Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 214, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, i899.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. Can be found at the following places: ,KEW YORK Astor House. ' CHICAGO Palmer House. P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI J. It- Hawley & Co., 15 Vine street. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlnr. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Hook Co., 2L& Fourth avenue. BT. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot WASHINGTON. D. C Rlggs House. Ebbltt House and Wlllard's Hotel. r - It seems to have been demonstrated In Cleveland that General Azline La a "blger man" than general boycott. Mayor Sam Jones, of Toledo, will find that he cannot destrc, political parties la the United States, bat If he Is anxious to live In a country In which there are no political parties he should go to Russia, The new minister of war In France la giving the army, especially its officers, a much needed lesson In causing them to understand that It Is subject to civil authority and will not be permitted to foment factions and conspiracies. In the fiscal year Just closed the. coinage of silver dollars was 34,900 !r. excess of the legal requirement of 1,500,000 a month. Yet many persons are made to believe by Mr. Bryan and other disseminators of error that no silver dollars are being coined. The French newspaper which attributed to former Ambassador Eustls the statement that Dreyfus Is guilty and that he could prove It showed a keen appreciation of the n ethods of American yelJow Journalism. However, no nation has a monopoly of lying. It should be borne In mind that the President has no authority to raise 100,000 men for the Philippines even should he believe that number to be necessary, for the reason that the army law passed by the last ConEgress limits the number for all purposes to 100.000. Congressman Champ Clark, of Missouri, says: "Nothing short of death can prevent Bryan from being the next Democratic nominee, tnd nothing but the Intervention of the Almighty will keep him from being elected." Divine Intervention In the form of a popular majority would answer the purpose as well as it did in 1S06. In response to the threatened refusal of Eastern Democrats to contribute to a campaign fund If Mr. Bryan shall be nominated, the Bryan leaders say in that case they will raise the cry of "a poor man's campaign" and make their candidate popular on that line. With his experience in handling gate money, Mr. Bryan ought to be able to finance his own campaign. The appeal which Governor Candler has made to the people of Georgia to put an end to lynching shews a determination on his part to enforce the laws of the State through the courts. No Intelligent person In the North has ever believed that a majority or even a considerable number of the people of that State favor lynching. A few "lawless men are able to Intimidate the conservative element and lead those who are Inconsiderate to participate In their crimes. The New York Herald's statement regarding Admiral Dewey's alleged remark to the effect that "our next war will be with Germany" shows that whatever he said was In private conversation with a person who Is not a professional reporter and who was not known as a newspaper correspondent. To report for publication anyl thing said under such circumstances was , grossly dishonorable. The refusal of the admiral to either confirm or deny the statement or even to talk about it is another illustration of his tact and good sense. Lloyd's Register for IXtt, the highest authority regarding marine matters, contains statistics showing that, in point of merchant marine tonnage, the United States stands second only to Great Britain. In number and tonnage of steamers of one hundred gross tons and upward Germany stands second and the United States third,' but including sailing vessels on sea and lake the United States stands second. Of steamers sailing under the United States flag 605 are on the sea and 216 on the lakes, while of sailing vessel: flfty-ttve are on the lakes and 2.134 on the sea. In view of all that has been said lately concerning the decay of our merchant marine this Is a surprisingly good showing. A member of the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment who has Just arrived home from the Philippines says the men on the firing line are deeply interested In public sentiment at home. "If there Is one thing more than another," he says, "that makes theheart of the soldier swell with pride and appreciation, it Is the feeling that the people at home are taking an interest in him, and that his movements are being watched." The fact that the brave men who are defending the flag and maintaining the honor of the Nation ami! great difficulties and dangers In a distant land draw constant inspiration from the support of their countrymen at home shows how base and unpatriotic U the conduct cf those who are giving moral aid and comfort to the enemy. A few days ago Governor Candler, of Georgia, gave out a statement in which he argued at considerable length to prove that the prevalence of crime and lynchlngs in that State is mainly due to the intermeddling of "fools and fanatics" In the North and to the fact that the negroes have been spoiled by the ballot. Ills theory to the cause of crime and lynching was purely fy.-irul, tii fc CA cot suggest any. remedy.

Now he Is cut In another statement much more to the point than the first one because it deals with conditions Instead of theories and mokes some good suggestions regarding a remedy for the evils complained of. The present statement is a strong appeal in favor of the enforcement of law and of the suppression of crime of all kinds by legal methods. It denounces mobs as well as the crimes that furnish a pretext for mobs, and reminds the people that the only safe way to punish crime Is in the way prescribed by law. "We must away with the mob; we must re-enthrone the law," says the Governor. Again, he says: "Grand Juries must realize that it Is as much their duty to ferret out and return true bills against members of the mob who lynch a murderer as It Is to return a true bill against the murderer himself," and he calls upon all good citizens, white and black, to "co-operate with the officers of the law In their efforts to prevent crime, suppress mob violence and bring criminals to Justice." This second statement is in a very different spirit from the first one and is very creditable to the Governor in that it appeals to the moral sentiment of all law-abiding people, black as well as white, and urges them to work together for the suppression of crime and mobs and in bringing criminals to Justice in the way prescribed by law.

