Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1899 — Page 4

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THE I.DIAXAPOLIS JOURNAL run be found at the following places: NEW YOIIK Astor IIou. CIIICAGO-ralmer House, P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific HoteL CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley & Co., IA Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerln. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets,' and Louisville Book Co., ZA Fourth, avenue. 6T. LOUIS Union News Ccmpany, Union Depot. Washington, d. c rtiggs House, Ebbitt IIoum and WUlard's HoteL The fact that the New York Assembly has parsed an antitrust law by a vote of 105 to 2 leads to a suspicion that It Is an effective measure. Th State Department Is kept pretty busy nowadays closing Incidents opened by naval officers. The trouble with the latter Is they talk as they shoot right at the mark. People who furnish for publication compromising letters written by naval officers in the freedom of private social correspondence are much more censurable than the writers of the letters. True to his name, General Fred Grant favors the suppression of the Filipino rebellion at whatever cost. "It may take a lot of men," he says, "but they must be put down." He talks like the son of his father. The Chicago papers -which are hostile to Governor Tanner are commending him for Vetoing? the sugar bounty and the voting machine bills. This, however, does not make the Governor and the papers friends. South Carolina has taken the first step toward checking the lynching habit. It Is a law which provides that the county in which a lynching occurs must pay the relatives of the Individual lynched $2,000. The Supreme Court of the State has declared the law constitutional. The London Dally Mall sizes up the American Agulnaldlst faction correctly when It eays "It Is Insignificant In strength and Influence, but what It lacks In this direction It makes up for by lung power." Any faction that numbers Mr. Bryan among its members will always be rich in lung power. Mr. Irving Winslow, secretary of the Antl-lmperiallst Society In Boston, demands the Impeachment of the President and dares the administration to proceed against those whom It believes to have given aid to Agulnaldo. Mr. Wlnslow Is not the first little man who has tried to attract public attention to himself. The Atlanta Constitution says that the well-known citizen and ex-Confederate soldier, who employed Strickland, who was lynched, was threatened by the mob which murdered an Innocent man If he persisted in his opposition. That la, the conservative white man Is in danger if he protests against the lynching of Innocent men. The Springfield Republican (mugwump) declares that "the Georgia lynchings are of the white civilization we would carry to the Orient." The civilization of a Georgia county is not the civilization of the United States. Moreover, those who are guilty of the shocking lynchings In Georgia are the enemies of the President and his party. One might come to the conclusion that J3o sa Croker Is a much greater man than ex-Speaker Reed by the crowd he drew to the departing steamship on Wednesday, but outside of Tammany the Democrats of the country would not dare to have it known that they are on any sort of terms with the Tammany boss, though hostile to 13 to L At a dinner speech In New York a few eights ago. ex-Secretary of the Interior Bliss, said: "I know what strenuous efforts -were made by the President to prevent war, but after the calamity In Havana harbor war had to come." That is true. It -was as Inevitable as the civil war In 1S61, and posterity will recognize Its results as equally beneficial. The Philadelphia Ledger, which is an independent paper, does not agree with Mr. Wanamaker about the trial of ex-Senator Quay. The Ledger says that "the verdict Is a signal triumph forMr. Quay, because his acquittal was obtained uion the testimony of the state." Moreover, the Ledger says that the trial was conducted "with ability and fairness." Congressman Dockery, of Missouri, publishes a letter In which he predicts that "the controlling declaration of the national Democratic platform of 1500 will be a demand for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of IS to 1." He adds: "The Democratic party will take no backward step on this question." How could It get any further back than that? That was a breezy and Interesting letter from Admiral Kautz regarding the situation at Samoa, but the relatives to whom It was addressed had no right to give It out for publication. As Captain Coghlan was betrayed into publicity by the Union League Club, so Admiral Kautz Is by his relatives. He will doubtless bo Indignant when he scs his letter in print, and will have a right to be. On economic grounds the hostility of the whites of the South to negroes must be regarded with something of anxiety by those who employ labor. The Atlanta Constitu tion, a 'fair paper, says that nine-tenths cf the colored men and nine-tenths of the whites are in favor of law and order. If this is the case the nine-tenths of both white and black, by combination, should be able to hold the one-tenth in. check. While the lynching. of the murderer might be ex cussd if It had not Un attended with fiend-

jrx and repulsive barbarity tber can bo

no excuse for the lynching of the negro preacher, against whom there was not a particle of evidence. The colored labor Is of value to the South, and the people who have the Industrial welfare of that section at heart should protect Its labor. Moreover, the whites who are demanding the protection of women from brutal negroes should make war upon brutal whites who are guilty of like offenses. , I'.MMTItlOTIC, IF SOT TRKASOXAIH.IL

