Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 285, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1903 — Page 8

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1C03.

AN HONOR TO HIS CITY

x.vn: re steig Monv of the ancr.n or iiox. it. mki:kx. Terre Honte' Most Popular CitUen Will Celebrate III Tllli Illrlhday AmiTrrnrr To-Day. ALWAYS REFUSED TO WORRY om: cii rac ri:itivnr that addi:d TO IHSTIMT M K Ililej MrKrrn'n nrrer n n County Offlrf (IrrL, Itnnkrr. Ilnilroatl President nutl t iticn. 4if!il tc t?-. Iri'l.diuiw Ii J jurr..il. TERR'S HAUTE. In.!.. Oct. 11. To-morrow will be Mr. W. It. MeK- n's seventyfourth birthday. bt:t while the years mak him one of the oMst native residents of the county, Terre Haute's mot jnjjular c'.ttzen la not comrronly regarded as an old man In the. senc that would associate hlni v. 1th "pioneers"' or "oId:.st roid-nts" and -ot!!ra him to reunion oeeaslons as the only time whdi he could expect to attract I-ubllc attention. It is n.t alone because he Is more In mind as distinctively and truly Terre Haute's 'leading citizen"' that he Is t ot regard-d as an -!d man. As a matter of fact, he Is as vniui;; a? he was twenty?ve years ago in ph.ieal and mental activity. Mr. McKeen had prepared for a lone life y one acquired habit many years ago. He. c-lrlom worries. He has said that when ho was electe.j pro id nt of the Vandalia ruad ha soon discovered that ho must train his habits of thought against worry and Irritation, and he succeeded in a marked de-jr-e. Men who met him in a business way, and Vandalia officials and employes who had a cloe vivr of his methods, marveled at the. ease with which lie carried the responsibilities jot his. tiori. He said that he learned that often a bad situation would solve itself better by a little patience than by strenuous effort, which increased the excitability of all concerned rather than accomplished the purpose. STORY OF Till; VANDALIA. That doctrine perhaps docs not find acceptance in presnt-day management of bis Industrial enterprise., but the story of the Vandalia under Mr. MeKeen's direction is sufficient Justification of his policy. It is: "Never missed a dividend and never killed ft passenger." No fact Is more generally recognized In railroad management than that after all appliances ire put in order dependence is on the human mind. The minds of the men who worked for "Riley McKeen seldom "forgot." There was that intangible influence KAns out from his personality to every 'Van' man whose effect cannot be stated ether than In th" reeord of never having hilled a pasenK r. There were no labor troubles on the "Van." Eugene. Debs, who lias traveled from 4cean to ocean many times on mission? which brought him in j.rsonal contaet with railroad men says that everywhere he has been asked about the "Van" and its president. Railroad men spoke of employment on the road under "Riley" Me Keen as the ideal occupation for it.en of their calling'. This influence on the men has ben fruittul of many incidents of j rrsonal attachment for the jresident. Mr. MeKeen. as every one knows, has always lei-n an enthusiastic Republican, but the t mployes of Ms railroad never hesitated to avow their preference for the Democratic party, to work for it. or be candidates on Its ticket for office. Somo years ago u, '1 erre Haute Democratic leader sought to reale prejudice by asserting that under tr. MeKeen's management Vandalia cmployes were induced t intimidated into voting the Republican ticket. "Jack Van 'leave, the veteran engineer who was. killed a few days ago by his engine in the loundhouN. was a Bourbon Democrat, but this public accusation against Mr. McKeen brought from him a e:irl to a local newsXaper in which he utterly repudiated the täarge and said .-ome can.-tic things about l!ie speaker who xnught to gain a point by appealing to prejudice. What Van Cleave aid would be in.lorred by every Democrat ii th road. refused tu be worried. So It has b'en that Mr. McKeen has Kiown old in year:-, but not in temperament or physical artiv:ly by refusing to be T.erried. At the lime was having a r;. seriell. ro.iN-xt in the otirts over the 1'O-srssion of the road growing out of the al with th. t 'ineinnati. INmiitou & Dayton, hieb Henry S. Ives, the "Napoleon j4 FlnatH .' tri'M to airy llirough. there vhs an iSIustraliiot of ir. McKeen's selftontrof. The lawyers were on nettles exj"ctl:?g coiii d'etat?'. The Hon. Y. II. 11. li!ler. or.w of Mr. MeKefu's counsel, was luic with John (J. Williams, tlun general -i'i;nsl of the Vand. ilia. After waiting I ii' one idhi l'ir ; -lpmc nts. Mr. Miilr went with Mr. liliams ti the latter s ) -.-iöeiiee to sot ul tin latter part of the J.'.ht and Mr. McKeen went 'tome. The iet n.ornln tiny nit nt the Vandalia Ifices. The two lawyers had learned from aeh other that neither had slept, each belag intensity ii'.tt'ietei m t!ie situation on wnieh hingeil ImiiilM-ib of thousands of c-.oiiars. N n n they m.-i r. McKeen they M'ked how lie h;ol fa led. Innoeent of their "bid nint." h- ;-atd lie hail never slept better. H- says ho has rarely lost slee. He s t lui i oinparati ny early except rleetlon niht.-. When the fate of a Rejulli un tieiu t is i. he kr.owu he will reio.i:i up liter than when his own affairs ire d penning on a decision. For half a f-entiiry no cleeti"n. I.cai. State or national, has ia.s-l in which he did not take a liv-Iy ami active Interest. No one knows. fa.nl n ilo in: Mr. McKeen could make but u Mrry guess. t!.' auiount tf money he l;a.