Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 178, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1899.

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. j newspaper advocating Democratic princi

ples, declares that the present Democratic convention is In the hands of cutthroats and cisasslns, and la controlled by thugs and bullies. The several societies which have each taken to themselves the name of "Colonial Ztemes" are fighting over the title in a New York court. The original colonial dames were of fighting stock, and no doubt the cociety which fights best will be held to .have the lineal right to the name. Do women strive with a definite ob ject?" asks a writer in one of the current . magazines. Well, the women of the "Inter national Council," which opened in London , yesterday, are striving for the general ad vance of mankind with the women occupying the leading automobiles. Isn't that definite enough? The anti-trust conference in Chicago will bring a considerable number cf men together, but so far as the names of those who will paticipate are given, they are mainly those of men who have no practical experience in affairs. The theorist can be of little use in the solution of the problem which the so-called trusts Involve. It having been announced that the Iron furnaces and mills will not shut down six , weeks during midsummer, because business Is so urgent, an impassioned appeal may be looked for in behalf of the iron workers because prosperity has compelled them to go without a vacation at the demand of the grasping manufacturers who have advanced wages 23 per cent. Our army has Manila firmly in Its grasp. together with the Dagupan railroad as far north as San Fernando, and is using that line for military purposes. It holds the south shoro of Manila bay to Bacoor and Cavlte Vlejo. and the Interior as far as Imus. That 13, the most valuable part of the Island of Luzon Is securely In our pos session. Whatever demonstration Agulnaldo may make during the rainy season will be to show that he Is keeping up the fight In the vain hope that he may gain something. He knows that he cannot force our army to relinquish the ground it holds. Secretary Alger must at the outset have a realizing cense of the partnership which he has fcrmed with Governor Tingree. The secretary had scarcely declared that Governor Pingree Li for tho renomlnatlon of President McKInley when the Governor' eagle eye fell upon the printed observation in yesterday morning's paper. Before yes terday evening's Issues were out the lingrte correction was on the wires. " nether I am for McKInley or not depends," says the Michigan potentate; "If he U against exp3.r:lon I am for him, and if he s in

f ivrr cf it I am opposed to him." It is net

of the slightest consequence whether Gov-

ernor Tingree U for cr against the renomlnatlon of the President, but It must be embarrassing for the secretary to assert that the Governor has always been for him and to have the Governor deny It, in effect. In the next Issue of the papers. A SPECTACLE AND A WARNISO. The so-called Kentucky Democratic con vention is furnishing the country an in structive spectacle. Four years ago, follow ing its real leaders, the party declared for sound money n its platform, and then, with strange perversity, the small men who were delegates nominated "Wat" Hardin for Governor. Upon the rtump he repudiated his platform and turned his back upon such leaders as Carlisle, Buckner, Lindsay, McCrecry and Watterson. Hardin was defeated. The year following, the organization of the party, being In control of men who reviled Its able leaders, sent a 15-to-l dele gation to the Chicago convention. Carlisle, Buckner. Watterson and others who had given the Kentucky Democracy prominence in Democratic national councils, were howled down and denounced as traitors and scoundrels by every little demagogue, while the cross-roads organs vied with each other in the coarseness of their abuse and cari catures of these once-honored names. The Louisville Courier-Journal, In many respects the ablest exponent of Democracy In the South, was assailed and every effort was made by these new leaders to destroy Its circulation. For four years these small leaders of fac tions have had their own way. The Goebels and the Jack Chinns are leaders. The former crowded a bill through the Legisla ture which puts the control of the elections In the hands of a state board. In vain did the decent element protest. On Wednesday the state convention, manipulated by these new factional leaders, assembled. Onethird of the seats .were contested. Two candidates for Governor combined and thereby cxptured the organization and put out over one hundred Hardin delegates to make room for their own. Then the two conspirators quarreled, each accusing the other of treachery. We are warranted In the opinion that one or both of these con spirators told the truth, because the acknowledged Democratic organ, the