Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 250, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1901 — Page 4

THE IXDIAXAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1001.

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If tho praycrj of tho gooJ people of tho country can avail the kiri'l-hcarted ITtaident will W- rrstond to hr-.-ilth. Those papers wl.kh i-utü-h liidcous cartoons teuLhlnij tlas l.atud should be denounced by all patriotic poopk. If tho Tri-sidtnt sdiall survive ho can read the good thirds about lumsclf which hi.s detractors a?:d idand r-rs uttered and primed. No one need be alarmed brcau.-e an KnsJish paper nt in the rre?!denfs PanAmerican addrcsn evi l tu e that tho I'rcident is leading toward free trade. Reciprocity in expanded protection. Unless we ccae teaching the deadly hate f ciHSsbm, residents can no loi)e"-r jnlnglo with the people, but must tiurround themselves with guards like the Czar of JvU.Hsda.. It is no time for excitrnent or fjr wild talk about lynching thu would-be a?sast-in. rI'ho law will take care of him. For the rest, let us see to it that the teaching of rJiv . K not tolerated. Those persons who are troubling them--?lves about the purchase of the Island of Bt. Thomas seem not to have learned that the President has no power to buy a foot of land until Congress shall have appropriated the money. Those who may seek for causes for the attack of Venezuela and Ecuador upon Colombia will waste their time. There has been comparative peace In that land of revolutions so long that there must be an outbreak, and Columbia seems an easy victim. The British papers which are sneering at Emperor William because he did not inelit upon tho humiliation of I'rince Chun 'lo not display ordinary sem-e. Compelling the prince to come to lierlin and apologize JWill teach the Chine.-e leaders that the lives of foreigners must bo protected. A Detroit dispatch says that leading Socialists In that city hive no knowledge of the assassin. Why should they know him? The Anarchist wants no law, while the Socialist wants mere and different law. Justice to a considerable number of law-abiding and well-meaning people who call themelves Socialists requires that they should not be mistaken for Anarchists. It does not seem necessary that the magnates In Wall street or elsewhere should feel that they mu5i say something to prevent the shooting of the President from iffecting the financial condition of the country. While we have more Anarchists han we should, they are few and feeble. I'The government at Washington still Ives," and It is on a firmer basis than It Mas when Cartield uttered these words ;jpoti the as.-as.-inati jii of Jdrcoln. The financial anil business condition of the Sountry is sound, and the properity which followed MeKlnlej's accession to o!liee will continue under hi policy whether he lives or dies. - The St. Louis i;iobe-Ieino. rat has a cartoon representing Uncle btm warning the warlike in Venezuela and Colombia to let Panama alone and holding a switch In his hand which i-5 landed "Monroe doctrine." The average cartoonist may not know that tiie Monro-? doctrine has nothing whatever to do with the presence of United States war vessels at Panama at tho present time, but the well-informed editors of the paper alluded to ought to Know it. At a tfme "when It Is necessary to understand clearly the aim and intent of the Monroe doctrine tuch pictures n i-lta l those persons who f tt about a'.l of their impressions from pictures. !The abduction and banishment of thirteen agitators who had m.dt? themselves olTentive to the iitic::s o: Tampa. I'la.. was an audacious outrage fr v . hleh the perpetrators should he severely punished. These man were the b.-aders ' i' th .vtriking cigar leakers, all Spaniards er Cubans, except ;ne. The thirteen dor.btl-s m;;üe themJlves very off :.:dve and were probably ff-ullty of 1 iv P ,neis and violence, but that can 1 e i.o excuse for :?nding the men to a barren Island to starve or die from exposure, i-'uch a crim.s should be punished severely, even if u number of th frst citizens of Tumi a should be sent to the penitentiary. Probably th? crime v.Kl be reccsnlztd by a Unite-. 1 States court. : The purpose of re.ir.tatlve llartlio'dl to have the apportionment of representatives by the Missouri Legislature brought before the United States Court on the cround that It is in lolatiori of the acf

rf Congress which requires that districts shall be made up of contiguous territory, and that each district shall have as near VJ'jW) inhabitants as it can be made, is a move in the right direction. In order to wrest t vo districts In St. Louis from the Hepublic.ma and transfer them to the Democrats It la proposed to put 000,000 Inhabitants In Mr. Bartholdi's district and about j;,0o0 In tho two districts made Democratic. If the apportionment Is declared to be in violation of law, it rcems that the Legislature must assemble to make a new apportionment.