- givtn to carnpiign committees. It n.ab no dirYtrem f.: him whether or not lie p.d ;t X'-TsonaJ interest in the candi-ti-it'T. So liberal have btn his emtributions that it is a subject for jocular reJ. ark in T-rr Haute that he hrs been a ictim. that i to sa."he his given more thar; ih" r.n ltie .f c:imiuiins luve railed for from h!in or from all local Re2ubiican.4 t)gt t!i-r. Th- Journal torrefcpTnder.t is iri posestjoii of intoi mation from credible authority which warrants the isrtion also th.it he h.is given more to the State committees during all these years than any other rran in Indiana. It has not Tten one year, but every campaign year that hiö contribution was made in large figures. He never sought office but once. Many times he stopped his friends who vsnted to nominate him several times for Governor. At the time of the deadlock In the IjeRlslature ovi r th- re-election of Senator Harrison In the- winter of it lx.ked as if Mr. McKeen could get the votes of the third party contingent, which held the balance of iowcr. and it is understood that Senator Harrison suggestetl that he take the office, but he decline d. In IvhJ he consent:l to be a candidate for senator and wa defeated in the caucus by Senator Fairbanks. With that result he mt away a'.t thought of ever again asking his party for an offlc. but he did not cease in his 6uport of the party. "RILEY" McKEEX AS A CITIZEN. It is as a citizen, however, that Mr. McKeen is best liked by all classes.' Terre Haute's welfare haa always been close to hi heart. It is easily within the truth thtt he haa given more money to charitable purposes and more time for everything that needed help, from the advancement of Industrial prosperity to the assistance of an individual, than any half do2(.n other citizens. For more than a Quarter of a century It has been taken s a matter of course that "Riley McKeen would head subscription papers. Ills gifts, often in thousand of dollars at a time, and usually of amounts ell up In the hundreds when others gave tZi or &h in the total would be startling even to Terre Haute people, who know how t:n reservedly he has given money away. H ! to hts credit that to-day there in nothing vit which hid uarae Is affixed as a monument to himself, prrhap the only gift that ever Ed euch recccnluaa was that to the

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letio association of De Pauw. by which an athletic grounds were purchased, and which the students named "McKeen Field." In u city where then are a number of men of great wealth it is often it subject for speculative gossip as to who is the "richest man in town." Mr. McKeen is commonly credited with that distinction, but perhaps no one knows the truth. That he has vast interests is well known, but they are diversified and not readily recapitulated by an outsider. Wealth and "Riley" McKeen are not associated in the popular mind in the same way as with most rich men. The poorest man in Terre Haute takes a sort of pride in "Riley" McKeen's wealth. There never lias been ostentation In his life, nor in that of nny of his family. It may seem strange to most persons that he never hal a carriage, or if there is such a thing as "the McKeen carriage," it Is not known to the public. He has horses, droves of them, at his Edgewood stock farm . . t t . 1 1 - ' ana mere is a nuggy or two in ma ?iauie ui his resilience, but a carriage and coachman are unknown in connection with the McKeen family life. II lives near the center of the business district, two blocks from the McKeen bank, managed by Frank McKeen, his eldest son. Across the street is the residence of S. C. McKeen. another son, also in the bank, and Renjamln McKeen. still another son, lived on another corner until he moved to Chicago to become superintendent of the Pennsylvania's terminals in that city. FOND OF FORT HARRISON CLUB. In the morning Mr. McKeen goes to the bank for an hour or two, and in a back room meets friends and business associates. In the afternoon he goes to the Fort Harrison Club for an hour or two. The Fort Harrison Club is an old institution. In a sense it is exclusive. Men of mature years and business or professional standing form its membership. A member explained its exclusivtness by saying they did not exclude people as a rule, but that only such people as would enjoy the companionship to be found there cared to become mem-j bers. In other words, all except men of substantial standing in the community excluded themselves. There is a card game or two late every afternoon, never for money, and it is said there are always several games of solitaire. In the evening Mr. McKeen is with friends in his library or elsewhere In the big residence. There are no fashionable functions at the McKeen residence for fashion's sake, but Mrs. McKeen observes nicely the duties devolving on a woman with many friends. Mr. McKeen was born on a farm, near the city in is. Ills parents were of Scotch and English descent. Ills father came to Indiana from Kentucky in 132:1. He died In 1M. When seventeen years old the son became a deputy in the county clerk's office, and to his service there is traced his line penmanship often noted by his correspondents. After two years in the county clerk's otllce he went to the Rank of Indiana a a clerk, and later became cashier. In 1ST.J he established a private bank, with his brothers. This is the same bank which his son to-day manages. He became president of the VandaHa in lo"7, and when lie retired, in January, lVJn he had. served longer continuously as president of a railroad than any other president in the United States. STREWN WITH WRECKS. (CONCL t ' DE l ) F ROM FIRST PAGE.) wen picked up by some stauncher craft. A tour of the coast to-day revealed scenes of havoc in the path of the gale. At Ocean View the immense pleasure pier is a wreck and the damage to the clubhouse, cottages and extensive bulkheads will run far into the thousands. The handsome new home of the Hampton Roads Yacht Club is one of the worst sufferers, but all along the bay shore the damage is great. At Cape Henry the bay and ocean beach is covered with the wreckage from small craft and the mammoth double-decked pavilion is badly damaged. The loss at Virginia Reach exceeds that of any other place hereabouts. The wide board walk extending for two miles along the ocean front is practically demolished, the nortions left standing being in such a condition as to require rebuilding. Cottages are partly unrooted and porches