Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 201, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 July 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1899.

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Can be found at the following place: NEW YORK Aster House. CHICAGO Palmer House, P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI J. R. JIawlcy A Co., 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLB-C. T. Deerin. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Hook Co., 24 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot .WASHINGTON. D. C RIggs House, Ebbltt House and WUIard's Hotel. Gold seems to be coming into the country through the Pacific porta from Alaska faster than It goes abroad. Ocean waves have been calmed by the pouring on of oil, but it will take a vast sns,w u va aau uau ev titsr suw w v w as mAtm IKa 1 f n A 4 allow Vi rftnrtm r t iL w-v as a. . Tin in i nt rsrn rw i r wsa ipr ht i ihi'hii. Some one has discovered that the ex change of greenbacks by the treasury for Cold "is equivalent to making them gold certificates. ' It does amount to that cold certificates, with legal-tendar power. i The only occasion for regret over the new outbreak of a deadly feud in Kentucky Is that such things should happen within the United States. It would be a good riddance if the clans should annihilate each, other. It was stated at the beginning: of the Brooklyn trolley strike that public sympathy was with the strikers. It remains to be seen what effect the resort to dynamite bombs 'will have on public sympathy. A letter from a regular army officer In the Philippines, an Indiana man, says that while at Hollo Senator Beveridge made several speeches among the soldiers and quite captivated them. That is a way he has, and his friends will be glad to hear that lie la keeping- In practice. If la to be hoped the State Board of Tax Commissioners will adhere to their purpose of taxing the oil and natural gaa pipe lines at their proper valuation. It Is bad enough to have foreign corporations piping Indiana products out of the State without permitting them to escape Just taxation. The pipe lines m i s9rfa9 tiraorrK -rwrx rmm an4 Vil4 V. a taxed accordingly. .Tn.t as tri TiemnrriLtlt national rnmmlt. tee is assembling at Chicago the Chronicle, a Democratic paper, cries out against any action that will make belief in IS to 1 a test of Democracy. It says that 15 to 1 13 a dead Issue and that were Mr. Bryan elected he could not revive it with the present Senate. The Chronicle's warning seem to be a little late. Indlanians will be pleased to learn that the duty of extending- an official welcome to Admiral Dewey, at Trieste, has fallen to Hon. A. C Harris, of this city, United States minister to Austria. It was a happy thought Of Minister Harris to invite all the American consuls and vice consuls In Austria, and Hungary to meet the admiral at a banquet in Trieste, and he has reason to feel complimented that the admiral has accepted his invitation. Mr. Harris Is the man ior me occasion, ana Americans can feel assured that the affair will be well managed. The movement for the establishment of a sew Democratic paper In Shelbyville is the natural result of conditions which have existed there for many years and which have gone from bad to worse until reform has become necessary. No paper in Indiana has done more harm within its sphere of influence or more to maintain political corruption in the community where it is published than the Shelbyville Democrat. For years past it has been the organ and advocate of the worst phases of partisan politics, local bossism an J ring rule. Unless the party In Shelby county has been hopelessly demoralized by the Democrat there ought to be a field there for a new Democratic 'paper of a very different character from the one now published. Mr. Bryan's proudest friends have discov ered that Mr. Altgeld has put their leader la an embarrassing position. He Invited Mr. Bryan to speak at the meeting to-night, and Mr. Bryan telegraphed acceptance. Since that acceptance Mr. Bryan has dis covered that the meeting was called by friends of Altgeld who fought Mayor Harrl eon In the Chicago city election. Indeed. he has learned that fact from a letter of the mayor and another from the Illinois member of the Democratic national commit tee. Now, if Mr. Bryan speaks in the meet ing he will anger the mayor and a majority of the Democratic state committee in III! nols. Should he fail to speak, after his acceptance, Mr. Altgeld will be snubbed and humiliated. In spite of General Alger's recent denials that he contemplated resigning as secre tary of war, the event has been pretty plain ly foreshadowed for several weeks past. It has been evident for some time that public sentiment against the secretary, or at least against his administration of the War Department, was growing stronger and, that the relations between him and the President were becoming somewhat "Sprained. General Alger's recent course In regard to the Michigan senatorshlp must have contributed to this feeling, and the action of the President In consulting with Governor Roosevelt regarding appointments in the army was little less than a hint to the secretary that the time had come when a change was desirable. His resignation is doubtless due to popular clamor, rather than to any real loss of confidence in hlra by the President. General Alger is not in any sense a bad man, nor can It be said that his administration of the' War De

partment ha been a failure, but he has

largely lost public confidence, and when a public man does that his usefulness is ended. Mr. Lincoln had a somewhat similar experience with his first secretary of war,

