Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 215, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1899 — Page 4

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It is reported that the company which , owns the Panama canal is pushing the work rigorously In the expectation that the probability of Its early completion will lead the United States, to relinquish its purpose to build the proposed Nicaragua canal. Two Isthmus canals will be one more than is needed, unless the United States secures satisfactory terms from the owners of the Panama, A dispatch. sent from this city says that Senator Beveridge's friends are anxious to warn hlra about speech-making on his return. Those who really know Mr. Beverldge realize that he was not born yesterday. Indiscretion of utterance Is not a weakness Cf the junior senator. He has an excellent thinking department In his mental makeup, through which all his speeches pass before delivery. ' The Central Federated Union of New Tork has declared that General Master Workman Parsons is a failure as a strike leader. lie organized the Knights of Labor at the expense of other organizations for the purpose of inaugurating a street-car strike. It is also Intimated that the strike was a stock-jobbing scheme. The general master workman has had his brief hour and bas disappeared with others who have assumed the role of ' leadership. The entrance to San Francisco harbor has long been known as the Golden, Gate. Dur Ing the War in the Philippines the. city itself has been the open door by which most of our soldiers have departed on their way to the scene of action and through which they have entered on their return to the United States. In every instance the city has done Its duty thoroughly and maintained its repu tat ion as one of the mast patriotic and public-spirited of American cities. It has won golden opinions from the soldiers by the way it has treated them. It Is said the glass workers at Anderson, this State, will Institute legal proceedings to prevent the Indiana glass companies from becoming members of a proposed com blnatlon. Such a movement would raise an Interesting question. If a combination to restrict production and control prices Is illegal, why may not. factories be enjoined xrem entering such a combination? Injunction will always lie for the protection cf prcperty; why not for the protection of labor and wa;;es, especially whcnlt Is pro posed to injure them by an illenl com bination? The question is worth testing. A San Francisco dispatch says that General Shafter ordered his Judge advocate to make inquiries regarding the returning sol diers who have given a column of Interviews to a paper of that city. No men can be found answering to several of the names. ITurti.tr Inquiry xrCl be made regarding the

others, the theory of General Shafter being that the larger part of the stories t the detriment of General Otis came frou men who fled from the firing line. All those who have recollections of the. .var for the Union will recall the fact that the terrible tales of regiments being "cut to r'eces" and of defeat ar.d disaster vtre told by skulkers, who, if they ever got under fire, ran away as soon as possible to the rear, where all wreckage of lighting at the front Is seen. These men, when they sneaked home through the hospitals, devoted themselves to lying about officers, particularly about surgeons and the condition of the army. Thousands of such men drifted back to the rear without doing any fighting to do harm by lying. The evidence of ?uch meanness can be found in the columns of any anti-war paper of 1S61-63 whenever their files are consulted. Very naturally, the same character appears now. He Is greatly assisted, however, by the reporter who knows what his yellow or malignant paper desires. ' ' A MISSIONARY FIELD FOR DRY AX. Mr. Bryan is alarmed lest the people of the country should forget about the Declaration of Independence and "the consent of the governed." He Ignores the fact that in the States which gave him two-thirds of his electoral votes In 1S96 the Declaration of Independence Is practically declared to contain impossible theories. Only last week the Governor of Georgia, In a lecture to the North, denied all of the leading features of the declaration. He declared that It was a mistake to give the colored man, who is a native of the country, the ballot, and that the laws should restrict the right to vote, to- the Intelligent and well-to-do negroes. The idea -which ran through his address was that the whites are by right the governing race. This Governor Is in favor of Mr. Bryan's nomination. Six years

ago In Mississippi. South Carolina and Louisiana the colored citizen possessed the right to vote. Sometimes Mr. Bryan's friends made it unpleasant for him to ex ercise the right which is the trade mark of citizenship. For years the ballots he deposited in these and other Southern States were not counted for the candidates named thereon. Still, Mr. Bryan's friends did not assail the consent of the governed until about six years ago. Then, those friends in Mississippi, a minority of the voters, who have ruled on the ground that they are a superior race, called a constitutional conentlon. That convention made a new Constitution, In which the right to vote was taken from all the colored men and reserved to all the whites. The men who would be disfranchised by that provision of the Constitution have constituted a ma jority of the voters in Mississippi. Conse quently, if that disfranchising Constitution had been submitted. to a vote of the. people, as Is every Constitution and amendment to the Constitution In all the Northen. States, it might have been rejected. At least Mr. Bryan's friends seem to have feared such a result, because, instead of submitting the Constitution disfranchising a majority of the voters to the people, the constitutional convention declared it adopted. There was no consent of the governed here. South Carolina disfranchised the colored voters in thpt State by a similar process. In Louisiana the friends of Mr. Bryan went a step further. Almost as many whites as blacks are illiterate In Louisiana. It was not desired to disfranchise the white illiterates, so it was provided in the Con stitution adopted last year that the descendants of citizens who were voters in lseo should not be denied