Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 351, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1901 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURXAI TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1901.

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Wiliard Hotel. A German subaltern has ben giving the readers of German newspapers a plan by which CO.OoO German soldiers with a navycould conquer the United States. Both Richard Croker and ex-Mayor Tagcart are at French Lick. The ex-mayor i3 rot likely to forget Mr. Croker's substantial friendship during the campaign of 15C0. In Indiana a man like Mr. Kurtz, who conspired with the Democrats in to defeat the election of Senator Hanna, would not be recognized as a party file closer, as he seems to be in Ohio. Now that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty has been ratified, it is apparent how unwise it would have been for Congress to have passed the Hepburn canal bill, which he tried so often to have considered, but was checked by the committee on rules. Commander Itichardson Clover, naval attache at the American embassy in London, says that abroad the United States Is reckoned as the seventh naval power, being outranked by all the continental navies, Including that of Italy. If that view prevails It is erroneous. Statistics show tfuit the United States is the fifth naval power w?t.h a good showing for fourth pl'-te. It must have been noticed that no debate has teen more fully given during the session of Congress thus, far than that upon the ratification of the Hay-I'auncefote treaty, yet all that was said was in secret session. whn reporters were not supposed to be present. Under such circumstances it Is fair to assume that no report could be made of what was said; still, the long and probably accurate reports caused no comment. Under such conditions the secret session for consideration of treaties is an absurdity which It would be to the credit of the Senate to abolish. An exchange explains that General Collins, an Irish-Arnerican und a Catholic, could not have been elected mayor of Boston fifty years ago. General Collins, however, is not the only Irish-American and Catholic who has been mayor of Boston. Such a man was mayor in 1S53. 1SSG and 17. Why should one such not be, when Doston is the third or fourth Irish city in the world, and the second In the world in which the Irish are a political power? Only ZÖ per cent, of Boston's population 13 native born. The ratification of the Ilay-Pauncefofe treaty In the Senate yesterday by the emphatic vote of 72 to 6 13 an event which should please all Americans because it involves a tacit recognition of the Monroe doctrine by Great Britain, frees this government of the embarrassments involved In the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and enables the United States to proceed with the con structlon of an isthmian canal without Incurring the 111 will of any government. It is distinctively a tribute to the diplomatic skill of Secretary Hay, whose name is en titled to a place among the most distinguished men who have held that position. The trouble between Chile and the Argentine Republic Is over a disputed boun dary. Land Is not worth much In South America, but uhen It comes to a boundary line vaguely defined by ranges of moun tains there is room for dispute. We have had them with Great Britain, and some times made a great deal of talk about war If we did not get the line we claimed, but in the Oregon boundary affair we did not go to war, but accepted a line much farther south. The Republic of Chile has not Quite - 3.öl0(w) population to Argentina's 4.000?. but the financial condition cf the two republics gives Chile a decided advan tage. Argentina has a debt of $".0,000,0"X. while the debt of Chile Is $123.0tt 0. At the rresent time Argentina's expenses ex coed Its revenue, while Chile is one of those fortunate governments which ends a fiscal year with a surplus. The differences are such as should be settled by arbitration, and they may be; they certainly would be if the people of the Latin-American states did not like a little war better than anything else. Very naturally, those who believe In free tr.vle or a tariff for revenue only have no logir.il basU upon which to oppose Chinese Immigration. A cheap laborer and exceedingly frugal liver, j-vactable and ab!e tc read the language of the country, he is J ist the perlen whom the free trader la logically bound to welcome. If he can perform the labor of a native of the country for half the price that Is paid for the serv ices of the native, the free trader says there Is no reason why he should not be permitted to do It. If It Is suggested that the native cannot live on the wages earned or the food which nourishes a Chinaman, tfc free-trader shrugs his houldera and

says, "That la no affair of mine; all the world should bo open to tree competition, and those who cannot stand In the conflict must fall." Consequently, the free-trade paper?. If not opposing the extension of the Chinese exclusion law, are, like the Doston Herald, extolling the Chinaman's character as a laborer and his superiority to some other immigrants, failing to grasp the fact that, in large numbers, his coming to this country to compete with other labor would involve a great wrong to native labor and otherwise an economic mistake.

