Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 July 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1899.

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accompanied by the name and address of the Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless postage is inclosed for that purpose. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. Can be found at the following places: $?EW YORK Aatcr House. ClirCAGO-Falmer House. P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street.. Great Northern liotei ana Gr&nd Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATX-J. R. Hawley & Co., 134 Vine street. AJOU1SVILX.E C T. Deerlng. northwest comer . of Third and Jefferson streets, and LoulsYllle Book Co., 2S Fourth avenue. feT. LOUIS Union New Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C.-Rlggs House, Ebbltt liouae and Wliiard'n Hotel. , Dynamite Is the argument of the Anarch ist;, the Anarchist Is not popular In any art of the civilized world. Representative Landls predicts that the Republican Congress will declare for the Cold standard. It certainly should do so. It has been suggested that General Merrltt may be sent to Luzon to command the tinny, leaving General Otis to attend to the civil administration. . If the truth Is told about the Italians who P.7ere lynched In Louisiana last week, two of them should have been hanged or put in prison for life for murder. ' Mobs and lawbreakers are always awed fcy a strong show of force, but the trouble Is they are often given too much rein. The show of force should be prompt and decisive. ' The mere meeting of a large number rf Intelligent colored men to discuss the so called race problem shows that It is solving Itself. Fifty years, hence one will learn of the race problem only by reading history. . The latest platform of ex-Governor Boles. Who is an Iowa Democrat, will not please the 16-to-l people. He adheres to the Jeffersonian doctrine of e coinage ratio 'which is based upon the market value cf the znctals. If General Otis' s press censorship has teen rather severe the American people will easily forgive the error. In times of war or public stress it is not necessary for the government to proclaim Its policy or the details of all Its acts from the housetops. - Ex-GoVernor Boles, who was an aspirant for the Democratic national candidacy In 1S06, is opposed to a gold standard, but he would have a ratio based upon the market value of the metals, which is what the advocates of 18 to I declare to be the equivalent of the gold standard. The Law ton. fund raised by the committee of the Grand Army post in Fort "Wayne, to which General Lawton belongs, is $228.15. This includes only the subscriptions In Fort Wayne, and is very creditable. The White National Bank, of Fort Wayne, Is the only agency authorized by the Grand Army to receive contributions. Parsons, the New York labor agitator, who has failed In the street-railway strike, Is about to pass around the hat to get $100,000 with which to organize a labor party. lie Is specially grieved at Tammany because It gave him no assistance. Tammany could not give assistance because some of Its leaders were mixed up In the street-rail way deals. It could be said that Mr. Bryan Is the traveling promoter of the sliver mine own ers to the end that a silver trust may be formed, which,, with the aid of the United States, will water the product of its plants 10O per cent. Few trusts have done as much es Mr. Bryan is doing for the silver mine owners, and no other combination has asked the assistance of Congress. Now that ex-Governor John Young Brown Is likely to be in the field as the anti-Gocbel candidate in Kentucky, Mr. Bryan, having espoused the cause of the latter. It seems that his presence and elo quence are needed there more than in Indi ana. It must be a pleasant duty to sustain a man who has taken from the people all right to count and return the votes they cast. None of the larger strike?, except those of messenger boys and newsboys, that are now on. is based upon a demand for higher wages. The Brooklyn street-railway strikes were based on demands for a ten-hour day. as tho law provides. The companies prom ised to arrange the time schedules on that basls but were slow about doing 1L The leaders resorted to a strike instead of the law. It is charged that there Is a stock jobbing deal behind the strike, but the charge is denied. The Cleveland street-rail way strike is based upon a demand for the recognition of the employes union In the employment and discharge . of men. The Strike of the ore handlers at Ashtabula, O., is due to the refusal of the company to restore three assistant foremen. These lastnamed strikes are equivalent to demands to take from employers the proper control of .0 their affairs. It is somewhat remarkable that the In ternational Peace Conference at The Hague should have occurred almost coincident with two other events indicative of the rapidly growing Importance of the United Btates as a world power. One of mese Is the acquisition of the Philippines as a result of the war with Spain, and the ether is the sitting In Paris of the BritishVenezuelan arbitration commission which originated with the United States. Two of those events are distinctly American, and In the third Americans have borne a promi nent and inlluentlal part. The time has ben, not very long ago, when the United ; States would not even have been invited to participate in an international conference for disarmament. In past yean we have tsen recrdsd as one of the weakest end

most harmless of powers and scarcely en

titled to be considered as a factor In the decision of international questions and policies. The war with Spain, the battle of Ma nila bay, the capture of the Philippines and of Porto Itlco changed all ihat. It was u singular coincidence that the peace con ference at The Hague should have met simultaneously with the Venezuelan arbi tration tribunal at Paris and that both should result in advancing American policies. Ex-President Harrison is easily the foremost figure of the Paris tribunal, and it Is conceded on all hands that the American commissioners at The Hague have had a controlling Influence in Its action and con clusions. We are becoming a world power by the force of circumstances and in spite of American Agulnaldists and antl-expan-slonlsts. A WO It 13 OF ADVICE. Among men having In view the accom plishment of a common purpose factional strife is always to be deprecated. This is particularly true In politics. Conditions in Indianapolis are such that the political party that puts forward as Its candidate for any particular office a citizen of recognized and acknowledged probity, a man of af fairs and fitness for the office he is designed to fill, and then goes about the work of his election unitedly and energetically, will succeed at the polls. At the present time the Republicans cf Indianapolis have decidedly more than a fair