Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 170, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1901 — Page 4

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Subscribers leaving the city for a period during the summer can have the Daily and Sunday Journal mailed to any address In the United Kiates or Canada without extra charge. The address will be changed as often as desired. Iloth telephones 23.S. Show us the bet governed city in the United States and we will show you one whose expenses could still be greatly reduced If It were governed on strictly business principles. If those person? who are seeing politics In the dedication of the monument will guarantee the committee the $12.000 or $13,000 which will be needed to carry out a programme commensurate with the desires of the veterans and other citizens, it is probable It will suit them as to time. The money is the obstacle. An odd mingling: of commercialism with religion Is the proposed establishment of a beet sugar refinery in Colorado by the Salvation Army. The latter already have a flourishing colony at Amity, in that State, and they have contracted with a sugar refining company to supply the beets for an extensive refinery. Geographically. Colorado I in the sugar-beet belt, and with worldly capital on one side and religious zeal on the other the undertaking will probably prove a success. An order Issued by the secretary of war eays that hereafter no malt, vinous or spirituous liquors of any kind will be purchased by the subsistence department of the army, but that supplies thereof needed In medical or hospital practice for use in the diet of soldiers too sick to use the army ration will be provided by the medical department. The order seems to bo based on the latest conclusions of science that while no kind of Intoxicating liquor, not even wine or beer, possesses food qualities they are, under certain conditions, useful for medicinal purposes. If the Democratic local organ were as gifted in recognizing actual facts as it Is In evolving counterfeit ones It would be more reliable and less miserable. Just now it Is making itself unhappy over an Imaginary scheme to postpone the dedication of the soldiers and sailors' monument until next year, and having evolved the scheme It proceeds to denounce It as being "In the interest of peanut politics." There is so much politics in Indiana of a large growth that a disposition to regard everything from a peanut politics point of view argues rather a morbid taste. In the present case it argues a microscopic vision, for "optics sharp it takes, I ween, to see what is not to be seen." There is no peanut politics In the alleged scheme to postpone the dedication of the monument for the ver good reason that there Is no such scheme. The organ's criticism of the Governor in this matter Is about as reasonable as If it should accuse him of peanut politics In proposing to open negotiations wlih ex-Fres-ident Kruger or doing some other thing that he never dreamed of doing. All the Governor has done Is to comply with the request of a representative meeting of veterans nnd citizens in appointing a committee to-make arrangements for -the dedication. The whole matter was turned over to this committee without instructions or suggestions, with a full assurance that its action would be right and proper. No person has questioned the motives of the committee or attempted to forestall or dictate its action except the paper In question. If it had been thought advisable to instruct the committee the citizens' meeting which provided for its appointment would have done so. Whatever its conclusion there will be no polities in it. peanut or otherwise. The hysterical organ should give itself and Its readers a rest by dealing with the facts of the ia-e instead of with ph.intams. It should be understood that County Treasurer Koehne has been sued because he refuses to permit a number of persans to search the books to tind the names of those who ure delinquent In small sums of money under the Barrett law. The Journal will not apply any name to the profession of the persons who have haled Treasurer Koehne Into court. It will tell the purpose of their search: It is to tind the names and the amounts due by hundreds of people of limited means who are struggling to pay for homes, the cost of which has been increased by street Improvements which have not made their little properties more valuable to them. Some of these small bills arc for sewer assessments. Many of thepe people are delinquent through Ignorance of the law, and more because they have not quite enough money to pay these taxes. If these persons, who are denied admission to the books, can get the names of these delinquents, they can go forth and compel them to pay, with the addition of an extortionate demand for fees. It is known that in the

past poor people owing fifty cents or a dollar In assessments have been compelled to pay frcm two to live dollars to these men. E:-County Treasurer Schmidt incurred the displeasure of these men who subsist by distressing the poor, and Treasurer Koehne has further Incited their anger. If these men could get at the book of the treasurer they would take thousands of dollars of blood money frcm a class of industrious people who should be protected against this robbery for that it Is. The county treasurer deserves the support of every fair-minded man in Marion county.

