Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 139, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1899 — Page 4

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The men who praise ex-Senator Boutwell cow are those who abused him when he was General Grant's secretary of the treasury and a Massachusetts senator favoring tha annexation of San Domingo. There are some Indications that China is Setting tired of being kicked and cuffed by the European powers. China Is a great, sluggish, inert mass, but once roused to the point of united action Its people might astonish the world. The surprise of the Porto Rlcans at the tinostentatious way in which the new military Governor, General Davis, arrived and took up his duties was quite natural, but they will learn. In time, that the American way Is very different from the Spanish. .'How do the people who propose to give Admiral Dewey a $100,000 house in Washing ton know that he wishes to keep house or to live in that city? As a widower, he may prefer some other mode of living, and as an elderly man of plain tastes he may prefer to live somewhere else. The first semi-official function by the reace conference was the celebration, yesterday,' of the Czar's birthday, many of the delegates participating in the religious ceremonies. According to our calendar the Czar was bom May 6, 1SCS, but the Russian calendar makes it May 19. It is reported that Mr. Carnegie, since he declared his purpose to die poor, has been so beset by all sorts of beggars who desire to help him to carry out his purpose that he has been compelled to seek retirement in the fastnesses of Skibo Castle. Such are the burdens of the rich man. It Is stated that one of the causes of dissatisfaction on the part of the coal min ers in this State is that they are under obligation by the wage schedule to purchase powder cf an anti-trust local concern at $1.7 a keg, while the agents of the Duponts. In the Powder Trust, are trying to sell powder to them at $1.25 a keg. It la time that the federal m authorities should Interpose, as they have in Kansas City, to put an end to the swindling of negroes by sharpers or dupes of their race who are getting money from them under the promise that, if the matter is looked after, ex-slaves will be pensioned by the . United Stages. Those people should be told that the project Is a fraud and an absurdity. BSBSSSBBSSSSBSBBBBBBSSBBBBBBSBSSSBSSBBBBBSSSSSSSSSBBBBSSBSBS Few Intelligent people any longer heed the Intemperate utterances of Prohibition politicians, but it may be said In answer to the person who stated in a Prohibition meeting In this city Wednesday that President McKlnley is a coward because he turned a deaf ear to the appeals of thousands of people to abolish the army canteen that the canteen was suspended some time since by an order of the War Department. A member of the finance committee of the School Board says the reason the board is offering a 4 instead of a 3Va per cent. lond for refunding purposes is that certain obligations will soon become due, and it was deemed desirable to guard against any possible Eudden fluctuation In the money market. Under ordinary conditions the members believed a 3 per cent bond couid readily be sold, but after consulting finan cial authorities it was deemed prudent, in view of monetary uncertainties, to make the rate 4 per cent. The committee is confident the bonds will bring a premium that will reduce the interest to less than 3i er cent. In spite of the brave threats of Agulnaldo's junto, the reports from Manila are to the effect that the President's commission 13 receiving the assurances of large bodies of Filipinos who have been under the sway cf that would-be leader that they are anxious to have the United States extend to them the protection which Is promised. The members of the commission have been able to reach the intelligent and well-to-do natives, to whom the plans of the President are fidly explained. Little has been heard cf thJ work of the commission, but It Li busy consulting delegations and recognizing local governments. Aguinaldo has not surxendered. and he may not, but his power Is broken and the larger part of his army scattered. The official programme of the citizens of Terre Haute, the third handsomely printed pamphlet which they have sent out regard ing the coming Gr-nd Army encampment. chows that the men and women of that city trs making preparations on a most lib crxl teal for the entertainment of those T.iil t3 thtlr eitttta. Ths entertain-

ment will begin on Tuesday afternoon with a sham battle by companies of the National Guard. Tuesday evening a general reception will take place in the Normal School Hall. The parade will occur on Wednesday afternoon, and a novel feature that evening will be a cake walk on one of the streets. These are simply features In three days which are crowded with plans for the entertainment of the people. The attendance promises to be unusually large. CUBAN INGRATITUDE.

