Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 163, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1899 — Page 4

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Can be found at the following places: NEW YORK A st or House. CHICAdO Palmer House, P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street, Great Northern Hotel and 'Jrand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley & Co.. 1S4 Vine atreet. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deering. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson street, and Louisville Book Co.. Fourth avenue. T. LOUI3 Union News Com r any. Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C Rlgga House. Ebbltt House and vVillard's Hotel. The general tenor of the newa from Cuba Ing nature. Ji.ll things considered, there Is little lawlessness and the hostile elements are lesa active. In the fights of Saturday In Luzon there was no indication of a lack of troops on the American side. Few men were hurt in actual fighting, but many were temporarily overcome In chasing the flying enemy. When one of the Indianapolis trust companies has $100,000 of deposits in Its vaults for which It Hoes not receive advantageous offers it may be assumed that the stock of money is equal to the demands of legitimate business. When the Statesman's Yearbook, a standard British statistical publication, gives twice as much paee this year to the United States as it ''did last, it Is fan- to assume that our Importance among the nations Is rapidly Increasing. , The demonstration In Paris yesterday was & united demonstration by all classes opposed to monorchism. It was a popular protest by all republican factions and all shades of republican opinion against the schemes of the royalists and aristocrats. A warm contest Is expected, to-day before the Democratic state committee In Richmond, Va., when a committee of twenty from the Senatorial Reform League will make application for a delegate convention to nominate a United States senator. The uitlanders In the Transvaal consist, mainly, of British, and Americans, and the demand for their political enfranchisement which England Is now making Includes both nationalities. Under the circumstances it Is a just demand and ought to be Insisted upon. ' : The Electrical Review Is very certain that the Ideal city will come when the horse hall be banished, for, with his going, dust and noise will depart. The electrically propelled carriage may be noiseless, but if it is It will differ very much from the electric etreet car. BsawssseBBSSSssiSBMSssssBSiBsssssBssss The Republican members of Congress in Ilissourl and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat are laboring to persuade the director of the census that Missouri Is not a Democratic Otate like Mississippi, even if it has such senators as Cockrell and Vest- Certainly there are not many better Republican cities than St. Louis. Former Senator Gorman has been making a platform, but It does not read like that which Mr. Bryan set forth at Louisville. He believes that the next national Democratic convention will put the trusts first, anti-Imperialism second and relegate silver to the background. Mr. Gorman sees himself the candidate on such a platform, since Mr. Bryan must stand for J6 to 1. The Atlanta, Ga.. Constitution, which has always taken a bold stand for the supremacy of law Instead of lynching?, calls attention to two cases of prompt action on the part of the courts which will have a good effect. The accused negroes were Immediately put on trial and one was convicted and . sentenced to be hanged, while the other was found to be Innocent. The c-uise aligned for vhe export of a few millions of gold is that the high price of American securities In New York the past few weeks has led foreign holders to cell their holdings on the ground that at present home Investments are paying better than ours, where the best securities have been pushed to a figure that makes dividends and interest but 3 per cenL When the price falls off the gold will return. If Rev. Dr. Lasby does- not regret his Intemperate utterances regarding the Statehouse ground?, his friends must. It is a serious matter for a responsible person to Intimate that bills or Joint resolutions parsed by the Legislature and attested by the speaker of the House and president of the Senate can be made to disappear because It involves the Integrity of several officials." each of whom receipts for such papers. It is unworthy for a minister to declare that the political action of the members of a gTeat and IntelSgent church will be affected by a comparatively trivial affair. It is an Inaccuracy which an intelligent man should not be guilty of, even for the purpose of browbeating, to assert that the Ilethodists of Indiana are 500,000, or nearly one-fifth of the State's population In ISfO, and more than one-tlxth of the entire membership in the United States, It is a defiance of law for any man to as-iert that he and his friends, by force will prevent an officer cf the State from the discharge of fcU duty as set forth in the statutes. The Louisville CcKirier-Journal thinks that the New Orleans Judge who decided that t7hen a mother and daughter were shipwrecked the mother was drowned first because the Inference is that "she was not as f trong as the daughter." will not be accepted as infallible authority by the old ladles, anyone of whom can tell him that "T7e don't have uch girls nowadays as when ca X7za young." Perhaps so, but the quest"5 b rrttlri by law and not by senti

ment or fashion. The law Is that If persons who perish together were under the ag of fifteen years, the eldest shall be presumed to have survived. If both or all were cf the age of sixty years, the youngest shall be presumed to have survived, while if some were under fifteen years and some above sixty, the younger shall be presumed to have survived. These presumptions of law are established to cover cases that cannot be reached by positive evidence, and they sometimes play an important part in settling the question of survivorship among the owners of or heirs to property. THE CIVIL-SERVICE BLANKET. There are In. this country a number of well-meaning people who seem to be convinced that the putting of a lot of inexperienced persons, who secured appointment to office upon partisan considerations, under the cover of the rules of the civil-service laws at once transforms them into efficient officials and employes. They will admit that when they were appointed they could not have passed an examination such as is required of those who subsequently apply for the places, yet when covered by the rules these Illogical persons Insist that they are qualified and should remain. When General Harrison went into office he found that his predecessor had put 5,220 clerks In the railway mail service under the rules of the civil-service law. A large part of these clerks had been .appointed on partisan grounds, without trial' or examination, to take the place of men of experience and efficiency. The change had demoralized th railway postal service in large sections ot