Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 84, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1904 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1901.

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V. Wllkie. Z3 South Jefferson street. DENVER. Col. Loiithaln & Jackson. Fifteenth and Lawrence streets, and A. Srulth. ISiT Champa street. EES MOINES, la. Mose Jacobs. 203 Fifth street. LOS ANGELES. Cal. Harry Drapkln. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deerlnr. northwest corner of Third nnd Jefferson streets, and Bluefejd Eros., ili West Market street. NEW YORK Astor House. - BT. LOUIS-Unlon Newa Company. Union Depot. ST, JOSEPH. Mo.-F. 13. Carrie!. Station D. WASHINGTON, t). C.-ni House. Lblltt Houe. Vairfax Hotel Willard HoteL President Joseph Smith tells the papers that he was splendidly treated in Washington. Did ha expect to be lynched? The -Mormons complain that all this agitation Is injuring their business. Then what dkl they ever get Into such a business for, anyhow? Mr. Hearst failed to carry Massachusetts. The country is glad to learn that there Is one New England State which eta mis in no Immediate need of money. (Jen: Joe Wheeler says "war is business." If he expects the country to substitute his definition for the picturesque and vivid one given by General Sherman he is doomed tQ disappointment. The latest indorsement of Hearst comes from Waterloo, la. For a man whoso own papers modestly allude to him as "The young Napoleon of Democracy," this has 11 ominous look.; Orover Cleveland says that "it is his dcarest wish to spend the remainder of his days in his Princeton home." This appears to be the only proposition so fur on which he and Mr. Bryan agree. It is said that Czar Nicholas is anxious to whip the ' Japs and get the war off his hands by next fall, so that he may have time to attend the international peace conference in Boston In October. Colonel James Homicide. Tillman ha3 decided to withdraw from the race for Con-, gress in South Carolina. Probably he decided that it would be impracticable to kill all the editors in the State, and while any ere left ho stands no chance. In Japan, during the last year, there have been 64,000 divorces and 2W.000 marriages. And this is not one of the blessings of Japan's new civilization, cither. Divorce has been easier and more frequent there for 2.000 years than it ever was in the Dakotas. Democratic party organs are pretending to consult the South as to what man would be the most desirable candidate. This is iheer condense; everybody knows that the olid South will vote for anybody at the head of the ticket as long as he is white physically. Some people are worrying about the form In which we arc going to pay that fifty millions for the canal. One thing is certain: whether it is paid in gold, bills of exchange or coon-skins, this is the only country on earth that could do it without borrowing or pinching. Again Germany is driving Russian Hebrew students from the country because 'they are persona non grata to the St. Petersburg government. These students used to be driven back across the Russian border; they are now allowed to go where they please, which is at least a step away from absolute tyranny. SBasassMaBmaBsaMaBasBsaaaMaMasBaaaMBiaBBaaas Mr. Sully will not have to beg for his bread; he is only comparatively ruined. At the height of Ms successes he had the tagaclty to provide for stormy . weather, having: bought a life annuity of $10,000 and tiven $500,000 to his wife. It is possible to ' live quite comfortably on this modest pittance. The; action of China In denouncing the Chinese exclusion treaty of 1S94 may create an embarrassing situation. By the terms of the treaty, which was to run for ten years, from Dec. 7. lS9i. either party. had a right to denounce, that is, abrogate by notice given six months before Its expiration. China therefore had a right to give euch notice. That the hag done so means that she regards the terms of the 'present treaty as harsh and unjust towards her people. 'What terms of restriction on Chinese Immigration she will agree to remains to be seen, but considerable time raust elapre before another treaty satisfactory to both governments can be framed, signed and ratified. Continuous service for thirty-five years in the employ of the same corporation or institution affords a pretty good guaranty of eteriing character, and when the employer i high-class educational luUi-

tution it is a further guaranty of very useful qualities. It Is with this assurance of appreciated service that Dr. Scot Butler retires from the; presidency of Butler College. Other features of his long service, peculiarly personal, make it the more exceptional, but the public is chiefly interested in the fact that after nearly; a lifetime spent in one line of work Dr. Butler retires with the esteem and love of all who have ever been associated with him. It is a tecord worth living for.

