Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 September 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER -2, lBUk

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All communications Intended for publication In this paper murt. in order to receive attention, be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. .... - Rejected manuscripts will not fce returned unless postage Is Incited for that purpose. THE IXDIAXAPOL1S JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: NEW YORK Astor House. , f CHICAGO rilmer Houie. P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Paclno Hotel. . CINCINNATI-J. R. Hawley Sc. Co., U4 Vine street. 2-OUiaviLLE C. T. Deering. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, ' and Louisville Book Co., 26 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. Washington, d. c niggs House, Ebbitt House and Wil lard's Hotel. The present Democratic Teglme In Kentucky has no use for a man like Senator XJndsay. It is jealous of his ability. It la stated by officials In charge of the collecting of the customs duties that the cost of the work has been reduced onefourth by the operations of the clvil-servlce law". r' It Is wcrth noting that very addition to the stock of Information regarding the natural resources and trade possibilities cf the Philippines tends to increase the estimate of their value. The Agumaldo papers are claiming a great .victory for their hero In the election in the Eighth Missouri district. The Democratic plurality, however, is no more than the average for twenty-five years. . . General Buckner, an old-fashioned Ken tucky Democrat, declares that the right of suffrage no longer exists in that State. He ays the . Republican candidate for Gover nor "will have the votes to elect him, bu. Kill be counted out. Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, will doubtless bo relegated to the rear by the Democratic 'party leaders for his strong and patriotic statement relative to our duty in the Philippines', but he need not mind that. The best men in the Democratic party are at the rear now. 'General Funston, who has been in the Philippine fight from, the beginning, has no doubt as to the proper policy of the government nor misgivings as to the outcome. He thinks the insurgents should be thoroughly whipped, and that they will be in another campaign. - ' ' A f . Iinnl .,..11 AVV . A . isf ...,.. of a woman accused of murdering her husband because the jail in the county is not a fit place for her confinement Is one of the unjustifiable acta which bring the administration of the criminal laws into contempt. Major Strong, son of ex -Mayor Strong, of New York, who has Just arrived in that city on. sick leave, after fifteen months' service in the Philippines, says,' in a published interview: "I have the highest confidence in General Otis. He is the right man for the place he fills." With all the military . authorities, from General Miles down, indorsing General Otis, he can stand the criticism of a few civilian correspondents and preachers. ' The. "blue and gray reunion" to be held ait Evansvllle on the 10th to 12th of October promises to be quite a notable affair. Mayor 'Akin, of that city, has received assurances .that they will, be present from Governors Candler of Georgia, McMlllln of Tennessee, Jones of Arkansas and Johnston of Alabama. Other prominent Southern men are expected, and it is thought several organizations of Confederate veterans will attend. The representation from the North should be at leaat equally as large. No political club in Indianapolis has ever been able to -turn out so many men in uniform, when there was no campaign pending, as formed the procession of the Marlon Club that marched yesterday to the Union Station to . welcome Senator Beverldge. The club did not straggle along in twos, but was formed In fours, marched well and made an impressive appearance. The turn-out also led many to believe that there will be unusual life In the municipal campaign on the Republican slde. The reception with which Senator Beverldge was honored yesterday and last evening, under the auspices of the Marlon Club, Is richly deserved. The wisdom and discretion he has displayed since his return from his long Journey entitle him to the respect of all of the people of Indiana. Many men of larger experience in affairs than has the Junior senator would have been led to make a series of addresses from the date of landing until' long after arrival at home., He has displayed so much discretion Jn this matter that he can be trusted to select the time and the place when he will give the results of his experience and observation. Indiana Is fortunate, indeed, to have two senators who have already made national reputations. Ex-Senator David B. Hill has not recalled his famous declaration, "I am a Demo crat," but he is not taking an active part ln. politics at present beyond keeping a sharp oversight of his own fences. He comes to New York occasionally on bus iness, but does, not stay long nor talk poll tics much. His friends say that he is will lng to allow Mr. Croker and his friends to handle the reins in the coming national convention, because he is convinced that nothing can ' prevent the renomlnatfdrr'of Bryan; and he is equally sure of his defeat. Thor who claim to know his feelings say he Is willing to see Croker & Company commit tfcemrelve to Bryan and go down with him, and then when it cones to the work of re organization Mr. Hill will assert himself. Whatever his plans may be it would not be Cifi to assume that he has none. A Hanaas man who will appear in the Hour for the firrt time in December an rc-ncis a preposition to hold every other r -T':n cf Centers xrtit cf the lVzLzz'.?;l

river. He is laboring under the delusion that the East has not yet learned to treat the West properly and that It can be taught if every other session should be held In Missouri, Kansas or some-other Western State. Inasmuch as the majority of the Republican members of the House represent Stated west of the Alleghenles there can be no ground for such a charge. Indeed, If Mr. Reeder should be required to find specifications to sustain the charge he would find that he had a very difficult task on his hands. Doubtless he believes that his assumption is true because there has been much demagogic talk designed to array the West against the East. There Is no ground for that sort of sectionalism and the broad

