Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 99, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1900 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1900.

mines In the Transvaal are worth fighting for and we are going to keep on fighting until we get them.' The British love for gold la proverbial. Wherever gold has been discovered, there the British have turned a wistful and longing- eye. When gold was discovered In Alaska, only a few years apo, It will 1? remembered how quickly an effort was made to extend the Canadian line far enough westward to take in the gold fields. And no doubt had the British government not been anticipating the present troubles over the gold Melds In the Transvaal there would h ive been trouble on the part of the United States RoveMment In keeping control of the gold fields In Alaska." Referring to the Jameson raid and certain incidents connected with It. Mr. Davis asked: "How long would the people of our Republic stand it If foreigners from any country in the world were to come here and. after getting rich in our gold mines, would undertake to control our government, and. failing to do so, would endeavor to destroy it? "No flimsier pretext' for robbery and murder ever emanated from the wickedest cabinet In Europe In Its palmiest days than the British demand for a five-year franchise In the South African Republic. If this demand were granted not an Englishman in the Transvaal would renounce allegiance to the Queen and swear eternal allegiance to the government of the South African Republic as against the British government. The idea was to obtain the power to control the government of the republic and at the same time remain British subjects. Who ever before heard of such a proposition? Would the citizens of the United States be willing to allow British subjects or the subjects of any other power to come here and control our own elections and our own government and at the same, time not renounce their allegiance to their own countries? FORCED KRUG EH INTO A QUARREL. "The simple truth of the matter is that the British government forced President Kruger into a quarrel after he had done everything In his power to avoid it. While negotiations were pending British troops were being massed In South Africa. The basis of the negotiations meanwhile were ingeniously shifted so that as the British preparations for war had grown more complete the acceptance by the Boers of the so-called British terms would mean an ever-increasing measure of submission and humiliation on the part of the Transvaal. "The British demands were trumped up and arc without a sound basis, either in morals or in law. It is a sad spectacle of the strongest empire in the world bringing domineering pressure to bear upon a tiny republic to Influence a change of certain domestic policies, which are. in no sense, a part of the business of that empire. For the Boers to comply with the demands of the British government would have meant the sacrifice of every vestige of essenti.il sovereignty belonging to the Transvaal as in independent .republic. "The question of the naturalization of foreigners In the South African Republic z no more the business of the British government than are the naturalization laws of the Republic of Mexico a matter of concern to the Republic of the United States of America. It la one of those questions of Internal policy that pertains only to the Transvaal government. "The Boers have been greatly abused by the British because it Is alleged they began the war. In other words the Boers were too hasty: they would not wait until all the British troop? had arrived in South Africa. Who ever heard of such nonsense? That great ctvi'lzed nation of 400.;0,000 of people are complaining because the people of tiie two little republics, who do not number, all told, more than 30O.O00 people, including men, women and children, insisted upon Issuing their ultimatum and then proceeded to give battle before the British hosts should arrive. While on the Boer side, all told, there were not more than 20.000 men. and these had but a few inferior cannon and no bayonets or swords at all. Practically the only arms they had were Mauser rifles. ' . "One Boer to ten British. And yet the Boers were not trained soldiers; only simple, plain farmers, like the . thousands of rugged farmers in our own country. They are Just plain, common people, precisely the same kind of people that Abraham Lincoln loved. "As citizens of the greatest republic in the world with which Fide should we sympathize? I say our sympathies should go out to that brave little band of patriots who are struggling to keep alive forever the fires of liberty upon the altars of those two young republics. BOERS ARE CIVILIZED. "We have seen many charges made by British officers and British newspaper correspondents that the Boers have frequently outraged the white flag and the Red Cross flag. Upon Investigation, not only among the Boers themselves, but among the 4,000 British prisoners, including the officers, who were at Pretoria when we were there, we learned that these charges were absolutely unfounded. On the contrary, we did learn that this was a set-up Job to deceive not only the people of Great Britain at home, but to deceive the peoples of other civilized countries. The truth Is, I defy contradiction that the British soldiers themselves are the parties who violated many of the rules of civilized warfare and frequently ignored the white flag and also the Red Cross flag. It. was my fortune to witness some of these scenes myself. On the top of Splon's kop when that wonderful battle was .almost over a young Boer soldier not more than seventeen years of age was passing by a wounded British soldier and the British soldier asked him for a drink of water. As the tender-hearted Boer lad was kneeling down by his side to let him drink water from his own canteen that British soldier thrust a bayonet Into the poor boy's side. And I myself talked wltft him. nd. kneeling by him. shed tears when he died. "During the battle of Dundee there was a lull in the firing for a time on account of the Boers seeing a buggy approaching them rapidly and floating a white flag. All awaited its arrival. At a distance of about 600 yards from them the buggy stopped, wheeled about, dropped the white flag and that innocent looking buggy was suddenly transformed into a murderous Maxim gun EAINY WEATHER.

