Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 58, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1904 — Page 4

THS INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1931.

TTTE DAILY JOURNAL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1904.

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The fire in Rochester is one of the worst Of recent years in any city and, coming so soon after the great conflagration in Baltimore, It will add to the anxiety of Insurance companies. Trust Butte, Mont., to do things with dramatic effect. A murd rer in that city was banged In utter darkness a few mornings ago. For Impmssiveneaa that beats the old spectacular publicity. " it cannot le said that Russia's suspension of the censorship impr-.ws the quality f the new s from the front. Japan doc not appear to be doing as well as she did before. Perhaps Russia would better establish that bureau again. A Chicago jury has risen to an unusual heffht ot stern justice by imposing the death penalty on the two "boy bandits" Who were guilty of severs 1 murders. As they Were nly lghteen and nineteen years old It waa feared they might escape through some plea of sentimentalem. The Russians fired on a German steamer, the Pronto, and when the Kaiser heard of It he said. "Oh. that's all right a natural mistake." But if the Japanese had made the same natural mistake, how would the war lord furiously ha v.- raged! It would have been a white horse of quit" another color. "As "to tin current talk of the BryanHearst combine." says the Milwaukee J3entinei. "Mr. Bryan will be 1 is. ,1 to note .that his namt is at the front end of the hyphen." That Is mt much consolation; it may be noticed that in the Russo-Japanese war the name of Russia is at the front end of the hyphen, too. Th-i front end is a ticklish place when the collision comes. American cities are some of them making great Improvements in architectural taste. Let It be noted that Baltimore is imposing a height limit upon her new buildings, and there will be one city at least that will not offend the eye. New York continue to build towers of Babel, but Xew York has gone so far in that direction already that It Is no time to stop now. When all her buildings are forty stories hlnh the skyline will be as harmonious as it is In other cities and on s larger scale. R Will be many a year before the prestige of the Cincinnati preacher recovers from list effects of the accident at the Richmondstreet Chris, Inn i 'hureb in that city the fiber Bight. His desire for realism in telling ghost stories to Sunday-school children led him to employ burning alcohol, which exploded and severely injured a score of children. Jn the first place he was wrong in playing on the tender emotions of little folk by realistic horrors: In the second place, he chose the wrong scene for that kind of foolery; and in the third place, ministers of the gospel should let alcohol alone. General Kouropatkin Is quoted as saying: 'This war may last eighteen months, but very arrangement haa been made that no Japanese, after having landed, shall return to his country." If the Japanese who landed on tr continent were helpl. s women and Child.ee there is no doubt that this savage ntogi mm would be carried out to the letter: but. ihre they are men with guns, there may be some difference of opinion in regard to the "arrangements." However, the Wording? of that inhuman statement well shows the brutal character of the butcher who made lt. His pa ft record would make him unfit for the command of the rmy of any civilized natlor Tht method of treating theater ordinances In Chicago typirtea the method of treating all sorts of city ordinances everywhere a method which produces more law breaking than anything else imaginable. In consequence of the lire, ordinances became so strict that It was next to impossible to observe them; so they are suspended. In exactly Ute asm way a wave of "reform"

sweeps over a community, and a lot of blue Jaws arc passed. Then It is found impossible to enforce them, and they are tacitly disregarded. It is much better to have mild and sensible law and then to enforce them to the limit.

AMKHK m trxi.ity m TBtADsn. Since the removal of the Russian censorship of outside news the dispatches from St. Petersburg have taken on a. tone of distinct friendliness for Russia. It looks A little as if there had been a pledge that If the censorship were removed the dispatches should be made entirely unobjectionable. At present they seem to be pushing the game too hard. Just now it is represented that there is great irritation against the I'nited States on account of Its supposed unfriendly attitude towards Russia and that American trade is in danger of suffering severe injury on that account. It is said that large orders for American goods have been countermanded, .and that unless measures are taken to allay the irritation great damage may ensue to American trade. The only reason assigned for this irritation of the Russians is the alleged action of the captain of the American gunboat Vieksburg in refusing to unite with the commanders of other foreign warships at Chemulpo in protesting against the fighting which resulted in the loss of two Russian warships, and in refusing to take on board survivors of the Russian ships. There has been no official report of the transaction yet, and when the facts arc known the case may appear in a very different light. As to the first part of the charge, that of refusing to join in the protest made by the other ships, it is not elear that there was good ground for the protest or that the American captain wag under any obligation to join in it. It is true Chemulpo was a neutral harbor, but he waa not there to enforce neutrality. It is true aiso that the Japanese ships were iu largely superior force, but that was their good luck or good management. Does any one doubt that the Russians would have attacked Japanese ships If the situation had been reversed? Assuredly not. They would have flung their idea of neutrality to the winds and attacked the Japanese ships over all the protests that could have been made. As to the