Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1902 — Page 2

TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1002.

party's welfare. Uxpre ssions made in the tuiir.M' at a fi'trrh arc aee ptcd simply as the views of an Individual; in the editorial sanctum Individuality is deliberately made ierondary. This of itself is a Mattering tribute to the uns Irish spirit rf editors, who cheerfully divorce personality from the.r profession to the nl that their efforts may be irivt std with broader significance. This Is a practical The successful c-.li-tor U practieil. He j refers facts to fancbs. J.Y realizes that a plain truth expressed in him pie language is far more effective than columns of rhetorical Nourishes. "Th.- r.ewspapTs of lniiana, I flare say, are eiUa! t those of any State In the 1'nion. representing a political and social Influence that all men concede and cov t. The Republican press ef this State is the staff upon which the party depends for support, and unless such support is assured there can be but little hope of party mccess. That being truth so self-evidt nt that it needs n elaboration, I shall continue to urge, as I have always urged, the hearty co-operation of the party managers, und the party press. The political organization with which we nre identified has, from its formation, ho impressed itself Vspon the history of this Nation that the two. for that peri xl, will forever remain Inseparable. A party that has been honored by such devds as are associated with the Illustrious nanus of Lincoln, Grant, Harrison, McKinley and numerous others scarcely less notable Is assured an honored place in the annals ef tim But. however j. roud we may be of the past, we must look well to the present and the future in order to Injure the continued favor of those who decide the uestiny of parties. The men to whom you have given so freely of your confidence? and support have not betrayed the trust you reposed in them. The reinstatement of a Republican administration at Washington, firmly committed to what we believe to be correct principles, lias happily induced a period of prosperity surpassing all records. Our financial system is secure, capital eagerly se ks 'nvestinent, labor finds ready employment, farmen are favored with expanding markets and Increased prices, the restless spirit of progress is manifest everywhere, the people iire blessed with peace and plenty. We believe the permanency of these conditions can be insured by perpetuating the portcus the Republican party has heretofore pursued. That desirable result can be achieved only by strict adherence to methods which have stood the test of time and dearlybought experience. A DREADFUL SHOCK. "The people of this country have not yet recovered from the dreadful shock occasioned by the assassination of President McKinley. He was a patriot and a statesman who gave nearly all the years of his life to the service of his country. In peace und in war ho was God-like. Iiis record In the public service vindicated In full measure the trust his fellow-citizens had consigned to Ids keeping. With the beginning of his administration the industrial pulse of the Nation began to strenghten, and, with returned confidence once assured. It kept on and on until every artery of commerce und trade thrilled in its fullness with new life, new hope and benefits which have redounded to the betterment of the condition of the great brotherhood of men now more lirr ly united than ever before tinder the protecting folds of the Hag to which our party has faithfully borne allegiance in every emergency, thus placing Jt at the forefront and at the topmost anions the emblematic colors of the nations of the world. The great issues for which the Republican party has contended have been Vindicated almost without a single exception and frequently in the face of eeemingiy unsurmouniable difficulties. So comJdetely has the wisdom of its policies triumph m1 that the wunder is. in the light of the rast, that the opposition parties can Invent even a fragment of reason or ex-cus-j for again up"aling to the people for thir suffrages. Congressional legislation by Republicans made it possible for the United Statt s to quickly achieve eminence as the foremost manufacturing country on the globe, the advantages thus gained beIn?: multiplied and emphasized by a system ut sound-money financiering .that has proved a tenef'actiou and effectually silenced th clamor of illogical theorists who sought to debase our currency to an extent that would have Inevitably and speedily wrought ruin. The Republican party, reinforced by the acquisition of practical business men drawn imm the ranks of a party whose leaders insisted upon self-destruction, respectfully declined to be stampeded ly the sound and fury of popocraty in the campaign of 1V'. It was similarly besieged In i;. Imt the result was even more disastrous to tho enemy, for the reason that they were not only defeated in jtheir aim to. get control, but were left without a single Issue to which they can ,'point with pride, through still insisting on having proprielary rights in the privilege of 'viewing with alarm.' "Tho Nation has made tremendous strides rince the Republican party resumed the reins of government. It believed in expansion and it expanded; it has paid the cost of 3 successful war with a foreign power without levying an irksome burden on the people; it has created a navy that comma:ids the seas; it has extended mail facill ies to the doors of rural homes; It has ope.aed wide the markets of the world to the products of our fields, mines and shops; It hi a maintained the dignity of the Republic and has caused the stars and stripes to be respected and honored wherever the flag of freedom floats. In the bringing nbout of these happy conditions the Republican party of Indiana has done nobly. Jt committed itself to correct principles, nnd in the last two general elections it reaffirm d its faith most decisively. The monetary movement which originated in this city, fostered by our distinguished fel-

COLDER WEATHER TO-NIGHT. X'nlr During the I)ny, Ihcept Rain In Itreiiie Southern Indiana. . WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. Forecast ' for J'ri.lay and Saturday: Indima Fair on Friday, except rain in extreme southern portion; colder at night und Saturday, with fair weather; variable vinds. ... Illinois Tartly cloudy, with rain in extreme southern portion; much colder and lair at-night and Saturday; cold wave in morning in north and central portions; variable winds, becoming northwesterly and l;risk. Ohio Snow in north; rain or snow in outh portion on Friday. Saturday colder; probably snow; fresh westerly winds, becoming variable. Local Ohtervutlon on Thursday. P.ir. Th-r. JCH. Wln-l. Weather. IY. ..:;"."' "J. V) S'west. Cl'Jy. 0H) 7 a. m. i p. m .....".t.1'2 31 M outn Clear. O.O.j Maximum tetn;pratur-. minimum temjH-ra-ture. :. Comparative ;tat nient of th mean tt mperatur and total prfcij'itation tn Jan. 113: Temp. Normal Mean xt IT. 0.1') Of 'l o. io l.bO 3f artir l&I.arture since Jan. 1., Plus. 77 v. t. r.LTTiin. Section IMrector. Thurstlii Tfiu pern turf.

