Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1904 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1901.

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COLUMBUS, u. -Viaduct News Stand, SM High street. DAYTON. O.-J. V. Wilkle. 39 South Jefferson street. DENVER. I ol Louthaln A Jacaon. Fifteenth and !wren(f stretts, and A. Smith. MM Champa street. SMSB MOINES, la Mose Jacobs. 309 Firth street. DOS ANGELES. Ca 1. -Harry Drapkln. D ITISVILX.E- C T Heering, northwest corner dl Thir 1 ami Jftrs. n streets, and Bluefeld Bros . 442 West Market street. NEW YORK Aslor House ST. LOT IS Union News Company. Union Depot. T. JOSEPH. Mo. F. B. Carrlel. Button D. WASHINGTON. D C.--Rls;s House, Ebbltt Hous. Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard Hotel. And now It la the Democrats who are protesting against quirk primaries and a "snap' convention. When you com- to thiuk it over. Is it altogether clear that if Russia should defeat Jap n she would have any bot tor right to 'Manchuria than she has ever had? It will be noted with pleasure that the effort to corner and raise the ,n . diphtheria antitoxin has failed. The death of the death trust will bo bewailed by none. Not much is being In aril about the Hritish expedition which Is searching Thibet so carefully for trouble; but there is no doubt that such a patient March will be richly rewarded. Japan haa doubled her war tax. in spite of the fact that there Is nothing deing. If she is not careful the Japanese will be tired of the war with Russia before the opening gun is tired. Senator Fairbanks a speech in defense of the administration s policy in the Panama affair was a very strong presentation of the case from a national and international point of view, and a complete- vindication of the President in. The declaration of Iyml Wolseley that the United States army is the finest in the world except in numbers is a testimonial that will be appreciated, And most Amcrleana will not allow his exception, either the number Is just about right. Among tho s:i-;e utterances of patriotic, though Democratic. Southern newspapers, a remark of the Rirmingham News is notable: "Dig the canal in the interests of civilization, and :i e it n t n some other subject in the interest of politics." It is said by those who ought to know that one snow is equal to two plowlngs for the farmer. We have had twenty-seven anows so far this winter; If that la the equivalent of fifty-four plowing Indiana farmera can afford to rest during the coming year. The anti-saloon element in Ohio is threatening to opji - - nstor Hanna to the death because he said he did not deem it expedient that any temperance legislation should be enacted in that State this year. They will try to force the issue on Mr. Hanna' personal opinion and perhaps they will make a great political blunder. Tie withdrawal of lnvil Relasco from business relations with the theatrical trust Is significant of the drift of events in stag? land. The monopoly of the best theaters by tin- trust has already been weakened by several Independent concerns which have made an uphill but courageous fight. Others will probably follow Mr. Belasco. Toe outside world has become tired of speculating whether there will be war between Russia and Japan or not. but without CO! n: on the part of Russia amount ing to a hack.i.'wn vs u seems to be inevitable. Both parties are acting as if they so thought, and the military preparations and rnov' m nts on both sides le,-ome more slgnificant and threatening day by day. "At any rate." says Senator Tillman. "I am going to sit and throw rocka at the treaty as it passes." How that sentence characterises the attitude of the party to which he belongs! National progress, civilization, the forward and upward movement of our country, march on in a triumphal procession, aided by patriots and wise citiseus and th. I . no. : ,ti partv sits at one side aad throws rocks as It passes! It Is the history of many years. It will be much to be regretted If the "Stars and operators of the four States now represented h-re cannot come to a wage-scale agr no ul i..r neat year as they have for several years past. The conference and ugreement plan has worked well and has tended to produce and maintain good relations between the parties, u la evident that th Interests of the Pennsylvania and Ohio operators are somewhat different from those of the Indiana and Illinois operators, and the miners should r. ognlse this fact. Men cannot be blamed for looking out for their own lAlurcat. but II

should be the aim of all parties to try and maintain the organization and the joint wage, scale. no: woMi.N p tiii: divoio k r; Ha In tackling the divorce evil and declaring its purpose to make the anti-divorce propaganda not only a national, but an interna

tional, movement, the National Council of f Women has shown its ability to recognize and Its courage in attacking one of the most Insidious and dangerous evils of the times. It might almost be called the American evil, for divorces are so much more easily obtained and are, beyond comparison, so much more common in this country than in any other that the evil may fairly be designated as a national one. It la worthy of remark that while the United Stat-.