Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1899 — Page 4

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CinCAGOralmer House, P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street,- Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI J. It. Hawley A. Co., 134 Tine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlng. northwest comer of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Co., 216 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot WASHINGTON. D. C RIgga House, Ebbltt House and Willard's Hotel. Sir- Bryan has not been saying anything the past tea days of Gatling-gua Christianity, Mr. Edward Atkinson Is finding that he Is of very little consequence, so far In the rear 'and shut out of the Philippine malls. The goo-goos who call themselves antiimperiallsta deal -with theories only. They forget that the President has been confronted for a year past with conditions. The Missouri Legislature is dubious In legislating to check the illicit industry of holding up trains, but it has boldly enacted a law to prohibit the marriage of step-children. Those men who were wont to express the hope some weeks ago that the American anny would be driven out of the Philippines are hoping that nobody will remember their folly against themWSIBBBBBBBBBaBBBHWBBaBSSSBSBBBlSBBBBBVSSBSBBBBSSSSBBBSBaBBBBBV The postoface authorities will not prevent the circulation of Mr. Atkinson's seditious phampiets through the domestic malls, but those who are at pains to get them will find them very stupid. In a headline an exchange declares that Aguinaldo Is "at his rope's end." It Is not. end will not, be so sad as that. The late George "Washington of the Philippines will not be hanged by the United States. All the real friends of the President hope that the report la true that the finding of the war Investigating board ends the conuoversy and that the mistake will not be made of displacing General Miles, which come of hla enemies are urging him to do. "i-atJ3cretary Doutwell, of Massachusetts, finds it necessary to explain that the Antiimperialist League, of which he is president, "is not Interested In the special work of Mr. Atkinson." Years ago Governor Boutwell would not have stopped with such a denial. "While exr Representative Jerry Simpson was denouncing the expansion policy in a speech at Emporia, Kan., a few days ago, the two color bearers of the local Grand Anny posts took up the flags and marched c2 the speuliers platform,' followed by all the members of the posts. Dr. Edward Everett Hale was Invited to - speak at the patriotic meeting in Chicago yesterday end wished to do so, but unavoidable engagements prevented. The author of "The Man Without a Country" would have had a royal welcome from an audience escabled to pledge loyalty to the flag. , One of the first things that Congress v should do on convening is to establish absolute free trade between Porto Rico and all ether parts of the United States. The constitutional authority to "regulate commerce between the States" does not authorize the maintenance of discriminating tariff laws Latweca parts of the Union. The American Agulnaldists, like Aguina! do himself, are not up in international law. It Is a weil-recognlzed principle that when cne nation destroys an existing government in any territory it is bound to establish a government in its place. The Agulnaldlst does not want any government established that docs not recognize his faction. Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee, is not altogether exempt from blame in connection with the printing of the Atkinson pamphlet by the Senate, since It was rrlnted at his request. By so doing he fathered the prediction that 8.0CO soldiers would die in the Philippines the first, year,. that the President of the United Dtates Is "a man cf weak and uncertain purpose," that the pretexts of the war are "piety, profits and patriotism." that President Cleveland would not have permitted his hand to be "forced by the venal pressure cf the yellow press," and warning young men "not to be entrapped into enlistment." Senator and Chairman Jones should r.ct be tardy in making an explanation if he can And one. The real responsibility for the war in the Philippines rests on the Senate of the United States or those members of it who prevented the prompt ratification of the treaty of peace. The treaty was signed in Faris on Dec. 10. 1S33, and presented to the President Dec. 21. At that time the Filipinos were friendly disposed towards the United States and prepared to recognize its eovereignty. A Washington special to the Journal of Dec. 27, 1SD3. said: Felipe Agonclllo, the talented young Filipino who went to Paris to represent Agulnaido and his party, and who returned here last Saturday, Is rapidly becoming reconciled to the idea of American control of the thiiipplne islands. Agoneiilo will be Joined in tMa city in a short time by a delegation cf his countrymen who are now en route to trie American capital. Since his arrival in the United States he has b?en collecting all kinds of data bearing on American customs, laws and characteristics of the people, lie came here full of doubt and tusjJclon and harassed by fears for the future cf his own people. He is now understood to ts BiUstled with the prospects and in a frame of mind to advlsa hearty and cordial co-operation with American plan for the future government of the Islands. Th!s tres the feeling1 of the Filipinos at that tins. The President sent the treaty to t"o C ir.zi r3 soon as Congress rtssr rr:t? th fc:!iiays. ca Jan. I If It

had been promptly ratified there Is every reason to believe there would have been no trouble. Instead of that it was not ratified until Feb. 6, more than a month after It was sent to the Senate. It was this month of wrangling and unpatriotic debate that laid the foundation for the rebellion that has proved so costly to the United States. THE ANSWER OP THE NORTHWEST.

