Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1903 — Page 4

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Fifteenth nd Lawrence streets, ad A bmlth, 1657 Champa street. XAYTOr. O J. V. Wilkle. sa South Jefferson street. COLUMBUS. O. Viaduct News Stand. 2S0 High street. Flower 3IIaslun A a Im Contributions. The Indianapolis Flower Mission will dedicate its new home for Incurables on Thanksgiving. Two thousand dollars must be raised In order to present the hospital to the city five of debt. Believing that there are many citizens who will be glad to assist la this noble charity of caring for the helpIfss sick, The Indianapolis Journal will receive and forward subscriptions until the amount needed Is raised. The Flower Mission will gratefully accept any amount, great of small. A disagreeable feature of tho new Panama canal situation is the prospect of a fresh series of inflictions by Senator Morgan. The new sltuation'created by the revolution in Panama will open a new field for American diplomacy in rearranging the details of the Panama canal question. If the transcontinental railroads made much of an investment in Colombian statesteen to head off the canal they seem to have bought a very poor quality of gold brick. TlrAe la reason to believe the next Con'wlli make a very liberal appropriation for rural free delivery. The system Is use ful and popular, and tho people desire its extension and liberal support. If the other efforts to grow cotton in tropical Africa prove no more successful than those of the negro colonists from Goriria. in Liberia, competition from that quarter neod not be seriously feared. It would be Interesting to know how much its nane had to do with the failure of the Bimetallic Bank at Cripple Creek. Everything that smacks of free silver or BryanIsm seems to be n the wane these days. Evidently it does not pay to starve such a public institution as the' City Hospital. Some years ago it was in a very high state of efficiency and niggardly appropriations during tho Taggart regime seem to be chiefly responsible for Its present state. The latest new3 from Panama is to the effect that it 13 all over and nobody hurt except the Colombian statesmen, who have lost their chance to make a few millions out of canal negotiations, and Serator Morgan, who again sees the Nicaragua route go glimmering. Further dispatches from southwest Africa indicate that the rising of natives In the German protectorate Is serious and that many Germans have been killed, both soldiers and traders. The Kaiser's hlghly dlsclplined soldiers may havo some work to do very .'different from any they have ver undertaken. Mrs. Schenley, who gave much land and money for the benerit of the city of Pittsburg and its charities, came into her wealth through the greatly increased valuation of inherited land, due to the growth of the city. She is one of very few to give some recognition, to the moral obligation of the unearned increment. The organ of the Clerical party in Mexico expresses great "stupefaction" over the revolution la Panama and accuses the American government of being the cause thereof. As a matter of fact the Clerical party in f Mexico has been in a state of stupefaction ever since Dlax became President and it dors not seem likely to awaken during the present century. Persons who Imagine that Panama will be territorially the suuUkst republic in the ! world are mistaken. South American states are large and distances great. Colombia, consisting of nino states, had an area of C12.0CS, square miles, nearly fifteen time the. area of Indiana. Panama contains 22,360 square miles, and Is nearly I as large as Indiana and more than twice as large as Switzerland. The claim ha3 been quite frequently made that two or three people are killed by electric roadi in and out uf cities for every one killed oa the steam roads. For the first timo t official statistics have been collected on this ' aubj.-cL They show that in Indiana during the past year, out of TZZ accidental deaths SO were killed on steam road.", tweaty-nine oa street railroads and fifteen on interurban lines. The first report of the atute statistician on the deaths In Indiana from other than natural causes presents some rather startling features. It appears that in ono year there were LISI coroners' in'iueits in such ces. including 127 murders, deaths by teddent and 123 lulctdes. TheViSurea re4ate to the year" but yrobNbly they

would not vary much from year to year except by increasing gradually with the population. Tho murders include all grades of homicide, and, while some were premeditated and deliberate, a majority were doubtless due to the practice of earning concealed weapons. The number of deaths by accident 13 surprising, but not so shocking as the number of homicides, while the number of suicidc3 is almost incredible. Why about three hundred persons every year should put an end to their lives in tho goodly State of Indiana is past finding out. BW STATT S OF TIIII PAX A 31 A CAAL. That the revolution la Panama puts an entirely new phae on the Panama canal question is very plain, but it is not so clear what the outcome will be. The secession of Panama from Colombia creates a situation which, while it lä undoubtedly now favorable to the United States in some respects, 13 by no means free from complications. In the first place we may now count on the bitter and unscrupulous hostility of the Colombian government to the building of the canal by the United States. Having failed In her attempt to dictate terms to thi3 government regarding the construction and ownership of the canal and having played fast and loose with the treaty for months only to reject It finally, Colombia now find that ehe has lost a golden opportunity together with one of her states and the Panama route with everything pertainIll? thereto. It doc3 not require much knowledge of human natrre, especially of Spanish-American nature, to know that the Colombian government will be furious at this turn of affairs and will do all In Its power to prevent Panama or the United States from profiting by it. How much she can do In this direction remains to be seen. The fact that the original concession to the French Panama Canal Company was from Colombia may give her vantage ground, though it may prove that the concession goes with the route, which now belongs to Panama. The dispatches say the concession will not suffer. This probably means that It will be assumed and carried out by the new Panama government. "Whether they would require a new contract with the Panama Company or any action whatever cn its part is not known. .The question of title may have to be gone over again, and certainly a new treaty will have to be negotiated with Panama in place of the one rejected by Colombia. The settlement of these matters will involve delay, but they do not seem to offer insuperable difficulties. Their settlement will be facilitated by the fact that the Tanama Canal Company is anxious to close the deal with the United States, and Panama is equally anxious to have the canal built. It is quite possible that under the new situation the United States may be able to make even better terms with Panama than those of the treaty rejected by Colombia, though the Colombian government will doubtless use every effort to prevent any kind of a settlement.

