Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 60, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 February 1904 — Page 4

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O. Viaduct News Stand. 330 High street. PATTON, a. J. V. street Wllkle. 39 Soutt Jefferson DENVER. Col. Louthaia A Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets, and A. Smith. 16i7 Champa street. DES MOINES. Ia. Mos. Jacobs. 309 Fifth street. LOS ANGELES, Cal. Harry Drapktn. LOUISVILLE C. T. DeeHng. nor.wei comer of Third and Jefferson streets, and Bluefeld Bros.. 442 West Market st.ceL NEW YORK-Astor II -use. ET. LOUIS Union News Company. Union Depot. BT. JOSEPH. Mo. F. I. Carriel. Station D. WASHINGTON". D. C. RlggS House, Ebbltt House. Fairfax Hotel. Wiliard Hotel. Russia says she will fulrtll her promise to ovacuate Manchuria when England fulfills hers to get out of Egypt. That was a hot one. The Czar is reported as behig moody. Irritable, out of ports and given to tits of the "blues." Cheer up, Nicholas the worst is yet to come! The Nvvy Department has issued an order requiring the battleship Kentucky to be sent to drydock. Do the Colonels take this action as a person;il insult? The masters of St. Paul's School. London, are talking of abolishing the Saturday holiday. That may work in England, but it would cause civil war in this country. Denver papers say that what General Sherman said almiit war is also applicable to local politics. Indeed, even at this distance we get a whiff of the brimstone now and then. The oftener old General Pflug is mentioned in the dispatches the better all reader, are satisfied. His is the only name from the seat of war that one can pronounce with any degree of assurance. That lng ltd and pr ;. h r who insists that there are no female angels In heaven Is evidently scheming to make the place more popular fr some misogynist whose soul he Is after. Let him alone he knows his business. Among other Japanese traits it has been Observed that the slant-eyed Yankees of the Orient have small regard for truth and veracity. If Russia hours abgilt this we may expect another protest about the violation of rules. Governor Jeff Davis is reported as now having everything his own way in Arkansas, If that is the case, he must have pounded all his opponents into lnsenstbilUy. Personal might makes right in the race for Arkansas gubernatorial honors. The Japanese cannot be blamed it they refuse to allow any American army or navy officers to accompany their land or sea forces in this war. The fighters are no doubt operating with many untried materials, and they do not propose to set up training schools for f ort-ig n nations. Our policy was the same during the war with Spain. Senator Tillman delivered a brilliant epigram when he said the difference between farmer and an agriculturist is that the former makes a living with his hands and the latter with his mouth; and then he added. "I'm afraid this Senate Is developing some agriculturists." which Is a more frank confession than one would have expected from Tillman. The Japs are reported to have s. Ized a consignment of American beef on Its way to Vladivostok k. and the Japanese government Intends to pay for It. This convenient method of yetting supplies and at the same time avoiding trouble with neutrals was invented by America, and it is Indicative of an increasing respect for private property in time of war. Japan is the first to Join in this very decent practice. I: is often asked why Russia should have allowed such a serious break in the Siberian Railway line as Lake Unikal affords. It Is proving a serious hindrance in the present emergency perhaps t he most serious the army has to confront. At this distance it Is dirticult to realize that Baikal a about as large as Lain Michigan. It is surrounded by mountain, and to build a track around It would be an immense undertaking Expensive as it might be. however. Russia is no doubt beginning to see 9mt tt Would have been far cheaper in the long run to make the track continuous. The marked difference utween the tactics of Senator Gorman and of John Sharp Williams. Iomcratlc loader of the House, chows how little fitted the former is for the leadership h assumes He has failed ibly In two efforts to manufacture a ipaign issue, and In both he showed an almost Incredible lack of judgment. Contrast his bungling with the smooth methods of Mr. Williams. He is sagacious wgh to kcv the lorifX reform issue to

the front, and. according to a Washington ' ' respondent, when his opponents want to talk about free silver or imperialism he slides out of it by telling funny stories. Gorman should take a few lessons from the representative. i i MLMal M im i vr n. The Republican party in this county has had a narrow escape from a factioual fight that might have had serious consequences and left permanent scars. The contest between CoL H. B. Smith and Robert Metzger for the chairmanship of the county committee was almost without precedent for the activity and determination shown on both sides. Both of the aspirants are popular, both experienced in politics, both able leaders, and each had a large following. The vote at the primaries, leaving the result still uncertain, showed how close the contest was. Such a contest fought to a finish almost inevitably leaves rankling disappointment on the part of the defeated. The last stages of such a fight are apt to be the most bitter. Although this one was conducted In a fair and honorable manner on both sides, and probably would have continued to be. If it had been fought to a finish, the closing stages would have been very apt to engender a feeling that would have questioner! the fairness of the result and furnished ground for future disaffection that might have culminated in a sort of political vendetta. Happily, all this was averted, and the impending winter of Republican discontent turned Into glorious summer by the generous and timely action of Mr. Metzger In withdrawing his name and moving that Colonel Smith be elected by acclamation. It Is not often that a politician is offered such an opportunity of doing a generous and self-sacrificing act on behalf of his party as was offered to Mr. Metzger In this case, and still more seldom that it is so quickly rccoKnized and promptly embraced. There was still a possibility that by some turn of events Mr. Metzger might have been elected, hut he chose to sacrifice whatever chance ho might have rather than carry to an extreme a contest which, if fought to a finish, might have caused the loss of the county by the Republicans next fall. His action and his motive in these circumstances deserve the warmest approval of all Republicans. Besides the harmony established by Mr. M tzger's action, the party Is to be congratulated on having secured for county chairman so able and efficient a leader as Colonel Smith. With him at the head of the committee, and with harmony assured, it only remains for the Republicans to nominate a good county and legislative ticket to insure a majority next fall that will be a record-breaker.