SEEKING THE OFFICE. It seems that the trustees of Wabash College, upon whom devolves the duty of selecting a new president for that institution, are greatly surprised over the fact that numerous candidates are making direct personal application for the position. The Journal is not familiar with the custom or the ethics in such matters, but Infers from the surprise expressed that the unwritten law hitherto in force requires that a candidate shall make no open move in the direction of his desires, but shall leave such overtures to his friends. It is admissible, doubtless, for him to stand behind the scenes and manipulate the wires, but, according to conventional rules heretofore observed, his own baud must not be visible. He must merely assume a receptive attitude and wait to be "called." This Is the dignified position taken by those who seek tho highest offices in politics, the most Important pulpit appointments, and, in fact, all the great prizes in civil and military life which depend upon the favor of other people, and presumably Includes college presidents. If it is a minor office the would-be incumbent may "hustle" for it openly and with all the energy at his command. The higher the position the greater must be the appearance of indifference and of lofty dignity. The fact that a number of gentlemen think they could fill the president's office of Wabash College acceptably, each frankly expressing a willingness and even an anxiety to do so, shows how customs are changing and the practical methods of business are being adopted, even by members of the most conservative professions. And why should such change not take place and a now system prevail? The assumed indifference to such appointments is the most transparent of veils and deceives no one. Each man knows his own qualifications, and why not freely and frankly set them forth and make the best of them as he would of any other capital in his possession? Friends are useful and kind, but every business man knows that his affairs ere more satisfactorily attended to when he looks after them himself than when he intrusts them to a neighbor. The training and accomplishments that go to make a college president are the possessor's stock in trade. If he have sufficient enterprise and ability to convince others that he sets a proper value on them it seems to the Journal that he demonstrates his possession of at least one qualification needed in the office he seeks namely, the pokier to "hustle." For, as everybody knows, the duties of the modern college president are by no means confined to literary pursuits, but have to do largely with practical business questions. At all events, whatever custom may have been lu the past, it is not quite Just to charge a man with a lack of dignity simply because he enters without concealment into competition for an honorable prize. A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY. Recent dispatches from Washington Indicate that the government has obtained a clew. to the means by which the Filipinos have obtained their arms and ammunition, and that it may lead to the arrest and prosecution of certain persons for treason, If they can be found. The clew dates back to the 27th of September last, when the following dispatch was received at the Navy Department from Admiral Dewey: Secretary of the Navy, WashingtonHaving received information American steamer Abby left Macao Sept. 23 with cargo of arms tor Batangas, sent McCulloch. Arrived Batangas 23d. Found her In harbor, having arrived three days earlier and landed cargo. Only Filipinos on board. They refused to give any information and had no papers whatever.- Seized and brought her here, where now hold her. This steamer, formerly Paslg, registered American vessel. United States consulate. Canton. Have Information she made one voyage of same kind before. DEWEY. This dispatch showed that the steamer Abby had formerly been the Pasig and that she had landed a cargo of arms for the Filipinos. She has been held since her cap ture. It is now known that the Paslg was a British steamer, that she was owned by a renegade American, 'one Frederick M. Sutterlee, and that her American register was obtained through fraud. The Washington Times gives the following additional facts, obtained through unofficial sources: Sutterlee. who left Philadelphia several years ago, leaving a most unsavory police record, was last year the American member of the Austrian firm of Spltzel & Co., of Hong-Kong. He took a load of arms and ammunition, consisting of about five hundred rilles and half a million rounds of cartridges, to Canton ostensibly for delivery to the authorities there. They were in a small British steamer called tbo Pasig, for which he applied and unwarrantably secured an American register, which it now appears was the real object of his trip to Canton, as he had been unable to clear the vessel from Hong-Kong except to interior ports. In applying for American registry and renaming the vessel the Abby. Sutterlee represented that the Canton authorities had rejected the cargo, but he could easily dispose of it at Singapore, and he flnaily succeeded In securing a permit from the Chinese officials to reshlp tho guns and other war material, which were now under the American flag. The commissioner of customs. Edward B. Drew, an Englishman, declined to clear the vessel, suspecting something was wrong. The Chinese local authorities then ottered to ship the arms to Hong-Kong by one of the regular steamers or by a Chinese man-of-war. at no expense to Sutterlee, an offer which the latter promptly declined for obvious reasons. Mr. Drew, acting on instructions from -the viceroy at Canton, then offered to allow the arms to be shipped by the Abby to Singapore on Sutterlee giving a bond in the sum of 13.(M) taels that the arms would be sent to Singapore and to no other place, and that Sutterlee would produce to the commissioner of customs at Canton within six weeks of the date of the bond an official certificate from the United States consul at Singapore that the five hundred rifles and half million cartridges had duly arrived there. As a matter of fact the Abby, or Paslg, went direct to Batangas, where she delivered her cargo to Aguin&ldo'a agents, and was afterwards captured by the McCulloch. Recent developments In regard to the ownership and record of the steamer make the capture much, more important than wu

at first supposed and show that Sutterlee has been guilty of treason in furnishing arms to the enemies of the United States. If the government detectives get on his track the world will not be large enough to furnish him a hiding place. He cannot find refuge in any country having an extradition treaty with the United States, and will really be a man without a country. AX CNJIST DISCRIMINATION.