Whatever may bo the final outcome or settlement of the Cuban question, the present attitude of the Cubans towards the United States is one of base ingratitude. Perhaps this statement should be confined to those who are shaping the course of the late Insurgents. No doubt there are many intelligent Cubans who deprecate this course and who would rejoice to see the army disbanded and stable government established, but they seem to be powerless. The Cuban army officers are in the saddle and their policy seems to be one of treachery and obstruction towards the United States in its efforts to carry out its policy of temporary guardianship and friendly assistance in establishing law and order. Considering what the United States has already done for Cuba and Its avowed purpose of withdrawing from the island as soon as circumstances will permit, the course of the Cubans is unspeakably base. Nations and peoples as well as Individuals are expected to show gratitude to their friends In time of need. We have done far mere for Cuba than France did for us in our war for independence, yet while the United States has never ceased to recognize Its debt of gratitude to France, Cuba displays no such feeling towards the United States. The services rendered by Lafayette to the cause of American Independence were not as great as those rendered by some American officers towards the liberation of Cuba, Yet Congress voted Lafayette a gsant of $200,000 in cash and an immense tract of land, President Jefferson offered him the governorship of the Territory of Louisiana, and on his two visits to the United States after the war his progress through the country resembled a continuous triumphal procession. Even now, a handsome monument Is about to be erected to his memory in Paris with funds contributed by American children. That is the gratitude of an AngloSaxon people towards the representative of a Latin race who befriended them in a time of need. The Cubans are not built that way. But for the United States the Cuban generals who are now fomenting opposition and trying to defeat out efforts to restore peace and prosperity to the Island would still be skulking In the fastnesses of the in terior, starving, marauding, winning alleged victories on paper and terrorizing their friends far more than thdr enemies. Recent revelations have shown that the Cuban insurrection never could have succeeded. But for American intervention it would probably have been suppressed before this and the leaders would have been shot or exiled. Cuban emancipation from Spanish rule is a free gift from the United States, as Cuban independence will be if the leaders do not succeed in thwarting the purposes of this government. There is nothing in history to equal the Ingratitude of their present course. Mt is so utterly base that but for the pledges made and the responsibilities assumed by the United States before the world it would almost be justified in washing its hands of the whole business, withdrawing from the Island and leaving the Cubans to fight it out among themselves. They could have no worse punishment than this, and they scarce ly deserve anything better. TUB EVIL OF OVERCAPITALIZATION ILLUSTRATED. The evil of overcapitalization by Indus trial combinations called trusts is illustrated in the so-called flour trust, which was recently organized. It will control less than 10 per cent, of the flour milla of the country. For that reason It can scarcely be called a trust. So limited a combination cannot become a monopoly, except as a combination to take advantage of all the economies in producing and selling flour. In regard to capitalization the so-called trust has made up in water what-It lack3 in the number of plants. The real value of the property which has been put Into the trust is estimated at $4,000,000, but it has been capitalized at sixteen millions. This Is a case which fairly illustrates the dangers of the trust as most of them are being organized as set forth by Rev. Washington Gladden in an article noticed In Thursday's Journal. If those who own the property In the trust and those who have promoted It can sell the four millions for sixteen millions they will make a large amount of money, even if they cannot make the plants earn enough money to pay dividends on the stock, which cost them only the printing of the certifi cates. But the combination cannot mon opolize tho flour-manufacturing industry be cause it owns but 10 per cent, of the flouring mills, with a capacity of 39,000 barrels a day. The managers can earn a good dividend on the actual value of the cost, but when the earnings are distributed to a capital of four times as much the percent age will be very small. The preferred stock will be taken care of, but the common stock will receive small returns if the promoters of the trust shall be able to find enough inconsiderate persons to purchase it- at par or anything approaching par. Such pur chasers will not be long in learning that they have bought water which they cannot sell and that they have lost their money. If the managers should undertake to put a price upon the flour they produce which will enable them to pay dividends on the fictitious values In stock, they will fall, for the simple reason that with onlyone-tenth of the mills in the country they cannot establish and maintain prices, if they could it would be only for a short season, because a profit of 4 or 5 per cent, on a capital three parts fictitious would incite the holders of capital to build new mills that would make an Immense profit and Inaugurate a com petition which would be ruinous to the com bination paying dividends on property three fourths of which U fictitious. The promoters who attempt to dispose- of this stock are represented as claiming that It will require a saving of but 4 cents on a barrel over present methods to earn the money to pay a 5-per-cent. dividend on all the stock. Four cents a barrel seems in significant on the cost of a barrel of flour. but when it is understood that 5 cents net a barrel on flour is a good profit for large mills, the Impossibility of nearly doubling that profit In the face of competition must be apparent. If the owners of the mills in the flour trust should base their comb! nation on a liberal value of their property and the good will of their trade, they could introduce tho best methods in production and take such advantage of the methods of distribution as would make their business much more profitable than It Is possible for it to be, with each mill running Independent ly. By such coablnation no Injury would

