Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 226, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1902 — Page 4

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This is an extremely realistic tale of "practical politics." covering the entire field fron precinct primaries to state conventions, and tracing the evolution of a statesman from a township office to the- offices of governor and senator, with an Intensely Interesting description of some kin-Is of lobbying. It Is a clever t-tudy of politics and of character. The author treats his subject from a different point of view from that taken by most writers who deal with politics In Action. II does not undertake to portray a model character In Shacklett, th leading personage of the tales but, orl the other hand, he does not condemn his fallings and lapses as unpardonable, but points out the forces that govern his cetienj In- short, ho stands in a sympathetic attitude toward his thoroughly human hero. The Incidents take place, for the most part. In southern Illinois, with which region the author U evidently entirely familiar. Some: interest attaches to the fact that Mr. Karr, whose horn Is now In Iowa, was at one time a resident of this State and connected with seme of lt3 newspapers, anion? them fJeorge Harding's famous Mirror, to which he was a contributor. The Journal antlclpats that its readers will derive much enjoyment from this tale, since it presents yhase of life with which they are so thoroughly familiar. A pretty love story forms an irnporr tant part of the narrative. "Shacklett" will appear only in week-day l3sues of the Journal. There la the usual talk about scarcity of money to move the crops anl a car famine. Yet the crops always get moved. Washington rumor names Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Shlras as the next Judges likely to retire from the Supreme Bench. Doth are near the retiring age. An epidemic of suicide seems to be going over the country. And yet the world never hail more prizes to offer than at this present, time. It appears that Committeeman Taggart has a large and portly bar'l ready filled fur campaign purposes. Hungry Democrats will take notice. Illinois has the honor of being the first State to pay the full quota for the McKinley monument fund ,000. Indiana will rot do as well as this, but she should respond liberally. Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews says the greatest fo of marriage is the loose divorce laws. Surely he never got that Idea during his stay In Chicago, where one divorce is always followed by two marriages. The Chicago police cannot find the man who murdered rnctlur and burled her la the cellar, but they are Industriously digging up the cellar In the hope of discovering: another body. They are bound to find something. Thirty-six nuns have arrived p.t New York from Havre on their way to Louisiana. They say they were forced out of France by the law compelling religious orders to register. But wouldn't the simple and less cotly plan have been to register? The disastrous effects of a fluctuating ellver standard have become so intolerable In Mfxlco that leading business men are clamoring for the adoption of the gold standard. Yet only a ftw years ago the Bryanit'S were clamoring for the adoption of tho fcilver standard in the United States. An "antiseptic" cigur, &-uaranteed to supply all the agreeable sensations of tobaccotrnoklr.g without the evil effects, has been condemned by the health council In Tarls, France, because It contains such an excels of ammonia cr hydrochloric acid as to be dangerous to the user. Thus do reforms suffer discouragement on every hand. The i:cv. Charles M. Sheldon writes novels that cannot be classed as literature, but this docs not prevent what he says about ministers preaching too much to old people and not enough to the young, sounding like very g-on.l sen.?. He says the special m!.s-lon of the Christian church now I -a to get Into close touch with the young, and continues: "The opportunity of the church Is to bring the gospel to the 3'oi;:;g. We ministers preach too much to the older people. I think the bst thing the

preachers all over the world could do would be to preach for six months to the Sunday schools. "Whatever will Interest the young folks is going: to interest. the

older onfs. The time has gone by when ; the ministers can take rank as orators or J rht toriclans. The only department in which the minister is privileged to excel his parishioners is in his i:;?iht into Christian living." Most perrons, even those who seldom attend chureh themselves, are ready to admit that churchgiin;r is 1 very good habit. Hut habits are formed in youth, and youth finds little that is attractive in church services as they are conducted at present. To tell young people that it is their duty to go to church Is not enough. Duty has an empty sound when it is associated with unattractive things. The church must definitely interest them. Tin: vexi:zit:lax thouiile. The Insurrection In Venezuela has reached a stage that cannot fail to attract the attention of foreign governments and will probably result in claims for damages and reparation against whatever government may survive. If the rebellion fall.-s, the claims will be against the present government, and If it succeeds they will lie against the new government. The sacking of Barcelona by the revolutionists, accompanied by indiscriminate destruction of property and attacks on the consulates of different countries will create a list of damges that will add materially to the embarrassments of the surviving government. The present revolution in Venezuela is only one of several in recent years. President Castro himself owing his accession to office to a revolution headed by him and which resulted in his becoming provisional president In and his election in Feb ruary last for four years. As if he had not troubles enough at home, President Castro formed an alliance with the liberal governments of Ecuador and the liberal party of Colombia, and has contributed to fomenting revolutions in those countries. II would have had all he could attend to without these complications, for he has been growing unpopular