Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1904 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1904.

THE DAILY JOURNAL SA-HJRDAY. JANUARY 9. 1904.

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MO High street. "From now on let th Democratic battleTjr be 'Up and at them.' " ays the Sentinel. This foreshadows unrelenting: war against the Bryanit- . Congressman MIers thinks the only test put to Democrats in the next campaign should be "Do you believe In the fundamental principles of Democracy." Unfortunately, he forgot to state what they are. Hungry bears are proverbially tenacious of what they put their paws on, but they are sometimes compelled to retreat. The civilized world will hope that may be the cose if a clash c urn es between Russia and Japan. When some future historian writes a history of the local Democracy he will devote a chapter to "the rise, decline and fall of Boss Keach, with a relation of how he broke into politics and was shunted out again Kntries in tbe great handicap race for the gubernatorial nomination In this State have been made with encouraging promptness and everything Indicates that there will be a full fi' Id by the time the starting gong is sounded. "Prime" t'upid. the delegate from HaWSJl. was arrested for fighting, but insisted that as a menib r of 'ongrcss he had a right to be released. He should be told that this only applies to congressmen who fight on the floor of the House. The Democrats of the House have completely forgotten their anxiety to have a congressional investigation of the postofflce departm-nt. They have voted solidly Against probing th.- Iiritow charges, which leads to the suspicion that it all depends on whose ox is gor. .1. The appointment of Major General Chaffee as chief of staff makes him the President's confidential military adviser and practically commander of the army. The uonor has been well earned by General Chaffee, who began his military career as a pr vate soldier during the civil w ir. What are Porto Rlcans? It has just been decided that they are not aliens, but it is by no means yet conceded that they are America ti itlzens. At present, therefore, they are neither ti.h. flesh nor good red herring, and they will doubt!- s feel relieved when the Supreme Court gives them some polities! status. The St. Petersburg dispatches state that the Russian reply to Japan's demands "will not be inertly 'yea or 'no, but will be tnade np of reasoned propositions." The assurance Is utterly superfluous. Who ever heard of a diplomatic paper of any kind being content with a straightforward "yes" or "no?" It would le contrary to all rules of diplomacy especially Russia u diplomacy. Can it be that there is any connection between General Weyler's statement that he had a project for landing in the Unit. ! States and the t rra? of the will of the late Spanish cardinal, who 1 ft $1". to a futuie Invader? if a reasonable time . lap g without anybody's complying with the terms of tbe will Genetal . l r may be able to put In a claim that he came the nearest to it, and Is, therefore, entitle . , money. The appalling increase of railroad acclsats and loss of life from that cause have Impressed the Interstate-commerce '.mBnisslon with the nei sslty of more stringant legislation on the subject. It is difficult to see how mere legislation can make reckItsa managers less reckless or impart more anteilig u( to ln omp, t.-nt employes. Th--main trouble Is in the fact that human life fa this country is of less lmp.jrt.iiHc then Salaries and dividends. In Syracuse, N V . a husband accused of besting his wife says that he struck her under the direction of a physician who had dvised him to take this heroic m th. I of curing her of hysteria. This opens a novel line of defense pregnant with vast possibilities for future wlf. -beaters. It Is a fact well known In th n ii. a profession that a Sharp slap will often put an Immediate end to the most violent and alarming case of hysterica. However. It is hardly necessary to knock a woman down with a chair, black her eyes and choke her Into Insensibility. Juries may know where to draw the line between therapeutics and brutality. The ase of ex -Congressman Driggs. of New York, who has Just been convicted of receiving feea for pro urlug contracts with the Postofflce D-pui inunt, raised one or

two close points. The proof was so clear that the defendant could not deny the main fact, but he pleaded first. Ignorance of the law, and second that he had not yet taken his seat as representative In Congress. Of course, the firc-t plea availed nothing, and as for the second the law makes the act criminal if it b done "either before or after th- member has been qualified or has taken his seai as such member." Under this pro vision, Driggs's second plea was no good and his conviction was inevitable. Driggs served two terms as a Democratic member from Brooklyn, N. T. S HKTHKI'A ltlSI AM) JAPAN. If war occurs between Russia and Japan, as now seems inevitable. It will be the result of a policy of stealthy but steady aggression on the part of Russia for many years past, accompanied by patient effort on the part of Japan to safeguard her rights and avert war. Russian policy in the far East for a quarter of a century past has been one of aggression toward China, Korea and Japan, which, if ever suspended, has only been in order to get better vantage ground for future operations. Her absorption and practical annexation of Manchuria, begun years ago and carried on under a series of false professions, diplomatic lying and broken promise unparalleled in history, is only one step in her programme. Japan has been right all the time and is still right In regarding Korea as her next point of attack. Japan's determination to draw the line against Russian aggression in Korea is more Justifiable as a, measure of nailonal protection and safety than our Monroe doctrine is. A Russian lodgment in the western hemisphere would not be half as significant or dangerous to the United States as her laying her little finger on Korea. Japan is Justified in fighting Russia to the death to kc p her out of Korea, and

