Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1899 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1899.

THE DAILY JOITRXAL TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1S09. Telephone Calls. Curinefa OfHte KS Editorial Rooms f5 ' TEn 3is or suncitii"rFox DAILY BY MAIL Dally enlr. one month $ -7 1- aiir on.'x. three months 2.00 I aiy only, me year W rMy. Including Sunday, one year 10. CO tsuruay only, one year 2.00 WHEN FURNISHED Br AGENTS. rUr. rr wk. by carrier 1-1 eta Sunday, single rcpy 5 cts la!ly ani 8unday, per week, by carrier.... 20 cti WEEKLY. Ttr year $1.00 Itedaeed Rates to Clubs. Subscribe with any of our numerous stents cr end subscriptions to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. Persons ndinc th Journal through the malls In the United tata ahould jut on aa eiht-page paper a ONE-CENT postage etamp: on a twelve cr Blxtern-ra;e rarer a TWO-CENT rosace Urr.p. Foreign (oatse la uaually double these rates. AU eemmunlcatlcns Intended for publication In this parer rnun. In order to receive attention, r-e acromion led by the name and addresa of the .writer. Kejeetd manuscrlr.ti will not be returnel unless postage la Incloeed for that purpose. THE lXDIAXArOMS JOLRXAL Can be found at the following places: frTHW YOItK Aator House. CHICAGO Palmer Houee. P. O. News Co.. 21? learborn street. Great Northern Hotel ani Grand Pacific Hotel. -CINCINNATI J. It. Hawley & Co.. 1C4 Vine street. 2- OUISVILLE C. T. Deerlnr. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, an? Louisville Book Co.. 2Z6 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS-Union News Company. Ur.lon Depot. .WASHINGTON. D. C-Rljgs House. Ebbltt House and Wlllard'a Hotel. The mud Impedes the progress of the American soldiers in Luzon more than iAgulnaldo's soldiers. Possibly Mr. Brj'an may lose Nebraska, tut no such misadventure will interfere With his making speeches. "I wis h you to say for me that I indorse very word In the commission's report," are the wcrds of Admiral Dewey. They do not pleae the friends of Aguinaldo. On Sept. ) there were 57.810.53 one-dollar bills and 17.K)I two-dollar bills outstanding, but it is not stated how many of them were in possession of Mr. McLean, of "Washington. Tho Ioston Journal calls the report of the Philippine commission Admiral IXwey's report, which would lead to an, Inference that the paper la trying to enrage its neighbors uf the Aguinaldo league. There are people who have come to the conclusion that William J. Bryan is ready to subordinate the great issue of the campaign" of lSIKi and tako up any new Issue that jromkcs to win more votes. It has been announced that "Golden Itule" Jones, of Ohio, is using nonunion castings In his patent machinery, even after he has promised to do otherwise. Mr. Jones is not so much of a favorite in union shops as he Was. " It appears from the prices published by the National Bureau of Statistics that standard Rio cofTee, No. T, has fallen from 2TH cents a pound in February, 1S9I. to 6',4 cents In October, ISO. It is possible that this fact may be new to consumers. During tho month of September 870,141 standard silver dollars were coined, and the total rtock coined. In and out of the treasury, was tS2.122,27, which! to say the least. Is a good many, but not too many so long as they are tied to gold and are goodfor a dollar in this country. . Those who fear bloodshed In Louisville and other cities in Kentucky to-day may be assured that those who kill in double columns of double-leaded threats expend their murderous feelings in the writing and printing of threats. It Is an Improvement ver the real thing. The report of the Philippine commission places tho Hryans. the Schurzs and the .At kiu sons where they must choose between attacking the character of Admiral Dewey lor truthfulness or of standing convicted of deception before the American people. These men have been holding forth for months that the President has broken his promises to Aguinaldo. Admiral Dewey Bays he has not. Incidentally it may be remarked that the Indianapolis teachers who were invited to mako .anonymous attacks on the school system and management In the Sunday Sentinel were conspicuous by their silence. "ot a one so much as peeped. It Is as tho Journal suspected. They have no criticisms to make that they arc not at liberty to make openly, and they have too much sclfxespect to hide behind a screen.

A State exchange says that a treasurer la one of the counties cannot account for the los-s of several thousand dollars, and all that those examine his books can find is that the money collected exceeds the dis bursements and the cash on hand. He has not used money for speculation, or any other jrivatc purpose. This Is what will happen when a man who has no knov.lulge of keepins accounts undertakes to do it. The increase of the n? of gold since the f;oof times eimc, st forth in the report of the treasurer of the United States, is one of th beneficent results which followed the election of President McKinley. Several thing conspired to bring It about, such us the return of confidence, the large xvss of the exports of merchandise over im-

V ports, and the Increase of the stock of gold.

In 1P a large part of the money transactions of the treasury were performed by t-ilvcr funds. Now nearly 90 per cent, of the treasury business Is done with gold. Thlst leavvs the great volume of silver funds to the business of the country. That Is, the the declaration for the gold basis and tho defeat of the 10-to-l heresy have, expanded th currency many millions of dollars. Chairman Dick, of the Ohio Republican state committee, speaking In the light of experience and in view of the great amount of money which McLean hars expended for votes in that State, says too much money In a campaign Is worse than too little. When a party has so much that boodlers arc convinced that it can be obtained by entreaty or threats, there is no end of trouble. They make Impossible demands, and If they do not get what they ask for they go off disgruntled. They are jealous of each other. If one find j that another h?a received more than was given h!m he becomes anry and gets even by voting for the other side. There ehould be money to pay responsible men to secure correct canvasses, to maintain headquarters, to pay speakers, to pay for campalsn literature and for any real service. but tho moment that money begins to be paid for votes trouble begins, for which there la no help and no reward. The de-

bauched voter Is an uncertain quantity. It is possible that Colonel Dick understands what he is talking about. THE III S11XELL TREACHERY IX OHIO.

