Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 307, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 November 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1899.

DeAoy. with the resulting loss of prestige to Sp.iin. Thf-n in June Aguinaldo came. AGUINALDO AND DBWKY. The commission then gives the following m-'-nonndum concerning Admiral Dewey's relations with Aguinaldo. as furnished by the admiral: 'On April 24, 1M, the following cipher (lisratch was received at Hong-Kong Irora Air. E. .-Spercer I'ra't. UniUd States consul gtncrai at Singapore. ' 'Aguinaldo. insurgent leader, here. Will com) to lioaiT-Kons and arrange with comni nlore for the general co-operation of insurants at Manila If desired. Telegraph." On the samn day Commodore Dewey telegraphed Mr. Pratt; 'Tell Aguinaldo to come as soon as possible the necessity for haste being due to the fact tha; the squadron had been noticed by the Hong-Kong government to leave those waters by the following day. Thw squadron left Hong-Kong on the morning of the i'.th and Mirs bay on the 27th. AKiiinaldo did not leave Singapore until the 2;;n, and so did not arrive in Hong-Kong In time to have a conference with the admiral. "it had been reported to the commodore as early a March 1 by the United States consul at Manila and otlers that the Filipinos had broken out into insurrection usiinst the Spanish authority In the vicinity of Manila, and on M.-.rch CO Mr. Williams had telegraphed: 'Five thousand rebels, armed. In camp near city. .Loyal to us in case of war "Upon the arrival of the squadron at Manila it was ound there was no insurrection to speak of, and it was, accordingly, decided to allow Aguinaldo to come to Cavite on board the McCulIocn. He arrived with thirteen of his staff on May 19, and Immediately came on beard the Olympla to call on the commander-in-chief, after which he was allowed to land at Cavite and organize an army. This was done with the purpose of strengthening the United States forces and weakening those of the enemy. No alliance" of any kind was entered into with Aguinaldo. nor was any promise of Independence made to him. then or at any other time." , AGUINALDO'S FIRST PROCLAMATION. The commission's report then rapidly sketches events now historical. It tells. In substance, how the Filipinos attacked the Spanish and how General Anderson arrived and Aguinaldo, at h's request, removed from Cavite to Baceoor. Says the commisjon: "Now for the first time rose the Idea of national independence. Aguinaldo issued a proclamation in which he took the responhihiliy of promising it to his people 6n behalf of the American government, although he admitted freely, in private conversation with members of his Cabinet, that neither Admiral Dewey nor any other American had made him any such promise." The report states that Aguinaldo wished to attack the Americans when they landed at I'aranaque, but was deterred by lack of arms and ammunition. From that point on there was growing friction between the Filipinos and the American troops. "There were no conferences." says the report, "between the officers of the Filipinos and our officers with a view to operating against the Spaniards, nor was there co-operation of any kind. There never waa any preconcerted operations or any combined movement by the United States and Filipinos against the Spaniards." Reference is made to Aguinaldo's demand that he be allowed to loot Manila and take the arms of the Spaniards. The latter demand Is raid to confirm the statement that he intended to get possession of the arms to attack the Americans. Further evidence of the hostile intentions of the Filipinos was found in the organization of "popular clubs." which later on furnished a local militia to attack the Americans. The decrees of the Filipino Congress are also cited as well as the making of bolos (knives) in every shop in Manila. It Is shown that a considerable element In the Filipino Congress wished to address to President McKlnley a request not to abandon the Filipinos (at this stage the Paris conference was discussing the future of the Philippines.) The President was also RAIN OR SNOW TO-DAY.

Fair Weather Aftervvcrds and Warmer Probably To-.Morrow. WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. Forecast for Friday and Saturday: For Ohio Rain or snow Friday; fresh to trlsk northerly winds: on Saturday, fair and warmer. , For Indiana Rain or snow, followed by fair on Friday. Fair and warmer on Saturday; fresh northerly winds. For Illlnoi Fair In western; snow, followed by fair In eastern portion on Friday; brisk northerly winds. Fair and warmer on Saturday. Loral ObnerTationn on Thursday. Bar. Ther. R.I I. Wind. Pre. 7 a. m 20.11 27 8$ N'east. .61 7 p. m 2V.07 42 86 N'aast. .41 Maximum temperature, 42; minimum temperature. 23. Following Is a comparative statement of th temperature anl precipitation for Nov. 2: Tern?. Pre. Normal : 4 .11 Mean 38 1.02 Departure from normal 10 . -f.91 Departure since Nov. 1 8 -f.8d Departure since Jan. 1 17 1.37 RICHARD II. SULLIVAN, Observer in Charge. Yesterday Temperature. Stations. Mln. Max. 7 p.m. 'Atlanta. Ga. 46 tH 50 Bit-marck. N. D 14 50 SC Buffalo. N. T 22 36 32 Cahrary, X. W. T W 40 Cheyenne. Wjo 14 50 34 Cincinnati, O 4 52 4S Concordia. Kan 12 44 36 Davenport. Ia 22 38 34 Des Moines, Ia 26 38 35 Galveston. Tex 4 54 62 Helena. Mont 38 50 44 Jacksonville, Fla 60 7S 70 Kansas City. Mo 32 36 32 Little Rock. Ark 38 44 4) Marquette, Mich 30 34 30 Memphis, Tenn 40 . 46 44 Nashville. Tenn 40 42 4 New Orleans. La 50 64 50 New York. N. T 42 54 42 North Platte. Neb 6 4 34 Oklahoma. O. T 32 44 38 Omaha, Nb 23 42 36 i'liifburr. ti 4 .o Qu' Appelle. N. W. T 22 50 40 Kapld City. S. I 16 54 42 Fait Lake City, Utah 3 58 52 Ft. Paul. Minn 34 40 Zt Fprinrneld. Ill 12 34 22 Fpringfield. Mo 30 34 82 Vlcksbursr. Miss 4 46 Washington. D. C 60 50 October Weather. Following is a summary of the meteorological condition at Indianapolis during October, as prepared by the local forecast official: Mean atmorherlo rnure. 20.14: highest, 30.43, on the 1st: lowest. .S3. on the 31st. Mean temperature, 60; highest, yi. on the 14th: lowest. 33. on the 1st; greatest dally range, 32. on the 8th; least daily range. 7, on the 27th. Mean temperature for the month in 1ST1. 57; 1S72, 54; 173. U); 1VT4. 5.: H75. 51: 1S76, 51; 1877, 6S; 1S73, 54; 173. 62; l$x. 53; 1SS1. 60; Ps2. 53; 1S3, 55; 14. 53; 51; IV. 56; m7. 50; 50; 1$9. 51; 190, 5o; lf31. 55; 1S?2. 56; 1SJ3. 56; 1834. 56; 1S35, 43; 1SS6. 52; 137. 61: ISO. 53. Mean temperature for the month for twenty-nine year?, 55; accumulated deficiency of daily mean temperature since Jan. 1. 3S degrees; average dally deficiency since Jan. 1, 0. Prevailing direction cf wind, south; total movement. 6.K miles; maximum velocity of wind, direction and date, thirty-six miles, couth, on the 10th. Total precipitation, it.51 inches; number of days with .01 inch or more. nine. Total precipitation in Inches) for this month in 1S71. 1.54; 1S72. 1.07; 1SC3. 6.27; 174. .36; 1S75. 2.67; 1S76, 4.42; 1877. 3.22; 1S79. 4.78; 179. 1.34; 1SS0. 