the country. General Harrison promptly suspended the operation of the order until May 1, after his Inauguration, during which period 2.200 of the inexperienced and inefficient men were removed and men of ascertained fitness put In their places. The few men and the few papers which 3eem to claim to hold an endless patent for civilservice reform assailed General Harrison as the dupe of the spoilsmen, as they now assail President McKinlcy. General Harrison's offending was that he had 2,300 Inefficient men, who had never passed an examination, dismissed to make place for men who had given evidence of qualification. General Harrison placed the employes in navy yards and the clerks and carriers in free delivery postoffices under the merit system. Ten months before the close of his term Mr. Cleveland put 35,000 employes under the blanket of the civil service. Ills intentions were good, but the classifications which he added were made up for hlrn by a lot of practical politicians who did not attempt to conceal their purpose t protect Democrats whose appointment they had secured. This order as it was drawn provided that the rules should be suspended until such time as the Civil-service Commission had established eligible registers for. the great number of classes, but after Mr. Cleveland had gone out of office It was discovered that this provision had been dropped out of his order. It. Is unfortunate that the few men who claim to possess all the devotion to civilservice reform are so arrogant as to assume that any person who fails to agree with them Is a spoilsman. Their- only purpose seems to be to get officials and employes under the blanket. of the civil-service rules. Examination or qualification plays no part in their plan. A large part of the employes under the civil-service rules have never been examined, yet their scheme Involves no requirement in that direction; many are inefficient by reason of age or other mental or bodily infirmities, yet this seems not to require a remedy. In a rew years all branches of the classified service will be filled with men who will be too old to per

form the duties which 6hould be required of them. Even now there are scores of clerks on the pay rolls of the departments who render little service. The important considerations have no weight with the professional civil-service reformers. Their only purpose Is to get all officers and employes under the blanket of the civil service without examination, and their only criticism Is to misrepresent those who do not accept their behests. The fact that those who may take the places oj men who may be let out of the public service by the President's order must pass an examination equivalent to that required by the Civilservlce Commission is Ignored, even denied by some of them, In spite of the language of the President's order, which It Is possible they have not read. Secretary Gage and former Secretary Bliss and his successor. Secretary Hitchcock, Secretary Long and Postmaster deneral Smith have always been consistent advocates of the theory known as civil-service reform. They are hostile to what is called the spoils system. The two first named are preeminently successful business men. When they say that certain rules under the civilservice law work badly, mo sensible people will acept their opinions in preference to those inexperienced men who have a theory which they claim to be infallible. GERMAXY AXD HER SEW PACIFIC ISLANDS. rublic seitlment in Germany regarding the recent purchase of South sea islands from Spain seems to have undergone a decided change. At first there r.-as almost enthusiastic approval, as if Germany had, with great adroitness, accomplished a master stroke of statecraft. No people better like to get ahead of somebody than the thrifty Germans, and In this case the Idea that it had been done slyly and cleverly gave additional zest to the transaction. The first feeling was something almost akin to national chuckling. But there is a decided leaction and apparently a growing belief that Germany has made a poor bargain. It is discovered that the islands are far removed fiom Germany's "sphere of in fluence" and their possession cannot have any appreciable effect in establishing he commercial supremacy In the Pacific as long as the United States owns the far more Im portant and valuable Philippines, not to speak of Hawaii. As for coaling stations, Germany could, probably have obtained them from Spain without purchasing the Islands, while, according to the agreement. Spain still retains a coaling station in each group and Is put on the same favored na tion footing, commercially, as Germany. Under these conditions Spain will probably continue to control most of the trade of the Islands, especially as the people speak Spanish. It Is discovered further that German trade In the Islands for several years has not exceeded two hundred marks, or about V a year, and It is not perceived how a mere change of ownership Is go'ng to increase It greatly. Finally, It Is recalled that when Bismarck tried to "gobble" the Carolines in 18S3 and failed he consoled him self by characterizing them as "lumperel,' or rubbish. Bismarck would have taken the Islands then if he could have got them by bluffing and without war, but he was too smart to offer any money for them. "Now, says a leading German paper, "this

lumperel Is all at once believed to be worth

17.000,000 marks," or J4.25O.0OO. Another Ger man paper points out that by the terms of the agreement Spain retains all the advantages of ownership, "while she merely cedes to Germany the onus of the cost of the administration and receives an exorbitant price which probably no, other power would have paid." One feature of this change of sentiment In Germany is that the whole transaction and the discussion regarding it are based on mercenary considerations. It Is a matter of bargain and sale, of dollars and cents, without any relation to national honor, military prestige or duty. The case of the United States end the Philippines Is entirely different. Although the Philippines are wcrth vastly more in a strategic and money point of view than the islands purchased by Germany, this was not our reason for acquiring them. We took them because the chances of war compelled us to do so and because we could not refrain from doing so without a sacrifice of national honor and a shirking of national duty. This is a much higher motive than that which actuates Germany. The acquisition of the Philippines brings to the United States far greater commercial advantages than the acquisition of the Caroline and Ladrone Islands does to Germany, .besides a great deal of naval and military prestige and national recognition throughout the world. Germany gets nothing of this. She gets recognition as a huckstering power but not as a naval or military power. There is glory In successful warfare, but there is no glory in buying Islands that a bankrupt nation is obliged to selL A curious feature of the case Is the statement In a BerUn dispatch that It Is a fact well known to the German and American press agents that Spain at the beginning