Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 308, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS . JOURNAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 189V).

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Itejected manuscripts Trill not he returned unlets rostago is inclosed for that purpose. THE I.XDIAXATOLlS JOURNAL Can be found at the following places: "NEW YORK-Astor House. CHICAGO ralmer House, P. O. News Co.. 217 Iearbom street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CTXCJtCNATI-J. It. Hawlejr & Co.. 154 Vine meet. J-OUISVILLE C. T. Deerinj. northwest corner cf Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Co., 2Zi Fourth avenue. ET. LOUIS Union News Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C-Hljgs House. Ebtitt Houe and WU lard's Hotel. When a Bryanlte manager talks of beating the Republicans In Iowa one may Imagine himself back m 1506. Agulnaldo's American supporters must row transfer their abuse from the President to Admiral Dewey and hl3 associates on the Philippine commission. Would It not be Just as well to postpone speculation and prediction as to the successor of Vice President Hobart on the Republican ticket next year until a later period? A McLean Republican organ and McLean Itepubllcan statesmen in Ohio will go Into ln'oluntary bankruptcy when the faucets of the McLean barrels are closed after election. No Bryanlte orator, not even Champ Clark, has had anything to say this seacon about the crime of 1S73. Most of them "would forget silver altogether If It were possible. The Republican managers In' Nebraska, basing their calculations on latest polls, are counting on a Republican majority of about eight thousand. Less than that would end Mr. Bryan. So long as 64 per cent, of the bread eaten In England Is made of American wheat. Great Britain has a valid reason to be on good terms with the United States without any other alliance. The Pullman-Wagner palace car combination Is a genuine trust because It is a complete monopoly, and It Is the only one that has been formed during the recent era of Industrial combinations. Agulnaldo asks his followers to be on their good behavior, so as to Justify tho gcod opinion of American anti-expansionists, lie is very considerate of the feelings of his American friends. The report of the Philippine commission contains many striking sentences like the following: "It is not tc be conceived of that any American would have sanctioned the surrender of Manila to the Insurgents." The Cripple Creek district In Colorado had a gold output in October of over $2,000,000, and the indications are that the year's yield will be about S2O.O0O.OOO. Because of euch results the silver party Is reported to be waning. One private banking Arm is reported to have come to grief because it was weighted .wlth the bonds of one of the Industrial com binations. That Is, the bonds of concerns capitalized for twice their value cannot be cold. There will be others. General Duller may win hi9 peerage In Africa, but General White will hardly receive any neje honors or decorations. Bad luck 1j sometimes as fatal to a man's aspirations as bad management, and the recent disasters to the British forces were due to one or the other. Agulnaldo tells his followers that the American Congress will soon meet to decide whether "the Imperialistic policy and this bloody work" are to be continued. That is Ills way of putting it. but what Congress will really decide la whether Agulnaldo Is tdgger than the United States. Betting is not by any means a sure Indication of the way an election is going, but It may bo said that in Columbus, O.. bets are offered of $200 to $90 that Judge Nash, Republican, will be elected Governor. Little Democratic money is offered, and that Is on the size of Judge Nash's plurality. Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, predicts a Republican majority of 40.001 In that State, lie says he ha3 met many persons who place the majority as high as 70,000, "but I am conservative and place it at 40,000." Half of this would be a great Republican victory, but ante-electlon predictions are notoriously unreliable. President McKlnley, Admiral Schley and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee have promise! a committee of Nashville citizens to attend the reception to be tendered In that city to the First Tennessee Regiment, now on the way homo from tho Philippines. The regiment Is expected about Nov. 2S, and the record they mado in th Philippines entitles them to a royal reception. - The next two or three weeks are likely to witness stirring events In Africa. The Boers will try to follow up their recent advantages and put forth every effort to crush or capture the British force In Ladysmlth. The latter, knowing that reinforcements must arrive soon, will try hard to hold out, while General Puller, fully advised of the cr!tlcalnt.H of the situation, will move heaven and earth to relieve the beleaguered force at L-idyiciith. If the latter can hold cut until reinforcements arrive, the tables will be turned and the Boers probably forced to retreat, though Just now the situation, looks bad for the British. Colonel Pope, chief quartermaster of the army In the Philippines since near the beginning of the American occupation cf the Island. Is now In. Washington. He Is a warm admirer of General Otis, thinks he has tten most unjustly criticised and doubts If there U another officer In the army who have done better In the difficult clr-

cumstances In which he has been placed. Not the least of his difficulties has been an Insufficient force. Colonel Pope says that at no time has General Otis had an available force of more than 20.ov men, and he could not u?c more than half of these in aggressive operations. The reinforcements now arriving will chance the situation and Colonel I'ope predicts that the war will end In a very few months. He pays the following tribute to the volunteers: The personnel of the army In the Philippines has been largely nilsur.derrtood. I hive the- greatest faith in the regular army of the United States, for 1 am a regular mypf-lf. Hut th regulars who were sent to Manila were composed largely of raw recruits, and fully y per cent.. I think, had had no previous military training. The volunteers were well-trained, soldiers, and most of them hfld had at least six months of the test experience in warfare. I do not hesitate to say that the volunteers who were in the Philippines were the best soldiers I ever saw. I cannot speak too highly of them, although I had little confidence In them in the first place. With a few unimportant exceptions they were the very embodiment of patience and endurance, and seemed to love fighting better than eating. THE PIIILirPINK HE PORT.