Thc Journal believes that the Republicans will carry Ohio to-day. If they do so it will be due solely to the fact that the Republican rank and file are devoted to Republican principles and hold faith In the Importance of Republican ascendency, and not to those who assume to be leaders. A small portion of those who assume to be leaders have been traitors to their party. These range from Governor Bushnell and Kurtz, a would-be manager, to those alleged Republicans in Cincinnati who are represented by the Commercial-Tribune, and who, under the banner of reform, are supporting McLean and the last Democratic tally-sheet forger because an alleged local Republican boss named Cox helped to nominate Judge Nash. The Melcan Republican paper Is denouncing bosslsm and Coxlsm. and yet silently doing its utmost to betray the party of the President, of sound money and of maintaining the President's Philippine policy into the hands of John R. McLean, whose name is a synonym for all that is false in party association and corrupt in party methods. In Cleveland McKisson, who plotted to be elected senator by the votes of a half dozen bolting Republicans and nearly all of McLean's party In the Legislature, twice or three times elected mayor by Republicans and defeated by Republicans last spring because of his corrupt administration, Is at the hi ad of an anti-Nash committee, laboring to elect McLean. All over the State a large part of the placeholders under Governor Bushnell are either openly or secretly supporting McLean under promise, it is said, of holding their positions. Others are using their influence to swell the vote of Jones. Of course, some of these men find an excuse for their treachery in the offensive methods of Senator Hanna, but Mr. Hanna is not a candidate In the remotest sense in this election. The issue has been turned upon the administration of the President, whom such traitors as Governor Bushnell and the managers of the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune profess to support. It would seem that it would be impossible to overcome the effect of this treachery and treason of so-called leaders of faction?, but all the business and industrial conditions favor the Republican ticket. Men who are In business and who are Republicans from principle have been strenuously at work for the ticket. McLean Is not popular with tens of thousands of Democrats. He has betrayed such men as Thurman and has broken faith with others. He Is regarded as an alien who has purchased a nomination and proposes to purchase an election. He will not get the full Democratic vote. Because he will not, and because the mass of Republicans will not be led against the President, there Is ground to believe that Judge Nash, as fit a man for Governor as was ever named in Ohio, will m pull through to-day. But that fact does not remove from Bushnell and his co-conspirators the infamy of their treachery to the party that has honored them. Mil. SCIIIHZ'S IXFIHMITY. No one expected that Carl Schurz would be pleased with the report of the Philippine commission and few care whether he Is or not. Any report which did not extol Aguinaldo and favor our immediate evacuation of the -Islands would not please him. There are doubtless those who believe that Mr. Schurz can treat any proposition or policy to which he Is opposed with something of fairness. A few quotations from his interview in Sunday's papers show that he cannot. Take the following: From my rapid reading of it I received tho Impression that, as the commission indicates, the Filipinos in arms against the United States represent only an infinitesimally small fraction of the Philippines population, and that an overwhelming majority of that population is eager for the sovereignty of the United States. If that were so it is surprising that it should be necessary to send there an army of 63,jO men, the largest army the United States ever had in the held in active operation, excepting in our civil war. The two facts of the eagerness of the Filipinos to become Americans and of the necessity of 'sending such an army do not seem to go together. It Is nowhere stated in the report of the commission that only an infinitesimally small fraction of the Philippine population are in arms and that an overwhelming majority 6f the natives are eager for the sovereignty of the United States. What the report says is that the commission found the strong anti-American feeling was confined to the Tagalog provinces, embracing a population of l,500,OC0. The rest of the inhabitants, 6,300,COO, are at peace with us, and. If not our friends, arc passive and neutral. That Is, considerably more than threefourths of the inhabitants are friendly or neutral and less than one-fourth are hostile. No fact is put clearer in the report than is that relating to the strength of the insurgents and that of the natives who are not in sympathy with Aguinaldo. But one tribe has been represented as being desirous of lighting tho Tagalos, yet Mr. Schurz reads the report, to find that his friends fighting tho United States are Infinlteslmally small while the numbers of those who are enthu siastic friends are countless. This simply shows that Mr. Schurz lacks' the candor to read and comment fairly upon a report. There are other points which show Mr. Schurz's mental inability to treat with ordinary fairness the side of any question to which ho id opposed. His treatment of Gtncral Grant when he desired to annex San Domingo was in the tame spirit that he now assails tho upholding of our supremacy in the PhU'ppines. He dogmatically assails those with whom he does not agree without according to them honesty of Intention. Ho now charges Admiral Dewey with inconsistency because he has said that the Filipinos are better qualified for self-government than are the Cubans, and holds' In the report that it would be un wise for the United States to leave tho islands to themselves. It is very unfortunate that the person who has never expressed any pride In being an American has assailed Admiral Dewey, who glories in being an American, of whose achievements the country Is proud and in whose patriot ism and honor the American people be lieveunfortunate for Mr. Schurz. A TIMELY WARXEVfi. Doubtless there are? thoso who deprecate the tPith-telling of Mr. Foulko on Sunday as unnecessary. They admit that nil that he said is true, but they ask what to the good of It. Just niw the answer is not difficult. All history Is instructive, and with other Jessons contains warnings regarding futuio conduct. There is- not an Intelligent, pa triotic man in Indiana to-day who will defend the conduct of the Legislature of 1S61 in in efforts to crlj pit the raising of troops for the Union army. None will Justify the organization of the fc'on.i of Liberty and similar organization, because the success of tho Union cause not only made It popular, but the Intervening years, with their events, have made it clear to all that, asldo