-minded patriot will deprecate all such dem agogy. The legislation of the Republican party has benefited every section, and no section more than the new States of the West. If Mr. Reeder desires to have every other session of Congress held In Medicine Lodge to the end that that body may be Influenced by the local sentiment, we might now be suffering from the disaster which Is involved in the 16-to-l heresy. If the Nation was beginning anew it would be better to have the seat of government nearer the center of population, but now that we have a government plant, so to speak. In the District of Columbia, It. Is better for Congress to meet there and not make the location of the capital a county-seat squabble on a wide scale. i THE TWO CANDIDATES. The supporters of Mayor Taggart have assumed, during all the years that he has been mayor, that in capacity and fitness for the office he can have no equal. The deputy city attorney, in his panegyric, gave the Impression that Indianapolis will fall into chaos the day that Mr. Taggart is no longer mayor. Without Mr. Taggart the future of the city, in the estimation of the grateful Bell, has no sign of promise. The Democratic platform is pitched to the same key. When other candidates are spoken of his friends cry out that they are far inferior to their idol. They have done this so long that they have really convinced a considerable number of intelligent people that Thomas Taggart is the greatest man who was ever mayor of this or any other city. It is time the citizens of Indianapolis who have Intelligence and Judgment should rid themselves of the impression that Mr. Taggart is so great a man that the city would not now exist as it is without him, and that It is more than probable there are several scores of citizens who would make quite as good mayors as Mr. Taggart. When they come to think of it they will find that Mr. Bookwalter Is better qualified for the office than Is Mr. Taggart. Both are self-made men. Eoth jhave shown their mettle in the success they have achievedIn his. business affairs Mr. Bookwalter has not had the as sistance which Mr. Taggart has had, yet his success until the date of Mr. Taggarfs induction into lucrative offices has been as marked. The man who, as a youngster, was a fireman on a locomotive, then a printer. and subsequently the manager of considerable business Interests has demonstrated his capacity fop affairs. The man who thus rises to public attention possesses brains, force of character, intelligence and persistence. In this respect Mr. Taggart is not the superior of Mr. Bookwalter. We are told that Mr. Taggart has su perior qualifications for the office. If so, wherein has he shown it? He placates, but in what great transaction has he shown that consummate ability claimed for him? Take the matter of the purchase of the park lands. Nine-tenths of those who are best qualified to judge the value of real estate said at the time of the purchase that he paid a third more for the land than it could have been sold to any other purchaser than the city. Admit that Mr. Taggart was acting solely for the interest of the city, can it be said by any candid man that the paying of a third more for the lands than they were worth is evidence of that marvelous capacity for mayor which his claquers claim for him? It may be said that Mr. Bookwalter would have done no better; it can be said In retort that he could have done no worse. There is reason to believe that Mr. Bookwalter, under similar condi tions, would have ascertained that the price asked was 50 per cent, above the value of the property. Having so ascertained, ho would have offered a reasonable price, and If the owners had not accepted he would have proceeded according to law and com pelled these owners to accept a fair price under condemnation proceedings, such as the federal authorities will resort to to purchase a site for the public building. A Republican mayor would have pursued such a policy, if for no other reason than that his party would otherwise have repudiated him. The Journal has no personal hostility to Mayor Taggart. It would do him no Injus tice nor in any Way underrate him, but, placing the two candidates side by side to Judge of their fitness for the office of may or, it is bound to say that in every respect Mr. Bookwalter gains by the comparison. THE PARTY OF CLAPTRAP. The platform adopted by the Democratic convention in Ohio contained, along with a lot of other rubbish, the following: We denounce the secret and vicious alliance now in evidence between England and the Republican administration, whereby this Nation may become Involved in war with foreign nations. Intelligent foreigners find a good deal to criticise in American politics, but Americans themselves are generally responsible for it. Our method of promulgating party platforms and conducting political campaigns offers a tempting field for the use of "claptrap," and peanut politicians are not slow in resorting to it. They are apt to imagine that votes can be made by appeals to the passions, prejudices and ignorance of the people. Such appeals may sometimes be partially successful, but they grieve the judicious and make American politics contemptible in the eyes of intelligent foreigners. The Democratic party Is pre-eminently a party of claptrap. From time immemorial It has had a habit of treating serious matters in an insincere way and using an ostentatious display of patriotism to cover appeals to passion, prejudice or class hatred. From the regularity with which it appeals to the anti-British sentiment of certain classes one might suppose that we had but recently emerged from the war of 1S12. It is said some old Democrats in that benighted portion of Illinois called Egypt are still voting for Andrew Jackson. The spirit of his hostility to Great Britain crops cut in almost every Democratic platform, and the British lion must keep his tail very much out of eight if he would not have it twisted when the grand old Democratic party assembles in convention. In 1S92 the national platform declared that "we tender our profound and earnest sympathy to those lovers of freedom who are struggling for home rule and the great cause of local self-government in Ireland." Even Intelligent Irishmen knew that this waa claptrap. Three

years ago the Democratic national conven

