Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 47, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1904 — Page 4

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LOUUTVTLLE C. T. Deerlng. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and lUuefeld Hros.. 442 West Market street. NEW YORK Astor 11 uag ST. LOUIS Union Www Company, Union Depot. ST. JOSEPH. Mo. F. B. Carricl. Station D. WASHINGTON. l. -RlgRH House. Ebbitt House. Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard Hotel. John G. Carlisle announces that the Democratic party "is preparing to move- to the front and fight on living issues." For the sake of absolute correctness and good grammar. - m . one should move to amend by striking out the word "on." In addition to the figures of comparison already noted between Russia and Japan, It may be interesting to find that Russia has 300,000 fewer school children than Japan. And more than three times tin population! Does that account for Japan's superior Intelligence in lighting? It is now assured th.t the insurance companies will be able to pay in full the losses In the Baltimore fire. The policies were wisely distributed, and no one company suffers a crushing blow. This is good news tor" the entire country, and may be contrasted with the craslu-s that followed the Chicago fire of ksTl. An Immense oil painting of Grover Cleveland hai.gs in the executive mansion, but a Nebraska artist has just completed a portrait of William J. Bryan, painted on the smooth side of a kernel of corn. The size of these pictures typifies the relativ importance of the two leaders in the minds of a large number of Democrats. Secretary Taft has given a very sensible answer to the chronic "kickers" who wax o indignant because this government "allows slavery to exist among the Moros in Sulu." Slavery does exist in some parts of the isluud. but in defiance of law. So does murder exist in South Carolina; but the federal government is working harder tc exterminate Moro slavery than the State of South Carolina is working to punish murder. Surely there is nobody in the Senate willing to make a party issue of intervention in Santo Domingo. Some active steps in this direction have become an absolute necessity; the laws of civilized warfare are no longer respected on the island, and if this government docs not Interfere some other nation will. That must be prevented at all hazards, and It has c mi" to a point where the national honor must be protected even if soms risk is taken. There Is a true nobility and unselfishness to be admired in a man who will go to any lengths to save his dear ones trouble and worry or even slight annoyance; but it has remained for an Indiana man to carry this trait to an extreme that Is almost questionable. A man residing in Marion discovered that his wife wished to be rid of him and tnat she would probably have to poison him to accomplish it Wishing to save her the trouble, the burdened tonscience and the possibl notoriety of the deed, he took it out of her hands and poisoned himself. Is not this true unseland devotion? A city contemporary has a story that at tae beginning of the civil war the British authorities detained three American ships loaded with saltpetre to make powder with rtfas.'d t. them until after a correspondence by cable had passed between Minister Adams and Secretary Seward. The text of Secretary S. u i alleged dispute h is u:..n. and the story tays. "Adams communicated the cable to the British government and inside of half an hour Lord Pahuei stun, the premier, drove t the American minister's house, announcing that the ships wer- d. that ttfct who is thins: was a mistake." As there was no Atlantic cable in operation till lvfö the story seems rather lam. I'. rhapa the alleged dispatches were sent by grapevine. One sf the most Important War Office reforms Instituted by the Esher Commission in Great I.nt.un will be td make King Edward the head of the British army. The office of commander-in-chief la abolish- d and a general atafT created, the inspector general of whieh reports directly to the KftBg. It hi expected that this will put aa end to tbe constant friction between the army and the War Department. The .system prevails in Germany, wro-re the Kaiser I "War Lord;" and, indeed, it ooee pr. vailed in England, but was discarded u h n Gesrge MI U-.-.ime mentally unsound. George IV was not truated by Parliament

to resume the position, and as for William. he was too laxy to de I ire It. Victoria's sex kept her from the command, so EdWard is the first sovereign in more than a century to be at the head of the army. The change will be made without an act of Parliament, because it is already legal, and iu England no Uws perish through disuse.