It was thenpatriotlc and seditious utterances of a meeting held a week ago yesterday in Chicago which called out the multitude of patriotic people in that city yesterday to protest against the shameless speeches of the anti-expansionists and to proclaim their loyalty to the. government when it is sustaining the honor of the American people and the Nation's flag in maintaining the supremacy of the United States. For the American people and their government there could scarce!y have been a more fortunate event than the meeting of the anti-imperialists or anti-expansionists, since its utterances aroused the people to declare their detestation of men who Insult the sovereignty of the Nation, sneer at its flag when unfurled in the face of the enemy and hiss the name of the Nation's executive. The American people are forbearing to an extent tnat they are cften misunderstood, but at times forbearance ceases to be a Virtue, and when it does they speak to the world in no uncertain terms. But for the sedition-teaching meeting in Chicago the outside world might have concluded that the American people were Indifferent to the conflict In Luzon, but when it was published to the world that a meeting had denounced a war to uphold the national sovereignty in the Philippines and those engaged in it as murderers, the whole people were filled with Indignation, and yesterday's meetings were their answer. Before the meeting a week ago, anti-expansion would have stood for an honorable conviction, but the speakers on that occasion assailed the supremacy of the Nation and insulted its government, and anti-expansion Is now a synonym for disloyalty and sedition. The declaration adopted by the Chicago meetings is worthy of the cause and the occasion. In calm and dignified words it sets forth the great events of the past year in their logical sequence. It Is a statement of facts which in Itself is an unanswerable argument for the position the government occupies In Luzon at the present time. It can go forth as the answer of the American people to the few who have forgotten the natural dictates of loyalty, and as their Justification of the position which their government occupies. ENTERTAINING THE EPWORTH LEAGUERS. It has been given out that committees of the local Epworth leagues will begin this week to call upon the families of the city to find homes for the members of the International League convention, which is to be held here from July 20 to and including the 23d. The Journal need hardly urge all who possibly can to open their doors to the entertainment of these delegates. They are to be more emphatically the guests of the city than any similar convention ever held here. The mayor, the Commercial Club and other representative persons and organizations joined in the invitation which resulted in the selection of Indianapolis over many rivals, and we cannot be Indifferent to the entertainment of those who come. It Is a conservative estimate that there will be SO.GCK) strangers here, while the railroads are preparing to carry 50.0CO. Much of the reputation of Indianapolis as a convention city will depend upon the ability of the railroads to do their part well, and those who know' what thev are doing feel confident they will not fail. In addition to one fare for the round trip, they are preparing ample coach accommodations. But to convey DO.OOo cultured men and women from all parts of the United States and Canada and Mexico, with representative men and women from Europe also, especially from England, in the best possible coaches, with no comfortable places to lodge and feed them four days, would be a reflection upon America's hospitality, and especially upon Indianapolis, that would do us public damage, and the convention would prove an Injury rather than an advantage to us as a city. The Journal lays particular stress on this matter because, as it is informed, these who have preliminary arrangements in hand encounter an indifference to the convention and Indisposition to entertain its delegates among a class of citizens who put themselves to some inconvenience last year in their preparations to receive the visitors who were expected to attend the Wheelmen's League races and who did not ccme. There seems to be an Impression that a similar miscalculation as to attendance may result in this case, but this Idea is quite erroneous, Many thousand delegates will be here, and accommodations must be provided for them. In addition to the Invitation which makes the convention a city affair, the Ministerial Association, which represents all denominations in the city, has generously offered its co-operation In everything possible. The securing of homes in the families of their several flocks wilt be a very conspicuous and much-needed co-operation. The guests will be cultured young men and women chiefly, from well-to-do homes, but not many of them, probably, from such homes of luxury as will make them so hard to please that our well-to-do people will not find them agreeable and grateful guests. Some will be in middle life and some beyond, but most of them have their longest years before them, and It will not be strange If Indianapolis becomes the future home of many of them. Let these visitors be given such open hospitality as will charm them. They do not desire or expect gratuitous entertainment. The two hundred invited guests who are on the programme as speakers or singers ought to be entertained in good families as Invited guests1, and they will be. There ought to be some rivalry among these who can entertain such in securing a share of them, and there will be. Unfortunately the date of the convention is the time of the usual vacation of many of cur people, but many of thern have already signified their purpose to postpone their vacation until the convention la past, that they may enjoy the convention and especially enjoy the pleasure of entertaining guests. All the guests except those specially invited expect to pay at least a dollar a day. Thero is no profit in this to the hosts, but it will reimburse them for extra expense, the profit being in the pleasure of entertaining strangers and helping in a good cause, while contributing to the honor of the city. Of course, those who are keeping boarders, and who are necessarily at greater expente, will be at liberty to charge their usual rates for entertainment. The Journal Is asked to suggest that all who can take one or two or more at once send a card to Rev. L. T. Lewis, at the DenIson, statin? hew many and on what terms. Civirj location, trlth treet-car route frcra

the Union Station. This Is especially desirable as to those who will entertain Invited guests. One docs not have to be a Methodist to take a part in this great convention. It Is to be the guest of Indianapolis primarily, but interdenominational in all things. Let every family that possibly can take one or more act promotly, as if the convention would be a failure, esjecially as to entertainment, without its hjlp. Lend a helping hand.

