Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 82, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1904 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,, TUESDAY, MARCH 2 2, 1904.

THE DAILY JOURNAL 1 TUESDAY. MARCH 22. 1904.

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COLUMBUS. 0.-Vla4uct New Stand. ISO High street. DAYTON. O. street. V. Wllkie. South Jefferson DENVER. Col.-Louthaln & Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawrence street, and A. Smith. 16i7 Champa street. DES MOINES Ia,-Mose Jacobs. SO Filth street. XX3 ANGELES. CaL Harry Drapkin. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerfng. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson treet. and Bluefeld Bros.. 4il West Market street. KEW YORK Astor House. BT. LOUIS Union News Company. Union Depot. ET. JOSEPH, Mo. F. B. Carriel. Station D. .WASHINGTON. T. C.-RIrs House, Ebbltt House. Fairfax Hotel. Wlllard HoteL nearst might be able to secure quite a respectable number of delegates if it were not for the unit rule. I care not who may make the laws of my country." says William J. Bryan, "if I can make its speeches!" Balfour says he has no Intention of re signing. In this country that would amount to an appeal for investigation and vindication. Dr. Lorenz is to pay another visit to America. There is no necessity for alarm in the postal department this is quite an other Lorenz. Senator Money thinks the Japanese will soon be after the Philippines. That would be carrying the friendship for Amer ica altogether too far. The greatest Inflator of the Parker boom is the terrible scare the Democrats are get ting out of the Hearst successes. Sweet ore the uses of adversity. The Russian fleet is said to have disap peared irom fori Annur. i'ernaps we chali not hear of it again until the Jap anese scrape it up from the bottom of the harbor. It seems a work of supererogation for these orators to proclaim "William Randolph Hearst as the friend of the laboring man and the enemy of the wicked trusts. He admits it himself. The Czar says that after the first great battle he will go to the front and take per sonal command of the army. Notice, he eays "after the first great battle" which shows where Nicholas i3 wise. Chauncey Dewey and his two cowboys have been acquitted of the charge of mur der. They will now be able to proceed in their long-delayed work of exterminating m the rest of the sheep men in their section. "Let the Democrats get together!" cries John Sharp Williams. Thought the Dem ocrats wanted harmony; if bo, the best thing thoy can do is to keep as far apart as possible. Otherwise they will fight. ssbbssbsbsbbbj mwsasMssMB ivn examination or the files of opposition papers from the beginning reveals the disgraceful fact that every President from Washington on down has been a usurper, a tyrant and an incompetent blunderer. . New England felt a heavy earthquake chock Sunday morning. It was at first feared that the Hearst boom in Rhode Island had exploded, put later developments showed that the seismic disturbance orig inated In Canada. It. is a mighty low criminal that cannot work up a feeling of martyrdom. A Mor mon official who was put in the peniten tiary for polygamy says he was Imprisoned for "the testimony of Jesus, and testifying to the teachings of God" which somehow Jars on sensitive rar3. Among other monstrosities in the way of Democratic national tickets may be no ticed the Hearst and Mitchell suggestion. If John Mitchell is fitted to be a vice pres idential candidate on a Hearst ticket, he is not fitted fur the position he now oc cupies. And nobody is kicking about him. C 1 1 . . a t. . a . . oix wrt-Ks aner me declaration of war between France and Germany, in 1ST0, Se dan had been won by Germany and the Emperor Napoleon was a prisoner. Six weeks after the beginning of the Russowapanot: war rrm are as iar rom a climax as at first. This war 13 evidently T . . .. . - going to drag along indefinitely. In thinking of the Panama canal bar gain never overlook the fact that this country acquires CM) of ths T.OuO shares of the Panama Railroad Company. That A. A TV J S . puts tne unuru oiaiej in unuisputed control of all transportation routes from sea to sea. as well as a istrlp ten miles wide along their courne. Fifty millions Is not uch a big price for a bargain like that. " At the reque&t of the City Club of Chi cago, Captalu A. It. riper, a retired officer of the United States army, and formerly deputy pollco coutmiisJguer of New York.