H n vi ih li n . The death of Senator Hanna will cause a shock throughout the country. It seems 0 but yesterday that he was one of the most stalwart figures In business and political cir iea. Only a few week:- ago. at Columbus. O.. he was the marshal of political forces and the modest recipient of politic. il honors in circumstances that seemed to portend for him long life. His cutting down has been very sudden and has deprived the Nation of public services that it cannot well afford to lose. Senator Hanna represented the school of modern American statesmanship. He was a a business man for many years before he entered politics. He was a practical rather than an academic statesman. He was not ashamed to have it understood that he represented the commercial spirit of the age and the commercial Interests of the United States. As a business man he saw that this was the dominant Idea of the twentieth century and he cheerfully adopted It. His influence in the labor worll as a large employer and friend of conciliatory methods was distinctly for good. Wheu he first entered politics he was unknown except as a luceessful business man and a large employer of labor. Because he had prospered in business he was represented by cartoonists as a worshiper i of money, an oppressor of the poor and a tyrant among his employes. The very opposite was true. Senator Hanna was suc- ' m business heraus- he was a natural captain of industry, but as an employer he was exceptionally kind, considerate and just. His employes will be among his most sincere mourners. The world does not know much of any man's private life, but Senator Hanna had become a great figure in public life, and was easily the foremost mau in the- Seuate in the variety of his knowledge concerning the great business interests of the country and in his grasp of matters relating to them. Such men are needed in public life, and until a very short time ago there was reason to believe the country might have the benefit of Senator Hauna's services for many years yet. It would hardly be amiss to say that the only sentimental side of character Senator Hanna ever showed was his love for McKinley. The affection between the two men was remarkable and equally creditable to both. History affords few instances of closer friendship or more affectionate relations between two public men. Perhaps the most remarkable thing In Senator Hanna's career was the manner In which he lived down and put under his feet the attacks made upon him in the campaign of 1S96. Those attacks were the most vicious and violent ever made on any American in public life. His offense was being the friend and backer of William McKinley. For this he was caricatured and cartooned from one end of the country to another as a friend ami ally of Satan. He did not reply to the attacks, but he lived them down. He did not resort to vituperation, he simply pointed to the record. His death is more than a loss to the Republican party. It is a loss to the Nation and to the forces that make for good government. A Ql EMTIO OF I MT.HXATION AL 1. V W. Every modern war raises international questions of its own. One of those al ready raised by the present war is whether the Japanese are entitled to the surrender as prisoners of the survivors of the two Russian cruisers which were sunk at Chemulpo last week, and who sought refuge on three foreign warships one British, one Italian and one French. The Japanese have made two or three demands for the surrender of the men, claiming that as they could have killed all of them while they were in the water and only allowed tin m to escape from motives of humanity, they should be treated as prisoners of war. At last accounts the commanders were iu doubt as to what course to pursue. It is an established principle of international law that the ships of any nation on th high seas are. for purposes of jurisdiction, a part of the territory of the nation to which they belong, and this rule applies to warships in port as well as on the high seas. Therefore, a person aboard a British or French warship either on the high seas or in port Is virtually in British or French territory. Suppose a prisoner of war should escape and make his way to British or French territory; it is doubtful if his surrender could be demanded. And these men were not technically prisoners, beeuuse they had not yet been captured. They were in peril of their lives, but they got away and got aboard the foreign ships. The right of asylum is frequently claimetl and extended by foreign ships to political r takers in time of revolution. It is never extended to criminals. The United States navy regulations contain the following: The right of asylum for political refugees has no foundation in international law. In countries, however, where frequent Insurrections oc ur. and constant instability of government exists, local usage sanctltms the granting of asylum, but even In the waters of such countries officers should refuse all applications for asylum except when required by the interests of humanity in extreme or exceptional castas, such as the pursuit f a refugee by a mob. The case at Chemulpo was not one of revolution but of open war. The fugitives were not political refugees nor were they pursued by a mob. but they were in imminent peril of their lives and had a good claim for asylum on the ground of humanity. In 1361. when the commander of a United States armed ship boarded the British mail bout Trent and removed therefrom Messrs. Mason and Slidell, reb I . üiiv-rus l.n:n,l for England. Great Britain at once began to prepare for war to enforce their surrender. In the United States the capture of the rebels was hail. .1 .is a vi.t ry. The secretary of the navy thanked the commander who captured them and Congress did the same. The prisoners were taken to Boston and confined In Fort Warren, but not for lng. President Lincoln and Secretary Seward at once said that a serious mistake hal been m ob and that the Amerii m contention against the British right to board and search American ships hat! been violated. They decided that tin United State was !n the wrong, that the prisoners must he surrenden d und an apology made, and It was done. That was a listlnct recognition of the irinciiie that the deck of a