Showers To-Day and Tn-Morrovr and Colder In Southern Indiana. WASHINGTON.- April S.-Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: For Ohio Cloudy onvMonday, with rain and colder in southern portions; Tuesday rain; brisk northeasterly winds. For In'dlana and Illinois Rain Monday, with colder in southern portions; Tuesday rain; brisk to high northeasterly winds. Local Obervt Ion on Sunday. Bar. Ther. H.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a. m.-Sy.M S3 ei N'west. Clear. 0.00 7 p. m...S3 5 71 N'east. Cloudy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 73; minimum temperature, so. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation April 8: Temp. Pre. Normal Ut .12 Mean fi2 .00 Departure from normal 12 .12 Departure since April 1 3 .91 Departure since Jan. 1 162 3.83 Plus. C. F. It. WAPPENIIANS. Local Forecast Official. Yeaterday'a Tempernt nre. Stations. Min. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta, ua Bismarck. N. D Buffalo. N. Y Calgary. N. W. T Chicago Cairo, 111 Cheyenne, Wyo Cincinnati Concordia. Kan Davenport, la Des Moines. Ia Galveston. Tex Helena, Mont Jacksonville. Fla Kansas City, Mo Little Rock. Ark Marquette. Mich Memphis. Tenn Nashville, Tenn , New Orleans , New York , North Platte. Neb

80 70 6.S GO 40 31 4S ' 40 42 40 M 74 6S 31 54 42 52 72 M 4 4S ti frfl 51 72 M 7) CS 40 40 S3 1 t &S fiS 61 54 72 70 i CO 72 US 4 7tf 70 N 74 ftf 42 41 i) M 50 et W 71 cs 40 ft) 4S ft) 51 42 y M 32 2 32 52 16 fti M 46 52 7X Vi 1 ' 54 M K 7.S 70 W

Oklahoma. O. T.. Omaha. Neb , Pittsburg Qu' Appelle. N. W. T. Ranid City. 8. D Fall. Lake City. Utah. St. Iouls St. Paul. Minn. Sprtngrteld. 111.., Springfield. Mo. Vlcksburg. Mi.-s , Washington

which felled nearly a dozen Boers. I talked with the man who captured that flag and saw it myself. It was a white flag with a small black stripe through the center, but at a short distance away it seemed Ierfectly white. That flag Is now in the possession of Colonel Blake, the bravo American soldier who commands the Irish brigade, which is composed almost entirely of Irish-Americans, and no braver men are in the Boer army, said General Joubert to me." HOW SPION KOP WAS 'WON. Mr. Davis described the storming of Splon's kop by the Boers, after the British has occupied it, and his own visit to the battlefield seven days later. "When the fight began," he said, "a giant Boer, in the prime of strength and manhood, was seen carrying a small Boer flag; in a short time he fell to rise no more. Then an old, white-haired veteran picked up the fallen banner, and, waving it, urged his comrades on. With flowing hair and flashing eyes the old man rushed on, but suddenly a shell laid him low; ere the little flag touched the ground, however, a barefooted lad, only thirteen years of age, who had been fighting in his shirt sleeves, leaped like a panther to the old man's side and, snatching the flag from his grandfather's nerveless hand, raised it aloft and pushed on. A mighty shout arose from the Boers as they saw that gallant deed, and with renewed courage they made a fearful charge; following the flag they rushed like an avalanche over the British trenches, and Splon's kop was won." General Burgers, the Boer commander, had made repeated attempts to secure cessation of artillery fire, that the dead might bo burled, but for several days without success. Finally General Buller accepted the Boer proposal to bury the British dead and offered to pay the bill. "General Burgers regarded this reply as an insult," Mr. Davis asserted, "but. nevertheless, concluded to bury the British dead. Then I visited the top of Splon's kop, and saw there the most horrible sight that could be imagined. Upon every hand were helmets, belts, canteens, bayonets and wearing apparel scattered about covered with clotted blood. We saw feet and hands protruding through the ground, all swollen and skin burst asunder, while the rest of the body was covered with a thin coating of earth. The explanation was that these poor British soldiers had been buried by their comrades under only a few Inches of dirt. In other places we saw scores of dead British, soldiers lying on the top of the ground just where they had fallen, no attempt having been made to bury them. "As we descended from the hill we met the Boers going up to bury the British dead, who had been so sadly neglected by their own comrades and commanders, who amuse themselves by calling the Boers savages. BRAVE PEASANTS OF THE VELDT. "Brave were the ancient Greeks of Athens and Sparta, who, with their allies, stood up to battle and to die to defend themselves against Asiatic invasion. Brave was Alexander the Great and his Macedonians on the battlefield of Issus. where they won a victory against overwhelming odds. Brave was the struggle of the Tyrolese against the legions of Napoleon. Brave the stand made by the Switzers for liberty against the llapsburg. Brave, the wonderful charge or Pltckett's men and the equally brave defense of the Union troops on the crimson heights of Gettysburg. Brave were the heroic dead who fell at Salamis and Marathon. Brave, indeed, were the famous three hundred at Thermopylae. But equally brave, gallant and chivalrous are the humble peasants of the veldt, who, defending the passes of the Drakensberg, or, seeking death, climbing the rugged sides of Spion kop, willing to die. If need be. to save their beloved republics from the British yoke of oppression. "These men have the same spirit that prompted the farmers to face death for liberty at Lexington green; that nerved the arms of Americans at Saratoga. Bunker Hill and Brandywlne; that warmed the hearts of Washington and his shivering patriots at Valley Forge; and at New Orleans, where Jackson and his men taught old England that easier were it to hurl the rooted mountain from its base than to force the yoke of slavery upon men determined to be free. "Then why should we not sympathize with them? Why should not the greatest Republic in the world assist the smallest of republics? Is the word 'liberty to become obsolete in our national lexicon? Must this greatest Republic of the world's, history chain its destiny to the chariot wheels of the British Empire In her mad race for land and gold? Shall the fair name of this great Republic, whose prowess on land and sea has been the marvel of the century, be used in Europe by British officials and the British press as a menace to other European powers who are anxious to assist the Boers in their brave struggle for freedom and independence? "Let us not drift away from the principles and doctrines of our fathers. Let us listen to the cry for help from all who struggle for liberty and Justice. Let it not be said by future historians that this great Republic arose fh splendor and grandeur that made the world stare, but it hated justice and liberty; it halted on its bright and shining march; it fell, and as it was going down the despotisms of earth, grinning from the tops of bloody thrones, shouted, 'We told you so. we told you so.' Oh, may the eighty millions of American freemen see to it that the world may know that their sympathies are not with (Jreat Britain, but with the struggling Boers, and let it be known that they believe the cruel war waged in South Africa should stop, and stop at once."