ax important conference. The meeting In New York of leading representatives of labor and capital to discuss plans by which wage and Industrial disputes may be minimized is one of the most significant and hopeful indications of the season. Nothing but good can come from an exchange of opinions by President Gompers, President John Mitchell, Mr. Schwab, Senator Hanna, Archbishop Ire land and other men of national reputation who are Interested In the solution of the industrial problem. Even if no plan can be agreed upon for the settlement of dis putes between capital and labor, a confer ence which will bring the representatives of both wings of the army of production together so that they will know each other better will have a salutary influence. If the North and the South had known each other In 1SG1 as they now do there would have been no war. When the men who em ploy and the men who are employed know each other better, the chances of disagreements ending In strikes will be reduced to a factor that can be of little account. In the conference Senator Hanna appeared yesterday. He has been a large employer of labor all his life. As a practical man he understands the subject probably as well as any man in this country. His experience has given him absolute faith in the feasibility of efforts to bring: labor and capital together. In October, 1300, when the anthracite coal strike was pending Senator Hanna's Influence was potent In bringing it to an end. He was accused of Inter fering to save his party In the campaign, then near its close. Those who know him at homa know that he believes that the employer and the employe can live to gether on terms of peace based upon mu tual confidence. His experience has given him faith in the movement, and his desire to see it accomplished and his confidence in the benefits which will come to the country by a policy of conciliation, lead him to pledge "his best efforts while life lasts to bring labor and capital together." Can any Intelligent person who has considered the evils growing out of conflicts be tween labor and capital say that Senator Hanna is not right when he says that "the settlement of the question between labor and capital will do mora for good govern ment, good morals and good social relations than anything else that we can accomplish?" Thi3 conference Is the first of the kind that has been held in the world. It, therefore, marks the beginning of a new era In the relations between labor and capital an era which has already been preceded by better relations on both sides. ISSUE HUNTING. The desperate effort of the Democrats In Congress to find an Issue which will cause the country to forget the blunders of the party leaders since they forsook the doctrines of the Cleveland platform of 1S92 cannot but attract attention. They are trying to find something in the Philippine policy of the administration, but thus far they have not had the sagacity to hit upon -y positive plan to offer as a Substitut., for the policy of the Republicans. They have, however, discovered that the proposition to abandon the islands Is not practicable. They are beginning to raise a cry against the present protective tariff, but they have not set up a policy of their own. They do not even object to a protective tariff; it is a high protective tariff to which they ob ject. These leaders seem to fear to go back to the Democratic doctrine of a tariff for revenue only. They are simply against the thing that is, without presenting something they claim to be better. Mr. Robinson, of this State, feels that he has found an Issue in the failure of Governors Mount and Dur bin to exercise the constitutional authority to deliver to the Governors of other States alleged fugitives from Justice. All the pre cedents showing that Governors have for years exercised their Judgment as to whether requisitions should or should not be honored count for nothing, do not avail with Mr. Robinson. He is so satisfied that there Is an Issue in the matter for his party that he Imagines the reople of States will approve his proposition to have United States marshals serve writs on alleged fugitives from Justice In utter disregard of the rights of States. And now comes the Schley affair. There Is ho politics In It. It is Impossible to in Ject politics Into It. Senator Jones, of Ar kansas, rushes a vote of thanks Into the Senate to Admiral Schley, which Is doubt less regarded as "good politics." Mr. Grif fith, of this State, and other Democrats, have resolutions demanding an Investiga tion by the House, simply because they hope there may be something in such moves to help to make an Issue, or at least do something to divert public attention from their blunders during the past six years. They would have nie country forget that six years ago each of them strove to get a lG-to-1 speech Into the Congressional Record. XOT SO FAR APART. It Is not the purpose of the Journal to take part In the controversy which has sprung up over the majority and minority opinions of the Schley Court of Inquiry, but, rather, to show that the points of difference between Admiral Dewey and Rear Admirals Ramsay and Benham are not so radical as most people have been led to assume from the reports and opinions of newspapers which have become partisans In this matter. The majority of the court found that Admiral Schley did not proceed to Cienfuegos "with all dispatch;" Admiral Dewey finds that he did, having in view the importance of arriving there with as much coal as possible. As to the blockade of Cienfuegos, the majority say that it was not effective, while Admiral Dewey says It was. The majority of the court finds that Admiral Schley did not use all possible means to ascertain If the Spanish fleet was In Cienfuegos, but Admiral Dewey finds that Admiral Schley expected to ascertain by the Adula. The majority of the court finds that Admiral Schley did not proceed with all dispatch frpm Cienfuegos to Santiago, but Admiral

Dewey finds that he did proceed as promptly as possible while keeping the squadron a unit. To these disagreements with the majority Admiral Dewey adds that Rear Admiral Schley was the senior officer of the squadron off Santiago on the morning of July 3, IsOS, was in absolute command, and is entitled to the credit due to such commanding officer for the glorious victory which resulted In the destruction of