tiii: m;v American ijiplom acy. The foreign diplomatic appointments announced in yesterday's Journal are indicative of a change that is going on In the character of that branch of the public service. The appointments alluded to included the transfer of one minister from Venezuela to Portugal, of another from Persia to Venezuela, of the promotion of a first secretary of legation to be minister, of a second secretary of legation to be first and of a third secretary to be second. Ail of these appointments were apparently made upon merit rather than for political infiuence or party service. They indicate a change in our diplomatic service in the nature of a gradual evolution toward a more permanent service and an established corps of trained diplomatists. It may not be desirable that this change should proceed to the extent of rivaling the diplomatic establishments of Europe, where diplomacy is a life career, but there can be no doubt that the country has sometimes suffered by the unfitness or Inexperience of its fore ign representatives, and that its foreign relations would be benefited by having trained and experienced representatives in Important positions. Not that diplomacy is a mysterious or occult art beyond the reach of average intelligent Americans to master, but in its practical application there are formalities and details which can only be learned by experience, and which, insignificant in themselves, are made important by custom and tradition. If we are to maintain our position as a world power, with foreign relations of constantly growing importance, these conventional features of diplomacy must be recognized and to some extent cultivated. This Is a kind of knowledge that can only be acquired by experience, and the lack ot which cannot be compensated by natural ability, which most of our foreign representatives undoubtedly possess. The weakness of our foreign service in this regard has often been commented on. and the change which is gradually taking place toward a higher standard of technical training should Inure to the benefit of the country. The transfers and promotions Just announced were probably made on the recommendation of Secretary of State Hay, who Is himself a product of the new school of American diplomacy, having served successively as secretary of legation at Paris, acting minister at Vienna, secretary of legation at Madrid and ambassador to Great Britain. The eminent service he is rendering as secretary of state illustrates the valuo of diplomatic training. THIS LATKST II AILItOAI) CO.MUI.VVTIOX. Ten or fifteen years ago the announcement that one company had come into control of limited competing lines would have caused widespread and earnest discussion and provoked marked Indications of hostility, for the reason that people thought they foresaw a purpose to advance the rates of transportation. "When the Vanderbilt interests secured the Nickel-plate line because it was a competitor to the New York Central many predicted that this control of competing lines by the same men would cause an advance of rates. This, prediction Is shown to be erroneous by the statistics of traffic. Either the people have lost their fear of such combinations or else they have found that opposition is useless, since no unusual protest is heard because of the announcement that 53,000 miles of railroads west of Chicago and the Mississippi river have come under the direction of syndicates whose community of Interest, as they put It, has led them to adopt this method of consolidation to avoid those rate svars which are called destructive competi tion. Nevertheless, it must not be Inferred that the millions of people interested in the operatln of these roads are indifferent spectators, because they are far from being such. The public Is waiting to see what the managers of these tens of thousands of miles of railroad propose to do. If the managers adopt a liberal policy, treating all shippers alike, the public will be friendly. If the larger management ceases to favor large shippers at the expense of smaller, which is said by railroad officials to be due to competition, and will give the man with one carload of freight the same rates they give the man with one hundred or five hundred cars, the mass of people will regard the consolidations with favor. If, on the other hand, these men who command millions should abuse their power by discriminating in rates to any shippers, they will make the people their enemies, and the people are vastly more numerous, and, in a conflict in which right and justice is involved, they will win. It would take time, but the power of numbers in a great cause would prevail. 1'xperience should teach such railroad magnates that the good will of the millions oi people from whom their revenues are derived cannot be measured by dollars, and that a policy characterized by liberality and justice will be better for their business and investments than one marked with llllberallty and favoritism. The record which the present mayor c' Philadelphia is making shows that a good form of government does not necessarily insure good government. The Philadelphia city charter Is regarded as one of the best In the country. It was orisinally known as the "Bullett bill." and was drafted by a committee of citizens hi is5 much as the present charter of this city was. The Philadelphia charter was the piqr.eer one in the direction of municipal reform, establishing a strict line between the legislative and executive branches of the city government, taking from the Council all executive functions and vesting them In the mayor. The latter official is made Ineligible for a second term. The city is governed on the department plan, city officers are forbidden to participate in political conventions ar.d civil-service rules are established In every department. Other provisions in the charter make it the most advanced in the direction of municipal government reform of any In the country. Notwithstanding this the present mayor, by his squandering of valuable franchises and his evidently corrupt dealings with syndicates, is making a1 moat scandalous

record. The lesson is that the best form of government may be nullified and prostltuKd by bad administration. The doctors are now pronouncing the game of ches. dangerous to health because of the mental strain on the player?, but they neglect to say anything about the nervous strain Involved In progressive tue lire and bridge whist with prize and other pecuniary attachments.