chance of success. In the ranks of the Democracy there is much opposition to Mayor Taggart, who will beyond doubt be renominated for the office he now fills. Nothing but party discord among Republicans will accomplish his re-election. Every Republican is en titled to a fair expression of opinion In determining who the party nominee shall be for the office of mayor or for any other. Fair and honest rivalry In party conventions is always not only permissible, but desirable. What the people are Interested In knowing, and what they have a right to Inquire into, is not which man represents or Is falsely made to represent this, that or another so-called faction of any party, but which of the two or more candidates nominated for a particular trust Is best fitted to discharge it after he is elected, and this will be the test applied by the voters of Indianapolis when they come to elect a mayor in October next. Let the Republicans of Indianapolis meet in dele gate convention reasonably and in proper spirit, with an eye single to the nomination of a suitable candidate for mayor, and place him before the people as the choice of the party, and Taggart and Taggartism will go down in merited defeat: but let all talk of faction" cease. There should be no thought of, much less talk of, limiting the choice of the Republicans to any particular Individual, but at the same time cease the searching of the highways and byways for the discovery of some one who will consent to be brought forward as the candidate of any particular ring or cabal. Leave that to the common enemy. WHY MR. BRYAN IS HERE. Mr. Bryans visit to Indiana as the present time, when there is no campaign in progress, can have "but one explanation that it is Intended to keep the silver Issue in the Chicago platform to the fore. The advo cates of 18 to 1 have been suspicious that the element in the party which does not be lieve in the reaffirmation of the free coinage of silver has been quietly increasing. These members' make little outward sign, but It is known that there is a large number of them so large Indeed that if the heresy is hot checked a divided delegation will be elected to the next Democratic national convention. The ultra sliver leaders believe that if Mr. Bryan comes here and reaffirms his faith in 16 to 1 and declares that the Chicago platform must be reaffirmed the element of the party represented by the sentinel, the Terre Haute Gazette, the South Bend Times and a few others will be so discouraged that they will at least cease their quiet efforts against 16 to L Accepting tho advice of the editor of the South Bend Times (Democratic) the silverites propose to have the Democratic party In Indiana settle the question now whether it will "do business as Democrats or Popu lists." Whether Democrats or Populists,' Al len W. Clark, Shanklin, Van Vorhis and the majority of the Democratic county' politi cians, whose chief vocation is podtics, pro pose to do business for the silver mine trust as they did in 1SD6. Mr. Bryan will have a large meeting to day, but all 'the silver orators in Indiana and the rest of the country could not draw five huxidred listeners. This Is because Bry an is the recognized leader of his party. More than that, that large element of the party which has made Mr. Bryan its leader accepts his opinions without question. Still it must not be forgotten that there are thou sands of Democrats In Indiana who do not accept Mr. Bryan's views on the silver question. In 1S06 the greater part of them voted for Mr. Bryan under protest and they may do so again, but the heresy of 16 to 1 Is not nearly so strong in Indiana now as it was on July 1. 1S96. If Mr. Bryan's visit to Indiana at the present time gives the 16-to-l element such a lead as to make that the first issue of 1900 Republicans will feet that he has rendered them a great service. avaasaaaBasaiBaBaaBBasaBaaaaaaaaaaNawaBBBaasaaaaaaasaaBaBaaaiBa TRUST PROBLEMS. As alleged evidence of the "blighting in fluence of trusts" some of the Journal's Indiana exchanges are publishing the following: Edlnburg. In Indiana, had a starch fac tory which employed seventy-five men who got $600 a week. The farmers of the vicinity had a profitable market for their corn. Now the starch factory, which was worth about $125,000, has been sold for $175,0,;o to a company which la mine to cet a mononoly of the business. The factory has been ciosea, as tne company does not have to operate all the factories it owns In order to make tne amount 01 starch the market requires. The seventy-five employes have been discharged and most of them have moved away. The merchants have lost good customers and the farmers have lost the home market for their corn, which does not Dring them as much money as It did. Real estate has depreciated in valuation. the population has seriously decreased and i.ninburg is a blighted town. Then, there is Craw ford sville. Ind. Though the iron and steel Industries cf the United States are turning away bids and doing the greatest business ever known, the Craw fordsville shops are closed and the work men are without employment. The gisantlc trust got control of the plant merely to close it. The people of the town feel the blow severely, but the trust cares nothing ior mar. The trust question Is a national one and should be discussed on broad ground?, with only secondary reference to local interests However it may be settled, local and person al interests should be subordinate to general The whole country laughed at the Liberal Republican convention in JS72, when It nom Inated Horace Greeley for President on a platform declaring that. "Recognizing that there are In our midst honest but lrrecon cllable differences of opinion with regard tn the respective systems of protection and free trade, wo remit the discussion of the ubject to the people In their congressional dlsUicts." 'lue country Uuueu vuu

Hancock, a candidate for President, declared , the tariff question , "a local question." The trust question Is as little a local question' a? the tariff. It is essentially a national question and must be decided, on broad grounda The starch factory in Edlnburs and the Iron and steel shops In Crawfordsvllle were valuable Industries for those places, but those towns and their industries are but a drop in the bucket compared with the whole country. It ha happened very often that particular localities have been hurt and sometimes killed by new combinations or developments of trade, as by the improvement of new harbors, the opening of canals or the building of railroads. The history of commerce abounds with such cases. The real question is not whether a particular locality may be hurt, but how the general commonwealth and the whole body politic may be affected. The trust question is a great one, and must be discussed and settled in the light of fundamental principles and not of Its effect on particular localities or in

