Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 189, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1901 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1901.

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Subscribers leaving the city for a rerlod during the summer can have the DaUy and Sunday Journal mailed to any address in the .United States cr Canada without extra charge. The address will be changed as often as desired. Both telephones X3S. People who have been wasting their breath anathematizing the hot weather might even things up a little by expressing a few thanks for the grateful change. The first general return of the killed and wounded during the Fourth to the Chicago Tribune embracers nineteen killed outright and between 1,600 and 1,700 wounded. The full list will be much longer. The Inauguration of civil government in the Phllpplnes puts the last nail in the conln of imperialism. Governor Taft has never worn a uniform and 13 the very embodiment of civil law and government. The exposure of the Insanity Inquest trust In this city is attracting considerable attention throughout ths country. There is a pretty unanimous opinion regarding the outrage of railroading people to an insane asylum by star-chamber processes. The opposition to the administration is about to lose another topic which has done good service for more than a month the tariff war with Russia. The government of Russia want3 nothing bf the kind. It has explained Its sugar tax, and the probability la that tho misunderstanding will soon be adjusted. It wll! be difficult to persuade a large number of citizens who are Interested as taxpayers rather than partisans that there Is not a carefully matured job In the proposals of the Board of Public Works for bids for lighting the city. Road between the lines, the proposition saya the contract has been awarded. The Indian reservations which are to be opened for settlement In a short time will make several additional counties for Oklahoma, and, as two or three new railroads are already projected through the lands. It Is expected the settlers will be able to market their next year's .crops without 5Ifnculty. This is rapid empire building. Tho principle of government by injunction that Is, of goernment by law Is becoming pretty well established when seventy striking machinists come Into the United States Court voluntarily to acknowledge service of an order of the court and declare their Intention to obey it. This was done at Cincinnati, and the incident reflects credit on the strikers. The rittsburg Dispatch is of opinion that Mr. J. P. Morgan will not permit his steel combination to be drawn into the attitude of refusing labor the right to organize, which that company represents to such a degree. No combination or trust can take issue with anybody else over the question of organization for self-protection without subjecting Itself to hostile criticism. The vice chairman of the Kansas Democratic Str.te committee declares that the Sunflower State "is back in the Republican column, and back to stay." The Populist headqu! rtcra at Topeka has been closed and the chairman of the Populist State committee declares that the organization has gone out of business. At the same time the Republican State committee has issued an Invitation to the Populists to come Into the Republican party. "The decisions of the Supreme Court, the establishment cf civil government In the Philippines and tho wise and prudent measures by which the way is prepared for the establishment of the independent Cuban republic." Fays the New York Times, "has forestalled the criticisms and complaints of anti-lmperlalisni and left it nothing to say to which open and sensible mlnd will give attention." The situation could not be better stated. It was not worth while for officials at Washington to deny the story of an Englishman to the effect that the administration paid Aguinaldo a million dollars to be captured. It any money could have been used it must have come from the contingent funds of the several departments, every dollar of which must lx? accounted for except in the State Department. The contingent fund of the State Department is only a few thousand dollars a year. Having exhausted every phase of the weather as an editorial topic, some of the New York papers have been abusing Chief Moore, of the Weather Bureau, on account of an alleged prediction a few days ago that the hot wave would last a month. Such a prediction would have been manifestly Improper if it had been made, but Mr. Moore state over his own signature that he never made It. What he taid wai

that the oppressive heat would continue for at least three days beyond tho time of his Interview, and It did. "I have made no prediction," he says, "that the hot wave would last a month; such a prediction would be the height of absurdity, and I protest against the unfair treatment of putting foolish words into my mouth and then making these words the basis of editorial criticism."

