Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 181, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 June 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1899.

THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY. JUNE 30, 1899. Vtjilsjtoa Office 1503 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Rejected mamiserlrts not be returned unless postage Is Inclosed for that purpose. THE IMIIAXATOLIS JOinXAL. - Can be found at the following places: NEW YORK Astor House. CHICAGO-Palmer House, P. O. News Co.. 217 Darborn stn-et. Great Northern Hotel and Orand Pacific Hotel. i CINCINNATW. R. Hawley & Co.) 134 Vine street. - LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlnjr, northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Rook Co., 2i Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON". r. c. Rtggs House. Ebbltt House and WUIard's Hotel. The Democratic! revolt In Kentucky against the nomination of Goebel for Governor seems to be general and formidable. It remains toi"be seen If he whips the party into line as he did the convention. It Is suspected that Mr. Havemeyer's assault upon the tariff was prompted by his desire to get rid of the duty on raw sugars, as the growth of the beet-sugar interest in this country is a menace to the Havemeycr trust. Captain Stone, whom Mr. Goebel so effectually "did up" in his Louisville convention, was a Confederate soldier who lost a leg in battle. It is reported that twenty thousand ex-Confederates in Kentucky are very indignant. t Th fact that there has been no end of friction with most satisfactory results at under General Brooke, and scarcely any friction with most saticfactory results at Santiago under General Wood, ought to set the War Department thinking. The Republicans of Kentucky hive anexcellent fighting chance to carry the State If they utilize It. With a liberal, progres siva platform, a clean, popular candidate and an aggressive fight against proscription and Goe bells m in politics they can win. The settlement of the car-works strike at Jeffersonvllle is another evidence of the efllciency in that line of the present board of labor commissioners. The basis of settle ment ahows some concessions on both sides and was evidently due to the conciliatory methods of the commissioners. Members of the Filipino Junto In London are said to be seeking an Interview with Senator Hoar, presumably with the object of procuring concessions for Aguinaldo and promoting peace, They will discover that In tryingr to negotiate through Senator Hoar ttey are "barking up the wrong tree." Tn a e&at Maa PraiMent finmnsni ftf the American Federation of Labor, said that the growth of labor organizations during the past six months has exceeded that of all previous periods, the Increase In that time being1 200,000, making the total mem bership at the present time over 900,000. There seems to be an eagerness on the part of a lot of ambitious but small Demo crats in the Fourth district to retire Mr. GriQtn, "who has been elected twice. As Sir. Grifflth Indorses the Chicago platform and b a man of fair ability there is no rea son for this uprising of candidates unless the sjild Holman district Democracy favors passing the honor along. To givo any con siderable portion of the ambitious ones a chance the term of a representative to Congress should be reduced to thirty days. The large Increase In the demand for overalls has been - mentioned as one evidence of prosperity. Another is the large increase In the prospective patronage of summer re sorts. Summer pleasuring being a luxury, dimmer resorts are among the first to feel the effects of hard times and the last to receive the benefit of returning prosperity. Those who are in position to know say that this year's business in that line will far exceed any previous one. Prosperity is here. General King, who has Just returned from the Philippines, where he commanded a brigade during1' the recent campaign, thinks that whatever reinforcements are rent there should be sent as soon as possible, in order to permit them to become thoroughly ac climated before time for the renewal of active operations. 'That," he says, "Is a I most necessary factor in securing the greatJest degree of efficiency." This will probably Ibe the policy of the government with the troops about to be raised. The conference in Buffalo has for Its ob ject the determining of what is to be done nest .to tnake life worth living. Nearly all those who will take part in the conference are men who have evolved out of their own consciousness schemes for bettering the condition of mankind and without recogrizlng the lessons of experience. Such a conference "will attract little attention because people have learned that the men who generally participate in such meetings have had no real experience In the practical Affairs of life. There are fresh reports of combinations Jn the Bast to 'prevent th adoption of the Chicago platform by the next national Democratic convention. One of these reports makes Mayor Harrison a member of the combination. Those who are in the re ported movement see In th nomination of Kr. Bryan on any platform quite as much danger to the party as on a 16-to-l plat form, for the reason that he stands before the country as the leading exponent of the independent coinage of sliver. On a platform ignoring 1 to 1 Mr. Bryan would not t at home. A Philadelphia paper notes the chartering cf seven steamships to bring Iron ore from Cpaln to that city. The revival of this trade, trhlch, by ths way, seems llks carrying coals ta X?sestlc is one of the curious results ci r 3 izzzzl tjit with Cpala. That country

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fine quality which were formerly drawn