"Talk is not treason" Is the declaration of a New York paper which expresses the opinion that It is well that the administration pays no heed to the criticisms and denunciations of the applauders of Agulnaldo. Whether talk is treason or not depends upon the effect that talk will have. During the war for the Union talk was accounted treason by Abraham Lincoln. Indeed, those who will hunt up and read hl3 letter to the New York peace men who wrote him deploring the sending of Vallandlgham outside our lines will come to the conclusion that that lenient man regarded It very much In the nature of treason for men to declare that It was an unholy war, which would never end, thus encouraging men in the Union army to desert. Fortunately, the situation now is vastly different from what it was then. The talk which constituted treason because of its effect during the war for the Union is practically harmless now, except so far as reports of It can reach Agulnaldo and lead him to Imagine that there is an influence In the country which can change the purpose of the administration In reference to the Philippines. But, while expressing hope that our army in Luzon may be overwhelmed with defeat may not be treason, it is unpatriotic, and the American people so regard it. Indeed, they have always so regarded It. The-New England Federalists never outlived their hostility to the war of 1812; the brilliant men who uttered protests against the Mexican war went to private life; the Northern men who were venomous during the war for the Union saw years and years pass before their offense was forgotten by the people. It will be so now; the American people will not sustain the men who oppose the establishment of our power in the Philippines, now that we have undertaken to do so. The men who have been sending dispatches to soldiers In Manila urging them to refuse to fight and to demand Immediate muster out are a different class from those excited little men who go about wishing our defeat. They have attempted sedition. They are attempting to do by advice what Agulnaldo cannot do with arms defeat the American army in Luzon and give over nonccmbatants to assassination. The men who have sent such dispatches deserve to be punished. They probably will not be, but their names should be known, that the patriotic people of the country may place a brand of the quality of that of Cain upon them. Many people In this country are deceiving themselves in regard to public sentiment relative to the war in the Philippines. They may Imagine that it would meet the ap proval of the American people to have the United States retire from the Philippines and leave affairs In the hands of Agulnaldo. If they do so imagine they are deceived. If the President should give the order to retire from Manila his name would be denounced all over the countny. Even those who now criticise and assume a hostile attitude would denounce an act which would humiliate the American Nation in the eyes of the world. To-day in this country the quality which may be called national pride and self-re spect stands for something. some cinm.w xewspaper ptoL1SIICHS. A dispatch In the Journal of yesterday stated that the German newspaper publishers of Missouri had held a meeting in St. Louis "for the purpose of defining their position regarding the new policy of Imperial ism and militarism." After considerable discussion they adopted resolutions denouncing malicious efforts to destroy the historical friendship and create bad feeling between the United States and Germany; declaring that "Germany has no unfriendly Intentions and no desire to oppose us in the Orient;" asserting the loyalty of GermanAmericans to the government and concluding as follows: True to the Constitution and traditions of the Republic, we take a firm stand against militarism and imperialism, knowing that the German-American citizens stand almost unanimously against this new course, which would endanger the welfare and tho future of the Republic The German newspaper publishers of Missouri seem to be taking themselves too seriously. Tho total number of German newspapers published in Missouri Is thirty-eight, of which six are published dally, twentyfive weekly, and the rest semi-weekly or monthly. If every German newspaper publisher in Missouri was present at the St. Louis meeting, which is not at all probable. the total attendance would have numbered thirty-eight. As a popular demonstration this does not greatly outclass tho "three tailors of Tooley street." Nor Is there any reason to believe that the mass of the German-Americans in Missouri are excited about the alleged misrepresentations concerning the attitude of the German government or the relations between the United States and Germany. Thero was no occasion for the meeting, nor for the protestations regarding tho loyalty of German-Americans, which no person questions. There are over one thousand English newspapers published In Missouri. If the publishers of these papers should hold a meeting and pass resolutions condemning the thirty-tight Germans for trying to organize a class sentiment on national lines there would be a fine state of brotherly love among the newspaper publishers In Missouri. The resolution quoted above Is open to criticism from another point of view. "True to the Constitution and the traditions of the Republic." says the resolution, "we take a firm stand against militarism and imperialism." It Is probable that President McKlnley and his "advisers and the American people generally know as much about the Constitution and the traditions of the Republic as the German newspaper publishers of Missouri do. But, waiving that, one would like to know what they mean by "militarism and imperialism," and what information they have that "this new course" has been determined upon. It does not look much like militarism when the President declines to exercise the power which Congress has given him to call out thirty-five thousand volunteers, and as for 'imperialism," he has disavowed any such policy In the strongest possible manner in his speeches and papers The truth is, the two words have no place In American political nomenclature. They belong in Germany, where militarism and Imperialism both exist and flourish In their most universal and offensive forms. The silly talk about militarism is absurdly mistimed when volunteers are returning" by thousands from Cuba, Porto XUco and Uio

Philippines to be mustered out of the serv