professor sumner ox trists. Of the coterie of college professors who championed the cause of free trade fifteen years ago no man v.-as more conspicuous In point of ability or more radical than Prof. W. G. Sumner, of Yale. He It was who declared that data gathered from experience had no place in t'.e dlseur.slon of the tariff question, as all discussion of the topic should be based upon assumptions. Professor Sumner recently vrote an article for the New York Journal of Commerce upon trusts and wealth-production which will not comfort those persons who Insist that a protective tariff Is the chief promoter of combinations in manufacturing. He makes no allusion to free trade or protection in his article. Professor Sumner does not antagonize trusts; far from that, he regards them as the result of new conditions in production, training and skill. He maintains that the discoveries and Inventions of the nineteenth century, particularly in the fields of transportation and the transmission of intelligence, have made large combinations possible. Once made possible, combinations to. organize Industries on a comprehensive scale are profitable. The production of wealth is the tendency of the age in all civilized countries, and the trust Is one of the methods of such production. To produce wealth is the leading characteristic of the time among all classes. Every mile of railroad is built for the primary purpose of creating wealth, and so cf every other Industry. He holds that the industrial combination is an agent for the creation of wealth, and that any attempt to arrest the development of the trust Is an attempt to arrest wealth production. "It would reduce the comfort of the population and It would be a kind of Industrial suiclcide," is the startling declaration of the Yale professor in regard to the attempt to crush out industrial combinations on a wide scale. Professor Sumner says the value of extensive combination In the production of wealth Is probably overestimated. In a general way, the combination is in its experimental stage. Such combinations have been made upon the assumption that great savings can be made in the processes of production and In the steadying of prices. The experience of some combinations has not proved that the trust results in cheaper production. Some combinations, like the Standard Oil, have produced wealth far beyond the Increase which would have been possible had production been unrestricted, while other combinations have gone to pieces. The number that is not successful Is prcbably greater than the number that have made satisfactory returns. Professor Sumner is not troubled in regard to the future of trusts. Free-trader, Democrat and all that, he beholds no alarming danger in industrial combination, probably because he Is not an alarmist and a demagogue. So he goes on calmly to suggest that trusts will be regulated by reasonable and suitable legislation, such as has been enacted for the regulation of joint stock companies. He expresses the opinion that there is no evil and danger in trusts which are nearly fo menacing to society as some of the measures which have been proposed for destroying trusts. "No one can devise any law," says the professor, "by which it can be made a crime for any number of persons to unite their capital and efforts in the production of wealth in a lawful enterprise." It is when the trust resorts to devices to restrict the. freedom of commerce that it becomes a menace, and for such offenses laws can be devised. There are many Indications that practical people are beginning to better understand the trust, or, at least, are In a frame of mind to consider the subject calmly and intelligently. When the forming of combinations is regarded as a resmlt of industrial and commercial conditions incident to progress in civilization, as Professor Sumner regards them, control rather than extermination will be the topic considered by people of judgment, but the people who attribute their existence to ether than real causes and denounce and demand imposible remedies are, as Professor Sumner has said, a greater danger than tho trust. AX IMPORTAXT REFORM. It Is announced that very soon Postmaster General Smith will issue an order against the rapidly-growing abuse of what Is known as "second-class matter." The rate for second-class matter, which includes newspapers and periodicals issued at regular Intervals at least four times a year and having a regular list of subscribers, is 1 cent a pound. As the rate for third-class matter, which covers all printed matter other than newspapers and periodicals. Is 1 cent for two ounces, the devices and frauds to have printed matter sent as "secondclass" arc numerous and skillful. It Is an abuse of the law which was designed to make a cheap rate of postage for regularlyIssued newspapers and periodicals to regular subscribers. Like all abuses, the abuse of the second-class rate has grown rapidly. Three-fourths of the entire weight of mail matter now passes under the second-class rate, yet it yields a revenue of but $4.000,000, while it costs the United States over SGO.OOO,OuO of the JllO.OoO.OOO which represented the cost of the Postal Department the last fiscal year. That is, the government is compelled to pay JSO.OOO.OiX) a year for which nothing Is returned. The abuse of the second-class rate Is the greatest fraud upon the government that ever existed. Many cry out against the expense of the pension system, yet three-sevenths of the annual payment of pensions is wasted In carrying in the mails a worthless lot of stuff for the benefit of a few thousand people. Congressmen who denounce the increased expenditures of the War Department have not a word to say of this abuse. Readers will ask why Congress has not suppressed this abuse, but no one can answer. When a sweeping measure was last before the House it was defeated partly because of the bad management of the member in charge of the measure, but mainly because it is a weakness of many men to do a constituent a favor at the expense of the government. About every Democrat and Populist voted against the till which made second-class frauds Impossible because it might interfere with the circulation of campaign papers. Enough Republicans voted with the Democrats to defeat the bill. It should not have been so; I but year after year since Mr. Wanamaker, I when postmaster general, tssailed the.