Stations. Mln. Max. 7 r- rn. Atlanta. Ii. 42 42 lU.-ma.rck. N. D l- ?. . t JiufTalJ. N. Y 11) :s is Calgary, Alberta S i'.; Chicago. Ill 22 22 M Cairo. Ill 31 4$ 42 Cheyenne. Wyo 0 2s Cincinnati, o r.o :. 22 Cuneordia. Kan i'S x lven;x)rt. It 14 IS n Is Moines. Ia it IS -jj ;alTeston. Tex ) . Jjo Helena, M nt 4 2) 4 Jacksonville. Fla Zi ; ) r-. Kan a City, M "J I 30 ; I.Utl Hock. Ark 44 4) M,r"utte. Midi is 2i ::; Memrril. Tenn 32 41 44 Nasali!.. Tern JS 42 40 ' w orlenns. I -a r.s &i 4 New York city 22 4 3 North Platte. Neb iO 34 "S Oklahoma. o. T 22 Z2 Omaha. N.-. 3 3'ittt;ur. Ia Z; ?2 1 Qu" A;:ell, Asin 6 is R RatlJ City. . 1 S 22 JO hail I-aku nt- : t :;s 31) ft. b"Jl, M "S 4 3t5 Ft. Paul. Minn V2 22 IS l..ririrnl t. Ill :i 34 rtnrr.el i. M i :s .-. Virkburr. ills? 0 Washington, Ii. C 34 ij 36

MOVEMENTS OF STEA3IERS. QUKCXSTOVVN, Jan. 23.-Arrived: Ocemr.lc. from New York; IJelgenland. from I'hlUiiklphi, both for Liverpool, and proceeufcd. NCV.' YORK. Jan. . Xrrlve.1: Celtic, from I.lverpo.l. Salb.l: La Savole, for Havre; Köln, for Rreim n. LIVKRl'OOL, Jan. ST. Arrived: Ionian, from St. John, N. R., and Halifax; Teutonic, from New York. ROTTERDAM. Jan. 13.-Said: Statendarn, from New York, via Ruulugne-sur-iier. HAMBURG. Jan. 23. Arrived; Graf 5VAl'ierfccj, trom Nw York,

low-citizen, the Hon. Hugh Hanna. who was ably assisted by others who. sharing his energy, keen fore?iKht and enthusiasm, subordinating in-re partisanship to patriotism, contributed lurK.ly to a political victory that is admitted by all fair-minded men to have been a Kodstnd to every material interest. INDIANA'S CREDIT. "Indiana's credit was never as good as it is now. Its bonds would be eagerly sought at surprisingly low rate of interest if the State had bonds to sell. Fortunately, however. Republican prosperity has pUced it in a position where it is a bond-buyer instead of a bond-seller. Since our lamented (Jovernor Mount entered upon his successful career as chief executive, Ave years uv, the State debt has been reduced in a sum aggregating $2,723, '. making a net saving in the item of interest alone amounting to more than Sl.ooo annually. All this has been aceompii.-ned during a period of five years, notwithstanding ordinary and extraordinary expenditures for the maintenance and betterment of State institutions. "in view of the fact that Indianas finances make such a gratifying exhibit, some well-meaning persons oner the suggestion that a reduction of the tax levy bo made. I fully agree with the proposition that such a proceeding would be most desirable were it practicable. Rut, as 1 stated in the course of my remarks addressed to the Association of Township Trustees on yesterday, the pruning method proposed to be applied to the State levy lias in view the wrong base of operation. As I explained, the total average levy in the counties of this State is 11.4'i on the $1'A. In that amount the State shares only to the extent of 17 cents, the remainder, amounting to 1.2y, being applied to the expense ot local government. 1 believe the statement to be worth repeating that with its comparatively small levy available, the State Is enabled to make liberal appropriations for the maintenance of the various penal and benevolent institutions, its universities, the payment of expenses incident to the executive and judicial departments, the latter including salaries of all judges, Supreme, Appellate, Circuit and Superior, in addition to the rapid elimination of the bonded debt. As I have had occasion to say heretofore, 1 repeat, that 'the present is a favorable opportunity for the reduction of public as well as private indebtedness. Conceding that it is more or less a hardship, as it is, we cannot escape the fact that all honest obligations must be met, and it logically follows that it is easier to pay during an era of prosperity than to delay until we may possibiy be overtaken by adversity.' It is a. significant fact that the party which offers most formidable opposition has not made a platform criticism of the State administration, although it has held several state conventions since the Republican party assumed full control. This would not have been so if there had been the slightest pretext for fault-fir ding. The truth is, all the State oltices have been managed prudently and economically. Wherever a possible leak has been discovered it has been stopped either by legislative enactment or department rules. The otllce of auditor, which is of so great importance that scrupulous care should be exercised in electing a. man to administer its affairs, has constantly increased the State's revenues by the enforcement of intelligent, as well as courageous methods, while at the same time it protects tho public funds by the enforcement of a Republican measure which prevents the issuing of a warrant except a claim is presented in a manner which bears unimpeachable evidence of genuineness. The oflice of secretary of state, also, has become an Important revenue earner as a result of the action of the last General Assembly requiring foreign corporations to pay just fees for the privilege of operating in Indiana. The revenues derived from the offices of auditor and secretary are converted to tho State treasury, which has proved its fidelity as the custodian of the public funds. With all these facts to Its credit, with the addition of many more that might be mentioned, the Republican party Is justified in feeling proud of its record. Let us hope to continue in the good way we have been going, zealously striving to maintain the confidence nnd support of the people, thus insuring a continuation of their favor. VESTED WITH CONTROL.. "When a rarty is vested with control for a considerable continuous period more or less fricton is a natural and inevitable consequence. The benefits conferred by a particular administration on the people at large is at times overshadowed by the open