charge that the captain of the Vieksburg refused to take drowning Russians aboard after their ships had been sunk, that, if true, would have put him in the wrong. But It is uot true. A cablegram t'pm the captain reeeived by the Navy Department yesterday afternoon states that he was among the first to offer assistance to the Russian sailors. This disposes of that part of the charge and sustains the established reputation of American naval officers for humanity. It may turn out that the charge relative to the joint protest is equally groundless. The case is too much in doubt to Justify the formation of an opinion. The Washington authorities are probably awaiting an official report of the facts before taking any action. This is the only act of a public or official nature. If it ever occurred, that the Russian government or people have a right to be irritated over. This government was very prompt In Issuing a proclamation of neutrality and has adhered to it very strictly. With the expressions of the press or with popular opinion in this country the Russian government has nothing to do. The American people expect the government to maintain an attitude of strict neutrality in the war, but their individual sympathies are quite another matter. The apprehended danger to American trade is no doubt largely imaginary, but even if it were rtal it would not change the situation. If the wnr should last long the United States will probably have an opportunity of showing Russia that a pledge of neutrality by this government means something. ItlM'ONMHILI I V OF LAHOR IMONM. The latest judicial decision in a case growing out of labor troubles is reported from Chicago. A few days ago the grand jury returned indictments against six strikers at a manufacturing establishment. The strikers were union v men and the indictments charged a conspiracy to injure a certain nonunion man, by name, and a conspiracy to assault another one. One of the persons assaulted was beaten and badly injured, and the other was assaulted, pursued and had a narrow escape. The nonunion men had committed no offense except accepting employment which was offered them, and the strikers were pursuing the usual methods to make a strlko successful. On this state of facts the grand Jury returned indictments and the court issued an injunction against the officers of the Central Itbor Union and a number of the members engaged In the strike ordering them to desist from further acts of violence and to appear and show cause why they should not be punished for lawless acts already done by members of the union. When the secretary of the local federation of labor was informed that the injunction had been Issued hu said: "It was a foregone conclusion, for everybody knot that Judge Holden Is against organized labor." When the judge was Informed of this comment he said: "Oh. let him talk. There Is a lawpermitting free speech, but no qualifying phrase regarding the Intelligence of the speaker. This court doesn't talk. It goes ahead and does its duty. I don't care what is said outside. The court records show what I propose to do. Let them talk all they want to. Talk Is cheap." The Chicago decision Is on the line of two or three others that have been made recently holding labor unions as a body responsible for damages for the illegal acts of members done In furtherance of strikes ordered by the union. It has been thought by some that the principle of Joint responsibility would not hold against the unions unless they were Incorporated, but the courts take a different view. They hold that where a number of persons are organised for certain purposes, with officers, agents, etc.. and with authority to order strikes, the union as a body becomes responsible for the Illegal acts done by its members in carrying out Its objects. This is a logical outcome of the law of conspiracy, for where a conspiracy to do an illegal act exists all who are officially or actively contacted with it become respon sible. It is not necessary for labor unions to be Incorporated to make them responsible for the acts of their members. The law fixes the responsibility. Organised labor may as well recognize the fact first as last that the laws are made for all alike, for the protection of employers as well as of employes, of the

humblest nonunion man as well as of the most powerful union, and that violation of law brings its inevitable penalty. Murder, assault and battery and other forms of violence are not sanctified because they are committed by strikers in the name of organized labor. Labor unions cannot expect to enjoy the fruits of successful strikes without being held responsible for the violence by which they are made successful. v i c it i ; in w R. While newspaper readers are complaining of the lack of news regarding the war in the far East and the contradictory nature of the dispatches, the combatants are showing that war cau be conducted without both sides telling in advance What they are going to do, or announcing it to the world as soon as it is done. The secretiveness of the Japanese is particularly remarkable and evidently designed. It is also a manifest source of strength. In all enterprises of great pith and moment where opposition or competition enters, secrecy of plans is half the battle, and this is truer in war than in anything else. The Japanese' seem to have reduced this idea to a fine point in practice. There are no war correspondents acc mpanying their generals and messing at headquarters as there were during our civil war, greatly to the detriment of military operations sometimes. Nor are there any on board the Japanese warships. The latter move swiftly from place to place, being rarely sighted, and turn up at the most unexpected time and in the most unexpected places. They evidently do not think that etiquette requires them to announce their movements in advance, and as they do not carry any war correspondents along, they manage to In p their secrets pretty well. The public may reasonably demand full and truthful accounts of actual engagements, but it has no right to expect news of military movements which are parts of great plans.

