Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 155, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1901 — Page 4

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THE DALLY JOURNAL TUESDAY. JUNK -l. VAU. Tclcpl-otie Call (Old und Xcn.j nLilne- 0.r.-....rH l E-tltorUl r.oorns....m terms or sr nscii i iti ox. liy CAIIIIIKK-INDIANVPOLIS ar.J SUBUP.DS. Iaily. Sur..;iy included. "0 cert jt month. Jy.iuy. M itni-ut Sjii'l iy, 4 cents i er month, hur.uay, wtthijt t'aiiy, ?- it ;rar. fc.;.'.e C':-t-s: Luiiy. 2 i-ent; Sunday, i ccr.U. MY AOKNTrf KVEHYWHKKK: Dally. j.r ut-rk. 1) C'-nt. lMiiy. j5ur.1ay incJu-ie-;. i-r week. 13 cents. fcu:i-lay, er ls.e. 3 cc-nta. UT MAIL I'i:i:PAII: Daily :iti n. t.n yar $"-W liat.y an.1 Sün'liy, ;r y-ar bui-cUy only, one yar 2.0o i.LDrci:i j:ati:s to clubs. Wrrkly Edition. One eoj; ont- year O' cuts Klv enTj. i ir nv-nth t'-T rTiola le th.in a yar. N-j eut.v.Ti;.tion taken for less than three ninths. REDUCED HATES TO OLUDS. Subscribe with any of our numerous agents or rnl tuhacrli'tlon to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, I n l In ii n pol I a, Inl. Pthoh- -ndrK the Jo'jrn.il through the mail la the United sitate shouM put on an elght-pag fraj.fr a ONK-CKNT ; ostage tamp; n a twclva or sixteen-page iair a VU'O-rKNT postaij (tamp. Foreign x-otage Is usually lo'ib'.e. tp.c-se rat-. All communications Intended f nr. publication In this paper mu:, In or'.r to receive sttentlon, be accompanit.t by the name anl adJrtss of the mltcr. Rejected manuscripts will nH L returned unless postAge a incl'el for that purpose. Entere! a Recond-claua matter at Indianapolis, Inl., poato.fice. THE IXDIAXAI'OLIS JOIRNAL Can b found at th following places: NKW YOKK-Attor Jlouoe. CHICAGO ralmer limine, P. O. News Co., 217 Dearborn xtreet. Auditorium Ar.nex Hotel. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley & Co.. 154 Vine tre-t. L.OCISVII.LK C. T. Pterin. northwet corner or Third and Jefferson ftrcets, and Louisville Book Co.. Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union New Company, Union Depot. WASHINGTON. I). C.-Hlj?s House, Ebbltt House and Wizard's Hotel. The fixing of an indemnity to bo raid by China to the powers In bonds Is In accordance with the policy of the United States;, proposed months ago, when there was a desire on the part of some of the powers to partition the empire among thorn. On Sunday the County Democracy In Chicago put Mayor Harrison in nomination for President, the nomination being made by a Harrison officeholder. The attendants at the mayor's Sunday picnic seem to think that their action closed the event for lXii. According to Mr. Bryan, President McKinley Is now Kmperor, made so by the recent decision of the Supreme Court. If Mr. Bryan had been elected he would be Emperor Instead of McKinley. Oh, the "might have been" In his melancholy wail! American citizenship is held cheaply abroad when Italians can purchase naturalization papers as a part of their outfit. It

Is rather cheap in the States which discount it by permitting foreigners who have been a year In this country to vote without being citizens. Senator Morgan's plan for getting rid of the negro voter In Alabama Is to appoint a commission in each county which shall decide if a man Is or is not fit to be intrusted with the ballot. This is the simplest plan for disfranchising the negro that has yet been announced. BMBMBBHMHSBSMSBMMMMMSMWMMV Yesterday, on one of the hi?h board fences which inclose one of the large buildings under construction, was the placard, 'Laborers wanted." It is seen frequently these days, but there were years when no fuch sign appeared because employment was eagerly hunted by thousands of men who would labor. When the Jasper County Democrat su?3 its Republican contemporary to reeowr $10,001) in damages because the latter Charged it with charging more than legal rates for county advertising, it is fair to assume that a healthy public sentiment has grown up in that locality regarding the practice of getting more than a fair compensation for service and material sold to the public. The Washington correspondents of one list of newspapers declare that Congress will be convened at an early day, while similar correspondents of another class assert that there is no cause to convene Congress. Not knowing which of these conflicting authorities Is right, average? people are forced tf aait the word of the President; but tne chances are that Congress will assemble the first Monday In December. The halance sheet of the United States treasury shows a surplus of $10.500,000 for May. and for the eleven months of th3 f.scal year the surplus has been about $58,0K.O0O. Uut the surplus of May far exceeds that of any previous month. The lact attracts no comment on the part of a large number of newspapers, but if there had been a deficit of Jl.ooo.OOO they would have discovered the fact and gloated over it. Every hard-working young man with little money permits himself at times to imagine how agreeable his sensations would be if he were suddenly to become possessed of leisure and wealth, but it is quite probable that those sensations would be no pleasanter if actually experienced than are those enjoyed by the rich St. Iuis youth who has grown tired of aimless amusement and has settled down to hard work as an apprentice in steel mill. The proposition of the minister of Guatemala, at Washington, for an American tribunal of arbitration for the settlement of all differences which may arise between the nations on the American continent seems to be a wise one. since, if a South American republic having a grievance against a neighbor can have It referred for settlement Instead of going to war. It would be much better. No remedy, however, is suggested to prevent the frequent revolutions In South and Central American republics, which are the usual causes of disturbance. A leading topic of the British press Just row Is England's failure to hold the world' markets. Lord George Hamilton's recent statement on the subject averring the superiority of American manufactures and attributing it to the tyranny of labor organizations in England is exciting much comment. leading London newspapers contain such expression as "we affirm our conviction that to the Ignorance and tyranny of trades unions the decline of our manufacturing fUr rnacy is prlmarly due." And ag;i!n: "V.'r have no limitation In raying that-the methods employed by trade unionist to-d-ay are thoroughly unscrupuloua And dishonest." The London Globe