Simon Cameron, whom he was finally obliged to remove from the Cabinet by appointing him minister to Russia. If Presi dent McKlnley makes as fortunate a choice In a new secretary of war as Mr. Lincoln did In the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton the country will have reason to rejoice. WELCOME TO THE LEAGUERS. There is no city or State In the Union In which the Epworth League could more ap propriately meet or expect a warmer welcome than In the capital of Indiana. An organization which, by its name, commem orates the founder of Methodism, and which represents, at once the past achievements and the future growth of that great church. Is surely at home In the capital of a State which owes so much of its moral, intellectual and material development to Methodists. All religious denominations have contributed to the making of Indiana, but from the earliest beginning to the present time the Methodist Church has largely outnumbered any other in the State and has kept its place among the foremost of moral forces. Time has Increased rather than diminished ts energy, and, happily for the State, Its activity and influence are as potent to-day as ever. At the third international convention of the League, held In Toronto two years ago, the cities applying for the next convention were New York, Seattle, "Omaha and In dianapolis, representing the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, the great Northwest and the Mississippi valley. Of course Indianapolis won, as it always does in every contest where merit tells. As a convention city she is invincible. Her geographical loca tioncentral to all parts of the country, her railToad connections, the hospitality of her people and the beauty of the city itself make It an Ideal place for holding conven tions. In this case the executive committee builded better than It knew, for It lo cated the League convention of 1W9 In the heart of the continent, the heart of American Methodism and nearer the center of population than it has ever been before or will be again for many years. It may interest the visiting leaguers from other States to know that by the census of 1S30 the center of population of the Urlted States was forty-two miles from Indianap olis and is now considerably nearer. They will never get nearer the heart of the Amer ican people than that. They hardly need to be assured that they are welcome to the city, and the Journal feels sure it voices the feelings of all the people when it wishes them a good time and safe return to their homes. THE EFFECT OF RELIGIOUS COSVEXTIONS. One of the most obvious suggestions of great religious assemblages like those of the Epworth League, the Christian Enjdeavorers, etc., Is the question whether they do any good. The question is a legitimate one, and the answer will vary according to the point of view. The fact that the conven tions continue from year to year is prima facie evidence that they have a mission to perform, though It yet remains to be seen whether they will become a permanent feature of church w ork. No doubt there has been some subsidence of enthusiasm since the movement was started, and the conventions are not quite as large now as they were at the beginning, but that does not argue any weakening ot the motive behind them. All reforms and all social and moral movements are apt to show more energy and enthusiasm at the beginning than they do In the later stages when they have found their level and struck their true gait. Because a bullet or a cannon ball loses something of its original momentum before It reaches its goal does not prove that it should never have been fired. There are some who think these great assemblages are positively Injurious. It Is argued that they are exciting and emotional, that the effect Is superficial and ephemeral, and that the reaction is harmful. It is also sometimes asserted that the unchecked association of so many young men and women from varfous parts of the country under circumstances that weaken ,ordinary social restraints tends to frivolity and leads to bad results. These arguments doubtless apply in come instances, but it would be going much too far to claim that they apply to all. Among many thousands of young persons there must be a small percentage of emotional and superficial natures, perhaps of self-deceived or insincere persons who will be injured rather than benefited by the environments of a great assemblage and gather poison where others gather honey. But the number of these must be very small, and probably they are so constituted that they would get no good anywhere. Persons who are emotional, frivolous and insincere at home are not likely to be less so away from home, but there is no reason why a great assemblage should beget or develop these qualities where they did not exist before. The Journal believes that the net result of all such great assemblages Is, on the whole, beneficial and contributory to moral elevation and progress. The complaint that they are emotional itself implies a source of strength and progress. There Is no greater force in the moral world than the emotional power of a great Impulse, and if the emotion be of the right kind and in the right direction its effect must be good, and no good effect Is ever wasted. The thousands of people who attend these great assemblages are actuated by the best and purest of motives, and whether this results in benefit to others or not it is sure to result In benefit to them. The crusaders did not succeed in recovering the Holy Land, but the thousands who perished experienced the uplifting power of a great emotion. They did not capture Jerusalem, but they had the satisfaction of striving after a better ideal than that of piracy and fraternal bloodshed. "Hitch your wagon to a star," says Emerson. Not every person who adopts a high ideal may "get there," but he is more apt. to than if he adopted a low one. Besides', there Is inspiration in human contact. Crowds generate inspiration, and if the dominant motive is good the inspiration will be of the same character. A political convention of several hundreds or thousands of people 13 a very different thing from the same number of persons scattered and unorganized. Organization and personal contact generate a moral force and enthusiasm that make themselves felt throughout the state and nation. A common object and purpose beget a common energy. The mere knowledge that thousands are working on the same line or on parallel lines to the same objective point is in itself an inspiration and Incentive to effort. Among soldiers the "touch of the elbow" is a great source of mutual confidence and courage. Thirty or forty thousand young people who have coma together In personal contact, felt the uplifting power

of the same emotion and drank in inspiration from the same sources can never forget

