Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 63, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1904 — Page 4

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President Roosevelt is anxious to have early and strong arbitration treaties with France, England and Italy. That "danger ous President" is getting more dangerous to calamity howlers, v. ry day. The Russian fleet still remains snugly Inside Port Arthur, and will probably con tinue to do so until it can establish communications with Admiral Cervera and ask bis advice as to what to do next. The Mikado of Japan has never been out tide his own country. If Japan is able to work out her plans of completing this war successfully, the Mikado will be able to do a go-xl deal of traveling and still not have to go outside his own dominions. Portugal Is the latest power to come forward and promise to maintain a strict neutrality during the present difficulty In the Orient. This is written with the hope that it may catch the eyes of the warring powers; they may be worrying unnecessarily. The gunners on the United States battleship Wisconsin, in target practice the other day, made nine bulls-eyes out of ten shots fired from thirteen-lnch guns in ten minutes. If either Russia or Japan could approach a record like that, this cruel war would soon be over. If Korea's action in making an active Alliance with Japan shows nothing else, it proves that a nation which has the opportunity of viewing conditions at close range has a marked confidence in Japan's ability to win. Korea had merely to decide which cause would help her most: she chose Japan, and that means much. France is a stanch and faithful ally of Russia when white-winged peace prevails. Just now she is anxious to avoid trouble At any cost. The French Foreign Office declares that the treaty of Japan with Korea was forced by the former nation, and that the alliance does not constitute an attack an Russia by two powers in the sense of the Russo-Frcnch treaty. What would France do If Japan would "force" an allince on China? The same, probably: she would interpret "powers" as meaning European powers. This may be bad faith, but Russia has little riKht to complain. Prof. John I. Jegi. of Milwaukee, has snade a careful study of th. number .-f English words in an average person's vocabulary at various stages of life and culture. His figures as published seem very high. For instance, he claims that a child of two years old has 1,300 different words. This will be sure to arouse discussion. There are very few children of the tender nge of two who have a workable vocabulary of 60S words; perha:ri Professor Jegi Means that such a child would recognise 1,300 words, but even this seems too high. The children who have come under his observation must all have been infant phenomena. Probably he carried on his experiments in Hosten. The Russians whose attention Is not altogether absorbed by the war are celebrating with especial vigor the anniversary f "emancipation" to-day. Alexander II proclaimed the freeing of the serfs throughout his dominions on March 3, 1S61. Thus he won the title of the Czar of the People, and he has been known as "The Lincoln of Russia." His act was certainly a noble one, for he was opposed In it by almost the entire aristocracy of the an plre. But his popularity in consequence of this action ma... him all the more hated by the Nihilists, who attacked him repeatedly until in retaliation he entered upon a reactionary policy. So he was assassinated. The Journal has a plan for the more active sympathizers with both side of the

present war which will save time, money

and int?rnational complications. For ex ample, the Philadelphia Clan-na-Gael is g tting up an "Irish Brigade" for service under the Cxar. A company of Jews is being organized in Chicago to fight for the Mikado. Now, let these two cancel each Other, like opposite votes in the Legis lature, and neither company need go to war at all. Or, if they insist on fighting, let them hire a piece of neutral ground and go to it. Whichever side whips can put it down as a Russian or Japanese victory, as the case may be, and there will be no need of going abroad. WHUI Will TIIEV STRIKE NKXT f The opening events of the war in the East have followed each other with almost bewildering rapidity. The Japanese, who assumed the offensive at the beginning, have maintained it so successfully ss to indicate that they have been acting on a preconcerted programme, part of which was to confuse as well as weaken the enemy by rapidly delivered blows at unexpected times and places. In carrying out their proKramme they have been materially aided by their skill in keeping their plans and movements secret. Between the success of the Japanese In maintaining the veil of secrecy and the chronic Russian habit of lying it is hard to tell just how much injury Japan has inflicted on her powerful foe, but It Is evident she has pretty nearly made herself mistress on the sea. Probably that was part of her plan of campaign. Naval power was so obviously Japan's strongest point and Russia's weakest that it