Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 235, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1901 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901.

THE DAILY .JOURNAL FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901.

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Subscribers leaving the city for a period daring the summer can have the Daily and Sunday Journal mallad to any address In tha United States or Canada without extra charge. The address will be changed as often as desired. Both telephones 238. Onward Silver can win a race es a horse, but a certain party has learned that no ort of silver can win a presidential election. The Taggart city committee and henchtnen are not finding Candidate Moore 'easy," but it is not possible that they can be beaten. Republicans hope that if any man who is not a Democrat undertakes to vote in a Democratic primary that members of that party will hale him to court. It may bo observed that there is no term fixed by law for the clerk of the State Printing Hoard, consequently there can be no vacancy to till by expiration of term. The friends of Candidate Moore arc assertlng that Mr. Magulre's candidacy was insisted on by the element of the party which Mr. Charles roister represents. If co, Mr. Moore is not in the light. To Mr. Ilryan the vote of the Iowa Democratic convention to stand by the Ka,ieas City platform is the first bit of eher qnff reason, but a vote of CO in favor to 6o0 against shows that the party is nearly split in 'two on the issue. The friends of the public schools should fee to it that Commissioners Moores, Sweeney and Sickle are certified for reelection, and on election day nee that they are re-elected, to the end that the present satisfactory board may he continued. In the Iowa Democratic convention the chairman refused to listen to an appeal from his decision, whereat many of the Gold Democrats walked out of the hall amid derisive cheers of the silverJtes. Thus does the work of bringing the party together progress. An extensive canning factory In Ohio will be- compelled to close because the supply of tin is shut off by the strike a fact which Is an argument against the massing of all the producers of one kind of goods in the hands of one company whose works can be crippled by a strike. Sir Thomas Upton has no reason to complain of tho cordiality of his welcome on his arrival at New York, and by the same token Americans will have no reason to complain If his yacht captures tho prize cup. He has shown himself a thorough gentleman and sportsman. It Is not fair to make Mr. Ilryan entirely responsible, as many Democrats are doing, for the silver heresy. In November, 1830. after the Democrats carried a twothirds Congress, the Cincinnati Enquirer declared for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. BasBSSBSaaaMassssMaaaHaasBHviM Exchanges continue to speak of the membership of the Amalgamated Association as numbering &o,ooo. It is an exclusive association of skilled iron workers, and has a membership of about 12,m. Put when a hundred members of the Amalgamated strike a thousand less skillo-l workmen arc forced to be idle. Mr. Sahm is said to be disgusted with the primary election law. lie is reported as aaylng: 'These Moore fellows wouldn't daro to show their beads in a convention. Hut they will probably be ablo to get out a right decent vote at secret primaries." In Other words, a system that gives individual voters a chance to express their preference is disgusting. One Is led to Infer from the observations of Mr. Keach that it is felopy for any Democratic aspirant who has not the credentials of Mayor Taggart to irrigate parched Democratic throats with free beer, and a public ofter.se to use for such irrigation any brw that does not bear the Terre Haute trademark. Congressman Llttlefleld's attack upon the Supreme Court before the American Bar Association was in bad taste, to say tho least. Whatever may be thought of it, the decision is law, and lawyers should not attack it nor the court that made it. If It Is true, as Mr. Littlefleld says, that the court wai "too profoundly Impressed with the supposed cor.sequenceg of an adverse decision," that is not to its discredit. It whs stated a few days ao that a prominent citizen of Pittsburg, whose name was not given, had gone to New York to try and induce the Steej Corporation to open negotiations with the Amalgamated representatives looking to a settlement of the strike. The message h brought back wai: "There will be no more negotiations or conferences with the Amalgamated Association until it is incorporated and we hold it to ks contracts." This is a

business? men's view of a business question, and it has been forced on the company by the unwise leadership of Mr. Shaffer In ordering the men to repudiate their contracts. A SHOUT SUPPLY OF WHEAT. The foreign demand for wheat is now an interesting and important feature in the situation, as it must affect the price of the large crop In the United States. There have been reports of hört crops of breadstuffs in Europe and elsewhere, but it was not until within two weeks that reliable reports of the shortage could be made. That most reliable authority, the Mark Lane Express, gives figures which are e-n-titied to attention. The French wheat crop will not exceed CoV),0)0 bushels, which will make It necessary to Import G0,000 bushel?. As France often has wheat to spare to other countries It will be seen that Franco must add W.OuO.flOO bushels to the aggregate that must come from other countries. Again, the total crop estimated In the great territory of northwestern Europe Is placed at CM.000,000 bushels, while tho requirements for consumption are C04,(".O.000 bushel. This region, which Includes Oreat Prltaln, miiFt draw upon other countries for 263.00O,0uO bushels. Here are 328.0000 bushels of wheat needed by France and northwestern Europe. Where Is it to come from? Our new crop is estimated at 73.000.000 bushels, of which we shall need 400,000.000 bushel3 for home consumption, leaving 275.000,000 bushels for export. Where