dividual Interests. IT IS TOO LATE. The Brooklyn (NT. Y.) Eagle is an oldfashloned Democratic paper. For that rea son It admires neither Bryanism nor Tammany. It calls 16 to 1. repudiation and stands on the' Democratic platform erected prior to July, 1S96. "In a recent issue of he Eagle !s an article under the caption, - "Now, or Never," in which it seems to think that Mr. Bryan may yet be defeated. n the national convention. The article be gins with the following statement regardng Mr. Bryan: - There is no serious talk of any Demo cratic candidate for President other than William Jennings Bryan. He would not 11 ne could and could not ir he wouia Juggle with the silver subject. His tidal-wave defeat at the polls did not make him waver in his faith and nothing that has happened since has convinced him that he Is clinging to a lost cause. lesterday he was quoted as saying it was evident the sentiment In favor of the. reaffirmation of the Chicago platform was so overwhelming that all opposition to it was likely to disappear before the con vention was called to order. This Is as final os words can make It. It means that Bryan will fight for the free silver plank before and. if necessary, in the con vention. With all due respect to the Nebraskan the Eagle takes the liberty of stating that he does not believe all Demo cratic opposition to repudiation as a party principle will disappear before the conven tion meets, his statement to the contrary. notwithstanding. There Is no necessity for explaining why this liberty is taken. The explanation that may be necessary is that liryan does net take the measure of his words before or when he gives thoughts to nis tongue. That there will be opposition before and in the convention to the re affirmation of the platform it is superfluous to say. . The Eagle for a moment seems disposed to argue with Mr. Bryan and other blind adherents of 16 to L It tells them that they can have no hope of New York, and shows that even now no party can do with out New York. It asks them to consult Mr. Gorman as to what will be the out come in Maryland, Mr. Faulkner as to what will take place in West Virginia if 16 to 1 Is made the issue. Recalling the fact that it is useless to argue with these self-blinded men, the Eagle turns to those Democrats who are opposed to the silver heresy and tells them that "much may be accomplished in a year." It tells Gorman, Morgan, Croker and Faulkner that it is about time for them to formulate a plan of campaign In behalf of the - financial credit of the United States. . It says there was some excuse in 18C3 for the crown of thorns and the cross of gold stampede, when dis tress was almost universal; but there is no such excuse now. " The Eagle proceeds: When the sand 'bags of prosperity drop through the. floor of the' basket that 'bal loon may soar again. Until then even Ne braska has not gas enough to send it in the air. Bryan is the oracle, but It has re mained for Senator Morgan to hit the bull seye with the statement that there Is not a Democrat throughout the whole country who believes that BTvan has much chance of election. Convictions to the contrary are entertained nowhere. An Impossible piatxorm involves an equally impossible candidate. There Is abundant material with in the party ranks for a crusade against the silver crusaders, even though it be limited to the plea that if they rule again they will ruin again. And the time to utilize this material is not when delegates have been chosen and pledged. It la now or never. The Eagle is mistaken. It is not now or never. It is simply never, as far as the platform of 1900 Is concerned. It Is idle to talk of - abundant material or to dwell upon the logic of the situation. Argument, changed conditions, even the certainty of defeat counts for nothing. The renomination of Mr. Bryan on the platform of 1S9G Is assured. The tin-plate trust has advanced the price of plates under the pretext of higher cost of steel and the advance of wages. Last January the price was 2.65 for a box of 100 pounds, while the latest quotation was 34.37 a box. This is an advance of nearly 63 per cent. .The cost of production has not increased 65 per cent. The tin-plate manufacturers must be making large profits now, even if they made nothing it the prices of last January. But, while the price Is high, consumers are paying but little more than they did when they depended on Wales for tin plates. The following are the rrices during the ten years prior to the beginning of the manufacture in the United States: Foreign Foreign price price per box. plus duty. 1S2 $5.23 $6.31 18S3 1SS4 1833 1S86 1SS7 1S8S 5.11 5.11 4.50 3.83 4.01 4.01 4.3S 4.20 3.04 6.19 6.19 6.58 4.91 5.09 5.09 1S89 5.46 h.2i 1S0O IStfl 5.42 At no time, even In TF31, when the British manufacturers cut ' the prices In the ex pectation of checking production here, did the home price In. Great Britain fall , to so low a point as -the American price of last January. The duty added, tin plates are lower to the consumer now than when British manufacturers supplied the American market. It may be added that the tin-plate trust, if it is making great profits, is sure to have eager competitors in the business within a short time, when prices will fall. Capital Is abundant and cheap, so that a trust in an industry like the manu facture of tin plates is sure to fall. On the theory that It is right to learn from one's enemies Republicans should give due weight to the views of ex-Controller Eck els regarding the political situation In gen eral and currency reform in particular. Mr. Eckels is a Democrat of the antl-free-silver and antl-Bryanlte school, and has shown on many occasions that he puts patriotism above partisanship. He thinks the Republican party will lose a great op portunity and make a fatal ' mistake if it banks on the present demoralization of the Democracy to the extent of neglecting Its duty in the matter of currency reform. "The strength of .thp Republican party to day," fays Mr. Eckels, "is very largely, if not wholly, in the weakness of the Democrats. Such a, condition of affairs cannot but be bad for the public welfare. It places the voter In the embarrassing position of being compelled to make a choice between a party made up wholly of radicals promising to do only the things which would dis-

turb the country's prosperity and one con