ice, and Imperialism f.s a strange word to apply to the efforts of the United States -to establish its authority over territory which it holds by the double title of conquest and purchase. Tne United States does not propose to raise, by conscription, and 'main tain at enormous expense a standing" army of 000 men In time of peace, as Germany does, nor is she trying to share the partition cf China and Africa as Germany Is. If German-Americans want to find militarism and Imperialism they must go to the fatherland for them. They do not exist in this country. As President McKlnley said. in his speech at Boston, on the ICth of February last, "No imperial designs lurk In the American mind. They are alien to American sentiment, thought and purpose." The words used by the German newspaper publishers of Missouri have been introduced in current discussion for a misleading and mischievous purpose. They are out of place in the American vocabulary and should be confined to the countries and the languages where they belong. COXFLICTIXG REPORTS. The reader of the special telegrams regarding European affairs in two or three leading papers of yesterday will be more puzzled than if he had no news upon the subject. One of these telegrams announces that Russia has located a port on the Gulf of Persia and that Great Britain Is alarmed at the Czar's aggressiveness because It Is regarded as a plot to undermine British supremacy in the Persian gulf. It Is claimed that this concession has been made to Russia because Its trade Is already encroaching upon the British In Persia. As this is an indication that Russia Is a rival of England's for trade, the story does not seem probable, since Russia Is not a rival for trade in its own products with any nation It is not a manufacturing nation and is not considered as a commercial rival by any country. Of all the larger nations its al"n in expanding its borders seems to be to obtain control over territory, to be military rather than industrial. At present and for years Russia Is not and has not been a rival In ccmrrerce with Great Britain or Germany. Its people are not skilled in the varied Industries, and they seem to lack the education and the adaptation to become extensive manufacturers. The other report is to the effect that tho rulers of Great Britain and Russia have coma to an understanding. For years, the. report rays, they have been jealous of each other and each has been trying to circumvent the other. At last the two governments have discovered that there Is no cause for ihbs jealousy. They are not rivals. Russia needs capital and has a commerce which is shut out cf other European countries by hostile tariffs. Continental financiers are no longer villlng to lend to Russia, As the latter must borrow money it Is compelled to turn to Great Britain, which not only has money to lend but merchandise to sell. The authors of thl3 report, which appears In the London Times, predict that the end has come to the senseless policy of jealousy and hostility between Russia and Great Britain. There is a reasonableness In this report which leads one to imagine that there may be something in It. In no commercial sense are Great Britain and Russia rivals; on the other hand, more than any great nations In Europe, if not In the world, each needs the other. It is said that the only obstacles are political a feeling of prejudice that has existed for years. But race or political aversions cannot be kept alive when commercial interests draw the two peoples together. The wonder .is that the reported understanding has not existed for years. Neither of these conflicting reports may have any foundation in fact, but the latter seems the more probable for the reason that England has what Russia needs and Russia has markets for British merchandise. OTlSS rilESEIST CAMPAIGN. The movements of the army in Luzon are being watched at the present time with unusual interest, because It is believed that the bulk of Aguinaldo's army is about Calumplt and that It Is making a stand there. It seems that the fighting has not been pushed about the town because the arrival of General Lawton Is awaited, he being expected to close the avenues of escape. If he shall be able to do this, great results may be expected from the present campaign. General Lawton has encountered all sorts of obstacles, which have delayed his progress. The Filipinos seem to have shown more of a disposition to stand their ground; nevertheless, the fighting yesterday again demonstrated that they cannot, even with elaborates works, face the small but intrepid army of Americans. Considering the nature of the fighting the Americans taking the aggressive In the face of an Intrenched enemy the losses of the assailants are marvelously light. This Is doubtless due to the effectiveness which the magazine rifle gives to what would have been called a skirmish formation years ago. The developments of the next two or three days will be watched with the greatest Interest, because upon the result of the present movement depends the future of the war. If Agulnaldo meets with a serious defeat no more troops will be needed than those now on their way to Manila, If otherwise. It Is probable that the President will see the necessity of calling out a few regiments of volunteers. If Agulnaldo remains about Calumplt until General Lawton gets within striking distance the surrender of the insurgent army Is probable. Just now it Is not so much a question of driving the enemy out of Calumplt as it Is of penning him up there and compelling him to surrmder. Senator Frye's speech In New York was a very suitable one to be made at a banquet given in recognition of his efforts in favor of the extension of American commerce. The views ho expressed were those of an American statesman who believes that his country should not neglect the opportunities or shirk the duties Providence has set before it. Patrick Henry said in one of his famous speeches: "If this be treason, make the most of It." Senator Frye concluded his rlngingv speech with: "Such utterances as these may subject me to the charge of being an expansionist. I plead guilty to the indictment." Booker T. Washington takes a sensible and philosophical view of the cause and cure of Southern lynchings. "The solution," he pays, "is to bo found In the thorough mental, religious and industrial education of both races in tho South." That Is the enly thing that will reach the root of the matter. When that Is accomplished crime will diminish, respect for courts and legal methods will increase and mob law will cease. It is a slow cure, but all others will bo superficial and Ineffective. Agonclllo, the Filipino agent who left the United States some two months ago. Is said to be about to return to Washington with preposterous overtures for peace, including the pardon of Agulnaldo, els appointment to