the right to vote cn the grounds of illiteracy. That Constitution was adopted without the "consent of the governed," and in defiance of the leading sentiment of the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Bryan's friends are discussing the feasibility of extending the Louisiana scheme of race disfranchisement in North Carolina and Alabama. .Both sen ators from Louisiana and the leading Demo cratic papers denounced the disfranchising proposition while it was under consideration, but Mr. Bryan's friends declared open ly, as the reason for its adoption,' that it was intended to disfranchise the negro. Democratic and independent papers in the North denounced the outrage, but Mr. Bryan seems to have silently favored the disfran chisement of half a million voters without the consent of the governed. If Mr. Bryan Is the champion of the Declaration of Independence he claims to be. and holds, tenaciously to the theory that all government Is unjust which is not established by the consent of the governed, he should go among his friends in the South and denounce the disfranchisement of half a million black voters. GOOD-DYE, 9IR. ASTOR. The naturalization of William Waldorf Astor as a British subject is really of no consequence to anybody but himself, but with him it is the culmination of a longcherished plan. Hundreds of thousands of persons of other nationalities have become British subjects by naturalization, but the number of Americans who have done so could almost be. counted on the fingers of one hand. Millions of British subjects have become naturalized Americans for every American who has become a British subject, and these have generally left their country for their country's good. , Of this class was Benedict Arnold, of revolutionary memory, who, after the close of the war In which he had played the part of a traitor, went to England and became a British subject, to .the disgust and derision of honorable men. Judah P. Benjamin, who was first attorney general, then secretary of war and finally secretary of state In Jefferson Davis's Cabinet, fled to England after the downfall of the Confederacy, exchanged his American citizenship for British, began the practice of law and eventually achieved distinction and acquired wealth. Abraham Oakey Hall, a brilliant but erratic man, mayor of New York during the sway of the Tweed ring, left the United States under a cloud, became a British subject and lived In London several years, then returned to New York and resumed his American citizenship and died about a year ago. Probably every American who has become a British subject by naturalization has had a distinct personal motive in doing so. That of Mr. Aster Is to shine in society. The key to his character can be found in a remark once made by him that the United States is not a fit country for a gentleman to live in. He wants to live where his great wealth will purchase excluslveness, where he need not come in actual contact with common people, and where he will find other rich snobs of kindred tastes with himself, though, as many of them have long pedigrees and know that he has not, he being the grandson of a tradesman and the great-grandson of a butcher, they will probably despise him in their hearts for abjuring his nationality in crder to gain access to what he evidently considers a charmed circle. Even now they are laughing over an article in the June number of Mr. Astor' xnagazlnv the Pall

Mall, attempting to prove his descent from Pedro d'Astorga. of Spain. According to this article the d'Astorgas of Spain became the d'Astorgs of France and the Astors of Germany, and he actually tries to prove it by a chain of marriages. When Washington Irving wrote "Astoria" and showed how John Jacob Astor laid the foundation of his great fortune by buying and selling pelts he, did not try to trace the sturdy German's descent from a Spanish grandee of the eleventh century. It will not be surprlsrr.g to learn that this ridiculous performance of William Waldorf Astor's, done, if not by his hand, at least by his direction, and in a magazine owned by him, has destroyed his prospect of gaining high social position In England. Americans will not begrudge him any position he may succeed in acquiring, but It-would serve him right if the doors of the aristocracy in England, which he is so anxious to enter, should be closed against him. His motives in abjuring his American citizenship are altogether contemptible, and he will not be missed. The Republic would be stronger and better for the expatriation of all who are not in sympathy with its" spirit and prepared to assist in its defense and development. THE TENDENCY TO CONSOLIDATE.

It "seems not to have occurred to those whose attention ha3 but recently been directed to the combinations of manufacturing industries called trusts that the process of consolidating such industries has been going on for years. Such, however, is the case. A comparison of the censuses of 1SS0 and 1S90 shows such consolidation. Indeed; no fact in connection with the industries of the country is more conspicuous by comparison. In the twelve leading lines of manufacture the number of separate establishments fell from 70,807 in 1S80 to 50,712 in 1S90. This was the result of the combining of several Industries in the same line into one, or bf the abandoning of small factories and the extension of the larger ones. The increase of capital invested and the value of the output and the number of people employed was the largest in any decade, but the number of separate, establishments fell off nearly one-third. Some of the figures are striking; for Instance, in 18S0 the factories devoted to the making of agricultural implements numbered 1.943, but in ISOO'the number was only 910. The woolen manufacturing establishments fell from 1,930 in 1SS0 to 1.311 in 1S90. The small factories were compelled to go out of business under the sharp competition. A woolen mill with two or three sets of machinery had to keep up as many departments as one which contained three times as many 'sets. On the other hand, when there would be a loss by the smaller plant when the margin between the cost of production and the price for which it was sold was small It would afford a profit for the larger factory because of the much larger output. It was not the trust or the promoter that closed