taining many conservatives, but led wholly by political leaders who consider the ad vancement of party the first essential in the discharge of public duty." Making due al lowance for the fact that this comes from a Democrat, Is it not worth while for Republicans to consider whether the party. had not better go before the country on its own strength and merits than on the weak ness and demerits of the Democracy? Dispatches from General Otis regarding the re-enll3tmcnt of volunteers In the Phil ippines give the lie to the reports of yellow - newspapers regarding disaffection among the troops and their anxiety to get out of the service. A certain percentage, per-' haps a majority, of volunteers always wish to come home at the expiration of their term of enlistment, but in this case it Is evident a considerable number are willing to continue in the service. The Richmond (Ind.) Palladium publishes a letter from an Indiana soldier at Manila, in which he says: I cannot say enough for this country. If the United States government holds the islands they will own (In my opinion as well as that of all soldiers from here) the finest, country in the world. Anything will grow here almost without cultivation, and cattle would thrive, as the grass and water are abundant. I think as soon as the people see that we Intend to hold the islands there will be a great Influx of capital. The prevalence of such a feeling to any considerable extent' would account for the willingness of many volunteers to remain at least long enough to see the rights and the sovereignty of the United States firmly established. Oom Paul's Slatterlns. I? Resigned? Well, I don't . Cogitate in that dlRection! Me? Oom? If not, thon Oom do you mean? Me? Back out from any Stand I had took," No matter whether I was wrong or Right? Say! Didn't you Ever see my picture? Didn't you ever see them Gal ways under my gullet? What does them mean hey? What docs them signify if not Firmness! 4 No, I ain't resigned I Mean I haini; don't Want to drop my. Alches for fear You'll think me and Cecil Is Fellow-countrymen. If anybody should a3k You what I do intend to do, Tell 'cm ycu don't. know, 'cause that'll Be right. But if they ask you if I've Resigned, tell 'em no, without Consultin' me, for that will be Right too. " ' ' ' I ain't a resigner I mean I hain't. I'll stay right where I am At already Unless they use on me Some of that dynamite gave Them the privilege ofusing. The Volksraad? What's. It? I got it .under my . " Thumb Just the same as the Man Bryan has your ' Democratic party. When you hear that amicable Relations has been restored beTween me and it. Don't hurt its . - 'r . . . Feelings by asking it lor ' Particulars. . 7 . 1.. No, I hain't riigr.eflv ?.J. V ..j. It is a mis- . ( - Take. r ' ' ' ' ' . Oom. When one learns that there was not a Cincinnati paper soli on the streets of that city for two whole days or . more, there comes a natural wonder whether the news boys strike was not instigated by the peo ple in self-defense during the hot weather. This theory is especially held tty those who best know the Cincinnati dailies. It is now stated that there is no evidence that Dreyfus is guilty. If the rest of the perjured witnesses would only commit suicide there would be perhaps no new trial. BUBBLES IS THE AIR. Data Desired. . "Pfwat wud yez do if Casey called you a liar?" . "Pfwhlch Casey the big wan or the little wan?" The Poor Ones. Tommy Paw, are all editors starving, like the funny men say they are? Mr. Figg No; only the ones who own their papers. Premature. "Bcrnupstein Is dreadfully bored." "What Is the trouble?" "He opened his clothing store last even ing and the hand played There'll Be a Hot Time In the Old Town To-night.' " Tactless. "I do wish I was the two-headed man," said the young man who Is always making eoclal blunders. "You would only make twice as many blunders," said his friend. "Not I. I would keep one head busy all the time apologizing." THE STATE PRESS. Calamity has become so natural an aid to the Democratic party that a serious reverse to our army in the Philippines would be a godsend to it. Muncie News. Some farmers would like to have Just a few days of free trade times, for the reason that they have so much work on their hands and labor is hard to get even at good wages. Tipton Advocate. What a blessing summer Is! Think of the moral inspiration you obtain from the physical respiration Induced by the period of heat. This hot wave is as good for you "as it is for the corn, so get. the most out of it while it lasts. Noblesvillc. Ledger. There are two distinct Democratic parties In the United States one silver and the other gold. These opposing factions mani fest themselves In' every gathering of any considerable number of Democrats. The country will not lose anything if the Democratic party should go out of business entirely. Petersburg Press. We had no manufacturing trusts under Democratic rule. If we recollect correctly, there were hardly enough 'factories running at that time in any one line to make a trust. And the worklngmen lost no employment through trusts, because they were already by the Wilson bill forced out of employment. Madison Courier. When President McKinley . tried to take the people into his confidence the Democrats said that was an evidence of timidity. Now that. he. shows a disposition; to run affairs In his own way they say the people ought to be consulted. Of course it is impossible to please the enemies of the administration and there is no use trying to do so. Wabash Plain Dealer. The 16-to-l heretics say that It Is the lack of money that is the trouble with, the country. What is the trouble with the country, anyway? Isn't it in pretty good shape, es pecially as compared with what it was under the late uemocratic aammisirauonr me only trouble with the country so far as we can see is the Democratic party. Columbus Republican It only Increases Bryan's reputation as a demagogue and confirms the theory that he

is a crafty politician to know.that while he is denouncing "Hannalsm," he Is writing letters 'and giving out Interviews supporting the biggest political steal of recent yearn, the nomination or Goebel as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Kentucky. A man who can stomach such a barefaced and notorious piece of political brigandage as Goebel's nomination can do almost anything in the way of political corruption. Richmond Item. - Trainmaster Suscie, of the Monon, states

l to the Telephone that the freight traffic of as . - . me roaa 13 tne heaviest in years, it is ai,most impossible to secure enough box cars to make the required shipments. The stone traffic Is the heaviest ever known, and an average of 130 cars a day go out from the Bloomlngton and Bedford quarries. So great has been the demand for flat cars that it has been necessary to discontinue the gravel train for the present. Lumber shipments are also .unusually .heavy. Bloorairigtonj Telephone. THE LAWTON FUND. Ston S. Bass Post, G. A. R., Collects . ?22S lu Port Wayne Alone. Appended is a list of Fort Wayne subscribers to the Lawton testimonial fund: Freese & Ranke S. F. Bowser... J. D. Bond A. R. McCurdy L. r Schlrmeyer. A. H. Lopshlre. Robt. Klehn... El C.-Rurode... W; L. Pettlt.... Cash J. C. Peltier.... C. W. Fike 13.00 , 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 LOO .50 1.00 L0C .23 1.00 1.0 1.00 2,0c .50 .25 .25 .50 ".23 1.00 .50 J. E. Ross LOO G. Haller . 1.00 M. W. Fay 1.00 Soliday, Hite & Co 1.00 LA. Worch.... LOO M. C. Cooper... .50 C. B. Stemen. . . 