Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 180, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE -29, 1899.

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Can b- found at the-following laces: NEW YORK Astor House. CHICAGO Palmer House. P. O.'jfews O.. S17 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel a ad (Jr&r.d I'aelfic Hotel. CINCIN'XATI-J. R. Hawley & Co.. 1S4 Vine street. LOL'ISVILLE C. T. Deerin?. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Reek Co.. 2T-S Fourth avenue. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. ."WASHINGTON. D. C.-Rlfga House, Ebbltt House and Wlllard's Hotel. Now It ia understood: Czar Goebel Is not a Kentucklan. but a native of Pennsylvania. The shears trust which was formed some time Ince Is In danger of falling Into the hands of a receiver, because the organization does not pay its notes. " There Is sure to be all the "heat" In the discussion of trusts which Dr. Lyman Abbott deprecated, but the light" which he deems so essential Is yet to be found. It seems to be of no consequence to Czar William Goebel that no one moved to make bl3 nomination unanimous by hig convention, since he has the canvassing of the votes. . The announcement that the Russian government has decided to spend $20,000,000 In the United States for arms and military equipments docs not Indicate an early dlsfcandment of the army. "Pass the Goebel bill and we can steal the elections In Kentucky from this time on" was the remark of one of the candidates for Lieutenant Governor before the Goebel contention. The argument was effective. It has been discovered that the letter which was alleged to have been received from a South Dakota soldier In Manila, 'to the effect that sick soldiers were driven from their beds to go on the firing line, was the production of a prominent official In that State. The new anti-trust law in Minnesota is to 2m e Its first test In proceedings against the Ucited States Milling Company, a syndicate organized to control the output and price of flour. The next year will throw a mnrt rteal nf Hht in Via nnacllnn f t ti a amenability of trusts to legal control. An application that has been filed by Chicago capitalists for authority to establish a national bank at Manila Is held by the "Washington authorities to be premature. The same Is true of similar applications as to cities in Porto Rico and Hawaii. The national bank law does not yet apply to these Islands, and it is not certain that Congress will extend 1L , The labor commissioners of this State have been so successful in composing labor troubles that the public would be glad to see them attempt the settlement of tho trouble In the tin-plate industry. Unless that is settled between now and Friday midnight a ctriuLe will begin which will cost both the woitXmen and the employers a great deal of money and may engender bad feeling that wlllt make a settlement more difficult. .he fact that the Democratic nominee for Cbvernor In Kentucky is the author of an ipl famous un-American election law will not detract frcm his popularity with his party, and the law Itself will contribute enormously to his political rower. As a representative of the worst school of proseriptlve polltics, obsolete in all progressive States, but flourishing In Kentucky, Mr. Goebel may develop into a powerful boss. It la given out that a secret treaty has been wade by Great Britain. Germany and Russia concerning their several "spheres of influence" In China, and that the partition of the old empire will be made without any friction. France is to have a small portion, but France docs not count for much in the affairs of the world. As . these nations will hold China, it is more important that the United States should control the Philippines. If the reports which come from Washington are true the .President will raise the volunteer reglment3 by general enlistment, nd will not call upon the States for assistance. The men, as far as possible, will be enlisted from those who served In the regiments called out for the Spanish war. This will secure the services of men who have a knowledge of tho duties of soldiers. The officers will be selected Irrespective of the enlistment of the men, probably upon the records which they have made. The report that the school fund is accumulating In the hands of the county auditor should cause no surprise. Men who can get money at and 5 per cent on food security will not pay 6 per cent, to increase the prosperity cf the public schools, even If the county should be compelled to make good the Interest. ' It was euggested to members of the last Legislature that the rate of Interest upon the school fund should be reduced to meet the prices of money In the market, but It was not a popular suggestion. It is not probable that there will ever be an active demand for money on farm and real estate mortgages at 6 per cent. It Is told cf a Missouri farmer who had paid 10 per cent, for years that the turn in affairs had not coir enabled him to pay off his mortgage but to have a surplus to lend, and that he was very angry when he could not get 10 per cent, and cursed the money power. Those who suffer by the fall in the rate cf Interest may find consolation In adopting the Mlssourlan'a course; but that money power which could command high rates of Interest Is no more, and all efforts to retain hish rates by loan associations will f-::. Associations which have money to

loan on real estate are seeking customers, which is very different from having more customers seeking loans than they can supply. The gold standard puts the United States In touch with all the money lenders of the world, and In spite . of the great demand for money for use In the Improved business of the country there never was so much money seeking safe Investment. THE CZAR OF KENTUCKY.