the Spanish ships. Upon several findings in the majority re port Admiral Dewey must have agreed with Rear Admirals Ramsay and Benham, since his minority statement covered all the points of disagreement. Among the points on which the court agreed are these: That Admiral Schley should not have 9 made the retrograde turn westward with his squadron; that he should have promptly obeyed the order of the Navy Department of May ?5; that his reports regarding the coal supply and the coaling facilities of the flying squadron were Inaccurate and misleading; that hl3 conduct In regard to the Santiago campaign prior to June 1 was characterized by vacillation, dllatorlness and lack of enterprise; that Admiral Schley's conduct during the battle of July 3 was self-possessed and he encouraged, in his own position, his subordinate officers and men to fight courageously. The court added to its opinion the recommendation that "no further proceedings be had in the premises." The Congress will act wisely in accepting the recommendation which the court has rcade to the Navy Department. The Louisville Courier-Journal prints the opinions of a number of representative and successful business men of that city as to the present-day opportunities for making large fortunes legitimately. They all agree that such opportunities never were greater. One says; "I regard the opportunities of the present day greater than ever befor;" another, "The opportunities at this time, in my opinion, are greater than they have ever been in the history of this country;" another, "The resources of this country are far from being developed, in fact their development has only just begun;" another, "A person's opportunities at the present day are as great If not greater than ever before;" still another, "The present day and time offer greater opportunities to make fortunes than any previous period In the history of our country." And so on. They all agree substantially that probably larger fortunes will be accumulated In the future, or at least more of thera for more people than have been heretofore. These opinions of business men do not sustain the views expressed by Mr. Bryan in the last presidential campaign concerning the dark future of our young Absaloms. A bill has been Introduced In the Senate by Senator Aldrlch which provides, "That the controller of the currency is hereby authorized. In the manner provided by and under the condition and limitations of the act of July 12, 1SS2, to extend for a further period of twenty years the charter of any national banking association extended under said act which shall desire to continue Its existence after the expiration of its charter." This Is Intended to provide for the contingency of all national bank charters expiring, as they will begin to do on July 14, 1302. As there is practically no opposition to the recharter of the banks, either in Congress or among the people, the foregoing bill will undoubtedly pass. THE HUMORISTS. Illsh Art. Philadelphia Record. Miss Gush Isn't her complexion lovely? It'B like a beautifully tinted china cup I sawMiss Kostique Yes; it certainly la a beautifully painted mug. As y Jiiiftleberry. Tuck. "Jingleberry is a bright fellow. He can tallc very brill.antly for an hour," said Harkaw&y. "Perhaps I met him at the beginning of his second hour," said Dawson. Spiking: His Guns. Baltimore American. "You," sneered the Angry Man, "are very small potatoes Indeed." "At the present price of potatoes I am compelled," said the Other Fellow, "to consider your remark a compliment." They Come IIlh. Philadelphia Telegraph. Customer But don't you think 2 & terrible price for a chicken? Dealer Not suburban chickens, sir. Why, every ore of these fowls was raised on flower ecs that cost 60 cents per package. One Source of Revenue Left. Judge. Doctor Tes. I think the day will com when the. prevention of disease, rather than its cur, will be the chief work of the medical profession. Friend That would cut down doctors' incomes, would it not? Doctor I suppose so. Still, we would have our fashionable- patients who think they are ill. Ilia Way of Putting It. Washington Star. "It is true," said the person of high ideals, "that you have attained prosperity by your writings. But you have produced nothing that will live." "Well," answered the comfortable litterateur, "when it comes to a question of which shall live, myself or my writings, I didn't hesitate to sacrifice my writings." Just Like Molasses Cnnjr. He was a bashful timid man, And had a dreadful scare Whene'er to Sylvia he began His passion to declare. But she knew what she was about. And helped the youth to win; With easy grace she drew him out. And then she pulled him In! January Smart Set. WANT JUDGES REMOVED. Porto niran Tollers Charge Native Jurists with Polltloul Ilia. SAN JUAN. P. R.. Dec. 16. Less than 100 worklngmen answered the call of the local committee of the American Federation of Labor to attend a mass meetlrg here yesterday. The sllmness of the attendance was apparently due to the order of the court declaring the organization illegal. A more respectable assemblage of working people was never seen in this part of the world. The meeting was peaceful and only mild addresses were made. Santiago Iglehias, president of the Federation of Workmen of Porto Rico, explained the object of his visit here, and It was resolved to petition Governor Hunt, when that official returns to San Juan, to use his influence to bring about the removal of the two native judges of the Flrat, District Court and appoint Americans in their places. With the petition will be filed a charge of political bias and prejudice. It was also decided to Ignore the ruling of the court dissolving the "Federation Libre" or local organiztlon. Those present at the meeting were mostly delegates from the local unions of clgarmakers. masons, carpenters, longshoremen, ec. The meeting confirmed the resolution adopted some time ago to arhliate the local organization with the American Fed-irutioa.