Itenolntion Adopted. At the conclusion of Mr. Davis's address Mr. P. Louter Wessels, special commissioner from the South African Republic, made a brief address. Then Chairman Moran offered a series of resolutions expressing "our deep and heartfelt sympathy for the heroic patriots of the South African republics In their immortal fight for their homes and liberty and our admiration of their Indomitable courage and unexampled heroism in their wonderful struggle against the British enemies of republican government;" commending the Washington Post for its work in behalf of the South African republics; thanking Mr. Davis for his eloquent and masterful presentation of the struggle between the Boers and the British and tendering him applause for him "manly course in taking the lecture platform as a free American citizen to plead the cause of freedom and republican government in South Africa," and assuring him that the great mass of the American people are in sympathy with the Boers, and "that we denounce the present British government and its secret allies In this country as wholly unworthy of the respect of any true American citizen." The resolutions met with cordial reception by the audience until the final declaration denouncing the British government and its secret allies in this country. was read. This was received with a storm of hisses and cries of "No, no." Mr. Moran then asked for a vote on the resolution as a whole. There were a great number of yeas, and it seemed almost an equal number of nays, and the chairman declared the resolutions carried. In his opening address Mr. Moran attacked the administration and was greeted with hisses and cries of "traitor." Two Attempt nt Suicide. VICTORIA, B. C. April 8. The steamer Danube to-night brings news from the north of two attempted suicides on the same day, March 27. at Dawson. Captain N. W. Watson, of the Yukon field force, and Captain Thorburn, a Scotch visitor In the Klondike, endeavored to end their lives with revolvers. Watson had for days been craxed with liquor, and, running out of funds, had cashed two bogus checks and twice attempted highway robbery. He will recover, but Thorburn will die. Thorburn had also been drinking heavily for days. Modun Vivendi Renewed. ST. JOHNS. Ncwfoiand, April 8. Joseph Chamberlain, Utw f.ial secretary of state for the coloales, has notified the colonial Cabinet that the British and French governments have renewed the Anglo-French modus vivendi covering fishery rights on the Newfoundland treaty shore until the close of the present year. This removes all apprehension as to friction between the -two powers over the rights of their respective subjects during the approaching fishing season. iut emeittM of Mteamera. QUEENSTOWN, April 8.-Sailed: Waesland, from Liverpool, for Philadelphia; Campania, from Liverpool, for New York. SOUTHAMPTON. April 8.-Sailed: Bremen, from Bremen, for New York. NEW YORK. April 8.-Arrlved; Steamer Island, from Copenhagen. '