Dispatch, declared several days ago that the convention was In "the grasp of cutthroats and assassins." On Friday the chairman called for the protection of the police. No objection was made to the presence of a large number of policemen until yesterday morning, when one of the Hardin delegates asked by what authority the Louisville po lice filled the aisles and stood about the presiding officer. The latter answered that he had the, police there to preserve the peace ana to protect himself. Thereupon tho Hardin delegate made a motion to the effect that the chairman dismiss the police because their presence menaced the rights of the delegates. The chairman ruled the motion out of order, and refused to entertain a motion to appeal from the decision of the chair. Thereupon bedlam broke loose and all efforts to take a ballot for a candidate for Governor were Ineffectual until late In the afternoon, when the delegates were worn out with shouting and noise making. With but a third of the votes Goebel has absolute control of the chairman, the state committee and the party or ganization. He has secured, moreover, the adoption of a platform indorsing his elec tion law, which many of the more promi nent men have denounced, thus making It most embarrassing for them to accept the nomination. And all this disgrace of a week's conven tion and all the political infamy which each faction charges upon the other have come to the Democracy of Kentucky because it thrust aside its able and honored leaders to become the followers of the silver mine owners' trust. THE KEMICKY DEMOCRATIC OHA. Ton. If anyone Imagines that the Kentucky or ator has not had his half hours to exhibit his peculiar product In the six days Dem ocratic convention he Is mistaken. The viv id orator with his wildly mixed metaphors, his torrent of withering denunciation and La iin . ms Kiuienns panegyric can always nave a hearing in a Kentucky convention. The wrangling delegates on the floor will always stop in the midst of a general melee to applaud the orator whose power to ruffle the plumage of the American bird Is recognized. A few samples are worth auotiner. Take. for instance, the following from a speech secondlrg the nomination of Capt. Stone: He will be elected and the unsoeakahle Bradley and his hordes of Republicans will go to the oblivion to which decency has long ago consigned them. I will go further. lie is the only man you can nominate to win wlti beyond all question. Let us make no mistakes. fellow-Democrats. As I hope to answer ror the deeds done In the flesh. and before that. great God who sits in Judg ment upon the deeds or men, and In the presence of these upturned faces of the un terrified Democracy. I thoroughly believe that the nomination and election of Hon. Wm. J. Stone will settle all opposition and roil up a huge majority in November. The man who seeks to convince men by picturing the terrors of judgment day as preached in Kentucky and invoking the fe rocity of the howling mob before the tpeaker called the Democracy of Kentucky should have been more effective than was this orator. But the terrors and the horrors of that speaker had no Influence upon the man who spoke for his opponent, Mr. Goebel, who said: Nominate him and the s'houts of vletorv that shall echo from the Purchase across tne waving fields of bluegrass and on to the towering peaks of the mountains shall gladden the hearts of the oeoDle. and our oeiovea iventucky shall again take her place among ner sister states of the South, re Jolclng in the pristine purity of her old Democratic principles. The foregoing is commended to the study of Indiana Democratic orators who are even now picking up adjectives and sentences for similar speeches in Indiana conventions. only they must not make the ap peal to make the South solid. which is good in Kentucky, but impolltio in Indiana. One might assume that such a prophetic shout of victory, cov ering a whole State so deeply with sound that it reached "tho towering peaks of the mountains," would have sufficed, but an other Goebel orator thought differently: Nominate Goebel for Governor and the Republican overthrow in Kentucky will be so sweeping that the only sound wafted o'er their fallen ranks by the vagu- sighii t of a wmu at evening win De tne vuit res hoarse cry and the gloomy bird's lone? )me iioot and tncir oniy audience snail be a sepulchre cf eternal oblivion wherein He the decaying offals of Kentucky Republicanism In this locality such a defeat of an enemy as would have invited Vultures to feast upon the fallen would have been too much of an overthrow; but the perspiring Democracy, so full of wretchedness, cheered the pre diction as something desirable. Congress man Berry, who was fighting the battle of Candidate Hardin. In his effort to influence the convention, said: We appeal to the Democrats of this con vention, each and all of you. who lovo honesty and fairness, and I swear before God as I stand here that I would ror hold