IXDEPEXDEXCE OF PANAMA RECOGNIZED. The statement issued by the State Department yesterday, after a Cabinet meeting, amounts to a practical recognition of the Independence of Panama. Although the recognition comes very quickly after the revolution, it is justified by the circumstances. The Colombian government having been overthrown and the Colombian authorities having withdrawn, the new provisional government of Panama is the only authority left there to deal with, and is the de facto government. It now becomes responsible for U ? preservation of order in Panama and fo- ;tho protection of the persons and proper y of foreign residents. Not to have recognized it pending the establishment of a permanent government would have encouraged a condition of anarchy for which other powers might have held the United States responsible as being the recognized dominant power in American affairs. As Congress is to meet so toon, some may think the President should have awaited its action before recognizing the new republic. It was optional with him to do so or not. Recognition of a new government may be extended either by the President or by Congress, as circumstances seem to require, and it has been done in both ways. In some Instances recognition has been deferred several years, while in others it has been very prompt. All of the original South American republics which revolted, against Spain had practical independence several years before it was recognized by the United States. In 1S17 Henry Clay endeavored to secure an appropriation from Congress for sending an accredited minister to Buenos Ayres, which had been, a free and independent republic for more than a year, but Congress refused. March S, 1S2, President Monroe sent a special message to Congress recommending the 'recognition of Buenos Ayres, Chili, Colombia and other republics, and tho establishment of International relations with. them. In this message he said: The contest has rw reached such a stage and been attended with such decisive success on the part of the provinces that it merits the most profound consideration whether their rijht to the rank of inde pendent nations is not complete. Buenos Ayres assumed that rank by a formal declaration in 1816, and has really enjoyed It since 1810 without invasion by the parent country. The provinces composing the republic of Colombia, after having separately declared their Independence, were united by a fundamental law of the 17th of December, 1S13. A strong Spanish force occupied at that time certain parts of the territory within their limits and waged a destructive war. That force has since been repeatedly defeated, and the whole of it either made prisoners or destroyed or expelled from the country, with the exception of an inconsiderable portion only, which is blockaded in two fortresses. The provinces on the Pacific have likewise been very successful. Chili declared independence in lilS and lias since enjoyed it undisturbed; and of late, by the assistance of Chili and Buenos Ayres, the movement has extended to Peru. Of the movement in Mexico, our information is less authentic, but it is. nevertheless, distinctly understood that the newgovernment has declared its independence, and that there Is. now no opposition to it there nor any force to make uny. For the last three years the government of Spain has not sent a single corps of troops to any part of that country, nor Is there any reason to believe it will send any in future. In those circumstances. President Monroe recommended recognition of tho independence of all the States named, and Congress complied by providing for the establishment of diplomatic relations with thc-m. This was not done till 1STJ, several years after some of the states had virtually acquired thtir Independence. This delay was out of consideration to Spain, whose government still claimed authority over the provinces, though really It had none. In some other Instances recognition of new governments has come very promptly and from the President alone. Thl3 was notably the case with the French republic declared after the Franco-Prussian war in 170. In that cae recognition of the new government was wired by President Grant to our minister at Paris as soon as the re

public was declared. In his original message of December, 1S70, President Grant said: "As soon as I learned that a republic had been proclaimed at Paris and that the people of France had acquiesced in the change, the minister of the United States was directed by telegraph to recognize it and to tender my congratulations and those of the people of the United States." The present republic of Brazil was recognized without delay by President Harrison, who said In his annual message of "Diplomatic relations were at once established with the new government, but It was not completely recognized until an opportunity had been afforded to ascertain that It had popular approval and support. "When the course of evnts had yielded assurance of th!3 fact, no time was lost in extending to the new government a full and cordial welcome Into the family of American commonwealths." Existing circumstances fully justify President Roosevelt in recognlzmg the independence oJ Panama and in establishing diplomatic relations with the new government. No doubt Congress will ratify hi3 action and other powers will follow his example. A CLASH OF AUTHORITY. There Is evidently a very grave misunderstanding between the police department and prosecutor's office on the one side and the Police Court jon the other as to the prosecution of thi; poolroom cases. The police and prosecutor have acted on the theory that the police Judgo had prejudged the cases for acquittal and Judso Whallon holds the theory that the prosecutor is moved more by a desire for fees than for a fair triAl. This is, of course, all wrong, and the sum of it is a rather sensational and thoroughly disagreeable clash in the machinery of .1 -tice, which should work in complete harmony. . The only point that Is clear to the layman, not thoroughly familiar with the details of the case, is that, on the ono hand, the Police Court has refused what seemed a reasonable request on the part of the prosecution to prepare its case, and that, on the other hand, the prosecutor. Instead of getting down to business and preparing tho case with all possible speed, has taken it for granted that there could be no conviction in Police Court and devoted his attention to obtaining