Following the example of Admiral Dewey, who recently filed suit for prize money due himself and the officers and men of Ms fleet on account of the Spanish ships captured in the battle of Manila, Admiral Sampson has filed a similar claim for prize money on account of the Maria Teresa, which was sunk in the battle of Santiago and subsequently raised. Admiral Dewey placed his claim at $731,111, and that of Admiral Sampson is placed at $700,000, subject, in both cases, to investigation and revision after appraisement of the captured property. In the case of the Maria Teresa a large amount of money was expended by the government In raising and attempting to tow her to the United States. What account will be taken of these expenditures The Journal Is not informed. In the proceedings that will follow the officers will be represented by able counsel, and the government will be represented by the United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, where the suits are brought. The filing of suits is a necessary part of the proceedings preliminary to the finding of the court as to the amount due in each case, and the deposit thereof In the treasury of the United States to be distributed among the claimants according to law. All this Is a strictly regular business proceeding, and yet it has an aspect that Is unpleasant and suggestive of unjust discrimination against officers of the army. Language cannot exaggerate the Importance of the services rendered by Admirals Dewey and Sampson and the brave officers and men under their command, and the people would approve anything the government might do for them in the way of honors and rewards. But the same is true of the officers and men of the army, who bore the brunt of the battle in Cuba an I who are still bearing it in the Philippines. The latter get no prize money nothing but the compensation allowed them by law, the consciousness of having done their duty and the gratitude of their countrymen. There is no greater risk In fighting on sea than there is in fighting on land, and po reason why any such discrimination should be made In the matter of prize money. It is a rello of piracy, based on a wrong principle, and should be abolished. The great and brilliant services of Dewey and Sampson would shine with more luster in history if they were entirely disconnected from the idea of pecuniary gain suggested by prize money and representing an unjust discrimination between the army and navy. The statement of General Alger, published yesterday, relating to the appointments incident to the Increase of the army during the spring and summer of 1898 goes to prove how hasty and unjust were the charges made at that time that the appointees were largely nobodies who were .the sons of congressmen and rich men. Altogether 1,023 volunteer officers were appointed, of whom 441 were from the regular army. General Alger explains that more officers could not be taken from the regular army without leaving the regular regiments without officers. Of the officers appointed from civil life by the President General Alger says the records show that as a whole they discharged their new duties with intelligence and faithfulness. There was much criticism of these appointments and some good men participated in it. It is now recalled that one man in this State who denounced the appointments on the ground that Influence and favoritism dictated then recently appeared in the paper defending General Alger and declaring that he is the victim of an unreasoning Injustice. There Is one other point which General Alger makes, and that is that the books are open and he defies anyone to find an Instance of Irregularity in the expenditure of money. Nevertheless, the cartoonist will continue to devote himself to lying pictures about beef and other contracts. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. The Coruinjr 3Ian. Watts They say the coming man will have the use of both hands. Potts lie has. That Is how he got away with Fltzsimmons. Plain. "My first wife," said the gentleman from the lakeside, "was remarkably plain-faced." "And the second?" asked the other gentleman. "Was remarkably plalnspoken." Donbtfnl Information. "I saw Wiggins last night and he to.'d me he was going to the hop." "What of it?" "Why, I don't know whether he meant he was going to a dance, or to the brewery, or to his laundryman's." Not (he War He Meant It. She That was a nice way to speak of your only daughter. He What are you talking about? She Didn't I hear you with my own ears tell that horrid Brownston. "Well. I'm glad she is married at last?" He-We!I, ain't I? Haven't I been almost turned out of my own house for the last four weeks while you women were getting the arrangements made? The death of Mr. J. H. B. Nowland removes one of the few men who link early Indianapolis with the present. He saw it grow from a mere settlement Into a beautiful city and marked all the changes wrought by science and skill in the building of streets, the application of electricity to public uses and the thousand and one modern Improvements that make life at this end of the century differ like that of another world from the existence in the 20's. Mr. Nowland served his town well, too) not only by doing his part as a citizen in building it up, but by setting down with his pen recollections of the early days that go to make up local history and that otherwise might have been lost. His work has long had Its place among books of reference, and will grow more valuable as time passes. His death brings to mind at once the youth and the age of Indianapolis. Harper's Bazar prints some tiny reproductions of pen-and-ink sketches of women prominent in the recent meeting of the International council in London, and dreadful caricatures they ore so far as facial likeness is concerned. But women In public life must take their chances with men of being martyrized by newspaper art and artists. Their ph&tographs showing them in their best duds and with telltale lines smoothed out of their faces will not alv.ays be asked for by unsympathetic and enterprising publishers. Admiral Dewey may well ask himself, "If this Is the way I am pestered In Trieste, what will happen when I strike an American city?"' The curiosity of foreigners is mild compared to that of America, and

when the admiral takes his walks abroad In this country there Is danger that he will have to profit by General Wheeler's example at Santiago and climb a tree. In his case, however, it will be for safety, whereas Wheeler climbed to view the landscape o'er. The double-barreled office held by the new general manager of the News is one of heavy responsibility, but it positively In