ahv.j Pniirpt rts l??rnei1 n deaf ear tO I

the earnest appeals of postal officials to make robbery of the Tostal Department Impossible. Now Postmaster General Smith announces a purpose to issue an order which will throw out of the malls thousands of tons of printed matter and will admit at second-class rates nothing but bona fide newspapers and periodicals sent to regular subscribers. There will be a howl from the "fake" publishers, who will represent that the postmaster general Is interfering with the circulation of useful literature. Probably some newspapers will be induced to Join in the outcry, but when it is understood that the postmaster general has undertaken to save the treasury some part of the $00,000,000 paid annually for the carriage of thousands of tons of printed matter which has no right to the privilege of second-class rates. Intelligent people will sustain the head of the Postal Department. The fraudulent matter burdens the malls, preventing the prompt distribution of other mail matter, and causing a deficit In the postal revenues which Impedes the spread of the rural free delivery system and the reduction of letter and other rates of postage. A suspicious niorosiTiox. The taxpayers of Indianapolis have doubtless found the allegations of Sir. Arthur N. Dwyer, In his prayer for the enjoining of the mayor and Hoard of Public Works from making a contract with the Home Heating and Lighting Company very interesting reading. Moreover, in view of the scandalous Riverside Park purchase, most readers will suspect that in this scheme of the Taggart regime to make a contract with a corporation that has little else than a franchise, a job of large proportions Is concealed, and that a company which got a great deal of free advertising for a plan to heat homes was organized for the sole purpose of receiving a contract to light the city. It is hoped that there is no ground for such suspicions, but even if the scandal connected with the purchase of the lands for Riverside Park were not fresh In the minds of the public, the particulars set forth in the complaint of the petitioner for an injunction would make people very curious respecting the provisions with which the company receiving the contract must comply. Two points set forth by the complainant as being in the proposition of the Board of Works for bidders are entitled to attention. First, no other parties than a company now organized can bid for the contract; second, the specifications of the board require that the lighting system of the successful bidder must be three feet below the surface. When it Is recalled that the Home Heating and Lighting Company and the present companj are the only ones that can make bids under the proposals of the board, and that the system of the Indianapolis Light and Power Company is but two feet below the surface, It is quite evident that it is the purpose of the Board of Public Works to give the contract to the Home Heating and Lighting Company. As the contract does not expire until July 7, 1003, why this haste in making this remarkable kind of a contract unless the board is fearful that it will not be in a position four months hence to carry out a scheme which bears the marks of a carefully planned plot against the interests of the city to give a favorite company a monopoly? E. GOMEZ OX CIDA. General Gomez's speech at the Union League Club banquet in New York Satureay night may be classed among the interesting events of the day. It was the more notable because it was unpremeditated. Just what General Gomez came to the United States for at this time is not known, but it was probably to confer with his friend. General Palma, relative to the latter's candidacy for the presidency of Cuba, which he strongly favors. It was evident from the moment of his arrival that he did not come to make speeches or to talk. He escaped interiews by pleading Inability to speak English, though if he had wished to exploit himself he could have easily found a medium. In adhering to this policy of reticence General Gomez showed a degree of self-control not common among the Latin races. It was not until almost the last hour of his stay in the United States, when as a guest at a banquet . got up in his honor almost on the spur of the moment, that he released his tongue from custody and spoke freely concerning the relations between Cuba and the United States. His speech was creditable to his heart as well as to his head. He said he had been almost moved to tears by the kindness of his reception in this country. He had known before that Cuba was Indebted to the United States, but he never knew until he came here how deep the debt was. On the point of Cuban Independence he said: Every Cuban, born and bred, lived and died with the idea of Cuba libre before him. with the hope of the people being free and relieved of the yoke of oppression. Cuba and the United States, said the general, belong together. It Is only a question of gravitation when they will be one. But at present, after the great struggle in which hundieds of thousands of lives were sacrificed, and when men returned to their homes only to find their wives and children starved to death in the restricted barriers in which Weyler held them under his policy of reconcentration, they felt they must have Cuba libre. It is realized fully, he said, that Cuba cannot get along without the United States, but the Cubans do want to feel freedom. After the dinner General Gomez, talking with some newspaper men, declared that Cuba trusts implicitly In the honor of the American people, and that he had no doubt the future attitude of the Cuban government would be one of gratitude commensurate with the obligations of Cuba to the United States. These utterances of General Gomez, interesting in themselves, derive additional importance because they doubtless represent the views of his friend. General Palma, prospective President of the new Republic. When General Gomez said it Is only a question of gravitation when Cuba and the United States will be one he doubtless expressed the opinion of a large majority of Intelligent Cubans, as well as of his friend. General Talma. Nevertheless, he thought the Cubans ought to have a period of independence. "It is realized fully." he said, "that Cuba cannot get along without the United States, but the Cubans do want to feci freedom." The expression is a happy one. They want to enjoy, even though briefly, the sense of possessing what they have been struggling for and dreaming about so many years. They want to see what freedom is like. They want to feel it. After that they will be ready to yield gracefully to the law of gravitation that must inevitably make Cuba part of the United States. In thus expressing himself General Gomez has doubtless foreshadowed the policy of the ruling class In Cuba and the course of future history. He evidently thinks Cuban