the smaller factories, but the inexorable conditions of competition. The consolidation of railroads began earlier. Years ago all the railroads were built in small pieces between neighboring cities and controlled by local companies. They could not do business economically, and they were not able to purchase rolling stock and build good railroads. Many failed, and wreckers helped many to fall. Reorganization and consolidation followed, until a few strong companies own all the roads n.nnlng through a State. No longer ago than 1SS7 1,433 railroad corporations were in existence! In ' ten. years the number has been reduced one-third, and forty-three companies owned or controlled 103,565 of 183,801 miles of road. MR. BRYAN. ON THE PHILIPPINES QUESTION. Nothing could be more illogical and disingenuous than Mr. Bryan's letter to the Independent on the Philippines question, published in the Journal yesterday. Starting out with the statement that the question is important because fundamental principles are involved in its discussion, he proceeds to juggle with it in a way that leaves the fundamental principles out of sight. First, the much overworked doctrine of the consent of the governed ' Is taken up. "If the doctrine set forth in the Declaration f Independence is sound," says Mr. Bryan, "how can we rightfully acquire sovereignty over the Filipinos by a war of conquest? If the doctrine set forth in the Declaration of Independence is sound how can we rightfully purchase sovereignty from a Spanish sovereign whose title we disputed in Cuba and whose rebellious subjects we armed in the Philippines?" In like manner it might be asked ' if the con3ent-of-the-governed doctrine set forth in the Declaration of Independence is sound, how could we prose cute a great -war to suppress the rebellion of 1S61, and establish the sovereignty of the government over several millions of people who had declared their Independence? Or how could we justify any of our wars against the Indians who preceded us In the ownership of America and whose independence antedated our own? Mr. Bryan Is willfully blind to the object of the present war in the Philippines if he does not know that it Is not being prosecuted to enslave the Filipinos, but to establish the sovereignty of the United States a sovereignty fairly acquired as the result of war and treaty with Spain. It is no more a war of conquest than, was the war to suppress the Southern rebellion; it is simply a war to establish the authority of the United States over territory that rightfully belongs to it and in which a portion ol the people have rebelled against its authority. Again Mr. Bryan says: In the resolution of intervention Congress declared that the Cubans were and of right ought to be free. Why? Because govern ments derive their Just powers from the consent cf the governed, and Spain had refused to respect the wishes of the Cubans. If the Cubans were and of right ought to be free why not the Filipinos? In the beginning of the Spanish war Congress denied that our Nation had any thought of extending its territory by war. If we then had no thought of securing by conquest new territory in the western hemi sphere, why should we now think or secur Ing in the eastern hemisphere new races for subjugation? This misrepresents the situation. The war was begun to free Cuba from Spanish rule. not the Philippines. Nobody thought of the latter till the battle of Manila, and that created a new situation. It is not true that "in the beginning of the war Congress denied that our Nation had any thought of extending its territory by war." It said nothing of the kind. It simply disclaimed any intention to exercise sovereignty or Jurisdiction over Cuba. There was no allu sion to the Philippines nor. to Porto Rico. both of which came Into our possession the same way, and to both of which we have an equally good title. If the Porto Rlcans should rebel would Mr. Bryan insist on the doctrine ot the consent of the governed and deny the right of the United States to sup press the rebellion and enforce its sover elgnty in the Island? That is the logical ef feet of his argument on the Philippines question. In as far as Mr. Bryan argu ment points to any conclusion or any policy

t is one cf cowardly surrender by the gov-

ernment of its rightful sovereignty over territory and peoples. '.. One of the devices of those orators and newrpapers who would be denouncing Abraham Lincoln If he were alive is to quote him to sustain their views. One of the quotations which was used for years with some effect was never uttered or written by Lincoln. Another quotation which was made to do overduty for Populists and 16-to-l Democrats was found to be garbled from a message to Congress." If those papers which are printing an alleged quotation from Lincoln relative to the Philippines and Mr. Bryan would give the speech cr the letter from which the sentences are. taken, with the date of their delivery. It would relieve them of all caure for criticism. Preachers give the chapter and verse of their texts, and lawyers quoting a legal opinion give the case and the book In which the quota tion or citation can be found. This much is due to Abraham Lincoln and the public. MBBBBIHniBBWMSaBSBSMieBavBBBaMBBSBBSMattSSBBBBBBBlBBBBBB A few days ago ex-Secretary Hoke Smith declared in an interview that the South Is unanimous in its opposition to expansion, and Implied that that section is in favor of discontinuing the war in the " Philippines. Now Southern papers protest that Hoke Smith is mistaken.- The 'Atlanta Constitution declares that ' the'. South' is for the prosecution of the war. The Chattanooga Times declares that Senator Morgan and General Wheeler are better representatives of the South than Hoke Smith. The Bir mingham Age-Herald says that "when Hoke Smith says that nine-tenths of the people of the South are in favor of admitting that Uncle Sam is licked he doesn't know Ala bama." These are samples" of the protests of the South against the-peace proposition. It seems, according to the catalogue of De Pauw University, just ' received, that the year Just clcs-ed has been a prosperous one for the institution. About $30,000 was col lected, pledged or bequeathed to the uni versity this last year for endowments and sustaining funds in addition to the regular ncome. The student enrollment was large, coming from many. States of the Union and some from foreign countries. . The faculty will be increased. The De Pauw estate will be settled soon, adding $200,000 more to en dowments. The university has really en tered a brighter day. Catalogues will be sent on application to the registrar, Greencastle. i There are degrees in loyalty. Some" men love their country well enough to stay with it in time of need, and others unhesitatingly desert it when their absence is desirable. Willie Waldorf Astor belongs to the latter class of heroes. The man who deserts the land of his. birth because It is not good enough for him will never find a place bad enough for him until he runs amuck bf the orthodox hereafter. .'