tame to Chicago to conduct a secret investigation of the police force of that city. He was assisted by a man who was a member of his stafT in New York anil a Chicago man who served with him iu the Fifteenth Infantry. The investigation covered several week3, and the report is a scathing arraignment of the police force. Captain Piper found the entire force demoralized through lack of discipline, violation of rules, habitual drinking, etc. He reported ninety-rive rpeciflc cases erf desertion of post, thirtythree cases of taking free drinks In saloons while on duty, thirty-six cases of loaling in saloons. Hi cases of loafing on beat, and so on. Twelve officers, including one captain, two inspectors, two sergeants and seven lieutenants, were reported by name for inefficiency or violation of rules. The report declares one hundred members of the force to be unfit for duty because of bad habits and vicious character, and recommends sweeping changes and a complete reorganization of the force. Mayor Harrison professes astonishment at the disclosures and promises a thorough overhauling and shaklug-up of the force. AXYIIODY TO WIX-AXYBODY TO HEAT 1 1 IIA K ST. Two Democrats of local prominence, not selected because their opinions were known, but nu-t accidentally, were asked how they

stood on the Hearst question. One replied, "I'm for anybody to win," and the other. I'm fer anybody to beat Hearst." They both amplified their views somewhat, but these pithy statements told the whole story. They described fairly well the present condition of the Democratic rarty and the lines on which It 13 dividing. Eight years ago and four years ago Hearst had not been heard of. In those two campaigns the Democratic party divided on the lines 'anybody to win" and "anybody to beat Bryan." The anybody-to-win wing of the party' supported Bryan with all of his heresies, including 16 to 1, not because they thought he was a safe man or fit to be President, but simply because they thought he could win. The anybody-to-beat-Bryan Democrats proved they had the courage of their convictions by voting for McKinley or for the sound money Democratic candidates. It is curious to find history repeating It self with a mere change of -names. The anybody-to-win Democrats have taken up Hearst because Bryan has acquired the reputation of not being a winner and be cause he magnanimously consented to take a back seat this year and let his following concentrate on some other freak. Those of his former followers who have not yet recovered from the prolonged debauch of 1SD6 and 1300 think they see in Hearst a combination of the same 'demagogic quali ties they saw in Bryan, with the added one of possessing a barrel of money. That he Is an unsafe man, utterly unfit to be President of the United States, that he has surrounded himself with unscrupulous managers and that his methods are undignified and indecent far beyond anything ever be fore known in American politics does not concern them a particle. They are for him because they think he can win. Conservative Democrats are opposed to Hearst for much the same reasons that made them oppose Bryan, and they recog nize his possible nomination as equally a menace to the party as his election would be to the country. Therefore they are for. anybody to beat Hearst. Their position is one to command respect. Of all the ether Democrats who have been named in con nection with the presidential nomination this year, not counting Bryan in, there is not one who is not of presidential caliber or whose nomination could be considered a triumph of indecent methods. The Journal would oppose any of them for political reasons, but it would not regard the nomina tion of either of them as a disgrace to American politics. Hearst's nomination would be such a conspicuous triumph 01 tne worst political metnods and sucn a humiliation for conservative Democrats that they are perfectly justified in being for anybody to beat Hearst. But it is not our fight. The Republican party is united, harmonious and confident of victory, no matter whom the Democracy may nominate. From present appearances there is no prospect of the Democratic party uniting on any candidate, and which ever faction wins in the convention the fight will be carried to the polls. But the way the two wings of the party are lining up under the "anybody-to-wln" and the 'anybody-to-beat-Hearst" cries makes an Interesting situation. I.XTEKESTI.VC; HUMOR FROM THE KAIl 12 A ST. Dispatches from the far East state that a Chinese squadron consisting of four cruisers has arrived at Che-Foo and will proceed to Nieu-Chwang. At Nieu-Chwang the fleet would be In a position to assist in cutting off Russia's railroad communication with Port Arthur. This Information comes through two channels and is further con firmed by a dispatch from St. Petersburg which says it is believed there that as a result of the recent visit of the Japanese statesman. Marquis Ito, to Korea a tri partite alliance has been formed between Japan, Korea and China. All this may be an invention of Russian diplomacy to furnish material for a new scare about "the yelloW peril" which she has been trying to work with a view of frightening European powers and the United States and creating sympathy for Russia, but there Is some reason to believe it may be true. China has even stronger reason to dis trust and hate Russia than Japan has. For years past China has been hypnotized, de ceived, bullied and browbeaten by Russlan diplomacy and military movements until she has teen robbed of the great prov ince of Manchuria almost without knowing when or how It was done. The Chinese are a p.-;-ieni, timia people, Dut it can nardiy be supposed they do not cherish resentment towards Russia for her unfair and contemptuous treatment of them and would like to get even with her If possible. China is fully as much Interested in driving Rus sia out of Manchuria as Japan Is in keep ing her out of Korea, and as between an nexatlon to Japan or absorption by Russia Korea would greatly prefer the former. It would be natural for the three Oriental peoples to stand together against the all devouring bear. Korea could render little or no assistance In such an alliance, probably none at all in the way of fighting, and it is a doubtful question how much China could render. Her navy proved very weak in tne war with Japan ten years ago, but her ships may be better equipped and handled now. Ehe could mobilize a large fone of men. I aui she might iruve a helyful ally in laud

operations. If the rumored alliance has really been formed it will give an interesting turn to events in the far East.