indictments. Whether he was right in doing this depends on the correctness of his judgment as to whether or not It was possible to convict in the Police Court. Whatever the minor causes, the one fact apparent to the public is the danger of a complete miscarriage of justice through this lack of harmony in the machinery for the enforcement of law. What the people of this community most want is the enforcement of the law against all manner of crime, and gambling is one of tho most dangerous and demoralizing species of crime. If there is miscarriage of justice the people will in time find out where to place the responsibility, and It will rest heavily on somebody. x According to the statement issued by the provisional government of Panama, they had good ground for secession from Colombia quite independent of the canal question. Although Tanama contributed largely towards the revenues of Colombia, it had never received any benefits in return. To quote from the statement "It has not received tho benefit even of a bridge over any of Its rivers, the construction of a single road between any of the towns of the isthmus, the erection of any public buildings, the establishment' of a single college, nor of any other step tending to advance the Industries or Intellectual development of Panama, as not even the most infinitesimal part of the large sums collected had been applied towards benefiting Panama in any shape or form." A general government that collects revenue and taxes without conferring any benefits in return should not be surprised if one of its states tires of such a union. General Jiminez has sailed from Torto Rico for Santo Domingo to enjoy the fruits of his successful revolution. When he financed his last revolution in Santo Domingo he remained in Cuba while the fighting was going on. He is said to have the revolution business down to such a science that he knows to a dollar just how much it will cost to overthrow an existing Dominican government, and in whose hands to place the moneywhich latter is a most importfjit point in the game. There has been a good deal of talk about school gardening, but as far as known, the Delphi schools are the first In the State to take hold of the matter In a practical way. A garden of four acres, including forestry, vegetables, wild flowers and shrubbery, all cultivated by school children, ought to become a fine feature both in the way of physical exercise and in promoting nature studies. It is to be hoped tho teachers will keep a record of Its progress ar.d results. It is interesting to note that one of the first appointments made by the provisional government of Panama was that of Gen. 11. O. Jeffries, a graduate of West Point, as commander of the Pacific flotilla. Perhaps the dispatch should have read a graduate of Annapolis instead of West Point, but American soldiers are adaptable. INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES. Lucius F. C. Garvin, who was re-elected Governor of Rhode Island on the Democratic ticket. Is a cousin of Charles J. and Theodore F. Garvin, of Goshen. He does not belong to their political family, however. Goshen News-Times. If the cities of the gas belt are so anxious to get rid of the street fair, a high license fee is not necessary. A simple enforcement of the city ordinances would suppress every street fair in the United States. Crawfordsville Journal. The way is now cleared for a Democratic convention In Ohio that will not be bossed, bullied, gagged and outraged by political freebooters. Tom Johnson has been sized up and the party now knows just "where it is at." South. Bend Times (Dem.) The leader of a mob was i-hot and killed over in Ohio tho other night. Mob law has been given some very discouraging setback? hre of late. At the cultured seat of the Indiana Slate University, however, it is still considered as quite recherche. Torre Haute Tribun v. Colonel Itryan denios that he has admitted thit the free silver question Ij a dead one. A confession from the distinguished Nebra.kan is hardly essential for the demonstration of th everlasting deadness of the doctrine of which he is the post-mortem exponent. Vincenncs Commercial. Senator Gorman, in another attack upon President Roosevelt, says that the President has waged a partl.an war against the South, and the concrete thing that he mentions Is the fact that the President Invited Booker T. Washington to dine with him. And this comes from a man ' that millions would voto for President if he

were to be nominated. It Is a great party that will look uion so small a man as of consequence enough even to be thought of as a candidate for the highest political office in the world. Marion Chronicle. The election of George B. McClellan, mayor of New York, means the complete restoration of Tammany Hall to power. All that was gained for decent government by the election of Seth Low two years ago is lost, and the boodler and the grafter has returned to his own. Lafayette Journal. Congressman Robinson ennovneea that as 'soon as Congress assembles he will introduce a bill for Japanese exclusion, along the lines of the Chinese exclusion law. Perhaps Walter Wellman will hear of him this session after all. What the Twelfth district wants is more rural free delivery routes, not anti-Jap Iogiilation.-Ft. Wayne News. When the Goebel election law In Kentucky was. enacted. Colonel Watterson denounced it because it "left nothing to chance," which 1 lamentably true. The Democrats are in full control of the election machinery of. the State, and the law was framed expressly for the purpose cf defeating Republicans, even if they carried the State by an overwhelming majority of ballots cast at the polls. Lafayette Courier. Politicians who are interested in the reorganization of the Republican national committee refer favorably to Harry S. New, of Indianapolis, as secretary of the committee, and nothing coufd be more Phasing to the Republicans of Hoosierdom than to see him thus honored. Mr. New is a man of eminent ability for the position and one in. whom Indianians have Implicit confidence, and his selection would not only add strenRth to the committee, but would exert a wholesome effect on Indiana politics. North Vernon Republican. THE HUMOaiSTS. Two Views. Philadelphia Press. "What your town needs most," eaid the traveling man, "is a hotel with all the comfort3 cf home." . j "Not much," replied the houseKcepcr. "A home with ell the comforts of a hotel U what most of u want."