SOME BOOKS OF THE TIME

Dream Children. A pleasing volume from the Bow-en-Merrill press is a compilation of tributes to children made by noted poets and other writers who have had in their hearts a love for the little ones, although they may never have known child of their own in the flesh. But some of the children born of the Imaginations of these writers have lived long after them and become dear to. many people. It was a happy thought of Elizabeth B. Brownell to gather a few of these dream children of literature together, like a bouquet of sweet flowers, each the fairer because of the presence of the rest. The selection has been made apparently upon no settled plan or system beyond that of adding one of these literary gems after another as they offered themselves to the compiler's memory. The result, however, is satisfactory. Charles Lamb's pathetic revery, "Dream Children," is properly given first place the little "Alice" and "John" whom he beguiles with stories of their dead mother, an older Alice, until finally they turn away, raying, "We are not of Alice, nor of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing, less than nothing, and dreams." Following after come Whittier's "Barefoot Boy" and "In School Days," Hans Andersen's "Little Match Seller" and "The Candles." Riley's "Lullaby." "Little Orphant Annie," "Red Riding Hood" and "Curly Locks," Hawthrone's "Snow Image," Victor Hugo's "Cosette," Lewis Carroll's "Alice and Her Kitten," Eugene Field's "Little Boy Blue," Dickens's story of "Tiny Tim" and of "The Dolls' Dressmaker," Holmes's "Dorothy Q." Jean Ingelow's "Seven Times One," Stevenson's "Happy aa Kings," George Eliot's "Brother and Sister," and others and still others. The book Is handsomely printed on heavy paper and the pages are embellished by many illustrations from photographs taken by Miss Brownell of real, not dream, children. They adapt themselves wonderfully well, however, to the spirit of the stories and poems, and all the things told of the children of the fancy might be told of them. An intrdouction to the book Is written by Miss Clara E. Laughlin. The Pines of'Lory. This story by J. A. Mitchell has none of the occult element that made his earlier book, "Amos Judd." so fascinating, but it Is quite as original and out of the common as tho other. It is a highly Improbable story, but the Improbabilities are handled with such an air of assurance that they are accepted by the reader without question until ho thinks them over later. It Is a sort of modernized Paul and Virginia tale. A young man and woman, both products of the highest civilization, the latter an orphaned heiress, who has been somewhat spoiled by adulation, are cast away on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fortunately they find a well furnished house whose presumable owner is sitting on a bench outside dead. Him they bury and then tike possession of his domicile and his dog. They spend a year there and have various adventures and experiences, the most important of the latter being the Inevitable falling in love with each other. The supplies in the cellar have nearly all been consumed when a ship carrying an archbishop and a princess comes along and rescues them, the two newcomers explaining the existence of the isolated dwelling ,which has sheltered the castaways. It is a sprightly, amusing narrative marred only by unnecessary flippancies relating to the Catholic Church. Life Publishing Company, New York. More Fables ly Ade. "Forty Modern Fables" is the title of a new collection of George Ade's fables In slang, with which the Journal's readers have become familiar. That Mr. Ado has a sense of humor, Is keenly observant and Is a master of the vocabulary of the street was long since proved. How he manages to acquire such a command of the inelegant but most expressive language that he uses with such telling effect is a mystery. That he Fomehow tloes so and combines with this mastery an insight into the foibles and characteristics of the people around him is a source of joy to a host of readers. Even though they may have read many of these forty fables as they appeared in the newspapers they will enjoy hardly less a second reading. For the people he depicts are so real, their weaknesses and vanities and habits so common to the race that they belong to the literature which has a lasting quality. It is a book In which there is many a laugh. R. H. Russell. New York. Captnln of the Crew. Thi3 story, by Ralph H. Barbour, is a sort of sequel to two others by the same author, "The Half Back," and "For the Honor of the School." Next to entertaining young readers, the aim of all three of the stories is to show that athletics rightly Indulged in Is beneficial to the average boy and Is an aid rather than a detriment to study. But this means athletics for recreation, for, as the author says, "When it ceases to be a pleasure and becomes a pursuit it should no longer have a place in school or college life." "Captain of the Crew" is a first rate story of American high school or academy life and games. It Is published in uniform style with the other two stories above named, by D. Appleton &. Co. Seen In Germany. This book Is the result of a visit to Germany by Ray S. Baker, a popular magazine writer, who was accompanied by an American artist, and who had credentials that enabled him to see many things not seen by ordinary tourists. He made a special study of the German workingman at home and In the shops, of the German soldier on and off duty, of the German scientist, the German student, the industries and schools, the factories, mills and ship yards. The author has made an interesting book by describing things which the untraveled cannot know, and which those who travel seldom see. The photogravure illustrations, from life, are a specially Interesting feature of the book. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co. Young Barbarians. The young barbarians treated of In this story by Ian Maclaren are schoolboys In Muirtown, an old-fashioned town of the rough Scotch sort, where schoolboys had honor and manliness as well as book learning whipped into them. As a story of school life "Young Barbarians" has something of the flavor of "School Days at Rugby," and Dugald MacKinnon, the old teacher, affectionately dubbed "Bulldog," is a very original and Interesting character. The book has the atmosphere of realism and virility that belongs to everything Ian Maclaren writes, and can be read with interest by grown-up boys. New York; Dodd, Mead & Co. As the Goose Files. Katharine Pyle, who wrote "The Christmas Angel," has written another book called "As the Goose Files." It has twelve chapters with such titles as "The Five Lit tie Tigs and the Goat," "The House of the Seven Little Dwarfs," "The Great Gray Wolf," and is pleasant to look at on account of its large, clear print and queer pictures. If the children are not old enough to read the mother will read it aloud if she has time, or, better still, the father, who is always willing to do things to please the little ones. Katharine Pyle has herseii illustrated her story. Little, Brown öi to., .uosion. Held for Orders. A new volume of stories of railroad life. by Frank H. Spearman, contains ten short stories as told, respectively, by a switch man, a wiper, a roadmtster, a train dis patcher, a night man, a master mechanic, etc. The stories are each independent, but all have character in common, and describe exciting Incidents and situations in thft management Of a mni:ntln rnllrnad division in the far West. Like other stories of the same ciass Dy tnis author, they are realistic and well told. The author is evidently a practical railroad man, as well as a good story teller. New York: McCIure, Phillips & Co. Two Juveniles. The Mershon Company. New York, continues to cater successfully to the taste of young readers. Among the books recently issued by them are "Boys of the Fort," by Capt. Ralph Bonehlll, a "rattling" good

sto ree heroes of the Hover Boys series, durg a remarkable experience they had on Lake Erie. Margnret vVurrener. "Margaret Warrener," the latest novel by Alice Brown, denotes an Increase of power and skill in the author. She has succeeded n delineating with clearness the mental characteristics and the emotional natures of the many and varied personages figur ing in the story. The scenes move so swiftly and easily and the incidents are fitted together so skillfully that nature herself seems to have spread out a panorama of living pictures to the view. It is an artistic story. Houghton, MIfllin & Co., Boston. The Story of Live Dolls. This juvenile publication. Issued by the Bowen-Merrill Company and described by the Journal in a previous issue, seems to fill a definite want and is much In demand by grown-ups" with Christmas in view, who recall their own childish self-deceptions concerning the race of dolls. The numerous excellent illustrations, after drawings by Miss Virginia Keep, of Indianapolis, add greatly to the attractiveness of the book. I Current Periodicals. Tho Applied Arts Guild, of Worcester, Mass., issues a little monthly called "The Applied Arts Book," which is full of useful and practical suggestions to workers in tnis line. A feature of tho December number is a chapter of hints to children on the making of Christmas gifts. The Harpers state that Mrs. Humphrey Ward's new work, which they will publish In 1902, is even finer In conception and work manship than "Eleanor." and Is the crown ing effort of Mrs. Ward's career. As in the former book, the chief character of the new story is a woman. The novel will run serially In Harper's Magazine, beginning in early spring. One of the questions which Mr. Vanderlip will suggest and discuss in his article in the January Scrlbner's is: "If we go on selling to Europe JGOO.OOO.OOO a j'ear more than we buy, how will Europe settle this RTat trade balance?' The author has found that every financial minister of Europe and the head of every financial bank is exercised over this serious prob lem. Considerable space will bo devoted by The Century to outdoor Improvement of cities and villages. Beginning with New York and Its record of improvements, the subject Is continued to Washington, with the new plans of the congressional com mission which are to develop the capital on such a magnificent scale. Then Mr. Sylvester Baxter will contribute a series of papers on the smaller cities and villages. Mr. Baxter has made a special study of his topic. The "Christian Year Calendar" (of the Episcopal Church) Is now ready. Its lessons are printed irr a clear, bold type, and its 120 pages are filled with church teach ing. It contains the holy days and seasons, tables of lessons, with historical facts. instructions on rituals, ceremonies, litur gical colors and decorations for tho altar and chancel. It is a plain guide to the reverent and intelligent participation In the services of the church and promotive of strong churchmanship. That is a severe arraignment of the Pro hibition States which Senator Tillman makes In the January number of Leslie's Monthly. The senator, as is familiarly known. Is the father of the dispensary law now operative in South Carolina, and In his article he avers that as a working success his system has divided drunkenness in his State by three, instead of mul tiplying it by a like figure, as the zealots have succeeded in doinj;' in Maine and Kan sas and the other Prohibition States. The World's Work will have a "Look ing Outward" number for Its January Issue; "The period of excluisveness is past" Is to be its clew, taken from the late President's famous Buffalo speech. It will deal with American expansion as a most Interesting chapter of modern history; and already one large American trading firm has arranged to send a copy of the magazine to each of the fifteen hundred foreign agents. The magazine will be well illustrated, as usual, and will have a special cover in colors by Louis Rhead. The article In the December Issue of the American Illustrated Methodist Magazine that is likely to attract the widest attention Is a "Famous Hymn Writer" contribution, dealing with the author of "Nearer, my God, to Thee." It contains much fresh information, obtained directly from her London friends, and establishes a connection with the Mississippi valley. Mrs. Adams's uncle, Richard Flower, was one of the Albion settlers In southern Illinois, where he died forty years ago. The illustrations