AX APPALLIXO CltniK. Yesterday the honored head of a great nation, the beloved chief magistrate of a free people, speaking for peace on earth and cod will to men to-day the victim of a cowardly assassin. It is a terrible situation for Americans to contemplate, and all the more humiliating because it occurs for the third time within a generation. Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley! We may well ask, what arc we coming to? It is hard to say whether the situation 13 most shocking In Its personal or In Its public and national aspect. Personally, McKinley was one of the most admirable and lovable men that has ever filled the presidential office. Perhaps we have had greater Presidents, though not more than two or three since the foundation of the government. McKinley came fourth after Washington, Lincoln and Grant. We have had more autocratic Presidents, like AndrewJackson, for Instance. Wc have had Presidents who were more yielding iu their policies and more self-seeking In their methods, but wo have never had a more lovable President, one of a more amiable and philanthropic character than Mr. McKinley, lie is a tjpical American citizen, and represents tho best elements of American character. Coming up from the common people lie was always close to them and had their confidence and sympathy. Kven his political opponents had perfect confidence in the purity and patriotism of Iiis motives. Porn and brought up In Ohio he never had a touch of "big head," and the friends and neighbors of his youth and early manhood wero those of his mature years. The William McKinley of early times was the William McKinley of the a White House. He was never happier, never more himself than when ho got back among old and early Irlends at Canton and vicinity, where he knew everybody and everybody knew him. His various and responsible duties as the political head of a world power did not cause him to forget the rlain people who knew and honored him. That such a man, a true friend, good neighbor, consistent Christian and great leader should become the victim of an assassin's bullet Is pitiful beyond expression. Dut, great as 13 the personal outrage and calamity, it Is overshadowed by the unspeakable disgrace brought upon the Nation. The assassination of the President of tho United States puts a stigma on the American name of which every citizen must bear his part. It was hard to bear in Abraham Lincoln's time, it was harder when Garfield was struck down; It is harder still when for a third time we are brought face to face with the possibility that our free Institutions and laws may perhaps harbor and nurse enemies to established government and representatives of government as deadly as those who nest and breed in Europe. Even If it should prove that the assassin of President McKinley was a lunatic, the question will still remain, who furnished a motive for his crazy act and what gave direction to his murderous bullet? If he had simply a homicidal mania, why did he attempt to kill a President of the United States and one of the most gentle, lovable and philanthropic men that ever held the office? The answer to this question places a fearful responsibility on those who attempt to array cla?3 against class and to excite personal hatred of the constituted powers of government. It Is worthy of note that the President was in Buffalo on a mission of peace. The Tan-American Exposition is intended to represent the victories of peace, not of war. President McKinley's speeches during 1S0S and 1S09 breathed of war. They were full of martial spirit because the honor of the Nation required them to be so. The President has shown that when a fight is on he is a fighter. His speeches of last year dealt with icconstruction. His mission to Buffalo was In the interest of wider trade and International commerce. He was stricken down while In the very act of working for the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. The crime Is a disgrace to humanity, and even the possible insanity of the assassin cannot divest It of its horrible quality. IIIS LAST P111LIC "WORDS, Our earnest prayer Is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness and peace to all our neighbors and like blessings to all the people and powers of earth. Such was the last public utterance of President McKinley a prayer coming from his great, generous heart for the happiness and peace of all mankind. Kindness and sympathy were the leading characteristics of tho man. One will look In vain In his published addresses for a personal assault upor. an opponent. In this respect he was like both hts martyred predecessors Lincoln and Garfield. He won the good will of political opponents by his klndns of

heart. As President J.e "hath borne his faculties so meek" that the rational world loved him. A few days ago tn-Goverr.or Francis, of Missouri, praised hi in for his kindness of heart, his simplicity of manner and the universal frlendii:v. ss he showed to his neighbors. Tho last public; utterance quoted above will stand as the witness cf his world-wide humanity.