upon largely by other countries, mainly Great Britain and Germany, and. to a limited extent, by the United States. The development of our own resources and of the iron mines in Cuba put an end to the importation of ore from Spain, and for many years before the war there had been none Imported from that country, though we Imported largely from Cuba. That island having been lost to Spain, some of her more enterprising capitalists have turned their attention to the development of heme Industries and have begun to ship Iron ore even to the United States. The seven steamers Just chartered will bring to Philadelphia about ten thousand tons and the trade is expected to increase largely daring the summer. The incident shows how Spain may be, in a way, benefited by the loss of her island possessions and the consequent turning of the attention of the people to the development of home resources. SSSSBMHSSSMSMBMMBMSMSSSMWaa A FIGHT FOR CO.NTROL. The interview of Mr. Morss, of the Sentinel, In New York. In which he openly declared that It would be unwise in the extreme for the Democrats to make the campaign of 1S09 on the issue of free coinage of silver at the ratio of IS to 1, has caused con siderable discussion, comment and gossip. The most important statement which the Interview has called out is that the elec tion of the members of the next Indiana state committee, during the early months of 1900, will turn upon the sliver question. It is predicted that the fight for control of the state committee between the conserva tives, for whom Mr. Morss has spoken, and the radicals, of whom Allen W. Clark Is the most conspicuous leader, will be very hot in most of the congressional districts. In the larger towns the greater part of the Democrats who have any connection with business affairs are opposed to making the next campaign with the lft-to-1 issue as the leading feature of the canvass. Nearly all of these men, while not approving the platform of 1S0S, earnestly supported Mr. Bryan. In 1S9S, against their Judgment, they Joined with those who believe in IS to 1 In the congressional canvass in this State, with the same result as in ISM. With this experience. llko Mr. Morss, such Demo crats see the folly of repeating the blunders of 1SD6 and 1808. As men of Intelligence they see that a repetition of the Issues of lSDS by the Democratic party means disaster. The argument of experience Is on their side, but most of such Democrats are men of affairs who have not the time to give to the missionary effort necessary to bring the rank and file to their way of thinking. It would seem that it would not require much effort to bring any clas3 of voters to see the folly of fighting another battle on the silver issue, but the rank and file of 'he Indiana remocracy have so long been tlw victims of demagogy that they naturally turn to those leaders who employ that method. Rut while the champions of IS to 1 are not so able and experienced men as are their opponents they are unmistakably effective in a large part of the State. First, they are in revolt against the conservative and older leaders in the State, as they are in Kentucky. Consequently, personal inter est would lead them to fight the men who would be most prominent in the organiza tion. In the last Legislature there were a number of ambitious and rather brilliant young Democrats, but they took early oc casion to show their devotion to 16 to 1 and to refuse to listen to the advice of the conservative element in the party. Before the close of the session every one of them was in violent opposition to the Sentinel, which no doubt represents that portion of the party that takes a part in the world's business and shares its intelligence. Second, there are Democrats in every district who, like Mr. Clark, make politics a vocation. They came into special prominence by their activity In the cause of 16 to 1. While abler Democrats were thinking the matter over In 1S9S obscure and cheeky young men sprang to the front and, in the peculiar a condition of the public mind early in 1S36, became the leaders of the party. They con trolled the Democratic state convention in 1SD6, relegating so potential a man as Mayor Taggart to the rear. If the ltf-to-1 issue should be dropped these men know they will be reduced to the ranks. They will fight for IS 'to 1 to save their shoulder straps. THE HAWAIIAN TROUBLE. Although we have had no war in Hawaii and are not likely to have, the situation there is such as to call for a high degree of practical statesmanship. It has been nearly a year now since Hawaii was annexed, yet nothing has been done towards defining its status or its relation to the Union. The final vote on annexation took place in the Senate on July 6, 1598, and the resolution was signed by the President the next day. It declared the islands "hereby annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and subject to the sovereign dominion thereof." A special commission of live was appointed to recommend nec-sary legisla tion for the government of the islands, and pending such legislation "the present gov ernment officers of Hawaii are to continue. under the direction of the President of the United States, subject to removal by him." The commissioners reported a plan of gov ernment which was submitted to Congress by the President in December last, but Con gress adjourned without taking any final action on the subject. Tne plan elicited considerable discussion and some opposition, especially on the point of allowing Hawaii a delegate in Congress, thus putting it on the footing of a territory and looking to its future admission as a State. The latter. however, need not necessarily follow for many years. The failure of the last Con gress to enact any legislation whatever for the government of Hawaii or defining its status or relation to the Union might have resulted In trouble but for the fact that the resolution of annexation provided that. pending such legislation, the existing government and local laws, as far as permissi ble under the Constitution of the United States, should remain in force. The present government Is In the hands of men of ability arrd experience, thoroughly American, pa triotic and progressive in their ideas, and Is being wisely and Judiciously administered. President Dole, though a native of Hawaii, Is as loyal an American In sympathy as any born American, and the control of the Islands Is altogether In American hand Nevertheless, the situation Is anomalous and should not be allowed to continue during another session of Congress. Hawaii is in the Union, yet not of It It la neither a state, a territory, a colony nor a depend ency. It is a republic within a republic. Even its foreign relations with the United Status have not yet been abrogated by law. It maintains a consul general at Boston, just as it did before annexation. The United States postal laws have not yet been extended, to Hawaii, and although the islands have beta under ths United Ctatcs Has

nearly a year, letters to or from Honolulu must still bear a 5-cent stamp. The ruling element In the Islands Is entirely American In fiympathy, but beyond the mere act of annexation the United States government has done nothing as yet to promote American sentiment. To do this and to provide a satisfactory form of government for Hawaii, defining its status and relation to the Union, will be one of the problems before the next Congress. ENGLISH CAPITALISTS WIDE AWAKE.