office, the establishment of an American protectorate looking to the ultimate independence cf the Islands, etc If he comes with such a proposition he will doubtless learn that the only terms of peace the United States will consider are unconditional surrender. A paper which has delighted to assail exSpsaker Reed laments his retirement and the possible election of a small man to the speakership, saying "the days of small men are at hand." There have been two great speakers in recent years Reed, and Crisp, who followed In his footsteps. They have set the precedents. It certainly Is not the fault of the Republicans that there are not a dozen able Democrats In the next House,

since, under Bjyanhro, ostracism is the penalty of real ability. During the first three months of this year the customs receipts of Cuba were $3,273,206. which would indicate a revenue of $13.O0O.OO0 a year. The increase from week to week has been so great that it is estimated that the revnue for the year will reach $1S,000,000, which will be sufficient to meet all the expenses of the government, including the army. American citizens in the army and navy should recall the silence of that greatest of American soldiers General Grant and emulate it on all occasions. IIIIHILKS IX THE AIR. The Hnshunds. "Does your husband always swear at his collar button when It goes wrong?" "No; sometimes he prefers to swear at me." Emblem of Curlowlty. "Did it ever occur to you to wonder how the Interrogation mark origiated?" "Huh! Any one can see that it is a conventionalized rubber neck." Alarmed. Barker Our chairman says we ought to be able to carry the election by good, honest work. Carker I hope that Isn't all he has to depend onl Spring. Among the branches of the trees The merry robins toot; Far out, upon the bleacherles, The merry rooters root. The biking girl is out again Upon a wheeling spree; She knocks down timid gentlemen And mocks their miseree. The winter cider barrel lies Deplete, without a bung; Also, the farmer's out of meat, And gentle Spring has sprung. THE STATE PRESS. Business is better, prices are better, wages are better jet our Popocratic brethren said these things never could come about until 16 to 1 was realized. Seymour Republican. Dewey's assertion that he doesn't believe he is qualified for the office of President shows the difference between the modesty of Admiral Dewey and Colonel Bryan. Lafayette Call. We all encouraged the beginning of the war which led to the occupation of the Philippines, and we should all stand together until the war is over. There will be plenty of time for politics hereafter. Union City Eagle. In his efforts to adjust the Alexandria strike in a manner that will protect the Interests of the worklngmen as well as the owners of the plant Governor Mount has pursued a course that all thoughtful people must aprove. and which at the same time will make him many friends. Mlddietown News. ' Bryan has dropped the "crown of thorns and cross of gold" business and taken up the story of the "dollar or the man." He charges Republicans with putting the dollar above the man. But if his free-silver nonsense was embodied into law the value of the silver-mine owners product would be Increased and no equivalent given to the labor or value of a man. Noblesvllle Ledger. By the panic of 1S&1 the farmers were damaged as much. If not more, than any other class of citizens. Land depreciated and the prices of farm products were just about equal to the cost of raising, but there has been a wonderful' change during tho last two or three years. The price of corn has been doubled, the price of wheat has increased one-third, the price of very other farm product has Increased, and last, but not least, farm land has appreciated. Morrlstown Sun. The only course open to this country is a fight to a finish that will subdue the Filipino rebels. Every word of sympathy reaching them from this country only prolongs their resistance, which every one must admit will prove hopeless. It-is not a question of polities, but of patriotism. No one has the power to foretell what the future policy of the government may be. But those who have not faith to believe that it will be for tho best, under all circumstances, would cut a more consistent figure fighting by the side of Agulnaldo than in poking as American patriots. Laurel Review. Do the people, now that the country is again prosperous, want to try any more Democratic experiments with free things? Wouldn't they better let well enough alone? Do they have any more assurance that free silver will benefit them than that free trade would? Do the free-silver agitators give any more assurance now that free silver will benefit tho country than they did in 1S12 that free trade would do so? When any man or set of men deceives the people once it is the fault of the people themselves if they are deceived by the same fellows again. Columbus Republican. No one can truthfully say that there is any politics or personality In the results of the recent investigation by the grand jury. That body was composed principally of men who take no especial interest In politics. They aro quiet, honest, successful farmers and taxpayers. They represented four political parties. They had no reason to have, and did not have, any personal feeling or animosity against any person indicted by them. The prosecutor and his deputy are active young Democrats who are entitled to good standing In their party. They are right in line with their party on all