SANG FOR THE OUEEK

CIIOIIl OF ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. AX VI CK IlEG.tL CHAPEL. Her Majesty Selected the Hymns, and the Arrhlilnhop of Dublin Delivered the Sermon. SMALL RIOT AT TIPPERARY TItAIXLOAD OF EXCl IISIONISTS HOOTED AMI PELTED. Girl relied with Mud nnd Their Dresse Torn Bishop Hartzell on 3Iisnloii Work iu Africa. DUBLIN, April 8. This morning Queen Victoria attended service in the private chapel of the vice- regal lodge, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Princess Christian and Princess Henry of Battenberg. Her Majesty selected the hymns sung by the choir, which came from St. Patrick's Cathedral. The Archbishop of Dublin preached. Only a portion of the household was present, as the chapel Is a tiny building. This afternoon, although the weather was unfavorable, the Queen took her customary country drive, passing through Cabra, Finglas, Kilashane, Coppagh and Blanchardstown and through the beautiful valley of the Tolka. Everywhere she met with an enthusiastic reception. The rain to some extent marred the beauty of the drive, but large crowds awaited her Majesty's return to Dublin and heartily cheered her. Another incident is told of the Queen's kindliness of heart. It appears that, owing to train delays, a party of children arrived yesterday too late for the children's reception. The Queen, hearing of their disappointment through Lady Mayo, had them brought to the gates of the vice regal lodge to-day and then drove slowly through their ranks on her way to the country drive, of course to their keen delight. The Queen to-day reiterated expressions of her extreme pleasure at the attendance yesterday of so many children. It is computed that quite 50,000 were present. , Irl Pelted wllli Mud. DUBLIN. April 8.-On the arrival this morning at Tipperary of a train of excursionists from Dublin a large crowd, which had gathered at the railway hotel, hooted the excursionists, many of the girls being roughly handled and pelted with mud. Some had their clothes torn and others were even struck. Almost at the same time a rick of hay, the property of a firm which had given their employes a holiday to go to Dublin, was set on fire, and the rioters prevented any attempt to extinguish the flames. When the military brought the fire hose to the scene they found It had been cut in twenty places. . MISSION WOIIK IX AFRICA. InterentlnK Talk with niahop Hartsell, or the .Methodist Church. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON, March 31. Bishop Hartzell. the American Methodist bishop for Africa, recently reached London after another extensive episcopal tour on the west coast and through South and East Africa. He and Mrs. Hartzell will sail for New York in a few days, reaching there In time to attend the ecumenical mission conference in that city and reach Chicago for the opening of the quadrennial General Methodist Conference, which begins in that city the first Wednesday in May. To this body the bishop will make the report of his four years of work. His travels along the east and west coasts and in the interior sections since he sailed from Liverpool in December, 1S?5, foot up over 50,000 miles. He has had three sharp attacks of the African fever, but is now as hale and hearty in appearance and in fact, he thinks, as when he first sailed for the dark continent. Speaking of the work of the Quadrennium, the bishop says he has many things for which to be thankful. Not only has he been kept personally in the midst of many difficulties to methods of travel, climate and often poor accommodations, but in ail the mission centers under his care there has been substantial progress, and at some the results for good have been phenomenal. In Liberia the church membership has advanced to nearly four thousand. The college of West Africa, at Monrovia, has now a faculty of seven educated negroes from America, and is well attended, while associated with it are twenty-nine primary schools In different parts of the republic, with an aggregate attendance of nearly two thousand pupils. A printing press and establishment worth $5,000 has been sent to Monrovia, and a thirty-two-page monthly periodical, entitled "The New Africa." is published. The bishop believes in Liberia and has been of great service to the government in several international affairs. In recognition of his services President Coleman and his Cabinet conferred upon him the honor of "Knight Commander of the Order for the Redemption of Africa." In Angela, south of the Congo, a line of mission stations is maintained, extending nearly 4fl0 miles from St. Paul De Loada on the coast. Industrial schools are provided, the Scriptures and other religious literature are being published in' the native language, new stations in native towns opened and several buildings erected. In Portuguese East Africa, with headquarters at Inambane. on the coast, several large mission- stations are developing. A third printing outfit is here publishing church and school literature in two native languages. One native man put in type the New Testament in the Tonga language, and is now translating it into the Schectsua. At Delagoa bay F. Eingham and lriends will build a church property for work among Europeans. Not to mention other centers, the most important foundation laying has been secured in Mashonaland. East Rhodesia. At New Umtali a donation of $10.000 worth of town lots and an annual subsidy of $2.000 for school work among the Europeans has been received. This town has already C00 settlers, and is In the gold belt; Is 3.50 feet above the sea on the railroad running from Beria on the coast over two hundred miles to the east, and finished to Salisbury, nearly two hundred miles further Into the continent. Ten miles from New Umtali is another beautiful mountain valley, and there the bishop has received a donation of over $00,000 worth of good buildings and 13.000 acres of Fplendtd land. Here a great industrial mission station for natives has been begun. The bishop has recently spent several months there inaugurating the scheme. Several missionaries are on the ground. Herds of cattle, sheep and goats are begun, schools, carpentery, blacksmithlng. farming and buildings equipped with best American tools, gardens, fields, fenced and planted, schools for natives opening and a hospital and a children's home furnished. This mission has a phenomenal beginning not only in the large and valuable concession received from the British South Africa Company, but in the cordial and practical co-operation accorded to it by. prominent and. influential English people. Earl (irey, representing the company. In confirming the gift, wrote the bishop: "We want America to unite with England In laying the foundation of Christian civilization in Rhodesia, where for many centuries barbarism has reigned." Cecil Rhodes is in hearty sympathy with Ihe mission. The plan is to unite as far nt possible friends In England and America in making this center in East Central Africa a large success In industrial, med

ical, educatlönal and evangelistic mission work among the millions of natives In East Africa.