in such a conflict the whole civilized world should sympathize with Japan. Japan lost her opportunity to make good against Russian aggrtssion and showed rare magnanimity when, after driving China out of Korea in 1894 and whipping her to the point of humiliation, she failed to exact territorial indemnity from China that would have prevented Russia's recent aggressions. In that war, after China was really whipped but before she had sued for peace, when the European powers sug-gestcd intervention the Emperor of Japan said, "The war having begun, we cannot cease operations until our object shall be gained." When China finally sued for peace she was able, through the assistance of American diplomatists and the generosity of Japan, to obtain far better terms than she deserved, including a grant of territory much less than Japan might reasonably have exacted. That was the time for Japan to have secured a bar against Russian aggression through Manchuria, but she failed to improve the opportunity, and. of course, the Russian policy of aggression was resumed. Russia in Korea would be a far more dan gerous neighbor fcr Japan than China in Korea was, and Japan is right in lighting again for self-preservation. A statement issued a few days ago by high Japanese authority concluded by saying: In struggling with nil her force against the pretensions of Russia In the far East, Japan works not only for herself, but for .ill nations. Japan does not ignore the dangers end risks of an armed conflict with Russia, and lines not embark upon it with a light heart or as a fani'arade. It will be less a struggle between races than a plan for the preservation of international commerce. It might be added that Japan represents Western progress in the East, while Russia represents the worst form of absolutism and the spirit of anti-progress as it is embodied in no other government on earth. Diplomatically speaking. Russia is as much a friend of the United Stutes as she can be of any power with her traditional disregard for promises and pledges of all kinds, but this should not prevent the American people and the haters of tyranny, oppression and retroaction everywhere from sympathizing with Japan in the coming conflict. While it will be the duty of the government to maintain a strict nuetrality. It will be the privilege of the people to symIKithize with those who are opposing the aggressive policy of the omnivorous bear. AS TO MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Although the Senate committee on military affairs has reported by a decided majority vote in favor of the confirmation of General Leonard Wood, the fight against him Is not ended. It will be renewed when the report of the committee comes up for action of the Senate in executive session and the ground will probably be all traversed again. The persistence of the opposition indicates a personal animus, due partly to political motives and partly to the resentment of army officers who claim to have been "overslaughed." As the Journal has already pointed out, the main responsibility for General Wood's rapid promotion rests with President McKinley. Other promotions of a similar character made by President McKinley were warmly commended by the public at the time they were made, and if they were criticised by army officers it was in a very quiet way. At the same time that Presibk nt McKinley promoted Captain Wood, of the medical corps, to brigadier general, he promoted Captain Hell, of the cavalry, to the same rank. During the Spanish-American war he appointed several civilian officers to high rank In the regular army, but these things are not apt to be criticised in war times. During the civil war President Lincoln did far more "overslaughing" and Jumping over the heads of old officers than all the other Presidents combined have done. In May, 1861, George B. McClellan, who had been out of the army four years, having resigned as captain, was made a major general of regulars over the heads of Geo. H. Thomas, Heintzelman. Franklin, Sedgi. k. Howard, Meade. Reynolds, Hancock. Gibbons and many others who afterward became famous. It was enough that President Lincoln thought the appointment of McClellan was for the good of the country. John C. Fremont and H. W. Halleck. both of whom had been out of the regular army for years, were appointed major generals over the heads of a large number of old officers. Everybody remembers the rapid promotions of Generals Grant and Sherman. They jumped over a great number of heads, und everybody approved it. Sheridan jumped from captain of cavalry to brigadier general over the heads of a host of officers, aril a few weeks l it. r t th" rank of major general over other heads. These are but samples of hundreds of cases. No person questioned the propriety of General Wood's first promotion when it was made by President McKinley. Such things do not attract much attention during periods of active hostilities. It is tu Dic

ing times of peace that revive personal jealousies and bring out the carping- criticisms nf politicians. VKTIIKS TIIF. LO I 1 Basti IUI. I.. President Palma s veto of the Cuban lottery bill shows he has the courage of his convictions. Several weeks ago, after the bill had been introduced In the Cuban Congress, he gave out an Interview in which he expressed himself strongly against lotteries In general, and said the old Cuban lottery was one of the causes that led him to go to war with Spain thirty years ago. He said that to revive the lottery in Cuba would be to revive the Spanish system of rule, which was based on corruption. Speaking from a moral point of view, he said: Behind the lottery will follow all that furnished us with a motive or want to separate from Spain. The lottery kills individual Initiative. The poor people soon become vicious from the game; they lose thir savings and work little because they trust everything to their lucky star; to their hope of finally winning the big prize. Work is no more the ideal of the poor man to prepare him for a tranquil old age; instead, work is the means of living until luck decides to give him a premium, and when the setting of the sun comes and his strength gone, the old laborer has not laid by a cent, the state has taken from him all his' savings, reducing him to the most abject misery. If President Palma hoped that this frank expression of his views would prevent the passage of the bill he was disappointed. The dispatch announcing the veto of the bill says that his veto was prepared several days ago in anticipation of the passage of the measure. He based his veto on the corrupting tendency of lotteries in general, and on the dishonesty of the government taking the money of the people obtained by such means. These views are familiar enough in this country, but, coming from a native Cuban and President of a LatinAmerican republic, they are decidedly advanced. If the veto of the bill results In its defeat there will be cause for congratulation in this country. A Cuban lottery would expect to draw a large amount of patrohage from the United States, and, although It would be excluded from the use of the mails, It would find other means of disseminating its literature and prosecuting its business. An authorized lottery conducted so near our shores would be a great nuisance. In vetoing the bill President Palma has rendered a service to the people of the United States as well as to the Cubans.