from any question- of patriotism or duty, tho cauae of the Lnlon was right and that all hostility to it, particularly in the North, was wrong criminally wrong. Nor should there bo tenderness or nervousness In recalling those Infamous acts. No names are mentioned, and tbero la no disposition to make them other than facts of history, which should be warnings. "We are told by those who seem to deplore the recalling of that page of history that it U useless to do so because no warning Is needed to prevent another attempt to destroy the Union. That may be true, but the national authority may be assailed, and any assault uron it is in the nature of rebellion Moreover, it should be remembered that it was not actual hostility to the Lincoln policy which led to a large portion of the opposition and the partisan fear that the support of Mr. Lincoln would be the undoing of the Democratic party. This blind devotion to party furnished followers to any sort of organizations that would make Tre.-idcnt Lincoln's policy unpopular. Into this entered the demagogy which appears to-day. la 1SJ4 the country had to decide between the policy of PresidentCleveland In enforcing tho federal laws and decrees of the federal courts against those who.cpposcd them. It was simply a question of supporting the federal au-thoritj-. Such being the question, there was hut one course for patriotic men to pursue. At the same time the late Governor Matthews found It necessary to use the military to suppress lawlessness. When he so decided there was but one course for patriotic men. and that was to sustain the executive. There were those who did not believe that !t was "good politics" to do so that the Governor shoull have been left without the moral and positive support of the Republican party Such "good polities' would be a sort of negative treison. Just now the failure of Democratic partisanship to support Governor Morton should be a warning to those, whom similar partisanship see-.Tis to be leading to oppose the upholding of the supremacy of the

United States In Its territory acquired from Spain. The recalling of the efforts of the Democratic organization In l'&S and 164 In Indiana hy Mr. Foulke should be a timely warning t tho.-e leaders who esteem It good politics to oppose the President. One of the oldest and most conservative banking houses in the country is that of Ilambleton & Co., of Baltimore. For years before the war It was one of the leading a Baltimore houses In the Southern business. Its members have been Democrats since the war, but they put the safety of the finances of the country above partisanship. In its weekly circular the house of Hambleton & Co. comments upon political matters in connection with business. The circular Issued on Saturday says: The generally admitted fact that Repub lican success means great business activity and a continuation of the present period of prosperity and Democratic success the reverse. Is not complimentary to the latter party, but it should go to show true Democrats that until they shake off the incubus of Bryanism and repudiate the Iniquities of the Chicago platform they must expect those who live by the employment of capital or labor to decline to support a nartv so inimical to their Interests. This is as true now as It was in 1896, and It will continue to be true until the Democracy drops the heresy of lf to 1. All business men and all those who desire that the present prosperity shall continue should have this fact in mind as long as the Democratic leaders cling to the Chicago plat form. The' amount of gold coin In circulation Oct. 1. 1898, was 5622,645,815:, and J646.361.1S5 Oct. 1. 1899. The amount of gold certificates in circulation Oct. 1, 1S0S. was $3.,393,909. and $98,673,559 Oct. 1,1S99. The volume of na tional bank notes Issued Oct. 1, 1S33, was $235,439,9S5, and $243,373,223 Oct. 1, 1899 an increase of less than $8,000,000 the year after the Issue of the 3 per cent. United States bonds made It possible for such banks to increase their circulation with less cost than for years. The total amount of all kinds of money in circulation Oct. 1, 1S98, was $1,816,596,392, and $1,948,703,186 Oct. 1. 1899 an in crease of 1132,1(6,794 during the year. The Sentinel expresses the belief that one of the Journal's Sunday editorials was Inspired. The Journal had not expected that its humble effort in a public cause would be rated mo highly, but it is perfectly lovely to be complimented in that way by an esteemed contemporary. Many thanks. DIDDLES IX THE AIR.1 Wnr- Talk. "You can bet if only the politicians had to go to war, there would be no wars." "You are wrong. There would be more wars. The people would make 'em fight in the hope of getting them killed off." Superiority of Woman. "Ever notice most of these Christian Scientists are women? How do you account for it?" "That's easy. There are so many mof6 Christians among the women than among the men." Hy Proiy, "Are you looking for a job?" asked the foreman of the street gang, "or are you jlst hangin around here 'cause you got nothiii' else to do?" "Neither one," answered the gentleman with the straw hat and incoherent clothes. "I come around to watch them fellers work 'cause the doctor told me I needed exercise." Intrlcncien of LanRaage. Tho Flemish poet sat him down. As merry as a grig: He thought to write some verses on The automobile "rig;" But pretty soon he jumped his job. He found it was too big; For in tho Flemish it is called The "snelpaardelooszoondeerspoorwegnetroolrltjulg." LINCOLN'S MONUMENT. It Will He Restored hy the State of Illinoln at a Coat of $ft-f,rUO. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Nov. 6.-Governor Tanner, State Treasurer Whlttemore ar.d State Superintendent of Public Instruction Bayllss, composing the board of commissioners of the national Lincoln monument, to-day let the contract for the restoration of the monument here to the Culver Construction Company, of Springfield, its bid being $94,300, and the lowest. The Culver Company will go to work at once on the restoiatlon of tho monument. It must be finished according to contract by Nov. 1. VJh A temporary hall for the keeping of the Lincoln trophies now being kept in the monument will be built. Just what disposition will be made of the bodies of the President, his wife and son. Tod Lincoln, had not been decided on. Probably a temporary vault will be erected and a watchman employed to guard It. Traction C'ompuulei Combined. DAYTON, O., Nov. 6. A deal has been effected whereby the Dayton Traction Company, tho Cincinnati and Miami Valley Traction Company and the Cincinnati and & Hamilton Electric Railway are owned by one syndicate and consolidated. The first-named line runs from Dayton to MlamUhurg. the second from Miamlsburg to Hamilton and the third from Hamilton to Cincinnati.