JIUGE PlRKLIt NOT IJ.WGUHOIS. After much hesitation and several false starts it is now evident that the conservative Democrats in this State will unite on Judge Parker, of New York, as their choice for President. The imminence of the Hearst boom makes it necessary for them to unite on somebody, and Judge Parker seems to lc the most available candidate, because he is acceptable to Tammany, and David L. Hill is managing his campaign. Western Democrats who are looking for some person to head off Hearst have been made to believe that Judge Parker is a great vote getter and particularly strong in New York. If this were true he would be the man they are looking after, for they will need every possible adventitious aid in the coming campaign. But it is not true. Personally, Judge Parker is a cold and austere man of judicial temperament and devoid of personal magnetism or attractive qualities. He is not an orator and could not stump the country by telegraph, as Benjamin Harrison did by his inimitable and unapproachable speeches to visiting delegations in 1S-S8, nor tire the popular heart as McKinley did by his rear-platform speeches. But how about his record as a vote getter in New York? In lSSo the Republicans carried New York by 26S.0O0, and the next year Judge Parker was elected judge of the Court of Appeals by nearly 61,000 majority. On their face these figures seem to indicate great personal lopularity, or vote-getting ability, but they are subject to qualification. In 1S97, when Judge Parker was elected by the handsome majority above named, Seth Low headed the Citizens' Union ticket for mayor in Greater New York and there was no candidate for judge of the Court of Appeals on that ticket. Judge Parker's name was on the regular Democratic ticket in Greater New York, on the reform Democratic ticket in Brooklyn with Seth Low for mayor, and also on the anti-Tammany ticket in New York county with Mrw Low. In short, he had very little opposition for judge of tho Court of Appeate in New York city or county. Prom the way party lines were drawn and the tickets made up in that election, it is evident that 'Judge Parker received many thousands of Republican votes in Greater New York. This was not because of his personal popularity, but because his name, besides being on the regular Demo cratic ticket, was on two tickets which car ried the name of Seth Low for mayor. But a more remarkable showing regard ing Judge Tarker's vote-getting qualities appears in the fact that he ran behind his ticket in fifty-one counties of the State. The only other State candidates voted for in 1S97 besides judge of the Court of Ap peals were members of the Legislature, and in fifty-one of the fifty-five counties above the Harjem bridge Judge Parker ran be hind the Democratic candidate for the Leg islature. In one county he ran 22$ votes behind the candidate for the Legislature on the same ticket, in another county 335 votes behind, In another 277 votes, in another 777 votes, and so on. Altogether, outside of Greater New York, he ran nearly 6,pu0 votes behind his party ticket. He owed his ejection to the extraordinary combination of circumstances in his favor in Greater New York. David B. Hill has organized a literary bureau at Albany, which Is booming Judge Parker for the nomination on the ground of his extreme popularity. The claim is groundless. It may do to fool Democrats with, but it need not scare Republicans. Judge Parker may be a very good man to beat Hearst with, but when it came to running against Theodore Roosevelt he would not be dangerous. LAWLESSNESS IX COLORADO. The Governor of Colorado issued a proclamation Tuesday night declaring the county of Las. Animas in a state of insurrection and rebellion and ordering 200 state troops to the county scat. A dispatch says that in his proclamation the Governor says there exists in Las Animas county a certain class of individuals who are fully armed and acting together, resisting the laws of the State and offering violence to citizens and property. The civil authorities of the county are quoted as authority for the statement that no less than 1.500 unemployed men are armed in apparent anticipation of an open conilict. The trouble which has culminated In this order has been prolonged and obstinate. It grows out of a persistent strike of coal miners dating back to the organization of labor unions nearly two years ago. The strike has not been confined to coal miners, but has included men employed in gold mines and