Tili: PRESIDENT'S IIl'FFALO SPEECH. The speeches of President McKinley always attract attention and call forth comment, but it is safe to say that no unofficial utterance of the President has been read with so deep Interest by so manypeople as the address at the Pan-American exposition on Thursday. The occasion was one in which men who arc interested In world-wide affairs expected that the President would speak of commercial relations, consequently he had interested li&tencrs In every civilized nation. A few years ago the expression of an American President was matter of little concern to Europeans, because the United States was seemingly taking little Interest in worldwide commerce. Then, whatever the President might say had no interest for them except so far as It might give some Indication that the tariff laws of this country would open its coveted markets to tho world without any return. That era has passed. While the events of the past four year3 have made the United States a prominent factor in world-wide a fairs, the organization of Industry has made the American people successful competitors in the world's markets an achievement which European competitors never dreamed of unitl it was accomplished. Our industrial and commercial prominence has been the causo of much unfriendly comment and of threats of hostile fiction by public men and journals In Europe. Tho world Interested In commercial affairs was naturally anxious to know the President's views on these matters. Perhaps more than upon any other topic, public and commercial men desired to hear the President's Pan-Ameiican ideas. The phrase Pan-American is not a pleasing one. In a certain sense, Europeans regard the Pan-American exposition as a menace to their commerce, know ins tbt the better the understanding between the peoples of this hemisphere the more extensive will be their commercial relations. Of late, several prominent European newspapers hae discovered a new danger in the Monroe doctrine, and they might have looked lor some expression upon that subject by the President. Wisely, upon this subject, the President was silent wisely because the Monroe doctrine is the settled policy of the country and is so old that Europeans of intelligence should understand what it is. It will be time enough for the President of the United States to speak of it when a foreign nation shall undertake td ignore It. While what the President said of the Pan-American idea must give assurance to the representatives of the governments in this hemisphere and tend to disarm any jealousy aroused by our policy toward our acquired possessions, Europe cannot Und a sentiment in the address to criticise. It is a message of good will to the civilized world. The declaration that "God and man have linked tho nations together" makes for peace and good will, not for conquest. Tho earnest prayer that Providence will bestow upon all nations the same blessings that the American people enjoy is the President's message of good will to them from the American people. The President also said some things that the American people should remember things of practical interest to the Senate and those who denounce reciprocal treaties. Reciprocity Is a Republican doctrine of the Harrison administration. Some Republicans forget that fact. The President reminds them of It. When Secretary Blaine advocated the Pan-American idea and reciprocity, it was not so mucn needed as now. Now that we need the world's markets, reciprocity is tho key with which they are to be unlocked. It may not so much apply to Europe, but if we desire the valuable markets of South America, of.' which we now have so small a part, we must seek them through reciprocity and by adapting our goods to the needs of those people. Such i3 tho declaration of the President will the Senate listen to him, or will it be Influenced by the representatives of tho interests of a few individuals? TIIE mOMOTERS OF ASSASSIXATIOIY. The loved and now revered President, William McKinley, Is tho victim of a man who says he is an Anarchist and then denies it. But, waether" an Anarchist or not, he Is a man with an unbalanced Intellect which has led him to commit this shocking crime. It Is a fitting question to ask; What influences prepare these men of rickety intellects for such deeds? During the past few years the country has been cursed with publications designed to array the mass of people against a class of men who have wealth and influence. The preaching of classism is a curse; in fact, It is treason against the unity of the Nation. President McKinley has been savagely assailed as the tool of wealthy combinations which arc denounced as the foes of the country and the enslavers of the people. For example, a few day3 ago, a volume of the cartoons published by the New York Journal and tho Chicago American during the last campaign came to this office. In the most repulsive and hideous pictures, with vicious explanation, Mr. McKinley Is represented as tho willing tool of the oppressors of the people, grinning in Imbecile delight whenever the greatest wrong appears being done to the people. Tens of thousands of people read no other papers than those cor.taining the vicious cartoons. The weak-minded and ignorant believe that they truly represent the President, and in their hearts they hate him. The crank, the wretch with a lop-sided Intellect studies these pictures and reads the vituperative assaults upon the President. He assumes that they are true, and he naturally concludes that it Is his mission to rid the world of such a monster. We are a lenient people. With a falre Idea of tho right of free speech., men are permitted to assail the President and express the wish that he may b disposed of. A few of those calling themselves Anti-Imperialists have assailed the President as a cruel monster and held him responsible for what they are pleased to stigmatize as the murder of Filipinos. A man ha? been addressing street audiences in this city, declaring that he has no hopo of the liberties cf the people if the great monopolies are not destroyed and those who support them overthrown. Within two years an ex-soldler in Kansas expressed in a public meeting the hope that the President 4 might be killed. A negro orator in New

York declared that the tiling to do was to shoot the President because he would not interfere in North Carolina. These men tlo not mean such thing?, and people generally denounce thorn, but, getting into the papers, they are read by men of disordered mir.-.!?, and the reading put3 into their minds the Idea of murder. The man who attempted to take the life cf one of the kindest and most lovable men ever In public life has, beyond doubt, been incited to the deed by these teachings which r.rray one part of the people against the other. Such hideous crimes will continue as long as such crimes against society are permitted. A Massachusetts man who was elected to Congress In 1S0S recently remarked that he had a good law practice when he was elected, but added that he does not know whether he lias it now or not. Very soon after being in Congress four years those who return to their law offices learn that their practice has gone, and few of them aro so fortunate as to win it again. The deep sympathy of a large circle of friends will be extended to Controller Jacob P. Dunn and Mrs. Dunn over the loss by drowning of their only son. To many who have had the privilege of knowing the happy little lad the news of the unfortunate occurrence will bring a sense of personal nllliction. lie was an unusually promising child, and tho blow to bis paren ts can be realized fully only by those who have suffered a like bereavement. FROM HITHER AND YON.