would be natural for Japan to open the war with naval attacks. The uniform success which has attended these is one of the most remarkable things in history. It is even more remarkable than the great successes gained by the United States navy at the beginning of the war with Spain, because at the beginning of that war the navies of the two combatants were much more evenly matched on paper than were those of Japan and Russia. Although details of the repeated attacks on Port Arthur are vague it is evident that the Russian fleet in that harbor has been practically put out of the fighting. Some of the ships were sunk, others disabled, aud if any remain intact they are bottled up. It Is evident, also, that the garrison and Russian land forces behind the town have become demoralized by the repeated attacks and furious bombarding by the Japanese warships. For several days past there have been indications that the Russians were preparing to abandon Port Arthur as a base of operations. In reality, it has ceased to be a base since the first Rttack by the Japanese. In less than three weeks the latter have practically nullified the work Vf five years done by the Russians in fortifying Port Arthur, for if it cannot be held and used as a base of operations it might as well not have been fortified at all. Its abandonment or its elimination from the list of important strategic points would be a humiliating confession of defeat by the Russians. Having broken the naval powir of Russia and established her own supremacy on the sea It would seem natural for Japan to concentrate her energies on land operations, and that Is evidently what she is doing. Within the last week the center of Japanese activity has been transferred from the ocean to the land, and the movement of ships "has given place to that of troops. It has been known for some time that Russia was massing troops north of the Yalu river, the northern boundary of Korea, and now it appears that Japan is concentrating forces in the same quarter. It is claimed that she now has over 100,000 troops in northern Korea. A dispatch from Tokio says the general staff has taken the field and Japan Is ready to strike. It is therefore reasonably certain that the next important event of the war will be a land battle, and that it will be brought on by the Japanese attacking the Russians on the north side of the Yalu river. It might be more prudent to await the invasion of Korea by the Russians and engage them on the south side of tho river, but having taken the aggressive the Japanese are likely to maintain it. The Japanese programme is not merely to keep Russia out of Korea, but to drive her out of Manchuria. This is a difficult programme to execute, but the Japanese seem to be daring enough to attempt anything. The next battle is likely to be along the Yalu river and probably on the north side of It. SEEKIXG THE LIGHT. The Tuskegee conference of negroes who tell their experiences in "getting on in the world" are extremely interesting to all who are In the least concerned with the progress of the race. For the most part the stories of their struggles are encouraging, yet few are without their touches of pathos. At the February conference one elderly man said: "It only takes a pup nine days from the time he Is born until he gets his eyes open: we have been thirtynine years in getting our eyes open, bui now we are beginning to buy land." Another reports triumphantly: "In 1M7 I did not own anything. Now I own 3Ö0 acres of land and have a good five-room house on it, with glass window?. My wife takes in $150 a year on egs and I sell four times as much meat as I buv." One man says: "In 1874 I had nothing I bought a yoke of oxen and a mule, but in March the mule died. Then I go, a yoke of calves and that year I made rlne bales of cotton. For a year I ate water and bread. My wife said she was going to leave me if I didn't get some meat. She went to her father's and he would give her a piece of meat and she would come back home. Now I have 1 .300 acres of land. I bought the place where I now live for 111,000, I owe $3,000 on it. I charge from 12Vi to 15 per cent, for money that I lend. I pay $115 taxes. I have a slore of my own and do my own business. I have two boys in Selma University. I can't write my name to save my life." A woman tells this cheerful story of endeavor: "I own forty acres. I have a four-room house. The chickens from my yard brought me here. I sold fifteen head before I came here. I am so proud of having more than one room iu my house that I won't even let my chickeus live in one room. I never mortgage my crop or land. If we can't pay cash for what we want we go without it. My daughter and I have a one-horse farm. We do our own work. I killed three hogs and have plenty of corn. I have nothing to buy except a little sugar and coffee." And so the tale goes on a tale of aroused ambition, energy and hope, of success under adverse conditions. For in all these struggles there is no one to help; the individual must make his way by his own unaided efforts. There Is not even the public support that the poorest etiueu.