The Atlanta Journal thinks that "there are probably Just as many Republican fools as Democratic fools in Congress; but the Republicans are more successful in keeping their fools suppressed." Well, 4f it helps the Georgia paper any to look at it that way it is welcome to the consolation, however slight. But has it stopped to think that folly is hard to suppress when the fool has nothing but fool issues to discuss, and that it is correspondingly easy to hide if he stands on a sound platform? There may be an explanation in 'this theory, too. "Why is it." asks a contemporary, "that France has such a deep sympathy for Russia, when Germany also is lined up on that side?" Because France holds Russian paper for $1,750,000,000, and this is distributed among all classes of the country. She would like to be against Germany, but cannot aford it MINOR TOPICS. The problem which is now exercising the minds of theatrical managers is, "Are tights attractive?" Well, it all depends. The Immense popularity of Florodora sextets, and other numbers where the chorus wears long skirts would answer the question in the negative. The chorus clad in fleshings produces more amusement than delight nowadays. Some managers can never learn the old dictum of art that veiled loveliness is ever the most seductive. And, on the other hand, tights are sometimes necer sary. When this is true, would It not make a better effect if they were only introduced at such times? Mr. Bryan, D. B. Hill and three members of the national Democratic committee held a conference in New York Thursday night. After the meeting Mr. Bryan said "there was no politics in this at all." 8uch a statement may sound ridiculous, but It is known as diplomacy diplomacy of the Russian school. When- rive prominent politicians foregather on the eve of a campaign they are going either to talk politics or to play poker. And Mr. Bryan says they did not talk politics. It Is figured that thirty-seven newspapers are shouting for Cleveland as the Democratic nominee. But all thirty-seven are not shouting as loud as six others located In New York, Chicago and Sun Francisco. The old style common or garden variety of Democrat is bound to yield to the new and stylish yellow speeches (Democratia llearstianaj. Mr. Cleveland says It Is .Jolly to allow geographical considerations to weigh in the selection of a presidential candidate. It may be so; but It would seem strange to nominate a man from New Jersey after we've been getting 'era from the United States so long. Still, if Cleveland insists One of the neatest distinctions the Journal has seen lately is to be found in the index of this year's "World Almanac." It reads as follows: Bishops, English 372 Bishops, of religious denominations ....830 Comment is unnecessary. It is reported that the Russian soldier? are able to live on snowballs and icicles. This statement Is hard to believe, and perhaps there was a mistake in transmission. If It read "will soon be obliged to live on." etc. it would be more credible. Indeed. It is altogether likely. A Texas man alwas refuses to drink because he took an oath never to touch liquor until V. J. Bryan was elected president of the United States. Now. let the W. C. T. U. turn in and work against Bryan; it is the plain duty of the organization. The t niversity of Pennsylvania has made Governor Pennypacker a doctor of laws. From what can be gathered through the papers, the laws In that State are sadly in need of doctoring, and it is hoped that the Governor will begin to practice immediately. Some Japanese traders in Russian pints have been compelled to sell their goods at five cents on the dollar, and then to flee for their lives. But don't waste pity on the Japs; they bought those goods in Moscow on credit. itcretary Shaw says the American boy should stick to the farm. The trouble with this sort of advice is that it always comes from men who gained fame and fortune by not sticking to the farm. Clyde Fitch stopped writing plays the other d. y long enough to Invent some fireproof scenery and take out a patent on it. This may mean that the natt Fitch drama will be an extra hot one. President Harper, of Chicago University, says $3.000 is too small a salary for a full professor. Then let him economize by hiring a few solar professors; that kind may not be so expensive. The Hague has appointed the United States as collection agent to dun Venexuela I for what she owes German j, iuly u4

England. Now, isn't that a fine mess to get into?

All wheat trains from the West are now guarded by armed men. The train robbers have transferred their affections from the express cars to those laden with the golden grain. LONG-RANGE SHOOTING. Kuropatkln's name sound promising at any rate. One-fourth of it is Irish. Washington Times. The names of Russian warships are often changed, t,ut Japan is able to tell vitch Is vitch. Milwaukee Sentinel. The world Is waiting with interest to see Kipling rhyme Vladivostok and Tsitsi'.iar with Ifhlkarl and Zuboroskoffsklvitch. Bo toa Globe. Laureate Austin is said to be incubating a poem on the Japanese victories. Somebody should shoo Mr. Austin off the nest. Milwaukee Sentinel. Japan wants Korea as an outlet frr her surplus population. Incidentally it will come in nicely as an inlet for some surplus wealth. Atlanta Journal. The Russians are about to utilize the Laps to guard the Jine of the Transsiborian Railroad. There will be about four Laps to the mile. Atlanta Constitution. If Japan has annexed Korea the heir to the throne of Korea, who is said to be hiding in this country, may as well come out and start a laundry. Chicago Record-Herald. At Harbin Viceroy Alexieff is 500 mi es away from the sunken ships at Tort Arthur, but he may again find it "cheaper to move than pay rent" before the 1st of May. New York World. An old equity rule is that a complainant must come into court with clean hands, and the Russians are rather handicapped in protesting against crooked conduct on the part of the Japs. i 1S1 rao Herald. General Kuropatkin is said to be an excellent story teller. The Japanese will, of course, inSinuate that his greatest efficiency will be displayed In the censoring of press dispatches. Washington Star. We knew that it would come some time, but we never believed that surh a paper as the Philadelphia Press would be guilty of saying that the "Japs are Russian things in the far East." Rochester Post-Express. Steaking of Russian and Japanese names, what do you think the foreign papers would do to us if we had the battle of Oconomowoc or Passamaquoddy or Memphremaicog or but the list is limitless. Chicago Journal. It is disconcerting to learn that the Japanese have no humor. He that hath no humor in his soul Is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils. The stratagems and spoils have been conspicuously notable the past week or two. Omaha bee. THE HUMORISTS. Unite So. Teacher Johnny, can you tell me what classical music is? Johnny Yes. ma'am. It's any kind a fellow can't whistle. Chicago News. About the Vi in e Thing;. "So your little party faced starvation for longer than a week?" L "Practically that. We didn't havs a thing but health foods." Chicago Post. A Had Break. The Rev. Mr. Goodman Really, Mr. Slyman. you should take omethlag for that cold. Mr. Slyman (absent-mindedly) Thanks; I don't care if I do. Philadelphia Press. All Fixed. Her Father You've been calling at this house s long while, young man. Now, when is It all to end? Her 8ultor Why, I expect to be here permanently pretty soon. We're going to be married and live with you. you know. Philadelphia Record. Mercenary Bnrd. The valentine I wrote to Kit Did not appeal to her a bit. She took the pains to say. Rut what care I? It made a hit; An editor accepted it And sent a check to-day. New York Weekly. Lovely Woiiihu's Amiability. Mrs. Jinks If you are so fond of playing poker, why don't you teach me and spend your evenings at home? Jinks Urn suppose I should win? Mrs. Jink--I have plenty of money. Sit right down. Mr. Jinks cthe next day) No man can understand women. They are mysteries. Why, sir. my wife insisted on my playing poker with her last night. Of course, I won a pile from her. Well, sir, she paid over the money with a smile on her face didn't mind it a bit. Caller Beg pardon, but I am Mr. Houseowner'sagent and have called for the rent. Mr. Jinks Why don't you go to the house, as usual? I left the rent money there for you a week ago. Caller I just came from there. Mrs. Jinks said she gave the money to you last night. New York Weekly. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. II Wnn the Hatch." A young Washington woman who is a secretary for a representative went to see the President a day or two ago on some business for her employer. She was shown Into the President's office and sat down near the door while the President talked with a man she didn't know. The man asked the President about something. "Ho!" shouted the President so emphatically the windows rattled. There was a lively discussion, and the young woman thought the two men were coming to blows. She arose and began to tiptoe out of the room. "Keep your seat, madam." the President roared. "There will be no blood, shed here unless I do it, and I will give you ample warning." Minneapolis Journal. One Man Returned. Pupils in the Washington public schools are more observing than even their fond parents sometimes imagine. Events of the day and things of interest apparently only to their eMers are not overlooked by, the youngsters. A teacher In one of the local schools received unmistakable proof of this a few days ajro In a most unex pected answer to one of the queries addressed to her class. Remember," she said, "that no man ever left this earth and returned." "There was one," answered a little fellow, with apparent confidence that he knew whereof he spoke. "Who was he?" asked the teacher. "Santos-Dumont," came the quick retort. Washington Times. Fatal I.nat Qnnrter. A suburban family has a servant who is an excellent cook, but Insists upon mäkln all her dishes strictly according to her own recipes. Her mistress gives her very full swing not only as to cooking, but as to the purchase of supplies. The other day her mistress said to her: "llridget. the coffee you are giving us is very good. What kind is it?" "It's no kolnd at all, mum," replied the cook. "It's a mister." "How do you mix it?" "I make It one-quarter Mocha and one-quarter Java ami one-quarter Rio." "Dut that's only three-quarters. What do you put in for the other quarter?" ."I put In no quarter at all. mum. That's where .. many spiles the r iff re. muri, by putting In a fourth quarter." Chicago Journal. Where the H orry (niuc. A Western representative stood In one of the corridors of the Capitol to-day looking intently at a telegram. He was serious about it. "What's the matter. Bill?" asked a friend. The Western represents i e handed his friend the telegram, which read. "If crnvtnient I wish you would come to New Yorh to-morrow to talk over that last deal we have u mind." "Well." said the friend. "I don t see anything the matter with that." "Nothing the matter with It." said the Westam iu:uiaUtt. "But 1st mt tall ju a

story. Whenever I think it is absolutely neces