ship on the high eeas is part of the territory of the nation to which sh he..i,s. In the light of these principles and of the facts in the case it is doubtful if Japan has a right to demand th- surrender of the Russians who found refuge -on board the foreign ships. It would, oe a questionable sort of humanity for the foreign ships to rescue Russians from drowning only to turn them over to the Japanese. MR. TV(.bHT PH KS T II M NOMINEE. While in St. Louis making arrangements for the Indiana delegation at the Democratic national Convention, our esteemed fellow-citizen and brother journalist, Thomas Taggart. submitted to an interview regarding the Democratic candidate for President. Having been thoughtful enough to take his key along with him. he let the reporter in on the ground floor of party secrets. Mr. Taggart admitted to the reporter that he could as certainly name the nominee as he can write his own name, but that he must decline to say who it would be. Wh n he was asked what were Senator Gorman's chances he replied in a mysterious manner, "What made you mention his name?" Now, that may mean two or three things, according as one emphasizes it. It might mean that Gorman was the very man Mr. Taggart had in mind, and that the interviewer had guessed right the first time, or it might mean that his name was not to be considered at all. Mr. Taggart let it go at that. When asked how about Senator Cockrlll, of Missouri, Mr. Taggart rather dodged the question, saying he would not dare to oppose Senator Coekrill in his own State, and

he would not like to complicate matters by declaring for him as the nominee. He was equally noncommittal as to other per sons who were named, but li1 went so far as to say that the person he had in minI was not a dark horse. "It will be a man," said Mr. Taggart. "that is right in front to-day." His last word was that he cou!d name the nominee with absolute certainty. He might have given the reporter a pointer by telling him that the nominee will be a natural-born citizen of the United States and not less than thirty-five years old. It is hardly fair for reporters to prod Mr. Taggart in that way regarding future events that have been revealed to him under pledge of secrecy. By a slip of the tongue he might let the secret out, and then the convention would become a purely perfunctory affair. Much attention Is being paid to Russia's Black sea fleet, but it Is hardly worthy the press attention it is receiving. Six of the eight battleships of which it consists are frem ten to seventeen years old, and of the others one was built in PS95 and one in 1S99. Two are rated at about 12.500 tons each, four at a little over lO.ouu tons and the other two at a little less than 9.000 tons each. Armament and speed are so wielely at variance as to forbiel their operation as a unit. Being constructed! solely with a view to operations in the Black sea, their radii of action are small. Two could travel 3,980 knots at a speeel of ten knots an hour on their maximum coal capacity. None of the others could make anything like such a journey without fuel replenishment. Three are believed to be unseaworthy on account of trememdous armor ami armament weight, and two only are believed to be capable of service. Thus, even should Russia be permitted to move them or should she force their way through the Dardanelles, they are hardly to be considered as an important factor in the naval erjuatlon. MINOR TOPICS. It is sad news for a host of theater-goers that Viola Allen may be incapacitated for further acting by a case of mastoiditis which had been allowed to go too lemg uncared for. The ailment has been peculiarly prevalent this winter and is no light affliction. If you have a violent earache, with a swelling beleiw the ear at the point of the jaw, go to a doctor immediately; he will probably be able to nip it in the bud. Four young women who were in danger of fn-ezing to death near Geneseo (N. Y.) flagged a train with a red flannel petticoat nnel were saed. How does It happen that In these cases a young woman always happens to have a red flannel petticoat? The Journal is assured by those who should kneiw that these articles are seldom worn nowadays; and yet when a train is to be flagged the red flannel always appears. Edward VII is going to visit Rome. Vienna, Paris. Berlin and Lisbon this summer, and the St. Louis papers are fuming because he Is not coming over to see the exposition. Perhaps Edward is wise and pre fers a quiet little vacation trip to the heat, the dust and the terrible crowd he would encounter at St. Louis. An excellent Idea In horticulture comes from an Inspireel genius in Rhode Island. He says that cherries can be saved from the birds by setting out mulberry trees, because birds prefer mulberries. That would be a great scheme were It not for the fact that mulberries do not ripen until long after the cherries are gone. The false report of the fall of Port Arthur is said to have been traced to Indianapolis. A New York paper comments sarcastically aa the fact, but with little justification. War news originating in Imliana is at least as credible as that originating In New York; and it has the added recommendation of a certain literary value. Wht D a paragrapher makes a Joke he ought to stand for It. The New York Telegram says "Japan seems about to execute a pas Seoul," antl then backs down ami protests that the remark was contributed. The Journal has no patience with a man who w ill not stanel by his own l.idlscretlons. A professor of the University of Chicago announces that sewage is eleath to typhoid germs, and that one of them could not live two days in a polluted stream. Thus Chicago turns things topsy-turvy again, and we shall soon be using stagnant pools and sewer refuse as a typhoid antitoxin. A Harrisburg (DL) man wvnt into a trance and after twelve hours awoke and gave a vivid description of heaven, where he said he had been visiting. This might be believed If he had been an Indiana man; but, since he lived in Illinois, what did he want to COtssI hack for? A tuberculosis specialist of St. Louis says that whisky is good for consumption. Does h mean just that, or that it is good for consumptives? Cntil this point is settled it will be well for the weak-lunged to have it alemc. The y hailed Daniel J. Sully as "the Napoleon of the cotton market" the other day, and that is a bad omen. Somehow when any one is called a Napoleon other people always look forward to a Waterloo. It is said that the reporters and editors of the Baltimore Sun stuck to thdr desks on the nbjht of the tire until th$ "copy" paper

on whieh they were writing grew yellow