-'.: The seaside girl who. has a 'lover, in the Philippine branch of the -American army will have hard work to keep up with her best fellow in the number .of, summer en gagements. . ..,.v Sometime. . Sometimes Americans go forth To seek a richer pasture. And England took a good thing In When Willie Waldorf Astor, BUBBLES IN THE AIR. More Information. Tommy Paw, what Is a J-ound robin? Mr. Figg A fat one, of co'urse. The Difference. "These kissing' bug'lokis'te so point less. .' "But the bug isn't." RlRltt In 1I1 Line. Vaudeville Manager I am going to leave my money to an institute for the feeble minded. . . : Legitimate Manager Same kind as you are running now? - The Reason. Great Employer I always employ married men, if possible, .t - i.-s.i.ni-His Friend Good .idea: Helps conserve that sacred Institution, the home. "I hadn't Kiven that thought, but I guess it is so. I employ married men because they are more tractable." . . Deresford'a. Generosity. New York Tribune. Of the newspaper men who secured interviews with Lord Charles Beresford when he was in Chicago, one was a Russian, another was a Frenchman, while a third was unquestionably from England. They asked him to give his Idea of a fair division of the'Chlnese empire between the nations now controlling spheres of influence, "l tninK, said Lord Charles, "Russia should be allowd to sell all the fans and sunshades required by the Chinese north of Vladivostok; that France should have a monpoly of the fur trade of Hong-Kong and that England should furnish the Chinese with anything else they needed." The Worst at the Start. Detroit Journal. When the freckled girl took a seat directly across the car from the bright child, the others were oppressed- with, forebodings. But they had not long to remain in suspense. "There's a complexion with a pattern in it!" exclaimed the bright child, almost at once. Hereupon the others breathed n.ore freely, for it was likely that the worst was over. Luzon Shonltl Favor Bryan. New York Mall and Express. If the delegates from the Island of Luzon to the next Democratic national convention are not already pledged to Wm. J. Bryan they ought to be. It Is possible, of course, that Agulnaldo wants, to keep them unlnstructed to use for" trading purposes, in the hope of capturing the second place on the ticket for himself. Voice. from the Northwest. Bede's Budget. As hereinbefore predicted. W. J. Bryan will be the Democratic nominee in 1900, and then if the Republicans declare squarely for the gold standard we shall settle the money question once for all. It will be no year for doubters. Climb into the golden chariot. The Germna Name. Chicago Inter Ocean. Those who are demanding that the name of the horseless carriage shall be shortened In this country will be surprised to learn, perhaps, that in Germany they are perfectly contented to call It an "automoblletaxametcrdroschken." Makes the Work Easy. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The work of the United States senators who are Investigating the currency question would be exceedingly arduous were it not for the fine sleeping car service between the various watering places. Close to Criminal Folly. Cleveland Leader. To talk of a "social volcano" which may break forth in strikes and riots and tear government and society to pieces Is sheer nonsense of the kind which borders on criminal folly. Casual Reflection.. Boston Transcript. If we could make our own children behave as well as we think we could make the children of other people behave, what a, quiet, agreeable world this would be to live In I ' The Dog It Warn That Died. Chicago Inter Ocean, Only one person was bitten, by a kissing bug in Kansas City. The insect began to swell immediately and was soon a corpse. . Aiixlety in Oklahoma. Kansas City Journal. Oklahoma editors are having an awful time trying to decide what really became of Bob lnjrersoll'a soul

W. W. ASTOR MAY MARRY

LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL 3IAY BE THE EX-AMERICAVs WIFE. There Is Also a Possibility that the Self-Expatriated New Yorker Slay Some Day Be n Lord. LONDON. Aug. i-William Waldorf AsJor has been besieged by reporters since the official announcement yesterday that he was naturalized a British subject July 27. He absolutely declines to see any one, but has authorized his agents to say he considers the matter pursely personal, has no explanations tooffer. Is quite prepared for the attacks of the American newspapers, who attacked him when it was previously suggested that there was a possibility ot his becoming a British subject, and. In conclusion, that any interviews purporting to come from him are devoid - of foundation. It is generally believed that the act of Mr. Astor in becoming a British subject will be followed before long by the announcement of his engagement to Lady Randolph Churchill, formerly Miss Jennie Jerome, of New York. Having been naturalized under the general act of 1370, Mr. Astor's children Waldorf Astor." John Jacob Astor and Miss Pauline Astor automatically become British subjects also. Mr. Astor originally Intended to. obtain naturalization by means of a special act of Parliament, but was warned that such procedure was very unusual and would in all probability evoke opposition. His application, therefore, proceeded in the regular manner of petitioning the home secretary, setting forth that he had resided in the United Kingdom for five years and desired to become a British subject and intended to reside in England. Following are the exact jvords of the oath of allegiance sworn to by Mr. Astor: "I. William Waldorf Astor, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her