Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1903 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS- JOURNAL, TOE S DAT, JANUARY C. 1903.

THE DAILY JOURNAL TUESDAY, JANUARY 6. 1903.

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RlffRS House, Ebbett House, Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard Hotel. DENVER. Cof!-Louthaln & Jackson, Fifteenth and Lawrence streets. DAYTON, O.-J. V. Wllkle, 33 South Jefferson street. COLUMBUS, O. Viaduct News Stand, 3S4 High street. The profit-sharing project Is said to be a long-cherished scheme'of Plerpont Morgan, who believes that is the true solution of the difference between capital and labor. A prominent Irish landlord has sailed for the .United States, so a dispatch says, "to consult with President Roosevelt In regard to the land problem in Ireland." He will probably learn that the President is not desirous to become a world arbitrator. The action of the Circuit Court judge of Sullivan county in officially recognizing John 43. Dudley as sheriff after the law has removed him from office is only explicable on one of two grounds: Either the judge has not read the law or he proposes to nullify it. The Sultan of Morocco did a fine stroke of politics by appointing his brother Gov ernor of Fez, thereby removing the pretender's excuse for revolt and virtually ending the rebellion. He will now proceed to punish the rebels In some Oriental fashion that will be remembered. Some of the criticisms of the President 1 itt.s1j a Mississippi postoffice when .the postmistress was compelled to resign because she is aNrolored woman Indicate that such a thing never happened before. Such is not the fact. During General Grant's administration 'such closings occurred. The Manufacturers Association of Chi cago proposes to institute proceedfngs against the coal dealers and coal-carry-ing railroads for conspiracy to put up the price of coal. If they can reach and punish that sort of thing under the Interstate commerce law they will render a public service. There Is a wide difference in the opinion expresed regarding Senator Hoar's anti trust bill, but the men who know and who believe, that monopolies should do as they please are denouncing it roundly. It Is re ported that a railroad body Is in Washing ton to defeat It. To-day, Senator Hoar will tell all about it in the Senate. Commenting on the Sullivan county case the Chicago Tribune thinks that "if there were a law in other States like that of In diana it would be better for the general administration of law. and sheriffs and Jailers would be more alert in the dis charge o.f their duties." Undoubtedly. It Is a good law, and should be upheld. If two or more prominent Republican papers in Indiana should declare that a can didate for United States senator had been a persistent lobbyist about the Legislature and had pushed a bill through creating a baking-powder monopoly, he would stand slight chance of election. In Missouri it is different; the two Democratic papers in St. Louis have made such a charge against exGovernor Stono, yet the chances are ten to one in favor of his election. Because a large number of Republicans will crowd the hotels during the next few days it must not be assumed that each one of the hundreds is looking after employment about the Legislature., Republicans who ccme here two or three times a year are intertsted in politics. They come up to what are called "love feasts" as freely as wnen the Legislature meets. Most Of them are here simply because they are Republicans and desire to see each other. It will be a sad day for the' country when men, and particularly young men, take fio interest In party politics. The laws of Indiana against grave rob bing are probably as severe as those of any other State, yet In view of recent events it is not unlikely that the coming Legislature may attempt to strengthen them. The penalty for desecrating graves cannot be made too severe, and It is right that officers and professors of medical colleges who knowingly receive stolen bodies should be made equally responsible with tha persons who dig Into the graves. To Justify such legislation, however, some provision should be made for procurlnj subjects for dissection. This much Is due to the Interests of medical science. Just i. .i,- .1 i . . iiuw iiio mviaicis may ue procuretl in a legal and humane manner in numbers sufficient for the needs of medical colleges is a difficult question to solve, but an attempt should be made to do so. The Su preme Court held, many years ago, that the autvivlng relatives of a deceased person cj-o entitled to the corpse In the order of inherltanc as property, and that they have tha right to dispose of it as such, and it Lza feeea held In other States, and would

follow from the above decision, that the body may be legally devised. There Is nothing, therefore, to prevent every doctor In Indiana, or any citizen, from providing by will that his body shall go to a medical college for dissection. If the medical pro