THE PARTY THAT DOES THIXfiS. When the record of things done by the Republican party comes to be made up the Panama canal will be placed among Its greatest achievements. It will be many years yet before the canal will be completed, and by some unfortunate concurrence of events a Democratic administration may possibly come on before the work is finished, but the most important part of the work has been done. The decision to bud a canal, the adoption of a route, the negotiations with the French company, the obtaining of its concessions and franchises, the treaty with Panama, the financing of the enterprise, the pledging of the United States government to the construction and control of the canal all this has been done. The mere construction of the canal, though a great work, is unimportant compared with the preliminary work, and follows as a matter of course. History will show that every progressive step in the enterprise has been taken under a Republican administration. The treaty with Great Britain removing the obstacles of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and the later treaties, negotiations, dispatches and correspondence were all signed by u Republican secretary of state or a Republican Presi dent. The necessary legislation was passed by a Republican Congress over the determined opposition of some Democratic members. Every act of the President and secretary of state in furtherance of the enl i t'i i.-e hns been denounced or criticised by Democrats. The canal commission, which will begin the work, will be appointed by a Republican President and it would not be surprising If the work should be prosecuted to completion by successive Republican administrations. The greatest contribution of modern times to the world's commerce and progress will be distinctly an achievement of the Republican party. It has been so from the beginning. From the successful prosecution of the war for the preservation of tho Union, from the creation of the new South, the establishment of the national bank system, the resumption of specie payment, the establishment of the single gold standard, the development of American Industries by protection, the liberation of Cuba, the successful prosecution of the war with Spain, the building up of a modern navy, the advancement of the United States to a first place among the world powers, the pacification of the Philippines, the winning of diplomatic victories for collective civilization and the construction of tho Manama canal the record of the Republicat party Is one of things done. Can anybody tell what the Democratic party has done? It has a record, but what good thing has it accomplished and what great achievement of the Republican party has it not opposed? In this practical age a progressive people should stand with the party that does things. THE ( on, i i i '. it I aim )im:h tors. The conference of coal miners and operators which will begin in this city to-day is for the purpose of renewing negotiations which ended early in the month without any result. At that time both sides started out with a kind of ultimatum, giving notice in advance that no concessions or quulltlca- : i would be made. The miners demanded a renewal of the present scale for the next mining year beginning April 1, while the operators insisted on a return to the scale of 1900, which would mean a reduction of about 12 per cent, in wages. The uncompromising spirit in which the respective demands were made was not favorable to an agreement. It is to be hoped the Interval since the adjournment of the last Joint conference may have brought about a more conciliatory and compromising spirit on both sldis. It cannot be that all of the right and justice is on either side. Somewhere betwe n the two there must be a lusts of fair compromise. Both miners and operators ought to remember that besides their own per-.-..r, 1 Interests other very large interests are involved m their coming, to an a;rce-

ment. Failure to do so will probably not only bring on a general strike. In which both rides would suffer great losses and manufacturing industries Ik. seriously Injured, but it may cause the disruption of the present Interstate movement, which has worked well for all parties. The disruption of this movement would be a blow to conciliation and a long step backward in the settlement of labor disputes. Before the temporary adjournment of the conference held here early in the month both sides expressed a desire to preserve the interstate movement. W. Robbins, speaking for the operators, said: "We all want to keep the interstate movement intact, and this temporary adjournment is the only thing that may save it under the present unfavorable conditions. Before the conference is again called together the miners will have time to look into our statements and see that a reduction is necessary and that it will have to come." President Mitchell expressed himself strongly in favor of maintaining the interstate movement. He said: That we have now failed to come to an agreement does not mean that the end of the interstate movement is at hand. I want to say that when we again convene we should make every effort within our power to amicably settle this difference. I want to see the past relations of the operators and the miners continue, and hope that the outcome of the conference will be a continuation of the interstate movement under the favorable conditions that have characterized it in the past. If both sides are still anxious to preserve the Interstate movement, which has been the means of maintaining peace and preventing strikes in the past, why should they not take the subject up to-day in a