- ;,ts n. steady and continuous progress In every other field of legislation and in every branch of social reform it has steadily retrograded in the matter of divorce legislation and in the ethics and practice pertaining to the subject. It is much easier to obtain a divorce in this country now than it was a hundred years ago, public opinion and judicial action on the subject are far more lax, and the P r -entage of divorces to marriages is beyond comparison greater. Therefore, It may be truiy said that as a nation and people we have been retrograding on this subject almost from the foundation of the government. In England, prior to 1858, a divorce could be obtained only by act of Parliament, and even now they are only granted for the gravest cause. In France the Idea that marriage is the basis of the existing social order and that society is interested In its maintenance is kept constantly In view. The United States is the only country where divorces are granted almost as freely as dog licenses are issued, and when, in the absence of statutory cause, the whims and caprices of either party serve as grounds. The laws of the different States on the subject vary, and the practice In some is more conservative than in others, but it Is UM lax everywhere In South t'arollna divorce is not granted on any grounds whatever, either by courts of Justice or by 1 kislative acta. By holding to this position South Carolina may lose the divorce patronage that goes to some Northern and Western States, but she maintains a higher standard of the marriage tie and the family relation than exists in many other States, in Georgia divorce is only granted after the same verdict has been reached by two Juries at different terms of the court. The laws and the practice in the Southern States generally are more strict than those of the Northern. In the twenty years from to lsr, Mo re were 328.716 divorces granted in the United States, and duriug the last twenty years the number has greatly increased. During the period named the population of the I nited States increased about 60 per cent., while the number of divorces Increased lf7 per cent. At present the percentage of divorces to population and to marriages la several times greater in this country than in Europe. England has but one divorce .court. Germany has one in each of twentyeight judicial districts and Fiance one in each of seventy-nine departments. In the United States there are nearly 3,000 counties, and courts of divorce In nearly all of them. The loosening of the marriage tie and the easy granting of divorces is one of the most threatening evils in this country. It has reached a point that calls for reform, and there is peculiar fitness in a national organization of women undertaking to promote the movement. NO METRIC SYSTEW FOR THE PEOPLE. It is a surprise to learn that argument in the Indianapolis Board of Trade on the adoption of the metric system was about evenly divided and that a vote on the proposition was a tie, giving the president an opportunity to give a casting vote against it. The close action of the board Is a surprise because there is absolutely no popular demand among the American people for the metric system, and an attempt to introduce It in business affairs would cause a popular protest the like of which has never Baas heard In this country. The metric system belongs to a class of alleged reforms which are impracticable, at least in Anglo-Saxon countries, because they antagonize long-established usage and the foundations of the language and customs of the people. From a scientific point of view the system has undoubted merits and it will doubtless become the International language of acience throughout the world, but it can never become the language of the people or of everyday affairs in this country. What sort of headway would a person make doing business In this country who should substitute liters, decaliters and hectoliters for quarts, gallons, pecks and bushels, or who should discard pounds and ounces for kilograms and hectograms? Any ordinary man can measure distance by inches, feet, yards, rods and miles, but if you should talk to him in meters, decameters, hectometers, kilometers and myriaii eters he would probably think you were a fit subject for a lunatic asylum. The metric system is convenient and its language Is expressive enough for international scientists, but it can never be popularized In this country, und all attempts to do so are waste of time. A law was passed in 1S66 legalizing the system in the United States, that is. making its use permissible, but all attempts to make it compulsory have failed, as they ought to. It is used in weighing foreign mail matter. In weighing at the mints, in certain government publications. In certain measurements of the cast and geodetic survey, but the people do uot take to' It at all, and never will. TUE Ul i M, LIGHTING IM.AVT. The proposition submitted to the Board of Public Works by a Detroit man to make the city the owner of an electric lighting plant ,t. rs rather too much of philanthropy to be genuine. Its generosity is calculated to raise a suspicion that It would not work out. The proposition is that the proponent and his backers shall put in a lighting plant to cost between fSOO.000 and $40o.out. that the city shall pay a certain price for its lighting for the period of ten years, and at the expiration of that time the plant to be turned over to the city for a nominal sum. To make this possible the city would have to pay an extra price for the lighting during the ten-year period, and the plant might be of such a character that, in the aggregate, the city would pay more than It was worth. Men do not make such propositions without expecting to make money out of them. Tht question ol municipal gas works and

electric lighting plants Is still a subject of debate, but the t-mdency Is toward city ownership. It prevails much more extensively In Europe than it does in the United States. In Germany of fifty-four cities having a population of 50.000 and upward, forty-one own and operate their lighting plants, generally gas. At the close of 1901 there were in the United States 193 cities and towns with a population of 3.000 and over which owned their lighting plants. The number of towns with a population of less than 2,000 which had municipal plants was very much greater. The largest municipal plants in the country are at Chicago and Detroit, but these are for lighting streets and public buildings only. It Is probable that the constitutional provision limiting municipal indebtedness would be an insuperable obstacle to accepting the proposition of the Detroit man. even if it were otherwise acceptable. The city could not enter Into a contract to take over i plant at the end of a fixed period without Increasing its indebtedness beyond the constitutional limit, and that Is not to be thought of. Perhaps the city could make a contract with a home company by which it could acquire a plant without incurring a debt.