A PASSING ISSUE. It seems that the President's commission has not been clearly understood in respect to the negotiations with the Filipino leaders. What was said in reference to the establishing of a civil government in the Philippines was not presented as a plan which the President offered the representatives of Aguinaldo as a basis of peace, but rather as a system which the President would urge Congress to adopt. It was explained to the Filipinos that the establishment of civil government was a prerogative of Congress and not of the President. Until Congress shall authorize a civil government, the President will maintain a military government over the islands. The proposition which has been published as the plan of the President must commend itself to all men who view the situation candidly, apart from partisan bias. The United States, by treaty, holds the sovereignty of the Philippines es much as it did the territory known as the Louisiana purchase, which Jefferson obtained by negotiation and the Senate comfirmed by treaty. The United States is responsible for the future government of the Philippines as much as It was for the territory obtained by Jefferson's treaty. Congress must provide for the government of the Philippines as it has for all other territory which has come under the Jurisdiction of the United States. The outline of the plan which has been suggested to the Filipino leaders is In general accord with the provisions of Congress for the government of all Territories a governor general for the Islands, to be appointed by the President, with a Cabinet composed of Americans and Filipinos; a legislative branch to be elected by the inhabitants upon some basis of qualified suffrage, and a judiciary to be appointed by the President. This Is about as much of local self-government as Territories have had in our system. The hysterical Secretary Winslow, of the Anti-imperialist League, asked, in addition to these previsions, the guarantee that the government of the Islands should be turned over to the inhabitants at the end of five years. The President has no authority to make such a pledge in reference to territory which is legally as much a possession of the United States as is Alaska. Therefore the antllmperlallsts who ask the President to dispose of American territory would make him an autocrat. If peace comes, as is now probable, the situation in the Philippines by the time that Congress shall meet will be such that that body can formulate a system for the civil government of the islands. It may be possible that men in that body will object to as much expansion as the proper rule of the islands will involve, but it does not seem probable. By that time it will appear to the American people that the abandonment of the Philippines is out of the question. One need not claim to be a prophet to predict that no party will be so unwise and so ignorant of the sentiment of the country as to oppose a sensible plan for the government of the Philippines on the plea that it is our duty to abandon them altogether. The present progress and the tendency of affairs in the Philippines indicate that there will be no Issue over expansion in the next presidential election. The conditions which could have made it a national issue will have been ended before the conventions assemble a year hence. TRUSTS AND THEIR CURE. Before attempting to abolish or regulate trusts by law, earnest and candid inquiry should be made as to what extent they are harmful. Thit they have some bad tendencies and results is very plain, but it must also be admitted that they have some good ones. It is undoubtedly true that in some cases they have greatly improved the quality and lowered the price of particular commodities and it Is an open question whether they have not increased rather than diminished the aggregate number of wage-earners. It is certain that In many cases they have advanced the wages of a large number of persons. Yet the fact remains that such enormous aggregations of capital, with such tremendous power to crush out competition and individual enterprise, have some dangerous tendencies. Before they can be intelligently restrained or regulated by law an effort should be made to diagnose the case intelligently, to define the bad features and bad effects of trusts, and to devise a remedy that will cure vhat is bad In them without killing what may be good. For It is too plain for argument that there is some good in trusts. Just as there is in corporations. They argue great commercial activity and are capable of accomplishing great commercial results. A London cablegram in the Sunday Journal gave the substance of an interview with Lord Revelstoke, who has Just returned from a visit to the United States. Lord Revelstoke is a director of the Bank of England and a member of the banking house of Baring Brothers. Speaking of the multiplication of trusts in this country, he said: These combines appear to be of immense advantage. Wild-cat schemes will undoubtedly be formulated from time to time, but great organizations of industry in America have, in my opinion, in most cases resulted in undoubted economy of labor and expense of management, and have been beneficial in financial and other results. Englishmen hardly yet appreciate the force and potentiality of the present movement, but there will soon be a revulsion of public opinion In favor of these combinations. America is going forward by leaps and bounds, and will make things extremely uncomfortable for British industry if we of England do not recognize more fully that vast capital enterprise, as opposed to more limited individual venture, can only end in favor of the former, and that Is where America is now getting her pulL As the deliberate view of an intelligent Englishman this should set Americans to thinking whether these great combinations of capital may cot have some redeeming qualities. Just now the whole commercial world is talking about America's astonish lng progress in capturing the world's mar Kets. sending locomotives, stationary en gines and traction cars to England, iron bridges to Egypt, steel rails to Africa. dredges to Russia, cotton-mill machinery to China and manufactured goods everywhere. Could these commercial triumphs have been achieved by individual, enterprise or con cents with small capital? Lord Revelstoke summed up his opinion on the subject by saying: "A visit to America is an education in itself." It is evident he regards the great combinations cf capital and consolidations of industries now going on as a new departure In commercial progress and the inauguration of a policy which will test England's supremacy In trade more severely than ever. This is something for Americans to think about. It trusts are to be restricted

and regulated the work snould be done in

telligently. Thus far mcst of the legislation on the subject has been of a crude, vindictive character, much on the order of a bull in a china shop, without even the merit of being effective. The indiscriminate smashing of things can hardly be called reform. Before a man decides to burn down or blow up his house to get rid of cockroaches he had better consider whether there is not some better way. and whether even a house with cockroaches Is not better than none at all. Before deciding to wipe all trusts off the face of the earth we should consider, whether it is not possible to eliminate or control what is tad in them without destroying what is good. The fact that the agent of the Egyptian government has purchased and shipped to that country ten carloads of car wheels made in Fort Wayne proves that that an cient and faraway people have awakened to a realizing sense of the best. But the man who should have predictedj ten years ago that such goods would have been pur chased in the Interior of the United States for Egypt would have been labeled a vis ionary. The fact that those seeking the best in such lines come to this country 13 agitating the European competitor at the present time. HBSSSSSBBBBBSHBSSSJSSBBSSSBBSSSMSSSBSBSSJSSSSHSBSMBBISBBBM0 As a specimen of the kind of legislation by which some States have sought to cripple trusts take the following from the Missouri law: Any purchaser of any article or com modity from an individual, company or cor poration transacting business contrary