more compromising spirit than that in which th'-y laid it down a few weeks ago? The matter seems to be a proper one for arbitration. The operators and miners all come here with preconceived ideas and preformed conclusions. If they cannot or will not get away from these, why not submit the points in dispute to three arbitrators, one to be chosen by each of the parties and the third by these two, and both parties agree to abide by their decision? Both sides ought to be willing to concede a little Eomething in the Interest of the public. MINOR TOPICS. The latest radium suggestion is the most sensible yet. Radium paint is to bo used on front-door keyholes. These will shine forth like twinkling stars on the murkiest night, and another embarrassing problem will be solved forever. Japan has reserved a lot of space at the St. Louis exposition, hut a recent report from .Tokio intimates that on account of the war It may be "difficult to get any one of prominence to go." Why not get the Admiral Togo? A New York messenger boy has had a stroke of paralysis, brought on by overwork. Well, he should be comfortable for the rest of his life; he can command an immense salary from auy dime museum in the country. A New Jersey bride demanded that the officiating clergyman omit the word "obey" from the ceremony, and after it was performed asked him if ho gave trading stamps. Talk about your bargain hunters! From Iowa comes the news that the preachers of that State are about to form a union. They're behind the times Indiana preachers form unions every day at the uniform rate of $2 per union. The Japanese are not a demonstrative people and kissing is unknown among them. This makes It easy to see why they were so brave In their attempt to do the Hobson act at Port Arthur. A New York Supreme Court Judge has decided that it is not libel to ridicule poetry. He didn't go far enough he should have added that at times it Is positively meritorious. Russia has obtained immense lumbering concessions in Manchuria. This is sagacious indeed, for -she may at any moment have to take to the tall and uncut. One of the victorious Japanese vessels is named the Iwate; which is another proof that the Japs are liars as well as poor spellers, it didn't wait a minute. "Now it is announced that the University of Chicago has a giant fossil." says the Chicago News. If this reaches Dr. Harper's eyes there will be a libel suit. "Japanese village destroyed by a dam disaster" is the way the headlines read. And yet they say there is no profanity in the Japanese language! One Sophia Gab died in Chicago the other day at the great age of 129. She is reported to be the last of her race, but that is too good to be true. it is getting so that dollar wheat, which used to be regarded as only a beautiful dream, looks to farmers like thirty ko pecks. The emus at the National Zoo at Wash ington have begun to lay eggs. They will yet make the hens sorry for this strike. And yet they say that the Japanese army has no such thing as a strategy board! Perhaps Mr. Hearst can lend it his. THE HUMORISTS. They et-d l.ota of It. "It is claimed that vodka will fill a Bus sian with courage when all else fails." "These must be busy days for the vodka factories. 1 ' Ch icago Record - H e raid. I nselfUh. Sir!" she said, wht n In; ki.--d her. "you for get yourself." "O. no." he said: "I got half of it myself. The other half was your share." Philadelphia Ledger. Appnllinw Thought. His Mother "Tommy, what are you so quiet about?" 'I -mmy "l 's Just thinking what an awful thing it would have been if George Washing, ton had been born a girl." Chicago Tribune. A Sure Sian. "Well. I guss old Sly man Is beginning to make his ,pile." "Why do your think so?" "He's going around blowing about how much happier a man is when he's poor." Philadelphia Press. A Sympathiser. "What are you going to order. Maud?" "I am going to have MMM nice croquettes." "Mercy, aren't you going to order some charlotte russe?" "Charlotte russe! Never! Didn't you know I sympathized with Japan ?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Compensation. "Marriage Is a lottery." said the melancholy pers..n. "Well." answered Miss Cayenne, "It seems to be a pretty even game at that. I never saw a married man or woman who thought he had drawn a blank who didn't believe in his heart that the partner of his Joys and sorrows had secured the capital prlae" Washington a tar.

CHURCH AFFAIRS. Women and the hurch. The executive board of the National Council of Women has adopted the following resolution: "That the church universal be asked to place women on absolute equality with men In the pew, the pulpit, In council and In debate, and that the church elect from me to one-half its officers and members of committees from the women members."