1.00 C. A. Miller 50 Alex. Staub.... 1.00 John C. Peters. 1.00 P. P. Wilt....;. 100 John Boy lan.... .25 Cash 23 M. B. Gorsllne. .25 P. C. Liggett.. 1.00 E. 8. Phllley...- 1.00 F. R. Parnln .. .50 G. De Wald. & Co LOO Chasp Dolan... .25 H. M. DIehl 50 I. N. Medsker.. .50 Isaac Miller.... .25 James LJggett.. 1.00 John Hlnton.... 1.00 H. Jones. H. C. Taul.. M. -Connett John Hess Levy Blckley... Will Ktrkham.. C. B. Woodworth H. C. McMakin W. L Close.... W. H. Barnett. 1.00 Cash Miller 1.00 W. D. Henderson C. Wells John T. Younge .50 .25 Phas. Tf T.nne.. 1.00 .vi I Pellena & Pola. M. Hench.... 1.00 ster 1.00 Chas. Haag 1.00 1 F. W. Foster... 1.0) Sam L.. Morris. 2.0CiJ. 1. Marper... i.w B. W. Skeleton J. H. Batchelder A. P. Buchman H. C. Zollinger I. C. Zollinger. Joe King A. S. Coverdale Jehu W. Sale... E, B. Smith.... M. Hamilton.... C. H. Miller.... A. C. Keel...... A. Armstrong.. C. Fairbanks... Fred Jobel W. T. Braum.. Fred Boltz Fred H. Meyer. J. Klett & Son. W. A. Spice.... James Murphy. Indiana Furniture Company Fisher Bros Will P. Cooper. T. W. Blair.... W. C. Baade... Ellas Hyer P. L. Potter.... 2.00 1 C. w. Fairfield. .50 R. B. Hanna... .5T .50 tF. C. Parham.. LOO LOO H. T. Helt 100 3.00 1 N. Thompson... 1.00 3.00 ! S. P. Hunter... .50 1.00 ! Will Stahl. 50 .25 ! D. J. Scheid.... 1.00 1.C0 ! C. Newcomer... .25 1.00 TO. B. Fitch 1.00 2.00 i J. F. W. Meyer LOO .50 t C. Tresselt &. .25 1 Sons .25 i Chas. Swartz... 2.00 .50 1.0C 1.00 .50 1.00 .25 LOOiJ. D. White 1.C0 : Chas. Ehrman.. 1.0C i J. C. Workman 1.00 1 C. Worden.... 1.00 W. H. Jackson. 2.00 ' R. B. Drelbel.50 blss 1.00 Cash . Frank Goings.. 1.00 Will Dos well... 2.00 J. Soliday .50 Henry Wyot.... .5f. D. T. Comparee .50 S. D. Soliday... .25 : N. Tillbury 1.00 .50 .25 .25 .50 .25 5C .25 .23 .25 G. Heckelberry .25 B. G. B. Mcw. D. Page M.OO Googan 1.00 E. T. Craw 5.O0 5.00 5.00 5.00 H. H. Dinlus.. .25 1 H. M. Williams E. P. Banning. M. R. Johnson. Chas. Archer... H. A. Gorsline. Will O Rourke. Jacob Woran... T. E. Ellison... G. W. Brobcr.. A. W. Kintz.... Geo. Hannen... .50 ! R. S. Robertson .50 i F. Alderman... .5C 1.03 E. A. K. Hackett 5.00 LOO -Ed White 5.00 C. McCulloch... 5.00 .50 .50 1.00 .50 .23 LOO .25 .50 .25 .25 .50 1.00 2.00 .50 1.00 2.00 1.00 S. Bash &,Co.. 5.00 Journal - Ga-. zette 5.00 A. R. Walker & Co 5.00 J W. White.... 5.00 Mops man. Yarnell & Co 5.00 G. W. PJxley... 5.00 B. C. Bell 5.00 R S. Taylor.... 5.00 J. II. SImonson 5.00 C. Hettier 5.00 H. Scherer 5.00 E. H. Rogers... 1.00 B. L Beaber... LOO C. G. Smith.... 1.00 T. H. McWinch 1.00 1 S. P. Savers.... 13 C Cash T Thorward... Theo. Gellar.... 1 Wm Miller.... J. W. Harden.. W. E. Hood.... A. W. Perfent.. J. Y. Shoaff.... E. J. Golden.... August Bruder. E. W. Good.... Will Geake LOO , Total $228.23 The list of subscriptions outside of Fort Wayne has not yet been compiled, but will be ready for publication in a short time. The White National Bank, Fort Wajne, Ind.. is the authorized custodian of the fund, and all subscriptions should be sent to IL OVR FLACE ON EARTH. Being: Some Pertinent Remarks by a Traveling English Writer. William Archer, In Pall Mall Magazine. Tho Iconoclast of to-day is full of scorn for patriotism, which he holds the most retrograde of emotions. He may as usefully declaim against friendship, comradeship, the love of man for woman or of mother for child. The lowest savage regards himself, and cannot but regard himself, as a member of some sort of political aggregation. This feeling is one of the primal instincts of humanity, and as such one of the permanent data of the problem of the future. It Is folly to denounce or seek to eradicate it. The wise course is to give it large and noble lnsteal of petty and parochial concepts to which to attach itself. Rightly esteemed and rightly directed, patriotism Is not a retrograde emotion, but one of the indispensable conditions of progress. "Nothing Is." says Hamlet, "but thinking makes it so." It is not oceans, straits, rivers or mountain barriers that constitute a nation, but the idea in the minds of the people comprising It. Now. the largest political idea that ever entered the mind not of a man, not of a governing class, but of a people is the Idea of the United States of America. The "Pax Romana" was a great idea in its day, but it was imposed from without, and by military methods, upon a number of subject peoples, who did not realize and Intelligently co-operate in It, but merely submitted to ii. It has Its modern analogue in the "Pax Brltannica" of India. The idea of the United States.Nm the other hand, gives what may be called psychological unity to one of the largest political aggregates, both in territory and population, ever known to history. In the modern world there are only two political aggregates in any wise comparable to it: the British empire, whereof the idea Is not as yet quite clearly formulated, and the Russian empire, wherein the Idea, in so far as it belongs to the people at all. is a blind and slavish superstition. Holy Russia is a formidable idea. Greater Britain is a picturesque nd pregnant idea: but the United States is a self-conscious, cleary defined and heroically vindicated idea. In whose further vindication the whole world is concerned. No Individual Application. Louisville Times. The New Albany Inhibition of the use of the female form divine for advertising purposes is not made absolute except as to manufacturers of or dealers in liquor, beers, malt and tobacco, and in no way applies, we take it, to the sole popsessor and owner of such "face,- form or figure.V Discovery That May Be 31a de. New York Mall and Express. Several Western reformers have issued a call for a national convention of the United Christian party to meet next year to nominate a candidate for President. The United Christian party will probably discover after awhile that it Isn't united. Discouraging. Chicago Record. It is discouraging. to read that a man in Omaha was cured of Bright's disease by wearing a mother hubbard. when men have been trying for many years to cure women of the habit of wearing that garment. What Office Did He Wantt Boston Transcript. A prominent Indiana Republican Is quoted as saying that President McKinley will go down In overwhelming defeat next year. What office was this man looking for? There are still a few places left. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaMaaaaaaaaBnaBaaBaBBaaMMaMBaauaMBMaaaB , GroTcr Cleveland Statesmanship. Detroit Tribune. Wc do not wish. to deal harshly with Sir Wilfrid Laurler, but he Is talking like a graduate or a Urover Cleveland achool or statesmanship. , One Thing Lacking. Chicago Time3-Herald. 'The only thing now necessary to give the Cleveland affair the dignity of war is a protest from the correspondents against the censorship. - A Disadvantage Cleveland Plain Dealer. One thing is evident. Marrying a lot of monev doesn't out a fellow on the same dueling level as a chap with rcil blue blood.