smelting works. At different times nonunion men brought In to take the places of the strikers have been fired on and compelled to surrender, and then escorted to the county line by the strikers. At Telluride the situation became so intolerable that the business men finally organized and expelled the miners from the town. At last accounts the latter were organizing and arming with the avowed intention of marching on Telluride, and were being encouraged and aided by the unions in other mining towns. On the other hand. the citizens who drove them out of Telluride declared they would not be permitted to return, and a pitched battle was Imminent. A large proportion of the miners In Colorado are foreigners, and since they were unionized they have shown a very ugly spirit. The labor troubles, and especially the spirit of lawlessness, have been intensified if not purposely fomented by politicians of the Bryan-Hearst school. Colorado was originally a Bryan stronghold. He carried the State in 1S36 by a majority of 134.SS2 against a total vote for McKinley of only 26,271. and in 1900 he carried it by 20,661. Last year the Republicans carried the State by a little over 7.000 majority. While the fusion between the Democrats and Populists lasted the Socialists helped to swell the Democratic majorities, but in 1932 the Socialist vote was 7.5G2, and last year it was 2.?. These are large votes for the Socialists to poll in such a State as Colorado. That the socialistic and lawless spirit was fomented during the eight years of fusion rule from IS92 to 1900 Is beyond doubt. A few days ago, when it was reported that a body of armed miners were going to march to Telluride Governor Peabodv said:

"The Constitution and the laws do not permit the mobilizing or marching of armed bodies of men without the sanction of the Governor, and I propose to see that it is not done in this case." Now he has placed an entire county under martial law and has called out the state militia to enforce order. Such disturbances as this are the natural consequence of preaching the doctrine of discontent and class hatred. They are the legitimate fruits of Bryanism and IlearstIsm. TIIK A LLL GUI) BEL'F Till ST. Washington dispatches state that the Secretary of the Department of Commerce has commenced an investigation of the socalled "beef trust." A resolution introduced in the House recently by Representative Martin, of South Dakota, and passed, requested the department officials to ascertain, if possible, the cause of the differences in price between beef on the hoof and dressed beef. It was stated that Western stockmen believed that they were being discriminated against by the trust, and that the markets of the country were being "manipulated to their detriment. The question raised by the resolution i3 not a new one. The high price of beef and the cause of it have been subjects of popular discussion for some years past. Whether or not ä combination exists to restrict trade among the different States and control prices has not yet been made dear, but if thre is such a combination it can be reached and broken up under the anti-trust act of 1VX The erlicacy of that law was made so clear by the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the Northern Securities case that there can be no doubt proceedings under it will lie against any combination to restrict interstate trade. The alleged beef, trust has ben under fire for some time. By direction of the

President and the attorney general proceedings were instituted in May, 1902, against six packing concerns alleged to be in a combination and injunctions were issued restraining each of them from combining or agreeing on the prices at which they would sell their products in States other than those in whjch they are prepared for market, and also restraining them from combining and agreeing upon cartage charges for delivering their shipments at destination. The defendants demurred to the bill, and the point of law thus raised was decided against them by the lower court. In other words, the lower court held that, on the facts stated, they came within the purview of the anti-trust act. From this decision they appealed to the Supreme Court, but the appeal has not yet been perfected. It looks a little as if it would not be, and as if the case might go by default against the defendants. The law of the case is practically settled, and the object of the investigation which is now to be begun probably is to ascertain whether a