Vatieea Veto knllsnl Pope Pius X has shown his energy by decldinK urm a most drastk- measure to insure the freedom of future conclaves. He has pronounce, l th" sent, ii . of excommunication ipso facto against anybody, no matter what his dignity, who presumes to act as the Intermediary of any power in proposing a veto against any cardinal during a conclave. Washington Star. faaltef Are Hard Workers. The Paulists have recently gone to Chicago and have been given charge of St. Mary's Church in that city by Archbishop Qulgley. St. Mary's is the oldest parish in Chicago. Probably in no area of Its size In the world are the modern problems of human intercourse presented so variously and so Insistently. Application has been made to Rome for permission to celebrate mass for nijrht workers at 3 o'clock in the morningBoston IMIot. tsNstea Anions the Lepers. John Jackson, F. R. G. S.. after completinga journey of seven thousand miles through the leper settlements of India, has arrived In this country and will make a tour of the United States and Canada in tho Interests of the mission to lepers in India of which he was organiser. The Hindu doctrine being that leprosy is a Judgment from God is In such striking contrast with the hope that Christianity holds out to these 500,000 afflicted people In India that they gladly accept the new faith. Urooklyn Eagle. Church vs. Drinking Plnee. Mr. W. T. Stead has taken a census of attendance at public houses In Paddington on a recent Sunday. The Ially News churchgolng census found 31331 in church in this region. Mr. Stead's agents counted 122.175 attendants at pub lic houses out of a total population of 142.690. Of the 81.635 women in Paddington. 28.118 patronized the public house in the course of the day on which the census was taken. More than 10.000 of the public house frequenters were children under fifteen years of age. London Spectator. The Bible and Its Uses. The Rev. Newel I wicht Hillls in a recent address paid the following eloquent tribute to tho Bible: "For centuries this book has been misunderstood by its friends and misused by Its enemies. Men have gone to this tree of life, not for food and for the leaves that heal heart hurts, but to hack and hew. The Bible is an orchard; Its flowers have been fed to war horses, and its boughs split into spear shafts. The Bible Is a mine; its silver has been run into bullets, and its gold wrought into sword handles. The Bible is a spring of water; its guardians have fought over it. rolling tho waters so that the people could not drink. Philosophers have taken texts full of sweetness and comfort, and hurled them as men hurl stones. Dogmatists have turned this storehouse of mercies into a arsenal of war. as the Turks hoisted their cannon into the Acropolis. Strange that sinfulness and Ignorance should try to teach the dove eajarlehood. or train the lamb to strike like a lion! liito what wars and strifes havo men carried tnls Book! How have men ised Its materials for building up barricades between themselves and their fellows!" Baltimore Sun. Religions otes. At a recent meeting of American and Canadian bishops In Washington a resolution was adopted to provide colored bishops for the colored people of the South. The London Christian Tourist Association, now on a tour around the world, was organized for the purpose of visiting the principal cities of the world in the interest of Christian missions. It Is estimated that Christian Scientists Increased In this country during 1K03 20 per cent. I -are audiences have listened to the lectures, and many churches have been compelled to seek larger quarters. Miss r.enham, the gifted daughter of Canon Benham. who had devoted herself to missionary work in India, met with an accident on tha night of her arrival at her destination from which she has since died. King Edward, accompanied by the Queen, will attend St. Paul's Cathedral on March 6. in commemoration of Universal Bible Sunday, when the sermon will be preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a part of the centenary celebration of the British and Foreign Bible Society. At a dinner given by the Rev. H. TV.swell Bates, pastor of the Spring-street Presbyterian Church. New York, to seventy-five men. all wage earners. It was voted that "a minister has the most influence who dresses like other men." Only two men dissented from this opinion. One wage earner gave an account of his great embarrassment when a minister dressed in her clerical coat called on him while at his work. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. Reason Knouah. Joseph Jefferson's son William once had a period of being something of a spendthrift. On the occasion of a trip abroad his funds, which were supposed to be ample, had a habit of giving out with mysterious frequency, when It would become necessary to rail ujNtn his father for a renewed supply. These pitiful appeals for aid were endured patiently and responded to most promptly for a time. But at last parental authority began to exhibit itself, and. instead of a remittance came a "cable" which read: "What for?" The reply was swiftly cabled across the water: "For Willie." New York Commercial. Pat Vn Stilted. We are indebted to an English publication (T. A. T.) for a cipltal story, which, it says. Is told by our distinguished editor and ftllow-olti-zen, the Hon. Whijeiaw Reid. The incident occurred during Mr. Reid's youthful days of office. An Irishman turned up. hating England, and desiring to become a naturalized American. "What is a republic?" he was asked. "Shure'n I don't know." "What Is a monarchy?" "I don't know." And so on right through a series of questions. At last the officer who was the applicant's sponsor was bidden: "Take this man out and instruct him a little." In the course of a quarter of an hour the pair hurried hack Into the presence of the representative of the flatted States government. "It's Sil rolght now. sor." said the sponsor. "I've read the Constitution to Pat and he's very pleased with it ."--I she's Weekly. Knew Tlie d l it. "A friend of mine down South." said Congressman John Sharp Williams, "indulged in the luxury of a negro valet, or body servant, as we call them. This frbnd. In a riot of extravagance, one day bought a pair of loud-checked trousers. His valet en ied them and wanted them. They did not seem to be coming his way fast enough and he threw some grease on them. " 'Charley.' said my fri.MM. "tak' th.s trousers ami i lean them. There's a grease spot on them.' "'harley took the trousers, didn't do a thing to them, and brought them hack In half a day. 'Deed, bos.' he said. '1 can't gtt that greuae out.' " 'Did you scrub them well?" " 'Yes. sah." " 'Did u try a hot iron and a piece of brown paper" " 'Yes. sah." " 'Did you try ammonia?" " 'No. sah; I aln t dne tried 'em on me yet. but 1 knows they'll lit me.' "Washington Letter. A Judtie'M Tflcl. Postmaster General Payne the other day told a story of something that he once aw ir a Mil-wjuke.-couitrooii Through th kindness and tact of the judge the court crier was saved from a tine. "I one day attended,'' said Mr. Payne, "a Me-

sion of the court at which this Judge presided. The court crter was a very old man; he had served with fidelity for many years, but age was beginning to tell on him. He fell asleep while I was in the courtroom and in a little while he was snoring. "The snorer, of course, disturbed the proceedings of the court, but the judge showed great tact in Interrupting, without embarrassing, the crier. " 'Crier Jones,' he said in a loud voice; 'Crier Jones, some one is snoring!' "The crier awakened with a start and Jumped to his feet. " 'Silence!' he exclaimed. "There must be no snoring In this courtroom.' and he glared fiercely all about him." Philadelphia Press.