independence, will be a preparatory school for annexation, to the United States. Andrew Carnegie's gifts for libraries and educational purposes are commented on by English newspapers In a very different spirit from that shown by a certain class of American papers. Many of the latter declared that Mr. Carnegie's wealth all bore a stigma; that he was simply giving to libraries what he had wrung from the poor, etc. On the contrary, English newspapers not only praise the gifts, but the manner In which Mr. Carnegie's money was made by building up an Industry equal to any In the world, and which still endures to furnish employment to thousands of men. The English papers have the advantage of not being influenced by American politics. In calling attention to the fact that the number of Christian Endeavor societies had Increased from 16,271 in 1S91 to 61,427 in 1901. and the membership from less than one million to nearly four millions, the general secretary said: "This growth is marvelous, and nothing comparable to it can be found in history." This statement is probablytrue, and the founders and promoters of the society are to be congratulated on having hit upon so successful a plan of enlisting the young people of all Christian countries in so catholic a branch of religious work. Other facts and figures presented by the secretary were a surprising revelation of the extent and activity of the society. Senator Mason has written a letter In which he says: "The resignation of Dawes as controller of the currency will probably make a good place for an Illinois Republican, as it was charged to the State when the appointment was made." By that rule it should never have left Indiana, as Hugh McCulloch, of this State, was the first controller ever appointed. During the month of May Great Britain's exports fell off 4.7 per cent., compared with the May of 19u0, and its imports were 3.3 per cent. less. The loss of exports was largely in cotton and woolen goods and iron three branches of Industry which, so far as exporting was concerned. Great Britain controlled forty years ago. The Rlennerhassett Family. Two novels have lately been published one by W. H. Yenable, of Ohio having Harman Blennerhassett for a central figure, and these' are followed in the July Century by "The True Story of Harman Blennerhassett," contributed by Mrs. Blen-rerhassett-Adams, a collateral descendant. Blennerhassett was the only son of a wealthy Englishman 'who belonged to an Influential family, and American histories are vague as to the reasons which l?d him to give up his entailed estate after his father's death and take up his abode on an island in the. Ohio river a region almost on the border of civilization at that time. It seems, according to this writer, that the Impelling motive to his course was that he was ostracised at. home because of the fact that he had married his niece the eighteen-year-old daughter of his older sister a marriage corning within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity. Blennerhassett" was thirty-one at the time, and, as would be said now and was probably said then, "old enough to know better." Mrs. Blennerhassett, who came also of a wealthy family, was disinherited by her father, but her sisters, it is said, always looked out for her wants. Their choice of such an isolated.pot. in the new country for their home ard their practical withdrawal from the world Indicate that the young couple not only felt the ostracism in England, but feared that they would meet with the same thing In America if the truth became known, and so sought seclusion. No doubt the facts were known to many people at the time, but for some reason probably because newspapers In those days allowed some things to escape them they were not published. The author of the Century article says the bare fact of the relationship is mentioned in an English book of genealogies, and the inference Is that this is the only known allusion to the matter In print until now. It appears also, according to this author, that two of Harman Blennerhassett's sons were moral degenerates, and that the youngest son, a man of much Intellectual talent, was dissipated In his later years. This unhappy showing for the children of the couple will be accounted for to some by the consanguineous marriage of the parents, but It may be possible that the moral weakness which made the marriage

possible was the pre-existing cause of the ills visited upon the offspring. The article throws an interesting light upon an oldtime mystery. Blennerhassett's reason for Joining Aaron Burr, it 13 explained, was not love of adventure, but a desire to remove himself still farther from those who knew him. Readers of the two novels mentioned will now be able to consider the events there narrated from a new point of view. INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES. Providence Is still holding up Its end of the string In the way of good crops. McKinley and Providence are a great pair when it comes to sustaining this period of gcod times. Anderson Herald. When the anti-imperialists hear that General Callles wept when he surrendered, they will be tempted to erect a monument to him. It should be sorrowful In aspect, and set in "a vale of tears." Terre Haute Tribune. The Terre Haute minister who insisted the Mormons expelled polygamy because they had received a message from Congress irstead of a message from God, has no doubt discovered the real source of Mormon inspiration. Richmond Item. The volunteers upon returning drop back into civil life as though nothing had happened, and in this respect the history of the civil war is repeating itself, though on a small scale. The anti-imperialists should bear this in mind. Elkhart Truth. The Indiana soldiers' monument will be dedicated early in October. No formal Agreement as to date has been reached. Governor Durbin Is said to favor dedication this year. This disposes of the charge that he desired to manufacture partisan capital for himself and his party. New Albany Public Press (Dem.) The New York Post, which is an extremist on the subject of war, tries to prove that the conflict with Spain was needless. It accuses the Congress of fury and charges the President with weakness. The people have their views on this question, and the Post with its small showing of evidente cannot alter the public estimate of the war with Spain. Marlon Chronicle. Even a "Democratic State tax law" may be made to accomplish good when administered by Republicans. The best law in the world is dependent on its administration for its value. If 5J)fv) has Just been paid on the State debt, through the operation of the "Democratic tax law," as our evening contemporary alleys, the credit is due the Republicans who administer It. Vlncennes Commercial. President Schwab, of the steel trust, pays he did not kiss two hundred women at a church affair the other night: that he kissed only one and that was his wife. He pleads guilty to kissing a baby, however. Hobson'a osculatory laurels are yet safe. Schwab may be able to corner the steel market but that was an easy thing compared with that of cornering the kiss market. Muncie Times. A Crescent representative called on the bank3 this morning In regard to the sale of revenue stamps for the three year. The

revenue law went into effect July 1. 1S9S, and the revision became effective July 1. Ittl. The sale of documentary rtamps for the three banks amounted to JC5.000 and Is distributed as follows: First National. $15,0; Farmers', J12.0); Clinton County. JS.OX). The leading financiers of tho city say this Is an excellent showing and Frankfort may well feel proud, as this Is a criterion of the amount of business transacted in the city. Frankfort crescent. FK0M HITHER AND YON.