my seat upon this floor if I believed for one

moment that the majority of the Democrats

or my district had not sent me here nonestly and fairly. Evidently the Democrats who "love hon esty and fairness" were not In attendance, since the man who took such an oath with his delegation was kicked out. Before he was kicked out an enemy,, one Judg Tarvin, who imagines that he is a candidate on the Bryan ticket, paid his respects to the congressman as follows: I say to you. gentlemen, that the very fact that the Interests of these gentlemen from t;ampDeii are represented by Albert . Berry is enough to damn their cause in any Democratic assemblage. I can say that when Albert S. Berry talks about anything being honest and fair it makes us in the Sixth district laugh. There does not sit In this hall to-day, even from the city of Louisville, any raan more thoroughly a Republican and a goldbug than Albert S. Berry, and he ought not to be allowed to interfere in the proceedings of this convention. This Is not quite fair to Berry. Like thousands cn thousands of Democrats he was opposed to 16 to 1 in 1S93, but that Dem ocratic indiscretion should have been for gotten because there has been no more vehement Bryanite since the Chicago convention than Mr. Berry. Mr. Berry, however. gave the following parting shot: But I want to sav further that Tarvin has done more to disrupt the Democratic party in Kenton county than any other man that I know of. Every word that he nas said about me is absolutely false, and he knew it when he spoke. I have never been false to the party of my choice. I cast my first Democratic vote in 18G0 for John C. Breckinridge, and I wear a button, in my coat which showy that I followed the starry flag of the South for four long yeaTS. I have never deserted that party and I am now as devoted to Its principles as any man living. In snlte of the action of this miserable combine which is trying to throw ua out. But following the starry flag of the South four long yers did not save Mr. Berry, "the miserable combine" threw him out. A column of bombast and Invectives such as the paragraphs quoted contain might be taken from one day's speeches. Indeed, It seemed to be the only, brand of oratory in demand In that remarkable convention. It Is a lamentable fact that it is so, since men who are pleased with such drivel are unable to bring to the consideration of important questions the quality of commonsense Intelligence. REVISION OF THE FEE AND SALARY LAW. A sesslcn of the Legislature is far distant. but a commission to make recommenda tions to the next Legislature regarding fees and salaries Is collecting Information. The Supreme Court has decided that the principle involved In the present fee and salary law, which the County Officers Association has tried twice to overthrow, is constitu tional. It is not assuming too much to say that whatever the commission to consider fees and salaries may recommend, it will not favor a return o the fee system as it prevailed In the State down to 1S93. County officers must now understand the situation. and they will doubtless abandon the fight to break down a system of compensation which does not give them all the fees. They must understand that taxpayers very generally are opposed to that system, else one of the two legislatures which have been in session since the passage of the present law would have repealed or modified it. Men of experience in both parties, those who have held county offices, and who are not now in favor of the old fee system, ex press the opinion that tbe compensation of county officers by salaries, based upon pop ulation. Is not a just method. For instance, one of the counties which touches Marion has three times as much business in Its courts as another Joining it. It Is not the fault of the county clerk and the sheriff that the county In which theyjhold office has twice as much court business as another of the same population, yet the clerk receives no more compensation for much more labor. In some counties the auditor has to make assessments for miles of gravel roads and public ditches, while other coun ties with the same population have no such work to do, yet both, under the present law, have the same compensation. If, in such cases, the officers in one county are paid enough, those receiving the same compensa tion in other counties receive too much or too little. It is suggested by those who note these inequalities that the compensation 'can bo equalized by a provision which will give officers who collect fees a percentage of them. It is claimed that each a provision will not only equalize the compensation of officers In the different counties, but that It will be an incentive to them to be more strenuous In looking after collection of fees. At any rate, there is enough In the sugges tion to cause it to receive serious attention. If county officers should unite upon a fair proposition In that line and be represented before the commission by more discreet men than those who sent out circulars in the name of the County Officers Associa tion during the last session of, the Legisla ture, they may secure a fair. measure and settle once for all an annoying controversy. In Kentucky I am Perhaps one of The few really genuine Things that have ever occurred. I am a Kentucky Democrat, and It 'S not the first time i've been Presided ovab By Judge RedWine no, I sh'd say Not.. Don't you see my . Arsenal, which is The badge of Kentucky strategy? Why, we can staht More feuds there at the Convention in one minTJte than our posterity Can settle in a hundred Years and five hundred Funerals. Roberts's rules of order? Who is this Roberts, suh. That he shall Dictate to a Kentucky Gentleman? We use 4he latest Pistol manual'and . "Wild Bill On Dead Shots" for A guide In ouh Deliberations. We Are the only simon-pure relics Of the three-X Democracy that Have ever wabbled down the white Limestone road between Bluegrass pastuahs, suh! But I am wasting Time! I hear the shooting in the Distance, so the Convention must be opening again Without prayeh! I must now put on my Bullet-proof Shirt and liqUor up! Ta-tai Bang! The Rev. John Jasper, of Virginia, who teaches his colored brethren that the earth is fiat, is not alone In his belief. Mr. Ebe-