black or white, in the North, expects as a matter of course. The black man in Ala

bama has no schools provided for his chil dren free of cost to himself except a share of such taxes as he may pay, but must join with his neighbors to build schoolhouses and pay teachers' hire at private expense. In all the reports of progress made by these negroes the schoolhouse is al ways mentioned, showing the importance it is coming to have In their estimation. One man says: "We have only $29 public money, but we have a school that is open tvaa months in the year." From another neighborhood it is reported: "We raised $1,400 among the colored people toward a schoolhouse." In another district the county gave $50 toward a schoolhouse and we raised $150 more." Kr these people it is a reaching up through darkness and difficulties toward light, but even though the greater number in the Alabama black belt are still submerged, such examples as are afforded by the men who tell their stories at Tuskegee must have their influence on the communities in which they live, must help to leaven the whole lump. And he is a prejudiced person indeed who can deny a goodly measure of sympathy and respect to men who build schoolhouses, who educate their children, who become property owners as a result of their own hard labor; who are honest, Industrious and peaceful men who are but a generation away from slavery and have no traditions of civilization behind them. These men are making great progress. MINOR TOPICS. Pugilist Jeffries thinks it might be a good plan to fight out the war in the far East with boxing gloves. Even that way the Japs would win; they have a method of procedure known as "jiu-jutsu" which might prove disconcerting to their opponents. The Russians are fairly good at wrestling, though perhaps they might do better at that game. A fierce competitive war is In progress among the undertakers in an Oregon town, and the local papers are extracting a deal of grim fuu from it. "Now is the time to die," "Try our coffins and you will use no other," "Read our testimonials," and other such headlines help to enliven the situation. "How to Live to Be a Hundred Years Old" is the attractive title of one of the latest books. The result may be attained by using no tobacco or liquor, taking no drugs, eating no meat, and taking the most of your food uncooked. So what's the use of llviug to be a hundred, anyhow? Radium will now take a place alongside of "Beautiful Snow" and "Laugh and the World Laughs With You." An Omaha man claims that he discovered it first, and, row that he has broken the ice, we shall douotless hear similar claims from Topcka, Irvlngton aud Iiird Center. The discussion is ended, and there is no more to be said about it. Officially they are "Panamaus," and lest there should be some doubt about variants, they are "Panaman women," too. No more "Panawomen," "Panamanians" and "Panaklds." There is a "starch fiend" in Kansas where all the freaks hall from who eats starch as a stimulant, and becomes so haughty under its influence that he will not speak to common folks. But, then, starch always did have a stiffening effect. There is a town in Illinois where the mayor gets fifty cents a year and the alder men twenty-five cents each; and the town is said to be orderly and well governed. Such salaries must constitute awful temptations to "graft." There will probably be a change of ad ministration In the English government. but, strange as it may appear. King Edward is not worrying much about it. He will keep his job for awhile yet if nobody else does. Among the inconsistencies of genius might be mentioned the case of Dr. Van Dvke. who claims to be an apostle of "the simpler life" and at the same time recom mends the study of Browning to the busy man. There is a new enre for cancer, and its name is the micrococcus neoformans. Those who entertain aotl-Hussian seutiments had better stick to good, old-fashioned radium. One Mr. Ham, of Boston, embezzled $190.000 from charitable organizations. His name is in a way appropriate, though he appears more like the whole hog. THE HUMORISTS. The Limit. ReporterThen you think the national pros perity has touched the high-water mark? Financier Well, perhaps not. Still, I wouldn't advise any more water for the present. Town Topics. HIkIi Finance. Cobwigger Won't It be necessary for you to have lots of money to start that company? Colonel I .. : U'l.y, i, If w.- had the money we wouldn't ask the public to go into it. Judge. 111m (luandan. Druggist What is it. sir? Mr. e hiney l reany don t Know; ran in a quandary. The moths have almost ruined my wig, and I don't know whether to get moth bulls or hair restorer. Judge. Dendly Microbe. "Germs cause an enormous amount of sick ness, don't they?" said the supcrllclally informed young man. Yes." answered the old-fashlrncd doctor; "if they don't get into a man's system they are lia ble to get on his mind and worry him half to death." Washington Star. YYillliiK to Aoconiniodtite. Ardent Swain Won't you O won't you return mv love? Cool MiM Certainly, certainly. You know I didn't order it In the first place, sq I should be very unkind to refuse its return. Do you wih it sent to your residence or your business ad,1m.-.- t iu.i It "U'.l like to tak' it aiiriK You wouMn t nna it miicii or a loatl. l asu:c you. Baltimore American. Ileen There lie fore. Jlmson hotly) I want to sue Dr. Dosem for J.aX) damages. Lawyer (briskly ) Yes. sir; yes, sir; what for? "I bought a bottle of his toothache drops, paid $1 for 'cm, and they didn't do a bit of good." "Hem! Isn t jw rather high damages to claim?" "Yes, but I suppose your bill will be about $iW. and I want to get my dollar back." New York Weekly. Prices in Asiu. During a recent tour In Asia of nearly sixteen months ifrom February, 1901, to June, 1S02). in which I visited Japan. Korea, China, the Phil ippines, Cochin China, Slam and Laos, the Straits Settlements, Burmah, India. Syria and Palestine. I found everywhere a deep interest in the changing economic conditions. The com mon people in Asia care little for politics, but the price of food and raiment touches every man, woman and child at a sensitive point. Almost everywhere the old days of cheap 11 v lag arc puwUig away. SUam-.;.- ;u.iisaa, tv.v-

graphs, newspapers, labor-saving machinery and the Introduction of Western ideas are slwly but surely revolutionizing the Orient. ShanTung wheat, which formerly had no market beyood a radius oX a lew dosen miles from the wheat field, can now be shipped by railway and steamship to any part of the world, and in consequence every Chinese buyer hss to pay more for it. In like manner new facilities' for export have doubled, trebled and in some places qua-1-ruf led the price of rice in China, Slam and Japan. A. J. Drown, in March Century. STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.