Abbreviation. The name of this trainer is Jas, Some eavage old lions he tas, IIa will, I dare say. Be discovered some day Inside of their various fras. Milwaukee Sentinel. Getting l'p to Date. Chicago News. "Any progress since I was here, last?" asked the man who had come over the mountains with an ore crusher. "You bet, stranger," responded Amber Pete. "Why, we are getting more like the Eastern Etates every day." "In what way?" "Why, every time we have a lynching the papers say the party was led by the prominent citizens of the town." Looked that Way. Puck. Jaggles I see you have been reading tha report of he government food experts. "Wangles Yes, and as near as I can figure I've been living on germs all my life. Mrs. Monroe's Doctrine. New York Sun. Monroe was giving his wife a lesson In diplomacy. "My mission in life," he exclaimed, "is to lay down my doctrine!" "Yes, dear," the answered sweetly, "but can't you Just lay down this carpet first T Muttering something about a forgotten engagement, he hastily tied the scene. The Wnntn of 3Inn. "Man wants but little here below" He doesn't want the wind to blow; He doesn't like the weather hot Eut when It's cold he likes it not; He wants an angel for a wife f Domestic scenes devoid of strife; In fact, so great are his desires So very high his mind aspires That even poets ought to know Man's wants are countless here below. Minneapolis Journal. THE PEOPLE OWN THEM. The Millions Who Are Directly Interested in American Itnilvrayst. Railway World. "In one way or another the people of the United States own the railways of the United States, and something like 2,000,000 persons, 'through wages, interest and dividends, divide two-thirds of their gross earnings of J1,726,3S0,K7 (1901-02) among them. and the other third goes for fuel, taxes supplies and equipment." This statement Slason Thompson, head of one of the bureaus of the General Managers' Association, with headquarters in Chicago, was, led to make as a result of replies to the question, "Are there a million owners of railway securities in the United States?" received from thirty-nine of the leading railway companies of the country. These roads represent 107,640 miles out of the 202.471 of single track mileage in the United States. They gave the total number of stockholders on their books as 191.0S77 "This Is pretty nearly equal to two stockholders of every mile of railway," says Mr. Thompson. "The ratio on the Illinois Central, as given by Stuyvesant Fish, is a little over two to one. On some of the railroads the ratio rises to three to one, and in two cases as high as eight to one, while in one case the ratio swung as far as one to six the other way. Applj'lng two to one as the ratio, approximated in the total, would give 400,000 stockholders in round numbers for the 200,000 miles of railway in the United States as owning $6,024.201,293 of capital stock, as reported June 30, 1902. Assuming that the $8.109,9S1,CC9 funded debt Is as widely distributed among bondholders, the railway ownership would appear to be held in something like 800.000 hands. But, large as these figures are, and approaching the total of railway employes (1,189.315) as they do. they by no .means represent the total of those represented in railway ownership. The figures given are for registered stock, and. ns the controller of one of the largest systems wrote. 'It is very probable that the number of actual stockholders is twice as great as the number of registered stockholders." Then there is the holding of railway stock by Insurance companies, savings banks and trust companies, extending their ownership among thousands. And what is true of these Institutions as to stocks Is also true as to railway bonds only more so." President Stuyvesnnt Fish, of the Illinois Central Railroad, at the recent annual meeting of that company, presented statistics showing that one year Ago the company hr.d a total of 7.12S stockholders, and among them were 5,593 persons who owned less than 100 shares each, and who, combined, owned $13.152.000 of a total capital stock Issue amounting to $93.038,400. During the year the total number of stockholders increased to 8.647. out of whom 6.72S owned collectively $13.r,47,Con. This shows that the increase of 1.319 In the total number of stockholders came mainly from the small Investor. It is a matter of considerable importance that the people residing along the lines of large railway systems -are becoming more and more financially Interested In these companies, as evidenced bv the fact that 2.21$ of the Illinois Central stockholders rerlde in the twelve States In which the company has lines and 1.321 are residents of the State of Illinois, the home of the company. Good Political Gucxser. South Bend (Ind.) Times. Very few papers in thi3 part of the country ventured a guess, much less a prophecy on the result of the more Important political contests that were decided on Tuesday. The one notable exception was the Columbia City Fast, edited by John V. Adams. one of the really bright newspaper men of Indiana. In his editorial of Kriday he put himself thus uneiuivocally on record: "Tammany is going to win In New York. Tho Post is willing to risk its reputation as a political prophet by guessing that Tom Johnson will be beattn in Ohio next week by 70,0j0 and Hanna will win for senator." Mr. Adams is entitled to recognition as one who is capable of reading correctly tho signs of the times. In other words, he has proved himself a prophet.

THE DEIFT OF POLITICS.