can the remainder be found? Usually In-' dla and Egypt have more than enough for export to make good the European deficit after our surplus is contributed, but this year those countries have no wheat of any consequence to spare. Russia, Argentina, Australia and the Balkan states have a surplus for export, but the Mark Lane Express estimates that Italy, Austria-Hungary, China and the Spanish peninsula will need all those countries can spare. This means that there will be a ready market for the whole of our surplus crop, so the American farmer may expect an unusually good price. At the present time foreigners, alive to the dependent condition of Europe, are purchasing large quantities of American wheat, the amount in the two weeks ending last Saturday being 17,000,000 bushels. The shipments one day this week were 1,7S4,G0Q bushels. At a time when Europe is so dependent on the United States for bread and meat the talk in foreign countries of shutting us out of the world's markets is calculated to attract attention to Europe's dependence upon us from time to time, and to remind Its people that Europe would be in perpetual distress for food if there was no United States to furnish a supply sufficient to meet their deficit and to hold prices down to a figure which, it may be said, makes existence possible. THE FUTURE OF CUIA. The near future of Cuba is not hard to forecast. Under the pledge of Congress and the manifestly honest intentions of the United States at every stage of proceedings since the beginning of the war with Spain the Cubans are destined to have an Independent government of their own. The United States has done all in its power to start the Cubans in tho right direction and to insure the success of their attempt at self-government. We could have hindered their efforts In this direction at every step if wo had so desired. Instead of that we have advised, assisted and promoted them. As General Wood said in a speech at a banquet in Havana before the opening of the constitutional convention: You want liberty for nil, and for no particular party. The United States insists that you shall have it. This is possible. and easily possible. We have said it to the world, it lies with you to help us make our word good. Your enemies predict failure. The people of the United States and their representatives hone to see you defeat these predictions. If we were not your friends we would not seek the best men you have, but would seek the disturber and the malcontent to represent you in the convention. We seek nnd demand the best you have. Again I say, send people to the convention who will make your political system workable and permanent. That fairly expresses the motive of the United States in all its dealings with Cuba, and It Is not exaggeration to say that no government has ever shown a higher one. If the Cubans succeed in establishing "a workable and permanent political system" it will be wholly due to the wise supervision and assistance of the United States. Hut then what? After Cuba has acquired its independence, as by the grace of Cod and the aid of the United States it undoubtedly will, the question still remains, what will be done with It? Will it be used in a spirit of friendliness or of hostility to the United States? When the time arrives that a Cuban legislature can enact laws entirely independent of American suggestion, will they be friendly to this country or not? Unfortunately, there Is nothing In the Spanish-American character to allay a fear that they may be marked by Ingratitude and unfriendliness to the nation to which Cuba will owe its independence. This spirit can be shown In many ways. For instance, it is already suggested that the future immigration laws of, Cuba shall be ma-de decidedly friendly to emigration from Spain and other countries of southern Europe, and unfriendly to emigration from the United States. Without going into details, it is evident this could be done, if the disposition existed. It must be remembered that in spite' of political differences and revolutions there is a natural bond between Cuba and Spain the bond that exists between a mother country and a colony. It is still felt between the American colonies and England. It Is a singular fact that since the liberation of Cuba there has been a steady emigration to the Island from Spain not large but steady. During the month of July last, out of 2JS immigrants arriving at Havana, 170 were Spanish, 5S were Chlneso and not one was American. If after Independence is established the Cuban legislature chooses to work this idea and encourage Spanish immigration to the exclusion of American it can do much to prevent the Americanizing of the island and to build up a new Latin American state at our very doors. Then the question will arise for th United States to decide whether It will permit that sort of an abuse of Cuban independence. The reorganization of the Republican party In Virginia is an event of national interest. The state convention held at Roinoke on Wednesday was the first regularly called convention of the Republican party that has been held in the State since Ite'j, when Hon. WllMam Mahone, who had been a lighting general in the Confederate army and United States senator after the war, was nominated for Governor. The platform on which he was nominated declared that "Our party only demands the security of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all dwellers in the Old Dominion, and that all shall be allowed to