The Journal has called attention to the fact that English capitalists are getting ahead of the Americans In obtaining control of the wealth-producing industries of Cuba, thus acquiring the means of con trolling the politics as well as the trade of the Island. This Is legitimate enterprise, and they cannot be blamed for It. Something of the same kind seems to be going on in the Philippines. A dispatch from Manila says the Spanish commercial men are selling out and that several of the largest In terests there will soon pass into the hands of English capitalists. Imgllsh capitalists are always on the lookout for opportunities to make investments and extend trade, and it is not surprising to fnd them trying to get under the shadow of the American flag in both hemispheres. '.Trade follows the flag, and in this case British trade seems to bo following It more closely than American. English capitalists know that, whatever may happen, the United States will guarantee stable government In Cuba, and that the Philippines will be under an American protectorate, if they are not regularly annexed to the United States. They lenow better than some Americans do that the flag will never be hauled down In the Phil ippines, and that It is safe to Invest money on this, theory. Therefore, they are standing close up to the bargain counter, ready to take over the interests of Spanish echants who want to sell out and return to Spain. The substitution of Englishmen for Spaniards in the Philippines will be a gain for the islands and for us, but it would be better yet if tho commercial Interests of the islands would pass under American control. Eventually they will, no doubt, but If English capitalists get a firm foothold there they will not be easily displaced. If we are to utilize the Philippines for the extension and control of trade in the East we should get in on tho ground floor. American capitalists ought to show as much confidence in the permanence of American sovereignty in the islands and in the future development of their trade under the American flag as English capitalists are doing. It Is fair to assume that the call for Mr. Bryan to speak in Greenfield, toward the last of next month, has its inspiration from those who desire to make 16 to 1 the leading Issue In 1900. If, in that speech, Mr. Bryan reiterates the opinion expressed at the meeting of the Bimetallic League, in Louisville, a few weeks ago, that silver must be made the leading Issue, the advocates of that heresy may hope to turn back the growing sentiment against making sliver the pre eminent issue in 1900. There can be no other explanation for bringing Mr. Bryan to Indi ana to make a speech a year before the camp.'dgn begins than that he will revive the waning faith of the sllverites. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. The Cornfed Philosopher. "Many a couple," said the Cornfed Phil osopher, "marry in haste and repent In pov erty." Got Part Way. "Did that trust deal of yours reach a con summation?" "No, it only got as far as the consomme. and there it stuck." Her Bount. "It," said the hen, as she surveyed the slzeand-a-half egg she had just laid, "will take a pretty good hailstone to equal that." Even In the lower walks of nature there Is ambition and emulation. Sound Argument. Hogan Schwarzmeister was tellln' me thot Uncle Sam could never lick the Fillypanoes. Grogan An did yez show him he was wrong? "Oi did. Oi think he will be out in about a fortnight." J. Adam Rede's Position. Bede's Budget (Pine City, Minn.) The Question whether I shall be a candi date myself or not having been pressed upon me, I make answer once for all that not this year, but next year l shall be. It is not necessary to state ail my reasons now, although as the last convention was held In May and it is now close to July, the time for action is but a few months off. My chief reason Is that I have always been working for others, and the time has come when I think l ougnt to ao sometning ior mvself. I want to know if it is true that bread cast upon the water will return after many days. Still another reason Is that In mv oDinion such a nomination would be good politics from a Republican party standpoint. Harts Their Feelings. Washington Post. - "Onpi vcrv sore matter with the English men of the Transvaal is that their language is subordinated to the Dutch." said Mr. i TV IT.irlamL nf London. "Dtltcn is the Offi cial language of Oom Paul Kruger's repub lic; it Is spoken ana taugnt exclusively m thA nnhiir schools and is used In the courts of law. This grates on the feelings not only of Victoria's subjects, but tne Americans and other foreign residents of the country, and has long been a standing grievance. It is a very short-sighted policy that Kruger adopts, for he would in the long run gain a rrot deal bv conceding something to the opposition, which sooner or later Is bound to dominate tne xransvaai. Christian Endeavor Guile. Detroit Free Press. a larc-A nnmher of the newsDaDer repre sentatives who have applied for press privileges at the convention are females. Of tne males neany w per cent, nave muue application for "self and wife." This ia sized nr iiv th nres committee to mtan that such representatives are looking for these EriVlleges not to uo actual newspaiwr wur, ut in order to obtain desirable and secured Tafia tr CPA And hp.ir a 11 that transnires during the convention. Such requests will not Oe granted, it is neeuiess iu aiitie, iur the accommodations do not warrant it. The committee is determined to give the press privileges to none but actual working journalists. Standard Oil and Religion. Springfield Republican. Standard oil is always interested in religion, and now It is Dr. Fauncc's vacated pulpit In the Fifth-avenue Baptist Church that engages tha attention of Mr. Rockefeller. He and Dwlght Moody and Dixon, of the Hanson place Church In Brooklyn, are said to be agreed that there ought to be a stiff orthodox Baptist center in Manhattan. It Is even said that Mr. Rockefeller Is readv to back un a true blue Baptist minister with his purse. There is talk of Dr. Wheaton, of Baltimore. The Allurins Edison. Philadelphia Record. Edison is forever holding before our h9rmiH pvpj nllurlnir nossibilitles. He has accomplished so much that we don't dare to disbelieve him even when he Is least plaus ible, lie IS now promising a cneap automobile which will run 150 miles with one charge of electric rorce. Eaay Road to Fame. Louisville Courier-Journal. How easy it is for the rich to attain fame. Mrs. Emrnons Blaine has shown that all that is necessary is lor them to pay their taxes. So There Is. Rede's Budf t. Something is the matter with the ratio when it takes three years for a courtship and only three months for a divorce.