MINOR TOPICS. A new plan for the reformation of wicked young men has taken possession of the fertile brain of Lucy Page Gaston, the determined foe of the deadly cigarette and other forms of youthful depravity. In each town a lot of good young men are to be picked from the Sunday schools and each one of these la to win the friendship and confidence of some designated sinner. He is to do this quietly, and In such a way as to excite no suspicion of his ulterior motive. Then he Is to stay with him at all times, pointing out the beauty of holiness, and by example and precept finally leading him into the paths of righteousness. What could be more splendid? But a question arises here as to the outcome of this scheme. Suppose the bad young man should prove stronger of purpose and more winning In his ways than the good companion? Is there not a grave danger that about half the missionaries will come under the malign influence of those whom they intend to reform? "Evil communications corrupt good manners," said the apostle, quoting an old Greek philosopher; and it seems about an even bet as to which side would win. The plan is full of dangers. Yesterday was "ground-hog day." and. sad to relate, the ground hog was fully able to see his shadow. According to the old superstition, the hibernating rodent went lei k into his hole, whence he will not emerge for six weeks, and during that six weeks wintry weather will prevail. Groundhog day is an ancient institution, though its name is American. It used to be called ( .1 mllemas, and on that day the Christmas decorations were taken down from homes and churches. If the day was dark an early spring was presaged, and vice versa. "Ground-hog day" is a western term; in New England it is called "woodchuck day." and woodchuck is the better name for the American marmot, which is not like a hog at all. Ten years ago to-day the Kearsarge, tho stanch old wooden corvette that won such fame by the destruction of the Alabama, struck on Roncador reef in the Caribbean sea and ended her honorable career. She was the last of her race; already an anomaly and an anachronism among the steelclad fighting machines of our navy, and yet none had a nobler record. All her storied prowess past, she "Struck her glorious flag at last To the formless thing that builded Roncador." At last the girls have awakened to their responsibilities, and in one town at least have signified their determination to take advantage of the privileges of leap year. A number of young women of from eighteen to twenty-eight in Dunkirk have formed a Proposal Club, and each member must offer her heart and hand to some man before the year is ended. If any young man refuses be should be tarred and feathered for ungallant conduct. "But. your honor," protested a Now York wholesale liquor dealer, "1 am a respectable business man and 1 cannot go to prison!" But one never knows what he can do until he tries, and the "respectable business mau," who had been counterfeiting whisky labels, is behino the bars. He was willing to pay a fine for the crime he had committed, but, like many others, expected his "respectability" to keep him out of Jail. When the Osage Indians come to town there is bound to be a celebration. Eighteen of them weut to Washington to sign a treaty opening their Oklahoma lands, but the treaty had to be postponed until they recovered from their headaches. They had accumulated too much civilisation the night before, as did Prince Cupid when he tirst saw the national capital. Feud Murderer Harvey McCoy had a record of thirteen men killed before he himself was slain by a bullet from one of his enemies. He should hav I stopped short of the unlucky number, or else dropped two men while he was about it. Feudists can't be too careful about these thlrgs. A New York wi man who proposed to a preacher has. In consequence, been adjudged insane. Was it because she exercised her leap year right, or because she used It on a preacher? if that la a sign of insanity, it is easy to see the finish of that Dunkirk club of girls. There is a man in Pennsylvania who has a private deer park, and in that park the deer are multiplying so rapidly that he Is at a loss to know what to do with them. Venison should be cheap in that part of the country, but he might start a trust and make it dear. Lillian Nordlca gets her divorce, but no alimony. Oh, well, she will not be altogether destitute. She has a few golden notes left in her throat worth more than any 'pittance Mr. Zollan Doeme could pay. 8o endeth a romance begun in Indianapolis. Colombia is getting ready to unloose her dogs of war. In contrast to the Siberian bloodhounds of Russia and the grim bulldogs of Britain. Colombia's leash of a pink pug pup and a hairless toy terrier is inter 'sting end amusing. "Shall money changers rule the l'nit d States?" asks Mr. Bryan, looking severely ut Wall street as he asks the question. Another unfortunate choice of terms. Who ever got any change back In Wall street'' This is the one season in the year when the man with the horse and carriage is better off than his neighbor with the automobile. The automobllist is not able to take the wheels off and substitute ruuners. In Ohio th.re has been exhumed a mammoth tooth weighing nine pounds. The Commercial Tribune may aa well give up; this is undoubtedly a Roosevelt omen. Japan is the newest and most modern of nations, and yet her imperial dynasty shows an unbroken line from W years

before Christ. That makes the Romanoffs

look like mushroom aristocracy. "The scene at the opening of the House of Lords was one scintillating with brilliancy." says a Indon dispatch. When King Edward was Prince of Wales he used to sin till late in other ways. The announcement that the boardinghouse keepers of St. Louis have taken steps towards the organization of a boarding- j house combination shows that the eagles are gathering for the carcass. The papers report serious rioting in Morocco. This will be pleasant news for France, which has not had a chance to do any interfering in behalf of civilization for a long time. THE HUMORISTS. Ill Doubt. "I want to And my wife." "Has she been away long?" "Yes, I don t know whether she has eloped or gone to aee 'Parsifal.' " Town Topics. Time's Iuiiikc. Youth wants to write his name up high. Fame's golden scroll to deck; But age Is glad to write upon The bottom of a cheque. Judge. W illinn; to Help. "Mamma," said little Elsie, who had heard her papa and mamma dlsrusing household economics, "we have to be very saving, don't we?" "Yes, dear; but come now, take your cod liver oil and" "But 1 was Just thinking, suppose we conomire on cod liver oil!" Philadelphia Press. The Bench und the Bar. Judge Rowndes Your race is familiar. I've sfcn you before. Prisoner Ye. --ur Honor, quite often. Judge Rowndes Ah, what was the charge the last time I saw you? Prisoner I