and than the Sun that issue d with the smoke and he aL Even bowed distinct y dlow traces in A Massaehusetts stat officer was offered an Increase of salary, but refused it on the ground that he was alrealy receiving all his services merited. Cimment is being withheld until the auditing committee has ceun-pl-ted its hastily-begun examination of his books. The wh. V rountry wid rejoice at the r. ws that the Dowieites are about to turn their attention to the conversion of th.' Mormons. Zion City may ultimately be combined with Salt Lake, and this government wiil hfcv them both where it can keep Its eye on them. From the deathlike quiet that has been prevailing in the vicinity of Senator Gorman for the last few weeks it is evident that he was one of those who saw his shadow on groundhog day and crawled back into his hole. One of the Washington reporters who makes a specialty of statistics says that Senator Morgan speaks very slowly only 100 words a minute. But he generally makes up lor that by using more minutes than anybody else. A South Dakota oil company bored for oil and struek water instead. So the company will raise sugar beets, getting water for irrigation and power for the factory from the well. Providence himself can t beat an oil company. It is said that John D. Rockefeller is especially fond of the Twenty-third Psalm. This Is easy to believe when it is remembered that the first verse of that composition concludes with th" worels. "I shall not want." Kip'ing is writing parodies on the early English po ts. When a man begins writing parodies it is almost a sure sign that he is getting lazy; Rudyard should take a trip to Port Arthur and wake up. Editor Labouchere, of London, says that the American girl "eclipses the damse ls of all other nations." This will offset some of the hanl knocks American girls have been getting from other London papers. A Chicago waiter has inherited a million dollars. Aha! The public Is avenged! For he will have to begin handing out tips himself now, and he will lind out how it feels. Again the old argument about fish being an excellent brain food has been revived. The Japanese eat great paantities. RUSSIA PLAYS FAST AND LOOSE WITH FOREIGNERS They Have Xo Rights in Manchurian Metropolis Permitted There Onlv on Sufferance. AMERICAN GOODS TABOO WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. What the Russians have accomplished at Harbin, the great inland metropolis of Manchuria, is told in a report to the State Department by Mr. Miller, the American consul at NiuChwang. Harbin is on the Sungari river, at the junction of the Manchurian branch of the Siberian Railway and the Chinese eastern branch, whence it starts south to Dalny, Port Arthur being distant from the last point six hundred miles. Mr. Miller says Harbin Is destined soon to become the commercial center of Manchuria, as It is the geographical center, and that the city on all sides, for hundreds of miles, is surrounded with a rih and productive agricultural cetuntry, prenlucing corn, beef, oats, barley, beans, millet, hemp, tobacco, vegetables and some fruits. The vicinity also abounds in minerals, timber and large arras of grazing lands. Of the aelministration of this metropolis Mr. Mfller says: "It is as distinctly a Russian city as though it were loeat- d in the heart of Russia, and none but Russians and Chinese are permitted to own land, construct buildings or engage in any prominent enterprise. Tue city has been treated by the Russian government under the management of the Manchurian Railway Company. The land for many miles in each direction has been secured against foreigners, who are not recognized as having any rights whatever, but are permitted there merely em sufferance." With a population In 1901 of l.uou Harbjn, by the census of last year, showed a population of tiu.ueu, exclusive of soldiers, only seven hundred being foreigners. There are no Americans. The city has elegant administration buildings, railway shops costing over a million dollars, hospitals, commercial, technical, Russian and Chire M schools, clubs, hotels and a bank, representing a total investment, in buildings alone, of $15.4fjS.OUO. The capital of the foremost enterprises is furnished by Siberian Jews. Harbin was started primarily as a military center and an administration town for the government nd direction of railway affairs. Its marvelous commercial development was an afterthemght. Consul Miller, in conclusion, says: "When you see the great flour mills, continually enlarging and increasing in number; when you see the num rous breweries being constructeel; when you see Russian engines and German, Austrian and Danish machinery and products, anel hear of the successful development of Russian lumber mills and the introduction of Russian cotton goods, and see in the Chinese stores Russian oil and cigarettes where before were American, and where you hunt with straining eyes to hnd something from the United States, one is not seriously impressed with the statement that unde r Russian occupation our imports into Manchuria are sure to increase." SHARP ADVANCE IN MEXICAN DOLLARS War in the East Results in Their Withdrawal from Trade in the Philippines. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. -The Insular Bureau of the War Department is informed that the value of the Mexican dollar at Hong-Kong to-day is 48'i cents, a jump of two points smee Saturday noon. This places the coin on a practical parity with our own silver Philippine peso. The Mexican dothuT practically has advanced from 37 cents to its piesn.t figure- within a year. This last Increase is xplained at the War Department by the statement that the war has caused a heavy drain. Chinese and Japanese HBCTChantS converting much of their stock into cash to be prepared for aiuargaPctoa. The rsaujt is expecte d to be th- practical extirpation of the Mexican dollar in the Philippines, an object very much desired, for a he avy import duty on IfSXicaM will ke p them out of the islands once they are drawn off. NEUTRAL SHIPS AT PORT ARTHUR RELEASED YINC-KdW. Sunday. Feb. 14. The ad- ! ministrative authorities at Port Arthur hie formally notified the American and British consuls there of the release of the neutral ships whieh had be n sejZel. 15-th consuls had asked for explanations. The e ivil administration of Port Arthur has intimated that Viceroy AI i. ff will not rec-e.u-nize the consuls in matters relating to Port Arthur and Manchuria. Th Russians are e omnia iideering suppli. at New-Chwang and the hlnes are alarme-d and are closing their shops and placing their ptisse-ssions under foreign am Russian residents of New-t'hwang, fearing that the army will be unable to protect their treasure under the jurisdiction of for-