EMILE ZOLA'S TRIUMPH

THE XOVELIST'S OWIf STORY OF HIS FEItSECUTIOX AND EXILE. Returns to Paris With All and Slore Proven than Was Charged In Ills Sensational Letter on Dreyfus. Emile Zola's Paris Letter in New York Journal. Eleven months ago I left France. For eleven months I submitted myself to utter banishment; to the most undlscoverable ' hiding place, to the most unconditional si- j lence. I was in the position of one who, I willing to give up his life, lies in a hidden j grave and waits for the coming of truth I and Justice. And now, to-day, that truth has conquered and justice at last rules. I am born again and return home to take my place once more on French soil. The ISth .of July. l&S, will remain the most dreadful day in my life. On that day it was that I, obeying tactical necessities and the warnings of my comrades in the fight for the honor of France, forsook all that I loved and tore myself from all the associations dear to my heart and mind. Among all the sufferings, for which people pitied me. this sudden parting was surely the most terrible, the greatest sacrifice for the soul. The low and narrow souls, who continually repeat that I fled from Imprisonment, exhibit thereby as much stupidity as meanness. Imprisonment, good God! I had already demanded imprisonment! I am even to-day ready to undergo it, if It be necessary. They who. condemn my flight must have forgotten this whole case, and especially the trial, which I desired in the sole hope that it might prqve the soil on which the harvest of truth would grow. I made the complete sacrifice of my peace and freedom and eubmitted unconditionally to ruin, desiring only that justice might triumph. Is It not clear to-day to all eyes that our long campaign was an unselfish war to shed as much light as possible on the truth? If we endeavored to gain time. If we opposed procedure by procedure, it was because the guardianship of the truth was confided to us, to be cared for like the souls of men, and because we did not wish to see extinguished the weak flame which every day was becoming brighter. It was the little sacred lamp which we had to carry in the dreadful storm and to protect against the rage 'of the multitude which had allowed Itself to be fooled by lies. We had only one policy to remain masters of our cause, to carry It forward as long as was humanly possible, so that events might make the truth absolutely clear, as we had promised they would. We have never thought of ourselves, we have always striven for 'the triumph of right and have been ready to purchase it with our freedom and our life. ZOLA'S FORESIGHT. I must recall the position in which I was placed at Versailles in July last. They merely put us out of court, but I would not be thus suppressed. I was not content that in the absence of Parliament they should condemn me to endure the passions of the mob. We wished to delay the case until October, in the hope that the truth would then become clearer, so that Justice would bo Inevitable. One must not forget, moreover, the malignant underhand work that was being carried on against us, and what we expected from th secret trials of Major Esterhazy and Colonel Picquart. Both were in prison, and we knew well that startling evidence would necessarily be produced by the trials if they were conducted honorably. And, although we did not foresea the confession and suicide of Colonel Henry, we knew after It occurred that the facts underlying this dreodtul event must eventually appear in their true light. Under these circumstances, does not our desire to gain time appear reasonable? Had we not the right to employ all legal means. so that we might choose our own hour in the Interests of Justice? Is not enduring the came as fighting In the most sacred of batt.es? At any co&t we had to delay, for all that we knew, all that we hoped counseled us to defer the fight until the autumn. I repeat, our own interests counted nothing; the only question was to Save an Innocent man and to spare the fatherland an appalling moral catastrophe by which it was then oppressea. l'nese grounds nave such strength that I went quietly away, having announced that I would return in October, wun tne certainty that in this way 1 should be a good worker for the cause and insure its triumph. I cannot to-day say, but will pome day, what a sacrifice, what a bitterness this sepa ration was. iney icrget tnat l am no con troversialist, no politician, whj draws advantage out of strife. I am a free writer, who has known cnly one passion in his life, that of truth, and has fougnt for it in every field. For nearly forty years I have served my country with mv in. with all mv will. with all my strength and in all sincerity. And l swear to you mat it is. a dreadful pain to go away in utter darkners, to see the lights of France fade away in the distance, when one has only desired her honor and her greatness as a doer of justice among the peoples. 1, who have glorified her In more than forty works. I whose life has been a long struggle to give honor to her name in the four corners of the world, I was forced to go, to fly, with the mob of knaves and fools yelling slanders and insults at me. , ELEVEN MONTHS' TORTURE. Those were terrible hours, from which my soul came steeled, invulnerable in future to unjust attacks. Can you conceive what a torment it was for me in the long months of banishment, to be stricken from the ranks of the living, to be dally expecting the awakening of Justice, which every day was deferred? I would not wish the worst criminal to suffer as I did during those eleven months, the pain, which the news from France caused me every morning on foreign soil, where it was received with an echo of baseness and stupidity. One must have endured this pain tor long solitary hours, one must have lived far away while the fatherland was going to ruin, in order to know what banishment means under these circumstances as I have known it. Those who believe that I went awav be cause I was afraid of imprisonment and to amuse myself witn Jewish gold are miser able creatures for whom 1 have a little loathing and a great deal of pity. I intended to return in October, and we had decided to delay the case until the reassembling of the Chambers, wherein we counted on an event which could not be foreseen beforehand, but which surely han pened. Behold, the unforeseen event did not wait for October, but the end of August Drought the confession and suicide of Col. Henry. I wished to return on the next day. In my opinion revision would become im perative and the Innocence of Dreyfus would be at once recognized. 1 had never wished anything else than revision, and my part would nectisaruy come to an end, and l was ready to drop into the background. My trial was, in my opinion, only a for mality, as tne document produced by Generals de Pellieux, Gonse and De Boisdedre. on which the conspirators had condemned me, was a forgery, whose author had taken night in death. I prepared myself to return, when my friends in Paris, my counsel and all those who had been in the fight wrote to me that the situation remained grave. Revision, far from being decided, appeared still uncertain. The prime minister, M. Brisson, struck against endless obstacles, was betrayed by everybody ard couid not count on a single commissary of police. Therelore it appeared that ray return under these Inflamed con ditions would be only an Incitement to new disorders and obstructions, a danger to the cause and a further difficulty to tne Minis try in Its severe task, lnsimed by the wish not to aggravate the situation, 1 was forctd to bow ttnd wait still longer. ALWAYS SOUGHT REVISION. When the court was finally occupied with the Dreyfus case I again wisned to return. I repeat that I never desired anything but revision, and that my role would have come to an end the moment 1 saw the case brought before the highest legal tribunal. But new letters reached me imploring me not to return and not to disturb things. The situation which appeared to me so aim pie was, they assured me. doubtful and dangerous. My name and person could only be a torch to ignite passions. Therefore my friends appealed to me as a good citizen, impressing oa me the necessity of silence ami exDlainins to me that 1 must wait the sure revulsion of public opinion in order not to drive our unhappy land back again into a state of perilous tumult. The "affaire" was now In the right path. hut was not yet ended, and what remorse I should suffer If any impatience on ray.