Majesty, Queen Victoria, her heirs and successors, according to law, so help me God." Mr. Astor's naturalization was effected under the naturalization act of 1870, which empowers the secretary of state to grant letters of naturalization to any five years' resident of the United Kingdom, of whose intention to reside in the United Kingdom he Is satisfied. The act further provides that "the applicant shall adduce In support of his application such evidence of his residence and his intention to reside as the secretary of state may require and if satisfled with the evidence adduced the secretary of state shall take the cass of the applicant in consideration, and may. with or without assigning any reason, give or withhold the certificate, as he thinks most conducive to the public good, and no appeal shall lie from his decision." There still is a possibility, however, that the Unltsd States may enjoy the advantage of Astor's citizenship when residing within Its borders, for the act provides that "an alien to whom a certificate of naturalization has been granted shall in the United Kingdom be entitled to all political and other rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all obligations to which a natural born British subject is entitled, or subject in the United Kingdom, with this qualification, that he shall not when within the limits of the foreign state of which he was a subject previously tj obtaining his certificate of naturalization, be deemed to be a subject, if that state in pursuance of the laws thereof, or in pursuance of treaty, in effect holds he has not been legally naturalized." The status of his children Is dealt with in another section of the act, which provides that "where a father has obtained a certificate cf naturalization in the United Kingdom every child of such father who during infancy has become a resident with such father In any part of. the United Kingdom shall be deemed to be a naturalized British subject." Mr. Astor paid the following fees: $23 on receiving the certificate of naturalization, $2.50 for a copy of the certificate, 12.50 for his registration, f5C in counsel fees, making a total of $50. Forty-three other persons were in the list with Mr. Astor, nearly all of them being German, Russian and Polish Jews. There were no other Americans. The enly name of prominence, was that of Miss Alice Charlotte De Rothschild, daughter of Lord Rothschild. Mr. Astor Is -at present at Marienbad. Whe his naturalization was mentioned to several leading members of Parliament no surprise was expressed, everyone regarding it as a foregone conclusion. He is a member of the Carlton Club, and It is expected he will stand fcr Parliament at the next genual election in the Tory Interest. Should he subscribe liberally to the funds of the Tory party there is no reason why in ten years or so he should not be Lord Astor of Cliveden. STEAMBOAT WAR. Fifty Cents for Round Trip, Louisville to Cincinnati. Louisville Commercial. The vicinity of Knowledge Point was all excitement yesterday aiterncon until the arrival last night of the rival Cincinnati packets, City of Cincinnati and City of Pittsburg, on their Inaugural trips In their "war on rates." They both left Cincinnati yesterday morning at 8:03 o'clock, the City of Pittsburg anticipating the capture of freight and passengers on her Journey down the Ohio, but the City of Cincinnati had instructions to move along with her, and see that she got as little as possible of either. It was a battle royal all the way down, the Cincinnati leading the entire trip, seeing the Pittsburg- last at Vevay. The Cincinnati made all her regular landings and two extra ones en route, and landed at her moorings at 7:40 o'clock last evening.- The Pittsburg came in Just two hours later, having laid at Madison half an hour waiting for business. The Cincinnati brought 317 Sassengers and eighty tons of miscellaneous relght. The Pittsburg had fifty-three bales of hay, five hogsheads of tobacco and two tons of vehicle . springs, while her crew claimed there were seventy passengers registered. There was no time during the voyage down that the steamers raced, or had on a high pressure of steam. It was simply a case of the City of Cincinnati keeping in the lead all the way down. When the big steamers were approaching the city each was saluted by the excursion and ferry steamers by rapid blasts from their whistles and these salutes were answered In the same manner. One feature of the evening was the. manner in which the public landing was blocked off with the evident intention of shutting the Pittsburg out. Two barges were strung out at the foot of Fourth street and the steamer E. G. Ragon was dropped down so that the public part of the levee was closed. By a close squeeze the Pittsburg pushed her nose in, although in doing so cracked something belonging to the Ragon's wheel. The round-trip rate by the Cincinnati 13 50 cents, while the Pittsburg charges $1. ANTI-EXPANSION FRATD. gorged Correspondence from Sooth Dakota to Manila Exposed. Sioux Falls (S. D.) Special to St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Sv.ne of the newspapers which are opposing the continuance of the war against the Filipino insurgents, in their efforts to prove their allegations that theVyoluntters are not treated decently by the national administration, are giving circulation to the following purported correspondence between William M. Jeffrey, formerly of Davis. S D., but now a member cf the hospital corps in the Philippines, and his mother, who is alleged to be a resident of Davis: "Davis. Lincoln county. S. D.. April 10. 1J90. Dear Son William: We were all glad to hear from you. lour last letter was re celved March 19. It ha been one year the 30th of May since you left Dakota, and we have got along very well until your father died, the 27th of March, and was burled on the 23th of March, and it was so cold here all this winter that we could hardly get along, but we did live, and that was all Well. I do not know what to do till you get home. Mr. Davis said that you could, have your place back in the elevator again at SG0 a month, so will you come back, because you are the only one that Is left to us now. You know that our taxes are due on the 1st of July, iou will come home, won t you. Will? Well. I will have to close for this time, so good-bye. From your loving moth er to her son. William Jeffrey. "MRS. MARY JEFFREY." William Jeffrey, under date of May 22. is alleged to have made application for discharge, his application belnr as follows: "Sir I have the honor to request to be discharged from the services of the United States as I have lust learned of the death of my father on the 27th of March. I belns; the only support of my momer and sister. The position which I held btfer the war