When big expositions are held it is customary to select some great city near the center of the territory most particularly represented. It is seldom that a small town is selected, but it is doubtful if ever in history an important exposition has been held to celebrate the anniversary of a town which is altogether extinct. This fact will mako the Jamestown tercentenary exposition unique. It will be held in 19G7, on the shores of Hampton Roads, Virginia, where there is not even a village to mark the place of the first white settlement in North America. The historic spot, abandoned even before the settlement of tho New Euglaud colonies, is now marked only by a single ruin the front wall of a church. On this lonely spot will take place an immense patriotic celebration. Virginia residents along the tidewater have subscribed a milliou dollars as a financial foundation for this enterprise. The State has appropriated $200,000 more. Virginia people as well as citizens in all parts of the country who take pride In tho founding of the Nation will expect Congress to make a generous appropriation. Of course, the exhibition will not compare with that which this year will celebrate the great Louisiana purchase, but it Is a commemoration of what meant even more in the history of our country, and people in all parts of the United States will seize on this opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the very cradle of the Nation. Old Jamestown will be grandly celebrated; it is a spot that every American should love. "The Carnation League of America" calls timely attention to the fact that the twenty-ninth of this month is McKinley day the anniversary of the birth of the dead President. The day was observed with marked unanimity last year, and should become a fixed institution. A simple, inexpensive but beautiful and patriotic custom it is to observe this day by wearing the late President's favorite flower, the carnation, in the lapel of the coat, in the hair, or at the threat. Thus quietly and unobtrusively the memory of William McKinley may be revered by everybody. It Is a strange thing to find that Russia is practically friendless In the present crisis and that the sympathy of the whole world is with Japan. Of course, none of this feeling has been officially expressed or hinted at, but the sentiment of the various countries is pretty accurately reflected in the columns of their respective newspapers. Even France is siding with the plucky little Eastern nation, though thereby she arrays herself on the side of her traditional enemy, England, and against her traditional friend, the Czar. Those who talk about "the traditional friendship between Russia and the United States" forget that their interests have r. ,cr clashed. If they were to do so Russia would probably cut the United States with as little compunction as she does other powers that stand in her way. The Londou blacklisting scheme for promoting temperance is not working as it should, only seventeen drunkards having been posted in six months. The law says that a person twice convicted of drunkenness cannot be served with a drink in any public 'ouse in his borough for two years. As a result, the topers simply patronize the saloons of other boroughs, and get their liquor with the same old regularity. Some new scheme must be invented. In Paris, last year, 30.000 horses were eaten, and the supply was not equal to the demand. This has a horrible sound to American ears, and yet the only difference between the American and the Frenchman is that the Frenchman eats horsefiesh knowingly and the American often eats it under the impression that he is consuming beefsteak. This Is on the authority of a Texas paper, and it may or may not be true, but it is solemnly stated that in Oklahoma a railway has been chartered to run "from the north pole to the Southern cross, and from Hades to Breakfast." They believe in putting no limits to expansion in Oklahoma. Among all the suggestions for New Year's resolutions the most sensible so far printed is In the Kansas City Time. That paper advises us to "tackle only one day at a time, and make that just as decent and us clean and as upright as human uature will let you." The sympathy of IK'iuocrat .ind Republican alike üoe out tj Grover Cleveland, the

father, who is mourning the loss of his firstborn. What a short time ago it seems that the great Democrat was being showered with congratulations on the birth of "Baby

Ruth!" London is to try experiments Id the line of dispelling fogs by means of electrical discharges Into the atmosphere. If the same method would have any effect on the smoke nuisance, Indianapolis hereby requests London to send us her receipt money no object. A magazine writer laments the fact that there are so few good essays. Lt him wait until June and then attend the high school commencements. Where has he been looking for essays, anyhow? Chief Porter, of the Creek nation, is a sufferer from the gout, and has purchased an automobile. This is indeed civilization with a vengeance. The gout and an automobilehow are the mighty fallen! Opera companies might take advantage of the universal sympathy for Japan this year by staging revivals of "The Mikado." THE HUMORISTS. Accounted For. "What makes the chrysanthemum so expensive?" "It's expensive because it's fashionable." "Hut why is it so fashionable?" "L'm-that's because it's so expensive." Chicago Tribune. Win Profession. Rrlgirs I say. Hummer, Where's that quarter I lent you last week? Bummer Didn't expect it back again, did you? Why, I'm a collector. I collect things to keep. Boston Transcript. Not Her Fault. She smiles and laughs th livelong day; Pray do not think her simple She' 11 laugh at anything you say