washed away by the sea that threatened last night to engulf the entire resort. From the inland points of Tidewater. Va., reports of great damage are constantly being received. At Suffolk and in Nansernond county the peanut crop is ruined to a great extent and in eastern North Carolina great damage has been done to growing cotton. Rig manufacturing plants along the many rivers centering in HampU-n Roads have been compelled to suspend by the fliods and heavy loss has been entailed by the damage to machinery. The truck farms are unoer water and the fall crop is almost an entire loss. Norfolk City is now practically free of the storm. The break In the wind has diminished the depth of water in the streets and traxhe is again in a normal state. Along the water front evidence of great loss is seen on every hand and in the commercial section near the wharves the damage to stock by the Hood has been very heavy. The Cape Charles lightship was blown from her moorings by the gale and Is now anchored near Thimble light in Hampton Roads. The body of Seaman Peters came ashore late this afternoon, and together with that of Captain Evans was brought to Norfolk, to-night for interment. SWEPT BY IllCiE WAVES. Ocean Liners IlufTetetl by tbr Sea Clergyman Killed. NEW YORK, Oct. ll.The fierce storrn which for several days has been raging along the north Atlantic coast has seriously interfered with shipping, and to-day only four of the ocean liners, all of which have been greatly delayed, succeeded In making port. The four steamships which arrived reported hurricanes and mountainous seas. The Monterey, of the Ward line, and the Jefferson, of the Old Dominion Hue, came in from the south. The latter craft was terribly battered by the storm, and when boarded by a high wave on Saturday, Richard Mclane, the lookout, was seriously injured, and by the rolling of the Jefferson in an effort to free herself of the deluge that suddenly fell on her forecastle, the Rev. K. R. Hawley, a clergyman of Lake View, Mon county. North Carolina, one of the passengers, was thrown across the cabin and Instantly killed. His body was brought to ort. Mclane was taken to the New York Hospital. The Bound steamboat. City of Worcester, at th Norwich line, which was supposed to

t'have run on the rocks near Execution Light late Saturday night, simply anchored, because a metal pin connected with the walking beam had broken. While at anchor temporary repairs were made, and the City of Worcester, under her own steam, made her way to her dock in the North river. Captain Rowland attempted to transfer his 175 passengers to the New Hampshire, of the Stonington line, which came up a short time after the accident, but as the waves were too high the attempt was abandoned. Over lr0 of the passengers were sent to New Guidon by trala, and those that stood by the broken down boat proceeded on to their destination to-night. The City of Augusta, of the Savannah line, which pnceeded to sea last night, was sighted early to-day returning to Sandy Hook. She was running away from the storm, but after remaining in port a couple of hours. Captain Rurg again started on his course for Newport News and Norfolk. OCE.VX CITY DESERTED. Residents HaTe Fled from the High Tides Hotel Collase. OCEAN CITY', Md., Oct. ll.-This olty Is practically deserted to-night. Owing to the hurricane and high tides the greater part of the city has been submerged since Thursday night and many of the residents have sought shelter on higher ground In addition to the damage reported in last night's dispatch another , section of the front of the Congress Hall, a leading hotel, about 11)0 feet in extent, was torn away to-day. The entire ocean front of the Windsor Hotel eollapwed. A large number of cottages were also washed from their foundations or destroyed. All to-day residents were busily engaged removing household goods to the mainland. No loss of life lias been reported. At 6 o'clock this evening the wind was blowing at the rate of forty miles an hour from the north and it was feared by the few citizens who remained in the city that on to-night's high tide the water will again cause damage to the buildings which remain standing'. Resides the life-saving crew stationed here, not more than twenty-five or thirty men and women have remained to protect their personal property. No reports have reached here of damage to shipping. Flooded Again by High Tide. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. IL Delaware avenue, which runs along the Delaware river in this city, was again flooded for a distance of two miles at high tide this afternoon. The water rose about six Inches higher than it did at high tide yesterday. The water was so high that ferry boats were unable to enter their slips without doing damage and for several hours service between this city and Camden and Gloucester was suspended. The cellars of most of the business houses on Delaware avenue in the Hooded district were filled with water and goods valued nt many thousand dollars were either entirely ruined or damaged. The water in the avenue receded with the tide but it Is feared that the next high tide will send the water up into the thoroughfare again as the river is still far above normal. SERVING THEIR PURPOSE AMERICAN "WARSHIPS AT BEIRUT 1IAVIXG A GOOD EFFECT. Turkish Government ow Settling: Claims of Americans "Without Further Pressure. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 11. Two more claims of the American legation have been satisfactorily settled, the more important being the issue of a firman granting to Dr. Banks permission to excavate the ruins of Rismah in Mesopotamia. The claim, has been pending for three years, its settlement being constantly thwarted by a German professor engaged In similar work. The second question settled concerns property belonging to the wife of the American consul at Smyrna upon which immigrants have established themselves and which the government now agrees to purchase. The negotiations regarding other questions between Turkey and the United States are also making progress. Some powers are showing irritation at the prolonged stay of the American war ships at Beirut, but United States Minister Leishman maintains an attitude of patient and steady pressure and is obtaining satisfaction for his demands without any unneccessary bluster such as would be calculated to trouble his friendly relations with the Ottoman government. Prospective King: Born. BRUSSELS. Oct. 1L A son was born last evening to Princess "Wilzabeth, wife of Prince Albert of Belgium. In whose favor his father, the Count of Flanders, some months ago was reported to have abdicated his claim to the Belgian throne. " MR, CLEVELAND AT HOME. Und a Tiresome Ride from Buffalo To Leave for Chicago Tuesday. PRINCETON, N. J.. Oct ll.-Ex-Pres-ident Grover Cleveland arrived here In his private car at 9 o'clock this morning after a tedious Journey of thirty-six hours from Buffalo. He left Buffalo Friday night after the funeral of ex-Postmaster General W. S. Bissell and was expected home Saturday morning, but the congested traffic caused by the flood delayed the train twenty-four hours. "When' seen this evening Mr. Cleveland said: "The trip was exceedingly tiresome, hut I felt resigned to my fate and knew that the delay was inevitable. All I suffered was inconvenience."" Mr. Cleveland will rest here only a short time, us he leaves Tuesday to deliver a speech at Chicago before the Commercial Club. .

WILL NOT ACT HASTILY

XO IMMEDIATE DISMISSALS COTE3II'IATEI) B V .MIL PAY.NE. Postmaster General Will Awn It .Mr. HrUtow'ft Report Before Reorganizing? Department. FIGHT AGAINST REED SMOOT ORGANIZED EFFORT TO SEt'l HE THE SENATOR'S EXPILMOV. .More Than .o.oo').tMM) PnuniU of Ruh lcr Worth Our S';iMMi,(iM Imported Laut Ycnr. Special to the Indianaj.Hs Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. If the present plan of Postmaster General Payne is adhered to there will be no immediate' disr missal in the Postofn.ce Department. Mr. Payne will not act until he has carefully considered the findings of Mr. Rrlstow, the fourth assistant, who will complete his report by the 2th inst. It is regarded as certain that a number of persons who have committed minor offenses and misdemeanors will be compelled to walk the plank. It is known that several officials have falsified their expense accounts and they will be among the first to go. Two months ago Charles Hedges, superintendent of the city delivery service, who furmcrly resided in Indianapolis, was dismissed for this, and at the time, in a statement which he made to defend the practice of putting in items for expense when none was Incurred, he claimed that there were twenty-five other men in the department who had done the same thing, and he supposed that practice was going on all the time. The twenty-live have not been discovered, although .TX sharp clerks are employed in auditing postoffice accounts. It Is said among employes of the rural free delivery and the city free delivery that there was at one time a good deal of thl3 falsification of expense accounts among the Held officials under A. W. Machen, but a severe inquiry into the charge has not produced any light on the matter. That an organized effort will be made to secure the expulsion from the United States Senate of Reed Smoot, of Utah, became evident several months ago. The charge against Smoot is that he Is a Mormon and practices polygamy. An agent of those who are leading in th fight against Smoot has Just returned from Utah, where he went to gather information about the senator's marital relations. He alleges that he found plenty of people at Provo City, Smoot's home, who will swear that the latter has more than one wife. It seems that the people of Utah have no objection to being represented in the United States Senate by a Mormon, but they insist that he must be a monogamist. It is proposed that the Utah representation in the Senate be divided equally among the gentiles and Mormons, with the stipulation that the latter shall content himself with one wife. Smoot describes himself in the Congressional Directory as a graduate of tho Brigham Young Academy. He says that he was married "Sept. 17, 1SS4, to Alpha M. Eldredge." The Christian lobby is to figure prominently in the effort to eject Smoot from the Senate. This is practically the same organization that was so active in the campaign against Mormon Roberts when he was unseated in the House of Representatives a few years ago. Attorney Michener, formerly of Indiana, has been retained by the Ministerial Association to look after the legal end of the anti-Smoot proceedings. Mr. Michincr believes that the evidence already In hand is strong enough to insure a strong fight being made against Senator Smoot. .xxx John Ross Key, the grandson of Francis Scott Key, and a distinguished artist, is In Washington engaged upon a series of studies for large pictures of the Capitol, Library, White House, and other public buildings. Mr. Key is a native of Washington, but has spent many years studying abroad. He has made a specialty of landscape and architectural work. The painting now engaging his attention will be ten by fifteen feet in size. These large oil canvasses will show, the magnificent buildings of Washington reproduced for the first time in large size and in colors. A number of members of Congress have cordially indorsed Mr. Key's project and say that they hope these megnUieent reproductions of tho Capitol, White House und Library especially, will be finished in time to be exhibited at the St. Louis exposition. A photographic copy fails absolutely to give the best Impression of the buildings and more than one congres.