nezer Breach, a raembar-of the Portsmouth,. England. School Board.'holds the same doctrine and, what is more, insists that it shall

be taught to school children, and globes' and other implements and books indicating that the earth is a sphere abolished. Such a Breach in the educational system will hardly be tolerated. " Eleanor: Write to Miss Clara Barton, Washington, D. C, for Information concerning Red Cross nurses. Her subordinates will attend to correspondence in her absence. Trained nurses ordinarily take a two years' course.. Inquire at Indianapolis City Hospital. Women are not regularly employed as "army nurses," though there Is a movement to have this done. The New York detective who arrested the Boston bank thief has been promoted on account of his "clever work" in this case and gets an increase of JS0O in his salary. His clever work, according to all accounts, consisted chiefly in recognizing the man who happened to be the thief as a criminal he bad once known. . But perhaps this was clever for a detective. . . Mr. Edison ha3 an invention under way which he says will furnish "grand opera for everybody." But it Is at least conceivable that "everybody" doesn't want grand opera. Edison promises too much. DIDDLES IN THE AIR. Speaking: of Hose "What is this here poem of the men with the hoe," asked Mr. Ginhorn. "Is it somethin about a poor man with only one sock?" New Champion. The Pug I know I ain't been able to git a battle on fer eight months, but you bet I'll be chanipeen yet. Backer Yes, if this keeps up. you will be the champion long-wait fighter of the world. Serious Mistake. "The worst enemy I ever made," said the statesman, "was the man I got a govern ment Job for a few years ago." "What Ingratitude!" "No, it was downright anger. There was a good salary attached, -but he had to work." athcr and Son. "Popper, can't we have the Fourth of July now Instead of waiting for it?" asked the magazine editor's little boy. ."Every one would laugh at us," replied the father, "if we were to do anything so childish. And. besides I: am too busy get ting out the Christmas number for the third week in November to-have time to help you." INDIANA EDITORIAL OPI.NIONV Henry Watterson, says, he is forever "out of politics." If by this he means he Is out of Democracy as it Is now run he is to be congratulated. Richmond Item. The time has passed for expansionist or antl-exp?rs!onist. It is now collaptionist or antl-collaptlonlst. The Republican party. like the United States, expands but never collapses. Madison Courier. Kentucky Democrats are not dwelling in the most perfect harmony., Their political differences, however, 'are of great value to tne Mate in offering the people a chance for good Republican administration. Ander son Jtieraid. Kentucky b going into the feud business rather extensively this year. The coroners of the various counties contemDlate this manifestation of neighborhood enterprise with unqualified satisfaction. Vincennes Commercial. Tho difference between Cleveland times and McKInley times Is strongly accentuated by the fact that Uncle Sam's sunnlv of cold Is getting so large that he can hardly handle it. ana ne nas been compelled to stop exchanging notes for goId. Jay County Republican. Democratic essays -'pnT trusts Invariably wind up with an attack on the tariff. The Democratic argument is becoming clearer every day. The Democrats are not so much opposed to trusts as they are to any Repub lican measure mat nas tended towards the welfare and betterment of the countrv. The Democrats are loud in their hqwls against trusts, but they have never done anything to oppose them in the way of legislation. Logansport Journal. For cool, calculating duplicity and incom parable mendacity, for unrivaled Impu dence, and editorial swindling and cheating, the Indianapolis Sentinel, the organ of exConsul General to Paris Morss, is without a rival. Under his management the Sentinel has never followed a straight line. It could not recognize a straight;llne were It to see one. its entire time has been taken ud in turning curves, following tortuous wind ings, m ducking and dodging. Delphi Journal. Yesterday a big delegation, of Hartford City young men left for Indianapolis, where they will enlist in the regular service for duty in the Philippine islands. All are young and robust fellows, and It is believed they will pass the regular examination without difficulty. The boys are of the sort that make Rood soldleis and the hardships and privations of the soldier will not have the tendency to make them homesick. They will endeavor to be assigned to the same company and regiment. Hartford City Times. It is very plain to be ceen that unless he is boss, everything goes wrong with General Miles, and in the above dispatch, after say ing all that was necessary to encourage the opponents of the war in. this country, and his 'dislike cf the secretary of war, he hedges by with the declaration. "I do not care to discuss the Philippine question." uenerai lilies is a good soldier: out never theless his Jealousy of other officers and his fear that others may win some glory and tne piauaus or tne people makes him a man .of very small caliber personally. arsaw limes. . Is General Miles flirting with the Demo cratic party? He has not added to his fame since the opening of the Spanish war. He has been accused of posing and has pre sented the appearance of an epauletted and bespangled officer on dress parade. He can not be unramtliar with the practice of the Democratic party, with one noteworthy exception, of making a civil candidate out of the military officer who has made the creat est failure in war. Perhaps General Miles in reviewing his own recent record concludes that he will measure down to the require ment. rerre iiaute impress. In a recent Interview published in the In dianapolis Sentinel Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, had this to say in regard to the present condition of laboring men: "Labor condi tions, generally speaking, are much Im proved. Workingmen have secured a restoration of the reductions from 1S93 to 1&7 and are now engaged in trying to se cure a little better share of the product of their labor, which manifests itself in a demand for higher wages and fewer hours of labor." President Gompers knows whereof he speaks when he says that labor conditions are Improved. The. improvement has come, during the administration of a Republican President. It ought not to be difficult for the workingmen to understand the relation of the Republican administra tlon to better labor conditions. Attica Ledger. A Unique Question in Conrt. New York Christian Advocate. An unusual case was presented to a New Orleans court last week for adjudication. Among those who went down in the French steamer La Bourgogne last year were Mrs. J. J. Langles and her daughter Angele. A short time before leaving New Orleans for Europe the mother made a will giving every thing to ner daugnter. and ai me same time the daughter made a will giving all to her mother. In each case elaborate provisions were made for the disposition of the prop erty in case of the death of the general legatee. Both women were drowned, and as there was no way of securing informa tion as to which died first the case was carried to the courts for the interpretation of the wills. It seems that there is a law on the statute books of Louisiana providing for cases of this sort, which declares that the mother must have died first, being lesa vigorous than the child. But it was argued that as Mrs. Langles was robust and the daughter wits an invalid the law could not sddIv In this case. The matter was thoroughly arguedefore a Jury, but after a long discussion that body was unab!e to reach a satisfactory result, and the case was delivered into the hands of the judge of the civil court, who, after having considered it for several months, has decided that the law of the Ctata mast stand, sine

the object of the law was not to secure absolute Justice In every case, but to surmount the obstacles to a decision. He ruled, therefore, that the daughter survived the mother, and her will was the valid one. In view of the fact that the city of New Orleans was interested In the will to the extent of a $100.00) hospital and other Important donations were depending upon the Judg