sures peace between the Great Minds and I the money power of the establishment Managing Editor Brown Is a good man and absolutely cannot be drawn into a row with Business Manager Brown. All of which is highly gratifying to the neighbors. One Christian scientist has sued another Christian scientist for libel, asking heavy damages. But why doesn't the plaintiff take the view that there is no such thing as libel and that It isn't hurting her, anyway? Secretary Long directs the officers of the navy not to talk. If he had only issued this order sooner and Included in it the Injunction, "Don't write," how much the public would have been spared! It appears that a considerable proportion of the inhabitants of Santo Domingo swear by JImlnez. THE STATE PnESS. Southern manufactures are xeported to have increased 60 per cent, faster than in the corresponding quarter of last year. Many Southerners who voted for silver begin to see the error of the statement that the hum of Industry could come only with free coinage. Decatur Journal The Republican party, which has steadfastly stood for protection for American Industries and opposed the reduction of American workingmen's wages to the level of the wages paid in free-trade countries, declared that the free-traders were wrong, and the figures showing the phenomenal increase of our exports of manufactured goods are indisputable proof that the Republicans were right. Goshen News. Many of the most prominent Democratic leaders are anxious to let the silver question fall Into Innocuous desuetude and make imperialism and trusts the principal bugbears in the coming fight, and they have labored assiduously to sidetrack Mr. Bryan or to win him over to their way of thinking. But he will neither be sidetracked nor converted. He has taken up the cross of silver and he proposes to make or break with 16 to 1 as his motto. New Castle Press. The promoters of the electric line between this city and Indianapolis closed a deal with the Indianapolis Street-railway Company Saturday whereby the Indianapolis company extends its lines to the east corporation of Irvlngton and allows the home company to run over its tracks to the heart of the city. The company Is Jubilant over this contract, as it has been Its chief obstacle, and it now seen no reason why the road will not be built at once. Greenfield Tribune. There are several things which the workingmen of America have yet to learn, and the sooner the better. One of these is that. while a man has a right to quit work, he has no right to prevent another man from working. It Is the right of every man to work if he wants to. It is a right as sacred as the right to quit work, and officers cf the law should not fall to see to It that this natural human right is maintained for every man and woman in full integrity and force and under all circumstances. New Albany Tribune. A man who voted for Bryan In 1S3G was standing in the Citizens' State iBank Wednesday morning and in his hanjl held something like $100 In gold. He remarked: "I voted for silver in 1S9G, but now I am glad that it did not win. I am henceforth and forevermore a gold-standard "man. I was led to believe in the 1806 campaign that if McKinlev should be elected the only kind of money that would circulate would be gold. I was taught a He. I am for the gold standard, and don't you forget it." Hundreds of Democrats in'Pike county feel Just the same way, and will vote accordingly next fall. Petersburg Press. The success of the new local government reform laws will depend largely upon a right start. There may be some misunderstandings about the laws that experience and study will clear up. There may be minor errors that future ' legislation will have to remedy, but, as a whole, the laws are wise and wholesome. The purpose of the same is praiseworthy. It Is the duty of the people to study these laws and to give them a lair trial. Especially should the members of the county and township councils give these laws careful study and try their best to so enforce the laws as to result in great good to the taxpayers, whom they serve. Noblesvllle Ledger. Enfcllslt Secret-Service Money. Chambers's Journal. The term "secret-service money" Is usually applied to a fund placed at the disposal of ministers, to be expended, at their discretion. In promoting or protecting the interests of this country. These moneys consist of a sum of 35,000 annually included In the estimates In respect of which ministers are only required to make a declaration that the moneys spent have been expended "In accordance with the intentions of Parliament." As-mlnisters are required to give no account of their stewardship, it is obvious we have no means of knowing how these moneys are expended. The reader, however, who carries his mind back to episodes within his knowledge, such as the collapse of the Fenian conspirators or of their later development, the "Irish Invincibles," will have little difficulty in realizing how Indispensable a fund of this kind is to the protection of a state and of understanding the infinite variety of uses to which it may be applied. Oar Shlp-Balldlnjc. Philadelphia Record. There is an unmistakable revival of the ship building industry in the United States, but the ships we are building are for our own coasting trade. Out of the estimated 0,000,000 worth of merchant vessels now in course of construction in our shipyards not more than five are Intended to participate in the carrying trade between the United States and foreign countries. Our absurd navigation laws shut us out effectually from international ocean traffic, and our merchants are obliged to either abandon their own carrying to foreign shippers or to conduct their business under the protection of the flag of some other nation. The Same Old Post. Bede's Budget. In McCIure's for July Ida M. Tarbell says that in the spring of 1864 the New York Evening Post published two columns of Lincoln's Jokes and stories, and the New York Herald copied them to show his unfitness for the presidency though at the bottom of them was a true philosophy. And tnar. was after the emancipation proclamation, after the Gettysburg speech, and within a year of immortality. Gift to Dewey. Baltimore American. A volume of newspaper clippings Is to be presented to Admiral Dewey upon his arrival In this country. It is valued at $2,500, and contains grave and gay matter con cerning the great admiral. Dewey will know when he reads it Just what is thought of him by people in every walk of life, and he doesn't need to dread obtaining this knowledge. It will all be pleasing. One of the Unmentioned Gifts. Kansas City Journal. A gift that was not Included in the published list of wedding presents received by a newly married Missouri couple was a receipt for ten years' back subscription due rrom tne groom to one or the neighboring county papers, the generous contribution of the big-hearted publisher. Georgia Chief Industry. Springfield Republican. The lynching record of one small section of Georgia numbers five within a week, all negroes. The State, as a whole, has contributed about a third of the total number of lynehings which have taken place in the United States since Jan. 1. Something is evidently the matter with Georgia. A Suggestion. Washington Post. Pos&lbly Mr. Pinree would make more headway by starting in with municipal contxol of soda fountains and gradually working his way up to street railways. The Real Currency Trouble. Boston Transcript. Small bills are paid to be scarce, but those "little bills" may be counted upon to come around as usual the first of the month. Quiet in Cleveland. Chicago Record. Even though a few street cars are blown up, Cleveland reports the next day that "a quiet time was had."