ever since his accession to office. Ills rule has been that of a dictator and his enemies call him "the monkey of the Cordilleras." lie is, however, a brainy man, resourceful and of tireless energy. Until recently he has had tho better of the revolutionists, but during the last few months his position has grown desperate and the insurrection at home became so formidable as to prevent hia taking any part in the Colombian turmoil. The. one ground for American sympathy with him is that he is the head of a liberal movement and is opposed to clericalism. If there is a progressive party in Vtnezuela, President Castro represents it. His overthrow would mean the return of the conservatives to power and a setback for the cause of liberalism in both Venezuela and Colombia. Ills government is in great financial straits, and even before the present war began both Germany and France were pressing claims against it. These claims will be increased by the sacking of Barcelona and the destruction of the property of German and French residents. Until three or four months ago Castro had the better of the war, but latterly the revolutionists have been getting the upper hand, and within the last month they have become very aggressive. Barcelona i a city of 12,0uu to 14.000 population, and its capture by the inaurrectionary forccs 13 an important gain for them, though if they succeed in establishing a new government, they will have to pay a long list of damages out of an empty treasury. The United States will also have a claim for damages and reparation for tho pillaging of the American consulate. 1IEEF IM ICES. The bulletin of the National Department of Labor for July contains an exhaustive report on beet prices, covering a period of twelve years. These prices of good to extra steers In Chicago and of good to extra fresh beef in Boston are given for the first day of the six months of the twelve years taken from the current market quotations. It is impossible to reproduce this elaborate table of prices, but those for the month of June are given as follows: Steers In IVef in Chicago Boston DifferYea rt per 1mj ib3. per lw lbs. tnce. 1N 4.7Ji; ($.37'.i U.05 lVJl 5.70 8.12 a 2. 42', i 4.37U G.&O 2 12 13 5.62i .00 3.37 ij I? 4.174 7.W 2.a2a 5.57l,2 9-0 3.4-a 4.10 C.87; 2.772 17 5.021 2 8.27' j S.X; lS 4. In) 7.7ö 2.85 8.62 a.22'i MO 6.374 a.W 2.G24 1(1 5.75 7.75 2.U0 L :'2 7.10 10.00 2.W It must be remembered that allowance must be made that a steer will make from GO to 00 per cent, of its weight in beef. The packers make use of all the animal. If they did not. and sold only the dressed beef, the report says the price, instead of being J10 per hundred in Boston when cattle are worth $7:10 per hundred in Chicago, would be $14.20 per hundred, if they dressed 50 per cent., and $11. S3 if 60 per cent. The rate of transportation from Chicago to Boston for dressed beef has ranged from 21 cents a hundred pounds in July, 1. to 43 cents; on March 25, 1902. tho rate was 40 cents a hundred. Those who will examine the foregoing figures will see that generally the packers obtained a larger increase when the rrlces of cattle wore low than when they were high, the increase ranging from 24.S per cent, on June 1, l'JCl, to 67.7 per cent in Jun?. 1801 and 1JC. Comparing prices, it appears that when cattle havo been lowest the difference between the prices of steers per le) pounds and the dressed beef in Boston is greatest. The largest difference was when cattle sold for J3.574 and beef for $100 $3.42i. The smallest recent difference was in June, 1X1 $2. But last June, when cattle advanced from $5.75 to $7.10, beef in Boston was advanced from $7.73 to $10. or ro cents a hundred more than in 1.1. Taking the six months of the year, ending with June, the Increase in the Chicago cattle price and the Boston beef price ranged from 2S.S per cent, in February to 40.S per cent in June. These varying figures would Indicate that the packers make their prices in all tho cltks where they control the trade at their discretion, putting them up a little where they think they will bear putting up and cutting them a little where they ore convinced that it is prudent to do so. The falling off in tho number of cattle sold In the four largest markets in the mor.ths of May and June w;4s from i'Jl.L'O in l'.-JI to 279.2: in May of this year, and from 47::.'j21 in June, l:n, to 4-:2.2:2 last June. The falling off in numbers In these two years, however, does not tell the whole story so fully as does a comparison of the

gross weight. In May alone the gross weight this year of the cattle sold in the Chicago yards was 17S,So4,2ö7 pounds, compared with 2C2.374.2C2 in May, 1&01. the average weight of steers falling from 1.C38 pounds in May, to SÖ7 In May, 1&02. The following figures, showing the gross weight of cattle sold in the Union Stockyards, Chicago, during the first six months of and 1:"2, should attract attention:

Month. K"i2. January CM.704.372 270. 170 February 23iV2.612 231.9ll.S03 March 31J.:M.i'v) 231.727,b') April 272,i:-;:.j r.o.'.s-' May :UÖ7.5.',S 171.207 June 2M,1'."-'.,,J 1:i7,43J,7ö2 Six months 1.72I.C57.CCS 1.321.0CS.512 Thus it appears that with all the inducement of the highest price, over 23 per cent, less rounds of cattle were sold in J.he Chicago stockyards during the first six months of this year compared with the first six months of 1)2. During that period the number of cattle, fresh and canned beef j exported increased heavily, and the population of the United States has not Increased more than 29 per cent. With 23 per cent, less beef than eleven years ago and more than 20 per cent more people at home, and much larger sales abroad during the intervening years, can anyone doubt that tho scarcity of cattle is the chief cause of the increased prices? Unless cattle-raising is promptly increased can anyone see lower prices for beef much lower? At the same time no one who examines the first table of figures can fail to see that, within a limited sphere, the meat packers, by their monopoly of the market, can put up and put down prices, and that they have done this more to their own profit usually when cattle were comparatively low. PRACTICAL STATESMANSHIP. Washington