to the preceding sections of this act shall not be liable for the price or payment of such article or commodity, and may plead this act as a defense to any suit for such price or payment. This puts a premium on dishonesty. The Legislature in effect notifies every citizen of Missouri that If he can buy goods from a trust on credit he need not pay for them. In all probability Charles E. Llttlefleld will succeed the late Governor Dingley in the House as representative of the Second district of Maine. He has been speaker of the House, attorney general and twice the chairman of the Maine delegation to the Republican national convention. In short. he is cne of the able men cf the party in Maine. A plan is on foot among German theoretic statesmen to make age the standard of power In the Reichstag by giving to the legislators of advanced years two or more votes, while the young men will have but one. Should this Idea be accepted and become Infectious, it might lead to serious results elsewhere. For instance, If the plan of regulating voting power among legislators by the length of their whiskers, which would be almost as much t worth serious consideration as Germany's plan, were adopted here, the sessions of our Congress would consist of a bitter scrimmage between the Populists and Congressman Grosvenor f 9c balance of power. Dr. Briggs Is perhaps wondering how many people besides the Lord have to call a man before he can preach, or thinking "There's many a slip 'twixt the call and the pulpit" RUDDLES IN THE AIR. Zoological History. "You remember the frog in the fable?" "Oh, yes The one who would be an ox In size and merely made an ass of himself on a small scale." . Query. If a dyer" Is Ume who dyes. And a giver Is one who gives. And a liar is one who lies. Is a liver, then, one who lives? The Cheerful Idiot. "It. Is a funny thing, when a fellow is hugging a girl," said the Cheerful Idiot, fixing the youngest boarder with his glittering eye, "that then is the time she may be said to be more or less disarmed." The Coldest. Yatsley What was the coldest weather you ever saw? " Mudge I don't know. You don't expect a man to carry a thermometer In his pocket when he is proposing to an heiress, do you? THE STATE PRESS. Anybody is entitled to whatever opinion he may choose as to expansion or anti-expan-sion, but he has no right to encourage the enemy of his government or Incite our soldiers to mutiny. Huntington Herald. The anti-expansionist, or "anti-Imperialist," as he likes to call himself, who can find fault with the purposes of the government toward the Philippines is simply and purely an unreasonable grumbler. Elkhart Review. The great success of our arms, our strong commercial growth and the prominence into which the events of the past year have brought us as a nation are sure to give new impulse to America and her institutions. Covington Republican. Those who are orating and resoluting against the continuance of warfare in the Philippines are placing themselves in a ridiculous light and are not deserving of that sympathy which Is usually the compensation of mistaken, but sincere, agitators. Lafayette Call. Now that the war in the Philippines bids fair to be closed up in a few months the Democrats are not so sure that they wish to make it an issue: Judging from past experience, "the war is a failure" is not a good platform for any party to stand on. Can nelton Enquirer. If the Democracy of the Nation takes aa many different positions in the campaign of next year as it does at the present time the voters of the Nation will have to vote the Republican ticket as being the only ticket that realiy represents anything. Evansvllle Journal. The good times that are now prevailing should not be interfered with by any proposition to disturb our money system by introducing the 15-to-l free-coinage policy or by smashing the tariff. It is gocd money and wise tariff legislation that has brought about this era of prosperity. Middletown News. In Madim county and elsewhere In the State there is a great cry among ofneeholders that under the fee and salary law there Is not sufficient compensation, and an effort is being made to declare the law unconstitutional. If this is true, why is it that so many people are always after the offices? Noblesville Ledger. The comparison of the present defamers of the administration in time of conflict to the Knights of the Golden Circle who defamed the administration under Lincoln, is a very Just one. Whatever one's political belief, the thing to do until this war in, the East Is finished is to stand by the commander-in-chief of the army and navy. Richmond Item. Elizabeth Clarinda, daughter of William Prldemore. a farmer, living six miles north of this place, a healthy, good-looking girl, thirteen years old now, weighed, two years ago, 137 pounds. Since that time she has not been weighed, but Is believed by the neighbors to weigh now fully 275 pounds. Other children in the family are as thin as ordinary. North Manchester Journal. The Greene Circuit Court will be the center of attraction next week, on account of the Gray-Skinner murder trial. This will be the most sensational case ever tried in th!s part cf the State. The good people of Greene county are anxiously waiting to see If our courts and lawyers are really sincere when they say they are in favor of upholding the laws and punishing the guilty. Bloomfteld News. Standing on the street corner several days ego. with several farmers, we saw the horseless carriage passing. Calling the attention of these gentlemen to it, one of them remarked sadly that it would be but a short time till horses would be valueless, because there would be no use for them. Following this carriage were - two persons riding bicycles. We called attention to that fact and stated that la lt4 when treat to

Washington, there were no bicycles here, and but four livery stables. Now the town is filled with those machines which, at. partntly everybody is riding, and instead ct four livery Etables there are now nine, besides the one recently burned down. This don"t look as If horses were goiiii? out cf use. Lapcrte Republican. Majcr Steele has been besieged since his return to this city by tho relatives of j oung men who Joined the regular army under the call for troops during the recent war. asking him to use his influence In procuring discharges for the soldier?. Friday Major Steele received a communication from the War Department stating that all men who enlisted in the regular army between April and October in 1S9S would be ordered discharged. Marlon News. The Bass foundry at Fort TVrayne has Just shipped ten cars of " car 4 wheels to Egj-pt, where thjpy will be used under cars for the Egyptian State Railroad. The order was received several weeks ago and the wheels made according to directions, but R. D. Wilson, the agent of the Egypt!" government, could not reach Indiana until this week to make the necessary, test of the wheels. His Inspection was satisfactory and the Hoosltr wheels are now on their way to the ancient nation. Wabash Plain Dealer. B. F. Barker, who served with the American army In the Philippines, can say one thing few persor.9 can. He has had two birthdays In one year. The way it happened was like this: On Monday, Feb. 13. Mr. Barker's birthday, he was on the transport on his way from Manila to San Fran cisco. On that day he was in the eastern hemisphere. That night the vessel crossed the liwth meridian and the next Cay he was in the western hemisphere. Now, tne difference of time between the two hemispheres was such that the first day. in the western hemisphere was also Monday, Feb. 13. So that he can truthfully say that ne had two birthdays In one year. Thorn town Argus. The Commercial Club of Indianapolis has undertaken a big task. This organization has been so successful in matches with big tasks that its present proposition Is not surprising. The club wants to see White river navigable so far "up-stream" as Indianapolis, and the club wants Congress with all of its creative and wondrous power to make the river such. At present the river is navigable to ducks and fishing boats The plan suggests an excellent opening for Muncle. Why not co-operate with Indianapolis and work to have the river navigable so far as Muncle? Muncie Times. MAGAZINE NOTES.