C .im nnil the tiate. Sneaker Cannon never fails to show a goodnatured contempt for the Senate, though he confines his fllpiant allusions to informal conversation, and does not. as Mr. Reed was wont to do. carry ridicule of "the highest legislative body on i?arth" into his formal utterances. The other day he met Mr. Frye on Pennsylvania avenue. Washington, and rallied the acting president of the "upper house" upon the decision of that body to put in another clock. "HeJ4o, Frye. Hear you're going to have two clocks In your chamber. What's in the wind?" "Why, you see, our present clock is at the rear of the chamber, facing me, and senators are tired of turning around to consult it. Besides, Cannon, we don't want you to be able to say that the Senate is always looking backward." "Thank God for that! I was afraid that if you got In two clocks you'd have too much time on your hands, and God knows "what that means to the countrv." New York Mail. A Word for the Drug: Stores. "The physicians ought to have a grudge against the soda water fountain, for it does us out of many a case." said the medicine man. "If it weren't for the comfort every drug store offers these days our lists of patients with heajry COldS would be longer. Men have always been able to get a toddy when they needed it to stave off a chill, but It's only within the last few years that the needs of women have been considered. When a woman comes out of a heated shop after an hour's shopping, ten chances to one the first breath of cold air will make her shiver. If she shivers all the way home she's lucky if she isn't ill Mith a cold the next day. but the doesn't wait to get home to take something warm to drink these days. Every soda water fountain fairly sizzles with hot drinks. The free lunch idea, too, is growing. It's a poor fountain that doesn't supply crackers with its hot chocolate, or hot beef tea or coffee, and the amount of sickness that these hot drinks and their accompanying crackers save the women of Washington is past calculating." Washington iwt. W hut Gorman Is Really Like. As statesmen go Gorman is not an old man. Born in 1Ü39. ho has seen sixty-five years, but they rest upon him lightly. His form Is still as erect as ever, and his shoulders as broad. Personally Gorman is a man of few petty vice. He Is a baseball crank or was when the national game flourished and wastes money in raising chickens and vegetables on his farm at Laurel. Md., a few miles from Washington. Unlike some statesmen he is not given to the amusement known at the Capitol as "opening wine." and neither does he smoke tobacco incessantly, like some of his distinguished colleagues, nor chew it, like certain eminent jurists. His family life has been ideal. Gorman is not approachable, in the ordinary sense. He does not wear an air of very marked geniality, and, as a rule, he keeps his own counsel and makes confidants of few. But his manner, at all times, is suave and polite, and he has a fashion of calming enemies that has stood him in good stead. Leslie's Monthly. A Trick of the Trade. The hotel clefk was in a communicative mood. "One of the first things." ho said, "that a man in my position ought to learn is to read a signature upside down as It is being written. Indeed, that was the first thing I was taught when I entered the business. "The clerk behind the counter ought to be able to follow the writing of the signature of the guest and as soon as It is finished he should be able to call the new arrival by name, as if he'd known him from the day of his birth. The clerk who turns the register around and studiea the signature in order to learn the name of the new arrival is a bungler. There is nothing people like so much as to be at once apparently recognized, and it Is not only easy to learn to read writing upside down without hesitation, but it is easy to learn to read the signature merely by watching the movement of the writer's hand. Philadelphia Press. Unfortunate Baltimore. Baltimoro has not had a fair show with her fire. Such a tire as she had entitled her to our close attention for weeks. She should havo held the middle of the stage and the best outside columns of the papers for ten days at least. But along with the news that she was burning up there came on Feb. 7 the first word of the Russo-Japanese war. The next day, when we ought to have beon toting up Baltimore's losses and sending her telegrams of sympathy and encouragement, we were buying penny papers every half hour to get the war news. It was a shame. We are extremely sorry she got so burned. We grieve at her losses; we admire her pluck, but we feel with special Intensity that as long as she was making such a spectacle of herself, it was too bad that there should have been any considerable simultaneous exhibition elsewhere. Life. Tax the Widowers. Alt this talk about taxing bachelors Is mistaken philanthropy. The