Joyful Xcvvs. JuJse. .illinjj ilaster Better r.rt go cut sailing, young laJits thorn's a heavy swell, aii'l " Chorus of Youii Ladles Uli, mercy! "Where Is he? Apiary nutl Apen. Boston Herald. Host Now that you'v seen the house and the table, I want to show you our apiary. '1J ticntkman Mo himself) VWJ1, I s'pose I've g.'t to ko, but if there's anythins I hate It's inoulicys. A noomril Woman Either Way. Life. Doctor Mr. Tifünston, your wife will risk her hf-.: if .'ho attends that wedding so sooa after h'ivi:i the Mr. TitihiRton Well, doctor, she'll öle If she has to lilies it. Shy Young Thing. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "This 13 the best riddle I ever heard," fald & bhy i ouu? thinsr. "Why is a kiss like the creation?" And the answer i. "Because it's made out of nothing and Uod knows it's Rood." Their Choice. Philadelphia Tress. "When I marry," tald the poor young man, "I want a girl who In able to make her own dresses and all that sort cf thinp." "And I," rt-plied the other, who was also poor, but mere worldly, want a girl who doetu't have to n.al.e her own drc-ses." (.uessteil It nt Once. Baltimore American. "The meek shall inherit the earth," said the Sunday-school teacher. "Now, children, while we are on this subject, can any cf you'tcll me who was the meekest man?" Thi scholars were silent, and the teacher said: "His iuuno boyan with M. Inn't j-ou remember? I will Uli you the first two letters. They aro M-o." "Me r;:in-rierpont Morgan!" came a chorus from the class. AEOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. It Is reported that In his will Signor Crispi has named a certain politician to examine his papers and superintend the publication of his memoirs. Andrew Carnegie has given 100 each to Sheddon, Law, Jones and Dick, four miners who displayed conspicuous bravery In the rescue of their comrades at the time of the recent Donibristlo (Perthshire) colliery diaster. Dr. Charles Smith, a physician of Philadelphia, contends that ho was born in Cairo, 111., In 1773 12G years ago. lie says that he can produce indisputable proof that he was more than thirty years old when he was graduated at the medical school at Jena in 1'j3. Henry Dickens, son of the novelist, with his two daughters, the Misses Elaine and Olive Dickens, recently arrived in this country by way of Quebec. They are at present the guests of Miss Gertrude Kellogg and Miss Fanny Kellogg, of Brooklyn, at their country home, Kal Loch, at Port Kent, on the shores of Lake Chainplaln. The palace of Emperor William I in Berlin has been kept in the condition in which he left It. In the bedroom there 13 still tho simple iron bedstead on which he always slept and on which he died. It is suggestive of his simple tastes In all respects. Ills economical habits aro illustrated by the fact that when, in his old age, the physician advised him to drink a glass of champagne at lunch the Emperor always had the bottle corked and the remainder saved for his dinner. Acting Secretary of State Adee has a vivid and picturesque vocabulary, which he occasionally employs even in discussing affairs of state. The other day he was asked whether the Colombia-Venezuela affair was really only a couple of revolutions or was going to beeomo a war between the two nations. "I don't know yet," replied the acting secretary of state. "There 13 something going on down there, but I have rot yet blown down the barrels to see if they are loaded." The statue of Queen Victoria which is to be placed in front of the Ontario Parliament buildings In Toronto is a replica of the ono erected in Hong-Kong, tho werk of h'ignor Ileggi. The pedestal will be of Canadian granite. There will be bronzo panels on two sides representing scenes in the late Queen's life. One will represent her first Council meeting. The othe-r has not be n definitely selected, but will probably be the goidcn-jubllco ceremony in Westminster Abbey. Nineteen years old and nineteen Inches high. Such are tho age and stature of Fatna, the famous East Indian dwarf. His weight Is thirteen pounds. Smaun 13 his little sister. She is one year vounger and one pound lighter. These crature-3 are veritable pigmies and ijuite different from some dwarf-, in that tluir members are In proportion to their size. Fatna's head is abuut the size of an orange and his arms are the size of broomsticks. In fact, he is a men in miniature, with none of the false proportions of infants. The rntl-clerical agitation in Spain has recently been agsravatcd by an episoie of the "buomshell from within" order. Its Author is a priest named Ordeix, who has written a piny nr frankly antl-monasUc In general and anti-Jesuit in particular as the now famous "t'leetra" of l'erez (Saldos. It i. entit'-d Fatherhood." and was produced at Bar-V.ona a few weeks ago, am'd scenes of almoit Iranth: popular applause which bode ill for t!w public p. ace. The Catholic j. urnai- str'.ngly condemn Father Ordeix. Th ro aro even calls for his excommunication. The Empress Eugenie has greatly benefited by her recent cruise in her yacht,-the Thistle. Iv company with her hosts the venoia'ble holy, now seventy-live years old, but stately and erect and enjoying fairly ;.p-. health, traveled incognito from Oban to edlu.-gov.". The Empress manifested much interest in th.' historic relics on view in the exhibition and was Improved by the varioi. - olj ets aoclattd with .Mary Queen of cut.;. chicily thore which formed part of h r per.-'oial adornment or wero tho work the bands of Scotland's hapless Soven Ign. A woman's club has been Jrmed in Decatur, III., the object of which is to try and bring about a reform In the way criminal or o:oi-cr;u:k:al stories are told in the local newspapers. These ladies claim that the language used ami the prominence given to kueh matters are highly detrimental to th