come to the consumer, and better results would accrue to the producer. THE TAX ON FRANCHISES. The bill which Governor Roosevelt will offer the Legislature of New York next Monday as a substitute for the franchisetax bill, which he wBl approve If the substitute is not passed, describes a franchise as follows: A local franchise is a right or privilege lawfully granted by the local authorities of a county, city, town or village to a person, copartnership, association or corporation or possessed by such person, copartnership, association or corporation under a general or special law. to use, occupy and enjoy publio streets, highways or other public places or public waters, or any part thereof or any Interest therein and whether on, above or below the surface thereof. A local franchise Is deemed real estate for the purpose of taxation. If a franchise has value, why should It not be taxed as other property? None of the papers in New York which have become very much excited have answered that question or even undertaken to do so. It Is easier to try to alarm people about the heresy of Populism and the spirit of socialism which lurk in the proposition to which Governor Roosevelt ia so strongly committed. The reason for such taxation Is afforded in the action of Mr. Tom L. Johnson and Governor Pingree in Detroit. Mr. Johnson named a price for the street railways which he represents. Some of them have charters which do not expire for about seventeen years. For the plants, including the franchises, Mr. Johnson asked $17,500,000 of the city of Detroit. The plant could be duplicated for less than half , that money. The property is bonded for something like $12,000. 000. Really the difference between the price asked, $17,500,000, and H2,KO,000. Is the value of the franchise for seventeen years. That Is, the franchise, which cost the companies nothing, is worth $3,500,000 In the judgment of Mr. Johnson. It is property because It stands for .value, and furnishes the means for earning the money which makes Mr. Johnson and his associates wealthy mon. It may be said that the street-railway service which Mr. Johnson's companies afford is full compensation for the franchise. If this were so, it could have no prospective value or value to the companies which Is not value to the city of Detroit. In that city street railways pay neither tax nor any sum of money for the franchise. -The franchise Is the property, and the profit-earning property of the street-railway companies. Why should they not pay a tax on it, as do other property owners on real estate and Improvements? In the temporary dearth of news at Washington some of the correspondents are drawing on their Imaginations for reasons why the President has gone to Hot Springs, Va. One says it was to get rid of the nicotine in his system, acquired by excessive

smoking, and another says it was to escape the domestic confusion at the White House Incident to spring alterations and housecleaning. No doubt both of these sugges tions are purely fanciful. It is unnecessary to look for. any other reason for the trip than the President's desire, for a little rest and to get where he would not hear any politics or be Importuned for official favors. The President is the only American citizen who cannot have any privacy in his own house and who has to go away from home for a little rest. The Albion New Era mentions the ar rival at that place of twenty-four tanks, each containing 125,000 young pike perch. which are to be placed in the lakes of that county Noble. The fish, numbering three million,' are from the United States hatchery at Put-in Bay, and are furnished by the United States fish commissioner free of charge. In appearance they resemble the native perch in the lakes of northern Indi ana, and are said to be a very hardy fish. great fighters, growing at the rate of onehalf pound a year and weighing ten pounds when fully grown. When the national government is taking such pains to stock our lakes and streams with game fish our own people should desist from capturing or killing them by barbarous methods. "Aunty" Atkinson's substitute for what he calls the "criminal aggression" of the United States In the Philippines is the neu tralization of the Islands by joint agree ment of the European powers. He says: "Let the great naval and commercial pow ers of the world neutralize the islands and aid them In establishing an orderly govern ment," That is to say, while the suppres sion of tho Insurrection and the establish ment of orderly government by the United States alone is "criminal aggression" in the eyes of Mr. Atkinson, the same thing done by joint action with the European powers would be a grand and noble thing. If there Is any glory in it the rightful owner of the Islands might as well have it ail a? divide It with other nations. A Muncie (Ind.) boy, who is a member of the Twenty-third United States Infantry, which has been In tho thick of the fight in the Philippines, says, in a letter to his father: "If anyone cares to know what the boys from old Delaware are doing tell them that we are doing our duty in a way to make the residents of that county proud of her soldier boys in the far-away Philippine islands." The talk of the men on the firing line is very different from that of the cowardly and treasonable "aunties." DIDDLES IN THE AIR. Alarmed. She Do you know I believe you when you say you will love me as long as you live? He Look here, you ain't a revolver expert, are you? Interest. "Then you take no interest In outdoor sports?" asked the interviewer. "None," answered the senator. "If I took any interest at all in such people it would be In the on3 on the Inside." Also. He I cannot understand how his indiscreet remarks could have got out. I understood they were made in a company of gentlemen. She Oh, but didn't you know? There were some reporters there also. Poor Girls. "That hateful Choliie Smart announced that he was going to tell us a lot of jokes he had picked up at those horrid burlesque shows." "Goodness! Were they shocking?" "Not a bit: the hateful wretch'." If the Spaniards were In the least super stitious in the American way, they would have refused to permit a salute to be filed in honor of the thirteenth birthday of "their King by a vessel representing a power that had. whipped their army and navy such a short time ago. Senator Peffer and his hirsute trimmings have returned to the bosom of the Republic an party. His acceptance in the ranks should be made conditional upon hi3 remov ing: his Populist badge with, a razor. The Soldiers' Home at Marion claims to have among lti inmates the 7ounst3t col

dier enlisted in the Union army during the civil war. His name Is Albert Dewitt C. Walker and he was born at New Castle, Ind., Feb. 20, 1832, and enlisted in the army in the spring of 1S&4 and served till the close of the war. He was married at the age cf eighteen and was a grandfather at thirtyeight. At the age of forty-seven he is completely disabled by rheumatism. STATE PRESS OPINION.

The prophets of the 15-to-l brand are not talking much politics now. Seymour Republican. The thousands of laborers who have recently received a comfortable Increase In wages are perfectly willing to worry along under what Mr. Bryan flippantly terms "the poor man's load." Greenfield Republican. If left to the American people to decide by ballot, there would be an overwhelming majority in favor of not only retaining the whole of the Philippine archipelago, but Porto Rico and Cuba as well. Kokomo News. Recruiting for the regular army continues to be brisk, notwithstanding the fact that times are good, wages high and labor in demand. There mus.1. be more patriotism in the land than the "aunties" imagine there Is. Muncie News. The very best evidence of general prosperity is the marked Improvement of local conditions. The business men, farmers and workmen everywhere are constantly and profitably employed. While these conditions survive there is no hope for the return of the soup-house party to power. Bluffton Chronicle. The question Is, whether the condition in which the country now finds itself, with mills running day and night, wages increasing, factories enlarging and crowding their work and everybody employed and hustlingwhether, were Bryan in the White House, this condition would not be considered a fairly prosperous one. We are inclined to think that Democrats would discover, at least, some signs of budding prosperity. Crawfordsville Journal. The people of the United - States probably never experienced a more prosperous era than that which we are now enjoying. It is not a question with manufacturers of how much goods they, can sell, but how much material they can procure out of which to manufacture the goods. Every man capable of doing good work, who wants a job. either