Passenger' Baggage Rifled. LONDON. April 9. The Cape Town correspondent of the Dally Mail says: "Charges of insubordination and pilfering are made against the crew of the foundered British steamer Mexican. After the collision with the Winkfield they appeared to be Incapable or unwilling to do their duty. Many rilled the belongings of passangers and treated the passengers themselves with cant consideration. The Cape Times demands their detention and a searching investigation." Cable fte. The - bi-weekly Oriental express train, from Berlin to Constantinople, will begin running April 30. making the distance in fifty-one hours. The Berlin papers publish a Washington dispatch with reference to the convening of a second Pan-American congress and comment upon the proposal In rather unfavorable terms. The North German-Lloyd Steamship Company announces that, last year. It carried 197,226 passengers, as against 161.0S, In 1S3S, and 2.3OS.404 cubic meters of freight, as against 1,IS3.0S2 cubic meters, in 1S9S. The trial of Geonczi and his wife, the Hungarians, who. In August, 1807. murdered the wealthy widow and daughter of Herr Schulze, the multi-millionaire, of Berlin, was concluded Saturday evening. The accused were sentenced to death. On the ground that the punishment Is too mild for the offense. Emperor William has refused to confirm the sentence to a short Imprisonment passed on Lieutenant Prosper Arenberg, who last year murdered a negro in German Southwest Africa in circumstances of peculiar atrocity. PATTISON NONCOMMITTAL. Decline to Say Whether He Would Be Tall to Ilryan'a Kite. PHILADELPHIA, April 8. Ex-Gov. Robert E. Pattison was interviewed tonight regarding the story telegraphed from Chicago to the effect that preparations are under way to boom him for the vice presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket. Mr. Pattison said that he had never been informed that such a movement was on foot, and added that he did not even know who was back of the proposition. He felt grateful, he said, toward those who had considered, him in connection with the nomination. He declined, however, to say whether he would accept if the honor was conferred on him on the ground that he could not accept or decline anything that had not been offered to him. W. J. Bryan at Loa Angrelea. LOS ANGELES' Cal., April 8.-W. J. Bryan, who arrived to-day from Fresno. was met at the depot by a committee of prominent Democrats. A large crowd was at the depot and Mr. Bryan was loudly cheered. After a rest at the hotel a public reception was held In the hotel parlors and many called to pay their respects and to shake hands. To-night Mr. Bryan is the guest of ex-Senator Stephen M. White. Mr. Bryan, will leave to-morrow for Santa Ana, where he speaks in the afternoon. Then he goes to San Diego, where he will speak in the evening. WOOL" TARIFF. Hon Number of Sheep and Values Have Fluctuated. New England Farmer. Perhaps no industry has been more discussed In connection with the consideration of the tariff than that of wool growing and sheep raising. It Is unquestionably true that no industry better illustrates the benefits of protection and the Injurious effects of free trade. The farmers throughout the country know whether they can better their condition by raising sheep either, for mutton or, woof. ..The official reports of the United Slates government upon the subject of sheep raising and sheep values teach a wonderful lesson. . From 1878 to 18S2 inclusive the "Morrill tariff" (protection) was in force, and the number of sheep throughout the country increased by over eleven millions. The tariff of 1SS3 was in force from 1SSJ to 1S89 inclusive. The duties imposed by this tariff upon raw wool amounted to no more than a revenue tariff on yarns and some other goods produced from wool; consequently this tariff as a whole was not protective. Under its operation the number of sheep throughout the United States decreased by about six millions. The McKinley tariff passed In lS'.H) was a scientific tariff applied to wool growing, with the result that the number of sheep throughout the country increased by nearly four millions before the free trade election of 1SH2. . ; With tho Wilson tariff, with free trade In wool, the Hocks throughout the country began Jo decrease, and from 1S03 to 18 decreased by about nine millions. The Dingley tariff reimposed the schedules of the McKinley tarift, and from 1SKJ to anu Including lsys the number of sheep increased by about thirteen hundred thousand. The effect of protection and free trade in regard to the number of sheep owned throughout the country is not more impressive than the effect as to values. Under the Morrill tariff the lowest price per head was $2.00, and the highest $2.55. Under the tariff of 1SS3 the lowest price per head was $1.31, and the highest price was $2.27. Under the McKinley tariff the lowest price was $2.43 and the highest price $2.66. Under free trade the lowest price was $1.58 and the highest price $1.92. Under the Dingley tariff the highest price in the history of the Nation is recorded namely, $2.73. 3Iagnltnde of Caritcftie Ore 31 In es. Review of Reviews. It Is estimated at a rough guess that the Carnegie interests represent about $500,000,000. When it Is realized that the company owns one-fourth of all the ore territory In the northwest and Iake Superior region, these figures are certainly not too high, if high enough. From authoritative sources comes the information that besides the territory which is being mined, there are still 2S.OJ0 acres of undeveloped land owned by the Carnegies. The output at the present time is enormous. The very latest appliances are now in use. With the mining possessions are linked the lake transportation facilities, supplied by a lleet of steamers which ply between the distant ports with the regularity of passenger boats. The ore mines of the Carnegie Company have proven a valuable factor in outdistancing competition, it is claimed by those In position to know the facts, and for this very reason, it is added, the Carnegies refused to enter the consolidation" which embraces almost every other concern in their line. Another Tire Tunctured. Boston Journal. A Boston lawyer. Mr. Thomas Weston, told the Congregational Club, the other evening, according to the Springfield Republican's report, that "it Is the tariff on, kerosene" which makes possible "the unjust and iniquitous price of oil." If Mr. Weston will consult Section 62 of the Dingley tariff, he will discover that "petroleum, crude or refined," Is on the free list, with merely a retaliatory clause against foreign countries which exclude the American product. The Standard Oil Company is an Immense combination, but it Is an elementary fact of economics that Its existence is In no way due to the protective tariff. Miner Object to Laborer Work. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. April 8 The miners in the Fairmount and Catlin mines, in Vermillion county, have struck, because the operators ordered them to clear up the falls of rock which occur from time to time. The miners claim this is not customary and that it takes up time when they might be earning money. The operators discharged the regular men whom they had employed to clear up the falls of rock end put miners to work clearing up in their places. This threw eighteen or twenty men out of work mining, and the entire force in each mine struck. She Tried It. New York Evening Sun. Six-year-old, Just home from Sundayschool and In her best, clean clothes, shoes and all. was discovered the other Sunday in the bathtub half full of water. "They told me at Sunday school to-day 'bout the Lord walking on the water, so I thought I d try it for myself." she explained. "Nothin la iL"