3.54; 1M. 6.11; 1SS2. MS; 1S.V3. 8.56; ISM. 2.21; lJO. 3.25; lSST,. 1.20; 1SS7. 0.55; JS.S. 4.03; 13. 1-70; 4.02; 191, 1.18; 1VS2. 0.2S; 193. 3.01: 1S54. 2.51; 1!35. O.M: 13. 1.65; 17. 0.4; 1?8. 4 6, Average precipitation for the month for twenty-nine years. 2.74 inches; total deficiency In precipitation during the month. 0.23 Inches: accumulated deficiency in precipitation since Jan. 1. 4 91 Inches. Number of clear days thirteen; partly cloudy. Cine; cloudy days, nine. Snowstorm at Various Point. KENOSHA. Wis., Nov. 2. The heavy itorm on Lake Michigan for the last thlrtyelx hours has done an Immense amount of damage at this point. All of the government ork on the harbor during the last two onths was totally destroyed and the debris was strewn along the beach for two miles. The North Pi.r llpht and the elevated walk to the lUhthoti. are w33hed away and the harbor is in darkness. ST. LoriP. Mo.. Nov. Z A veritable Mizrard ra;d here to-dny. Snow began to fall early and rontlnue.i for several hours, but rrelted as it foil. Th snowstorm was hc-eornr-anied by a hisjh wind and a decided drop In temperature. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Nov. 1 The tt ni e rat lire fell raj idly here to-day and tn-nltcht a heavy snowstorm prevailed on Lookout mountain, lusting for more than in liour. VALPAUAISO. Ind.. Nov. J.-Snow has been falllri? hrr !nce mldr.isht. To-niht a roM wave ft in and the temperature dropped thirty degrees. Five Inches of snow fell. IIKYAN O.. Nov. i Since daybreak a fiirlous snowstorm has b on rainir here. The snow was preceded by rain. There is indication of the itorm abating.

to be asked his desire as to the form of government he wished to establish. Hut all this time Aguinaldo was preparing for war and delaying the meta?es, and it was unJt-rstcod that the attack would come on the first act by the Amelcan forces which would afford a pretext. THE ATTACK OF FEB. 4. A brief 'chapter the n tells of the lack of success attending the effort made at this time by General Merrltt through a commission to arrive at a mutual understanding with Aguinaldo as to the intentions, purposes and desires of the Filipino people. This brings the story up to the outbreak of the evening of the 4th of February, with the attack upon the American troops following the action of the Nebraska sentinel. The commission. In concluding this chapter, pays: "After the landing of our troops Aguinaldo made up his mind that it would be necessary to light the Americans a-nd after the making of the treaty of peace at Paris this determination was strengthened. He did not openly declare that he Intended to tight the Americans, but he excited everybody and especially the military men by claiming independence, and It Is doubtful whether he had the power to check or control the army at the time hostilities broke out. Deplorable as war is, the one in which we are now engaged was unavoidable by us. We were attacked by a bold, adventurous and enthusiastic army. No alternative was left us excepting Ignominious retreat. It is not to be conceived of that any American would have sanctioned the surrender of Manila to the Insurgents. Our obligations to other nations, and to the friendly Filipinos, and to ourselves and our flag demanded that force should be met by force. Whatever the future of the Philippines may be there Is no course opvn to us now except the prosecution of the war until the insurgents are reduced to submission. The commission is of opinion that there has been no time since the destruction of the Spanish squadron by Admiral Dewey when it was possible to withdraw our forces from the Islands, either with honor to ourselves i or with safety to the Inhabitants." ANARCHY IN AND ABOUT MANILA, j The commission then takes up the conditions of the country at the time of their arrival, comparing It with conditions existing at" the time they left a short time ago. "X vivid picture la given of the anarchy existing among the inhabitants in and about Manila during tho early spring. "The situation in the city," pays the commission, "was- bad. Incendiary fires occurred daily. The streets were almost deserted Half of the native population had fled and most of the remainder were shut In their houses. Badness was at a standstill. Insurgent troops' everywhere faced our lines and the sound of rifle fire was frequently audible In our house. A reign of terror prevailed. FUipino who had favored Americans feared assassination and few had the courage to come out openly for us. Fortunately there were among this number 3ome of the best men of the city." The report then speaks of the issuance of the commission's proclamation and the good effects it had on pjblic sentiment. The natives, accustomed to Spanish promises, urged on the commission that acts instead of promises should bo given them. As a resuit native law courts were established and this greatly aided in the restoration of publie confidence. The flow of population soon began to set toward the city. Natives who had lied from their homes returned. As showing the limited scope of the rebellion the commission state: "We learned that the strong antl-Amerlcan feeling was confined to the Tagalo province: namely, Manila, Cavite, Lag una, Batanga, Morong, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija. Principe, Infanta and Zambeies. It was strongest in the first six named, and hardly existed In the last fcur. Tho population of these provinces is estimated to be about 1.500,000, but It should not be supposed that even in the six provinces immediately adjacent to Manila the people were united in their opposition to us. Kven here there was a strong conservative element consisting of people of wealth and intelligence opposed to the war." Under the head "The Rebellion not a National Movement" the report treats of the rebellion outside of the province of Luzon, where, it is stated, the uprising was viewed at first with Indifference and later with fear. Throughout the archipelago at large there was trouble only at those points to which armed Tagalos had been sent in considerable numbers. The machinery of insurgent "government" served only for plundering the people under the pretext of levying "war contributions, while many of the insurgent officials were raDldlv accumulat