of the war offered to sell to Germany all her possessions in the far East, Including the Philippine Islands. The dispatch adds: Germany then replied substantially that she could not accept the offer, as Spain no longer had the islands to give away, but added that Germany would agree to take all Spain's possessions in the South sea which the United States left her off her hands. This conditional bargain was made during the early stages of the war and was renewed in the autumn at the end of hostilities. It has now been ratified. This is a complete Justification of the course of our peace commissioners in taking over the Philippines, for had they not done so this valuable group would have been sold with the rest to Germany. The United States took its pick and all it wanted of Spain's Eastern possessions and Germany gets the leavings. The battle of Manila bay on May 1 settled the future ownership of the Philippines beyond any reasonable doubt, provided the United States was wise enough to recognize its opportunity and firm enough to enforce its rights. No doubt Germany would have been very glad if the United States had rejected these valuable Islands end let them fall to her under her agreement with Spain to tako whatever was left. Thanks to our peace commissioners, they were wise enough to grasp the situation, and the result is we have all of Spain's former possessions in the East that wo need and all that we should desire. Having taken the cream wo can afford to let Germany have the skim milk. THE TEST OF HOSPITALITY. Those excited persons who are questioning the hospitality of Indianapolis because they cannot have what they want are doing its people a great injustice. As a matter of fact, considering that Indianapolis Is not a rich city, it is one of the most hospitable in the land. Three times has the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic been held in Indianapolis, and each time the thousands who were present went away delighted with the reception given them. The last time It.carae here the decision to come was made in Washington, and one of the reasons which caused the invitation of Indianapolis to be accepted was the expressed recollection of the cordial reception and sustained hospitality of a previous encampment. No city has ever made -better arrangements for the housing and feeding and the general comfort of its visitors than did Indianapolis for the Grand Army in 1SP3. The hospitality of the people on that occasion, their desire to make everything pleasant for visitors, was the subject of general remark. Les than a year ago the Uniformed Knights of Pythias were here a. wet-k. If there was anything but praise of the hospitality of the people of Indianapolis, the Journal has not heard of it. In fact, several entertainments were planned which those visitors had no time to enjoy. It will be the same with the Epworth League convention. The people of Indianapolis know what hospitality is, and with them the duties It may Involve are a pleasure. They will net regard the objection of the location of a large tent on the Statehouse grounds at the sacrifice of a score of shade trees as evidence of a lack of hospitality any more than they would regard the host as lacking therein who would not make a bonfire on his lawn or cut down his shade trees to please some eccentric person. The Grand Army did not demand the Statehouse yard for tents or barracks, nor did the Knights of Pythias ask It for a parade ground. There were other places more suitable. Shortly after the recent disgraceful attack on President Loubet the chief of police in Paris Issued an order closing several clubs, among others one called the Puteaux Club, which has been popular with Americans. Mr. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, called on the chief of police to explain that there was no politics in the club and to ask that the order closing it be rescinded, but the chief declined to do so. A correspondent who Interviewed a French statesman as to the reason for such arbitrary action reports him as saying: Americans tell me that the closing of clubs ror political reason.: would never be tolerated in the United States, but no membfr of any of your leading clubs, such as the Union Club, the Knickerbocker Club, the Racquet Club, for instance, in New York, has ever been guilty of hitting the President of the United States over the head with a loaded cane, while he was a guest at a race meeting held under the ausfilces of a club, in the presence of the dlpomatic corps, and when seated between two ladles, one of whom was the wire or a for eign ambassador. Under such circum stances, I think, even in the United States. there would be popular resentment against the club which should retain the aggressor on the list of its members. Due allowance must bo made for difference of conditions and national methods. If anything of the kind referred to were to happen In the United States popular lndlg nation would be directed primarily against the individuals guilty of the outrage, and they would probably be arrested and pro ceeded against in the regular way not for treason, lose majesty or anything of that kind, but for as?ault and battery, or what ever the grade of the offense might be. The fact that the offender was a member of a fashionable club would not bring the whole club under suspicion, much less cause It to be closed by the police. The perretrator of such an outrage in this country would

be pretty sure to be expelled from any club

to which he might belong, but even if he were not the club would probably he let everely alone with the assurance that pub lic sentiment would soon close It without ny action by the police. But they do these things differently In France. The peace conf erenceN at The Hague de voted the most of last week to considera tion of the right of populations to defend their country, against an Invading army. In other words, the right of civilians to defend their homes and property and still claim the protection of the laws of war. Editor Stead, in summing up the discus sion, says: It is interesting to Americans to know that in the historical retrospect with which Professor Martens opened his case for the Russian scheme he attributed the original initiative of the whole movement to Abraham Lincoln, whose code for the guidance of federal troops during the war served as the first example of the effort of humanity to reduce the laws of war within reasonable limits. It Is remarkable that a peace conference of European diplomatists, held nearly thir ty-five years after the death of Abraham Lincoln, should derive Its Inspiration regarding the more humane conduct of war from the orders and papers of that great man. The public has been -told so long of the wretchedness wrought by the use of borax in baking powder and In the preservation of meat that a general Impression prevails that it Is next to a deadly poison. The other day, however, an expert before Senator Mason's pure food committee declared that borax was one of the good gifts of providence, having so many virtues that a volume would be needed for their tabulation, Figuratively