Where the Doctor Missed It. "I am not well this morning" said a millionaire steel manufaeturer to a clerk in one of the big hotcla "Where's your house physician? I'll consult him." "He lives In the first residence to the left; 1 11 call him," replied the clerk. "Never mind. I'll so to him." In five minutes the big fteel man was at the desk, evidently feeling better, for he had fire In his eyes. "I want you to call a physician." he said, with accent on the last word. "Anything wrong?" asked the clerk. "If that doctor isn't. I am." he said. "I went In there and told a sen-ant I desired a consultation, and I was shown into a reception room. The doctor came cut from his private office, closed the door behind him and curtly said: "What do you want?' "'I want to consult you," I replied. " 'What's your name?' was h!s next question, and his manner was insulting. " 'What has my pedigree to do with my desire for your professional attention? I want you to prescribe for me.' " T thought you might be an insurance agent, and ' "I difln't wait for any more; and I still need a physician. Please call a physician." New York Globe. Eased Ills Anxiety. One day Mr. Beecher was dining beside Emer son, and said, "Mr. Emerson, when you are eating this fine beef can you tell by the flavor what kind of grass the ox ate?" "Why, no. of course not." "I am right glad to hear It." replied Beecher. "for I have been feeding my congregation on Emerson for many a year, and I have been afraid they would find It out." Boston KcglsUr. Aiiy Kxcnic, This story is told of Mr. A. J. Cassatt. It happened at one of the Farmers' Club dinners. at which thi discussion as to the future of America arose. Everybody took a most opti mistic view of the question. One of the guests. turning to Mr. Cassatt. exclaimed: "By Jove, how I would like to return fifty years after my death and see what a grand country the United States has become. "I can readily believe." replied Mr. Cassatt, "that you will be glad of any pretext to re turn." I'hiladelphia Press. Needed no Introduction. Senator Fairbanks delivered the address upon the 2ö0th anniversary of the foundation of the town of Lancaster. Mass., last summer. When the time came for him to speak he noticed that the pastor of the church, who had held the position for fifty-seven years, did not rise to introduce the speaker to the audience. "Are you not groins to introduce me, doctor?" inquired the senator. "Oh. no." said the pastor. And Fairbanks went on and delivered his address. Then the pastor arose to make some remarks. "Senator Fairbanks." he said, "asked me if I was going to introduce him, and I told him 'No. The senator needs no Introduction to a Lancaster audience. Why, some, of his an cestors have been buried in our churchyard for 200 years." This last remark seemed to settle it and the senator was considered familiar with the people of Lancaster through those relatives who had been burled so long. Washington Tost. Secrelury Htty as a Landlord. "Hello, is this Mr. Hay's house?" "Yes." "I want to speak to Mr. Hay on a matter of the greatest importance. Please ask him to the telephone." "Hello, Mr. Secretary. I live in one of the apartments in Stonelelgh Court and our dumb waiter is out of order. Please come over and have It fixed right away." This is a real report of a real conversation over the telephone that called Mr. Hay from his library at 10 o'clock one night this week. There have been dozens like it. Mr. Hay is worried. He is distracted. The fact that he spent $1.000.000 in building the largest and most fashionable apartment houses in Washington is at the bottom of his troubles. Mr, Hay turned the renting of the n; artments over to a firm of agents. His tenants insist on doing business direct with the secretary of state. He is called out of bed to hear complaints about gras stoves and elevators and all kinds of things, and he is beselged in his otfice by tenants who want things done. Twice this week Mr. Hay left homo at night to escape distraction, and on other nights he has had his telephone disconnected. If Mr. Hay cannot switch the tenants to the agents he is thinking of taking another trip to the South this time for his nerves. Washington Special in I'hiladelphia Record. They Collect Souvenirs. "I have only counted four spoons and three saltcellars 'souvenired this evening," said a restaurant proprietor, moved to confidence by the lateness of the hour and the slacking of business, as he stopped at the table of an old and regular patron the other night. inquiry developed the fact that the taking away by customers In restaurants of such articles as those named Is carried on to an extent that seems incredible. It happens most con stantly in the better class of restaurants, and the kind of well-to-do people who take the stuff makes reasonable the explanation that the idea is generally to procure some souvenir of the occasion, but why one person should want as many as three and four "souvenirs" all alike and all of the same event is hardly intelligible on that basis. The practice makes an apprecia ble drain on the pronts of nearly all of the