L ACCOUNT IF II BATTLE FOUGHT OFF PORT ARTHUR FEB.9 t First Report Receiveel at St. Petersburg That Was Not Sent Out lv Alexieff. JAPANESE SHIPS STRUCK Further Details of the Chemulpo Engagement Dispute Over Who Fired the First Shot. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 13. The first unofficial account of the battle off Port Arthur on Tuesday last has been received in a telegram dated Port Arthur, Feb. 9. It follows: "At 11:30 o'clock this morning a Japanese squadron of fifteen vessels began the bombardment of Port Arthur. Our squadron and fortresses replied and the battle lasted forty minutes. "The Japanese squaelron could not stand the well-placed first fire of our fleet, and particularly of the forts, and began a rapid retirement. The Japanese flagship was seriously damaged, and according to the t.-timony of an eye-witness, five other Japanese ships were considerably Injured. Boats belonging to the port report that they saw two Japanese vessels sinking at sea. "Our losses afloat were two officers wounded, one so slightly that he continued fighting, six men killed and fifty-four wounded. In the forts two men were slightly wounded. "The bombardment of the forts and town did no damage, but frightened the inhabitants. At intervals during the night firing was heard at sea." The dispatch adds that the temper of the army and navy is excellent, and that the bulletins circulated by the Novycrai have begun to tranquillize the people. No attempts have been maele by the Japanese to land on the Kwan,-Tung peninsula. "The re-pairs to the ships damaged by the torpedo attack are proceeding rapidly." Captain Beliaief, of the Korletz, writing to relatives Jan. !, said: "I am ready to go to sea at any minute. From day to day we have been expecting a fight with the Japanese. 'e expect sudden attacks without a previous declaration of war. The wooden fittings are being taken ashore. We have no armor; our strength is only in the guns and fhe courage of our men. We Kassians often depend on courage and the outcome is all right. It may happen that It will iujt fail us now. I shall de all possible. If they send us to the bottom say a good word for us." RUSSIANS LOCKED IN CABIN OF THE VARIAG SEOUL, Feb. 10. (Delayed In transmission.) The Russian consul at Chemulpo is now guarded by Japanese troops. To-day all the other Russians in the city have been ordered into one large house where they will be detained, awaiting action of the authorities as to their disposal. The Russian minister at Seoul has been requested by the Japanese minister, through a neutral legation, to withdraw, and he has eemsented to do so. He will probably leave Seoul to-morrow. There are now on board the French cruiser Paschal 214 Russians, of whom two commanders, fourteen officers and thirty-one men are wounded. Six wounded men have already died. It is now known that the Russian cruiser Variag had forty men and one officer, a count, killed during the recent engagement off Chemulpo. This officer was a midshipman named NIron, and net Muro, as stated erroneously In a previous dispatch. The Variag had sixty-four men wounded, among them Captain Rudenf, whe was in command of the cruiser. His wounds are not considered serious. The Russian dead, with the exception of the young officer who fell on the bridge, were locked up in the cabin when the Variag went down. Several men were seen on board the Korietz, it is said, an instant before she blew up. The commissioner of customs at Chemulpo has protested against an alleged breach of neutrality on the part of the Japanese. The Russians say the Japanese fired first, dispatching two torpedoes at the Korietz when she tried to leave the harbor en the Sth. The Japanese claim in turn that the Korietz fired first. There is no news of the arrival of any more Russian troops in Korean territory anel Seoul remains quiet. The Japanese have demanded the use of several government buildings in this city to be used as barracks for the treops. On the English and Italian cruiser are a number of Russian refugees, just how many is not known. Only the wounded are on the British vessel. FRENCH ALLIANCE WITH IS CONDE Socialist Party, Which Holds Balance of Power, Wants the Treatv Denounced. SPEECH BY M. JAURES PARIS, Feb. 15. M. Jaures, leader of the Socialist party (which helds the balance of power in Parliament), until recently vice president of the Chamber, has made a declaration contemplating the immediate Renunciation of the Franco-Russian alliance, which has attracted a great deal of attention in diplomatic circles. The declaration was made at St. Etienne, where the Socialist congress is sitting. Aecorelirg to the St. Etienne Tribune, the Soc ialist organ in that city, Jaures said: "Hlapsed years, past events anel experience have demonstrated that Germany, from which aggression was to be expected, does not wish for war. Experience shows that the alliance with Russia, which had been directed, above all. first against Germany, has lost the reasons ror Its existence." According to th' Petit RepubUque, a Socialist paper of Paria, Mr. Jaures said: "Do nothing which will provoke Japan and nothing which will provoke England, and theu denounce the' alliance that has become dangerous. Let us defend ourselves." French politicians recognize- that there is considerable difference between the St. Etienne Tribune's report and that of the Petit Re-publique, but whatever w re M. .Ji;u. s's exact words, his condemnation of the Franco Baaama alliance will have a derided bearing should it become necessary for France to be placed in the position of having to de'cide or not to support Russia. PAY XL TOR NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN Postmaster General to Conduct the Work Preliminary to Republican National Convention. CHICAGO, Feb. 15. A dispatch to the Daily News from Washington to-day says: It has been practically determined that Postmaster General Payne, of Wisconsin, will be chairman oT the national committee and. be ing close to the Pre-sielent, shall carryon the preliminary Republican campaign work until the assembling of the Repub1 ei national convention. At that time th- new national committee and a near chairman will be chosn. In connection with the election of a chainrcii at that time, th n; in.- of Secretary Shaw, former Gov. Murray 1'rane. of M iss o iiuetts, and Govii rnor Durbin, oi Indiana, have been mentioned.