THE SOLDIER'S HANDBOOK

PRINTED REGULATIONS GIVEN TO EVERY MAN WHO ENLISTS. The Trooper Is Taught How to -Make Ills Last Will and Testament Mast Fire Low in Battle. Philadelphia Telegraph. Every recruit entering the United States army Is given upon his enlistment a little book entitled "Soldier's Hand Book," and a remarkable little volume he finds it. Ferusal of Its pages will give rise to a feeling that the government really desires to preserve the health and Increase the comfort of Its troops, and may perchance cause the scandals of embalmed beef, the inefficiency of the medical corps, as well as all the evils of Algerism and Eaganlsm so prominent during the late war. The book is a complete little compendium of a soldier's duties, and also his "don'ts," with the penalties for Infraction of military law. There are blank forms in the back part of the book In which the holder enters all articles of clothing received by him, with the prices thereof. Another blank Is Intended for the recording of his military record, and then will you believe It there Is a blank form for the "last will and testament." Within the pages are paragraphs on military discipline, Instructions as to how promotions, medals of honor, and certificates of merit are obtained, and there Is a chapter entitled, "Take Care of Your Health." Thus Is seen the evidence of the soldier from the day of his enlistment until the day when he shall pass over the "great divide." On the very first page In the preface or the Introduction the lessons begin, for there we learn that while the book is issued to the soldier free of charge, he will, if he should lose it or if he should destroy it, be required to pay for it. The real value of the book Is certainly not more than 25 ceats, but It will be charged up to each soldier, under the conditions hero mentioned, at the exorbitant rate of 43 cents. This, by the way, is intended to Impress upon the soldier the necessity of care, for he is like other people in that respect; he Is careful of no property but his own, and sometimes he is careless even of that. WHO ARE DESERTERS. But the little volume should be read by the civilian as well as the soldier. There is much to be found within its pages which will be interesting to all. Thus, under the subhead. "Rights as Citizens Forfeited by Desertion," it is made plain that in time of war a citizen not actually in the body military may become a deserter. The law in this respect states that "every person who hereafter deserts the military or naval service of the United States, or who, being duly enrolled, departs the Jurisdiction of the district in which he Is enrolled, or goes beyond the limits of the United States, with Intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval tervlce, lawfully ordered, shall be liable to all the penalties and forfeitures" Inflicted in the case of the actual deserter. It has frequently been said by persons who would have you believe that they know what they are talking about that the private In the army of Great Britain has a much greater inducement to play his part as a soldier than does a private under the stars and stripes. The Englishman of the lowest rank, it has been said, might aspire even to the command of the army, while In this country commissions are given only to the graduates of West Point, excepting In time of war, when men below the "noncom." line are freguently rewarded for bravery. But according to the soldier's handbook this is not wholly true. Thus in Paragraph 24 of the Army Regulations of 1S93 the following occurs: "Vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant existing on the 1st day of July of each year are filled by appointment in order as follows: L From graduates of the United States Military Academy. 2. From enlisted men of the army found duly qualified. 3. From civil life." In selecting candidates for promotion among enlisted men, each department commander, as soon as possible after March 15 of each year, convenes a board of five officers for the preliminary examination of the applicants for a commission. On Sept. 1 the applicants who have passed the preliminaries are again examined by a board of officers selected by the secretary of war, and those passing are placed upon the' list of candidates to be promoted when occasion requires. Officers are saluted by enlisted men whether they are in uniform 'or not. The extent to which this showing of respect for superiors Is carried out is shown In the following 'requirement:" "When an officer enters a room where there are soldiers, the word 'Attention' Is given by some one who perceives him, when all rise and remain standing In the position of a soldier until the officer leaves the room." OTHER UNFAMILIAR LAWS. Politics have no place In the army, and If any officer uses contemptuous or disrespectful words against the President, the Vice President, Congress or the Governor or the Legislature of any State in which he is quartered he will be dismissed from the service or otherwise punished, as a courtmartial may direct. Duels are forbidden, and an officer who permits them to be fought is liable to arrest, and any officer or soldier who upbraids another for refusing a challenge is liable to the same punishment inflicted on challengers. Shortly after the surrender of Santiago great indignation was felt in the country because General Toral and Admiral Cervera were ordered before a court-martial to be tried for surrendering to the Americans. That was doubtless honest Indignation, but the chances are ten to one that most Americans know nothing of a certain article of war which comes dangerously close to that of the Spanish code. Article 43 provides: "If any commander of any garrison, fortress or post is compelled by the officers and soldiers under his command to give it up to the enemy or to abandon it, the officers or soldiers so offending shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. Much satisfaction has been expressed at times over the tact that in later years officers, have not been permitted to swear at the soldiers under their command, but It must be admitted that the punishment inflicted, the forfeiture of $1 for each offense, is not excessive. A pointed bit of instruction Is that governing the action cf the recruit in battles. Appearing at first thought to be inhuman, it will be seen upon consideration to be merciful. It 19 as follows: "Fire low. A bullet through the abdomen is more certainly fatal than if aimed at the head or heart; for In the