that they are factors in a common cause. In sowing seed allowance must be made for that which Is carried away by the wind, for that which falls by the wayside or on stony ground, or which takes no root and withers away. But by far the largest part is apt to fall Into good ground and bring forth fruit. Most of the men who started out with Governor Pingree in the scheme of munici pal ownership of street railroads seem tol have deserted him. At the outset he had a decided majority in the Detroit City Council. It passed with few dissenting votes his ordinance creating a commission to nego tiate for the street railways. After the Supreme Court had declared the law authorizing the purchase unconstitutional, the Council passed his device to create a company, which meant the city, by a considerable majority, but after it had been discussed and public sentiment had been aroused, only a minority voted to pass the ordinance over the mayor's veto. Later the Council rejected all the propositions relating to the matter by a decided majority. The plan was generally adjudged a very unwise one. The statement of General Anderson, called out by an interview published by the Minneapolis Times, in which he (General Anderson) declared at a public dinner that the Americans were in the Philippines to give them Independence, exposed a whole chapter of lies, which have been repeated many times, to the effect that Agulnaldo was prorrised power by officials representing the United States. General Anderson was the first officer to arrive in Manila in command of troops. In his statement he asserts that he discovered that Agulnaldo was hostile to the United States. This was months before General Merritt took Manila from the Spaniards. False In one particular, false in all, is the maxim which may be applied to all stories to the effect that any official with any authority made pledges to Agulnaldo. It might be said, for the consolation of the "round robin" correspondents in the Philippines, that when General Otis reiterated his statement that the end of the war was near, he meant the front end. If the Edward Atkinsons et al. continue their work, however, and the enlistments for the Philippines continue to Increase in proportion, the other end of the conflict will soon be in sight. SBSSMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSSSBSVSSSSSSSSSSSSBBSSSSSSSMSHBBSSSSSSSSSSSSS1 "Shorter Hours" Is the headline over an editorial in an evening paper. How much shorter? Five minutes a fifty-five-minute hour? Perhaps he writer meant fewer hours or a shorter work day. It Is to be conjectured that when Hon. Addison C. Harris banquets Admiral Dewey at Trieste he will give the admiral a taste of Austrian fish caught by an Indiana angler. For a presidential ticket how would Davis and Creelman sound? Of course, the Davis is Richard Harding. BUBBLES IX THE AIR. Making an Average. Tommy Paw, what is an average man? Mr. Figs He has a fast time the former half of his life and a slow one the latter half. Unenlightened. "Look up, lift up," was the motto on the badge worn by the pale young man. "Wot's dis?" asked the elevator boy. "Has us guys got a union?" A New Element. "These automobiles are going to make more trouble," sail the weary politician. "As to how?" "Pretty soon there will be the horseless vote to reckon with." The Cornfed Philosopher. "Many a man," said the Cornfed Philosopher, "will raise a row about his daughter getting her face covered with the very same style of freckles he thought were' so cute on the face of his new wife about twenty years ago." ' j INDIANA EDITORIAL OPINIO. It is getting to be a stand-off which are the more disgraceful, Kentucky feuds or those Georgia lynchlngs. Anderson Bulletin. The wicked Dingley 'tariff is working havoc. The sales of manufactured articles to all partg of the world has been beyond all precedent. Democratic leaders have got beyond trying to "explain." Rensselaer Republican. In 1S96 many people In Fike county were of the opinion, that free silver at V to 1 is the correct financial policy for the United States. Those same people are now firmly convinced that the single gold standard Is the thing for progressive nations. Petersburg Press. Southern manufactures are reported to have Increased GO per cent, faster than in the coi responding . quarter of last year. Many Southerners who voted for silver be gin to see the error or tne statement mat the hum of industry could come only with free coinage. Kokomo Tribune. The solicitude of the Republican party be cause of the failure of the Democracy to find an Issue is real and not simulated. Tho Republican party is stimulated to put forth its strength when It has something to fight. A campaign without an issue would amount to nothing. Columbus liepubiiean. The question of trusts must be met and dealt with by the Republicans. Trusts are organized not by any political party, but by combinations of capital from all parties and they produce distrust in the minds of all people. The people want legislation to suppress them and they are going to vote to get it. Muncie 'limes. The trust issue comes as a sort of god send to the cowed tariff reformers. They can now talk about doing away with protection as the first step towards getting rid of the trusts. Everything is grist which comes to the Democratic mill, but no man knows from day to day what Is the next Issue to be fed in. Greensburg Review. Tne South continues to warm up to WH Ham Jennings Bryan, and all the more ho since ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas, played that trick upon Tammany Hall. "Bryan and Hogg" is suggested as about the proper title for the Democratic ticket in lyw. and it does not make much difference to the South whether you spell the last name with one g or two. baiem Republican. "What are the wild waves saying as they toss and roll 'twixt Boston and Trieste? Dewey, nothing but Dewey, and a sweet rote, it Is not, in the ears of those who thought he ought to have sailed away from Manila on May 2. 1838, or never to have cone there at all. We would have no Dewey if we were all Atkinsons, hut what Is a wil derness of Atkinsons to one Dewey? Terre Haute Express. The Iovra 'Pennt.'f Sioux City Journal. If Edwin Markham was shooting at the Iowa farmer in his poem. "The Man with the Hoe." he missed his target. Any efforts in that direction should be addressed to "The Man with the Riding Plow, the Cultivator, the Stslf-blnder, and the Steam Thresher. Epworth Estimates. Detroit Tribune. Some enterprising Hoosier has borrowed Detroit's Christian Endeavor estimate, and Indianapolis la counting on 40.w delegates to the Epworth League convention. A Suspicion. Washington Post. rtwlnir tn th t!lnr In that nuarter. we are led to believe that Mr. Carnegie has been safely amputated from his desire to Gie poor.