part retarded the triumph of the truth! I resigned myself again to banishment and silence. , . When the court decided that the petition for revision should be heard and ordered a long inquiry I again wished to return. This time 1 contrees rny patience was at an end; I eaw that the inquiry would last tor many months. Had not sufficient light been thrown on the case, had not the report of Counselor Bard, the motions of Procureur General Manau, the explanations of Advocate Mornard sufficiently establianed the truth to ena-ble me to return with forthead raised? All the accusations which I made in my letter to the President of the republic were continued. My role was at an end. It was then for me a genuine sorrow when my friends U11 opposed my return on the tame grounds. They wrote to me that they were still in the thick of the tight, that 1 could not Judge the situation as they could, and that it would be a dangerous error to recommence my trial contemporaneously

ith the inquiry of the court, me new Mintry, hostile to revision, would perhaps nnd i rv r trio I o wcqH fnf i vor clnvi n n nnr.fir tunity for raw confusion. The Court of Cassation needed above all things to be left ab solutely undisturbed. l struggled against tnese counsels; i even thought one evening to return to Paris without notifying anybody. Only the truth per suaded me. I again submitted myself to misery for long months. Therefore 1 did not return for eleven months. When I remained absent 1 acted only as I had d me n the day when 1 stepped forward as a soifr nf tt-iitVi anrl liisf-.r I wax nnlv si irootl citizen who sacrificed himself, even to banishment, even to complete self-efface-m.nt anA n-hn n-ichail tharchv nnlv t n prill attention to a great miscarriage of Justice. must comers mat i regaraeu tne certainij ' m xr wmnlncr mir trlnl ac tho last rrt the littl nxrr&A lnmn hv which w should spread the light. If the powers of evil succeeded in putting out the sun. I carried my self-denial to the most complete silence. I would not only be a dead man, but a dead man who is silent. On that side of the frontier I could be silent. One should only speak when one is on the spot. In order t meet the retort to what one says. No one di scovered me. no one saw me. I repeat, 1 as in the grave, in an inviolable retreat hich no strarrrpr ronM loam Tho tav w journalists who said that they visited me lie. I have received no one; I have lived in the wilds unknown to all. Now I ask what my country, wnicn has treated me so birdly, has to reproach me after eleven months of voluntary banishment, which I endured in order to give back peace to her? NO PUBLIC TRIUMPH SOUGHT. It is at an end and I return home, as th truth appears, as justice is being done, I ish to return silently home, in the cheer fulness of victory, without giving occasion for the least disturbance, for the least street row. It would be unworthy of me that the people should consider me for a moment in the day's news. Just as I knew how to kpp n mv nrA uKmri t -v.nii Know how to return to my place at home as a. iwace-ioving citizen wno win disturb no one and will return to his former work without having anybody bother about him. Iow that the good work is completed I wish no applause and no rewards, even if they assure me that I have been one of the useful workers. I have m;id no nrnrit thereby, but tho human. The truth has Ponnnrrpd nnH It could not be otherwise. From the begin ning I had this certainty and I went forward Convinced of It Whlph malroe mxr courage appear less remarkable. 1 shall be couieiu it peopie win recognize tnat l was neither a fool nor a bad man. Besides, 1 have already my reward in the thought of the innocent man whom I hvA hiteH tn drag from the grave in which he was burled ior tour years. les, I confess that the thought of his return, the anticinatlon of KApintr hfm fro nf pressing his hands, fills me with extraordi nary emotion wnicn Drings tne tears to my eyes. These minutes win suffice to reward me for all mv rarps a nil irniihlcii A.T ufriends and I have done there a good work, ior wnicn the valiant heart of France wiil one day show gratitude. What would you have more a wife and children who biess us, a family who love us, a man who will thank US that in him thA trinmnh rf luetic and the solidarity of humanity are typified? If now that the brief fight is ended for TP fl if I kppIc from tho vlrtnrv nn hnntv n r political mandate, no place, no honor if' my oniy uesue is to continue me battle ror tne truth with the pen so long as my hand can hold It, yet I may be permitted before 1 pash on to other struggles to point out what cau tion ana moderation I have shown in this affair. Do you recall the scandalous outcry with which my letter to the President of the republic was received? I was a llbeler of the army, a bought creature, a wretch without a country. Writers friendly to me turned from me in horror and left me to the enormity of my crime. Articles were written w-mcn will hang heavy on the consciences of those who wrote and signed them. Never, according to them, had a more brutal. Insane writer adr! more lying, more criminal document to the cine oi a state. HIS WONDERFUL LETTER. Now let them read my poor letter again. I am ashamed of it yet a little I own. I am ashamed of its moderation, its opportunism I might almost say of its cowardice. For, as I am now making full confession, I must say that 1 modified things very much, that I was silent about things which have been proved to-day, but which I then doubted, because they arDeared strous and too unreasonable to be true. Yes. i.iTp. T enry aireaay, out as I was Without areolutA nrnnf T h1 ! ..1.