latter cases the ball Is often glanced off by the bone, or follows round it under the skin. But when it enters the stomach or bowels, from any direction, death Is Inevitable, but scarcely ever instantaneous. Generally the person lives a day or two, with perfect clearness of intellect, often not suffering greatly. The practical bearing of this statement in reference to the future is clear. Fire low." There is a chance that by "firing low" the victim will be given ample time to make his peace with God before passing over to the great beyond. WILL SPREAD OVER EUROPE. An Amerlean Physician's Prediction Concerning Unbonle Plague. Rome letter In London Leader. The appearance of bubonic plague in Efrypt has caused a feeling of very Justifiable uneasiness in Rome. as Italy, owing to her geographical position and to the fact that most homeward - bound vessels from the Last touch at one or other of her ports, is perhaps the country of Europe most exposed to the attacks of the terrible malady. Although the sanitary authorities decided on June 2S to grant free pratique to all ships having only touched at Egyptian ports without taking passengers or cargo on board from Infected or suspicious localities, I am informed that this lenient measure will soon be revoked and quarantine enforced if any further cases of plague occur at Cairo or Alexandria. I have interviewed Dr. John C. Sundberg of San Francisco, who Is at present in Rome, and who. It will be remembered, as president of the section of hygl ne and nhv at the Washington medical congress of 1SS3, expressed some views which caused considerable stir in scieniiuc a American consul .In England durlncr three years, and also from his experience in tne xar muia nun AruuiM, io ims had unique opportunities to study bubonic niini. n rr1 ita rntuM T)r. ftiinriher ypressed the emphatic conviction that the

only way of saving Europe from an appalling epidemic would be to exercise an international control, backed by military rower.

over the Mecca pilgrimage. The preserve quarantine stations at Camaroon and at Thor are, he said, perfect farces, and the military cordons established to protect the overland routes will open before an in?lgnificant bribe. Dr. Sandbersr. however, thinks that noth ing can stop the low onward movement of the plague toward Europe. Sooner or later It must come, and modern science will be powerless to stop its ravages. A proof of this Is that, although perfect sanitation prevails at Hong-Kong and at Bombay, which for natural and scientific advantages are unrivaled in Asia, still they cannot shake off the plagti. In the doctor's opinion the bubonic plague Is already creeping in two plugglsh currents, toward Europe, one traveling westward from China, with the famine-stricken districts of Russia for immediate' objective, and the other from Egypt toward Naples or Marseilles. "It mav be another year coming." said Dr. Sundberg, "for its march is proverbially plow, but when it once takes a firm hold in Europe it will not denart for at least four j-ears. There is a curious similarity between the events of the last fifty years and those which preceded the great black death of lSi6; but If I were to tell you all the reasons which convince me that a repetition of thnt terrible and mysterious epidemic Is not far off it might make you feel rather uncomfortable." THE CIVIL-SERVICE RULES Secretarr Gaa-e Defend the Amend, rue t Made by the Pesident. Lyman J. Cage, in August Forum. It has been asserted that by President McKlnley's order i.vX) or 10.000 places have been removed from th classiflod service and opened to the spoilvnen. If this allegation te true at all it Is true in the most 'imlted degree conceivable. The larger number of places to which :hc order relates are found In the bureaus of ordnance, engineering and quartermasters, in the Department of War. These places auswer In every essential par ticular to those found .'n tne Navy Department to which the system of registration applies. The effect of the Presidtnl's amended order, so far as these 3,000 or 4,000 places are concerned, is to place ihem In Ue same relation to the merit system that a similar lino of employes are new in and have long been in at the navy yards nothing more than this and nothing less Of the 8,000 or 9,000 appointees affected by the order some 4,000 are in the Department of the Interior and are known as "pension examining surgeons." Of these a chang ing number (on the average about 3,400) follow their regular vocations as physicians or surgeons and are pension examiners incidentally. They are paid by fees, none of the number last named receiving emoluments from their service to the government of more than $300 per annum. Prior to President McKlnley's recent order these 3,400 were not subject to examination. "Without exception these pension examiners are repu table physicians, holding diplomas, practicing their profession where they live and enjoying the confidence and respect of the people among whom they dwell. By a pro vision of the civil service rules, approved by President Cleveland May 6, 16J6 Rule 3, Section 8. clauses a. b. c and d the fol lowing were excluded from classification: Clause a, W0 or under ana paruaiiy employed 8,140 Clause b. detailed for civil duty &3 Clause c, employed in foreign country.. 3 Clause d, quasi naval-military, enlisted for term of years S44 Total excluded from classification.... 9,040 Of those excluded under clause a, numbering 8,140, about 3,400 were pension examining surgeons. With more than five-sixths already exempted by law from competitive examinations, and with the number subject to competitive examinations under the law always fluctuating, and because it was lound that the higher grade oi surgeons and physicians would not go Into competitive examinations for appointment as pension examiners, it was deemed wise to exempt them all and thus put them all on the same footing. Notwithstanding Lhese exemptions, however, it is of inters jt to record that here is a fairly large class of government servants, hitherto unprotected, but now brought within the protection of the civil service law by having applied to them the provisions of Sections l, 2 and 3 or Rule u or president McKirJey's recent order. Those sections in effect declare that no person shall be dismissed from office by reason of his political or religious affiliations; and by those sections they are really for the first time brought within the classified service. Tne two next larger groups of employes