The arrest of a Pittsburg "steel magnate" for misappropriating $K0.) could hardly have been instigated by other steel magnates, for what is a JK'O.Oi) more or lers to them? If the Pittsburg man will look In his other pocket he will probably find the missing change. FROM HITHER AND YOU. . Love Find the Way. Life. Laura Her father cast her off without a penny when she married without his e-onsc-nt. Claire How did they manage? "oh. they published tw.j volumes of their love letters."' Their Wnj. Puck. Farmer Honk What sort of peciie are 5'0ur city relatives that are vlitin" up at your house, 'Gust US? Farmer I'.entback (primly) Aw! They're the kind that when they pay ye a visit act iile they wanted a receipt for it. Social Obligation. Fmart Pet. Little i:imer i'ajwi, why is it more blcs?ed to give than to reo ive? Irfessor l'.roa lhcai'. lSeeause. my sun, If you permit yoMntlf to receive you are compelled to give about three tlms as much in return in order to i.ropcrly express your k ratitudo. Optimist. Detroit Journal. To-day he has put th Lighted End of his cigar in his mouth, to say nuthin:j of his Wife's Mother having come for a visit of Indefinite Duration. sum the Optimist sees only the Hright Side. "I have no doubt it will at hast prove a Valuable and Lasting Lesson to nn !" he exclaims, hopefully. " His tuighbors earnestly solicit him to come off the CJriddle, but quite ineffectually. Cm uk lit A Kit in. Chicago ltecord-Ilerald. "John," the said, severely, "do you know what day this Is?" "The anniversary of our wedding." he replied, pretendins that he remembered it all the time. "No," she ?aid, after he had finished, "this is the day you said you were going to nail up that shelf in the kitchen!" Then he commenced going around in a circle and foolishly trying to make her believe that he had been Joking about the anniversary. FIREWORKS FOR FOURTH ALL KIM1S OF DESIGNS TO It A PATRIOTIC C II L E lilt AT I O N . A Child Inn Make n Xolwe for n Penny Co mm on Firecracker Going Out of lite. "The coming Fourth of July is going to be celebrated as no-Fourth has been celebrated for some years," declared Albrecht Kipp. "The people of the country have n-ore money than they have had for a long time, and they feel better generally. Our advance orders for Fourth of July goodsflags, fireworks and the like make it certain that we are to have a great Independence day celebration this year. Then, too, I think the spirit of patriotism is growing in intensity as a result of the SpanishAmerican and Philippine wars. The people take greater pride in their country than ever before. "Why, I remember about ten or twelve years ago I wrote a roast on the public directed at their seeming lack of patriotism. The reason I wrote that article was because I had walked along Washington street on Fourth of July morning for a elistance of seven or eight sejuares and in all that time I saw only one building decorated with the American flag, and that was Yonnegut's hardware store. Put there is no such state of affairs nowadays. Everybody decorates on patriotic occasions. "1 am a firm believer in using the ilag for decorative purposes. 1 think .that on Fourth of July every school child In the city should wear a little fiag and that all the homes und business houses in the city should lly the national colors." STYLES IN FI REWORKS. "How about styles in fireworks for this year?" Mr. Kipp was asked. "Oh, styles change In fireworks Just as they do in millinery," he replied, "although, perhaps, not so radically or so rapidly. What I mean is that a particularly beautiful or effective design of fireworks will remain in vogue several years, notwithstanding the fact that new designs are being evolved every year. "One of .the most effective pieces that will be shown this year will be an elaborate design called 'The Bombardment of Peking,' and it is a handsome affair. Indeed." At this Juncture Mr. Kipp paused in hl3 talk on fireworks long enough to summon one of his clerks and remark: "I wish you would go up stairs and get a box of thoe electric candles and senu them out to Mrs. So-anu-So. And uoii't make any charge.'" "There is one of the dis advantages of being In this kind of business," explained Mr. Kipp, as the clerk started away to execute the gratis order. "Every society that Is engaged in benevolent or charitable work expects us to make donations to them. Sometimes we are approached by societies that are perfectly able to buy the goous. but they want to get something for nothing. "iiut to resume our talk about fireworks," he continued, "the orders that we are receiving now Indicate that there are going to be more town and city displays of fireworks this year than usual. What 1 mean is, that the exhibitions given for the benefit of tlie seiUTui puolic in towns and cities ;-re going to be mote numerous and oa a larger scale than they hu'-e been betöre. CHEAP THIS YEA It. "With fireworks as cheap as they are now, I see no reason why eerybody should ' not have a jolly good time on the 4th of i next month. For a penny, a child can have choice of 'grasshoppers, hie buz::, humming fire tops, windmills, surprise boxes, crystal boxes, serpents, Arctic cascades, large pin wheels, snake nests, peacock tails, golden gems. Columbian b.imb., whistling devils, reporting red and green lights, 'Cracker Jack.s,' 'Whistling Willies, Jumping jacks nnd sparkling bomb.-. For a nickel the Juvenile patriot can have, with wluea to testify his oudding patriotism, a r.;ay;c fire lountaln. an elect: ic wheel, a kaleidoscope, .i Uengola and larger and more da.zdng designs of the penny goods. Ten cents will secuie a salamander, a twentieth iontury blazer, a goblin's retreat, u design calK'et 'Nui tnern L.ghts' and a host of other pretty at.d intricate pieces. "Araup.g the higher-priced lueworks. some of the novelties ate the 'peacock piuiiie,' which gives a fountain effect, Japanese whistling comets. 'The Evening Star,' and the 'bannrr-in-tlie-sKy' balloon, the latter being clat-sed and so;d with lireworks, although not prjperly belonging in that class. Ti.e baliou;; is one of the prettiest things that will be seen this season. When it is infiated It forms an American shield full eight feet long, wh.cn, rising in the air. presents a striking and pleasing effect. "apeclal designs of fireworks are made for use in places where they have rivers, lakes or other bodies of water used for pleasure. These Include 'the diving turtle,' thj aeiUl shark, illuminated floats, water vesuviuses, electric fish, water terpents.

water fountains, illuminated fountains, water verticals, marine bombshells and ChincFC gold fish in schools. "An Interesting and very popular kind of rireworKS is th it classed under the gen