fession should take kindly to this practice there would be plenty of bodies for dissection. If the Legislature can provide any other or better means of supplying the demand for bodies, which Is in a sense legitimate. It should do 80. SUCCESS OF NONPARTISAN CONTROL. Those who have given attention to the workings of the nonpartisan system In the management of the State's charitable and reformatory institutions must have come to the conclusion that It has been highly successful. Under the law which establishes nonpartisan boards a merit system for the selectfon of all subordinates was established. The employe does not depend upon political backing, but holds the position upon merit or loses it because Incompetent or negligent. The result of this rule is that there is no longer a demand to keep on the pay-rolls more persons than are needed, and no person who is inefficient. Both parties being represented upon every board of which men constitute the majority, these boards conduct the affairs of their respective institutions upon business . principles. For supplies, the lowest responsible bidders are awarded the contracts, while the publication quarterly in the Bulletin of the Board of Charities of the prices paid for supplies and the' cost of general malnte nance enables each board to know what the others are expending for similar articles. With appropriations for maintenance based upon prices prevailing two years ago it might have been expected that the institu tions would have come to the Incoming Legislature with deficits. It Is a high testi monial to the efficiency of all the boards that no Institution expended more than its appropriation for tho year which ended October 31. That all of these Institutions completed the year on their appropriations is due to the excellent management of their boards and the superintendents under them. To do this some of the institutions were obliged to curtail in some directions, but curtailment is better than to exceed tho provisions made by the Legislature. Management by partisan boards Is 'cer tain to provoke scandals and lead to investigations, which are never satisfactory. Both parties being represented upon boards. there is less pretext for harsh criticism from a partisan standpoint. Furthermore, the service being upon the merit system, there is far less danger of abuses in the in side conduct of affairs. Under partisan con trol in neighboring States there have been charges of bad management, and, when forced to consider the charges, the investigations were made by partisan boards. Another point In favor of nonpartisan con trol, and a very strong one. Is that one party being in power several years in the State, under partisan control the minority party would be deprived of all participation or voice in managing the Institutions in which all are interested. Very naturally, the minority would cease to have the inter est in the welfare of such institutions which all citizens should take, or, If they should take any Interest, it would be to criticise, and, under the impulse of partisanship, to criticise In a partisan spirit. The bringing of all the institutions under nonpartisan boards deprives either party of a pretext I to make political capital out of the management. Nonpartisanshlp seems to have so commended itself to Governor Durbln that he placed a Democrat on the State prison board when the law permitted him to name a Republican. The principle of nonpartisan representa tion on executive or investigating boards has .been recognized by Congress. The Philippine commission Is' comprised of men of both parties; so is the World's fair board, the Isthmian canal board, and many others which might be named. It is done because both parties in Congress recognize the Jus tice as well as the wisdom of such a policy. TUB CHURCH WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES. A dispatch from Manila says that Solici tor General Araneta, a native Filipino official. In a written opinion, sustains Gov ernor Taft's contention that he is not in a position to Intervene regarding the possession of Roman Catholic property seized by Independent Catholics and that the courts must settle the question. The dispute has become so serious as to threaten a re ligious war between the factions, and the civil authorities will be fortunate If a settlement is reached through the courts. As the dispute relates to property interests the proper place to settle It is in the courts. and Governor Taft showed good sense as well as good politics in refusing to inter fere in a church factional fight. The controversy has Its origin In popular hatred of the Spanish friars and a growing spirit of opposition to church government from Rome. The leader of the movement is one Agllpay, an excommunicated Catho lic priest, who served with the insurgents while the insurrection lasted, but who Is now an enthusiastic supporter of American rule. He was excommunicated because of his advocacy of an independent native Catholic Church. In fact, he had seceded from the regular Catholic Church before he was excommunicated, and had been accepted by the rebellious faction as a native archbishop at the head of a na tive church. A short time ago he issued a manifesto explaining the purposes of the new church. In which he said: The time has come for a national Filipino church for the Filipino people, ministered to by Filipino clergymen. Years of friar oppression make this imperative. The last pastoral letter or tne Spanish friar, who wrongfully occupies the position of arch bishop In Manila, repeatedly points out that he is the superior to tne United States No Italian prelate will become a Filipino or American citizen to serve us. It Is no torlous that the friars of the Philippines repeatedly sent funds to sustain the Carllst agitation In Spain. Great Britain has a national church that Is separate from the Pope. This irritating: friar domination, with Its unpleasant past, must give place to the national church. Our country can never again descend to where it was before 1S96. We must make political" progress. Spain never sent one dollar to these Islands, but robbed us of millions. The United States has spent millions for the Philippines, but has not. nor will not, take one dollar away except In the rich proiits of commerce she will derive and which will help us equally. The religious moral of this Is plain. Fools and friars will II stick to rlotlc Fillcene tVSpain and her religion, but nut pinos, with the hope from the generositv of the United States government, will adopt the broad religious ideas of the Americans. which Is positively not the kind that has blasted Mexico. South America and these beautltui islands. This shows a revolutionary spirit and also political sagacity. It is a strong ap peal to Filipino patriotism to establish a new Catholic Church of their own. under native government and priests. Such an organization would not; be recognized at