The records of State conventions In Kentucky and elsewhere w:ll be searched in vain for a parallel of the exploits and success of Goebel. Lon before the State convention lie was assailed by the other aspirants as the man to be beaten. When the convention assembled on Wednesday of last week, Goebel had a scant third of the delegates. This fact would have discouraged any other man, but it simply nerved Mm to intrigue. As the delegates were elected, Hardin had a long lead over Stone and Goebel. Goebel then went to the friends of Stono and made an arrangement which secured to the two, as Stone's friend3 imagined, the control of the temporary organization, the committee on credentials and the state committee for the ensuing year. As It turned out, the combination gave Goebel the chairman and the committees. It was not until the report of the committee on credentials, unseating over one hundred of Hardin delegates, had been adopted that Stone's friends discovered that Goebel had outwitted them. After the first ballot had been taken and Stone led Goebel, the former's friends demanded that the latter withdraw in accordance with the understanding. The understanding was not in writing, so all that the disgusted Stone leaders could do was to complain of treachery. Even then Goebel would have failed If he had not had Rcdwlne for chairman. lie declined to entertain a motion to dismiss the policemen, who, by his request, were present in large numbers, and all day Monday he faced a determined majority on his refusal to put an appeal from his ruling to a vote. Tho chairman also ruled out of order a motion to adjourn to' meet In Lcxirgton a month later, and refused to recognize a motion to appeal from his ruling that the motion to then adjourn was not in order. This action was a defiance of all parliamentary law, but Goebel and Redwine seem to have set up a new code by which majorities can hereafter be ignored. Thus beaten at every point, the overriden majority of the delegates returned-to the monotonous balloting. When all things were ready, when Goebel had satisfied himself that he would not be third in the race, he pushed a motion through the convention that after the twenty-fifth ballot the candidate receiving the lowest vote should be dropped. That candidate was Stone, who had unwittingly given Goebel the control of the organization. Having to choose between two candidates, neither of whom, they wanted, Goebel got twenty-nine more votes than Hardin and was nominated. After such a display of intrigue and treachery by Goebel and of outrage by his chairman, one would assume that Goebel will be defeated, but his defeat is not probable. This newcomer in Kentucky politics forced a bill through the last Legislature putting the entire election machinery in the State in the hands of a commission of three, two Democrats and! one Republican, whom Goebel has practically selected. These men appoint the election commissioners in the counties, who, in turn, will select the men who receive and count the votes. With such machinery, Goebel can be declared elected Governor, even If the popular vote as deposited should elect his opponent by twenty thousand majority. It is because Goebel was confident that he would be counted In If nominated that he resorted to trickery, treachery and outrage to secure the nomination. He cares not that the Democratic organ declares that "the convention is in the hand3 of cutthroats and assassins," because his cutthroats and assassins will count the votes In November, or, rather, will, count him in by counting out votes. Thus Goebel, unknown outside of his locality four years ago, has made himself the Czar of Kentucky. DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO TIIUSTS. Mention has been made in the news columns of the Journal of the recent consolidation of all the street railroads in St. Louis. The deal Involves nearly $100,000,000 in all and Is the second largest street-railway consolidation scheme ever undertaken. By it nineteen different street-railroad companies, under as many different managements, besides three other transportation, companies, are consolidated and brought under one management. The consolidated company has about SOO miles of track, and. Including additional tracks provided for, will have nearly 400 miles. This immense transaction is called a consolidation, and such It very evidently is, but in its essential features it is a street-railroad trust. The object of every trust Is to regulate production, lessen competition, control prices, regulate rates, reduce operating expenses and Increase net profits one or all of these. Every railroad consolidation aims at one or more of these results. It may happen incidentally, as it probably will in the St. Louis case, that by substituting one management for many and doing away with competition the whole business will be harmonized and the public get better service, but that Is not the prime object of the consolidation. Trusts may and sometimes do confer distinct benefits on the public, but they are not formed for that purpose. Their first object is to benefit their owners and stockholders. If in doing this the public gets some benefit also that is clear gain, otherwise "the public be damned" is the cheerful doctrine. As the new street-railroad trust in St. Louis had to get its charter In the form of a bill passed by a Democratic Legislature and approved by a Democratic Governor it was deemed best to' call it a consolidation, but it is a trust all the same. The bill passed the House by a vote of 91 yeas to 37 nays, and the Senate by a vote of 23 yeas to 7 nays. The able Democrats who voted for it will traverse the State next year shouting themselves hoarse In denunciation of trusts, assuring their hearers that the Republican party Is responsible for them and that the way to smash the trusts is to smash the party that is responsible for them. As likely as not every member of the Legislature who voted for the measure has received a life pass over the consolidated line in St. Louis and an addition to his bank account besides. When the till reached the Governor it seems to have occurred to him that In approving It he had better put the party right on the record. Although the bill authorized the creation of an enormous etreet-railroad trust, consolidating twenty-one different companies and managements In one, the Governor seems to have thought that it would be a timely and appropriate act on his part to call public attention to the fact that tho Democratic party Is opposed to trusts. 3o

he filed with the secretary of stata a letter giving his reasons for approving the bill, in which he said: This bill authorizes a street railroad to purchase, lease or acquire and to hold and operate any other street railroad. It is to this grant of power that the opposition to the bill has been directed, and It is claimed that it creates or makes possible a trust, or monopoly. If the objection was well taken it .would be my duty and my especial pleasure and pride to veto the bill, for the blighting consequences that are incident to and follow upon the formation and maintenance of all pools and trusts and monopolies beggar description, and wither the growth of manhood and sap the foundations upon which free government rests. To such unholy combination is directly attributed the crumbling, decay and destruction of all republican governments that have ever been attempted in the history of the world, prior to the organization of our government, and It has been solely owing to the unflinching and incorruptible opposition of the Democratic party that our government has been preserved, unstained and unsullied by the practices and consequences of such organizations and combinations. In fact, opposition to trusts and monopolies is one of the cornerstones of Democratic creed, as the freedom, equality and absence of caste of the people is the keystone of the arch of Democratic faith, and so great is my belief tht- upon the unswerving observance of these cardinal tenets of good government, depends the perpetuity of our institutions r.nd the welfare and happiness of our people, that I would consider myself recreant to the trust of our people aad to my own manhood if I did not promptly and emphatically set the stamp of my disapproval upon any measure that conflicted with these principles and doctrines, and this would have been the fate of this bill if I had found it tainted or tinctured with the slightest tinge of resemblance to a trust or monopoly. Thus the great and good Democratic Governor of Missouri has madeit clear that the party is traditionally and unalterably opposed to trusfs and monopolies of all kinds; that the preservation of the government up to the present time is due to the efforts of the Lemocracy in this regard, and that a bill passed by a Democratic Legislature consolidating twenty-one street-railroad companies Into one In no way conflicts with the party's time-honored hostility to trusts. It must be so because a Democratic Governor has said it.