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The death of Senator Hanna was iilmot the sole topic of conversation last evening around the hotel lobbies and clubs. -; -cially where men actively Interested In politics got together. Expressions of sorrow were universal. It was a notable tribute to the senator that e ven men who differed radically with him on political questions, and who had fought him vigorously for eight long years. Joined in expressions of regret at his death and in speaking highly of his personal character, marked ability and i - len. Several members of the executive commit- I tee ot th,. Indiana Rennl.lir: n Kdit 'rial As-

sociation were at the Columbia Club last J are for Penrose for chairman because wevening. In the pnrn w re W alter S. Mont- V-i-we the party needs n young, aggressiv gomery of Greenfield president of the asso- I and resoui eeful man. sue h as he Is, at th elation. A. R. Kee.-linu. of L- gans; :t. Jul-j head of Its organisation.'

Hin I). Höhnte of (jinv . . and H. M. Smith of Gretncastle. They met with State OhMirmnn lnmx P GonHiieh to ti'lW over the work of the press bureau maintained by the Republican state committee. No a tion j of any kind was taken, as Chairman Goodrich had mftlv asked that the committee lay any suggestions before him that it might have to offer. The committee in turn 1 J A a - -1 f -A . W . II ..... 1 i .... yuan sent out a circular io ine iv -puon. a a F I . . . . . - , I .1. C JMUH eoiiors oi me öisiie. asKiiiK mem mi -ingestions, and the replies were given to tne chairman. rge as Slipe H. Sanders, of Marion, who has a reputation as one of the ablest editorial writers in the State, will be Identified with the bureau. e J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, pn sident of the National League of Republican Clubs, was in the city yesterday, a guest at the English Hotel. "On behalf of the National Republican League," said Mr. Moore last night, "1 came here to pay my resi : ts to Governor Durbin, State Chairman Goodrich and others prominent in the Republican party of Indiana and Indianapolis, preparatory to engaging actively with President Willard McGuirc, Secretary George D. Hellman and the representatives of the Indiana National League. "At Chicago in 1903 the executive committee of the National league voted to hold the 1904 convention at Indianapolis. The c ill has not be-en issued, but will be soon after my return to Philadelphia. We shah fix two davs in October agreeable to the Indiana League, holding two day sessions of the convention and two night mass meetings. As the presidential campaign will at that time be at its height we anticipate a great Republican demonstration. While Indiana Republicans regard Indiana as a safe State, the same feeling of confidenc i is not entertained by Republicans beyond its borders. Wo believe the State to be debatable ground just as New York is debatable, and as the campaign progresses it will eloubtless become the cynosure of political attraction. The situation will be all the more Interesting if Indiana is represented on the presidential ticket. "So far as the National League is concerned it will work in conjunction with the league of Indiana and the regularly constituted Republican organization. We have more than half a million numbers throughout the country and arc enrolling new clubs in all the States and Territories. These will be represented at the Indianapolis convention." Mr. Moore attended the Ohio State League convention at Cleveland on Friday of last week and the Indiana convention at Evansville en Saturday. H said th. Ohio convention passed resolutions pledging the support of that body to President Roosevelt. The Indiana League could not pass such a resolution, he snid. because the constitution forbids the indorsement of candidates prior to their nomination. This was in line with the laws of the National League, and avoided conflicts with the regular party organizations. The indorsem nt In Ohio, he saiel. was merely a ratification of ttfe action already taken by the State convention. It was the same kind of action as had been taken in Pennsylvania and in other States where the regular party organizations had declared themselv s. The national president spoke enthusiastically of the Evansville convention and its effect upon the younger men of the party. "The league is the young man's opportunity for useful anel patriotic political sen-ices." he said, "having the hearty indorsement of the President and of Senator Hanna, as chairman of the Republican national committee." Mr. Meiere added that the details ef the Indianapolis convention would be left entirely with President Me JAPAN READY TO PLACE MIEN IN THE FIELD: WAN MOVEMENTS SECRET Extraordinary Activity and Hopefulness Displayed by the Tokio Government. WORK OF ARMY AND NAVY All Merchant Steamers Are Being Converted Into Well-Armed Auxiliary Cruisers. SHANGHAI, Feb. 15. A dispatch from Nagasaki, dated Friday, Feb. 12, states that absolute reticence is maintained by the? government. An intense war feeling prevails among all classes, although there is an apparent absence of excitement. Among the striking features of the situation are the strict censorship which is exercised over