tion emitted this bombastic fustian on the money question: Gold monometallism is a British policy, and Its adoption has brought other nations Into financial servitude to London. It Is not only un-American but anti-American, and it can be fastened on the United States only by the stifllnc: of that Indomitable spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political independence in lt ana won it In the revolution; Imagine the surprise and disgust of Intelligent foreigners on reading such a statement as that as the deliberate expression of a political convention regarding a great economic question. It really has no connection whatever with the subject to which It Is supposed to relate, and Is nothing but an appeal to the ignorance and prejudice of the masses. It 13 pure claptrap, food for the groundlings. The declaration of the Ohio convention is made with a great affectation of patriotic alarm. One would suppose that it relates to recent startling disclosures or newly discovered evidence of "a secret and vicious alliance between England and the Republican administration." The convention would have it understood that it is a condition that confronts us, not a theory a condition cunningly engineered and diabolically intended to Involve the United States In war with foreign nations. This specimen of pure and undefiled claptrap Is too fine to be overlooked by the next Democratic national convention, and will probably be embodied in the platform of 130o. It is useless for a Republican administration to attempt to work out Its nefarious plans by a secret and vicious alliance with England as long as we have a Democratic party in our fhldst keen enough to discover and courageous enough to expose such wicked schemes. It is reported that Representative Hepburn, of Icwa, Is urging a revision of the rules for the next House, so that the speaker will be obliged to recognize members who address the chair Instead of using his discretion. If by this Mr. Hepburn means that everybody will be permitted to speak on every conceivable matter under the guise of debate, his revision of the rules should receive no favor. Freedom of debate has come to mean the right to talk upon every conceivable subject except that which Is tinder consideration. That privilege members now have when revenue bills are under consideration In committee of the whole. Few men speak to the point, most who participate making campaign speeches. Such a. waste of time Is not debate; it is simple gabble. The Senate permits freedom of debate until there is not a member who has a word to say to empty seats. When Important matters are before the Senate small men like the Populist Butler, of North. Carolina, fill the pages of the Record with weary drivel which is a reproach upon the Senate. The existing House rules enable the majority to say what bills shall be taken up, to limit the time of debate and to follow debate with a vote. Two or three days are given to the consideration of important bills. When this time is fairly divided between the two sides sufficient time has been given, since all that can be said for or against a measure can be spoken in a few hours. Mr. Hepburn will show wisdom in moving slowly in modifying the House rules in view of the spectacle the Senate presents. Inithe platform which was adopted by the Taggart convention in 1S37 the following may be found: We extend our sympathy to the thousands of American laborers wno were promised better wages and steady work in tne event of the election of McKinley, who have now no work or have been reduced to starvation wages and who, in our very midst, are being ejected from their homes because of their inability to pay rent. The foregoing was put forth in July,. 1S37, before Congress passed the present tariff, law, and at a time when business, In anticipation of four years in which there woult be no danger from silver agitation or of hostile tariff legislation, was Improving. At the time this platform was adopted thousands of men, who were left in Idleness by the tariff legislation, supplemented by the fear of silverlsm, had found employment and factories all over the land were starting up. ' The passage of the Dingley tariff law a few days later more fully gave our markets for manufactured goods and many other products to our own people. The improvement has been steady until at the present time the whole country has reached even a more prosperous era than that which closed with the Inauguration of Mr. Cleveland in 1S93. Indeed, the Improvement has been so marked that since the Republicans .came into power even Green Smith did not dare to refer to the condition of business and Industry in his platform. In 1S43, while the war with Mexico was in progress, with more or less opposition to it in this country, the Democratic party said In its national platform: That we would be rejoiced at the assurance of peace with Mexico, founded on the just principles of Indemnity for the past and security for the future, but that, while the ratification of the liberal treaty offered to Mexico remains In doubt, it Is the duty of the people to sustain the administration and to sustain the country In every measure necessary to provide for the vigorous prosecution of the war, should that treaty be rejected. The demand for "Indemnity for the past" was a demand for territory, and we got it at the end of the war. The demand that the people sustain the administration in every measure necessary for the vigorous prosecution of the war was right, Just as it is now. The Democratic party is not as patriotic as it was fifty years ago. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. In Dewey Days. Jones I tell you, that man Labori is the greatest man in France to-day. Browne Labori? Who'd he ever lick? The Reason for His Remarks. "Who was that Idiot who was averring freedom in this country is dead?" "Peck. His wife has got back from her summer outing." Not So Intimate. He You and Edith are very good friends. are you riot? She Not so very. We don't quarrel more than once a week. ' Better Off at Home. Hungry iiiggins I see you kin glt a square meal In the Klondike now for a dol lar. Weary Watklns Well, you kin do that at home, wit' twenty beers throwed in. Indiscreet Reformer. Philadelphia Telegraph. There are still some church people who do not like the newer criticism and who. as one of them declared in a recent trouble in Canada, "believe the Bible from cover to cover." The trouble in question was caused at St. Agatha by a visiting clergyman from Rhode Island. This reverend gentleman de clared In his sermon that the Bible was no more divinely inspired tnan the works of Shakspeare. George Eliot or any other great writer, and that the story of Adam and Eve was "a legend impossible to believe." Over this deliverance there was consternation, followed by unmistakable action. F.T-Mavor Wilson-Smith, of Montreal, rose and protested, using the expression above quoted, against any sucn aocinne, ana men indignantly left the premises, being followed

by a majority or me congregation, trvi dently the religious reformers are not hav ins R all tnelr own wa'

SO CHECK TO: DEMAND