Anthony Hope's new romance, "The Countess Emilia," begins In the May number of the Ladies Home Journal. One of the pleasantest bits of reading in the current Century Is Mrs. James T. Fields'a paper on Charles and Mary Cowden Clark "two lovers of literature and art" who were not creators of either, but who helped to disseminate the best of both. Mr. Howells, who is at his best in this sort of writing. Is contributing a delightful eerles of literary essays to Literature. In the current number he calls attention to the fact that America now has a leisure class, and that though small it affords an unworked field for the novelist. The New England Magazine Is mainly given over to the discussion of New England topics, but one of the exceptions in the May number is a paper by C. E. Cabot, giving a glimpse of Cincinnati in its first quarter century. These glimpses are obtained through an old-time correspondence of members of the Carter family. Another interesting article is descriptive of Brown University. A writer In the May Atlantic discusses entertainingly of "Sweet Aubuif," a New England village which has not hept pace with the times. That inquisitiveness is still a trait of the primitive Yankee character Is indicated by this casual remark: "Wendell Phillips was not far from right. The Puritan idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business. . Sweet Auburn Is heaven." . The June number of the Pall Mall Magazine will contain an article of personal and historic interest by William Waldorf Astor on the founder of the family in America. John Jacob Astor. The article traces the stirring and tragic incidents which led to the adventurous settlement of Astoria, and many details are given of the foundation of the Astor family in America. The article will be illustrated from unpublished drawings, portraits, etc. The personal narratives of the captains of -the American vessels in the battle of Santiago as told in the May Century offer no new facts to the public, but the stories are interesting, nevertheless, because they are of a more intimate character than as related by outside observers. They are simply told, but if they were the first presentation of the events to American readers they would be thrilling indeed. As it is they must stir patriotic emotions anew. A few of the topics of the month In Table Talk for May are, "A Retrospect of the Potato Family," by Martha Bockee Flint; "The Pudding of the Century," by Clara Marshall; "A Cup of Tea." by a Bachelor Housekeeper; "Mrs. Sargent's Experiment." by Mary G. Woodhull; "Mothers Who Need Help and How to Help Them;" "The Early Training of Children." In addition, women's interests in general, dining room, the table, fashions, books and science in the household all have attention. The leading article in the latest Issue of Collier's Wreekly is devoted to the Paris exposition of 1900, and Is copiously illustrated from photographs of the American commission and the different exposition buildings in course of construction. The pictures of the struggle in the Philippines are made up of photographs sent by the Weekly's correspondents at the front. There is a half-page pictureof the Siamoan commission, and an article on Guam by Lieutenant Ackerman, of the Oregon. Mr. A. B. Wenzell will shortly begin a series of pictures of. the chief social and sporting events abroad. For this purpose he is now in London. Hon. Aldace F. Walker, who was Interstate-commerce commissioner and is now chairman of the board of directors' of the Santa Fe Railway Company, discusses antitrust legislation and trusts generally In the May Forum. Mr. Walker takes the side of the trusts and makes a plausible argument to sustain his assumption that they are in harmony with the economic progress of the world. He cannot find ground for the fears which so many express regarding the evils which may come from them. Another article follows that of Mr. Walker on the same subject, entitled. "Trusts in Eurcpe." Both are valuable contributions to the information upon a subject which is now engaging much attention. The special features of the May number of the American Review of Reviews are a series of illustrated biographical sketches of the members of the American delegation to the approaching peace conference at The Hauge; an article on "The Scandinavian Contention." by Julius Moritzen; a review of the International law points involved in the war with Spain, by Prof. John Bassett Moore, secretary and counsel of the American peace commission at Paris: a study of the new San FTandsco charter,, by Albert Shaw; an account of "Mayor Qulney's administration of Boston; by George E. Hooker; and an illustrated forecast of the great conventions and other gatherings of 1S?0. The editorial department. "The Progress of the World." discusses recent municipal elections of Importance, the Samoan difficulty, and other topics of, the month. The New York Independent of May 4 is en "Asia number," and any one who "wishes to obtain a comprehensive view of the complicated political situation on that continent, with its possible bearing on our own affairs, will do well to procure a copy. Among the contributions on the subject are "The British Empire in Asia," by Sir Charles Dllke; "The Roof of the World." by Captain Francis Younghusband; "The French Empire in Asia," by Deputy Paul Gulevsse; "Russia's Extension in Asia." bv Vladimir Holm-trem: "Relation of United States to Asiatic Politics," by Prof. John Bassett Moore: "The International Routes of Asia." by Prof. Elisee Reclus: "The Partition of China," by Dr. C. B. Henry, and "The Eastern Question." by Dr. Edwin M. Bliss. An excellent colored map of Asia accompanies the number. It is really a remarkably issue and reflects much credit on the publishers. In her reminiscences in the Atlantic Monthly Mrs. Julia Ward Howe gives a glimpse of the distrust of Mr. Lincoln by many people, especially in New England. On her first visit to Washington during the war she accompanied Governor and Mrs. Andrew to the White House and listened to a conversation of some length between the Governor and the President. Of what was said she remembers nothing save Mr. Lincoln's mispronunciation of the word "heard." when he spoke of havtnsr "heerd George Sumner tell a story." "When we had taken leave." she says, "and were out of hearing. Mr. Clarke said of Mr.. Lincoln. We have seen it In his face, hopeles? honesty; that is all.' He spoke as if he felt that it was far from enough. None of us knew then how could we have known? how deeply God's wisdom had touched and inspired that devout and patient soul. At the moment few people praised or trusted him. Why did he not do this, or that, or th ether? Ha a Xrcsldt, Izlzzil Lcc