at $00 per month is open to mi still. I enlisted in the First South Dakota Volunteer Regiment May 11. lm and was transferred

to the hospital corns. U. B. A., June 24. 1S33; came to Manila with my regiment and was ordered to Hollo on Dec. 25. IK J." The Mr. Davis referred to in the letter signed "Mrs. Mary Jeffrey" Is a resident of the town of Davis. He is man of prominence, the town having been named in his honor, and he at present holds the position of postmaster there. Therefore, the following letter from him to a local parer in reference to the above correspondence will have due weight and would seem to Indicate that the crime of forgery is becoming a common one with the self-seeking poli ticians who are striving so heroically to embarrass the national administration in the present war with a foreign foe: "You will observe the letter written April. lS9f. from Davis. S. D.. to William M. Jef frey, purporting to have been written by his mother, and telling of 'our dreadful cold winter and Informing him of 'the death and burial of his father.' and urging him to 'return home to care for his lonely mother, and to see about paying their awfully high taxes,' and that his position at the elevator was offered him on his return by Mr. Davis. Liet me say right here that Mr. Davis never had anything to do or say about who could or should work in the elevator at Davis, nor did W illlam Jeffrey ever operate any elevator at Davis since we had a town. Fur ther than this, William Jeffrey's parents have both been dead for years. His mother has been dead for fifteen years. The last word received from Jeffreyhe was well, and made no complaint. We. therefore, have our doubts whether Jeffrey ever wrote this letter. We are not saying that we would not welcome our good and noble soldier boys home, for we certainly will, and they rhould have a hearty welcome ry every true and loyal citizen of America. You will obeerve how Mr. Jeffrey confirms his mother's statement in regard to his opportunity to work in-the elevator. J. A. DAVIS. Jeffrey's application for discharge was re jected for the alleged reason that "none ucn win be favorably considered until alter tne cessation of hostilities." Another indication that the letters are forgeries is the fact that Davis is in Turner county, and rot In Lincoln county, as stated in the purpcriea tetter to Mrs. Jeffrey. rne correspondence was .first given out by Senator eiugrew tor publication In his personal newspaper organ. THE A3I ERICA'S CUP. Presented by the Itoywl Yacht Squad ron, and Not by the Queen. Philadelphia Telegraph. The facts about the America's cud are as follows: Late in 1S50 or early in 1S31 a letter was shown to Commodore Stevens, of the New York Yacht Club. In which mention was made that there would be an unusual colectlon of yachts at Cowes. Englard. in the cummer of 1851, and the writer suggested that the club send over a representative yacht to sail in an "international match." says a writer in the New Ycik Press. The America was built and went to Engar.d for the purpose of sailing a match, if one could be made on . satisfactory terms. At the time her keel was laid it was not known that a cup to be sailed for at Cowes open to all nations had been offered by the licyal Yacht Squadron. Even in March, 1S51, a few weeks before the America was launched, a letter from the commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron to Commodore Stevens, offering the hospitality of the club to those members of the New York Yacht Club who were "building a schooner" to take part in the match, contained no allu sion to a cup. Arriving at Cowes, the cutter Laverock Insisted on trying the America's croi.l!t!es, and Commodore Stevens gratified her. The Laverock was beaten easily, and 'Stevens proceeded at once to business. He made an offer to sail a match with any schooner or cutter. No response was made, but after a few days it was intimated to Mevens that if he would stake a sufficient amount the desired match would be brought about. whereupon the commodore had posted :n the clubhouse at Cowes a challenge "to sail the America in a match aeiinst any British vessel whatever for any sum from one to ten thousand guineas. This challenge was left open until Aug. 17. but no acceptance was received. Finally a match was arranged with the Tltaru for 1G0 to sail twenty miles to windward and back. The America won by nearly an hour. but as the Tltanla had no clilm to be se lected as a champion yacht of the Royal Yacht Squadron no nraof wr.s afforded or the America's superiority by winning this race. The America's owners were anxious to get on a match with a selected vessel that the relative proficiency of the two countries in yachting might be shown, but the English were wary, and all that could be obtained from them was that there was a regatta to be held on Aug. 22, In which the America had a right to enter If her owners thought proper1 to run the hazard of such an uncer tain test." There was more discussion, and, after some deliberations, the Americas owners determined to send the yacht back to the United States: but. urged by outside prepsure from American friends, Commodore Stevens consented to enter the regatta, tak ing care to announce that unless there was a good breeze he would not start. The course was around the Isle of Wight, and tne tropny was not the oueen s cup. but a cup offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron, "to ne sailed for by yachts of all nations wunout regard to the difference of tonnage." . "Make it 23.000." said Commodore Stev ens, "and weil wait nd sail the race." But the Enarlish would not do that. Some time after the race the Queen went on bo?.rd the America at Ryde. She was so pleased with the yacht that she rare a cud to be raced for. and the America entered for It. fane did not start until an hour and a half after the other yachts, and came in a few minutes after the winning yacht, thus losing The Royal Yacht Sauadron's run wr brought to this country, and for a long time it was called wrongly the Queen's cup. Its correct name is "the America's cup" that is, the cup won bv that vacht. The run became the property of the owners of the America, wno kept possession of it until July 8. 