Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 121, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1899.

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The understanding: between Russia and Great Britain must have destroyed the business of those whose exclusive vocation is the production of war clouds in Europe. Last week the bank clearings were 65.7 per cenL, or more than a third greater than those of the corresponding week of last year, leaving far behind the wonderful reccrd of 1SS2. . . Amnesty upon unconditional surrender, tut no armistice, is the proposition of the United States to Agulnaldo." In addition to that, the vanishing George Washington must be good. Such men as Edward Atkinson and the antl-expanslonlsts who have been sending tracts to Manila In the expectation of demoralizing our volunteers will really think less of May 1 this year than" before. They cannot admire Dewey. A British ship captain who has arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, from Manila eays the discipline among the American 60ldlers Is very bad and that "they fight or remain la camp Just as they please." They ceem to prefer fighting most uf the time. The mine operators in neighboring districts, having agreed upon a scale and hours of labor, 1'. seems unwise from every point of view for those where a stlrke is advanced to refuse to accept an arrangement wnicn applies to operators simllarlysituated. ' Whe"n "those excitable persona constituting the Anti-imperialist Society in Boston, after calling for the Impeachment of the President, submitted to him the terms they would have him offer Agulnaldo they displayed unlimited capacity for being disagreeable. To-day, In the State Department at Washington, the French ambassador will receive four warrants of 3,000,000 each. In full payment of war and territorial indemnity to Spain. The machinery of the Spanish government Is in sore need of that kind of clling. Hon. Don M. Dickinson, or Michigan, wno was a member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, predicts that Mayor Harrison will cut UHJiO Vk A IIqUIC lit ilia ucutuwiauv uauviia convention than will Colonel Bryan. Mr. Dickinson's opinions, however, are not those of an infallible prophet. Colonel Funston could not help being born in Ohio, but he left for Kansas as soon as he could walk and g'rew to his ninety pounds In the Sunflower State, which can claim him and his fame. Had he lived to his present years in Ohio he would doubtless have been a consul to some obscure place. The Salt Lake City Tribune, always a rampant advocate of 16 to 1 independent of other governments, observes that European aations are much more in need of the restoration of silver to full money power than I the United States, so that whenever a move la made for free coinage it must be made In Europe. The Mormon fighting Tribune is rlghL Judging from recent expressions the editors of leading papers in Germany understand the real temper and spirit of the American people better than some GermanAmerican editors do. Those of Missouri at least the few who are doing the talking are making themselves ridiculous by their excited protests against what they call imperialism. In the language of the street, they should "dry up." . Foreign orders for heavy American machinery do not all go to Eastern cities. Tne Milwaukee Sentinel says that an establishment In that city has recently received orders for ten large electric traction engines, of which four go to Bristol, England, and the fame company la building a 150.000 blowing engine" for parties In southern Russia. Nothing of this kind ever occurred during a Democratic administration. Most of the independent press In New York give the Republican Legislature credit for doing some good and no bad work. The New York Times (independent Democratic) warns the Democratic party that It cannot find a winning issue in the work of the Legislature. It further warns that party that Governor Roosevelt, In his plans for canal reconstruction, is contriving a plot lor Its complete undoing next year. Voluntary advances of wages affecting large numbers of men continue. A special from Birmingham. Ala., says the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company has announced that on May 1 it will grant an advance of 10 per cent.. In the-wages of a!! Its furnace laborers and employes, other than miners. About 3.0ft) will be affected. The miners have already had two wage advance!, amounting to about 12 per cent., and will probably get a third of two and a half cents per ton on May 1. As these advances come without any strike or demand on the part of employes they are a sure sign of prosperity. VBSSBHBBSaBBSMSaSBBHBSBBBBSSBSXBVBMSaSBSaHMBasaM The coal miners' strike which will begin In thla State to-day is to be regretted beczxii9 It comes at a time when Industries of 1

all kinds are flourishing and a disturbance of business will be hurtful. If it is true, as stated by the miners, that the operators, or some of them, are disregarding a previous agreement concerning wages, the responsibility for the strike will be largely on their shoulders. Whatever the cause, it is to be hoped the strike will not lead to violence. AMERICA AS A PEACEMAKER. There is one aspect of the ntw situation created by our acquisition of the Philippines which has attracted little attention as yet, but which may have an important Influence in the future shaping of events. Reference is had to Its possible effect in substituting commercial for war policies and thereby contributing to the peace of the world. It is evident that the world is entering upon an era of commercial rivalry. This appears not only in the growing opposition to war, as evidenced by peace organizations. International arbitration societies, disarmament conferences, etc., but in the acts and policies of nations. The beginning of the nineteenth century found the world In a turmoil of war, while