MAY EARN COMMISSIONS

WOULD-BE OFFICERS MUST SECURE AT LEAST FORTY RECRUJTS. Flan for Hastening- Enlistment ' of Volunteers Two 31 ore Colonels gained by the President. WASHINGTON", July 13. The reports of the recruiting yesterday show that 410 men were enrolled, making a total of 2.678. The Thirty-first Regiment leads with W6 and the Twenty-seventh follows with 505. The War Department is offering extra Inducements to expedite the recruitment of the ten vol unteer regiments. Nearly all the commis sions having been issued, many of the dis appointed applicants have been advised to enter the ranks, as in that way it may be possible for them to secur commissions. General Corbin says the policy of the administration will be to fill all vacancies which may occur among commissioned offi cers from the ranks. A number of applicants for commissions have enlisted as privates In the different regiments, and have been appointed noncommissioned officers wherever possible, and consequently are next In line of promotion to commissioned rank In the event of a vacancy. Another method of securing recruits Is to offer commissions to men otherwise qualified, who wHl undertake to furnish in each case not less than forty men who can pass muster as soldiers and will enlist for service In tho Philippines. There have been several cases of this kind during the past week. A former officer of the Texas volunteer infantry recently told General Corbin that he would guarantee to recruit two hundred good men from Texas, provided he was assured of a commission. teneral Corbin promised him a second lieutenant y if he would recruit even forty men for the volunteer army. BIORE APPOINTMENTS. Two Colocels nnd Other Officers of Volunteer Resrlments Named. WASHINGTON, July 19. Captain Wm. E. Blrkheimer, Third Artillery, and Captain Lyman V. B. Kennon, Sixth Infantry, have been named colonels of volunteers. This completes the list It volunteer colonels. Col. Lyman W. V. Kennon was born in Rhode Island and graduated from the Military Academy in 1SS1. In 1SS6 he was ap pointed aid-de-camp to the late Gen. George Crook and served in that capacity ahd also as engineer officer at headquarters. Depart ment of the Platte, until 1830. During the war with Spain he served with distinction with his regiment in the Cuban campaign and was brevetted for gallantry In leading the first company of his regiment up ban Juan hill. Col. William E. Blrkheimer was born in Ohio and served as a private in Company M of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry from March, 1564, to August, 1S65. He entered West Point a year later, and after graduation in ls.u served with the Third Artillery on Eastern and Southern stations. . He was also Instructor at West Point, and was for four years acting judge advocate of the Department of Columbia. He has been with his regiment in the Philippines since June, 1S8, where he is acting inspector general and iudge advocate of the Eighth Army Corps, le was especially recommended for promotion by Major General Lawton for gallantry. The following appointments were also an nounced to-day: To- be Lieutenant colonel Lewis n. Strother, formerly captain First Infantry. To be Majors K. v. cassat, seeona lieutenant Fourth Cavalry;; Joseph T. Dickman, cantain Eighth Cavalry: Robert D. Walsh, captain Ninth Cavalry. To be Captains J ames ju tfurcnneia, captain Company A. Third Kentucky: John P. Grlnstead, captain Company L, Twentyfirst Kansas: John Hickey. major rirst Connecticut "Volunteers; Charles Miller, first lieutenant Sixteenh United States Infantry. Frank W. Lattimer. cantain Com pany D, Sixth Illinois . Volunteers: To be First Lieutenants cnaries u. Boyce, first lieutenant Company F, First New York: Daniel H. Gointy, first lieuten ant First New Hampshire Volunteers: James Lawrence Long, captain First Ar kansas volunteers: Marion is. wilhoit. first lieutenant Fourth Kentucky. To be Second Lieutenants Benjamin Kosman, post quartermaster sergeant United States army: Allen Lefort, private Battery H, Third United States Artillery. All the field officers of the new volunteer regiments have been appointed, the list being completed to-day by the selection of the remaining colonels. The officers and their assignments follow: Twenty-sixth Infantry, Plattsburg Barracks. N. Y. Colonel, Edmund Rice; lieutenant colonel, William P. Duvall; majors, Edward D. Anderson, Frank A. Cook, Jos. T. Dlckman. Twenty-seventh Infantry, Camp Meade, Pa. Colonel, James M. Bell; lieutenant colonel, Albert S. Cummins; majors, George L. Byram, Edward B. Cassatt, Clyde D. V. Hunt. Twenty-eighth Infantry, Camp Meade, Pa, Colonel, William E. Eirkhimer; lieutenant colonel, Robert W. Leonard; majors, George 11. (Morgan, Elmore F. Taggart, John B. Porter. Twenty-ninth Infantry, Fort McPherson, Ga. Colonel, Edward E. Hardin; lieutenant colonel, Herbert 11. Sargent; majors, Evan M. Johnson, jr., Harry L. Hawthorne, David B. Case. Thirtieth Infantry, Fort Sheridan, 111. Colonel, Cornelius Gardener; lieutenant colonel, James R. Campbell; majors, Leonard A. Lovering, Matthew F. Steele, Thomas L. Hartigan. Thirty-first Infantry, Fort ThomasColonel, James S. IVttlt; lieutenant colonel, Webb C. Hayes: majors. Hunter Liggett, Lloyd M. Brett, John E. McMahon. Thirty-second Infantry, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Colonel, Louis A. Craig; lieutenant colonel, Lewis H. Strother; majors, Alex. B. Dyer, Robert E. L. Spenge, Charles Ellett Cabell. Thirty-third Infantry, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. Colonel, Luther Hare; lk-utenant colonel, J. D. Breeroton: majors. Marcus D. Cronln. Peyton C. March. Francis D. Ward. Thirty-fourth Infantry'. Fort.Logan, Col. Colonel, Lyman V. Kennafi; lieutenant colonel. Robert L. Howes: majors. William A. Shunk, Julius A. Penn, Joseph Wheel er. Jr. Thirty-fifth Infantry, Vancouver Bar racks, ash. colonel, uilllam A. lvobbe; lieutenant colonel, Edward 11. Plummer; majors, Robert D. Walsh, Walter C. Short, Albert Laws. The following-named officers have been ordered to Join their respective regiments at the places indicated: Twenty-sixth Infantry, First Lieutenant Philip S. Golderman and Second Lieutenant Garrison Ball: Twenty-seventh Infantry, First Lieutenants Oscar D. Weed and James D. Hannah, and Second Lieutenant Francis W. Griffin; Twenty-eighth Infantry, First Lieutenant Charles C. Allen; Thirty-first Infantry. First Lieutenant John P. Spurr; Thir ty-fifth Infantry, Second Lieutenant Clark R. Ellott: Twenty-ninth infantry, captain James W. Liddell. THE GREAT CORRESPONDENT. Provocation Cause II I m to "Roast" the Commanding General. Chicago Times-Herald. The great war correspondent was provokedthat was plain at a glance. "Ah. general," he said, somewhat Irrita bly, when the commander of the American forces appeared before him, "you have kept me waiting: "I beg a thousand pardons," the officer answered. As I was about to hurry here In response to your summons the enemy ap peared In force and made us run all over three counties before he finally escapea,after suffering a heavy loss. This rendered it impossible for me to present myself as early as I would otherwise have done." "Very well, very well," the great war cor respondent answered; "I suppose you are blameless, but don't let It happen again. I sent for you this morning to learn why you censored my dispatch last night. I wrote that you reminded me of an Incompetent. fussy old woman; that you might be all right as an elevator boy or as a tlagman at pome railroad crossing, but-that you were wholly unfit to command an army. You cut thrft out. thus robbing my paper of a sen sation of which it Is very much in need at this time. "Also. I wrote that the enemy had you practically surrounded; that your troops were demoralized: that you were not reporting a quarter of the deaths; that your army was doomed to utter annihilation, and that you had been sj-stematlcally suppre!nng the truth. That would have given my paper .the chance of a lifetime. It could have printed that part of my dispatch In large type and created a sensation throughout the whole civilized world. That's the kind of stuff I was sent over here to get. Yet. when I went to the cable office this morning and asked for my copy I found that you had run the blue pencil through all my sen

sational statements. This is intolerable. What have you to say for yourself?"