HIGH PRICES HAVE XOT ADVERSELY AFFECTED BUSINESS. So Many People Have Employment nt Good AVagres that Alt Article of Consumption Are In Request. CONFIDENCE IS REIGNING MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS EXPECT PROSPERITY TO CONTINUE, And Are Stocking: Up with Goods and Enlarging Their Output Cereals Alone Are Declining In Price. NEW YORK. Sept. 1. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade will say to-morrow: The astonishing feature Is the magnitude of demand, notwithstanding prices which would ordinarily check it. In, products di rectly consumed by individuals the larger employment and better wasres of the work ing force give explanation. Efforts to meet the demand call for more stores, manu facturing works and machinery and facili ties for transportation as If every man's wages were in part diverted to build up the Nation's machinery of manufacturing and distribution. The occasion promises Quick profits, the building is largely for the future and it goes on in spite of unusual prices. Demand exceeds the supply of bessemer pig, again raising the price for that and anthracite to $22.50. Southern foundry to $18.20 at Pittsburg, with heavy sales, grey forge to H3 and Southern at Chicago to 120.63, with local coke at $21. Structural hares were advanced $5 per ton a week ago. cut nails 25 cents per keg this week, plates $20 per ton, common bar iron to Sic at Pittsburg and tool steel to 7 cents, -ith large Mexican orders placed for pipe and good orders , for bridges at Chicago. Few works can promise delivery before De cember, and most of the heavy contracts placed have been for next year's delivery. Recent advances In boots and shoes and leather do not prevent large business, and hides have slightly risen at. Chicago. Shipments of boots and shoes from Boston, 5.7 per cent, larger 'than in any other year to date, were 14.1 per cent, larger in August than in any other year and 24 per cent. larger than in 1892. Buyers, press for early delivery, manufacturers, refuse many orders and some already have concracts xumitrr uiieau man mey wisn. earner is a little stronger, with a heavy business. Sales Of Wool hav hoon rrfrerata C 59 TOi pounds for the week, and for live weeks -,wo,e;n, vi wnicn 6o,iM,H were domestic, and when the last great speculation was in progress sales in the same weeks of 1895 were ot.xxu.m . pounds,- or wnicn 33,llS,y$7 were domestic. Some hesitancy in buying by manufacturers Is attributed to current Drices. and ln ouarfcr hlnniri tvnehert Heona and unwashed and combing light some contcssiuiis nave Deen maoe, so mat tne aver age oi one nunared quotations by Coates Bros. Is about 20.33 cents, against 20.40 Aug. . .turns nave strong demands ror goods, and he clay worsteds, have . further advanced. n COttrtn cnnrla duma rtrt araorle cnnnlv ch .. - " j and manv kinds have advnncpd nlthmurh the material has declined. The cotton year end3 with spot quoted at 6l,i cents. The crop has surpassed all others, and with commercial stocks here and abroad and mill stocks about 60-3,000 bales larger than a year ago the actual consumption of American cotton seems In hav ho 600.000 bales, so that a crop of 10,000,000 bales would-leave stoeks about, Where they; Vera a year' ago if 'consumption should remain the same. There is prospeet or increased COnsumDtion. hut n ln of a vlo'rJ noAt iu.vw.vw uu.tr a uuiwuiisisnaing recent losses. iittfi. uas uecnneo mainiy because reDOrtS Of inllirv in h Vnrthn-aa Vi o discredited, and the exports from hoth j;uais nave Deen ror tne week 3.010,010 uuantis, againsc j., fso.ua last year, and for five weeks 16.114. fiss hhpi npoinet is srx CM last year. The Western receipts have been lir.oid.K Dusneis, against u.au.oo last year. Indicating in recent weeks some disposition On the tiart of farmprs tn hrlr1 their rmn i n - m . - - - w . v-. giaill. lhe enormous exnnrts .nf rnrn Hi kiv ii uusneis, against iv,kw,4s3 in the same weeks liibL vear. ann ins vv pcrnrn rMint. t fi o.i 109 bushels.. against 19,620,787 last year, are inn 10 De iorgotten ana nave caused a decline of one cent Jn nrio raiiures ror tne weeK have been 141 In the united States, against 171 last year, and 23 in vanaua, against last year. BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. Slerchants Have Confidence In the Stability of the Great Boom. NEW YORK, Sept. 1. Bradstreet's to morrow will say: "With an exceptionally heavy business already booked for the lat ter portion of the year, the mercantile com munity faces the trade situation with con fidence, testified to by very generally firm prices and with quotations in a number of lines showing further marked advances. The most conspicuous exception to this Is found in cereals, which are weak and-declining. Lower prices for wheat, corn and pats point to speculative liquidation of tired holders, who, with confidence In the future of prices. have weakened under unsatisfactory foreign demand, large receipts and the near an proach of expected heavier crop movement. Corn-crop prospects, though less rosy, still point to a full yield. Cotton, too. has weak ened slightly, chiefly because of advices of rain at the South, though Texas crop ad vices are still unsatisfactory and stories of permanent damage are forthcoming. With these exceptions, most staples .are cither firmly held or evince decided progress ud ward, notable in this latter respect being iron and steel of all kinds, but particularly pig iron, which now is the center of trade, Interest, owing to heavy demand, particu larly for foundry grades, at advancing prices. Trade reportr would seem to indi cate that a good p.rt of the productive capacity of the country is already engaged for the first half of 1900. Sympathetic sirei'gm is evinced by other classes, among me materials aavancing mis weeK beiiiif bar Iron at nearly all markets, steel billets, rod Iron and step, tin nlafps and nail From the textile trade exceptionally good reports come. August witnessed a general gain In the prices of cotton and woolen eood.'. evident lv tVi nntfmip nf aottvn r? mand, judging from reports from leading ciues. scarcity or material ana backward J 1 1.. I . M . . m ... unliveries oi me same are reporieo Dy doming manufacturers at manv nnlntn Knrth West and South. Among other textiles'. sirengm is specially notable in hemp, in sympathy with London, whence ccme reports that Philippine shipments will shortly cease. Increased strength has been imparted to LU J 1 . - i 1. 1 . 