morals of the town, and that thoe In control should be asked to clothe such lt :r.i, if it is felt they must be printed at all. in words less open to criticism. A rpecial committee has been chosen to wait upon the moldcrs of public opinion. The latter have so far met the idea that they have ask d for suggestions and a list of the words the ladles think should be tabooed. A well-known Vienna lawyer recently received a letter from England containing an extraordinary commission. He wa3 requested in this communication to endeavor to find the ofa upon which Arthur Henry Hallam, Tennyson's "A. H. II.," died sixtyeight years ago. In September. Mr. Arthur Hallam stayed at Vienna with his father, the famous historian, but whether they lived at a hotel or In private lodgings is not known. When Mr. Hallam returned from a walk on Sept. 15, he found his son, then aged twenty-two, lying dead upon the sofa. The writer of the letter begs tne lawyer to discover If the house where young Hallam died is still standing, and whether the sofa is still in existence. The only possible way to ascertain the number of the house would be to search the registers of the cemeteries, where, perhaps, it might be given. It is even then doubtful whether any person now living could identify the sofa.

MR. HOAR IN LINE AGAIN NOW IICARTILY SIPPOIITESG TIIE rUESI DENT'S PHILIPPINE POLICY. Venerable Senator Snys McKinley' Plan In Wise, nml that It Will Lead to Independence for Filipino. SALISBURY BEACH, Mass., Sept. 6. At a banquet here yesterday complimentary to Ccorgo Von L. Meyer, ambassador to Italy, the principal speaker was Senator (Jcorge F. Hoar, who voiced utterances of national importance. He practically indorsed tho McKinley Philippine policy and predicted tho future Independence of the islands. "As you well know," he said, "I disapproved of our policy in compelling the submission of the people of the Philippine Islands. I have not in the least changed that opinion. But I know very well that many persons who differed with me as to this question were honest, and patriotic. and wise to a degree to which I have no right to lay claim. "I do not forget, also, that the adoption of the Spanish treaty, which made it the constitutional duty of President McKinley to do everything he has done since, including the forcible reduction of tho Philippine people to submission, was brought about by the direct and urgent and personal influence of his Democratic competitor, and that the Democratic party took him as their standard bearer, well knowing what he had done, and that he had avowed and accepted the responsibility. So we must, whatever we may think of tho Philippine question, as brave and patriotic men, look to the future rather than waste our time in idle regrets for the past. "I understand that it is the policy of the President of the United States, to the extent of his power, to encourage the people In civilization, in education, in all the arts of peace, that ho shall instruct and discipline them in the arts of war, shall admit them to local self-government as rapidly as possible, and shall commit to their hands all the necessary forces, civil and military, to accomplish that end as soon as possibly may be done. "Now, for myself, I believe that the question of independence heretofore, now and hereafter should be a question solely for the determination of that people. They have the right to settlo for themselves whether they will govern themselves or be governed by a power eight thousand miles away. When they have shown, under tho President's policy, the capacity for selfgovernment and he means to give them the opportunity to show it no power on earth not even ours can hold them in subjection against their will. American people would not do it if they could. They could not do it if they woidd. "In this matter, as in others to which I have alluded, the xart of true statesmanship is to proceed carefully, without haste and without rashness, making the best of the future, and not pausing to lament over the past." METHODISM IS MILITANT ECUMFAICAL CONFEREES DISCUSS TIIE SOUTH AFRICAN "WAR. Acrlmonlons Debate on the Merits nnd Demerits of the Struggle McKinley View Are Applanded. LONDON, Sept. 6. A stormy meeting of the Ecumenical Methodist Conference resulted to-day from the reading, by the Etv. C. W. Smith, of Pittsburg, of a paper on "The Influence of Methodism in the Promotion of International Peace." The five-minute rule was adopted and the orators made fiery speeches for and against the war in South Africa. The campaign came in for a lot of criticism and finally the chairman ruled reference to it out of order. Many Americans took part In the discussion, but none of the more prominent bishops spoke. The speeches were punctuated by frequent noisy interruptions and cheers and counter-cheers. There was a scene of considerable disorder and the discussion terminated without any conclusion being reached. The Rev. George Elliott, of Detroit, saying he had often been called a "little American," bitterly denounced the war. The Rev. R. J. Cook, of Chattanooga, defended the necessity of hostilities to vindicate a principle. The Rev. J. M. King, of Philadelphia, said the best solution of the question was in President McKinley's sentences, uttered at Buffalo, as follows: "The period of exclusiveness is past. The expansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem. Commercial wars are unprofitable. A policy of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of tho times; measures of retaliation are not." The reading of President McKinley's remarks brought forth loud applause. Robert W. Porks, a member of Parliament, a prominent contractor and vice president of the Liberal Imperial Council, deprecated the usefulness of clerical manifestos. He believed that some wars were necessary, but the growing tendency toward unnecessary strife was due greatly to the influence of corrupt, unlicensed journalism. The Rev. E. E. Hoss, of Nashville, Tenn., said it would be importier.ee for the conference to tell (Jreat Britain what to do in South, Africa. The delegates during the afternoon devoted th-mselvs to tha discussion of the question of Christian unity. Gerninn Conference liar Women. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 6. The Central Conference of the Gorman Mcthodi-t Church to-day denied the admission of women Into the church's General Conference ns members by a vote of lot to The Rev. J. F. Severinghaus, of Seymour, Ind., was the only one who favored admission, and on th vote hi3 two sons cast their L allots with him. Lonely Woman Ilumcd. TOPEKA, Kan., Sept. (".Miss Zolah Ilounson was burned to dath in hr hone here to-day. Miss Ilounson w; s thirty- s-ht years old. and lied alor.o in ;t one-.-to:v Tram building. The origin of the f.re i' unknown. Murder, with robbery iu view, suspected by the police, as she was known to have had some money, lb r bed was so ituated that she might have easily escaped, save in case of foul play. Governor I.nfoIIeltc HI. MILWAUKEE. Wi3., Sept. fi.-Governor Tiobort M. Iafollett was to-day reported very ill. He is in bed. surTerins from a complication of internal troubbs, and b unable to retain any nourishment,