"Nothing." the general humbly replied. I am forced to confess that you have found me out. I must throw myself on your mercy." The great war correspondent waved him away with an Impatient gesture, saying: "What do you think this war Is being fought for. anyhow? If you are going to keep on subduing natives without having your armies killed in ambush or wiped out by disease, what will there be in It for my yellow sheet? I ought to run you off this island without any further consideration, but I shall content myself for the present with ordering the government at Washing ton to appoint your successor at once. Signifying by a Fign that the audience was at an end, the great war correspondent tnen permitted tne general to proceed with his campaign. HERR VON MUMM TALKS GERMANY'S NEW MINISTER SAYS HIS PEOPLE LIKE AMERICANS. He Has No Instructions, Except to Cultivate Friendly Relations) with the United States. WASHINGTON, July 19. Mr. A. Von Mumm, the German envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States, who arrived here recently and on last Monday presented his credentials to President McKlnley, was seen at the German embassy to-day and for the first time since his arrival consented to talk In a general way concerning current topics of Interest between the two governments. Mr. Von Mumm Is not a stranger in Washing ton, for he was here as first secretary of the German legation from 1S3S to 1S92, during which time he negotiated and signed the Important reciprocity treaty with Ger many. At that time Secretary Blaine formed a warm personal attachment for him. "I am fortunate In returning to Washing ton at a time when the relations between the two countries are on such a friendly basis," said Mr. Von Mumm. "Among those I have left behind the responsible officials at Berlin, as well as the people at large I can assure you there Is the most cordial sentiment of good will for the United States government and, for your people and a sincere purpose to maintain that relation. And I am glad to note among your officials the same evidences of good will. That is the strongest assurance of the bonds between Germany and the United States. I am glad to say there Is not even a cloud on the horizon of our good relations." Being asked as to the outlook on the Samoan question, which has engaged this government and Germany, as well as Great Britain, the minister said: "That Is a case in point showing that what may seem to present serious difficulties readily yields to a satisfactory adjustment when the gov ernments have a sincere purpose to avoid causes for friction. In the case of Samoa the critical phases appear to have disappeared. With the appointment of the Samoan commissioners a final adjustment is largely commlted to their hands. What they have jdone thus far appears to' be in the interest of all concerned, the foreign com munities In the Islands, the native Samoans as well as the three governments for which they are acting. We are looking forward to a complete adjustment of this question and its elimination from official and public attention, for. In reality, it lacks the dignity and importance to warrant its being a factor of disagreement between great nations. 1 think this is the consensus of feeling on the part of all the governments concerned." In connection with Mr. Von Mumm's ar rival there has been much comment in the press as to tho German reciprocity negotiations and the possibility that he would push them actively to the iront. This appears to have arisen largely from the fact that he holds tho rank of minister instead of charge d'affaires, and also from his connection with the former reciprocity treaty. As to this he said: "I notice the American press infers that I come on a special mission relating to reciprocity. But I as sure you 1 have no specific instructions which contemplate the immediate conclu sion of a treaty. The impression probably arises from the fact that while charge d'affaires in U91 I concluded at Saratoga, with General Foster, who was the United States special plenipotentiary on reciprocity, a reciprocity agreement which put an end to differences and established a very satisfactory basis of trade intercourse. The present talk is doubtless an echo of these negotiations. At the same time It will be my aim to render every aid in encouraging the relations between the two countries. Commercial as well as In an Interna tional sense, to remove any differences in the way of trade and to secure that healthy flow of business which we enjoy along with other countries under the favored nation clause of existing treaties. In short," added Mr. Von Mumm, "I come without any very exact instructions, except to cultivate these friendly relations which have so long existed. Your country Is fortunate in being represented in Berlin by Mr. White, who is universally esteemed for his culture, intellectual attainments and wide experience in public affairs. Mr. Jackson, the first secretary of the United States embassy, also has a wide circle of friends, and, in consequence of his long service at the capital and his perfect command of the German language. Is certainly one of the best-Informed diplomats in Berlin." They Are Graduate. Philadelphia Telegraph. The sleeping-car porters are graduates of schools. The Pullman and Wagner companies havo organized the schools all over the country. The