eral head of 'day s-helU." These day snelU are imported from Japan and are rarticu- ! larly effective when usd at picnics, fairs and similar gathering-. They are in the form of shells which are discharged from mortars und release, when they attain a hUh altitude, many curious varieties oj lish, birds, animals" and the like, the latter floating about In the air, grejitly to the amusement of srown folks and the uproarious delight of juveniles. Of course, all the o!d standard tiroworks designs are to be with U3 again this-- year." USE OF FIRECRACKER. "How about shooting crackers?" Mr. Kipp was asked. "Well, the uso of the common, cheap firecracker his almost been abandoned." he replied, "and that kind ef goods, which was made in China, has been practically replaced by goods manufactured in America. The homemade firec rackers are superior in every way to the Chinese crackers of a fewyears ago. They make inoro noise, which Is the chief desideratum to the youngsters, but they have a feature that commends them to the older folks, and this is the fact that they eio not leave remnants of smoldering paper lying around after they have exploded. Tho modern American fireci acker goes all to infinitesimal bits when it explodes. You remember the old-fashioned Chinese cracker that set fire to so many stables and dwellings and women's light summer elresses. Well, they are a thing of the past. However. Chinese firecrackers are still imported and use-d in this country, but they are trackers of the class known as Mandarin, which in China means 'superior.' Von know the mandarins of the Celestial empire are superior te the common people. Well, they hivo applied the term mandarin to their better style of iireerackers. The Mandarin crackers come in bunches containing from forty up lo as high as "U,t)J crackers in a bunch. The larger pieces are verv attractive and are used chiefly by the Chinese of this country in celebrating their festal clays. They arc also employed to some extent ly Americans In making important displays of fireworks." A PATItlOTIC DESIGN. "Have you noticed in the papers that designs of fireworks have been made which can whistle 'Yankee Doodle.'' .dr. Kipp was asked. "I have not noticed an account of such a thing, but it is possible to make fireworks that will whistle a tune," he answered. "Still, that has not been done yet. They have rockets and bombs now that whistle, but It would require a mighty imaginative fellow to ht ar 'Yankee Hoodie' or any other tune In their shrill shrieklngs." "A mighty neat thing has been invented for the use of the boys that love to roam at will about the streets and make loud noises on the Fourth of July," added Mr. Kipp. "It is known as the torpedo cane, and differs from the blank cartridge cane of last vear in that it employs explosive pellets instead of blank cartridges. 1 think the new canes are infinitely to be preferred to the old. I am strongly opposed to anything, either cane or pistol, that uses cartridges, for they are too apt to get young people into the habit of carrying more dangerous weapons. The new explosive canes come at 10 and 15 cents apiece and the pellets can be purchased for 5 and 10 cents the box, so this form of celebrating Is cheap as well as effective." PARK LAND PURCHASE. Superintendent lNnver Sayn Hoard I Helpless Municipal AfTnlrs. Since the action of the City Council in killing the ordinance for a transfer of the funds with which to purchase land which it was proposed to add to Riverside Park, the Park Hoard will proceed with the improvements planned for. the year. Superintendent Power saiel yesterday that the boarti was utterly helpless with regarel to the purchase of the land at Riverside unless the controller would reconsider his former decision and recommend to the Council an appropriation of the amount of money necessary. The controller refused to make such a recommendation before, but it is thought he may reconsider. If thj request should be made of the Council, however, it is very probable that it would be denied. AVnnt the Council to 'Aft. The matter of using voling machines In the special election in the Fifteenth ward is now up to the City Council. City Clerk Geckler and W. W. Spencer, members of the Boarel ef Election Commissioners, are in favor of using the machines, but want the Council to take the responsibility. Mr. Spencer thinks that in a special city election It Is the place of the City Council to decide the matter. It is probable that the matter will come up before the Council at its next meeting. City Controller Johnson has exerted himself. to have the machines tried in the coming election, and as they will be furnished to the city without cost, it is thought the Council will take some action at its next meeting to provide for their use. Object to the Ordinance. The Democrats are objecting to Councilman Xegley's Tuxedo annexation ordinance, introduced in the Council Monday night, presumably because it annexes only to the middle of Washington street and would therefore make the Improvement of the street Impossible,- but their real objection lies in the fact that It would bring into the city a few Republican votes. Mr. Negley says he is willing that the ordinance should be amended to Include a strip ttt ground south of Washington street, but even in that event it is thought by the Republicans that Mayor Taggart would veto the ordinance. NO AGREEMENT REACHED. Date of Monument Iledleation May Re Determined June -M. The executive committee appointed by Governor Durbin to have charge of arrangements for the dedication of the monument held a meeting in the Governor's parlor yesterday between 11 a. m. and 4 p. m. The principal question before the committee, after it organized and elected officers, was the selection of a date for the dedication ceremonies. After discussing this question until nearly 1 o'clock the seven numbers of the committee decided that an adjournment for luncheon might assist them in reaching a conclusion. After lunch tho discussion was resumed, and, although none of the committee would divulge what was said, it was understood that spiriteel talks were made- by supporters of the various dates