think if was 15 cents, your Honor. I mixed a cocktail for you. Philadelphia Press. m the ( lock Struck Eleven. Percy Htaylate Do you believe in dreams, Miss Euphemia? Miss Euphemia No, indeed. Mr. Staylate. Why, only laat night I dreamed ihat you came to call and wont home at 9 o'clock. In the ensuing fragile silence father shook down the furnace and wound the clock The Criterion. Presence of Mind. Hearing a smothered cough behind the palms In the rear of the hall where they were holding a woman's convention, the athletic doorkeepers made a foray In that direction and dragged forth an unJersised man who was taking notes of the proceedings. "Ladies," he said, in an agitated voice, "please let me stay. I hate Senator Fmoot and the army canteen a thousand times worse than you do!" It was a desperate chance, but it saved him, and he was invited to a seat on the platform. Philadelphia Telegraph. A BATCH OF LITTLE STORIES. A Simpson Story. One of the Kansas members of the Bous has received a letter from a constituent which asked whether the claims known as "French spoliation" have been paid; If so, to whom, which reminds congressmen of one of "Sockless" Jerry Simpson's Jokes. When Simpson first came to Congress he announced that he was not familiar with tho McKinley bl!l, but he ironosed to examine Into It, and if he considered It Just would vote that It be paid. Washington Post. Harity of IMu vv rtSjfetS Bronson Howard was asked why there were so few playwrights. Said Mr. Howard: "The aspliant must write his plays, which Is one occupation; he must sell them, which is a separate occupation; he must, in the meantime, earn a living, which Is still another occupation a threefold difficulty which is practically insurmountable save in certain cases." "What are the cases T" "I have always imagined, from the trinity of obstacles, that triplets might be born playwrights." answered Mr. Howard, "and we know how rare they are!" Boston Post. Just Take Jury Out. Representative Clayton, of Alabama, tells this one: "The testimony In the case was all In and while the eloquent summing up of the counsel and the learned charge of the court were still echoing through the halls of justice the court ordered a constable forward to take charge of the jury while del ibora ting on a verdict. Ths officer appeared with uplifted hand, and ths court began the usual oath: " 'You do solemnly swear that you will take the Jury to some convenient pla and there them safely keep, without' but here ths judge failed to remember the balance of the oath, and concluded with "and all the rest of the little fixings you know what they are better than I do. Take ths Jury out." New York Express. A Snd Case. "Have you a dictionary here?" asked an oldish man with side-whiskers of the druggist on the corner. "No dictionary." was the reply, "but there's the city directory. If it will help you." "I'm afraid it won't. Perhaps you can tell me what I want to know. I was holding a p Utlccl argument with a man down in a shoe store, and we got pretty hot. I finally called him a prevalent. 1 expected he'd knock me down, but he only laughed at me." "What did you mean by calling him a prevalent?" "Why, I meant that he was a liar, of course. It's ths other term for liar, isn't it?" "Well, hardly. Prevalent means prevailing, predominating. When everybody has measles we say that measles is prevalent. What you should have said was that he was a prevaricator. That's the other term for a liar.' "By Oeorge by George!" exclaimed the caller, as he brought his fist down on tlw oounter, "but you must be right. I called him a prevalent instead of a prevaricator, and he net only got the best of me in the argument, but he asked if I was on my way to school when I went out. Say, give me a hot soda and let me drown my cares in forgetfulness." Minneapolis Tribune. Sweet Is Praise. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury, dropped into the Arlington Hotel this morning to shake hands with members of the Republican national committer who are still in Washington. Mr. Hart, the member of the committee from Iowa, spoke of the pleasure which Senator Banna must experience from the words of praise which have been spoken of him by Republicans in the East. This reminded S. r. t;crv Shaw of a story. It was about Abraham Lincoln and related to one of those times when the whole country seemed to disapprove of everything the President was doing. One day a leading banker from a large interior city went to the White House and warmly indorsed the course of the administration. "That's pleasant, that's kind " said Mr. Lincoln. "Do you know I like to hear lt. I know it's weakness to be pleased with praise, but It's a Sangamon county weakness. Once there was a Sangamon county man went into town to the county fair, and while there he bought a great piece of sweet gingerbread. He walked around throwing large chunks of it Into his cavernous capacity, and was followed by a crowd of young fellows w'h. laughed at the si ctacle. " it's all right, boys, fcr you to laugh.' said he of the sweet gingerbread, 'and go ahead If It amuse u. but I reckon there never was a man who liked this stuff more than I do. and nobody gets leM of It than I do in Sangamon county." "New York Herald. A Rise in Diamond. The De Beer Syndicate, which practically controls the diamond output of the world, has recently advanced the price of diamonds 15 per cent A diamond that a month ago could be bought for now costs $100. The De Basra Syndicate owns the diamond mines jn South Africa, from which nearly the whole of the world's supply of diamonds comsfc The syndicate contends that the mines are not producing

nearly the quantity of diamonds found In former years, especially large stones. Whether this is

r... -,- outside the small membership of the t syndicate knows. It Is said that the syndicate . owns diamond mines whKh It has not as yet developed. The present increase in the price of diamonds is only one of a series of increases in the last few years. All these increases have been based u;on the assigned fact that the yield of the mines has been decreasing. The De Beers Syndicate is a close corporation, with headquarters in London, and. it is said, made a pp.ifit of ICO.UOO.ijOO last year New York Evening I rt The I nkmmn i.real. "Wasn't a famous man brn around here somewhere? ' asked a sight-seeing visitor In Caldwell. N. J. "Huh?" queried his driver. "Wasn't a former President of the United States born in this neighborhood?" "H-m. Not as I ever heerd of. What was his name?" t k- eland Orover Cleveland." "Wtkit he lres:dent?" "Yes, Indeed twice." lio' An' was he born up here?" "Yes." "There goes Jim Duggs- I'll ask him. Hi. Jim!" Mr. Duggs sauntered up. "Did you ever hear abotft a man beln' President up here feller named Cleveland?" "Naw. He lived in Brooklyn or soraewheres. didn't he?" "He lived in Buffalo." explained the visitor. "He was born in Caldwell." "I nver knowed anybody by that name." replied Jim Duggs, "an' I've lived here thirty years." "Guess you must be mistook, Mister." said the driver. "If there'd ever been a President in these parts Jim'd ha' knowed about it long ago." February Llppincott's. Hardly Worth W hile. After all, Americans are sometimes left behind in their earnest search after novelties. While they have been largely driven to making the usual order of gift, the (In this instance) more origina! English woman conceived the idea of giving small partic!