the political issues now being advocated by it. They have no doubt regretted to have to do much that they have done. It is by no means a pleasant duty to impeach and indict the conduct of a political coworker and friend. They have done what they have done, no doubt, simply through a sense of oificial duty. For doing so they deserve the approval and commendation cf every citizen of the county, irrespective of party. That man who condemns them for doing their duty should be spotted and remembered by the taxpayers of the county. Greenfield Republican. AllOl'T PEOPLE AND THINGS. The widow of an Arizona editor recently had a monument erected over her husband.. On It was cut in relief a pair of broken scissors and the motto "At ResL Munkacsy, the Hungarian artist who has now for some time been mad, has occasional lucid intervals of late, during one of which he called for a print of his "Last Hours of Mozart." and. looking at it. remarked sadly; "That is my best work, 1 11 never be up to that again." It is said that Plessls de Richelieu, who is acting admiral and commander-in-chief of the Siamese navy, was a common seaman in the French navy, and deserted while under sentence of death for striking an officer. This sentence has long been annulled. Richelieu Is a descendant of the house of Richelieu to which the great cardinal belonged. Queen Wllhelmina, of the Netherlands, dislikes to be called "the little Queen." She thinks the phrase reflects upon her kingdom, as she is only five feet one and one-half Inches in height. The Queen of Spain Is only five feet live and two-fifths inches; tho Empress of Russia, five feet two and onehalf inches: the Enpre? of Germany and Queen Victoria still smaller. Aside from her height, the yourg Dutch Queen is also of the best build. Htr twenty-one and one-half-inch waist -measure and forty-two-inch bust give an admirable proportion. Her powers of endurance were well tested on coronation day. when for six long hours she wore th ceremonial mantle oX red velvet trimmed

with ermine, a weight of not less than thirty pound?, and showed no marked symptom of fatigue. The circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Joseph Cra'g, wife of the prominent oil operator of Pittsburg, are peculiarly sad. Mrs. Craig had been South for the benefit of her health, and on her way home stopped at a ashlngtcn hotel for a few days. She was assigned to a room that had been occupied with some one suffering with diphtheria, and which rnr.m had r.niv bt en re

cently disinfe-cted. Mrs. Craig did not regard the fact of particular moment, but nhe f contracted tne disease and her death followed. Evansville. Ir.d., has a proselyting constable, who has a record of having persuaded In one year over one hundred offenders to renounce their evil ways and to become respectable members of society. The constable has the sympathy and assistance of the judge of the local court in his methods, and boasts that he is accomplishing more for good order and morality than any other officer in the State. Whenever he arrests a man he asks him if he want to join the church. If the man shows a disnosition to reform he is treated with consideratron, and the court shows lenity. If the law-breaker has no desire to become a church member he is given the full limit of the law. There is an altar in the constable's office, and it is said to be nothing unusual to see him kneeling in prayer with some man who has violated the law. The officer is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, but many who differ with him in religious belief do all they can to assist him. Conspicuous in his office is a sign: "No swearing in this office. It is against the laws of Indiana to swear." Maud Muller, on a summer day. Helped in the meadow raking hay. But all Mauu's daughter?, on and off. Don't do a thing but just play golf. Chicago Record. INDIANA OIL RECORD M3T INCREASE IX PRODUCTION AXD IX M'MDER OP WELLS. Cot of Drilling Has Advanced, nnd There la L.ens Money for the Producer than Formerly, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPlTLILTt, Ind., April 2S.-May will start in with a net increase In new work under way in the Indiana field, and it shows that great activity will be displayed, us everything is now in condition for the oil man as the crops are for the farmers during the harvesting months. Outside capital Is drifting to this field and all are making some investments. Jf they do not buy a ready production they secure some leases and will drill them, which brings work for the laborer and a nice income for the farmer if success in finding oil is complete on hi3 farm. Tho close of May's operation will without doubt show a larger Increase in new work, for by that time the activity in the Sclo, O., pool will be abated and then the oil followers of excitements will return here and renew the work they left behind. The Scio boom did not develop Into what was anticipated by the trade, although the product brings $1.23 in the market, but at the same time It costs double what it does to drill a well in Indiana, The Van Buren township. Grant county, end of the field is making a good showing, as the wells completed by Argue & McKiscon and J. F. Keenan are as good as any found In the State, with good staying qualities and in altogether new territory. The territory in the west center of Washington township, Blackford county, and Jackson and Chester townships. Wells county, can be expected to do their part in this season's activity. The opening of additional territory is also looked for, as a great many test wells will be put down In various districts. Arrangements are being perfected to make further tests at Terre Haute, Francisville, Royal Center, Winchester, Hagerstown, Noblesvllle and Cicero. During April there were 122 wells completed in the Indiana field, which two dozen were worthless for oil, the rest showing a daily output of 2,230 barrels, or an average for each well a day of twe-nty-three ana a third barrels. This is an increase over the March figures of nine completed wells, ninety barrels In production, while In failures there is a decrease of seven. . During the month