Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 219, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 August 1901 — Page 4

TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1901.

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Sub'crlter avlng the city for rr,' during the summer can have the Daily and Sunday Journal mailed to ar.y address In the United States, cr Cana la t. ithout extra charge. The address will te channel as often as desired. 3ktli telephones 121. If the Democrats of Alabama are confident that a poll tax is a proper qualification .for voting in that State, why should not Democrat? In Indiana urge It? It Is not a nice thing to have a United Ftates senator go about the country defending lynching, but when it is done by Senator Tillman no one Is surprised. Petitions to extend the electoral franchise to women ure pouring in upon the .Alabama constitutional convention. It is hardly necessary to say that the request la made only In behalf of white women. The Andrews man who undertook to get rich quick by operating an endless chain of Imaginary bunks and drawing Sight drafts Against nothing stems to have aspired to be a Napoleon of finance. That kind of financiering, however, has legal drawbacks. The man who attempts suicide and hopes to escape publicity or to keep h's Identity concealed generally learns that the proceeding Is the surest way of Eitting Ma name and all hi.- personal history into the papers. He ought to do something less spectacular so to work, for instance. Whltecapptrs have broken loose again -in Howard county, whipping a man because he was abusive to his wife and in Monroe county a man who wouldn't work. The estimable citizens who thus regulate the conduct of their neighbor: are, of course. Invariably kind to their own wives and are models of industry. The robbery of the gold smelting works at Vallejo. Cab, Is not only one of the largest on record, but one of the most ingeniously planned and successfully executed. To excavate a tunnel over three hundred feet long and strike the exact locality of the treasure room required considerable engineering skill. An Impression prevails that most of the steel rai'.I in Pennsylvania are in the trust. As a matter of fact, all of the largest mills In Pennsylvania, outside of the Carnegie, ar independent. These Include such establishments as the Cambria, Bethlehem, Shelton and Midvale. These and similar mills will profit by the strike. The custom house officials at New York lave taken stops to abolish the practice of giving "tips" to inspectors of baggage by incoming passengers on ocean steamers. As a plain form of bribery it never should have been permitted to exist. The practice is demoralising tinder any circumstances, but In the case of a public otllcial with a specified duty to perform it Is corrupt. A New York surgeon thinks the life of the Empress Frederick of Germany would probably have been saved had she permitted the surgeons, to remove her stomach whon.lt was first ascertained that she was suffering from cancer. The surgeon who expresses this opinion says that, although the stomach Is a very Important organ, it is not a vital one, and can be removed without en l ingering or shortening life, provided the person accepts the limitations imposed and govern: Iiis diet and habits of eating accordingly. The flrrt month since the repeal of the tamp taxes shows government receipts amounting to J.HHO.SH compared with $1'..SC'.luu during July. 11 v. The expenditures during July were 5.".C07.S'., compared with XC3.üT:.CCJ in July. 1:sjO. Two features in these figures are of interest one j hat the expenditures last July were $l.öfj.ü02 le?s than during July. 1 the other an excess of receipts ovr expenditures, with the starr.; tax off. of $12. 473. in contrast with a dvlUit of H.CLW..423 a year ao. "It is the Hrst time in fifteen years th;:t July rectlpts have exceeded July expenditure s. A missionary magazine published in the n.-.rt learns from its corr spondmts throughout the S.)uth that in many of the Ftatt-s "night schools are being opened, which are crowded with adult negro.-j; Jarning to read. Cabins, barns and blackrr.lth fhops are used for this purpose, and negroes In large numbers come together for Instruction at these humble educational nters after days of work on the plar.talon cr In the mines." Such facts as these ''- tn matal-i th ttiitmr tVin tV U ...it. rn negroes are reducing their per cent, of illiterates faater than the whites. A bulletin Issued by the United States Bureau of Geological Surveys cn the coalmining Indus:ry places Pennsylvania first Li the production of bituminous coal, with Illinois. West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Indiana following in orde. It Is somewhat of a surprise to learn that Alabama produces more coal than thli btate. In the

year 1S00 the United State? produced Z2 per jent.. cr almost one-third, of all the coal produced in the world. The total number of men employed as miners In this country in that year was 44T.SC-". Allowins for wmen and children, this would make nearly two million peoply directly dependent on that Industry. Tin: ciii.x:si: wall. Four years ago when e;.r:Krcss was at werk on the IIng'ey tariff bill those per

sons who have always labored u::tler tiie i elelusion thnt a nation's foreign commerce is much more important to its people than ls domestic trad' warned the country that the measure when it beer. me law would be a Chinese wall, not only keeping foreigners out of our markets with their goods, but preventing us rharlng In foreign markets. It was not u new warning, since the Chinese wall of the protective tariff is so venerable an Illustration that few can recall the date In th distant past when thry f.rst heard It. Lrany believed It; but, beins compelled to choo:-e between a wall that would give us the certainty of home markets and an open door that would admit all comers and give U3 an uncertain place Jn the so-called world's markets, the larger part of the American people accepted the Chinese wall. Hut the intention of the warning of the Chinese wall was to Impress Americans with the idea that while they might supply themselves with manufactures, they could not hope to go abroad and sell them In Europe and Africa in competition with Grrat Ilritain, Germany and France. It is certain that American manufactures have supplied the home market with an abundance of the best goods In the world, with the exception of a few articles that can be more economically supplied by other countries. Of late, however, these same persons who have been telling us all these years that we had walkd ourselves out of the markets of the world appear with the alarming cry that, despite the Chinese wall, the United States has, a? unexpectedly to Americans as the rest of the world, seized a considerable portion of the foreign markets and is in a fair way to capture all of them that it has goods to supply, in spite of the efforts of other competitors. It might be inferred that these good friends had dynamited the Chinese impediment, and that, passing over its ruins, we had fallen upon the foreign markets In n. manner that has paralyzed our competitors. Such, they tell us, is not the case; the wall to keep out foreign competitors Is as formidable as ever, but it does not avail to keep Americans at home. They explain that by our wonderful application of all of the means of production and our superior ability to organize Industries we havo been able to scale the wall and pour ourselves into the world's markets as a conquering army. They admit that they never suspected anything of the