dispatches indicate that President Roosevelt will try to secure reciprocity of trade with Cuba by means of a treaty instead of by tariff legislation. The Journal pointed out the feasibility of this plan several months ago and even suggested that it was more in accordance with international usage than an act of Congress would be. The latter would be inoperative anyhow without corresponding action by the Cuban Congress, whereas a treaty can be prepared by the representatives of both governments that will cover the whole subject of reciprocity and which can be made effective by the assent of the Senate without any action on the part of the House. It is said that such a treaty has been prepared and requires only the finishing touches and the signatures of the Cuban Minister Quesada and Secretary of State Hay to make it ready for presentation to the Senate. This will probably be done at a special session of the Senate, to be called after the November elections. As consideration of the treaty will be executive business it will not be necessary to convene the House at the same time, and the Senate can dispose of the treaty before the beginning of the regular session, on the first Mondaj' In December. The Journal believes the country will fully approve of the attempt of the President to dispoe of the subject in this way. There its no doubt but public sentiment is strongly In favor of reciprocity of trade with Cuba, both as a matter of Justice to that country and of commercial advantage to the United States. The people were disappointed at the action, or rather at the nonaction, of Congress at the last session, and the-y will be glad to see President Koosevelfs views, which there is reason to believe were also those of President McKinley, embodied in a treaty. A treaty can be drawn that will give Cuba an American market for her sugar, tobacco and fruits, and which will open up in Cuba a market for American Hour, meats, provisions and machinery, which was never had before. At present Cuba buys the most of what she needs from Europe, and it is a poor commentary on American statesmanship that no provision has yet been made for diverting her trade to this country. President Roosevelt thinks such provision should be made for the interest and welfare of both countries, and as Congress failed to take proper action at the last session he proposes to try and bring it about in another manner. This is practical statesmanship. It is now In order for the Springfield Republican and its anti-government associates to protest against any harsh treatment of the Philippine savages who murdered the four American school teachers, on the ground that the teachers may not have asked permission of the Filipinos to pass through their territory. The method of selecting candidates for the Rhodes scholarships is being discussed by educators in each of the United States and in Canada, but so far no one seems to have formulated a good working plan. It would seem that the method finally adopted should be uniform in all the States if the desired results are to be attained. The Associated Press has not yet taken notice of the rumored rupture between Emperor William and Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm on account of the latter's alleged attachment for a young American woman, but special dispatches indicate that there is ground for the rumor. It is said that in a stormy interview with the Emperor the Crown Prince declared he would renounce his right to the throne and all his political prospects rather than the young woman of his choice. If matters have reached that pass the chances are the Crown Prince will be forcibly removed to a distant part of the Empire or put on board of a German ship and sent out on a three or four years' crul.e. The story makes a pretty romance as It stands, but it will be short-lived. Mr. J. P. Brown, secretary of the International Society of Arboriculture, announces that he will soon begin the publication of a monthly magazine in the interest of tree culture. The object is a good one and of growing importance. A Salt Lake paper thinks the magazine should have a big subscription list in Utah, "where trees, are scarce but much needed." It will be published at Connersville, Ind. It Is a matter of some mild curiosity to people who do not visit the Empire Theater to know precisely where the line Is drawn between a boxing contest, not a fake, and a fight. But perhaps the explanation would be beyond their nonprofessional comprehension. The Kokomo man who married a girl at sight because he liked her angel food is taking risks. Angel food is rather a spongy foundation on which to build a life's happiness. The giving of tithes is an old, old custom, but, now that it is be-lng revived, variations of the word appearing in print have at first sißht rather a puzzling look. You have

to be careful, for Instance, not to pronounce "tithers" with a short "i." wondering absent-mindedly the while "what its meaning is. THE HUMORISTS

The American. Life. First American Which do you prefer, Marius, to be very rich or very poor? Secend American If I had my choice, Aurellus. I should be neither. I should have atout five millions. nehaveil Well. Judge. Mother (to small daughter, who has accompanied her on a visit to newly made friend) Ethel, you certainly behaved well while we were at Mrs. B.'s. Ethel (nonchalantly) It was because I wasn't acquainted. A Prejudiced Opinion. Washington Star. "Is It true that men of genius do not know the value of money?" "I'm afraid it Is," answered Mr. Stormington Earres. "Most men of genius see so little of it that they never have a chance to form any definite Ideas on the subject." The Cost of It. Philadelphia Tres. "I wonder if advertising like this," said the unsophisticated youth, after looking over the department store announcement, "is really expensive?" "Wait till you get a wife who reads those ads ar.d you'll find out," replied Fhamliir.an. The Cynical Lady. Chicago Post. "Why Is it that unmarried people always assert such superior wisdom with reference to matrimony?" "Possibly it Isn't a matter of superior wisdom," answered Miss Cayenne. 