ing wealth." It is stated that the insurgent administration throughout the interior was worse than in the days of Spanish misrule; in many provinces there was absolute anarchy and from all sides came petitions for protection and help. FILIPINOS TOLD LIES. In speaking of General MacArthur's movement northward the report tells of the Insurgent method of intimidating the natives by telling them fearful tales concerning tho American soldiers. This method of procedure, eminently successful at first, in the end recoiled on Its authors. As to the state of affairs when the commission left the report says: "Before the commission left the Philippines nearlyli the inhabitants had returned to these ruined villages. Many of the houses had been rebuilt. Fields that had lain fallow for three years were green with growing crops. Municipal governments had been established and the people protected by our troops were enjoying peace, security and a degree of participation In their own government previously unknown in the history of the Philippines. Attempts of the insurgents to raise recruits and money In the province of Bulacan were proving abortive, except' when backed by bayonets and bullets, and even In etich cases the natives were applying to us for help to resist them." Ihe chapter depoted to "Establishment of Municipal Governments" gives in detail the eiforts in that direction. There were many dimcuitie3 encountered. The condition of the people was found to be most pitiable. They had been plundered by the insurgent troops, who had robbed them, of Jewels money, clothing and even food, so triat they were literally starving. Peaceful citizens had been fired on; women had been maltreated. There was general satisfaction that the Americans had come at last and conditions seemed favorable for an American propoganda. The towns of Bacolor arid Imus were selected for the purpose of experiment, and. after talks with the local "head men" a local form of government was established. Encouraged by the reult, the work was continued at Paranaque and Las Plnas with similar good results. At the request of General Lawton, who had been assigned to this work by General Otis, the commission prepared a simple scheme of municipal government, similar enough to the old system to be readily comprehensible to the natives, but giving them liberties which they had never before enjoyed. This scheme was adopted and gave general satisfaction. In every instance enthusiasm ran high before the commissioners took their departure, and cheers were raised for General Lawton and the country he represented. With a single exception the officials elected proved worthy of the trust imposed in them, and conditions verv rapidly improved In the newly organized towns. Governments were organized with more satisfactory results In Pandacan. Santa Ana. San Felipe, Meri, San Pedro and Machel. while a slightly different system was put into effect in Malabon, Polo, Obando, Meycauga, Yang and Malolos. The commission states that a large amount of supervision over the affairs of our new municipalities proved necessary, as the officials were timid and slow to comprehend their new duties. At many of the elections the voters went about "asking who they were expected to vote for," and "It was with only great difficulty that they were persuaded to exercise the right of free suffrage." SITUATION WHEN COMMISSION LEFT. The commission sums up the situation at the time of their departure as follows: "When we left Manila a large volume of business was being done and the streets were so crowded as to be hardly safe. The native population was quiet and orderly, and all fear of an uprising had long since passed. An efficient corps of native policemen was on duty. A system of public schools In which English was taught had been advocated by the commission and established by General Otis. Some six thousand scholars were in attendance. "In the Tagalo provinces of Luzon, where the anti-American feeling had been strongest, public sentiment had greatly changed. as evidenced by the fact that the military government of Bataganas had oflercd to surrender his trocp and hi.- province if we would only send a small force there. The Bicols, in southern Luzon, hail risen against thir Tagalo masters. The Macabiie were clamoring for an opportunity to light in our rank and natlvt? soldiers j and scouts wt re alrt ady serving unler Gtrn. Liwton. Morles of the corruption of insurgent officers wrre becoming dally men; common and the disintegration of the ! enemy's forces was steadily progressing. ihe noie or assistance from outside sources a emed to be all that held them together." Having given so much attention to the Isl ind of Luzon, the commission then takes up In detail the conditions in the other island. On this point it is stated that the

rebellion Is essentially Tagalo, and when It ends in Luzon it must end throughout the archipelago. IN OTHER ISLANDS. The situation elsewhere than in Luzon Is summed up as follows: "The on!y island apart from Luzon where serious trouble threatens is Panay, to which a considerable force of Tagalo soldiers was sent before the outbreak of hostilities. -Many of the VIsayans of this island are opposed to the Tagalos, however, and it is not believed that the latter can make a formidable resistance. In Samar, Leyte and Masbate the Tagalo invaders are numerically few and are disliked by the natives of these islands, whom they have oppressed. We were assured that two hunured men would suffice to restore order in Miadoro. Botol was asking for troops; the Calamiar.es Islanders had sent word that they would welcome us. There can be no resistance in .Palawan. Satisfactory relations had already been established with the warlike Moros, whose Sultan had previously been conciliated by a member of the commission, and in Minandinao this tribe had even taken up our cause and attacked the insurgents, of whom there are very lew in the island. In Cebu we have only to reckon with the lawless element, which has never been very formidable there." Special attention Is given to the Island of Negros, as this seemed a field well adapted to the extension of an American system. Here the natives had adopted a local form of government, Including a congress, and had raised the American flag. They believed themselves capable of managing their own affairs and asked for a battalion of troops to hold in check a mountainous band of fanatics. The battalion was furnished, but the people proved unable to carry out their programme owing to ill feeling among their own officials. The Americans remained popular. At the request of General Otis u new and simplified scheme of government for the island, giving the people large voice in their affairs, but placing an American In full control, was put Into operation. It brought about satisfaction, and public order is better in the island to-day than at any time during the last twenty years. Summarizing the failure of the native form of government and the success of the American control, the commission says:. "The flat failure of this attempt to establish an Independent native government in Negros, conducted as it was under the most favorable circumstances, makes it apparent that here, as well as in the less favored provinces, a large amount of American control is at present absolutely essential to a successful administration of public affairs." EFFORTS TO CONCILIATE REBELS. The efforts at conciliation with Aguinaldo and his various commissioners are set forth in detail. The commissioners were assured of the beneficent purposes of the United States and the President's readiness to grant the Filipino people as large a measure of home rule and as ample liberty as consistent with the ends of government, "subject only to the recognition and sovereignty of the United States" a point which, being established, the commission