exercise their political, civil and religious relations in accordance with the highest civilization of the age." Owing to a bitter factional fight, resulting ln'the holding of a bolters' convention. General Mahone was defeated, but he polled a large vote. Since then the Republicans have had a very Imperfect organization, though they have polled a very respectable vote In every national election. The convention held on Wednesday was remarkable for the large number of prominent men among the delegates and for the small number of colored delegates. Of 5 delegates entitled to sit in the convention nearly all were white. This result was not due to discrimination against the cclored race, but to an understanding that the party should be organized on new lines. Col. J. Hampton-Hoge, the nominee for Governor, comes of an old Virginia family and is a Republican of thestalwart school. In his speech accepting the nomination he said he would challenge the Democratic nominee to meet him in Joint debate, and the canvass promises to be an interesting one. Ten dajs have wrought a marvelous change of sentiment In Indiana regarding the prospects for crops. Men who were discouraged two weeks ago are row quite hopeful. Those who declared then that they would have no corn have since discovered that they will have some, and othors who were hopeless say they will have half a crop or more. There are even those who are so hopeful that thy expect something from late potatoes. The prospects for fall feed for live stock is now good, so that farmers will not be obliged to sacrifice all of their stock. In a small matter the change of sentiment Is illustrated by comparing the declaration of ten dayo ago that there would be no tomatoes with the statement that the rain and sunless weather of the pact week has caused them to break open without ripening. In the meantime the prices of vegetables hav2 been declining. There would be a scarcity of potatoes if the country round about us were tne only source of supply, but tho railroads give us a wide range of country from which to draw, and there are sections where the crop is fair. Generally we are recovering from the hopeless feeling Into which we talked curselves two weeks ago. It is possible that we may go to the other extreme. The Imagination often supplants the Judgment regarding such matters. As for the farmers who depend upon corn for cash, the much higher price for many fewer bushels will about equalize results, and the work of handling the larger crop will be saved. Wo may yet be reasonably happy. A curious development of the color line has occurred in Cuba. In submitting a plan for organizing the nucleus of an army tho American authorities provided for several batteries of artillery, to be composed exclusively of white men. This discrimination against tha negroes has elicited a decided protest. La Naclon, a Havana paper, edited by a white Cuban general, says: The basis Is American and not Cuban, and the negroes are barred. Cubans of good faith, who were In the revolution, cannot and ought not to admit these differences. If the negro was good for lighting for liberty, if. in the war for liberty, we did not see his color, but saw him only as a comrade, then in peace we ought to do the same, through the spirit of justice, through shame and in order to avoid future evils. The Amer

icans cannot look upon the question of race In the same way which we see It. We are obliged to protest against the acts, to refuse to accept that responsibility, to refuse to admit it in any manner. Another Cuban newspaper edited by a white man characterizes the proposition as "inconceivable," and says: "The Americans have nothing whatever to do with a question which has been forever decided by those whom alone It concerns." In view of these protests the discriminating provisions should be withdrawn. According to the statement of a Presbyterian pastor in New Jersey bogus doctors of divinity are turned out Just as bogus doctors of medicine are, and are supplied with degrees from a diploma factory in Chicago. The pastor says he knows of three such doctors of divinity in his own presbytery, and that the alleged university alluded to makes a practice of canvassing for patrons. He substantiates his statement by publishing correspondence with the "fake" institution showing that it carries on a regular business in conferring degrees for a fee. The obvious tendency of the practice is to bring even honest degrees into disrepute. The foreigners who are making trouble in Pittsburg must bo very deficient In their knowledge of English If they fall to understand Judge McGarvey's language: "Let It be fully understood," he said, "that the laws of this country, to which they have come to earn their bread, are to be fully enforced at all hazards, and that ignorance of them or of the language will not be accepted as a plea." If the wellsettled doctrine that ignorance of the law excuses no one is enforced against Amer icans it should be equally against foreign ers. Philadelphia papers note an unusual influx of Britons in that city, no less than fifty English merchants and manufacturers being registered there at one time. They como to Inspect local manufacturing industries, and make no concealment of their desire for closer acquaintance with American methods. John Bull Is a very persistent person, and Americans must not imagine that he will take second place In the manufacturing world without a struggle. The statement was made in the British House of Commons Just before its adjournment that the Introduction of the gold standard in India has brought about such a state of prosperity that, in spite of great depression in agriculture, the secretary of state for India had been able to produce the most favorable balance sheet during forty years. Another nail in Mr. Bryan's coihn! Admiral Sehlny's Foul Friends. Salt Lake Tribune. The New York Journal is evidently trying to influence public opinion in the Schley-Sampson case, so as to make the Investigation a trial of Sampson rather than an investigation of the charges made ty Maclay against Schley. We have never seen meaner or more unscrupulous abuse of any one in print than the Journal is daily unloading upon Sampson. It indirectly charges him with cowardice In a storm, with cowardice in the face of a battle, derides his origin, denies him all the elements of character necessary to constitute him an officer and a gentleman. It should land the editor of the Journal in a penitentiary. On the same theme even the mugwump Springfleld Republican says: "The Schley newspapers continue with the most questionable taste to conduct the court of inquiry in thHr columns before the real court of inquiry will assemble at Washington. Several of them are evidently trying to prejudge the case absolutely in the minds of-thelr readers by extended discussions 'of the evidence day by day. This is highly disrespectful to the tliree members of the court and of

very doubtful aid to Rear Admiral Schley.