covered by the President's order are deputy marshals and deputy collectors of internal revenue; but these are affected in quite a different way than by. the application of the registration system. Deputy marshals are excepted from any examination, competitive or otherwise, and from any system of registration. The average number of deputy marshals is about 200. Technically speaking, they are not officers of the United States. They are the employes of the United States marshals who appoint them; and to the marshals are they responsible for all their acts and doings. It may be claimed, with equal force, that deputy collectors of internal revenue are not officers of the United States. The Constitution directly clothes the President and the departmental heads with the duty of appointing all officers of the United States: but Section 3143, Revised Statutes, authorizes the collectors of Internal revenue (who are appointed by the President) to appoint their own deputies. From the collector the deputy receives his commission; to the collector the deputy makes all his reports and returns; the collector is responsible to the government for tho acts and doing of the deputy; and to the public the collector is responsible for injuries, in person or property, received at the hands of his deputies in the discharge of their duties, real or supposed. Over these two classes there Is, no doubt, room for debate on purely legal grounds; but the theory that, clothed with these responsibilities and these powers of appointment, the marshals and the collectors should be untrammelled in their choice, may be followed to a logical conclusion without subjecting to the charge of "pandering to the spoilsmen" those who hold such theory and act In conformity with it. It was under this theory, and possessing these convictions, that the President felt it his duty to except these two classes of appointees United States deputy marshals and deputy collectors of internal revenue from the general rules of competitive examination or registration. So careful, however, was he, in the case of deputy collectors of internal revenue, to guard the merit principle, that, before their appointment is made and the pay for their service is allowed, applicants for these places must pass an examination conducted by the commission equal in character to that now employed In competitive examinations for such offices. The last group to which I shall allude, the only remaining one numerically important enough to demand consideration. Is that of storekeepers and gaugers. Of these the average number employed Is one thousand. Hitherto the law has required that they be appointed from eligible lists prepared by the commission as the result of competitive examinations. But It is precisely in these offices that the greatest difficulty has obtained with the commission In securing eligible lists: and the result has been that several hundred have of necessity been appointed without any examination at all. They were appointed temporarily, to be sure, but were reappointed at the end of th temporary term for the same reason that they were appointed in the first place; viz.. lack of eiigibles. The greatest difficulty in the situation has been with the least important places. In the larger cities, where distilleries run substantially without interruption, there has been no trouble. Through outlying, sparsely settled sections of Georgia, Tennessee. North Carolina, etc the distilleries are of small, capacity and run a part of-the year only; and It Is in these lat named districts that the pay is the smallest, owing to limited time of service, and the difficulty of securing eligible the greatest. It was In order to put the test of rmrit upon this last named class of appointments that they were exempted from competitive examinations; but those In more important sections and cities were left sublet to the competitive civil service examinations. The line upon which the question divided was the compensation The amendment of the President provides that storekeepers and gaugers whose annual compensation Is KM) a yar or less may be appointed by the secretary of the treasury upon the nomination of the collector, subject, however, to an examination as a. test of fitness equal In character to that now required by the commission In a competitive examination for such places. The Adjustable Ilrynn. New York Tribune. Bryan pours oil of reconciliation on the troubled Democratic waters in Kentucky and comes out for Goebel. a gold-standard man. showing that fidelity to the 16-to-l article of Bryanesque faith is not the beginning and end of party orthodox everywhere. In some cases and places It may be inslf-.ted on. while in others it is summarily kicked out of eight, as of no importance so far as practical politics and the most urgent needs of the party are concerned.

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FIRM OF NEW YORIC ARCHITECTS GIVEN MANY PROFITABLE JOBS. Testimony That Illustrates How Crc kerlsm Rewards Its Friends Mr. Sloan Defied by a. Witness. NEW YORK, Aug. 1. Th feature of the session of the Mazet legislative Investigating committee, which to-day returned Its sessions, after about six weeks' vacation, was tho examination of Messrs. Morgan & Slattery, a firm of architects and contractors, who testified they had work on steamboats. Jails, gardens, station houses, dump scows, etc., for various city departments. On account of the amount of work performed by Horgan & Slattery, MK Moss. the attorney of the commission, applied to them the title, "municipal architects." Mr. Moss devoted the morning to trying to bring out facts showing why this firm of architects received many contracts in the city and bow it was that It had been allowed to condemn the plaus of other architects. Mr. Slattery declined to answer certain questions touching his qualifications as an architect, referring Mr. Moss to his partner, Mc Horgan, and a lively controversy ensued. Deputy Sheriff Mulvancy was the first witness. Mr. Moss, the committee's counsel, wanted to know if the sheriff had taken any action to step gambling in the absence of such preventive steps by the police. The deputy sheriff said he was aware that a statute provided for such action, but believed it applied to such counties as were imperfectly policed. "Our object," explained Mr. Moss, "in bringing you here was to call your attention to this section of the law, which makes it Incumbent on sheriffs to suppress crime. Betting on horso races is now