combination really exists, and if so, its reason, object and practical operation. ' The Departnent of Commerce, through the Bureau of Corporations, possesses the requisite machinery and authority for making the Investigation, and its report will be the first authoritative statement as to whether a beef trust exists or not. MINOR TOPICS. A contributor has sued Harper's Weekly for 110,000 damages because the editor cut his 10,000-word story to 4,800 words. .The decision will be anxiously awaited by those who wield the blue pencil in the interest of suffering humanity. Vice Admiral Makaroff reports some lively lighting in Port Arthur waters on the night of the 21st. It is gathered from what he tells the Czar that if the Japanese fleet appears agaiu he will proceed to Makaroff house. The St. Louis exposition management announces that college students are wanted to propel the roller chairs at the fair. And yet there are people who say that a college education has no practical value! A Western girl sued a man for $10,000 for breach of promise. He married her to avoid judgment, and now she is suing for divorce and immense alimony. Another candidate for the race-suicide club. The assertion of that New York food crank that he lived for two months on a twenty-dollar bill leads to he suspicion that he is not a professor at all. but a staphylococcus. Washington, D. C, has asked Congress to appropriate $750,000 for a new water works plant. Probably this is a direct result of the removal of the bar from the Capitol. According to a New York physician, trolley cars are. responsible for the alarming increase of appendicitis. Well, what shall we do boil the trolley cars? The scene of Hall Caine's latest novel is laid in Iceland. Critics who have read it say that it is not so warm as "The Eternal City." Perhaps if that negro had been educated Governor Vardaman would have let the crowd go ahead and lynch him. Speaker Cannon's greatest qualification for the presidency Is the fact that he takes his boom as a big joke. Those who speculated have now come to a realization of why cotton is referred to as the "fleecy" staple. Russian editors have about come to the conclusion that this country is the red-white-aud-bluc peril. CLOAKROOM STORIES. No More Questions. Excitement over politics always runs high In the Chicago district represented by James McAndrews. He was to address his constituents one night during the last campaign, when the cnairman of the meeting, a big fellow named Murphy, asked If there was any one who wanted to ask a question. No one answered. "Does any one wish to ask a question before the speaking begins?" again asked Murphy. "Mister Chairman, I would like to ask a few questions." said one man. Instantly he was thrown out of the hall. "Dqes any other gentleman desire to ask a question?" again asked Chairman Murphy. Seeing no one rise he added: "If not, the speaking Will begin." New York World. Needed the Money. Assistant Secretary Taylor, of the Treasury Department, who, before he went to Cuba, had figured It out that according to the stories his friends had told him concerning Havana hotel rates he could remain In the Cuban capital three-quarters of a day, found the statements he had heard had some basis. One evening an informal dinner was given at a Havana hotel to which Consul General Steinhart Invited Mr. Taylor. There were eight in the party, one of them being William E. EustK ex-mayor of Minneapolis, well known In Washington. At the close of the dinner, which as an excellent one, but which would have been served at a moderate figure In this coun try. the waiter brought in the bill. air. Eustis

Insisted on paying it anl as the waiter drew near he Ashed a $.'0 note from his vest pocket. Thinking that might not do. he reinforced it with another for $10. He and his friends were somewhat surprised when an Inspection of the biil showed it was for $". practically $7 per plate. Washington Times. The Hop nnd the Unity. An intimate friend of the President was talking with Mr. Kooscvelt alout the row caused In Congress ly the postofnee report in answer to fhe Hay resolution. 'Heinings me of the ftory alout the bee and the baby." said the friend. "The baby was crying for a bee which was buzzing about the room, and the mother told the nurse to let him have it so as' to keep him quiet. By arid by the child began to yell again, and the mother said: 'Nurse. I told yo;t to let baby have that tec.' and nurse answered. I did.' " Minneapolis Journal.

