne vinain, Gregory, pushes him Into the tiger's pit. Nw the hands begin to tell a strange and varied story. They cover her eyes and ehe npfr through her fingers at the dreadful sight. They clutch at her hair, clutch at her breast, dutcn tne nornnea attendants, uig into their arms. The fingers writhe, and. being interlocked, try to pull each other out by main strength. One long, outstreched hand, follows Almerks Into the pit and pictures with incessantly moving fingers his fleht with and triumph ever the tiger, and madly beats th other in delirious joy wnen ne comes caieiy out with the child alive. Aimerio comes upon the stage with rescued Francesco, and the hands tear the child from his arms and cover him with lingering ca resses. Then she lifts up one white hand at the cross and it swears to give ner nueny and herself to the man who saved the child's life. Prsentlv It eoes traveling about the crDwd of barons, palm upward, index and mlddl flneers extended, third and fourth fingers partly closed, asking which of them has done this courageous thing. None of them; It wai the peasant falconer. Aimerio. The nands cllncn hard in aristocratic aversion. So on through the play and ail other play In which she is seen. Her every movement of hand or finger, as every InfWion of voire, has. a distinct, concrete, individual meaning whih strikes th- exact chord of the meaning in the passing thought. A Consular Srunilnl. Sp?cial In Chicago Post. The discovery of the destitution of Mrs. Henry C. Smith, of this city, wife of the United States consul at Santos, Brazil, is calling unpleasant attention to an accumulation of scandals In the consular branch of the State Department. Smith Is a colored man who was dug out of obscurity by Hoke Smith and given a two-thousanu-aoi.ar job. Mrs. Smith says ne has entirely neglected his family here, and her story is believed. While the late Judge Gresham was alive several complaints of flagrant misdemeanors lodged egainstsconsuls were discussed, and Mr. OIney gave utterance to the chance remark that if he were Secretary of State he would find a way, to purify the service and get rid of bad material. He has been Secretary of State nearly a year, yet he has dene nothlrg in that direction, although tv.'enty or more consuls rest under charges that, if true, would merit instant dismissal. The riare to UeKln. New York World. : The free-silver Bourbons want to "restore the conditions prior to 1875." Let them begin by increasing the price of silver from CS cents an ounce to 11.30. Then perhaps they will bury cut of sight the 400,0U00 and more cf silver dollars coined since 1S73. The next step would be to seal up the great silver mines that have more than doubled our current supply of the white metal. After all this Is done "free coinage" could da no harm. But the conditions must be reStored before the country can "safely go ahead on the Bourbon theory. Not n "Find" to Be Proud Of. Springfield Republican. How has the once proud Boston fallen! It 13 now boasting, through its Literary World, that the original article by Hamlin Garland announcing the discovery of Ste5 hen Crane appeared In a Boston magane. And yet some very good writers once even lived la Bcstca. -

MR. COBB UNSEATED

AX ALADA31L1X "WHO WAS ELECT ED' IX A FUAt'D-niDDEX DISTRICT. Democrat In the House Thrown Into a Freniy by the Haling of Temporary Speaker Barrett. SPEECH BY L. W. KOYSE INDIAN APPROPRIATION' DILL AGAIN DISCUSSED IN THE SENATE, Arguments for and Acnlnst Governmeat Support of School Morgan Report on Pacific Roods., WASHINGTON, April 21. The House to day unseated James E. Cobb, a Democrat representing the Fifth Alabama district, and voted 121 to 4S to seat Albert T. Goodwin; Populist, but the, point cf no quorum being made, the House adjourned with the final vote still pending. Five Republicans voted with the Democrats to recommit the case. with instructions to the 'committee to per mit the contestant to offer estimony In re buttal. Mr. Cobb had COS majority on the face of the returns, but the majority found extensive frauds in the three black counties of - the district, which reduced Mr. Cobb's vote and gave the contestant 2,350 majority. The minority claimed that no opportunity was given to submit evidence in rebuttal and that fraud was presumed, not proved. Mr. Cobb has been a member of the Fiftieth, Fifty-first, .Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. He was unseated by the Fiftyfirst House. . An effort was made to fix Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week for debate on the bankruptcy bill, but it was unsuccessful. Mr. Plckler's general pension bill will be brought up to-morrow and the debate will probably run until Fri day. , At the opening of the session Mr. Hender son asked unanimous consert that the bank ruptcy bill, "which he gave notice he would call up to-day, be considered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Mr. Hepburn objected. There was a great pressure for unanimous consent, and quite a number of bills were passed. Among them was the Senate bill for the relief of settlers on Northern Pacific railroad indemnity lands. At 12:45 o'clock-the regular order was de manded, and Mr. Daniels, chairman of elections committee No. 1, called up the con tested e.ectlon cause of Goodwin vs. CotVb from the Fifth Alabama district. An unsuc cessful attempt was made to limit the time r or debate to three hours, but Mr. Cobb, the contestee, objected. The report recommends the unseating of Cobb, who is a Democrat. Before the debate began Mr. Cook, from the same committee, made the report on the case cf John L Rlnlker, a Republican, vs. Finis K. Downing, a Democrat from the Sixteenth Illinois district. The report favored the seating of the contestant. Mr. Downing is the only Democratic member of the House from Illinois. The House report In favor of Rlnlker was decided on to-day by elections commmlttee No. 1 by a vote of 6 to 4. Mr. Moody, a Massachusetts Republican, voted with the three Democrats on the committee In favor of Downing. On the face of the returns Mr. Cobb had a majority of 508 votes. Mr. Royse. of Indiana, who opened the debate, said the white counties In the dis trict gave Mr. Goodwin a majority of 3.612, while the three black counties returned ma jorities so large for Mr. Cobb as to overcome the majority for Mr. Goodwin In the white counties. The testimony, he said, showed extensive frauds In the black counties, which warranted a reduction of Mr. Cobb's vote by 2.8C3. thus giving -the contestant 2.3C0 plurality. Mr.' Bartlett. in behalf of the minority, arcued that the contestant had been denied an opportunity to-meet testimony adduced in support of the charges of fraud. He declared that fraud was not to be presumed, except upon the strongest proof. Mr. Cobb, the contestee, took he floor and made an hour's speech in his own behalf. An exciting Incident occurred toward the close of Mr. Cobb's remarks. Mr. Barrett, a Massachusetts Republican, who was temporarily In the chair, let the hammer fall, and with the announcement that the time of the minority side had expired, recognized Mr. Daniels, of New York, chairman of the elections committee. Mr. Cobb indignantly protested that he could not be taken off the floor; that, he had an hour in his own rlgh. Mr. Bailey, Mr. Turner, Mr. McMlllln and several other Democrats Jumped to their feet and demanded recognition as matters of privilege and to make parliamentary Inquiries. Mr. Barrett was deaf to the clamor, refusing to recognize them for any purpose unless Mr. Daniels yielded. Mr. Bailey, wHh flushed face, insisted upon recognition for a parliamentary Inquiry as a right, not as a courtesy, and shouted above the storm of protests from the Democratic side that If tho occupant of the chair hud any knowledge of the rules he would know that a parliamentary Inquiry was always In order. But Mr. Barrett was , obdurate. Just as the strain was growing intense. Speaker Reed, who had been hurriedly summoned from his private room In the rear of the lobby, ascended the rostrum. He took in the situation at a glance. .The trouble had arisen, ho explained very quietly to the Irate Democrats, from a misunderstanding on the part of the temporary cccupant of the chair. "Icnorance, not misunderstanding," shouted Mr. Bailey. The Speaker called Mr. Bailey to order with a bang of his gavel and continued that Mr. Barrett, understanding that but one and a. half hours had been allowed on a side, had sought to carrry out what he conceived .to be the understanding. Mr, Cobb was recognized to proceed and the excitement quickly subsided. At the conclusion of "Mr. Cobb's remarks, Mr. Daniels closed for the majority. At 40 p. m. Mr. Daniels demanded the previous question, which was ordered. The vote was first taken on the minority resolutions declaring Mr. Cobb, the sitting member, entitled to his seat. The resolution was defeated on a rblng vote, 47 to 109. Mr. Dlnsmore then moved to recommit the case, with Instructions to the election committee to allow the contestee to submit evidence In rebuttal. The motion to recommif was lost CO to 130. Five Republicans Messrs. Arnold, of Rhode Island; Barrett, of Massachusetts; Knox, of Massachusetts; Loud, of California, and WIllLs. of Delaware voted wkh the Democrats. The first declaring Mr. Cobb not entitled to the seat was adopted viva voce, but the quorum failed 121 to 4S-on the resolution declaring Mr. Goodwin entitled to the seat, and at 5:50 p. m. the House adjourned. DERATE IX THE SEXATE. Sectarian School Question Again Dis cussed with Spirit. . WASHINGTON, April 21. The ' Senate spent the day on the Indian appropriation bill, but did not complete It. The sectarian school question was taken up late in the day, and brought out an animated debate. Senators Galllngcr, Thurston and Teller opposing and Senators Gray and Pettigrew supporting the amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell extending for two years the time for the entire abandonment of sectarian Indian schools. Final action on the