at this war, dragging on w slowly! Look at our many defeat and rare victories! Such was the talk that one constantly heard regarding him. The most charitable hel-i that he meant well. Governor Andrew was one of the few whose faith in him never wavered." John S. Wise, of Virginia, has been giving a vivid account in recent numbers of the Atlantic Monthly of the last events of the war a.s seen from the Confederate side. Wise had spent two years and eight months in the rebel army, part of the time serving a. an officer, and w-as but eighteen years old when the war closed. His return to rrlvate life and to youth Is thus strikingly set forth: "In June, 1SG5. a boy named John Sarger.t Wise, a visitor at the home of bis uncle. General Meade, in Philadelphia, was a witness of the triumphant return of the armies of the Union. He was regarded as such a mere child that he was not invited to the table when companv came, but dined with the other children in the nursery? A little later, he sat in overalls and a s-traw hat fishing near the shores of the biue Chesapeake. In Sptember he w2s sent to school. In October he was playing furiously on the scrub nine of his college baseball team. It Is incredible that this stripling was the same person as the young officer whose observations and career have been chronicled in these pages. Nor is It more difficult now for the reader than for the writer to realize that this narrative is aught but a dream." Male critics of women's shortcomings In the housekeeping line and of her inability to solve the servant problem satisfactorily are numerous, but they are apt to be rather shy of offering solutions of the problems. It Is therefore Interesting to know how a man, and presumably a learned one. since he is an "LL D.." would solve the difficulties. In the May Cosmopolitan Van Burea Denslow, LL. D, discourses of "The Ideal and Practical Organization of a Home." and sets forth, among other things, the method whereby a housekeeper may simplify her duties and bring her work to the highest perfection with a minimum of effort and expenditure. He lays down a number of rules of which this is the first: "She must utilize the time and faculties of every competent person In the household, whether husband, visitor or child, by 'bossing them instead of enslaving herseli. There will be enough left for her to do after the others have done all she can get out of them. If her four children are sixteen, fourteen, twelve and ten years of age. respectively, and she resides in a large city, she can get good marketing or shopping done by any of these by explaining clearly what she wants, handing the child the maximum sum of money required to buy it. and allowing the child as a commission the difference between this fair price and what the child can get it for. Nearly always the child will learn a deal about buying, and return with as good an article and yet earn Its commission. The notion that children will be made sordid by learning how to trade too early is an error. Children are made sordid, selfish and worthless by not being taught early how to make money their servant, instead of always finding it their master." She must, in order to get the most out of every body, allow no Idle hours for any one between rising and bedtime. She must also have high ideals, must "make home Jolly." must make out bills of fare for two weeks in advance, and must not trust anything to memorv. but conduct her affairs- according to a written schedule. Dr. Denslow is amusing. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs. Leland Stanford is complete mistress of all the details connected with the management of her husband's vast estate. She has every working day prearranged by a regular programme and gives Just so much time to every task. Captain Coghlan. of the Raleigh, has been so lor.g unacquainted with illustrated papers that when W. J. Bryan visited his ship the other day the captain did not recognize his visitor. Not to be behind the Daughters of the King and other such like orders, the colored people of Washington during the Groverlan dynasty, as a mark of esteem and without any thought of humor or reflection, organized the Sons and Daughters of Grover Cleveland. The following curious notice recently appeared In the local columns of the Springfield (Me.) Union: "Mrs. Mary A- Goodwin, widow of the late Stephen Goodwin, wishes that every one would oblige her by attending to their own affairs and she will attend to hers." Buddhist priests are ve.y slack now, even playing football sometimes. Siamese football is played with a wicker ball and the players are not allowed to touch it with their hands, being, however, allowed to use their heads, shoulders and knees. The object is not to let the ball touch the ground, and some of them are very skillful at it. Jacob Cash, a young man who Is in the city prison In Havana, charged with theft and wearing the uniform of a volunteer soldier, has cut all the United States buttons off his clothes because he says he is disgraced, and removed the buttons "out of respect for the Hag we're all ready to fight for." He keeps the buttons wrapped up in a paper in his pocket. The Chicago Tribune says that "P. F. Dunne, who sails in a few days for London in company with his Boston publisher, Mr. Small, declares positively that he will not be beguiled into iecturing nor will he remain longer than a few months away from Chicago. He goes primarily to consult with Grant Richards, the London publisher, who originally pirated 'Mr. Dooley In England. Since 15.000 or 3X000 copies of the book have been sold in London, however, Mr. Richards has relented and will pay Mr. 