men to tax are the widowers. A not Inconsiderable levenue was raised In this way In England, waere a duke who had lost his wife was taxed 12 pounds 10 shillings, lower peers smaller sums, and a common person 1 shilling. In 1S85 20,00ft.000 women livd in enforced widowhood In India. Seventeen widows burned themselves on the funeral pile of a single rajah, and in Bengal alone 700 relicts made way with themselves in that manner In one year. Perhaps that is what St. Paul meant when he said. "It is better to marry than to burn." Life would be dull among us but for the widows. New York Press. The Pope's Lucky A um her. The Pote believes that his life has Wen ruled by the figure nine. Speaking to a friend in Venice, before the papal election, he said, "For nine years I was a schoolboy at Rlese; for nine years a ttudent at Padua; for nine years a curate at Tombolo; for nine years a priest at Salzano; for nine years I have been cardinal patriarch at Venice; and when I am Pope, as long as God wills, possibly for another nine years." Leslie's Wet kly. k r icult nrlsit Uutlcrsun I It jfet n. Mr. Tillman defines a fanner as one who works with his hands, and an agriculturist as one who works with his mouth. If the very reputable word agriculturist is to be made to denote the classification which includes th- South Carolina senator a revision of the dictionaries is in order Louisville Courier-Journal. Sympathy for the Country Iloy. To tin Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: After reading in your paper this morning of the arrest and imprisonment of the little country boy for defending himself it made my blood fairly boil, and I cannot refrain from writing and expressing myself. I think the boys who provoked the assault were much more guilty than the one who made It. I think it an outrage to take that young boy to police station and keep him all night when his father pleaded so earnestly for him. Had he been some rich man's son or some influential pl it Irian's son na never would have been snatched up and carried to police headquarters. It might be the means of ruining him for life. The nervous shock must have been terrible, tearing him away from his father and friends I think the boy was perfectly justified in what he did. Country lxys arc too ofti-n made sport of by the city boys. I believe in justice first and last, and hope It will be shown in this case. He should be shown as much mercy as the rich and influential. 1 pray he may have it. MRS. . K. VUL'NG. Anderson. Ind., Feb. -7.

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It appears that the list of entries in the Republican gubernatorial handicap is by no means closed. Senator Pressly Smith, of Paragon. Morgan county. Is on the verge of announcing his candidacy and his formal entrance into the race may be expected within the next few days, unless he changes his mind radically. Senator Smith was at the English yesterday in consultation with a few of his personal friends. To them he disclosed his Intention of entering the contest for the Republican nomination for (iov.rnor. and while he said he was not yet ready to make a formal announcement, he authorized them to proceed on the theory that he would be a candidate. He believes this to be a good year for dark horses, and especially in the gubernatorial race. If that dark horse be a farmer and a man who would stand primarily as a representative of the "plain people." 1 "Senator Smith is not a politician." said one of his friends last evening, "but he does not believe that the people of Indiana want a politician for their Governor. He is not going- into the race unadvisedly, but says he has received assurances of support sufficient to warrant a belief that he can st cure the nomination. He relies on the solid support of the Fifth district, believes he will get a large part of the votes from the Second district and counts n a scattering vote from all over the State. That would make him a faoWr in the race from the outset and would place him in the position of the logical compromise candidate. In fact, he would occupy much tho same position In the race that Governor Mount occupied eight years ago and Iii believes he can land the nomination just as Mount secured It." Senator Smith bj a farmer. Two y. iri he was nominated for Stat. senator from the district composed of Marion and Morgan counties, and it was as a compromise candidate that he won in that contest. He has one session yet to serve In the Legislature. r Two Republican congressional conventions are billed for this week. To-morrow at Columbus the Republicans of the Fourth district will nominate their candidate for Congress and on Thursday at Shelbyville the Sixth district Republicans will frtael their standard bearer. The nominations will bo uncontested In both districts. The Fourth is such a Democratic stronghold that there is little