schools are usually located in the depots. Tho equipment Is but a bare room, in which a complete sleepingcar berth is set up, .with curtains, cushions, and all, Just as they are In the cars. After an applicant has been accepted and assigned to duty he reports at the division office and is conducted to the schoolroom. Here, under the tutelage of one of the old porters, he Is shown the proper and only method of making up a berth. Then how to convert it back to a section, how the curtains are folded, where the pillows are placed, how the cushions are utilized and all the mysteries of the craft. He is then trained in his duty to the public and tho public to him, and stands and rehearses before his tutor. Hrynn'K Gate Money. New York Commercial Advertiser. When Wendell Phillips used to be asked what he charged for a lecture or an ad dress his reply was: "On the Lost Arts J2O0; on 'Slavery, nothing." Bryan does not thus discriminate. His charge of $3U0 or the chief share of tho door or gate receipts. no matter what his topic may be. As a mat ter of fact. Bryan has but one topic, nameiy, free sliver, and every speech or address he delivers relates to it in one way or another. When he demands pay for a speech or an address he Is really demanding pay for booming himself for renomination for Pres ident. Of course, if Democrats and Populists desire to assist him In this task it Is their own business, but it Is difficult not to admire the thrift of the Nebraska claim ant. The Actors Summer. New York Kvenlng Sun. In another fortnight the actors will begin to flock to town again, and after Aug. 1 nearly every stage In town will be occupied night and day by companies rehearsing the plays which will take to the road early in September. For the bigger stars, however. there is still at least another month of re.t. as few of the larger companies will begin their tours until the middle of September. And even then for many the rehearsals will be more or less of a sinecure this year. as last season was so productive of suc cesses that a great many of the stars will appear in the same plays as last year. An to Jackpots. Chicago Post. According to Hoyle it is not necessary for a player to open a jack pot. no matter howhigh the hand he holds. The exact wording of the rule is: "If he does not hold open ers, or does say. 'I pass etc." inis reirs not alone to jacks, but to any openers. He has no right, however, to say mat ne can t onen the pot. That Is deceit. He should merely "pass." Of course he risks being passed out in case no one after him should have "openers." Some Mythology. Detroit Journal. 1 vhn thA Tn-lln In the old Teutonic myth saw the Dragon approach she was much terrified. "Are you going to devour in : hrif.brt. clasnine'her hands agonlzedly. "No. Maud,", replied the Dragon sarcastiI'm lmn!v enlrsr to take vour chewIng gum away from you! Whence we see I that even a Lragun rciu4iy uwiuca of being asked I oonsn questions.

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PEACE CONFERENCE ARBITRATION SCHEME NEARLY PERFECTED. Eruption of Slount Etna and an Earthquake Tribute to Dewey from a Vienna Newspaper. THE HAGUE, July 19. The third committee of the international arbitration conference met to-day, M. Bourgeois, of France, presiding. At the opening of the sitting the Roumanian, Grecian and Servian delegates Jointly moved the total suppres sion of the five articles relating to International courts of inquiry. M. Beldiman. the Roumanian representative, was their spokesman and addressed the committee for an hour. He. claimed that the proposition for a court of inquiry was not contained In Count MuraviefTs circular and was contrary to the principle of national sovereignty. Roumanla, he said, would gladly pledge herself to the rest of the arbitration scheme. but it was impossible to fulfill these and other obligations. Chevalier Descamp, the Belgian delegate, and Prof. Maartens, Rus sian, defended the articles, which were final ly passed on first reading, the three protest ing states recording their objection. In the Interval between the meeting oi tne third committee and that of the drafting committee, which was held later, strong efforts were made to effect a compromise as regards the motion for the suppression of the five articles relating to international courts of inoulry. as the Roumanian dele gates had made certain remarks not palat able to the delegates of the powers. At the meeting of the drafting committee Prof. Maartens demolished all of M. Beldlman's arguments. He said that, as everything had been done to protect the weaker states against the stronger, the former thus obtaining " a shield the commission of inauirv Drovine this he was willing to make some further concessions in the way of mak ing the matter more optional. These con cessions were accepted by the smaller pow ers and the proposal passed its second reading. The arbitration scheme will probably ue passed entire to-morrow. II. R. II. HAD ENOUGH. The rrlnce Did Not Finish the Losing ' Race with Shamrock. COWES. July 19. There was beautiful weather to-day for the trial of the yacht Shamrock, challenger of the America's cup, against the Britannia. There were big crowds both ashore and afloat to witness the race. The course to-day was yester day's course reversed. The Prince of Wales boarded the Britannia shortly before the