the end of it is likely to see almost universal peace. In lSfli) the nations were all glaring at each other; In 1S00 they will all be smiling at each other. An occurrence that would. have been unavoidable cause of war at the beginning of the present century will be easily adjusted at the beginning of the next century. Tne war spirit Is giving way to the spirit of trade, the desire for military supremacy to the desire for commercial supremacy. A hundied years ago a slight cause would bring on a great war; now it takes a great cause to bring on a slight war. An interesting proof of this tendency Is the announcement, just made, regarding the new policy of England and Russia in China. For some years past they have been glaring at each other in China like a lion and a bear separated by a line, each getting concessions and making protests and threats that seemed to render a clash inevitable. Now It is announced that they "have signed a self-denying agreement regarding China which is intended to put an end to the contention over railway and other concessions in that "country." By this "self-denying agreement" each country agrees to conrtne its operations to a certain territory or portion of China and to refrain from interfering with, the other. "The agreement," says the dispatch, "puts an end to the AngloRussian struggle in China and is equivalent to a settlement of the spheres of influence of the two countries." This is a triumph of the commercial spirit over the war spirit. In fact, the agreement is attributed, as far as Russia is concerned, to the strong representations of M. Dewitte, Russian minister of finance, regarding the importance of developing peaceful industries In Russia and of cultivating closer trade and business relations with England. "The Chinese settlement," says the dispatch, "is one of the first fruits of M. Dewitte's policy, and will undoubtedly have an important bearing on the future relations of the two countries." A hundred years ago such a thing as a "self-denying agreement" between two powerful nations looking to the subordination of the military spirit to the commercial would not have been dreamed of. In the great contest for commercial supremacy upon which the world Is about to enter the United States will play an Important part. This country would have done in any case, but its acquisition of the Philippines makes it doubiy certain. By acquiring these islands the United States becomes recognized at once as a world power in commerce and as holding the key to Oriental trade in the Pacific. Our coming into this position as a world power has already affected and will probably change the whole course of European politics. Until now America has been wholly unconsidered in European arrangements, a neglectable quantity. Now. the United States has stepped into the arena and proved its ability to cope with the most powerful. It looks as if our entry into the Philippines may have prevented the dismemberment of China and preserved the peace of the world. Within the last year every foreign offi.ee in Europe has been obliged to pause and recast the situation. The United States is known as pre-eminently a commercial nation, powerful in war but still more powerful in trade, and Its entrance Into world politics makes for peace. It means that as far as one great power is concerned, and that the power that controls the Philippines, the methods of peace and of commerce will be substituted for those of war. It meana, further, that the influence of this new world power will be thrown as far as It can be legitimately against territorial aggression by strong powers against weak ones and against the dismemberment of empires by force. In snort, it means a new and potent factor for peace In the Orient end in Europe. DEFECTIVE GENERALIZATIONS. Several papers have declared that it is a sad commentary upon the state of public opinion in New York when a man like Croker receives such an ovation on his departure to Europe, while Speaker Reed and the British ambassador, passengers on the same steamer, were all but Ignored in the leavetaklng. While such a demonstration is rot calculated to encourage those who see all sorts of wickedness in Crokerism, it is rot so deplorable end so hop. ess as a number of editors seem to XI ink. Mr. Croker has a large following in Ntw York because he is at the head of a system which not only dispenscs more patronage than the President of the United States, but which practically controls the award of millions of dollars In contracts, and the good will of whose leaders is of great value to those engaged In unlawful pursuits. There is not a placeholder in the city of New York, not an aspirant for place, scarcely a contractor, and not a violator of the laws who does not wish to share the good will of the autocrat. After he has been under fire what more fitting season for them to show their devotion to the boss than to crowd the deck of the steamship on which he Is to sail? Doubtless most of thera hoped that the boss would see them and remember, when they ask for favors, that they were of the crowd that made his departure memorable. It was easy to recruit men for such a demonstration; nevertheless, it does not prove Croker's popularity In New York; on the contrary, a suspicion of waning power, of which there are rumors, would inspire1 such a demonstration In the expectation that it would bring back to Tammany those whose allegiance may have been shaken by dollar banquets and dollar oratory. The rublic deceives itself by drawing hasty conclusions. Mr. Croker's. admirers who shouted his praise on his departure were quite numerous and very enthusiastic, but they are a small part of that great clty Twenty years ago, during a season of depression, Dennis Kearney was in nearly every large city In the land. Crowds met him at railroad stations. In Boston not only was Faneuli Hall crowded, but the entire square was packed and ell the avenues.