Floyd A. Woods, chairman of the Republican organization In this, the Seventh district, who is a candidate to succeed himself, last night expressed himself as well pleased with the situation in the district and indicated a belief that he will not have a contest for re-election. "At least I feel that there should be no opposition to me," he said "I served the party to the beut of my ability through one campaign and believe I should receive the indorsement of one re-election, which precedent as established should be given the members of the State committee. "Some months ago I gave an interview to the Journal, stating my views on the coming reorganization of the Republican State committee. Some people In reading it took it as Indicating opposition to Senator Beveridge on my part. Such on impression is entirely erroneous and 1 desire to correct it. I was in favor of the election of Senator Heverldge when he was first elected to the Sepate and gave him my earnest support then as I shall now, and I am in favor of his unanimous re-election. I do not believe that thvre is, will be or should be any opposition to his unanimous re-election. I hope this makes my position clear." XXX In the interview of some months ago to which he alludes, Mr. Woods stated that he believed the State committee should be organized in the interests of the party, and not in the interests of any individual, but he did not say or intimate that he was opposed to the re-election of Senator Beveridge. In fact, the senator's name was not mentioned. However, some of the senator's friends mlscontrued the interview, and concluding that Mr. Wtods was not friendly to the senator, started a movement to bring out a candidate for district chairman against him. Several men were mentioned as probable candidates against Mr. Woods, but the opposition did not crystallize and doubtless there was more talk than real opposition. Since Mr. Woods has corrected the erroneous impression that grew out of his flrst Interview and has stated so emphatically his attitude toward Senator Beveridge it is believed that all the talk of opposition to him will be dissipated. XXX Elmer Leonard, of Fort Wayne, 13 another member of the state committee to be set right before the public as to his attitude toward Senator Beveridge. Mr. Leonard is a candidate for re-election to the chairmanship in the Twelfth district and has encounterd some opposition, based on the theory that he was opposed to the Junior senator. Mr. Leonard authorizes the Journal to correct this impression. "I entertain none but the friendliest feelings toward Senator Beveridge," said Mr. Leonard, "and am not opposed to his reelection. I can recall nothing that I have said or done that would warrant the inference that I am against the senator. I know of no opposition to. his re-election; there is no talk of that kind in our part of the State, and I feel sure there will be no candidate against him when the time comes for electing his successor. He will undoubtedly succeed himself. "My idea of the state committee is that it is an organisation to further all the interests of the Republican party, and should not be dominated by any single interest. The Republicans of the Stata will elect their county, district and state tickets, the national ticket will be made, and then the committee will do its utmost to elect every ticket. The committee will endeavor to elect a Republican Legislature: the Legislature will elect the United States senator. The committee will have nothing to do with that. Personally I believe that Senator Beveridge will receive unanimous re-election." E. A. Remy, editor of the Seymour Republican and one of the active party workers of the Fourth district, who was here yesterday, says that he is giving his attention exclusively to the newspaper business at present, in an effort to lay up a little earthly treasure, and that. he is not dipping into politics. "There's not much politics on now, anyhow, so it's not difficult for me to give all my time to business." he said. "This is our breathing time between campaigns, and I'm trying to make hay while the conditions are propitious. Some little Interest is being taken in the election of a successor to Oscar Montgomery, as district chairman, but the contest is by no means exciting. Bartholomew county's candidate, W. E. Springer, will be elected, I believe. He's the man for the place, experienced and efficient, and then the claims of our county cannot well be overlooked. Bartholomew has made a great Republican record." XXX Few political items have attracted the attention and excited the comment that the dispatches from Muncie to the clty papers yesterday, stating that a mysterious secret conference of Republican leaders had been held at the Klrby Hotel in that city Thursday forenoon, attracted and excited yesterday. The dispatches gave as among those present at the conference Secretary or State Daniel E. Storms, State Treasurer Nat U. Hill, State Auditor David E. Sherrick, former Secretary of State Union B. Hunt, former State Chairman Charles S. Hernly nd J. Frank Manly, of Lafayette, one of the candidates for Governor, and hinted that the matter under consideration was the probable gubernatorial candidacy of Mr. Hunt. Politicians who read and pondered the item went "straight up In the air" when they endeavored to explain the conference, and one or two men who are themselves candidates are said to have experienced severe chills when they considered the possible dire significance of a secret meeting of Storms, Hill, Sherrick, Hunt. Hernly and Hanly. If Mr. Hanly hadn't been there, or If Mr. Hunt had not been included in the crowd, the affair would have admitted of plausible explanation, but the presence of the two probable rivals for gubernatorial honors at a conference, the ostensible purpose of which was to further the interests of one of them, baffled the wisest of the wise ones. Later developments and more reliable Information reveals that the item should be classed with the "Important If true." A meeting was held at the Klrby House, but only a few of those mentioned were present, and the object was anjihlng but political. Mr. Hunt was at the Denlson last night and hastened to set the matter straight. "A few of us who are interested in a business deal, the nature of which we are not nt liberty to make public for the present, met in Muncie," said Mr. Hunt, "but for goodness sake correct the report that there was politics in the meeting. The stories sent out from Muncie could not have shot wider of the mark. In the first place, only three or four of those mentioned in the dispatches were there. Nat Hill, Dave Sherrick and Frank Hanly were not there and knew nothing of the meeting. Dan Storms. Charley Hernly and I were there, but out of the dozen men at the meeting we were about the only ones who take much interest in politics. Some of those there were Democrats. It was purely a business proposition. I think the reporter who wrote the Ftory must have copied a list of names from the hotel register and included them all In the crowd and then have drawn his own conclusions, for several names in the list published were of men whom I do not know at all." XXX J. Frank Hanly, of Lafayette, was at the Claypool last evening, and from the moment he arrived in the city was assailed on all skle3 with inquiries as to the Muncie meeting and the meaning of his presence there. "Not guilty; I can prove an alibi," declared Mr. Hanly. "I was not at the meeting, knew nothing of It until I saw the dispatch In the morning papers, and in fact was not in Indiana at the time the meeting is said to have b'en held. I just got home lat night from a week's trip over into Illinois, where I went on legal business. If the rest of the story is as accurate as that parf which includes me as among those present, I doubt if there was a meeting of any kind." Mr. Hanly is here to be present In the Federal Court to-day a3 one of the attorneys in the famous Chae case, which comes up again. When he was asked about his candidacy for Governor, he said that while he had te'n so busy with professional affairs that he" had given little time or thought to politics, he was well satisfied with the outl0"l"dld not become a candidate until I felt sure of securing the nomination," he said, and there have been no developments flute my announcement that would lead me to lose any of that confidence." Archibald Shaw, postmaster of Lawrenceburg, was here yesterday to call on Senator Beveridge and other political friends. XXX A group of deputy revenue collectors, including J. A. Cauittt, of Marion, V. K.