QUAKER JOHN IN PARIS

AVASAMAKER TO OrEX A niG STORE I. THE FRENCH CAPITAL. Will Compete with the World-Fnmous Louvre, AVIioa Daslness Has Reached 920,000,000. New York Herald. How great fortunes are made is always a subject of. Interest to the world. The Matin, of Pari?, has begun the publication of a series of articles describing how men have become rich. The first of the series tells the story of M. Chauchard. the founder of the great department store managed by the Soclete du Louvre. This description cf M. Chauchard's methods and his success is especially Interesting at this time, because it is announced on good authority that John Wanamaker is about to duplicate in Paris his great department stores In this city and In Philadelphia. In view of this rumored enterprise a description of French methods, as contrasted with American, is especially timely. "The Americans who are. certainly practical and excellent Judges in commercial affairs," says the Matin, "have christened M. Chauchard The Napoleon of Trade. Why should this flattering title be applied to M. Chauchard rather than to the late M. Boiiclcault, for Instance? It is because, while the Americans have been Impressed by the results obtained by. the founder of the Louvre, they admire especially the way In which he triumphed over difficulties In achieving his .commercial victories. The company that he founded has a capital of $2,200,000, which has sufficed to build up in all its branches the magnificent store in the Rue de Rivoli. The 54.400,000 which appears at the top of the Louvre circulars is only a Juggle of figures. It Is made up of the legal reserve and of the surplus earned since the stock company was formed. The original capital of $2,200,000 has never been Increased, and the real estate occupied by the stores of the Louvre has been paid for out of the profits of operation. It never cost the silent partners a centime. "The idea of creating the Louvre originated with M. Chauchard. It is a question, however, whether In his wildest dreams he ever hoped to attaim such marvelous results. M. Chauchard entered business upon graduating from Henry IV College, where the Due d'Aumale and Emlle Angler were his fellow-students. At that time the great shops were La Belle Fernuere. La Ville de Paris, La Coin da Rue, La Chaussee d'Antin and Le Pauvre luabie. He enterea tne iasi. It was a modest debut. The young shopman Aftiiaiiv did tint Rtart even. It cost him $200 to be Initiated into the. mysteries of the trade. The shops for iancy gooas couia noi m-ith hsr.AArs. Their shelves rmiid h eaiiv counted and their furnish ing was far from luxurious. The expendi ture of his 50 luis gave no special privileges to the ambitious clerk. Just as in the army all are equal in the performance of rintv - n in thp Khnrw all the clerks slept under the counters and at daybreak applied themselves to prosaic tasks, Droom ana duster in hand. HIS FIRST SALARY. "At the end of his apprenticeship the graduate of Henry IV College was deemed worthy to earn his $5 a month. Every year his salary was raised $20. He went through the routine, became an assistant shelf clerk, then chief shelf clerk, or buyer, at $40 a month. Tils was a marshal's baton. To be sure. It was not gilded, and the soldiers of the first empire certainly dreamed of more magnificent ones. The five chiefs of the Pauvre DIable slept in an obscure re treat, which was reached by a narrow hall. This wn not likeiv to satisfy an ambitious young man, but what could he do? There was nothing more for him to nope ior in tne shop. In such a situation two courses were open to the bold and enterprising, either to marry the daughter of his employer, conHmm thp trarimona m tne Diace ana sicd into his shoes, or to strike out for himself with his own money or witn tne money 01 nlher men "M. Chauchard chose the latter course. As he did not finish work until 11 o'clock at night he could not mingle in the society tnat fa frmiPntfrt hv the rich. He took the bull by the horns. He resigned his place and went out to seen nis ionune. ai xnai moment Paris had begun to transform herself. The Haussmannizlng had begun. The chrvsalls was chanelnsr to a butterfly. Betn'An the. rlTx-pllInc nlare of the ancient kings and tne gauant memories 01 ine iasi . - .. . ... a a. nrurv rnsA thp HntPl flu IVlUVre. SQUarIncr itself nroudlv In the Place du Palais Koyai, tne ltue ae itivon, me nue uo Margeno and the Rue St. Honore. Without ceasing tne workmen were laDoring upon iu "Th. rorr Tclthoiit u rnunter StODDed like, every one else before the. new building that was striking a modern note in ine very center or tne capital, iie saia 10 nunseit that a great shop in one corner 01 tne structure would not be badly located and that the owners ought to take kindly to the idea since it would add to the life of the place. Ha made inoulrles and learned that the Ti!nc nnlara holnnepri to the real-estate corporation of which M. Emlle Pereire was president, tie set nis wits at worn 10 nnu some means or getting at ai. fereire. "Mm. Trfnir. a. friend of the vouncr man's mother, obtained him a letter of introduc tion to M. f ereire. Me xeit nimsen instinctively on the eve of an event that was to prove decisive in his life. Would he succeed?. Half a mocker and half a fatalist, he resolved to ask a professional seer. He went to the celebrated necromancer Edmond, in the Rue Fontaine Saint Georges, with a smile on his lips, but with a beating heart. When he came out his bearing had entirely changed and more than once in after years he told his friends of the strange adventure that had befallen him. The famous clairvoyant received the young man In the traditional costume of the necromancers of old. After having been informed of the object of his visit he went through some strange formula and announced: 'You are about to undertake a great enterprise and you will conduct It well. "Then he took a pack of cards, manipulated them with the indispensable words of mystery and gave them to the young man to cut. What was his surprise when the magician said: 'You have an appointment tomorrow morning with a Hebrew banker and he showed him the card that had