BACK TO FORMER HAUNTS

3IAIITIX IGOU, WHO LIVED IIEM2 TWKXTY YEAHS AGO, RETURNS. While hi a Reminiscent Mood He Tulka IntereatliiRly of the Inrilanapolin of Lonff Ago, After an absence of more than twenty years Martin Igce, well known as one of the most prominent citizens of his day, has returned, to his native home in IndianapolLs. In speaking of forae of the remarkable changes which have taken place In Indian apolis during his Tibr-ence Mr. Igoe said: "I can remember as though it was yesterday tho day I bogan the practice of law in this city. In these days we didn't have the noble structure that Is such an adornment to the cltj at the present day, but we pleaded our case? in a courthouse the counterpart of which you can see any day in any of the small county seats. We had what is commonly called a public square, and all the people for miles around would come In on court days and hitch their horses to the racks, until you would think it was some great horse auction that was taking place. Yes, sir. there are great changes since those days. Why, when I first came here and got off the train at the LTnion Depot I did not believe that I was in Indianapolis at all. I asked the conductor where the old Sherman House was. and when he pointed across the street I did not believe my eyes. The Sherman House was not what it had been. It was much improved, and yet they say that there are much fintr hotels than the Sherman In the city. But in my day and time the man who stopped at the Sherman was getting the best that the market afforded. The English and .the Bates, the Grand and Denison. were unheard-of quantities at that time. When I first came here I had trouble in finding my own house, and I am sure that If a man had told me that there would ever come a time when Martin Igoe could not find his own house 1 would have said that he was crazy. NOT LIKE OLD TIMES. "I think that I must have experienced something of the feeling of Rip Van Winkle when I came back, for the friend that I had known were gone, and those who had once been the wealthiest and most aristocratic families In town, were reduced In some cases to utter privation, and the places that once knew them now knew them no mere. When I was here Indianapolis was known Just as a good town. Why, I can remember when right In the center or the circle, where the monument now stand, there was an old tumble down house, in which some of the poor fellows who were practicing law kept house and had their offices besides. Afterwards . this was torn down and the circle was set out j . , J cunt; uunu ings. and among them was a nttio nnfi.cnr t n f m V. . . 1 1 .3 uhite brick house in which Henrv Ward Ueecher used to preach. I can see old Henry now, and a good man he was. too. Why, I used to buy garden truck of old Henry right out of his basket. You see, he didn't make enough out of his preaching, so he helped out his salary by raising lettuce and radishes and things like that In his garden and bringing them down on market days and selling them from his basket. Then there was Tomlinson, who left you some money to put up the building which now bears his name on Market street. He used to run a drug store, and was as dapper a young fellow as was to be found in the whole town. I remember that we voung fellows were wont to go down to the '-.Id Union Depot (bless your soul It wouldn't make a woodshed for the present er.e,, and we would discuss the pvovle future of Indianapolis, and the wildest dreams of the boldest there would never have conjectured anything like the present city. In those days when we went any place about the town we walked, as we found it much to be preferred to the old horse cars that tame along about every three hour,' Why.' 4hey were so slow they were called old crowba.tes, probably from the fact that the crows had a mortgage on them and were only waiting for a turn In the wheel of evolution to foreclose it. At that time the town was thinly settled, and I think that I knew every one in it and what their business 'was. and now I scarcely know any one. The street were not paved in those days, and many a time we had to wade In mud up tp our knees, and right across Washington street, too. I didn't have to look around in those days for these confounded velocipedes that scare the very life out of me every step I take; they couldn't have skimmed around so easily in those days. I suppose the old wooden bridge at the end of Washington street Is gone, isn't it? Well, well! I reckon the old things must give way to the new, but it does seem to me I would have found a mighty sight of comfort in just looking at the old-timer. It would have brought back a flood of memories that would have been Inexplicably sweet to me. I suppose that you have lots of theaters here now, but In my day we onfy had one' that I remember of. and it used to stand right opposite the old Masonic Hall on the corner of Tennessee and Washington. It was build by Valentine Busch. and 1 tell you there used to be some fine shows there. Suppose you have finer nowadays, but they wouldn't seem so to pie. MEETING OLD FRIENDS. "Have I met many of my old friends? Well, not a great many. There are not many of them here to meet. Do yo.i know Pink Flshback? Why, sir, I can remember when he first camo to this town, and he was so thin that I used to take him around and introduce him to different frtends of mine, telling him that he wasn't going to live long, anyhow, and he might as well get acquainted with the people, as he wouldn't be here long enough to do them any harm. Welh Pink has lived to a good old age. and llvetl to do lots of good, so I am told. Then there was Ingram Fletcher and his father, who owned all the country 'round. "I was looking at the monument over there, and naturally my thoughts turned back to Governor Morton, and I can see him now as if he were present. He was a man of large (rami and large heart, and he had a little wife who wasn't bigger than a pint of cider, but whose heart was just as large as her husband', and 1 want to tell you it was a real pleasure to know Oliver Morton. He was just as common as an old shoe, and yet ho was one of God's noblemen, and when it came down to fighting, why, he was a whole brigade in himself. 1 helped to organize the fighting brigade of Irishmen, who dwelt on the banks of the Wabash, and 1 don't believe that I was ever prouder in my life than I was the day we marched through the streets of Indianapolis on our way to the front. The women all stood out In the streets and waved flags and showered us with bouquets. Was 1 in the war? Well, yes; I spent about five years In the service during the late civil war, and 1 want to tell you that I learned enough then to last me the rest of my days. I would have liked to have lived my life out In this city among the old friends of long ago, but, as often happens, I met with financial reverses in my Luslness and wanted to find a new location, and. as the gold fever was at its height in the Black hills at that time, I struck out for there, and have been In the mining business ever since. Many a time I thought I would come back to Indianapolis, but somehow Fomethlng came up to prevent my return, and so the years have slipped by, and. as I said before, I have returned a veritable Rip Van Winkle." Mr. Igoe contemplates spending some time here, and is quite anxious to meet all of his old friends. He is a hearty-looking old gentleman of seventy-three, and i evidentlv destined to live to a ripe oid agrt. He possofccs upiimisiic views oi me mat are certainly a revelation to those of the younger generation who are fortunate enough to hear them. Two sons Stanley and T. C. Igoe reside in this city. The Company Lcaea a Balldlnr. The Anti-trust Baking Powder Company, organized In this city and incorporated under the laws of Delaware with $1,000.(100 capital, yc-sterday leased the upper floors of the Munger Cycb Company building on Fort Waynl- avenue, where a temporary factory will be established. The factory. It Is announced, will be running within two weeks. The big. permanent factory will be erected in Chicago. Of the fl.OuO.CjO capital half of the amount was taken by newspapers throughout the country, to be paid for in advertising. Elwood Polite UoiiimlMHlonerM. The police commissioners of Elwood will meet Governor Mount here to-day. They have been summoned to answer charges made by the citizens of Elwood with regard to the alleged failure of the board to enforce the laws. Thee charges were tiled with the Governor lcat week. On account