invariably refused to discuss. The commission adds that nothing came of negotiations as Aguinaldo's emissaries were without powers and merely came again and again for information. Courteous reception was accorded to the insurgent commissions and earnest appeals made to stop further bloodshed, all witnessing "the spirit of patient conciliation" exhibited by the American commission in endeavoring to reach an amicable adjustment with the insurgents, as well as the obduracy of Aguinaldo. The report sums up the result of these fruitless exchanges as follows: "No better proof could be furnished that the primary object of his struggle Is not, as Is pretended, the liberty of the Filipino people, but the continuance of his own arbitrary and despotic power. In any event, the American people may feel confident that no effort was omitted by the commission to secure a peaceful end of the struggle, but the opportunities they offered and urged were all neglected, if not, indeed, spurned." The chapter devote to "Capacity for Selfgovernment" is the result, the report states, of diligent Inquiry for several months, in the course of which a great number of witnesses were examined, of all shades of political thought apd varieties of occupation, tribe and locality. The most striking and perhaps the most significant fact in the entire situation is the multiplicity of tribes inhabiting the archipelago, the diversity of their languages (which are mutually unintelligible) and the multifarious phases of civilization ranging all the way from the highest to the lowest. As to this the report says: "The Filipinos are not a nation, but a variegated assemblage of different tribes and people, and their loyalty Is still of the tribal type." INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY. Concerning their intellectual capacities, the commission says: "As to the general intellectual capacities of the Filipinos, tho commission is disposed to rate them high. But except in a limited number of persons the'd capacities have not been developed by education or experience. The masses of the people are uneducated. That intelligent public opinion, on which government rests, does not exist In the Philippines, and it cannot exist until education has elevated the masses, broadened their intellectual horizon and disciplined their faculty of Judgment, and even then the power of selfgovernment cannot be assumed without considerable previous training and experience under the guidance and tutelage of an enlightened and liberal foreign power. For the bald fact Is, the Filipinos have never had any experience in governing themselves." The report shows that this inability for self-government is due to the old Spanish regime, which gave the Filipinos little or no part in governing themselves. After reviewing the Spanish system the commission sums up on this point: "This is all the training In self-government which the .Inhabitants of the Philippine Islands have enjoyed. Their lack of education and political experience, combined with their racial and linguistic diversities, disqualfy them, in spite of their mental gifts and domestic virtues, to undertake the task of governing the archipelago at the present time. The most that can be expected of them is to co-operate with the Americans In administration of general affairs from Manila as a center, and to undertake, subject to American control or guidance (as may be found necessary), the administration of provincial and municipal affairs. Fortunately there are eduoated Filipinos, though they do not constitute a large proportion of the entire population, ancTthelr support and service will be of Incalculable value In inaugurating and maintaining the new government. As education advances and experience ripens the natives may be Intrusted with a larger and more independent share of government, self-government, as the American ideal, being constantly kept in view as the goal. In this, way American sovereignty over the archipelago will prove a great political boon to the people. WOULD LAFSE INTO ANARCHY. "Should our power for any reason be withdrawn, the commission believes that the government of the Philippines would speedily laps into anarchy, which would excuse, if It did r.ot necessitate, the intervention of other powers and the eventual division of the Islands among them. Only through American occupation, therefore, is the Idea of a free, self-governing and united Philippine commonwealth at all conceivable. And the indispensable need from the Filipino point of view of maintaining American sovereignty over the archipelago is recognized by all intelligent Filipinos and even by those insurgents who desjre an American protectorate. The latter, it is true, would take the revenues and leave us the responsibilities. Nevertheless they recognize the indubitable fact that the Filipinos canr.ot staial alone. Thus the welfare of the

Filipinos coincides with the dictates of the national honor in forbidding our abandonment of the archipelago. We cannot from any point of view escape the responsibilities of government which our sovereignty entails, and the commission Is strongly per suaded that the performance of our national duty will prove the greatest blessings to the peoples of the Philippine Islands." One of the closing chapters Is devoted to a tribute to "Our Soldiers and Sailors In the War." The commission says that the presence of Admiral Dewey as a member of this body makes it unfitting to dwell on Its per sonal achievements, but he Joins In the eulogy of his comrades. The commission witnessed fume of the many brave deeds of our soldiers and they declare that all that skill, courage and pitient endurance can do has been dore in the Philippines. CHURCHES NOT DESECRATED. The commissioners dismiss the reports of the desecrating of churches, the murdering of prisoners and the committing of unmen tionrtble crimes and say they are glad to express the "belief that a war was never more humanely conducted, saying: "If churches were occupied it was only as a military necessity and frequently after their use as forts by the insurgents had made It necessary to train our artillery upon them. Prisoners were taken whenever opportunity offered, often only to be set at liberty after being unarmed and fed. Up to the time of our departure, although numerous spies had ben captured, not a single Filipino had ben executed. Such wrongs as were casually committed against the natives were likely to be brought to our attention, and in every

case that we Investigated we fu,?J irgness on the part of those in authority to admintete prompt justice." . . m ... The commission gives a general view of the value of the Islands, their richness in agriculture and forest products, their mineral wealth, and their commanding geographical position. They state that me Philippine inlands should soon become one of the great trade centers of the Last. Manila is already connected by new steamship lines with Australia. India and Japan, ami shP will hnmft tha natural terminus of