JUDGE JERE H. WILSON

FORMER INDIAN I AX WHO IS SCHLEY'S CHIEF LEGAL ADVISER. Ilovr Ho Stopped PrizeflshtlnK While Presiding Oier u Circuit Court in PrunUlin County. Staff Correspondence cf the Journal. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. Judge Jere M. Wilson, the chief counsel for Schley, Is one of the most important and Interesting personages In the local life of the national capital. Seventy-three years of age, a congressman from Indiana over a generation ago, he is, apparently, just reaching his Intellectual prime. A fighting man he was forty years ago and a fine example of tho fighting man he is yet. But he believes in fights with brains, and not with fists. In ISoT he was a circuit Judge in Indiana and announcement had been made that there was to be a prize fight in Franklin county, which was a part of his Judicial district. Sporting men and fight fanciers were gathering from all parts of the United States. One of the contestants was Joe Coburn, of St. Louis, who had a national reputation. The other was good enough to give fine promise for a fight. In those days the law took notice of prizefighters in a way which was sufficiently strenuous to sustain their dignity, but not stringent enough to prevent the fights. The men who proposed to fight were ofted hauled before a judge and tried on the charge of consorting for an affray. They were nned for their bloody intentions and left the courtroom to have their light anyway. When the prosecuting attorney asked for the sentencing of Coburn and his antagonist, because they were preparing to ficht. Judge Wilson assumed the task with entlro willingness. He said something like this: "As you must know 1 am aware of what sort of nn affray you intend having, I propose to let it be known that prizefighting Is not profitable in tlu.; Slate. In addition to lining you I will sentence you to three months in jail." The prizefighting group was so astonished that they were dazed. Coburn turned to his backer and said: "Say, that little judge has an awful reach for Mich a little iellow." This put a stop to public prizefighting in Indiana for many years: in fact, for good. Judge Wilson set a fashion of judicial treatment which others could not ignore, and it has been too much for fighters to face. In the conventional accounts of Judge Wilson's career it is usually written that lie served two terms in Congress and was beaten bceauso In? took his share of the salary grab. He only served two terms, but was not a candidate for re-election. He took the salary grab all right, but this did not interfere with his congressional career so seriously as the fact that he was gerrymandered out of ids district and thrown in with tho "Great Objector" Ilolman. Ho was not a candidate. xxx Speaking of the famous salary grab of the Forty-fourth Congress, which sent o many public men to hasty and Interminable retirement, it is recalled that the salary due "Silver Dick" Bland, under that act, is still in the United States treasury. He refused to touch It and never would discuss the matter. It was a simple duty with him. As a matter of gossip it is related when the "First Battle" was on, Bryan suggested to Bland that iL would be good politics to draw out this money and make it the nucleus of a campaign fund. He thought it might be so popular that it would become the nucleus of a large supply of money, which was sadly needed. Bland tersely replied that if the money could not be taken by himself for his own use or that of his family he did not see how it could with propriety go to the Democratic party. That was too hard for the "Boy." xxx From Bryan to Jenes, of Arkansas, and Democratic chairman, it is reported in Washington that he is in a lot of trouble over his re-election to the United States Senate. And his chief trouble Is for a purely