Rome, but it might answer all the Filipino purpejes of an independent Catholic

Church. The present controversy grows out of the fact that the independent Catholics are claiming the church properties on the ground that they were bought or built with funds contributed by the people, and therefore belong to them. The dispute Is between the priests of the new church and those who have been appointed by the authorities recognized at Rome. The courts cannot take jurisdiction of the question of establishing a new church, but the question of title to property is one for them to decide. The Incident will demonstrate to both parties the fundamental difference between American and Spanish methods in dealing with church Interests. The Spanish practice was to decide everything offhand in favor of the established church, and enforce the decision Irrespective of personal or popular rights, while the American method is to remit the matter to the courts, where the people and the church are on an equality. A writer In the Southern Workman makes the surprising statement, based on the last census report, that in more than half of the counties in Virginia over TO per cent, of the farmers are negroes, and that in thirty-nine counties a larger per cent, of the negroes own their own farms than of white farmers. It Is true the farms of the negroes are generally much smaller than the "plantations" of the whites, but the fact that so large a' proportion of the negroes are even small land owners is greatly to their credit. Representative Zenor is represented as saying that the army post should be located near New Albany, for the reason that Indianapolis has had enough. "With an extensive quartermasters storehouse at Jeffersonvllle and no military establishment in central or northern Indiana, many will not be ab'e to see why an Indiana represent ative is anxious to place tho military post where it will be more advantageous to Louisville than to a similar population in Indiana. BEADY iFOR BUSINESS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) next chairman of the appropriations com mittee by stating positively that he would receive that promotion when Mr. Cannon becomes speaker. "I shall be the chairman of the appropriations committee," he said. and the report that General Bingham, of Pennsylvania, would receive theasslgnment Is best answered by the public declaration which he has made that he is for me for chairman." The First district representative does not anticipate that Congress will enact any legislation this session beyond the passing of the appropriation bills. "We have made an appropriation of JöOO.OfiO. to be used in enforcing the present anti-trust laws," he said. 4 and the attorney general has Indi cated that that is all that is needed In that line, so I do not believe that any trust, lerrislation will be undertaken, or at least that none will be enacted. Neither do I antici pate that the Fowler currency bill will be passed, nor that there will be any revision of the tariff. i "I think there is no question that the $100,000 appropriation asked for the Indian apolis federal building will be secured. There is really no opposition to it." HOMES FOR LEGISLATORS. Many of Them AVI 11 Lire at the Leadlnjr Hotels. Not all of the legislators will take up quarters at the leading hotels during the session, many of them preferring the se clusion of private boarding houses, but a large number desire to be in the thick of affairs all the time, and these will live at the Grand, English or Denlson. The Grand, as has been the rule for many years, will be headquarters for the Democrats, while the Republicans will divide their patronage between the English and Denüjpn. Of the Republican members who are al ready in the city the following are stop ping at the English: Senators Walter L. Ball, Muncle; James S. Barcus, Terre Haute; James M. Barlow, rialnfleld; T. Edwin Bell, Hammond; Albert M. Burns, South Bend; Daniel L. Crumpacker, Westvllle; E. A. Dausman, Goshen; Oliver Gard, Frankfort; J. C. oochenour. North Man chester; M. E. Newhouse, Greensburg; A. D. Ogborn, New castle: John W. Parks, Plymouth; J. C. Powell, Logansport: E. II. Wolcott, Wolcott, and Representative F. W. Bearss, Peru; S. R. Bell. Union City: E. F. French, Martinsville; Harry J. Caldwell. Earl Park; Adolph E. Decker. Evansvllle; Charley Harley, Delphi; J. T. Hume. Stllesvllle; Archer J. Jackley, Orestes: R. E. Klrkman, Richmond; Charles Klrkpatrlck. New Richmond; Oliver P. Lewis, Cov ington; O. U. Luhrlng, Evansvllle; Henry w. Marshall. Ltfuayette; iiugn Th. Miller. Columbus; W. F. Parrett. Patoka; Henry B. Sherman, westport; w. m. Sparks. Rushvllie; tie atansoury, AViniamsport; Thad M. Talcott. St. Joseph; Samuel Warner, Summltville; G. L. Wajson, Ca yuga. The following win live at the Denlson: Senators James P. Gray. Evansvllle: ' Wil liam A. Klttinger, Anderson; IT. E. Hendee, Anderson; C. C. Lyons, Falrmount: 8. L. Strlckler, Marlon; Will R. Wood. Lafay ette, and Representative Jonn M. Beckham, Brunswick; Sidney W. Cantwell, Hartford City; Glen D. Kimball, Marlon; John Minnick. Converse; M. w. Yenccr, Boston, Wayne county. E. E. JIUJniERT'S PLANS. He Will Introduce Three or Four Dills lu the Legislature. Representative E. E. Mummert, of Goshen, will introduce three or four bills this session that will come In for no small share of attention. In the first place he will seek to amend the law regulating the terms of municipal officers so that mem bers of city councils will be elected for terms of four years, instead of two. -He says that there Is a great demand in his part of the State for this change. Mr. Mummert will also offer a bill nrovldlng that all corporate franchises shall be taxed, one amending the law fixlne the two and one-half times the average they make in their examinations, so that the minimum wage may be from one and a half to two and a half times the average, one providing for a revision of the Indiana statutes by a commission to bo named by tne uovernor, ana a resolution for an amendment to the Constitution by which tne quanncations or practicing attorneys may be made more rigid. In regard to the question of revising the statutes Representative Mummert said last night that he believed a-bill to that end would be adopted. "The statutes have not been revised for twenty-five years," he said, "and all attorneys will agree that a revision is needed. The last revision was made In 1SS1 at a cost or some istf.ooo to the State. Marlon Representatives Meet. The members of the Marlon county dele gation in the House held a conference In Representative Joseph R. Morgan's office yesterday afternoon to discuss their inter ests In the way of patronage. No definite action of any kind was taken. It wa3. known that the patronage would be distributed by a plunder committee which will be named at the caucus to-morrow night and until the Marlon county representatives know the number of places that will be allotted to the Seventh district they can do little in determinlng what men they will be able to take care of. If the district is given enough places s.u uMi rpie?eniauve may name one man that will be done Another meeting of the delegation will h

held to-morrow and the members may get c. F. Dawson. Henry Warrum. O. G. Yeatogether after -the caucus to-morrow night, man and B. M. Gundelfingen Of this com-

l ne rrpivs'iuonnB 1 mc Ciievenm aiStrlct also held an informal meeting last night. Lieutenant Governor Dae To-Dar. Lieutenant Governor Gilbert will arrive In the city to-night from New York where

he has been on a private business mission since last Friday. There were many anxious Inquiries made for him yesterday and last night by senators who are interested in the committeeship question. II. L. ilutsoit Resigns. Harmon L Hutson, who is a candidate for secretary of the Senate, has resigned his place In the office of Charles F. Remy. reporter of the Supreme Court, and Mr. Remy last night announced the appointment of Newell Nepzger to fill the vacancy. Sinted for Minute Clerk. Demas S. Coe, a well-known newspaper man of Richmond, who was minute clerk of the Senate two years ago, If slated for the same position this year. Mr. Coe arrival in the city yesterday. Legislative Sidelights. Representative Decker, of Evansvllle, arrived in the city yesterday to find that his