Because she has a dimple. Yale Record. Looking; for a liargnin. "Hae you bought that thermometer yet?" asked Mr. Suburba, as he poked up the fire. "No, my dear," replied Mrs. Suburbs, deep in the bargain-sale announcements. "I thought I'd wait till it gets colder, when they'll be lower than they are now." Cincinnati Times-Star. v His old Trouble. Mr. Subbubs-There. dear. I guess I've brought all the groceries and things. Mrs. Subbubs Why. you've forgotten the stuffed dates. Mr. Subbubs Well, well! I always did have a bad memory for dates. Philadelphia Ledger. A Caricature. "No," he said. "I'm not sure whether my wife's Christmas gift to me was meant to please me or to humble my pride." "What did she give you?" asked the friend. "She had a crayon portrait of me made by an amateur artist." Philadelphia Ledger. The Jokesnilth at Home. Funny Man's Wife (after reading paragraph aloud) I think that's real funny. Why don't you laugh ? Funny Man It has Just the opposite effect on me It makes me mad. Funny Man's Wife Why. It's funny, isn't It? Funny Man Yes. but It makes me mad that I didn't think of lt. Cleveland Leader. Why It Was. "Your voice," said the distinguished master, "is excellent in quality and volume, but it has nuch queer little cracks and quavers in it. What haa been responsible for that condition?" "Well," said the aspiring tenor, "you see. when I was a boy I went to the country achool!" "Yes," said the distinguished master. "And we were taught that when we reached a period, a semi-colon, a colon or any othei full stop, we should let our voices fall" "Yes." "And I always was obedient. There beirg no cariet on the schoolhouse floor, every voice In the school was damaged more or less." Baltimore American. A BATCH OF LITTLE STORIES. It it ml Financier. "I suppose you'd like to mako about a thousand per cent, on a little investment while you're In the city." remarked the confidence man. "You bet I would," remarked the financier from the farm. "Well, how much c. n you put into the deal?" The farmer gave the matter thoughtful conaideration. "Well." he said at last. "If it's a sure thing there's no use goln' too strong at the start. I'll Invest a dime right now. an' then I'll Invest the profit on that when I get it an' so on up as long as it works." Chicago Post. The (tar'a Hrenm. This fable, dealing with the fall of Witte, th Russian finance minister, is related in a recent brochure entitled "A Glance at the Secrets of Busslan Policy," published at Vienna: "The Czar dreamed the following singular dream: He saw three cows, one fat. one lean and one blind. The next day he sent for the metropolitan Palladius and bogged him to explain the dream, but the metropolitan declined. The Czar then sent for Father John, of Kronstadt, and made the same request to him Father John stroked his long curly aalr with his hand and made reply in the following words: 'Your Majesty, I understand your dream in this way: The fat cow is the finance minister, the lean one is the Russian people and the blind one' 'Don't be afraid; go on." said the Czar. 'The blind cow Is your Majesty!' "Chicago News. Possibilities of English. At one of their afternoon club meetings a group of women were speaking of the poverty of the English language. "Well, for my part," spoke up one of the number, "I think we have abundant means for expressing our Ideas. "Only yesterday this very thought was brought forcibly to my mind. I was obliged to telephone to several persons, and in each instance a stranger answered me. The llrst one said, 'Just hold the line and I'll call her.' And in the course of a few minutes I was told by different ones to 'Hold the "phone." 'Hold the wire" or 'Hold the receiver.' "Hut perhaps the climax of expression was reached when an Irish maid called back to me, in a shrill voice: 'Shure. ma'am she is In. Just hould the sthring and Oi'll glt her for yez.' " Detroit Free Press. Senator Tillman's Latest. Senator Tillman does not. often engage in yarnspinning, but when he does it is something good. Recently he told this one: "In my State, and not very far from Columbia, thore lived a preacher whose modesty never deterred him from urging upon his congregation liberal subscriptions of money for all church and benevolent purposes. In private solicitations he one day met a goxl but eccentric member, who for a long time had steadfastly refused to aid an object the preacher was solicitous to secure. At last importunity triumphed conditionally. The eccentric member agreed to contribute on condition that he be allowed to choose the text from which the preacher's funeral sermon should be preached. The matter was thus settled, and the minister wanted to know what the text would be. His friend answered: " 'I shall request the minister to preach from a very appropriate text "And the beggar died." Washington Times. Different Construction. Parend Vet. of The Hague, had recently the misfortune to call a constable a monkey, an accusation which a local paper pointed out as "being, of course, untrue." and which, moreover. Is a form of untruth not jermltted in Holland. Vet was arrested and brought before the Judge on a charge of "Insulting the police," being sentenced to forty -Ave days' Imprisonment. Before being removed he turned to address th court. "Then I mustn't call a constable a monkey?" he said. "Certainly not; you must not insult the police." The culprit reflected. "May I cail a monkey a constable?" he asked, with a flash of genius. The Judge shrugged his

shoulders and. holding no brief for the animal, replied. "If it gives you any satisfaction." With a amila of gratification Vet turaed on his heel in the dock and bowed to his prosecutor. "Good day. constable." he said. -St. James Gazette.