2 il f J n1 r,ffnt acrDS th street, where English's Hotel now stands, there WaS a. rOW Of liftlf nro.clnrv W..IU

of the severity of the charges the board has been summoned to meet its accusers. The police commissioners of Terre Haute have been instructed by the Governor to see that the laws are enforced.

WOMEN COMPLAIN Of the Snnltary Condition SurroundltK Certain School Daildtug. A committee from the Woman's Council, "with Mrs. Moody as chairman, called at the city health office yesterday afternoon and made complaint to Sanitarian Clark regarding the sanitary conditions surrounding several of the schoolhouses In the city. It was claimed by the committee that the following schools are In need of attention from the Board of Health and Board of Works: School No. 45, corner of Rural and Tenth streets; school at the corner of Shelby and Bradbury, the one at Baltimore avenue and Twenty-fifth street and also tho school on Sherman avenue. The women said they had investigated the schools and found that the buildings were in good sanitary condition, but the grounds surrounding the schools and also the approaches were in no condition for the children to use. The grounds were muddy and at some of tho schools mentioned above there were no walks for five or six blocks for the children to use going to and from school, but they had to plod along through the mud. This has already caused some sickness, as the children invariably reached school with their feet cold and wet and had to sit through their lessons, in that condition. Tho committee stated that this matter should be attended to before bad weather comes. Sanitarian Clark gave the committee the assurance that he would submit the matter to the Board of Works at once. WILL BE REORGANIZED NEW PLANS FOR THE LOUISVILLE, EVAXSVILLE & ST. LOUS ROAD. It In Thought the Receivership Mill Re Terminated Within the Xext Sixty Days-Road Condition. Attorney General William L. Taylor, who i the legal adviser of Receiver Jarvis, of the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railway, known as the "Air-line," stated last night that the road was about to be reorganized, and from inside sources the opinion was expressed that the receivership would be terminated within sixty days, and that the present owners would retain the property. Until recently there was a. hope that the Southern Railroad would purchase tho property, as overtures had been made by that company, but the fact that the "Air-line" was in reality two separate roads, and the stockholders of neither road could agree on a basis for the distribution of new bonds to be issued by the Southern Company in payment of the road, the negotiations dragged along, secretly but slowly, until within the last few days it became known positively that so far as the Southern Railroad was concerned, the deal was off. Had the stockholders of the two divisions agreed on the value of their respective holdings, the road would have been sold months ago, but now it is thought that Receiver Jarvis has a new plan for reorganizing the road, which is in fine physical condition. Not a wooden bridge remains on It, and the heavy grades have been all reduced. Rolling stock has been bought, and engines either rebuilt or discarded in favor of new ones, until nothing remains of the old road but the name. The stockholders of the eastern division have felt that their division earned the greater part of the receipts, and refused to accept a share-and-share-alike division of the new stock issued by the Southern Company. The present plans of Mr. Jarvis will not be made public, according to Mr. Taylor, until the deal Is ready to be accomplished. Mr. Jarvis will be president of the new road. i STUCKMEYER CAPTURED. An Insane Man, Who Escaped from the Central Hospital. Edward J. Stuckmeyer, an inmate at the Central Insane Hospital, escaped from that place yesterday morning about 6 o'clock by tearing the screens from the windows and it is thought sliding down a pipe on the outside of the building near the window. The screen on the window was made of Iron bans which he pried off with pieces of his iron bedl About 3 o'clock a. m, he be came violent, but he was left alone by the attendants. The police were immediately notified and instructed to look out for him. He was di erased only In his underclothing. Last night a messenger sent to the insane hospital advised that Stuckmeyer had been captured at the farm of Henry Robinson, about one and one-half miles wtt of the city on the Rockvllle road. He had applied at the farmhouse for clothing. His fee.t were wrapped in pieces of hia clothing1, which had also been torn up. It was evident to the occupants cf the house that the man was Insane and he was held until the hospital could be notified. Stuckmeyer objected vigorously to being restrained and made numerous futile attempts to get away. He was again taken to the asylum at a late hour last night. CO LORED WOMAN'S PLEA. She Tells Her Troubles nt the Mayor's Office, hut Is Turned Down. i A big colored woman, with a complexion similar to the one possessed by "Miss Indiana," the bronze figure on top of the monument, walked into the mayor's office yesterday afternoon and after introducing herself as a "Southern lady," told Private Secretary bearing an Interesting story to back up her request Tor transportation to Nashville. Tcnn. She said her home was at Nashville and she was anxious to return to that city, where she could take care of her little child. Her husband met a showman, she said, last spring and was told that if he could get hold of $100 to be used in tho business he. would be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of a million dollars within a few months. Her husband jumped at the opportunity and mortgaged their little home for $100, which lie turned over to the showman to be ul-ci' In getting the million. Tho showman h ui disappeared from th last accounts heard from her husband, with tho J10O. The colored woman also said that she had just heard of an Indianapolis man being fleeced out of $2T0 by the same showman. She wants to get back home, but the transportation was not given her. Painters Troubles Still Unsettled. The State Labor Commission met yesterday In the hopei that something might be done in the difficulty between, the master painters aui the Journeymen painters. The board received a visit from tho master painters, who called to learn whether the Journeymen had agreed to accept arbitration in the matter. When Informed by the board that the journeymen declined to arbitrate, the deputation from the master p.iinters went away with the full determination to force the matter to a hearing in the. courts. Mr. McCormack says that it seems utterly impossible to get the trouble settled, and thrnks that It will finally have to be adjusted by the court. Woman Sprained Her Ankle. Letltla Craig Enders filed a suit In the United States Circuit Court yesterday against the Iako Erie & Western Railroad Company, asking Lt damages in the sum of ll.9P9.P9 She alleges that 5he was seriously injured ry being compelled to alight from a train that was being operated by the. company at a point beyond the regular station where she was to alight. As a conSequence she Kpained her ankle in such a serious manner that she may never be able to walk again. A Kokoino Track (use. A transcript was riled yesterday In the United States Circuit Court In the case of the city of Kokomo against tho Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company. The suit is for permanent Injunction against the defendants, enjoining them from continuing in the Ui. of certain spur tracks and switches In the city of Kokomo. The plaintiff alleges that they Interfere In the general transaction of buaine&a.