wno irom me outset has been heavily weighted with fool friends." FROM HITHER AND YON. Rushed. Puck. First Millionaire I've been frightfully busy this week! Second Millionaire Is that eo? First Millionaire I haven't even had time to give away any money. Up-to-Date Hair Ornament. New York Times. 'Miss Hoboken is an original girl. Isn't she?" "Generally; what's ehe been doin now?" "Why, laet evening at Mies Eaglewood's whist she wore mosquitoes in her hair instead of the customary butterfly. Clever, wasn't it?" The Secret. Brooklyn Eagle. Ella Bella toll me that you toll her that secret I told you not to tell her. Stella She's a mean thing I told her not to tell you I toll her. Ella Well! I told her I wouldn't tell you she tolJ me so don't tell her I did. DiHlcnlt Questions. Philadelphia Record. Visitor So you go to Sunday school? I suppose you have to answer a great many difficult questions? Tommy Yes, ma'am. Visitor Well, which do ycu find the most difficult? Tommy How I got sand In my shirt and my head wet in church. Applied Knowledge. Wisconsin Journal of Education. "Spell ferment and give its definition," requested the teacher. "F-e-r-m-e-n-t, to work." responded a diminutive maiden. ".Vow place it in a sentence, so that I may be eure you understand its meaning," said tha teacher. "In the summer I would rather play out of doors than "ferment in the schoolhouse," returned the small scholar. VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS THEIR PLATFORM ADOPTED AXD ADJOURNMENT TAKEN. Protest Against Conferring night of Suffrage on Unworthy Person Because Ancestors "Were F. F. V. ROANOKE. Va., Aug. 22.-The Republican state convention reassembled at 10 o'clock this morning. Ex-Congressman Thorpe, chairman of the resolutions committee, presented the platform, which was adopted by acclamation without debate. The platform indorses and announces adhesion to the principles of the national Republican party, as enunciated in the Philadelphia plform. It Indorses ilcKinley's administration and gives its unqualiIled assent to the Republican doctrine that the people are sovereign and that all power is derived from, and belongs to the people. It declares its willingness to trust to the people the decision of all political issues. It denounces all attempts to discriminate in favor of, or against citizens of Virginia on account of race or color. It protests against the proposition to confer tho right of suffrage on unworthy persons on account of the merits or achievements of their ancestry, as tending to create a privileged class, and discrimination against others equally worthy. It favors the right of suffrage being left as fixed by the present Constitution of Virginia, with such laws and guarantees as will secure to every qualified voter a free ballot and fair count. It arraigns the Democratic party of Virginia for "The willful, deliberate, debased and fraudulent elections that have been held in this State for years past. It declares its unalterable opposition to criminal trusts and to every illegal combination of capital; but wages no war on combination of capital for legitimate purposes "and arraigns the Democratic party of Virginia, which has had control of the state government for fifteen years, for its failure to enact any law or take any steps to control, prevent or punish such criminal trusts and illegal combinations of capital. It protests against the scheme to promulgate tho new Constitution without submitting it to the people. It favors economy in the administration of state government and charges the Democratic party with wanton extravagance and with willful waste. It condemns the Democratic party for not having changed the law of fellowservants, as construed by the Supreme Court of Appeals, and denounces the acts of tho Democratic Legislature In its attempts to destroy the oyster Interests of the State. After the platform had been disposed of Mr. Lurty, the defeated candidate for Governor, made a speech Indorsing the convention's nominations of last night. J. Hampton Höge, the nominee for Governor, was called for and responded with a speech in which he scored his Democratic opponent and the Democratic party. He was enthusiastically cheered. At 11:30 o'clock the convention adjourned sine die. CONSTITUTION AND FLAG. Question That Has Not Yet lleen Setled at Honolnln. Correspondence of the Associated Fress. HONOLULU, Aug. 13. The question of the Constitution and the flag is not yet settled in Hawaii, as applicable to criminal matters. The Supreme Court has Just begun a special term to consider the cases of a number of prisoners released by the Circuit Court, on the ground that they were illegally convicted because, after annexation, they were found guilty and sentenced on verdicts of nine Jurors. It Is contended by Attorney General Dole that the recent Insular decisions contained nothing to indicate an opinion by the national Supreme Court that the first ten amendments to tho Constitution "follow the flag," but that the said decision simply covers the point that annexed territories cease to be foreign, as far as tariff considerations are concerned, as soon as annexation Is complete. The Supreme Covlrt here heard lengthy argu ments on the question yesterday. There are about twenty-live convicted men whose cases depend on the decision of the question nnd civil interests are also at stake. The issue Is as to whether the Constitution followed the flag, not only as to tariffs, but including all its provisions. This, it Is claimed, the court at Washington has not yet ueciiled. United States Judjre Estes has rendered a decision, in which he declares that all Chinese born in the Jlawalian Islands are American citizens, no matter what govern ment tney were Dorn under. VIEWS OF NEWSDEALERS. They Think he Price of Penny Pa pers .Should He Increased. NEW YORK, Aug. 22. The establishment of a publishers clearing house was discussed at to-day's session of the convention of the National Association of Newsdeal ers. Booksellers and Stationers. A reso lution was adopted reciting that the book publishers had greatly benefited the trade by adopting and maintaining standard once for books, and urging the associa tion to establish In this city a publishers clearing house for the convenience of both local and country dealers. The convention urged the Increase of the price of penny morning newspapers, on the round that it was Impossible for the dealers to make a living out of mornJnc newspapers, which they have to buy at ) cenis a nunareo and sen at a cent each. The. publishers of the New York citv newspapers were at-ked by resolution.' intro duced ty Mr Ma. of Fawtucket, R. I., to Increase the retail price to 2 cents, and to furnish the rniers to dealers at II. 10 a hundred. The publishers of the evening ucziiiriB were urgeo in c-rnii publication on the Fourth of July. Thanksgiving day, Christmas and New Year's day. It wis also decided to request that penny newspapers b- made nonreturtmbb-. and ii. it tney ne sold at -U cents a hundivd.