sary fey me to look on the white lights of Broadway I have a friend who li in my line of busi ness in New York telegraphing me asking m to come to New York to talk over a business deal. My telegrams come to my house. My wife always opens them if I am not there, be cause she is a. business woman and knows that telegrams usually need prompt answers. She oiened this one." "What of It?" "Oh. nothing, except that she had a letter the morning It came from the wife of the man wko sent it, saying that she and her husband wouitl leave to '.ay for Chicago for a week." New York V'o: i 1 Hni'd on llnwthnrnr. Julian Hawthorne, the novelist, visited a Jail some ten or fifteen years ago In order to write a magazine article on prison life. On returning home he described the horrors he had seen, and his description made a deep impr.-syion .n his daughter Hildegarde, who waa a little, girl at the time. Mr. Hawthorne and Hildegarde, a week later, took a train ride into the country. The train stopped at a station near a gloomy building, and a man said: "What place is that?" "The county jail," another answered. Whereuion Hildegarde embarrassed her father and aroused the suspicions of the other occupants of the car by asking, in a loud, shrill voice : "Is that' the jail you were In, father?" Buffalo Enquirer. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. Toacheri Should "Talk Shop." A sign of advancement in the teaching profes5i"ii is the passing of the objection to "talking shop." It is not so very long ago that, when any one, in conversation with a teacher, turned the talk tcvard school, the other one Inwardly resented and outwardly evaded the stroke. To have the discourse pointed at one's calling was not interpreted by the Instructor of youth as a complimentquite the contrary. The numerous books written by superintendents counseling teachers how to behave themselves when out among folks did not fail to caution them against "talking shop" In company. This certainly is changing. When a person gets close to a physician nothing interests him more than to set him going about the now things that mark his art the germ doctrine, the mosquito theories and the revolutions in antisepsis. What Is more entertaining from a brldg; builder than eyebar (rossip, caisson practice or Lindenthal methods? Every man worth knowing is full of Interesting conversational possibilities in that part of his head where he has been packing away his specialty for a less or greater number of years. lirooklyn Kagle. Donation to Collegea. rurlng the year 1903 upwards of $50,000.000 was donated in various ways for the purpose of advancing education. Besides the iarge donations which were made public, it Is estimated that more than $25.000,000 additional was contributed, the donors of which did not allow their gifts to be made public. The following aro a few of the heavy contributors and the amounts each gave: John D. Rockefeller, to Rush Medical Institute. Chicago. $7,000.000; Andrew Carnegie, to various libraries, $6,000,000; Mrs. J. W. Winthrop, to Princeton Seminary, $2,000.000; John D. Rockefeller, to Chicago University, $1.850,000. and same person to secondary schools of Chicago, $1.250.000; Miss Mary P. Ropes, to various colleges, $1.000,000; Mrs. E. M. Anderson, to Barnard College for Women,' $1.010.000; W. T. Wyman. to Johns Hopkins University. $500,000; Mrs. F. F. Thompson. to Teachers' College. New York, $350.000; Andrew Carnegie, to Colored School at Tuskegee, Ala., $00,000. and to Mechanics' and Tradesmen's Institute, $50.000; Harriet Lane Johnson, to Choir School. $300,uuu; John D. Rockefeller, to Harvard and Chicago universities for additions, : . M Haiti, y 1 to Columbia Uni versity. $300,000; Isaac M. Wise, various Jewish institutions. $550.000; John O. Rockefeller, to Vassar College. $200.000; H. M. Hanna. to West ern Reserve College, Cleveland, $100.000. Shorter School Coarse. There is a growing belief all over the country that the eight-year course in nearly all of the States is too long and in many instances is a waste of time and should be shortened. The following Is what a Brooklyn educator has to say on the subject: "While we were holding on to our eight years' course, with a kindergarten year to make it nine; while Manhattan is being brought up from seven years to this longer period of elementary schooling the outside educational world goes on giving Increased attention to the desirability of a seven-year course. "The traditional course of eight years was entered upon in Ohic when the system of graded schools was in its incipient stage in that State, and American educators, having taken their clew from Germany, adopted the eight-year course as a working basis for city and town schools. This was tacitly agreed to in all the States as they organized graded schools, except in a very few towns and cities of the West. There scon sprang up a feeling in some quarters that children of fist ability and ordinary Intelligence made very s'ow progress In their studies under the eightear scheme, and that the work was cut out into too many very thin slices, so very thin indeed as to have little of either crust or substance in them. Superintendents, principals and teachers generally worked alcng apparently well satisfied, uncor.scious seemingly that time was actually wasted. To question the eight-year scheme was regarded in many quarters as the worst sort of educational heterdoxy. In fact, the grading business was can ltd on so far in some towns and cities that the eight-year period was spread out to nine y ars, and, in some instances to ten years. "Kansas City is the most shining example of the seven-year course, but the suggestion 1 spreading." FdacntlonnL, otes. Miss Elizabeth Howard, of New Brunswick. N. J., ha resigned, after completing more than forty years of continuous service as a teacher in the public schools of that city. The report that Dr. Andrew S. ) Vaper. president of the State Cnlverslty of Ill.nols. may