thirtynine of tho old producing wells were abandoned and the material moved to other locations. All kinds of material used in the oil ilelds have taken a large advance. Lumber has gone up from $2 to $4 a thousand; boilers have advanced each and casing is 'Si cents a foot and all other material in proportion. Contractors are circulating a petition for the purpose of getting an advance in the price of drilling. The next thing in order will be a petition to tho pipe-line companies to advance the price of the commodity in proportion to tho other figures. The lollowing recapitulation is of interest, as It shows a comparison for March and April in the Indiana Meld: Summary of Completed Wells. March. County. Comp. Prod. Dry. Wells 24 510 2 Blackford 20 640 3 Jay 7 1) 1 Adams 4 VQ 0 Grant 13 a 1 Huntington 4 01 0 Madison 6 10 5 1 lx mi 5 l Delaware 4 40 1 Marion 6 ISO 1 Wabash 4 'Q 1 Miscellaneous 16 10 15 Totals 113 2,140 SI April. County. Comp. Prod. Dry. Wells C2 640 2 lllackford 21 4C0 3 Jay 9 160 2 Adams 6 TO 0 Grant 19 M0 2 Huntington 5 l Madison 4 10 2 Miami i 70 1 Delaware 4 40 1 Marion 5 110 1 Wabash 3 SO 0 Miscellaneous 10 10 9 Totals 122 2,230 24 Increase completed wells, 9. Increase new production, 00 barrels. Decrease dry holes. 7. Abandoned wells, 29. Ay. each well. Brls. May 24 3-4 June 23 3-S July 2s i-io August 2T 1-3 September 2 7-17 October 21 2-3 A v. each well. November December January February March , April , Brls. 21 1-4 21 27 2-3 2T 5-D 2G 2J1-3 Drilling Weils and Rigs. March. County. Drg. Rig. Total. welis Ti 2S G3 Blackford . Jay Adams .... 19 21 11 t 11 12 m i 5 4 mm I 3 10 123 40 19 10 23 17 10 9 8 12 IS 8 4 Grant 12 Huntington 5 Madison 3 Miami 4 Delaware 4 Marion 5 Wabaeh 3 Miscellaneous 8 Totals 102 April. County. Drg. Wells Blackford 18 Jay 9 Adams 5 Grant 19 Huntington 6 Madison 2 Miami 5 Delaware 3 Marion 5 Wabash 3 Miscellaneous 6 Rig. Total. 29 21 12 65 9 21 12 3.1 IS 12 10 i ! m 4 14 2i 7 16 12 9 5 4 4 4 8 131 Totals US Increase drilling wells. 16. Increase rigs up and bulldlnj Increase in new work, 24. Stock Dealer Arrested. CHICAGO. April 27. Abraham Moore, of Superior. Neb., well known among live stock dealers throughout the West, was arrested here to-day on an indictment returned by the grand Jury last Tuesday. Tha Indictment accuses him of obtaining by false preter.se from the Strahan-Hut-ton-Kvans Commission Company at the Union stock yards. It is asserted Moore represented to the firm that he had one hundred head of cattle at South Omaha and gave a mortgage upon them to secure the loan, but it has since developed that Moore had no such cattle. Attorneys for the commUston firm allege that Moore has obtained 147,000 from the plaintiffs.

IN GRAM'S MEMORY

ANXIVERSARY OF THE GENERAIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED, Address by "Fighting- Joe Wheeler at the Banquet of the American Republican Club of Pittsburg SHORT SPEECH BY SCHLEY OX THE RECORD OF THE XAVY DIKING THE ItECKNT WAR. Exercises at Galena, 111., Where Postmaster General Sinlth. Warn the Orator of the Day. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 27. Politics gave way to patriotism at the annual banquet of the American Republican Club in honor of the birthday of General Grant to-night, and instead of the names of such prominent Republican leaders among the speakers as McKlnley, Harrison, Reed and Sherman, the army and navy had the call and the guests of honor were General Joseph Wheeler and Admiral Winfleld S. Schley. The dinner was held at the Hotel Schenley and In many respects was the most successful ever given by the club. Covers were laid for 2C3 and had there been room probably twice this number of tickets would have been sold. Preceding the dinner the distinguished guests held a reception which lasted more than an hour and it was long after the time fixed for the banquet when the guests filed into the banquet hall to the inspiring strains of the "Stars and Stripes," Hon. C. L. Magee was chairman at the dinner table and Clarence Burleigh, city attorney, was toastmaster. General AVlieeler on Grant. Major General Wheeler responded to the toast "Grant." In opening he said: ,Calm and beautiful the morning of July 23, dawned on Mount McGregor. All nature seemed subdued. The rays of the risen sun rested upon the green hills and mountains of Vermont, upon the placid ' waters of Saratoga lake and upon the cottage where the life of the greatest man of the Nation was slowly ebbing away. Ulysses S. Grant was in the immediate presence of the foe whom none may conquer, the only foe to whose might the great warrior had ever succumbed. For nine long months had he gazed undaunted Into the face of death, keeping him at hay with one hand while with his pen in the other he bravely finished the work that would make provision for the beloved wife and children he should lfcave behind him. A few moments after 8 o'clock the 'silver cord was loosed, the golden bowl broken,' and the spirit of the patriot-warrior had returned to the God who gave It, and ere the sun had climbed midway to the zenith the elc-ctric wires ha"2 told the people in the uttermost ends of the earth that General Grant was dead. In every city, town and hamlet In our land heads were reverently bowed and sorrow and sympathy were expressed in every countenance." Here General Wheeler quoted an article printed in the Charleston. S. C, News and Courier of July 24, 1885, in which the editor paid a magnificent tribute to Grant. As an echo of this article the general said, "The Southern papers all wrote of the man who twenty years before had compelled the surrender of their armies and the crushing of the cause freighted with all their hopes. And Southern cities tolled their bells In token of their mournful sympathy. "Two years ago. President McKlnley, at the dedication of the monument, beautifully and truthfully said of General Grant: A great life never dies, great deeds are Imperishable, great names immortal. General Grant's services and character will continue undiminished in Influence and advance In the estimation of mankind so long as liberty remains the cornerstone of free government, and