CLASH AT MIDDLESB0R0

SPECIAL POLICEMAN AMI A DEPITY SHERIFF KILLED. Fnetionsl Rott That May Itesnlt in Calling Out the Kentucky Militia Work of Grand Jury. LOUISVILLE. April 8.- A special to the Commercial from Middlesboro, Ky., says: "Much excitement prevails here to-night over a clash of the authorities last night. Will Mosley, a special policeman, shot Charles Cecil, a deputy sheriff, and was himself later killed by unknown persons. Warrants have been sworn out for the arrest of Chief of Police King. John Mosley, a brother of the man killed, and Will Sullivan. The latter two, who were extra policemen, went with Chief of Police King to arrest a negro who had been released by the city Judge. The fight Is the outcome of the bitter feeling that has existed here between two factions, and the end is difficult to predict. The situation is alarming to-night." The Commercial's correspondent at Frankfort wires that Assistant Adjutant General Murray says that no request had been made for troops from Middlesboro, and he added that, owing to the distance, no troops would be sent unless the trouble was very serious. Middlesboro Is in the extreme eastern portion of the State on the Virginia line, near Cumberland Gap. 1)H;i;t still out. Grand Jury "Will Examine Many 3Iore Witnesses in the Goebel Cane. FRANKFORT. Ky.. April S.-The grand jury will continue the Investigation of the Goebel assassination during this week. About forty witnesses have been exAmIned so far, and it is said more than that number are on the list of those summoned who have not been heard. No report is expected before the latter part of the week. It Is said the names of several of the most Important witnesses who have testified so far have not been .disclosed, and the evidence has been Jealously guarded. The habeas corpus proceeding in the case of "Tallow Dick" Combs, the colored sus-. pect, is set for hearing before Judge Cantrill Tuesday, but it is not expected that anything will be brought out in this which will throw any light on the mystery surrounding1 the assassination. IN TIGHT PLACE. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAG C.) rendered, having fought for nearly thirty hours. They lost ten killed and many wounded. Among tho captured Is Captain Tennant. General Gatacre's chief intelligence officer. LETTER FU03I A SISTER EMPEROR. Pathetic Incident of the Relief of Klmherley. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON. March 31. A pathetic incident of the relief of Klmberley Is told In a letter from the sister superior of the Nazareth House in the relieved city. She writes: "We could hardly believe' our eyes when we saw troops coming across the veldt. We did not know who they were, but soon learned that they were General French's division. As they were approaching the town people went out to meet them and to welcome them. Among them were two Christian Brothers. An officer, seeing them, inquired if they were priests. They said: 'No, we are Christian Brothers.' " 'Oh, indeed replied the officer. 'Then where is Nazareth House? I have a message to convey to the sisters from the reverend mother at Cape Town.' "The brothers pointed out the house, and he rode up to the gate. We were with the bishop on the veranda. On seeing the soldier approach, the bishop asked who those troops In the distance were. The reply was: " They are General French's coming to the relief of Kimberley.' " 'And who are you?' inquired one of the sisters. " I am a son of the late Duke of Norfolk." was the reply, 'and I am the bearer of a message from your sisters at Cape Town. "You can imagine our delight, dear mother. There was Lord Edmund Talbot, covered with dust and quite worn out after his long, most trying march, delivering the message of love and sympathy from our sisters. We offered hlrn a drink of milk and gave his horse a drink. He told us how terribly all had suffered on that memorable march for want of water, so that on drawing near the Modder the horses became so unmanageable when they saw the water that they plunged Into the river, despite the efforts of their riders, and some of them were drowned."TRIBUTE TO 31 A 11 EL IL. A Soldier of Too High Type to tie Understood by Boers. LONDON, April 9. The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing Friday and referring to the death at Boshof of General de Villebois Mareull, commander of the French legion of the Boer army, says: "He was a fine type of the French beau sabreur, brave, dashing, highly intelligent, loving war, yet a polished gentleman at home and a scholarly and almost brilliant writer. He was of far too high a type to be understood by the Boers,-who showed open contempt for his advice and disobedience to his orders. It was he who warned General Cronje that he was Hanked by Lord Roberts. Croje- replied angrily: 'The British will never leave the railway. The "French officer persisted, saying It wait obvious that the British meant to outllank the Boers. Then Cronje shouted: 'Boy, keep still. I was a soldier before you were born.' " STEYX's REt'ET SPEECH. Burgher "Who Surrendered Threatened Iy the Late President. LOURENZO MARQUES. April 7. President Steyn in his address to the Free State Volksraad at Kroonstad on April 4. said the burghers were In a better position than at the commencement of hostilities. He threatened those who had surrendered to the British and announced that the Free State had borrowed half a million from the Transvaal for the purpose of war. England, he declared,- had broken every convention. Referring to the correspondence with Lord Salisbury he said: "The destiny of the republics is in higher hands than those of the British government, namely. In the hands of the people of France, Russia and Germany, who are agitating for intervention. The war will soon end. If it is true that Boer prisoners have been sent to St. Helena we would be Justified in consigning British prisoners to the lowest depths of the Johannesburg mines." METIlfKX'S l'ltlSOXKHS. Many Frenchmen in the Batch Fu nernl of Officers) Killed In Battle. BOSHOF. Orange Free State, April 6. The prisoners captured by. the British yesterday and brought in to-day include many Frenchmen. They present a wet and bedraggled appearance. Lord Methuen has complimented his men on their behavior. Captains Boyle and Williams, of the yeomanry, and General Devlllebois Mareuil were buried to-day with military honors. THIRTY BOERS ESCAPED. Cut n Fence Inder the Sentry Bridge While the Sentry Wn on Duty. SIMONSTOWN, Cape Colony, April 7.It now appears that no fewer than thirty 1 Boers escaped Xrom the old camp last

evening. Nine have since been recaptured. The prisoners effected their escape by cutting a fence under the sentry bridge while the sentry was above. A driver of a sanitary cart was offered 2u0 to carry off the prisoners. A new tunnel has been discovered In the direction opposite to the former one. It had been completed to within five feet of the point for a breach. ORDERED TO LEAVE.