The report of the Philippine commission to the President, the essential features of which were given In yesterday's issue, presents in consecutive order all the Incidents which make up the history of the connection of the United States with the Insurrection of Agulnaldo. Composed of 'Admiral Dewey, General Otis, President Schurman, Professor Worcester and Colonel Charles Denby, the high character of the commission should give the statements which the report contains full credence and Its recommendations respectful consideration. The report sweeps away all the statements of Agulnaldo's friends In this country that he came to Manila under promises of independence or power from representatives of the United States. The report says that he was permitted to come after Admiral Dewey found there was no insurrection at Manila to speak of. He was permitted to organize an army to assist the United States. Agulnaldo's Idea of Independence was first known to the United States officers when he issued one of his proclamations. There was never any combined movement against the Spaniards by the forces of the United States and the Filipinos. On the contrary, before the capture of Manila Agulnaldo was anxious to attack the Americana and wished to loot Manila before the city was evacuated by the Spanish in order to get arms to fight our forces. The report further makes it clear that the attack of Feb. 4 was the attack of Agulnaldo and that he left our authorities In Manila no alternative but to fight unless ignominious retreat should be considered an alternative. Anarchy existed in and about Manila because of the hostile movements of Agulnaldo during the early spring of 1S99. "There has been no time," says the commission, "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 or safety to xhe Inhabitants." This is the first time that the responsibility of Agulnaldo for the Insurrection ha3 been set forth by those speaking with official authority and having all the facts before them. The champions of Agulnaldo in this country have constantly assumed that most of the Inhabitants of the Philippines are in favor of Independence under Agulnaldo. This commission of intelligent men, who have been on the ground for months, declares that but a portion of the Inhabitants of Luzon are with Agulnaldo, so that It Is absurd to set up the assumption that its people have declared for independence under him. The commission also gives a great deal of Information rer-arding the work that has already been done to secure the natives good government. In spite of Agulnaldo's revolt the islands which have been occupied by the United States have better government than they ever had, and Industry and trade are improving. Under the present security Manila, from a hotbed of anarchy incident to the Immediate presence and threats of Agulnaldo a few months ago, has become a city In which business Is rapidly Increasing because of the security and freedom which American rule has established. The commission makes no recommendation as to any particular line of policy to be adopted, but It sustains all that the President has done or attempted in the Philippines. But, while It makes no recommendations, the commission makes the following declaration: Should our power for any reason be withdrawn the commission believes that the government of the Philippines would speedily lapse into anarchy, which would excuse. If it did not 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 evtn by those insurgents who desire an American protectorate. This is the unanimous opinion of the commission, all of whose members have studied the subject on the ground. There is reason to believe that all intelligent people who place patriotism before partylsm, and who are disposed to be candid, will believe that Admiral Dewey, President Schurman, Col. Denby and Prof essor Worcester are better qualified to understand the conditions and the needs of the Philippines than are such men as Edward Atkinson, Carl Schurz and a class of politicians who feel obliged to oppose the administration. There is reason to believe that this timely report will furnish the Information necessary to silence the slanders of the supporters of Agulnaldo In this country who are In close touch with his Junto In Hong-Kong. GOLDEN RULE JO.NES. One of the most curious and interesting phases of current politics Is the candidacy for Governor, In Ohio, of Mayor Jones, of Toledo, or. to give him his full name and title. Hon. Samuel M. Jones. To begin with Mr. Jones is an Interesting personality. A Welshman by birth, a laborer from boyhood and entirely svlf-educated, he certainly deserves credit for having overcome hampering environments and risen to a position of such responsibility and honor as the mayoralty of a city two-thirds as large as Indianapolis. To rise from the ranks of a day laborer to be at the head of a large manufacturing establishment and to be twice elected mayor of a largo and growing city argues considerable ability and force of character. Mr. Jones was first elected as a Republican, and. failing of renomination. he ran a second time as an Independent candidate, receiving 10,773 votes out of a total vote ccft of 2I.1S7. Without the regular nomination of either party he received more than five times as many votes a the Democratic candidate ami nearly four times as many as the Republican candidate. Such a man must possess elements of popularity above the ordinary. In his views regarding public questions Mr. Jones Is a good deal of a Socialist. As mayor he has favored public ownership of

all public utilities. Including the manufacture and distribution of fuel gas and light, lie has opposed, the granting or extension of franchises and favored public parks, free baths, free open air concerts, the establishment of civil service in all departments of the city government, the sprinkling of all streets at public expense, tho abolition of the private contract system of doing city work, etc. Tries are not dangerous doctrines. But he is best known as a preacher of the doctrine of the "Golden. Rule," or. as he phrases it, "the law of love," in public as in private life. He has given a new interpretation to the threadbare maxim of "equal opportunities to all and special privileges to none," and insisted that it be put in actual practice. Just how he does not say, but hl3 insistence seems to lmpresg people with his sincerity. "It is because," he says, "I see in the awakening social conscience of the Nation the dawn and promise of a better clay that I proclaim Its coming. It Is because I believe that brotherhood is the goal towards which the race is progressing and because I see in the near