many other lines when a ship canal coni.ects the Atlantic with the racinc. n cannot hA .innhr.i that nmmerce will greatly Increase, and the United State? will obtain a large share of this increase. Manila, with the Immunnity which it has thus far enJoyed from that terrible pest, the bubonic plague, should become a distributing center for China, Slam, the Straits Settlements, Tonquin. Annam and Australia. The report concludes: "Our control means to the inhabitants of the Philippines Internal peace and order, a guarantee against foreien aseresslon nnd aerainst the dismem berment of their country, commercial and industrial prosoerity. and as large a share of the affairs of government as they shall prov fit to take. "When peace and prosperity shall have been established throughout the archipelago, when education shall have become general, then, in the language of a leading Filipino, his people will, under our guidance, 'become more American than the Americans themselves.' The report Is slimed bv J. G. Schurman, George Dewey, Charles Denby and Dean C. Worcester. s OBITUARY. Col. J, E. KerrlKun, ex-Fenian, ExCoiiKreaitnun and Ex-Flllbaster. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-Col. James E. Ker rigan died In Brooklyn to-day, aged seventy-two years. Ile served in tho Mexican war. He was a representative in Congress in 1561 and when the civil war broke ut became a colonel of the Twenty-fiitn rsew York Volunteers. In 1S67 he commanded the vessel Erin's Hope) whlcl landed arms and ammunition of war on ths Irish coast. His next adventure was with the Walker expedition in Nicaragua. He became alcalde of one of the towns, and when Walker was shot and he was surrounded by enemies he drove all the prominent Nicaragua ns in tho town into a cathedral, fined the cellar with gunpowder and the-n exacted his own liberty by threatening to blow up the building and every one in it. He went to the Klondike last spring, was taken ill at Dawson and obliged to return. He succumbed to a surgical operation. Mffr. Joteplt JeMlDg. COLUMBUS. O.,' Nov. 2.-Monsigneur Joseph Jessing, founder and head of the JoBcphlnum, in this city, died to-night. He was born In Westphalia In 1838 and cam to the United States in In 1877 he estab lished in Columbus a school for the industrial education of orphans, now known as the Josephlnum. and one of the lareest in stitutions of the kind in the wxrld. Several years ago the. Josephlnum was placed under papal protection and the title of monsigneur was bestowed upon Father Jessing by the Pope. Daniel V. Ilnrnn. ST." JOSEPH. Mo., Nov. 2. Former Congressman Daniel D. Burnes died at his home, in this city, to-day. He was a son of the late Congressman James N. Burnes, succeeding to his father's seat in the House of Representatives in 1S31. PRIZES FOR ARTISTS. Awards of the International Jury Announced at the CarneKle Institute. PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 2. The fourth annual celebration of founders day of Carnegie Institute was held In Carn'egle Muslo Hall to-day. The principal speaker of the day was Arthur Twining Hadley, LL. D., president of Yale College. His address was on the subject of "Modern Changes in Educational Ideas." The feature of the exercises having the most interest was the announcement by President W. N. Frew of the awards made by the international Jury cf award. They are: Medal of the first class (gold), carrying with it an award of $1,500, to Cecilia Beaux, of Philadelphia, for her painting entitled "Mother and Daughter." Medal of the second class (silver), carrying with it an award of $1,000, to Frank W. Benson. Salem, Mass., for his painting entitled "The Sisters." Modal of the third class (bronze), carrying with it an award of $GO0, to Andre Dauchea, Paris, for his painting; entitled "The Boats." Honorable mention to Lucien Simon, Paris, for hl3 painting entitled "Portraits." Honorable mention to J. II. Twachtman, Greenwich, Conn., for his painting entitled "The Waterfall." BLOW TO YELLOW-FEVER. Cold "Wave Invading Louisiana and Other Infected Regions. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2. The weather bureau predicted a cold wave this morning and to-night, and the wind is sweeping around the corners, with the thermometer hanging around -J6 degrees. With the coming of the cold wave telegrams were received from neighboring States notifying the Louisiana Board of Health of the lifting of the quarantines. By night all quarantines had been raised on every class of freight, except household goods. The wholesale merchants of this city have been waiting for the lifting of the embargoes against commerce, and to-morrow morning ali outgoing trains will have a large per cent, of traveling salesmen aboard as passengers. A CINCINNATI TRAGEDY. Mamie Retina: Shoots Edward Grnfe, Father of Her Child, on the Street. CINCINNATI, Nov. 2. Edward Grafe, foreman of a printing office at Pearl and Main streets, was shot four times and fatally wounded to-day on the street by Mamie Retlng, daughter of Captain Retlng, of the fire department. Miss Retlng is the mother of a five-months-old babe whose paternity she charged to Grafe. To-day Miss Retlng demanded that he marry her and give their child a name. Upon his refusal she drew a revolver and fired four shots into his body. The wounds are regarded as fatal. LITTLE TOWN BURNED. Store, Residences and Depot in Thorn RMville, Ala., Destroyed. MOBILE. Ala., Nov. 2. To-night a brief report was received from Thomasville, Ala., saying fire there to-hlght had destroyed Boyle's store and several adjacent houses. The operator wired that the Southern Railway depot was burning and that he had to abandon his post. Thomasville is a town of four hundred inhabitants. The nngllsh of "Trek." Baltimore News. "Say. Bigsly. that word 'trek. in the language of the Boers, Is a curious one. What is its equivalent in English?" "Well, if a real up-to-date policeman is saying It, it s 'G'wan an' let .f soon shoine on this cor-r-ner, or Oiil roon ye In!" Divorced and Married Same Day. DULUTH. Minn., Nov. 2. Dr. Horace Davis, -a practicing physician, was to-day divorced from his wite, of Dayton, O., for desertion, and married this evening to Miss Elizabeth Owre. formerly of Minneapolis, graduated as a nurse from a local hospital. Parents Away, Children Cremated. ROWAN, Ia., Nov. 2. John Oven's three small children were burned to death while their parents were away. A gang of railroad graders were only twenty rods away, but the flames wero too quick for their efforts to save the children. Strike of Coal Mine Drivers. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. Nov. 2. The drivers at the Consolidated Coal Company's mine at Mount Olive struck to-day because the company refused an Increase in wages from $1.75 to $2 per. nay. Seven hundred miners are thrown out of work. Her Clothes Caught Fire. DODGE- CENTER, Minn.. Nov. 2 While Mrs. W. J. Wyman was at her work to-day her clothes caught fire and were entirely consumed, burning her body to a crisp. Bud Complexions Need Champlin'a Liquid Pearl. !"c. A lovely, harmless beautiiier. No eujual.