rivalry for the Republican nomination, and as Anderson Percelield, of Nashville, Brown county, has Indicated a willingness to lead the forlorn hope he will in all probability be nominated by acclamation. There Is chance of Republican success in the Fourth. By the deposing of Representative Marion Griffiths the Democrats have laid themselv open to factional divisions that may brinj? about defections sufficient to enable the Republicans to overcome the normal Democratic plurality of 2. m to In the Sixth Representative James B. Watson, of Rushvllle. will be renomina:- 1 by acclamation. A few months ago Mr. Watson was threatened with opposition, but the prospective candidate, Otho Williams, of New Castle, decided, after a preliminary canvass, to remain out of the race. Hoth conventions will be Republican love feasts and both, of course, will be attended by all the candidates for state officts. Another Republican congressional nomination will be settled this week, but not by the customary delegate convention. In the Eighth district to-morrow a candidate will be nominated by a direct primary, the first time this method of nomination has been adopted In an Indiana congressional contest. George W. Cromer, of Muncie. the present incumbent, and Morey M. Dunlap. former mayor of Anderson, are the rivals for the Eighth district honors. Their campaign has been one of the liveliest in the history of the State, and is of more than local interest because of the direct primary feature. There has been some talk of a direct primary in the Eleventh district, but it is understood that it has been merely talk and that the district committee is not seriously considering that plan of nomination. Neither of the candidates. Representative Ferderick Landis and Major George W. Steele, has expressed a desire for a direct primary. The Twelfth district Republican congressional convention will be held March 23 at Fort Wayne. There are four candidates for the nomination Lieutenant Governor Newton W. Gilbert and George B. McGoogan, of Allen county; Clarence C. Qilhams. of Lagrange county, and Oreille Carver, of Steuben county. The following day. March. 24, the Republicans of the Second district will convene at Spencer and select their candidate. Judge John I '. Chaney, of Sullivan, will be the nominee of this convention, as he has no opposition. The March number of The World's Work contains a full-page picture of Representative Jesse Overstreet, of this city, in connection with an article on "The Post office and the People." Warrick county Republicans in mass convention Saturday selected delegates to the State convention and instructed them to vote for J. Frank Hanly. of Lafayett-, for Governor. This is the first county in the First district to select delegates to the State convention and as the First is open territory for all the candidates. Mr. Hanly and BIG DAMAGES GIVEN AS RESULT OF STRIKE Miners' Association Generally Condemned by the Court for Its Part in Trouble. LOSS OF WORK EN MIXES LONDON, Feb. W. The claim of the Denaby and Cadeby main colleries for 150,000 damages against the Yorkshire Miners Association ended in a verdict for the plaintiffs. The hearing of the case has occupied nearly a fortnight. The late Mr. Benjamin Pickard was one of the defendants. The action was brought in connection with the loss entailed on the collieries by the well-known Denaby strike. The Jury by their verdict have decided that this strike was caused by the conspiracy and illegal combination among the men, for which they hold the trade union responsible. The question of damages will be argued before the judge at a later date. Mr. Justice Ijawreiiee's summing-up took nearly the whole day. Having reviewed the evidence and indicated to the jury what the law was with regard to trade unions, his lordship said that he could not help feeling sorry that no man had been found among the defendants with the moral courage to tattd up In his place and tell the men that when they entend into a contract they must keep it. He wished he had seen any indication that people coming from the headquarters of the Miners' Association instead of pandering to the passions of the men gave them good advice. Rough and rud.- as they might be, he btifc ved that, like all other Englishmen, the men were open to plain ar.d hansst speaking, and that it would have resulted in great good Instead of a great deal of miser . QUESTION OF STRIKE IS LUVT TO SHEA CINCINNATI. Feb. 28. There was a large meeting of the Teamsters' Union today, and it was decided to leave the promised strike entirely to National lresiieiit Shea, who is expected here from Indianaiolis this week. As the only question at Issue is that of recognition of ttu union, and the employers are standing firmly for the ..pen-door ' oJicy. it seems quits pfObaWS that there will be a strike of about t,UUU uaiuaters hcic on March la.