leading places of the city. The proprietors know it, and frequently observe the piece taken, though the souvenir collector thinks not. While they would be glad to see the custom stopped. they exercise great care in not attempting tj stop it by complaining to the collectors themselves, and equal care in avoiding any publicity concerning It. None of them, indeed, want to be quoted on the matter, and they give their waiters instructions to the same effect. Phila delphia, ltecord. A Üue-Pii in 1 1 Settlement. No one Is a separate unit In India. The sons never leave the parental rooftre. All marry marriage with thom is as death and birth, inevitableand their children are added to the family There are always widowed aunts, other grandparents no relative Is ever left to shift for himself In India so that households of 150 are not uncommon. Add almost as many servants, and we have some Idea of the occupation and cares of the mistress of such a home. The servants' quarters surround the yard or "compound, ' and the ladies of the household care for them as did the stately dames of old Virginia In the plantation life before the war. The great zenana courtyards stretch back to fruit and vegetable gardens, and there are tanks or artificial ponds where ladles and children bathe in seclusion. Blossoming trees Vise above hedges that Jealously guard then sacred retreats, where a family may sport in private with freedom unknown to us and suited to their shy, poetic, playful natures that only unfold when with each other, caring as little to see the world outside as to be seen by it Kverybody's Magazine. Hu ll Man and Doctor. "Tho life of a rich man is worth more than the life of a poor man, and the physician has a right to charge the millionaire more for his services than he does the laborer," is the opinion recently handed down by a Philadelphia Judge, who went on to say: "The physician Is unlike the merchant who has g'XJds of diflerent quality to sell at various prices. He must give his best service In every case. But it does not follow that the service Is worth the same in every case. Human life has a pecuniary value of variable quantity, greater In the millionaire than in the laborer. Thus the practitioner of common sense makes out hie bill to suit the pecuniary circumstance gf hU patieuu." N'W York Press.

FORMALLY ELECTED STATES SENATOR Will Fill Both the Short and Long Terms in Succession to M. A. Hanna. SPEECH TO LEGISLATURE COLUMBUS. O., March 2.-At 12 :30 this afternoon Lieutenant Governor Harding formally declared that Gen. Charles Dick had been elected to the United States Senate for the short and long terms, in the place of the late Senator Hanna, at the Joint session of the Legislature. The vote stood Dick 174 and John II. Clarke 25. General Dick was introduced by Mr. Harding, and said, iu brief: "No man can till us Senator Hanna did the place made vacaut by his death, but each and all of us can share the task and carry forward his unfinished work. Nor shall we fully appreciate our loss or the wt ight of his burdeu until we endeavor to take it up where he laid it down. "Recent elections. State and national, have registered the will of the people unmistakably. In view of this, It becomes our duty to give to the administrations of Ciovernor Herrick and President Roosevelt that earnest aud loyal support which they merit and which the people meant they should have, and to uphold Senator Foraker in maintaining Ohio's splendid prestige, to which he aud Senator Hanna, by their abb' service aud commanding inliuence in the upper house of Congress, have contributed so signally and so much. "Correctly interpreted, the verdict of the people of Ohio most recently expressed is lor continued protection to American industry and labor; sound finance; expanding trade and increasing commerce; peace with all the world, but the maintenance of every American principle and the defense of every American interest; an American merchant marine adequate for our commerce in peace and to protect It in war; a navy commensurate with our importance as a nation; an army sufficient for our defense; an isthmian canal to connect the oceans and facilitate our commerce; a lofty diplomacy in the affairs of the world; the complete protection of every American citizen iu his every constitutional right at home and abroad; au exalted franchise; a pure ballot, guaranteeing to every citizen the right to vote and have his ballot counted as cast, so that tho verdict at the ballot box may correctly register the will of the people." NEW RUBEL LEADER. "Gen. Prym" Issuing Commissions to Discontented Filipinos. WASHINGTON, March 2.