future the realization of a degree of liberty that will make equal opportunity for all, that I plead for a more just social order, an order that shall recognize tho Golden Rule of all the people as the law of the land." This is vague, impractical talk, but it seems to please a large number of people. It is very different from the ordinary talk 'of politicians and seems almost out of place In practical politics, and yet It must be added again that It seems to please a large number of people. In his factory at Toledo Mr. Jones has painted on a piece of tin and nailed to the wall: "The rule governing this factory Is, 'Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. " These things have earned for him the sobriquet of "Golden Rule" Jones. He has in press a book entitled "The New JUght," one chapter of which is on "The Failure of Success." Following is an extract: According to my understanding, there is no room for profit-making in the ethics of Christianity. I cannot imagine Jesus as a successful business man or financier any more than I rfn imagine Him a successful general, leading an army Into battle and letting the warm life blood of His brethren crimson the ground. I am not arraigning Irdlviduals: I am arraigning a system that is as unchristian as It is unscientific, in which men are pitted against one another as wild animals in the fierce warfare for supremacy, and in which we point to the strongest man and most unscrupulous man as our model of success. It Is vain that a man with a streak of tenderness in his bosom shall try to apologize for this iniquitous system by gifts to churches and universities or by dealing liberally with his employes. All such efforts, while inspired by worthy motives no doubt, are at best but mere apologies for a system that Is inherently wrong, and that is as certainly doomed to failure as Is a system for playing faro or roulette. The fact that we have thousands of people in the great State of Ohio annually brought to the verge of starvation ought to bring the blush of shame to the cheek of every honest man, and yet this Is a periodical curse that has happened before, and it will happen again: It will bo so next year, and the next, and perhaps oftener than annually, while thla fratricidal strife continues. Mr. Jones is n?t a politician In the ordinary sense of the term, and his friends say, and he claims that he only desires office asa means of benefiting his fellow-men. All this is curious, to say the least. It shows that Mr. Jones Is an earnest and probably sincere but ill-balanced man. In his half-educated Ideas and Ignorance of practical methods he may fairly be called a crank. He is totally unfit for Governor of Ohio, yt as a self-nominated candidate for the office he Is scaring both parties and upsetting the calculations of all the politicians. Each party fears he will get a large vote, but estimates vary widely as to how largeIt will be. He says nothing about the real issues of the day. but talks socialism and brotherhood. The discontented In both parties are raid to be flocking to him. It may be that the uncertainty of his vote leads politicians to overestimate It, but they are scared They fear that a great many voters may vote for J&ies merely as a protest against existing, conditions. He has none of tho qualities of a safe leader or wise statesman, yet as the apostle of dissatisfaction and pretended representative of a better order of things he may rally a large following. Jones Is a crank, yet it Is worth while for public men and social scientists to Inquire whether there may not be a germ of truth in the doctrines he Is preaching. Perhaps the time may come when the Golden Rule will be recognized as a living principle and altruism become a winning card In politics.

THE NATURAL-GAS OUTLOOK. There has been a growing belief for some time on the part of persons who have investigated the natural gas question in this city and compared the situation here with that in other cities that the only practical solution of the problem is in the furnishing of gas by meter measurement. This opinion Is confirmed by the report of the Joint committee of the Board of Trade and the Commercial Club appointed to Investigate the question. The joint committee consisted of twelve well-known citizens whose intelligence. Integrity and public spirit will not be questioned. After a thorough investigation of the question in all Its aspects, examining the pressure records of the wells, traveling through the gas belt and vlsitirg or corresponding with other cities using gas, a majority of the committee, eight out of twelve, report their conclusion "that gas consumed at 20 cents a thousand feet, through economical appliances, will be as cheap as gas" at our present contract rates, and that the Indianapolis companies could not fairly be asked to sell permanently at a lesa rate." The committee adds: We recognize, however, the unsatlsfactorlness of comparisons between differing conditions in other cities and a hypothetical condition in this city. We therefore recommend that the two companies be required to install, at their expense, and consumers to accept, meters which shall be subject to test at all time' by a public official employed for that purpose, and that for the present the existing ordinance rate of 10 cents per thousand be charged. A few months' experience of the use of natural gas through meters at l' cents a thousand (a rate which under proper methods of consumption will Indubitably result in decreased rather tuan increased gas bills) will afford a basis for an equitable and permanent adjustment. In the consideration of that experience it should, of course, be borne in mind that the inducement to economy would not be- so great at 10 cents as at 20. Under this plan consumers would be at no expense for meters and would get gas at 1C cents a thousand until ..sufficient data were obtained for the fixing of a permanent rate not to exceed 20 cents a thousand. The first impulse of many persons will be ti scout the proposition or any other looking to the introduction of meters, but the subject must be considered from the standpoint of reason, not of passion. The community is confronted by a problem the solution of which should aim at the greatest good for the greatest number. The supply of gas has been failing for years and I still failing. It has been wasted for years and'ls still wasted. Its preservation as long as possible is a matter of universal concern No member of the community has a right or should desire to consume more than his share of gas or to waste It at the expense of his neighbor. Under aruch circumstances greed) is contemptible and waste la crime.