ment, tne city proposes to continue tne fight and will carry the case into the Supreme Court, for If the decision of Judge Righter Is reversed the residue of Mrs. Langles s estate will go to the endowment of a hospital for the city. EFFICACY OF SALT. It Is Very Useful Wlten Supported by Presence of Mind and Courage. W. E. Curtis, In Chicago Record. "One of the slickest things I ever saw in my life," said a veteran army officer the other day, "was a cowboy stopplrr a cattle stampede. A herd of about 600 or w naa got frightened at something and broke away pellmell with their tails in the air and the bulls .at the head of the procession. But Mr. Cowboy didn't get excited at all wnen ne saw the herd was going straight for a high bluff, where thev would certainly tumble down into the canyon and be killed. You know that when a herd like tnat gets io going It can't stop, no matter whether the cattle rush to death or not. Those in me rear crowd those ahead, and away they go. I wouldn't have given a dollar a head for that herd, but the cowbov spurred UP his mustang, made a little detour, came In right in front of the herd, cut across their path at a right angle and then galloped leisurely on the edge of that bluff, halted and looked around at that wild mass of beef coming rieht toward him. He was as cool as a cu cumber, thought I expected to see him killed, and was so excited I could not speax. "Well. sir. when the leaders had got wltnIn about a quarter of a mile of him I saw them try to slack up, though they could not do It very quickly. But the whole herd semed to want to stop, amd when the cows and steers In the rear got about wnere me cowboy had cut across their path I was sur prised to ee them stop and commence to nibble at the grass. Then the whole herd stopped, wheeled, straggled back and went to fiehtine for a chance to eat where the rear guard was "You cee. that cowboy had opened a oik bag of salt he had brought out from the ranch to give the cattle, galloped acros the herd's course and emptied the bag. Every critter sniffed that line of salt, and, of course, that broke up the stampede. But I tell von It was a nueer Fleht to see that man out there on the edge of that bluff quietly rolling a cigarette, when it seemed as if ne d be lying under 200 tons of beef in about a minute and a half." Saved by the Gas Trust. Chicago Evening Post. "I see." said an Englewood householder, that some one is going to attack the gas trust. Well, I'm opposed to that action. Let me tell you. When I moved down into this house, five years ago. I put up a deposit of J5 and the gas was turned on. Now whon vmi Hvrt un monpv to a corporation you don't count that as an asset any more, do you? No. I thought not. And you forget it, don't you? Yes. So did I. "Four years went by, as the 6torle3 say, and one morning I found on my desk an in vitation to the weaomg oi wen, fnc " nlpft rr1 artA T in irft with her: and SnO and my wife are not Just what you would can rnenoiy. i waniea io seu r vent, but simply couldn't spare the money. TTVm. mnntSA nra tiari Kn coin? flVPT financlal affairs at home, and when you calculate that way you aon t give weauing proems i fnrma n-oith)ri rfft Vrtll ? T thOUZht TlOt. rtii t nii-riio rvr th.t. I wanted to buy something, anything; yet there wasn't a place lert to economize on. cay, i nnnn 1sllvrv rvf mnil T received 8. letter from the gas trust, calling attention to the tact tnat my deposit was sudjcci iu my order any time; that I had always paid my Utlld AV WW S-' J'VWV ? my been served, and thanking roe and so on. m lie arm ua nurnn m. knidrtuiiv licii tv t want dAtrn t ncr a r i nr nrK mm collected that money. At 2 o'clock I bought a $4 traveling bag was $7; sent It to her at and at 5 I went nome smoiuns a cigaiAnd I had money left. How did I account tnr tho riar. whv. a. man mav give you one on the train, eh? I tell you. I'm for the a. mm gas xrusi. Public Benefactors. Philadelphia Record. TVia Trno Plantlnir A RCrtHa t Inn Of NeW York is an organization wormy oi n twmc, and -its worK ceserves ine emuiauuu vi mo people of other cities. Since March 1 there have been 81a trees planted in me sireeia w-k.