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his friends are elated that they have drawn first blood. However. W. L. Taylor, of this city, is confident that when the first roll is called in the State convention he will receive a fair share of the First district votes. He spent several days there last week looking after his fences and said last night that he was well satisfied with the outlook. Mr. Taylor received assurances yesterday that he will get all but five of tb Montgomery county delegates and that the Decatur county delegation will be practically solid for him. f A quiet boom for John B. Stoll. r ;th Bend, for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination is well under way and Stoll talk is going the rounds of the State. The first mention that the South Bend editor mifcht be a factor in the Democratic gubernatorial race was made In the Journal some weeks ago, but now the matter is being taken up by the Democratic press. The New Albany Ledger is the latest Democratic organ to espouse the Stoll candidacy. In a lengthy editorial urging Mr. Stoll as the :d al candidate the L.-dger says he would be esjeciaWy popular in southern Indiana. commends his Jeffersonian Democracy and concludes "The ledger does not believe that Mr. Stoll would consent to enter a vntest for the gubernatorial nomination. But this is in his favor. It is such men the party is seeking to head its battalions in 'he battle Of 1904." There is one thing to interfere with Mr. Stoll's candidacy, if he should decide to become even a receptive candidate, and that is the fact that Edward J. Fogarty. the present mayor of South Bend, is ambitious to be the IVmoeratic nominee for Governor and has said that he will certainly be a candidate if he is renominated I r mayor this spring With two candidates from the same city the chances are that neither would make much headway. However. it is possible that Fogarty may be put QUI f the running His intimation that he would ask a renominatin as mayor ami th n, if successful, abandon the mayoralty plum to enter the wider arena of State politics as a candidate for Governor, may prove his undoing. A large element of tli- South Hend Democracy objects to the Fogarty programme and objects so strenuously that it has already brought out an opposition candidate ror mayor, C. L. ; etx. Reports fr.m South Bend indlcato that Goetz Is making substantial progress with his canvass and that Fogarty will either be defeated or placed in such a position that he will le compelled to pledge himself not to resign the office of mayor, if nominated and elected, to make tne race for Governor, Fogriity baaSf his political strength on his standing with the laboring men. He was formerly a bricklayer and a union man. but since his elevation to the position of chief executive of his city is said to have become too much of a frock-coated, kldftloved individual to retain hit popularity with the laboring men. who are quick to resent any "putting on airs" by one of their follows. John S. Bays, of Sullivan, one of the Democratic leadens of the 8econd district, la in th- city to attend the sessions of tht coal operators. Taylor W. ;roninger. It Is reported, will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for prosecuting attorney of this circuit. He has not announced his candidacy, but his friends understand that he will enter the rare within a few days and that h- has already done some little work in the way of a preliminary canvass. Sheriff Robert Metzger, who, sine his action to bring about harmony in Saturday's convention, has enjoyed a boom for i t nomination, has not decided whether he will bo a candidate. "I confess that the suggestion that I make the race again is attractive to me, especially so since it has come in so many Instances from men that I would not expect ordinarily to support na" said Mr. Metzger, last evening. "I have had twentylive or thirty tails and messages to-day from men who urged me to become a candi'late and who assured inc thut they would be for me early and late, and most of them were men who fought me good and hard in the chairmanship race. I cannot say now just what I shall do." Mr. Metzger's old friends, and many of the new friends he won by his action in the chairmanship contest when he showed that he was anxious to sacrifice his personal interests for the best interests of the party, are urging him to stand for renomination on the ground that he would add decided strength to the county ticket this fall. They argue that no one thing could add more to bringing all the elements of the party together in complete harmony than his rcnomlnatlon. Joseph T. Fanning, Seventh district member of the Democratic state committee, is home from an extended trip through tha East, South and West. He has been making a "swing around the circle" primarily as the supreme exalted ruler of the Order of Elks, but Incidentally he has been dipping Into politics a little sounding the lending Ikmocrats In vartoes parts of the country as to their attitude toward party candidates and issues. It goes without saying that wherever he has been he has not overlooked an opportunity to do a little quiet work for his good friend. Thomas Taggart. who wants to be the chairman of the Democratic national committee this year. PLAGUE OF STOWAWAYS FROM SOOTH Steamship Companies Have a Serious Problem to Face Every Ship Crowded. GETTING OUT OF AFRICA LONDON, Feb. 2,-How to get back ta England is a problem exercising the minds of thousands in South Africa, where depressi .;. in the labor market is appalling. The fact that four stowaway were found1 on the Kinfauns Castle on arrival at Southampton n Saturday affords an Instance of the risks men are prepared to take in order to get clear of the country. The steamship companies are complaining bitterly, stowaway after stowaway being hauled out from the holds of vesplying between England and the Caie. The offense committed In securing a 'fr. ' , - .. is isited with sharp punishment, but the culprits mostly recruited! from a respectable class evince remarkable temerity. Despite the warnings Issued by the emigration authorities, the Cape is still the goal of countless numbers in this country, and many who are unable to pay their pasSage out adopt the role of stowaway a method resorted to when once again they set their faces toward England. It Is impossible to land without going through endless formalities, so that the steamship companies have iK-rforce to briug back the men they unwittingly took out. Those emigrants who menage to eluds the vigilance of the custom house officials are liable to a heavy penalty, and If this were more generally known it might, as a Union Castle line official plaintively remarked yesterday, save the companies a good deal f exiense. Detectives af on the alert at every sailing, but by mixing with the other passenone r two stowaways at least maniK, to k- p their places when the ship weighs anchor. ItUMMlan Tariff t:lended. ST I'KTKKSl'.l'IMi, Feb : A decision, of the Council of Ministers, approved by the Kraperor and published to-day. extends l 1 1 i iHTiod of one year the tariff on European Imports to Russia which was fixed Feb. , II'.: A similar extension of time is made In the case of the free admhv Hion of tin plate used In the munufaci ur barrels, and also on Packung t.aäc u a lu LLu twuxl U ada.

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