- . . draw him In. I susnected manv thin? - n. fessions had reached me of such a shocking nature that I beUeved I ought not to mak them public. To-day they are revealed ar: h.ecomf commonplace facts. My poor letter Is no longer appropriate to the timesltappcara childish, like the conception of dull writer compared to the majestic truth I reneat. I hnv nih v, ruifflfHJLte.,ebrate m tVlumphT yet I must SffTi Je.ntave f urnisheS proo? Tol uj pea. iune or tne men whom T PCCUsed can oVnv hlo m,nt. .lvon?. 1 ?.:'"" "tar- ' a modest prido -" not violent and rabid, but worthy of me; one can find In it no of fens, no going beyond the bounds, but only the proper sorrow of a to, L A 3Utit J?1" tne heal ot the state. That mo nisiory or my work; I could write Minntf a9KWlth0,it beln- overwhelmed with lies and abuse, for which they will soon h:a-e to do me Justice. ' riLfi?? IS and .bear either hate nor malice. If I were only to listen to the weakness of mv hoart in nv. rr - - - - m. ... Alt. I iliVJUY Willi I 1 1 M scorn of my mind I should favor general iw.r auu icave tne evii-aoers to the V'i,?f PeFPtual and universal scorn. But I believe there are certain necessary punishments, and the deciding argument is that if Justice do not try the high standing culprits the humble citizen will not believe in the monstrosity of the ciime. The erection of a pillory is necessary in order that the masses may at last know what has happened. I leave to Nemesis the work of vengeance, but I do not wish to aid it. DISGRACE ON THE NATION. In my review of this case, which is otherwise fully satisfied by the triumph of the ideal, there remains only one matter for re gret, and that is the terrible fact that Col. Picquart is still In prison. That Picquart should have been kept in prison like a com mon criminal for more than a year, that they should have prolonged his torture by a Judicial comedy, is a dreadful thing for Tchirh soma m An will w lirrtiio-ht tn ehon-io Disgrace will inevitably fall on those who nave naa any nana in mis crying injustice. If to-morrow Picquart is not free. France will never be able to wash herself free from tVio fz-kllir rt havHno left Vio nnhlact on1 most heroic ton in the criminal hands of executioners, wars ana traitors. Then, with the release of Picquart, will th. work hp oomnlptAfl. Wa havp sown tliA seed, not of hate, but of goodness. Justice a s T - a . m ana enaiess nope, it must grow up. 10-aay we cannot see the harvest, but only imagine It. All political parties have fallen to the crrminrl tn rniiTitrv haa KiAn cnllt Intn tu-n camps on one side the reactionary forces or tne pasx, on tne oxner tne spirits oi tree trial, of truth and Justice looking to the future. These battle grounds are the only logical ones, ana we iook to tnem ror th onnnupst of th fntnrp. To the work, then, with pen. with word and with deed. To th work of nroerpss and freedom. That will be the continuation of the movement of 1780. the peaceful revolution of Intelligence and hearts, the consolidated democracy, which, freed from the powers of evil, will at last be founded on the law of work, which requires the ju.n distribution of wealth. Then will free Fiance, the herald of the justly constituted society of the next century, again take her place among the nations. The empire with the greatest defenses of steel will fall to pieces when France gives justice to the world, as she has already given It freedom. I see for France no less a historical role than this, and there is none so splendid. I am at home. The state prosecutor can notify me of the Judgment of the Court of Versailles by which I was condemned in contumaciam to a year's Imprisonment and a fine of 3.000 francs. We shall again express ourselves before the conspirators. In order to be prosecuted I had only worked for truth and Justice. To-day I. have won the fight. My trial has no further purpose and it interests me no more. Justice has only to declare whether or not it is a crime to speak the truth. Gorman Out of It. Washington Special. Talk about ex-Senator Gorman for the Democratic presidential nomination next year might as well end. The state of his health will not permit him to make the race. The excitement of two campaigns one for

the nomination and the other for the election would probably kill him. He has heart trouble and acute indigestion, a dangerous complication, which, on more than one occasion within the last few months has brought on periods of terrible suffering, intensely alarm'.ng to hltr-self and members of his family. His physician have warned him against excitement, and prescribed Icng ret and absolute avoidance of scenes tending to unduly stimulate his vital forces, lie found the rule of life laid down by the doctors hard to follow, and after a brief respite from activity began planning for a coup In national politics, and aho to take personal charge of the next Maryland campaign. The sharp physical breakdown which has lately brought him low is a warning that cannot be ignored, and the ex-senator's friends who have been engineering his boom at last reluctantly admit the utter hopelessness of pressing him further. ' No Democratic national convention will' ever knowingly nominate a man for President who would .be turned down by a life Insurance company. A convention is accustomed to taking risks, but rarely of the "extra hazardous" sort. The movement against Bryan by Eastern Democrats will have to be re-formed "uder another banner than that of Gormai LOSES BRIDE BY A VOW.

Peoria Bachelors Clnb Canaea a Postponement of Weddlnsr. , Peoria Special to Chicago Tribune. It was an evil day when John Loock took the oath and obligations of the Peoria Bachelors' Club, swearing before his companions thnt h wmilri wpd none but a widow or sub mit to any punishment or fine the club might Inflict. His wedding, set ior lo-nignt. is postponed Indefinitely. A week or so after he recorded his name in the secretary's book and paid the Initiation fee he met Annie Fuchs, daughter of Louie C. Fuchs, a seller of meat at 2406 South Adams street, and fell desperately in love with her. It was mutual, and the pair agreeu upon an early marriage. Not until then did it dawn upon Mr. Loock that he was entangled and would have to make peace with members of the Bachelors' Club, who had placed trust in him as a faithful member. There was nothing to do but to confess, and last week he notified the directors of his Intention of marrying and forsaking the club. There was a hasty meeting and Mr. Loock was promptly expelled from membership and assessed a fine of $5. which he paid. It w;as then ordered that the charter be draped for thirty days, and the members held a meeting at which plans were laid for a celebration at the wedding, which was scheduled for to-risht. ... , M. On Sunday Mr. Loock was bitterly disapriAlntprt vrhpn the narents of the girl ob jected so strenuously to the "foolishness" at the wedding that she agreea tnai n oe postponed until some time In the fall or winter. Mr. Loock, who had been preparing for the event for several weeks, called on Sunday night anrf the girl told him that she could not conse to being married at this time, as her parc.s objected on account of the publicity given the affair by the Bachelors' Club. Loock openly denounced the club, but his protestations did not avail. Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs announced their willingness for Mm to marry Annie, but not at this time, and, in view of the circumstances. Loock accepted the compromise and will continue to spend his Sunday evenings at tho Fuchs home. "The entire mttter is greatly regretted, said the secretary of the club to-night. "What could we do? We are banded together for a purpose. We signed our names to the roll, took the oath, and announced cur willingness to submit to punishment if we ever married any one but a widow. The club was founded on purely philanthropic motives and we were forced to carry out the purpose of the organization to the letter in the case of Mr. Loock. He said he would marry none but a widow and In a short period we find him breaking his obligations and bringing discredit on the club. "Our fine was nominal,' $5. which we proposed spending for refreshments, and then we were going to the house where the wedding was to take place and give him a serenade of some kind. Just Its nature I do not care to say. It was a part of the piuhment, for we wanted other members ov the club to learn a lesson and to imprefi. the public that we mean business. Of 'jouvse, personally, we regret that Mr. Loock's weeding has been postponed, but he can blame no one but himself." Mr. Loock did not care to discuss the affair to-night, saying that the matter had gained enough publicity to suit him. Mr. and Mrs. Fuchs, parents of the girl, were more communicative. Mrs. Fuchs called the affair "foolishness," and said they were not going to Iiave any of "their doings" at the wedding. She criticised Loock for ever getting "mixed up" in a club of the kind and thought It would teach him and her daughter a lesson. The Bachelors' Club, In the meanwhile, seems to be here to stay. Several members were added recently and it Is recorded that two have won the hearts of widows since the club started. The secretary receives letters every week from widows in all parts of the country who want to correspond with members. THE PLAGUE IX EGYPT. An Expert Fears It May Develop Into an Epidemic Next Season. New York Tribune. The absence of dispatches from Egypt relative to the plague, cases of which first appeared at Alexandria on May. 2, last, Eeems to confirm the opinion supported by the experience of many years, according to which no serious epidemic of the plague has ever afflicted Egypt during the summer months. It appears certain that the heat of June kills the deadly microbe. Nevertheless there was a serious panic In the great Egyptian seaport when, on the eve of Whitsuntide, a plague case was signaled. FOon followed by two others In the same street. Still, doubts were entertained In regard to the real character of the disease, and it was only in the middle of May, after a fourth case had been declared, that the International Quarantine Council proclaimed the existence of the plague, warning all countries to take the usual sanitary precautions. That proclamation caused at the bourse in Alexandria a heavy decline in stocks, together with a general exodus of all people who could afford to leave the city. Fortunately the fear of an epidemic was not Justified. The disease may smolder and burst out dangerously in winter, but the danger of seeing it assume any magnitude during this summer has passed away since June 13. a date after which the "oldest inhabitant" and the historical records agree in saying that no plague epidemic has ever been experienced in Egypt during the summer season. It appears also that the isolated cases which occurred this year cannot be attributed to the famous annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Among the delegates composing the International Quarantine Council of Alexandria there Is one member, Duca Pacha, who is especially well fitted to speak upon this question. He is the Ottoman delegate, who is ordered to betake himself every year to Suez. Tor, DJeddah, etc. In order to watch all Incidents relative to the Mecca pilgrimage, and to keep his government thoroughly informed on the subject. In a recent interview with a Cairo Journalist, Duca Pacha, who was on his way from Suez, where he had passed this pilgrimage season, to Alexandria, said: "Theire is no doubt, according to the reports of Drs. Bitter and Gostlich, that they were really plague cases which have occurred at Alexandria, But. at any rate, this time the pilgrimage should not be blamed, since the first case occurred on May 2. and the first boat with pilgrims on board arrived only on the 4th at Suez. I think that there will be only a few Isolated cases now; but I do rot entertain a similar hope in regard to next year. In a publication upon that gray question I have already compared the plague to a man who would walk with leaden shoes-that Is to say. very slowly and be unable to lift his fop . easily from th place where he has rested it. I heme to be mistaken, but I fear a serious epidemic for the next year." What Fnnston Wants. Washington Post. General Funston writes a letter to a friend in this city, dated May 13. as follows: "On general principles I am not an xpansiontst. but I believe that since we were, by an unfortunate train of circumstances, thrown into this thing, we should stay with It to the bitter end and rawhide these bullet-headed Asiatic ruffians until they yell for a aftor thA war I want the Job of profefsor of American history In Luzon University, when they build it and I'll warrant that the new generation of Filipinos will know better than to get In the way of the bandwagon of Anglo-Saxon progress. and decency." " Only One Left. Washington Post. Xow that Agulnaldo's brass band has been captured. Mr. Atkinson is about the only available noise producer the young man has in stock. For Paul's .Benefit. Detroit Free Press. There was a grand review of lMOfj British troops on the plains of Aldershot Monday for the benefit of Queen Victoria and Oom Paul Kruger. Still In Fashion. Chicago Times-Herald. Judging from the numbers of people who are being run down and killed or maimed by It every day the bicycle is not going out of fashion. A Supposition. rvtroit Tribune. Now that a new girl baby has made her .nn..rnrfi in the Czar's palace. It may be expected that he'll soon be yelling for peace

THE INDIANA OIL FIELD