1 , . iiiut- aim learner mis ween uy me launcn ing oi me new upper learner combination. Knot and Rhrve mn niifart urers are artlvetv employed, but the margin of profit is re purieu to dc exceedingly email, owing to keen competition. I.nmher retains all tt nld artlvltv nnd It-. some lines manifests new strength as regards prices. The refined-sugar war apparently still continues, one result being the stimulation oi consumption to a notaDie extent. A cnrwl hns4nAi la riftlnc in tnYitnnn o . most markets; special activity being reported from manufacturing centers In Florida, whence it is reported that the next uuDan crop win ne a very large one. Tn fnrliiatHal line the -situation ie rsJ ftorted as very satisfactory. Employment s general and strikes and labor troubles generally are conspicuous uy mcir auseniv. Business failures for the week are the smallest Reported for a long time, numbering only 131. as compared with 154 last week, 164 In this week a year ago, 193 In 1S37, 339 in 1SS6 and 1S4 in 1S05. Wheat shipments, including nour, ior tne 1SW and 2.200,251 in li35. Since July 1 this VtA AvnAFt a gt TL' hP3f U tTTPfTil fort 33.122,337 bushels, against 29.593.532 last year and 32,SJ1.24 in 1S97-SW. Corn exports for the weeK aggregate ,lb4,03 ousneia, against year ago. 3.1S5.WS4 in 1S3T. 2,527,551 In 16 and 1,405,370 lr. 1SC5. Since July 1, this season,

weeK aggregate uusucis. ukuum 2.313,S2o last week. 3.6S7.0I9 in the correspond-

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corn exports aggregate 41.2W.91S bushels, against 24.53S.99S bushels during the same period a year ago and 25,533,3oS) in 1S97-9S. HAK CLEARIXGS. Total This Week f 1,443,301,887, a Gain of Only 13.9 Tcr Cent. NEW YORK. Sept. l. The following table, complied by Bradstreet. shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended Fept. 1, with the percentage of increase and decrease, as compared with the corresponding week last year: New York 1510.179,610 Increase.. 12. J Boston 119.2fiC.178 Increase. .19.7 Chicago F5,3C2.r94 Increase.. 12. 5 Philadelphia 7S.453.73S Increase.. 21.1 St. Louis S.'.ISS.S; Increase.. 14-7 Plttsburjr 19.S9.-..905 Increase.. 12.3 Baltimore 19.GS.000 Increase.. 39. 4 San Francisco 17.793.S95 Increase. .15.8 Cincinnati 12,102.0"i0 Increase. .1.9 Kansas City 13.085.86S Increase. .25.0 New Orleans 5.V9.679 Minneapolis 9.132.97ft Increase.. 11. S Detroit .391.715 Increase. .11.3 Cleveland 10.231.514 Increase. .17.8 Louisville 7.:es.000 Increase..2S.S Providence 5.276,2'W Increase.. 35. 3 Milwaukee 4.634.022 Increase.. 9.8 St. Paul 3.615,361 Increase.. 4.1 Buffalo 3.932.363 Increase. .13.8 Omaha 5,390,535 Decrease.. 9.5 Indianapolis 5.047.350 Decrease.. 7.1 Columbus. O 4,431. 4X) Increase.. 37.7 Evansvllle 723,639 Increase. .41. 4 Totals U. S I1.443.564.8S? Increase. .13.9 Totals outside N. Y.... 533.3S5.207 Increase. .16.9 STEAMERS FROM ALASKA ARRIVAL OP THE LAI' RAD A AXD II OIDOLDT AT SEATTLE. Ahont SOO Fortunate and Unfortunate 3I!ner Aboard During Sea Swept by a Severe Storm. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 1. Two steam ers arrived from Alaska to-day, bringing about five hundred miners, fortunate and unfortunate. The Laurada came from St. Michael's and the Humboldt from Skagway. The total amount of gold dust they brought is estimated at half a million. The reports from the Cape Nome district are still con flicting, but the fact remains that consid erable gold was brought from there by pas sengers on the Laurada. Bering sea, was swept by a terrific wind storm on the 19th, 20th and 21st of August, that made all shipping caught out in it struggle hard to live. The British gunboat Pheasant,, the "United States cutters Rush and Cordan and the Laurada were all caught out and had a hard time to live it out. All escaped, however, but the Pheasant lost two of her lifeboats, which were smashed by heavy seas. washing her decks. The huge waves that bioke over her piled down Into the forecastle, driving every Jack tar to the different oarts of th ship. The Rush and the Pheasant, after the storm, put into Dutch Harbor, where the Laurada saw them. The latter vessel was caught by the hurricane one day this side of Nomine, at about 10 o'clock on the night of the 19th. It came up from the southwest and blew with terrific foice until the 22d. The Laurada was heading into.it and shipped but few seas. Sailers of the cutters said it was the worst storm they ever encountered. A correspondent at St. Michael's, Alaska, under date of Aug. 14, says: The Investigation of the reported murder of the members of the Jessie expedition, by Indians, at the mouth of the Kuskowim river, last summer, has begun. The revenue cutter Corwln. Captain Herring, left to-day for Nunlvak Island, where K. tJ. larsten, a trader, who says the members of the expe dition were massacred, will be taken aboard. The Corwln will then go to the mouth of the Kuskowim and land an in vestigating party which, besides members of the crew will include united states. Marshal Shoup, who arrived here several days ago. In company with United States District Judge Johnson, it is expectea .in.e. investigation will last several days. If any evidence of murder is found the suspected natives will be arrested and taken to Sitka for trial on the revenue cutter McCulloch. A veritable stampede has set In from this place to Cape Nome, not less than fifty employes of the Alaska Commercial Com pany and North American Transportation. and Trading company leaving wunin me past few days for the new diggings, inese men, many oi whom have been working for salaries ranging from IM to o a montn. have been crazed by the reports recently brought over from Anvil City by returning miners, every one or wnom is loaaea aown with beach gold. Added to this is the de mand upon the trading companies for quicksilver copper plate, cyanide and other articles used in rocking. Money is no odject in the purchase of these materials and it is not an uncommon occurrence to see men offer $3 a pound for quicksilver and as much for copper plate. A nugget weigh ing sixteen ounces was found, last week on the beach and when the news was circu lated there was a wilder rush than ever to secure rockers. Miners who staked on the creek claims threw down their shovels and asked for their time that they might share in the good luck of the five hundred or more men on the beach. The result was a general advance in wages. Noble wallingford. of Seattle, and part ner. In twenty hours work one day last week rocked out $725 and in one pan last Friday Mr. Wallingford took out X18. .This piece of ground is aoout ten miles irom Anvil City, showing mat goia is to oe found along the entire beach as far as Port Clarence. Equally as much as finding a slxteen-ounce nugget on the beach was tne finding of a twenty-ounce nugget on Bryn etzen's claim. No. 1, below Discovery, on Anvil, last week. This is the largest nug get yet found in the district. Exodns from Damon. VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept. 1. The Dlrlgo arrived