There Is no doubt that under tho present system many persons are burning more gas than they pay for and more than they need. With meter measurement all consumers would stand on the same footing; every one would pay for the gas he uses whether much or little, and no more; there would bo no wast j. the life of the gas supply would be prolonged, and as long as It lasted It would be equitably distributed. If these propositions are true the meter system is right and Just. If they are not true the demonstration of their falsity must be made on business lines and not by passionate denunciation. As far as the companies aro concerned the effect of meter rates would probably be not to increase their present income, but to prolong their business. As far as the people, are concerned it would be to suggest economy and prevent waste without increasing fuel bills. That the ways of the independent press generally are past finding out finds abundant evidence in the attitude of the most of its members toward the election in Ohio. For the most part, these papers profess devotion to pound money and favor the President's policy of upholding the supremacy of the United States In the Philippines. They know that while Judge Nash, the Republican candidate for Governor, stands high in his State, John R. McLean represents the most corrupt element in politics in Ohio. To use the expression of Myers, one of his tools, "McLean has no morals" that Is, he believes that it is right to buy with money whatever he wants. Fifteen years ago McLean and his two right-hand men were connected with what were known as the tally-sheet forgeries in Cincinnati. Some of the perpetrators were sent to prison. The prosecution was conducted by the late Senator Thurman. It is a matter of common rotoriety that McLean would not be the Democratic candidate but for his money. It is capable of proof that McLean is spending more money in Ohio to debauch voters than any one man ever used to secure an election. Yet few Independent papers take any note of those vicious practices or of the political infamy which attaches to McLeanlsm in Ohio. Most of them are silent editorially; two or three of the largest circulation are belping the political harlequin, Jones, while others publish special reports more one-sided than those of the party papers Do they think that the ascendency of McLean In Ohio will be for the advancement of good government and political morals? There is a class of voters in this country, too numerous, who in adversity seek the Republican party, while in prosperity they are apt to travel, off after strange gods. They know where to look for help when they are badly off, but they do not know how to be satisfied when they are well off. The Scriptures speak of a dog that returneth to Its vomit, and a sow to Its wallowing in the mire. Voters who have once exchanged Democratic hard times for Republican prosperity ought not to Imitate the action of these animals.

The Democratic scheme in Ohio to beat the Australian ballot law Is to provide the men whose votes are to be paid for with a printed slip reading: "Please Instruct the bearer how to vote the Democratic ticket." On entering the booth the man Is to inquire for the Democratic judge, who Is to see that the Democratic' ballot is marked and deposited, whereat he will place his initials on the slip and the man gets his price. Wireless telegraphing is' a great triumph of science, but it will ' be surpassed by speechless telephoning. The genius who shall discover a method for the transmission of messages from one brain to another without the use of oral language, thus doing away with the "hello" system and all the Imperfections of question and answer, will fill a long-felt want. BLBIILI S IX THE AIR. Pessimistic Fa. Teacher Well, Tommy, have you found that definition of patriotism yet? Tommy Paw says It means Judgln a man's worth by the side of the river ho lives on. The Why of the Whiskers. The Boer, a canny man is he. Of frankly frugal mind, To turn an honest penny up He ever is Inclined; And so, he rets his whiskers out To help him raise the wind. An Omen. "Have you noticed nearly every variety show nowadays has a female baritone? They didn't have 'em when you and I were boys." ' r it "Yes, I have noticed it, and between you and me, I think it Is a sign that woman suffrage is coming apace with giant strides." Paradox leal. Oh, Paddy, dear, and did you hear the news that's going round? The British lion's mighty nigh been trurt upon the ground; There's no true lad of Irish blood but what rejoices much, Rut still it's quare to find thim glad for winnings av the Dutch! Fine Moral Heroism. Boston Journal. The ory? bright gleam across this whole affair Is General White's manly declaration in his official dispatch, "I formed the plan in the carrying out of which the disaster occurred, and I am alone responsible for the plan. There Is'no blame whatever to tho troops, as the position was untenable.. General White may have blundered, but his prompt acknowledgment of error, and assumption of culpability which, perhaps, may belong to reckless or Incompetent subordinates, is a fine example of moral heroIsm. Rut what would the vociferous critics of our own war of constant victories say If General Otis lost two thousand soldiers in the Philippines? Wart Injc to Kipling;. Philadelphia Telegraph. Mr. Kipling should be careful. He Is trifling with his reputation In putting forth euch doggerel as that announced to be sold for the benefit of the'widows' and orphans of soldiers killed in the Transvaal. The object may be a good one, but the poetry Is not good, and that is the thing here chiefly concerned. There Is beginning to be a serious doubt about Kipling. The recent "Stalky" stories were wholly unworthy of him, and his slip-shod verse, if not meaningless, is undignified and without true force. His fame is "wabbling" at present. A New and Airfnl DIseae. New York Press. Teddy is not the only Roosevelt on the beach. Cousin George W. (presumably Washington), consul at Brussels, has informed the State Department at Washington of a new and awful disease called "ankylostomiasis." which prevails In Belgian coal mines. It is produced by anky-lcstomum-duodenale ncmatoid. Really, this is worse than anything we encountered at San Juan bill. Gold Drlcka for Trnstn. Cleveland Leader. The path of the trusts is not strewn with roses. Not long ago the match trust paid a big price for a factory ostensibly built to compete In the business and found later that it was a "gold brick." Now another big company has been Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey to manufacture