go to New York to be state comniusskner of education, is authoritatively denied. It Is announced that Prof. Matthew f . Buckham, head ef the University of Yernior.', will retire at the end of the present college yar on account of old age and falling health. The will of the late Charles F. Ioea, a wealthy lumber merchant of San Francisco. h. been made public and it was found :hat he left $700,OOo toward the building of a library at Um Cnl verslty of California. Consul Oscar Ekman, a wealthy iron ma: uTacturer o; Stockholm, has given a sufficient tarn to establish a chair of Swedith at Augustana College. Mollne. Hi., the largest Swedish educational Institution In America. For the purpose of studying Biblical history and geography a class of twenty-one divinity students of the Cnlverslty of Chicago have started on a tour of Palestine, under the charge of Prof. Herbert E Wülett. F r the first time In the history of German universities a leaf mut- has succeeded In obtaining a doctor's decree. Or. Walter Kuntze, on whom the University of Lelpsic has conferred a Ph. D., Is a coniparatb ely young man. His thesis for tha degree Is regarded as one of the best in recent years. 1 uncriiU Delayed. The strange result of the recent cold snap has been the delaying of a large number of funeral processions on their way to the various Long Island cemeteries. The river has been blocked with ice and the ferry service has existed "in sjiots" only. The crossing of the river during the last two days has averaged about forty-five minutes. And when a ferryboat has been ready to leave either shore there has generally been lour times as many trucks and carriages waiting for transport as It could carry. At one time to-day not lees than seven funeral cortegewere halted near the entrance to th Long Island ferry on East Thirty-fourth street, waiting to get across. Many mourners got out of the carriages and w. nt home after having waited for hours New York Special. Mui Uet for t'roanca. Admiral Alexieff has bestowed nearly a barrel ful of Crosses of St. George upon Russian who participated in the battle at Port Arthur. It will take a whole trainload of crosses to go around if the Russians ever succeed in gaining a good big victory. -Chicago Kecord-Uarr

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Representative Charles B. Landis, of Delphi, was at the Columbia Club last night, stopping off in the city on bis way back to Washington from Frankfort, where the Ninth district Republican congressional convention was held Thursday. The convention unanimously renominated Mr. Landis for his fifth term In Congress, consequently that statesman is In a highly satisfied state of mind. He is the first at the Indiana delegation to be renom'nated this year. "We had a splendid convention." .said Mr. Landis last evening. "It was well attended, but the b'-st thing about it was ha: every man there was full of old-fashioned Republican enthusiasm and there was not a ripple to disturb the harmony and good feeling that prevailed. The people of Frankfort are to be complimented on the manner in which they handled the convention. The arrangements were perfect and nothing had been overlooked in the way of entertainment to make the affair all that was to be desired. More than that, the Republicans of the city paid all the expenses of the convention, a thing worthy of note." Mr. Landis has been excoedinly fortunate in his successive canvasses for the congressional prixe in the Ninth district, as he has had to make but two fights for the nomination. He had a contest for his nrst nomination, then the second and third were handed him without opposition. H had to fight again for the nomination two iff! ago. but this year he received a unanimous indorsement. Few members from Indiana have been so fortunate. "Yes, I have been fortunate," he amid, in speaking of this phase of Um matter, "but I am still more fortunate in that the Ninth is the best district in the Wfaote country. It is primarily an agricultural distr t. with a prosjMrnus class of people and no largo city within its borders. in addition the district is In a splendid condition from a Republican standpoint. There are no factional divisions and ve are absolutely free of the numerous little troubles that so frequently break out." Mr. Landis was asked his views of the bill to increase the salaries of rural mail carriers, a measure In which Indiana is especially interested, as this State ranks next to Iowa as the State having the most complete rural free delivery service. "I have no hesitancy in saying that I favor an increase in the salaries of the rural route men," he replied. "I believe that they should be given an Increase at this time of at least $KJ0 per year. As to the question whether the carriers should bo prohibited from doing a package delivery business and acting as agents; 1, r üv;mpers as a means of Increasing tluir in onie:-'. I am not prepared to say Just where I stand. As I look at it, it is not so much a question as to whether the carriers should be deprived of this additional income as It is one as to whether the patrons of tho rural routes should be deprived of the convenience of being able to have the carriers look after small commissions for them in the towns and cities. I have lived In the country, and I know what it means for a farmer to have to drop his work or to 'sparo a horse und a hand' to go to town to make some small purchase. It is a great thing for the farmers to be able to have the mall carriers look after such little matters. The matter of the carriers acting as agents for newspapers has some objectionable features, and I have not looked into it surticiently to reach a conclusion as to what ought to be done." Mr. Landis left