Civilian Directed liy Lord Robert to Leave Blocmfontein. LONDON, April 9. The Bloemfonteln correspondent of the Morning Post, telegraphing on Friday, says: "No anxiety need be felt as to the security of Blocmfontein. although the enemy may succeed In destroying telegraphic communication and even in cutting the railway for a brief period. A number of civilians, including Lady Bcntlnck and Lady Edward Cecil, who arrived here recently from Cape Town, left to-day in compliance with a general order issued by the authorities." LOSSES OF THE IlltlTISII. Eleven Ofllrem, ZW2 3Icn. 11 Guns and WaKon Train Captured by Borr. PRETORIA, April 4. It is officially announced here that at the Bloemfonteln water works the republican forces captured eleven officers and CC2 men. with eleven guns, two ammunition wagons, other wagons and mules. AMERICA'S GOLDEN GIRL. Statue of 3Iaud AdnniM Cannot Re Exhibited tt the Paris Show. NEW YORK, April S.-Captain A. H. Mattox, press representative of the United States commission to the Paris exposition, said to-day. "The $130.000 gold statue of Maud Adams, the actress, typifying 'The American Girl, will not be exhibited at the Paris exposition. Miss Adams's statue will not be admitted within the exposition gates on the ground that the exhibit is a personal one. Commisisoner General Peck was asked for space for the statue, but I am authorized to state that the only American statue to be shown will be that of Lafayette, the money for which was subscribed by the government and by children of the public schools. Commissioner Peck has written from Paris most positively that he will not have the statue of Miss Adams at the exposition." When the statue was cast, on March 21. it was announced that it would be shipped to Paris In April. It was to be placed in the Palace de l'Optique. It is understood that Commissioner Peck's decision will not prevent those interested in the statue from sending it to Paris. Just where it will be shown has not been announced. The plans for shipping It have been completed. The statue weighs seven hundred pounds. The unveiling of the Iafayette statue will take place on July 4. which will be known as "Cnlted States day." President McKinley will start the ceremonies by pushing an electric button In the White House, whence telegraph and cable wires will reach to the exposition grounds. The breaking of the current will allow the veil over the statue to fall to the base. 3,000 DEGREES CENTIGRADE. Heat from a Chemical Compound That Melts Iron In Five Seconds. NEW YORK, April 8. A remarkable experiment was made at the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison at Orange, N. J., where a piece of iron was melted in exactly five seconds. Louis Dreyfus, of Frankfort-on-the-Main, showed Mr. Edison this new process for attaining an enormous degree of heat in an almost Incredible short space of time by the combustion of a certain chemical compound which the inventor keeps a secret. The chemical compound Is used in connection with powdered aluminium. Mr. Dreyfus place! a half cupful of his chemical in a small crucible and covered It with a small quantity of the powdered aluminium. He then placed an iron wrench about half an inch thick and six inches long in the crucible. Touching a match to the compound, Mr. Dreyfus stepped back, and the mixture blazed up furiously. In five seconds the Iron wrench was melted. It is estimated that the heat evolved In the process was 3.0U0 degrees centigrade, hitherto considered Impossible to reach. The value of the process is in welding together steel rails and tubing. Folly of Trustees. From "The Perplexities of a College President." In Atlantic Monthly. The prevalence of the spirit of professional insubordination and the indifference of trustees toward Its existence explain why a certain president, whose own reputation as a teacher and as an investigator in a certain field is almost as broad the Union, has been obliged for years to see the work in which he is peculiarly interested and peculiarly expert carried Inefficiently, to the detriment of all of its students and contrary to the best Interests of the Institution which he represents and which he Is earnestly endeavoring to advance in the educational world This accounts for the fact that the trustees of a certain university persistently neglected the advice of its president or directly refused to accept it concerning the work of a certain department, only to lose him at last because, his patience utterly exhausted, he accepted the call of a vastly more important and renowned institution to the direction and control of the very department in which his previous advice had been given no weight. Certainly folly and unwisdom In general management can go no farther, but both go to this limit far too often to-day. Republicans Will Still Claim Him. Philadelphia Telegraph. It apparently makes very little difference to the admiral personally which side he takes, but finding himself at a parting of the ways, in the off-hand fashion of the quarter-deck in deciding trifling questions, he has selected the path leading to the left, and lightly but distinctly announces that on the whole he thinks he will be a Democrat. Concurrently Mrs. Dewey announces that she has not influenced the admiral in making this decision. He has taken his own choice, and the Democrats of the country can accept the compliment in the same spirit with which it is offered. The admiral frankly acknowledges that he does not know or care much about party affairs, but the Democrats certainly ought to be pleased that he finds himself better satisfied to join their company than to go into the camp ot the opposite party. The Republicans of the country, however, will not party company with Admiral Dewey, but will continue to claim him as the naval hero of a Republican administration, which is, after all, the character in which he will be remembered by future generations. Innocent Kid. Philadelphia Record. There is a boy scholar in one of the down-town grammar schools who has set his teacher wondering whether he is one of the unsophisticated students of the age or a real humorist. At a recent monthly examination one of the questions in physiology the pupils were called upon to answer was, "What Is the patella, or knee pan?" The answer of young Innocent or joker was as follows: "The patellas or knee pants Is trousers which extend from the waste to the knee, and were worn by grown up men during george Washington's administration. They are not worn by men in the present Time except bicycle riders and men who play golf, but are only worn by small Boys. Evry Boy is glad when he is old enoush to take off his patellas or knee pants nnd go into Ion pants which extend from the waste to the ankel." Decadence. Chicago Tribune. "Where have you been all evenlnsr. George? What has kept you out so late?" "Whywhy, mother, I was coming home, and I met a lot of the boys. They said there was going to be a lecture at the the hall, yoi know, and after the lecture was over I missed the street-car. That's why I am so late." "Oh, George!" sighed the gray-haired matron, "your excuses are not nearly as good as your father used to make!"