from Alaska to-day with two hun dred passengers and gold dust estimated at a quarter of a million. The biggest winner is Barclay, of North Dakota, with $100,000, Among the passengers were C. S. Coatsworth, who went in over the Edmonton route. He reports that Dr. Mason, of Chi cago, and others, who were sick with scurvy at Wind City, got through safely. Since the opening of navigation to passen ger steamers, 9,447 people have left Daw son, and 2,89y have arrived there. This ag gregate does not include 1,000 or 1.500 men who Moated down the river to Cape isome It Is estimated that there are three thou sand 'broke" men in the Klondike who must get out of the country or become ob jects of charity next winter. The telezrarh line has reached a point on the Yukon river 150 miles south of Dawson. The work is being pushed ahead at the rate of five miles a day. The government is building a wagon trail from Lartboa oro. ing to a point below White Horse rarids. through Walton valley, and around lnir tv-miie river. This will lessen the distance on the Edmonton trail fully one hundred miles. 1 Silence of Senator Deverldfpe. Chicago Tribune (Editorial.) Senator Albert Jeremiah Beverldge, of Indiana, is a true orator. He Is blessed not onlv with the spirit of eloquence, but with the greater gift of silence. He has noticed that the occasional skyrocket needs a back ground of darkness to make It conspicuous. and that even the cnimney or a oiast iur nace which spouts fire continuously soon crows commonplace. He has grasped the great truth that an orator who attempts to conduct a continuous performance must rank onlv with other vaudeville stars. Incidentally the senator his given a magnificent exhibition of self-control. When a young man of thlrty-slx years does not smoke, chew or drinK: wnen ne nas uvea down the reputation of being a "boy orator," and has got himself elected to the United States Senate; when he has Just returned home from the most interesting place in the world to his constituents, and yet has -the courage to resist the blandishments of persistent and ingenious reporters, it may safely be said that he has mastered the greatest lesson which public men have to learn. At the same time he has greatly increased the public Interest In his debut as a senator. If the sphinx were to speak its wor s would be listened to with breathless eagerness. So the young sphinx of the Senate will be heard with greater interest wnen ne rises to tell what he has seen and heard on the firing line in the Philippines. His motto may be recommended to every aspiring young statesman: "Give your ear to all. men, but your voice to few." Envious Democrat. Chicago Record. Ohio Democrats demand a reduction of fees and salaries. That looks as if they did not expect to get in themselves and wanted to make It as unpleasant as possible for the other f tllows.

PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT

A DECREASE OF OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS LAST MONTH. Receipt and Expenolttiren Cnse of Mr. Richard New Letter Carriers for Indianapolis. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. The monthly statement of the public debt shows that, at the close of business, Aug. 31. IK, the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to Jl.157.306.55o, a decrease, as compared with last month, of I4.2S1.118. This decrease is accounted for by a corresponding increase In the cash on hand. The debt Is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt 11.046,045,850 Debt on which Interest has ceased since maturity 1.21a.la0 Debt bearing no Interest SS3.295.427 Total $1,435,059,4 This amount, however, does not Include $301,443,203 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are onset Dy an equal amount of cash on hand. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Gold $317,446.9) Silver 505.Oo9.R14 Paper 58.4S4.2f) Bonds deposits In national bank depositories, . disbursing omcers balances, etc 81.3SS,$67 Total J962.379.8S2 Against the above there are demand lia bilities outstanding amounting to ISS3.027.010, leaving a net cash balance on hand or 273,352. S72. The net cold in the treasury to-day was $213,757,971, the largest amount in the history of the government, and an Increase of JS77.370 over yesterday. The gold certificates so rar withdrawn from the several subtreasuries in exchange for gold coin amounts tO $38,004,910. The comparative statement of the govern ment receipts and expenditures shows that during the month of August, 1899. the receipts from all sources amounted to $49,978.173, an increase over August. 1S98. of about $$.150,000. The disbursements during the last month amounted to $45,522,311. as against $56,2W,717 for last August. This leaves a surplus for the month of $4,455,862. The re ceipts from customs during the last month amounted to $20,546,697, against $16,249,699 for August, 18SS. From internal revenue. $24,237.039. against $24,015,934 for August. 1S0S. r rom miscellaneous sources. $0,194,436, against $1,517,073 for August last year. The disbursements charged to the War Depart ment amounted to $14,981,390, against $25,163.235 for the corresponding month of last year. Since July 1, 1SS9, the re. ceipts have aggregated $9S.032.431. as compared with $S5.629.816 during the same period last year. The expenditures during the last two months have amounted to $102.0S3.402. against $130,524,193 for the corre sponding period last year. At the conclusion of the Dewey celebra tion at New York, Admiral Sampson will be relieved of the command of the North Atlantic squadron. This action Is to be taken at the request of the admiral, who has al ready had much more than his portion of sea service in his grade. After a short leave of absence, he will be assigned to shore duty, probably in command of one of the ravy yards. In considering the selection of Admiral Sampson's successor as commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic station. the Navy Department has practically narrowed the field down to two names. It has been laid down as the policy to be followed mat tne commands of neets and stations shall be reserved, wherever practicable, for the nine rear admirals of the first grade. It has been found that of these officers who are not already on sea service or about to retire shortly, there are three names? Re mey. in command at Portsmouth. Farquhar. commandant at isorrolk, and Schley, pres ident oi tne retiring board, rarqunar has been long &et on continuous shore duty, and it is indicated here that either he or Remey is to succeed Sampson. Inasmuch as there has been some specula, tlon as to the effect of the several important cnanges in commands in the