STEYN TO HIS BOERS

PHOCLAMATIOX ISSUED HY THE OKATVnE I'RGE STATE rHESIDEXT. Ills Reasons for Tnklnir Up Arms Against the British In Aid of the Transvaal Republic. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. The consul general of the Orange Free State In this city gave out to-day the full text of President M. T. Steyn's proclamation calling on the Orange Free State Boers to support the Transvaal. The proclamation reads as fqllows: "The time which we had so much desired to avoid, tne moment when we, as a nation, are compelled with arms to oppose injustice und snameless violence, is hi nana. Our sister republic, to the north of the Vaal liver, is about to bo attacked by an unscrupulous enemy, who, tor many years, has prepared himself and sougnt pretexts for tne violence of whicn he is now guilty, whoso purpose it is to destroy the existence of the Afrikander race. ' ith our sister republic we are not only bound by ties of bloou, ot sympathy, and oi common interests, but also by formal treaty, which has Deen necessitated by circumstances. Tnis treaty demands oi us that we assist her If she should be unjustly attacked, which we unfortunately lor a long time have had too much reason to expect. We therefore cannot passively look on while injustice is done her, ana whiic also our own dearly bought ireedom is endangered, but are called as men to resist, trusting the Almighty, firmly believing that He win never permit Injustice and unrighteousness to triumph. Now that we thus resist a powerful enemy, with whom it has always ' been our highest desire to live in friendship, notwithstanding injustice and wrong aone by him to us in the past, we solemnly declare. In the presence of Almighty God, that we are compelled thereto by the injustice done to our Kinsmen and by tho consciousness that the end of their independence will make our existence as an Independent state of no significance, and that tneir fate, should they be obiged to bend under an overwhelming power, will also soon after be our own fate, s "Solemn treaties have not protected our sister republic against annexation, against conspiracy, against the claim of an abolished suzerainty, against continuous oppression and interference, and now again a renewed attack which aims only at her downfall. "Our own unfortunate experiences In the past have also made it sufficiently clear to us that we cannot rely on the most solemn promises and agreements of Great Britain when she has at her helm a government prepared to trample on treaties, to look for feigned pretexts lor every violation of good faith by her committed. This is proved among other things by the unjust and unlawful British Intervention after we had overcome an armed and barbarous tribe on our eastern frontier, as also by the forcible appropriation of the dominion over part of our territory where the discovery of diamonds had caused the desire for this appropriation, although contrary to existing treaties. The desire and intention to trample on our rights as an Independent and sovereign nation, notwithstanding a solemn convention existing between this state and Great Britain, have also been more than once, and are now again shown by the present government by giving expressions In public documents to an unfounded claim of paramountcy over the whole of South Africa, and therefore also over this state. "With regard to the South African Republic. Great Britain has moreover refused until the present to allow her to regain her original position in respect to foreign affairs, a position which she had lost in no sense by Iier own faults. The original intention of the conventions, to which the republic had consented under pressure and circumstances, has been perfected and continually been used by the present British administration for the means of tyranny and of injustice, and among other things for the support of a revolutionary propaganda within the republic in favor of Great Britain. "While no redress has been offered, as justice demands for injustice done to the South African Republic on the part of the British government, and while no gratitude is exhibited for the magnanimity shown at the request of the British government to British subjects who have forfeited under the laws of the republic their lives or.d property, yet no feeling of shame has prevented the British government, now that the gold mines of immense value have been discovered in the country, to make claims of the republic, the consequence of which If allowed, will be that those who, or whose forefathers have saved the country from barbarism and have won it for civilization with their blood and their, tears, will lose their control over the Interests of the country to which they are justly entitled according to divine and human laws. The consequence of these claims-would be, moreover, that the greater part of the power will be placed in the hands of those who. foreigners by