ARBITRATION, NOT DISARMAMENT. It was left to the representative of Germany to demonstrate the weakness of the Czar's scheme for disarmament to the members of the peace conference. This duty he performed In so masterly a manner that It will not. In all probability, be further debated. The increase in military or naval effectiveness, he showed, could not alone chow a nation's offensive power. Disarmament m'ght prevent the increase of armies and the construction of more warships, but it would not prevent Russia from pursuing the construction cf Its railroads in Siberia and to the ports of China which arc necessary to make the present army effective in carrying out the probable designs of the Russian government. Adequate trar-s portatlon facilities are vastly more important to Russia than a larger army and equipment; so. in the larger sense, all the railroad projects jot Russia are designed to make the army effective. These points Germany's representative made very clear and convincing. But while Germany's representative showed the uselessness of any arrangement for disarmament, he surprised those who are watching the proceedings "Of the peace conference by consenting to the principle of a permanent arbitration tribunal in behalf of Emperor William. This is a surprise, because the Emperor has been reported as hostile to such a policy. It now seems that such reports are groundless. While the conference may not agree upon any plan, it is important that the three nations which are really the most potential in the world's affairsthe United States, Great Britain and Germanyare in favor of the settlement of international disputes by submitting them to a tribunal of learned men rather than by war. It may be added that in this important matter Germany now appears to be in accord with the United States. In the International Congress of Women, now sitting in London, the American delegates seem to have maintained the national reputation for effective extemporaneous speaking. The superiority of American men In this regard, that is, of trained speakers, is generally recognized, and it is not surprising that American women should evince something of the same quality. It is not so much eloquence or oratory as the faculty of thinking on one's feet and of speaking to the point. In this respect the dispatches show that the honors of the first day's session were easily taken by American women. A special dispatch says: "Susan B. Anthony was incisive and brief. She knew exactly what she meant to convey." "Dr S. II. Stevenson surpassed all other women In her section by clear, vigorous enunciation, brevity and. logic." "Mrs. May Wrright Sewall made the best Impression of any speaker by her fluent, convincing manner, and succeeded in holding the tired audience wonderfully attentive." The congress may not accomplish any more definite results than the one at The Hague, but the mere fact of its assembling Indicates a great change of social conditions in comparatively recent years. BURBLES IN THE AIR. Her Advantage. He You women don't know your own minds. She Maybe; but we can read the minds of you men pretty well. Trials of Leaders. "I have been standing off ward heelers all day," said the statesman, wearily. "You ought to see how they try to stand me off," said the sympathetic wet goods dispenser. Military Genius. First Volunteer I wonder how the old man acquired military language so quick? He was never in the army before, was he? Second Volunteer No; but I hear he drove a truck a couple of years. Buncoed Again. Mr. Haicede Say! I was told this here was a three-ring circus. Whur is the other two? Lemonade Man You old jay, if you'll look you'll see a guy in pink tights swingin from 'era. Graduating in Overall. Perhaps the most cmusing school "racket" of the year is that reported from Lyons, Neb. The commencement season has brought the usual reports, with some variations, of controversies between boards and pupils, faculties and students, relating-to color, to hats and gowns or some other nonessential, but In no Instance has Young America shown as much pluck or achieved as distinct a victory as did the High School graduating class at Lyons. The dispatch dees not state the origin of the controversy beyond saying that the students had "suffered certain humiliations at the hands of the school board." Every person who knows the tendency of small officials to exercise offensive authority wlil understand that. By way of retaliation the graduating class adopted "Work" for their class motto and determined to receive their diplomas In "overalls." The school board endeavored to thwart this rebellious scheme by refusing to pay for the public hall, whereupon the class appealed to the public, charged an admission fee, got a great outpouring of the

peorle to see and hear" them In their overalls an made money. This so hurt the dignity of the high and mighty officials that they resigned In a body, evidently expecting the Lyons public school system to "come tumbling after," which It will not do. The Incident illustrates the tendency of some officials", who' are clothed with a little brief authority, to magnify-their offices and the ability of Young Americans to take care of themselves. The high school graduates at Lyons could not have adopted a better class motto than "Wok," and their appearance in overalls showed they attached more importance to a principle than they did to mero external appearance. In this country there is no surer guaranty of success than work and -no higher badge cf Americanism than overalls. The class appealed to the public on strong and tenable ground, and deserved the support It got. Perhaps the members of the board saved their dignity by resigning, but the people vill not trouble themselves to inquire. They will choose another board and the schools of Lyons will go right along. Meanwhile, it is to be hoped the graduates will not forget their class motto. The Journal hopes that nothing serious will occur in the dental organization because a few of its members gave their photographs to a Terre" Haute paper to publish and thus violated the professional code which prohibits advertising. On the same ground the dentists who gave abstracts of 'their papers to reporters . for publication should be reprimanded. - THE CENTER OF POPULATION.