has it or can get it. Everywhere wages are being1 advanced without the asking. Connersville News. The sheriffs of those counties in Indiana where lynchings have occurred are as guilty of murder as are the men who composed the mob, and are as much to blame for the occurrence as the man who pulls the rope. Th decision of Judge Baker will make men hesitate to go on the bond of a man whose willingness to perform his duty in time of danger may be wanting. If the sheriff is worth any property it will make him think twice before he calmly submits to mob violence. It is a decision which will bring relief in some measure to Indiana and lessen the disgraceful scenes which have made her the object of censure among Northern States and a companion in crime to the Southern States. Richmond Item. Judge Baker's ruling tn the United States Court in the matter of the lynching of Marion Tyler in Scott rounty, in which he holds the sheriff liable' for the safety of the prisoner, may have a very salutary effect in the future. It is conceded that a sheriff with nerve can In most instances defeat the purposes of a mob. If the officers throughout the State are made to realize that they may be held for damages, they will, perhaps, not be so ready to give up the keys to the jail, but will make a determined effort to save their prisoners in the event of an attack upon them. In the case referred to the administrator of the estate of the man who was lynched is suing the sheriff and his bondsmen for damages. Noblesville Ledger.. Dr. Rrlsgs'a Work. New York Letter. Thero never was any doubt on the part of the strong influences in the Episcopal Church here that Bishop Potter would carry out his purpose of ordaining Dr. Briggs to the priesthood on the day set apart for that ceremony. And this belief was maintained, although few knew how completely and overwhelmingly the protests of a few high churchmen had been met by correspondence coming from the strongest influences in the Episcopal Church in this country. If that correspondence is any . indication, then a trial of Dr. Briggs for heresy will result in his acquittal. What will astonish many . persons who earnestly supported tho bishop was his announcement of the Intent of Dr. Briggs to serve as a prie?t In the tenement district among the humble and lowly as a sort of mission priest. He chose that vocation, and it was for that reason that he was ordained in the pro-cathedral, which is situated in the heart of that district. Incidentally, the ordination there has caused thousands to ask what pro-cathedral means, not knowing that it is the temporary cathedral or bishop's church, and will be until the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is completed. Harrison Praises Dewey. New York Special. Former President Harrison sailed for Eu rope Wednesday on the steamship St. Paul. Before the vessel left. the dock he talked about Admiral Dewey and the work which made him famous, saying: "The things wnicn Admiral Dewey has done and the things which he left undone since that memorable May day have made him as great a diplomat as he is a fighter. He is the great hero of the Spanish-American war and deserves all the praise which the people of the American Nation can give him. He not only destroyed Spain s power but kept would-be meddlers from making it a triangular fight." former President Harrison believes the people cannot do too much for Dewey. Very Likely. Boston Transcript. Various Southern papers are asklnsr the North to note that an honest and respected colored man who "never dabbled in politics." died at Albany, Ga., the other day, and his runerai was attended by an immense concourse of both whites and blacks." Very likely: a black man's funeral is the one event of his history in which the Georgia whites seem to take a lively Interest. No Monopoly. - Fpringfleld (Mass.) Republican. Absurd as the claims of Christian science are In respect to the treatment of broken bones, cancer, fibroid tumors and other such things. It Is not so sure that their use of spiritual Influence may not be of great value and effectiveness in some cases of disease, and the regular doctors, like the regular clergy, don't monopolize the healing power. A Lie Nailed. Kansas City Journal. Tho Wichita Beacon savs that the one hundred women who attended the meeting of federated clubs at Junction City have a crand total of only eighteen children. This is another of those Wichita short-crop lies. There were four delegates from Topeka who have nineteen children between them. A Delicate Flea. Chicago Record. "Father," said the boy who was looking pensively at the sunshine and luxuriant foliage which told of approaching June. "What is it?" "Where do you suppose Gen. Funston would be to-day if hl3 father had punished him so that he was afraid to go in swimming?" Kansas 31ystery. . Kansas City Journal. It Is common remark among visitors to Atchison that that town has an extraordinary number of sad-visaged and mournful looking people, and the Globe wonders why this Is so. Perhaps It Is because the Atchison people are to good. ; Am onp Anti-Expansionists. Kansas City Journal. If Admiral Dewey really wants rest he should take up his abode for a while in Boston, and provide himself with some heavy flannels. Livened Up. Detroit Tribune. Dr. Briggs may not annex any great amount of faith to the Episcopal Church: but it looks as if he might be able to liven it up a bit. Modest Request. Atchison Globe. We do hope that we are the first to esk the War Department to change the name cf the Bag-bag to the Funston river. With Devrejr In 31ind. Detroit Free Press. Go forth when the tocsin sounds, my son: scale tho lofties-t heights of heroism; aud you may get a house and lot. Very Different. New York Tribune. Just as we predicted! Clnct Dr. Lyman Abbott dared to support ths administration

its enemies have concluded that he is only "Lym" Abbott; If be only frothed at the mouth against McKlnley, what a distinguished, scholarly divine he would be an example and exception to the common herd who are so unfortunate as to be born In America!

DIAMONDS GALORE. Dazxllng Display Made by a South African Magnate' "Wife. London Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph. What a thing it Is to be a South African millionaire! Last night from a humble position in the stalls of the Garrick Tneater I gazed upon a box that seemed to be absolutely scintillating and . flashing with such a display of diamonds . as may be rarely seen even in London. The wearer of the Jewels was none other than Mrs. "Solly" Joel, the wife of the Johannesburg magnate, whose fame I am sure has reached your ears, and the sister-in-law of the late Wolfe Joel, who, it will be remembered, was murdered In Johannesburg last year. The Joels were partners with that other famous man of money. Barney Barnato, and at -the time of the. Jameson raid all these Afrikanders were much before the public, both in a political and financial sense. Mrs. Solly Joel is a rather good-looking woman, fair, blue-eyed and plump. She was wearing a black net gown embroidered with irridescent paillettes, but one did net notice her costume much for wondering at the gems that were spread with such complete prodigality over her person. The front of her 'bodice was completely covered by a marvelous ornament of diamonds, set in a curious floriated design and hanging from shoulder to shoulder. This fastened in the middle of the decolletage with a huge sunburst of diamonds, from behind which literally dripped (I can use no other word for It) what appeared to be fringes of great diamonds that reached to her waist. Around her throat was a very deep collar of pearls even or eight