Republican reason. Ono of Senator Jones's most valuable political possessions has been his vociferous and undying hate of Powell Clayton, the carpetbag Governor of Arkansas, United States senator, always bitterly despised by the Democrats of the State, and now American ambassador to Mexico. In a state way a politician must constantly vilify Clayton in order to remain In good Democratic standing. In this gospel of hate Jones has been the high priest. The State has continued for years to look upon him as an example of how hard and fearlessly a man could hate. Now it is becoming known over his State that one of Jones's closest friends is that Republican person, Richard Kerens, of St. Louis. The two are supposed to be of one mind dbout many things. But even worse, Kerens nnd Clayton are intimates. This is making the Jones hato of Clayton look like the religious piety of a railroad corporation. OTTO CARMICHAEL. NEW OIL COMBINATION. California Petroleum Producer "Will Organize for Protection. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6. The Call says: "Success 13 about to crown the efforts of the oil producers of California to form a great corporation with a capital of rs.W.OoO to $1X),(3.(Xh) for the purpose of protecting and promoting their Interests. Eighty per cent, of the oil producers of the Kern river and McKlttrick districts have, according to W. S. Porter, already signed the preliminary agreement. Not one producing oil company in the Kern river ar.d McKlttrick districts has failed to make available the information needed as tho starting point for organization. There Is only one factor that can interfere with success as the matter now stands, which is the refusal of companies to accept the valuations placed on their respective properties by the experts, whose rating will go far toward determining the basis of standing in the huge combine. "Competition has been so keen that the production of oil has liecome unproiltablei and a combination of the kind projected by' Mr. Porter has been looked forward to as the only means of placing the Industry on a substantial paying basis. Mr. 1'orter is authority for the statement that the combination has no relations with the Standard Oil Company." , CHARGES OF POISONING Again Averred Against Independent Catholic Bishop nt Chicago. CHICAGO. Sept. 6.-Sensational charges against Bishop Anthony KozlowskI and attendants nt the St. Anthony's Independent Catholic Hospital, were arraln testified to to-day by wltnerses for the defense in the conspiracy ca?e started on the complaint of the head of the Independent Catholic Church, before Justice Martin. Dr. Stanislaus Slorninskl. one of the df r.dant.-. again aec:so,l lJlshop KozlowskI with being i espoi.s.ble for th death of certain patients nt the Sr. Anthony's Hosp!ral. ;ii:d charts that t h'-st; pcni were pi.i- m d that their money rnijrht be kept. Under oath Dr. Siomlnskl charged that Dr. Pirski. one of the patients who di-d at the s;t. Anthony's llo.-pital. told 1dm ho was being poii-oned. and that he wo'iM avenge his oeath. He :.ao asserted that the p iv.d rs we-rh h fou '.d near the bed of Mrs. C:ap! ;p.sl;i, mother patient, who died at th- h e- iil.i!. contained nix-rie. IP.- maintain; d that Charles Milbrant. a ivker. who di-d at" the hospital, was also poi.-a.f d. RECEIVER TO BE NAMED. ntinnnl (J ra inn phone Company I to (io Into Dissolution. NEW YORK. ?cpt. C Applications was made before Justice Derrick, in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, to-day, for the dissolution of thn National CIramaphone Company, and the appointment of a temporary receiver on the ground that the corporation is insolvent. Counsel for the petitioners said that he represented stockholders to the amount of l,v.-3 shares; that dividends had been declared to iomt of ths stockholders and