hostility or insidious indifference of disap-M pointed aspirants for political honors, frequently augmented and intensified by more or less petty jealousies arising among those seeking political preferment. Such conditions are neither of recent origin nor unique in character. They have always existed and will continue to exist. And, while we cannot expect-to altogether overcome these adverse influences, we can. at least, endeavor to minimize them. Therefore, speaking for our party. I am convinced I can render no better service at this time than to appeal for a continuation of harmonious action. I am not a pessimist nor an alarmist, but it is opportune to emphasize the admonition that unless we proceed unitedly and in unison we cannot confidently hope to profit by the advantages we now enjoy nor continue undisturbed in the advances we have made. Those of tis who have been intrusted with public responsibilities must be ever mindful of our obligation to the people. The Republican party has furnished abundant proof of wisdom, capability and integrity in the management of national and State affairs. Its ideals are In harmony with progressive civilization. Its present purposes are in keeping with honorable traditions, its future will prove to be as glorious as its past if those who have the shaping of its destinies shall continue to be animated by unselfish motives guided by the same patriotic impulses which have hitherto served to associate the name of our party with all that Is wholesome and beneficent in the history of our beloved country." Attorney (irnrrnl Taylor. Attorney General Taylor's address was in memoriam of "Mount, Harrison and McKinley." He said in part: "What a contribution the Republican party has made to the list of chief executives of IndianaLane, Morton, Raker, Porter, Hovey, Chase, Mount and Durbin. From iauses inscrutable to us all have joined the silent majority except the present chief executive. "What history has been written in the forty-two years since Lane and Morton, as Governor und lieutenant governor, swore that they would uphold the Constitution and laws of their State and country. Neither in the Hush of victory nor in the bitterness of defeat has there ever been a breath of suspicion against either the honor, the integrity or the courage of any of them. The d.-ad has euch left the record of a stainless lite; each has stood by his country in houra of tress and contributed to its prosperity in times of peace. "James A. Mount was altogether worthy to stand In the front column with his predecessors. He lived a manly, courageous life. He always dared to do right. He was as gentle as he was fearless; as kind as he was courageous; as considerate as he was firm. I knew him intimately in official life, and 1 never knew him to hesitate or falter in the discharge of a plain duty. As a boy on the farm, a private soldier In war, a senator in the Legislature, the Governor of his State, he was always the same true, steadfast friend of the weak and the friendless. He believed that punishment to the intentionally vicious should be swift, certain and terrible, but to the weak and unintentional offender he was kindness it- ." lf. With the sword of truth he defended the helpless wards ot the State, and challenged all comers who would invade the state institutions of the blind, the deaf aiud dumb, the insane and the orphans with the spoils of office. He did not lay down the burden of life, for life to him was no burdtn; but when he did lay down the burdens of office his life's work was ended. ANOTHER SON OF INDIANA. "At his hier there stood another son of Indiana. He, too, had been at the battle's front; he, too, had led a blameless life; he, too, joined with others of his fellows in eulogy of the dead Governor. His fame was not confined to Indiana. He, too, was present at the birth of the Republican party. For forty years he had followed its fortunes and had been one of Its conspicuous leaders. Of high resolves and great deeds ha was likewise as steadfast as the north star. Skillful at thv! law, great as an advocate, wise as a senator and masterful as President, he was always the ame good citizen, endeared to his city, in love with his State and proud of his country. Between truth and error lie quickly made selection. Hetween right and wrong he never hesitated. Neither cross currents nor countervailing winds drifted him from his eours. It is safe to say that no President, from Washington to Roosevelt, .followed where conscience led with more ready anil steady step than did our own beloved Renjamln Harrison. With hira conscience, was always

king. It ruled him with an Iron hand. Let us erect to his memory a commemorative monument, befitting the man and his great deeds. Let its foundations be deeply laid, as were his principles. Let it be as heroic in size as was his character. Let it be as enduring as his name and fame. Ry his open grave there Ftood one of the world's greatest and noblest ot men. He. too. with Mount and Harrison, was at the christening of the Republican party. He, too, was at battle's front; he, too, was a distinguished leader in Congress. He completed the trinity of martyred Presidents. Rut two of the Presidents of the l.'nited States, Washington and Lincoln, have left more enduring monuments than he. The Redouin. resting his lance on his Arab steed, points to the crumbling remains' of the monuments of David and Solomon; the Italian peasant shambles along the Roman roads, but glances at the remains of triumphal arches constructed by the Caesars. All over France the descendants of the Huguenots and the cavaliers behold the talismanic letter 'N' on monuments that mark the progress of the conquering legions of Napoleon. NEW BOUNDARY POSTS. "William McKinley lias erected new boundary posts for our Republic, reaching almost half way around the world. On their granite faces no kingly crest will appear, but, instead thereof, cut deep therein will be the letter M.' "The black man in the West Indies and the yellow man in the East Indies will look upon these, not as reminders of a ruthless conqueror, but a3 emblems of liberty and the deliverance from oppression. They will mark the dawn of a new era, an era of honest administration of public affairs, of liberty of conscience and freedom of action; an era of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They will be to them a sign perpetual that the rights of property will be respected and that the day for the right of petition has come, and that the stars and stripes will be a perpetual protection against the oppressors' wrongs. "Whatever may come to these new wards of our country, this much is certain, that they have tasted of the tree of liberty and have been benefited. They have drunk at the fountain of freedom and have been refreshed. They will never again uncover at the scepter of a king. They have seen but the flashlight of the new civilization, unknown and undreamed of by them, and they will see further light. They have heard a little of the truth and they will demand more. They have hesitatingly joined in the march of progress, and, while thty may be the laggard in the army, nevertheless they will go on. Rut the greatest work of this "great man was not under foreign sun3 nor in distant climes; it was here at home in our own beloved America William McKinley was the exponent1 of national prosperity and progress. "In the years that are to come labor will Instinctively call his name from among all the nation's dead as Its steadfast friend. The man in whose face flashes the light of the forge and the furnace, the man in the mine, begrimed with powder smoke and dust, the farmer boy in the field, the workman in the foundry and the sailor on the mast, will tell to their children the story of the greatness and glory of William McKinley."