rows of them, I should think with slides of diamonds set in a most exquisite a jour pattern. With this was also worn two great ropes of pearls alternating with pierced diamonds, and a leng diamond chain as well. In her hair was a very high trefoil comb with a centerpiece consisting of a square-cut emerald, from which rose three leaf-like prongs of great diamonds clustering about .. pearshaped pearls. Bracelets flashing with diamonds, emeralds and rubies formed gorgeous shackles on her wrists, while I noticed that the sticks of the small, black, silverspangled empire fan she carried were literally incrusted with gems. With Mrs. Joel was a fair, rather pleasant looking girl, who was evidently her daughter. She was simply dressed in white, but she, too. had rows and rows of pearls about her throat and hanging low on her bodice. Mr. Solly Joel appeared occasionally ot the back of the box, and with him was that other well-known African diamond king. Mr. Joe Lewis, whose fame, I think, in New York and Philadelphia is equal to that which illumines his career here. Mr. Joe Lewis, it may be known, is much interested in the dramatic career of that wellknown American damsel. Miss Fanny Ward, who is at present playing the chief part in "The Cuckoo," with iMr. Charles Hawtrey, at the Avenue Theater. - CHICAGO'S LATEST IDEA. Envious Comments of a. Newspaper in a Rival City. Erooklyn Eagle. I Unless the Associated Press, which is of Chicago origin, slanders the place of its nativity, the fertile fancy of that town, nourished on the stimulating odors of its ..iStoric river, has hit upon a scheme of advertisement which will make the welcome to Admiral Dewey look like. 30 cents. Chicago is to have an autumn festival in October, when it will lay the cornerstone of a new postoffice, and when, according to the veracious Associated Press aforesaid, she proposes to invite George Dewey and Aguinaldo to participate in the exercises. First Division Aguinaldo and Edward Atkinson, arm in arm. The Ancient and Honorable ArtUUiry of Boston, followed by Gen. Lunas Katapur.ans. of Manila. The Aladdin Oven Band, playing "There's a New Coon in Town." "I Ain't no Cheap Man" and "I Want Dem Pamphlets Back." Second Division E. L Godkin and Samuel Bowles, arm in arm. supported by the subscription list of the Evening Post and the Anti-Imperialist League of Agawam. The Goldbug Band, playing "I Love Society, 'Igh Society," and "The Sword of Bunker Hill," the latter as a dirge. "The desire to make the Filipino leader acquainted with the manners and methods of carrying forward a Chicago enterprise and the wish to establish friendly relations between the races" is set forth as the object of the remarkable project. The races referred lo are doubtless the Chicago race and the Filipino race, and it isn't hard guessing which c ne wlli be inside and which out. after the acquaintance. We hope Chicago will have Aguinaldo if she wants him. She is old enovgh to know her own mind and enterprising enough to have her own way, but if she gets him we respectfully suggest an order of p'oopaion for her festivities something like this: Third Division Carl Schurz and Prof. Lawrence Loughlin, of the Chicago Univers its', supported by' the Imperial Grenadier n?ird nf TiPrHn !narw i.v Vmnerr wHuuaras or ueriin. loaned by Emneror Ham out of sympathy with the occasion, and a German street band playing Die Wacht - . ..-.....'v.. v. ...a am Rheln" and "Mistah Johnson, Tu'n Me ix)ose. " But would Dewey participate in these fes tivities? lie might possibly review the pro cession by long-distance telephone from the aec-K or the Oiympia ofr Staten island, and his band would be playing "Take Your Trunk and Go." The mouthpiece of the Olympla telephone would be removed, lest a bar of the tune should be transmitted to the Chicago end of the wire, strike Aeulnaldo's ear and cause him to break from the procession and bolt across the prairies for t . T" 1 . . . .. . ana x raucisco at a dOUDie-quiCK. . AGUINALDO'S PARTNERS. The Mystery as to Who Han Furnished Arms and Rations. Washington Special. The War Department has become con vinced that Aguinaldo has recently secured a new adviser, who is cleverly instructing tne 1'inpinos to lay a trap ror General Otl3, to compel tne latter to recognize the bel ligerency of the Filipinos. It is evident that this adviser is connected with the person interested in supplying ammunition and rations to the Filipino army, so that it will be easier to send necessary supplies to Agunialdo's army. The latest move of Aguinaldo in saying that he would order the citizens of all nations outside of his lines and not recognize them as noncombatants is but a step to carry out this scheme. Cer tainly, Aguinaldo or his Filipino advisers never devised this plan themselves, but there Is some civilized guiding hand behind tne move. It has been a mystery to the War Depart ment here to know exactly how Aguinaldo has secured the large amount of ammunition and supplies he has had to carry on the insurrection so far. Tne rebellion began on the 4th of February, and since then thousands of rounds of ammunition have been fired by the Filipinos, and the army has been obliged to have an immense amount of rations. Wrhere all this has come from Is a question unanswered at the War Depart ment. But it Is evident that supplies of all kinds are running short in Agulnaldo's ranks, and he is trying to find a new way to replenish them. It is a well-known fact that Hong-Kong nas been the headquarters of various firms of all nations that have been furnishing ammunition and other stores to the Fili pinos, but now that the insurgents are be ing driven away rrom the coast line to some extent it is not so easy for filibusters to communicate with them. Another question has been as to the resources of Aguinaldo's army. Where the money is coming from to pay for this insur rection na3 not Deen satisractomy an swered. The Island of Luzon must be much more fertile and productive than hitherto supposed if it can supply, unaided, the Insurgent forces, as it seems to have done during all these months of war. When General Lawton captured a great store of rice not many days ago it was thought this would be a senous blow to Aguinaldo. but while no doubt it hampered him to a great extent, his army still seems to have rations. and they are firing as many guns as ever. STATUE TO HIMSELF. Free Thinker's Self-Recognition for - Victories Over Doajmoa. Cleveland (O.) Special. One of the most unique statues in the country will he unveiled In the heart of the Western Reserve in a few days, and under most peculiar circumstances. Tho statue is a life-size figure in bronze of Chester Bedell, one of the interesting characters of northeastern Ohio, and known far and wide for his oddities. For years he has been an avowed Free Thinker, and for over a quarter of a century his time has been much taken up with speadlng his anti-rcllKlous views and fighting lawsuits againt rela tives. Having arrived at an advanced ase. fie has determined that posterity shall be forced to remember his contests, both legal and religious, and has taken a characteris tic manner of doing so. To him there is nothing odd or incongruous in his erection of a f-tatue to him self in the Berlin center Cemetery, and its formal dedication this month will be made an occasion by him of rejoicing ever the enemies, and. as he siys. "owr the destruction of error and tho unfading of the gospel of man's brotherhood." This Is only another of his nualnt defiance of tho conventionalities which rule that a man should die before a monument . oe erected to his memory, especially if provided by himself. Tha status is cf 32-ouaa oxldlztd copper.