for the dedication. At 4 o'clock the attempt to come to a settlement of the question was abandoned lor the elay. and the committee adjourned to meet u'rain In the same n-ace Friday morning. June 2S. at 11 o'clock, at which time they hope to determine the matter. When the date of the ceremonies is fixed the committee will at once proceed to devise ways and means for raising iunds sufficient to defray the expenses of the event, which are likely to be very large, since the dedication will bo made .national in its importance. The committee, as organized, is made up as follows: Chairman Governor W. T. Durbin. N ice Chairman Harry C. Adams. Indianapolis. Secretary W. P. Hermn. Crawfordsville. Treasurcr-4'apt. William K. English, lnuianapolls. Other Members Col. David N. Foster, Foit Wavne: Judire A. O. Marsh. Wlmlirs. J tcr; S. P. (illhtie. Evansvilie: John P. I l'r.ti7-l I n." i ! n -i Tinl i c ! Neither Captain English nor Colonel Fos ter was present at yesterday meeting. The Governor has not yet received oiheial information that Colonel Fesster will not be able to serve on the eommlttee. hence has taken no steps to select a successor. SUMMER HIGHT CONCERTS. They Will Penlu nt the fierman House on Friday Muht. The summer concerts of the Deutsche Klub and Muslkvcrein will begin on Friday, June 21, at 8 p. m., and will be continued throughout the season c,n every Friday, without fall, either in the garden or in the house, as condition of weather m.iy permit. Entrance to the garden Is en New Jersey street. Members are requested to always show house card to the doorkeeper. The When Hand has been engaged.

SPIRIT OF OEfiCRAC!

3ii:heditii mciiolsovs addiiess AT AVA IIA Sil COLLEGE. Candidate for Decree Who Will Uecelve Parchment To-I)nyf nntl ClonhiB UsereUes n( tlie School. STATE UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES lllOJii: OX WHOM DECREES WILL Hi: coxFiaiuni) To-ii.vv. .Mr. Mlers'n Aihlremt to the I. I'. Alumlit John II. Rockefeller SpeuL at ChlcHRo lnlveralt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. June IS. The sixty-third commencement exercises of Wabash College will be held, to-morrow morning, a class of sixteen men being graduated witn the following degrees: Charles N'ebeUer liassett. H. A., El Paso. Tex.: Harry Augustus lie vis, b S.. McLrar.Fboro, ill.; Erucft Harper Cox. D. S.. Crawfordsville; Robert Law Cunningham, H. A., Newburg, N. Y.: Carson Samuel Duncan, li. A., Flatrock, III.; Truman George Hardy, U. A., (loodland; Ilert Raymond Iloobler, 11. S., Bay City, Mich.; C7arl Noethling Klass, 11. A., Indianapolis; James McKnight uawson, R. A., Indianapolis; Stuart Turner MeCollum, I'll. JJ., Monticcllo; Mark Deming Nave, li. A., Crawfordsville; Edward De Witt Scott, P. A., llecla; Gerald Hayden Stoner, U. S., Valparaiso; James RayThomas, R. S.. Raton, N. M. ; William Irvin Utterback, R. S., Crawfordsville, and Prier P.. Wright, B. A., Cayuga. The address to the class will be made by Robert W Notman, D. D.. of Chicago. The board of trustees met in regular spring session this morning, with the fol lowing out-of-town members present: Lyman R. Glover, M. A., of Chicago; George L. Mcintosh, M. A., Indianapolis; Wm. A. Woods, LL. D., Indianapolis; Charles Hutchinson, D. 1., New Albany; James L. Orr, Evansville; Edward Daniels, M. A'., Indianapolis; Judge S. C. Stimpson. M. A., Terre Haute. The morning was devoted to routine business. The treasurer's report showed that the college, for the first time In several years, had lived within its income and had a substantial balance on hand. State Agent A. S. Leonard reported that the prospect for many new students Is very encouraging. The vote for alumni trustee resulted'. Eben H. Wolcott, class of 'SG, 173; George Hall. "90, 175; Clarence Zcner, '03, 85 the last-named gentleman representing the antl-eoeducational forces. The failure the alumni to elect a trustee, as commanded by statute, left the selection in the hands of the board of trustees, and they proceeded to chose C. B. Landis to the place. The following trustees were elected for the four years 1001-1304: Edward Daniels, IL IL Hanna, George L. Mcintosh and William A. Woods, all of Indianapolis. The annual haneiuet was held to-night at the Crawford House. C XV. Moores, clasj of 'S2, of Indianapolis, was toastmaster. The alumni address was made by Parke Daniels, '37, of Starkville. Miss. Following is the programme: "Our Tribute to Dr. Tuttle." tho Rev. D. P. Putnam, D. D.. t)7, Princeton; "Wabash." Thomas R. Marshall, 7, Columbia City; "Wabash and the New Century," the Rev. J. A. Rlair. '93. Paris, 111.; "Our Guests." Louis Howland. Indianapolis News; "The College and the Field," President Kane and A. S. Leonard, State agent. Mit. NICHOLSON'S ADDRESS. The Phi Reta Kapp i Society listened to an address at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at the assembly hall, by Meredith Nicholson, of Denver, Col. After quoting Matthew Arnold on the "saving remnant" In a democracy and dissenting from that writer's opinion, Mr. Nicholson said: "In this Republic we need never expect to find the whole population brought to the same level of cultivation; even the woman's club and the study class and our Chautauqua circles cannot do that for us. Nor is it desirable that we should all have like interests and similar ambitions. After we have taken care to assure efficient and honest public administration, providing adequate protection for the weak cr defective and widening the horizons of all who seek the light; when we have checked vice, oppression and tyranny we are wise if we let the principle of doing as one likes finel its free expression. The majority are not unsound; on the other hand, the majority with us have usually proveel themselves to be singularly intelligent and wine. If the majority were unsound we should not to-day have a national existence, and if any great number of our people believed that this majority were Incompetent to choose policies and administrators we should quickly revert to a state of disorder and chaos. "The maintenance of the faith of man In his brother is essential to the continued tranquillity and prosperity of the Nation. All problems which relate to this are