kind, but, unexpected and marvelous as it is, they recognize our power. Now, these free-trade friends come to us with a new warning, since they can do nothing but warn. It is that if the United States still continues to seize the trade of the world and does not tear down the Chinese wall so that the world can reach our markets we shall in a few years so impoverish our competitors and customers that they will become paupe;!ied for the reason that we shall have secured and brought home all their money In exchange for goods. Shall we ll.ten to this warning and throw down the wall? Not yet; but there are those of our friends who think that a few gates in the wall can be Judiciously opened when it appears advantageous. TIipVIIMS FOIt FIGIITI.XCJ IlOll." The country had reason to hope that the Sampson-Schley controversy wonld be the last Involving the dignity or honor of the navy, but the Chandler-Evans controversy seems likely to lead to another court of inquiry. There is less excuse for this controversy because it does not involve questions of any Importance In establlr-hing the truth of history ami scarcely rises above the level of a personal "spat," in which the public has little or no interest, and which ought not to be dignified by a naval court of inquiry. The trouble grows out of a passage in Admiral Robley D. Evans's book recently published, entitled. "A Sailor's Log," a very readable and entertaining book, by the way. Books of this kind being written In a personal, gossipy style, are apt to contain matter which, when the author Fees it in print, he Is likely to wish he had not written. In this case Admiral Evans says that while lighthouse inspector he had occasion to protect some of the lighthouse keepers from assessments for political purposes and thus incurreel the illwill of the politicians, who warned him that he would be punished. The following passage tells how he was punished and contains the comments which have got him into trouble: A certain fellow who had been elected a elelegate to a political convention was nominated to be lightkeeper as a reward, but was found so uisreputablc upon examination that 1 refused to pass him. 1 would not submit to dictation in my duties by u set of men quite as disreputable as the suggested keeper, and on this issue 1 was eleta.ched ami piaceel on waiting orders. Report was n.ade to the secretary of the r.vy that I was interfering with the political condition in the Fifth district, and. without ask ing a word of explanation fiom me. I was punished by being relieved and placed on half pay. It was. of course, a gross injustice, and caused no ind of comment in the newspapers, but I took It as quietly as possible, and have always fclc contented that I was not personally known to the man who could so far degrade the high office he held. The navy hud, in some ways, tici;enerated Into a joa lot. at lea.--t in the eyes of tiiose who used It for their own purposes, and was sometimes let to a very low bidder. Finding myself on the baeh, ns it were, because I wonld not take a ham! in polities. rathr than because ! r.aJ done so, and knowing that I would not have employment ajcaln during the tini" of the administration then in power, i asked for have for a year, with permission to leave the United Slates. In the abse-nc of the secretary of the navy the rcq :est was errnnted. and I was bny makirg rr.y preparations to enj'ij" it when a t le;r tni came from the secretary revolving r.i leave and ag:'ia p'acir;: n.e on waiting orders. 1 vs iiallv of" much rr. tre Import ore thin 1 hail i considered in seif, and I must be made to foe t my punishment. However, I had felt he sting of ir.sects before in my life, and 1 not c onsider them of much importance. Now, if "Fighting Rob" had stopped to think he would have seen that this was very personal, and if he had thought long enough to remember that ex-Secretary William E. Chandler, to whom tho passage refers, is a lighting politician of the most militant school, he must have seen that the passage would surely get him into trouble. It would have conduced to his future pac of mind If he had revised It with a blue pencil or left It out entirely, for Mr. Chandler has preferred charges against the admiral of conduct unbecoming an ofTlcer an a gentleman, and says he will insist upon a court of inquiry. There can be no question but the language quoted In decidedly offensive, and aj it is used towards the person who was secretary of the navy at the time of the transaction, and in re-

gard to an official act. It may come under tho definition of conduct unbecoming an olHcer. A bad phase of the case for Admiral Evans i. that Mr. Chandler say3 the action of which Admiral Evans complains was taken at the r quest of the then secretary of the treasury. Folger, and that he, Chandler, knew nothing about the circumstances of the case. This is quite possible. The lighthouse service, in which Admiral Hvnns v.-as employed at the time. Is attached to the Treasury Department, and an ofTicer In that service V.ould not be relieved by the secretary of the navy without the knowledge and consent of the secretary of the treasury, and probably only upon hi3 request. The lule of comity among heads of departments In such matters is very strictly observed. As far as the main fact is concerned, viz., that of being punished at the instance of politicians for doing hi3 duty In a way that was offensive to them. Admiral Evans seems to be right. That was before the civil-service law was passed, and many things were done that would not be telerated nowadays. Hut Admiral Evans's mistake seems to have been in Jumping to the conclusion that the secretary of the navy, who, of course, Issued the order relieving him, was the instigator. Even If this had been so the offensive language would hardly have been justifiable in a book intended for general circulation, notwithstanding that Secretary Chandler ha3 been out of oflcc many years. Its publication may be technically "conduct unbecoming an officer," but, considering tho circumstances and the fact that there was real provocation either from the secretary of the navy or the secretary of the treasury, a court of inquiry would be apt to affix a very light penalty. The lesson of the incident seems to be that Job was about right when he expressed a elesire "that mine adversary had written a book." It is probable that none of Mr. Carnegie's library gifts will be more highly appreciated or do more good than the one he is expected to make for a public library in San Juan. Porto Rico. Tho commissioner of education of Porto Rico stated in his annual report, recently published, that he had asked .Mr. Carnegie for a donation for a library building and had reason to hope ho would comply with the request. The commissioner added: I believe there Js no place under the flag to-day where a larger service could be rendered in this manner than here: in the city of fc-an Juan. Should this fortuitous condition of things result. It is the purpose of tho department and of the trustees of the library to establish in connection with It free circulating libraries, to be sent throughout the island. There is a great paucity of reading materiel everywhere on the Island, and sonietiiint,' must be done to give to the people .suitable reading matter. In both the Spanish and the English language, in order that they may acquire correct notions of the world at lao;e. and especially of the institutions and progress of the United States of America. Mr. Carnegie has shown so much discrimination in the distribution of his gifts that the one lor a library building in San Juan is pretty-sure to be liberal.