It was modeled by W." 51. MuMns. Cf Salem, O., and is an artistic plfce of work. The base of the memorial is a;tdstne and granite and the statue from me pl'nth to the top of the unlifted right hand Ij a scroll upon which are the vo.ls. "Universal Mental Liberty." and under ihe left toot he seemingly tramples upon another scroll bearing the word Superstition." The scroll in the right hand is undoubtedly intended as a reminder to coming generations of Mr. Bedell's early life, when, as he puts it, his father-in-law, Henry Hartzell, tried to force him into religion by joining the Presbyterian Church. Mr itrioii rcMyi in urin Center. In

the western part of Mahoning county, and is probably the weakliest farmer In northeastern Ohio. Ho owns l.&Oo acres of lano, located in western Mahoning and eastern Portage counties, and is In easy circumstances financially. Although a man past eeventy-two years of age, he walks erect with an elastic step and enjoys the best or health. His farm property is all in a high state of cultivation, and well stocked with, Ccit tic Mr. "Bedell is one of the most kindly of men: a man of even temner and sunny dis position. His family, which consists of s-ev-cn children, all grown, is his chief interest, and therein probably lies his true religion, Mr. Bedell says that throughout his life he has based all his actions on the principles laid down by the founders of our government, that all men were created free and have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and that he believes these ends are attained through reason, a better guide than faith. Reason tells him that "to believe and be damned" is downright fraud, and has no place in the scale of reason. He adopted the principle that the time to be happy was now and the place to be happy was here. He married into a Presbyterian family, and says all things moved pleasantly until two children were born. Then his father-in-law informed him that he must Join the church and have the. children baptized JI he exneered anv consideration from him. He could not brook the idea of being forced into the church against his own lnricmpnt. Churrh matters waxed warmer and a feud sprang up between Mr. Bedell's family and the iiartzeu iamuy nu other farmers in that locality, which lasted rlnsft tr twentv vears. and on which Mr. Bedell has written a book, entitled "Twen-v-r,nA Hattlea Fouerht bv Chester Bedell with Relations and Presbyterian Intoler ance." He has been victorious in his numerous lawsuit whioh followed the destruction of farm nrnnertv in. his locality, and for which, he says, a band of conspirators tried to hold him responsible. He has lived to see some of his alleged perse cutors serve terms in the Oh:o peniten tiary, and another commit suicide, rather than faoB the inrUntment for uerjury. iie orn rM&T-a Vii viotnrv rnmniete. and natur ally refers to these affairs to show the dnntrprmis elements in religious intoler ance. fr Resell was born in Sandvstone town ship, Sussex county, New Jersey, Dec. b. ISiJ. and hl3 father. Isaac Bedell, and his wife, whose maiden name was Corneda Decker, were both born about tne ciose oi the elehtpenth renturv in the same townshin in Sussex county, near a little ham let now called Latin, on a small stream named Blir Flat brook. Mr. Bedell came to Mahoning county in 1S35. and. with the exception of about two years, during wnicn time he lived elsewhere, nas resiaeo at Berlin Center continuously. In 1851 he mar ried Mar-y Hartzell. daughter of Henry Hartzell. His marriasre engendered a re ligious feud which lasted many years, but Is now a thins of the past. one oi atr. Bedell's recent kind acts has been the tak ing of a colored boy, whom he found on the streets, to his home, where he is keeping him and providing well for him. Mr. Bedell has been an extensive traveler and has 6een much of the world. CRAWFORD'S 3IR. ISAACS." How that Interesting Tale Came to De Written. Robert Bridges. " 'And now tell me.' I said, 'the true storv of how vou came to write Mr. Isaacs?" I have read dinerent versions ofit.'It has once or twice been told correct ly,' said Mr. Crawford, 'and this is exactly how It happened: On May 5, iwz. uncie Sara (Samuel Ward) asked me to dine with him at the New York Club, which was then in the building on Madison square. now called the Madison Square Bank liuildinsr. It noes without saying that we had a good dinner, if it was ordered by Uncle Sam. Wo had dined rather early, and were Fitting in the smoking room, overlooking Madison square, while it was still ngnt. As was perfectly natural, we began to exchange stories while smoking, and I told him. with a creat deal of detail, my recol lections of an interesting man whom I had met in Simla. When I had finished he said to me, "That is a good two-part magazine story, and you must write it out imme diately." He took me around to n;s apart ments, and that night I began to write the story of "Mr. Isaacs." Part oi tne nrst chaDter was written aftsrward. but the rest of that chapter and several succeedInir chanters are the story that I told to Uncle Sam I kept at it from day to day. trettine more interested in the work as 1 proceeded, and from time to time I would road a chapter to Uncle Sam. When I goi I . . ..." . . . -r -a tnrougn tne original story i was iu amuu with the writing or it that it occurred to me that I might as well make Mr. Isaacs fall in love with an English girl, and then 1 kept on writing to see what would happen. By and by I remembered a mysterious Buddhist whom I had once met in India, find so I Introduced him, to still further complicate matters. I went to Newport to visit my aunt, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. while I was in the midst of the story, and continued it there. It was on June 13, 1K82. while In her home, that I finished the last chapter of "Mr. Isaacs:" and, uncie Sam appearing In Newport at that time, I read him the part of the story which he had not heard. "You win give it to me, - he said: "I shall try and find a publisher." He had for many years rrequented tne book store of Macmlllan. and was well acquainted with the elder George Brett. He took the manuscript to Mr. Brett, who forwarded it to the English house, and in a short time it was accepted." A PROSPEROUS COLONY. The Condition of Canada