eiintr Ileverltl?e. "Mr. Fresl'fent I had thought that your banquet was held last night and telegraphed you my regrets and greetings. Not until I got the paper at Richmond did I learn that I would have the pleasure of this hour. For to meet the Republican editors of Indiana and their wives is a pleasure and an inspiration. You are the nerve centers of Republican influence throughout the State, and to come into personal touch with you is to come in contact with the storage batteries of the people's thought and purpose. And, after all, to the public man t litre can be no source of purity and power equal to personal contact with the people who commissioned him. For the people are right minded in affairs of the government. It is their government, and they mean that it shall be noble in purpose, wise in policy, powerful in action. To determine any issue justly tho people need only to know the facts out of which that issue spring-s. And you editors, day in and day out, year in and year out, give the people these facts; and this service is reciprocal, bt cause, enveloped in tho ieople's forming thought and crystallizing purpose, as in the sunshine you absorb it and pour it out again in editorial argument to the added intelligence of the people themselves, ot yourselves, too, and, best of all, to the guidance of the servants of the Nation and the State, who represent you all. "And so it is that your fidelity to civil righteousness is the measure of your influence. So it is that your Independence within the limits cf our party's fundamental principles is absolutely vital to you. All this you have been, are and will be. You will continue to tell the people the facts without faltering; you will speak your thought and fear not; you will continue to know no influence save only the interests of our common country. Thus shall our party retain the people's confidence, and so shall we, who, by the people's partiality, are in positions of trust and iower, be armed with wisdom and strength for the doing of the Nation's work. "Already, 1 dare say, you are preparing for the coming conflict; and you look to Congress, and properly, to mark out the lines on which that conflict will be fought. As to specific measures the issues on them must be framed at the Nation's capital; but the elemental principles on which they will be framed are known to the Nation and the world. In our colonial policy our hands are to the plough, and we will not turn back. We will follow the furrow till the field is broken to the last sod; we will plant the seed and attend its growth until the most perfect system of administrative government known to man is bearing its fruit of happiness, peace and thrift on every foot of our possessions. We who for nearly fifty years have devised every successful measure for the Republic's revenue will modify, revise and adjust our tariff and internal taxation as changed and changing conditions may demand, and not otherwise. We, who have pledged our faith and our political fortunes to the cause of sound finance, will patiently persevere in gradually and cautiously improving our monetary system. TIIE CONSTRUCTIVE PARTY. "We, who are the constructive party of the Republic, will continue to build measures for the betterment of industrial conditions and the extension of American commerce by land and sea. Go forth, therefore, you buglers of Republicanism, and tell the people that the Republican party is still true to those principles of progress which have kept the party young, vigorous and victorious. Applause. As to specific measures, it is too early now to speak. Congress Is just beginning a patient, painstaking, studious session that will last until midsummer. Rut this can be said no measure will be passed with unconsidered haste. Every proposition will be carefully thought out, critically analyzed, tested and approved. It is the characteristic of the Republican party that it moves conservatively, thoughtfully and, therefore, safely. Rashness has no place In Republican councils. "Constructive statesmanship cannot be instantaneous. The difference between the methods of Republicanism and Bryanism is the difference between the careful, watchful building of a mighty ship designed to ride all seas, and the sudden wrath of the vengeful storm that would destroy it. "That harmony, which is a Republican characteristic and which so happily prevails throughout the State and Nation, is pouring its steady strength through the nerves of every supporter of the government in Congress. To the oppositionnerveless and undisciplined the administration will present a solid, united, enthusiastic Republican support, whose definitmess of plan, reasonableness of proposition and intelligence of procedure will win votes from the more thoughtful of the opposition itself. "And when the administration comes before the people it will be on a record of wise, conservative measures. Careful in council as he was brave in battle, President Roosevelt is justifying the confidence and affection in which the country holds him. "Mr. President, I had not intended to speak so long. I meant simply to greet you all and each you, the sleepless soldiers of our great host. Always on the firing line, the Republican editor is ever in discharge of his continuing1 duty, even wh?n all others rest from labor. And, now, to you each, personally and individually. 1 wish the highest happiness life can bring and the greatest prosperity fortune can bestow; and I join you in pledging our mutual loyalty ami faith to the great party you so gallantly serve and upon whose continued supremacy the welfare of the Republic so vitally depends." The Editors Prrnr-nt. Thos3 in attendance last night were: F. T. Singleton, Martinsville; R. S. Brown. Franklin; J. A. Kemp and daughter, Miss Nelle Kemp. Salem; W. H. Staley, Tipton; John A. Ling!e, Paoll; Edward A. Remy, Seymour; Ed F. Newton, Montlccllo; A. W. Tracy, Hartford City; Harry M. Smith, Grtencastlo; Harry J. Martin, Franklin;

Julian T. Hogate, Danville; Marshall Hücker, Columbus; W. S. Montgomery, Greenfield; J. A. Kautz. Kokomo; E. J. Marsh. Portland; H. A. Strohm, Kentland; Will II. Craig. Nohlesvlüe; R. E. Willis, Angola: Dora E. Wiliis, Waterloo; J. Gregory, Mrs. J. Gregory and Miss Blanche Gregory. WlIMamsport; Geo. W. and Mrs. Patcheil. Union Citv; C. W. ami Mrs. Stivers, Liberty; R. S. Truitt, Noblesville; Helen Davis, Indianapolis; Thomas J. Brooks and wife, Bedford; Miss Helen Smith, Crawfordsville; Mrs. F. V. Chislett, Indianapolis.