'Dunne a handsome royalty." Miss Blanche Walsh,who is one of the prime promoters of the new National Theater to be erected and maintained in New York, has received a rather lukewarm letter from Mark Twain, who in a magazine article first suggested the idea. The great humorist says he lacks Miss Walsh's youth and hopefulness and splendid faith and energy, but urges her to "go on to victory with the admiration and the best wishes of the laziest man in history." The new theater seems to be an assured thing and the flans will be completed early next month, ts purpose is to encourage the develop ment of a national drama. William Archer, the English critic, warmly commends the movement. Some interesting particulars in regard to the singular literary partnership of the collaborators Erckmann and Chat r Ian have recently been given to the public by Jules Claretle, the French critic and novelist. It seems that the two came to Paris together as boys, and Chatrian. having written come fantastic sketches, sought to find a readier market for them by palming them orf as translations from the German of ''Erckmann." They made a hit and the two set to work to produce some more. They showed much conscientiousness in their work, and on one occasion after a novel had been finished one asked the other, "What do you think of it?" "Not much." "Suppose we use it to light the fire." And sheet by cheet the manuscript went into the stDve. At ordinary times. I grant. He seems not intellectual; In fact, h3 only once a year . His brilliant work gets in. For once a year a telegram A scheme that is effectualCalls him cn business out of town When house cleaning sets in. Washington Post. Otis un the Filipino. Manila Letter in Leslie's Weekly. General Otis continued with emphasis: "As to Aguinaldo. ne is not a bad sort, but he lost control of his people. He became a mere name, or figurehead, for a time to arouse the enthusiasm of the people, who are skeptical in all things, and his advisers took aavantage of this fact and subserved him to their purpose. He was overrun bv shrewd men who used hi name to further their interests and bind their organization. These Filipino leaders published two ca pers in Manila and preached independence and self-government to the natives until they looked upon us as oppressors instead of liberators. I was compelled to stop both Dubiications so raoia aia tney oecome. An other iorce that contributed much to the idea of war was the meddling of interloping Americans. Englishmen and other foreigners, rascals of all nationalities and the riff raff of two continents who were dumped into Manila and Asiatic parts Hong-Kone. Singapore and Shanghai. These scoundrels acted as agents and secretly agitated the minds of the natives and furnished them with arms and ammunition, urging them to do something which the malorttv of th Filipinos neither understood nor comprehended, for they are naturally a peace-loving and industrious race and easily led by unscrupulous men. No one understands native character; they are shrewd too shrewd lor us." Sensational. Detroit Tribune. Sensationalism has attacked even the magazines, one or. mem has articles In its Hay number which were not written by

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. The Political Situation lu Europe, .Mr. W. T. Stond'a Netr Work. The complete title of this work, summarized above, is "The United Stairs of Europe on the Eve of the Parliament of Peace." The author, William T. Stead. editor of the Review of Reviews, has lately returned from a trip to all the capitals of Europe, where he talked with the important men of each country, from the Czar of Russia down, on the question of a possible "United States cf Eurcpe.", In a preface, after referring to the remarkable results of the war between the United States and Spain and to the peace rescript of the Czar of Russia, he says: "In order better to ascertain what might be the true meaning and vital import of ihe sudden apparuion of an Industrial commonwealth as a conquering and annexing imperial power and me not less startling apparition cf the Czar of Russia in the garb ol an angel of paie. 1 undertook a rapid Journey rouna Lurope la the autumn of ISi'S for the twofold purpose of ascertaining what the men of the old world thought of the latest deelopme-nt of the new wund and of discovering the true inwardness of the Czar a rescript and the degree cf welcome which it was likely to receive from the peoples to whom it was addressed." In the course of this Journey Mr. Stead visited x. rapid succession Liege, Paris. Berlin. St. Petersburg. Sebastopol, Constantinopie, Sofia. Vienna. Florence. Home. Geneva and Berne. In each of thesa places he "interviewed'' the rulers or leaders of the different countries and the ministers resident In the various capitals. The result is an interesting symposium of views and opinions regarding the political situation of lsJ9 In the light of recent events. Besides treating of America's task inthe West Indies and Philippines, the Chinese puzzle. South African problems, ' the Fashoda affair, the concert of Europe and many other matters of current interest, the author forecasts in an interesting way the immediate political future. He has a clear and graphic style and has produced an interesting book. It is Illustrated by mora than a hundred portraits and maps. New York: Doubleday & McClure Company. The Mormon Prophet. This seml-hlstorical novel, by, Lily Dougall, is intended to depict the actual beginning of Morraonism, the character cf the first "revelations" and of those who accepted them, and the extraordinary experiences and persecutions of the early members of the sect. The story opens In New York, where Mormonlsm had its rise, arM it moves westward with the early Mormon) pilgrims, first to Ohio and then to Illinois. Joseph Smith figures as one of the characters. He was not a polygamlsfnor are his followers a laree division of the Mormons