reproduce family photographs specially loaned for the purpose. "Uncle Remus" Is the title of the new story by Joel Chandler Harris ("Uncle Remus") which will appear as a serial in the 1002 Era (Philadelphia), beginning with Janu; y. In a recent letter the author says of "Uncle Remus": "The book Is not'preclsely autobiographical, but It is something more than reminiscent. When 1 turned to this work I determined to write something to please myself. The result Is what you have. It is mine; It Is me. I mean by this that I surrendered myself wholly to the story and its characters, and the idea of art simply never occurred to me until the thing was complete." With, the Publishers. Jacob Riis's new book, "The Making of an American" (Macmillan's.) ran Into Its second edition on the day of publication. The remarkable "Centenn'al Survey" of world-wide missions, upon which Dr. James S. Dennis has been engaged for several years, will be issued by the Fleming H. Revell Company the latter part of DeDember. It will, it is said, be an edition de luxe among missionary books. Appleton & Co. have presented a striking and artistic poster for their leading holiday book, "The Man Who Knew Better," by Tom Gallon. This romance breathes the spirit cf cheer and good humor that mark the season. Hence, the poster reflects this spirit in an excellent reproduction of a leading character the dancing waiter. Henry Van Dyke's "The Ruling Passion" (Scribners) is about to be Issued In an edition de luxe that is, in a special way, a personal edition. Dr. Van Dyke signs each of the 500 copies to which the edition is limited, and the frontispiece is a strong and original portrait of him, drawn for the book by Walter Appleton Clark. Miss Mary Johnston's new story, "Aud rey," now running as a serial In the At lantlc Monthly, will be brought out In book form late In February by Houghton. Mifflin & Co. As the story approaches Its climax many who are reading the novel have expressed the opinion that in construction, plot, movement ard in delineation of character it is a decided advance over "To Have and To Hold." The Bowen-Merrill Company announces for immediate publication "The Ship of Silence and Other Poems," by Mr. Edward Uffington Valentine. Mr. Valentine is a well-known Baltimore newspaper man. and his reputation as a poet Is by no means new. He has for some time been a con trlbutor of verse to the higher class of periodicals. "The Ship of Silence-" is a volume of verse of really high literarv quality, admirable in form and truly poetic in tnougnt. G. W. Dillingham Company proudly point to a number of successful book3 beginning early In the year with "The King of Honey Island," which ran into Its forty-fifth thousand In three months, followed by "John Henry," 25.0X copies of which were sold in two weeks. The first edition of General Charles Kings "Norman Holt" S.OajO copies sold in advance of publication The tenth thousand is now in press. "John Ulnslow quickly ran into four editions. and Cutcllffe Hyne's "A Master of For tune has passed a large second ecltlon. Five thousand copies of Sir Edwin Ar hold's "The Voyage of Ithobal" were taken by advance orders. Little, Brown & Co. have published about two hundred new books and new editions (exclusive of subscription and law publications) during the past year,' commencing with the tenth and last volume of the ncv uniform collected edition of the works of Edward Everett Halo and ending

. .7 llillllclA CLLiyjL CiVt vi ture, which is complete in itself, and published as Volume 5 in the Flag of Freedom series. "The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes," by Arthur M. Winneld. relates the n il I'd n II . a -i T" T! 1 ,1 L" , m

with Captain Alfred T. Mahan's important new volume, entitled "Types of Naval Officers." issued Nov. 30. The list embraces fiction, ranging from new novels by newauthors to new editions of Balzac, Dumas, Lever and favorite juvenile writers, to biography, history, travel, essays. Instructive, juvenile, holiday and gift books. "Truth Dexter," an American society novel by Sivlney McCall. has been the best-sell-fng single volume of fiction. In "The True Thomas Jefferson," by William E. Curtis, published by J. B. Llpplncott Company, it is asserted that the University of Virginia, Jefferson's greatest monument, would have perished but for the generosity of Northern people. The author shows by figures that the endowments and contributions to its support re

ceived from the fctate of Virginia and from people in the South, and from its alumni generally have been trifling, while the in stitution has been actually sustained by Northern men who are not graduates. This remarkable assertion is likely to attract some attention, because more prom inent men in the South have been edu cated there than at any other Institution, and it seems extraordinary that they have done nothing for its support. There are many ricn men In the Southern States; there are many rich men of Southern birth in New York city and other parts of the North, and it seems incredible that theyshould have done nothing to preserve a great institution like the University of Virginia. 'The First Men in the Jloon." W. I. Alden's London Letter. Mr. Wells's new romance Is entitled "The First Men in the Moon," and was, as every one knows, published as a serial last year. Like all of Mr. Wells's Impossible stories, it Is convincing. Nothing could have been more Impossible than his "War of the Worlds," but did we not all read It without being assailed by the slightest doubts of its truth, so long a3 we kept the book open before us? If we grant Mr. Wells's premise that a means of neutralizing the attraction of gravity can be discovered. there is no further improbability in his story, and that It Is an extremely interesting one every reader will admit. The pic ture that Mr. Wells presents of the inhabitants of the moon is not an attractive one. Like his Martians, they have apparently gone, not to seed but to brain. The Martians were merely brain enveloped in a sort of gelatinous tissue, and the Lunarians are at least the most intelligent of them pure brain, and nothing else. I should prefer to have a decent percentage of body in any inhabitants of other spheres that I may hereafter meet. b ancy marrying a pure brain! It would perhaps prove economical in point of clothing expenses. but would not one occasionally sigh for the touch of a non-existent hand, and the sound of a voice that could never be heard, for the sufficient reason that brain and vocal organs are two distinct things? However, the precise nature of Lunarian anatomy has nothing to do with the in terest of Mr. ells s story, and I do not envy the man who falls to read it. He will have lost an opportunity which no one should miss. SETH LOW TAKES OATH. He AV111 Assume the Office of Jlajor of Xew York Jan. 1. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. Seth Low took the oath of office as mayor of New York in the Supreme Court to-day. Mr. Low will assume office at noon Jan. L In announcing the list of selections for heads of departments and the bureaus of the city government, Mayor-elect Lowmade the following statement to-day: "There is nothing In the civil-service law to prevent the abolition of unnecessary positions nor the dismissal of any incompetent or unsatisfactory employe. As nearly as I can gauge the present situation, the working force in almost every department can be and should be largely reduced. Many positions are likely to be abolished, but that does not mean that there will be many vacancies to be filled. I speak of this now for two reasons. 1 want tho subordinates in the city service, especially those who are conscious that their positions are not likely to be retained, to have fair warning, so that they may" find other employment when possible. And I equally want to warn those who are anxious to secure positions under the city government that,- in the presence of a large reduction of the working forces, the chance of fresh appointments, outside of the exempt class, is small. Such appointments of this character as are made must be made from the eligible list prepared by the civilservice committee." TO EIGHT WHISKY TRUST. Independent Distillers Planning a Vigorous Campaign. PEORIA, III., Dec. 18. It has Just been learned that nineteen independent distilleries are planning for a campaign against the Distilling Company of America, otherwise known as the whisky trust. Eighteen of these distilleries are already in operation and the nineteenth, a mammoth concern with a daily capacity of 30,000 gallons of high wines, will be started on Jan. 1 by Corning & Co., in this city. Six months ago the trust was manufacturing practically all the spirits of this country and had a virtual monopoly of the trade, disposing of about 2j0.uu0 gallons a day. Since then the demand has increased so that 90.003 bushels of grain are now being mashed daily, the yield being 400,000 gallons of spirits. rn nf thp nernllnr conditions of the new situation is that it may lead to the reopen ing of the old Shufeldt cnstmery at. cmcago. A call has been issued by the whisfnist frr n Rnfrial meeting to be held at Jersey City next Friday, when the ques tion of reducing the capital siock. wiw is considered. The trust stock now amounts to $125,000,000, consisting of $,000,000 prefprrpH nni $70 mo.ociQ common. Of these issues 523.700,000 of preferred and $23.573.000 of common are in tne treasury, imuiih outstanding $77.677.000. It is proposed to cancel $ W.WO.OtM of these siocks, uius it ducing the capital to $&5,00U,0u0. WASHINGTON TO BE INVADED. An Army of 10,000 Proboers to 11cnicRe the Ilnlls of Congress. NEW YORK, Dec. 16. After fifteen years absence, Capt. A. II. Hassell. recently a Boer commander, addressed the members of the sixty combined societies of the Piatt Deutsch Volksfest Verein, in Brooklyn, upon the oppression of the Transvaal. Sheriff Grell, of New York, one of the speakers, said the societies will soon have 2,000,;hj0 signatures to a petition urging President Roosevelt to enforce the treaty of Washington, which would prevent Eng land from securing supplies of any kind. even horses and mules, in this country Just as soon as the petition was ready, the sheriff said a delegation of 10,0.) persons would descend upon Congress with tho same object in view. Captain Hassell said that if the Boers were only permitted to fight out tluir battles, and if all help were withheld from England by tho other na tions, the Boers could bankrupt Great Britain within live years, for they could fight that long. MRS. M'KINLETS CONDITION. Her Nephew Sayn the Late President's Widow Is Not 1 ui pro Tin sr. CHICAGO. Dec. 16. Relatives of Mrs. McKinley have little hope of her living long, according to a statement made by Lieutenant James McKinley, U. S. A., a nephew of the late President. Lieutenant McKinley passed through Chicago to-night In company with Gen. S. B. M. Young, the successor of General Shafter, in command at the Presi-lio, the military headquarters on the Pacinc coast. ( ontinuing, the lieu tenant said: "My aunt In Canton remains in about the same condition that she was immediately after tho funeral cf the Pres! dent. There has been no improvement and there seems no hope of any. Ileiiuests to Colleges. ntlPAnO Dee K Of thr rldno nf tV. estate of Josiah II. Bissell, who committed suicide several months ago by leaping from a steamer Into Lake Michigan, one-half Is to go to Yalo University us a fund for oor students. The other half is given to Smith College, Northampton, to endow a department of physical culture. The bequests mad amount to over Jl'Jü.OOQ,