BEWARE EGYPT'S FATE

LONDON' EDITORS WARN THE LIT TLE ISTHMIAN REPUBLIC'S. Think the United State NVouId Re Justified In Insuring Permanent Peace. "ALL THIEVES ARE LIBERALS" GEN. JEFFERIES HAS A POOR OPIN ION OF S031E LATIN-AMERICANS. He Thinks It Is Time for the United States to Interfere and End the Colombian AYar. LONDON, Aug. 22. The Daily Graphic, In an editorial on the South and Central American troubles, says: "The situation is almost intolerable and occasions a very legitimate anxiety in the United States. Unless orderly government is established cn a firm foundation the eventual permanent intervention of the United States will become Inevitable." Comparing the situation to that of Egypt when the Suez canal was cut it says: "The republics of the isthmus will experience the fame fate of Egypt unless they amend their manners before the lnteroceanlc canal is completed." The Times says: "No exception can be taken to Mr. Hay's attitude toward the Central American trouble. It is natural that the United States should take measures for the due protection of their own interests and those of other nations, of which they are in some measure the trustee, and it could be wished that those measures might have the effect of exercising that moral influence over the turbulent and distracted republics which it is the peculiar right and special privilege of the United States to exercise within reasonable limits. The Monroe doctrine has duties as well as rights, and it is no extravagant conception of those duties to regard them in this light. They are presented In the same light by the projected Pan-American Congress. Other States may learn in Mexico that they have nothing to fear from the moral hegemony which the United States cannot but exercise over their destiny and that they have everything to gain from the friendship and good will of the most powerful and prosperous community in the new world. From this point of view the proposed congress Is an event of. happy augury even if it prove barren of immediate results, since it will afford a favorable opportunity to discuss questions most likely to lead to a disturbance of the peace and the means of their settlement under tho moderating and disinterested influence of the United States. It would therefore be a great misfortune if Chile persisted in an attitude oi isolation." m CALLS LIRERALS THIEVES. Views of Gen. II. O. JerTerles on the Situation In Colombia. NEW YORK. Aug. 21-Gen. H. O. Jeffcries, second In command to General Alban, is quoted by the Colon correspondent of the Herald as saying that he believes President Castro will be overthrown. "There will be no declaration of war," General Jefferies said. "In 1S94 when President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, invaded Hon duras, thero was no declaration of war. There are no declarations of war in these countries. There is neither honor nor re spect between one nation and another. While affairs are quiet here now, they may not remain so. Only small bands of robbers and bushwhackers arc in the country. Venezuela recently called General UribeUribe. intending to send him Into Colom bia, but there will be no war either through the machinations of President Castro or those of others who are abetting the Liberals. "It is time the United States put down its foot and said 'stop. The duty now is here if it ever was in Cuba. Nicaragua has sent hero lour expeditions. That republic is now supporting for President of Costa Rica a candidate who has served four years In the state prison of New York for counter felting. I do not say that all Liberals are thieves, but all thieves are Liberals. Since the Liberal governments have ruled these countries, all have become bankrupt. Nie aragua was previously recognized by the world as an American Switzerland and was in a flourishing condition, owing no body, owning railroads and ships, having a surplus and with its exchange at Id. The exchange is now at 200. "Nicaragua, Ecuador and Venezuela are now in misery. Ihc best people are emi grants and are forced to flee for their lives after being robbed of all by their govern ments. The countries are now in a state of anarchy. Liberty they translate into robbery and libertinism. Jso wonder IVIme Roland cried: 'Liberty, how many crimes are committed in thy name?' There is no chance for the Colombian rebels, as their victory can give no security either to for elgners or the natives." ECUADOR AM) COLOM II I A. No DanRfr of War Iletween the Ttvo Republics Rebels Defeated. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The Colombian minister, Dr. Martinez Silva, to-day received an ofllcial letter from the minister of Colombia at Quito, Ecuador, which reports an engagement near Tomaco, in which a force of Colombian revolutionists were defeated and arms, ammunition and prisoners taken. The letter also discloses the satisfactory condition of affairs between Ecuador and Colombia and disposes of reports that an armed invasion by Ecuadorean troops was to be apprehended. The minister at Quito does not refer to any trouble with the government of Ecuador. He states that almost all the revolutionary chiefs who had fled from Colombia and taken refuge in Ecuador had gone back to Colombia, Dr. Silva considers this an explanation of the recent press reports that a force from Ecuador was about to invade Colombia and light a battle near Pa?to. Concerning the engagement near Tomaco, the letter states that General I'alasius, commandant of the city of Harbacausa, which had been recovered by the government, was in command of the government forces. The revolutionary force wai on its way to Tomaco, on the Island of (Jallle, and was surprised. Reference to the map makes it evident that the engagement referred to at Tomaco is the same movement referred to in the press dispatcht-s as going on near Pas.'o, as these two points aro near each other on the Colombian hide of the frontier with Ecuador. The Colombian minister, Dr. Martinez Silva, to-day discussed the dispatches received by the Aksc elated I'res from President Castro, of Venezuela, through his secretary, and from President Altar, of Kcuador. Dr. Silva spoke without criticism and confined his remarks to pointing out certain essential points which these messages from the two presidents made clear. In conclusion h-- aid: "Altogether, the mesacs seem to be reassuring as to the fact that no actuai war, in the sense accepted by international authorities, exists or is probable. I am trfctly Mire that in the revolutions In Venezuela there Is not one Colombian. I also am well Informed that the Colombian authorities on the frontier have made the utmost efforts to prevent Colombian territory from being made the base for revolutionary movements Into Venciuela." Liberals Won at I'sito. NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-Dr. A. J. Restrepo, diplomatic agent of the Liberal party row attempting to take possession of the government In Colombia, received a dispatch to-day from the' Liberal agent at Quito regarding the recently reported battle between the government or clerical forces at Tasto. The dispatch follows: "Quito. Aug. 20. The expected battle mir I'asto was foucht on Saturdav. the 17th. und the Liberal generals. .Lerclo

Perez and A. Rosas, won a great triumph over the clericals." Through his secretary. Dr. Restrepo explained that Pasto, where the battle was reported to have been fought, was in the extreme southern part of Colombia. 2,ooo miles from where General L'rlbe-Uribe was

operating and that it indicated successful execution of the plans of the campaign mapped out by General Uribe-Urlbe and ffiruiirilM to tho rommandine otlicers of the other Liberal forces before the general left New York early In the summer. General Petrle Captured. WILLEMSTAD. Curacao. Aug. 22.Venezuelan steamers have transported X men from Maracaibo and Coro, under command of General Davila, who defeated and cap tured General Hernandez, to invade Colom bia near P.lo Hacha, and to support General Uribe-Urlbe. The enczuelun authorities have also sent ammunition to that point. General Petrie. leader of a revolutionary movement thU was about ready to start, was captured near Magedelna. in the State of Carabobo, while on his way to arouse Guarico. On being taken to Caracas he was immediately set at liberty by order of President Castro. Strict Censorship. COIX)X, Colombia. Aug. 22. The Colom bian government is now enforcing a strict censorship. BOOM TOWN WRECKED HOUSES AND TENTS AT AXADARKO 11 L OWN DOWN II Y A TORNADO. Two Men Killed nnd Others Severely Injured New Town of llobart Visited by n. Cloudburst. EL RENO, O. T., Aug. 22.-A wind and rainstorm amounting almost to a tornado demolished the new town of Anadarko last evening. W. T. Tevis. of Weathcrford, Tex., and Felix Antone, of Paris. Tex., were killed outright by falling bufldlngs. A number of others were injured, while about twenty buildings were nearly wrecked and hundreds of tents and great quantities of merchandise were strewn over the prairie. The town was alive this morn lng and soon the wreckage was cleared away and buildings replaced. The damage will amount to $1,000. The known injured: Samuel P. Nelson, Kansas City, may not recover; Dana Warren, Storey county, internally, but not se rious. Others are reported injured, but it is believed none will die. The storm struck about 8 o'clock and came up without warning. Felix Antone was killed in the lodging tent and grocery store of his sons, located just west 'of the postOffice. The postofflce building, a rudely constructed affair, collapsed and fell over the tent. Antone's three sons succeeded in getting out, but their father was caught by a large timber and crushed to death. W. T. Tevis was killed in a tent by the side of a saloon building being erected on the cor ner of Tenth and C streets. He leaves a, widow and three children. He was a paint cr. Dan Warren, a young man, was In Jured while standing in a tent near by Levis's place, being knocked from his cot by a timber. The postofflce building was wrecked, as were the frame buildings of W. H. Kitchener, drugs, J. C. Bell, hardware, and a dozen others of the largest business Arms. The buildings used by