predicts that "unless the methods of trades unionism, ns understood and practiced In this country, are modified the Americans will beat us out of the field." The gist of all the comment Is that the tendency of labor organizations, as now enforced in England, Is to get the highest possible amount of wages for the least possible amount of labor. The lesson of this for American workmen is that they should be careful not to fall Into the same error. OTIC CLAIMS IX CII1A. Mr. Sidney Webster concludes an article in the current issue of the North American Review, In which the course of the administration in regard to Spain, Cuba and the Philippines is reviewed and criticised, with the remark that when the Piatt amedment of 1001 was enacted, "the fervid emotions of three years before regarding Cubans had subsided and returning reason had brought to Washington perception of the fact that, although Cuba Is a foreign ccuntry, the military defense of the United States must be considered as well as the welfare of the Cubans." Elsewhere in the article Mr. Webster pays that for threequarters of a century secretaries of state at Washington kept Cuba in mind, lest it fall under the control of a European power, to the menace of the United States, until when Congress seemed to forget that Cuba must be. in the hands of itself, a power foreign to us. Those newspapers which are now doing their utmost to lead the Cubans to reject the Piatt amendment may be said either to have forgotten the solicitude of Presidents and American statesmen as to the future of Cuba or the danger that Cuba as a foreign power, left to itself, may, of its own accord, or by the compulsion of some European power, place the control of the Island in the hands of those who can use it as a menace. Cuba, vnder the control of foreign influences, would be a greater danger to this government than it was under Spanish domination. To make this Impossible and to place the proposed government of Cuba where Cuba cannot be of its own motion or by force a menace to the United States, Is the purpose of the Piatt amendment. With the exception of those who are bound to oppose any policy of the administration because they regard It as good politics, the American people have learned something more regarding the Cubans than they knew about them in 1S08. We know that the revolutionists could never have won independence, and that their assistance in driving Spain out of Cuba was of little consequence. We know that if the Cubans had been left to form a government when the Spanish army left the island it would now be filled with lawlessness,' because those who would be in position to assume control have none of the qualities essential to the establishment and maintenance of good government. The occupation of Cuba by the United States was as essential to the welfare of the Cubans as to the security of the United States. If Cuba were alone at the present time, with no government behind It, would not certain governments in Europe be demanding the payment of bonds sold by Spain for the suppression of Cuban Insurrections? Upon what ground could we Interfere unless one of these governments should undertake to seize the territory? In that event a costly war would in all probability result. The administration Is anxious to turn the government of Cuba over to its inhabitants. To that end it had a census taken and provided for the election of a convention to form a constitution. Put, foreseeing the evils sure to follow if so weak a people is made a foreign nation at our doors, the Congress has required for the well-being of the Cubans and the safety of the United States that certain clauses believed to be necessary to the welfare of both peoples be Inserted In the Constitution. Some of these conditions protect Cuba against the burdening of the island with the great volume of bonds which has been issued, and others provide against hostile use of the Island against the United States and make the United States the protector of Cuba in case of invasion or revolution. Congress demanded privileges that shall not be conferred upon other governments. Can any American object to such a requirement? If this government had not Intervened, at great expense, Cuba would yet be a Spanish province. TIIE PASSPORT QIESTIOX SETTLED. The State Department has proved equal to so many diplomatic and international problems of late that it could hardly be expected to be puzzled by so simple a question as whether native Filipinos were entitled to passports or not. The question arose in London, where two educated Filipinos asked United States Ambassador Choate to give them passports to visit Russia. Under the passport law only the Secretary of State can Issue them In this country: they may be issued by United States ministers in foreign countries, but the law says "No passport shall be granted or issued to other persons than citizens of the United States." Although Ambassador Choate is a good lawyer he was in doubt, as he might wed be under present conditions, whether the Filipinos were entitled to passports, and ho cabled to Washington for instructions. A Washington dispatch Fays that Secretary of State Hay has cabled Mr. Choate to give the Filipinos passports "as residents of the Philippine Islands, and as such entitled to the protection of the United States." By a neat diplomatic evasion this avoids deciding whether the Filipinos are citizens of the United States, and yet passports issued in the form above stated will be respected by the officials of all foreign countries. It should be noted that the provision prohibiting the issuing of passports to other persons than citizens of the United States s statutory and not constitutional. Being an act of Congress it may be modified by another act, and It is claimed that the Foraker act as to Porto Rico and the Spooner act as to the Philippines do modify the law to the extent of making the inhabitants of those islands entitled to American passports. They certainly assert the allegiance of the Porto Rlcans and Filipinos to the United States, and allegiance on one side Implies the reciprocal duty of protection on the other. It is not to be supposed that the provision restricting passports to citizens of the United States meant citizens in the full political sense. Indians are not citizens, yet an American Indian going abroad would clearly be entitled to a passport. The instruction of the State Department is based on common sense and Justice, and it is notice to the world that people who acknowledge allegiance to the United States thereby become entitled to Its protection even before they are clothed with the full rights of citizenship. In accordance with this reasonable and Just view