-man in his letters to Mr. Key, suggests that it will give visitors to the exposition, who cannot afford to make the trip to the capital city, the only correct idea of the public buildings in Washington that can be obtained. xxx More than 50,000,000 pounds of India rubber, valued at more than $30,000,000, was imported into the United States last year. In 1S90 the quantity was only 33,000,000 pounds, in 1SS0, 16,000,000, In 1S70, 9,000.000, and in 1862, the earliest date at which It was separately shown in the import statements, was only 2,15,551 pounds. This very rapid growth in the Importation of crude India rubber Is, of course, due to the great increase in its use in manufacturing, both as to rubber garments, shoes, etc., and its use in maciiinerv and as tires for vehicles. Over one hundred million dollars' worth of manufactures from India rubber are now turned out from the factories of the country every year, and about half of this total Is in the form of boots and shoes. So great Is the demand for India rubber for use in "manufacturing that not only has the Importation grown from 2.000.000 pounds in 1S62 to over 50.000,000 annually at the present period, but in addition to this the forests of the East Indies are called upon for several million pounds annually of a new substitute for gutta-percha, known as "gutta-Joolatoug." while at the same time the highways and byways of Europe and other countries are ransacked for cast-off rubber manufactures from whioh the rubber is ''reclaimed" and reused in combination with the new rubber from the forests of Brazil, Africa and the East Indies. Food Testa to Be Resumed. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1L The food tests conducted under th direction of Professor Wiley, of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Agricultural Department will be resumed to-morrow morning, when twelve young government clerks who have pledged themselves to partake of a poison diet for nine months in the interest of science will go to breakfast in the laboratory dlningroom. Dr. Wiley said to-day: "Salycllic acid probably will be the first preservative used in the experiments. The report of the work accomplished with borax last year has been almost completed. So far I have been unable to make any deductions from the experiments." No Commission Sent to Rome. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Assistant Secretary of State Loomis said last night that no commission of any description has been sent by this government to. Rome. He knew nothing of the arrival there of a special commission and knew of no person named Roosevelt who could have any dealings with the Vatican. "No such commission has been sent by the United States to Rome," he declared. The State Department knows nothing of it." . .. ' Missionary Alliance. NEW YORK. Oet. 1L At the twenty-first annual convention of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, held here to-day, the missionary offering In cash and pledges amountea to J3L1QQ. The Rev. Ih J3. simn-

son preached the annual missionary sermon. The subject was "The Sin of the Church of God, In Neglecting the Work of Missions." The speaker stated that for every man, woman and child in the United States is spent annually for liquor and tobacco, while 4) cents was the average contribution for each member of Protestant Christians in this country.

ADMIRAL KEMPFF RETIRED. Win In t'hnrne of Asiatic Squadron During: the Boxer Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11-Admiral Louis Kempff went on the retired list of the United States navy to-day. Admiral Kempff was in command of the American Asiatic squadron during the Chinese Boxer trouble. He was the only one of the commanders of the fleets of the different nations who stood out against bombardment of the Chinese forts at T.sku and he persistently held aloof until a shot struck the Monocacy. Deeming this an insult to the flag he considered it mcesMiry to Join in the hostilities. For this action Admiral Kemnft was mentioned in complimentary terms on the floor of the British Parliament; and the House of Representatives, as reward, unanimously passed a measure to give him the thanks of Congress, but the measure was never brought before the Senate. COLOiÄN CONSPIRACY GEX. PEIinO DEL OSPAXA SAID TO BE PLÖTTI.NG REVOLLTIOX. Aspirant for the Presidency Mar Involve the Republic in Another Üisustrous War. PANAMA, Colombia, Oct. 11. Presidential aspirations are clouding the political horizon of Colombia. It is 'reported that Gen. Pedro del Ospina, who lias been proposed by the Carlos party as a presidential candidate for the next term, angered by President Marroquin's opposition to him and the hitter's support of Gen. Reyes, who Is considered the official candidate, has become seriously complicated in a projected revolutionary outbreak somewhere on the isthmus. It is said that Gen. Benjamin Ilerrera and other prominent Liberal leaders are associated in the movement. If the report is true this is General Ospina's second attempt at an insurrection, tor in 1'JU2, while holding the post of war minister, he was banished from the republic because of his complicltj in a scheme to overthrow President Marroquin. Later he was elected senator for Antioquia. and with Senor Caro, now president of the Senate, has led the opposition in Congress. It is stated that the concentration of Venezuelan troops on the Colombian frontier is part of the revolutionary plan. President Castro's Idea being, if not actually to help the revolutionists with men and arms, at least to prevent the government from moving the northern army of 10,000 men under Gen. Gonzales Valencia against the rebela. Governor Obaldla, of Panama, says that any rebel movement such as reported could be suppressed by the government within a short time, and he has no fear regarding the outlook In Panama. Governor Tovar, recently appointed military commander of the Isthmus, is expected to arrive here at any moment. OLD MEXICO. Amerlcans Are Changing: the Natives Lacy Customs. Louisville Herald. The capital, the enterprise and initiative of the American people have enabled Mexico to leap from the tenth to the twentieth century. Mexico's fourteen millions of people are growing a thousand years in as many weeks. The whole territory of