The destruction of so Important an industry as the Indiana Pulp and Paper Company's mill at Marion is a matter for much regret, both on account of the loss to individuals and to the town. The report that it will be rebuilt in Marion may not be well founded. At all events, the citizens will no doubt offer every inducement to Its proprietors to remain, and, it is to be hoped, with success. Simon Hums, the labor leader, who offers his entire salary to aid the strikers and suggests that others do the same, has succeeded in putting the walking delegates in a very unpleasant position. They "walk" wholly and unselfishly in the interests of labor oh, of course but how they would hate to give up the money they make by their euiy Jobs! Little do people know the variety of measuring sticks applied to them by their neighbors. A Philadelphia gardener, who publishes a little magazine deoted to the mysteries of his calling, complains because intelligent" and so-called cultured people persistently refuse to use the botanical names of plints and continue to call them by the sometimes confuting names in common use a single plant or Uower often being rittignated by different appellations, according to Its locality. The gardener concludes, evidently after much reflection, that the hesitation to adept the scientific name is the i'eui of being thought affected, and this spirit lias been nursed to such a foolish extent, he avers, that "utter ignorance ef all solid knowledge has come to be tho chief recommendation to polite society." This is well illustrated, he gees on to say, "in a report of a select library in Philadelphia, established by ladies of what iu known an the better clats, mainly for persons in their own sphere in life. Of the books taken out In 10O0, 4-C represented magazines, poetry and essays, juveniles 43, French 3. history and biography l'J2, science and art S, fiction 2.1CJ. Fiction." he adds with some acerbity, "undouLtedly has a legitimate place among the pleasures of life, but It requires more courage than human nature Is credited with for eight ladies to use the language of science or art among 2,1( novel readers." Eittle did 'those Philadelphia ladies think when they established their library that it would serve to mark their ignorance in any one's eyes. It is not always easy to get the other man's point of view. Probably few people, for instance, ever realize that the man who, according to law and morals, is a deepdyed rascal, may yet have h;s own standarus of behavior and by no means considers himself the villain that he is painted. There, for illustration, was the New York man who was brought before a. magistrate the other day on charge of being a beggar, lie was deeply insulted by this accusation. "I am just na honest old thief, your honor," he urged, "and it's a shame to arrest me on such a low-down charge as begging." lie was sent to th. Tombs struggling and protesting with apparent earnestness tht he was a thlof, not a beggar, and threatening to steal the: officer's watch to prove his assertion. Plainly he did not see himself as others saw hmi, and the "others" would rind it difficult if not impossible to put themselves in his place even long enough to lock upon the world and measure by his coeie even lor a moment. Yet he was probably considering how he v.ould lose caste umong his fellow-thieves by being arrested for begging! Perhaps that stalwart young Kentuckian who followed his rival over to JeTfersonville and knocked him down, thus preventing a marriage with the girl they both wanted, has solved the Gretna Green problem which has puzzled the Indiana authorities. If a rival lover will accompany every runaway coupis the numbdr of clandestine marriages will leseen rapidly. There is a pathetic interest In a description given by a Cambridge (Mass.) paper of the lato Prof. John Flske'e library. A new family retldsr.ee had. it seems. Just been computed at the time of his death, and ha had lsun the removal of his books, for the housing of whi:h he had made special provision. His new library, a second-story room, is fifty feet long and twenty feet in width, those proportion bt-ing none too

ample, however, for his large collection of books. Since his death the volumes have been carefully arranged on the shelves as he had planned, and the room Is said to be a very handsome and attractive one an ideal place for the student who hoped to occupy it. IEOH EITHER AND YON.