"Where It Has Been, and "Where the Next Census May Show It to Be. New York 'Sun. By the first national census, taken in 1790, when the population of the country was not much greater than of New York city today, the center of population was twentythree miles east of Baltimore. It was still In the neighborhood-of Baltimore, though to tho west of that city, in 1S00. In 1810 it was near Washington. In 1820 it was at Woodstock, Va., and in 1S30, 1S40 and lXfl in the present State of West Virginia. In 18b0 it was a little to the south of Chlllicothe, O., this being the first official appearance of Ohio as ths center of population, though It has remained the political center of population steadily ever since. In 1S70 tho center of population was on a line in Ohio between Chillicothe and Cincinnati; in 1SS0 it was in the neighborhood of-Cincinnati, and in 1SW, the year of the last national census, it was in Decatur county, Indiana, and on a line between Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The government estimate of the present population of the United States, exclusive of countries over which its sovereignty has been extended, was 75,000,000 on June 1, and all sections of the country have participated, though not equally, in the growtn of population since 1MD. when it was 62.eoo.00O. By -tho coming census the Ohio and Mississippi valley States will probably be shown to have gained less from direct foreign immigration than in any previous decade, while the citizens of the Middle and New England States have, relatively, gained more. There has been a substantial increase in population, larger, probably, than In any period since the close of the civil war. In the Southern and South border States, and a much larger increase In those of the Southwest, most notably in Texas, the total vote of which increased from 230.OuO in 18S0 to 340,000 In.lSOO and 550,000 in 1S96. The population of Texas (2.20O.OU0 in 1890) is probably near 3.GO0.OO0. A State census taken of Kansas in 1S93. on the other hand, showed the population of that State to be less than in 1830. while in the same period the population of New 7.Csey Pai Increased 16 per cent. Between lbJO and 1893 the population of Florida increased from 3C0.0J0 to 405,00), while the population of South Dakota (328,000 in 1S90) was returned as 330,000 five years later. The growth of population in American Mates between 1SS0 and 1900 will bo in accordance with the Increase of the urban population in each rather than with the gain In agricultural districts. As a majority of the cities are in the North, it appears likely that the "center of population" in 1900 will be on or near the banks of the Wabash In the State of Indiana, at some point northwesterly from the present center and nearer the Illinois than the Ohio state line. THE DISCORDANT NOTE. . Influence of the Hoar Atkinson's Tnlk in the Philippines. John Barrett, in Review: of Reviews. Following up all these' unhappy' influences, to which our army and navy had to quietly submit without turning a finger, there came the blow from behind that did more harm than all of these local influences combined the agitation in America in behalf of the Filipinos and in opposition to the policy of our government and of the army and navy as advised by such tried men as Admiral Dewey and General Otis. It is remarkable how quickly the idea spread, not only through the Filipino army, but among the people in the distant interior, that the United States was wavering in its policy, and that it was probable that if they held out long enough and persisted in their position we would withdraw our army and give them back the islands. Every discordant note that was struck in America was .telegraphed or written either to Hong-Kong or Manila and found its way by first opportunity to tho camps of the Filipino army and to the columns of the native press. Not satisfied, however, with the circulation given by the newspapers, what was being said and done in America was printed in circular form and sent among the people to encourage them. If the Senior senator of Massachusetts could have witnessed the expression of satisfaction depicted on the face of every Filipino soldier when he read the sentiments expressed by that distinguished man in the halls of Congress, and then have seen the look of pain upon the face of every American soldier when he realized that a United States senator was Inspiring the enemy opposite him. I am of the humble opinion that he would have experienced som feelings of regret at the direct effect of his argument. There is no question that the belief was prevalent among the Filipinos at the time the fighting began on Feb. 4 that if they held out a sufficient length of tlmo the Americans would give them what they asked. It is not my intention to cast reflections upon the honesty and good faith of the men who have opposed our policy in the Philippines, and I do not believe that any of them have been actuated by other than the most patriotic motives, unless, possibly, the natural tendency to make political capital out of the troubles of those in power has inspired some of the criticism or opposition. I heard not only . Admiral Dewey and Major General Otis, but Generals MacArthur. Anderson, Hale. Iviwton, Brigadier General Otis and Colonels Smith and Summers use terms as strong as I have on this unhappy feature of the war. Terry Heath Is Mentioned. Chicago Post. Perry Heath, of Indiana, first assistant postmaster general, may bo trotted out as a candidate for national chairman if Senator Hanna is not re-elected. Mr. .Heath had charge of the Republican bureau of printing and publicity In 196. and Is well thougnt of by the administration lenders. He comes from a State usually placed in the "pivotal" column and has a wide acquaintance among politicians and public men all over the country. He won the esteem of organized labor leaders by insisting on all the national committee's printing which reached up in the millions being done by union workmen. This is mentioned by those who say Mr. Payne would be objected to on account of his conflicts with the labor unions of Milwaukee. . - . Quite Likely. Kansas City Journal. It Is said that William J. Bryan has about worn out his popularity in Nebraska. The statement is not improbable. The people of Nebraska do not differ materially from the people of the rest of the country. Cure for Lockjaw. Kansas City Journal. A London physician announces that he has discovered a cure for lockjaw. A Nebraska man discovered one almost a year ago. He resigned from th service, end his Jaw has been working freely ever since. Advice. Rede's Budget. If we were to give any further counsel to the young lads and lassies who have graduated from the public schools this year, it would bo. don't leave home too soon, a3 your parents may need your advice. Advertising: Exlravaganee. Kansas City Journal. Tho Brooklyn man who committed suicide in his show window carried the advertising Idea to extremes. A half-page display in a local newspaper would have brought better results. . Fletr the Coop. Washington Post. - Editor Morss. of the Indianapolis Sentinel, has landed in the Dt. Brlggs class with a savage whoop. He declares that frca silver is a dead card.' ' v