the State Department will send circular Instructions to all United States diplomatic representatives abroad directing thern to Issue passports to Porto Ilicans and Filipinos applying for them, the same as to other Americans. The Filipinos in London who are awaiting the decision of the United States government on the question will doubtless take pride in exhibiting the document which Ambassador Choate will issue to them. With it they will be as safe everywhere as they would be on the decK of an American battleship. The Boston Journal says it Is unfortunate fcr Senator Fairbanks that the Republicans In his State have been making some bad rclltical blunders. One of these blunders, the Boston paper says, "Is a disposition to s?de with the subsidized foreign monopolists against the American merchant marine." This is sad, but in that the Indlanians are In company with the mas3 cf Republicans in the Wft. But two Republican papers of any prominence in the West supported the Frye bill, and in the East the Boston Journal gave it more support In constant advocacy than all other Republican papers. When a bill Is presented that will encourage freight-carriers rather than passenger ships it is possible that it will meet with greater favor. During the ten months of the fiscal year which ended with April the. United States sold Europe 5073.000,000 worth of merchandise, of which Great Britain took $311.000,000. Germany, which placed so many restrictions upon American products, has taken more of our products thus far this year than last by $2.000,000, the value last year beins 1162,000,000. But while Great Britain takes so large a part of our exports of merchandise, it appears that we have purchased $16,000.1)00 less of British goods this year than last, when the total was $136,C00.G00. On the other 'hand, our import from both Great Britain and Germany were slightly greater the past ten months than during the corresponding ten months of 1000. Some one writes the Cincinnati Enquirer that "the history of Mexico proves that the way to the best civilization of which the backward peoples are capable lies not through tutelage, but through liberty and independence. " The citation is not happy, for if any people ever had thirty years of severe tutelage they are the Mexicans under the present forceful President, whose rule has been popular only In name. For years he ruled with a rod of iron, suppressing the lawless without much use for the procedure of courts. For such a people such a rule Is best, call It by what name one pleases. The place for "Prophet Elijah" Dowio is in the lunatic asylum, and that, judging by his ravings from the platform. Is where he will land very shortly. It is only charitable to believe that a large proportion of the three thousand people who cheered his wild utterances did so in much the same spirit that they would cheer a dog fight or any other chance entertainment, and not because they accepted what the frenzied old man said. Chinese "souvenirs" will be abundant in Germany hereafter. Yon Waldersee and his troops seem to need a great variety of objects to make them remember the country. They appear to have the fancy, too, that the more valuable the objects are th-3 better they will serve as remembrances. The word "agnostic" means "unknown," or "unknowable," but this docs not prevent the public from knowing, beyond doubt that the man and woman who figured in the "agnostic marriage" in Cincinnati on Sunday are two fools of high degree. IR0M HITHER AND YON. Different with Iliiu. Brooklyn Life. She So this Is the end of our engagement? He It may be for you, but it will take mo a year to pay the bills. Inevitable. Philadelphia Times. "Thy seemed greatly fetruck by each other." 'Couldn't help it when she threw herself at his head and he threw himself at her feet." Croker'a Will.' Catholic Standard. "I hear Croker intend? to leave the city by the Chicago limited," remarked the New York reporter. "Well, that's non? of our business." replied th r-Fiml8t, a man has a right to leave tils personal property anyway he pleases." Haeki. Detroit Journal. "Outre? Why, at the hunt, she rode bareback!" "What! not in evening attire?" " "Stupid! The horse's back, not her own!" exclaimed my wife, regarding me disdainfully. I laughed at myself a little, for I was not as yet thoroughly under this woman's domination. A Cliaracler to Sustain. Philadelphia Press. Bunker Why don't you take a hort cut to work ? Caey (with pick and shovel) Shure. thre Is no short cut, excipt across the Counthry Club's grounds. r.unker Well, we wouldn't mind that. Casey Faith. Oi would thin. D'ye think Ol want to be took for a goluf player? The Lchr-Dnhlft rr n IVcddlii. NEW YORK. June 3. Society was out In fnree to-day to witness the marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth Drexel Dahlgren. a daughter of the late Joseph Drexel, of this city, and Henry Symes Lehr, of Baltimore, Md., in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Mrs. Dahlgren entered the cathedral with her cousin, George W. Childs-Drexel. of Philadelphia. Messrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen. Roderick Terry, jr., and Arthur Kemp, of this city: J. Harson Thomas. Kai M. Parr and Charles A. Conrad, of Baltimore, were the ushers. This being a second marriage, the bride had no attendants. Mr. Lehr's best man was his brother, Mr. F. William Lehr. The marriage ceremony was performed by Archbishop Corrijfan. assisted by the Revs. William Daly and Henry T. Newby.

Death "Wou the- Itace. CINCINNATI. O., June 3.-Mhs Elizabeth Parrott. of Columbus, O., daughter of the late Colonel Parrott. of that city, died in the Cincinnati Hospital to-day after a vain race with death to reach her home. She was brought to the hospital yesterday from a train in an unconscious condition, with nothing to reveal her Identity. From articles on her person her name and address were discovered, and It was found that she was en route from Pass Christian, Miss., to Columbus. Her malady was consumption. Friends arrived to-day to take her body home. Cubans Will Meet In Secret. HAVANA. June 3. At an Informal gathering of delegates to the Cuban constitutional convention, this afternoon, it was decided to hold a secret ?e?ion Wer'"-'--day to discuss the official document which General Wood expects to receive from Washington by to-morrow's mail, the contents of which he has promised to communicate to the convention. The will of the late John W. Doane. prominent as a tea and coffee merchant and as a banker, who died In New York March 23, was filed at Chicago yesterday for probate. Despite reports of his great wealth the petition of the executors scheduled only $Il,0i), one-third of which goes to the widow, Julia A. Doane. The remainder of the estate is divided among the children.