Programme for To-Day. The Indiana Republican Editorial Association will meet In twenty-fifth annual session at the Denison Hotel this morning. The following programme is announced: 9 a. m. Business meeting. President's address. "Political Issues that now Confront Us," Ed T. Staley, Tipton Advocate; discussion led by Charles S. Hass, Wabash Plaindealer. "The good of the Order." H. A. Strohm. Kentland Enterprise: discussion led by George J. Cravens, Versailles Republican. 1:15 p. m. "McKinley Memorial," Will 11. Craig, Noblesville Ledger. "The Loud Blll-a Resolution," M. W. Pershing, president. "Method and Lack of Method in the Business Department," W. B. Maddock. Bloomfield News; discussion led by E. II. Burns, Frankfort News. "Anarchy in Newspapers." C. W. Stivers, Liberty Herald; discussion led by C. J. Robb, Michigan City News. CHEAP MATCHES. A Mnrderoua Prod net That Shonld lie Carefully Invent Iguted. New York Press. In one short month I have heard of four serious burnings in the families of intimate friends and two escapes so narrow that the families shudder even now when telling of it. They were caused by cheap matches. One friend who has a little beauty of a daughter with long yellow hair, stopped at the door of his dark library and struck a match. The head flew off, but almost before he realized that it had happened,, there was a blaze of flame in the window seat in the other end of the big room. He jumped toward it and threw a rug on it. Imagine his horror when he found that the flame had been caused by the burning of his child's hair! He said to me: "Tip. gi Vethem a blast. If that thing had happened to my wife or one of the servants, the chances are that they would have been so frightened by the sight of the tire that before they could move the little one would have met the most terrible death that human conception knows. And I say that the dog who made those matches would have been her murderer." I noticed one of the Sunday Press artists with his hands tied up yesterday. Matches! The head of one flew off, struck the lace curtain, set it ablaze, and to save the house he had to tear it down with his hands. What kind of jeople are the fire insurance companies anyway? Don't they know that the 'manufacturers" who make these rotten matches are robbing them of tens of thousands of dollats every month? Every little hole that Is burned into a carpet or any other article of furniture entitles the holder of a fire insurance policy to compensation. Those little claims amount to enormous sums in the aggregate and most of them are caused by dangerous matches. What's the matter with the Board of Health? What's the matter with the fire department? Let them get after the thing. Let the ministers preach sermons about it. It causes more profanity in a day in New York than do all the open barrooms in a week. CRANBORNE'S STATEMENT. Comment of the Loudon Times on Utterance of Continental Paper. LONDON, Jan. 24. The Times In an editorial says that the eagerness of the semiofficial press of the continent to discredit Lord Cranborne's statement seems likely to defeat itself. "The Americans," says the Times, "with their usual good sense, are not disposed to bear a permanent grudge against the governments and the peoples who misjudged the situation and espoused the losing cause in the SpanishAmerican war. They are quite ready to be friends, but they know the facts and do not care to be taken for iools. There is only one way in which the statement of Lord Cranborne can be impugned. That is by the production of the ntlicial correspondence. M. Hanotaux, ex-French minister of foreign affairs, is said to be anxious for this course, and Great Britain will be equally ready to publish the correspondence, but cannot do so without the sanction of the other powers concerned. Consequently Lord Cranborne was not able to promise the documents on this subject. The attempts abroad to discredit Lord Cranborne's statement, says this editorial, leave transatlantic readers incredulous and not unamused. Until evidence to the contrary bo forthcoming the American public seems likely to remain convinced that Great Britain alone showed a "practical and effective friendship" to their country in the day of trial. "Wo do not pretend that England was actuated wholly by sentiment," says the Times. "Our interests were on the side of America, and we had sagacity enough to understand that this was the case. At the same time, sentiment entered largely into our motives. We were honestly glad to do the United States a service at a critical time. They have already recognized that and will recognize it still more when the details of the negotiations come to be known." "LIKE MARK TWAIN'S MULE Preacher' Ilrnnon for Not Permitting Melvlnley Serviee-4 in Hi Church. PITTSBURG, Jan. 23. Rev. Dr. Thomas Tarry, sustained by the trusters of the First Presbyterian Church of Wilkinsburg, lias refused the citizens the use of his church for McKinley memorial services on Wednesday night next. When asked the reason for his action Rev. Parry said: "Our church has been used too frequently for demonstrations of a public rather than a religious nature. Every time a public meeting was called my church was made the meeting place. That is not what it was built for; it was built for the worship of God. This thing of turning over the church to any one at any time has become like Mark Twain's mule too monotonous. To allow citizens the' use of the church would be to deprive the members of the church of their regular Wednesday evening prayer meeting. That is all I have to say." SHE CANNOT BRING SUIT. 311 s.i Hohhnufte Not Permitted to Sue Lords 3IHner or Kitchener. LONDON, Jan. 21. The attempts of Miss Hobhouse to sue Lord Milner, Lord Kitchener or other officers concerned In refusing to allow her to stay In South Africa, have failed, owing to interference on the part of the authorities. Finally Miss Hobhouse afked Mr. Broderick, the war secretary, whether he would take the responsibility and allow her to sue him. Mr. Broderick declined this proposition. Miss Hobhouse was the first woman to agitate regarding the condition of the concentration camps. She went to South Africa again recently, but was not allowed to land there by the British authorities. Suit was begun by the lady's uncle, Lord Hobhouse, against Lord Kitchener. Lord Milner and others on the charge of false Imprisonment. "Will Not lMirehnNe. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 23.-P. A. B. Wldener to-day denied that the Widener-Elkin syndicate? Intended to purchase the EverettMoore street-railway interests in Cleveland and northern Ohio. It had been reported that representatives of the Philadelphia magnates had examined the Everett-Moore holdings and were satisfied with them. Bankruptcy Petition. Summcrson S. Green, a merchant of Falmouth, Fayette county, has filed a petition in bankruptcy In the United States Court. His liabilities are f 1,571.57; assets, o Advertisement. Baltimore American. Joseph Gren, of Middletown, N. Y., fed a tramp years ago, and now the tramp haa left Mrs. Green &,Ou0. Mrs. Green Is not on the tage.