HAS (JOT to mz hi:civom:i NVITII. The Democrats of Indiana have not been in the habit of looking to the Journal for advice, and they have shown pretty good aptitude for managing their own affairs. But an old adage says it Is rijht to learn from an enemy, and. assuming that our Democratic friends recognize this truth, the Journal would advise them net to underrate the significance or strength of the Hearst boom. Of course, this advice 13 addressed to conservative Democrats. First, what there li In present political conditions to render possible the success of such a political propaganda as the Hearst boomers are engineering Is hard to say. It, may be the degeneracy of the times, or because the rank and file of the Democratic rarty are so hungry and thirsty that they are desperate, or it may be some other cause or combination of causes. That is not material. The important point Is that the Hearst boom has made rapid headway and Is still gaining. On Saturday last Democrs.tlc conventions in five counties in Illinois in structed for Hearst, and he has a decided majority of the counties that have instructed. He seems to have secured Kansas beyond doubt, and he has secured some other States. In entering this State his managers have made the serious mistake of bringing two members of tho Democratic national committee here to dictate to In diana Democrats regarding a candidate. One of these members is secretary of the national committee and the other Is chairman of the executive committee, one being from Iowa and the other from Kansas. Yet in spite of this gross breach of political ethics and usage, the launching of the boom has been welcomed here and the movement has been embraced by Democrats heretofore regarded as conservative. That such a man as Hon. J. O. Henderson should consent to father it must bo accepted as a danger signal. This is the first time in the history of Indiana politics that members of the national committee of either party have interfered to try and control the nomination of national candidates. Such a thing would not be tolerated by the Republicans of Indiana, and ought not to be by the Demo crats. It gives the anti-Hearst leaders a weapon which they can use effectively. But they should realize at onco that the Hearst boom is not a matter to be trifled with. PROPHETIC W ORDS FULFILLED. We make history pretty fast in thi3 coun try, and some other things also. The devel opment of the electric railway system in thl3 State is a notable case In point. On June 4. 1S33, under the head "The Proposed Gas Belt Electric Line," the Journal said editoriallv: If the Central Indiana Electrical Railway Company, which was organized a few days ago, means business, and if, as is stated, it has ample means to carry out its plans, important, und interesting results may follow. Tho proposition to connect the principal cities ond towns of the gas belt by electric railroad seems at first glance a bold one, but it is entirely feasible. The problem of propelling cars by elec tricity has passed the experimental stage. There is at least one long-distance electric line in successful operation in Europe, and perhaps more. No intelligent electrician doubts the entire feasibility of propelling a train of cars by electricity, and if it can be done over a track six miles long, why not over one sixty or six hundred miles long? The problem was really solved when a street car was propelled, and there can be little doubt that in its future evolution electricity will become a rival of steam as a motive power. There Is no better place to try the experi ment of electric roads on a large scale than in central Indiana. The country is so level that tracks of easy grades could be laid at comparatively little expense, and, with the plant once established, the cost of operating would be licht. The line would, of course. start at Indianapolis and would take in the natural gns towns of Noblesville, Anderson, Elwood. Marlon, Kokomo, Muncie, Gas City, Alexandria and perhaps some cities lying outside of the gas belt. All the cities and towns above named are growing very rapidly, and will continue to do so for many years to come. It would be to the advantage of every one of them to be brought into close connection with the others and with Indianapolis. An electric line managed solely with a view to accommodating local and way travel would no doubt be largely patronized and could hard ly fad to pay. it would contribute materially to the development of the country as well as of the towns, and would be a splendid advertisement for the State. Since thi3 encouraging, but somewhat cautious, prophecy was made the State ha3 been almost grldironed by electric railway lines, uniting not only cities and towns of the gas belt, but bringing them all into closer touch with Indianapolis and greatly extending the area of country that is socially and commercially tributary to this city. Seven electric railway lines now enter the city, with cars arriving and departing hourly during twelve to fifteen hours every day. The hopeful words of the Journal a little more than ten years ago have been more than realized. MINOR TOPICS. A bull fighter was killed at Juarez, Mex., Sunday. To anyone who knows anything about the bull fight, as practiced in Mex ico, this news will seem almost incredible. One would as. soon expect to hear of the death of one of the principals In a French duel. London reports indicate that the Duke of Marlborough will be appointed viceroy of Ireland. In that case there will be two American vicereines the Duchess of Marl borough and Lady Curzon. The American queen is extending her realms. "If God Almighty or the Angel Gabriel wrote a poem." said Professor Gayley, of California University, to his class of cociis, "it would not interest you. You are nothing but giggling girls." The Triggs habit seems to be spreading. The crocuses, the violets, the little birds that sing; the organ man, the Easter hat, are harbingers of spring. But" you never can be certain that winter's gone before you see upon the sporting page the earliest baseball score. St. Louis hotels have given notice of an increase in rates beginning with the open ing of the fair. And yet the authorities have been promising that there would be no such increase. How about it? France Is doing her best to get rid of monastic orders, while Germany is bidding for a return of the Jesuits. France is u Catholic country while Germany is Prot estant. Send in your answers. Fire damaged a big phonograph factory in New Jersey the other uay. The loss has not yet been estimated, but it is known that a large number of records were broken. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene" lies ten feet deep In unproductive soil; full many a violet smells of kerosene and wastes Its sweetness on the Standard OH! A recent magazine writer says that I tcnlus should never marry. In that case

what method would remain of finding out whether or not you are a genius? "What has caused the Increase In our death rate?" asks a Chicago editor. Evidently he has been overlooking the confessions of the car-barn bandits.