speaking, borax chases the microbe? with a policeman's club, is the positive foe of indigestion and puts red globules Into the blood. The bewildered public would be glad to know which of these experts is right. The Detroit Free Press, which advocated sound Democratic principles long before many Democratic voters now on the stage were born, warns the party against the insane folly of reaffirming the Chicago platform. "Never again," it says, "will the conditions, political and economic, be as favorable for the success of free coinage at 16 to 1 as "they were in 1S06, and never again will Mr. Bryan be able to command the support of such a remarkable alliance of political organizations as he did that year." Everybody with a modicum of common sense must see that this is true, but unfortunately shouting Bryanites are not of this class. The man who grows pessimistic and remark? lugubriously that there's nobody who cares whether he lives or dies, is probably mistaken, especially If he has been In that frame of mind long. There are probably a good many persons. Including the undertaker, who would be glad to attend his funeral. A good message for his reverend father to have sent to the new champion prize fighter just as he entered the ring would have been "Good-bye, Jim. take keer o yerself." The adjuration would have been literally obeyed in this case. Those who have learned that Bellamy Storer was only house hunting will readily excuse his exasperating delay. Most Americans have been there themselves. Man, born of woman. Is of few days and full of trouble. What few days the trouble is out of sight he wanders about uneasily hunting It. BUBBLES IN THE A I Ft. The Cornfed Philosopher. "The woman." said the Cornfed Philosopher, "who comes nearest to marrying her Ideal Is the woman who does not marry at all." A Warm Tatrlot. "Excuse me, but I thought you were one of those fellows who is for his country whether it be right or wrong." "I would be, if she ever could be wrong." Friendly Comment. Mudge It is an awful thing to realize you have made an egregious ass of yourself, isn't it? , Yabsley Ain't you used to it yet? In Doubt. "You are doubtless expecting to be the hero of the hour?" asked the Interviewer. "I cannot say as to that," answered Captain Dreyfus, sadly. "You know it will take several days to make the trip home." THE STATE PRESS. Mr. Bryan talks like a man who doubts about everything except who should head the Democratic ticket next year. Goshen Times. A Cuban soldier with a variety of makeups, a stock of old guns and a Job-lot of names ought to make about $75 a day discharging himself from the Cuban army. Fort Wayne Gazette. Bryan still insists that there is no prosperity in the country, the whole people to the contrary notwithstanding. It might be Interesting to know how much more or less he pays taxes on now than in 1896. Seymour Republican. The question next year will be, "Do you want more prosperity or have you had enough? Do you want wage rolls or free soup houses? Do you prefer to live by honest toll or by charity? Are you willing to keep the American flag where It now is, or pull it down in spots? Anderson Herald. A dispatch says that the manager of a paper mill at Hartford City has a trout pond filled with fish, but nobody can catch them. He wants to stock the pond with bass, but doesn't know how to get rid of the trout. Why not turn the refuse from his paper mill into the pond? Marion Chronicle. We are informed that at the little Pennsylvania station of Speeds, near Sellersburg, it is impossible to get cars enough to haul away the freight that accumulates at that station. And the wages of all the men at work there have been increased 10 per cent. What does it mean? That the gold standard is crushing the people? New Albany Tribune. Peru has learned from experience that the water works plant, which It owns, has, properly managed, been a source of relief from high rates and profitable on general principles. Notwithstanding all expenditures for extensions and maintaining and operating the plant, and the payment of the Interest debt, there Is annually a surplus of $3,000 or more towards the principal of the water works debt and a lower water rate to consumers by at least 80 per cent, than if the plant were owned by a company. Peru Chronicle. What do the enemies of the present policy of the administration, those who insist the Insurgents in the Philippines are capable of self-government, say to the fact that the insurgent leaders themselves are sending their families to Manila, the only place where they will be safe. This is a plain confession of their inability to protect life and property, the rudiments of self-government, and at the same time an acknowledgement of the superiority and sufficiency of our protectorate. There is no excuse for opposing the administration s policy to wards the Philippines. menmona item. Discussing the gas situation in this State last evening. State Gas Supervisor Leach said that the Van Vactor well at Marion made the fiftieth well that he had closed in Madison and Grant counties. Mr. Leach said he was in the battlefield, as all gas companies were extending their mains into this county as well ns oil operators spreading out and developing new territory. He usually did not have much difficulty with old operators in the field, but found that new operators, not being acquainted with

the laws of the State, often caused much trouble until they learned that the State was in earnest. Wabash Plain Dealer. The new minister to Spain, the Hon. Bellamy Storer, has been found. He started to Madrid and for a week has been reported as lost. Such things are not common, but occasionally do occur. Now. there was Marlon Griffith, whom the Democrats elected to Congress in the Fourth Indiana district. He started to Washington a few days before Congress convened and was never heard of any more. We have always been of the opinion that he is In the woods some flace up there in Ripley, but, instead of mntlng him up. as they ought to do, his friends are lying still while John Overmyer Is stringing political wires all over the district and running them Into his bank at North Vernork Columbus Republican. It is an historical fact worth recalling that the first distributing plant established by' the Standard Oil Company was opened at 'South Bend, and that was opened to protect the consumers of this district from the unprincipled dealers In oil which were below the standard test of the State. Mr. James H. State was at the time oil inspector for the district, and he had a great deal of trouble with a dealer who persisted In distributing oils that were particularly dangerous, and the Standard Company, learning of the situation, put in a distributing plant and went after the unscrupulous dealer and rid the district of his dangerous practices. This was really the beginning of the Standard's policy of local distributing points. Elkhart Review. CTRREXT PERIODICALS. Leslie's Weekly, which is published by the