leading to if.' The inexperienced observer would have said that the city was wild after the man, particularly if he had attended a later meeting called to avert the danger of a general'.railroad. strike. Such was not the case; the fifteen or twenty thousand peop.'e who sought excitement were out to see Kearney. Doubtless they shouted for him. In this city, a few years ago, on Washington's birthday," a broken-down prize fighter had a part in some traveling show. A patriotic meeting was held with good speakers. Hundreds of. people stood at the doors of the opera house just to catch a sight of John L Sullivan, while the orators talked to as many empty seats as people. Because of this demonstration It would not be wise nor just to declare that Sullivan had more admirers in Indianapolis than George Washington. The truth Is, there are a great many well-meaning people who are led to join In crowds to see some notorious person by an idle curiosity. Such curiosity Is not evidence of criminal tendencies. That thousands join such crowds Is not evidence that they regard the man as an idol or a leader, but an indication that ihe element of curiosity is a very large one. Mr. Bryan recently remarked in effect that it will not do to estimate one's following by the enthusiasm witnessed from the rear platform of a railroad car. - The lesson of experience is that, whatever the masses may do under the excitement of the hour, the sober second thought of the American people brings safety. As the years pass that sober second thought Is wiser because of the rising tide of intelligence. DEWEY DAY. Ono year ago to-day the Spanish squadron of eleven war ships was destroyed by commodore, now Admiral Dewey, in the bay of Manila, without the loss of a ship or a man on our side. A good deal of history has been made since then, but every patriotic American will recall .the emotions with which the report of the victory was received. The first news regarding the battle came by way of Madrid and claimed the advantage for the Spanish, while admitting the loss of two ships. At that time the Spaniards were winning victories by lying. On receipt of the report of a victory the Spanish minister of marine telegraphed. Montojo, and "the valorous crews of the Spanish squadron under fire of superior war ships." But before the day, May 1, was out, further particulars of the fight reached the Spanish capital, and at midnight the city was in great excitement, for between the lines of the bulletins reporting victory was read disastrous defeat. Accompanying the news from Madrid came dispatches from Hong-Kong by way of London which showed that the Americans had undoubtedly gained a decided victory, but its full proportions were not known till Dewey's dispatch to the secretary of the navy was received. This was written on the day of the victory, but the cable from Manila to Hong-Kong having been cut it was not received at Washington till May 7. It was as follows: Manila, May 1. Squadron arrived at Manila at daybreak this morning. Immediately engaged the enemy and destroyed the . following Spanish vessels: Reina Crlstlna, Castllla, Don Antonio de Ulloa, Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, General Lezo, Marques del Duera, Cano Velasco. Isla de Mindanao, a transport, and water battery at Cavite. The squadron is uninjured, and only a few men are slightly wounded. DEWEY No dispatch of like brevity ever created more excitement throughout a great nation than did this dispatch from an officer so little known then, but destined to become so famous. Even the locality of the victory was hardly known, and its magnitude was so great and the reported loss on our ride so insignificant that the public could hardly believe li. It was not fully credited until confirmed by later dispatches. Then thS astounding proportions of the victory and its far-reaching effect upon the outcome of the war on which the nation was just entering as well as upon the naval standing and prestige of the nation Itself were fully realized. The nation grew very rapidly during those few days, and the man who had achieved the wonderful victory sprang into world-wide fame. The 1st of May is well named Dewey day, and there is good cause for celebrating it. REPORT CF THE WADE COURT.

The outline of the report of the Wade court of Inquiry Into the charges relative to the beef supplied the army in Cuba and Porto Rico will accord with the opinions to which unbiased readers of the testimony have come. It will not satisfy those who have assumed that the charges of General Miles were well grounded, or the smaller number who have Insisted that General Eagan acted wisely in the purchase of so much canned beef. Those who followed the testimony must have come to the conclusion that the refrigerator beef was not treated by the shippers with chemicals in any manner that would warrant it being called "embalmed." The failure -of the refrigerator beef to meet the demand was that It would not keep until it could be issued after taken from the ship. It was the same beef that is shipped across the ocean and transferred to refrigerators in cooler climates than that of Cuba. In regard to the canned roast beef there may be ground for difference of opinion relative to its nutritious qualities, but the court has based its opinion upon chemical analysis, which seems fair. It was, however, an untried ration. - Consequently, the commissary general made a blunder In rushing into the market and purchasing It in the large quantities he did, even sending to England to have some shipped back for the army. When he had it on his hands, he tried to make the. army eat it. If sound when shipped from the packing houses, and such is the opinion of thi court, the heat spoiled It. As soon as it was discovered that the roast canned beef was not a fit ration, the further issue of it should have been stopped.' That it was not stopped the court shows to be due, in part at least, to the officers who did not promptly report Its character to the headquarters of supply. No evidence was presented to show that the contracts were not properly awarded, or that outside Influence had anything to do with the award. The commissary general simply purchased refrigerator beef to send to localities where It could not be promptly issued to the troops, and canned roast beef, which was not a suitable ration, while the officers who should have reported its unfitness did not do so until two months after the meat was found to be well-nigh useless. . " Reports regarding the health of the returning soldiers .while doing garrison duty in ' Cuba are remarkable . Major Hysell, chief surgeon of the. Department of Santa CUra, writes to the surgeon general, under date of April 23: .-.': I have the honor to state that the last of the volunteers, who have been on duty in thfo department to the number of 4.500, sailed to-day for Savannah, and I am glad to report that they had to leave but one soldier, who Is now convalescent at. Trinidad. Since General Snyder's arrival with the Fourth

Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, early in December, there have been three regiments of infantry and a battalion of volunteer engineers. It gives me pleasure to say that out of this considerable number there have been but twelve deaths, and the health of the command his been greatly better than while in camp In the States. This goes to show that the health of troops depends largely on their being seasoned to camp life and on the observance of .sanitary rules.- Most of the sickness during the first few months of service is due to carelessness.