fame had preceded him. As the youngest member of the House he has been given, such attention by the Indianapolis newspapers that he is already better known than any of the other new members. XXX A number of the Republican members of the House who are veterans of the session of 1301' got together yesterday afternoon and decided that a social session for former members, to be held to-night, would be about the proper arrangement. No definite programme was outlined, but a session of some kind will be held. xxx Benjamin F. Shively, of South Bend, who is one of the "receptive" candidates for the honor of receiving the complimentary vote for United States senator from the minority, returned to the city yesterday. and will be here for the love feast to-night. He may tarry until the legislative wheels are set running. Hugh Dougherty, of Bluffton, who is also mentioned for this honor, came in yesterday and is a guest at the English. XXX Senator Oliver Gard, of Frankfort, who was almost a physical wreck at the close of the session two years ago, suffering from severe hemorrhages, has regained his health and assured his friends last evening that he is in first-class condition. A few weeks after the Legislature he went down into Texas and he has spent most of his time since then on the ranch, riding the range with the cowboys. The senator owns a ranch in the Panhandle district, and he expects to return there in the spring. xxx Edward W. Wlckey, city attorney of East Chicago, arrived in the city yesterday to remain during the session of the Legisla ture. Mr. Wickey does not agree with Mayor Knotts, of Hammond, in the pro jected consolidation of Whiting, Hammond, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor in one city. "That is one of Knotts's dreams which will not come true this year, at least," said Mr. Wlckey last evening. "The people of my clty are opposed to the luea for several reasons, one good one being that Hammond Is several hundred thou sand dollars in debt now, while East Chicago is out of debt. The consolidation may come in time, but It will be some years yet." xxx Joe Cunningham, of Peru, who was a member of the House in 1S99, mingled with his Democratic brethren in the lobby of the Grand last night. Cunningham is one of the biggest men ever elected to the State Legislature, so far as avoirdupois Is concerned, at least, and when he came down to the Statehouse in '99 and attempted to take hl3 seat he fcund that he was. barred because there was; none in the chamber large enough for him. He was compelled to send back home for a chair which he had made especially for him, of double strength and capacity, and he occupied that throughout the session. He claims to be the only man ever elected to the Indiana General Assembly who had to bring his own chair with him. -x x x A group of six or eight representatives gathered in Henry Marshall's room at the English yesterday afternoon for a "little social chat," and by some freak of chance Representatives Stutesman of Peru, Stuckey of Warsaw, Beckman of Brunswick and Cantwell of Hartford City, unconsciously ranged up in a line on one side of the room. A newcomer entered, took a second look at the quartet, and asked abruptly without any other greeting, "What show will you fellows attend to-nlghtr The members of the quartet looked at the man with sur prise and questions written all over their faces; then they looked at each other, and as the light of understanding came Into their eyes they passed their hands caress ingly over the crowns of their heads each of them is as bald as the baldest flrstnlghter that ever sat In the front row. When the laugh at their expense died down they decided to organize a "baldheaded quartet," and Representative Stutesman was unanimously chosen business manager. xxx Senator John D. Roche, of Mount Ver non, one or the new members on the minority side, claims three distinctions that he is the youngest member of the Senate, that he will receive the most mileage of any. member of the Legislature, and that he represents the most fertile district in the State, the veritable land of milk and honey. He is thirty-two years old. Mount Vernon is located Just a few miles farther from Indianapolis than the home of any other legislator, and, in his opinion at least, Gibson and Posey counties comprise the garden spot of the earth. Senator Roche Is one of the coming men in Indiana Democratic politics. Early in the last campaign, when the party forces were forming for the fight, he hitched his wagon to a star, and while the star did not gain the ascendancy at that time it Is conceded to be a beacon of growlne rower in the Democratic wilderness. Stephen B. Fleming, of Fort Wayne, is that star, and Ro:he was on the slate which he headed in his fight to gain control of the state committee. If the Fort Wayne man had been made state chairman Roche would have become the secretary of the commit tee. XXX Senator Thomas J. Gibson, of Branchville, who represents the shoestring district of Crawford, Perry and Spencer counties, was a conspicuous figure in the lobby of the English last evening and he will attract some little attention in the Senate this win ter. Incidentally he will be what may be comprehensively termed "picking" for the cartoonists, and he was spotted by one or tw black-and-white artists last night. Tall and lean of figure, rather loose-Jointed, wun a pair oi piercing black eyes that look out from under bushy eyebrows, an 2?u i c ' qure Jaw and small, wiry, . " rr.. ".: "? mv,- imMmai v.uiiai.iriiguv.s iiiui vsuuiii uraw comment In any gathering, but, add to these certain mannerisms and peculiarities of dress, and he becomes at once conspicuous. Last night he was attired In a gray suit, with a long cutaway coat that accentuated his height and slimness, and he topped this off with a big black slouch hat that is not often seen this far north of the Ohio except De on trie oiner Fiele or tne footlights. Senator Gibson Is one of the new members of the Senate, but he Is by no means a novice In legislative affairs. a3 he has served two terms In the House, having been a memoer oi tne General Assemblies of ij; ana im7. COMMITTEE IE0M ELKS. It Will Take Part In Reception to John Mitchell. Indianapolis Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks has named a committee of fifteen members to Join with the committees selected by the Central Labor Union Mitchell reception committee in tendering a reception to the head of the mine workers in Indianapolis on Jan. 19. The committee from the Elks will be headed by Vn i?irohfiM.i oi anA -m "lchfleld. chairman, and will consist of August M. Kuhn, Gustav W. Kevers, j. L Williams, W. R. Williams. O. Y. Schmidt. Mortimer Levering. J. M. Healey, i.- t Rmih t t o t i j mlttee Ell Hirschfield and Gustav Kevers have been selected by President John L. Feltman, of the Central Labor Union, chairman of the reception committee from that body, to accompany the party which will leave Indianapolis on the morning of Jan. 19 to meet Mr. Mitchell outside of the city and escort him to Indianapolis.