- of radium to her especial friends for Chri - nias gifts. "Just for the oddity of It. you know." The tiny bit of radium, with its spinthariscope through which to gaze at one's gift, costs from $10 to $50, so that it makes a sizable gift. If it wasn't a novelty, why, one could imagine a gift that would give more pleasure. The spinthariscope is the Invention of Sir William Crookes, the English scientist, and the popular style is that sold by a London chemist, who has a monopoly, about the size of a ringer ring case, and has an opening for the eye much like that in a child's kaleidoscope. By taking the apparatus into a dark room and squinting through the eye hole one sees flashes of light in varying brilliancy darting hither and thither and that is all. For a fashionable toy that seems unsatisfactory. Springtield Republican. Snow in Sew York Streeta. The exceptionally hard winter and heavy snowfail has taxed New York's street-cleaning department as it has never beeu before. Already it has cost the city nearly $400,000 to remove snow from the principal streets, and loud complaints about the condition of thoroughfares which could not be touched have brought forth citation of the fact that had the deiartment of street-cleaning attempted to remove the snow from all of the streets, as many citizens seemed to think should have been done, the aggregate cost to the taxpayers would have been $3,000.000 for the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx alone. Even should the taxpayers wish to sj,wnd this enormous sum, it would be an impossibility to do the work by the present methods, as there are not men and carts enough. It is evident that the department of street-cleaning can go no further in the line of snow removal in this city, with a heavy storm, unless it be by the Introduction of new methods, either of aid by trolley car lines and expensive machinery or by some other methods to be presented. New York Letter. Revokea a Franchise. Angered by wretched service, the Town Council of West Hoboken has parsed an ordinance revoking the franchise of the North Hudson County Railway Company. The North Hudson Is one of the subsidiary companies of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, which controls hundreds of miles of line connecting the cities and towns about Jersey City. The ordinance will not be in force before it has been advertised in the official papers for five days. Then, it is declared, the Public Service Corporation will have no right to run a trolley car on any street In the town and the poles and wires will have to come down. Tho police will be ordered to arrest conductors and motormen who atempt to run cars. -The company may run horse cars under a franchise still effective. Hundreds of indignant citizens were at the meetings of the Council and Mayor Nolan, in speaking of the measure before it was put to a vote, said every effort had been made to obtain better service, but without avail. New York Letter. When Yon Jo to Sew York. Before long the visitor to New York may reduce very much the expenses of a trip here. If be desires, by taking a room in one of three 100-room boarding houses that will be erected shortly on centrally located property. The plans how buildings ten stories In height, with thirteen rooms on a floor, on lots approximately 50 by 100. They will be classed as hotels, and will, accordingly, be of fireproof construction and fitted with elevators. It !s Intended to rent the rooms for from $3 to $5 a week, and it is promised that the rooms in the new structure will be superior in finish and more desirable in every way than those of the ordinary boarding house. A small dining room on the main floor will accommodate those who care to take their meals In the house. Although It is impossible to determine the attitude of the public toward the project, little difficulty will be found in securing lessees ready to try it, as already more than twenty-five applications to rent the proposed buildings have been made. "Dirty Dick'" of London. In London, as most men know, there Is an ancient hostelry, established in 1745, and known by the historic name of Dirty Dick's. Cnder the conditions of the will of the eccentric founder, Nathaniel Itentley, the shop was left In the enjoyment of dense festoons of cobwebs until they were disturbed In 1870, when a part of the tavern premises became so dangerous that it was rebuilt. The liquor sold at "D. D.'s" Is only of the best, for originally, and presumably in tho present day, only a small margin of profit was permitted. But the greatest temperance effort of Nathaniel Bentley stands recorded to all time In the rule the golden rule ihat no person Is to be served twice, and no person at all if he be the least Intoxicated. London Medical Press. Authority for "Stunt." If there are any who have had do. bts regarding the propriety of saying "stunt. 1 they will be relieved now to know It is all r 'ht. Mrs. Martha Crow Foote says so, and she is dean of the woman's hail at Nort hweste-r. I'niversity, in the classic suburb of Chicago Mrs. Foote says "stunt" is not only a good cr-.' but that it is correct English or. rather, A ne -.em. In Introducing the performers at a co et, f tertalnment recently she used "atunt," and, moreover, placed her public seal of approvel u; on t e word. Aside from Its ghastly allUeratlveness, the Denver News cannot tow be criticised for its "Sunday Page of Scintlllant Kport Stunts "New York Commercial Advertiser. A Lucky Collector's "Kind " Person who ;.re Interested In antique furniture and utensils are familiar with the "black-Jack." and some of them may have had the good fortune to pick up one of those curious old leather drlnking-mugs at an auction. It is seldom, however, that even the most persistent collector comes upon such a historical treasure as the "black-Jack" which was lately sold by auction In London. It was mounted with a silver shield, on which was engraved a coat of arms and the inscription. "Oliver Cromwell, less. Lord Protector." The purchaser paid 3$ for his prise. Youth's Companion The Next. "The Available Energy of Timothy Hay." Just iseued by the Agricultural Department, will be followed shortly by "The Diplomatic Energy of John Hay," published by the Department of State Chicago Post.