The Democratic mayor of Milwaukee has written a letter declaring that it is absurd for the party to make another campaign on the Issue of 16 to 1. He points to the fact that last fall Democratic candidates for Congress ran behind the rest of the ticket because they were pledged to the free and independent coinage of . silver. Beyond doubt Mayor Rose Is right, but other men than he have attempted to reason with the ultra Bryanltes in vain. The next complaint of the admirers of the George Washington of the Philippines may be that he Is refused two or three weeks to consult his Congress, which seems never to have been in session. BUBBLES I THE AIR. Pessimism. "I've learnt," said Weary Watkins. sadly, "that the worse cook a woman is the more likelier they is to be some cold victuals left." AVIUlnc Dismal Dawson Lady, could you help a pore man out of his troubles? Mrs. Fearse Why, certainly. Just wait till I get the ax. Wrong in One Particular. The star, standing before the billboard, read: ' "Everything as advertised." "Except," said the star to himself," "the size of my salary." Good Plan. Watts What we want is some one who will make the Filipinos understand that American promises are not like N Spanish promises. - Potts Good idea. Why not send a few American Indians to make the necessary explanations? THE STATE PRESS. The capitulation of the Philippine insurgents will knock another prop from under the anti-expansionists.-Marion News. One of the test evidences of good times is the marked 'rise In the price of farms within the past two years. Rushville Republican. That sort of Algerlsm which conducts to a successful issue two wars in one year is not a bad thing for a country to have. Fort Wayne Gazette. Defeat has come to Agulnaldo and with it discomfiture to those who, for political reasons, have been in partnership with him. Kokomo Tribune. Republicans would ask nothing better than that Mr. Bryan be allowed to dictate the Democratic platform next year, if he will make it contain the same sentiments he is uttering in his speeches. Goshen Times. As the Agulnaldo of the Philippines seems to be ready to cease hostilities against this government it would be well for the Aguinaldos of this country who have given him encouragement to do the same thing. Richmond. Item. There are so many things of late to sadden the Democratic heart that it is entitled to much sympathy. Free trade, free silver and Agulnaldo all seem to have failed it of late, and the prosperity of the country under Republican rule Is the saddest blow of all. Columbus Republican. If trusts pay they will grow and multiply, if they lose money they will dissolve. The persons who furnish the money take this risk. While ft is all right-to make laws regulating these' trusts the higher law, the natural laws of trade, will eventually fully solve the problem. Vevay Reveille. Col. Bryan would better switch off from Imperialism and return to his free silver mutton. He Is drawing the fire of some of his stanchest newspaper supporters, who disagree with him on this question and have no more difficulty In showing the fallacies of his position as to imperialism than do Republican papers in exposing his free silver errors. Rushville Graphic. If Mr. Bryan had stayed in the army and gone with his regiment to the Philippines and fought as gallantly as Funston or a dozen other brave leaders have done he would have stood a far betttr show of success as a presidential candidate than he will by leading the sliver trust and aiding, with his anti-expansion speeches, the rebels in our new acquisition to kill American soldiers. Muncie News. Right here In New Albany this week soldiers who went out a year ago passed through, and, on being asked, said they had seen no bad meat since they left home. Why were not the soldiers of the One-hundred-and-slxtieth and One-hundred-and-sixty-flrst Indiana called to testify? The Infamous lying done by newspapers about this beef business ought never to be forgiven. New Albany Tribune. The Filipinos do not 'seem' to want a just and fair government, or else they do not know what such a government is. One thing is certain, however, and that Is these Philippines must be conquered. It would not only be cowardly on the part of the United States, but inhuman, to withdraw now and leave -them to themselves, to the condition of anarchy and barbarism that would soon follow. MIddletown News. It is time the books of Shelby county were opened and examined. None but the favored few know how the finances of the county stand. We do know that the county is overwhelmingly in debt, and that the debt 13 increasing by great bounds and leaps. But a few weeks ago the board issued bonds in the sum of $40,000. Soon after this the "fotfrth commissioner." George M. Ray, announced the fact that the "temporary loans the county had made were all paid." That has been a very short time ago one month at the farthest. On Fridav of this week the commissioners held another special meeting after having been in session on Thursday. At the meeting on Friday they borrowed the sum of JSO.OrtO of Campbell. Wild & Co., of Indianapolis, and issued bonds for the same, the bonds to draw 4 per cent. Interest, per year. Shelbyvllle Republican. Councilman H. C. Morsan, of South Bend, has come into possession of the John M. Miller farm on the lower river road between South Bend and MJsnawaka, a short distance east of Sprlngbrook Park, purchasing It from the heirs of the late Mr. Miller. The farm contains about one hundred acrts and this is its second transfer, Mr. Miller having bought it In 1S47 of Pierre Navarre, the first white settler! in South Bena and St. Joseph county, who got it from the government. Navarre was a Frenchman from Detroit and came here to engage in the fur trade. He married a Pottawatomie woman and raised several children, alt of whom are liberally educated and one became prominent as a lawyer In Kansas, Navarre's Indian name was Mon-jua-go and the original deed of this land says it was located in Mlsh-she-wa-ko-kink. South Bend Tribune. Superintendent J. M. Wanner, of the G. H. Hammond Company, announced yesterday that the wages of laborers employed by the company would be increased 10 per cent on May 1. The Increase will benefit more than 1.100 men. who for the last three years have been working under the reduced scale occasioned by the general paralysis of business throughout the country. "The move has been in contemplation for some time." said Superintendent Wanner last night, "and it has simply been brought about by a steady improvement in our business during the last year. We are glad conditions enable us to make the Increase. This is our dullest season, and there are only a little over 1.100 laborers in our employ who will receive the benefit of this raise, but in the fall and winter the working force will be increased several hundred. Hammond Tribune. . ABOUT PEOPLE AND T1IIXGS. Queen Victoria has seen every throne In the world vacated at least once, and some of them feveral times. A young American woman who has been at the Riviera this winter has her own opinion on the economy of life in Europe. One day the ordered glass of hot water