fe8'. ?:ero 1,1 Cleveland a large cracker cracker tru rt opf;ratJon competing with the An Inventor! Grievance. Baltimore Letter in Philadelphia Times. Mr. Mergenthaler was forty-five years old.. For several years he had btin making a brave struggle against disease and did not give up until three weeks af,o. His last years were embittered by what he called the unjust treatment he received from the company which makes his machines. One of the things which cut him to the heart was the attempt of some members of the company to strike his name from the official title of the machines and call them simply linotypes, thus robbing the inventor not only of the money he is entitled to, but the honor of the Invention as well. This plan, however, was defeated after Mr. Mergenthaler wrote a vigorous letter protesting against It. In this letter he said: "Of the many communications received from yourself or from the company you represent, I do not remember one which has made so painful an impression upon me ai that advising me of the Intention to strike my name from the official title of the proSosed new company. To deprive a man 'ho as given to the world one of the most important Inventions ot the age of the creJIt therefor by discontinuing his name, see-r.s to me to be an act unworthy of the stockholders who have been so greatly benefited by my labors, and doubly so if that act comes coincident to the doubling of the capital stock of the company. From an original investment of no more than $1,500,000. the company has prospered until now It is proposed to pay interest on $10,000,000. and on the eve of this event, and as a fitting reward for my labors, you propose to strike my name from tho title of the company." About six thousand machines are now in use. From these he has received $50 each, which makes his receipts about $:TO.O0O. His heirs will also receive V) on each additional machine that Is manufactured. A Piece of Financiering. Wall Street Topics. The railroad was In pretty bad shape and the stockholders had been called together to listen to and act on a proposition which had been formulated by a great financier at the request of the board of directors. "There is only one of two things to do," said the great financier. "One Is for the stockholders to sell their stock to the opposition company at $25 a share, and the other is to pay in $23 a share to eiuip .the road so that it may be able to meet and overcome competition." "It seems to me," said a weather-beaten stockholder, who left his plow to attend the mepting, "that the thing to do is to issue bonds to equip the road and then sell the stock to the opposition road at $73 a share." Adopted unanimously. AVlint England Wants. Chicago Dally News. If Schley and the Atlantic squadron go to De'.agoa bay to look after America's interests in that quarter during the Boer war it is said the English expect him to reciprocate the courtesies shown to Admiral Dewey in Mani.a bay. There Is not likely to arise at

IJelagoa Slicn a situation as mai u.1 jiniu.u, last yvar, but if it should occur and Schley is on the ground he will probably be Instructed to see that the English fleet has fair p'.ay, which is all the latter requires. If England Is strong anywhere it is on the sea. What she greatly desires at this time is not the material but the moral support of America publicly indicated. Dlg-ntty and Independence. Washington Times. Our Spanish friends have not done anything for the world to smile at for so long a time that it Is a relief to realize how much unconscious and even pathetic humor they are still capable of. In view of the naval activity noticeable on. the part of the British government, the Spantehnayy has been ordered to concentrate at Cadiz. What the consequences of this desperate move may be we know not; but it certainly will cause Lord Salisbury an illness, and create a panic on the London Stock Exchange. We may look to see British consols used for wall paper In a few days. Two Every-Day Ilcroea. Minneapolis Tribune. They were just a pair of ordinary milkmen, but when the panic-stricken male passengers during an accident to a New York ferry boat early yesterday morning would have saved their own lives at the expense of the half dozen women on board, theso two drove the cowards back and forced them to give the women the first chance at the life preservers. ' A Forgotten Point. Detroit Tribune. The Cincinnati Enquirer prints a story that Ambassador Choate, under President McKinley's directions, snubbed ex-President Harrison by declining to attend a London dinner in Harrison s nonor. it lorgeis inai the ambassador himself gave a dinner to the ex-President and had all the notables of England, including Premier Salisbury, there. Americans in the African War. Boston Herald. The hospital ship that is being fitted out for South Africa by the American women in London is to be christened the Maine. Meanwhile, the funds are coming in fast $o,CO) at a clip and the War Office has approved the project permitting the entire surgical and nursing staff to be Americans. Seeing: Thlnffs. Kansas City Journal. The Wichita papers allege that a wild blue heron and a wild alligator were seen on the streets there recently. However, this Is not quite so singular as the case of a Sallna man, who, two weeks after the end of the carnival in his town, saw a buffalo with boxing gloves on its horns. A Warn In if. Philadelphia Times. There was a notice in yesterday's paper of the death of a physician, his end being suddenly reached by falling into a well. This should be a lesson tq the whole medical fraternity to deal only with the sick and let the well alone. Their Opportunity. Pittsburg Dispatch. It 13 announced that the notorlus Princess Chlmay and her gypsy fiddler intend to come to New YoTk and appear In vaudeville. Here is an opportunity for our immigrant inspectors to show whether they are really of any account. The Boer Campaign. Boston Globe. The Boers began their war with the British on the sound, time-honored principle that thrice armed is he who hath his epjarrel just, and four times he who gets his blow In fust. It 31 y. Washington Post. The New York Evening Post is to make an effort to run along In a Larry Godkinless condition. However, it may be able to. acquire some other able editor with an Impaired liver. A Political Mystery. Memphis Commercial Appeal. John Young Brown a:d the other Kentucky bolters cannot understand why Bolter Altgeld should be accorded a warm place In Abraham's bosom. Won't Ileilgn. Philadelphia Times. As to resigning, Senator Mason will only decline to take his seat in the Senate when it is pulled from under him. No Xeceaaltr 'or It. Milwaukee Sentinel. Thanksgiving proclamations carry unusually little exaggeration In the whereas this year. The Boer Circaa. Chicago Dally News. Oom Paul can now boast one of the largest collections of British officers ever seen in captivity. A Supposition. Baltimore American. Admiral Dewey cannot have many more surprises to spring on his countrymen. An Exception. Wall Street Tonics. Can we ever have too much of a good thing? We can la Wail street.