-That the embers of revolution tili smoulder in the Philippines is suggested by a recent report to the War Department from General Wood to the effect that a rebel styling himself General Prym has issued a commission to Ricarte as lieutenant general of North Luzon. Little is known here of Prym and it is hoped that the movement is nothing more than a brignnd demonstration. Ricarte is an irreconcilable. He was transported to Guam and when tho other Philippine captives returned to Manila under parole he refused to take the oath and went to Hong-Kong. Recently he returned to the Philippines, still failing to take the oath and managing to smuggle himself through the lines. His whereabouts is unknown and the Philippine constabulary is looking for him. Del Pilar Joins Outlaws. MANILA, March 2. Del Pilar, the leading spirit of the Caribao insurrection against Spain and the United States, was exiled to Guam, but who returned and accepted the oath of allegiance, has Joined the outlaws who are defying the authority of the government. TYNER AND BARRETT M be punpiAi urn Government Probably Will Rush the Remaining Postal Conspiracy Cases. CONVICTIONS TO DATE Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, March 2. Elated over the conviction of Machen, Lorenz and the Groffs, tho postal authorities propose to push with all possible dispatch the other postal conspiracy cases. Owing to the pendency of a number of "jail cases" in tho District Courts it will pbably be a month before the trial of another batch of the postal conspirators will be taken up. The indications are that the next trial to be heard will be that of General James N. Tyner, former assistant attorney general, and Harrison J. Barrett, his nephew. The charge against them is conspiracy to defraud the government. The authorities will make every possible effort to secure a conviction in this case. They are particularly anxious to land Barrett, who is regarded by the postal inspectors as responsible for the troubles of the venerable General Tyner. The postal scandal, which started off tamely and promised to be a flash in the pan, bids fair to become one of the most successful governmental investigations ever conducted. Machen, the cnief conspirator, has been convieted as well as those who w-re associated with him in the conspiracy to sell the Groff fastener to the department. As a result of the inquiry inaugurated by Postmaster General Payne thirty persons have been indicted. Of this number eight have been convicted, two of whom are now serving time In the penitentiary. Former Congressman Griggs, of New York, was lined Sld.OuO and served one day in the penitentiary. The record so far in the postal conspiracy is more notable than any other scandal in the history of this government, with the possible exception of the whisky-ring frauds. IL CARRIER JOKER 10 GOTJHTO TROUBLE Wrote His Resignation to Fool His Wife, But Uncle Sam Took It in Earnest. PERMITTED TO REMAIN Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. March 2.-Samuel Elliott, regular carrier on route No. 1, running out of Dupont, Jefferson county, was in a playful mood one day about a month ago. As a Joke on Mrs. Elliott he wrote out his resignation. placed it in an envelope, staled it, and announced that it was his intention to forward It to Washington without delay. Carrier Elliott had no intention of quitting the service of Uncle Sam. But the letter somehow found its way into tho mails, and in due course was received in W tshington. The resignation was accepted and Carrier Elliott duly advlsid. Then the excitement began. The Indiana senators begin to receive frantic telegrams from Mr. Elliott, advising them of the grievous mistake, and urging them to make an explanation to the authorities. The matt-r was placed before the acting fourth assistant postmaster general, a solemn gi ntleman. who decided that It is manifestly proper for a government official to Joke while in the public service. However, Carrier Elliott has been permitted to withdraw his resignation. Udell and Itousevelt to Confer. WASHINGTON, March 2. Governor Odell, of New York, will have a conference with the President next Saturday on matters relating to New York politics. The President has announced definitely that he will take no part In the sei i tion of a chairman of the Republican state. cvinmilUc oi is'ew York,

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Xo Good to the Party Can Come Out of the Bryan-Hearst Compact. rAIR OF CONSPIRATORS Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, March 2.-The old-fashioned Democrats of the South as well as the West are beginning to show alarm over the progress being made by Bryan and Hearst and all the isms that these two worthies stand for. Bryan has been rebuked recently by former adherents on account of his recognized nurturing of the Hearst candidacy. Bryan was all tho wildeyed radicals could stand, but when he saddled himself with the erratic Hearst, disgust overcame many of his former associates. "The dear old party is in a bad way," said a Democrat from the Middle West. "With Bryan beating the tom-toms for Hearst, and declaring for the Kansas City platform and 16 to 1, I am at a loss to know what is going to happen to us. Defeat stares us in the face at a time when under proper circumstances and with a respectable candidate we would at least have a fighting chance. Hearst will undoubtedly be rebufTed at St. Louis, and I would not be surprised to see him and Bryan openly join hands with the Populists and march shoulder to shoulder with them." The conservative Democrats everywhere