navy upon the present Incumbents of the great naval bureaus It may be stated that Secretary Long has decided to make no change at least in the head of the navigation bureau, and Admiral Crowinshleld, who has Just returned to Washington from Europe, will continue to discharge the duties of chief of that bureau. " Captain C. F. Goodrich, of the cruiser Newark, has been detached from that command, p.nd to-day assumed command of the battleship Iowa, relieving Captain Terry, who Is ordered home on waiting orders. At tne same time tne command of the Newark will devolve upon Captain B. H. McCallan. It Is expected Captain Terry will soon be promoted to the rank of rear admiral. The War Department is making up the lineal rank of the officers recently appointed in the first thirteen volunteer regiments. These are being made by regiments only, and not for the whole of the volunteers. Promotions In the future will be made in regiments based upon this lineal rank. Length of time in which officers served as officers In the service of the United States will determine the rank of the new officers. Service in the militia will not count. The officers from State regiments will have their services dated from the time they were mustered Into the United States service for the Spanish war. . Hiram Cronk, of Ava, N. Y., aged ninetynine, is still carried on the pension rolls, though press dispatches recently announced his death. He was not only the last surviving soldier of the war of 1812, but also the oldest pensioner. He served forty days in the fall of 1S14 in the New York militia. Of the four revolutionary widows still drawing pensions, the youngest is Mrs. Mary Snead, of Parksley, Va. As she is now eighty-three years old, she waa born In 1816, or thirty-three years after the treaty of Keace with Great Britain. Assuming that er husband was twenty years old at the date of the treaty, he was fifty-three years old when his wife was born, and if she was seventeen at the date of their marriage, he was seventy. The following additional letter carriers were appointed to-day For Indianapolis: Frank Graves, Robert F. Hammond, Frank A. Scmedel, Carl J. Baker. Ollie M. Bond and James A. Parker. For Peru, Ind.: James H. Burkholder. For Marlon: Victor A. Schultz. Rural free delivery will be established Sept. 5 at Russellvllle. William T. Aultman has been appointed regular letter carrier and David J. Priest substitute. About two months ago Mr. John Richards, an American citizen, was summarily expelled from Guatemala. He appealed to Mr. W. Godfrey Hunter, United States minister at Guatemala city, against such arbitrary action. Mr. Hunter replied by telegram that the authorities claimed they were In possession of abundant proof to Justify their order. Upon the arrival of Mr. Richards in the United States he came directly to Washington and laid his complaint before the secretary of state, who directed that a copy thereof be forwarded to Mr. Hunter for full investigation and report. The Department of State is now Iti receipt of Mr. Hunter's dispatch giving the result of his investigation. The statements furnished are affidavits by persons mainly in the employ of the Guatemalan government. Mr. Richards, who is at present at Washington, has filed a strong counter statement with the secretary , of state, in view of which Mr. Hunter has been directed to personally visit Zacapa and make a full and complete Investigation In order that the Department of State may definitely determine Its future course In regard to Mr. Richards's complaint. The merits of his case cannot be determined until the Department cf State Is In possession of such report and not an ex parte one. While the government of the United States does not question the authority of a foreign government to exnel from its shores undesirable or dangerous persons, since tnis authority is the international right of every government, yet the arbitrary use of such power may sometimes do incalculable harm and work an undeserved Injury. United States Treasurer Roberts has received a contribution of $1,000 from the New York Journal for the Dewey home fund and $1,000 from Marcus Daly & Co.. of Anaconda, Mont., making the total to date $-.2,109. The negotiations that are now in progress looking to a modus vivendl for the definition, temporarily, of a boundary line between Alaska and the BrltUh Northwestern Territory are proceeding on the same lines practically as those which figured In the negotiations In which Mr. Choate took part. That is, the United States holds firmly to the contention that the village of Kluckwan shall be regarded as on the American side of the line. No effort is making to reach a permanent arrangemejirat present. Commissary General Weston to-day gave directions for the purchase in New York of tons each of beans and rice and U2 toes

of dried fish fcr the relief of the peop.e of Porto Rico. This food will go forward next Wednesday on one of the military transports. Consul McCook. at Dawson City, reports to the State Department under date of July 8 that no less than two thousand persons have gone down the Yukon from that place within a month, bound for the most psrt for

the Cape Nome gold fields, lie say taai "the poor man's chance, so far as tela country is concerned, is gone." TRIAL OF DARIEN NEGROES. Testimony of Sheriff Blount and Spe cial Deputy Ilalley. DARIEN. Ga.. Sept. l.-The trial of five of the negro rioters began this morning. Among them are two women. Sheriff Blount and his special deputy, T. A. BaPey, who Intended to carry Henry Delagel to Savannah but were intimidated by the presence of negroes and the ringing of the church bells, were called to the stand. Mr. Bailey swore that he went to the Jail with the Intention of assisting the sheriff in taking the prisoner away when he heard the bell ring and saw the negroes gather, soma with guns, acd all excited. One of the men now on trial, James Wylly. was heard by Mr. Bailey to say that if Delagel was taken ftom the Jail the streets of parien would run red with blood. The sensational feature of Sheriff Blount's testimony was that he hat summoned a number of negro men to guard the Jail after the demonstration, and anions them wis Ben Dunlum, who he had seen in the crowd with a gun at the height of the tumult. Mr. Blount explained tnat he placed this guard at the Jail to ease the minds of the negro population from a fear of lynching. Mr. W. G. Charlton Is conducting the examination of witnesses for the prosecution and Judge II. D. D. Twiggs for the defense. The indictments returned by the grand Jury were all for rioting. Thirty-seven tru bills were returned and In twenty-two casea no bills were found. This action