STANDARD OCTOFL'S IS ROBBING 1IOOSIEKS OF JUST ritOFITS. Believe the Gae Will Last for Many Years, After Which This Will tla the Great Oil Territory. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MOVTPELIER, Ind., June -.'.There Is great activity In the Indiana oil field, but It is nothing like it would be it the price of material was the same as a year ago. At that time oil well casing could be bought for lFVents a foot, and at the present time It commands 46 cents a foot, an advance of nearly 300 per cent, in a little over a year. Line pipe, boilers, engines, gas engines, pumping outfits, oil tanks, rope and other small parts used in operating or the crude product has advanced, while lumber for derricks has advanced nearly S3 more a thousand. At the same time the price of the product has advanced from 46 to 1 cents a barrel, but the difference Is not enough to affect the great rise In supplies. At the present price of operating the crude product of this field ought to bring at the lowest $1.20 a barrel. If the pipe-line companies were paying this figure, which they certainly can afford to with a scarcity of oil, then the Indiana field would be pretty well tested within a year, as the operators would branch out and look for new pools. All Indications go to show that the gas fields will last for quite a number of years yet and when ' that has gone out the trade will have an extensive oil field to operate, as there is no doubt but what the entire gas. area will some day develop Into an oil field that will be a world beater. It is hinted here that the Cudahy people, as well as the Manhattan Oil Company, will extend their lines through all parts of the Indiana field, while the Manhattan Company will probably connect with their line to the refinery at Welker, O. Should such a thing occur there will be a merry fight between the two companies mentioned and the Standard Oil Company, as the Standard needs the oil. as the net stocks are only 10.50u.tM) barrels, and the credit balances 2,S.'fiU5.S$ barrels, or a total liability of 13,229,157.68 barrels at the close of May. The conditions of the pipe lines are as follows: Barrels. Gross stocks 15.H77.797.4 Sediment and surplus :.C.,O.M Acceptances 10.500.uyul Credit balances 2,$XU.V7..V Total liabilities 13.3XUS7.5S Runs from wells Lffl.5fl0.S Other receipts . M$,03.67 Total receipts 2,047.601.17 Regular deliveries L240.k Other deliveries 64S.iKC.67 Total deliveries 2.430.243.T Dally average runs . 4!.!$3.0 Dally avcrape deliveries 62,741.k, Deliveries over runs (May) 402, 739.55 The refined figures for the same period make a fine showing, as follows: Barrels. Receipts for April 6i.305.lS Deliveries for April 53.144.15 Stocks for April 9? P3.12S.2T. Receipts for May &8.437.40 Deliveries for May 3M90.53 Stocks for May 31 110,425.13 During June there were 177 wells completed In the Indiana oil and gas field, of which 37 were gas wells or dry holes. The 140 that are oilers have a daily output of 3.C70 barrels, or a daily average of 22 barrels. In new work under way there are IPS wells drilling and 107 rigs up and building. This Is an increase over the May report in completed wells of 30, dry holes, 2, and new production. 340 barrels. In new work under way there Is a net Increase of 25. The most active Dart of the field is In Jackson and Chester townships. Wells county. In the Mount Zlon district there Is good prospects for a large amount of work, as the wells show the best stajing qualities of anv field in the State. The Van Buren pool, of Grant county, shows great activity and good results have come from the developments. The Grant county field Is being rapidly extended to the west. Blackford county work is mostly confined to developments in Washington township, where good wells are being found. Jay county. Adams and several other of the counties will show more activity with an advance In the price of the product. Huntington county has good pros pects, especially tne soutnern part, near Warren, which has become quite a center for oil people from the Toledo and North Lima field, as they get a through line from Toledo to Warren. The work for May and June shows as follows: Summary of Completed Wells. June Comp, Prod.- Dry. Wells 44 1,015 1 Blackford 21 H15 S Jay 10 90 l Adams 9 210 0 Grant 23 KiO 2 Huntington 12 110 1 Madison .J 4 Miami 5 !V J Delaware S M 3 Marlon 6 1W 0 Wabash 4 20 3 Miscellaneous 24 130 To70 20 37 Dry. 3 1 0 2 1 5 4 T 1 0 II 33 . . . . . 24) 2 re Totals 177 May Comp. Wells S3 Blackford 1U Jay 7 Adams 5 Grant 23 Huntington 9 Madison 7 Miami 6 Delaware 4 Marlon ' 5 Wabash 3 Miscellaneous s. 20 Totals H7 2,730 Increased completed wells .... Increase new production, bris Increase dry holes Abandoned wells Average WellsJuly Brls. ..28 1-10 August September October November December January ..26 7-U ..21 2-3 ..21 1-4 ..21 ..27 2-3 ..25 5-9 26 February ... March April May June ..24 1-2 Drilling Wells and Rigs. June Drilling. Rica TotaJ. 8) 21 17 J 41 8 5 9 9 27 275 Wells 45 Blackford 20 Jay 30 Adams 10 Grant 32 Huntington 12 Madison 3 Miami 4 Delaware 2 Marlon 4 Wabafh. ,4 Miscellaneous 19 13 7 1 6 3 4 3 & 4 s Totals ICS May Drilling. Wells 41 Blackford 19 Jay 11 Adams 9 Grant 2 Huntington 12 Madison 3 Miami Delaware 2 Marion Wabash 3 Miscellaneous 14 107 Rigs. Total. 4.-1 12 17 n a 21 17 12 4S 14 7 7 11 7 2S 6 4 12 Totals 1S2 98 2 Increase drilling wells H Increase rigs up and building 9 Net Increase In new work 2$ Flffht Between (! and Oil Men. Special to the Indiana polls Journal. MARION. Ind.. June 29. Contracts have been let for drilling a number cf new wells In Grant county, and Lima, O., men who have leases on the Vanvactor well, where the big explosion occurred a few days ago. and which has been closed by the court on account of the lare quantity of gas escaping, are preparing to make further test of the land In that vicinity and will start three more well?. The suit brought by Htate Gas In:ector Leach and the attorney general for the rcstialnlng order on ths Vanvactor well has not been brought to Issue in the court here, and may not fr some time. The well will be dead property until the case is settled. It Is believed that the oil men are awaiting the action of the United States Court In the case that win taken there from the Supreme Court 'f Indiana when the gas waste litigation whs. decided. In the oil world there is a cont'dence expressed itat the United States Court will revere the decision, if this le done the oil field in Grant, Madison and Delaware counties will be operated for all there is in it. There will be a big struggle should such an event take place, as tha n-anufacturlng Interests cannot afford t9 let the gas be warttd.