Couldn't Believe Him. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst. of New York, who Is fighting the bill to open the metropolitan saloons on Sunday afternoons and evenings, was discussing recently certain phases of corruption. "I declare." he said, "when I see some of the deceit that exists about me I can almost sympathize with the Jury in the Jerome Ess case. You have heard of the Jerome Ess case? No? "Well. Jerome Eas, a Western man. waa noted for his mendacity, it was Impossible to believe him. Impossible to trust him. He finally got in the toils of the law and at his nrst trial he pleaded guilty. "Hs did well to plead guilty, for the case against him was strong and irrefutable. Nevertheless the Jury In Its verdict declared him innocent. "The Judge was thunderstruck at this. " 'Innocent ?" he said. "Banocent? But the man himself pleads guilty!' " 'We know it. your Honor. said the foreman of the Jury, 'but he's such a liar that we can't believe him.' "Providence Journal. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. Krror in Schoolbook. The makers and supporters of the school textbooks on so-called physiology have made many blunders in their well-meaning attempts, but there is none so fundamental and so absurd as that of failing to see that the young should b taught how to maintain or get health instead of how to avoid disease. No reform or progress can amount to anything that is built upon a negation. No anti-movement accomplishes an end of any value. In language two negatives are said to be equal to an affirmative, but our habitual speech ignores the absurdity, and in morals and social life two negatives in collision are wholly resultless. A physiology that devotes itself to pathology is ridiculous and is itself pathologic. It Is a misnomer at best, and beyond question is not sanitation and hygiene adapted to the child mind. These subjects should be treated from the positive standpoint for the young, and tho love of health, play, physical perfection and strength should be encouraged and illustrated, not the avoidance of morbidity. Of all the outrageous things possible to be inserted in a school physiology the illustration of the end-products of disease and sin, hobnailed liver, etc.. are the worst conceivable. American Medicine. Education in England. Whatever the explanation may be, there is, unfortunately, a contempt for education throughout all elapses in this country. Naturally, therefore, our education Is the worst of any highly civilized country. And because it is so, we are gradually losing ground, and our competitors are forging ahead of us. We are losing ground, not alone In trade and manufacturers, but in everj- department of life. Our whole government system is inefficient to a surprising degree. What our army is we saw in South Africa. What our administrative department are we have had of late several disconcerting Illustrations. If, then, we are to recover our old place In the world. It is in the highest degree desirablo that we should reform our system of education and supply all classes, from the highest to the lowest, with a real and scientific mental training. In order to oppose logically Mr. Chamberlain's proposals, there is no need to deny that this country does not hold now the position of pre-eminence which It held formerly. Indeed, we venture to think that reasonable and thoughtful men. like Lord Rosebery. rather injure the cause they have at heart than promote it by making such a denial. London Statist. Indiana Who Arc Educated. The Cherokee national school system, the oldest Indian school system in the United States, wag started in 1842. The Cherokee council passed a law setting aside a sum of money for building and maintaining schools in the nation. The yar following, contracts were awarded for two school buildings to be built at Tablequah, the Cherokee capital, one to cost 180,000 and tho other $7U,000. The building material was hauled 100 miles and the buildings were erected under the greatest difficulties. The Cherokee asylum for the insane was built in 1S52 at a coat of 140.000. This building was recently transformed into an orphans' school, where the orphan children of the nation are supported and educated out of tribal funds. There are 160 day schools, in which there are C.500 pupils. There are four high schools with an attendance of 724. Many churches have mission schools in which there Is an attendance of 1.604. In the town and. city schools there are 2,0u0 Cherokee children. Kansas City Star. Ediieatlonal Xotea. In London the schools are so crowded that sixty pupils per teacher is the average. The goverrment of Spain will open fourteen agricultural schools in various parts of the Peninsula. There are over 130,000 pupils In the public schools of Germany who are the unfortunate victims of the stuttering rabtt. According to the World's Work there are 630,022 pupils enrolled in the New York public schools this year. In a single year $23.000.000 was expended on the schools of the metropolis. Kuno Fischer, the eminent historian of philosophy, has at last been obliged to give up his professorship in Heidelberg. He is In his eightieth year, and has been at Heidelberg since 1872. When Queen Victoria ascended the British throne 42 per cent, of the English people could not write their names. That proportion has been reduced to a trifle less than 7 per cent. to-cay. C. D. Tenney, LL. D., has entire charge of educational affairs in the metropolitan province of Chl-Li, China. The government has placed him at the head of the educational movement, and he superintends the Instruction given in all