start. There was a good southeasterly breeze blowing all the morning, but it feoftened considerably towards the time for the starting of the race. Both yachts carried club topsails. As was the case yesterday. the bhamrocK snowea ner suyeuumj cij ennn after tho start ws ma.de. Beating to windward, she ran away from her opponent to the Nab llgntsnip ana again put aouui in ten seconds, the Britannia occupying twelve seconds. Th nmirsA as nrlelnallv planned was not completed. When off South Sea the Britan nia signaled mat me prince oi vyhc imu an orMwrnent in Tendon, and reauested that the race be considered over, as he must return to fortsmoutn. ine onamrocs was then twelve or fifteen minutes ahead. She k.oa immr.Htatoiv turnpd homewards and diii a J tiuttivutui w - rectly afterwards grounded on a bank, tone remained last ior ten mmuies, it-o a eafeiv and pasiiv towpd off and back to Southampton. The Shamrock was apparently not damaged by grounding. 9 POISONERS SENTENCED. Eleven Women and Men Convicted of Killing Husbands) and Wives. VIENNA, July 19. The most sensational murder trial that has occurred in Hungary during this century ended yesterday In the District Criminal Court of Temesvar, and everybody Is sdrprised at the mildnesa of the verdict. Nine women and three men, an residents of the little town of Szebely, In southern Hungary, were charged with hav ing murdered their respective husbands, wives and sweethearts with arsenic. The main instigator of all the crime is supposed to be George Korin, the village druggist, rif .TnVinTin Mvr. tha vlllaee Dhvelcian. who was also on trial, accused of being the principal accomplice of the druggist, was acquitted. Mane iNiKoaem, me wmuw was convicted of having murdered two husbands, was sentenced to imprisonment for lira at hnrA lahor. while the other women were let eff with sentences ranging from fifteen to ten years, xne ngnt sentence, only fifteen years, received by the druggist ic mnt fljstnnndinE' of alL It was rroved In the course of the trial that he supplied all the women poisoners witn arsenic, snaw Ing well to what use It was to be put. PRAISE FOR DEWEY. Leading; Vienna Newspaper Welcomes the Admiral to Austria. VIENNA, July 19. The Neue Frele Presse has an article to-day heartily welcoming Admiral Dewey to Austria. Recalling the bold coup de main at Manila the Neue Frele Presse sees In the admiral the personification of daring coolness, and dwells on his calmness and amiability, describing him as an admirable soldier and a gentleman who can be placed In the category with De Ruyter, Nelson and Legethoff. The Neue Frele Presse then says: "The great welcome extended to Admiral Dewey is intended not only for the hero but, above all, to the glorious representative of the great American nation, to which AustriaHungary is united byso many ties of Interests." ' m , Congressman George E. Foss, of Chicago, and Lieutenant Commander William H. Beehler, naval attache of the United States legation at Vienna, arrived here to-day to welcome Admiral Dewey. MOUNT ETNA ACTIVE AGAIN. Vomits Smoke and Sand-Serere Earthquake Shocks. ROME, July 19. There was an eruption of Mount Etna thl3 morning. After loud subterranean noises tho crater vomited forth dense volumes of smoke, which were followed by enormous masses of sand. There was a strong earthquake shock here at 2:30 o'clock this morning, which was followed during the ensuing fifteen minutes by a number of other severe shocks. The damage done here was slight, but at the village of Rocca de Papa, fifteen miles southeast of Rome, it was more serious. A number of houses In that place fell. A part of a church was demolished at Castel-Gandolfe. on the northwest side of Mount Albano and fourteen miles southeast of- Rome. No fatalities have been reported. Slatr Ann Ansel Hanged. LONDON, July 19. Despite strenuous ef forts to secure a reprieve, including an appeal to the Queen, Mary Ann Ansel, who was convicted of murdering her sister, an inmate of an Insane asylum, by sending her poisoned cake, was hanged to-day at St. !.-,.-.,, Tho crlmA fnr n,-hlrh Mrs. Ansel niuans. - - - - -- was executed was committed for the pur- . A 1 A, S lis. 1 pose of securing me payment ui me insurance money, the murderess having ob tained a policy upon ine ine ui tier sisier, glvlrfg a false description. Cattle Dyinsr by Hundreds. STOCKHOLM. July 19. A mysterious epidemic, which has been prevailing recently among the cattle on the Island of Goth-i-r, hoe enroad tn thr human beinrs in the district and a large number of patients havo . m. m V I li.l- tS mm. S been admittea to mo uu?juias. ouinr ui tho cases are extremely difficult to diagnose. Cattle are dying by hundreds throughout tnC l?i3ua its a iun 'i cinuciun.. The Kaiser at a Launching. BERLIN, July 19. On the occasion of the launching of the German cruiser Nlobe, rmnomr William. In a congratulatory ad dress to the builders, said: "Just as the old Nlobe served to Inspire the school for which she was aesunea. so may me new promote a spirit of loyalty to the Emperor and me empire in an corners ui mc kuu. Remains of the Grand Duke. ST. PETERSBURG, July 19. The remains of the late Czarewltch. escorted by Grand Duka Nicholas Mlchaelovltcb and other

dignitaries, was to-day trsnsferred to a church five miles from Abas-Tuman. whence the cortege will etirt to-morrow for Batoum.