vital In these first years of the new century. Under a democratic government all that tends to the submersion of the individual is fraught with danger, and all that interferes with the individual's fullest participation, not merely in government, but in the free enjoyment of those expressions of man's higher life which make their appeal through literature, music and the graphic arts." v The speaker next took up the subject of tru?ts, and afterdeploring the organization of railroarls and Industries Into great consolidations under central control he continued as follows: "That was an ideal economic condition ideal because the Individual enjoyed his greatest liberty ami prosperity under it in which the fmall village was practically independent of the outside worlel. The shoemaker, the baker, the wagon maker, the butcher and the tailor were all members of a society which thrived with little outsJde interference. Now their occupation is gone. "Now we are told, on the one hand, that while trusts are destructive in their attitude tcward labor, they tend to cheapen the price of commodities: and this by conservative business men that, while th.y are an evil and a menace, they will in time fall of their own weight. Ah to the fir.'t proposition. I am unsound enough in my political economy to believe that the welfare of our Nation Is better served where many hands are employed by many competing inelustrics than where one autocr t limits his labor, stiMes his competitors and holds the public at his mercy; and as o the second, the policy of waiting until destruction is complete before we begin to mend is not well calculated to inspire co atielence. "The organization of the American state h extremely delicate und f!ne, .n1 we nee I iron possessed e.f that acute perception and lightly balanced sense of equity vVi'.cn ctm only with sound training to administer it. While a knowledge of Smscri; or Grinau philosophy may not aid Uie Govern-T of a State or a county commissioner, there i no denying tlr.it the trained faculth s of eollege-bre'd men are better able to detl with all problem:' than those of men whoo powers and faculties hue h.-id no systematic training. It Is beyond debate "that a great and increasing share of t:ie wor; rough work, r.s well as in the mcere exact ing labors of art and scholarship, is being done and done ncecs:;.irily by college men. HOPE OF DEMOCRACY. "The voice crying In the wilderness is the hope of democracy. Complete and uncritical self-satisfaction is fatal. We need reproach and questioning to keep us alert and open-minded and open-hearted. The doing of obscure and thankless tasks in the name of a principle wins no public applause, but It builds bulwarks of character in the individual or the State. Civic courage is rarely praised; rather, those who practice it are often pilloried In obloquy. And yet, after the dust and smoke of battle have blown away and we have placed J the crown on the hot brow of the victors, we have still the brave, quiet, far-eelns

civilians vho. In wnr nnd l:i pCiC". build r.nd s!'..-l.in the civic structure. It 1? a pleasure to speak. In tnts eiiVironr.it nt. of one whom v." 5 nuv rog:rel as predentin,; ilmo.-i the ideJl cf rood cltci.ciq). who v.a;-' for yeavj; idntilieJ with th;a co'.i-re: who against oaCz v.-hle'n it !3 nuirdlintin r.c-w to look b.-ick upon, fcugiii for .Ve r.-.ruois in Indi.int. Lei us pot deny t ric tribute of trrjteful memory lo hi:n who came to Indiana in her dark days aod lifted h3 voice In the wilderness, begslv.g for cniigh;cr:Ti r.t. and ceasing- net h3 uppea! through discouragement and defeat until hehad f;ai::?.1 his end. Kvcry schoolhouse on Hoo3.tr soil is ii monument to Caleb Mr'ls." Referring to the late Maurice Thompson. Mr. NlchoiSon .n!d: "As the sweet June weather posses:K'd th',3 year the Indiana hills and meadows, and the migrant wiid birds came back to the lovely woodland of th?3 beaut Jful valley, one who Wiu; your friend and my fiienil did not meet the glowinn skies and the brightening landscapeith hi:' old-lime welcome Wo must new content ourselves with his old ro:;gs and old tales, for others h cannot evil back to us: nor can he give us agtn his keen, hopeful and Inspiring words on literature, on politics, on life. I should tut be worthy to stand here if I did not come with a full heart, n memberinc; how much his example has been to us; or what good report were the things fie ttood for, and the devotion he gave, in these brazen, commercial years, to the best that has been thought and done in the world. "Mere eccentricity should never delude us Into the belief that it represents power; and this is as true of politics as of literature. In recent years we have had far too many contributions to our literature which have been merelv curious and whlnisieal. It is far bettor to'kocp close to literary natation?, and attempt nothing new than to elo violence to all laws or form in the hope of 'being different' at any cost. "Wo know well the lifting power of iitercture; let us tind also the lifting power of science, 'liiere arc boundaries that must be ?et in democracy, and science must determine them; and in social anil pol'tiral economy we are powerless without science. Science has, then, offices tint t.re of Immense Importance in a democracy. If we as a people are to abide bv nu rule, not only to live, but to live pobiy, science must aid us and more: and If we ate careless, and wasteful and Inexact, tlen science must teach us needfulness, frugality, precision. The I'hl Reta Kappa election resulted as follows: President. Rcnjamln Crane; vice, president. R. A. King; secretary and treisurcr. Donaldson Rodine. Mr. Nicholson, the orator this year, was elected to an honorary membership. Prof. Tuttle was elected delegate to the national convention, and Judge A. 1). Thomas was appointed a committee to draft suitable resolutions on the death of cx-President Joseph F. Tut tie, who hid been president of the local chapter from its organization until his elcath. The lour honor seniors. Messrs. Stoner. Duncan, Nave and Hoobler. were' initiated into the fraternity at the morning session. Twenty members of the class of 1V will banquet at the Crawford House to-morrow, and with the president's levee at Y amies Library Hall, in the evening, will conclude the commencement exercises.