Pleasing to the Mother Country. London Dally Mali. The nrosneritv of Canada will give gen eral satisfaction in the mother country. The Dominion has ever been most forward in advancing the Interests of the empire: her loyalty is indisputable and unselfish, and at times we wish that it received mere prac tical encoura cement on this side of the At lantic. The inadequate support given oy Lord Salisbury's government to the allBritish Pacific cable is a damper which for every reason oueht to have been avoided. There is surely somotning greany lacKing in British mercantile enterprise when it falls to take advantage of a preferential rate of 25 per cent. At the same time it Is gratifying to nnd tnat entam is tavonng Canadian goods in preference to otners. air. Fieldins. Canada's finance minister, quoted flmires to show that the Increase in her ex ports to Great Britain was.much more than that represented oy the ordinary improvement in trade. Questions of trade between Canada and the United States nave sua to do setuea. It is natural that adjacent districts, di vided only by an arbitrary frontier line. should desire free commercial intercourse. It will be a erievous pity if a mutually sat isfactnry modus Vivendi is not arranged. The United States cannot reasonably ex pect Canada to give way on all points. The labors of the Joint high commission aro pe ine carefully watched here, and great cusaDnointment will te felt if they prove fruit less, cunaoa nas expressed ner determina tion not to allow anything to interfere with her development, and in this respect she mav count on the active support or Eng land. War Relics. Washington Special. Cities expecting relics of the Spanish war from the Philippines as souvenirs are doomed to disappointment. A number of cities requested the war Department to send them cannon or guns used in the bat ties In which their volunteers were engaged, Secretary Alger called the attention of the various cities to the law which prevented the government giving away anything but the obsolete arms or guns, lie consented. however, to present the various cities mak ing reques-ts with old guns captured during tha war. word was sent to tienerai Otis to send the old guns to this country, but Gen eral Otis has Just Informed the War De-. partment that, according to the terms of surrender of the Spanish at Manila, the Spaniards were allowed to retain all of the obsolete guns and cannon in the Philippines.' and hence the war department will have none to give away. Tbat Elixir of Life. Chicago Post. We confess to gn Interest in the goat elixir of life brought to Chicago by a reputable citizen of Green City. Mo. Naturally the one idea of a man who has discovered th secret of perpetual existence is to get out of Missouri, else there Is no personal advantage in the discovery. As to the value of Dr. Roberts's treatment we are not in position to say, but we do know that as far back as the time of Isaiah that well-meaning but pessimistic prophet spoke slightingly or the value of the blood and flesh of lambs and bullocks and he goats as the means of immortality. .From this we gather, in fact we know, that the goat lymph had been used for purposes of experiment, although it was doubtless discarded by Isaun. who was perpetually opposed to the general order. Despite his objection to euch remedies Uaiah lived to be at least eighty years

of n?e, and he mlsrht have ben living still.

ror au we know, had he not been guilty of excesses of discourse at a time wnen fretdom of speech was not pcpuUr. As heshowed no disposition to die a paccfui ani natural oeatn, we are toid ny some authorities that he'was cawn in two" a very disagreeable Jewish habit of antlclratlnc tne decrees of nature. Of course. It is not Im possible that Dr. Roberts has discovered some caprine qualities in his lymph thai were not known to Isaiah, and there is certainly no harm in giving him the benent or every doubt. But we are inclined to be lieve that our ancient Jewish friends knew everything that could be learned about goats, and perhaps to a restricted goat diet may be attributed the longevity of Mctnuelah. Noah. Abraham and otiifT well-known-patriarchs and sn ock farmers. We enail await further particulars in the" hope that this theory may be vindicated. ANCESTORS TO ORDER. An Experience In Ireland Related by Gilbert Stuart. In introducing an account of Gilbert btuart s portrait or airs. CriKith. an enrraving of which forms the frontispiece of the juay i.eniur. Air. t;naries Henry Hart gives this account of the famous winter: Gilbert Stuart was five feet ten Inches in height, with fine physique, brown hair, a ruddy complexion, and strongly marked features. He dressed with elegance, which was possible at the period of which I write, and. notwithstanding his biting sarcasm. keen wit, and searching eye, was a great favorite with the fair sex. In his thirtyfirst year he chose for his partner through life Miss Charlotte Coats, a lady of much personal beauty, and with a fine contralto voice, the daughter of a Berkshire physician, and they were married May 10. ITvI. Notwithstanding the new responsibilities this changed condition entailed. Stuart con tinued his old manner of living, and soon found himself deeply emtarrassed. In tho?e . 'gooa oia times the supposed remedy lor failure to pay one's debts was the debtors' prison, our enlightened forefathers not possessing the appreciation of the situation belonging to the untutored child of the forest, who, when confronted with a like condition. laconically said. "Ugh! In prison no catch beaver." Thus many times did Stuart find himself where he "no catch beaver," until. to escape the walls of the old Fleet, he removed, two years after his marriace. to Dublin, and took up his residence at Stillorgan .pane, a few miles distant from the city, flattering Inducements having been offered him by his Irish friends, who were so taken with his free manner and open-handednes-s that they adopted him, and spoke of hirn as "our Irish Stuart." Stuart had many amusing experiences while in Ireland, although his stories must be taken with much salt, an he was a vain rodomontadlst. and counted the relation of Imaginary experiences among his best prac tical jokes. One story that he was particularly fond of telllnc was of an invitation