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CnRISTEXED THE VENERABLE BY MRS. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. Another Powerful "Wrr Vessel Added . to Great Britain's Fleet Description of the New Ship. CHATHAM. England, Nov. 2. The launching of the British first-class battleship Venerable here to-day was accompanied by scenes of unusual enthusiasm. The christening was performed by Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain (formerly Miss Endicott, of Washington), who was accompanied by her husband, the British secretary of state for the colonies. They received a great ovation. The daughter of Sir Henry White, director of naval construction, presented Mrs. Chamberlain with a magnificent bouquet, and, taking a chisel and a mallet in her hands, Mrs. Chamberlain severed the cord releasing the warship from the ways, at the same time breaking a bottle of wine over its bow and saying, "I name tljee Venerable." a great cheer went up from the assembled crowds as the ship glided into the Medway, and the band struck up "Life on the" Ocean Wave," followed with "Rule Britannia." - The guests included the first lord of the Admiralty, Mr. George J. Goschen, and other naval men. The admiral in charge of the dockyard entertained a distinguished party at luncheon. The first-class battleship Venerable Is of 14,700 tons. 17,000 indicated horse-power. She is 400 feet long, has seventy-five-foot beam and draws twenty-six feet nine Inches of water. She has two propellers and her estimated speed is eighteen knots. Her eoai capacity is frrjm 900 to 2.000 tons. She will carry a crew of 773, has two torpedo tubes, and her armament will consist of four twelve-inch guns, twelve six-inch quickfiring guns, eighteen welve-pounders, twelve three-pounders and eight rapid-fire guns. Her side armor is nine Inches of Harveyized steel. Over her bulkheads she has fourteen to nine inches Harveyized steel plates, and her gun positions are protected by fourteen inches to six Inches of Harveyized steel. Her deck plating is from two and one-half to four inches thick. Germans and Samoa. BERLIN, Nov. 2. The Vosslsche Zeltung says: "We learn from a well-informed source that the. Samoan negotiations for a definitive settlement are drawing to a close. Germany has made strenuous efforts to secure the main Island, but the hopes of success are very slight. Germans must learn to reconcile themselves to the idea that it Is impossible to keep Samoa. If Great Britain cedes the Gilbert and Solomon islands In compensation, the whole Microneslan group, except Guam, will be German, and the New Guinea protectorate, by the addition of this group, would become a valuable possession, which could not be exchanged for Samoa." Will Not Do Business In Prussia. BERLIN, Nov. 2. Both the Mutual and Equitable life insurance companies, of New York, have notified the government that they have given up the intention to apply for readmlttance in Prussia. Cable Notes. M. Schiffers. the Russian chess player, who taught Tschlgorln. has become insane, and has been taken to an asylum. The Italian Gazette publishes a royal decree reappointing Signor Sarano president of the Senate, and appointing four vice presidents of that body for the approaching session of Parliament. In a collision between French trains at the town of Thouers, twenty-two miles from Parthenay. two persons were killed and ten others injured. Among the latter was M. Cuneo Dornando, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, whose legs were both cut off. BRlTlSHflRMY PERILED. (Concluded from First Fage.) United States. The St. James Gazette says: "Few more graceful examples could be manuifested of the courteous American sympathy with this country, which has been so often evident of late, than the project of the American ladies' hospital ship, which probably will be fitted out with many of those nurses whose services were so highly valued during the American-Spanish war. This is the first example of a hospital ship provided by a nation which is at peace for another during the stress of war and the widspread and generous responses to its appeals from both sides of the Atlantic show how warmly the merciful idea 13 accepted by the citizens in both countries." KIMDEHLEY SURROUNDED. Six Thousand Boers Menacing the Diamond Mlnlnsr Town: HOPETOWN, Cape Colony, Nov. 2. Magistrate Harm9worjh has arrived from Klipdam and reports that there are 6,000 Boers around Klmberley and all the roads are ctrictly patrolled. He says he passed close enough to Klmberley to see the searchlights, and was informed that the defenders of Klmberley were satisfied they could hold out, but were wearied with the inactivity and hoped that a relieving force would soon arrive. Stories of Boer victories have spread rapidly along the western border, and Mag istrate Harmsworth estimates that over half the Dutch residents of Bechuanaland and Grlquiland will join the Boers after the declaration of annexation. 3,000 Boers at Orange Rtver. CAPE TOWN. Oct. 31. (Delayed In trans mission.) It is asserted that 3,000 Boers have collected at Bethulee bridge under Field Cornet Dutolt. The Orange river is in full flood and fording Is reported to be impossible. Zululand Invaded. PIETERMARITZBURG, Natal, Nov. 2. It is reported the Boers are occupying parts of Zululand and that they have taken Pomeroy, fifty miles from Greytown. SPEECH BY LANS DOWN E. British War Minister Says He Has No Anxiety for the Result. LONDON, Nov. 2. The Marquis of Lansdowne, secretary of state for war, was the chief speaker at trie Cutler feast in Sheffield this evening, the function being at tended by the usual distinguished assem blage. Replying to the toast to "Her Majesty's Ministers," he went over the usual ground in explaining the causes of the war and defended the government against the charge that the military prep arations were not abreast of the negotia tlons. He said: "The diplomatic messages went by wire, the reinforcements by ship. Moreover, in order to keep abreast, the army and navy would have had to commit most provocative and threatening acts. The Boer ultimatum followed British mobiliza tion and if Great Britain had mobilized earlier the ultimatum would have been earlier." Lord Lansdowne explained the prompt ness of the mobilization, which had enabled five cavalry regiments, ten batteries and thirty battalions to get far away on the sea. During the earlier operations the enemy, he said, had great superiority of numbers and the advantage of a choice of ground. This phase of the situation he hoped was approaching Its conclusion, for in less than a week the first Installments of Sir Redvers Buller s force would arrive at Cap? Town, to be followed at a steady rate by the remainder. "I do not think." continued the secretary of state for war. "that there need be any anxiety for tne result, mere nas been noth ing In history to compare with the patriot ism of our colonies, who will take no denial Their attitude will Impress on the civi lized world two great truths first, that Great Britain is not an empty phase, and second, that such a large measure cf vol untary support would not have been accorded unless we were fighting In a just cause." In conclusion Lord Lansdowne expressed, on behalf of the government, "profound admiration for the heroism of our troops, who have rehabilitated the reputation of the British solfller In South Africa a great gain, which to my mind, outweighs the heavy losae w hav sustained and out

weighs even the sad disaster which wa9 due to an accidental cause.". Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, replying to the toast "The Imperial Forces," praised the transport arrangements. Referring to the surrender of the Irish Fusileers and the Gloucestershire regiment after the ammunition was expended, he said it was an honorable surrender. He expressed the opinion that the government was not sending men enough to South Africa in view of the probability that the Cane Dutch would join the Boers. Discussing the general question of military armament, he observed that there were only two reaiiy patriotic nations In the world, the British and the Americans, because they alone had volunteer armies. To Aid Germans In the Trnnsvnnl. BERLIN. Nov. 2. The Vosslsche Zeltung publishes an appeal, signed by the committee of German corps In tne Transvaal, calling upon Germans to contribute to the supn.irf rf th families fit "tho? (prtn.in VOl-