Judge Company, comes out this week with a cover in colors. It Is a good piece of printing. The June Century is an out-of-door number, Its various contributions taking the readers to mountain and lake and plain as fishermen, as hunters or as simple lovers of nature. Frank Norrls'e article In the Century, entitled, "With Lawton at El Caney," has the peculiarity of mentioning pretty much everybody who figured in that famous fight except Lawton. The "recreation number" of the Outlook has an illustrated article on "A New England County Road" which tempts the reader to choosa Connecticut as a summer rambling place. (Some adviee to travelers who Intend to go abroad is practical. The Little Folks is an illustrated monthly magazine which supplies a real want in furnishing stories and pictures suited to the entertainment of very little children. The sketches, being drawn from life and representing very genuine and attractive children, the magazine affords pleasure to older readers as well. Published by S. E. Cassino, Boston. The first chapters of a new story by Mary Johnson, author of that widely-read story, "Prisoners of Hope," appear In the June Atlantic. The story, which is entitled "To Have and to Hold." opens with the landing in Virginia in the very early times of a shipload of English girls who come to find husbands among the settlers. Miss Johnson has struck an unused theme, and the tale promises to be of quite as deep an interest as her earlier venture. Sterner's Illustrations of Henry Van Dyke's article on "Fisherman's Luck," In the June Century, are worth the subscription price. It Is an unemotional reader who is not tempted by Van Dyke's sketch and Sterner's drawings to "go a-fishing." All the illustrations in this issue of the Century are worthy of especial attention. Castalgne's pictures of Niagara are striking, as are also his drawings in "Alexander the Great." The wide difference in the subjects shows this artist's versatility. Potthast's drawing in Mrs. Stuart's story is also excellent. He succeeds admirably in giving the dull look of the deaf to the man's face. Louis Loeb's illustration for Marlon Crawford's story is less happy, the figures having rather a flat effect. In the June Critic Mr. Dickson's collection of Thackeray's unpublished contributions to PUnch is continued, and contains, besides the new Thackeray text, eighteen illustrations from his pencil. Two biographical sketches, "The Author of 'In His Steps,' " by Mr. John Pond Fritts, who is a personal friend of the Rev. Mr. Sheldon, and drew from him the material for the article. A portrait of Mr. Sheldon is found in the pages of "The "Lounger." The other sketch is of the author of "No. 5 John Street." Mx. Richard Whlteing. and is autobiographical, the author himself having furnished the material. "The Lounger" offers the usual variety of literary gossip. Pearson's Magazine for July is already out and it is full of good things. An article on "Human Architecture," which gives the proper proportions of the human figure as shown by harmoniously developed -nnen and women, says that a modern woman's height is usually seven and one-quarter times the length of her head. It then offers a reproduction of an ordinary fashion plate, which measures more than eleven heads in height. "Signaling Through Space" is the somewhat misleading title of an article describing Marconi's experiments In telegraphing without wires. In "The Stage Dummy" the reader is taken behind the scenes and allowed to see how the elephant and his companions look in their wicker framework. Every article in this magazine is illustrated. Henry James Is showing remarkable Industry of late. Not less than three fullfledged novels and at Jeast two novelettes have been published by him within two years. However the public may regard these stories people who like Henry James like him very much and vies versa no one can say that the abundance of his work signals any falling off in quality. On the contrary, the recent output has indicated unexpected versatUlty and Insight on the part of this author. The new story entitled "Europe," whose first chapters appear In the June Scribner. promises to go still further out of the field In which he was so long accustomed to work. He deals with Americans and begins with them in Boston, the opening installment containing some exquisite touches that promise well for what is to come. The last of Charles Mul ford's articles In the Atlantic Monthly deals with municipal advance on aesthetic lines and is evidently based on a careful study of possibilities and a knowledge of what has been done. He shows a familiarity with conditions in all large cities of the country, including Indianapolis, and his suggestions are sensible and not beyond the present possibilities. He says in conclusion: 'There is a sociological value in the larger happiness of great masses of people, whose only fields are park meadows, whose only walks are city streets, whose statues stand In public places, whose paintings hang where all may see, whose books and curios, whose drives and music are first the city's where they live. The happier people of the riedng city beautiful will grow in love for it. in pride In it. They will be better citizens, because better instructed, more artistic, and filled with civic pride. The little Florence of the twelfth century, whose few inhabitants were raising the tower of Giotto and the famous Duomo, has written her name above cities a score of times as large. It was possible to say In her, as It should be possible to say with us, that the 'noblest sort of heart is that composed of the united wilr of many citizens.' " Current History is everything that it claims to be a faithful presentation every three months of the story of the world's progress, in a form remarkably concise, clear, readable, and worthy of permanent preservation for reference. Each number puts the reader at once in familiar touch with the great questions and happenings of the day. The following are some of the many subjects fully covered in the present number: The issues of the Spanish war, with arguments for and against expansion; HamnAn difflrultvr Hawaiian nrnhl fu9 crisis in France: political and commer cial prooiem in ine orient; disarmament conference; Partition of the Sudan; Trust problem and stock movements In United States: Army and navy affairs; Isthmian canal question: oppression of Finland; Australian federation; Wireless telegraphy; color photography: Anglican Church crisis; Pope Leo on "Americanism;" biographical sketches of Col. Roosevelt, President Schurman and the other members of the Philippine commission; President Faure, President Loubet; the peace conference delegates; C. M. Depew; J. II. Choate. Herbert Putnam, Sir H. Campbe-lI-Bannerman: Sr. Silvela. Prof. O. C. Marsh, Joseph Medill and many others. Current is Issued In quarterly numbers at 14 Beacon street, Boston. So It Does. Philadelphia Times. In the coming college commencements it also looks as If the thermometer would take many high degrees. Live In Ohio. Washington Post. We are not surprised to learn that Mr. Hanna has a severe pain In one of his legs.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Story of the Rough Riders.