the county officials were damaged, but none of the documents was damaged nor any of the occupants injured. After the storm had spent Its fury the moon shone out beauti lully over a scene of hundreds of wrecked tents and scattered effects and displayed scared people running here and there gathering their families and belongings to gether. At Hobart there was almost a cloudburst. two and one-fourth Inches of rain falling In an hour. Thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise there in unlinished buildings and tents was ruined, but as far as learned no one was hurt. Reports to-day Indicate that the Ftorm was severe in the country districts. Several people are reported killed and injured and many buildings destroyed, but, as the points are off the railroad, nothing definite has been learned. One report says four person were killed at a farmhouse a few miles out from Anadarko. It is believer the damage to crops and live stock will be heavy. Anadarko and Hobart, the Oklahoma towns damaged by last night's storm, were two of three towns recently opened In the Kiowa-Comanche country selected by the ieuerai government. Anadarko is located on the Washita river, about thirty miles soutnwest rrom El Reno, where the lan lottery took place, while Hobart Is situate in the extreme western part of the reservation. The Rock Island Railway runs through Anadarko. but Hobart is off the railroad. After the lottery had been concluded thousands of homesteaders, many of whom had failed to win a tract of land in the new country, rushed to these towns to buy business property, and since Aug. 1 the government has been disposing of the lots at auction. The bidding was active and in many instances as high as J1.000 and more was paid for a single twenty-five-foot lot on the open prairie. Roth towns were prosperous from the start, and now, though less than thirty days old. each have perhaps six or eight thousand Inhabitants. Ah yet but few substantial buildings have been erected, the greater number of the newcomers living in tents. Tents and small huts, however, were arranged by the thou sand in regular streets, and well-established towns had been created, with banks and stores of all descriptions. COUNTED MONEY TWICE. First Time There Was a Shortaice and the Second All Was O. K. JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 22. Governor Longlno has Issued a statement of the condition of the State treasury. Knowing that on Aug. 15 he found therein by actual counting $577,S4G, when the books called for ,4G8-a shortage of 1152.621. T,ea surer Stowers was, however, allowed credit for due bills, drafts, etc., amounting to i5,noo, leaving the shortage $107,621. The Governor then states: "I indulged the hope that the amount of said shortage would be replaced if opportunity and time were given before the result of said count was made public and that the State might thus recover the money without further trouble, explanation or loss. 1 therefore, in the interest of the State, enjoined secrecy of those present In the whole proceedings and agreed with Mr. Stowers that I would make another count of the money on Tuesday, Aug. :'0. On tho date fixed I made the said count. It was then found that the cash and drafts on hand balanced with the books, which called for r06.914." The Governor clones the statement by saying: "The condition of the funds in the treasury was made as required of me by Section 137 of the Constitution, and In my opinion the books of the treasury show a correct statement of the amounts which should have been In the treasury on the said lith end 20th of August, irJl, respectively, and before doing or saying anything further In the prmlsfs I deem it Just to Mr. Stowers (the treasurer) that he be given full opportunity to make such explanation of the matter as he may see fit." The publication of this report created no end of excitement. Mr. Stowers declined to make a statement. LONG TELEPHONE LINE. It Will Extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific Wlthont a It renk. HELENA. Mont.. Aug. 22.-D. C. Murray, of Salt Lake, general superintendent of the Rocky Mountain Telephone Company, is here and announces that an agreement has been reached between hU company and the Northwestern Company whereby there will be at once constructed the missing telephonic link between the two oceans. The Rocky Mountain Company will build from it present eastern terminus at Hillings, to Milts City, while the Northwestern Company will build west from Its North Dakota terminus to the same place, thus forming a complete circuit via New York, Chicago, the Twin Cities, Helena and Portland, from Posten to San Francisco and Los Angel, undlsputably the longest line in U-rt-ct communication in the world.

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ND CATS ED A STIR AT THE BAR AS. SOCTATION CONVENTION. Objected to Views Expreed by Con gressman Llttlefleld In an Address on the Insular Cases. HIS REMARKS CUT SHORT THOUGH SOME OF IIIS ITTERANCES WERE APPLAIDED. Llttlefleld Accused of Attacking the Supreme Court Add res by Prof. W. P. Rogers, of Indianii.