Officer, of Madison. Al Phillips, of Xoblesville, and John Chew'mlng, of Rockport, were standing in the X)bby of the English last evening when the young woman who makes the rounds of the hotels to take up collections for the Salvation Army approached tnem and held out her tambourine. The men wh e business it Is to do nothing but collect 'money seemed nonplused at th? Idea that any one should attempt to collect anything from them, and before they had reccv- red from their surprise the young woman had passed on, apparently conslderlngUhem hopeless. "That Rirl didn't know what ehe va8 up against when she tried- to take a collection from this crowd," Observed Chewmlnpr "We're some pumpkins ourselves as collectors." x x IX Senator Beveridge w;ll leave this afternoon for Washington aSd will arrive at the capital oa the eve of the opening of the special session of Cocsreg. The senator spent an exceedingly jusy day yesterday conferring with his close friends and receiving callers from al over the State, and to-day will be a repetition of the programme. Among the : out-of-town callers yesterday were A. M.j Willoughby, postmaster of Greonsburg:; former State Senator W. W. xambert. ofColumbus: Elam II. Neal. of Jcnesboro; V. 1Z. Springer, of Eliza bethtown; Will Stevens, postmaster of Columbus, and Judge Eugene L. Bundy, of New Castle. xxx The Journal's correspondent at Warsaw has figured It out than"' the Republicans of Kosciusko county hold ihe balance of power in the present contest in the Thirteenth district. ; "That Kosciusko county's delegation will hold the whip-hand at the next Republican convention in this elistrict is evident," he pars in a dispatch to the Journal. "Many conservative politiclausj here are Inclined to the belief that Walte1 Brown, the present district chairman, and ;a candidate for reelection, has cast the gftunlet in the face of his political euemies and In his recent challenge has invited them to do their worst. There are two other avowed candidates to succeed Mr. Crown Home C. Stephenson, of Rochester, and Frank W. Boss, of Plymouth. St. Joseph, Elkhart and Kosciu?ko counties, being; the largest in the district, always have things their own way. Mr. Brown, of Elkhart, ius a factional fight on his hands in his own county and a divided delegation will doubtless be sent to the convention. This If practically assured because some of the-' Goshen politicians would rather see any candidate win than the man from their own county. St. Joseph county. Congressman Brick's home, will have to divide its vote! equally among the candidates for the reason that Mr. Brick is seeking re nominatlo-?. Marshall county will, naturally, stand by Mr. Boss, while Starke, Pulnekl and Fr.lton maye be lined up for Mr. Stephenso. Thus Kosciusko county, with tveuty-tvo votes In the convention, and free of ay alliances or controversies, will be able to name the next district chairman." x x U Republican State Ctalrman James P. Goodrich, of Winchester, while here last night announced that h will call a meeting next week of the sub-committee on rules, which has some Important matters of party policy under consideration. He has not settled the exact date, vut the meeting will be held next week, anü shortly after that the calls for the district conventions will probably be sent out. ! ADMIRES ME JAPS.

Says Tlicy Are Fighters on Both Land and Sn. Commander John AgneV Scott (retired), U. S. N., in Philadelphia! Press. I was a partial witness of the scenes surrounding the naval anc" land campaigns in Korea during the Japai)-China war of 1S93, and while the vessel to vhich I was at that time attached, the ill-fated Charleston, was never close enough to permit us to get an actual view of any engagement, we were afterward enabled to vew the damage inflicted on the Chinese fljet by the Japanese gunners. We also had; ample opportunity to observe the mobilisation of Japanese troops. .- The Japanese afforded an object lesson, I believe, to all who were fortunate enough to witness their movements at close range. The naval engagement t Yalu was especially interesting. Fror? the deck of our ship could be seen the Cloud of smoke that rose above the two fleets some miles distant; the incessant whfrr of the rapld-flr-Ing guns told us that the Japanese were losing no time. There were ten vessels' on each side at the battle of the Yalu. The Chinese fleet got under way first, taklnf the formation of a semi-cirle. The Japanese were formed in two divisions; they appioached the Chinese line of battle in single file, and sheered off for a broadside at the close range of 3,0u0 yards. i The action lasted from 1 until 5:30 In the afternoon. During that; time the Japanese maneuvered easily arouid the Chinese warships, delivering a galling fire from all directions. Everything unarmored about the Chinese fleet was either sweft away or pierced with shot. Positions lif the military tops were rendered untenable; we were afterward told, and from the appearance of the ships when we inspected them they seemed to have beeu completely riddled by the welldirected aim of the Jap; gunners. The Wei-Hai-Wel campaign was chiefly one of torpedo boats. :n Feb. 5 ten Japanese torpedo boats entered the harbor through a narrow channel and made a dash for the remaining Chinese warships, sinking the 7,000-ton battleship Tingyuen. The next day a slmiljir dash was made by the torpedo boat flotilla, and three more Chinese vessels were suijk; the Chinese torpedo boats that tried to; escape were either sunk or destroyed. Thi Japanese carried everything before them with a rush. At the battle of Asa.i the Chinese lost two ships. At Niuchwafig one Chinese vessel was captured. FoUr Chinese vessels were destroyed at Yalu; Port Arthur Eaw another