'Terhaps they merely feel more free to express an opinion." Overreached Himself. Catholic Standard. "Yes, Merchant's scheme was to display his goods in his window with a lot of mirrors back of them, so that all the women passing would be sure to stop and l'Xk In." "Pretty foxy idea, eh?" "Yes. but it failed. None of the women looked at anything but the mirrors." NO DEMAND YET MADE. Mian Ellen Stone Mny Xot Secure Indemnity for Capture. Washington Post. Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, who was kidnaped by Bulgarian brigands, may not receive Indemnity for the sufferings she endured while in their hands. Notwithstanding rumors from Constantinople that Minister Leishmann has demanded of the sublime Porte monetary satisfaction for the indignity offered the lady, the State Department, It is learned, has taken no steps in the matter, nor will it do so certainly for the present. In the first place. Miss Stone has tiled no claim for indemnity, and the government cannot act until she does so. Moreover, the question of whether Bulgaria or Turkey is responsible remains to be definitely fixed. If Miss Stone makes a claim, then undoubtedly the department will present it and endeavor to obtain payment. Evidence received by the department from Its agents In Turkey and Bulgaria lnellcates that If a demand for indemnity be presented it must be submitted to the Bulgarian and not to the Turkish government. It seems clearly establishes! that the brigands were Bulgarians; that they crossed the line into Turkish territory to effect the capture of Miss Stone, and that they immediately retreated into tho territory of their own country. The suspicion was raised then, and time has added strength to It, that the Macedonian committee, representing Turkish revolutionists, deliberately aided the brigands to accomplish their purpose in the hope that trouble would thereby be fomented between the United States and Turkey. Fortunately, the plot was discovered in time, and it is not likely that the Stone Incident will become a matter of serious controversv between this country and the sublime Porte. Difficulty will be encountered in compelling Bulgaria to pay any claim that may be presented. The Sofia authorities have insisted that they are not responsible: that as the capture of Miss Stone was made on Turkish territory, a demand for satisfaction should be made to the Constantinople government. On the same principle, the Uniteel States would be liable to a foreign power if a subject of the latter were to be seized in its territory by Canadians who crosed the frontier. Russia lent the United States considerable assistance In restraining Bulgaria from taking hasty action, whicn might have led to the death of Miss Stone, and her geod offices will probably again be invoked to obtain satisfaction of the claim in case it should be presented. Gratifying ltecapltnlntlon. Pittsburg Chronicle. From time to time the people of the United States have been informed, officially and unofficially, of what they have done for Cuba through their representatives, but it is quite proper that a recapitulation of these things should be made, as it has ben made, by the bureau of insular affairs of the War Department. From the chaotic state of ruin in which Cuba lay at tho close of the war, order has been restored and a form of government established capable of developing into a permanent system. Cities have been cleansed, sewered and placed. Contagious diseases have been checked. Harbors have been improved. Postoffices have been established. School houses have been provided almost equal in number to the corresponding area in this country. Life has been infused into every branch of the public service. The record is one to be pround of. and it should be borne in mind. too. that the good work has been accomplished by the War Departmentby the orncers and men of the same United States army which has been so severely and unjustly criticized for its methods in the Philippine islands. The military power of the United States has performed wonders for the regeneration of Cuba. It only remains for the civil authorities to supplement that work bv generous treatment of Cuba in order to fully round out America's philanthropic efforts for the island's good. The Cigarette Cose. Chicago Post. ' Indianapolis scema to be a capital city in more senses than one, and the ladles are doing what they can to promote the reputation of the town for feminine sprightliness. Mr. Ferguson, who we assume is a model of conjugal propriety, begs to be released from the bonds which tie him to Mrs. Ferguson because he declares that she is so addicted to cigarette smoking that she forgets to prepare his meals. We have always known that tobacco la very injurious to the memory, but we were r.U aware that it worked havoc to this extent. Mrs. Ferguson is clearly in the wrong. Cigarettes are often relished between courses at a dinner, and enjoyed in moderation after meals they are said, by everybody except Miss Lucy Gaston and little Robert Reed, to promote digestion. But cigarettes before meals are very bad; in fact, nothing could be worse. And it is doubtless to this feminine habit of moklng on an empty stomach that Mr. Ferguson may attribute the emptiness of his own stomach. We think that the courts of Indiana, which are noted for their fairness and Judicial wisdom, will take cognizance of Mr. Ferguson's woes and will see that he has proper relief. Mr. Fairbanks and the Presidency. National Magazine. The senior senator from the Hoosier State la a native of Ohio, and is not un likely to rtalire the natural ambition of every Ohioan. 1. e.. the presidency of the United States. He is one of the most powerful members of the Senate, a man with a genius for large afTairs, not showy, but ane. sure, broad-viewed, solid. He la a lawyer by profession, but his busi ness ability has made him rich in material property, as his tastes have made him rich in the essentials of statesmanship. He was temporary chair man oi me nepuDiican national convention of 18. chairman of the United States high commissioners in conference at Quebec in ly$ on the adjufctment of relations with Canada, and came into the Senate, succeeding the late Daaiei W. Voorhees, in

TO PREVENT STRIKES.