A Slander on Woman. Philadelphia Record. MJ2ln? A woman can never keep a fecret. UuefTlns Nonsense! My wife anl I had been engaged for four hours before a soul knew anything about it. A Trlllc Flashy. Chicago Record-He raid. "Sometldnfr ought to be done about spectacular advertising." "I tMnk sc. Half the palm leaf fans waving in ehvrch last Sunday rr.ornlnp had on there: 'Go to Sapowslil's for Cheap Summer Clothes.' " The Storied Castle. Ualtlmore American. "You had better make It ten storie3 higher," said good Kins Arthur to the royal architect. "What H the use?" queried the latter. "Ods boddiklns and gadzooks. caitiff. Know ye not that the men of the future will have to have a storied castle to write about?" A Definition. London Answers. An old HcottHh farmer, being: elected a member of the local school board, visited the Fchool and tested the intelligence of tho class by his questions. The first Inquiry was: "Wo, boys, can ony o' you tell me what naethin? is?"' After a moment's silence a small boy In a back sat arose and replied: "It's what ye sic rne t-other cay for haudin' yer horse!" It May He the Ileaen. Chicagro Pott. He didn't think much of new-fangled Ideas, anyway. "It's a surprise to nie," h Bald, "that our ignorant progenitors ever were able to bring up children at all. They had none of the neeeaeary modern facilities. There was no kindergarten in tho Garden of Eden." "No," she rr-plied quiet , "and you will recall that Cain went wron?." Aftt-r that he was idlent; he knew when he had the worst of it. REBELS STOP A TRAIN CAPTINE SEVEKAI, COLOMHIAX OFFICIALS, hit no nc looting. , Interference ivlth Tralllc Across the Iatlimua That Mny Lend to Warnlug from I'nele Sum. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6,-Consul Gudger, at Panama, to-day cabled the State Department the following: "Liberals detained for one hour pasaengcr train at Matachln this morning; captured one government official; no leollng; no damage s." The dispatch of Consul Gudger may prove of some importance in determining the course of the United States toward the Colombian uprising, as Matachln, the point mentioned where the revolutionists stopped a train, is directly on the line of the Panama Railway and tho proposed route of the canal. It is the first official indication that there Is an interruption of the traffic across the Isthmus. The United States is bound by treaty to keep this traffic open to the world. "Whether any positive steps will be taken depends largely upon the extent to which the revolutionists are able to interfere with the transit across the isthmus. As Mr. Gudgcr's dispatch Indicates that the delay was only one hour, and, moreover, that no danger and no looting oc cumd, it is hardly likely this would be such an interference with free transit as to call for energetic steps by this government. It is an indication to officials, however, of the boldness ef the revolutionary element, and of the'r strength aiong this vital artery of commerce across the isthmus. The dispatch was not communicated to the Navy Department and there appears to be no movement thus far to dispatch an American rhip to that quarter. It is stated officially in this connection that no requests have been received for the protection ef American interests, and, moreover, such information as reached the State Department prior to Mr. Cue:ger's dispatch ef today related to trouble at remote points in the interior, where there are no Arneiican interests requiring protection. Except to protect American interests, it is not usual for the State Uepartnunt to take cognizance of revolutionary movements. In case of actual war between Colombia and Venezuela the Uiual declaration of neutrality woulel be issued when this government has been advised oineially of a state of war. ho long as the affair In Colombia or Venezuela partakes of the character of a revedution, no oiHcial action wlil be calleei for beyond a careoTui outlook fer any American interests which may become imperiled. SITUATION" IN COLOMHIA. Ilevolut ionint Saiel to De Menacing Colon and City of Pnnnrau. Correspondence of the Associated Press. KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 21. The political situation on the Isthmus of Panama at tho present moment is as follows: It Is evident that a revolutionary expedition ha9 successfully landed in the immediate vicinity of Colon. Rumor has it that a threemasted schooner was Keen lying off the harbor of Colon a week or two ago. This seems, however, improbable, In view of the fact that the Colombian converted cruiser Namouna was known to be In th harbor previous to that time. The evidence of additional strength to the rebel cause having been received Is, however, concit'slvely in ferred from the recent successful raids that have been made within the past ten days at various stations along the railway line. The principal and almost only suffc-rers on su.h occasions are the Chinese, whose tdiops are pillageu of food, clothing, fuel and such other requisites. Looting has occurred at the following stations: Emperador (toward Panama), and ;ian Pablo. Hohio and Gatun (toward Co;on), the latter being o.ily about live or six miitis elistant trojn that town. On July 2i a woman over lilnety yeais old was snot Je.oi at Rohio at nlht time in the house of Senor MtlendtZ, formerly prelect of Colon. The government ofiLciahä at San Pablo have been kidnaped. Small forces consisting e.f fren thirty to fifty members have been sent trom Panama to garrison these points. On July the troops station at Gilun, having compelled, it is repeated, somt Jamaicans to row them up the river, about six boats, containing abont fifty men, set oat In starch of the rebels, but they had not gone very far when a brisk riile lire was opened on the bot In the rear, which, with difiicully, succeeded In returning to Galun v. 1th one man kided and two wounded on board. This incident has naturally created considerable sensation, more especially as it is not yet known what i. the fate of the ther bo.i.ts or the number of rebels attacking them. These raids are evielenly made with tha hope of weakening the forces concentrate u ut Panama, which, it is believed, number WO or t-J men. Thl ueing the situation, the government Is naturally desirous of bringing in re 1 nie icemen fs froia Cartag-jna and other points. The Colombian cruiser Namouna, row at Colon, h is proved up to now to be entirely useless for war purposes. Nearly the entire crew (the officers being ilrltlsh and the rest Italians), have refused to navigate the ship, now that guns are being mounted on her, and have iwx. tiered their resignations. Efforts aro now being made to eecure a crv f jr the Naraouna. and other steamers will be chartered by the government If procurable. General Alban, Governor of Panama, contl.iues to be the moving spirit In all matters. What Tuminnnjr Cost Toxynyen. NEW YORK. Aut. 6. An advance In the tax rate of New S'ork city from $2.24 to ?U;j2 on th- $10) hau Lren deel led upon. ays the World. The total Increase upon the value of personal pvopertv an! realty this year over last I aoout $l&.tX).000, the perf on ilty increase being JGt.üuO.öOJ end that of realty .tAO.eXw.