Russian officials hint that Russian editors are not responsible fgr the stories they print. That shifts the blame to the censors, docs It not? In its final grand farewell tour this year the Populist party will accumulate a vast amount of sympathy for Patti; but not near so many dollars. Chicago theater managers have abolished the use of free passes. The Idea appears to be to make It harder to get in and easier to get out. After all, there's not much incentive to heroism for a Russian general. He cannot run for Czar when the cruel war is over. It is reported that the Kaiser is getting the highest enjoyment out of his vacation tour. So are the German people. THE HUMORISTS. An Improvement. "What is alimony, mar "Alimony, my daughter, is something which Is cons id-ved by many women as an Improvement on a husband.' Yonkers Statesman. Ah the Time Grown Short. Grayson It seems to me that I see more folly every year I live. Whited So do I, my boy; so do I. I never miss a chance nowadays. Town Topics. Of 3Iore Service. Every cloud a silver lining Keeps in store. But a cottonback umbrella Helps you more. New York Sun. Scrnp of Ancient IHMory. Without hesitating a moment Hannibal gave the order to cross the Alps. "I have never been here before," he said, "but I know Italy lies beyond. The sweet glr graduates all say so." Chicago TriVune. The Other Side. The whale wept sadly. "Jonah will have no trouble," he remarked, "but the fellows at the club will never believe my man story." True to the prediction, they derisively inquired why his catch had gone up the spout. New York Sun. Real-Estate Liar Wanted. Hewitt Gruet ha3 been converted. Jewett Is that so? Hewitt Yes; and, having had a few real-estate deals in mind before he experienced religion, he hau put this "ad" In the paper: "Wanted By a man who has Just joined the church, a first-class liar to dispose of a number of lots which he had on hand at the time he was converted." Minneapolis Tribune. Art. The man of affairs having come to the age when, by all the canons of polite usage, he should make an art collection, he had recourse to connoisseurs. "Gentlemen," said he to these, "I give you cart blonsh, but I shall watch you. If I find you are filling my house with a lot of stuff that doesn't bore me, I shall drop you and. get somebody else." The connoisseurs listened respectfully, perceiving that they had an extraordinary mind to deal with. Life. SCIENCE AND INVENTION. Llsht on Cancer. Great Importance is attached in London to two recent discoveries concerning cancer. The first of these is the discovery of the existence of cancer in fishes, .as In man and other warm-blooded animate living in similar conditions to man. The other discovery is that of Professor Farmer and Messrs. Moore and Walker. They have established the nature of cancer cells, the method of their growth, the possible connection of their growth, and the irritating causes which provoked it, incidentally showing that cancer cells are not a development of the embryonic tissue. The "Equinoctial" Fallacy. Among the xpular fallacies relating to the weather that persist In spite of the efforts of meteorologists is the occurrence of a "line," or "equinoctial" storm, on or about Sept. 21. Notwithstanding various statistical" and other studies, this storm or gale U still anticipated, and while some storms have occurred at this season occasionally, yet there have not been sufficient recorded to justify the name or the customary anxiety for Its occurrence. A further contribution to the literature on the subject has recently been made In a tabulation of the dally rainfall at Boston between Sept. It and S, for the thirty-two years from 1S72 to 1904. On Sept. 21, during this period, measurable quantities of rain fell but six times, while for the week of which Sept. 21 was the middle day, there were only twelve years when the total weekly precipi tation exceeded one Inch. Harper,' a Weekly. N-Rnya and Digestion. That the processes of digestion, as well as mental and muscular activity, seem to cause the emission of N-rays, is the conclusion reached by M. Lambert, in France, after a series of interesting experiments. He believes that these curious rays aro produced by ferments, especially by those concerned in the digestion of albuminoid matter. In'his experiments on digestion, M. Lambert placed a small quantity of fibrin in tubes containing In one case activated pancreatic Juice, and in another artificial gastric Juice made by mixing a 3-per-cenL solution of pepsin with a 4-per-cent. solution of hydrochloric acid. From these tubes the N-rays were emitted and were detected not only by producing increased luminescence of a phosphorescent screen, but also photographically, thus removing the subjective element from the experiment. As a result of these experiments, M. Lambert believes that in the course of digestion the fibrin undergoes strains which act to produce N-rays, Just as various other bodies under tension or strain, as was shown by M. Blondlot. Harper's Weekly. Science Brevities. The returns of the work at the Tarls mint in 1D03 show the value of gold coins struck off for France and its colonies as $17.82-!.6JO,' silver 1316, 7G0. nickel ISOO.OOO. and bronae $103.730. Monsieur Charles Fobry, of the French Academy of Sciences, announcss that careful measurements of the light of the star Vega, one of the brightest in the heavens, when it is seen near the zenith In calm weather, show that it is equal to that of a standard candle burning at a distance of 2.560 feet from the eye. More than 1.0X engineers and conductors on the Southern Hallway are subj-et to the following orders, recently Issued, regarding passes: M-n who have served live years will receive passes over their own division; ten-year men annuals over the system east of the Mississippi river, and fifteen-year men are entitled to one that Includes their wives. The recent new 3 of the sinking of tto level of the Sea of Azof, threatening some of the commercial interests of llussia. Is supplemented by a report that the Aral sea and Lake Balkash, the first 1.0CO and the second nearly 2.000 miles east of Azof, are rising, although up Ii 1S91 th Aral sea had for many yeais been sinking. Some geologists think these changes are due to flow upheavalj and subsidences of the earth's crust. One of the recent "strikes" of gold quartz In British Columbia Is known as the Lucky Jack vein. Some of the ore. it Is averred, will yield thousands of dollars to the ton. United States Consular Agent Ohren, at Rossland. says that ha has seen samples as large as a cocoanut broken up. but held together by the network of gold running throughout tho rock. The prospectors who hit upon this vein also declare that they broke a piece cf rock from a ledge at the foot of a Mil on Poplar cretk, and foupd that the gold nearly held the particles together as in a chain. In Birmingham, England, an invention has been exhibited for seamlesa welding of Iron, steel and other metals, by means of a Came directed

by a blowpipe and formed by burning acetylene with oxygen. With this apparatus it is averred that the hardest meUU can be welded as easily as a plumber deals -with lead. - Notwithstanding the greet heat of the flame, the operations can be performed without dark glasses to protect the eyes, because the mixture of oxygen " with the acetylene removes the intense glare anl leaves a small r.ame of a grecnlsh-blue color. In which quartz meits and can be blown like glass, Prussic acid "I3 no longer the deadliest poison known. Mr. Lascelles Scott, of Little lllford, England, has discovered a far more deaüiy pol?on the substance known as cyanide tf cacodyl. Three grains of this substance diffused In a room full of people would kill all present, so powerful is it. So deadly Is this poison that it is hishly dangerous to handle it. One-millionth part of cyanide of cacodyl In the atmosphere of an alr-tiüht case killed a dog almost instantly, and then its power was by no means exhausted, for a tecond, third and fourth dog placed In the same cage, instantaneously died from the effect of that single infinitesimal dose.