"MYSTERY OF INIQUITY"

YVOHDS THAT I'MUltH IX TUE XVOOD-IIIUV-EDIJV LIBEL CASE. XVitiiCKs Explain the Meaning of the First, hut Is l nable tu Define the La Ht Other Testimony. - BOSTON, Mass., June 0. The trial of the libel suit of Mrs. Josephine C. Woodbury against Mrs. Mary G. Eddy, head of the Christian Science Church, which was begun last week, was resumed to-day. There was additional interest in the case because it was understood that Judge S. J. Hanna, the reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, who last week could not be found by the court officers, had returned from a vacation and would appear as a witness. Judge Hanna was in court. W. B. Johnson, secretary of the board of directors and clerk of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in resuming the stand to-day, expressed a wish to correct an answer made while testifying last week. He did not receive a letter from Mrs. Eddy between the time of the reinstatement of Mrs. Voodbury and her excommunication. The cross-examination of Mr. Johnson was resumed. Mr. Elder, counsel for the defendant, objected to a question as to the meaning of the words "mystery of iniquity," contained in the alleged libelous message from Mrs. Eddy to the church. The court ruled that the question might be answered, but that the answer should have no weight to show what was intendel by Mrs. Eddy. Judge Bell said the plaintHC must prove two things, namely, that the defendant intended the language used to apply to the plaintiff and that her hearers and the leaders so understood it. The question was then repeated to Witness Johnson, who said: "By 'mystery' Is meant something which has never been soived. As regards 'iniquity,' that is something which the courts and church people have tried unsuccessfully for generations to define, and I am. therefore, not able to cxpla'n what Is meant." Mr. Pea body then took up a letter writtn by Mrs. Eddy to Mrs. Woodbury, on March 2i, 1M5, and reading the first paragraph, in which Mrs. Eddy denied that she had any part in the excommunication of Mrs. Woodbury, asked the witness if Mrs. Woodbury had been excommunicated at that time. Witness at first answered "no," but when his attention was again called to the matter by a subsequent question he said he wished to change his answer to "yes." Witness said that a message received by him on June 5, 1K5. said, "If Mrs. Woodbury is in this audience, she is not included in my invitation to visit Concord." Mr. Peabody offered a copy of the record of the copyright of the message, which is entitled. "Message to the Mother Church, by Mary Baker Eddy, Concord, N. 11., May, 1S." Mr. Joseph Armstrong testified to being business manager of the Christian Science Publishing Association, which business Is conducted by a board of trustees for Mrs. Eddy. The message was copyrighted by him under the name as proprietor. Henry D. Nunn. an editor for the publishing company, said that a copy of the alleged libelous message read in church was furnished a certain reporter who was present at the service. Mrs. Clara E. Choate testified that she was refused admission as a member of the church: attended the service when the alleged libelous communication was read. She said she never understood it referred to any one in particular. William C. Nixon, publisher of Mrs. Eddy's books, until 1S03, did not know of the attitude of Christian Scientists generally regarding Mrs. Woodbury. He read the alleged libelous comrnt nicatlon in the Christian Science Journal. He was asked what hit understanding was of the meaning of the passage, and who was the person referred to. His reply was: "Mrs. Woodbury, the plaintiff in this case." Tho last witness of the day was Judge S. J. Hanna, who said he had been away from the city seven weeks. He had been a county judge at Council Bluffs, la., and was now a student of Christian Science. He said he was first reader of tho church, subject to Mrs. Eddy's approval, as provided by a by-law. He is editor of the Christian Science Journal and of the Sentinel. Mr. Peabody handed him a copv of the May (is;")) Arena, and called his attention to an article in it, written by Mrs. Woodbury. Over this article the lawyers had a long argument as to its admissibility, Mr. Elder, for the defense, alleging irrelevancy of the article to the promise of Mr. Peabody that he would connect Mrs. Eddy with the excommunication of Mrs. Woodbury. Mr. Peabody argued that the Arena article was an incident bearing on the relations of the two women; that It constituted a motive In Mrs. Eddy's mind; that it tended to prove that Mrs. Eddy attacked maliciously and for revenge. The court refused to admit certain questions relating to the Arena article. Mr. Peabody thereupon questioned Judge Hanna on other articles and the witness said Mrs. Eddy refused to grant permission for a reply to the Arena article. The lawyers were disputing over forms of questions to be put to witness over the article in question, when court adjourned for the day. TRADE AND INDUSTRY. John V. Barnes was elected president of the New York Produce Exchange yesterday. His elecion was a victory for he independent, or younger, element of the exchange. lieuben H. Donnelly was yesterday electOil president of the Chicago Exchange, and John J. Mitchell was chosen treasurer. There was but one ticket In the field for thei-e offices. Stockholders of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company held a special meeting in New York yesterday and voted to increase the capital stock from $100,000,000 tO $l.0.IM,0O0. The Peoria (111.) Journal, an evening publication, now in Its twenty-fifth year, yesterday changed its price from 2 cents to 1 cent and appeared in new form, printed on a color press. Reports from all parts of Kansas Indicate that the whvit crop is in an unfavorable condition. The extreme dry weather in most parts of the State has caused the wheat to head out before it has obtained its growth. It was reported at New York yesterday that Pre?Ident Havemeyer would resign from the presidency of the American Sugar Refining Company and be succeeded by W. B. Thomas, of Boston. President llavemeyer had nothing to say about the matter. A movement Is on foot In the Kanawha and New River districts to combine the coal and coke companies along the Kanawha Michigan Hailroad. Thirteen companies with a dally output of 8.2.ri0 tons of coal and 420 tons of coke have already signified their willingness to Join. Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, announced yesterday that both the common and preferred stock of the Pennsylvania Steel Company held by them for the underwriters had been sold to investors. It was announced that the stock was not purchased by the United States Steel Corporation. Prominent manufacturers and their representatives from all parts of the country are In Detroit to attend the sixth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers, which begins this morning. Pittsburg. Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Chattanooga are candidates for the next convention. At the annual meeting of stockholders of the Amalgamated Copper Company, in Jersey City, yesterday, the following directors were elected: H. H. Rogers, James Stlllman, Robert Bacon, F. P. Olcott. A. R. Flower, A. C Burrage and W. G. Rockefeller. Mr. Rockefeller tills the vacancy caused by the death of Marcus Daly. There were M,fM shares represented at the meeting. Plans for a consolidation of the street railways of Omaha and Council Bluffs, the electric power plants of the two cities and the Platte-rlver canal, rumors of which have been In circulation for some time, appear to be assuming a definite shape, and it is said the consolidation now hinges only on terms of purchase. The new combination probably will be capitalized at about $20,000.(0. Judge Nathan Goff, of the United States Court for the Eastern district of Virginia., yesterday appointed Allan J. McDermott receiver for the Washington Traction and Electric Company. Application for the receivership was filed by the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, of New York, immediately after the appointment of Mr.' McDermott. All property of the Traction Comiany was formally transferred to him. C. C. luring, of Boston, who was one of tho organizers of the American Steel and Wire ' Company, is in Pittsburg to Interest the Ehovtl manufacturers of west

ern Pennsylvania in a proposed combination of shovel plants of the United States. Eastern and Western shovel manufacturers, it Is said, have agreed to the consolidation, and Mr. Loring expects to secure the signatures of the Pittsburg manufacturers this week. The proposed combination is to be capitalized at about $10,,M,(vo. and will include sixteen of the largest shovel manufacturing concerns in the country. Four members of the executive committee of the United States Steel Corporation started from New York last night on a special train over the Pennsylvania Railroad to insect the several properties of the corporation. Accompanying them was Sir Edward Windsor, one of the largest stockholders, and Arthur Keen, chairman of the board of directors of a large English steel corporation; als-o accompanying the officials of the United States Steel Corporation was William Nelson Cromwell, of counsel to the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co.. and a director of the National Tube Company. . The works of Scolield. Shurmer & Teagle, at Cleveland, have passed into the control of the Standard Oil Company. With the property there was also turned over the interests of the Cleveland Refining Company, owned principally by Teagle S: Shurmer. The Scio Refining Company was turned over to the Standard a few days ago. The amount involved in the deal is about 51.0K,(y0. Employes of the sold-out companies have incorporated the Great Western Oil Company and will take up the business of Sconeld. Shurmer tc Teagle and the two other former independent companies on the same lines that Scolield. Shurmer & Teagle followed.

TO AID YOUNG SCIENTISTS AIM OF XCXVLY ORGANIZED WASHINGTON MEMORIAL INSTITUTION. Daniel C. fdllmnn, Lnte Trealdent of Johim llopkius Inlversity, nt the Head of the Institution. WASHINGTON, June 3. The trustees of the Washington Memorial Institution today elected the following trustees: Daniel C. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University, president: Charles D. Walcott. director of the geological survey, president of the board of trustees: Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia College, New York, secretary of the board of trustees, and Charles J. Bell, of Washington, treasurer. The object of the institution is to render the scientific and other resources of the government in Washington practically and continuously available for advanced study and research, and to co-operate with universities, colleges and individuals to this end in the use of such resources. It has been incorporated in conformity with the law approved March 3, 1901, providing that facilities for research and study in the government departments be afforded to duly qualified individual students and graduates of institutions of learning. The institution is to be entirely independent of government support and control. It Is organized as the result of the joint action of the Washington Academy of Sciences and the George Washington Memorial Association, which have had the matter under consideration during the past winter. The movement has the cordial approval of the committees on post-graduate instruction and reasearch of the Association of Agricul- , tural Colleges and Experiment Stations, the leading members of the National Educational Association and the Association of American Universities. It Is expected to appeal to the generosity of men and women desirous of increasing the endowment of higher education in the United States, and also to carry into practical effect the expressed recommendation of George Washington in his annual messages to Congress that provision be made for the "promotion of science and literature" in connection with the national government. Meelnl for a Drave Gfrl. IOWA CITY. Ia.. June 3. Irving Institute, a literary society of the Iowa State University, has cenferred on Miss Caroline Jarvis a medal iV.r bravery in saving the life of R. M. Fagan, a student of the university. Yourg Fagan and Miss Jarvis were boating, v hen. wind capsized the beat, throwing both Into the w ter. Fagan was unable to swim, and Miss Jarvis assisted him to secure a hold on the boat, and then swam to shore, pushing the boat ahead of her. Miss Jarvis is a freshman at the university, and has won considerable fame In literary circles. Iteinscn Succeed CSlllmnn. BALTIMORE. June 3. At a meeting, today, of the trustees of Johns Hopkins University, Ira Remsen, Ph. D.t LL. D., professor of chemistry in the Johns Hopkins University since 1S76, was elected president of the university, succeeding Dr. Daniel C. Gilman, who resigned. Professor Remsen will assume the duties of his new office on Sept. 1, and it is understood he will continue the work of the chemical laboratory. Fncnlty mid College Note. Prof. R. W. Wood, of the University of Wisconsin, has been appointed professor of experimental physics of Johns Hopkins University, succeeding the late Trof. Henry A. Rowlands. The annual course of the Naval War College, at Newport, R. I., was formally opened vesterday, in the. presence of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Frank W. Hacke tt. Admiral Sampson. Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson and a large number of army and naval officers, prominent citizens of Newport and many ladies. Captain Chadwick made a brief address. The Confederate Soldiers' Home, a state institution for the care of indigent veterans, was opened at Atlanta yesterday. The anniversary of the birth of Jefferson was observed as a public holiday in that city. The home is beautifully situated about five miles from the center of Atlanta. Sixty veterans were admitted yesterday. It was throuRh the work of Henry W. Grady, as far back as 18SS, that the Soldiers' Home became established. At the meeting of the council of the University of New York yesterday the council elected Prof. Joseph French Johnson to tho chair of commerce and finance in the school of commerce. Professor Johnson has been for ten years in the chair of commerce in i the University of Pennsylvania. The lectures on commercial law are to be placed In charge of two specialists. One is Cleveland S. Bacon, a nephew of ex-President G rover Cleveland. The other is Prof. Wert Howe, son of Wert Howe, of New Orleans. HER CARGO SHIFTED. Steamer Ranald in a DanReroun Condition Off Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. June S.-The steamer Ranald, from Trinidad, for New York, anchored in distress to-day two miles off Atlantic City. She has a cargo of pitch for the Barber Asphalt Company, New York. The Ranald is in a dangerous condition. She was visited this afternoon by Capt. T. A. Parker, of the Atlantic Cltv Life Saving station, who found her, as the result of the shifting of her cargo, listed at an angle of over 43 degrees. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, June 3. Arrived: Anchorla, from Glasgow: Ikbal and Cevlc, from Liverpool; Menominee, from London. SOUTHAMPTON. June 3. Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New Y'ork, via Cherbourg, for Bremen. GLASGOW, June 3. Arrived: State of Nebraska, from New York; Trltonia. from Montreal. LIVERPOOL. June 3.-Arrived: Lake Ontario, from Montreal. HAVRE, June 3. Arrived: La Gascogne. from New York. BREMEN, June S. Arrived: Nackar, from New York. Aecnsed of EmbcEsllnc f.O,0O0. ANNA. 111.. June 3. Charles Crosby, a traveling salesman, claiming to represent the Frlck Grocery Company, rrf St. Louis. Mo., was arrested here to-day by the city marshal on receipt of a telegram from the sheriff of Franklin county, charging him with embezzling $50,00o of the firm's money. Crosby said when arrested: "I guess it is all up." Crosby had been in Anna at frequent intervals during the last three weeks. He was capured in the fair grounds and had plenty of money.

FIRE OF PIETY IS LOW SCUAMDLIi FOU HOLLAHS LUAVES LITTLE TI3IK FOR CARE OF SOILS. e Irof. i:. J. Wolf Create a Senaatlou at the General Synod of the Evantfelicul Lutheran Church. DES MOINES, la., June 3 Prof. E. J. Wolf, of Gettysburg. Pa., created a sensation to-day in the meeting of the General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church t his report on the condition of the, church, laying there was a woeful lack of -.spirituality and godliness in the denomination, and that the fire of piety had burned low. He said: "Our church has suffered very seriously from defective government, ani as long as loud voices arc heard for indi

vidualism and unbridled liberty, as long as the general good must be subordinated to the rights of private judgment, our progress must halt and our institutions languish. The love of many for the church has feiown cold. There is no disguising the prevalent laxity and barrenness, the low estate of piety among us. The scramble lor dollars leaves little time for the care of souls." Dr. A. II. Studtbaker, of Brooklyn, dene u need the report as the most disgracelul jeremiad he had ever heard, said it did not in any manner reflect tne spirit or belief of the synod, and after a hot debate it was referred back to the committee for abridgment, revision and rewriting, leaving out the offensive parts. The report of the statistical secretary was read and adopted. It contained tne following: "In lyOO there were reported ,361 churches, an increase of sixteen over the last report; preaching stations, 1SG, a decrease of two; 163 prayer meetings, a loss of 173. In the same year 237 students of the ministry were receiving Instructions, forty-four less than in 1S9S. The church continues to increase in the number of its catechumens, U8.2J0 receiving instructions during the last biennium, a net gain of 422 over the preceeling biennium. There has been a net decrease in losses as well as in accessions, the net decrease having teen 862. The present reported communicant membership is lÖ.-i-'S, an increas: ever the last biennium of 62U. A comparison of the losses and gains shows a net increase of 11.324. The estimated value of the church property in the General Synod is $12,365,556, a gain in valuation of $235.612. On this property the indebtedness is $1,221.146, a decrease of $43,3o2. The local expenses of the congregations were $2,614,450, or $18,934 less than in the'precedlng biennium. The number of Sunday schools repeated is 1,638, an increase of ninety-four. The schools have 23,833 officers and teachers, an increase of 214; a scholarship of IDö.