recognize the impotency of the party as long as Bryan and Hearst preserve their lung power. In Indiana all is not as harmonlus among the Democrats as appears on the surface. Such men as Major G. V. Menzies, of Mount Vernon, and John E. Lflmb. of Terre Haute, make no secret of their feelings toward Bryan and Hearst, and Mr. Limb particularly is outspoken in his condemnation of the gymnastic performance of the peerless leader from Nebraska. WORK OF CONGRESS. Many Private Pension Bills Passed by the Senate. WASHINGTON. March 2. The bill for the regulation of Philippine shipping was again the principal subject for consideration by the Senate to-day. It was made the basis of a somewhat general discussion of the Philippine question and was amended so as to defer for a year the time when the bill shall take effect. A large number of private pension bills were passed. The House devoted the entire day to consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill, but did not conclude action on the measure. The House in committee of the whole amended the bill by unanimous vote so as to fix the maximum rates which may be charged the District of Columbia for telephone service or for telephones in private residences at from $25 to fcio per annum. National Congress of Rcllarfons. WASHINGTON. March 2.-"Truth" was the theme of to-day's session of the tenth National Congress of Religious Education. Rev. William Carter, of Kansas City, Mo., spoke on truth as a factor in character building. Other speakers were Rev. Drs. Russell Cecil, of Richmond, Va., and J. F. Foster, of New Orleans. Of Interest to Bankers. WASHINGTON. March 2. The House committee on banking and currency to-day authorized a favorable report on the Lewis bill, authorising national banks to make loans on real estate to the amount of 25 per cent, of their capital. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CRITICISED GRISTOW Are Alleged to Have Interfered with Economical Administration of Postoftkes. MUCH TALK PROBABLE WASHINGTON, March 2 The indications are there will soon be music around Congress as a result of the investigation into the postal affairs. The detailed report made by the department privately to the postofflce committee of the House covering alleged interference by representatives in matters relating to the increases of rentals, salaries, clerk hire and supplies in the postofflces throughout the country hits many members in all parts of the country. It will be recalled that in the original Bristow report some references were made to certain postofflces in different States where it was claimed that Beavers, the indicted chief of the salaries and allowance division, had been guilty of undue activity in making allowances. The charge was made that certain representatives and a few senators had urged the increases. No names were mentioned, but it was easy to infer from the location of the cities in whose districts th-y were located. In response to the resolution of the committee additional information has been sont. It will open up an interesting situation, for it is said that hardly a member or senator has not at some time either indorsed or personally urged the re.puests of postmasters for better facilities, increased salaries for clerks or additional clerks. Of course the vast number of these actions on the part of members and senators werentirely warranted and in most cases the facts were unknown, but the support was given by the legislators in the interests of the .service in their respective districts. But it will open up no end of talk and explanation. SENATORS RIDICULE THE "COLI STORAGE WIT II Say the President's Office Building Is Good Enough for ThirdRate Lawyer. ACTIOX WILL HE DELAYED Special to the In1linapo,Jls Journal. WASHINGTON. March -.-The bill introduced by 8enator Fairbanks proposing a new building for the Departments of State. Justice and Commerce precipitated an animated debate in the Senate one day during the past week. It demonstrated that the measure was generally approved by senators, but for some reason of economy it was urged that action should be deferred until next winter. The comment on the office building occupied by the Presi.l. nt was spicy and to the point. One senator said the structure reminded him of a "cold storage plant." The building in question Is located wtst of the White House. It Is a plain brick, without any architectural l auty, the interior finish is severely cheap, but notwithstanding th sum of Sßö.OOO was expended on It. In the last session of Congress the Iumoerats talked about the President's office and its cost all winter, and threatened to make a national issue out of it. In the recent debate in the Senate the members, regardless ot party, talked about the executive offices in a playful manner, injecting much sarcasm into their utterances concerning the appearance of the building and the genius of the man who designed it. "It's not good enough for a third-clan lawyer," said Senator Coekrell. "Or a fourth-rate doctor," sniffed Senator Tillman. "It is indeed a magnificent building." ironically exclaimed Mr. Jiallejr, of Texaa.