DEGREES AT I1LOOMINGTON. ' Jinny State I'nlversity Stntlenta to Receive Parchment To-Day. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RLLOMINGTON, Ind., June 1$. -Degrees will be conferred to-morroe (Wedncsdayl by Indiana University as foiows. Rachelor cf Acs. In Greek. Martha Lois Umso?. ScittU, Wash.; Henrietta Josephine Mecteer, Cainden, N. J.; Alvah Johnson Ru:ker, Evansville. In Li.tin. John Orvlile Che.wnirig, Reekport. Howard Holman CUr. Washington, Lenora Littleton Clark. Washington; lrvin Lorenzo Grimes. Smlthville; Eerrha Caresse I.ingle, Paoli; Anna May Owen, Redforel; Ernest Gosser Walker, Ramelton. In Romance Languages.- a'av Emmett Fitzgerald, Clarion. Pa.; "race Triplet t, Evansville; Lena Triplett, Evansville; Reairice Williams, Indianapolis In Germanic Lancuag?s Ferdinand Henry Rosse, Staser; Nancy Franklin Cox, Spencer: Grace Holmes Griffith. Vevay; Karl Wilhelm Kramer, Rockport; Nellie Grant Morris, Dublin; John Madison Sadler. Spencer: William H. Schelfiey. Tennes see, 111.; William James Scott. Mount Gion, 111. In English. Jefferson Duddleson Biy thing. Terre Haute; Lois Alta Rrunt. Anderson; Kate Mehan Cox, Mankato, Minn.; Anna Gardner Cravens, Madison: Thomas Johnson Davis. Fort Wayne; Sarah Vanessa Hanna, Waveland; Ressie Grace Hendrix, Tangier; Daisibel Hendrlx. Tangier; Arthur LeRoy Murray. Selma; Maud Amelia Showers, Hloomington; Frances Amelia Stevens, Terre Haute; Mary Ethel Strong. Hloomington; James Arthur Stewatt, Hloomington; Stella Adelia Vaughn, Rluffton; Anna Rous Ward. Edinburg. In History and Political Science. William Albert Alexander. Lebanon; Roseoe Usher Darker. Mount Vernon; Omar Pasha Barrows. Bieknell: Edward Beecher Bender, Zionsville; John Ftdmer Rower. Fort Wayne; Edwin Nelson Canine. Greenwood; Mary Effie Coleman. Rushvllle; John Ernest Darby, Newport; Grant Ellsworth Derbyshire, Cowan; Albert Jacob Felton, Markle; John Andrew Foster. Kendallville; Frank William Henicksman. Dana, 111.; Garland Horace Hurley, Daleville; Laura Ellen Irwin. Frankfort; Jesse Lewis, Warrensburg. Mo.; Benjamin Franklin Lorg, Logansport; Dudley Odell McGovney, Bloomlngton; Rettert Shelby Moore. Roonville; Lucv Nichols, Lebanon; Samuel R. liasket. West liasket; Jennie Celia Pugh, Angola; George Carlton Resoner, Indianapolis; Jesse Edward Retherford, Elizabethtown; Walter Lee Ross. Oklahoma City. O. T.; Lola Jane Smith, Hloomington; Sanford Trlppet. Hazleton; Samuel Oscar Wright, New London; George Wiljiam Curtis, Mount Vernon. In Economics and Social Science. Harry Ruston Davidson. Evansville; Claudus Her bert Marshall, Terre Haute; Albert Charles ! Muhse. Valparaiso. i In Philosophy. John Franklin Robbitt, Corydon; Charles Frederick Jaekman, Martinsville; Joseph A. McKelvey, Spencer; Ethel Roseoe Ray, Bedford: Jessie Maud i Ritter, Spencer; Rebecca Cornelia Swayne, Fort Wayne; Estella Mary Whitted. Bloomlngton; Iaura Arne tt Woodburn. Hloomington. In Pedagogy. Fred Slllery, McConnelsville. In Mathematics. Mabel Bonsall, Thorntown; Dottle Ann Damand. Swan; George Lewis DeVilbiss, Rloomfleld: Edgar Clayton Hlnkle, Logansport; Charles Luther Hunt, Carmel; Alfred Elihu Jones. Kokomo; IL Dayton Merrill. Kokomo; George Webb Moore, Sardinia; Myron Owen Tripp, Bass River, Mich. In Mechanics and Astronomy. Vesto Melvin Slipher, Frankfort. In Physics. Omar Hill Blossom, Waterloo; Lew Emerson Deckard. Smlthville: John Jacob Early, South Rend; Joseph Henry Haseman, Linton; Oscar Darius Melton. Amboy; Eugene Stanton Miller, Chesterton; Reuben Kelson Nyswander, Napoleon, O.; Ora Ans.on Rawlins, Hloomington; Thomas Vatterson Records. Rising Sun; Charles Arthur Van Alta, Montpelier. In Chemistry. Howe Abbott, Hewlns, Ivan.; Arthur Garfield Allen. Bloomington: Free! Henry Ratman. Redford; Charles Patton Clark. Hloomington; Charles Milton Dickey. Tipton: Willis Dew Gateh, Cochran; Max Charles Hawky. Columbus: Wilev Jerome Huddle. Attica; Hugh Smith Maxwell. Ruckvllle; Frederick Lafayette Shinn, Montpelier; Florence Reattle Smith, Hloomington; Thomas Melville Wright, Troy, O.; W. C. Sparks, Selma. In Geology and Geography. James William Frazicr, Alexandria. In Zoology. Alexander Black. Greenca3tle: Ward Everett Hanger, Anderson: Geo. Calvin Hubbard. St. Cloud, Minn.; Morton Myers, Pendleton; Edwin Manson Neher, Kossville: Earl Ramsey. La Gro; Andrew Jncksen Redmon. Peru; Troy Smith. Union City. In Botany. Mabel Florence Bryce, Indianapolis: Calvin Hugh Dils. California, Fa.; Mary Catherine Lyre. Danville. 111. In Law. George Herbert Rower, Fort Wayne; Clyde Edward Boyer. Elkhart; Ira Harrison Church. Elkhart; Cieorge Brashe;.rs Dood ridge. Greencastle; John Christian Dodson. Tell City: Jesse Barton Fields. Pdoorrlnctem ; Leuphi Alf reel Folsom. Roonvi'de; Thomas Sherman (Je r hart, Lawrencej ville. It!.: Francis Earl Giikison. Ioogotre; I Harlev Franklin Hardin. Lavonia; WilLam Herbert Hill. RruceviUe; Harry Ediocn jViugfilin. Scotland; Benjamin Franklin Ion:. Logansport; George William Long. Nashvific; Orville Clyde MoLiughlin. Portland; John Richard McGinnis. Princeton; Thom'ts Vincent Oi )on'ieil, ' Bloor.ilnst tn. III.; Raloh Adolphus Pike. Knlghtstown; Frank Wavne Rav. Riley; Marc Ryan, Anderson; Walter Shirts. Noblesville; Rupert Raymond Simpkins, Danville. 111.; James Grant Stull, Bloomlngton: A. A. Houk, Hoagland. --Master of Arts. Latin. Edward Earnest Ruby, Hloomington: Helena (J race Shirley. Shoals. English. Martha Walker Dorsey. Princeton: Bessie Horr.brook Thrall. Evansville; Mary Louise Thrall. Evansville; H. B. Moore. Hloomington. History. Mary Etile Coleman. Rushvllle; Paul L'land Haworth, West Newton; Flank William Henicksman. Dana, 111.; Arch Warnock Miller, Princeton. Economics. Williim C. Pidgeon. Moorelrnd. philosophy. William Joslah Cushman, Andrew Janeway Klnnaman of Danville, Fiancls Marion Hamilton, James 1. Porter of Mellot. Mathematics. James Franklin Mills. Physics. Eugene Stanton Miller, Chesterton; John Andrew Stone king, Osgood.

Chemist:;.-. p.iv.l Ccvr rru; Fredc;i?k V'wu.n lr.:u ur, Fl.it Rock. Grvj'rg,. AWy.m V..rdin.an Müuck. Ov. eiiiVille.