1857, when they decided to make it a nerpetuai cnauenge cup. and with that view presented it to the New York Yacht Cluh- - A. "to be competed for by any organized yacht cjuo oi any ioreign country." UNSOLDIERLIKE TALK. The Effort to Discredit the Manage ment in the Philippines. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Interviews with the Nebraska and Utah trooDi. Just returned from Manila, are tele graphed extensively to the papers eager to discredit the administration and especially us management or affairs in the fhlllpnlnes. One nf thea iintrVi nnntm h opinions of thirty-three Nebraska and Utah . . 1 J I i - . . BuiuierB. maxinr w nn r pm tn n ninro on array of unfavorable criticism. The lmpresciun BouRAi lor is mat inese men speaK tor ineir i.jw comrades, in rairness to the oreanizations as a whol it f nMMiarv tn r. member that the thirty-three have no such authority. They do not express themselves In soldierly fashion, and it may be taken for granted that they are the chronic centered against General Otis to a remarkable extent, and indicate that reporters were sent to the regiment with instructions to damage Otis as much as possible. Otis nas oecome tne target or the copperheads. They want him removed, a a nmnf ho the war has been a failure, and they would attack his successor with redoubled venom aiier a nrst success. Some Of the Criticism nnntr-A nntrlt. Otis Is blamed for living in a "palace" and not spending his time on the firing line: is accused of utter disregard of the lives and COmfOrt Of his men fini of tnonrl 1 n rr Viltt Hm. in devising new uniforms for himself: of cnaping nis course rrom religious prejudices, and of a desire to prolong the war. demn Otis, but proceed to say that Miles mouia De nis successor, a display of military penetration in the ranks that would be va lim hip If it r-nu 1 A Ka rov-a rriat a a infiln. ble. The Nebraska regiment performed its ouiy oraveiy ana wen at lAlzon. 11 is fortunate to return with i Inca rf Anlv .l.tn. - . - ....... a .V.JW V V 411 CI . B. fc. J tun mpn. The nronnrtlnn nf ln at t Via tA of a year was very much higher in the luexican ana civu wars, ine proportion of cccksure criticism was much lower. But the Nebraska and Utah men. who talked will net realize until thev see this nrnt.. mat ter that they were encouraged to forget ineir maniy aignuy ana soldierly reserve io lunucr uv enus oi inose wno are raiding Otis and heaping up slanders to accomplish their purpose. The Dewer Industry. New York Letter. To come back to the return of Admiral Dewey, the volume of incidents bearing thereon is becoming so extensive that to chronicle them all. pages and pages would be necessary, xne momentous event has developed a new industry, the Dewey indus try. If the great admiral's life history is not known by heart in every household, it will not be the fault of the thousands cf agents who are at present canvassing Dewey biographies. The button and badge roan is equally active. The members of the reception committee are having life made a burden by the individuals who-ror a consideration want to perpetrate their biogra phies as well. Somewhat of a decidedly rrore interesting history is attached to the Dewey canes, of which there will be but 30J in all. Thess canes are made from one or the spars of the Spanish warship Don Antonio de Ulloa. which was sunk by the homeward bound nero in tne ramoua battle of May 1, 1S9S. Captain Dexter, of the brig Honolulu, disposed of the spar to an enteririslng manufacturer, who transformed It nto the 300 canes. The epar orlrinally was a ri2tre In the forests cf this Pyrentts.

PRICES ARE ADVANCING

ALL KINDS OF WOOL AND COTTOS CARPETS WILL SOON BE DEARER.. Circular Issued by JIanufacturcrs Slakers of Cotton Dnck rerfect ing- a Combination. NEW YORK, Aug. 1-CIrculars issuey various carpet manufacturers announce in creased rrlces on brussels, velvets,, tapestries and axmlnsters. These advances are the direct result of advances made In carpet wcols and a widening interest on the part of retail buyers. The agent of a large manufacturing concern said that he was certain that advances on all other goods would be made later, as prices were not yet on a rar ity with the cost of the raw .material, ex pense of labor and other necessary cost to the mills. The circulars recently sent' out provide that up to Aug. 15 orders are to t filled at present rrlces. The present, is the second advance made by manufacturers since the opening of the season. The sales which have been made since the first ad vance was announced have not -diminished In number or in calibre, because of the Increased prices which Jobbers and iretallers have been asked to pay. The prosperity !n the carpet trade has, to all appearances, been a healthy one. finding its source in the actual needs of consumers. In this fact the more conservative agents base the assumption that there will be no carpet trust, at least for the present. Following the action of the brussels and tapestry manufacturers. the makers of ingrain carpets, art squares and rugs and similar lins of all or part cotton gocds are said to be contemplating a general advance in prices. A Jobber sail that he had received intimations mat iai was to be the case. Cotton Duck Trust. NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-Members of tha cotton duck trade in this city are in receipt of Information that the project to form a general combination or trust has been prac tically brought to a successful issue and that a meeting will be held in Baltimore soon to complete the new organization. Tho greater number of cotton duck mills have their headauarters in Baltimore, and some of the large, trust companies in that city, are financially interested in this movements Options on seven plants expired on the last day of July, but It is understood that arrangements were made to take them up. The name of the new corporation will be the Mount Vernon-Woodbury Cotton Duclc Company, with a capitalization of X23.500,(kto. An interesting