Up-to-Dntc Gnnie. Judg-e. Ted Was the grame close. Ned Close! I rhould say sc. The crowd was Jus pouncing- on the umpire when the rolice reserves arrived. Xeeded UreaklnK In. Pu:k. Tcrcy Your father seems to have a grudge against me. Edith Have patience, dear! He acted the same way toward finger-bowls at first. Timely Suggestion. Detroit Free Press. "I wonder how so many forest fires catch? said Mrs. McHride. "Perhaps they catch accidentally from the mountain ranges," suggested Mr. McBride. True Devotion. Brooklyn Life. "Your husband loved you very much, did he not?" "Yes, indeed. He even Insisted upon remaining in the house when I practiced my vocal exercises!" A Real Calumity. Life. The Father You have rescued my daughter from drowning, sir. What shall be your reward? The Stranger Don't mention It. I'll send you a bill. I'm a specialist from New York. "Good heavens! I'm ruined!" Seemed So. Chicago Tribune. Upgardson (after the visiter had gone) You call me down fof being uncivil to a stranger, do you? Why, confound your hide, you Jackanapes, I've forgotten more good manners than you ever knew! Atom I believe you have, old chap. WAS HIS CONTRACT WIFE MRS. VAN SLIXGEHLAXDS RELATIOXS WITH J. R. G. PITKIN. She Says the Late New Orleans Poll, tician Warn Her Husband In u Sense A Premonition. NEW YORK, July 7. News of the death in New Orleans on Thursday of John R. G. Fitkin, formerly minister to Argentina and more recently postmaster at New Orleans, came as a fulfillment of a premonition to Mrs. Nellie B. Van Slingerland, who was long in close sympathy with the man. She says she was married to him by contract last year, not many months before a bitter quarrel, which was given much publicity and which cost him his office of postmaster, separated them. Despite this separation Mrs. Van Slingerland declares she had for several days a premonition that Mr. Pitkin was in danger of death. "I was impelled," she said, "to wrke to him urging him to prepare for death, knowing he was not ready to enter upon the future life. I failed to write, however. I had no intimation that he was not in good health, and the news of his death was a great shock to me." Mrs. Van Slingerland, who Is the divorced wife of W. H. Lynn, but who goes by her mother's maiden name, says her marriage by contract to Mr. Pitkin took place in Washington, D. C, in 1D00 when he had a wife living in New Orleans. On this point Mrs. Van Slingerland said: "Our marriage was a peculiar arrangement, such a one as existed between George Eliot and G. H. Lewes. We regarded it as quite as sacred as If It had been performed by a minister. It was provided that if Mr. Pitkin should be released by divorce or death we should be married in the orthodox way. After the contract marriage, as before, we lived apart. We loved each other and the world knew It I suppose." Mrs. Van Slingerland, who is a handsome and attractive woman, was formerly a society leader In Washington. Since May she has lived at the Clarendon Hotel, Eighteenth street and Fourth avenue, and it was there she was found surrounded by letters and poems which she says passed between her and Mr. Pitkin. Of her association with Mr. Pitkin Mrs. Van Slingerland said: "I first met Mr. Pitkin while I was living at the Windsor Hotel here. He was then seeking from President McKinley reappointment as minister to Argentina, which post he had held under President Harrison. We fell in love soon afterward and he called frequently. In fact so often that I feared it would cause gossip and warned him to be careful. The result was that he became Insanely Jealous and at times would threaten to commit suicide. He made great efforts to obtain a reappointment as minister to Argentina and was backed by influential men. lie was not diplomatic, however, and failure to obtain immediate appointment caused him to publicly criticise President McKinley. This ended his chance of becoming minister to Argentina, but he was made postmaster at New Orleans. "In the interim we were in constant correspondence, as we had been since our first meeting. These love letters, together with poems we had written to each other, we later published. It may seem peculiar that we should do such a thing, but the simple fact was that neither of us had any means and It was necessary to obtain funds. The letters and poems were published under the title of "Love and Politics a Social Romance; the Love Letters and Poems of a Prominent Orator and a Society Queen." Neither Mr. Pitkin's name nor my own appeared. "When Mr. Pitkin returned to New Orleans I also went there. I was appointed his private secretary. Mr. Pitkin's jealousy increased, and at last he demanded the return of ccrtMn letters he had sent me through the mall. I refused to surrender them, as they were my personal property. Then he caused my arrest on the charge of stealing them. This was a fatal move on Mr. Pitkin's part, as the publicity of the affair resulted In his losing his ofllce. Th rand Jury refused to indict me. Although I can never forget his cruel treatment, yet I grieve greatly for him when I re-mem. ber him in his best days and before his mind became affected, as I sincerely believe it was. by jealousy." Mrs. Van Slingerland says she has a suit for $300.000 pending here agr.lnst her former husband. W. II. Lynn, for the ls of property in Minnesota, which, she says, he disposed of while they were married. Mr. Lynn Is now the husband of a sister of President Iclesias, of Costa Rica, and Is wealthy and of much influence In Central America. John R. G. Pitkin was known in Louisiana as "My Dear Pitkin." because of an Incident in connection with a Republican returning board of which he was a member. ROGERS ESTATE FIGHT. Property Worth Eight Million May Re Ticil Up for Years. NEW YORK, July 7.-The Journal and Advertiser will say to-morrow: "Executors cf Jacob S. Rogers's will decided yesterday to have the battle between the heirs and the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York for the locomotive builder's JS.OOO.CCO fought out in the High Court at Trenton, N. J. 'This step was taken.' said William Pennington, cne of the executors, 'because of the expected litigation over the will. The estate pro-ably will be tied up for years, and It will be necessary from time to time to secure orders of court for th.i handling and proper investment of the funds. The securing of these orders could be tied un In the lower courts, and so we oe-em It best to bring the case before the chancellor at once,' "