the academies of the province as well as the two universities at Pao-Tlng-Fu and Tlen-Tsln. A .Mean Trick. "There are other places in the world besides the United States where they play smart Yankee tricks on the unsuspecting public," said T. E. Landy, of San Francisco. "Not long ago I was in Sydney, Australia, and walked into a book store to buy some magazines, as I thought they would help to relieve ti.e tedium of a railroad Journey 1 was about to make. I didn't examine the literature with special care, but hurriedly picked out half a dozen of what I supposed were the freshest of tho monthlies. Well, when I got aboard the train two hours later, and began to look over thoce magazines. I could not help but laugh. The first one I picked up was printed in 10, and there wasn't a blessed one that wasn't two years old. The dealer had taken the precaution to make some slight change of the dates on the back of the books. "I have at all times been victimized in small ways here in my native land, but this was the rankest game I ever encountered and marks the Sydney sharper as a bit cuter than my esteemed countrymen of wooden nutmeg fame." Chicago Journal. The Fortunate. Pity me not that I. who am grown old. Fold empty hands no other's hands may hold. And sit In silence In a silent place With never hope to-morrow may redeem. Nor Joy of yesterdays upon my face. Pity me not for I have had my dream. Give me no tears that I. who much desired. Failed those far heights to which my life aspired : Where Joy to seek and ecstasy to gain My one star lured and drew me to its beam. Oh. you who saw the failure and the pain. Pity me not for I have had my dream. Yea. I whose life is chained to dragging days. Have sped my heart through sweet and wondrous ways; In far. fair lands beyond the day and night. On strange, still seas where white moons drift and gleam. I I have kissed the lips of my delight. Pity me not for I have had my dream. Oh. you with hope fulfilled, that realized Seems but a little triumph and unprized. For me a Joy more exquisite and fine: . Though life hath led me by a barren stream. Though my desire hath been never mine. Pity me not for I hae had my dream. Tbeodoala Garrison.

HARRISON STATUE SITE: CONGRESS TO BE ASKED TO LEGALIZE LOCATION

Joint Resolution on the Subject Will Be Introduced by Senator Fairbanks. MANY PENSION BILLS House Gives George Y. Spahr $50 a Month Xo Trust Legislation. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 Senator Fairbanks has prepared and will introduce in the Senate earl next week a Joint resolution permitting th construction of the proposed statue ,of Banjamin Harrison on the federal building site In Indianapolis. White at home during the holidays. Senator Fairbanks had a conference with the directors of the Memorial Association, at which the question of a location was thoroughly canvassed. It was agreed that the federal site was the proper one for the Harrison statute. It Is understood that objection was made to accept permission from the government in the form of a revocable license as was proposed by the secretary of the treasury A decision was reached that it would be better to have Congress authorize the placing of the statue on the government land, and accordingly Senator Fairbanks will introduce a joint resolution for the purpose. This measure will be approved by the Treasury Department. t -r John Kennedy, formerly of Indianapolis, who is behind the movement having for its purpose the placing of typesetting machines in the Government Printing Office, finds that he has a delicate task to perform. Kennedy was formerly Identified with labor organizations, and was appointed as a representative of labor on the industrial Commisssion. His action in undertaking to introduce machines into the Government Printing Office Is bitterly condemned by his former associates. Mr. Kennedy says that modern methods in the printing of government publications are certain to be adopted, and that opposition on the part of the labor unions will prove ineffective. Mr. Kennedy has conferred with Representative Charles B. Landls, chalman of the House committee on printing, in this connection. So far. Chairman Landls has given no expression as to what attitude he will take relative to placing machinery in the Government Printing Office. 4Notwithstanding the fact that Senators Fairbanks aud Beveridge are very well known in Indiana, amusing mistakes are made by persons in the State who address mail to them. The senior senator has Just received a letter addressed to Hon. Albert Jeremiah Fairbanks. The junior recently received a letter addressed to Hon. Charles W. Beveridge. 4- 4A voluminous package, containing newspaper clippings and letters from prominent men in Indiana, bearing on the life of the late George J. Laugsdale, of Indianapolis. have been placed on file in the Postofflce Department. They testify to the worth of the man to whom credit is due for the erection of the soldiers' and sailors' monument in the Indiana capital. Several months before his death efforts were made to force Mr. Laugsdale out of the Indianapolis postofflce, where he held a position as bookkeeper. The papers just received at the department are made a part of the record of the deceased as au official of the postal service. They wer- forwarded to the first assistant postmaster general by Senator Beveridge. The impression prevails here that there will be no effort made to secure at this session of Congress additional legislation on the trust question. The plan now seems to be to wait for developments through the operation of the bureau of corporations