Methods of the Bituminous Field Shonld lie Extended. Boston Herald. There la a great deal of force In what Senator Hanna has recently said regarding the conditions of labor in this country. The strikes which are of almost daily occurrence form an exceedingly costly method of settling Industrial differences. Perhaps one of the most serious and costly experience of this kind that we have known is that which we are now undergoing as the result of the strike on the part of the an thracite coal miners. That this is essentially an unnecessary contention is made manifest by the results that have attended the agreement between those engaged in operating and working the bituminous coal mines of this country. By means of a mutual understanding, the coal operators and the United Mine Workers fix for a year in advance the precise conditions under which the work shall be carried on. This agree ment fixes the price to be paid to the min ers for each ton of coal, weighing 2,C"0 pounds, that is mined in each specific district covered by the agreement. Not only that, but there is a difference made in the different veins of the same mines, which Is determined by the ease or difficulty with which the coal can be taken out. The agreement further provides for all of the inci dental expenses or delays to which the busi ness is liable, and provides that in case or disagreement the work in the mines is not to be; discontinued, pending the decisiem of a fixed board of arbitration, to which the grievances in question are to be referred. This method has worked in an exceedingly effective manner. There have been any number of differences, but there has been relatively little trouble in adjusting these to the ultimate satisfaction of both parties. Mr. Herman Justi. who has represented the Illinois coal operators' organization in the work of making and enforcing these agreements, and Mr. John Mitchell, the national president of the United Mine Workers of America, have both united in stating that this arrangement has been exceedingly effective. As Mr. Mitchell said to the industrial commission some time since: "The establishment of this joint conference system has dune much to remove the barrier which formerly existed between employer and employe. As a result of their meeting together in free and open discussion, each side having equal power, they have become more Italy acquainted with each other s nec-ds and wants, and with each other's business affairs, and they have grown to know and res;ect one another, in some instances becoming social friends, and atrikes and lockouts have been reduced to a very great degree; in fact, there are very few serious strikes, either local or otherwise, In any of the districts covered by our joint agreement. If conditions such as these for Mr. Mitchell's statements are confirmee! by Mr. Justi and others can be secured through mutual action in the bituminous coal field. there is clearly no reason why similar results cannot be obtained in the smaller and far more restricted districts in which anthracite coal mining is carried on. Senator Hanna is quite right in stating that the action of the bituminous coal miners in refusing to strike, in sympathy with the anthracite miners, because their agreement bound them not to do this, was a striking Illustration of the dependency that can be placed upon workingnien when acting under a voluntary agreement. Moscow the World's Tenth City. London Standaid. The population of Moscow shows a remarkably rapid increase. Within the comparatively short perioel of thirty years the number of inhabitants has just about doubled. At the time of the French invasion In 1S12, the urban Muscovites numbered about 30O.V, although the official figures were 252,Ouu. In 1871 the official census gave the population as tX)2,000, in 1SS2 it was 7GS.0Ü0, and according to the reckoning now completed the historic capital contains 1,173,500 Inhabitants, thus taking the tenth place among the most populous cities of the world. Moscow covers an area of 101 square kilometers, or only two kilometers less than that of St. Petersburg. Area is not, however, by atiy means a general criterion, in questions of population, as appears from the fact that whereas London, with the largest population of any city In the world, covers 303 square kilometers, New York with a population numbering more than 1,000.000 less than that of the British metropolis, has a total area of 73 square kilometers. The population of Moscow is less dense than those of St. Petersburg, Glasgow, London, Berlin and Paris. Is n Frojc Fish or Game. New York Sun. The Canadian department of marine and fisheries is wrestling with the problem as to whether a frog is fish or game. Owing to the enormous increase in the export of frogs' legs to the United States some fear Is felt that unless restrictions are placed upon the killing of Canadian frogs there will soon be none left in the country. If a frog Is a fish the department of Ottawa has the power to institute a close season for It. If. however, it should be decided that the frog comes under the category of game the question of a close season must be settled by the provincial authorities. If the law officers of the different governments interested fall to come to an agreement on the subject the matter will probably be submitted to a committee of experts. Everybody agree that something must be done to prevent the total destruction of a valuable article of both food and commerce. If it should be decided that the frog is neither fish nor game it may be necessary, in order to secure a law for Its protection, to obtain from, the imperial Parliament tho passage of an amendment to the act of British North America. Ortrnnizntlon of the Empire. Toronto Telegram. Logic Is not always a safe guide. The attempt to organize the British empire will not succeed. The success of that attempt might be a prelude to the downfall of the empire. British people are set in their own ways. Each nation in the British family has Its own individuality. They agree Just as many relatives agree, because they meet seldom and because each is free to go his own road at his own gait. If Dr. Parkin, C. M. G., could assemble an all-British parliament at Westminster the deliberations of that parliament