not to others, while the affairs of the company were now in on almost irextricable tangle. In order to save the concern from total wreck tho immediate appointment cf a receiver wüs necessnry. The product u?ed by the Gramaphone Company, h explained, were manufactured b - th Universal Talking Machine Company, th Ftock of which company was hr.ld largely by th stockholders of the Cfamaphone Company. The bulr.eg of the Utter, counsel thought, should N continued by the 1'alking Machine Company, after the assets of the Gramaphon Company bad been transferred to It. the stockholder of the Gramaphone Company to t given equivalent fhares in the other corporation, which was doing: h o.xl busdnens. Counsel representing various other Interests in connection with the cafe were present, and all agreed that tho appointment of a receiver was necessary. Justice Herrkk decided to grant the motion for dissolution and the appointment of a receiver, and gave counsel until Wednesday next to agree upon a receiver, whose name could then be submitted.

AT ISLE LA MOTTE. Vice Pretldent Roosevelt Entertained hy Vermont Sportsmen. BURLINGTON. Vt.. Sept. 6.-Havin spent the night as the guest cf Col. I, Grand B. Cannon, Vice President Roosevelt held an informal reception at the Van Ness House to-day. Mayor Donlin C. Hawley, of Burlington. Senator Redfle.d Proctor and Representative David J. Fofter, of the First Vermont district, with the'Vico President, greeted th company. The distinguished suests were entertained this afternoon by the Vermont FJ?h and Game laguo with nn elaborate banquet at Isle lx Motte. Lake Champlain. The party Included more than f thousand members ond friends of the league. Including men prominent In polltb al and foclal life throughout tb State. The speakers included Mr. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Jeremiah Curtln and Charles 11. Darling. BEVERIDGE IS COMING IXDIAXA'S JlMOIt SHXA10II IICTl'llMMi HOME FIIOM MVMLA. Sails on (lie Transport Thomm After Studying Conditions In the Philippine. MANILA. Sept. C.-Brigadier General Kobbe and Senator Bcveridge, of Indiana, left here to-day on board tho. transport Thomas. The senator for a fortnight rast has been closely studying the local conditions. He warmly commends the civil and military administrations, tho progress which they have both made and their unison of action in securing a peaceful termination of the troubles, which ho conslders Is now in sight. General Kobbe says everything is now quiet on the Island of Mindanao, though, there are a few outlaws in the northern part. The war between the Sultan and th dattos (headmen) is not 6erious. Only three men were killed. It is a sort of feud between chiefs regarding the ownership of slaves. The general thinks the slavery question will settle Itself, as slavery i3 ceasing to be profitable ?.o the masters. Three men have positively identified Howard, the deserter captured by Lieutenant Hazzard In the Island of Mlndoro, as a man named Waller, who deserted from & regiment of California .volunteers in ISftf. Five officers are equally sure the prisoner is identical with Waller, and no hotel register of bears the name of Howard, though the prisoner claims he was here lu that year. ' General Cailles testified to-day at the trial of Mrntln, a deserter, and said he was captured while intoxicated. The general added that, though the man was given the rank of lieutenant, he a as never allowed to be in the possessions of arms and was guarded continuously. Civil Governor Taft will send a special representative to the insurgent leader Lukban in an endeavor to persuade him to earrender. Pacheco, who succeeded Mexico as tha Insurgent leader in the Island of Leyte, haa surrendered with his entire force at Atlenza. A small force of Insurgents recently entered Taal, province of Batar.gas, and abducted the local presldete. PLAINT OF A i SOCIALIST HE SAYS HE WAS CRUELLY TltEATEU IX VENEZUELA. Thrown Into Prison and Driften hf, Ills Guards Other Cruelties AI leged Redress la Wanted. NEW YORK. Sept. C.-HIppolyto Lara bert, a naturalized American citizen, who says he has been for several years traveling through Central and South American countries organizing Socialist clubs among workingmen, returned ti the United States to-day on tho Clyde li-ie steamship New York. Lambert told a story of alleged cruel treatment by Venezuelans and fays his case will be brought to rhe attention of tha State Department at Washington. Accord ing to Lambert, he arrived at Caracas on May 20 last and registered at the United States consulate. On July IS ho obtained employment in a private family at Caracas as a cook. On the day following h was arrested by the prefect and a squad of police. He protested that he was guilty of no wrong, but he was locked up and his effects were seized. Among thra, he rays, wera the notes he, had made fi-r years concerning socialism and the condition of workingmen in the different countries he h.d visited. TMj police also found a- copy of a French newspaper. La Libre Parole, which is an organ of the Socialist, and two photographs. One of these wis of the Hotel La, Riehe Lambert, which Liimbert said h had once owned in Guatemala, and the other was a portrait of Zolorger, the man who killed President BarrlC-s. Other papers showed that he had been mixed up in tha revolutions In Salvador r.nd Guatemala, but ho said that that was a; far back an 1S77, and before he was an American citizen. Continuing, Lambert F.'ld that the discovery of tlpse papers maoe the Venezuelans very bitter against him. Und h was thrown into a dunseon. IamRert said that tha treatment he received m prison was txt remedy cruel. He charges that his captors beat him and that he wh's ftrunK up by tha thumbs until he was exhaueted. On another occasion, he asserts, lie whs doubled up like a Ja kknife by h'n guard, a wooden stave was placed upon ihis knees and his arms bound to th projecting ends. 11 was kept in this position, with ten rif.es lying across his back, uutil he breams uutonscious. He was afterwards taken ick with fever, and on July 11 was released and placed on board a steamer for Santo Domingo, front which place he ar'lved hcra to-day. ; TO DEVELOP OkL LANDS. Perry- S. Heath and Others Investing Money In Wyoming;. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Sept. t;.Ser.atos Thomas Kearn, of l.'tah; Senator CUrencs U. Clark, of Wyoming; Senator X. II. ITlkIns. of West Virginia; Perry H. Heath, of Muncle, Ind.; H. J. Quealy, of Kämmerer, Wyo.; Richard ; Kerens, Jr., and Frank J. Westcott, Salt Lake, and E. L. Doheny. of Lo Angeles.; ar the director and principal stockholders of th Interirountain Oil Company. hie h Is capitalized at $1". UfO.t', and which hi- been formed for the purpose of devHoplrg a large tract of valuable oil hinds In the fosil field, south of Kemnierer. lu the southwestern pail of the Stte. Senator CUrk locate.i the land P.fteen ars aco. but has not. until this time, taken ilt;s t3 devtlca lu aU nroaertles, ;

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