of lh grand Jury In turning loose twenty-two of the men under arrest left no excuse for a motion of a change of venue and no motion of the kind was made, althoueh contemplated at first by the defense. The trial of the various parties arranged in groups ofc five will continue every day snd evening until the whole list is finished. It 1 th intention of Judge Seabrook to allow aa little delay as possible. The Jury In the cases against Ben Dunham. James Willy. Marshal Dorsey, Loulaa Underwood and Maria Curry, charged with rioting, returned a verdict of guilty lat this afternoon. The Jury was out only fifteen minutes. None of the rioters will be sentenced until the end of the session. Rioting, under the Georgia law, is a misdemeanor, the maximum punishment being twelve months' imprisonment or $1,000 fine, or both. SUMMER OUTING ENDED PRESIDENT AXD MRS. M'KIXLEY EX ROUTE TO WASHINGTON. Former Visits Ills Old Law Office at Canton and Takes a Look at the Home He Recently Tarrhased. CANTON, O., Sept. 1. To the accompa-. nlment of enthusiastic cheers from the large crowd that thronged the etatlon platforms the special train bearing President and Mrs. McKinley steanved out of Canton at 9 o'clock to-night. The President, from the, rear platform, bowed hl3 acknowledgments for the kindly demonstration. The train goes direct to Washington over the Pennsylvania lines and is due to arrive at I p. ra. Saturday. The President assured his friends here that ha had a really restful visit, and that he had-thoroughly enjoyed the brief sojourn at his old home and the Intercourse with his eld neighbors. Dr. Rixey expressed his belief that. Mrs.' McKinley is ftcadily recovering from her lpdLsposltlon of a month or so, although her state of health while here was such that she could see but few people. While In Pittsburg she received such a; shock from the constant firing of a cannon at the side of the car as to give her a setback for the time being. She was able this afternoon, however, to take a ride about the city along her favorite drives, being accompanied by 5 the President and her niece, Miss Mary Barber. , m During the morning . the President left the Barber residence unattended and leisurely sauntered up and across Market street to the McKinley block. The door to "ne of the offices in the block still bears tLe inscription. "William McKinley, Attorney-at-law." He entered several of the offices and met and chatted with the tenants of bis building and many other friends he chanced to meet. This call engaged him about an hour. Later, accompanied by Private Secretary Cortelyou and Dr. Rlxey, the President went to the bid home In North Market street, his flrat homo in Canton, and the one he recently acquired. The trip was for the purpose of giving his Washington friends a view cf the home and to Inspect the property with reference to possible improvements when he takes formal possession Nov. 1. It is not supposed that any definite plana for the property have yet been determined upon. THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON Sept. 3, 1800 Esra til, 10 lr, 5 R building; the Temple. If there wn ever a time when the Jews mltht have felt excused from celebrating the Feait of Tabernacles, this waa It. They had well-esrned a rest after their long- and toileome Journey from Babylon. They were Just fairly !lpered to their ancestral cities. They were buay building homes and fencing fields. Not to provide for one's ons were to be worse than an Infidel. Going u; to Jerusalem, too, coiJd not fail to excite the suspicion of their hereditary foes.. The dread EdomIte fortress, called, significantly, the Scorpions, must be passed. Then, too, there was no tempi on Zlon yet, nor so much as an altar even. When the feast time comes, however, the people are there, under leadership of prince and priest. There was nothing in l-ht to make them Joyous. All to the contrary. On that not, ence, gold was as stones, and cedar as rjeanure. Now there was nothing left tut stones anl sycamores. Yet. In eplte of all. a Joyous thanksgiving day Is epent amid the ruins. Aliarfires Irradiate th nljht. Blackened walls echo the sweet notes of silver trumpets. Antlhonal choruses, to the accompaniment of clathlns; cymbals, resound aerofs the molderlng moands. "O give thanks unto Jehovah. For his mercy endureth forever." How was this triumph over an environment i unfavorable achieved! If they had ccme separately, one hr one, to Zten. its desolation might have overpowered them. Uut la union there waa strength to resist the uncanny gloom of the place. They rathered themselves together as one man. They repressed all Idle and sentimental musings,, plunging at once into religious service. They shovel away the debris, find the bae. and rear again the altar ef burnt eacrlnce. They reium th morning and evening rltual-tha whole buretoffering, typical cf an entire consecration to Cod. Thus they are able to observe their national thanksgiving day in spite of the unfr1ndl!eit of environments. They go from strength to strength, every one cf them In Zlon. They find themselves heartened even to undertake the gigantic task of rebuilding the temple. They glva out the contracts and set forward the workraen In th house of God. Soon there is rJclelng over the completion f the foundation. Trumpet and cymbal, responsive choirs and the loud acclaim of all the people make a praiseful torrent that breaks in Joyous reverberation upon the Judean hills afar. tup Trirurn'a T i vnr r? V First It Is evidence of the divinity of religion that It makes one superior to his environments. It makes a thanksgiving day amid ruins possible. In a world where w are ever subject to the Icaa of friends and property, a religion that can keep one serene In mind and even suffuse a quiet Joy Is a religion exactly suited to human ceel. Second The foundation of the old altar was diligently sought for In the debris. This waa done that there might be s standing wltnes that the religion the exiles brought with them from Dab j Ion waa the same o'd faith f the fathers. Thirl The advantages of contiegstlonal wor ship are here apparent, its gain are immenta. It cannot be dispensed with.- v Fourth A place for congregational worship la indlsprrsable. Out of the material xion of brlclc and mortar shines God. lie who builds or rtbulld a house for God does one of the noblest possible things. Fifth Ths lower semi-tone raUed by those who remembered the first house, and saw the Inevitable disparity was natural. Rven Herod's luxuttous garniture could not compensate for th ab. senci of the ark, ths temple's vrj heart. In this, plain and UMurnlsbed sanctuary GM would fata lead His people from symbol to sut-tance.