destroyed, and at Wei-Hai-Wel the list was four. The Chl.nese seemed bewildered at every engagement and utterly incapable of standing up ftgalnst their gritty little enemy. From beginning to en- the history of the Japan-China war Is tüat of two peoples uneenly pitted against, each other. With resources almost equal, at the start, the Chinese lost or surrendered every effective warship to the Japane??. The latter were better fighters; they had a more Intelligent control of their fighting machines; they were braver, more active, more aggressive. Very much the same rondition of affairs was apparent in the land engagements. Later on we had a chjince to watch the Japanese debarking ahd making camp. Their discipline was peifect. I never saw a finer body of men th.n those composing the army corps that landed on the Korean peninsula. They were all young fellows, that Is, the privates, ranging from eighteen to twenty years f age, and they eeemed animated by intense enthusiasm. What 1 saw of the Japanese field service, commissary, ambulance; corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.. impressed me very much with the idea that they were? equipped for practica campaigning. The cavalry detachments rode a very fine' breed of Arabian horse. Most interesting Is th: equipment of the private soldier. His leopard skin knapsack is completeness itself. On top is carried a single cooking utenfi?; at the side is a pair of sandals for resting the feet after a hard march. In another part he secretes the bottle of concentrated food to be used n emergencies; the con ents of this bottle will sustain a man fourMays. Every fourth private ?n a Japanese regiment carries an Intrenching tool, an instrument resembling an ade, but pointed like a trowel. By means ? this little implement the Japs were errablcd to throw up light earthworks and Jarry their line of fire up to the very fa?e of the Chinese fortifications. A number of Japanese, officers with whom I becamo acquainted at the conclusion of the war related several incidents which Illustrates the absolute fearlessness of their soldiers in situations ofjthe utmost peril. J Birth of n Worm. Rochester (Ind.) Republican. We wish to call the reader's attention to the literary gem from trie pen Miss Ella New, under the captaloi "An Ang-el's Mission. The WTiter of thi tender verses Informs us that the production came to her mind spontaneously, while she was out in the yard raking leaves. ;md that Faid labor wa3 immediately postponed until her pen could transfer the thoughts to paper, the effort requiring about thfrty minutes' time. The above is another evidence that Inspiration is not patented or junder mortgage of the scribes of biblical tlwes. The fact that many of the world's reatcft Inventions have been revealed to mpn while they wre In a passive state, the wealth of beautiful literwy work shed broadcast by newspapers and periodicals "of the p'e?ent day is proof sufficient that Inspiration comes to the re- : t t

ceptive mind. W -.mld advise 3i.s New to hold her mont.W faculties in vfieomlng attitude toward the fountain of ' udvcrsal knowledge, courting the muses ir.the twilight and solitude, in the ranctuaQy of her heart, and it may develop that t second Ella Wheeler Wilcox rcsidts rih'hcre in Rochester. WWMleMBBSMSJkSMSJllBllBBBBJieM CHEAP DIET SQUAli

Twenty Soldiers to Ent Elevei Cents' "Worth of I'ooJ n liny J New Haven (Conn.) Special to Jt. Louis Post-Dispatch. I To test the theory of a Yale -rofessor that ordinary mortals eat more yod than is necessary, a squad of Uncle s'rn'g soldiers have mada a peaceable Invasion of this city, and will remain for a yert as the guests of Yale in an attempt to discover if 11 cents a day is all that is nettsyary to spend for food for the body of a working or thinking man. j Dr. Russell H. Chittenden, of ie Sheffield Scientific School, Is respoiSlble for these ideas and tests, and so coiflJent Is he that he will be able to prove?what hethinks that he has convinced the &rmy officials of the value of giving theif a thorough trial. Yale has given a house for th soldiers to live in. It is a historic mausl'Vi, where Chauncey J. Goodrich revised th; dictionary of his father-in-law, Noah Web?ter. For some time unoccupied. It J roved a suitable "barracks" and the littl detachment of twenty men, under comnjliud of a lieutenant and a sergeant. de?cered upon the city and took possession airiost unheeded. 2 That the curious and unsclentie publlo might not prain access to the methods employed in putting Uncle Sam's ifjdlers oa what most people would call a "'crvatjoa diet." Dr. Chittenden cautioned tl otflcer to strict secrecy. All information is to the movements of the troops, theiij rations, hours of sleep and other doings ai subject to the censorship of Dr. ChittenTeu, who refuses to take the public Into 1$ confidence until he has completed hij experimeiits and is ready to announce tht" boarding at over $1 a week is expenslve'-md luxuiious. As a result the "diet soldier" as they have been dubbed by the curus New Haveners, have valued no little aiouut of exercise in dodging reporters nndjcameraa and declining to talk for publication. Kvery day the neighbors in th- vicinity of the "barracks" have been watching from behind their shutters the gJngs and co mi lies of the soldiers. One wojtan protested that she thought it a sham to f-hut up so marly men together without a housekeeper and make them live with'it cooklug. But the "diet soldiers," scientific heroes all, smilingly pursued the teiue of their way, and, though one or. two havtlbcvn attacked by illness and sent to ilu hospital for treatment, the majority have icccptcd the situation without complaint. The squad are all volunteers. Tvey have expressed a willingness to