sent to her room. The hot water came so did an extra charge of $2 In her bill. Mme. Navarro's (Mary Anderson's) sister is Mother Dominica, a nun in the Convent of the Assumption in London. Mrs. Barbara Moon, of Rolvenden. Ensland, has the distinction of being the only baby that was present at the battle of Waterloo. She was born In Gibraltar in 1S11. and her father, a sergeant, took her and her mother to Belgium with him. and they

S were on the field during the fighting. It is said to be a Russian remedy for Insomnia to have. a dog sleep in the room, and preferably in the same bed. The explanation is that it operates through a sense of companionship or of security, and that It may act suggestively. It is said to be a success where other means have failed. The fact that General Gomez, now living in Havana, Is poor, that his table Is a plain one, that there Is a marked absence in his household of pesos and subsidiary coins, and that he does not seem to mind it, is another thing which helps to. distinguish him from the average patriot tt the Latin race. The general is understood to have only a very slender income from his interests in San Domingo. A correspondent at Nice expresses surprise at Queen Victoria's health and activity, in spite of her years" and growing weight. She daily dictates a number of telegrams to England, and -never misses her morning drive in the packs. The present is the fifth visit she has paid Nice, and the officials and other inhabitants are $0 proud of the distinction that they send her .flowers every morning. The Spanish consul, Senor Gambart, has supplied the Queen's apartments with fine paintings, including several by Rosa Bonheur. The Rev. Wilson Carlile. rector, of St. Mary-at-HiH. Londqn, is an up-to-date priest. He takes a trombone with him into the pulpit, and when the singing becomes spiritless he livens It up with a few blasts on that Instrument. During the greater part of the service the church Is darkened, and the hymns, prayers, sacred and other pictures are thrown by limelight on a huge screen suspended across the altar. Besides an organ, there is an orchestra composed of girls wearing surplices and collega mortar-boards. - . - .. I pondered long upon my choice 'Twlxt Annabel and Dolly; I knew not which 'twere best to wed; And now I see my folly For girls can't wait while men decide. Be warned by my fate, brothers; I pondered long upon my choice Too long both married others. Philadelphia North American. DAVID HARUM," Pathetic Facts Concerning (he Author of This Successful Book. Philadelphia Press. "David Harum," an , American novel, which the author, Edward Noyes Westcott, did not live to see published, has proved to be one of the bonanzas of the publishing season. The demand for the book increases steadilv, and it bids fair to make: a record even against "The Christian." On Sept. 17, IMfy the Press, having been favored with advance sheets, strongly commended the novel. That was a week before it was to be found in the book stores. A very interesting article concerning the author of this truly remarkable novel and giving the inside history of the publication of "David Harum" is to appear in the May number of Book News, and the courtesy of making some extracts therefrom has been accorded the Press. Mr. Westcott sent the manuscript to D. App'eton & Co. on Dec. 3), 1&7, accompanied by a modest letter expressing the hope thai after examination the novel would be found suitable to the requirements of the publishers. He ' was a total stranger to the lirm and came to their notice without any recommendation whatever. Tne manuscript was read by Mr. Ripley Hitchcock, who, in speaking to the representative of Book News, mentioned the delight with which he first made David's acquaintance. On Jan. 17 Mr. Hitchcock wrote the author expressing his appreciation and saying that he "wished to make. David's delightful humor known to the reading public." Certain minor modifications seemed advisable in arrangement and treatment of secondary characters, and the suggestions which were made brought a reply, from which it was learned that the author was upon his deathbed. Two letters were received from him before he died on March 31, 1S98. His friend, Mr. Forbes Heermans, went over the manuscript and read the proofs. "David Harum" was published in this country and copyrighted in England on Sept. 22, 1S9S. The first printing order was supposed to be sufficient for some little time, but on Oct. 7 it was found, necessary to give another and larger order. This was two weeks after publication. The dates of subsequent printing orders to the end of the year are Nov. 1. Dec. 1, Dec. 16 and Dec. 29. The enormous sales of the book for the last three months and at present are familiar. The sales in March were 29.060 copies, an average of about a thousand a day. Since April 1 the average has been 1,300 dally. Often the daily sales have exceeded 2,000. The book is now (early In April) in its ninetieth thousand. Readers may be Interested in the following extracts from a letter which Mr. Westcott wrote to Mr. Hitchcock in the latter part of January. 1898: "Lenox's love affair is in abeyance from the first part of the book to the latter part. It seems to me that if Lenox's love affair had been carried along to a prosperous conclusion from the start that there would have been no reason for him or anybody else to make David Harum's acquaintance. I purposely laid but little stress upon the episode. To my mind the sentiment, so to speak, of the book lies more in John's engagement of the affections, of the eccentric old couple and the prosperity which followed from it. putting him in a position to marry the woman of his choice at last." In another part of the same letter Mr. Westcott says: "If 'David Harum were to be published even without much -delay It would in all probability be posthumous. I have had the fun of writing it. anyway, and nobody will ever laughover it mrre than I have. I never could tell what David was going to do next." . . . In all literary biography there is -surely nothing more pathetic than those three sen tences from Mr. westcott s letter,' last quoted. Alarer's Latest Offense. New York Letter. - r General Alger has started criticism again, this time among those who affect to