Colonel, now Governor, Roosevelt is a very energetic and Industrious, as well as a very versatile man. Whatsoever his hand findeth to do he does with his might, and he seems to be doing all of the time. Since Us return from Cuba, besides attending to his personal affairs, making a vigorous po litical campaign, getting elected Governor of New York and delivering some notable addresses, he has added another to the list of books written by him. In "The Rough Riders" he gives the history of that famous organization from the first inception of the idea of raising the regiment, through all its stages of enlistment, organization, equip ment, drill, departure foe Cuba, its experi ences and fights there. Its return, muster out and farewell scenes. Of course, the book Is much more than a mere regimental history, and very different from the collec tion of rosters and dry details that tometimes pass under that name. Theodore Roosevelt could not writs that kind of a book. This is a graphic history of a tlnct military episode and of the war Spain as far as 'Colonel Roosevelt's l ment of Rough Riders participate fn -t. The opening chapter describes the raising of the regiment and shows how remarkab'y varied and mixed It was In its personnel. Including college graduates, professional and business men, cowboys, brcr.co busters. frontiersmen, ex-regular army soldiers, min ers, Indian fighters and even a lew Indians. Probably it was the most " mixed becy of men ever brought together 'in one rga:ization. but. says the author, "all Eastern rt. And Westerners, Northerners and Scutherners. officers and men, cowboys and cc.lege graduates, wherever they came Irom sr.d whatever their social poitlon-all posix-sstd in common the traits of hardihood and a thirst for adventure." The person.! sketches and descriptions of some individual ir embers of the regiment are quite interesting. and the narrative of its movements and services, lnterspersid with battle scenes, incidents of a h.tirnns character and pr sonal anecdotes nu.'ks altogether a unir;e and very interesting contribution to tne literature of the .ate war. The ncmen us fhotogravure illustration adi much to tne n ter est of the' oook. Ni Yvk: Charles Scrlbner's Sons. .Without Dogma. This novel, by Henry K. Sienkiewicz. author of "Quo Vadls," "Fire and Sword," etc., differs from his great historical romances, in those the figures are numerous and the action grand ana dramatic In this one the Interest centers almost wholly around two figures, and the battle is that of a man searching for his soul's happiness and a woman helping him to find it. "Without Dogma" is a study of spiritual decayproduced by skepticism and fostered by excessive retrospection. The hero, Leon Ploszowski. flounders through various stages of pessimism, cynicism and skepticism only to discover at last that all his learning and philosophy are mere dross compared with the simple, unquestioning faith of a woman whom he loves without having the right to do so because she is another man's wife, and whose simplicity and purity refute all his arguments. The story is written in the form of a Journal or autobiography by Leon himself, and Is a masterpiece of literary work. The author seems to have set out to show the moral depths to which skepticism may drag a man, and In doing this he has produced a searching subjective study of human nature. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. The Rescue of Cuba. A sub-title to this book designates it "An Episode in the Growth of Free Government." That indicates the point of view from which the subject is treated. The author of the book, Dr. Andrew Draper, president of the University of Illinois, was not a participant nor eye-witness of the military operations and war scenes which he describes, but he treats them as Incidents of an important step in the world's progress towards universal liberty. In its origin and inception the war is treated as one for humanity, the acquisition of enitory being an afterthought. "It was to rescue Cuba, not to gain Porto Rico or the Philippines," says the author, "that bound all sections and parties together In a demand for a resort to arms." The philosophy of the war is expounded from a plane of high patriotism, and its actual events are described In a clear and graphic style, "The Rescue of Cuba" is a good book for young readers. New York: Silver, Burdett & Co. On the Edtre of the Empire. This is the title given to a collection of short stories depicting native life and character in British India. The authors, Edgar Jepson and Captain D. Beames, show familiarity with the subject, having been presumably connected with the British civil and military service in India, There are thirty stories in the volume, classified under the heads of "In the Lines," "On the Bloody Border," "In the Bazar" and "Elsewhere." The stories are written in a spirited style and portray quite graphically many phases of Indian life and character, but their interest for American readers if rather remote and some of them contain so much Indian dialect as to constitute a blemish for any except those familiar with the language. New York: Charles Scri brier's Sons. Across the Ciimpni. As might be Inferred from the title, this is a story of college life. The college life dealt with Is that of girls, and the story is a merry chronicle of undergraduate life which the author, Caroline M. Fuller, describes with a kind of zest that Indicate? she has "been there." The story carries a group