in the Department of Commerce. The work undertaken by the bureau has been moderate, and so little calculated to arouse opposition that the public Is hardly aware that it has been at work at all. However, the bureau has In its possession what is believed to be the means, If required at any time, to set a number of hitherto exceedingly difficult problems at rest. For instance, the coal strike, which for a time taxed the ingenuity of the best minds In tho government, It is now said, would have had no chance to occur had the Information In its possession been gathered prior to the strike. No serious obstacle has been encountered thus far in the aim of the bureau to get all the data needed to carry out the publicity cure for the trusts when occasion requires. The President will not ask Congress to add in any way to the present lawr, and it Is doubtful if any of the score of bills proposed since the assembling of Congress will ever reach the stage of serious consideration. The bureau of corporations will go on with Its work under the present law. 4Interest in the postal investigations was renewed by the dismissal of Daniel S. Richardson, cashier in the San Francisco postoffice. Richardson was the manager of the Postal Device and Improvement Company, which sold a device intended to be attached to street letter boxes, showing the hours of collection. He is alleged to have distributed blocks of stock in the company among Machen, Beavers and others in order to secure the adoption of the device manufactured by his company. The Bristow report strongly intimates that Perry S. Heath, former first assistant posunaster general, was the benertciary of Richardson's liberality with stock to the extent of 1,001) shares. The details of the dealings of Richardson and his company with the Postofflce Department officials mentioned are fully set forth In the Brlstow report, which states: "The evidence in this case was submitted to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, and Beavers, Machen and Erwin were indicted on Sept. 8. 1W3, for conspiracy to defraud the government. The district attorney decided that the evidence against Heath was not sufficient to Justify his Indictment." 4- 4- 4The secretary of the treasury to-day transmitted to the House a request for an api propriatlon of $4.700 for the payment of of ficers and men entitled, according to Judgments of the Court of Claims, to bounty for destruction of the enemy's vessels at Santiago. Cuba. July 3. IäSK. 4- 4Secret ary Root has transmitted to Congress an estimate of $400.000 for an appropriation for the purchase of land In the District of Columbia for a site and the erection thereon of an army general hospital, "for the treatment of special classes of cases, for purposes of Instruction in connection with an army medical school, training enlisted men of the hospital corps In nursing and to serve as a base hospital in time of war." f 4 4Representative Williams, of Mississippi, introduced a bill to-day providing: "That from and after the passage of this act no duty shall be levied or collected upon coal of any form or description imported into the United States from foreign countries." Also a bill requiring the secretary of the treasury to make full rebate of duties paid on all coal of every description imported into the United States from foreign countries for the period of one year. The House was asked to-day by the State Department for authority to allow Rear Admiral L. H. McCalla. of the navy, to accept the Chinese war medal awarded him by the King of Great Britain in recognition of his services in connection with the relief of the Peking legations during the Boxer uprlsiug. 4 4 Secretary Shaw to-day transmitted to the House a request of Secretary Root for an approprlatlou of ISüS.OOO for new arms aud equipment for orgaulzed militia. 4In order to make an Increased allowance to army officers for quarters, especially in cities, Secretary Root has transmitted to

the House the draft of the new provision which allows 112 per month and the follow Ing rooms to officers: Lieutenant generals, twelve rooms; major generals, tan: generals, eight; colonels, seven; lieutenant colonels, six; majors, five; captains, four; lieutenants, three. f Senator Scott to-day offered a joint resolution providing for aa investigation of tha Darlen canal route. lie made a brief speech in support of a prop sition for a sea-level canal, stating that such a waterway would be only thirty miles in length. The route never had been carefully investigated by engineers, but he felt sure that when It was thereby examined It would be found that it was wholly practicable. He said that tha tunnel which a sea-level canal would require was not Impossible in this day of electricity and invention. Mr. Bacon Interrupted to ask whert the proposed canal was to be located, "in view of recent geographical changes in South America." "It is in the State of Panama." remarked Mr. Stewart, "about löu miles from Colombia." 4Representative Charles B. Landls has been Invited to address the National Congress of Mothers at Philadelphia on Sunday on tha Smoot question. He was obliged to decline. The House to-day passed the bill granting a pension of $50 a month to George W. Spahr, the well-known attorney of Indianapolis. This measure was recently passed in the Senate, on motion of Senator Pairbanks. It now goes to the President for approval. The House also passed the bill granting a pension of ii a month to John Sexton, of Indianapolis, who is now in the Printers' Home in Colorado Springs. Other bills for Indlanians were passed in the House as follows: For Charles S. Clark. $24 a month; Jo!