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CIIAPTKR XI. MADAME ARGOT'S MAD HUSBAND. After my interview with the detective I went out to visit some patients, and on my way home I met young Atkins, whom I had not seen since the preceding Thursday. Although we had met but once, he recognized me immediately and greeted me most cordially. I was, however, shocked to see what havoc a short week had wrought in his looks. His face was drawn and pale, and he appeared nervous and III at ease. Notwithstanding ho had been walking in the opposite direction, he at once ' turned back and we sauntered towards Madison avenue, together. Our chief topic of conversation was naturally the murder, and we both remarked how strange it was that the identity of the victim had not yet been established. "I suppose," said Atkins, "that we shall now never know who the man was, for I hear he was buried yesterday. Oh, that doesn't at all follow," I assured him. "Photographs have been taken of the corpse, and if necessary it can be exhumed at any time." Was my imagination playing me a trick, or was the young fellow really troubled by this information. We had now reached my destination, and as I held out my hand to bid him good-bye I said: "I am afraid Mrs. Atkins must have such unpleasant associations with me that she will not care to have me recalled to her notice; otherwise I should ask you to remember me to her. I hope she is well, and has not suffered too much from this prolonged heat?" "I fear she's not very well," he replied. "It seems to have upset her nerves a good deal to have a murder occur In the building." "Yes, that is only natural. Wouldn't it be advisable to take her away from here for a short time?" I suggested. "I only wish she'd go, but she's got some maggot in her head and refuses to stir." He paused a moment and glanced almost timidly at me. "Doctor," ho burst out, "I wish you'd come and dine with us this evening. It would be a real kindness. Wlfo and I both have the blues, and you'd cheer us up no end." I was rather taken aback by his eagerness. "I'm very sorry; I can't possibly do so to-night, for I've just promised to dlno with an old friend, who Is only in town for a short time." "Well, if you can't come to-night won't you come to-morrow?" he urged. I hesitated a moment. On the one hand I was anxious to oblige Atkins, whom I liked, and quite curious to see his wife again and fathom, if possible, the cause of the change in her husband; while, on the other hand, I felt some delicacy about invading a lady's home when I had reason to believe that my being there would not be agreeable to her, for I remembered that she had refused even to look at me on leaving the coroner's presence. "If you are sure Mrs. Atkins would care to see me I should be delighted to accept your Invitation.'' "Why should she object to see you?" he demanded. "There is really no reason," I hastened to explain, "only, as you tell me your wife has been much upset by the murder and is consequently rather nervous at present, I don't wish to inflict myself on her if there is the least danger that my company may recall that tragic occurrence too vividly to her." Atkins gave me a long, penetrating look, but, having apparently satisfied himself that I had given my real reason, he said: "Nonsense, doctor. Mrs. Atkins isn't as unreasonable as that. I'm sure she'll be glad to see you. Now, remember, we shall expect you at 7 sharp to-morrow." "All right," I called back to him. I have given such a long account of this trifling incident because for some time afterward I could not get the young fellow's face out of my mind, and I kept imagining all sorts of possible and impossible reasons for his changed looks. Could it be that he suspected the mürdered man to have been a friend of his wife and feared that she might have some guilty knowledge of his death? As I realized how such a thought would torture him I wanted to go at once and tell him how my first grave suspicions had been confirmed till now I was fully convinced of Argot's guilt. But, fearing that some injudicious word might show him that I had guessed the cause of his anxiety, I refrained. That evening, after dining quietly at the club with an old school fellow, I walked slowly home down Madison avenue, which, with its long rows of houses, almost all of which were closed up for the summer, presented an extremely different aspect. Although it was barely 9 o'clock, the streets in that part of the town were well nigh deserted, every one who could do so having fled from the city. The night was extremely dark, damp and hot. As I was nearing my office I observed that the back door of the Rosemere was being cautiously opened, and a woman's head, covered with a thick veil, peeped out. Madame Argot, I thought, and so it proved. Having satisfied herself that her lord and master was not in sight, she darted across the street and disappeared In my house. I hurried up, so us not to keep her waiting, and as I did so I fancied I heard some one running behind me. Turning quickly, I detected nothing suspicious. The only person I could see was a very fat man, whom I had passed several blocks back. Was he nearer than he should have been? I couldn t tell. At any rate he was still far enough away for It to be impossible to distinguish his features, but.- as I was sure that he was not Argot, I did not wait for him to come up with me. On entering the reception room I found madame, still heavily veiled, huddied up in a corner, where she thought she couia not De seen irom tne Eireet. l toia her to go into the office-, and, approaching the window, I looked out. There was still nobody in sight except the fat man, and he had crossed over and was ambling quietly along on the other side of the way. He was almost opposite now, and, after looking at him critically, I decided that it was too improbable that the running footsteps I had heard following me had been his. But whose were they, then? I trusted that the murder had not affected my nerves also. At any rate I decided to take the precaution of shutting and bolting the window and of pulling down the blind, none of which things, during this hot weather, had I been In the habit of doing. But I did not Intend to give that white-faced apparition, to whom I attributed the mysterious footsteps, the chance of falling upon me unaware, especially not while Madame Argot was on the premises. "Well, how goes it?" I inquired, when I at last rejoined her. "Oh, much, much better, meestair." I saw, indeed, when I examined the cut that it was healing splendidly. "Meestalr Boctor," she began, as soon as I had settled down to dress her wound, "'usban e come 'ere zls mornln'?" "Yes," I assented. "Ana what e say, meestalr?" "Oh, I can't tell you that! You wouldn't like me to repeat to him all that you say to me, would you?" "No; but, zen. tne Is different; I know e say zat me a bad 'oman; I know. I know!" "Indeed, he said nothing of the sort, and if you don't keep a little quieter I shall really not be able to do my work properly." Oh, pardon; I vill be so good." "By the way." I Inquired, "did Mr. Merrltt call on you to-day ?" "Ah! You means ze gentleman vat I see ven I go ze dead man's?" "Yes." "He a big policeman, not?" she asked. "Well, not a very big one," I answered, with a smile, "but he does a good deal of Important work for the police." "Ah, yes. Important, oul," tho nodded.