DENVER, Col.. Aug. 22. A sensation was caused at to-day's session of the American Rar Association by the address of Congressman Charhs E. Llttlefleld. of Maine, on "the insular cases." Mr. Llttkfield's address drew forth loud and long continued rpplauee and a motion was made to tender him a vote of thanks for it, but this was declared out of order by the president on the ground that the speaker is a member of the association. The view of the paper was not, however, universal with the members, for just before recess was taken Adolph Moses, of Chicago, made a vigorous protest against what he characterized as "an unwarranted attack upon the Supreme Court of the United States." His remarks were cut short by a point of order, but his words were greeted with applause In which a considerable minority of the convention joined. The convention met at 10 o'clock and President Wetmore at once lpt:oduced Charles L. IJttlencM. of Maine. These cases, he said (.referring to the insular cases), considered in the manner in which the results were reached, tho incongruity of the results and the variety of inconsistent views expressed by the different members of the tourt are without a parallel in our Judicial history. Taking up the first case, known as De Lima vs. llidwell, and stating the opinion of every member of the Supiemo Court cm tho tame, the speaker said Justice Hrown did not announce the conclusion and Judgment of the court altirming the judgment of the court below, but rendered one of his iwiu Referring to the opinions of Justices White, Shiras and McKcnna in the same case the speaker taid: "Technically speaking, ther is no opinion of the court to sustain the judgment. If the Dooley case (known as Dooley vs. the United States) is "controlled by the Downes case, " said Mr. Llttlefleld, "there would seem no g"'d reason why it should be decided. That it was raises the opinion that It would be decided aversely to the government or that there was a greater difference of opinion than usual with reference to it. Mr. Justice Gray is the only one who indicates his position' in this case." ' Mr. Llttlefleld considered the other esses which had been passed upon, and said in th-2 unsettled condition of tho court it was hardly worth while to speculate as to th result of those cases. His condition as tv Porto Rico's status is. briefly: "So far as the operation of the Constitution was concerned, this territory was to all lepal Intents and purposes n part of the United States. It matters not how the Constitution reached the territory, o far ns this cae was concerned, so long as it was there." Mr. Littlefield next discussed the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution as It has been construed bv the Supreme Court " in relation to Porto Rico nnd the Philippines. He quoted the amendment and gav a history of the case. Then he isald, referring to slavery as it existed in th United States: "The negro cannot b driven out of the South. He is vastly th superior of the Filipino physically, and until the Philippines produce u Fred Douglass or a Rooker T. Washington he has nothing to fear in' an intellectual comparison." COMMITTEE REPORTS. At the conclusion of Mr. Llttlefleld'. address, reports of the stand'ng committee were submitted without being read: Jurisprudence and law reform; legaj education and admission to the bar; commercial law; International law; obituary and law reporting; digesting. The commercial law committee in its report expressed dissatisfaction with the new bankruptcy law, and declares that it has made strong efforts to secure amendments, but in vain. The committee Is still of opinion: 1. That a bankruptcy law is wise and beneficlent legislation: 2. that the ideal bankruptcy law if one that (a) allows every honest debtor to procure a speedy discharge from his obligations upon the surrender of all hli property: (b gives, every creditor a complete remedy against actual or contemplated fraud on th part of the debtor; (c) punishes all fraud on the part of th debtor or creditors with relentless severity, li. That our present bankruptcy law to fulfill these conditions needs careful an4 trenchant amendment on the lines that this association has approved. 4. That th association should, through lis committer on commercial law for the ensuing year, continue Its line of work looking to the perfection of the bankruptcy. At this point Mr. Moses rot the floor and said: "1 wi.h to record mv note of dissent to the general applause which followed tho presentation of 'the insular cases' by Mr. Llttlefleld. Whn the matter came to my attention I looked with a great deal of pleasure, to the fact that he had chosen this difficult subject for the Information of this association. 1 regret to hava listened, not to a piece of Information, but rather to what I consider an unwarranted attack upon tho Supreme Court of the United States and. as a member of thl association. I wih to raUe my voice in protest against the use of this platform for a purpose of this kind. I remtmber to hava read that when the celebrated case nf Cohen vs. Virginia was decided by Chief Justice Marshall he was burned In t fikgy In the city of Raltlmore. He was denounced In every courthouse In Virginia, and yet we look upon that great decision as one of the vindications of the government. And that is not the only Instance where denunciation has followed the action of the Supreme Court of the United States. Those who bell ve with the majority have full confidence ;n the sober second thought of the rop!e of the United States as to the rorrertnens of this great decision. It bus a political aspect ;md it Is but natural that all of us free Americans should take divergent views, tut 1 protest anHlnht the use of this plathrm on tho part of any rmm however capable." Here Thomas M. Patterson, of Pennsylvania, Interposed a point of order, which, was sustained bv the president, and recess wa4 taken until H o'cloek to-nlcht. The section of lcsal education of the American Pir Association met tonight at the Tabor Grand jera Hou. Hiram F. Stevens, of M'nneot-, prelled. "Creillt for Oifice Study in Law Schools" wa the subject of a pipe bv Hatry Sanger Richards, of the Iowa State I "ni vertlt y. Its rlisrtisslon wis led by Prof. Hnffrutt, of Cornell. PAPER READ RY PROF. ROGERS. William P. ItoK(T5, (ban of the Law School of Indiana University, rerid a paper on the subject "Is Liw a Field for Woman's Work?" Professor Rogers said in part: "The question I of Increasing importance and will arise more frequently within the next few years than ever before. It Is of Interest to the bench and bar because women are not only a'klr.g for admission to practice but are rapidly entering our ranks and practicing Mt our bars. It is of Interest to our law school because to at "east sixty-four of our 13S schools women have applied and been admitted to the study of law. And they have not only applied, but have entered and studied and carried away honors and degrees. More than three hundred women have ben admitted to pr tiee law In ths United States within the last twenty-rive years. Not all these rhap arc practicing In courts, bit vtry many of them are. and the others, like many of the men. find it more congenl il and perhaps more profitable to online thems-Ues to the work of the oftite. "There were during the past year about women in our law schools. The growing sentiment anion;? both men and dornen In favor of the study of law will doubtless within the next five years open the doors of nil our law schools to women. As there im sex limit to Justice ar. "ii-o nt ivufd'6 n i wl ; i :2CVVi.. -v'