under. a year of abstinence for the benefit of iZimanity. Nearly all nationalities are rtijestnted, and, while many persons regard tir; matter as a huge joke, scientific men be-?ve that Dr. Chittenden is about to acconlish results which will bo of great valu because of the variety of subjects and the ength of time the tests are to be in operation. Thus far It is learned that thJ soldiers have been existing on ordinary liet, for Which Uncle Sam is paying, th- regular army rations being supplied. Allo wing tlma for the soldiers to become accllmSted, exercises are being taken dai!y in thJ athletio field and in the Yale gymnasium, f Already one of the soldiers has been breakyig track records of Yale in private trials, iand the gymnasium equad has been doing 'stunts" that caused the eyes of Dr. Anderson, the gymnastic director, to bulge w?h soma surprise. i Careful records of the physlca accomplishments of the men, together Vlth accounts of their measurements and' weights, are being kept for comparison v 1th like records to be made after the hei-es havo subsisted for months on Dr. Chltendtn'j special menu. i This bill of fare, which threatei?; to disrupt the modern boarding houge fcmd restaurant and revolutionize all mod?n methods of living, with results leading to changes in every line of business and activity, is said to contain no meaiS. of any kind and to consist almost entlrty of cereals, with milk and sugar in luflicient quantities to make up the correctpercentage of proteids, fats and carbohyctes necessary to supply properly the bjjdy with food and fuel. If possible the menu, it is said.": is to be restricted to two meals a day. avU cereaU will bo the principal diet, this, Vith the milk and sugar, being considered! as containing all the necessary Ingrediens for the good of the human body. 5 For exercise the men at present ike caro of their "barracks," sweep the sIewalks, carry supplies to and from heacuarters, and go through a daily, routine of gymnastics under the direction of ProfessJJ- Anderson at the Yale gymnasium. Theiphysical culture . will be tho ordinary "stf lng-up" exercises which are given the Y:?e crewsthat annually lead the Yale-Han-iird procession down the Thames at NeLondon. ' Professor Anderson vouches for t?4e statement that these exercises are stficlently severe to be an absolute test. ; Throughout the dally routine thJ soldiers are never allowed to forget that Jhey arö members of Uncle Sam's arm of defense. Always subject to the orders of the lieutenant in charge, they are permit ed certain hours for recreation, but so :tr there has been little seen of the soldier? outside of their quarters or on the waj to and from their "barracks." On the ctrus they attract attention, marching in si gle file, always In charge of the orficers, öid evidently seriously impressed with ie duty devolving upon them. S QUAIL AND FISH. "What Commissioner Svreeney it Doing vrlth Obnoxious Fish. New Castle (Ind.) Press. i The hunting season for this Stile opens next Tuesday morning, when the .ate Jaw prohibiting the shooting of game? will be suspended. After that date the rImrods may enjoy themselves to their hefjts content, and, judging from the way iume of them have been buying aramunlon and starving their dogs, some one is Ainring oa bagging everything loose in tho wäk3s. According to Z. T. Sweeney, st'j.e game and fish warden, there are more quills this year than there have been for theest five years. The game warden reports hat the game laws have been very generallj obeyed this year, although there have brn torn violations and some prosecutions, v Mr. Sweeney Is employing everi known means to rid the streams of thlslState of obnoxious fish, euch as carp, par Jnd dogfish. These are caught and sold to jthe Russian Jews In Chicago. Fifty tons if these fish were disposed of in this mann during this fall rna all came from Lak county. The carp cut off the food supply 'of bass, and therefore the latter cannot live In streams Inhabited by them. It 1 5lo said that there are more small flsh-j In the streams at the present time than d irir.g the last ten years, which is a very r:oo5pice of news and is hailed with delight b4 all followers of Izak Walton. Mongolian pheasants are p?entC"ul this year, there being about FU'O in trie Stata, and all are doing well. This seat n givej promise of being a busy one for tl hunter and the local sportsmen are amtipatlr.g some lively times. : rVetv Kid for CelehrityV New Castle (Ind.) Press. 4 New Castle is noted for her rcTes, her pianos, her shovels, her papers. Cer citizens, her factories, her scandals ind her clubs. Another thing the will U noted for has Just come to Ujht. Jim ones Is organizing what will be known fas the "Stogy Smokers Association." $m expects to be made president on ac4ur.t of the happy thought and ell you haje to do to lceorne a member i t to buy ;y box of stories for $1.35 and present It to t'A president, lie will do the i-mokins. in ie you don't. Jim his a great Idea, all rl'ht, and hopes to realize handsomely on t'it idea which h claims should be worth 4 couplo of billions, l'lnetl for ColleKe Yell Minneapolis Tribune. y The university yell is worth $2. Thla Is the value set upon the Skl-u-ma2? slogan by a St. Paul iol!ce magistrate J Thtee messenger boys were recently an'st In St. Paul for making a disturbance on tho streets at an unseemly hur of tli night. When brought tefore the Jud-j they claimed that they were simply laj?ing the university yell, as they expected t attend the rreat name next Saturday ant wanted to lA able to root for the Gophe's. The Judi failed to t-ee the propriety of Jearning the l S il during the time othera Vihed to sice? md lined each of the boys $.

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