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REAR- ADMIRAL 1IE.MIY L. IIOIVISO TO SUCCEED KIMRERLY. Will Aaslst Dewey nmi Ilenhnm in Determining the Queatlonn Raised ly Hear Admiral Schley. HIS SELECTION APPROVED APPOINTMENT SATISFACTORY TO . SCIILUY AXD HIS COUNSEL. llorrtaon Formerly nn lndlnnlnn tVltneumvH Summoned from Abroiul Promotions in the Army. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-The vacancy in the Schley court of Inquiry caused by the inability of Rear Admiral Kimberly to serve, on account of ill health, has been filled by the selection of Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison, whose appointment was announced by Assistant Secretary Hackett to-day. At the same time it was announced that this appointment would be agreeable to Admiral Schley. The department, before taking action, had submitted a list of names to Admiral Schley, which included that of Rear Admiral Howison. and Admiral Schley had indicated his entire willingness to accept any officer on the list. The department also communicated the selection to Captain Parker before making It public. Assistant Secretary Hackett, before Issuing the order, communicated wih Admiral Howison, who is at present at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and ascertained from him that he had given utterance to no expression of opinion regarding tin merits of tho Sampson-Schley controversy. The department announced that Admiral Howlson would accept the detail. Admiral Dewey was notified of Admiral Howison'a selection, and the department sent to the latter a copy of the precept, together with Admiral Schley's letter relative to the fifth paragraph of the precept and the department's response thereto, which correspondence Is part of the official record. A preliminary list of the witnesses who will be called to appear befere the court has been prepared at the Navy Department. Some of these officers are on foreign stations, and will be obliged to leave for home almost immediately in oreler to arrive in time. Admiral Schley has also submitted a list of witnesses, some of whom are on foreign stations, and these also will be orordered home. Among the witnesses desired bv Admiral Schley Is Lieutenant Benjamin v Wells, the admiral's Mag secretary. There are no Spanish officers on Admiral Schle-y's list. Commander "William Swift, commanding the gunboat Yorktown. iir.s been ordered to relievo Commander Seaton Schrocder as naval Governor of tho Island of Guam. The Yorktown is now en routo to Guam. The assignment cf Commander Swift is temporary, pending the selection of a permanent (iovernor. It became necessary to detach Commander Schroeiler from that duty prior to the expiration of the usual period of such assignment In order that he might return to the United States and testify before the Schley court of inquiry. Captain James Parker, Aelmiral Schley's assistant counsel, appeared at the Navy Department to-day to resume his investigation of the official records in connection with the disputed points in the Santiago campaign. He was given a desk in the secretary's office, as he-was last week, and sach records as he called for were placed at his disposal by the Hureau of Navigation. Rear Admiral Henry L. Howison Is a cousin of Capt. "William E. English, of Indianapolis. He was appointed to Annapolis from southern Indiana by "William II. English when the latter was In Congress. He has made visits to this city, but regards Washington as his home. Rear Admiral Howison Is one of the youngest retired officers of his grade, having been retired Oct. 10, 1830, when he reached the age of sixty-two. During the early part of the war he served principally in blockade duty, but later participated in tho battle of Mobile bay as commander of the United States ship "Bienville. It is rather an interesting coincidence that he was In command of the cruiser Vandalla at Samoa, which later went down in the hurricane in Apia harbor while Hying the flag of Rear Admiral Kimberly, who had succeeded him as senior officer on the station, and whom he now succeeds in this court. He was In command of the Boston navy yard during the Spanish war, and later was commander of the South Atlantic station. He made the famous long-distance cruise around Africa In th Chicago a3 the last act of his active career, arriving in New York the day before Admiral Dewey arrived in the Olympia. It will be remembered that, although he outranked Admiral Sampson, who was in command of the receiving fleet at that time, he refrained from assuming command, but courteously allowed Admiral Sampson to do the honora upon that celebrateel occasion. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. Advancements in the Cavalry, Artillery and Infnntry Service. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The President to-day made the following appointments: War. Frank D. Baldwin, colonel of Infantry; James Reran, lieutenant colonel of Infantry; Frank B. Jones, major of infantry; Frank IL Whitman, captain of infantry; Henry Du R. Phelan. assistant surgeon of Volunteers, rank of cuptain. First Lieutenants of Cavalry James Longstreet, jr., Harry N. Coote. Theodore Schultz. James E. Shelley, Duncan Elliott, Charles 1!. Boice. John J. Ryan. Second Lieutenants of Cavalry Sei wvn D. Smith, William Overton. Gordon N. Kimball. Walter F. Martin, Oscar S. Lusk, Philip Jdcwry. First Lieutenants of Infantry Iandsav P. Rucker, Mack Richardson, Cleveland Wilcoxson. Albert R. Sloan. Second Lieutenants of Infantry W. II. Clendenen. William B. Ronham, Albert J. Bright, Robert B. McCormell, Harry E. Corhstock, H. Clay Supplee. Charles R. W. Morrison, Christian A. Bach, Alexander B. Coxe. First Lieutenants, Artillery Corps Stanley 1. llmbick. Ralph S. Granger, Henry B. Clark, Francis N. Coo re. Second Lieutenants. Artillery Corps Rov 1. Taylor, Fred E. Perry. Donald V.'. Strong, Tilrnan Campbell. John H. Dunn. Homer B. Grant, Garrison Ball, Jean S. Oakes. Thomas J. Dickson, f be a chaplain. Treasury. Third Lieutenants in the Revenue Cutter Service Franklin B. Harwood. Charles F. Howell, Joseph L. Ingle, jr.. William H. Hunter. John E. Maher, Francis R. Shoemaker. Navy. Frank IT. Clark, jr.. a lieutenant; Albert C. Dillingham, a commander. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION REPORT. Hatch of Affidavit Which Will Re Preciitcd to Confirms. .WASHINGTON. Aug. C.-A special committee of the Industrial commission met today to begin work on the draft of the report to be made to Congress at its next ! session. Several effidavits were received and formally accepted by the committee for inclusion in its report. John B. Archbold, vice president of the Standard Oil Coaipany, In an affidavit, vigorously attacks the affidavits submitted laet Juns by former Attcrnay General F. ß. Monnett. of Ohio, Charles B. Matthews, M. E. Lockwood and J. W. Lee. declaring that Mr. Monnett. In his reltsratlon of charges, reflects on the purity of the Ohio Supreme Court. Concerning the charges of attempted bribery of Mr. Monnett by the Standard Oll Company, he characterizes as "false" Mr. Monnett's sworn statement that "instead of the trust courting investigation they deliberately evaded and suppressed an

investigation of theso proper charges." He aaya Mr. Monnett did give notice that he would take testimony before a notary public, "a proceeding he knew to bo illegal, preposterous and contemptuous." Concerning Mr. Monnett's testimony chirping the Standard Oil Company with burning its books. Mr. Archbold s affidavit eays: "There was in his evidence both suppression of truth and suggestion of falsehood; and now, after two years granted for reflection and repentance, thoroughly accredited by the records of the court he represent, he again refers to the charge in his affidavit riled before the committee June, 11)01, pretended he has found new evidence. I leave him face to face with the record that the commission may Judge." Daniel It. Hayne, general solicitor of the Merchants' end Miners' Transportation Company, in a communication included in the report, recommends an act of Congress specifically covering the buying, receiving and selling ot any money, goods, bank notes or other things which may be stolen or taken feloniously. E. J. Hall, vice president and general manager of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company, submits an affidavit concerning telephone conditions. He says the charges for the service are higher in this country than in Europe, but that a fair comparison is almost impossible because of the many differences between the service here and abroad. The greatest single factor, he says, Is the comparatively low cost of labor In Europe, lie puts the United State irr the lead in telephone development. Next to this country in number of ttle-

nhnriA tAtlons are eUcrmanv. with J.oJl; Oreat Britain. 171.660; Sweden, 73.); , France. 59.S23; Switzerland, SS.64; Austria, 32,5; Russia, 31.370, and Norway. MA supplementary affidavit made by Prof. Frank Parsons, of Boston, is elesigr ed to refute testimony of Vice President Clark, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, and General Manager Bethel, of the New York Telephone Company. He charges that the Western Union is overcapitalized, and submits detailed figures from official reports to support his charges. The average actual receipts for all telegraph messages In England, according to him. are 15 eenti. as compared with 31 cents in the United States. He claims that comparisons as to the relative extension of the uso of the telephone under private ownership in the United States, compared with that abroad, are misleading, being based on carefully selected cities. Romyn Hitchcock, a New ork civil engineer, in one of the affidavits, advocates a government postal telegraph, declaring that the present system prevents improvements in methods and reduction in charges to the public. Mineral Treunre In Palestine. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Ernest L. Harris, United States consular agent at Eibenstock, has informed the StHte Department that valuable mineral treasures have recently been discovered in Palestine, and that it is" safe teJ say the Industrial awakening of the Holy Land !s no longer a dream. He eays it is true that the greater part of the once flourishing country is a barren desert, the lines of communication arc miserable and traffic is unsafe aside from the one railroad from Jaffa to Jerusalem. Mr. Harris says that the newly discovered mineral deposits lie on both sloes of the Jordan and the Dead sea. The salt deposits of the Dead sea also could be developed Into an industry. The consul considers phosphate the most Important of all deposits, and he says the immense fields of that mineral to the east and west of the Jordan need only better mearis of traffic and communication in order to insure their development. This. It would seem, is not far distant, as the Turkish government is planning a continuation of the Yafa-Jerusalcm Railway, and steamboats are already plying the Dead sea. Patents Granted lndlnninns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Patents were issued to lndianlans, as follows: James 11. Armstead, Indianapolis, assignor of onehalf to J. M. Armster.d, Duluth, Minn., measuring tool; Franz Rurger, assignor of three-fourths to H..M. Williams, Fort Wayne, cpeed regulator for explosive engines; Halleck Floyd, Dublin, spark arrester; George M. Frampton, Pendleton, window shade; John E. Frederick, assignor to Kokorno Steel and Wire Company. Koltonio, wire fence: George A. Harrison, assignor of one-half to W. C. Mitchell. Lafavette, police nippers; Jacob K. Hlllstrom, Michigan City, saw filing machine; Hampton E. Jackson, assignor of one-half to iZ. Leib, IL Shehan r.nd I. Boyl?, Anderson, railway track; Carl C. King. Evansville, combined collar button and necktie retainer; Andrew Lamar, assignor of onehalf to F. Borger, Shelbyville. combination wardrobe; Charles Lueteke, Greencastle, bread or candy dividing machine; Joseph L.. Manliive. Milton. Rate; Kllsworth A. Mltzner, Thelma, rail joint; Ira L. Neeley, Fairmount. assignor of one-hilf to L. G. Neeley. St. Marys, O., link movement for engines; Robert E. Poindexter, Indianapolis, hay rack for wagons; John Riley, Greencastle, suspender end. Capt. Evans Calla on Hnckett. WASHINGTON, Aug. C Admiral Robley P. Evans wa3 at the Navy Department for a short time to-day In consultation with Assistant Secretary Hackett. Both stated that the conference did not relate to the issue which ex-Senator Chandler has raised regarding Admiral Evans's criticism of him (Chandler) In his book. "A Sailer's Log." Admiral Evans, who goes to Fort Monroe to-morrow for a few days, said he called simply to pay hid respects. National Capital Note. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. George Traylor was to-day commissioned postmaster at Oliphant, Ind. Pending the receipt of the bond of Joslah T. White, who has been appointed postmaster at Lawton, O. T., the postmaster general had maele nn oreler designating P-wStoffice Inspector Raleigh M. C. Hosford as acting postmaster and authorizing him to put the office In operation at once. CHANGE AT MANILA. Commlssionern to Ilnle Intcad of Military Mai var's Breakfast Captured. MANILA, Aug. 6. The military government of Manila ceases to-morrow and municipal affair? will be taken over by three commissioners, similar to the government In the District of Columbia. The president Is a Filipino, Colonel Herrer. Others are Messrs. Baldwin and Tutherly. The chief of police is George Curry, a former officer of the Eleventh Cavalry. Mr. Housermann is the city attorney. Secretary Root's order cutting off the use of commissary supplies by civilian employes is causing consternation among the minor clerks whose expenses are thu3 doubled. Many of them ch.lm they had an absolute understanding, before leaving th? United States, that they would be entitled to use commissary stores. The order became effective Aug. 1. Unless the salaries of the junior employes arc raised many resignations are likely to be tendered. General Chaffee has received word that General Sumner's troops ate in close pursuit of the insurgent leader Malvar. They captured Mai var's camp while has breakfast was still hot. Captures and Surrender. WASHINGTON. Aug. (1. The War Department has made a new compilation of captures and surrenders In the Philippines in addition to the lists heretoTore made public during the month of Juno. The new list covers the period from May 10 to June 1. Kol, and also shows certain captures and surrenders at previous dates not heretofore reported. During the periods stated eiht officers and 352 men of the insurgent forces were captured and 1S1 officers and 2. 14f men surrendered, making the total number of insurgents captured and surrendered up to June IS last 41.(23. There alFO have been captured 111 rifles of various patterns, and l.VO rifles were surrendered, together with T.iJO rounds of ammunition and one cannon. Death Sentence Commuted. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6.-The President has commuted to Ilfs imprisonment the fentence of death pronounced by a courtmartial upon James W. Allen, private Company F, Twenty-fourth Infantry. Allen was convicted of rape at Pumlnt;;i Luion. Chinese Must Cnt Off Their Queues. NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-An order Issued by ha head of the Chine Reform Association thj calls upon all Chinamen in this country to vt their queues. It is said that upon iVa tn.inhpr of the nncllf Inn It n.lll v. more binding than an Imperial edict. It will affect everal hundred Chinese In this city.