to visit a gentleman who desired to have some portraits painted. He found an old castle with a new tenant, a tailor, who had acquired a large fortune by army contracts. ine portraits that he desired Stuart to paint were of his ancestors; and as he knew not who they were, or what they wore like, his commission to Stuart was to paint them as they ought to have been. This Stuart did so satisfactorily to his patron that the painter was paid double the agreed price: and those portraits, with their century of age. to-dAy doubtless do duty for authentic likenesses of some ancient Celtic worthies. Such a story as this has Its moral as an impressive warning to students of historical portraiture, and is an important footnote to the history of such false impersonations. THE CRI31E OF 7IV Nevada Stewart Voted for and John Sherman Asainst It. Washington Letter in Louisville CourierJournal. Except old Ben Butler. John Sherman is the best hated man the country nas Known since the war. Millions of voters toouth and West charge him as the author of the "crime of i3." Not only was ne not tne author oi the bill, but he voted against it the only time it was brought to a vote in the Senate, and Stewart, ci Nevada, voted lor it. Thomas C McCreery, of Kentucky, also voted tor it. So did Garrett Davis. This vote was taken Jan. 10, 1V.1. but it was the "enme-of- ,4" bill. In alluding o his vote Mr. Sherman said this in tne Senate Aug. a). lt4: so thit on the only vote which was ever taken upon this floor the senator from Ne vada (Mr. Stewart) voted for it, and 1. the devil hsh. voted against it. It was not on account of demonetizing the silver dollar. I did not do it because of that; but 1 did it because gold was then only coined for the benefit of private depositors; we were not using gold except for limited purposes. Goid was the standard in California, and we thought they ouuht to continue to pay the old and reasonable rate for coinage of one-fifth of one cent to the dollar. Becausewe were beaten upon the proisition . the majority of the committee ou finance voted against the bill which was rejorted, not because it left out the silver dollar, but hecause it leit out the charge lor the mintage of gold." In that same speech Sherman quoted the following from a speech delivered by Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, in the Forty-third Congress: "I want the standard gold and no paper money not redeemable in goid; n paper money the value of which is not ascertained; no paper money that will organize a gold board to speculate on it." I heard Sherman make that speech Aug. SO, lSyi No fair-minded man can read it and not acknowledge that the crime or '73" was committed in open day. And if the price of silver had not fallen nobody would have ever heard of the crim of 73." Until I heard that speech I believed that silver was demonetized in the dark. I now know it was not. How Lincoln Played Watchman. Washington Special. James Etter. a doorkeeper In the War De partment, frequently occupies a chair from which he could not be induced to part, be cause it was once occupied by Abraham Lincoln when he was President of the United States, although at the time he acted as watchman with a badge pinned on the lapel of his coat. Mr. Lttpr explains the incident by saying: "One day during the war I was sitting here, when a tall. angular gentleman entered the main door and asked if the secretary was in. l toid him that it was too early for the secretary to be in his office. " 'At what hour can I depend on finding him here?' he asked. I told him. and with a pleasant 'Thank you he walked away. "Promptly on the hour tne tan gei.neman ascended the steps, walked in the door, and I was almost struck dumb when he asiced me if I would not go into the secretary's room and tell him to step out In the hall. I could not leave my post of duty, and even if I could I did not think the secretary would come out to see him. "He replied: 'O. I guess he will, and as for leaving your post, I will be personally responsible for that. I am Mr. Lincoln, and I will simply take your badge and keep door while you step in for me. "Well. I couldn't doubt him. and he pulled off my badge, pinned it on his coat, and took my chair, just like an old-time watchman. "A smile played over his face as I left him. and you can rest assured it was not long before he and the secretary were holding a quiet talk in an out of the way corner in the hall." 1 " Couldn't Down the Sparrow. Philadelphia Record. The Boston crusade against the English sparrow came to a futile ending not because of a sentimental regard for tnis belligerent feathered rascal, but because the efforts to exterminate hm were about on a par with the labor of the legendary old lady who endeavored to sweep back the ocean tide with a broom. Nevertheless, if it be true (as learned ornithologists claim) that at this bright season of the year the warbling bobolink, robin, thrush and other favorite American songsters would be much more in evidence if the sparrow Ehould be less plentiful the Importation to our shores of this pugnacious bird may be reasonabi) regretted. Evidently, however, the ipanrow has come to stay. A Modest Maid. New York Evening Sun. Mrs. Blank's "Just-over" maid is in the habit of wraDnlnff herself in a voluminous brown shawl whenever She stirs abroad. The warm weather has made no difference; th chawi i wnrn lust the nam. "Brldce?." raid Mrs. Blank the other day. "I should think you'd be uncomfortably warm in that shawl. Why don't you live it off. now that spring has come?" "What!" cried Bridget, "and show me Agger! Shure. ma'am, an ye can't mane for me to go out lolke tht a-showln me figger!" Wheeler's Ambition. Washington Special. General Joe Wheeler is reported to b harboring an ambition to be tall piece on the Democratic ticket In li if Bryan should be nominated. He reasons, it is said, that a war hero tn the ticket will be necessary to its success far more necessary than the nomination of a millionaire for the ensnarement of campaign contributions. A IJlow. Washington Pott The retirement of Mr. Yerkes will be a sad blow to the Chicago aldermen. Us was their best customer. So It Would. Philadelphia North American. Under the circumstances it would be eminently justifiable for Dewey to stud a tub-stltute.