of girls through the four years' course and deals with the gradual development of their characters in that period as affected by the social side of college life and as revealed by their relations with each other. It is a bright and wholesome story which the girls, for whom it is writetn, will be sure to enjoy. New York: Charles Scr loner's Sons. The Consar Tamer. This volume of stories by Frank W. Calkins gets its title from the first of fifteen 6hort stories, all of which are laid In Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming, in early times. "The Cougar Tamer" himself is a young sheep herder who cultivates the acquaintance of and gains wonderful Influence over wild animals, snakes, etc. His experiences in taming a pair of young cougars and his other experiences in the same line make an Interesting story. The other stories are all adventurous In character and are well written and readable. Chicago: Herbert S. Stone & Co. Nineteen Letters of Den L'zlel. This Is a collection of philosophic and devotional essays on the principles of Judaism, ' written by Rabbi Samson Raphael Hlrsch, of Frankfort-on-the-Maln, and translated from the German by Dr. Drachraan. The author has chosen to put them in the form of a correspondence between a young Israelite of inquiring disposition, rather Inclined to skepticism, and his friend, a learned and pious rabbi, Ben Uziel. The book ranks as a classic in German, and in its English dress it has been styled the spiritual and devotional masterpiece of English-Jewish literature. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company. About Oar New Poaneanlons. This book is the joint work of T. J. Vivian and Huel P. Smith, and in a preface they say very truly that 'There Is not one fact nor statement in this book that cannot be found in some other authoritative book or public document." It might be added that some of the other books are much fuller than this one, the only merit of which is that it presents In a handy and compact form not all but a good many facts and statistics relating to our new possessions. New York: R, F. Fenno & Co. Publishers' .otes. Mr. Cy Warman's new novel of railroad life is entitled "Snow on the Headlight." It is said to picture dramatic phases of a great railroad strike. The book Is to be published soon by D. Appleton &. Co. Q. P. Putnam's Sons will publish early in the autumn an Important work under trra title of "Famous Homes of Old England and Their Stories." It will be edited by A. 11. Malan. and will comprise descriptions of twelve notable homes. The story'. "When the Sleeper Wakes," that has been appearing as a serial In Harper's Weeklf, has now been issued In book form. It is a novel that should attract great attention, for the wonderful skill with which Mr. Wells ha created an entirely new civilization is without precedent. Harper & Brothers hav also published. In two volumes. Justin McCarthy's "Reminiscences," "Cromwell's Own," a

novel of the great civil war, and a ner bcok by John Kendrlck Bangs, entitled The Dreamers: a Club." Dr. C. W. Doyle's book, entitled The Taming of the Jungle," recently published by the Lipplncotts, Is proving to be a literary success. The little volume is not an echo of Klnling in any way. but an original interpretation of the primitive pcoplo of the Teral, the great Jungle that skirts the foothills of the Himalayas in the province of Kumaon. G. W. Dillingham Company announces "The Naked Truth." by Albert Ross; "The Slave of the Lamp," by Henry Seton Merrlman; "The Sacrifice of Silence," by Edouard Rod: "A Princess of Vascovy." by John Oxenham. author of "God's Prisoner: "Hats Off." by Arthur Henry Veysey, and "The Man Who Dared." an historical romance of the time of Robespierre. A second edition of Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson's "Women and Economics" has been brought out by Messrs. Small. Maynard & Co., Boston. This house announces the immediate publication of a new "bird book." entitled "On the Birds' Highway by Mr. Reginald lieber Howe, Jr. Mr. Howe's essays comprise studies of the birds along the eastern coast, from Maine to Maryland. Dodd. Mead & Co. wUl Include among; their list of fall publications the "Reminiscences of the Life of Edward P. Roe." The volume will be edited by his sister, Mary A. Roe, and will include sketches and other papers of an autobiographical nature. The Rev. E. P. Roe, while in no measure a great author, was an exceedingly popular one, and many of his friends and readers will probably await with pleasure, a work whose purpose Is to give a simple and truthful picture of the life of the dead writer. This house will also Issue a new volume by G. W. Steevens, the well-known correspondent, which is to be entitled "Imperial India." Dr. Henry C. McCook's new book, entitled "The Martial Graves of Our Fallen Heroes in Santiago de Cuba," will shortly be published by George W. Jacobs & Co.. of Philadelphia. The Initial purpose of the book is to give an exact picture of the condition of the battlefields of Santiago da Cuba after the conillct. It accurately reproduces the methods of soldiers In caring tor the graves of their comrades: It Introduces the reader to a phase of military life which has never before been treated. In connection with thl. the book gives graphic and accurate descriptions of the various battlefields. This is done not only by the verbal descriptions of a personal observer, but by numerous photographs, drawings, maps and charts. THE TRUST PROBLEM.