of to-day, who have never settled in Utah and liever owned Brighara Young as a eader. "Of all their characteristics." says the author, "their sincerity is the most striking." Smith himself is represented as a kind-hearted, "cranky" sort oi a person, but not vicious. "It appears to me mor likely." says the author in a preface, "that Smith PAnninplv deluded bv the auto matic freaks of a vigorous but undisciplined brain, and that, yielding to these, he became confirmed in the hysterical temperament which alwavs adds to delusion, selfdeception, and to self-deception half-con scious fraud. Tne cnaracxer i u' "Prophet," as Joseph Smith was cauen. s presented in a new ana prooamy us uuv iirht- The storv shows what Mormonisia wa at the outset, and traces the changes - which showed themselves clearly at Nauvoo City, 111., where polygamy naa its originMerely as a story oi strange nappcnuiK and adventures, including some tron character drawing and love passages. "The from its references to the origin of a new religion and sect. New York: D. Appleton & Co. The Span n Life. Many novels have been written Jointly by two persons, but "The rpan o wie presents the unique feature of having been . a. a a .-jy iAV4-vk ef-kt K o won anrl ft. . TV n 1 1 C II 111 vuiiawiaiiuu uj - woman, Mr. William McLennan and Miss J. N. Mcllwralth. The story does not re veal any gaps, and the reader will look in vain for any distinguishing marks between the two authors' work. The story Is a romance of two worlds, its opening scene being laid In the heart or inaon. ana mo action later transferred to Canada, during the stirring days of the French and Indian war. and closing just arier tne ian i Quebec It relates the fortunes and misfortunes of the Chevalier Maxwell, an adherent of the ill-starred Prince Charles. Before the rebellion Maxwell had contracta cprrpt marrlaee with a. tradesman s daughter which was destined to make trouble for her ana xor mm, ikuuku h an Important factor in an interesting romati ui ndventures in war. his unex pected meeting with and estrangement from his wife, their separation and coming to gether again in tne new worm unun i" strangest possible circumstances furmr materials for a charming historical romance In which love and war ciaim mp rrdwi attention by turns. New York: Harper & Brothers. rubllshers Notes. Charles Scribner's Sons will soon publish a volume of short stories by Richard Hard ing Davis, his first for three years. Messrs. D. Applcton & Co. announce xor early publication "A Double Thread," by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, author of "Concerning Isabel Carnaby;" "Love Among the Lions." by F. Anstey: "layns oi me by Frank T. Bullen, author of "The Cruise of the Cachalot;" "isonemian i1"'., by Count Lutzow; "Uncle Sam s Soldiers, by O. P. Austin: "Our Navy in Time-of war. Dy rranaiui -fcirtimcof, Story of the English Kings According to Shakspeare." "The Kingdom of Hate, by T. Gallon: "Dr. Nikola's Experiment by Guy Boothby; "The Game ana tne c a no re. by Rhoda urougnion: , i 7, and Translator," by Miguel T. Tolon. new and revised edition. The publication or "3en vs. iusur -the Baronet and the Butterfly. by J. McNeill Whistler, which was looked for last n v,, nrh!-ti rostroned by reason of Mr. Whistler's objection to the publicity given the forthcoming book. Is positively announced for May 10, by R.. H. Russell, Z West Twenty-mnm street, -cw Some Novels. The G. W. Dillingham Company, of New York, is making a number of timely contributions to the list of entertaining novels suitable for summer reading. Among others received from them are "Waters that Pass Away," by N. B. Winston, a fascinating story and original beyond the. ordinary romance; "If Sinners Entice Thee." by Wm. M. Le Queux. a story of strong passions and melodramatic situations which closes with an unsolved mystery: "Hollow Bracken." by Hanson Penn Dlltz. a etcry that possesses in an unusual degree the attractions of a complicated plot ard elegant diction; "His Own Imag." by Alan Dale, the thaatrical critic, a very clever and original story in which a popular London actor is the hero: "Not on the Chart." by Algernon S, Logan, a novel of to-day. in which the struggles, excitements, temptations and domestic tragedies of metropolitan lire are depicted In a very graphic manner, ah these are bound in cloth suitable for nbriries. with ornamental covers and of convenient size for reading. The Stnrgls WoKer. The number of detective stories, or stories in which detective wrrk plays a large part, is so great that they might almost be eald to form a school of fiction. The Sturgis Wager." by Edgar Morette, is a late addition to the list. The wager referred to is between a retired physician who disbelieves in the o.d saying that "murder will out." and a young reporter who is quite a clever amateur detective and believes in clrcum-taiitlal evidence. The wager is 13.000 against $U) that the doctor can find In any cory of a dally paper a, case of unsolved crime which no detective on earth can unravel, bturgls. the re porter, takes him up and the doctor selects his case. The reporter himself undertake to solve the mystery, and the des-iption of the manner in which he does it makes ouite a clever story. The author name la new. but some things in the story Indicate that he is probably a newfpaper man. Ne York: Frederick A. Stokes. Wedlock. John Strange Winter did not sustain the promise of ner earliest novel. "Bootle'a Baby," none of the several books she has published since equaling it in merit. The latest one, "Wedlock." !s hackneyed as to incident, but is written with a sprightlinss that In a measure redeem the plot and makes the tale readable. It. F. Fenno Co.. New York. Betty Alden. Jane G. Austin's novels, with themes gathered from early American history, ar not half as well known as they deferve, but now that her publlsners, Houghton, MiT.: 6 Co., havs to i::"? ta cii:i:a n