the republic is owned by about 7,JO0 land barons, with millions of peons for serfs. American enterprise, with its investment of $300,000,000 ha dealt peonage a aeadly blow. The peon under, the Mexican system earned 15 cents a day, and was always kept in debt by his patron, who 'held him permanently by this obligation and transferred him with every sale of the estate to the purchaser. But the Americans, with j their railroads, farming methods, smelters and industrial energy generally, have bid up the price of labor to 73 cents, $1, and more a day. The peon thus pays off his , debts and becomes a free man. The Mex- ! lean government offers free education to 1 his children, from the elementary school to the university, and schooling will goon become compulsory. Mexican trade with the United States is constantly on the Increase. We sold the sister republic in 1901-02 a third more than all the rest of the world combined. We bought" from her four times more than she sold to all other nations. The uncertain value of Mexico's silver morfey affects trade injuriously, making it a gamble. The bootblack must raise the price of his shine when silver depreciates. Wages do not rise corresponding!-. Capital figures on a margin of SO per cent., and yet often loses money, American cap'ital is, in spite of this drawback, pouring into the land of the Montezumas. Seventy ier cent, of all American money Invested in Mexico has gone into railroad development. The Mexican Central has taken ?150,ooo.uou; the National, $107.500.000. Eighty per cent, of all Mexican railway capital is American. There is now a rail waymileage there of 11.0o, and it is steadily growing. All the important systems but three are owned by Americans, and in these three Americans are heavy stockholders. They have recently acquired .he National from the British and the Gulf-line from the Belgians. The United States furnishes the operating officers, conductors, engineers and sometimes the entire train crew. American methods are rejuvenating the old Mexican mines. Americans are improving the great ranches and developing the manufacture of cotton faster than the raw material can be supplied by Mexico. Some of the raw cotton is thus to be Imported from the United States. There are American factories of every kind everywhere. Americans are constructing great irrigation dams and canals. The Mexican people are adopting American ways. The American circus has taken the descendants of the Aztec sun worshipers by storm. The typewriter is a popular institution. A wireless telegraph system connects the opposite shores of the Gulf of California. Best of all, the Mexicans propose to elect a sucessor, to Diaz without a revolution. Even more striking is the grasp of American capital and enterprise on the Canadian dominion. The spirit of Old Glory, therefore, reigns from Yucatan to Greenland, and blesses a whole continent with an Americanization benefiting Its every Interest. A "Wedding Au Xatnrel. Life. There was a wedding yesterday In Graceless Church. Lord "Baldknob, of Kiltshire. England, married Miss Sallie Panhandle, of East Pittsburg. The bridal party, including the attorneys for both sides, formed in the alcove promptly at 11:30. At 11:45 the real estate In the bride's name was transferred to his Lordship. At 11:50 a million dollars in legal tender changed hands. At high noon all the railroad first mortgage bonds known to be the bride's possession were handed over. A vote of thanks was then passed to his Lordship for leaving the bride's father enough to live on comfortably until the next rise in Wall street, which is predicted for next spring. At 12:15 two bishops, four clergymen, two real-estate lawyers and a barrister, representing the plaintiff, pronounced the benediction. The groom will pass the next three weekswith the bride at his estates In England, after the roof has been repaired. After this, it is understood, they will separate and enter society. Gutenberffa Great Invention. New York Sun. Gutenberg has just Invented the art of printing. "What a boon you have conferred on humanity," exclaimed his admirers. "Yes." he replied modestly. "I think so too. A fellow will now have a paper to read, so he needn't give up his seat on the car." , Realizing how posterity would bless his name he was indeed contenL Real Man iu Dovrle Family. New York Evening Sun. There must have been some good in ZIon City, after all. Elijah HI got so excited at a ball game that he called one of the players a "d d fool." and had his ears boxed hi hi lather, Elijah IL One member of

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THEY 3IAY RESILT IX IXJIR I X1TED STATES TRADE. Y TO Canada's Practice of Giving Rebates on Goods from England to 11c Followed ly South Africa. HELPING MOTHER COUNTRY BIT WORKIXG HARM TO MAXIFACTl'RERS IX AMERICA. Monograph on Commercial CubaFrencli Exporter Seeking; Trade In the Far East. Fpeclal to the Indfanaiolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. While the English people are engaged in an exciting campaign over the tariff question the British colonies aro rapidly following Canada's initiative and are setting an example for England which will certainly add to the force of Mr. Chamberlain's arguments in favor of preferential duties within the British empire. The British colonies of South Africa have just put into force a newgeneral tariff for the South African customs union. This system of import duties applies against all foreign countries, but with the proviso that on certain classes of goods manufactured or brought in from England there shall be a rebate of 20 per cent, and on other goods there shall be a rebate of 2 per cent, of the whole duty. The Canadian Parliament passed an act in 1S)7 giving to the merchandise imported from the United Kingdom and certain British colonies a reduction of 25 per cent, in the rates of duty. In 1000 this law was amended so as to make the total reduction of import duties on goods from the United Kingdom and certain of