Integrity of life the guaranty of good citizenship "But 'sorrow endureth for a night and joy cometh in the morning. and now that grjef and mourning have claimed th tribute, we meet to-night to celebrate th "thday of Grant, the magnanimous, wl memory wo delight to honor and erence, recognizing him as one of tho Nation's immortals. whose memory will be cherished together with that of the father of our country." General Wheeler then reviewed the career of Grant. In closing his remarks the general painted the personal character of Grant, whom he spoke of as "loyal to God, to country, to friends, to all his :ndertakings." His determination was unconquerable, his spirit congenial towards those whom he trusted. Two names, said General Wheeler, would go down to ages yet to come side by side. "Grant, the leader, magnanimous in victory: Lee. than whom no greater ever survived defeat." Grant deserved his renown in each of his characters as "patriot, warrior and statesman." His family life was one of devotion, tenderness and love: his great desire and end after Appomattox was a reunited Nation. General Wheeler concluded by recalling Grant's remarkable prophecy: "At some future day, the nations of the earth will agree upon some sort of congress which shall take cognizance of International questions of difficulty and whose decisions will be as binding as the decision of the Supreme Court is upon us." "Whether this be prophecy." General Wheeler said, "at least it shows that his finger was on tho pulse of the age." Schley on ''Our Xnvy. Rear Admiral Schley, replying to "Our Navy' eaid: "Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Amerlcus Club This beautiful city Is closely connected with our navy, as it is here that so much of the material of our new ships is produced. It Is no wonder that such general interest Is felt by your people and that such widespread information is met here in matters that relate to our navy. Fresh as we aro from the war In which uch wonderful results were wrought, through instrumentals originating about you, I can understand the desire of tho good people of Pittsburg to know Fomething of the persons who helped to bring about the results in which so many of your skilled artisans have had their share. "The war history of our navy is familiar to you all, no words I could add of Its dash or daring in the recent struggle would seem necessary; tho names of Its great captains will live imperlshably in the affection of our People for whom they wrought and fought. The names of Jones, and Somers. and Decatur, and Hull, of Stewart, and Perry, and McDonough, and Farragut, and Foote; of Porter, and Cushing. and Bagley, and Dewey will last always and with Increasing admiration long after the living implements which gave their lives expression shall have fallen away Into dust; their thrilllngly heroic exploits will be read always with increasing heart beats and with reverential admiration for their devotion to the cause of the Republic "The legacy of their work means a wider scope to the duties of citizenship and the honor of their glory gives deeper inspiration to that patriotic devotion to name and to kindred which besets that note of confidence underlying the solid structure of this blessed Republic of ours. Over and beyond nil else in their lives was that consecration to duty in their country's service that set its triumphs and its glory beyond all risks or exposure to themselves and thrilled their hearts and nerved their arms for the battle. The wnr through which the Nation has Just passed has shown that her sons have been faithful to their Inherited traditions and the safety and welfare of our people are secure in their ke?plrg. Lt us hope that the peace It accomplished may be lasting and that the two nations may. under God's providence, march forward in undisturbed amity and friendship for the future. "I do not recall in history that a nation ever before declared war upon another and th day following blockaded the enemy's ports. Such was the condition of readings in our navy that thl was possible in the lnte war. and the lesson It Impresses oucht not to be forgotten that war. to be phort. sharp and decisive, can only be trade so by preparation in times of peace, so that when it must b undertaken It can only end with honor and dignity to the Nation. I rejoice with you all in the prestige that has come to our country through the valiant deeds of hT sons, and no douht I vrice the sentiments cf every one when I express the hope that peace nnd hrppines may abide always with our blrssrd country." The other speakers were Colonel Alex. K. McClure on "Patriotism." and General Willis J. Hullngs, on "Our Army." Admiral Schley and General Wheeler ar rived from Washington shortly after 6

o'clock this morning and the day was ipent In visiting the armor plate work of th Carregies. at Homestead, and the Firth Stir.ir? projectile plant at Demrr.ler. Iater a pul.lic reception was held at the Amerlruj clubhouse, when an opportunity was given several thousand Iittsbrgers to shk h inds with the heroes cf Santiago and San Jucn. During the afternoon General Wheeler was asked if the report wa true that h h-M been as1sr.ed to the department of T. jr;:s. "I hope rot," he replied quickly. "I wa:;t to go to the Philippines. There are several good fifihts left in me yet and I th'nk I could erve rcy country to the tc.t advantage In active service in the field. I have rt given up hope of being sent to Manila. Have you any news from Ivxwton?" The general was rhown the headline in a new-sp.iptr :md chuckled when he read that the Americans hid Just gained a signal victory over the Filipinos. General Wheeler said that he had great faith in the volunteers In service In the Last. An effort was made to et an expression from Admiral Schley on Admiral Kautz'i letter, but he simply waved the question away with a smile and with gestures t-ig-nifying that ho did not care to open hit mouth while such a subject was under discussion. General Wheeler was accompanied to Pittsburg by his daughters. The dlsttnguished party will return to Washington trmorrow, except General Wheeler, who coci West.