-if nmlor ita mmM ate i: rpctlon, while It has also been instrumental in InMolnor martv Individual to follow its eXJg. A " JL V n -" ... ample. To plant a tree is to perform a public service, ana miring iue uv. the pedestrian, who. enjoys the grateful f trooa alnn? n street mav Well pour benedictions upon the head ot the considerate citizen wno ?ei mtui auu cared for them while they were taKing rooi. Morsss Dash Out of tbe Dox. New York Commercial Advertiser, r. a ir xfArs eAHnr rt the Tndlananolis Sentinel and an uncompromising Demo crat, should receive at. once an uiiniuivuwi .at.nihitatini fmven from the towering rativa -- o AIVLtk via. AVJm j c . r ' . . . a . iUi I 1 1 1 gate tne practical proposition mai n wm V fnllir n. inllro on IczcllA ftf f fPP pll VPT in im since the Republicans will unquestlonably nave control oi me oenate iur me it:.fc tlx years, rendering iree-suver legislation impossible. Either Editor Morss forgets that it is a case of "no silver, no Bryan," or he has no use for Bryan. And there are manv others like him if they could only nno tneir voices. Here's Liberality. Boston Transcript. in rtiscusslnc the Question. "Is it wicked to Dlav golf on Sunday?" the New York World quotes a clergyman as saying: "For those who are obliged to wor six aays in the week I approve of amusements on the Sabbath." and that "the fourth command ment has nothing to do with forbidding nlav on Sunday. It only iorbids worK. Here's a state of things! If an expounder of the gospel finds in it nothing to prevent playing on Sunday no wonder the lay thousands get what pleasure they can out of the first day of the weeK. Way to Get Poor. Detroit Journal. Once upon a time a billionaire conceived the idea that it would be disgraceful to die rich. Accordingly he fell to giving his wealth away. But it soon became apparent that he had more wealth tnan ne couid possioiy eive awav in four hundred years, working ten hours a day. "What shall I do?" he asked himself, in much alarm. But he was a resourceful man. and It was not long till he hit upon the happy expedient of reveal ing all his belongings to the assessors. That being done, ne was speeouy reaucea to poverty. A Naval Need. Washington Star. "Have von all vou want for 3ur triD?" ho nfflrlal. "Yes" answered the rantatn rf th wn r shin hesitatinelv: "that is. all that I ought to expect." "What is thoro mm vm wmnn hkp v en. 10 leu tha trnth T thlnlc w niitfht to have a few v - - - - tfonntrranhprK nnterl ahniit the shin so as to nave omciai ana veroaum reports ot any At 1 1 La. .mmmm conversations which may uttur. Ooin Tunl's Trust. Philadelphia Times. Tho rrpnt intimation bv Oom Paul that he "trusts in the Lord" in his controversy itVi nrnt Mrltain Is not receivine as much attention from the newspapers as the vari ous other trusts. Add to Our Gayety. Boston Transcript. r:rnral Alirer is against the concentra tion of wealth, and he will use no money in iia senatorial ramnaisrn. It is such stories as these that add so mucn to tne gayety or politics. Tbe Indications.' Washington Post. w Vi!!ovoH that It wa oHslnallv Intenflfl to limit the nrlre of the Dewev home to $:i"Vi - 000. At the present time It looks as if it might be neid down to mai ngure. Passing Thought. Kansas City Journal. Tt renllv kpptts a little hard to lmnrfson train robbers seventeen and twenty years . . 1 - . . l - -mri - i T . wnen me members ui tue .Missuun xx-gts-lature get on. scot tree. . Gastronomic !Votc. ItAMvnn niobe. A fried egg ages mors rapidly In looks than anything else we know of. An egg fried in the morning looks a thousand years V1U ilia,.... Effectual. Washington Tost. The New York woman who cut her husband's throat to prevent him snoring has at least placed an effectual cure on the market. Watterson Whereabouts. . vrlr Xloll and VmrCoL Henry Watterson now declares that . a a m. T . he is out oi po'i""-' Horeovfr, ne i camping on the trail oi the fellows whu put him miL - - -