be perfect in dress and deportment, and it 13 feared that the secretary of war will come in for another round of abuse. His offense this time Is the wearing of a high silk hat with a sack coat. Usually the secretary of war Is the pink of perfection in his dress, and a veritable fashion plate. But the other day when he went over to discuss the dismissal of the volunteers with the President he walked through the WThite House grounds In a silk hat and a roundabout coat. It was just about the time when the men about town were going to their clubs, and the secretary's action was at once noticed. The Situation. Baltimore American. v As the situation now stands.4 Captain Coghlin should not have said it: but most Americans are glad that he did say it. He is convicted of indiscretion, but If he will step into the next room he will find pie on the table. - A Senator's sme. Cleveland Plain Dealer. You must shorten the name of Senator Taliaferroto Telfer. This seems like an inexcusable waste of good vowels and consonants, but the senator's name rwas a birthday gift, and he values It highly. Aot Surprising. Kansas City Journal. It is not surprising that Ignorant and degraded negroes give rein to brutal passions when they are surrrounded by reputable white citizens who commit atrocities that fiends would blush to father. With a Whoop. Memphis Appeal (Dem.) If Colonel Bryan can drive all antl-six-teen-to-oners out of the party and can then rule out all the expansionists, he ought to be able to carry the country with a whoop. Government Work. Kansas City Journal. A man was seen on the new government building yesterday with his coat off, and for a time public enthusiasm ran high. He.was thought to be a workman. Surely. Detroit Journal. A literary critic has expressed the opinion that Richaid Harding Davis ought to marry. Surely, the young man needs somebody to chaperone him. Naturally. Kansas City Journal. ' The American people naturally have greater admiration lor a soldier like Colonl Funston than for a soldier like Colonel Bryan. Friendly Hope. Washington Post. We sincerely hope that Tom Reed will not find his law books as dull as the Congressional Record.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. God's War. This is the rather startling title of a novel jurt Issued from the press of F. Tennyson Neely. New York, written by Ctptain Wilson Vance, some years ago managing editor of the Journal. The story records the experiences in love and war of two younj men Miles Bancroft and Tom Bailey both in Move with the daughter of Judge Henderson, the most important person in a little Ohio village, and both of whom enlisted for service In the Union cause on the day the proclamation of the President calling for troops was received. In the course of the story both these young men fall under the influence of a female spy. Ethel Lynde beautiful, fascinating, but lacking all the finer traits of character which a true mar loves to find In a woman. To gain her ends she professes love for both Bancroft and Bailey and really falls In love with the latter, whose life, fhe saves, and at the same time compasses the ruin and death of the former. This part of the story has, after all. a satisfactory ending. But It was not, evidently, the writer's main purpose to describe the love affairs of the principal characters of his story. As one who bore a creditable part in the civil war as an officer in the Union army, he has set down in plain language his recollections of Important episodes in that long and bloody struggle, and of the part played by his regiment, the Twenty-first Ohio. One thing Is plainly apparentthat the writer Is very much in earnest. That he believes the war was a Just and holy one the title of his book bears evidence, and throughout its pages this thought Is made conspicuous. The enemy are always spoken of as the rebels, and while there is no disposition shown to awaken bitter memories, it is plainly to be seen that in the writer's opinion there is no political alchemy that can transmute treason Into patriotism. He also speaks his mind freely concerning many who were conspicuous figures in the Union army and praises and criticises with just discrimination. His descriptions of the battles of Stone's river and Chickamauga are masterly and could only have been written by a soldier who participated In them He pays a glowing and well-deserved tribute to the late Senator Miller, of California, then an Indiana colonel, commanding a brigade, and whose charge at Stone's rivermade upcn his own motion, as he could get word neither to nor from the division commander) it is claimed turned the tide of battle and saved the fortuneo of the day. The story of Chickamauga, as here related. Is of thrilling interest, and should be read by every soldier who took part in that bloody affair. Although no one but a soldier could have written it the reader need not be a soidler to understand and appreciate it. It Is wonderfully realistic. Despite the earnestness of this writer, always apparent, there is a vein of humor pervading the story that relieves it of sombreness.

Fragments of an Autobiography. The name of the author of this book. Felix Moscheles, is known to many Americans as that of a great English artist and also by reason of his residence of several years In the United States. "Fragments of an Autobiography" is well named, since it does not profess to be a complete and continuous autobiography Of the author, but xather a relation of some of the most interesting passages in his life, with reminiscences of people, places and events. "It is regrettable," says the author, "that one cannot write one's reminiscences without mentioning one's self. Things go so smooiniy as long as one records the doings of others, but become so puzzling when one has to introduce the Ego. Between self-laudation end mock modesty there is not much to choose, and if you try to steer clear of the one you aie sure to fall Into the other." The .reader of this book will not discover either of the evils referred to, for the author has a perfect autobiographical style, and his narrative is delightfully free from selfexploitation on the one hand or mock modesty on the other. Both are conspicuous by their absence. About himself and about his famous family Mr. Moscheles has really very little to say, and his volume might nlmost more appropriately be entitled "Recollections of Famous Poets, Artists and Musicians" than "Fragments of an Autobiography." The charm and Interest of the book consists for the most part in its great stock of delightful reminiscences of Mendelssohn, Mazzini. Rossini. Henry Irving. Ellen Taylor, Robert Browning and other rotables. The opening chapters describe the author's