unteors who have taken up arms in a just cause." The Hamburgische Correspondenz, in the course of a semi-official article, which cautimia thr.BA tvhA 1-cl-A to embroil Ger many in a conflict with Great Britain." says: "Germany is not going to pluck chestnuts for other people out of Great Britain's lire, sucn a poucy wouiu urive ijermaio v r!npl into Ihp arm of Rusifl. that she would hardly be able to breathe." Cannot lie Vincent's Sharpshooters. LONDON, Nov. 2. George Windham, par liamentary under secretary of state for war, has replied to Col. Sir Howard Vincent's of fer of a thousand volunteers as marksmen for South Africa, saying that it would be airaint the regulations to send volunteers abroad or to enlist them for a shorter period than three years. He adds, however, an assurance that in the event of a crisis requiring a lrge increase of the home garrison, of which there is at present no sign, volunteers will be used and enlistments will be permitted for a short term. British Policing? Delaffoa Bay. LISBON, Nov. 2. News has reached here that a British warship in Delagoa bay has fired on a sailing ship which was entering the harbor without having displayed a flag. The vessel proved to be British, but there Is some question hero as to the right of Great Britain to do police auty in a Portuguese port. Work for Consul Mncrnm. - WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-The British government has now asked that the Boer government to permit Mr. Macrum, the United States consul at Pretoria, to transmit once each week a list of the British prisoners in Pretoria, with a statement of their condition. STORY OF BOOM PL.AATS. FlKht In Which Sir Harry Smith Crushed O ran are Free Slate liors. London Graphic. A man who took part, more than fifty years ago, In the campaign against the burghers of the Orange Free State, which terminated in the battle of Boom Plaats, thus tells the story of that engagement: "The Kaffir war of 116-47 had Just been brought to a successful termination by the surrender of the ChleX Sandhill, and the Cape Colony was anticipating a period of peace and prosperity. Suddenly the country was startled in July, by news that the Boers to the north of the Orange river had risen against the English government. Hloemfontein, the present capital of the Orange Free Republic, then consisted of a few Dutch houses, irregularly built under sj2?lter of those peculiar little hillocks termed koppits. "Without the slightest provocation or warning an armed party of Boers rode into Bloemfontein and made a prisoner of the British resident and his small party, who were under the command of Lieutenant (now Sir George) Whltmore, and Insisted on their quitting the country. They treated their prisoners with kindness and courtesy, conducting them some four or five days' march to the south, and only bidding them farewell when they had put them safely across the Orange river. "Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith, the hero of Allwal, was at this time governor of the colony. He was not a man to tolerate for a moment any Insult to the British flag. He ordered such troops as could be spared from Kaffrarla ro march at once for Colesberg, a frontier town some fifteen miles south of the spot where Major Warden (the British resident at Bloemfontein) had crossed the river while his Excellency traveled overland from Cape Town to take personal command himself. At the end of three weeks the troops were encamped on the southern bank of the Oraneg river, facing the Boers, who were In considerable force on the opposite side. Seeing the various reinforcements arriving, the Dutch suddenly abandoned their position In the night and to the general satisfaction of the English left us unmolested to construct our rafts and pontoons and cross the broad and running river. Information had reached Sir Harry that the Boer force of one. thousand men proposed to make a stand at a place called Bloom Plaats, on the Kroom Alem Boh river, a celebrated position for the interruption of a march. Scarcely had the advanced party of reconnoissance arrived within shot, on the morning of the 2yth, when the Boers sprang up, like the men of Roderick Dhu, from behind bushes and rocks, every height was In an instant covered with them, and they opened a well-directed and very destructive fire. "The position chosen was a succession of ridges or hills, on either side of the river, strongly undulating and covered with large stones and brush, altogether most formidable for defense. Its advance was formed by a lower range. The hills on the opposite side of the river were much higher, and, consequently, en potence, end In support. So confident was our commander that the Boers would never fire on him. but that he had only to appear among them with a strong military force to arrange their grievances, that the troops actually marched up unier the position described without a single musket being loaded. For a moment there was considerable surprise at the fierce fire poured upon the front and right of the advancing columns from the three kopples crowned with Boers. Our men, however, never faltered for a moment, but immediately loaded, as it were, by instinct, standing steadily In the face of a rapid, a fierce and well-directed fire. The Boers manfully held their ground, when a rush of the Rifie Brigade upon their left flank, of the Fortyfifth Regiment upon their left center and the Ninety-first upon their center carried everything before it and gallantly dislodged the enemy. "Such was the commencement of the conflict. Matters soon took, however, a more definite form, under the direction of such a skillful leader as Sir Harry Smith. The artillery, which at first opened fire on these koppies, now advanced from the plain. The Rifles worked round to the right, between the position they had taken and the river, which now came into view, while the Ninety-first and Cape Mounted Rifles, stretching away on tho plain to their left, seized the range of the koppies along the river. Thus our column extended Into order of bat-tic-, while the Boers, pressing their little shooting ponies, fell rapidly back across the river, where they took up a much stronger position on the other side. Here, for about an hour, the sharpest part of the engagement took place. The Boers were under good cover on a kopple stretching for some distance along their bank, holding also the farmhouse at Boom Plaats, the orchard and an old ruined house on their extreme left. They fired across ihe river with great precision, while our men kept lying down among the koppies on our side, thus giving the artillery time to shell the position. "Several casualties occurred at this period. Colonel Buller. of tne Rifle Brigade, was severely wounded whilst leading the men across the river and was carried out of fire. Sir Harry himself had his horse shot and several officers and men were badly wounded, two of the former being killed. Sir Harry Smith, quickly perceiving the xcellent shooting of the Boers, took off his hat. rode along part of the English line, calling on the men to fix bayonets and follow. The river was soon crossed, the koppies held by the Dutch assaulted, when, reaching the top, the whole of their force were seen, to the great amusement of our men. scampering along the open country behind the farmhouse toward a neck where the road to Bloemfontein crosses the mountain ranee to Boom Plaats. "The rebels, thus driven at every point from their position, endeavored to make a final stand at the neck on the high ridge of hills behind. The guns and Infantry were, however, advancing as rapidly as the heat of the day would permit, and the neck, the last hold of the Boers, was wrested from them. "Bloemfontein was reoccupied four days after the engagement. Pretorious, the Pr sident of the lioers, fled across the Van I river. At Bloemfontein the Queen's fort was built by the troops before thy returned to the colony. The Orange, river sovereignty was proclaimed 15ritih ttrritory. and the wing of the Forty-iifth Regiment remained to garrison and protect the place." TOWX OF LAI1VSMITII. Plitee Will eh (inierul White In Tr!n ' to Hold Affulnst the Iloer. Ladysmith derives its name from the wife of'Gen. Sir Harry Smith, a famous Governor of Cape Colony, whose marriage was a romance of the Peninsular war. One evening two young Kngllsh oillcers in a Spanish town were visited by two young and beautiful Spanish girls of good family, who begged protection from the dangers to