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Albert C. Bearss. of Peru, will be the new member of the Republican State advisory committee from the Eleventh district. Elam H. Neal. of Jonesboro, the newly elected district chairman, was in the city last night and authorized this announcement. "State Chairman Goodrich has asked me to name a mar for tho advisory committee from the Eleventh and I have decided to recommend Air. Beams," said Mr. Neal. "Knowing Mr. Bearss, as I do. and his record as an active party worker. 1 fe. l sure that the State committee will be fortunate to secure his services as a member of the advisory commit ue.'' Mr. Bearss is the first member of the advisory committee for this campaign to be named, and. by the way, he will succeed the man who recommends him, for Mr. Neal was the EteveJith district member of the advisory committee during the last campaign. Adam L.. Beck, of Huntingtun, who was Mr. Neal s opponent for district chairman, will in all probability be a nit in be r ol the suite executive committee, as Mr. Neal has asked that Chun man Goodrich place Mr. Beck or. the executie committee, ond it is und rstood that the chairman oflered Mr. Beck the appointment immediately after the l'eru convention. in speaking of Republican affairs In the Eleventh Mr. Neal said h i x ported to get the district committee together within the near future to decide on the date and place lor the congressional convention. "Ever since the Peru convention 1 have been exceedingly busy siruituernng out my private business aiiairs. lie said, "and I have not had time as yet to pay much attention to politics. 1 luv been paying the price for the district chairmanship, for I have discovered that a man can t drop his business for two or three months to devote all his time to a canvass of the district without Unding his business more or less demoralized when he returns to it. However, 1 am about ready now to take a run around the district to consult with the party workers and then I shall call a meeting of the district committee to set the date for the congressional convention. 1 can t say whether the sentiment is for an early or late convention because 1 haven't gone over the district, but 1 believe it is generally agreed that there shculd be a meeting of the committee within a few days." There has been a report that the congressional convention will be held not later than the first week In March, but Mr. Neal says he knows of no foundation for the repot t inasmuch as he has not discussed the matter with the count.v chairmen, and the decision lies with them. Apropos of Eleventh district Republican affairs, the friends of Major Steele say they laid a neat trap for the political workers of the district who are not for the major for Congress. They started a little gubernatorial boom for the major and then waited for the friends of Representative Landis, C. E. Cowgill and Dr. Charles H. Goode to rise to the bait. They were not disappointed. From all parts of the district came warm tributes to the major as a gubernatorial candidate and it became apparent that the forces that were anti-Steele on the congressional question were very much pro-Steelo as a prospective candidate for Governor. Now the friends of the major are saying that, as there is a practically uuanimous sentimeut among the Republicans of the district that he is well qualified for the position of chief executive, the sentiment should be equally unanimous that he is Just the man to send to Congress. "The anti-Steele people give the major just praise as gubernatorial timber," says the Marion News-Tribune iu revealing the coup. "No doubt they will be proud to send to Congress a gentleman who, they say themselves, is so eminently worthy and fitted to be the Governor of the magnificent State of Indiana, At any rate, th- f will have a chance to lend their votes where their praises are freely given." Tho friends of Repräsentative Landis, on the other hand, say that it is not at all inconsistent to praise Major Steele as gubernatorial timber and yet oppose him for the congressional nomination this year, arguing that by every precedent a member of Congress is entitled to the indorsement of one renomination and that Mr. Eandis should receive this indorsement at the hands of Eleventh district Republicans. 4Fred A. Sims, of Frankfort, the Ninth district member of the Republican state committee, Is expected here to-morrow to assume his duties as secretary of the committee. Mr. Sims will have charge of the headquarters in the Stevenson building, although Chairman Goodrich will spend a day or two there each week until the campaign is well under way, when he will be In the city practically all the time. 4- 4Union B. Hunt, of Winchester, who was at the Denlson yesterday, entertained several of his friends with accounts of the Randolph county mass meeting of Republicans, which was hold in his city last Saturday and was a decidedly lively affair. "I doubt If another such meeting hi:s ev r been held In Indiana." said Mr. Hunt, "and I am sure we have never had one like it In our county, or in the Eighth district. The congressional candidates were both there and Theodore Shockney, of I'nion city, who was a candidate for CongTess up until the district committee's decision that the nomination should be by direct primary instead of by a delegate convention, was made the permanent chairman of the meeting without opposition. Mr. Shockney made a speech on assuming the gavel in which he took advantage of his position to be very unfair to Representative Cromef and his friendf. In fact, he overdid the thing and was really unfair to Mr. Dunlap. of Anderson, whom he sought to favor, for if the meeting had been arranged solely to advance Mr. Cromer's Interests It could not have been more effective than it was. It was very apparent that Mr. Shoekney's bitterness turned the tide In Mr. Cromer's favor. "Mr. Dunlap is making an active canvass, I understand, but 1 feel safe In predicting that Mr. Cromer will be renominated by a substantial majority of the votes cast at the primary March 1." 