might undo the work of a thousand years. Canadians, Australians. English. Irish and Scotch representatives would soon get mixed up in the finet parliamentary row on record. The British empire has survived many rude shocks, but it would not long survive tho organized activity of its own politicians In parliament assembled. Molineani'a Sixth Driimn. New York Letter. Roland B. Mollneux finished to-day his sixth drama. Those who have been permitted to look over the play say it is a strong one. Molineux was overjoyed today when George Gordon Battell, his lawyer, called on him in the Tombs. Mr. Battell had Just re-turned from Europe. His first visit was to Molineux. "I have Just finished my sixth play," said Molineux to Battell, when he Inquired how the prisoner had been spending the summer days. Molineux has had several offers from theatrical managers who wish to produce one of his plays while he is in the Tombs. Molineux feels he would be accused of seeking notoriety if he now sold any of his dramas. He Is confident his second trial will result in his acquittal. Klnpr Edvrnrd an F. lt. C. 1. Baltimore Herald. Attention has been recalled by the illness of King Edward VII, to the fact that, in recognition of his keen personal interest In the work of the medical profession, he was unanimously elected, four years ago. an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), and formally admitted to the degree. This honor to a layman Is very rare, and he is theo only honorary F. P.. C. P. in England. He is surpassed, however, by the Queen of Portugal, who is a regularly qualified M. D., having studied and walked the Lisbon hospitals as an ordinary student. Madame Jannuschek. Boston Transcript. Francesca Janauschek, who is said to be in a dying condition, has had a most remarkable professional experience, none the less noteworthy because of the fact that she began her career as a "prodigy," a class that seldom fulfills In later years the promise of youth. In childhood she appeared in public both as a singer and a

pianist, and at the early age of nineteen she was lending lady at the Stadt Theater in Frankfort. Janauschek in the course ef her life of -seventy-two years has sung in various roles in grand opera and she has played a wide range of characters upon the dramatic stage. Tragedy has always been her especial line, both in the lyric and spoken drama, although she has been seen In comedy and character parts, showing that her art was broad and comprehensive. While, perhaps. Janauschek's Lady Macbeth or her Meg Merrilles or her Mary Stuart or her Adrienne Lecouvreur will be remembered as among her greatest achievements, theatergoers of recent experience will naturally recall her Countess de Linieres in "The Two erphans," her Mother Rosenbaum in "The Great Diamond Robbery," and her Iwidy Dedlock and HorUnse in "Bleak House." In the first two of these plays she gave graphic character pictures, and In the last he not only presented two roles worlds apart, each of them in the most convincing manner, but in the part of Hortense she showed how it was possible "for an artist to achieve the impossibility of a German speaker simulating the French enunciation perfectly. GETTING CLOSE TO IT.

But Doth Died Before They Could Make the Trade. Detroit Free Press. "I happened to be in a Vermont town for four or five days three years ago," said the stove agent, "and on the evening of my arrival two of the old settlers who were hanging out at the tavern began to badger each other to trade watches. Both timepieces were of silver and old and battered, but the interest was the same as if the late of the State hung in the balance. No trade was effected that evening, and they met again next night. In fact, they talked trade every night of my stay, and when 1 had to depart they were still talking. " 'Silas,' one would say, 'I a'int claimin that this is the best watch in Vermont, but what 1 want you to understand is that it hasn't lost a minit in thirty years. " 'That may be, Joel,' the other would reply, "but mine beats it for historical interest. You know a son of General Putnam used to carry this watch.' " 'General Putnam was a mighty brave man.' " 'And so was his son.' " 'But that's got nothin to do with watches. I might trade with you for $2 to boot, Silas, seein it's you, but I couldn't take a cent less.' " 'I'm askin three dollars the other way, Joel, and so 1 don't see how we can possibly trade.' "That's the way they were talking when I left town," continued the drummer, "and two months ago, when I happened to be in the same town again. It occurred to me to ask the landlord if the trade had ever been effected. " 'No, they never traded, he replied. " 'Couldn't come to terms, eh? " 'Wall, they was gettin' close to it a month ago, but both of 'em died the same week.' " 'But not of the same disease?' I asked. " 'Yes, I think it was. leastwise, both was found dead In their beds with their old watches In their hands, and the doctors said they had talked themselves to death. 1 think they caught to have stopped talkin' for awhile and played a few games of checkers to get their breath. " ARMY NEEDS MORE DOCTORS. Applications Arc Few and Examinations Are Hard to Pass. Washington Tost. Officials in the medical department of the army are considerably concerned over the great need of army surgeons at this time. It developed yesterday that there are now forty-nine vacancies in the department, and the prospect of filling them in the near future is far from bright. An examination for assistant surgeons in the army with the rank of first lieutenant is to be held in this city at the Medical Museum Sept. fc, but it is not expected the results of this te&t will materially relieve the situation. Only thirty applications for entrance to the examination have yet been filed, and experience has shown that from thia number the department cannot expect to secure more than five recruits at the outside. Brig. Gen. W. H. Forwood. surgeon gen eral of the army, in speaking of the matter yesterday, called attention to the difficulty which the department encounters in securing suitable material for its ranks. "We need men of culture, refinement and education." he said, "men of professional ability, and. despite the large