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II)IAAPOMS MAYOR PRE.SIDEN'T OF TIIE HOWLING CONGRESS. All Difference Adjusted, O Ulcers Elected nnd This City Selected nn the N'eit Meeting; Place. TWO LOCAL BOWLERS IN LUCK FOURTH PRIZE I.N ONE CLASS "WON II Y GRAFF AM- GARDNER, NVlio Ilovrlod n Score of 1 ,1 7,2 in the Tivo-JIen Tenm Contests AVhnt the Other PlnyerM Did. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 23. Mayor Bookw;alter, of Indianapolis, is president of the American Bowling Congress. He was elected to the office at a meeting of the congress held at the Tiff t House to-night. It was a special meeting, and was held for the purpose of bringing the two warring factions together. Mayor Bookwalter was placed in nomination by Charles H. Ebbetts. Since the trouble sprang up in the Congress the Western men made an effort to bring about peace. Captain Anson talked the Western men into accepting him as a mediator. They complied with his wishes, and a committee of five, consisting of Delegates Thompson, Stelins, Karpf and Worden, with Anson, visited the committee of Eastern delegates, made up of Delegates Starr, Engel, Cordes, Hill and Barziey York as chairman. The two committees held a conference, and the result was that the members of Anson's committee pledged themselves that Pasdeloup would resign and that new officers would be elected. C. 11. Ebbetts was to be elected and he was to resign and then a third president was to be honored. Mr. York nominated Charles H. Ebbetts for president. Mr. Ebbetts declined, saying he had been placed in a most embarrassing position. He nominated Charles A. liook waiter, of Indianapolis, and moved that the election be made by acclamation. The motion was unanimously carried, as was the election of Mr. Bookwalter. The following Fiate, which was prepared by the two committees, was elected: W. V. Thompson, Chicago, lirft vice president; F. V. Pry or, New York, second vice president; Samuel Karpf, Dayton, O., secretary; George M. Stearnes, Des Moines, la., treasurer. The executive committee: 1. G. Hill, Cleveland; Charles H. Ebbetts, New York; M. A. Phillips, St. Louis; Dr. II. Timm. New York; W. G. Schilling, Oswego; Frank Pasdeloup, Chicago. Charles Curtis was made honorary president. It was voted that the next tournament would be luld at Indianapolis. The executive committte was to confer with I 'resident Bookwalter, and arrange for the tournament. They were to decide on tne date. Captain Anson suggested May, but the delegates voted it down, as the weather would be too warm for bowling. Mayor Bookwalter was obliged to catch a train for New York before he was elected, lie knew of the arrangement, and he thanked the congress for the honor. In the course cf his remarks he stated that lie would Insure them a pleasant time at Indianapolis. He said that there was a tine hall in which the contests would be h ld, and where the dispensation of drinks would not be tolerated. Mayor Bookwalter said the best people could attend the tournament then. SCORES AM) PRIZE WINNERS. Fourth Money "Won by Grnflf nnd Gardner, of In liniin poll. Sreclal to tho Indianapolis Journal. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jan. 23. Three teams from Indianapolis bowled to-d ;.y. Graff &nd Gardner scored the most points and secured fourth money. The other two teams did not get any coin. The scores follow: m First Team. Players. Average. Carter 201 171 1S2 f"4 14 2-3 Knox 15ä 1SS 131534 17S Team total l.OSS Second Team. Brown 233 1G0 143 53fi Bryson 165 lb'J 183537 173 2-3 179 Team total 1,073 Third Team. Graff IPG 20T 21453 Gardner 17G 176 213-5G7 1&9 Team total 1,152 Scores of Other Teams. Laban and Beck, Chicago Wood and McLaughlin, Chicago .1,043 .1,047 . 911 .1.1 . H44 . r5s .1Kl .1,0110 .1,033 .1.0 . .1.012 .1.070 . fl: .l.ioi .1,C.7 . 171 .1,137 . U31 . 'x3 .l.oos .1,13 .1.041 . i:r .113? .1,000 A.iW .1.0S7 .1.113 .1.151 . .S74 . M7 .1,123 . y.x; . 93) .1,122 . IC'I . 911 . 92T .1.105 .1,057 .1,062 .1.010 . &Ü7 .1.070 .1.07'J . l Hannon and Pasdeloupe, Chicago Elwert and Funcke, Belleville Lake and Kern,. St. Louis Weiler and Leonard, Chicago Herrig and York, Cleveland Selbach and Collins, Columbus Hinckley and Hoever, Buffalo Threnn and Spreckert, Toledo Thede and Sherber. Peoria Schlcnk and Vollorth. Belleville Buckholz and Hauenfeld, New York... Lockwood and Heller Kaiser and Keppler, St. Louis McGuire and Jones. Rochester Eddie and Kelly, Chicago Brachold and Albert, Brooklyn Clinch and Shiman, New York Stoddert and Felsinger, Buffalo Tompson nnd Al'en. Chicago Dr. Root and Aldrich. Toledo Jackson and Wittbeck. Brooklyn Schwartz and Tinkey, Niagara Falls... Mrosek and Langhenry, Chicago Hills and Grc-aver, Cleveland Wm. and George Burkhardt, Chicngo. Diblik and Makepeace, Kansas City. Kumph and Degan, Buffalo Warden and Brill, Chicago Keime and Peterson. Chicago E. Vogt and W. Vogt, Buffalo Harlock and Torrey, Erie Reiskey and Hupeland, Rochester Smith "and Kirkpatrick, Topeka Goodrich and Fisher, Penn Yann, X. Y. Manweilcr and Hausladen, Buffalo Baumeister and Downing. Erie Krieger and Suttner, Buffalo H. R. Winship and V. Stein, Chicago. Lee and Steele, Chicago Barsce and Boeder. Kansas City Gerdes and Stein, New York E. Gebhard and L. Gebhard, Buffalo. H. Engel and C. Engel, Buffalo Poppeibaum and Anson. Chicago Claus and O'Connor, Erie Hartman and Barton. Chicago Thieme and Kneer, Peoria Banks and Ilaigh. New York Markham and Jaeger, Chicago Bangart and Strong, Chicago Guttman and Smith. Brooklyn Floss and Tenjost, Buffalo Ruth and Eyehoff, Brooklyn Hammer and Boynton. Brooklyn Wetz and Hendler, Buffalo Beam and Granger. New York Cordes and Leist. Brooklyn .1.041 . 7" .1.040 .1,101 .l.Or, .l.Oofl .1.07 . 9t'S . 902 . 9VS .l.o.'i 1,237 . Wl . H7 .l.Os McClean and Steers, Chicago. Stearns and Sehriver. Iowa j Sib and Patterson, Belleville Saxbee and Reed. Columbus Callahan anil Thomas. Columbus Foster nnd Scorer. Erie Franz and Martin. Cleveland Hetterick and Bomm, Buffalo Record score. Individual Scores. Stoddard. Buffalo Albert, Buffalo .1.1) S"02 !l.l33 .1.041 402 sr. I Mrosek. Chicago l T. It. Itvrl.T, Akron. O 4S7 414 5r'4 4 47S 2d 5;7 5o2 470 4.V r.-i 4"4 414 517 J. Watt. New York... Callahan. Columbus II. Heltzhaus. Buffalo B. Orles-haber. Chicago ... H.- Beeny, Buffalo C. Radcr. Buffalo William Pankow, Buffalo. J. G. Floss, jr.. Buffalo.. W. Burkhardt, Chicago .. B. Frees. Akron G. Burkhardt. Chicago .. A. Wood. CMcago A. Falkner. Buff ilo C. W. Hüberl:. Brooklyn . Slawson, Chicago Wettrg. Buffalo Hammer, New Ycrk