for Washington late last night. Secretary Sims, of the State committee, who is the Ninth district committeeman, is as fully enthusiastic as Representative Landis over the convention held Thursday at Frankfort. "It was the best convention ever held In our district," he said yesterday, "and I don't believe there'll be a better one in Indiana this year. There wasn't a feature about the whole affair that we would have changed, if we could." Julian D. Hogate, of Danville, the Fifth district member of the Republican State committee, was in the city last night to attend the Sigma Chi banquet at the Columbia Club. Mayor George M. Snyder, of Noblesvllle, one of the active Republican workers of Hamilton county, picks the Hon. Addison C. Harris, of this city, as the man for the Republican nomination for Vice Prtsident this year. Republican State Chairman James P. Goodrich will to-day send out the call for a meeting of the committee next Friday. It had been decided originally to have the meeting next Thursday, but it was found that that date would conflict with the Sixth district Republican congressional convention, which will he held that day in Shelbyvillc, consequently Friday was fixed upon. At this meeting the committee will probably set the date for the state conven I LIKELY TO BE DISSOLVED Balfour Government Not Strong Enough to Maintain an Unbroken Front. LIBERALS EXPECT TO WIN LONDON, Feb. 26. The Associated Press is in a position to declare that there will be a dissolution of Parliament within hix weeks, and if. as it is expected, the liberals are returned to power, King Edward will summon Lord Spencer (Liberal leader In the House of Lords) to form a Cabinet. His Majesty and all prominent politicians are fully aware of the .situation ertated by the Irremediable cleavage In the Unionist ranks by fteeal and other differences, and they are all preparinjc for a speedy fall of the government and a consequent general election. The government's majorities have been dwindling gradually ever since the commencement of the present session of Parliament. A majority of fifty-one of a nominal 120. or thereabouts, was all the government could mmter after a debate of one week on such an important plank of its ptttcy as the fiscal question. A similar small majority saved the government from defeat on the army question, while last night it could only show a beggarly majority of tourt . u against an opposition amendment reducing the important supplementary navy vot- . Last night's narrow escape was not very important, been use It was somewhat in the nature of a "snatch" vote, but oeOfSJ sueh incidents make the government's position untenable. Such large numbers of the government's usual supporters have decided rot to stand for re-election that they are indif ferent us to when the dissolution occurs. and. in spite of all the effort of the whips. it has be n found impossible to secure their regular attendar.ee. On the other hand the opposition factions have been gradually healing their differences and their constant utia ks uion the government have shown rapidly increasing strength. The decision of the government against the Irish onlTsrsfty bill completed the alienation of the Nationalists and John Redmond's followers decided at a sseetinfc ye.t-rday t vote with the !.'.; r.ls to turn out the government at the first opportunity. The resignation of the Duke of Devonshire, who was lord president of the council, proved a shattering blow t the already weakened Balfour Cabinet snd his subsequent repudiation of everything in i , ture of a departure from QfSSt Hntaln's free trade polit y a:st. i materially in bringing together the various factions opposed to the present administration and in deciding the free iood Liberal Unionists to at lenst abstain from active supj :t ! the ministers. Those who are best Informed on political matters, including even many persons in close touch with Joseph Chamberlain, anticipate that the Liberals will not only win easily at the forthcoming general eiectlesi but stimate that their majoriiy uuiy be mm hlb 1'

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tion, determine headquarters f to the Kngllsh e table other fc has accumulab also at that I m :it of a new Ving the building t eonsldnee that rich witl appolntand tt Is t'nion Banner 1 enter the race for t nt. of Winchester, to Republican gutx-ma torial nomination? This is a question that the politicians r.-d !--'iuitely answered in t':;- negative a few w. when Mr. Hunt ma. la an announcement that he had de. ided not to become a candidate, but there is a w '.1deiir.ed rumor afloat that after all he may change his mind always a politician's pro I itive, as well as a woman's. Sam li. Shutts. engineer at the Statehouse. waa m Anderson yesterday, and while there encountered the report. "I talk 1 with two or three Republicans up tlier. who said they had h ard Mr. Hunt would get into the race for Governor," said Mr. Shutts last night. Oao of thni w..s positiv that the report was OOrrOCt that ist offered to hot me a good hat that Mr. Hunt would be a candidal. "There seems to be a general agreement that in this Presidential campaign the nominee for Vice President t bouid come from Indiana." said Mr. Snydr last evening, "f bli ve that is right. Indiana is one of tho pivotal Sta:.