4 Another view of the Randolph county meeting is given by Charles E. Lesher, of Union City, In a letter to the Journal criticising its report of the affair. In his lett r Mr. Lesher says: "Mr. Cromer was enlled for t make a speech by the house, and not by his friends alone, as was also, I think. Mr. Dunlap. Mr. Dunlap did not make caustic remarks, as you say. concerning Mr. Cromer, and which were answered by Mr. Cromer. Mr. Cromer was called for first and PeeonkMd by the chair first. Mr. Dunlap merely referred to statements which Mr. Cromer made, in which he made offers to his constituents, by stating that he had no sn h gifus at his bestowal, being not a congressman, but wishing to be. To me, merely one of the andienet , this s-emid fair tieatment. Then Mr. Hunt stated very positively in the beginning of his speech, and held to the text, that tho convention was not in the interest of any candidate, but was a Republican convention, and taking that attitude conld not have come out championing any one." 4- 4Frank H. Snyder, of Portland, gave out an extended statement of his reasons for withdrawing from the Eighth district congressional race, and while in retiring he did not ask his friends to support Mr. Dunlap, JAPAN AND KOREA. People of the Island- Need the Conntry tor Uvrrfloff lurptr-a. J. Sloat Fnss tt. In Review of Reviews. Japan desires Korea because her popu lation is crowding the home island and must have a place In which to overflow; because the climate, the soil, the preducts. the environme-nt generally, are little different from those at heime, and hence would make an attractive place for this overflow. Also, she wants Kerea because ! she cannot afford to have Korea In the possession of her archenemy, Russia, if Russia should take Korea, it would bring j the Northern Bear to the- verv p.-r'als of the hotiseholel of Japan. On the' other hand, if Japan should tak- R res, it would bring the little ye-llow man to the borders of Maoehuria. Neither r- can well afford to go to war over Korea, or for any other cause, neither can any nation Interested in tin- peace and future com 'neroal pobslbl lilies of the Orient willingly con

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it Is well en i rstood that he will give his support to the Madison county msn. It Is stated, too. that copies of Mr Snyder's letter of withdrawal will be circulated throughout the district In Mr. Dunlap's in-t-i Mr. Snyder takes the ioition that before the district committee decided on the dlrecr primary plan of nomination the other candidates. Mr. Dunlap. Mr Shockney and himself, should have hevn consulted and an effort should have been made to discover whether the masses of the Republicans throughout the district favored the urn nt of the delegate convention pian that had been followed for years. 4- 4Walter S. Montgomery, of Greendeld. who was recently elected president of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association, find R. S. Truilt. of Noblesville. who succeds Mr. Montgomery as si 1 1 et erf of the association, were in the city yesterday. 4M. A. Hastings, of Washington, one of the active Republicans of Daviess county, is at the English. 4- 4The midwinter meeting of the Indian Democratic Editorial Association will be held to-morrow at the Grand Hotel. President Ben F. McKee. of Lebanon, will be here to-day to make the final arrangements for the gathering of the editorial hosts, and it is said that the attendance bids fair to be record-breaking. As was indicated in the Journal some days ago, a quiet movement has been set on foot to bring about the indorsement of Senator Gorman as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination at this meeting, and this as well a.v other political phases of the meeting, will tend to increase the attendance and interest. The men who are engineering the Gorman deal ridicule the suggestion that they have suck a scheme in contemplation, and at the last minute, if the personnel of the resolutions committee is not to their liking. thy may abandon the plan. If Isaac R. Strouse, of the Roi kville Tribune, Is a member of the committee, or even if he is present at the nie.tHig, it is a foregone conclusion that there, will be no indorsement of any one save Bryan or Hearst without a light, and to carry any weight the Gorman indorsement must, be secured without a struggle am! apparently as the unanimous sentiment of the Democratic editors of Indiana. The banquet to-morrow evening will be the feature of the meeting. President McKee will preside as toast master and a number of speeches will be made. Including one by Mrs. J. Oscar Henderson, of this city, on "Famous Tombs." At the business session of the me e ting it Is planned to have a two-minute speech by every editor present on politics and the approaching campaign, the idea being to stir up a little political interest. 