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G01JH MARYL ND REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE A YM.OBOtS I KdlT. AH Jood Cltiren AU.ed to Aaelst In Refentlnir the Aim of the Demokratie Hob. CRY OF WHITE HANS STATE -ot DENOUNCED AS AN INSILT TO ALL INTELLIGENT PCOPLE. Albert B. Cnninilua to lie Nominated for Governor To-Day liy the Ileiiubllean of Iowa. RALTIMORE. Md.. Aug. 6. The Republican S.tate convention held here to-day placed in nomination the following tidket: For state controlle r, Hermann S. Piatt, of Baltimore city; for clerk of the Court of At peals, Thomas Parran. of Calvert county. Both nominations were made by acclamation, no other names coming before the convention. Interest, therefore, centered mainly in the platform and the speeches, all of which teemed with denunciation of Dcmocrccy in general and former United States Senator Gorman in particular. The "white supremacy"' issue raised by the Democrats Jn the platform adopted by them at last week's convention was ignored in the platform upon which the Republican candidate will etand, but It came in tor Its unfavorable mention in the speeches. Phillips Lee Golisborough. chairman of the Republican t-tate central committee, indicated clearly the course to Ik pursued by his 'party in the coming fight w ith regard to this issue in his opening adelte? to the convention. "To the cry that it Is a white man's State," said he, "wc answer that the negro bogy will ecare no man. It Is disgusting but humorous; It is a sham and fraud; it Is without force. The suggestion that more thn M per cent, of the white population of the State is in jeopardy from, any standpoint from the less than TO per cent, of negro population Is an insult to a brave and intelligent people who are justly proud of the giory of their State. There has never been a time when there has not been a white man's government in Maryland, and as the percentage of oored people has steadily declined in the State each elecade sinco 1810, when it was Z&'JZ per cent., to the pr sent time, when it is but 13.7S per cent., the puerility and absurdity of crying aloud a white man's government, is apparent." The platform was the work of United States Senator McComas and Phillips Le Goldsborough, chairman of the state eon tral committee. who.Js regarded as a promising candidate for the seat of Senator Wellington, in the event ef Republican success. I'nlike the' Deinocrptlc declaration of principles, adopted last week, much stress is laid upon national issues. The plank which especially refers to Mr. Gorman follows: "We appeal to all good citizens to unite in defeating the selfish political bosses in their conspiracy, boijun with the extra session, to perpetuate themselves and their methods by one-siihtd. election vaml t thwart tho first purpefc-e of that conspiracy by defeating the election to the United States Senate of the Democratic leader v ho elictated thu disfranchising election law to a servile assembly. Their victory would again fasten upon our State tho reign of corruption and violence overthrown in lrs, arvt enable them te entrench themseles for a generation behind a far worse disfranchising e lection law than the un-Ameri. an law we ai pledged to repeal. If we suceee.1 we will defeat the election to the United ftate Senate of a man whose vivs 0:1 tariff and finance fluctuate with political exigencies, which is stable only in unvarying control of the Democratic party maclrtr.e." Other planks pledge the party's representatives in Cnnrrfjs to uphold the policy of President McKinley; promiee that th Republicans, if put in coatrcl of the Legislature, will Immediately repeal the new election law and re-enact the one Jn forc prior to the recent spee-Ial session of th Legislature; to pass laws to prevent corrupt practices in elections; to regulate primary elections; to take the public schools and the police department out of politics; to suppress all combinations of trade which are intended to cnate a monopoly; to amend the present oyster laws so ns to provide for the replenishment and revival of the barren oyster bed at public expense and to secure to oyster men and crabbers full rights and privileges on those beds. , CU3IMINS FOR GOVERNOR. Antl In loun Not Strong Enough to Defeat the Des Molnen Man. CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Aug. 6. It seems to be practically Fettled to-night that ths Iowa Republican convention, which moti here to-morrow, will nominate Albert B. Cummins, of Des Moines, for Governor. A combination against Cummins had tern formed by friends of the other candidates Harriman, Herrlott. Trewin and Conger with the Intention of so combining thdr force that, after the first ballot, they could stampede the convention to one of Cummins's Opponent. The combination was broken to-day, when, after a conference of the anti-Cummins men. It was announced that a larK number of Hetriott delegates bad abandoned their candidate and would vote for Cummins. The liertiotl defection will bring to Cummins an increase ejf strength which will give him 8!S :n the recotid ballot. Necessary to chou-e. i'-l. The name of Edwin H. Coiikiei will not be prominent In the ballotlrg. Mr. Conger Iis repeatedly id that he was only a receptive candidate, and he has made no tiht for th-. nomination. At ll o'clock to-nh'ht the antl-Cummlns men. becoming doubtful of their aLillty to win with iiirrlmtn. olfered the nomination to Congressman John S. Laeey. of th Sixth dlstii.t. The congressman agreed to consider the proposition, !it it Is not believe I that he will accept. All the congressmen and orator of the State have thos far h Id aloof from the right. Senator Do'lfver refused to Join la the f.r.t agseln-t Curr.mln-, and Congressman Hepburn has r fuse d to lead the rijht lu the convention against Cummins. YOUTHFUL LIFESAVER. Hm Ileaeued Fourteen Person front Drowning and it Man from Suicide. CHICAGO. Aug. 6 Having to l is credit fourteen lives t jvel from drowning. Arthur Eagi.n. who Is aged but seventeen years, last evening saved A. J. Baker, a would-tv-sulcide. twic although th: mat struFg'fH to be allowed to di. After the first res ae Baker fought ;vn;ey. and finally threw his recuor off und J.ur.p'd Into the lal e a second tine. E. gan aga'..t sprang üfur film and fucceeded In fiaaUy dragging him to safety. Although oniy seventeen years old. Eagan an expert swimmer. His aim H to become ni"nur cf the live-saving crew, and hs a' cor.i::-;'.y took up his he adquartera this yrur at th Barry be tch, wh re all bis rescue s Lavs byea nude. Medals for Arttat. BUFFALO. N. Y.. Aug. C-The jury cf awards in the division of fine arte at tl Pan American Exposition ha mad? pabllo its report. in Group l, pointings in oil, water color, patteli, tie, more thrn twenty-five gold medals were awarded and moie than fifty silver medals. A large numb r of bronio medals an-t honorable mentions are made. In Group 2, sculpture, including medals and earners, a special award is a diploma and medal of honor, awarded Augustus Saint (liudens. (.old medals wer awarded Paul W. Bartlett. Frderttk Mar monnles. Charlca Grsfly. George Gray Barnard. H. A. MacNell. Ktrl Bitter. Cnas. H. Nelhaus. Richard E. Brook. Virginia Arias, Chile. In this group a number of silver and bronxo tneials and honorabla mentions also were awarded.

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