STORIES THAT ARE TOLD. Sud Fate of a Library. said the citlsen. "we had a circulation but it. don't circulate round here no "Yes library. more." "What's the reason?" VFeller come along one dark night an circulated. It away from here stole the whole business 1" "Of what did the library consist?" - 'Pilgrim's Progress a Bible with a brass clasp to it, six almanacs, en ten pounds o' Wtbstcr's Dictionary the one without bridge to it; an' I reckon ef it had had a bridge, he'd 'a' took that, tool" Atlanta Constitution. Tolar Hears in the South. The keepers at the Zoological Park are sticklers for accuracy in matters relating to natural history. Humph!" said one of them yesterday, "what do you think of this? Here's an account of the arrival of a vessel from the Antarctic region having on board a polar bear cub captured on an iceberg down there." "Well, what of that?" asked the listener. "Oh, nothing, except that polar bears are found in the Arctic, but never in the Antarctic regions," was the response. Washington Times. When Uuekland AVas Dean. Perhaps the most amusing memories of Westminster are those connected with the deanshlp If it may be so described-of Dr. Buckland, the father of Frank Buckland, the celebrated naturalist. The dean was almost as fond of queer animals as his son was, and Innumerable are the stories told of the deanery at this exciting and uncanny period. Enakes would climb the staircare, monkeys would Invite themselves to the dinner table, owls and lizards and tortoises were to be encountered in the most unexpected cor ners. Soui'8 made ot antediluvian oones were offered to unsuspecting guests, who were furious when the real nature of their repast was revealed to the-m. London World. The Horse Dlevr First. An Irishman who owned a sick horse went to see a veterinary doctor uptown some aays ago. "So, you've got a sick horse, Mike? Well, what's wrong with him?" said the doctor. Mike described the beast's symptoms. "Oh, I can fix him up all right without seeing him. Here's some powder you re to give him; but ho won't lick it up. Take a piece of paper and roll it up so into a cornucopia. Then put the end of that between his teeth and pour in the powder; if it doesn't go down easily, Just blow In the other end." Armed with the medicine and these instruc tions, Mike departed. Next day he was back at the doctor's office. ' "Well, how's the horse?" inquired the veterin arian. "Better, I'll guarantee. Did you do as I told you?" "Shure, an' Ol did, sor; but the harse is no better, an Oi'm none too well mesilf, sor." "You're not well? What's the matter with you?" "Well, ye see, 'twu this way, sor. Oi fixed the pa-a-per the way yez tould me, an shtuck it betune the harse's teeth. Thin Oi put me mouth to the other ind to blow, sor." "Yes; that was all right." "Och, but it wuzn't, sor." "What was the trouble?" "The harse blew first, sor." New York Times. Warning to Souvenir Hunters. Several young women who were always souvenir enthusiasts were disappointed recently when they attempted to take several small spoons in a local hotel as souvenirs. The young women had been dining there with two young men, and Jut before the meal was over it was suggested that two teaspoons be taken along as souvenirs. The young women took the sioons and hid them in their. muffs. The proprietor of the hotel, who was walking through the dining room superintending the work of the waiters, happened to see It. When the young men asked for their bill for the supper they found an overcharge of $S. The waiter was Interviewed, but he could not explain, saying that the proprietor had issued the bill. The proprietor was spoken to, and he said that if the young women would return his silver spoons he would deduct the $5. The young women returned the spoons with much embarrassment. "I simply did that as a future warning," said the proprietor to one of the guests later. "Why, some people come In here and take the prettiest glasses, napkins, small sugar bowls and various other dishes which seem to attract their eyes and would make pretty souvenirs. I have made up my mind to stop It,' and that Is the first step toward that end. I know it causes a great deal of embarrassment, but I fail to see the beauty In taking souvenirs. Why, you might Just as well call it stealing." It is thought that the young women will not make another attempt at taking souvenirs from restaurants. Newark (N. J.) Advertiser llos as a Weather Prophet. Two Nevada negroes were overheard talking the other day about the weather. One of them mentioned a brand-new "sure sign" of an .ap proaching cold spell. "I told my old woman Sunday to look out." said he. "Says I, 'I saw one of them hogs down in de lot wlf a cob in hits mouf. cuttln' .up antics, an' you can J!s set it down ebery time dat a hog picks up a cob in hits mouf and goes to cuttln didoes dat we is gwine to hab a cold spell.' De hogs knows more about a storm dan all de nlgers and half de white men in Nevada." "Dafs so." said the other darky. Kansas City Journal. Some IIIk Shoes. Chicago does not contain all the large feet. though sne has a reputation in that direction A Lynn lastmaker has recently sent one of the largest lasts ever made to a Southern factory to be used in the making of shoes for a colored minister. The size is twenty-nve, which Is 1G 2-3 Inches long. A Missouri girl. Ella Ewing by name, wears size twenty-two, but her foot is not too large for the rest of her body. She Is eight feet tall. New York Commercial. ' When You Go to Florida. "It's a mistake to think that the visitors to Florida get the early vegetables," said Mr. Thomas H. Benson, of New York. "The fact of the matter is that the new vegetables go to New York and other Northern cities, and the visitors get the aftermath. "The only