&j, an increase of 8,340. Creed Revision Committee? to Meet. PHILADELPHIA. June 3. Rev. Dr. W. II. Roberts, stated clerk of the Presbyterian General Assembly, to-day received a telegram from Rev. Dr. Henry C. Mlnton, the moderator, announcing that all of the members of the committee appointed to revise the Confession of Faith had accepted and would serve. Pursuant to Dr. Mlnton's . instructions, Dr. Roberts issued a call for the first meeting of the revision committee to be held at Pittsburg, June 18. Resolutions adopted .at the recent General Assembly increased the membership of the committee to twenty-one, continuing the members of the old committee and electing Dr. Minton chairman. The new members are: Rev. Dr. Henry C. Minton, Synod of California; Rev. Dr. John De Witt, Synod of New Jersey: Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, Synod of Missouri; Rev. Dr. J. D. Moffat, Synod of Maryland; Rev. Dr. S. B. McCormlck. Synod of Iowa; Hon. John W. Foster, Synod of Baltimore, and Charles T. Thompson, Synod of Minnesota. Following are the members of the old committee: Rev. Dr. Herrick Johnson, Svnod of Illinois; Rev. Dr. S. J. Nicholls, Synod of Missouri; Rev. Dr. D. W. Fisher. Synod of Indiana; Rev. Dr. William McKlbben and Rev. Dr. S. P. Sprecher, Synod of Ohio; Rev. Dr. George B. Stewart and John E. Parsons, Synod of New Y'ork; Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Synod of New Jersey; Hon. John M. Harlan, Synod of Baltimore; Hon. Daniel R. Noyes, Synod of Minnesota; E. W. C. Humphrey. Synod of Kentucky; Elisha A. Eraser, Synod of Michigan, and Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey and Dr. William R. Grabbe, Synod of Pennsylvania. Reformed Presbyterian Synod. PITTSBURG, Ta., June 3. At this morning's session of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod of North America resolutions were adopted respectfully urging the commissioners of uniform state laws to recommend in their forthcoming report on divorce laws only such legislation as is in harmony with the law of Christ, which sanctions the dissolution of the marriage ties only for adultery and such willful desertion a3 admits of no remedy. The report of the National Reform Association was read by the Rev. J. M. Foster and laid on the table to allow the presbyteries to report. The report recommended, first, that we renew our allegiance te the cause of Christ, the King; second, we pledge our lives, possessions and consecrated effort to this work; third, wo promise unabated co-operation with the National Reform Association: fourth, we ccunsel our ministers and workers to make a wise and prudent presentation of the nature and ground of political dissent as the "ultimate truth" respecting the allegiance of Christian citizens to Christ, the King; filth, we recommend that pastors agitate Ir their neighborhood; sixth, that Dr. H. H. George be reappointed for the coming year; seventh, that $5.000 be appropriated, and all to be raised; eighth, that additional laborers be appointed. Moderator Martin has received a telegram from the association of Chicago labor unions asking the synod to pray for an eight-hour work day. so the laboring men would not have to hold meetings on Sunday to devise means to secure It. Dr. Martin said he thought the telegram was meant for a joke. The Epvrorth Lengne. CHICAGO, June 3. The entering wedge in the readjustment of the functions of the Epworth League was driven home by Rev. T. J. Ladd, of Elgin, to-day, at a meeting of Methodist preachers of Chicago. In an address on "The League as a Practical Factor in Church Work" Mr. Ladd deplored the fact that the- presence of white-haired fathers and mothers in Israel at the meetings of the young people often resulted in deflecting the aid of the league and In causing religious apathy among its members. The address was applauded by the large audience of ministers, and in the free discussion that followed the consensus of opinion seemed to be that the league often Interferes with the officers of the church, and that it ought to be so regulated that It would be sulordinated to older institutions, such as the class meeting and prayer meeting. The following were the points most emphasized: The Epworth League was created especially for the young people, and it should be sacredly reserved for them. Great care should be exercised In selecting leaders. It Is not best to force an Epworth League Into every church. Some are better off without such an organization. The Epworth League should supplant none of the services of the church, but should enrich all. ACTRESS SLAIN. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE ) South DakoTa. where she understood she could obtain a divorce on the grounds of insanity. f.MiCn-DKFKNDACIl CASE. Inunrnnre Solicitor's Testimony Or. Leonard's Statement. CHICAGO. June Z. In the Unger-Defen-bath Insurance conspiracy case Clarence E. Smith, an Insurance solicitor, told how Miss Defenbach paid $100 premium on a policy which she wished to get from the New York Life Company. This payment was made subsequent to an application by Dr. Unger for a $10,000 policy for a person whom he did not name. MUs Def

enbach. witness said, was refused a policy, as the management was not satisfied with her story. loiter he told of the efforts of Unger and Miss Defenbach to recover the $10. Mr. Smith said that later Miss Ptfer.bach was allowed to take out a $S.t.w policy. Dr. Raymond L. I.eo-.nrd. a State witness, who saw Marie Defenbach the la?t few moments of her life, was recalled by Mr. Darrow, of the defense, later In the day. Dr. Leonard said that death was caused by heart failure, due to natural ttkA

Threatened to Kill a Doctor. CINCINNATI, O., June 3.-A man claiming to le Frank Freeso, of Springfield. O.. was arrested in the oilice of Dr. C. R. Holmes to-day for threatening to shot the doctor. He leveled the revolver at Dr. Castle, who saved his life by saying that Dr. Holmes would soon be In. The police were called and the man taken to the station house, where he was disarmed. He acted like one demented, but said that Dr. Holme had treated him wife, and that she came home with erysipelas und he had ccme to take the doctor ? life. Dr. Holmes was at home preparing for a trip to Europe. He is a brother-in-law of Mayor Fleischman. rioy Murders Another. HOPKINS VI LLE. Ky.. June 2.