all cablegrams and the close concealment of military and naval movement. It has been the government's policy to have the news of the naval conflicts come as a complete surprise. The Japanese tie mselves did not know the destination of the warships. The news of the Japanese sie -cesses has caused suppressed exultation. The demonstrations have been made by newsboys, wearing' bei Is, who are constantly scurrying through the city with "extras," which are issued frequently by the papers. These are eagerly read anel occasional shouts of 'Bansai," the Jajwnese hurrah, are heard on the streets. A torchlight procession in honor of the Japanese triumphs was called for Wednesday evening at Nagasaki, where- there is a hrege colony of Russians. When the Japanese began te assemble with lanterns the police intervened and dispersed the crowd without the occurrence of any disorder. The Russians in Japan are not terrified by the situation, but nevertheless, acting cm ; the advice of their consuls, they have begun a general e-xodus. The mobilization of the Japanese army has been carried out methodically. It to estimated that aouOun troops are- now ready to be- placed in the field without impairing the national defenses. The movement of the troops is shrouded in secrecy. They are being moved at night toward their bases at Sase-bo, Kuremiji and Vokusuka, and the lights of ordinal y trains are extinguished when In the nelghheerhood of troop trains. Members of the reserve foree immediately step into the places of the outgoing regulars. Their organlzatien is perfect and a full equipmnt is ready for each one of the reset - - Hundreds of hotels, teahouses and te rnples have been requisitioned in Tokio and othe r divisional cente rs. All the steamers of Japanese merchant lines are being rapidly converted into auxiliary cruisers, armed with quick tiring guns and litteel with torpedo tubes. The government officials refuse to give out any information re-garding ihedr military intentions. They expect to profit by elissenslems in the Russian council state It is believed the extraordinary pofreri conferred on Viceroy AlexlefT will lead to a clash between Foreign Minister I.nmsdorff and General Kouropatkin. spc illy as tne latter is unfriendly to Alexieff. There suit if a lisagrement between these two Russian leaelers here would end in a militarv muddle. The J;ipa-,.se- are convinced that the Rus.sums w to träte and important maintain i.ejOO troop n t any point of military operations. There Is much talk current in regard to the possible ei namiting of the Russian railroad in Manchuria. Thousands of Jupanese who are practically unelistinguishable from Chinese are working in Manchuria and would willingly risk their lives to aid their country's eause. A large body of troops Is due in Nagasaki on Saturday to embark on trauspur ta for Korea,

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reau tor tne coming campaign m v- i,.. eountv hned their deleaMfc to the been officially announced, it Is understood . . 1 a ri .v but when no that the work will be carried on along the JESTSSS. tlT Sat WouWlin line followed heretofore, with George 1?. s a " jV? ,7iat.Vri il rare he indlcat, i Lockwood in charge as superintendent. W. "J "j ' ? I'" .i.h u.a..

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Gare and hia colleagues of the Indiana 1. xgu. The National league will have headquarters at Chicago during the June convention o the Republican party, and Mr. Moore left last night for that city, to make arrangements to open the headquarters there with Vice President Junei J. Sheridan in charge. Vr M nr. sages'- Senator I nt . t Pennsylvania, as excellent timber for the chairmanship of the Republlca national committee, to succeed the late Senator Hanna. "Pennsylvania to for Penrose." he aid, and we find a strong and growing sai... sriitim sentiment for him all over the untt y. .iiooie an mum ii nri.irtlM i writer in I itiCS. beCS I. He drifted into polrv to the ma r f Philadelphia and was He stapds close to 8 an active hand in the niMuaeement of Governor Pcnnypacker's campaign. E. A. Simmons, of Kokomo, chairman of the Howard coUuty Republican organisation, was iu the city yesterday and call. .1 that his information of th.-ir election. "I d. locates are p! dged didates for Governor' to either of the cauhe said. Judge W. L. Penneld. of Auburn, ths Twelfth district candidate for Governor, was in the city yesterday in conference with a number of his friends. H made arrangements for headquarters at the English during the state convention. The Judge says that he has received encouragement from eVery section of the State, and from now until the day of ths convention be will make an active campaign. In a day or two he will leave for a brief trip to Washington to arrange sonn; of his affairs that demand attention, bit will return at tin earliest possiblte date to resume his canvass. State Chairman Goodrich, while at headquarters yesterday, announced that a srievting of the state committee would not be called for this weed owing to the death of S nator Hanna. The meeting will probably be held early next week. t e Deputy Revenue Collector Al Phillips, of Noblesville, was in the city yesterday. Col. Charles A. Carlisle, of South Bend, was in the city yesterday and tailed at the Governor's ottice. He was deeply interested in hearing the bulletins from Senator Hanna s bedsieie during the day. and joined ir the general expression of sorrow wheu U-vi last sad news came. "1 am shocked, but not surprised, at the senators death.' he suid last eveuiug. "When it was first announced that he was suffering from typhoid 1 felt that he would never reevtr. 