thing Florida has is climate. It has a corner on that, and visitors are expected to pay for It. They do." Washington Post. ObltKlnK the Curate. One evening a young curate entered a rural station in England. He was much shocked to s-e a drunken man lolling about on the platform. He approached the solitary porter and asked. "Are drunken persons allowed here?" "Weei. no. sir." was the rejoinder, "but If ye stan round th' coiner In th' shadow, nae body ll notice ye!" Buffalo Commercial. Sherman Was night. And. as if the army of kiting relatives were not enough. Russian officialdom had to put up Its lips at the railway station for General Kouropatkln to salute. The Idea gives us a new light on the meaning of General Sherman's Imperishable remark about the helllshness of war. New York Press. Not a Xeir Discovery. One of the young war correspondents has discovered that exploding shells are likely to hurt the people whom they hit. This was the way they acted in this country forty yvai ago. Chicago Chronicle.

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This week will see the beginning of the end of the Interesting contest in the Eleventh district for the Republican congressional nomination. The convention will bo held at Peru a week from to-day. and the delegates will be selected in all the counties except Grant this week. The Grant county delegates were named last week. Yesterday delegate were chosen in Cass county, and the Steele people are claiming that they succeeded in breaking In on Landis's delegation, just as the Landis people claimed last week that they had broken Major Steele's solid delegation from his home county. Ferhaps the most Interesting fight of the week will be that in Wabash county next Saturday, as there is a feeling that tho result In that county may determine the congressional race. To-day, in Blackford county, the fight will be on, and it will be by no means a tame affair, for the preliminary struggle there has been as vigorous as they know how- to make them in Blackford, which Is saying a good deal. Itoth sides to the contest are exceedingly confident of victory, and the friends of either candidate can prenluce ilgures to prove conclusively that they cannot lose. There is'no such thing as a disinterested, unprejudiced opinion from the Eleventh district, consequently the outsider tinds it difficult to gather information that will justify a prediction. The more impartial observers of the struggle say that tho forces are so evenly balanced that no one should be surprised at any result the nomination of either Steele or Landis or of a "dark horse." The first Republican state convention In Indiana was held in 1S5G, jist forty-eight years ago, and it has been decided to ex tend to all the surviving delegates of that convention, an invitation to attend the com ing state convention as guests of honor. Good seats will be reserved for them on the stage for all the sessions cf the conven tion, and the veterans will be accorded every mark of courtesy within the power of tne committee on arrangements. state inairman Goodrich, who was at headquarters yesterday, asked that the Invitation be announced through the Journal, with the request that all the surviving delegates of the convention of send their namest and addresses to him at once. I haven t any idea how manv men there are living to-day who participated in that nrst convention," said Mr. (joodrlcn. "mere may be but lour or rive, and again there may be twenty or thirty. No matter howmany there are. we want them all with us at the convention next month. Personally, 1 know of cut one surviving delegate of the convention of 1S56 and that is Judge Martin L. Hundy, of New Castle." Thomas It. Shipp, secretary to Senator Beveridge, is here from Washington to spend a few days looking after some personal business matters. 4 Warren G. Sayre, of Wabash, one of the four gubernatorial candidates, was in the city yesterday en route to Martinsville and called at state headquarters at the English. "For the time being there is a lull In the. gossip here concerning Senator Fairbanks and the vice presidency," says a dispatch to the Journal from Washington, "and chief interest is now centered on the movements of Thomas Taggart and his friends who are reported to be engaged in the task of organizing Indiana for Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York. This news Is received here with great interest, and is accepted as evidence that sentiment is beginning to crystalize on the New York man. "If Indiana takes the lead for Tarker, Democrats here believe that it will be the beginning of the end of the Hearst boom." . In speaking of the race for Governor last night, Henry C. Tettit, of Wabash, who is an ardent supporter of Warren G. Sayre, said: "The friends of Mr. Sayre over the State begin to feel that some of the overzealous supporters of other candidates are making use of the public press for advertising purposes to assist their favorites and that this in the end will have unfavorable reaction. It seems that reports of the intentions of the various delegates are promptly made public in local and metropolitan papers to the effect that so many are for this candidate and that candidate, with all the assurances of absolute truth and with the apparent wish to ignore the strength of Mr. Sayre. Within the last two or three weeks I have been in many parts of Indiana, and I am sure the fact is that these reports are inaccurate and misleading. I know of one county delegation, said by public reports to be about equally divided between Mr. Taylor and Mr. Hanly, where, in truth, the delegates' lirst choice Is for Mr. Sayre, and secondly for Judge Penfleld. "Again, I have noticed that there is a disposition upon the part of thousands of Republicans