BY ELIZABETH KENT

Onprrlght. 1102. by J. i Putnam's Son "Vy e com see my 'usban'? Do you know? I not know; my 'usban' 'e not know, eizer." "He didn't see your husband, then?" "No; Argot he not in." "Well, I think Mr. Merrltt Is looking for a hat containing the initials A. B., and he wanted to ask your husband if he had found It. by any chance." She started up, quite regardless of her wound. "Ah. par example, oul! Yes, indeed," she exclaimed, vehemently. "Your husband has found such a hat?" "Yes. yes: I tell you: 'e makt une scenes about zat "at!" she burst out. angrily. "But why?" i asked. "Why should he make a scene about it?" "Ah!" she said, tossing her head coquettlshly, though real annoyance still Hngervd in her voice, " 'e say it is ze 'at of my lover." "Really? Have you a lover whose initials are A. B.?" "I ave no lover at all. meestalr. but I ive a cousin whose names begin vis zose letters." "1 see; but how did your husband happen to get his hat?" "1 not know; Argot e come in von evenin' " "What evening?" I interrupted. "Tuesday evening, las' wtk " I suppose my face betrayed my excitement, for she stopped and asked, anxiously: "Vat is ze matter?" "Nothing, nothing; go on. I am merely much interested In your story. Well, what happened on Tuesday?" "Veil, Meestalr," she resumed, "my 'usban' 'e go out to ze restaurant vere ze Frenchmens zey go play cards. Zen my cousin, M. Andre Besnard, e come to call. My 'usban' 'e not zere, but I say sit down; perhaps Argot 'e come in. My cousin e live in Chicago; e never seen my 'usban'; 'e not know 'e Jealous. Sd e stay, an 'e stay, an ve talks of France, ven ve vas chil'ren, and I forgets ze time till I 'ears ze bell vat my 'usban' 'e ring, ana I looks at ze clocks an' I see it say eleven. Zen I frightened. 1 know Argot dreadful angry if 'e fln' a man so late vis me. So I say go avay, quick; my 'usban e jealous; 'e no believe you my cousin. Go up ze stairs an 'ide on ze next floor. Ven my 'usban' 'e come in I shut ze kitchen door, and zen you can come down and go out. All vould 'ave been veil If e done zls. but zat imbecile peeped over ze bannisters ven my 'usban come in. But my 'usban not quite sure 'e see somebody, so e say nozzing, but ven I shut ze kitchen door sit near it an! listen, and in a few minutes I 'ears creek, creek, an 'e 'ears it, too; an' e Jumps up and I jumps up. for I afraid 'e kill my cousin; e look so angry. An I put my arms quite around 'im an 'e fights, but I hold on an 'e falls vis me, an so I got my bruises; but I no care, for I 'ears ze front door slam, so 1 knows Andre Is safe. In a minute my 'usban 'e up and rushes out, an me, too; but ven I see Andre is gone I come back, but Argot "e not come back." "Your husband did not come back, you say?" "No; e stay looking for Andre " "How long was it before he came in againr "Ah. I not know." she exclaimed. Imra tlently, 'alf an hour, vone hour; me get tired an I go to bed. Ven Argot 'e come In 'e terribly angry; 'e storm; e rage; 'e 6ay, zat as your lover; I say, no; zat vas nobody I knows. But helas, I am unfortu nate, for 'e find Andre's card vat 'e left, for Andre quite ze gentleman; 2en. I zmk. 'e have a fit; e swear 'e kill Andre. But 'e not know vere Andre is, because zere is no address on ze cards, but I know vere 'e is, for Andre e told me. So ze next mornln' I writes to my cousin an tell 'im my 'usban 'e. come for to kill 'im. But Argot 'e eo out every day to try an fin 'lm. And 'e not fin 'im," she wound up, triumphantly, "because a friend of mine she tell me zat Andre 'ave left jew York an ave gone back to Chicago. "Did your cousin look much like the corpse?" "Ah, but not at all. My cousin 'e little man vld no beard, for 'e is a vaitor." "And you are sure your husband did not know him by sightr' "But certain," she asserted, vehemently. "And you have no Idea how your hua band got hold of his hat?" "No, Meestalr, for I fought zat Andre e took 'is 'at. An Argot 'e say nossing about it till vone day " "What day?" I interrupted again. "Oh, vat zat matter? Thursday or Friday of last veek, I sinks. Veil. I come Into the kitchen and zere Is my 'usban vis zat 'at. An' 'e glares at me. I no understand; I cay, vat you got? Vy don't you sit down an take off your 'at? 'E say it Is not my 'at; it 'as A, B. inside it. an' I vill vear it till I can bring you ze head of zls A. B.; zls charming cousin whom you love so much. Yes; valt only, an you shall have It. an' zen you shall vatch It rot! And you dare say nossing nossing for you be afraid ve gets 'anged for murder. But I say it no murder to kill ze lover of my vife. I say Argot, you crazy; vere you get zat hat? 