SHAMROCK LAUNCHED

LIPTOVS CUP CHALLENGER CHRIS TENED BY LADY RrSSELL. Tbe Ensllsb Yacbt Sllfihtly Dented by Striking a Barge as She Slid Into tbe Water at Mlllvrall. HER LENGTH OVER ALL 125 FT. BRITISH YACIITS31EN CONFIDENT SHE WILL DE A WINNER. Views of Lord Beresford and Others Colombia Accepted by tbe Syndicate Without Another Trial. LONDON. June 26. Sir Thomas Upton's cup challenger Shamrock was launched this afternoon at Mlllwall. On a little spot among the masts hailing from every quarter of the globe, a large tent gaily decorated with flags was erected opposite the yacht. which stood on the slips, ready for the water and flying stars and stripes and union Jacks. Crowds of people who had no chance of seeing anything out of the ordinary assembled during the morning in the vicinity of the yard and detachments of police ap peared to preserve order. ' From the river little could bo seen except the stern of the yacht, where, in bright golden letters, shone the name "Shamrock." Previous to the launching Sir Thomas Lipton gave a lunch at the Savoj; Hotel to the guests Invited to the ceremony. They in cluded Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. the Marquis of Dufferin and the Countess of danwilllamLady Russell of KiUowen, the Hon. Lilian Russell, the Hon. SchombergKerr McDonnell, principal private secretary to the Marquis of Salisbury; Sir George Faudei Phillips, former lord mayor of London, and Lady Phillips; Herbert Gladstone. Major Sharman-Crawford, the Hon. W. Walsh and H. M. MicGllldowney, the last three representing the Royal Ulster Yacht Club. After the usual toasts, Admiral Beres ford proposed the success of the Shamrock, and briefly sketched the struggle of times gone by and Sir Thomas Lipton's "gallant entry into the breach and challenge for the cup." The admiral. In a breezy style, raised his glass and said: "Now we come to the last scene. May the ShamrocK win a fair, square race and may iffie have the ad ditional ballast of the America cup when she returns." The guests heartily raised their glasses In response, and the owner of the Shamrock modestly replied with a few words of thanks. After lunch the party drove to Samudas yard in two coaches, Admiral Beresford driving the first. They were the object of much attention while proceeding down, the Thames embankment end through the city and Whltechapel. Immediately after their arrival at the yard hia nartv inspected the yacht under the guidance of Sir Thomas Lipton. W. Fife, Jr.. Mr. Thornecroft and Charles Russell. Tney were an dengnied. Aorauai ccicsiuiu, whose expert opinion is valuable, seeming especially Pleased with his minute inspec tion of the challenger. Lady Russell then ascended a platform level wnn ure w and christened tne yacnt wuu e i,usu " ary bottle of champagne, paying: I christen you Shamrock. Opd bless you Good inoU to vou. May you DrinK uuca. mo iu. rpK.nn ohoera KPTP men tit f 11. anu vu a " - . i l 4 n . n i t :r uit-ccii the boat and the cradle glided safely into the water. After the launch the party assemoieu m ums u- . nr,H ViaA ia Thfl health of the Shamrock was drunk and congratulation speeches were made. A MISHAP. As the Shamrock reached midstream from the slips a barge collided with her, striking the yacht's, bow above the water line and making a biff dent. There was a great cry when the Shamrock struck', especially from members of the Lipton party, who wit nessed the launch from the river. But it was soon ascertained that the damage done was slight. As the yacht was towed to the India docks hundreds of whistles and horns made a tremendous din. When the Shamrock was launched her entire crew and a large number of workmn wprA on board. The canvas screens v . . - . m . - Uf oKAiit twivp tpt or ner do w on trn The three top plates wnicn are UMV4 - - , , . madA of allov. were painieo sreen. Below that she was a brilliant .ze, re.omhiino- eniil. The wetted surf as cut tvi mveiorv in reeard to her dimensions was continued. No official figures were obtinoMo i-tiit a man wno woimm vt iit-i .,va raV irncth over all is 123 feet, her water line S3 feet, beam 25 feet and draught 18 feet 6 inches. - cj , it.. 1a h wm! tv was pxnpncnt eu 111 entering the India dock, but ultimately the Shamrock was safely berthed la the upper basin, where her spar& are lying. Sir Thomas Lipton was asnea a quesuun wrri rAncr Vi a rtro:nrrts of the vacht and he said: "We have engaged to win back m-i.oa nn o haA-e falrlv ex tended ourselves, and if we are beaten, all I can say is nonor to me yacni wmcu i K-than tVio fihamrork " William Fife, Jr.. designer of the Shamrock, remarked: "Brains and all that careful thought and knowledge of naval archi tecture can put into tne yacm s nine. Every man of us Is satisfied that with a fair neM we shall clve a tight race to any vnAnt ti sViQtnrnck rroes round to Southampton to-morrow or Wednesday for Just those little arrangements that a racing experience gives, and then for the journey which we hope will herald the cup. Admiral Beresford said: "I consider the hull of the Shamrock to be a remarkable triumph of construction. She is built on ltnoe in tv watpr she is not SO striking as out of it. In my opinion her underwater construction is unique. Her apparent great beam is necessary to satisfy tho tremendous area of canvas. It is im possible to forecast the prospects. Take the rtf tho wnirn is an uiu huh. vet she is racing with great success, ine shamrock s designer ana Duuaer nas uncoeded cn the soundest lines for lightness and speed. "d if she is not the swiftest afloat 1 sh. be surprised. But we must u tVi'ir tho Americans know a KOOd cratt. and we can depend that their inven tion will In r.ny case run us naro. MR. LIPTON'S SPEECH. After the ceremony the guests went to the marquee, which was tastefully lined with emerald green and decorated with flowers. the Ulster Yacht Club flag and the new gold and green Shamrock racing flag. Light re freshments were served. Herbert Gladstone, standing in the center of the marque and holding up a champagne glass, proposed the health of Sir Thomas Upton. He said, in nart: "I feel sure there Is not a man or woman In the country who falls to admire Sir Thomas's generosity, pluck and deterTinition in hi sportsmanlike endeavor to win back the cup. We all admire the resources and enterprise of our cousins across the water and agree wun our nosi in nxs hope that the better boat may win. It only remains for me to say that I sincerely hope tho shamrock will prove to be that boat. .ind tn ask vou all to drink to . r success arA n tho hMith of hrr owner." Sir Thomas Lipton, In acknowledging the toast, said he was deeply grateful vo Lady Russell Tor ner Kinuness in corsniuis io launch and christen the yacht and he was h.v pnuM not have a better aucurv of success than was furnished by her gracious presence. He ieit bound, aiso. to manic .Mr. Will Fife, the designer of the Shamrock. .,,t Mr Thomvrroft. the builder, and all the workmen who have leen engaged on the vacht. Thev had spared neither pains nor time to bring :tjc worK xo a succtbs. th Knlenrikl launch that had Just been witnessed was a testimony to their skill and care. He said he rejoiced io see tne .Marquis t rtiifrortn nrpfp.i. As to competition for U taaB m - . . h flr r-arfnln that whether the Shamrock , won or lost, the yachtsmen of America would give tnem a nearty ana iraternal greeting. If the American yacht won 1 Mifiln. Iho flin tha nannla rtf tSrit Britain, without a grain of envy or ill feel ing, would sincerely congratulate, tne Amer-