The Cnne of the Combinations and What May Be Expected of Them. To the Editor of tb Inditnapolls Journal: I am not expounding the merits of any socialistic, anarchistic, co-operative or trust idea, but only calling attention to certain relevant points which have been omitted .In the many vle,ws taken of our prevailing trust question. The common conception of Its outcome is that it will throw our country into disruption, our people in revolution and anarchy, and Socialism will reign supreme. So far as Socialism is concerned this is true. Most of us are Socialists at heart, without the courage of expression, as the terms anarchy and soclallimi are confused by many. In reality they axe diverse one from another. Anarchy means "no law;" socialIsm means "more law." Another of the unthinking mind's conceptions is that Socialists ask capital to go down Into its pocket and divide its wealth in hand equally among members cf the universe. As a fact they only ask a division of natural resources, and not the inflation of or speculation in their value. In other words, to the producer belongs the spoils. The trust is the natural outgrowth of competition, the unnatural and demoralizing condition In business. Business U supplying one and another's wants and of course under a competitive regime It is nocessary to employ high salaried traveling men and other expensive and unnatural measures to create business and seek patronage. As a result the trusts are iormed. BlacKstone says: "A corporation has neither a soul to be damned or a body to be kicked." This Is very true, but it is also true that organization is more efficient than disorganization. In the case ot the Standard Oil Company, which is the father of trusts, tho consumer has been given the benefit of economy in administration. Trusts and labor saving machinery ar.e of a parallel nature. The latter we have had with us longer and are better able f sea Its results. The same view as of the trust situation was taken at its advent, bat It has invariably been of benefit both to labor and consumer. It Is a matter of history when the first sewing machine was introduced, people held up their hands and exclaimed, "Think of the poor women this contrivance will throw out of employment." To-day, In the factories of Indiana alone, there are 8,0w women employed in front of sewing machines. To carry the Socialist argument to a conclusion it is discovered that Interests, profits and rents are all wrong because they who receive them produce nothing, and are, consequently, parasites in a community of producers. The evolution of the trust Is federalization of all Industries. Tney will centralize and concentrate, money itself will congeal Into a common coffer and thus cease to be of value: the tendency In this can be seen by the recent and radical reductions in interest rates. Trades and industries -will concentrate under government control, business will assume Its natural state of supplying one another's wants, the division of resources will be equal, and every being will be supplied with the necessities and luxuries of life according to productive ability, including the money lender, profit getter and rent collector. Under these conditions the necessities of life will require tne expemniure oi oui iuu mnfcj, mm . course all classes will have more time to devote to artistic and Intellectual pursuits, and thus it all tends to higher civilization. In New York to-day there are 5.000 traveling men out of employment, due. of course, to the trusts. 1 am not undertak-, ing to say what these men will do. but 1 do say that the cities have been developed at the expense of the agricultural districts. The manufacturing and mercantile establishments have received their brains from the farm, and there must be an Influx In the other direction. It is a simple matter to put a seed In the ground and produce grain; it is also a simple matter to milk a cow. put the milk In a churn and produce butter; but to produce good butter, good grain, and produce them economically, is another question. There are opportunities on the farm for the same scientific study and economic principles as are exhibited in the city mercantile and manufacturing establishments. Panning of to-day Is chemistry. By the recent discoveries, in the cheap production of ammonia it is now po rlble to recuperate the wornout and abandoned farm lands of the New England States. Snow Is a natural fertlliier. and its ertntnlnlntr lurrA nronortlons of ammonia accounts for the value of this chemlcajs an artificial fertilizer. Of course, farm life means the sacrifice of social and educational advantages of the city. But the development of rapid transit and communication, such as telephones, electric lines, suburban trains, horseless vehicles, bicycles this objection is being eliminated an essayist has said of all Inventions of modern times, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted these inventions which abridge distance have done more for civilization. Another essayist has said: "There are three things which make a nation great and prosperous fertile fields, busy workshops and eay means of transportation for men and goods from place to place." DAVID GIBSON. Indianapolis, June 8. Something About Liquor Licenses1. To the Elltor of the Indianapolis Journal: I notice In the Journal of to-day that in answering an Inquiry of "Constant Reader" you say: "If a license to retail liquor Is refused by the county commissioners the intending vender can sell by the quart only after he has procured a government 11mm m . a . a, at I cense, mis is anogetner incorrect, mnco the passage of the untl-quartshop law. In lsy", which has been held effective by both the Supreme and Apellate Courts, if the county commissioners refuse a license, then the intending vendor cannot sell In that township except In quantities greater than five gallons at a time. To do this he must be a wholesaler, and not a retailer. To put it more plainly: If the citizens of a township or city ward remonstrate successfully against all applications for liquor licenses, then liquor cannot be sold In said township or wara in less quantities than five gallons at a time, except "on the written prescription of a reputable practicislng physician." Furthermore, that which is called a government license 1 not a license at all. but a tax receipt, showing merely that a dealer has paid the government tax. and does not carry with it any protection whatever. 1 he federal government does not license the liquor traltic. It recognizes the right of tach State to deal with it in any way it may desire, and only undertakes to tax each dealer, whom the States allow legally or otherwise to engage in the business. S. E. NICHOLSON. Indianapolis, June II.