practiced in this city to an extraordinary extent, and it Is our intention to bring this fact to the attention of all the public authorities within the provisions of these resolutions. Mr. Moss then called President Michael O. Murphy, of the health department, and questioned him concerning work done by Horgan & Slattery, city architects. NO PUBLIC COMPETITION. Colonel Murphy said Horgan & Slattery had erected Wlllard Hospital. There bad been no public competition for this work. Charles F. Murphy, treasurer of the dock board, testified regarding plans for repairing a Rrooklyn pier which were drawn by Horgan & Slattery, and which the chief engineer of the dock department had condemned. Mr. Murphy said he knew nothing about a poolroom alleged to exist in Twenty-third street. He was in the saloon business himself, he said, and was not ashamed of it. Arthur J. Horgan, of Horgan & Slattery, was called. He said he designed the new city prison, that the steel cells cost $310,000 end that his firm got 5 per cent for its work. He had never talked with John F. Carroll about the work, nor had he paid Carroll any money. He had made most of the drawings for the steel cells himself; none had been made by a Western designer. V. J. Slattery, Horgan's partner, confirmed H organ's statement that the firm had never paid any money to Carroll. Slattery said the leading architects and architectural papers had upheld his firm's criticism cf the work of John H. Thomas, wha drew the plans for the new Hall of Records building. t "Was criticism professional?" "It wr od the city saved a million dollars b) Mr. f ry said his firm's report on Mr. Thomt . plan was drawn up by Mr. Horgan. The witness objected to many of the questions, and spoke in a loud and angry, tone when Mr. Moss Insinuated that he bad been out of the city lately to avoid a subpoenae. Mr. Moss called him t order. "What kind of marble, in y ur opinion. asked Mr. Moss, "is most sut.able for interior decorations in public building?" "Conoraara marble," said tbe witness. IT IS A LIE. "Now. Mr. Slattery," said Mr. Moss, "it has been charged in the newspapers that you are not an architect at all; that, in fact, you do not know anything about architectural work. Is that a lie?" "Yes It is a lie." Horgan was recalled. He said that la every instance he had drawn all the plans and specifications for city work himself. "Which do you consider the most serviceable, an ordinary parallel ogram beam or one with flanges?" asked Mr. Moss. "I prefer a beam with flanges." "Give us the scientific explanation as to why you do so." "I am not here to give you the theories as to iron beams." . "Not to the city of New York, which pays you?" "You are not the city of New York. I ara not here to undergo an examination at to my architectural abilities." "That is Just what you are here for." "You are not fit to examine me." "Prove to me my ignorance by answering the questions I ask." "I don't have to." After recess Mr. Moss called Frederick Withers, of the firm of Withers & Dickson. Mr. Withers said his firm drew the plans for the Tombs prison, under the direction of former Commissioner Wright. Early in 1S9S Commissioner Lantry informed his firm that Horgan & Slattery were to amend Its plans. Commissioner Linary, the witness said, told him that he wished to have architects in sympathy with the admlnlstritlon. It was intimated that the witness's firm had better retire from the work, and finally it was dismissed. The plans of witness's firm called for the construction of cells costing $170,000. Horgan & Slattery's plans called for an expenditure of 1310,003. The sum of $11,000 was called for to strengthen the girders. Horgan & Slattery used more material than the original plans and specifications called for. They used a great deal more material, for instance. In art decoration. They had decorative art work on the steel used In the construction of the cells. Such art work on prison cells was bad, Mr. Withers said, be cause it gave a place for vermin to lodge. It was altogether unnecessary. Mr. Withers said that he first heard of Horgan & Slattery s architects when they did the work on the Democratic Club. He had always regarded Horgan & Slattery as builders rather than architects. COST $,V17 MORE. Mr. Moss read the original estimate for the Tombs building as prepared by Withers & Dickson and compared It, item for Item, with the estimate in the contract as finally awarded to 'Horgan & Slattery. The additional cost to the city under the Horgan & Slattery contract is $220,217. Mr. Dickson, of Withers & Dickson, testified that he knew about the plans for the beams In the new Tombs building. There was no reason for the substitution of other plans calling for a heavier structure than the plans prepared by his firm. The whola purjKse was to underrate his firm's work to that Horgan & Slattery could get in. John It- Thomas, the architect who designer the new hall of record in lb'), ald it was the intention to produce a monumental building, which would be a credit to the city. He denied that Horgan & Slattery's plans would reduce the cost $1j0.ou0, but said if those plans were adopted which left out mosiuc marble htairs, statue and other decorations there mifiht be a saving of $400,000. Mr. Mofs wanted to know whether the substitution of iron work in imitation for marble and of plain pavement tor mosaic work would not detract from the art work of the building. Witness said .he celleved It would. He said that the mayor had been deceived by Horgan & Slattery. Mr. Horgan was recalled and Mr. Mo.-s asked a great many technical questions which witness retUM.-d to answer. Wltne.-s said that a. boy could answer scrne of the quthtions atked. Mr. Horgan said that the tirm of Horgan & Slatt ry was a corporation. Mrs. Horgan itnd Mrs. Slattery owned most of the stock. No dividends had ben declared and no part of the Income of the corporation had been uted to pay creditors. The committee adjourned until to-morrow. Run on Montreal Banks. MONTREAL. Aug. 1. As a result of the run on the Jacques Cartlt-r Pank yesterday, occasioning a suspension tor thirty days, there la a general run on the othr French banks to-day. The Banque d Hochfla, capitalized at $1.2C),(XX', which It paid up, is ieellng the run more than th others, but tho directors claim they c.tn withstand it. They are iaylng out gold and Dominion bills. Their liabilities, according to their last statement, were over $.C.0Cu

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