ques tlon was not reached. Most of the day was given to the contest against legal claims in connection with tne Western Cherokee settlement, and the claims were Anally agreed to. In the morning hour a bill was pustd granting the abandoned Fort Marcy military reservation (New Mexico) to the American Invalid Ail feociety. for the purpose o: estab lishing a sanitarium for the treatment of pulmondrv diseases. It was at nrt intended to ertablifh the sanitarium at Fcrt Stanton, but Fort Marcy was found to be' more accessible The bill was passed establit hlng customs ports of entry at Pueoio, Durango ana ieaa vlllp'Coh f Mr. Pugh toen presented tne minority report of his colleague, Mr. Morgan, on the Pacific railroad bill. Mr. Pugh real a note from Mr. Morgan, who waa about to leave the ci;y, stating that the minority report was directed against the three bills introduced, for a Pacittc railroad readjustment, and was not merely -a response to the substitute bill Ju.t presented by the committee, whicti bill, said Mr. Morgan s note, "was never srn and uiscussed by me." In his report Mr. Morgan says an examination of Mr. Huntington's testimony taken before the S?nate committee on Pacific roads "will disclose a most extraordinary condition of affairs relating to the Central and SoutUrn Pacific railroads and other roads ccnnectir.s with them," and continues: "Without tttcmptins la thij p-er t

arrav the evlJene cf fraud ir.S reeulatlca

which Huntington's tf sUnior.y v,m;y attempts to conceal, atttntljn is drawn to the fact that this evasion or trJth. as it t thtrouRhly established, are his main reliance for misleading Ccngre?s In his cnort tj cap ture the Central Tacirlc railroad af;cr It has made him and his thre rr fJr associate enormously rich, on the plea that his prlle impels him to save the road from bank ruptcy, to which his fraudulent dealing sterns to have driven it." Mr. Morgan siyj tne Mw offered propose a "total change of the exit- . ing laws as they affect the rsgr.ts or tne United States, the creditors of thee companies and the stockholders and bondholder. " and such alteration is rrovidd for in most eiaoorate and complex legirution. iiany oc tne proposed features cf all these bills anect In the most Questionable war vested rightsthat are threatened with violent disturbance." lie proposes as dsdbsil;ule a bill aiding a power that Is now provided by law. that will . enanie tne government to liquidate aeot that Is falling due on the subfldy bonds and: the first mortraze bonds of these companies. and to provide for the collection of the deat paid for interest on the subsidy bnin. anl t appiy tne income of the corporations to sucn purposes. PROPOSED GROUND MAP. When the reading of the report "ras con cluded Mr. Cannon, of Utah, was recognized for a speech supporting his resolution for a huge ground map covering 625 acres, located near Washington, showing the entire top ography and geography of the' United States. He explained that the map would give an object lesson of the extent of our country. The Mississippi river would be . shown by an actual stream three feet wide ana two tnousand yards long, while Lake Michigan would have 22.000 ouare vards of - water. Mr. Cannon said he would have the map mciuae "crucified Cuba," and also leave sufficient space to the north to permit the addition of other countries which might choose to join the, Union. The bill was re ferred to the committee on buildings and grounds. The Indian bill was then taken tm and thi debate proceeded on the claims of lawyers ior services in connection with the Choc--taw settlement. Mr. Chandler moved an amendment to the provision for the pay ment of the attorneys of the Cherokee old settlers requiring the balance due to tha Western Cherokee Indians to Le retained in the treasury and allowing the persons making claims for legal sen-ices to sue in the Court of Claims. He spoke in opposition to the claims. After a protracted debate an aye and nay vote was taken on the amendment, and It was defeated 15 to 5G. The claims were then nereed to without division, and the provisions relating to Indian schools were taken ud. The nendinr question was on the amendment heretofore onercd by Mr. Cockrell declaring it to rs the settled policy of the government to maxe no appropriations to sectarian schools as soon as provision can otherwise be made for Indian children and directing the Secretary of tte Interior to make such provisions not later than 183$. Mr. Galllnger opposed the amendment aa an unnecssary modification of the policy to suDsiuuie government' lor 'sectarian" schools, and urged that no Indian children' would be denied education bv reason of a speedy change. Mr. Pettigrew. in charge of the bill, said an Immediate abandonment of the contract scnoois would leave a number of children without schools. The Senator said he was willing to accept the Cockrell amendment. "Tne continued appropriation of public money for sectarian purposes proceeded Mr. Galllnger, "is a violation and a reproach