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The marriage turned out to be most happy, and many years later a lady noticing Itdy Smith's frank admiration of her husband, said: "I really believe she thinks that, having seen her Henriquez on Aliwal this famous charger), one might die happy." For some weeks the broad, level pialn in the Immediate lclnlty of Ladysmith has been white with tents and active with drilling, marching and countermarching. The town has been surrendered entirely to the British forces, for the magistrates and mot of the other civilians hastened to seek; refuge at Kstcourt and points further south. The furniture, books and stores belonging to court and Jail were abandoned. Although Ladysmith is sheltered from severe winds by the surrounding heights, and because of Its elevation has a dry und bracing climate, few Europeans would care to make it a permanent i ome. In the rainy season the Klip river, that surrounds the tongue of land on which the ton is situatea. frequently overllows, leaving ruin and disaster behind. Like most of the high lands in South Africa, the Klip river country suffers from terrific thunderstorms In the summer season thunderstorms of the kind described by Olive Schrtiner in her "South African Farm." The paving of Ludyemith is not all that could Lo desired In tact, it is sometimes difficult and dangerous to make one's way through some of the streets. Yet It must not be Inferred that the citizens have done nothing to make their domiciles pleasant and comfortable. Several years ago they Introduced a system of water works at an expense of over $120,000, which have Just been cut off, and more recently ens works have also been erected. Lady smith has Its share of public buildings. Among them is the Town Hall, which is a handsome and substantial building In Doric style, constructed of the blue wnlnstone and white freestone typical of the district,, and surmounted by a clock tower. There are also a prison and fort, a postolilce, public library, a courthouse and Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Lutheran, Wesleyan and Congregational churcnes. The Town Hall and churches are to-day used as hospitals, t6 which are brought the numerous soldiers hit by Boer bullets. The three hotels are not of unusual merit even in times of peace. The total population is 4,670. consisting of 1,370 Europeans (English. Dutch and German), l,3uu East Indians and about two thousand natives. Although Ladysmith is situated in the midst of a rich wool district, the principal business interests of the town are connected with the government railway, which has extensive repair shops there. Most of the freight of the eastern Part of the two Dutch republics is landed at Durban and can reach its destination only by passing through Ladysmith. The western branch of the railway crosses the Free State border only thlrty-6even miles from Ladysmith, the northern branch passes through Newcastle and under Laing's Nek, where the English suffered so in lSsl, thence to Ileideberg and Johannesburg. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Ohio Supreme Court has Hxed Nov. 23 as the date for the hearing of cases against the Standard Oil and constituent companies. Dr. Constables said last night at New York 'hat the condition of Delia Fox is much i- "oved, and that It is now expected that sin t.ill rr :r. The Clevelar Eastern Railway Company, electric- given a mortgage for J1.OjO.000 to tr veland Trust Company. The money w J used in extensions. A large delegation has left Nashville for San Francises? to meet and welcome the First Tennessee Regiment, which is expected to arrive from Manila about Nov. 8. . Senor Ignatio M. Mariscal, secretary of foreign ailairs and Vice President of the Republic of Mexico, was entertained at a reception yesterday by the New York Chamber of Commerce. J. O. Fusseil, an old-time resident of Manltou Park, Col., was caught in a blizzard in the park and froze to death. He w as sixty-two years old. He was prominent in G. A. R. circles. Fett Snyder, formerly a man of great wealth, but of late a rag-picker, was burned to death in Kansas City yesterday. Snyder's house caught fire in some manner and he was unable to escape. An order was issued at New Tork yesterday dissolving the Exceislor Electrio Company and appointing the temporary receiver permanent receiver. The liabilities are J230,uu0; assets, fX.ZX. Because she would not give him the money she had earned. Eugene Lane, at Butte, Mont., seriously shot and wounded Goshln Blancheau and then tired two bullets Into his own breast. Lane recently returned from the Klondike broke. Capt. S. Lowberg. of New York,, one ol the best known navigators In the United States, fell head foremost into the hold of tha old condemned steamer Professor Morse at Oakland, Cal., and fractured his skull. He will probably die. The General Council of the NavU Order of the United States has granted a charter to the new commandery of the order recently formed in tha State of California. Admiral George Dewey has been elected commander of New York Commandery. Officials of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies deny that those corporations are in any way Interested In the Telephone, Telegraph and Cable Company, which will soon be launched with a capital of $23,eM,tX) to tight the Bell Company. No Boom in 311nlnr Stocks. New York Letter. The sharp break In copper stocks hat knocked what little life out of the general mining market there was in New York and other Eastern centers. The strange spectacle Is witnesfed of phenomenal developments in several gold-mining districts and no sale for mining shares beyond neighborhood or state limits. New fields are being opened all through the mining states, and wonderful properties are being developed In old camps. Actual returns are greater than ever before in the mining history of the United States, and the aggregate value of gold-mining properties Is beyond computation, yet there is no speculative boom, nor Is one In sight, though why this should be the case Is not easily explainable. There is sufficient basis for a recosd-breaklng excitement in gold mining companies. No trouble is experienced In finding purchasers for good mines, but the capital that Is going Into them is for permanent Investment, apparently. Dividends and not profits on speculative advances are the objects In view. A Successful Industry. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. The coinage of candidature for office into the currency of the realm ls a very honorable and successful Industry. There Is, however. In that mouth-mint which alone coins Into cash, candidature for office, a complete monopoiy or trust. Colonel Bryan is a phenomenon in finance. He is the only patriot who ever made a large Income of money from a large outgo of mere words. He has the only mint for coining candidature into currency. He Is a mouth-trust monopolist. Getting money out of running for office making a livelihood and a competence out of candidacy if a splendid industry by which ''the plain people" will be much profited. Murderous College Initiations. Hartford Courant. The killing of that freshman at Cornell during the foolishness of iritUtion deserves the cundeflinatlon the grieving father gives it and should be followed up by the state as well as the college authorities. There Is la nonsense less excusable than the horsep!ay ot collt ge initiations. When they er.I in death It is time for them to end altogether. Those responsible for the affair should ! held to close account. That's the ouly way to stop the crlmin.il Idiocy. They Feel Secure Kansas City Star. A profound sense of popuiat crity has taken possession of the American people slnoo it lis been announced by Colonel Bryan that he would never consent to tha repeal of the Declaration of Independenct

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