the British colonies 231-3 per cent. Under this law the importation of merchandise from the United Kingdom Increased from $33,000,000 in 1S06 to $56,000,000 in 1003. This same principle Is now to be applied by the British colonies In South Africa to their trade with the mother country. A conference of representatives of the various colonies and territories of South Africa was held at Bloemfontein last spring and a form of tariff recommended which gives to merchandise from the United Kingdom and the British colonies lower rates of duty than those Imposed upon like articles from other countries. This plan was recommended to the various colonies, and their legislative bodies have, one by one, assented to it, until it has how been adopted by all British territory in South Africa. The rebate of 25 per cent, authorized on. articles coming from the United Kingdom and other British colonies includes practically all classes of foodstuffs, tobacco, spirits and certain manufactures. The class of articles upon which the entire ad valorem of 2& per cent, is removed includes all other manufactures other than those included in the free list. The redaction of duty in favor of the United Kingdom and the colonies extends practically 'to all Imported articles upon which any duty is collected. This law has been put in operation and the methods by which the advantages are obtained are the same as those In force in Canada. The trade between England and South Africa has grown from $45.500,000 in 1S93 to over $126,000,000 In the past fiscal year. The trade between the United States and British South Africa has grown from less than $4,000,000 in 1893 to about $44.000,000 in 1903. Th effect this preferential duty will have upon the American trade in South Africa is, as yeL more or less problematical, but if the same results are achieved as in Canada it will encourage the British trade, while, at the same time, the American trade will not lose ground. It is difficult to say in the case of Canada how much larger an Increase the American trade would have shown had no preference been given to English goods. The increase is so large as to be highly satisfactory, but it is safe to assume that it would have been even larger, for the British trade has grown perceptibly. Thus, while England is debating with herself as to whether she will give the colonies an advantage in her markets, the colonies are bidding for her trade by giving the British exporters a decided preference at the custom houses, thus furnishing strong arguments in support of the contention made by Mr. Chamberlain and his followers to the effect that there must be closer trade relation between the mother country and the children to prevent further alienation. xxx The Bureau of Statistics is still pursuing its Investigations In regard to the American foreign trade in agricultural implements. The agricultural conditions In South Africa present features common to agricultural countries the world over, in addition to others peculiar to itself. Of these latter two of the leading are insufficiency of labor (chiefly native) and a deficient supply of rain In the wet season, necessitating extreme dispatch in sowing and harvesting operations. These two factors make for the use of mechanical appliances in all departments of farming in a high degree, and this tendency has been accentuated in recent years by the reduction of draft animals caused by diseases. South Africa embraces a multiplicity of climates, from subtropical to Umperate, and the heat of the sun either pulverizes the soil into sand or bakes it to the solidity of stone, thus making it difficult to cater to its requirements. Other peculiarities are the relative sparseness of the agricultural population, the unmanageable extent of the farms, and, in many cases, the retrogressiveness and limited resources of the farmers as a body. These disadvantages, however, are being overcome by the manufacturers, who are introducing implements with intelligence and vigor. The more intelligent members of the agricultural communities are also doing much to leaven the general indifference to improvement, and unless the British manufacturers secure too decided an advantage in tariff discriminations in their favor the American trade promises well for the future. xxx The Bureau of Statistics has Issued a very Interesting and timely monograph on commercial Cuba, which will be In great demand owing to the coming extra session of Congress, called specifically to consider Cuban matters. This monograph is devoted mainly to a presentation of the business activities and possibilities of the Island, though there are brief references to its physical features, climate, population, government, etc The agricultural industries of the Cubans are thoroughly . described and analyzed, especially with regard to the leading industries of sugar and tobacco; and the great possibilities of Cuba in the lines of fruit and vegetable cultivation, coffee and cottonraising, mining, lumbering and live-stock raising are convincingly set forth. It is shown that while the soil and the climate of Cuba are unexcelled anywhere in the world for the cultivation of the vegetable staples Just mentioned, and many others, and while practically the whole of the land in the island is capable of a high degree of agricultural development, not more than half of its area has been even partly developed, and not more than one-twenty-flfth of it has been reduced to scientific cultivation in the modern sense. One of the best features of the work is the publication entire of the present Cuban tariff, with all its modifications and rulings (which have been numerous) down to Sept 1, r.103. It is shown that nearly if not quite $100,WW,M of American capital Is now invested in Cuban enterprises, and th- inference can easily be drawn that If American capital does not speedily pre-empt the various remaining business possibilities in the island, English and other European capital will step la an3 occupy the held.