leans cn the possession of a better boat and the consequent right to retain the prize.

l hope, however, that the covets trophy," he continued, ' may be brought back to th old country by our fie.nr little Shamrock. I do not know who was the first to plant snamrock cn American soil, but I think I may fairly claim the honor of first floating It in American vraters. If the Shamrrclc succeeds in securing the cup I am Mtisnrri tne Americans win not leave her In unchallenged possession. In that case, whenever they may come to these shores to t-eek to regain the trophy. I know I can promise them a welcome ss cordlil as that which. I am certain, will be extended to this country in the coming struggle." 1 THE NEW DEFENDER." Yacht Columbia Turned Over to th Morgan-Iselln Syndicate. ', - w mw f vva a-ta VVtl" ference a meetlne of th owners of tha new cup defender, Columbia, Colonel Oliver Iselin, the managing owner, notified th Herreshoff Company this afternoon that tha yacht would be accepted without a further builders' trial. The owners expressed themeelves more than satisfied with the per formance of the j-acht in yesterday's trial. The formal transfer was made this afternoon to Mr. Iselin. as managing owner of the Morgan-Iselln syndicate. Mr. Iselin, In announcicg the decision of the owners, made the following statement: "The Columbia was transferred, to me as dlcate. Commodore Morgan, who witnessed W i.l.l . a . . nic uiai ytrstercay, expressea nimseir as fullv Sat!rlH ulth )k. l.nil Th. Cnlnmhl.. will leave at 5 o'clock to-night for Newpun, jjrooa&iy Demg towed part ci tne way down by the St. Micheal's and to-morrovr will go out for her first trial in deep water. The Defender probably will go outflde with) mc vuiuiuuia io-morrow. put mere win nO rf-Clllar mm hf tn .on th l-nrht. ft, Wednesday the Columbia .will leave for New -London and a number of us will witness the HMrvard.YaU hn a t rii. nn Ttinr.. day. On Friday the Columbia will be taker X' 1 H . . ... ... . lj ew ivueneue. x., aner wnicn ner movements will be subject to the wishes of the New York Yacht Club. She will enter the race against the Defender to be sailed off Sandy Hook July 3. The boat Is finished, both Inside and out. During the trial yesterdav her bowsr.Ht starts a fa' inches and the boat was brcusht back to Newport iast mgni ior tne necessary repairs, ihls work was done this morning and the boat now is ready for her trying out." The OnllimVil-l l-f ftr "aw W-lr v-nlrrh in tow of the St. Michaels. RECEPTION TO WRITERS 1VIXOXA HOTEL TIIROXGnn LAST 2VIGHT WITH WESTERS W ITS. Pleasant Event In Which Society Teo. pie Had n Cbance to Rub Elbows TvltU Blony otiMe Tropic. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. WINONA LAKE, June M.-The opening of the fourteenth annual meeting of the Western Association of Writers was marked, by a reception tendered the writers at the Winona Hotel to-night. It was a brilliant affair and was one of the most enjoyable social events in the history of the association. The hotel was beautifully decorated, and was thronged with guests, Everybody was Invited and a large number of Winona and Warsaw rcop'.e took advantage of the opportunity of meeting the distinguished authors who are In attendance at the meet ings. The serious work will begin to-morrow morning, when the first regular session will be held. An unusually good programme hai been prepared and the sessions will be of great interest. The only change in the pro gramme, as given out by President De Mott. is the lecture by Mr. John McGovern. of Chicago, which will be delivered Thursday afternoon. Instead cf Tuesday evening, as announced. The regular sessions will con tinue until Friday night, when the meeting will close with tho annual banquet at tho Winona Hotel. . Two hundred Western writers have signi fied their Intention of attending the meet ing and they are arriving on every train. Among these Is an unusually large number of well-known people, many of whom an on the programme some time during the week. A number of the writers 'arrived last Saturday and spent Sunday at the park. Among these were President Mark C. De Mott. Hon. Will Cumback. Maude C. Smolley of Brookville, Mrs, Ida M. Davis of Huntington. F. F. Oldham of Cincinnati, Cynthia C. Smith of Hartford Cits'. Mrs. Swoffard of Terre Haute, and E. IL Smith of Chicago. Services were held at the park yesterday. Dr. George S. Burroughs, retiring president of Wabash College, preached, and Sundayschool services were also held. July 4, the opening day of the Assembly and Summer School, will be a great day. The list of speakers has been announced and It In cludes Governor James A. Mount, Hor.. B. P. Shively and Judge Baker, of Indianapolis. These and others will sneak at the Au ditorium in the morning and the afternoon will he given up to atheltic contests. Th . list of events is as follows: One-hundred-J'ard dash, halfmile bicycle race, pole vault, tnapsack race, quarter-mile bicycle race. tnree-legged race, leap-frog rare, zr-yara dash, hurdle race, ladies' egg race and mile bicycle race, aluable prizes will be given to the winners. A concert will be given by the Cincinnati' College of Muj-Jc and other music will be furnished by bands frcm Cincinnati and Ada, O. There will be no admission charge to the ground. The cottages and hotels continue to fill up. Among the latest arrivals at Mlnnewawsn Inn and the Winon; Hotel are the following: Dixon Edgertoni Indianapolis; Allen T. Lsner. ivew York: MUs Penfleld, Chicago; Walter Frazer Brown. Chicago: Bert Flem ing and wife. West Lebanon; Fremont Good win, w liiiamsport; H. P. Townley and family. Terre Haule: Stanley Coulter and family, Lafayette; John A. Liggett and F. S. lllnksion, Columbia City. GRIGGS TO LAW STUDENTS. The Attorney Geneial Delivers Oration at Yale University. NEW HAVEN. Conn., June 2S.-The seventy-fifth anniversary of the Yale University Law School was celebrated to-day. The oration was given by Attorney General John W. Griggs, whose theme was "The Advances of Jurisprudence in the Nineteenth Century." Dean Waylard presided and President Wright announced the prizes. Mr. Griggs, In concluding hl address, said: "For your exemplar let me commend the Ideal of tbe good lawyer I do not say the great but the good lawyer an ideal that has been realized in the life of every substantial city and courthouse town, especially in the older neighborhoods: a roan of kindly and benignant disposition, friendly alike with hi well-to-do and his poorer fellow-townsmen; acquainted with their habits and individual history, and with a pretty accurate notion of their opinions and prejudices, as well as bf their ways and means; genial and sociable, yet dignified and selfcontained: of staid and comfortable appearance; In manner alert; in conversation always moderate anJ respectful; shrewd in his observations; wise, but with perennial humor and love ot pleasantry; as a citizen always concerned and active in the interests of his town, his State, and hi a country; not an agitator, x.or a perpetual fault-finder, nor giving out the intimation that he is better or wiser than others, but ready to confer, to adjust, to agree, to get the best possible, if not the utmcst that 1 desirable; to him the people turn In lucal emergencies for guidance and counst-1 on their publlo affairs, even partisanship fearing not to trust to his honor and wisdom; s free from all cause of offense that there Is no tongue to lay a word against his pure integrity; too dignified and respectable to tempt familiarity; too genial and generous to provoke envy or Jealousy; revered ty his brethren of the bar: helpful and kindly to the young; tn manner, pu:v and polite, with a fine courtliness of the old flavor what Clapendon described in JohnHampden as a flowing courte:y toward all men;' successful, of ioure. iu hla practice, but caring les for Its profits than for the forensio and Intellectual delight which the tudy and practice of the law bring to him; he know mucn of the old "learning in tho law can tell yoa of tint s, cf doubie vouchers and recoveries, of the 'rule In Shelly'e case' though he keeps H these things In mind as collectors treasure thrjr antUiuea and curios', mori as objects of art and historical iuurcat than of practical utility."