RECENT PUBLICATIONS. The Jerrlah Enerelor.etlla. A literary era In which large sum of money and the best talent that can be obtained are employed In collecting, compiling, condensing and editing the learning, knowledge and history of the world from the earliest times to the present and placing the results In an attractive form within the easy reach of all, may not Inappropriately be termed an encyclopedic age. The number of encyclopedias of different kinds which hwe been published in recent years is remarkable, and one of the most notable in the list Is "The Jewish Encyclopedia," designated In a sub-title as "A descriptive record of the history, religion, literature and customs of the Jewish people from the earliest times to the present day." This title fairly outlines the character of the work, but does not convey any adequate Idea of Its wide scope nor oi the great amount of learning and labor used in its preparation. Owing to their long history and their wide dispersion the Jews have been connected, either as a race or as individuals, with most of the important movements in the history of the human race. The various branches of the Christian religion are based upon the Jewish Bible; mediaeval philosophy and science are inseparably associated with Jews, and in modern times there has been hardly a phase of human thought and activity in which prominent members of the race have not participated. The record of this multifarious activity must necessarily be an Important contribution to the history of the world's progress. Such a record "The Jewish Encyclopedia" aims to supply. It endeavors to give, in systematized, comprehensive and jet succinct form, a full and accurate account of the history and literature, the social and intellectual life of the Jewish people, of their ethical and' religious views, their customs, rites and traditions in all ages and all lands. It also . gives detailed biogranhlcal information concerning representatives of the Jewish race who have achieed distinction in any of the walks of life. The true relation of the Jewish race to the development of modern civilization has never been as clearly set forth as it will be in the present work, nor has any other work been published containing nearly as many biographical sketches of members of th race who have left their mark In history. The work Is very voluminous. It will consist, when completed, of twelve large volumes of several hundred pages each, and embellished with more than 2.000 illustrations, illuminative of interesting subjects. The preliminary work necessary to be done before even the first volume could be issued, and the expense attending it. were very great, requiring the services of more than four hundred scholars and specialists under the direction of an editorial board, including some of the most learned men of the times, known in educational and literary circles throughout the world. Among the collaborators on the work as editors and contributors may be mentioned Moritz Lazarus, of Meran. Austria, formerly professor at the University of Berlin; Dr. Max Norclau. the author of "Degeneration"; Dr. Theodore Herzl, president of the Federation of Zionists; Prof. Solomon Schechter; Dr. Wilhelm Bacher, of Buda-Pesth, Hungary; S. M. Dubnow. formerly president of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Russian Jews, at Odessa; Dr. A. Harkavy, of St. Petersburg; Dr. Hermann Adler, the chief rabbi of the British Empire; M. Zadoc Kahn, chief rabbi of France; Israel Abrahams and Israel Zangwlll. Among Christian Hebraists are Prof. George F. Moore, the president of Andover Theological Seminary; Dr. Charles Taylor, master of St. John's College, Cambridge, England; Prof. James H. Breasted, the Egyptologist of Chicago; Prof. Ira M. Price, the author of the