STEALS ON OPPONENTS Catches Cook County Democracy Napping and Legally Robs It of Its Charter. NOW IX FULL CONTROL, SPRINGFIELD. III.. March 2 -By a sensational bit of strategy to-day the control of the political auxiliary organization, known as the Cook County Democracy, was snatched by the adherent of Mayor Harrison. The victory was achieved by a legal ruse. Eagerly watching for a chance the followers of the mayor caught their opponent napping. With a demand for incorporation as the Cook County Democracy. John Powers and other friends of the mayor suddenly appeared to-day before Secretary of State Hose. It was shown to the satisfaction of Secretary Rose that the charter held by the opponents of the mayor had becosae invalid lor noncompliance with too law requiring corporations to make an annual report to the secretary of state. A. license was thereupon Issued to Powers, who thus regained control from which he) had recently been ousted by a court decision upholdlnK the antl-Harrlson faction led bv Mayor Harrison s former chief lieuw nant. Robert E. Burke. The decision had enjoined the officers of the Harrison faction from appearing at th' m ettnps -r otherwise interfering with the Cook County Democracy. Subsequently, it appears from the proceedings to-day, the Harrison faction found that the organlxation from which they had been shut out had failed to make annual reports to the secretary of state under the law of 1901. and that last midnight was the latest time that such a report could be made. Accordingly, a number of Harrison's adherents met privately yesterday and formed a new organization, which was granted its license to-day. An amendment to the law passed by the legislature of 1903 exempted corporations not for prolit from making annual reports to the secretary of state. The amendment, however, apparently applied to organisations formed after the amendment became, a law, and thus did not apply to the antiHarrison Cook County Democracy, the charter of which was canceled by the secretary of state. New Isle of Pines Treaty. WASHINGTON, March 2. Secretary Hay and Senor Quesada, the Cuban minister, today signed a new treaty confirming Cuba in the title to the Isle of Pines. To guard againFt a lapse in the Senate, as was the case with a previous convention, the treaty signed to-day will be purposely framed by the State Department without the designation of any special period of time within which ratifications must be exchanged. The new treaty will be sent immediately to the Senate. It must also go to Havana to bo acted upon by the Cuban Senate. President Favors Two !ew States. WASHINGTON. March 2. President Roosevelt in the last week has had several conferences with senators and representatives in Congress who are interested in the proposition to create new States. The statehood problem has been discussed carefully in all its phases. It is understood to be the President's solution of the problem that two new States be created, one from Oklahoma aud the Indian Territory and one from the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Indians Dying of Smallpox. WINNIPEG. Manitoba, March 2. Traders coming trom the north report terrible suffering among the Indians from lack of food and a scourge of smallpox. At Isle de ""ross sixty deaths are reported. ATTACK OP COMMITTEE ON PERRY I HEATH Hearing on Anti-Lottery Bill Brings Out a Sharp Interchange of Opinions. EXPUNGED FROM RECORD WASHINGTON. March 2. The Senate commtttte on postofflces and postronds today heard Assistant Attorney General Robb, of the Postofflce Department, in advocacy of a bill to prohibit guessing contests carried on by newspapers and circulars. The bill was prepared in the Postoffice Department and Introduced by Senator Penrose. During the course of Mr. Robb'a statement, the subject of the postofflce investigation was mentioned. Senator Culberson asking if some men had not been protected by the statute of limitations. Mr. Robb said that he believed such was the case. Senator Culberson then asked if Perry S. Heath was not one of those protected by the statute. Mr. Robb answered in the affirmative, adding that on account of the position which Heath occupied both officially and politically he would have been glad to have prosecuted him. Senator Scott, at this Juncture, declared that Robb was going outside his province in making such a statement. He declared that the postmaster general did not authorize him to make any such statement and would disapprove his doing so. Senator Scott moved that all reference to tha matter be stricken from the record. Thti motion was carried by a strict party vote. Secretary Dover III. CLEVELAND, O.. March 2 Elm-r Dover, secretary of the Repuhlicao national committee, is ill and couiiued to his room here. The phvsicians do not believe that Dover's illness Is serious, but he will be kept quiet for several days. FOREST CONSERVATION URGED 1Y ROOSEVELT Brief Address of the President to Delegates of Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association. RECEPTION WAS CORDIAI WASHINGTON. March 2 -With the members of th. Kastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Association as its guests tha eighteenth annual convention of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association began here to-day. There are in attendance on the meeting of the wholesale association alone more than 300 lumbermen fron ev. r S; it.' and rntory in the Cnion. In his annual address Iresident Ps deiinls White, of Tonawauda, N. Y., urged the wholesale lumber dealers of the country to become m-f - clo.-ly a-.-. . -l ited. On this connection he said: "It is through organization hat the power is created for the accomplishment of large operations." The members of both associations called! at the White House during the day, where they w r.- received by th. Ir. s:,1. nt in the Bast room. They were Introduced by Secretary Cortdyou After extending to each of his callers a cordial greeting the President made a brief speech. .. the course of which he said: "The lumber interests stand eutlr ly apart from the mining interests a gold mine, coal. iron, whatever it is: all you have got to do there Is to take it out of the ground; once out it I out: you are through with it. 1 hope more and more our power will grow, under the lead of this organization, to understand that that must not be so with our forests: that It is not a case of cutting a forest down and being through with It; that if we are to make our lurnt.. r interests permanent, as they should bv made, our object must be to conserve the forests by wise use."

MAYOR HARRISON

MARCH