MONTH MADE A RECORD

OCTOBER VOLU3IE OF BUSIXES8 WAS BEYOM) ALL PRECEDENT. Decline In Grain Doe Not Hinder Exporta Iron and Steel Conditions The Cotton Situation. NEW YORK. Nov. 3. R. G. Dun & Co.'s we?kly review of trade will say to-morrow: British disasters in South Africa have brought to view something besides the steady self-reliance of the English people that they hold not many American securities to be dislodged in any time of alarm, but are Inclined to take more when stocks and money look for safe investment. A little decline of i cent in wheat and 14 cents in corn does not hinder exports, though it is some evidence that growers think they have ample supplies. Atlantic exports of wheat for five weeks have been, with flour Included, 15,6S6,5yy bushels, against 18.1S2.631 last year, and Pacific exports 2,713,ZZl bushels, against 3,917,434 last year. Western receipts of wheat have continued heavy, but have not rivaled last year's extraordinary outpouring, amounting to only 33,&5S,0S7 bushels in five weeks, against 49,640,791 last year, but the Western corn receipts run ahead of last year's in the same weeks, and the exports have been 1S.64S.o44 bushels, against ll,i36,15S last year. Tho enormous sales of wool at Boston 21,537,500 pounds being reported, making 23,S&J.TOO at the three chief markets fvr the week are extremely important. That not all are for consumption, as the trade is naturally tempted to believe, may be true, and yet actual purchases by the mills of half that quantity would imply extraordinary encouragement respecting the deiaand for woolen goods. The prices have been feeneraily advanced to an average scarcely below that of May, 12, ana for Onio washed, lignt and u.rK unwasned and puued wool siigmly higher. Expectation or Higher prices at Lonuon prompts mucii speculative buying, but the demand tor woolen good is. undeniably tncoui aging. The cotton manufacture also has great demand, witli prices constantly rising, so that with iniiiling uplands at 7.ot cents goods are relatively nearer in price than tney have been since Oct. 1, but whether both will advance much farther depends upon the correctness of current estimates of the forthcoming crop. Prices of pig iron for early deliveries are still advancing, but a greater part of the demand has protected itself by contracts running far into next year, including purchases of 5,0w tons of bessemer this week at with billets quoted at $3y.50 for spot, but $33 for next year. Anthracite pig is also quoted at $24.3o for early delivery. No finished products have advanced during the past week excepting refined bars, whicn the Eastern association has put up $1 per ton. More weakness appears in some lines of which the works have not orders running far ahead, but it is claimed that l.fcOO.Oi) tons of rails 80 per cent, of the entire capacity have been sold for next year. Tin Is weaker at 30.50 cents and lake copper at 17 cents, while spelter is offered at 4.85 cents. Dealers are refusing to pay the higher prices asked by raanulacturers of boots and shoes to such an extent that future orders are somewhat restricted. Yet the October shipments were 473,722 cases, against 415,238 last year, an Increase of 12 per cent., and 3C7,9f In the same week of 12, an increase of nearly 30 per cent. Considerable Irregularity appears in the relation between demand and supply, with rather more general hesitancy on the part of dealers in women's goods. Hides and leather remain strong, packers having somewhat advanced prices at Chicago, their supplies being sold four to six weeks ahead. o AS Bit AD STREET SEES IT. Particular Slarnifieancc of Bank Clearings and Failures. NEW YORK, Nov. 3. Bradstreefs tomorrow.wlll say: Despite some variation In the currents of trade distribution, the aggregate movement continues of Immense volume, In fact. If the aggregate of bank clearings In the country, outside of the metropolis. Is a truthworthy index, as it no doubt Is, the country's trade reached its highest mark in the month of October. Prices certainly show marked strength in view of the proportion of earlier advances. Cooler weather has been welcomed by the retail trade of the country and some stimulus already has been noted, alike to distribution and to the confidence of distributors. In some lines of wholesale trade, notably dry goods, there has been some quieting of demand, without, however, any perceptible effect being exercised upon values of textiles, which, indeed, are more firmly held than ever. It has, indeed, been a record period In the wool trade, sales at leading centers having exceeded all record for the week and the strength alike of the raw and the manufactured material is most marked. Cotton goods also are very strong, partly on the extraordinary demand and partly because of the strength of the raw material. Imparted by small receipts and growing conlidence in ultimate light yields. The great cereals have been rather dull this week, with slight variations in price, and the markets appear 'to have come to a standstill pending new developments. Some Improvement is noted in the ocean freight situation, however, the high rates, in fact, having tended to bring tnelr own cure. In the Iron and steel trade strength of values is perhaps the most notable feature but activity has been transferred from the finished branch of the trade to the market for pig iron, which has been very active at full prices. Reports of re-exports of American iron from Japan are confirmed. A heavy business was done in hardware during October, relatively the best reports coming from the West. Other metals fall to show as much strength, copper and tin being considerably lower on the week. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3.046.S3C bushels, against 4.146,493 last week. 6,773,613 in the corresponding week of 1KS, 5.530.19S in 1S97, 3,472.976 in IS and 2.566,567 in 1S95. Since July 1, this season, the exports of wheat aggregate 72,3W.01 bushels, against 73.S15.323 last year and W.S74.1H2 in 1S9I. Corn exports for the week aggregate 4.503,423 bushels, against 4.525.519 last week, 3.566.640 in tills week a yar ago 2,199.330 in 197 2.217,613 in 1S96 and 1.22o,447 in 193. Since July 1 this season corn exports aggregated 7S.891.S0i) bushels, against 30.934.447 during the same period a year ago and 5O.S09,104 in 1S97. While showing some Increases In number and liabilities over the summer and autumn months, business embarrassments for the month of October furnish very satisfactory comparisons with corresponding months of other years. There were S1G failures, involving $6.74.000 in liabilities, a decrease of 21 per cent, in number and of 54 percent, in liabilities from October a year ago, and comparisons with earlier years are even more favorable. DA? K CLEARINGS. Total Thla Week Nearly- Up to the Tivo-Billlon Mark. NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended Nov. 2, with the percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year: Cities. Clearings. New York $l,2H43:t,744 Boston 130,667,715 Chicago 131.370.621 Philadelphia 96,2$3,520 St. Louis .V.612.023 Inc. Dec 41.0 11.1 11.8 31.7 1 Pittsburg 33.114.11S Sl.S Baltimore 9.1 San Francisco 24.324,416 14.VKJ.750 15,47.9V2 8.72".216 13, 3,050 S.2s3,4 lO.Mq.46T, 9.361.9S7 7,393. 4 6.122.512 6.2X5.614 5.760.358 6.43S.9W G,317. 5,420.100 936) 27.3 9.3 4.7 4.6 KG 39.6 41.6 yo.9 43.6 20.0 6.4 22.0 It'.Z 2S.6 56.5 31.3 17.1 Cincinnati .. Kansas Cltv New Orleans Minneapolis Detroit Cleveland Louisville Providence Milwaukee St. Paul Buffalo Omaha Indianapolis Columbus. O Evansvllle, Ind... 6.6 Totals, U. S $1,922,523,093 Totals outside N. Y. 682.091.3IS Truat to Be Proaeeated. NEW YORK. Nov. 3. P. W. Dowe. president of the Commercial Travelers National League and an officer of the American Anti-trust League, appeared before District Attorney Gardiner, and after submitting to that officer testimony from forty

persons arainst the -pool cotton combination, secured a promise from the district attorney that he would enter proceedings cgalnft that organization. Mr. Do we appeared beforo Attorney General Davl. at Albany, but after a harlrg th representative to whom the matter was referred refused to proceed against the organization. At a meeting of the American Anti-trust League, held at Albany on Juna 30, Mr. Dowe was ordered to begin euit against the pol cotton organization, ar.J in that way te.-t the Donnelly anti-trust law.

MnIIIon DUtrlct Coal "Combine. CLEVELAND, O.. Nov. 3,-It Is stated that the rroject to combine all tho coal mines in the Marslllon district has practically been accomplished, ar.d that the formal transfers of the various mines will b n ade within a few days. The capitalization of the new company La not known, but it Is Tnelloved it will be between J.t'.'VJ1") at.l .OW.uoO. Th- principal selling agency will be located in this city DENIED BY MR. CR0KER TA3I5IAXVS CHIEF SAYS Mil. MAZKT DID OT TELL THE TRUTH. Statement from the Latter In Which. He Invite the Political IIos to Sue for Criminal Libel. NEW Y'ORK, Nov. 3. Whatever expectation there was that Richard Croker would mako a scene to-day before the Mazet Assembly committee on the management of this city was not fulfilled. In the course of an address before a political meeting a few days ago Chairman Mazet asserted that when the gas charter was introduced In the Legislature by him, that measure being Inimical to the New Amsterdam Gas Company and, it is alleged, in the Interest of the Consolidated Gas Company, Mr. Croker proposed to withdraw' his opposition to the bill if the Consolidated Company would buy at his price stock of the New Amsterdam CoTapany which he held. It, was to make denial of this statement that Mr. Croker yesterday demanded a hearing oefore the committee. Mr. Croker was at the committee room early to-day. Before the proceedings -were begun the Republican members of the committee and counsel met and had a protracted conference. Immediately on calling the committee to order Chairman Mazet asked: "Is Mr. Croker present?" The Tammany chief responded: "I am here under oath, 1 presume, and I want to deny a statement wnlch you made in your campaign speeches in your district." Mr. Mazet What is It that you want to contradict? Mr. Croker I want to contradict tho speeches you have made in refereie to my dealings with the Consolidated Gas Company; that I tried to sell'Amsterdam stock to that company. That is what I understood you to say in your speeches. I deny that. Mr. Maiet 1 that all. Mr. Croker? iMr. Croker That is all. Mr. Mazet