"Monuments and the Old Testament." and lji. junn u. .rrince, or tne university or the City of New York. The product of the jcint labors of these and several hundred other learned men men of acknowledged authority on all that pertains to the history, literature and theology of the Jews and to their achievements in art, science, letters, statesmanship, etc.. is a work of the highest possible value as a compendium of history, a cyclopedia of useful knowledge and a book of reference. Volume I, which is at hand, contains 6S5 pages and several thousand titles arranged and treated in alphabetical order from Aach to Apocalyptic Literature, and over 400 Illustrations of artistic and historic value, and each succeeding volume will add as many more of each. The original projector, promoter and editor-in-chief of the work is Dr. Isidore Singer, of the University of Vienna, and its publishers are the Funk & Wagnalls Company. New York. It will be sold only by subscription, the price of the entire set ot twelve volumes varying from $54 to J132, according to the style of binding. The book should be in every public library and in every private library which aims at completeness in books of reference, and it should be a matter of nride with wealthy Jews throughout the country to aid in giving it the most liberal support and the widest circulation possible. The World's Best Essays. The Journal has already commented favorably on the plan and character of this work, as indicated by the announcement and the contents of the first volume, received a short time ago. Volume II, now at hand, more than fulfills the promise of the first one. The plan of the work contemplates a collection of the best essays by the most celebrated writers from the earliest period to the present time. The essays are chosen by the most catholic standard of judgment, irrespective of the nationality of the authors or the subjects treated, and with reference solely to their pre-eminent merit. They are arranged in the alphabetical order of the names of the authors without reference to the time when they lived or wrote, so that each volume contains essays written by persons who lived at very different periods. Volume I contained essays by authors extending alphabetically from Ab to Bee, and Volume II embraces essays by the following authors: The Marquis of Beccarla, Henry Ward Beecher, Jeremy Bentham, George Berkeley, Sir Walter Besant, Augustine Blrrell, John Stuart Blackie, Sir William Blackstone, Hugh Blair, Blaserna Pietro, Karl Blind, Aniclus Maniius Severlnus Bocthius, Jacob Böhme, Viscount Henry St. John Bolingbroke, Bernard Bosanquet, Paul Bourget. Andrew Kennedy Hutchinson Boyd, Robert Boyle, Anthelme BrillatSavarln, Henry Brooke, Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham and Vaux, John Brown, Sir Thomas Browne, Robert Browning. Ferdinand Brunetlerc, William Cullen Bryant, James Bryce, Ludwig Buchner, Henry Thomas Buckle, Eustace Budgell, Christian Karl Josias Baron von Bunscn, Edmund Burke, Jean Jacques Burlamaqui, Baron William Cecil Burleigh, Ellhu Burritt, John Burroughs, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Robert Burton, Richard de Bury, Joseph Butler, Lord George Noel Gordon Byron. Hall Caine. Thomas Campbell. William Carleton. There is only one essay each by most of the authors above named, but several furnish two and a few three, making altogether sixty-five essays in a volume of S25 pages. A glance at the topics treated shows a diversity of subjects, including art and nature, wit and humor, music and song, home and family life, natural history, political economy, religion and ethics, education and philosophy, politics and law In short, almost every field of thought. When It Is remembered thnt these essays are the best works of the best authors, and that the selections are made by I a committee of literary experts. It will be readily understood that each volume is a rare literary symposium, and the un volumes of which the eorrrd'tcd work will ronslrt will be a library of good reading. An interesting feature of the work Is a short biographical sketch of each author quoted, with critical remarks on his writings. Each volume also contains a number of attractive illustrations. The work is published by Ferd P. Kaiser, St. Louis, and sold only by subscription. l!ie Master Knot of IlnmnnFnte. This is the story of a man and woman who, by a cataclysm, were left alone upon a portion of the earth, all other human beings, so far as they could trIl. having been destroyed. They had everything needed. If they would plant and reap, to make them comfortable. There was a house to live in and they took possession of it and made It their home. They were both still young. but both had had experiences of life which made them thoughtful and philosophical. And they were not in love with each other until time passed and constant companionsnip ana mt? re-vi-.mns oi racn otn " 1 AS.- 4. .11- m ; 4 111 c v - - - ------- - - - - - - -v a V4 tual affection is made known they hesitate over the responsibility of bringing children into the world. Is it ordaineU from above or not? The question troubles them; the woman will not agree to be the

or s natures neveiopeu uie. iecimg. mey have meanwhile discussed many soclai. moral and religious problems and the duty nt man tn his kind. Even after thlr mn.

man's uife unless she can L atlsnVI that It Is the dtvlr.e 1 ; I that iJ.e) phouhl be the mother of children. She aj;rs fiiullv to give him an ar.svrrr. an.l t!ii- ! their mating a:;d tho tioirg j aiaruj h of the voli:me: "They ::ki:c oath other ti grrctlng. but stood aivI J.rVod at -:h ntlu-r's cyt. grave and w-et wüh tun .--x.ilta'W.n of their purpose. And. Handing ho, th,y thiepcd hands, and the word th. y spoW the same, for they, by uc.irchlim. had found God." The author has In th!s bock um. rtaken, on the whole, greater prrhlerr.s than she Is quite able to handle, but -he Ins treated them In a clean, ur. object! mit: way. Published by Little. Rruwu & Co., Boston.