been cut, which represented a man with a white beard, dressed in a long robe, on which was printed 'Hebrew banker. MAKING THE DEAL. "Full of confidence, the young man called upon M. Pereire and managed to convince him that his plan was good. He obtained the lease of a crnal part of the building, measuring 100 meters, in the Rue SalntHonore, forty-four meters In the Rue de Marengo and twenty meters in the Rue de Rivoli, the ground floor and the mezzanine. He required funds for the purchase of stock and obtained them from a dealer. He also needed a partner, and his barber, to whom he confided the need. Introduced him to the chief of the silk department In the Vllle de Paris. M. Heriot, who was tired of his position and looking for eomethlng else. Their partnership contract was signed that same evening in a cafe, as M. Heriot did not wish to leave hi3 place until he had been assured of another, "The work of fitting up the store was delayed, so that it opened at an unfavorable time, on July 9, 1&55. The summer goods purchased had to be disposed of at once or lost. Though the first results were not favorable, nevertheless a short time afterward the Louvre Store Company was formed with a capital of $rr0u0, and with two responsible managers. MM. Chauchard and Heriot. Each of them put in $20,000 as a guarantee of their management, and it was not easy for them to find such a sum. "The shop which at that time did the largest business was the Ville de Paris, with a business of $1.5u0.000 a year. Four years after It. fAiiniitinn llio I-iivrA rarhd this DSTure. In 1S6S it rose to $2.600.0.03, and In to $5.000,ouo. me war ot ls.u-a caused tne receipts to fall to $1,000,000, hut In 1S73 they had risen to tf.5C0.0G0. M. HerlOt died in IST'J. leaving an estate of $15,000,000. Two years later M. Chauchard pushed the re ceipts above jsi.ouo.ow, wnicn was tne nrst im. that thi flMir had hn reached In French commercial history. In the meantime he had. little by little, driven out the surrounding shopkeepers, and finally he bought tne enure txmvre ior o.wu.wv. M. Chauchard' activity was Immense, ITe rikiv4 all mmcr in his err eat store, talk ing with each, choosing his goods, issuing orders and discussing new Ideas. In the pA his store, helned to make sale and listened to the comments of his patrons. To stimulate nis employes ne Aniwi vriAin sivi in Interest and reward them. He attracted new trade by giving away articles ot small value to hU patronu. The little- balloons given In this manner cost JI0.CCO a year. 21. Chauchard remained thirty

years at the head of his srtore and retired with a fortune of SVjOO.OOO a year. He has

dvotpd !aree rtart of his income to works of charity and to patriotic uses, such a the purchase cf Millet s Angius. wmc uw. retained In France at a cost of ll&VW. . THE ALGERS IX SOCIETY. Their Departure from the Capital M ill Be Felt as a Loss. Washington Post. - The withdrawal of ex-Secretary and Mrs. Alger from the capital will be the most notable departure this administration has known and-a distinct loss to society. Frorm the inauguration of President McKinley un til the clise of the last winter they nave nlaved an Important nart In the cnterttn ment of oClcial and nonofficlal clrrAcs. They rented the former residence cf ex-becretary and Mrs. Lamont on H street for the rlrst few months of their Washington life, but two year?. ago leased their present home, 1001 K street. Mrs. Alser at once assumed all the duties-ef -a-Cabinet hostess, throw ing open her home to the public crt Wednesday afternoons ahd extending a graceful welcome to. au. comers. Owing to the prolonged illness of the sec retary, after an attack of srlp. and tha death of several relatives, they were prevented from giving any large entertain ments during the first winter or the administration, even the invitations to the annual dinner In honor of. the President and Mrs, McKinley having to be twice tanceled. Tha very brilliant weddlncr of their younger daughter, lllss Frances Alger to Mr. Charted Uurreii Pike, of Chicago, whicrr took place a little more than a year ago. was, perhaps, the most exquisitely appointed ceremony ever celebrated In Washington. It marked their return to the gayities of Washington life and has been followed by very many handsome entertainments, including a lanre evening reception in henor of the army offi cers and their families, a series of very interesting dinner parties and several large and notable teas, the last being In honor of the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which society Mrs. Alger is a national officer. As a hostess Mrs. Al:er was exception ally graceful, and enjoyed extending the hospitality of her beautiful home to old and new friends. Besides Mrs. Pike, who formed one of a large and attractive group of "cabinet girls." she frequently had the assistance of two other daughter. Mrs. 8helden, of IetroIt, and Mrs. William Bailey, of Harrisburg. Pa,, both charming and clever young matrons, who have many irienas m Washington. Although the Aleer house Is rented fur- . nlshed, and was familiar to society . whert occupied by the ambassador to Italy and Mrs. Draper, who resided there during Mr. Drapers congressional career. Its present firoprletors have done much to Improve its nterlor and make It one of the show resi dences of the city. The ballroom of the Draper regime is now a picture gallery, richly adorned with paintings, brought from Secretary Alcer'a valuable collection at Detroit. Rurs. hangings, and many choice books have also been brought from Detroit to beautify the house, where Mrs. Alger has remained al most constantly since establishing her home there. The Secretary and his wife spent last.'