EXERCISES AT GALENA. PoMnmnter General Smith prnkt at the Old Home of General Grant. GALENA. 111., Arril 27. The annual celebration of the birthday of Gen. U. S. Grant, under the auspices of the Grant Day Association," was held here to-day. Special trains w.re run from points In Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois and brought thousand of people to view the exercises. Public and private buildings over the city were gayly decorated with flags and bunting, while across the down-town streets along the Una of march were stretched tho national colors and streamers of red. white and blue. The feature of the morning exercises was the presentation to the Galena park commissioners of one of the big rifled cannon taken from the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, Previous to the formal presentation, the big rifle, escorted by members of E. D. KJttoe Post. G. A. R,, and the survivors of Company M, Sixth Illinois Volunteers, was . drawn through the business district, and was viewed by thousands, who heartily cheered the Spanish trophy as It went by. In the afternoon an Immense mass meeting was held at Turner Hall, Iostmaster General Charles Emory Smith being th orator of the day. This evening a public reception was given the distinguished vlsltois at Turner Hall. In his speech, thia afternoon. Postmaster General Smith said. In part: "There is nothing more heroic in the capture of Donelson, nothing grander in the march on Richmond than the grim courage and the noble Impulse with which Grant, la the very shadow of death, wrote the simple fascinating ftorv of his life that was to be the support of those he loved. It was in the last pages. Just as the darkening pall was falling on him, that he penned the following words: 'England and the United States are natural allies and should be tha best of friends. They speak one language and are related by blood and other ties, We together, or even either, separately, are better qualified than any other people to establish commerce between all nationalities of the world. England governs her own colonies and particularly those embracing the people of different races from her own, better than any other nation. "That splendid vision of tne distinguished chieftain Is in course of realization. It is nearly fourteen years since his eyes were closed In death, but the dream which flashed upon his falling sight on the hushed heights of Mount McGregor is to-day a vivid and luminous picture, filling the whole front of the national view. We see now as we never saw before the higher unity and the broader mission of the English speaking race. That race Is the pioneer of civilization and the founder of commonwealths. The triumphs of its energy are written on every page In the glorious history of civil, religious and cornmerlal progress. It has subdued continents and made them blossom like the rose. It stands for the genius of liberty, for liberty clad in a sacred canopy of law which recognises the equality, protects tho rights and executes the organized will of all. Representative government, trial by Jury, freedon of speech and of the press, the right to worship according to the dictates of conscience, the establishment of the common school theso are. tho cardinal elements of its polity, and these are the beneficent fruifi of its ever advancing march. "Our country has not gone forth with ambitious or conquering hand. In the little more than one hundred years of Its national existence it has found its youthful vigor absorbed in developing the mighty continent where God In the westward course of civilization has placed the seat of its unrivaled empire, but it now arches and fills the broad tpace between the Atlantic and Pacific. For a hundred years, which are but a fragment in the lifetime of the Nation, we have lived within ourselves, and, shutting our eyes to the growth and need of the coming centuries, shall we hold that the metes and bounds of the past are to -be the Irrevocable limits of the future? "General Grant paw and said that our country was entering on a new era- Ten, on a new era of unity and progress and power. Ft r. under the impulse and influence of the national uprising and patriotic reawakening of the past year, we witness more than ever on this anniversary of his birth such a reunion of the North and South In heart and in hand as his great and magnanimous spirit yearned for. With this uplifting of the national sentiment at home we see on the broader field what hi tranquil view prefigured in the advance of the English speaking race and of our own portion of it to a larger part In the commerce and civilization of the world." Grnnt Monument Association. NEW YORK, April 27. The Grant Monument Association celebrated to-night the seventy-seventh anniversary of the birth cf General Grant with a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria. Immediately behind the presiding officer was a large portrait bf General Grant, about which was draped a bright silken American flag. The speakers were Congressman J. P. Dolliver of Iowa. J. A. Kasson and others. Gen. Wesley Merrltt, Gen. G. M. Dodge and Dellon M. Dewey, son of Admiral Dewey, were present. THE PROCLAMATION READY, It Mny De Issued by the Governor To Day. All the counties of the State have caw been supplied with copies of the new laws, and receipts have been received from all but Porter, Madison, Morgan, White and Vigo. It Is expected that the secretary cf state will find the delayed receipts waiting for him at his office this morning. The last copy to be delivered was the one for Marlon county, and it was receipted for yesterday. As soon as all the receipts are in the Governor will issue a proclamation declarina the new laws to bo In force. The laws with emergency clauses have been in force since the Governor signed them. One of the laws which will become active with the Governor's proclamation Is the county reform law. This law provides for a County Council. Tho first election will occur In November, and until then councils appointed by the circuit Judges will serve. Tho township reform bill provides for an advisory board of three members to transact the township business. Three two reform bills are looked on as among the most important of the acts of the last Legislature. EXAMINING P00RH0USE& County Commissioner and Auditor SinltU on m. Trip. The County Commissioners and County Auditor Smith left yesterday morning to Inspect the poor asylums at Fort Wayne and Richmond. During the Investigation of the Marion county poor farm by the State Board of Charities, the commissioners heard much of the superior arrangements of the pcor farms ef Wayne and Allen countle. When the boird icctntly de-tided to remodel the Marion county asylum it was ared that the institutions of these other counties should be vUited. The board has a.ked a number of architect to submit plans for the In provements to bo made here, and after the commissioners have examined them, they will be turned over to the State Hoard of Charities for its approval. The commissioners will return to the city to-day. Vacant Lots Cultivation. In the vacant-lot cultivation scheme th total returns to the committee hive been cash, f 154; potatoes twmty-seven bushels; ccds. $1: hardware, implements and fencing. 10. This H not enough to carry on the work and provide for those who should have gardenSL Citizens Interested In thl philanthropy are urKed to send the committee contributions at its rooms in Plymouth Church.