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SEVENTEEN NOMINATIONS OF INDIAMAXS TO lit: I'OSTMASTKKS. "Pat" Garrett (ihrn the El Paso t'ollectorship nml E. (ioodrlch Given nn Army Lieutenancy. SOUTHRONS AT WHITE HOUSE CONST LT ED 11Y THE PRESIDENT I. REGARD TO PTI1L1C OFFICES. Ulli to Pension the Widow of Col. N. It. Ruckle ut f.'0 n Month Intro dured by Senator FnlrlmnLs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. The President to-day sent to the Senate another batch of nominations of Indlanlans to be postmasters, as follows: THOMAS A. CARTER. Auburn. E. II. NIEBAUM. Aurora. DONALD M'CALLUM. Batesville. VINSON V. WILLIAMS. Bedford. J. E- SHIYER, Bloomfield. WALLACE W. WILLIAMSON, Columbia City. THOMAS W. WILSON, Corydon. J. D. PARVIN. Evansville. CHARLES SULLIVAN, GarretL JOHN W. LEWIS, Huntlngburg. C. P. ALEXANDER, Kendallvllle. J. A. KAUTZ, Kokomo. JAMES L. CALDWELL, Lafayette. JOHN E. BARBANK, Oakland City. ISAAC H. LAMAR, Petersburg. C. B. BENTLEY, Warsaw. E. C. STEPHENSON, Worthington. Other nominations sent to the Senate follow: To ba consul of the United States at Warsaw, Russia, Angus Campbell (no State given). To be surveyor of customs for the district of San Francisco, Joseph Speer. To be collectors of customs, Patrick F. Garrett, New Mexico, district of El Paso Del Norte, Texas; Sterling A. Campbell, for tho district of Humboldt. Cab; Thomas II. 1 hair, district of Aroostook. Me.; Clarence A. Hammett, -district of Newport. R. 1. To be United States marshal for Suthtrn district of Indian Territory, T. B. Colbert. To be secretary of the Territory of Arizona, Isaac T. Stoddard. To be postmasters. George II. Roberts, jr., at Brooklyn, N. Y.; Clayton McMichael at Philadelphia. Pa. Army Artillery Corps To be first lieutenants, John B. Hughes. California; Samuel S. O'Connor, New York; Allen D. Raymond, Pennsylvania; Jacob E. Vyke, at large. To be second lieutenants. AVilliara W. Ballard, jr., of Virginia. Cavalry To be second lieutenant, Albert J. Woo 3. :tlarg. Infantry To be second lieutenants Georg3 E. Goodrich, of Shelbyville. Ind.l Ronald C. McClelland, New York; Harold J.TParce, Rhode Island; Rinaldo R. Wood. New York. Navy-rTo be passed assistant . uirgcon. Assistant Surgeon Eton C. Huntington; assistant suieon, John B. Dennis, r Revenue Cutter Service To be: first assltant engineers, Second Assistant Engineer Robert E. Wright, Virginia; Second Assistant Engineer Urban Harvey, Virginia. Senator Lodge to-day Introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of firearms, opium and intoxicating: liauors to the natives of islands In the Pacific ocean. This bill has been asked for by petitions by many Christian societies in the United States. xxx Senator T. C. Tlatt and Representative I. P. Wanger, of Fennsylanvia. will introduce bills this week providing for a commissioner on leprosy and home for leper. The Intention of the bill is to have this Nation in harmony with the suggestion for International action of the Berlin Leper Conference. The bill provides for a commissioner of leprosy, who shall be a physician of ten years' practice and who shall receive a salary of $5,(mi0 a year. He Is to reside in New York or San Francisco. For the erection of buildings for the leperi $j0,öö0 Is to bo appropriated. In addition a square mile of the public domain Is to be set aside for the colony of unfortunates. No lepers are to be admitted as immigrants. Any persons coming from leprous families are to be under the strict supervision of the authorities for at least seven years. Concerning this bill. Dr. Ashmead, the leprosy expert says, "The Scandinavian States, such as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Mlnneasota. will doubtless, through their senator? and representatives, oppose the bill, it bting the belk f of the S andlnaviann of wealth that individual isolatioa is a preventive of the spread of the disease. Dr. Arnaur Hansen, the Scandinavian authority, says that through this method the leiers have not only avoided unusual hardship, but that there were J.imj sufferers in P&S and' only 7"0 this year. He does not explain that this decrease was largely due to exporting them to the United States. On the other hand, he says, to condemn an individual to a eoop-d-up room, to deprive him of air and exercise, is a thousand times worse than to condemn him to the galleys. The Isolation must be social, not individual.' The leper, far from being afraid to leave sorlcty, will desire to do so. and although their diseiso will remain, they will have a more tolerable existence. We shall in this manmr cut at the root a plague which threatens expanding America and which would put hundreds of families in mourning." xxx Representatives Long and Calderhead, of Kansas, and Mr. Mulvane, the Republican national committeeman, were with the President to-day, and were distinctly informed that the recommendation of Senator Burton as to the nomination of a pension agent at Topeka to succeed Cyrus Leland would be accepted at the White House. This announcement of the President was accompanied by a most earnest request that an end be put to factional differences in Kansas. With Senator Burton naming the pension agent Cyrus Leland'a defeat Is assured. The outlook Is that Col. Wilder S. Metcalf will be nominated to the place. XXX President Roosevelt Is adopting the plan of securing information from Democratic Senators and Representatives regarding applicants for office in the South. To-day, by appointment, he consulted Senators Foster and McEnery and Representative Bmsard. of Louisiana, regarding Louisiana appointments. He had a list of about fifty applicants for places, from collector of the port of New Orleans down to pomasters, concerning whom he n quested information. The President also consiuled Representatives Clayton. Thompson and Wyley, of Alabama, about some appointments in that State. It Is understood that the -President is disposed to reappoint Messrs Vaughn, Bryan and Bingham, respectively district attorney and marshal cf the Middle district and collector of internal revenue?. He is very desirous ef harmonizing the existing Republican factions la the State. xxx A number of citizens of New Mexico have been endeavoring to have Albert W. Wishard, of Indiana, solicitor of Internal revenue, appointed Judge e.f N. w Mexico Territory to succeed Jonathan W. Crumpacker. whom, It is announced, the President will not reappoint. This endeavor to have Mr. Wlshard appointed was not originated by him, as he is not a candidate, his name Is not btii.g con&U red by the Indiana senators or the president and he will not b appointed. XXX C. II. Bundy, of Marlon. Is In Washing ton on a pleasure trip. xxx Smiley N. Chambers, of Indianapolis, is In Washington on Ugal business. XXX The name of Ge-orge E. Goodrich, cf Shelbyville, to be appointed a sucond lieutenant In the regular army was sent to the Senats by the President to-day. He served during the Spanish-American war la Governor Durbin' rtslmtut u4 UUr

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