1 was m Washington a lew wet ks ago at the Gridiron Club oinner. and the senator was there. In the course of the evening 1 went around to speak to hin;, and as I leaned over the back of his chair he reached up his hand and teiuched my face, saying: 'I wish I had health and vigor like yours, young man.' 1 noticed that his hand was feverish and spoke of it. 'Yes,' he replied. 'I feel that way all over." The re was that in his voice which showed that he was deeply concerned over his physical condition at that time, and It was not surprising to me that he was unable t combat the attack of typhoid." 4"Jim" Johns, of Tipton. w:is a caller at Republican state heaelquartcrs yesterday. 4E. F. Branch, of Martinsville, who represented Morgan county in the House durn.-T the List session of the legislature, was at the English last night. He says he is a candidate fer renunlnation. "I have decided to ask for a return to thai H use." he raid, "and many of the R- -publicans of the county have leen kitai enough to say that I'll be renominated by a I iniiitinti. At any, rate. I have no opposition, at present, and. so far as I know, there are no prosjectlve candidates. Ot course I am very well content with that situation." JAPAXESE REPORTED TO HAVE SUNK EIGHT AND TAKEN TEN MORE SHIPS (CONCLVDED FROM FIKST PAGE.) had been allowed to use Wei-Hal-Wei as a base of operations against Port Arthur. Thu commander-in-chief added: "Wel-Hai-WH did not know operations wer' proc. eding until I notified them. fact Wc i-Hai-Wei's first direct knowledge of belligerent Proceedings was the viaii of the steamer Fuh-Ping to report the circumstances of her being rtred on when leaving Port Arthur. The air here is full of baseless rumors, obviously deliberately concocted." SENTIMENTS OE ITO TOWARDS AMERICANS TOKIO. Feb. 1.". Marquis Ito to-day gave the Associated Press a written expression of his sentiments toward the American people as follows: "It is with profound satisfaction that I see so many symptoms of spontaneous sympathy with which the free-thinking people of your great Nation seem to watch ih i present crisis. In my opinion it was aside nt that Russia's high-handed attitude toward the harmony of the East, combined with her recent strenuous military efforts hereabouts, has been becoming a daily menace to our future safety and pe aceful existence. Either to enter inlo a cordial anl durable understanding with her. clearly defining ami mutually recognizing the respective .-pheres of lntereste and binding h r thereby to a certain amount of sellrestraint in the future, or else to have re course to tile. is s for safeguarding our future Independence ere It was :o lato was the drastic could not longer "We have trie astic dilemma from whlcii we s 1 i 1 our h t to .,ht mi our object bv the first alternative, and we tiavtj sacrificed muc h . ne:gy an ! tine and many 'pporiuuiti s !or the sake of p.-a.-e. Hav ing failed, howe ver, th. re- remains no eth. r way for us but to stand up in defense .if our own future safety and ur own future undisturbed enjoyment ot the fruits of p.a., aid civilization. No trace of ra-a prejudices, no smack of revenge, of csaui vinism. nothing but the cool reason oi states ne-e e ssity anel of self-preervaliou ii.rlue n J Japans action. I he r. si we pave te ine Impartial judgment of civilized nations, which in the course of their past history must have had many exiierteaoes of n-d,ls struggles in d.f. me of the honor and safety of the-ir countries. -I tak. tins opportunity of expressing my thanks oaos more for all the cordial hospitality shown me during my sojouru iu America." SIXTY CHICAGOANS MAY TIGHT TOR JAPAN CHICAGO, Feb. 15. The Post says sixty fhloagoans, many of them veterans of the Spanish-Ame : i. m war, it Is said, will leave tt.,- wc k !"! Japan. Five former members of the Illinois National Guard and regular and voluntee r armies of the Cnlted fttates leave to-night for the Pacific coast ports, w he-re they will sail for tl rie-nt. Owing to the neutrality proclamation of Presl-de-nt Roosevelt, the men are keeping their pla.is a s.-cr.-t. but It id Intim t-d that the purpose is to Join the Japane se forces. Will -comaii .1 a pn ra e,- Irmlra. LONDON, Feb. 15 -The White Star line steam.-r Majestic, which is to sail Wsdasa day from l-ive-rpoed f. r Ww York, will take among her passengers the Earl of Caithness and (e n Sir William Nicholson, csirector general of military intelligen.-e of the War ofh... and Cd. J. A 1. Maldane, of the Gordon Highlanders, who will accompany i in- Japanese armies in the field. Not Bombarded Uy ltnslsns. TOKIO, Saturday. Feb. l- A r jort to the effect that Matsuma. on the Inland i had betru bomttarded B I he Russian VhMÜYUStoclt awuudiuu Is untrue,

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