ART IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A FINE FEATURE OF THE INDIANAPOLIS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. The rabllc School Art Situation Said to Approach the Ideal The Instructors and Their 3Iethod. Chicago School -Weekly. The drawing department of the Indianapolis schools Is one of the most important departments of the educational sjstem of the city. From its inception a number of years ago It has steadily grown under the fostering hand of a few devoted i-juls and to-day, with the supervisor. Miss Wilhelmlna Seegmiller, and her skilled and enthusiastic corps of assistants, it has reached a point that makes Indianapolis unique in its position among other large cities in the country and a kind of Mecca toward which many seekers after truth turn In the educational world. The public school art situation in Indianapolis approaches the ideal from many standpoints. The drawing department has one, head the supervisor. Closely associated with her are the instructors In drawing In the, High School. Miss Roda Selleck, Otto Stark and Miss West, of the Manual Training School, and Miss Goldsworthy, an assistant in .the normal and elementary schools. Superintendent of Schools Goss and his assistant. Miss Cropsy, are thoroughly in touch and sympathy with this coterie, the warmest of personal friends, each working in league with the other. It is difficult to Imagine a more powerful or useful combination. The work for every grade In the city from the kindergarten through the high school is systematically arranged and planned for weeks and months ahead. At the close of the school year the department, with the superintendent and assistant, meets and considers the work in its broadest and most general features for the ensuing year, the details being worked out as the occasions are developed. Thus there is" unity and harmony in every department and the correlation of drawing with the important studies of nature, literature, Mstory, science and mathematics is thoroughly established and controlled and the road of the drawing department of the public schools of Indianapolis is cleared of many of those obstacles that are the despair of teachers and a hindrance to eflicient work in more than one city in the country, and drawing, instead of being considered a fad. Is held tenaciously to be one of the most serious and important studies in the school curriculum. ALL WORK TOGETHER. The grade teachers, free from annoyance, uncertainties and internal dissensions, hold up the hands of the supervisor, and there is an earnest desire to strengthen the work and to advance the teaching of the "holiness of beauty." The work of the little child in the kindergarten and primary grade is considered not the least in importance In comparison with that of the older student in these high schools. Indeed. It might be said to be followed with even a keener inspection, for the little child, untrammeled as he is, Is held to be the true interpreter of art. So the directors of drawing in the high schools acquaint themselves with the work of the little children in the schools. They.' together with the supervisor, take a hand In the teaching, coming in direct contact with them many times during the year; so the whole drawing. Instead of remaining forever stationery, moves through the schools, leaving an influence incalculable in its effects. The artists of Indianapolis have nobly and generously affiliated with the drawing teachers. The Western school, consisting of names familiar to Chlcagoans. Steele. Forsyth. Stark and Gruelle. have given pictures for the decoration of schools and have met and consulted with the supervisor and her instructors. Their experience and technical training being anxiously sought for the practical touch it gave to the work and it' may be said that the drawing throughout the schools Is like that of one great art school. THE INSTRUCTORS. Miss Wilhelralna Seegmiller, supervisor of drawing in Indianapolis, ha9 great force of character and rare organizing ability, with an artistic temperament. Her makeup feems to be a contradictory one, but a glance at her delicately modeled but strong face shows her to be a woman intelligent to the highest degree and of the greatest latent power. In her work in Indianapolis she has fought like a skilled general for every inch of her ground and gaining it holds it by the most altruistic measures. Miss Seegmiller was born in Toronto, and has received a broad art education. She has served in the capacity of studio instructor, principal of public schools and" supervisor of drawing. Her experience covers a period of fifteen years. Miss Roda Selleck, director of drawing in the High School, has been for years steadily cultivating the flower of art In the hearts of the boys and girls of Indianapolis. With the true spirit of the artist she never gave up but worked quietly along, sowing the seed that has lately burst into such generous and almost luxuriant flowering in the heart of her native town. The highest word of praise comes from former pupUs of Miss Selleck. who help to make up the body of Intelligent citizens. Grateful for the personal good it has done them, they withhold nothing of their Influence in widening the art circle. Every year, through her influence and suggestion, some boy or girl goes out from the Indianapolis High School to prepare for special work along artistic