-s arid then the State has ex cellent timKr for either first or place on the national ticket. Several have been sug. ,:st. I for the vice preslbntial nomination, but it s' ms to me that Addison C. Harrison would be the verjr I- st timber this St.te could produce. Mr. Harris has a high standing as an attorney, diplomat, statesman and party leader, and DO one 'would question that he measures up to the otttce. He w.iuld make a strong candidate, and I doubt if a stronger candidate can be found within the ranks of ths Republican pnrtv. all things considered. "I do not know that Mr. Harris's namo has been mentioned heretofore in this connection, or whether he would permit the use of his name by his friends, but I would like to see his name presented to ths Chicago Convention by the Indiana delegation." e J. C. Lloyd, of Shoals, was a caller at thJ Republican State headquarters yesterday. -f S. L. Chenoweth. of Shoals, chairman of the Republican organisation In Martin county, was in the city yisterday and called at state headquarters. "We are not having much political excitement down our way at present." ho said, when asked about Martin county affairs. "We've made our organisation and we're in good shape to get into the campaign, but there's been little to stir things up. We're looking forward to our congressional convention, but that will bo a quiet affair, as it is a foregone conclusion that Judge Cbaney, of Sullivan, will be nominated by acclamation. The judge mado a splendid race against Mlers two years ao, and is entitled to the nomination again. I think wo can elect him. It will be by no means an easy thing to do, but if there had not bpen factional troubles in one or two counties two years ago he would have been elected, and those troubles have been straightened out. If the Republicans of the district set out in earnest to elect him this year they can do it. "Ry the way," added Mr. Chenoweth. "we're interested In the race for Governor down In Martin county, and expect to take a hand in the nomination, but the candidates haven't given us a chance to slxe them up yet We haven't had a visit from one of the candidates, although I suppose they'll get around before convention time. Taylor and Hanly are tho only candidates that I've heard talked about by Republicans in our county. Both of them have friends there, but Tm inclined to believe that Hanly haa a shade the beat of it the way things are lined up now." r R. Harry Miller, of Falrmount, brought local politicians the latest gossip of tho congressional fight in tho Eleventh district yesterday. He said that the Steele and Landis forces were lining up in great shape, and that the contest promises to be fully as exciting as the one two years ago. As a Grant county man Mr. Miller is. of course, a strong partisan of Major Steel. "Major Steele will be the nominee Just as sure as the convention is held." he predicted. "While I do not claim that h"e will win easily, I am satisfied that he will win by a good majority. I don't know what hi figures are, but I believe that he will have at least seventy of the 121 delegates in the convention, and I would not be surprised if he had eight or ten more than that." The Landis-Steele conteat has developed an interesting newspaper situation in Peru, by the way. The Peru Evening Journal, an Independent paper edited by Arthur L. Bodurtha, is supporting Steele, but at the same timo the Journal haa sold a page in each Issue to the Landis people, and that page is filled with the most vigorous kind of Landis arguments. DENMARK WILL RESIST SEIZURE OF TERRITORY She Is Mantling Forts and Minin rf Harbors to Maintain Her Own Neutrality. PREMIER'S EXPLANATION COPENHAGEN. Feb. 2 Replying to an Interpellation to-day in the lower houso of the Danish Parliament, the premier. Professor Deuntxer, explained the necessity for preparations to assure the complets neutrality of Denmark during the RussoJapanese war. Iu order adequately to secure the sea defense of Copenhagen, he fjm1, reserve men had been f ailed out. the forts had been equipped with searchlights and electric cables, the submarine station had b-en manned, four torpedo boats had been cleared for action, repairs to the warships were beim? hastened. various improvemf uts In the materials of the navy, specially torpedoes, were being made and two r.-doubts were being built at Saltholm island, where the requisite searchlights would install..!. Tl - est or th. s. pr.-p-arations would total about SSC.omi. besides the pay of th men called to the colors. In ' I.- velil of its l, in it. . . ,r to . all nut mre men and make other extraordinary defensive preparations, the government would do what was necessary, relying on the assent of Parliament. PARIS, Feb. .The Temps correspondent it i'opeiihugen says Denmark is able to call out r r .. live . rvtce 1,600 coast artl.lerymen and tn commission four armored ships and four torpedo boat destroyers. All the district functionaries, he adds. hae already ben lotitied to ad ipt urgent mctiun s in-i a Denton cruiser now in the MedlttlTiMafl has been ordered to return la Cow nhaeen. WILL UNVEIL STATUE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT WASHINGTON. Feb. A a conference at th- w ... 1 i: 'm.i nt this afternoon bs twet n Huron Sternberg, the German ambassador, and Mr. Taft, the secretary of war. it was arranged that the statue of Fr. d. rick the Great, whic h Kmperor William is donating to the Annrii tn people, shall b unveiled and formally presented on t. 89 next. The statue Hl occupy the most prominent place on the grand esplanade of U . War College ground. The occasion rttl be mad.- a r. .tt mt. rnatl .nal event. The I'r. si lent am! ! mn '.ti Sternberg, the labT aa the personal representative of the Kmi .-ror, will make ad this occasion. 'SlS uu . unlrrfril Hills. WASHINGTON. F. b. X - The discovery Is announced of a im- counterfeit 16 uation.il bank note on the Ity N ctional liauk of New York, series of 180; check letter V; ! -ei ran register; Jordan treasurer. Thie counterfeit I a photograph of the origItaL The trsasuri ..ud bank muubus art iiiuwu iiLsUuU of blue.

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