to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution of the United States. I believe that no appropriation for sectarian purposes should be made. That is the American doctrine." Mr. George opposed any delay in glvinr up sectarian schools, which were a standing violation to the Constitution, as well as a. manirest injustice to denominations not receiving government aid. Mr. Kyle spoke of the schools now' la operation and the Justice of allowing thera to surrender their work gradually. Mr. Thurston exf ressed his respect for every church of Christianity, yet he regarded it as a fundamental principle that the public money of the people should be expended only for public purposes and only by public officers and instrumentalities. Mr. Gray said he never learned that the foundations of this government were not broad enough for equal Justice and toleration to all. The Senator sent to the drsk; and had read an article by Archbishop Ireland on church and state, and commended Its patriotic utterances. The Senator thanked God there was room in this country for all denominations. Protestantism was not bigotry, he said, and Christianity is not fanaticism. Mr. Thurston said that he had been misunderstood by Mr. Gray if the latter construed his (Thurston's) course to a criticism, of any denomination. No Senator, proceeded Mr. Thurston, exceded him 'In reverence for the barefooted priest bearing the cross of Christ and spreading the doctrine of the lowly Nazarene throughout the world. Mr. Teller favored dealing with the question here and now and thus compelling the government to meet the requirement for schools without further delay. Mr. Pettigrew asked that a time for a vote on the sectarian school amendment be fixed and suggested 1 p. m. to-morrow, but there was objection to fixing any timeThen, at 6t30 p. m., the Senate adjourned, SALVATIONISTS UNFAIR, Didn't Mr.ke Public an Important Let ter Written by Ilalltngton Booth NEW YORK, April 2L-Ballington Bootb and Mrs. Booth said to-day that the Matement and correspondence Issued by Commander Booth-Tucker merely furnished further proof of the accuracy of the allegations they have previously made. They further say that it Is manlfeftly unfair oa the part of the leaders of the Salvation Army to have given the general's private letter to Balllngton and not to have Given Bailing ton's In reply, which is a most complete answer to the general's letter and contains most. detrimental and damaging information regarding the Salvation Army." It is added by the Balllngton Booths that they stand by every word contained In their ctatement of April lJ, and they conclude by saying that most of the extracts from the .orre?ponience made public to-day were written three years and eight months ago. long before the difficulty arose. 3IAY ESCAPK THE DEATH CHAIIL Maria Barber!, Who Killed Her Hootblack Lover, Granted a .New "Trial. ALBANY. N. Y., April 21.-The Oourt of Appeals has granted a new trial o Muia Barber!, on the ground of exclusion c.l proper evidence and partiality f Recorder Gcff's charge to the Jury. About vear ago Mtrla Barberl killed her lover, a booth uc narntd Domenlco Cataldo, in New York, wha had let her know that she was to b .-at off. The girl could speak no ISngllah i.nd was without friends until her "aure was taken up by some philanthropic pole. It was urged In her behalf that nhe wv. goidel io madness by Cataldo saying to ner, when she demanded that he marry her, "Hoga may marry: we never do' Her conviction and sentencing to death tools place la October of last year. . - ATE IlIL'UKE POOP. Thirty-Three People PoUonrd at Plttuburjr, but Xone Fatally. PITTSBURG. April 2i.-Durlng the past forty-eight hours thirty-three persons in this city have been ;po!?ond by eating impure food and sweetmeats.' Thirteen of the victims were boarders at a fashionable private hostelry in Harlewood. while the remainder live on the South-side, Fortunately, all have recovered, although several were so near death that their recovery was a surprise to the physicians. The cause of the Haalcwood polson.'ngs has not ten determined. In the cases o? the South-side families It Is ascribe! to chocolate cake purchased at a bakery. HOLMES CASE JIJttOR KILLED. Shocked to Death by Eleetrlelty, and lit Son Fatally Injured. PHILADELrillA. April 21. Linn C. Biles. who was foreman of the. Jary thjj tried H. H. Holmes for the murder of B.'F. Titeel, was killed by electricity to-day and his son received injury that will ?roably result fatally. They we.e endeavoring to remove a telephone wir which had become, crosd with an electric i&ht wire on the roof of their house when they received the deadly shock. ALLEGED CASE OP CHOLERA. Mr a. Majrurte Dohler, of Chicago, tiup poel to He m. Victim of the DUrnr. CHICAGO. April 21. Mrs. Maggie Dohler died rather unexpectedly after a few hours' Illness to-day. and it is bcllcvtd by Dr. J. W. Fltzmaurlce that she had cholera. He Trfued to Issue a death certLicate and noticed th coroner. In order that an c'J.:iil inwsUjtlon tzzy tz tzZ