lines. At tho close of the school year one of her boys was chosen by the Board of Education to be her assistant. So rare is it for an . artist to leave his studio to come into the busy practical world that It should be recorded. Tills Otto Stark has done through the efforts of Miss Seegmiller. who labored to show the needs of the schools and the chasm made by the aloofness of the artist. He was persuaded to take charge of the department In free hand drawing in the Normal Training High Schoool. with the assistance of Miss' West, a graduate of Pratt Institute, and most propitiously has the work gone forward. Mr. Stark has had a wide experience In the various art schools. He infuses hi3 pupils with hl love and enthusiasm for art. which is reflected in the trulv beautiful work which covers the avails of the drawing room, the results of his efforts. Miss Seegmiller has one assistant. Miss Goldsworthy. a graduate of Pratt, and one of the most capable instructors on the corps. Her outdoor work in sketching from nature with the little children is quite wonderful, the sketches having a tone and spirit that Is full or fidelity and sincerity. Miss Goldsworthy has been one of the members of the art department the past year. OUTSIDE ENCOURAGEMENT. The co-operation with the citizens of Indianapolis in the art movement has resulted in an enterprise that has attracted national attention the arts and crafts exhibit In April last, which marked an epoch in the art life of the city. This exhibit was held in the High School building and was intended to promote social servlceableness by uniting the art interests of the city. It was the only exhibition of the work of the local artists made m the city during the year. To this was added a few original paintings by Eastern artists and a number of fine black and white reproductions of masterpieces of architecture, sculpture and painting. There was also an exhibition of floral decorations, wood carving, ceramics, wrought Iron. tile, terra cotta, sculpture. kbindlng. artistic printing, architectural designs, photography and all other art industries of the city. Besides this exhibit of the skilled works there was an exhibition of drawing, painting and various lines of industrial work from the public schools and other schools of the city. The proceeds of the exhibition are to be devoted to the purchase of casts and pictures for the public schools of the city. This exhibit was under the auspices of the Citizens' Educational Society, of which Thos. C. Day is president and ex-President Harrison an active and " Interested member. There are several art classes supported by the teachers and High School pupils the Sketch Club, doing outside work altogether, which meets on Saturday afternoons; the life class, composed of young people who study from the life model under Miss Selleck and Mr. Stark on Saturday evenings, and the Teachers' Class, numbering over three hundred, who meet Miss Seegmiller and her assistants on Saturday mornings. The "annuals" of the High School and Manual Training School Just Issued are very clever and creditable magazines. The illus

trations might adorn the pages of more ambitious publications wl:h much credit to the designers. The democracy of art Is firmly and lastingly entrenching itself In the social and economic conditions of Indianapolis and reconstructing the forces of the civic life of the city. CAUSE OF THE PARIS WRECK.

Capt. "Watklns Said to Have Made a SIfstake in Rending Los Book. CHICAGO, June 2S.-The Tribune's London correspondent says: "The Paris disaster turns out to be a simple matter. On leaving Cherbourg Captain Watkins entered the departure in the log: 'Six thirty-five p. m..' using a pen. The next entry was: 'Passing Caskets 7:33 The course steered was almost due west in order to make Lizard light. So as to go through the rassage between Cornwan and the islands the usual practice Is, If the Lizard light is not made at a certain time, to change the course to the south and go clear of the islands. On this occasion this was impossible, as, owing to the misty night, they could not see the Eddystone light. "The captain consulted the log when about opposite Eddystone. He mistook the entry and read the time of leaving Cherbourg as 7:35, the time of passing Caskets, Instead of 6:25. the real time of leaving Cherbourg. Consequently the captain Judged himself about seventeen miles further from the Cornwall coast than he really was, and delayed changing the course by one hour, just sufficient to run the Paris right on the coast. Even then the disaster might have been averted, as has been already cabled. If the third officer on the bridge had put the engines astern when land was first sighted. "Captain Watkins. who had gone down to put on his mackintosh, rushed to the bridge and attempted to turn the ship instead of going astern. Even then he just missed clearing the rocks by half a minute. But the sole reason for the mistake is the fact that Captain Watkins for once in his life read the wrong line of his logbook. If the ship had a navigating officer, as other lines do, the error could not have occurred. The misty nisht prevented seeing the Eddystone light and also prevented the sight of land till It was close at' hand. But that would have been of no importance If the captain had not made a curious slip." WERE SHOT IN THE BACK ALADA3IA NEGROES ASSASSINATED INSTEAD OF KILLED IN A FIGHT. Testimony at Coroner's Inquest Over Remains of "nace Riot' Victims Murderers Unknown. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 2S. The deputies have the situation In hand at Cardiff and Blossburg, where the bloody race riots occurred yesterday afternoon, although th9 negro miners refuse to work and continue to carry arms. Sheriff O'Brien says that he has no right to disarm them, and, with few exceptions, they are prepared for any sort of trouble. An additional force of men has been placed on duty for fear of an outbreak during the night. A coroner's jury held an Inquest over the remains of Ed Ellis and Adam Samuels today. A physician's sworn testimony was to the effect that both negroes were shot In the back. Ellis's body was pierced with twenty-fire buckshot from a double-barreled shotgun and Samuels was killed with a Winchester rifle. The postmaster at Blossburg testified that shortly before the killing he heard Ellis talking to a crowd of his comrades In regard to a speech made to them by the sheriff, who said that if the negroes would disarm they would be given protection. Ellis told them this was all a lie and he declared he would not return to work until his Winchester had been emptied. Shortly after this two white miners, one armed with a Winchester and the other with a shotgun, were seen walking down the road. It was but a few minutes when shots were heard. Ellis was lying on his face in the road and his body was 'beaten by a drenching rain for several hours. Adam Samuels was killed while going to succor Ellis. Wrhen he was within seventyfive yards of the prostrate body of Ellis a Winchester ball brought him down. Two negroes then ran to Samuels's assistance. He told them he had been shot by white men. They stooped to pick him up and while in a crouching position they were fired on. The negroes then fled in every direction and the three bleeding negroes were left in the rain for an hour. A white man with a shotgun met a crowd of miners further down the road. "I have killed the meanest negro In Blossburg," said he. "Look out for my family, boys." He has not been seen since. It is said among the negroes that the white men who did the shooting were secreted in a box car on the railroad track, near the dirt road. The physician testified that the shooting was done at close range. The coroner, just in from Blossburg, says it is impossible to get at the guilty parties. He says that both sides are sullen and he predicts further trouble. The mines have almost closed down for want of laborers. The coroner's Jury rendered a verdict that the negroes met death at the hands of unknown persons. - The Necroea Were Ambushed. ATLANTA, Ga., June 28. A dif patch from Birmingham says: "'A review of the trouble in Alabama yesterday evening shows that Edward Ellis and Adam Samuels are dead and Jim Till and Randolph Williams fatally wounded. Several fusillades were fired into the negTo quarters last night, but no one was hurt. It looks as though the whites had simply determined to get rid of some bad negroes. The negroes killed and wounded were leaders of the 'Knights of Africa. a secret organization, whose purpose appears to be to pJovid!e negroes with firearms to resist the officus of the law. The conflict of yesterday evening originated over an assault on a white man. The whites opened fire on the negroes from ambush. John Shephard. the negro rapist, the effort to capture whom Incited the negroes to the uprising, is still at large." DIED OF EXCESSIVE JOY, Sudden Death of a Negro Who Had Returned Home from Prison. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. June 28.-George Jones, & negro, died yesterday from excessive joy over being released from prison. He was convicted of murder several years ago, but the proof showed he bore no 111 will against the victim, and the prisoner stoutly maintained he did not know the gun was loaded. His good record and the attendant facts finally brought a pardon. On being released the happy negro hurried to his home near Demopolis. Approaching the old log hut. the unexpected comer was greeted by mother, father and sisters, who ran to meet him. The Joy was too great, and the big lusty man. for whom no task had been too great, swooned with emotion, expiring a few moments later In his mother's arms. VICTIMS OF RABIES. Hydrophobia Kills m. Nesjro Family, a White Boy and Animals. RALEIGH, N. C, June 2S. Preston Oglesby, aged eleven, died at Wild wood, Carteret county, of hydrophobia last night. He was bitten by a dog ten weeks ago. The same dog bit a horse, hog and. ox at the same time, and these died within three weeks. The horse was bitten through the nose, end chickens which ate out of his trough had spasms and died. A chicken owned by a negro was killed by the dog. The family Ignorantly cooked the chicken and the entire family died from eating it. t Police Officer Finds $13,000. ST. LOUIS. June 2. In a dingy, stuffy room in tho rear of 2211 South Third street Officer Hansahan found concealed in a dirty trunk and a valLse a sum of money exceeding $15.frO in government bonds, gold pnd bills of large denominations. The police think that thl small fortune is the property of Mrs. Walberger Wackcrte an aged German woman, who Is now a patient at the city Insane hospital. But little is known by the neighbors cf Mrs. Wackerle. They say that for years past she has been living in that neighborhood, always reticent, eccentric and demure.

TO KILL DISEASE GERMS

PLAN THAT IS EXPECTED TO SUPERSEDE THE SERUM TREAT31ENT. . Drs. Loew and Emmerich Confident Their Propagated Eniytnea AY 111 Destroy Deadly Dacterla. WASHINGTON, June -Dr. Oscar Loew, one of the expert vegetable pathologists of the Agricultural Department, hat developed, to what he believes Is a point of practical use, a new treatment for germ diseases which promises to supersede the serum treatment now in use in diphtheria, fevers and many other diseases. Dr. Loew'a work has been carried on for several years In collaboration with Dr. R. Emmerich. The experiments have been conducted In the laboratories of Munich and this country.' The results never have been published la full, but have been such as to warrant Introducing the treatment into actual hospital practice. The treatment is similar in some respects to the serum treatment, Nn depends on a different principle, the basic Idea being the presence of a class of ferments known as enzymes, which are produced by the same bacteria that produce the disease. It is be cause of the production, or, rather, of overproduction of a certain enzyme, that diseases such as typhoid fever will "run Its course" and then die out of the system. The bacteria in this case, it is stated, are simply killed out by the ferment they produce. The object of tho new treatment is to produce a pure enzyme, which. Introduced into the human system, will kill the disease germs without injuring the patient. This differs from the principle of inoculation for smallpox and other diseases where the object is to give the patient a mild type of the disease to render him Immune to the more virulent type. Dr. Loew and his colleague. Dr. Emmerich, have studied and cultivated the enzymes of various diseases, and It is claimed have found that the enzymes