Rnsslnut XovrlUts. W. L. Alden. in New York Times. I grieve to siy that a new Russlin novelist has been discovered. Fortunattly. he is new residing la J til as a conspirator against the Russian government; rnd it Is probable that his I'uttrTc supplies of Ink and paper will bo limit- d. His. name 1 Gorki; and. from the reviews of several of his books, which appear In this week's literary papers, he is, evidently, a writer f considerable ability. Rut Tolstoi has niUd many people with dread of Russhtn r.ocilsts; and the iiwv.s that a new Nihilistic Russian has gone into the business of producing novels with a purpose will be disheartening. Perhaps Gorki will te more merciful than Tolstoi, and will be content to write bo.;ks slightly smaller than the "Encyclopaedia Rritannica;" but. when once a Russian Radical begins to write novel., there Is no safety tor the reading public. Gorki may yet turn out another w?.r-and-peace novel, which the leadin.i critics win order the public to re id. and whicn, like Tolstoi s masterpiece, will incline the-m to wish that Russians had never emerged from the state of barbarism in which thy were ignorant of the urti of reading and writing. A Victim of Clrctimitnuces. "A Victim of Circumstances" is th fourth of the monthly scries of Modern American Novels which the Messrs. Harper are publishing this year. The story is one of society life In the .smart set of New York. A readable book it Is. but not one to leave a strong impression upon the reader. One wondoi? quite as mucii after perusing the story as berore where the title applies and to whom in particular. The two j-'r.inddaushtcrs of Mauamo Trevor ar victims to her well-bred tyranny rather than to circumstances, while the various young men fluttering about do not tm to be victimized to any great extent. There are tco many characters in the story for the amount of plot, of which there is hardly enough to go around. However, the tale is well told, entertaining anj bright, exactly what one wants on a hot day, along with a hammock and an iced drink. The whims and caprices of the older members of Knickerbocker aristocracy are amusingly depicted by the author, who Is evidently at home among such people. The Great Wnr Trek. This Is a personal story of the life of tho camp and of actual experiences in battle, told by a graphic writer and keen observer. The author, James Barnes, is an English writer of some experience In other fleids, who accompanied the Scots Guards to South Africa. The book does not pretend to add anything to the history of British military operations in South Africa or of the political situation there, but as a relation of personal experiences and observations by a writer who had a keen desire to see what war was like and who succeeded in gratilying his desire it Is an entertaining narrative and It throws Interesting tddcilghts on the conduct of the war on the British side. As a picture of army life and movements in the held it possesses the merits of graphic description bised on personal views at close quarters. When real history comes to be written such books are valuable for their contributions to the store of unofficial facts. New York: D. Appletcn & Co. Malcolm, the Waterboy. The volume bearing this title contains two stories for boys, and as there" are only 200 pages It follows that neither of the stories Is very long. The one which gives the volume its title, "Malcolm, the Waterboy," is a semi-historic story of mystery and adventure, the scene of which is laid In old London, and In which a bright boy u aches a distinguished service and makes his fortune. The other story, "On to Cuba." deals with the adventures of an American boy and his sister, who, in order to rescue their father, who Is a prisoner In Cuba, ship in disguise on a blockade runner and have some surprising experiences, but accomplish their mission ami get home safely. The stories are written by D. T. Henty and belong to the large class which are read or.ee to be thrown aside and forgotten. Now York: The Mershon Company. The Hall of Fame. Some time ago the authorities of the New York University authorized the preparation of an official book containing a statement of the origin and constitution of the "Hall of Fame for Great Americans", and of its history up to the close of The work has been prepared by Henry M. McCracken. chairman of the New York University Senate, and Is done In a very satisfactory manner. It is a very complete account of a unique institution, and its brief sketches of the distinguished Americans who have been admitted to the hall jossess tome historic interest, though it cannot be said that the book is one to interest general readers. It is published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The Sneessors of Mnry the First. This volume, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, tells of the experiences of a family of a village high school principal with a number of servants. The illiteracy, the Insolence, the Inefficiency and the absence of a sense of responsibility of most of them arc set forth amusingly, while incidentally other affairs are brought In and a connected tale woven of all. There is the mingling of sentiment, or, rather, sentimentalem, common sense and hysteria common to this writer. And unless ono finds absorbing Interest in the servant question, the book grows tiresome. Still, if there must be a literature of the kitchen, this has its merit3. Houghton, Mtilim & Co. Songs of the Stage. Quite a unique work In its way Is a volume entitled "Stage Lyrics." it being a collection of verses and songs from operas and musical comedies as t?ung by well-known singers and comedians. Thero are about sixty songs and over forty character portraits of the various actors and singers, men and women. As the songs are unaccompanied by notes one is at liberty to Improvise melodlt-s to fit the verses, though the original music can be found In the varlou3 operas from which the songs arc taken. Many of the song have been very popular as heard on tho stage. New Y'ork: It. 11. Russell. French Classics. The scries of works by Leon H. Vincent which are being published by Houghton. Miffiln & Co. is carried forward by the issue of "The French Academy" and "Corr.ir.ic." The first Is a sketch of the origin. iie. development and growth jf the famous literary ntltutinn known as the Fren h Academy, with comm-nts upon Its influence on literature. The sc-nr..! is a biographical and critical sketch of the great French dr-irr.atbt. Pierre c.)rn.il!e. 'IIa hooks of this 'fries arc published in uniform style und at the uniform price of U per volume. The Rnilrnl. This little volume, published by McClu-e, Phillips Co., contains half a dozen short stories by different authors, reprinted fro:n McCIurc's Magazine. The .r.r!rs treat In a realistic port of way of various phases o railroad life and exj erlcce. most f then: being related In the first prr.-or.. Sensii.! by raiiroad people-. Thoy urc all rcadabl and entertaining. C'nrrent Periodical . Any one who fineks thU th life of a railroad president 1 one of ea.ve wi:l havo that notion dispelled by rcr.ill!- Charles D. Illncs's article In the July Century on "A Railway President l.iy. ' The Woman's Home Companion for July is in part a Fourth of July nuiat r a story for the day. an historical sketch enttth-d "Where the Spirit of in Impendence V;ii Born." and otlir article witr a pitrlot'e spirit. Riving especial flavor to th- !s.i,?. The other featured which make this such an excellent hou.-ehoni magazine .ire of tl. uaual variety and practical quality. The Eclectic Magazine for July open with the striking article on "The Character of Queen Victoria." which appeared In the last number of the ijiutterly Review,

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