4- 4- 4"Nothing would be more pleasing to Indiana Republicans than to raise aloft ths banner of either of our distinguished senators," said Senator Pressly Smith, of Paragon, last evening in commenting on the presidential situation, "but M RooseveH has given the people such a clean and admirable administration these favorite sons, as well as all Indiana Republicans, vie with each other in declaring the President the man to succeed himself. He is the logical candidate1. The people sre lor him. I feel that he should be given a clear field and bo nominated without opposition. I will say, however, I think, as many others do. that, should candidates be presented from other State's, with a probability of defeating President Roosevelt for the nomination, then the Indiana delegates should look well to the possibilities for their own State. Of course, conditions can be met as they develop." Senator Smith was asked if Morgan county will have a candidate for the Fifth district congressional nomination, and he said that he did nd know. "I read a commut:'cation in an Indianapolis paper the either day wherein it was stated that Ed Seel wick, of Martinsville, will be a candidate, but personally I do not know Mr. Sedwick's plans." said the senator. "However. If we have a candidate Morgan county Republicans will be loyal to him." Mr. Smith was elected senator for tho joint district composed of Marlon and Morgan counties. The new apportionment placed him In a district composed of Morgan. Owen itrid Putnam counties, but if tho act is held unconstitutional by the Supremo Court, sustaining Judge Artman's decision. Mr. Smith will complete his term as one of Marion county's delegation. Mayor Holtzman, James L. Keuch and Jacob Piatt Dunn, the triumvirate of tho administration machine, recovered sufficiently yesterday from the shock of County Chairman Spencer's sudden call for a county primary to-morrow to break forth in moro or less vigorous denunciation of the trick of the Taggart leaders. "I very much regret that they saw tit to call the primaries without longer notice." said the mayor. "I think that strOU the ap-pe-arance of a snap convention sheiuld bi avoided." "I think, like every other r asonable Democrat, that this sudden action is an outrage."' said Mr. Dunn. "Just at a time- wh n efforts were being made to effect a compromise, tho negotiations are suddenly broken off and the call Is Issued, shutting etut all chanc to any one but the candidate of the crowd calling the primaries." "Taggart is responsible for this, and I want him to get all the glory out of contredling the county etrguuization." said Mr. Keach. The latter is apparently the more tranquil of the triumvirate, and It seems that he has acquired some philosophy sine his recent conflict with the Taggart forces. proceeds to say, with a tine touch of humor: "My machine' is not running now, but is being glided and having new lights put on. and the engineers are so busy eating 'pie that they have no time to think ef anything else." These in a position to know the actual conelition of the Reach machine aay thai there is nothing left ef it to gild, since it last encountered the Taggart machlue. sav the whistb. but Mr. Reach's humor, 11 grim, is none the less Infectious. 4- 4Mayor Holtzman says that he had responded to a reeue'st tor a suggestion of a man for county chairnv-m by naming John W. Beta. "I know Mr. Kern to be a fairminded man and I thought him the- kind o man to unite all Interests," he said. "The elid not expre'ss approval ef the suggestion, but indicated that he was nd aval;. it. 1. Considering th' nature of the- light mailt by Mr. Reach and his friends against Mr. Kern when he was a candidate. fr eity chairman last winter, this tribute from Mayor Holtzman will be taken as d '. i f tardy recognition of Mr. Kern's virtues as e fair-minded man who would unite- all intersts. However, it is apparent that the (J. ministration creiwd has been left high lu the- air by the sodden call for the primaries, and that the leaders are attempting to gi j down as best they can. It gH-t without saying that in turning this trlr4 Mr. Taggart and his friends have merely dorn- just what Mr. Keach and his crowd would do haI they the opiortunity. Th Taggart facthn is In control of the machinery and purioe to use Its power at all stages of the political game. The prt marie-s will ! held to-morrow eve-nlr.g frora 4 till ft o'clock and it Is regarded as certain that a majority of the orecinet com mitte-emen eb ted will vote for Charles m Clarke', the Taggart candidate-, for countj chairman. Chairman Spencer announced yesterdaj that the pew committee will me-et to organize Saturday ev-ning at 7: o'clock instead of at 2 o lock in the afternoon, as had been originally de-cid-d. Th- meeting wiB be held in the- Masenic Hall. sent that war should grow up betweei Japan and Russia v er R--r-a. or from an . other cause. Iflf additi n te her One, i free harbors, which Russia wants, and access te which she Is de-termlne'd to have. Korea commands the Yellow t!,ri th Japan sea. and Russia wants no affgressivc power like Japan occupying the positior K a ceemmatids. Korea has fertile Oetdfl genial climate, unsurpassed fisheries, ric mine and ro..m tor gr wth. JSjpran want! these, as well as a place to stand to me i th- aggressions of the Slav. Besides, Ko-ea in Russian hamls mean a dagge-i point eel at the- heart of Japan. It is a lifeand drat Ii etrusMM for Japan. She siuy b- only feinting and diplomatizing in demanding guarantees as to trade and privileges in Manchuria and insisting upon hei rights in that province, although hit e r. m.reial transactions with the people ol Manchuria outweigh those of II oth r u o Hon- combined; but ms to Ro,-.a. there it n room for diplomatising The vital Importance to Japan of tl.i penlnsala li i.ed by du whole peopi,. from th tnrone to tne Japanese h.hcrim-n. J .:, ;in-s. people are i p.. . itc unl Th l tnis point, aud whatever else may be said or done, there- will be war. and desperat war. itefore Japan will willingly consent tc . ipl; v rea iu the poaseaaiua and ouuiru

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