You are excused. Mr. Croker Will you take the stand and testify to what you said? Mr. Mazet Mr. Croker. will you please? step down from the stand? Mr. Croker then left the stand and tha room. Subsequently Mr. Mazet gave out the following statement: Mr. Croker knows that this is no" plate. and no time In which to settle the question ' between him and me. What I said on tha stump I said not of my own knowledge but upon good and sufficient authority. If Mr. Croker really wishes to have the truth of my statement tested he can sue for libel or he can prosecute me criminally by a friendly district attorney. Here we cannot even compel Mr. Croker to answer proper questions or compel any witness to testify on this matter, as the tiuestion between us Is not relevant to this inqulrj" WILL MEET HERE IN 1900. Next Convention of the Tnlillc Health, Association to Be in Indianapolis. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Nov. 3. At tha closing session of the American Publlo Health Association to-day a resolution was adopted deprecating the use of preservatives of a harmful nature In food products. Tho officers nominated last night were duly elected, and In addition Dr. Theobald Smith, of Boston, was chosen for the chairmanship of the new section of chemistry and bacteriology. The choice of Indianapolis as tha next meeting place was ratified. The papers and discussion to-day were on tho subject of garbage. Gen. Benjamin Lee, of the Pennsylvania State Board of Health, spoke on the "Treatment of Garbage and Excreta In Military Camps." Ha declared that the presence of files in camp J was responsible for a large share of tha diseases that carry off noldiers. Col. W. F. Moree. of New York, discussed "The Next Step in the Work of Garbage and Waste Disposal." He described the reduction methods successfully used in Boston, New York and Philadelphia and spokes of the Improvements in dJsposal of gaxbaga now necessary, illustrating his points by showing what has been accomplished by th j more advanced methods used In English cltiea. McDonough Craven, engineer In the New York garbage collection and disposal department, read the third paper on "Waste Disposal and Its Advantages." He gave mucrt valuable information mi recent advancts Inj utilization of waste products in fertilizers arvd other derivatives. Dr. C. Hampton Jones, commissioner of health of Baltimore, reported work withi anti-toxin and formaldehyde, against diphtheria. NEW CURE FOR INSANITY. Farmer Iteeoverw ly IleninTnl of I realm re on Top of Spinal Column. CENTERVILLE, la., Nov. 3.-The method of the recent curing from Insanity of Bart Neal. a well-to-do farmer of llano. It developed to-day, Is of great Importance to the medical world in general and to alienists In particular. It was stated at the tlmo of the cure that It was effected by removing bone pressure. It was supposed this meant on the top or back of the head, a case not uncommon. It is now learned that reason was restored by pitting a dislocated Done in the neck, whim was shutting off tha blood .-supply to part of the brain. Mr. Neal lost Lis reason shortly after being injured. He became violently lnj.ina within a few hours after the first symptoms were, manifested. Everything known to medical science was UlM in effcrts to cure him. but all to no avail. After months cf suffering, preparations were made to send him to an asylum, but Dr. Beamard. a bona expert, wa called in as a last hope. Four Ftrong men held Mr. Neal while Dr. Bearnard made an examination. He found ona of the bones of the neck to b s-lightly dislocated. ThU he replaced, and from violent mania the patient passed into a heavy sleep. Twelve hours later he was entirely well. "I i is Impe,sslble to Mate how much ear le dor.e for the insane throuph my method, paid Dr. Beamard to-day. "for there ara many casts of insanity du to either than bone lesions. But I do bflleve ther ara hundreds of cas-es of wupposeuly' Incurabla cases of insanity which can be relieved by the adjustment of the bones of the upper part of the spinal column." Charged with Tension Frauds. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3. Francis Valle. a notary public, Millie Hae. an aged negress, and another person who had not been apprehended, are charged in an Indictment returned by the federal grand Jury with conspiracy to defraud tho government. Mlllia liase has been drawing a widow's pension for some time, which. It Is allege!, was ohtalned by fraud. It i3 alleged that Valla certified to her affiiavlts and aldM her lr her efforts to get the pension. Valle was arrested to-day and taken before tho Federal Court. He pleaded not guilty anl was released on $1.4j bond. Mr. Valle tj sixty years old and belongs to one of tha oldest families of St. Louis. Live Bird Shoot LnflnUhcd. CINCINNATI. Nov. 3. Fifty-fix shooters faced the traps at $25 entrance each for tha twenty-five live bird shoot. By a vote tha following six were permitted to shoot at twenty-five birds because they could not bo here to-morrow: Mrs. Shattuck. Virls, Elliott. Tripp. E. H. Clay, Jr., and Stlllwell. The remaining fifty shooters stopped after shooting at sixteen birds each. They will finish to-morrow. Only thirteen of the fifty who shot at sixteen birds made clean scores.-