. summer at home. and. except for the re cent short visit to Long Branch, have not peen away from Washington this season. . PRAMvLIX AS PEACEMAKER. The Thlloippher Ahead of Ills Time In . Ills Abhorrence of War. The August paper In Paul L. Ford's "Many-sided Franklin" series treats of the philosopher as "Jack of all trades." In this connection he shows him to have been ahead of his age ia his abhorrence of war and eagerness to mitigate its miseries. No one would have been better pleased than he by tho Czar's proposal of disarmament. He argued In favor of the abolition of privateering, claiming that "the practice of ' robbing merchants on the high seas" was ' "a remnant of ancient piracy." In 17S3. m the framing of the treaty of peace .with Great Britain, he advocated that the misery of war should be henceforth limited to the actual belligerents and proposed to aceomfdish this result by an article to the followng effect: "If war should hereafter arise between Great Britain and the Unld States, which God forbid, the merchants of either country then residing in the other shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects without molestation or hindrance. . And all fisher-' men. all cultivators of the earth and all artisans or manufacturers unarmed and Inhabiting unfortified towns, villages or places, who labor for the common subsist-' ence and benefit of mankind and peaceably follow their respective employments, shall : be allowed to continue the same, and shall not be molested by the armed force of the enemy In whose power by the events of tha war they may happen to fall: but if anything is necessary to be taken from them, for the use of such armed force, the same . shall be paid for at a resonable price. And all merchants or traders, with their unarmed vessels, employed in commerce, exchanging the products of different places and thereby rendering the necessaries, conveniences and comforts of human life more easy to obtain and more general, shall be allowed to pass freely, unmolested. And neither of the powers, parties to this1 treaty, shall grp.nt or issue any commission to any private armed vessels empowering them to take or destroy such trading ships or Interrupt such commerce." The proposition ran so far In advance of public opinion, that the British envoys refused even to consider It, 'but later it was made part of the treaty the American coma mlssloners negotiated with Prussia, and in thajt form received better appreciation in Great Britain, a leading review as-ertlng' that It was "the best lesson of humanity which a philosophical King (Frederick II), acting In concert with a philosophical patriot (Franklin), could possibly give to the princes and statesmen of the earth." In vet another way Franklin was far In ad- ' vance of his own time, for In maintaining that "all wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones," he askedt "When will mankind be convinced of this) and agree to settle their differences by arbitration?" ssaaaBBBBaaaaaBiBSaaBBBBBBaaaBaaiaaaVBaaaBBawaBaaaaaaB AN INDIAN'S GLASS WAGON; An Osage Wanted a Swell Carriage, So He Bought a nearae. Kansas City Star. The Osages, as a people, are tne richest on earth. From the interest on the money, which the United States government borrowed from them as a nation, and from the rental of their grass lands, the Osages, men. women and children, collect about $s eaca every three months. The Osages. there fore, are very rona or large xamiiies, una It is to the material interest of every Indian to have as many children as possible. In his case each new child does not repre sent another mouth to feed, but another source of Income. The father, on pay day, collects from the government paymaster . the money coming to his family, and this often amounts to a considerable sum. The Indian has never fully realized the value of money It comes too easily. Wncni he gets his funds he goes around and pays his debt?, for he Is always given credit ty the "traders," and he settles his accounts because he wljl shortly need credit again until payday comes around once more. With the money left over he buys anything that takes his fancy, and sometimes he makes remarkable and ludicrous purchases. An Osaere. who had missed pay day until. he had accumulated riches beyond his most avaricious dreams, went to Coffeyville. in southern Kansas, one day with his pockets bulging with money. He shopped arouni the stores, buying everything he fancied, until he had accumulated a larger load than his pony could carry. He was wandering along the street, wondering how hewould transport it to his home, wnen he saw a large black wagon with glass sides standing In front cf a store. He looked at It wistfully for some time, examined the horses and harness and warped his head In an appreciative way. The undertaker. who had observed him. came out. i "How much?" asked the Indian. The undertaker, for a Joke, named a price. The Indian went Into his pocket, counted out the money, mounted the box of the hearse and drove away before the undertaker could remonstrate. And now Mr. " Indian comes to town In style, with his squaw beside him on the seat, and the in side of the hearse full or a very lively lit tle pappooses. "who look cut through the Klass sides or their strange carnage. Tne hearse also does service when the Indian comes to town with a load of what. which looks very nice through the glass sides. It is not every man. Indian or white, who can haul his family and his grain In a wagon with transparent sideboards. Quick Recruiting In Nrr York. Leslie's Weekly. The principal recruiting station In Nftr.' York city is in Third avenue, opposite Aster,. Place. Here an averasre cf fifty men are enlisted and shirped daily to San Francisco, en route for Manila. One day at 2 o'clock: one of the men enlisted at this station was a wanderer in the city's highways, . At 2:15 he stepped into the station and said he wanted to become a noisier. At 2.30 he was examined by the surgeon. By S o'clock he had passed all his examinations, physical and mental and mora', and his eppllcatlon was approved. At 3:15 he took the oath n a soldier of the United States army. At 3:M he drew his uniform, sold, his old clothes. , hat, shoes and all. for seventy-five cents to the ancient Jew who for fifteen yean has hung about the station for this purpose. At 3:43 the ex-wnnderer stood forth In a splok-and-rpan uniform, an American "doughboy," which Is to say, an infantryman. At 4 o'clock he marched away with his fellotr recruits toward the Grand Central Station, bound for Manila, thero to Join one ot tho regiments of regulars.