Lehrback, Buffalo ... Leib. Belleville. 111. ... Sehutrum, Buffalo ... Thomas, Columbua ... Peterson, Chicago .... W. Lee, Chicago F. Schwartze. Chicago C. Werner. Brooklyn Schultze. New York . Gerdes. New York .... H. A. Kiec, Chicago . M. Howell, Buffalo... H. Engel. Buffalo ...

4:3 f.".S .112 40." ÜTo 4.C ri5 4vS 51S Sie vers. Chicago William Goettleman. Buffalo Kirkpatrick. Topeka McClean and Steers, of Chicago, won first prize in the two-men class. Their score of 1.237 is a new record. The rthr prize winners were: Second. Krug and Dyinger. Is Angeles. l.22u; third. Ellwert and Funche, Belleville, 111., l.P'y; fourth. Graff and Gardner, Indianapolis, l,ir2; fifth. Kiene and Peterson. Chicago. 1.1'd: sixth. Franz and Martin. Cleveland. 1.133: seventh. Word n and Brill. Chicago. 1,133; eighth. Jackson and Whitebeck. Brooklyn. 1.121 : ninth. Clinch and Shiman. New York. 1.123: tenth. Voorhees and Starr. New York. 1.123; eleventh. Reis and Hafeland, Rochester, 1,123. I1ASKETI1 ALL ALL IIA A'. Severn! tinmen Scheduled at the Y. M. C. A. (ijmuniluni. Saturday, in the Y. M. C. A., will be a busy day in basketball. When the doers open in the morning the members of the Intermediate league will take possession of the gymnasium for the regular league games. Following the close of these will come a return game between the junior and the team from Boys Club. The first thing on for the afternoon will be a game between a picked five from the Intermediates and the team from the Indianapolis Academy. At 5 p. m. a team composed of the business men's gymnasium class will play against a team from the Indiana Dental College. In the evening Butler College five will play against a team from Purdue. This game will be preceded bv a game between the M. T. H. S. and th- State Normal, of Terre Haute. An Indoor Athletic Meet. The arrangements for the indoor athletic meet, which is to be held in the Y. M. C. A. next month, have not been completed. The athletes from the M. T. H. S. and Y. M. C. A. have made their arrangements, but the athletic association of the North Side school has placed tho matter in the hands of a board of managers, which will not meet for several days. A meeting was to have been held yesterday, but. owing to the absence of the North Side athletes, it was postponed Indefinitely. MOTOR PACED BICYCLE RACE. Ilenute Monroe Won l'Irt Honors nt Philadelphia hast Mght. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23. Bennie Monroe, of Memphis, carried off the honors tonight in the motor-paced bicj'cle race with Howard Freeman, of Portland, Ore., Otta Maya, Erie, Pa,, and A. Rutz, New Haven, Conn., at the Second Regiment Armory. Freeman captured second place and Maj-a took third money. The race was run in two heats of five miles each and two finals of ten miles each. Monroe and Freeman were pitted against each other for first money. Freeman led the first mile and then Monroe caught him and went to the front. The latter gained steadily and on the sixth milo lapped his opponent. Jimmie Michael, paced by Albert Champion, of France, on a motor, rode an exhibition mile in 1:22 1-5. which Is considered verj' fast on a twelve-lap track. Summary: First heat, five miles, motor paced Bennie Monroe, Memphis, defeated Otto Maya, Erie, by half a lap. Time, b:01. Second heat, five miles, motor paced Howard Freeman, Portland, Ore., defeated A. Rutz, of New Haven, by a half lap. Time. 8:20 1-5. Final heat for first and second money, ten miles, motor paced Monroe defeated Freeman by one and a quarter laps. Time, 16:3S 2-5. Final heat for third and fourth money, ten miles, motor paced Maya defeated Rutz easily. Time, 17:22. Mnncle A Km In Defeat Anderson. Special to the Indianapc lis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Jan. 23. The Muncie polo team to-night defeated Anderson by the score of 12 to 2, the locals clearly outclassing the visitors. Muncie now leads in the Western League race. Iast night's game was played at Anderson, Muncie winning by the score of 6 to 4. WITH A RIGHT-HAND PUNCH. Danny Dauelierty Knocked Out liy Hurry Forbes In Fourth Round. ST. LOUIS, Mo- Jan. 23. Danny Daugherty, of Philadelphia, was knocked out with a right-hand punch on the jaw in the fourth round by Harry Forbes, of Chicago, at the West End Club to-night in what was scheduled as a fifteen-round bout at 115 pounds for the bantam-weight championship. Both men were in first-class trim and the fight was fast and clean. Daugherty did not show to the advantage hoped for by his seconds, his leads being all ill-judged and his blows lacking steam. On the other hand, the Chicago lad showed to superb advantage, his blows being well timed and his ring generalship of a high order. Young Corbett, the feather-weight champion, witnessed the contest, and was accorded an ovation by tne big audience. In a brief sneeeh he said he would defend his title to the best of his ability. Telegrams were read from Austin Rice and Tom Quigley, challenging the winner of to-night's bout. Otto SlelotT Won. CHICAGO, Jan. 23. Otto Sieloff, of Chicago, was given a decision on points over Dave Berry, of Toronto, at the end of a six-round contest to-night at the Pyramid Athletic Club. It was a rather tame affair, as neither man made any attempt to Torc3 matters. In the preliminary Danny Puano, the New York lisht weight, knocked out Billy Loudon, of Chicago, after one minute of lighting In the tirst round. Loudon was helpless before the clever New Yorker. ALL-AGED STAKE. Continuation of the I'IcId Trinis of Setters nnd Pointer. GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn., Jan. 23. The field trials of the United States Association were continued to-day before a largo attendance. Six braces of dogs had ttuir trial in the all-age stake. The day was favorable for the contest and birds were plentiful. Lady's Count and Uncle B. were the first down and both made an excellent showing, with honors about evfn at the end. Dolly Manners xtnd Dock Hick, the next brace, did not show to advantage and failed many times to locate their game. Dot's Daughter and Geneva ran a good trial, the latter doing the most work on game. Both had good sped and range. Ortiz Lad was quite equal to any dog shown during the day and ran in splendid form. Tony's Man. his competitor, was good in pace and rane. Senator P. and Sports Lady were the fifth brace, with honors in favor of the Senator. The last brace was between Prime Minister and Peg's Girl. The latter found the bird firn. A brace and a bye dog have yet to run to finish the first serhs. It is possible to finish to-morrow if the weather is favorable. RUNNING RACES. IItiii-er Lewis TnUm firo.oM Out of J the Onklnnd Rlntr. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23. Plunger II. Lewis, who has bttn very successful durlng the past week, took about $3.o00 out ; of the rine at Oakland to-day nnd created a sensation. He beat the fifth race, bet- j ting $M.ou0 on Muresca alone. He also won j 53.0-X on Nilgar in the first race. Lewis came here from New York and bought Pomplno and other horses. The stewards, after full Investigation, have decided that The Giver was not pcisoncd. They based their findings on the