-Waltcr Hampton, aged twelve, murdered Rudolph KilUbrew, aged eleven, near Ecunettstown, the only witness being Sherman Klllebrew, aged nine, the victim's brother. He states that Hampton, aiming a pistol, advanced on them, and, without a word, rind. Hampton escaped. Crimes of Various Decrees. Mrs. John O'Brien, aged fifty, committed suicide at Wichita. Kan., by taking carbolic acid. Just before she died the said jealousy was the reason for her act. Andrew Tapper, a bartender at Carver. Minn., killed Rosa Mix yesterday, by cutting her throat. She was twenty years old. Both were employed in a local hotel. Tapper attempted to drown himself, but was caught and placed in jail at Chaska. As a result of a shooting affray between a white gheepherder and an Arapahoe Ii.cian. which occurred on the reservation, in Wyoming, on Sunday, and in which the In' dian was killed, serious trouble is feared, as the Indians are reported to be in an ugly mood over the affair. The sheepmen are said to be moving their herds closer together for protection. They have sent to the outlying stores for ammunition. The case of Mrs. Ida Lolo Hemrl Bonlne, held for the killing of young Ayres. the census bureau clerk, at the Hotel Kenmore. several weeks aRO, was presented to the grand jury at Washington. D. C, yesterday. The grand Jury will te occupied with the case several days. If an Indictment be reported a continuance will be asked for until the October term of court. Mrs. Bonlne will not be a witness before the grand jury. William Klusmlre. the accused wife murderer of Holton, Kan., was taken to Topeka. yesterday, from Kansas City, where he was arrested, and lodged in the county Jail. Klusmire stoutly insists that his wife committed suicide. In explanation of th marks and bruises on her head and breast he says the limp body in his arms struck against the studdings in the barn entry and that out by the grave he slipped and fell down with her. Ray Moyer. of Lawrence. Kan., husband of Mrs. Edith Moyer. who was arrested at Portland. Ore., last week with Dr. Wylle G. Woodruff, on a charge of kidnaping four-year-old Myrtle Moyer, arrived at Portland yesterday. After a conference between counsel for Mrs. Moyer anc Dr. Woodruff and District Attorney Chamberlain, at which Moyer was present, it was announced that proceedings against Mrs. Moyer and Dr. Woodruff would be dropped. The husband Is given the custody of the child and he will leave for Lawrence, Kan., to-morrow. Jim Whitecotton, wanted in San Jacinto county, Texas, on the charge of murdering William Lyons, at Oakhur6t, Tex., who went back to Jackson county. Alabama, more than a year ago, was lodged in jail at Huntsville. yesterday. A reward of $3o0 was offered for Whitecotton's capture, and William Atkens, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, resolved to earn the money. He and a companion located Whitecotton in the mountains. nd attacked him last night. A fight ens ed, but the fugitive was knocked down and taken without bloodshed. ARE OPPOSED TO VICE AND ALSO TO THE REGULATION OF IT IX THE CITIES. Queer Kinks of the Snf7ragist Mind Sboiru in Dehnte at Minneapolis They Are on the Doctors Trail. MINNEAPOLIS, June 3. Monday, the fourth day of the convention of the National Suffrage Association, was a busy one and a great deal was accomplished. Five thousand dollars were pledged by delegates and visitors during the afternoon session for the suffrage work next year. Another Important action was that relating to the regulation of social vice. The action of the physicians and surgeons at their convention in St. Paul last week stirred up the delegates to Indignation. and a strong speech was made by the Rev, Anita Shaw, of Philadelphia, as to the attitude In which the convention stands towards the passing of laws for the segregation of vice in the cities of the United States. Miss Shaw said: "No worse law under the sun than that for the segregation of vice in cities could be passed, and all the women of the convention are opposed to any proposition on this subject. 1 want to be known as standing furever and forever against such a crime." Miss Anthony moved the appointment of a committee, consisting of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the Rev. Anna Shaw, Rachel Foster Avery and Alice StoneBlackwell, which should appear before the medical convention and show the surgeons what attitude the convention has taken in regard to the regulation of social vice. The motion was adopted and Miss Anthony was added to the committee. It was further decided that the memorial bearing on this matter, which was nad the first lay of the convention, will be read before the medical convention, if the committee gets a hearing. Miss Anthony and Mrs. Catt expressed themselves as strongly opposed to the passing of any law for the regulation of vice, and other delegates found much to say against it. The main features of the plan of work which was adopted at to-day's session aie as follows: Each State to Keep an organizer in the in id at its own eirene tar as possible; junior suffrage clubs to ba formed, especially among women wageearners: county orga;;i..Jl.n; at lasi ...-t sermon a year by clergymen; women's day at fairs. Chautauquas and the like; urgirtf upon women in States with partial suffraj; the exercise of their rights; protects by women taxpayers; the systematic distribution of literature; fr-quent publications in the press; petitions to State Legislatures to raise the age of consent and to rnaka mothers coguardian of children with father, and to appoint iollce matrons; petition! to all kinds of national and State conventions and to Congress for a sixteenth amendment. Obituary. HARTFORD. Conn.. June 3-Rufus H. Pratt, prominently Identified with the Iron manufacturing business, died of apoplexy at his home here to-night. Mr. Pratt was the founder of the Bell c.-istlr.K foundry. In this city, and established the Pratt-Cady Manufacturing Company. In recent years he had been connected with the Jchns Pratt Company. He was sixty-eight years old. and leaves a widow. KNOX VI LLE, Tenn.. June 3. Mrs. Margaret Asnes Sedgwick died at her home in this city to-day, at the age of seventysix. She was a close personal friend of Father A. J. Ryan, the poet priest i f the Confederacy, and it was at hr h-ue that the lines of "The Conquered Banner" wert penned, the night of the fall of Richmond. DETROIT. Mich.. June 3-Ja.ob W. Weeks, one of the members f the dlrectorv rubll?hlng firm of R. L. l!k & Co., of thTj city, died at his home here to-night, lie was sixty-rtve years of age. BERLIN, June 3. Uaroit Schenck Vou gtauffenberg. u leading member of the L' eral party and at one time a vice j-rv&U. of the Reichstag, is dead.