of certain bacteria will kill net only their parent germs, but also the germs of cholera, typhoid fever, antharax, diphtheria, black; plague, staphylococci and probably goncocci. An enzyme that will be fatal to tuberculosis Is being sought, though the bacillus of tuberculosis sems to be incapable of producing an enzyme that is fatal to itself. This is also true of the black plague, and. for this reason the serum of black plagus was applied without success in the cases recently developed in one of the laboratories in Vienna. The enzymes are very unstable products, and for this reason quickly deteriorate, but Dr. Loew believes he has found a method of preserving them In shape for use. The furth?r development of this form of treatment Is awaited with interest by scientists. MRS. LflPlNER TESTIFIES. Tells of the Abduction and Finding of Her Boy Gerald. CHICAGO. June 2S. Mrs. Lapiner tools the stand to-day In the case of Mr. Ingersoll and John Collins, of Painesville, O., charged vith kidnaping little Gerald Lapiner, and told the story of the theft of her boy and the circumstances under which she found him after a ten months fruitless search. The surroundings and the physical condition of the child when found tended to substantiate the claims of Ultrcatmcnt of Gerald. Mrs. Lapiner first found the child sitting on the bed in the upper part of the house In Painesville. "The bed was black: with filth." she said, "and had not beenmade up for a year, I should Judge." Mrs. Lapiner also told of her conversation with Mrs. Ingersoll at a Chicago police fetation. "Mrj. Ingersoll asked me to let her go. as she was cid," Mrs. Lapiner said. "She asked my pity. I told her sne had not pitied me. I toid her I would be lenient with her if she would tell me who was her accomplice ia Chicago, but she would not." Miss Ferrlss, who discovered the child at the Ingersoll home, testified duriug the afternoon. She told of Mrs. Ingersoll's reported trip to California and on her return home f he brought the Lapiner child. Conflicting stories of Collins and Mrs. Ingersoll aroused the suspicions of neighbors, but several months elapsed before an opportunity presented itself to gain possession of the child. On cross-examination Miss Ferrlss said she claimed the credit of finding the boy, but had not yet requested the reward. Louis Lapiner, father of the child Gerald, was on the stand for come tkne rehearsing the loss of the boy, the search for him and the final restoration. He told of several conversations he had had with Mrs. Ingersoll, in which che begged him to have mercy upon her and she would do all she could to atone for what she had done. He offered her mercy, he said, if ehe would tell him where she had kept Jhe boy from May 30, the day he was taken, until June 2, the day she went to Painesville, but she would not. The state closed its case after a number of Painesville people who had known Mrs. Ingersoll for year had been called to the stand. The chief witness on tr.e point of the defendant's character was Frank Co!e, a prominent citizen cf the Ohio town. He had never noted any evidence of insanity on the part of Mra Ingersoll. This testimony was introduced In anticipation of the defense of insanity, which, it is understood, will be made. MEETING OF REFORMERS. Topica Discussed at the National So clal and Political Conference. BUFFALO. N. Y, June 21-The National Social and Political Conference was called to order this morning by Edwin B. Mead, of Boston. N. O. Nelson, of St. Louis, presided. At a meeting of the business committee last night it was decided to change the rules of executive sessions and open the confererce to representatives of the press. The'conference, as explained in the official programme, "is a meeting cf frogresslve men and women of ariou3 poitical and social beliefs to consider the present condition of American politics and to determine what is the next thing to do." The addresses were brief, the opening address being limited to twenty minutes and the speeches and discussions to five minutes each. To-day s session was devoted to "Economic Reforms." "-The People vs. the Monopolies" and "Shall We Leave the Monopolies Alone, Abolish. Control or Own Them?" The topic this morning was "National Monopolies (1) Industrial Monopolies, (2) Transportation, (3) Currency." Mr. Mead In his address declared the gathering was not one of pessimists, nor a convention of despalrers, nut a meeting of believers, an assembling of people who believe that this government is great and glorious and will be still more great and glorious; who come hero to discuss the questions cf the day and decide upon the next Rtep in reform. Mr. Nelson, who is one of the leading exponents of the profitsharing idea, declared that co-operative methods showed great advantages over the competitive method' His j-peccn was an argument for co-operation in manufacturing. Industrial and financial enterprises. Other speakers were Willis J. Abbott, of New York, on industrial monopolies, ard Iresident George A. Gats, of Iowa College, on tho sam subject; Transit Commissioner Gargan. of Boston, and John W. Breidenthal. bank commissioner, of Topeka, Kan., on transportation, and Frank C. Wait, of the Statistical Bureau, at Washington, on currency. There were discussions on each of these subjects, limited to five-minute speeches. Among those participating were Bolton Hall, of New York. F. Parson, of the Law University, of Boston, and John S. Crosby, of New York, on industrial monopolies; Prof. E. W. Bm!s, of the Kansas Agricultural College. Prof. J. R. Commini, of 'Syracuse Unlvr ity. Dr. George D. Herron. of Iowa College, and Frank J. Stevens, of Philadelphia, on transportation. Expert Testimony In Murder Case. CHICAGO. June 2S--Dr. Sanger Brown, of Rush Medical College, to-day testified in the case of Rollinger, the allesed wife murderer. In opposition to the testimony of the several expert sworn by the state as to whether Mrs. Rolllnger was dead at tho time the house was burned. Dr. Brown gave as his opinion that the woman was not dad. He said that from his reading, n medical works and from exierlments he had made himself he was of opinion that a congested blister could net be caused by he:t or fire t'pon a dead body. When court adjourned the deftndnt was on the stanj making a denial cf guilt.