number of medical schools throughout the country, the department finds it very difficult to secure such men." This lack of army surgeons at this time is especially embarrassing to the department in view of the spread of cholera in the Philippines and the consequent demand from the army in the East for medical assistance. An assistant surgeon in the army is well cared for. His salary Is $1.0X) a year, with allowances, and his rank that of a first lieutenant, mounted. Chicago Hoy Away from Home. Washington Post. A small boy of eight has come all the way from Chicago by himself to spend a while with his uncle and little girl cousin in Fifteenth street. It is the first time he has ever been away from his mother, but if he feels any homesickness he hides it like a little man. When he arrived his uncle helped him unpack his traveling bag, and, to his astonishment, came upon a cigarette case half filled with clumsylooking cigarettes, rolled of writing paper and filled with dried corn silk. Fearing that the little rolls might not be so innocent as they looked, he questioned the boy. The child answered quite frankly. "They're nothing but corn silk," he said, "but they're the best I could do. You know how mamma is about things like that. 1 knew we'd have a long ride from Chicago here, and I'd want to spend a good deal of tho time in the smoking room with the other men. and a fellow is such a silly without a thing to smoke. They're only corn silk, but I guess they're all right, for the porter told me I made more smoke than anybody else in the car." That same small boy is named Reginald, but on the very first day cf his stay in the capital he drew his uncle aside and confidentially asked that he be called by another name during his visit. "Reginald's a sissy name," said he, "I can't stay out on our front steps a minute without having mamma come to the door and ray: 'Come in. Reginald, and then the boys guy me on account of my fool name. Here they don't any of them knowit. and if you want to give me a good time I wish to goodness you'd Just call me Pete." Got the License Too Soon. Detroit Free ITess. Several days ago a man from Detroit called on a Windsor marriage license issuer and procured a license. When asked if he wished to be directed to a minister, he replied In the negative. "My Intended is not with me," he explained to the issuer, "and in fact I have not yet persuaded her to marry me. I think the license will fetch her, though," he remarked. "She would hardly throw me down after getting the documents." Yesterday afternoon, the same man paid another visit to the Issuer and asked that the money paid fcr the license be refunded. When asked why he did not wish to use the license, he explained that the girl absolutely refused to marry him. "When I flashed that license on her Sunday." said he. "she Jumped on me with both feet. After giving me a tongue lashing for taking It for granted that she would marry me without the usual amount of courting, she orderd me from the house." He was informed that the license money could not be refunded, but that the license Is good any time during the next six months. The issuer suggested that he might make another attempt to win the woman of his choice, and he said that he would make another trial before he would lose the money. Buffalo Hill's New Town. Nebraska State Journal. Col. W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, is devoting himself to the interests of the new town of Cody with great enthusiasm. Encouraged by the Burlington folks he is building a fine hotel there, costing not less than $50,0 0. !t tc to be unusually good for eo new a town, indicating that there is something In store for Coely besides the ordinary business that conies from a surrounding cattle and ranch country. The furnishings of the hotel are to be sumptuous, just the sort of thing demanded by tourist travel of the highest class. It is evidently the ambition of Colonel Cody and the Burlington people to make the eastern entrance the most comfortable and desirable of all the roads into the national park.

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IIII1 y- Sunday, Once n Hall Flayer, Wlnnlnc l'lime ns n Preacher. Brooklyn Eagle. Billy Sunday, who used to play right field with Captain Anion's White Stockings, "counted up" the othr day anj found that his soul-savlr.g operations throughout the middle Wet during the past year had netted him somewhere in the neighborhood of J12.i"i. Mr. Sunday is not mercenary and he thinks more of converts than h does of money, but he mentioned his profits to an interview tr simply because he had been asked if It hadn't been something in the nature of a sacrifice to shift from the high salary of a professional baseball player to the supposed uncertain income of .in itinerant ' evangelist. "God has been right good to us," is the way Mr. Sunday puts it. "He gave us $1.6"0 for a month's work in Belvldere. 111.; J1.2u0 for the same length of time in Farmington, and even in frosty Wheaton. where they are mostly Chicago millionaires, we drew $00 in thirty days." Since success even of an evangelical sort is measured In a way by the amount or one s Income, the ball player revivalist and his friends tlcure that he is the topnotchcr among evangelists. Certainly no one since Mr. Moody's death has saved so many of the perishing or made so much money while doing it. Out in Iowa where Mr. Sunday has converted more than U.t0 persons during' his ministry, people assert that he Is destined to be a greater revivalist than Mr. Moody, lie has enough "calls" now from Western towns which, think they need chastening to occupy all of his time for the next eighteen months. These things have a tendency to make Mr. Sunday rather more than satisfied with the fate that tempted him away from the diamomi and a $3,u.t salary about ten years ago. lie thinks the luckiest thing that ever happened to him was when an Iowa rustic he wandered into a mission In Chicago and was persuade! by the words of a revivalist and the music of a wheezy reed organ "to be born again." On that night, twenty years ago, Mr. Sunday decided he would become a preacher. The idea stuck in hi brain through all his brilliant career as a ball player until he found the opportunity to