birth, enjoy tho privilege of depriving the country of its chief treasure while they have never shown any loyalty to a foreign government. Besides, the inevetable consequence of the acceptance of these claims would be that the independence of the country as a self-governing, independent sovereign republic, would be irreparably lest. "For years past British troops in great numbers have been placed on the frontiers of our flster republic in order to compel her by fear to accede to the demands which would bo pressed upon her and In order to encourage revolutionary disturbances and the cunning plans of those whose greed for gold is tho cause of their shameless undertaking. Those plans have now reached their climax in the open violence to whioh the present British government now resorts. While we readily acknowledge the honorable character of thousands of Englishmen who loath such deeds of robbery and wrong, we cannot but abhor the shameless breaking of treaties, the feigned pretexts for the transgression of law. the violation of International law and justice and the numerous right-rending deeds of the British statesmen who will now force a war upon the South African Republic. On their heads le the guilt of blood and may a Just Providence reward all as they deserve. "Burghers of the Orange Free State, rise as one man against the oppressor and the violator of ri;nt. "In the strife to which we arc now driving have care to commit no deed unworthy of a Christian and of a burgher of the Orange Free State. Let us look forward with confidence to a fortunate end of this contllct. trusting to that higher power without whose help human weapons are of no avail. May He bless our arms. Under His banner we advance to battle for liberty and for fatherland." NEW TINNING PROCESS. Ferfeet Finished Plates May De Made in Seventy Minutes. PITTSBURG, Nov. 6. J. C. McDowell, vice president of the Philadelphia Company and one of the Incorporators of the National Tin-plate Conipany, organized for the purpose of developing some patents for the manufacture of tin and tin plate at a reduced cost, In speaking of the plans of the new company, said they had been working on tho project for some time and had not Intended to have made It public so soon. The patents, ho said, were the Invention of William Rogers, of Leachburg. Pa., or.e of the oldest tin-plate manufacturers in the country. A conservative estimate of the saving, compared with the present methods," said he. "is $10 a ton, of GO cents a box. The cheapening of production may be even greater after a plant Is built and operated under this process. We can manufacture plates In an hout and ten minutes, while under the methods now in use six days are required. We do away with acids to mako the tin adhere and also do away with the burnishing that is now done. This Invention will certainly revolutionize the tin-plate Industry." Mr. McDowell admitted the patents may be sold, but declined to say what concerns are negotiating for them. ALABAMIANS HONOR SCHLEY. Give the Admiral an Enthusiastic It reception nt nirmlnKbaru. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Nov. -Birmingham was crowded to-day with visitors from all over Alabama, come to pay honor to Admiral and Mrs. Winfield S.y Schley. The train bearing tnc party to this city was lata in leaving Atlanta this morning and did not arrive In the city on scedule time. A party of escort went t Atlanta on Saturday afternoon and left that city with Admiral and Mrs. Schley in a private car this morning. The party of escort was joined at Annlston by an additional escort of ladie and gentlemen and the whole iarty came thence to IMrmlnsh im. The dtpot was packed and jammed with people and the streets for a block in each direction wera a mass of crowding and pushing humanity. A large cordon of military under command of Col. T. O. Smith, former major of thy first Ala bam Volunteers la tho Spanish-

American war. formed an eser.rt ' for th admiral from the depot to the Morri Hotel. The street.3 wen gay with buntirg and pictures of the herj of Santiago, with those of Vhe!eT and De-ey. Wi-re prominent everywhere. The reception wa.-i enthusiastic In every sense of the word. At 2 o'clock lunch was served In the parlors of the Morris Hotel, which were elaborately decorated with the national colors. The table at which the admiral's party at was decorated with chrysanthemums and smllax. while in the center of the table the admiral's flagship, the Brooklyn, was reproduced In carnations, chrysanthemums and rose.-.. The ship rested on a miniature lake formed of smllax. while from the floral masts floated miniature silk flags. At 4 o'clock a public reception was held In the hotel parlors and during the sixty minutes that It was continued many hundred persons took advantage of the opportunity to grasp the admiral's hand. After dinner Admiral and Mrs. Schley attended a concert by the Mexican Band.