problem of this general combination of the principal cotton duek plants Is the future disposition of the trademarks. From time immemorial the cotton duck business has been conducted by means of brands. -Each mill has its distinctive brand and some of these brands nave a world-wide reputation. In some instances these brands are the personal property of Individuals, and could not be transferred in a sale of the mills. One case Is mentioned where a shareholder in a certain plant soil his stock to the "trust." but Insisted on re taining his ownership of the trademark. The question arises, therefore, whether the ne?r ...a . a. a. corporation win nave to buy nis traaemarK. , pay him a royalty or discontinue selling that particular brand ot cotton quck. in most cases where plants have been bought for this "trust" the stocks on hand at tne mills and in the stores of egents in New York and elsewhere were not Included !n the purchase. For fear that the "trust" mav raise orlces retail dealers in cotton duck have been placing some unusually large uiueis wiwi ium dciiu.& aicun within the past week or two. Suit Ao-alnat the Starch Trust. CINCINNATI. O Aug. 2. Suit was en tered to-day In Covington, Ky., by E. J. Green, state auditor's agent for Kenton, county, againjt the National Starch Company, familiarly known as the "Starch Trust," for $300,000 for back taxes, for a nerlod of five years. The taxation is based on a capital stock of $10,000,000. The trust Is incorporated under the laws of Kentucky and an annual meeting Is held once a year in Covington for the re-election of officers, in order to comply with the formalities of. the law. The general offices or tne comEany are in the Boone block, in Covington, ut the real headquarters are in New orlc Many of the wealthiest capitalists In the country are interested in the company. The company's legal representative and agent in Kentucky is Hon. Richard Ernst, wno is now in Europe. It is said similar suits will be instituted against other companies oper ating under the same system. Steel for an East Indian Viaduct. HARRISBURG. Pa.. Aug. 2. The Pennsylvania Steel Company to-day shipped forty-three carloads of bridge and construction steel to one of the Pennsylvania Railroad docks in New York city and from there it will be sent to India. It comprises one-half of the iron to be used in the build-. Ing of the huge viaduct across the Goktellc gorge, about eighty miks west of Mandelay. The company will get $7G0.uw lor tne work. Ihe remaining half of the big consignment will be shipped late in the fall, and the construction will be begun in November, after the close of the rainy season. a 1 Corset Trust Forming. NEW YORK. Aug. 2.The Times says: "Options on nearl all the corset manu facturing concerns In this country have been obtained by parties who have been at work for the last month trying to form a combination to control that Industry." DENTISTS MUST. PAY. . Decision in Favor of the Internation al Tooth Crown Company. NEW YORK, Aug. 2, Litigation extend ing over fourteen years and at present af--fecting claims estimated at $10,000,000 has been brought to a conclusion by a decision . rendered by Judge Townsend in the United ' anm aTMa..,!. frttr Mnnfls v In favnr nr the International Tooth Crown Company as; aeainst James orr ivvie. a aenuiu ine ue- ; cision. which affects almost all of the den- v tists in the United States, confirms the validity of patents held by the International Tooth Crown Company, of which Dr. L. T. Sheffield Is the president, on all operations known as "tooth crowns" and "bridge work." Although the patents expired during the litigation, the decision confirms the right of the complainant company to collect royalties on all Infringements covering the whole existence of the patents. The history of the litigation shows the determined fight made Against practically the whole dental fraternity of the country by. one man resolved to defend what he delarti wr his rif hts. On both sides near ly 11,000.000 has been spent In the legal strug gle. The father of tne system oi applying tooth crowns was Dr. James Low, a dentist, who performed his first operations in 1477. In lSSl he took out certain patents on the process. About the same time Dr. Sheffield devoted himself to the problem not only of applying crowns to individual teeth, but also to extending the principle to the insertion of artificial teeth between sound teeth, or roots by what Is known as "bridge work." To perfect his system Dr. Sheffield purchased from Dr. Low the patents covering his original device. In this way he acquired control over the wnole system of operations. Dr. Sheffield's establishment then became a school for cntlrts who desired to become proficient in the new art of inserting artificial teeth. Within a short time nearly two hundred dentists from all parts of the country passed through the school - and began to Introduce the newoperation in their practice. Gradually the system was adopted almost universally, but without regard to the payment of the royalties charged by the Tooth Crown Company, which were in the form of an annual license of J25 and 15 per cent, of the cost of all operations. The company, after in vain attempting to check infringement on the patents, began a test cafe In 1S against two dentists named Richmond and Oaylord. The patents were sustained, but during the suit it became apparent that the defendants were backed by practically the whole dental fraternity of the country, represented by the Dental Protective Association, which had been organized in Chicago for the purpose of fighting; the patents. The association later produced witnesses who endeavored to prove that the original Low patents had been anticipated by Dr. Beardlee, who declared that he hid applied the tooth crown prirclple in an, operation performed in 1S77 prior to the first operation by Dr. Low. In a suit brought egainst a dentist named liennett the Tooth, Crown Company was defeated on this testimony. The whole question was reopened in February, ik when a suit lor inrrinirement was brought by the Tooth Crown Company w-v PW 1 tak m agamsi ur.-ivyie. ini sun was aiso oefndi.d hv the Dental Protective Assoclx. tion. and the same witnesses were summoned as in the Benr.ett cass. tut ritn cn crposits res ay It.

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