abandon professional athletics and enter the Young Men's Christian Association as an assistant secretary at $m0 a year. He had educated hlmselg at Northwestern University while he was playing ball, so he was fairly well equipped to take up the work of exhortation and advice. Mr. Sunday's revival methods are all hit own. He "throws out the life lino" in a fashion distinctly unique. No shouting and Jumping, no frenzy, no hysteric among the converts at his meetings. He talks to his congregations in a sane and reasonable fashion. When he has them convinced that they are a pretty bad lot he asks the-m to come up to the front. There are no mourners benches. Instead there are chairs upon which he Invites the penitents to sit while he circulates among them and talks to them calmly. He takts the name of each subject and turns him over to the pastor ef the denomination for which he expresses a preference, and refuses to be longer responsible for him. Mr. Sunday himself Is affiliated with no denomination. His plan is to stay a month in each place. For the firrt two wt-eks he does not "give the invitation." He tells the people funny stories and amuses them with certain bizarre metheuls of preaching. The third week he devotes to an exposition of sin as he found it among the rwrl with whom he is laboring. During the fourth week he shows the sinner the way to repentance. He is a lithe, well-built, swarthy chrip, forty years old, and with the look of a man much younger. In the pulpit be wears business clothing, well tailored and with some pretension to prevailing styles. If he gets warm he removes his cat not because he is warm, necessarily, but because it makes him different from other preachers. Not in Working Order. Detroit Free Press. Perhaps it isn't fair to lay the scene of this incident near Windsor, the butt of every vaudeville joker who hasn't the originality to Invent something new, but it actually occurred near th neighboring Canadian metropolis nevertheless. An automobllist had strayed out of his course and taken a cross road into a remote farming district. After awhile his "Red Devil" went whistling past a wheat field. Near the fence sat an old farmer contemplating an ancient and dilapidated mowing machine. He gazed in openmouthed astonishment at th? rapidly approaching vehicle, while the horses in an adjoining pasture broke for the tall timber. The .automobllist checked the speed of his machine and steered in the direction of the wonder-struck farmer. Ap;arently this was the latter's first view of the modern sjeed annihllator. "Well!" exclaimed the astonished farmer, "what on airth do ye call that there thing?" "Why," said the automobilist. struck with the humor of the situation, "this Is an automobile." "A what?" drawled the puzzled farmer. "An au-to-mo-blle." "Oh, that's ono o them new-fangled thing-s I've bin readln about, I "spose." Then the city chap became a little inquisitive on hia own account. Indicating the old mower, he said: "What do you call that machine over there?" "Thet's an auto-mow-hay, but th" dermo! thing don't," Quickly resj-onded the rustic Electric llentlng and Cooking:. Philadelphia Record. The anthracite coal ptrlke has been of such long duration as to make a short supply and high prices a matter of reasonable certainty. Housekeepers are anxiously considering the question of substitute fuels. The New York Herald published a news paragraph yesterday noting the installation of new electric appliances for heating and cooking by the Edison Company at reduced rates after Sept. 1. It says: 'The sixteen-eandle-powe r lamp, which under the old rate coat for power 1 cent an hour, will after that date cost threequarters of a cent, and the cost of power lor heating and cooking will be equally diminished. Great strides have been made in perfecting the heating and cooking apparatus. The latter is said to be only 13 per cent, costlier than a gas cove, and makes up for the additional cost lr cleanliness and convenience. The equipment is portable and can be placed on a steve or table. The stove is In the form of a disk, and can be used for heating anything that can be placed on a fiat hot surface. There is also an oven for baking." If as a result of the strike there should be introduced some subntltue for coalburning furnaces and stoves that would be within the reach of the poor a present privation would be turned Into a future blessing.

MoMinlloe. Dlllk Vellow. New York Commercial Advertiser. Dwellers In mosquito-infested parts are strongly recommended to wear as much, yellow and to have as much yellow bout them as possible. This advice cornea from a French Fclenti-t. who has ben Investigating the psychology of the little pest. One of his tests was as follows: He teok a certain number of boxes and lined tnir Interiors with cloth of different colors and different shade-s of t lie käme odor. Then he liberated in the room a large number of mosquitoes, believing that the colors In the boxes would attract them. At the end of a certain time he closed his boxes and then began to count. He found that the ins eta had a decided liking for dark colors In preference to white, and that the mod were found in the box which had tf-en lir.d with dirk blue. Not a slrgle one was found in the box which contained yellow. This test may not be conclusive, but it seems u prove that there Is something in the tradition that dark stockings attract more mosquitoes to the ankles than do light oiks. 3111k as a Powder. Chicago News. The successful reduction of milk to the form of a powder is a recent achievement of much Importance to the bakers, particularly thoiie engaged in the business In large way. They are enabled to secure their milk supply without any postdM.lt y of interruption an! at much lower cst. This latter is due to the fuct thut the drl.-l milk can be shipped ru much more economically than the milk In Its original form. A five-pound box can be shipped at a small fiactlon of that of Its equivelart of whole nilk and can bo mixed as desired. The losses In the handling of fresh milk around a bakery are very reat. Much is consumed by the men handing it. a great deal Is wasted and not a little is spoiled by being Improperly cared for.

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