to suspend opinion as to who should be nominated until the convention assembles, so that accurate information of the merits, abilities and the records of the various candidates can be had. This convention will have 1.4S3 delegates and as many alternates, to say nothing of tho usual assemblage of enthusiastic Republicans who will come to assist, and I believe that when they gather at Indianapolis on the eve of the convention and look each other in tho face and discuss what is best for the good of the Republican party the effect of press bureaus and campaign literature will very largely disappear. "The friends of Mr. Sayre rely upon his fcterllng record and splendid abilities to secure for him a large and loyal following all through the convention. We feel that no man in this race ha3 a better record in the past as to services to the party, nor Is any man his superior in ability and qualifications for the office of Governor. It is astonishing and gratifying to all of his friends to know of the deep and general Interest felt by the masses of the Republicans of Indiana in his canvass. No t?pot in Indiana at thU time presents a busier scene than his headquarters at Wabash, where his friends are actively pursuing his campaign plans. Assurances of warm and hearty support are coming to him from all over the tate. He has been actively campaigning for six weeks past, and If the sentiment and expressions which he has met in his canvass over Indiana are any Indication whatever of his strength in the coming convention his friends believe that he will certainly be the nominee. "Of course, in this good-natured contest it is to be expected that the competitors will get before the people all possible reports as to the standing of. delegates favorable to themselves, but Mr. Sayre's friend3 are confident that of the 400 delegates made up to this time leys than 3X) aro instructed for any candidate, and Mr. Savre in good faith will have the support of the large part of the remainder. He has a strong grip upon the affections of the Re publicans of the Eleventh district. No candidate in this race has a better or more loyal organization or hold upon his Immediate congressional district than has Mr. Sayre, and this is true in hi3 case because of his long party service and loyalty. Mr. Sayre's friends certainly are well satisfied with his prospects at the present time, and believe that he will be the winner." 4William Geake. of Fort Wayne, who is slated for a position on the Republican state Apples a Great Cure. According to John T. Ktcnson, director of pomology at the St. Louis exjwsItiDn. apples are a sure cure for the drink habit, the tobacco habit and the low morals which letd to crime. Pamphlets setting forth the effirary of apples as a cure for tad habits will be distributed wtti one million apr'.es on apple day, Sept. 27. In order to work a cure by means of the appl diet, Mr. Stenson advises that when one has a craving for a smoke or a drink of liquor he take an arple in its place; if there is a tendency to do sdmethlng derperate. sit down anl quietly eat an apple and teflect over it. Just what medical proierty is contained in the tppte Mr. Stenson does not pretend to say. Senator Cockrcll's moral lifs and hiffh standard of statesmanship is cited as an incident of the refining lntluencc of apples. It is a wellknown fact that the senator makes his lunch of apples every day to the exclusion of all other food, and ha3 kept up thl3 diet for thirty years. New York Commercial. Cause and Effect. It U said that Dr. Weir Mitchell, returning late from a party In a neightoring city once, awakened his sister to tell hr what he thought was too good to keep till morning. A lady had be en Introduced to him, and. cuns kit ring him a scientific man. wished to direct her conversation accordingly. loctor," said she, "don't you think the cause cf so much sickness is the want of äooUont ia the air? Philadelphia Ledger.

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executive committee, was at the Clay pool last night. The Republican congressional convention at Fort Wayne to-morrow will attract a large number of the candidates for state offices. As the Twelfth district is the home cf Judge Pen field the other gubernatori.il candidates may keep away as there is no disposition nmong the candidates to poach I on one another's preserves, but the candi dates for the minor offices will find an open field in tho Twelfth and a warm welcome from the Republicans of the district. Hugh Th. Mllkr, of Columbus, one of the candidates for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor, was at the English yesterday. .John C. Chaney, of Sullivan, prospective Republican nominee for Congress in the Second district, was in the city last evening. Mr. Chaney will be given the congressional nomination by ncclamatlon Thursday at the convention at Spencer. . The Republican precinct committeemen of the Seventh ward held a meeting last night to take the preliminary steps toward the organization of a ward campaign club. Elmer L. Stout was chosen chairman ef the meeting and Taylor Yv. Gronlnger recretary. A committee was appointed to secure headquarters for the new club and to draft the nocesrary by-laws and a second meeting will be held next Monday night to complete the organization. The committeemen adopted a resolution ple-dglng their united support to the Seventh ward candidates W. O. Bangs, who wants the- nomination for township trustee; Cass Connaway. candidate for state senator, and Fred Sheets, candidate for representative. Joseph I. Irwin, the well-known banker of Columbus, was at the Columbia Club yesterday. The first tangible evidence that Hearst has a campaign bureau opened in Indianapolis appeared at the Empire Theater yesterday