'E say, never min'." "Aren't you afraid to stay with your husband? In one of his fits of insane Jealousy he might kill you." Oh, no," she assured me; " e beat me, but 'e no kill me; 'e love me too much. It make im too sad if I die. But tell me vy Andre 'e send ze police for 'Is 'at?" Before I could answer her I heard a crash I in the hall and two voices raised in vehement altercation. One of the voices belonged to my boy; the other I didn't recognize. "My 'U6ban7' whispered Madame Argot; " 'e kill you." She was as pale as death and trembling with terror. "No, you . don't, sir; no, you don't," I heard the boy eay. "Nobody goes Into the doctor's Office without being announced while I'm here." 1 rushed to the door leading into the hall and had only Just time to turn the key belore a neavy mass was nuried against it. Luckily tne door was pretty solid, but it couldn't stand many such onslaughts. Quickly locking the other one. which opened Into the waiting room, I turned bacK to Madame Argot. What was to be done with her? For 1 was far from sharing ner Deiier in her own sarety. My office has only one means of exit, as you know. This is a third door leading to my bedroom and bathroom. I decided at once that it was useless trying to hide madame in either of these places. Any moment the door might give way before her husband's Insane strength, and then it would Infuriate him still more to find his wife in such a compromising position. No, the window, which opened on a small court, was our only hope. it was not a Dig drop to tne eround. and. once there, she could easily make her way to tne street tnrougn the janitor s apartment. Without a word I seized her and dragged her to the window. "Put your feet out," I whispered; "give me your hands, and now let go. It won't hurt you. and you will be able to escape through the basement." "I cannot; 1 am afraid," she murmured, drawing back. A pistol shot rang out, followed by tha sound of splintering wood. I had no time to turn around and see what had happened. "Jump at once," I commanded. She obeyed, almost unconscious from fear. She was pretty heavy and very nearly had me out, too. but managed to draw back, although the exertion was such that my arms ached for several hours afterwards. I stopped a moment to close the window partly, fearing that if I left it wide open It might attract the mad man's attention, and that he would be after her. before she had time to get to a place of safety. Turning back Into the room, I saw that a bullet had pierced one of the panels of the door around which the fight seemed to be centered. A minute more and It would give way. I rushed to the-other one. and, quickly unlocking It, dashed through the waiting room and caught the lunatic in the rear. With a bound I was upon him, my two hands encircling his throat. "Stand clear of that pistol!" I shouted, as Argot (for it was Indeed he) tried to fire over his shoulder. A young man I had not seen before sprang forward, and. seizing his arm, bent It back till it caused a yell of pain, and the pistol fell from the madman's grasp. At-this Juncture the Janitor appeared, and the four of us had little difficulty in overpowering the fellow, although he still fought like a demon. As eoon as he was Fafely bound I sent my boy to telephone for an ambulance. I now observed, for the first time, that Argot had evidently tried to disgule himself. An enormous pillow, stuffed Inside his trousers, and several towels, wound around his shoulders, gave him the appearance of extreme obesity. Ho. after all, he had been the fat man, nnd the running footsteps had been his. Well. I was glad that cne mystery, at least, was cleared up. The young stranger, whose opportune ap pearance had, in nil probability, raved inj ure, still Kneit oesiae tne prostrate man. and he and I together succeeded in preventing him from breaking his bonds during one of his many paroxyms of frenzy. "Thank you very much for your tlme!y asslstance." I said; "you are a brave man "Oh. not at all." he replied; "I am ou duty here: I've been shadowing this man all the evening. We had an awful Job (retting Argot into

the ambulance, and I confr 1 rvcr felt more rellived In rr.y life than v. hen 1 saw him safely locked up In a rdJed cell. As I was coming away from the hospital I met M rrltt hurrying towr.rds it. "Hello!" he calh-d out, is it all over?" "Yfs. he's locked up If that's what you mean." "Well, doctor, you've hd a pretty lively time of Jt. my man tells me." "It's entirely owing to your forethm'cht In having Argot immediately watchd th.it some of us are alive at pn sent." "You don't say! Well, let's have a little drink to ce!ebrate the occasion. You look a little white around the g.Us. doctor." After tossing down my second bracer I s.iM: "Well. Mr. M Tritt, how do you feci about your bet now?" "Oh, all right," he answered with a twinkle In his eye. I stared at him in bewilderment. Then, remembt-rlng that, cf course, he had not yet heard madarae's story, I proceeded at once to imiKut it to him. "Very curious." was the only comment he made. "But look here. Mr. Merrltt: what more