A QucMtlon of Age. William H. Crane was in the speaker's room yesterday, and "Uncle Joe" asked him how old he was. "I am Just fifty-nine." said Crane, "and I never realized Just how old that really made me till a few minutes ago, when I was In the Supreme Court room. A young chap was arguing a case involving the claims of some Indians. What frt was ail about I don't know; but the young fellow. In order to make his point, kept dwelling on the fact that these Indians were 'very, very old, and very, very poor.' " 'Why,' he said, 'they will average sixty years old and over.' anU he looked very solemn as he said lt. I noticed the judges began to nudge each other, and the nudge ran all along the bench. I felt like butting In and doing a little nudging myself, for you see I am getting into that class." New York Globe. Applicant Changed Ills Mind. Renator Cullom, of Illinois, has a constituent who wanted a place under the isthmian canal commission. He came to Washington to see the senator about it. "As I understand it," said the senator, "all the places are filled now." "I hope you can get ine something," said the man from Ilinois. "Well." continued the senator, "it is quite likely that If the men employed on the job go to the isthmus there will be plenty of vacancies in a short tinie." "Do you mean they will resign?" "No, not resign." snid the senator. The placehunter said he was much obliged. As he was walking down the street his mind grasped' what the senator meant. In an hour he was on a train on his way home, and he had written ia the senator: "Don't bother about that Panama job. The climate of Illinois Is deadly enough for, me." New York World. THE HUMORISTS. In Great Deiuand. "What's that line of people in front of your house?" "Oh, they're neighbors who heard our cook was going to leave, and they're waiting for a chance to engage her." Chicago Post. A Little Mixed. Teacher What do you know of Mesopotamia? Tommy (dubiously at first, but becoming more confident as he proceeds) Mesopotamia is is an animal that inhabits the rivers of Africa. You shoot 'em with big double-barreled rifles. Chicago Tribune. Their Stund-By. Mrs. Stubb I tell you if there were no women it would be terrible. Mr. Stubb I should say so. A lot of sapheads at public banquets wouldn't know what to say, unless they could get up and bawl "to the ladies!" Chicago News. Two Escape. "Her beauty is of a striking type, isn't it?" "It doesn't strike me." "Doesn't it? Well how about her father's physical proportions? Did you ever see such an arm and list?" , "They never struck me either." "Good thing." Cleveland Tlaln Dealer. She Wu a Hustler. "George," said the leap year girl who meant business, "I love you dearly. Will you be my husband?" "Why er this Is so sudden," stammered George. "CJ-glve me time to think." "Well," she rejoined, as she looked at her watch, "think quick. The last car is due in fifteen minutes." S. Louis Star. A GIve-Awuy. Tess O! that's your new' hat, eh? Jess Yes, and such a bargain; only HS. What do you think? I dropped In to let Miss Crumley see it just now, and she pretended she wasn't interested. Didn't even ask how much I paid for it. Tess No, dear, she didn't have to. You've forgotten to take oft that tag marked Philadelphia Tress. Korsett In Bible. The time seems rapidly passing when writers can use Pibical quotations without identifying marks, says the Kansas City Star. The day after the municipal election the New York Evening Post remarked that "hell was stirred up from beneath last night. In the worst quarters of this city to welcome the Tammany victory." This reference to the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah greatly shocked the Nebraska Independent, which supposed that the sedate New York newspaper had suddenly become profane. It protested against such "strenuous" writing in a family journal, and the Evening Post was forced to reply. "As religious congresses say when they telegraph the President, see Isaiah xlv. 9." There are some quotations which it Is possible to use without identifying tags. But their number Is diminishing from year to year. If It 13 remarked that "their chariots drave heavily," people smile at the typographical error. When the writer says that certain partisans would not believe though one rose from the dead, he is by no means sure that his readers will understand the reference. There is much uncertainty in the popular mind as to the source of the quotation, "All that a man hath will he give for his life" a sentiment which is made In Job, but the devil's authority. New York Frcss. Hcnthen Idol Factory. Civilization supplies not only Its own wants, but the peculiar wants of savage and barbarous peoples. There is a constant flow of gold, or Us equivalent, into the coders of prosaic manufacturing firms from regions inhabited entirely by uncivilized people. Every now and then some new Industry is brought to notice which has been going on for years, profitably