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ALLONBY A NEW CLUETT TA3 IN QUARTER SIZES-AT YOUR FURNISHERS. CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. MAKERS SEALS, STEXCILS AXD STAMPS Y&il IMxUEXU SEALSrSfl! U UvifciQf STENC! LS5TAMPS (Yj- TEL. 13 35. 15 ELMIRI D IA? i C w jho fia c l Indeed. English capital has already secured the lion's share of the newest railway enterprise in Cuba ami a large slie of the Cuban tobacco manufacturing interests." The foreign trade of Cuba, the tabW-a show; has already nearly recovered frm the injury done to it by the recent war. IP r trade with the United States has Increased iu about a proper proportion, but mainly ia her exiorts to this country, and nt in h r imports from the United States. Tho latter, indeed, show a diminution of about $..vt.oi in the last fiscal year, as compared with 1102. or nearly 20 per cent., while the Cuban imports from the leading European countries generally show slight increases. This is an unsatisfactory feature, which appears as mysterious as it is - unfortunate. n,i which will doubtless be carefully onsid-red by the business community of this country with a view to its correction. xxx French merchants and exporters have also awakened to the possibilities of traile in the EasL They have adopted a unique scheme for acquainting themselves with local conditions and for advertises their particular lines of goods. A representative body of French exporters have chartered a steamer and on the ISth of this month they will make a voyage touching at many o the principal business points in the Orient. Arrangements have ben made at each port for brokers, chosen by the several chambers of commerce, for each line of trade, respectively, to )xwt the ship on arrival and j enable the visitors to acquaint themselves j with the needs of the market by personal inspection. The cruise is to be personally conducted by a representative of the Ottoman Imperial Bank of Constantinople, who, during the course of the voj-age, will deliver an address on the economic condition! of the Ottoman empire and tha Turkish business system. The prospective excursion has attracted much attention throughout the whole of industrial France and Is treated of at length in all the trade Journals. The party includes representatives in nearly every principal line of goods manufactured in France. xxx The famous economist Sauerbeck haa Just published the result of his Investigations as to the average price of the fortyfive commodities generally used In sustaining life In civilized communitiss and the results of his investigation show that there has been a decided droi in the cost of liv- . lng in the last twenty-five years. Ia fact, this decrease amounts to about 15 per cenL The prices current during the past fiscal year, however, are slightly higher than those of the year preceding, the decrease applying to the twenty-five-year period. XXX The French government has recently published some very interesting facts and figures concerning Inheritances In France in 12. The report merits attention because It gives a good idea of the fortunes of the French people and because it shows the results of two reform measures which have changed the methods followed for many years past. One of these provides that in every disposition of property the real estate shall be set apart by Itself and the personal property shall be subject to the inheritance tax. The other creates a standard or scale upon which the tax shall be based. The purpose of this legislation was to protect tho people inheriting the small amounts that so often represent an element of . personal labor and again a modest existence, letting the burden fall upon xeop!e inheriting large amounts. During the past year there were 63.0J inheritances amounting to over $l,0WO0,Oi. Two hundred and thirteen thousand of these inheritances did not exceed $4'u. and amounted all together to less than $47,0"o.000. The list of moderate fortunes shows a total of 6.9o4 Inheritances, among which only twenty-seven approximated $l,0,JU,tf.j. Of the $33.uu0.0n0'u0 that constitutes the wealth of the French nation nearly $10.00.OoO.Ooo belongs to the people of the middle classes, who constitute less than one-fifth of the population. xxx The results of the Moseley Industrial commission sent to the United States from England to investigate conditions have been published in a greet many different forms and distributed among the workingmen of England. The general conclusions arrived at by the delegates were to the effe.-t that America's superiority was based first of all upon the abundance and variety of Its natural resources. Secondly, upon the size or extent of its own market, whs demands are mostly supplied by American farmers and manufacturers, who. In some cases, are the only partus offering for sale, and for which the Industrial leaders have worked almost exclusively up to the present time. Finally, the American ruanufacturers have been wise enough to make a marvelous use of machinery, and in all these efforts they have had the decided support of their help. The Englishmen reached the conclusion that it was towards this Judicious utilisation of machinery that the English Industries should direct and extend all their efforts. They decided, however, that the English working class had a higher economic value than the American working class. "As a matter of fact," says one of the delegates, "the British employer has more to learn in America than has the British workman." Another delegate says: "The English workman has nothing t learn In America, but it Is far otherwise with the employers. I do not pretend to say that we are superior to the Americans in all lines, but 1 do say this, that in the markets of the world we will not be beaten when it comes to good, solid work, well finished and durable. If our employers treat labor fairly they will have nothing to fear from American or other comeptltors, for high wages benefit the employer as rauch as they do the laborer. The Americans knyW this, and act accordingly. It is the secret of their success." XXX One of the predictions made by the late Kirk Armour In talking of the future of the foreign meat trade of the United States was to the effect that Argentina would in time prove a formidable competitor. Recent Information from that country would seem to uphold Mr. Armour's contention, for it is shown that extraordinary progress has been made in recent years In Argentina in the production and export of beef and mutton, whereas in 1S95 It was dilneult to get 40.000 steers in all Argentina that were fit for the British market. The output since then has increased by 40.0U0 head per annum and last year It reached a total of 2o0.O0i) head. Argentina's export of beef and mutton will continue to increase rapidly. It is not unreasonable to believe, with the information now available as to live stock isources of that country, that by the end of the present decade Argentina will bo able to export to the European market no less than lO.OOO.OuO hundredweights of beef and 5,000,000 hundredweights of mutton. The resources of Argentina are practically unlimited and they have been immeasurably developed in recent years by the wholesale laying down of Argentine lands to alfalfa, which enriches the land with nitrogen accumulated from the atmosphere and is through Its deep-rooting habits practically uninjured by drought. Indeed, it seems clear enough that between Canada on the one hand as an exporter of wheat and Argentina on the other as an exporter of meat, the British farmer will before long have to face a keener and more cutting competition than ever before, notwithstanding the already enormous total of food Imports from the United States. An Outside View. Kirklln (Ind.) Journal. About the only thing to be had in the Indianapolis papers for several weeks past is city politics. The election of all three candidates for mayor has been ascured.