Judge Mlem to the Alumni. Speeial to t! Ir Hr.; i J -u: l. lU.OOMIXCTON. lid. Jur.e K-Ilrpre-sentaiive Micrs. of the e!a of "7i. innde the anr.jri ru;d:5.s to the alumr.l of Inril.ina CidvrrMty this afternoon ami tcok for hi. theme "The Indiana rr.lxmliy Alumni." Juc'.rc MIers" talk was of the wonderful growth and Influence of the institution, which lenst of all can be measured in money. After tei'ing of the Z.':-0f graduates who had gone out from its wall r.( of their grent work be aske 1 the question. "Dee- It p.iv?" "Tli' re was bat one answer.- he continued, "when v. o consider such alumni as John W. IV.-tcr. the great diplomat; the Rev. Alexander Martin, the teacher at Pekh.g. and Dr. Th i.; rvlti. in the lead as a physk.Tin in his day. Thete are younger men "also doing great work n bett-r example than the Rev. T. J. Clark, c! iss ot '7'.. In all he has preached C.U il sermons, had charge of f..' funeral nnd taken l.CC.' people into the church. I such work measured by money? The growth of the institution li;i been remarkable now an annual attendance of 1.1CT. It Is by reason of money investe d In sue h universities that our people are religion?, patriotic, humane that America is the greatest of all nations." The business meeting of the alumni was the largest ever held. Joseph Shea, of Seymour, was electee! alumni trustee for three years. The following officers were elected: President. Hugh MeMulhn. 'CJ; vice presidents. T. t. Alford. '71: II. A. Rnrt. 'TS; Mrs. T. J. Clark, 'To; secretary, Mis Juliette Maxwell. 'SC: treasurer. Ii. F. Ad.nns. jr.. "S3; executive committee. T. J. Louden, n:; Mrs. Anna R. Hoffman, :i; David Rothrock. SPEECH II V J. 1. ROCKEFELLER. CltlcuK riilerll- lirenl llenefnctor Talk to Student.. CHICAGO. June IS. This was a day of much activity at the University of Chicago. At noon the thirty-eighth university convocation was held in the big convocation tent, and the chief feature of the programme, was an address by John D. Rockefeller, founder of the institution, which Is now celebrating its decennial anniversary. A number of addresse s were made by members of the university. At the close of Mr. Rockefeller's address President W. R. Harper rendered his decennial statement and then conferred the degrees. Wilel cheering greeted Mr. Rockefeller when he arose to speak at the university convocation to-day. He said: "I am not here to discuss theological questions, such as whether Jonah's relation to the whale was that of tenant or as landlord, nor yet the question of whether Stephen A. Doug.as all honor to his memory or President Harper was the founder of the University )f Chicago. But of this I am satisfied the University of Chicago would not be in existence to-duy had it not been for our honored president. William A. Harper." Then Mr. Rockefeller went on to ay that friends and contributors to the university could be relied on to continue their support. Great applause followed this statement. After it had become quiet again the speaker said he knew several members of the board of trustees who were about to make largo contributions, and again there was much cheering. Following this Mr. Rockefeller began to talK to the students. He said: "Students of the University of Chicago, what can I say to you that will enable you to make the best of your opportunities? Whatever your station may be hereafter elo rot fall to turn gratefully to your families "and friends who have stood by you In your struggle for an education. I entreat you not to forget them anel not to fail as the years go by frequently to express to them your gratitucie and regard am! return to them proof of the sincerity of your unfaMing appreciation. We shall continue in the future as in the past to need great men and women in the commercial ami professional world, but we shall also need Just as many men and women who can and will 1111 the humblest positions uncemplalnlngly and acceptably." McKinley May Not Get Decree. NEW YORK. June IS. According to a Boston ellspatch to the Herald President McKinley will not be present at the commencement of Harvard University to receive the degree of LL. D., and the university will not confer the degree in his absence. f When President EUot was informed that Mr. McKinley would not be present, ho said: "If Mr. McKinley is not prcrent at the commencement the degree will not bj conferred upon him. as there would be no opportunity to de so. Formerly a degrei was conferred occasionally, but the custom of the college for several years has been to present the degree to those only who present themselves in person on commencement day. I presume that the custom will be adhered to this year." RUSSELL SAGE SUED. Aakeil to Pay $25.nfo Damnuri for Xecleet In "Put Cane. NEW YORK. June IS. In the Supreme Court of this State a suit for ?2."i.t) has Just been brought against Rurseil Sage, who introduced the business of trading In "puts" and "calls" by Robert D. Vroom, who for years has been accustomed to buy these privileges from him. The action is the outgrowth of a difficulty which occurred on May ?, the day of the panic. Mr. Vroom came into Mr. Sage's offie-e on th morning of that day holding "puts" sohl by the latter on 5o0 shares of Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific. The stocks in which Mr. Vroom had the privileges were then so low, according to the tape, that if he could buy them about those figures he could deliver them to Mr. Sage at the figures named in his "puts" and make a net profit of many thousands. He handed his privileges ov?r to Mr. Sage who has them yet and ask. I the financier to buy in the stock for hlni as a broker, whereupon he would sell them to Mr. Sage at the "put" prices. From this point the stories diverge. Mr. Sage said recently in discussing the meeting: "Rock Island was selling at 130 when Mr. Vroom, who held my 'puts' on M shares at prices ranging from HO to 13. gave me an order to buy it at the market. I turned the order in to my brokers. But the tape was twenty-five minutes behind time, and the price they bad to pay was irä. Of course this showed no profit to Mr. Vroom, but I could not help it." J. II. Miller, the plaintiff s attorney, said in the course of an interview explaining his client's side of the case; 'Mr. Vroom de. rr.anded back the privileges, but could not get them. Now, those privileges wer worth more than the actual profit th.it could have been made on them in th transactions he authorized Mr. Sage to make. We think we have a cood case. Mr. S:.ge. through his counsel, has obtained an extension of time till June JO 'n which to tile his answer. DUE TO RECKLESS DRIVING. Child Killed nnd Other Pcron HurtForf Wo? n -Mini Arretted. SANDUSKY, O.. June IS. Reckless driving on the part of two young men resulted in the death of the two-year-old child of George Lelbach -r. the serioun injury e.f his wife and lesser Injuries te three cthr children. Arthur Hartzei. of Fort Wayne, and Peter Duiin i:n att mpted to p tss the Leihae hers on thtj nuron road, an 1 the two buggies collided. Roth vi-hltles ups. t, the baby being thrown out on ll h Md. Mrs. Leltaci-r may die. Hartzei. who was Injured, was arrested eja a charge of manslaughter. Ouuht to lliue Known Better. Kansas City Journal. John Thompson, of Ottawa, had a finger amputated the ether elay as the result ot putting chemicals on a wart. And tlv-rei will be but little public sympathy with Mr. Thompson. The Ma of putting rlnriit tii on a wart when everybody knows that tin scientific way lo remove watts Is to touch them with the gizzard of a chicken and then bury the gizzard at the left-hand c r r.er of the grave ef a politician, jing: "Idke loves like; come, take like.' Mr. Ilryan's Time to Speak. Brooklyn Eagle. And jiow let Mr. Bryan fay whether In believes In third nominate ns. He his twice tried for a first, term and is credited with wanting a third nomination. Mr. McKinley has set an example of re. tiunciation, but then Mr. McKinley hue something to renounce.