GOVERNMENT SWINDLED TIIOUSAADS OF CAXCEI.ED HEVEMC STAMPS WASHED AXU RESOLD. .' Xevr York Jleasenger Dos Etuploed to Dispose of the Restored Ults of Pnper Several Arrests. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Frank G. Thompson, chief of the Internal Revenue Bureau of this city, declares that cl least 10 per cent, of the revenue stamps used daily in the Wall-sireet district, having already been' canceled, are fraudulent. Chief Thompson said this when asked about the arrest by him In Newark on Saturday of Caleb L. Crockett and C. J. Lee on a charge ot restoring canceled revenue stamps and selling them for use a second time. Mr. Thompson's Jurisdiction extends to northern New Jersey, and he said that for two months he had been watching Crockett. It Is estimated by Chief Thompson that the government is defrauded of at least $3,000 a day by the use of second-hand stamps In the section of the city south of Fulton street. He says that revenue stamps worth about $CO,000 are dally required in the transactions of that district, and that 10 per cent, of this total Is represented in restored stamps. Chief Thompson, who made the first arrest for this crime sir months aco. sail the work of restoring canceled revenue stamps was being carried on to a large extent and that he was striving Jo arrest the swindlers as fast as his varied dutks would permit. He eald there was no connection between the arrests in Newark on Saturday night and that early In October of Freeman Strait In thli city. "Crocket t,M Chief Thompson said, "was manager of a large establishment In Newark, and his position was important and lucrative. He has been engaged in washing stamps for a long time. I have beta watching him for two or three months. This is the first; casa of this kind we have run down In New Jersey. 1 learned that Crockett had engaged a room In the Palace Hotel. Newark, and with several of my men I engaged th adjoining room. Lcc was there and Crockett came in about 8 o'clock. We let them go ahead for a little while and then we entered. I caught them at work with a lot of stamps, and a bottle of the acid used "for this purpose was found on tho table." Chief Thompson said the stamps taken averaged a higher denomination than any he had previously seized. "Messenger boys," Mr. Thompson said. "are engaged to a large extent by tho stamp swindlers In carrying on their work." He told of finding ten fifty-dollar bills on a messenger boy he recent y called to his ol"fice. "I will venture to assert," the chief said, "that I can go through New or Broad street and take into custody the Hrst fifty messenger bojs Indiscriminately and. by searching these fifty, find at least twentyfive with washed or restored revenuo stamps. Some houses allow messenner boys and clerks to affix and cancel stamps, and, even if tho boys receive good stamps, thry often substitute washed stamps and sell the good ones at a discount. "Whenever any one offers stamps for salo at a greater discount than 1 ptr cent, for JlOtt worth the person offering them and the stamps themselves should be looked on with suspicion. The greatett discount any ono can get is 1 per cent, on $10") worth, which is the most the government allows." Chief Thompson said that although the denominations of revenue stamps vary frcm Ik cent to ll.'XK) he has never dlscovrit any greater than $. being discounted. H said that stamps of the denominations of SI, $3. $5 and $10 were most otfered. and that the $1 stamps were used with greater frequency by swindlers. For this crime th penalty provided in the federal statutes Is live years In prison and a fine of fl.ooo. Chief Thompson, as an Indication of the extent to which this swindle was being carried on. said he had ?iVMJ in canceled stamps In his safe. RETURN OF 10WANS. Fifty - First Reftlment Welcomed Home from the Philippines. COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ta.. Nov. 6.-The Fifly-first Iowa Volunteers returned to their native Stato to-day. after service In tho Philippines and received a welcome in thi city that warmed their hearts. A crowd of fully 5,000 people flocked hither from all parts of the State to join in the greeting. Tho first two sections of th troop train arrived at 8 o'clock this morning, hut. unfortunately, the third, section, among whoa passengers was Company L or this city, did not get In till late in the after noon. But the programme for the realmcnt's reception was cairied out. The parade left the Rock Island station at 10 o'clock and passed throusrh the principal streets, bringing up at Bayless Park, where a stand haI been erected. Here Governor Shaw extended the State's official welcome, while th city spoke through Mayor Jennings. Other who spoke briefly were Fred White. !.af Young and Congressman McPheron. Johi Baldwin was mater of ceremonies. Forty bands furnished the music for the occasion. After the exercises) In the park th soldier were served a banquet by the ladies. Th various companies left late in the afternoon for their home towns. The mn of the regiment were well and In good spirits. Iteceptlnn nt I)f 3Iolnes. DES MOINES. la.. Nov. 6.-The two Des Moines companies and the Knoxville ani Oskaloosa companies of the Fifty-first Iowa, Regiment arrived here this evening on their return from the Philippines after about eighteen months service. They were given a royal welcome hy at least 5U00 people on the streets and any amount of noise frcm whistles, bells, cheering and fireworks. Tho Oskaloosa and Knoxville companies went on to their respective homes and the Do Moines boys were given a reception at tho Auditorium. There is great rejutcing that the bovs return In such good condition, but few falling by war or disease and few others being detained In l.ospitals. Reception to Wshlns;tonlans. SEATTLE. Wah., Nov. 6-The First Washington Volunteers arrived here thli morning on the steamer Queen and were given an enthusiastic reception. Thousand of people poured Into the city to honor tlm returning heroes. The principal streets were, elaborately decorated. The naval parade of fifty ve?.sls met the trarv-nort Ave miles dewn the ound. After the Informal reeeitlon at the dock the big land parade t-ok place. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was presentArranRlna: for the YVUlartl Matuc. CHICAGO, Nov. The commission appointed by Governor Tanner to make arrangements for the statue of Miss Francis R Willard, to be placed in Statuary Hall,' Washington, held its first meeting to-day. The committee was organized by the uppointing of Miss Annie Gordon chairman and Mrs. Mary Metzger secretary. Among the sculptors ehp-clallv recommended ar Miss Enid Yandell. New York: Ml JulU Bracken. Illinois: Mrs. Adelaide fl. Johnson. Illinois: Geo. E. Wade, Iondon: Mis Annio Whitney. Boston; Augustus Saint Gaudens Harriet Hosmer and Geo. Julien Foley. It has not ben decided whether the artl.-t shall be selected by competition or be appointed by the committee. Itev. Dr. Snyiler Goes to Uutiuu. ST. IjOUIS, Nov. C-Rev. Dr. John Snyder, pastor of the Messiah Unitarian Church of this city for many year, has ccepttd a call from Wesley Hill Church, of Boston. Mass. The installation services will b held Nov. 22.