conducted, and depending on savages and barbarians entirely for customers for its output. It is well known that nearly all heathendom depends upon Birmingham, England, for its supply of idols; and many a savage shrine in far off recesses of hidden parts of the world, where the white man has never been, has in it a revered idol "made In England," which the natives have obtained from coast people by way of trade. The machetes, of which we have of late heard so much in connection with Cuba. Central America and Venezuela, are manufactured In great quantities in Conecticut. These machetes, which are swords and pruning knives, wood-choppers, and a hundred other things to the natives of Central and South America, can be found in the remotest parts of the Amazon forest all bearing the stamp of a Connecticut firm. New York Press. Coeninomanin. The alarming Increase of cocalnomania Is not recognized nor the seriousness of the crime correctly estimated. Every druggist, if questioned closely, will admit the evil, and rightly or wrongly will lay the blame upon others. The number of nostrums and "patent" medicines containing the drug Is increasing, and with one excuse or another every one who wishes it can readily obtain it. A prominent physician from one of the Southern States has stated that although its sale, except ujon a physician's prescription, is illegal, many drug stores openly sell hundreds of 10-cent packages every day. The negroes by thousands are being ruined by the abuse, which Is becoming a racial and a national problem. The more poor wretches there are who are thus reduced to destitution and deg radatlon, the greater the expense to the community, "and the more impossible becomes the solution of soclologlc problems. The social

wrecks and derelicts made by this illegal and criminal traffic must be cared for by the public, and hence the duty and the self-interest become imperative that for a petty profit these criminal druggists shall not be allowed to create the pitiful victims which must then bf. supported by the charitable, the city pr th.e State, until they di. One remedy for the scandal, which in other things has proved effective. Is for the local boards of healthy to secure the easily obtained evidence of the illegal sales, and then to prosecute the shameless drugjists to the full extent of the law. An aroused public sentiir.cnt is necessary for the. extinction of the infamy. American Medicine. INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

tleorge Fred Williams says he believes the Democrats will carry Massachusetts. George's bellexery is always full of queer things. Lafayette Call. In his willingness to accept the Prohibition nomination General Miles throws cold water on the G. Fred Wms. party which was looking towards the late general and smiling. Anderson Bulletin. If Willie Hearst gets the nomination he is seeking he will find that it costs a great deal more for a young sucker to run for President than it takes to tun beveral yellow newspapers. Lafayette Journal. "Copyrighted by W. Ft. Hearst" is beginning to be a familiar line in the subservient Democratic press. That line will never be over a President's message to Congress. however. Evansville Journal-News. A Russian paper says that if Great Britain would give Itussia free access to the Indian ocean the latter would guarantee the British possession of India. But who would guarantee the guaranty? There is the rub. Terre Haute Tribune. In view of the large .number of Jackson and Jefferson banquets rfiat are held for the glorification of those saints of Democracy, the public is left to infer that the party relies largely on dead men for its strength and support. Lafayette Courier. The Japs resent the Intimation that their explosives are not so good as those of other nations. So far as the present Oriental conflict is concerned the preponderance of evidence is to the effect that they are much better than the explosives used by the Russians. Terre Haute Gazette. Prof. R. A. Ogg, superintendent of the Kokomo schools, has done a great work in banishing cigarettes from the schools. lje has made the war so hot that no merchant In that city dares to sell tobacco of any kind to those under sixteen years of age. The law, public opinion, persuasion and parents' co-operation all contributed to the splendid reform. Noblesville Ledger. Opponents of Mormonlsni must not conclude, because President Smith confesses that he has violated the polygamy laws, that Senator Smoot is guilty of the same offense. If Smoot proves his innocence of the charge of violating the law it will be difficult to see why he should sdffer for the crimes of his fellow-religionists. Hi3 case stands on Its own merits or demerits. Elkhart Review. "If it had not been for the large inflow of negroes during the past ten years the Republican party would have been a minority party in Indiana, notwithstanding other conditions from which U has derived some benefit," says the Indianapolis Sentinel. This statement would seem ti be reasonably accurate except for the fact that there never has been an election during the past ten years when the Republican plurality in Indiana was not several thousand greater than the total negr vote of the Stale. Vincennes Commercial. ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS. Thirty-five miles of roadway have been constructed within the world's fair grounds. More than 200 kinds of rice are shown in Slam's agricultural display at the world's fair. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the negro poet, is to write a poem for negro day, Aug. 1, at the world's fair. t Mr. Edward Brook, of Holdam Castle, Annan, who died recently, has bequeathed the sum of 6,4S2 10s to the working people in the mills at Huddersfield. of which he was senior director. Congressman Champ Clark told the colony ol turtlebacks in New York, at their Tom Benton birthday dinner, that the climate of Missouri is "cold enough for virtue and warm enough for comfort." Here is a peculiar advertisement, which recently appeared in a Brisbane, Australia, paper: "Permanent Wantesd, a man to look after one horse and a few cows and pigs. One who. can impart the rudiments of French, singing, and the piano to children preferred." "Nellie Bly," the pioneer sensational reporter of New York and the woman who won great notoriety by her flying trip around the world. has just been left a wealthy widow by the death of her husband, .Robert Seaman, a millionaire merchant of New York. Seaman married "Nellie Bly," known in private life as Elizabeth Cochran, in Chicago In 1835, when the bride was thirty years old and the poom seventy-two. It is related that the widow had several sensational adventures with private detectives who were employed by her husband to dog - her footsteps. The appointment of the Duke of Connaught (the King's younger brother) to the important post of inspector general of the army strikes the London Spectator as a mistake. For one thing, his knowledge of war in which you have to fight white men armed with modern weapons is purely theoretical; he was not permitted to go to South Africa, much as he wanted to. For another thing, a prince of the blood cannot be treated like a mere army man. and a position that should be one of the most rigorous responsibility is no place for him. The new school of Russian music owes more than is generally known to the generosity of one man, a rich amateur named Belaieff, who published many new works at his own cost, and subsidized concerts at which new works were to be given. He has also left a large part of his fortune for the encouragement of Russian. music, including a yearly sum of about $2,375 to be spent in prizes for new compositions. Generosity of this kind is well worth while, because in the nature of the case there can be no large public demand for new music of the higher sort. Japan's Xced of Korea. Japan cannot afford to surrender Korea. It is historically and of necessity the main artery of her vital connection with Asia. It is only 125 miles across the Korean strait. And Fusan is but ten hours away from Shimonoseki, the gate of the Inland sea. To yield Korea to a hostile power is to expose herself to peril along the whole western side of her territory. She needs Korea as a commercial outlet. She had both Korea and Manchuria as a result of the war with China, and has now surrendered one, and by far the larger and more profitable of these. She has struggled to lead China and Korea out into civilization. She now sees the Russian glacier slowly moving across both of them, walling her out from her natural destiny and barring before her any entrance to the continent of which she has dreamed that she was to be the savior. World's Work. Thefts from Hotels. A certain hotel keeper in this city says that the people have no idea of the small depredations that are committed by guests, most of whom are people with money enough of their own to refrain. He declares that not long ago he bought 700 yards of toweling for his rooms, and before he had time to learn whether or not the rooms had been supplied, the whole outfit was gone. "They were drummers, and women and all kinds of people who took them." said he, "and probably they did not think it was stealing to take things away from a hotel. As to down-right theft from rooms, or bilking in the matter of meals, there is much less of it In the hotels than you would suppose; but. Lor', how they will crib the soap and linen and spoons!" Washington Times. Confirmation Not, Needed. It Is formally announced that George Fred Williams has confirmed the report of his advocacy of Mr. Hearst's presidential candidacy. Dut was this at all necessary? Surely a report that such a man as George Fred favored the candidacy of such a man as Mr. Hearst required no authoritative confirmation. Louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)

Newton W. Gilbert Is Named for Congress in the Twelfth.