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Lizzie Brooks and Lady Matchless were the debutantes in the two-year-old scramble, Lizzie Brooks being a strong favorite in the betting. The f.lly was practically left at the iost. The stewards have decided to allow Otis, the suspended jockey, to ride, but only for James Arthur and after Jan. 20. Llcalzl has bought the two-year-old filly, Wilton, from Felix Carr for fy"0. Winners and edds: John Grigsby, 15 to 1; Elghor, 11 to 10; Imp. Ladv Winkle. 11 to 2; Scarlet Lily, 9 to 5; Ben Hullum, 10 to 1; Eda Ridley, 7 to Z, NOT A BLUNDERER. Mr. Iloonevelt's Political Action Marked itHIi Rnre Good Sense. Kansas City Star. The politicians who thought Mr. Roosevelt a political blunderer because: he departed from traditional rules have begun to wonder whether they have not been mistaken. They fancied he was an amateur at the game and so was bound to commit political hara-kiri. "He is kicking the party to pieces," said a leading congressman a few days ago. 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But it is becoming evident that he is not working In the dark, a? his critics had supposed. He is showing" a surprising knowledge of local conditions in his appointments. They are not blundered into. Nov observers are beginning to speculuto whether he is not obtaining a hold on various States which hostile politicians will not be able to fhake loose. It would be no surprise to those who have watched Mr. Roosevelt's career to pee him prove to be a politician of the highest order, and practical in the bt st ?ene of that term. So far the President's career has been a notable exenipiincation cf the fact that high political ideals may be combined with hard sense and much iagacity. Obituary. CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 23.-Th Rtv. John R. Jewett. a Methodist preacher for sixty years, died in this city to-day, aped eighty-three. Mr. Jewett had l en a mcmbtr of the church for seventy years. He was a native of Connecticut, lie is survived by three sons and one daughter. Of the class of eighteen meml'-rs who J drud the North Ohio conference ;if ty-ri-ht years ago he was the solo survivor. ASHLAND. O., Jan. 23. A cablegram received here to-nixht announces the death of Rev. L. II. Devor. a Presbyttrian missionary from this place, which occurred Jan. 17. on the west coast of Africa, of fever. Rev. Devor was thirty years of aK and a graduate of Wooter University rr.d Princeton Theological Seminary, lit had been in Africa about two years. NEW YORK. Jan. .-Chester Cricoid, president of the Crown l'oint Iron Company, and vice president of several other manufacturing conf er!, tiled h r to-day after a. few hours hlness. H a natlv of Troy, N. Y.. where he was born in lidL His father. John A. Griswold. was one of the builders of Ericsson's monitor. LONDON. Jan. 2X The d-ath Is rnnounced at Hampteed of the prominent Baptist layman. Colonel tJrir!ln. He ha-1 ben preMdent of the Baptist Union, was born in th United State an! fought nr.4 obtained hi rank in the civil war. AUBURN. Ala.. Jan. 2J.-Dr. William I-roy Brun. p:e-lkr.t of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, dit-d suddenly to-day. Lieutenant Dowell. who Is connected with th English army tn South Africa, registered at tho Grand Hotel last nisat.