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At Hawaii Is the natural midway between the warm and genial Pacific coast and the hot und luxuriant districts of the tropics wherein most of the 1'acinc Islands lie. At Tahiti is the radial place below the equator, a little less removed from the center of heat and farther from the origin oC travel than Hawaii. Uoth abound in beautiful scenery, in temperature alluringly equable. In life and habits half Indolent, half industrious: In products both tropical and semi-tropical. Uoth form an admirable preparation for the things beyond. The soldier boys who stopped at Honolulu on their way to Manila had their lirst taste of bananas and pint apple as they come directly from the field. They wished that they might stay In the soft and luscious air forever: that is to say, those did who did not remain long enough to be down with the fever or to he sent home In the hearse ship. For there ere fevers In Hawaii, as in almost all of the Islands of the Pacific. On the other hand, travelers who have passed the exquisite locks of Tahiti harbor have lingered in the rhapsody until little of the English language was left to them with which to extol the virtues of Samoa and New Zealand. If civilization is to work backward from the Kast to the West, as the Chinese and the Russians seem Inclined to force it to do. Holland ?nd Britain divide wilh tha United States in owning the gateway. Dutch Sumatra, closes the portals to the rassengers from India; British and Dutch: Horneo and the American Philippines clote it to the passengers from China and Slam. And in these territories there is oven a more apt and conclusive Introduction to what lies beyond than there is in Hawaii or Tahiti. In Sumatra and in Java are footsteps of the ancient civilization which entered the Pacitlc islands centuries before European navigators went in quest ot spices and Jewels. In the same lslapds are the crude savages who have never yielded to the advance of the civiüzejr; and in tho extreme northern point of Sumatra are the Achinese, who are still the pirates they have always been, preying upon the shipping and wealth of the more cultured nations across the Malacca straits. In Borneo although driven back far into the interior now are the head-hunting Dyaks. the most typical of the many head-hunters of the Paciiic. In Sarawak, on the eastern coast of Borneo, are the comparatively Independent natives that have been held In control for more than two-thirds of a century by the ione and extraordinary Britisher, the Rajah Brooke and his nephew. These are types of numerous rugginl fellows who have immured themselves iri marine wildernesses, and practiced such cunning and strength as might belong to their nomadic and curious nature. PACiKM I TIIK S12ATC Mure Admired by Women Visitor Than the Senator Tliemaelve. Washington Letter In New York Times. There are no brighter boys in Washington than the Senate pages. They are A handsome lo, too. and there Is always 4 feminine flutter of admiration In the gallery when one of tht; pretty little fellows makes a sudden sprint from the president's desk to some grave and sternfaced senator, who has Just intimated that he wants a page by clapping his hands. "Isn't he sweet?" is a common expression in the galleries, and it never refers to u. senator; Kxcn an Adonis like Wolcott never gets half as much admiration from the galleries as do the nimble little pages. The pages never have any reverence for the great men whom they serve. Thry scrutinize and pas on the demerits of the Nation's solons with the same relentless accuracy displayed by an oltice boy in a law office. Nevertheless, being continually on the alert to protect senators from Intrusion, they feel that the great men of the country are In some ways under their protection, and have quite a paternal regard for the legislators. Kach of them takes his turn in guarding the doors and preventing Ieople who may have eluded the vigrllance of the Capitol police from getting into th Senate chamber. One of these youngsters, a dark-eyed, olive-skinned lad, is turning the senator to account. "I'm worklni? them for their autographs." he explained to an interested visitor. "You see, some day they'll b dead, and then their autographs will be worth something. That is. if they're famous. And I only get the autographs of senators that are likely to be famous. And some of em. you know, are famous already, and their autographs are valuable right now." "How big a collection have you?" "Well. I've got pretty near two-thirds of them. It's slow work. You can't Interrupt 'em when they're busy, you know, end some of 'em seem to be busy most all the time, the famous ones especially. I've got two collections now stamps and senators. They're both valuable. 1 don't know whicli is most valuable. But I wish I could get somebody that isn't a senator somebody that's really great, you know: somelody like Hobart. I meant to get Hobart, but he never came back here, and I never got him. I'd trade half the senators for llobart'S autograph, beeause he was Vice President you know, and so he was really grcaL" Approvea Indiana Idea. Washington Post. Indiana Is one of the most advanced States In the number and character of her educational, charitable, benevolent and penal institutions. Her public school fund exceeds that of any other State, and the liberality with which her people tax themselves In oner to keep near the head of the column in all that makes for substantial progress is an example whicii some of her near neighbors might profitably emulate. The latest reform movement in that commonwealth relates to the criminal Insane. It 1 proposed to establish a hospital for these irresponsible violators of law and to make such changes in criminal Jurisprudence as will afford society better protection against homicidal lunatics. Authorities on medical Jurisprudence and most of the Judges of criminal and circuit courts fivor the proposition. . The new hospital will le for the care of persons guilty of atrocious crimes who are acquitted by reason of Insanity. Some of those have been permitted to go at large, and as a natural result have repeated their crimes. This has been the experience of many communities tn other States, and the belief that public safety requires the incarceration of Insane criminals Is rapidly becoming universal. The Indiana plan, which is to be urged on the attention of the next legislature, provides for an examination by comjtent physicians of all criminals whose defense Is insanity. If this examination proves the lerson lnane then he Is to be sent to an, asylum at once without waiting for a trial. But If h is found to le of sound mind then he will le compelled to stand trial and the testimony of the commission will be conclusive as to his sanity. That the adoption of this system will reduce the numler of crimes there Is no doubt. That it will also reduce the receipts of criminal lawyers and the fees of insanity experts Is also Indubitable. Another Affliction. Baltimore American. The typewriting expert has been added to the horrors of court trials. He gov t-ven further than his brethren of handwriting fame, as one testified lately that typewritten document in eviJtnw wi written on a cloudy day.