boyhood, his early days with Mendelssohn, who was his godfather, his student life in Paris, his youthfuT love affairs and the beginnings of his art education. Two chapters are given to his journey to the United States in 18S3, with Henry Irving and Ellen Terry as traveling companions, and to the description of his life in the United States and his Impressions of the country. "Browning at the Studio" is the title of a chapter that tells of the artist's friendship wih Robert Browning, and is, a charminar picture of the great poet during the closing years of his life. Throughout the book is marked by rare beauty of literary workmanship and charm of style. New York: Harper & Brothers. Thackeray's Works. The continuous Issue of the new "Biographical Edition" of the complete works of William M. Thackeray has proceeded with clockwork regularity, and on the 15Ui of April appeared the thirteenth and last volume of the edition. It is entitled "Ballads, Critical Reviews, Tales. Various Essays. Letters, Sketches, etc.," with a life of the author by Leslie Stephens, his son-in-law. This life does not interfere with the work done by Mrs. Ritchie, the authors daughter. She calls Mr. Stephens s sketch "the framework" of her father's life. She adds that "the story" Mr. Stephens "purposely left her to tell." In her introductions to the various volumes she has pretty thoroughly told that story against her father s wish, be it remembered and in this concluding volume she presents the odds and ends of material remaining in her possession. These include drawings, manusciipt rotes, letters and some personal reminiscences. In their connected form these Introductory sketches, one accompanying each of the thirteen volumes, make a complete biography of the great novelist as well as a complete, account of his literary works. As an edition of Thackeray s complete works this-one leaves nothing to be added in a literary way or desired in respect of fine book work. It is published by Hlrper &. Brothers. Concerning: Count Tolstoy. A few months ago, when the seventieth anniversary of Count Tolstoy's birth and the fiftieth of his literary activity would have been celebrated in Russia If the authorities had permitted, the anniversary was marked by the publication of a book about Tolstoy by P. A. Sergyeenko, a Russian author of note. The book has been done into good English by Isabel F. Hapgood, under the title of "How Count Tolstoy Lives and Works." The author first knew Tolstoy in 1S92 and has had intimate relations with hlra and his family from that time. He is. therefore, qualified to give a fair account of the great writer's daily habits. He pictures in a simple and vivid style the way in which Count Tolstoy and his eldest daughter live as vegetarians at home, while the countess and most of the other children live in a more conventional way. Tolstoy's dealings with beggars and pensioners are described and Interesting conversations are repeated, in which light is thrown on his theories. In short, the book furnishes just the kind of Information that the admirers of the great Russian writer and reformer or tnose who wish to know more of him personally will desire. The book has some Interesting Illustrations. New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co. Tales of the Jungle. This is a volume of short stories by Dr. C. Wv Doyle, relating to the people of the Jerai the gr;at tract of Jungle that skirts the foothill of the Himalayas, in the province of Kumaon, India. The author lived In India a number of years. The people of the Jeral are described as a simple, primitive folk and migratory in their ways. "Tending their flocks and their herds,' says the author in a preface, "and cultivating their terraced fields in the summer and their patches of corn and rye in the winter, they pass lives of Arcadian simplicity among scenes that surpass Ida and Olympus in beauty, and which vie with the glades of Eden as Milton and Tennyson described them." The stories are well written and full of the fierceness, the primitive passions and the swift and silent vengeance of the race whoso loves and hates and ksuperstitlons they tell. Each story 13 complete in Itself, yet there is a sort of connection between them that adds to the interest. Philadelphia: J. B. Lipplncott Company. Sund V Bushes. This is one of the unpublished novels left by Miss Maria Louise Pool. The plot of the story, if It can be called a plot, is exceedingly simple. Two young ladies, moved by a desire for exercise, novelty and adven-

ture, conclude to make a horseback excursion from Boston to Cape Cod. The anlm.rft they buy at a Boston sale stable are sory nags, but they serve the purpose. The yo irv ladies are accompanied on the trip by a lad, the brother of one of them, on a bicycle. The story relates their odd and amusing experiences in a very natural and delightful way. Humorous incidents are relieved by some pathetic touches. Miss Poole was always happy in dealing with N?w England

she shows the New England? r on his native heath. As a story "Sand N Bushes" does not amount to much, but the style and character drawing make it readable. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co. Washington Farewell Address. This celebmted paper, which ranks with the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States among the great charters of American liberty, is published by Small, Maynard & Co., of Boston, in a neat and handy volume. It is accompanied with an Interesting prefatory note by Worthlngton C. Ford, and a frontlsfIece facsimile of one page of Washington's etter to Madison regarding his contemplated retirement from office. This facsimile, reproduced from a photograph of the original In the possession of the New York Public Library, shows a number of Interlineations by Washington's own hand, indicating his carefulness of expression. The farewell address itself, is. a document, not for a century only, but for all time. The Federal Courts.. The complete title of this little work, by Judge C H. Simonton. ' Is "The Federal Courts; Their Organization, Jurisdiction and Procedure, with Appendix on Bank-t ruptcy. Jurisdiction and Practice." The first edition of the work was noticed in the Journal, at.d this one deserves further mention because it has been enlarged in respect of . contents and improved in arrangement and annotation. The author Is a United States Circuit Judge and, of course, thoroughly familiar with every phase of the subjects treated. As a complete and convenient handbook for the practitioner in the federal courts the book should be valuable to lawyers. It is published by the B. F. Johnson Publishing Company, Richmond, Va. A en Algebra. : , The modern algebra, by. a capable teacher, is something of a revelation to the pupil who imagined he knew something of that branch of mathematics thirty odd years ago. It leads him to wish that there had been such text-books In those day. What an incitement to mental activity the 733 problems In Evans's Algebra for pchools would have been to him. Besides, It Is a logical algebra, one topic preparing for that which follows. The author of this work is George W. Evans, instructor of mathematics in the English High School of Boston. From 1SS3 to fS7 Mr. Evans was a teacher with the late Mr. Sewall In the Boys' Classical School in this city. It is published by Henry Holt : Co., New York. Publishers. 