üi A. Mavitr. $25; Benjamin R. Little. $30; David F. Little, $30; Hannah Kiley, $20. aud Mrs. Minerva McMillan. $30. Ill Henry Dollman will be granted the contract for removing the buildings on the slta in Indianapolis. He will be paid $1.230 for the work, and must complete it by March S&. XX Warren Fairbanks left for Pittsburg tonight, where he will marry Miss Helena Cassidy, of that city. 4Senator Fairbanks was among the callers at the White House to-day. He conferred with President Roosevelt relative to the Panama treaty. The committee on foreigu relations, of which the senator is a member, is holding daily meetings on the subject of Panama. The indications are that the treaty may be reported next week. The opinion has prevailed that the debate in the Senate would be brief. Senator Fairbanks is of the opinion, however, thut it may be prolonged. 4- 4- 4 Experts of the bureaus of soils. Department of Agriculture, will be sent to ludiana in the spring to study the adaptability for certain kinds of crops of the black loam in the northern and southern parts of the Statt Senator Beveridge and Representative Hemenway took up this matter to-day with Milton Whitney, chief of the bureau. Experiments will be made at several points in ludiana, particularly on a tract in Madison county, owned by Sid Conger, State oil inspector. It was suggested that th government might build an experiment station In the State, but. as this would require action by Congress, the matter will probably not be pressed. The department desires full Information as to the character of the soil

to be examined, and W. 8. Blatchley, State geologist, will be called upon to furnish it. 4- 4- 4Commissioner of Pensions Ware to-day decided that all rights to pension are burred by conviction of crime and sentence to prison for life. The decision is made in the case of William B. Marsh, a convict in the house of correction in Detroit, serving a life sentence for robbing the United States mail In Idaho. 4- 4 4) Representative Knapp, of New York, Introduced a bill to-day authorising the purchase by the government of a set of the bes-t public school text-books, that the privilege of free publication of such books may be had by the people of the country. 4- 4Honore Palmer, of Chicago, is here to confer with department officials concerning the proposed Improvement of Indiana Harbor. J7. M. TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS OF THB REVENUE LAW Professors in a Chicago School Before Federal Commissioner Three Cases Compromised. CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-PTof. J A. Wesener, Dr. W. A. Evans and Dr. A. Ghermann. charged with technical violation of the revenue laws In connection with a school for teaching the distillation of spirituous liquors, decided to-day to compromise with the internal revenue department, as allowable In such cases. The three defendants named were accordingly dismissed by United States Commissioner Foots. The cases of Mr. Salmon and Prof. Charles Norton, of the same school, were continued until Monday. Mr. Salmon said, he had nothing to compromise, but Prof. Norton announced that he would do so. If Mr. Salmon remains firm. United States Attorney Bethea says he will be brought to trial on the charge of displaying the sign of a distiller and making a mash for distillation in a place other than a duly authorised distillery. The defendants, who are widely known in their profession, aver that the same offense is being practiced in colleges and laboratories throughout the United States. FIGHTING IS CONFINED TO THB LAND FORCES Important Agreement Reached in Santo Domingo, Due to Joint Anglo-American Action. WASHINGTON. Jan 8-The Nsvy Department to-day received the following cablegran from Commander Dillingham, of the cruiser Detroit, dated at Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo. Jan. 8: "Morales's gunboats delivered an ultimatum and threated bombardment of Puerto Plata after twenty-four hours' notice. With the concurrence of Captain Robinson, of the English cruiser Pallas, made such n presentations to both sides that they have agreed the one not to bombard and the other not to fire on gunboats. All fight ir.g will be confined to land side of town in future. United States interests conserved. Hiie small parties landed at Sousa and at consulate in Puerto Plata." A dispatch from Santo Domingo 'lty says: The town of San Pedro de Macons has been recaptured by the government forces and again declared an open port. The news received from the Interior apparently is more favorable to the goren ment. CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE MERGER CASS Attorneys for Company Said It Was Benefit to State Munn Declared Merger an Iniquity. WASHINGTON. Jan. fc.-The argument of the Minnesota State merger case was continued to-day in the United States Suprem Court. The first speaker of the day was George B. Young, who appeared for the Northern Securities Company. He said that the State of Minnesota had failed to establish s case. Mr. Young was followed by John C. Johnson, who ! made an argumeut for the Securities company of th' same nature Mr. Munn made the closing argument against the merger and declared that it was a conspiracy and must be treated aa such. I'rofeasor Renten by I'uplla. HUNTINGTON. W. Vs., Jan. g Prof. Runyan. of this city, who teaches at Camp Creek tw miles , .m wj 11 iniingtotl was assaulted last night by students and beaten into in nslblllty. The teacher had piejously whipped one of the pupils. Pr.f Runxan's condition to-day is consider! danawrous.