afternoon. In the course of the burlesque there is a parade In which several of the performers carry banners and transCarencies. One of the banners exhibited ears the inscription. "Vote for William IL Hearst for Iresident" on one side and on the other. "Vote for John Mitchell for Vice President." No one has been so unkind ns to suspect Mr. Mitchell of having a hand in this Hearetian kind of advertising. J. D. Leighty, of St. Joe, who Is a candidate for Republican presidential elector in the Twelfth district, was at the Denlson yesterday. Printed copies of the rules and regulations of the Republican state committee, adopted I larch 4, have been received at headquarters and are now being sent out to the various county chairmen. H. M. Smith, editor of the Greencastle) Banner, who was in the city last night, believes that the day is not far distant when the Democratic majority in Putnam county will be overcome and the county placed in the Republican column. "When our tin plate mill Is started and we get a few other factories we'll redeem Putnam county." aid Mr. Smith. "Tho Democratic majority at r-rescnt is about 4IJ0, and the tin plate mill and one or two other factories will bring to our city enough Republican voters to turn the tlds our way." Mr. Smith was asked If he had noticed any symptoms of If earstophobia among his Democratic friends in Greencastle and Putnam county. "Yes." he replied. "I understand that there are a few Democrats in our county who have the disease, and it is possible that it may develop into an epidemic. John T. Edwards, Democratic county treasurer, is said to be an ardent supporter of Hearst, and I would not be surprised to see th Hearst people capture the delegates from our county to the state conventron." 9 Gilbert Ilendren, of Bloomfleld. member o ttne democratic state committee irom the Second district, is at the Grand. Ho has been out of th9 State for several weeks and is Just learning of the Hearst Invasion. It is needless to state that he dops not view with favor Hearst's candidacy, nor tho Hearst method of going after the delegates from Indiana to the St. Louis convention. "My personal choice for the presidential nomination has been Senator Gorman." said Mr. Hendren. "although I do not know that he will go before tho convention as a candidate. However. I believe that I feel about like the majority of Indiana, Democrats feel on the presidential questionthat the man New York Democrats unite upon is the man to be nominated at St. Louis. After Gorman my second choicu would be McClellan. "I do not know what the Hearst peoplo are doing in Indiana, but. I do net believe they can make much headway unless it is shown that Mr. Brj-an really want t see Hearst nominated. If the Democrats of Indiana can be convinced that Bryan wants Hearst then Hearst's campaign will mako progress in this State. Bryan has a larra following in Indiana and hl3 followers arj so loyal that if they cannot !e for him many of them will be for the man ho wants." D. J. Terhune, of Linton, who was recently reappointed by Governor Durbln a one of the Democratic members of thti board of managers of the Indiana Reformatory, was at tho Grand yesterday. r J. D. Megee, ef Rushville, Democratic chairman of the Sixth district, was in the city yesterday in conference with some of tho party leaders. The Democratic state committee will open its headquarters this week on tho second floor of the Sentinel building, occupying practically the entire floor. The temporary offices have been on the flrtt floor of the building. Secretary Wal?h, of the Democratic national committee, departed for bis home in Iowa yesterday alternoon, leaving J. Or-oar Henderson in charge of the Hearst headquarters. "Mr. Henderson will have fu'l rharso of Mr. Hcnrsl's tntere.t here." saM Mr. Walsh. Mr. Henderson confirmed Mr. Walsh's announcement and sal-I: "I will endeavor in every way posMDie 10 get Hearst delegates from Indiana. We don't Ynow whether or not we will succeed. We don't want to q turret vitli any of our Democratic friends who differ frm us. Mr. !! first is stronc r than anyone imagines. Wc have no Hearst candidal for Governor or national committeeman.' ' Senator Walter L. Ball, or Muncie, was in the city last night in conference with a number of lis clcse personal and ptdlthsl friends and the f-.rmal annoi:r.ccrvnt of hi entrance Into the rac-v for the Republican nomination for Liuetmant Governor is txpectcd within twenty-four hours. Ilenuty Doctors for Oo. And now the dos have their lf.ut;' d-v-trs. That Is. Pari dv;s hue them. If their owners feel Moved to iy the n'-ccsxiry f- for th cttrntlons of tho p.-ofr.lon. Svner or latT everything that human beings find goM 1 adopted by or is thrust -upon the dr. etin-elAHy pet dogs, and. absurd as it may seem at first thought that a masseur for dojs should b aMe to ern hi talt. it is eay to see, after a monjonf reflection, that an un'-:r.6h mistress, know in the comfoiting iwer of n.aiag. should want "dogate" to, experience it. too. It's a far cry from th position In life that a dog ha "sleeps out In the iheu ' holds to tht.t ef one who ! n.as.saged Into tiimnera anl dalntln-.. Boston, Transcript. KtMiropnt kin's Handicap. No matter how Jainesy our sympathies, ws should read with regret that upon General Kouropatkin'a deaprture from St. IVtt-rs'.jur z for the front "sewre.l ladies could not refrain from kissing hin. an attention which he gallantly reciprocated." We believe In siting every man a fair chance, and this seems llks handicapHnf the Russian general at the start. New York G!obe. So Much. "I repine me not." said the Mormon apostle. "at telling the truth.' but at the necessity for telling so much of It." And the whlskeis of hl:n swept the floor ts h bowed in rief. New luk Luü.