'ntes. 3 "Imperial Democracy" is the title of & new book by David Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford, jr.. University, which Is to be published next month by Appleton. "From Sea to Sea" Is the name of the authorized edition of letters of travel writ-" ten by Rudyard Kipling between' 190 and ' 1S3S, many of them now first published. The Doubleday & McClure Co. announce this volume for immediate publication. The June Atlantic Monthly will contain the opening chapters of a new serial story I.I.J .T TT A II W. If I.. Mary Johnston, the young author of the brilliant historical romance, "Prisoners of Hope." which has been so succesful during nit: i-'xL Bca.Duii. Brentanos announce for immediate publication a new edition of Maupassant's roost successful longer story entitled "Pierre and Jean," translated Into English. The work will be very handsomely illustrated by Duez and Lynch, who were the Illustrators of the original French edition de luxe. Collier's Weekly contains a dramatic drawing illustrating the death of American and English officers and sailors in the recent Samoan ambush near Apia. The double-page drawing is illustrative of the cruiser Raleigh's welcome to New . York.. It is drawn by the well-know marine artist, Henry Reuterdahl, and the drawing is sup plemented by pnotograpns. That many people have found Miss Sweetaer's "One Way Round the W'orld" a pleasant way is evident, for the first edition of the book was exhausted in three weeks. A second edition Is Just announced by the publishers, the Bowen-Merrill Company. "Johnnie," the story of a boy. by Dr. E. O. Laughlin. is also one of the rapidly selling books Issued by this house. The originals for Mr. Thompson's illustrations for "Wild Animals I Have Known." published by the Scribners, have recently been on exhibition at Keppel's gallery in New York and have attracted much attention. Mr. Thompson's book has made a very favorable Impression in England. The London Daily News calls it "one of the most fascinating studies of wild life ever given to the world." Olrl r"nlnnlp In Vcw York" 1 the title of an article in the current issue oft Harper's Bazar that deals with the bachelor girl in the metropolis and her way of living. It contains information 4 useful to every girl or woman who is beginning life on her own account In any city, and tells a very lifelike picture of a girl's first experience in New York, of boarding and apartment houses. Mr. F. Frankfort Moore has made a dramatization of his very successful novel, "The Jessamy Bride." and It is now In the hands of a prominent actor, who Is considering the production of it In the fall. The subject of the book Is an excellent one for a play, bringing in as it dos the brilliant crowd of men which surrounded Goldsmith. The fifth impression of the book is now ready, and Messrs. Herbert S. Stone & Co., the publishers, expect to bring out an illustrated edition in the fall which Is on aa entirely new plan. A few years ago, says Vance Thompson, in the Saturday Evening Post, when I was the "literary editor" to use the pompous phrase of a dally newspaper, I made the acquaintance of a clever young reporter. Now and then he reviewed a book for me. One day he remarked with a pleasant smile: "By the, way. there Is a new book of Princeton stories out to-day I'm a Princeton man, you know; d'ye mind if I review it?" "Not at ail." said I. "write half a column." It was not until the article and a splendid eulogy It was appeared In print a few days later that I learned that the author of Princeton Stories was the clever young reporter himself. I made up my mind then and there that the young man would get on In the world. The Stolen Story and Other Stories (Scribner's) is that clever young reporter's second book. "Mary Anderson Talks About Herself. New York Special. Mary Anderson, who is In New York city for a visit to friends and relatives, is disinclined to take the public Into her confidence and tell of her plans and movements. 6he and her husband even came across under assumed names, in the hope of escaping notice, but failed, as the other passengers knew before the liner was out of the harbor on the other side that they had the popular young American for a voyage. As "Mary" landed here she was greetM by her aged mother and her stepfather.; Hamilton Griffin. She remained talking with the old couple on the pier for several minutes. When her biggage had been passed she was driven away. With Mr. De Navarro she went to the house of a friend, where she will remain for a few eek. and return to London in time for the latter part of that period known to the British metropolis as "the season." She seemed to be a bit annoyed last evening because she had been unable to return to New v0rk without being recognized, and in speaking of the matter she said: "I Just wanted to take a quiet trip to New York, to stay only two or three weeks before returning to London. I wished to escape the notoriety of belnir an actress, as I am an actress no longer. I am surprised to think that the people have not lost interest in me. I believed that if we traveled Incog we would not waken the old memories, which are Just as dar to me as I know they are to my friends in the United States. So we took the name of 'Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hope l don't know why probably because e hoped to get acros the Atlantic without being known. But after the first day out I was recogntzM. One ladv came to me and askd me If I was really Mary Anderson. 1 said, with a great deal of surprise: 'Who is Mary Anderson? I professed the most crass ignorance of any such person, and my charming friend then proceeded to tell me all about myself. I never knew what wonderful thing happened to people who had acquired fame before. When she had finished 1 learned that I had ben leading a very remarkable and exciting life. However, we had a good trip and we enjoyed It. No. I do not care to talk about the stge. for I know nothing ab-ut it. I go to the theaters, sr.d will go while I am here, but I am no longer an ctr$V