do you want to convince you of the French man's guilt?" Proofs: that's all. he replied, cheer fully. "But what further nrnof do VOU need; Here von hnw a mnn who i undoubtedly Insane, who is furthermore an inmate oC the Rosemer?, and who, on Tuesday evening, went out with the avowed Intention of killing hi supposed rival; nnd. to cap the climax, the victim's hat Is found in hU possession. And yet you have doubts.' The detective only smiled quietly. "Bv the wav." he said. "I must ko to the hospital and get that hat before It disappears again." I starteel. "It didn't occur to me before, but when we put him Into the ambulance he was bareheaded." I confessed. Älerritt uttered an exclamation or impa tience. "We 11 go to your place then: it must urn there. When you saw him in the street n had on a hat similar to the one we are) loking for. didn't he?" "Yes. "Then It's probably somewhere In your hall. That you shouldn t have noticed lit absence does not surprise me so much, but that my man should have overlooked n article of such importance does astonish me. It's his business to look after Jut such details." , . when we reached the house we had t0 fight our way through a crowd of reporters. but in the hall, sure enougn. we xounu ma hat. Merritt positively pounced on it. amV taking it into my office, examined it carefU"What do you think of it?" I at last asked. , . "I'm not yet prepared to say. doctor; besides, you and I are now playing ort differ, ent sides of tbe fence of that U). in other words and till I can produce my preUf criminal mum's the word." "When will that be?" "Let me see." rerlled the detective; ' today is Tuesday. What do you say to th.s day week? If I haven't been able to prova my" case before then I will acknowledge 'myself in the wrong and hand you the j0. "That suits me." I said. I am ashamed to say that all this time I had forgotten about poor madame. Having remembered her. I went to her at once and found her violently hysterical and attended by several well-meaning if helplesj Irish women, who listened to her voluble French with awe. not unmixed with disgust. I at last succeeded In calming her, but I was glad her master was spending several days out of town, for I could Imagine nothing more distasteful to that correct gentleman than all this noise and notoriety. I was afraid that If he heard that more reporters were awaiting his retura he would not come back at all. To Be Continued To-morrow. imSCHOOLS OF INDIANA RECOMMENDATION' S IX SUPERINTENDENT JONES'S REPORT. The Teaehers Wne Ljstt Is Gives Credit for Imprprhur Conditionsother Points Made. The twenty-first biennial report of tha state superintendent of public instructloa for the school years ending July 21, 1901. and July 81. 1902, compiled by Frank Lw Jones, has been Issued. The report covere many of the recommendations to be made to the General Assembly at the comlni; term. Under the law the entire report, which consists of a book of nearly S00 pages, will be submitted to the Legislature. The report covers every department of public instruction and also xeports from county superintendents. The report shows that the wages of teachers have been Increased during the past year. "It would be difficult to set out all the advantages of the wage law It has increased the demand for male teachers, placed the minimum wage mere or lese upon the basis of scholarship and success ful experience; protected good teachers against competition with incompetence and given county superintendents the legal support they have needed in the careful and accurate grading of teachers' manuscripts," says the report. Mr. Jones asks the General Assembly to continue the wage law in Its present form so that it may have a perior of four years, at least, in which to be tested . Regarding high school inspection the report says the annual inspection of these schools and others applying for inspection is a great work and requires more time than the members of the board can give it. The report urges that the State Board of Education be given authority to appolnfl a high school Inspector whose duties and compensation shall be prescribed bv . the General Assembly. The large annual expenditures for- the maintenance of nearly 800 high schools in Indiana together with the Importance of having qualified teachers makes -the problem of supervising them of great importance, adds the report. CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS. "The most important movement in the administration of educational affairs in this country is the one leading to the consolidation of schools," says the report under the caption, "The Transportation of Pupils." The abandonment of a large number of small rural schools leads at once to the transportation of the pupils of abandoned districts to other schools, usually to a central school. In order that there may be definite legl sanction and legislative direction of a movement so great and so Important I recommend that a law be enacteX giving a definite grant of power In this cejnnectlon to school offitets. and making It necessary under certain conditions for school officers to provide conveyances for children living at great distances from school." Mr. Jones devotes much attention in the report to the conditions found In many localities where there is a short school year largely because the community does not pay sufficient taxes to provide letter schools. longer school terms and better teachers. He urgs equal school privileges for all pupils. "The Slate should at least pay the price of a good education to havo its poorer lands occupied and kept under cultivation," says Mr. Jones. He realizes, he says, the difficulties Incident to a distribution of the school fund upon any other basis than the enumeration of school children. However, an annual appropriation of a few thousand dollars, or the use of say one-half of the State's revenues from liquor licenses might constitute a "fund for the relief of poor municipalities." to be apportioned among townRhips where the revenues are not sufficient to provide firstclaH schools. "The vital statistics of the State point to the schools an the probable origin ef many diseases, particularly those of the pulmonary organs," says the report. "we have hundreds of badly-constructed r.d poorly-heated and ventilated schoolhtses Very little can be done toward' the ira-poorly-heated and ventilated schoolhouca. It Is possible, however, to prevent the erection of unssrltsry schoolhou?es in the future. The General Assembly is askej to consider this matter to the end that all plans and specifications shall be first submitted to a competent person or persons, who shall pais upon the sanitary feature a provided for in them." The report says the State should provide not only ample accommodation for profes sional training, but the same should b made convenient and accessible. The arjro menta for the establishment of anothf State normal school havo already btea made, but the General Assembly will

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