5a a Salvador in a Staare of Sleae. WASHINGTON. July 19. United States Consul Jenkins, at San Salvador, has reported to the State Department by cable that Ban Salvador is in a state of siege as the result of revolutionary plotting. More Concessions to inlanders. PRETORIA. July 19.-The Volksraad has adopted further articles of the franchise law enabling sons of ultlanders to become naturalized at the age of sixteen and to obtain the franchise five years thereafter. TELLS A STRANGE STORY II. C. IIOFF3IANX RETURNS FROM THE BLACK HOLE COUNTRY, Where lie Went In Search of a Myth leal Diamond 31 ine His Com pan Ion Dead Held In Slavery. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 13.-Out of a party of five which left New York five years ago in search of a mythical diamond mine on the western coast of Alaska but one re turned. He Is H. C. Hoffmann, a machin ist, formerly In the employ of the Baldwin locomotive works. According to Hoffmann's remarkable story, the party left San Fransco In June, ISM. In a small trading schooner bound for a district lying between the Kukaboo and Ikplk Pung rivers, known as the Black Hole, where the richest dia mond mine In the world was said to exist. They had two years' provisions. At Kaakak James Labelle died of a disease resembling imallpox. Walter Dodds and French were stricken with the same disease. Rather than suffer as Labelle did, French shot himself through the heart, and Dodds, with an ample supply of provisions, was left behind 1th the understanding that he was to over take Henry Martin and Hoffmann, should he recover. Nothing was heard of him gain. Martin and Hoffmann rushed on to Kevoltkog. a village near the Black Hole country. The village was made up of Russian refugees from the prisons of Siberia. They robbed Martin and Hoffmann of every thing of value and kept them prisoners. Hoffmann was separated from Martin and taken to another village, where he was com pelled to do menial work. At the end of a month he escaped, and went to the small town of Sesian, on the Koyukuk river. where be was ill for several months. He never received any further tidings of Martin. J. Wilson. Of W VnrVr hn . 1.. -. Seattle to-day from Alaska on the Dirlgo. recounts a tale of ptnnnr unH hav4,in on the Edmonton trail. He was thirteen uiuuius going irom imonton to Dawson. One year ago the past winter he made CamO On StUrteon lake flhrmt rn hunli. miles below Lower Slave lake, in the Britpossessions, ne lived with the Indians, sleeping as they slept and eating what they had to offer. A dead horse found on the trail was often considered a delicacy. Fish oil and any other style of refuse which the muiaiis possessed maae a good dinner. When these gave out or were not at hand a pony was killed, and this would fill the larder for a few days. Rich Strike Reported. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 19.-The tteamr ' Dirlgo arrived to-day from Skagway. . . m Aiaeica, with news of a rich strike on Rfi? River Salmon. A great many prospectors jrom uawson and vicinity wers rushinginto the district. Th run v,,t a - - .. v . w fc uuuiucr or passengers from Dawson, who brought uiw txiwuui oi goia a list, ine purser Of the Steamer eatlmatca tha n . a quarter of a million. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, Archbishop Ireland is spending a week In Ireland. He did not return yesterday as expected. Michael O'Connor. A?ed fnrtv an nrVoi McGUnchy, aged thirty-eight, painters, were III A ml A M S t. M J . 1 . A Aiucu tx i x-nuaaeipnia yesterday by the breaking of a swinging scaffold. Mrs. John S. Newburry. of Detroit, hat given to Western Reserve University, Cleveland, to found the Handy philo sophical prizes in honor of her father. J. P. Handy, of Cleveland. The Western tennis championship reverted to C. B. Neel yesterday, when he defeated Krelgh Collins In the championship round of me tennis tournament at the Kenwood Country Club, near Chicago. Judge Thomas, in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, yesterday handed down a decision continuing the injunction proceedings brought against the Federal Steel Company in the name of Frederick F. Marquand and Louis Schaeffer relative to the declaration of a dividend by the company to-day. For Gold Let's Say So. New York Press. Representative Livingston, of Georgia, speaking for the Bryan free silverltes, pretends to rejoice at the prospect of the Republican party making the campaign of 1900 on the gold issue. He says this would solidify the silver forces and assure the Democratic nomination to Bryan, of whom he is an enthusiastic supporter. Well, for our part, we are willing to satisfy Mr. Livingston and ail the rest of the Bryantles. The Republican party believes in a single gold standard, and it ought not and will not hesitate to say so. We ought to declare our principles without equivocation by offering a flat-footed gold currency bill In the next Congress. There is no more doubt that the whole Republican party Is for a gold dollar than there Is that the Bryan Democrats ar for a 50-cent sliver dollar. Why not say so, then, and act accordingly? In the campaign of 1KS there was some beatlnff around the bush by Republican leaders, who dared not face the responsibility of calling a spade a spade. But In the coming campaign it will be childish for any one who calls himself a Republican to talk about double standards or tho "dollars of our daddies." We are for a gold dollar, and on that issue we want again to go before the voters of tho United States. And nothing better can happen to the Republican party and the country than for Mr. Bryan to get the Democratic nomlnat!on and renew his canvass for th free and unlimited coinage of silver at 13 to 1. . Bicycle Records Broken. WASHINGTON, July 19. Harry Eikes. of Glens Falls, N. Y.. the middle distance champion bicycle rider of America, to-day covered a mile In 1:31 flat, thus lowering the record for that distance, held by Eddie McDufile, of Boston, of 1:31 2-5. Al Moran. of Washington, broke the half mile track record ucpaced 'n :ZS. OTTUMWA, la., July 19. At the L. A. W. National Circuit races Nat Butler broke the world's record for a mile single paced, making it in 2:01 1-i. Antl-Saloon League. CHICAGO, July 19. The second annual convention of the superintendents of the) American Anti-saloon Iague Is In Fesslon at I.ake Bluff. 111. The convention will continue ten days. Thirty States and Territories are represented, delegates being present from all parts of the Union. Thirtythree States are now under, organization. Dr. 11. H. Kussell. of Delaware. O., the national superintendent of the organization, presides over the convention. Detained In Quarantine. SAN FRANCISCO, July 19. The steamrr America Maru has arrived from HongKong and Yokohama via Honolulu. She Is anchored in the stream and was boarded by the quarantine officer, who is now making an inspection regarding her health. After making his examination the quarantine officer ordered the steamer Into quarantine. Passengers will not be released until tomorrow at the earliest. The Train's Narrow Escape. SPRINGFIELD. 111., July 19. Lieutenant. C. H. Thornburn and C. H. Shaflner, of the Illinois naval militia, who arrived in this city this morning from Chicago, stated their train had a narrow escape from a serious wreck near Iontiae. A bridge had burned and the pilot of the engine projected over the burned and broken timbers before the train could be stopped. The train was de layed five hours by the burned bridge. ' Commrndnble Artlon. Chicago Times-Herald. In condemning root beer the W. C. T. V. did a good thing, and every man who Ins been aroused la the middle of the nUbt by the bursting ot his wife's root beer bottles knows 1L