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACK.) they had named and hearel from their candidate and many of them had left the hall before the report of the committee was lcceived. The resolutions follow: "We indorse the administration of President Roosevelt, who has shown himself an able successor of our martyred McKinley. We commend him for adopting the policies laid down by William McKinley and his able and tirne-tried advisers. We congratulate him that events have demonstrated the wis-dom of his course, particualrly in the enforcement of the anti-trust law. Theodore Roosevelt has used the mighty powers of his office in defense of the people against monopoly, yet in every way upholding and supporting policies which conserve lawful enterprises. We commend the President to the people as a man of wisdom and courage, immovably determined to destroy monopoly and special privilege, and to insure equality of opportunity for every citizen. We commend him again to the people as the man of action who. while he does things, does them with an eye single to the equal benefit of all the ieople, and with a purpose religiously true to the conservative ideals of the founders of the Republic. We declare our firm faith in him as a man intent uptMi peace with all the world. His prosecution of evildoers in office, without regard to party, has demonstrated that he is honest, and we especially commend him for it. His success in settling the great coal strike, threatening the foundations of the state, has shown that he is a man of coirrage and wisdom. His success In acquiring territory and starting work on the Panama canal has shown his energy. We ask tho people to elect the nominee of this convention to-day to the end thai this great, and important district may be aligned with the splendid affairs of Theodore Roosevelt's administra tion, instead of being content with a mere fault-finder in action and a cipher iti the Nation's progress. "We indorse the pension course of the Republican party and express our belief that the people cheerfully reward the valor and sacrifices of the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the Nation's wars. "We indorse the course of the administration in giving dignity and stability to The Hague tribunal, and congratulate the -people of this district that one of our own citizens Jias won world-wide honors in international DAVIESS MIHI HOLDS 11 Candidacy of J. Frank Hanly for Governor Is Indorsed by Resolution. CHAXEY FOR CONGRESS Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. Ind.. March L'J.-The Republicau county conyeutiou of Daiess county was lieid to-day in Spirk's Optra House in this city. Llmr k. Hastings was elected chairman. The convention was addressed by Warren G. Sayre, of Wabash, candidate for Governor, and George W. Self, of Corydon! candidate for reporter of the Supreme Court. Mr. Sayre, recognizing the fact that the delegates from this county to the state convention have been instructed for Hanly, said he would appreciate any consideration after Mr. Hanly from Daviess county delegates. Mr. Self made a short address. He said he could write a Democratic platform in one sentence, viz., "The Democrats oppose everything the Republicans propose." The following ticket was nominated: For representative, Harry 11. Crooke; treasurer, Hilary C. Truelov; sheriff, Milton Fitzgerald; coroner, Clifford O. Bouham; commissioner First district, John U. Shanks. Resolutions were adopted indorsing the administrations of President Roosevelt and Governor Durbin. Democratic senators who voted to ratify the Panama canal treaty were praised. John C. Chaney was indorsed for Congress. The official conduct of Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge and Republican congressmen from Indiana was approved and Hanly was indorsed for Governor. George L. Harris was nominated for surveyor and William F. Killion for commissioner of the Third district. The convention closed, after several rousing speeches by local politicians. A novel feature was the presence of the senior high school class, escorted by Principal Hamlet Allen. TBRRB HAUTE TO HAVE A REPUBLICAN PAPER Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRK HAUTE, Ind., March 23. Don Nixon, lately with the Star and before that for several years city editor of the old Express, with J. C. Rutherford, also formerly with the Express, will start a Saturday paper, to be named the Saturday Spectator. It will be Republican in politics and thus somewhat relieve the situation in Terre Haute, which has no Kepubiican newspaper. The need of one is felt more and more each, day now that the city campaign is approaching. Delegates 11 1 CrawfordsvlIIe. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., March 23. The Republicans of the city met this evening and elected eighty-three delegates to their city nominating convention on next Tuesday. There is considerable interest being taken in the nomination for marshal and treasurer, and in the Third and Fourth wards there are contests over the councilmanic honors. In the First and Second wards there are the required number of candidates only for the Council. Colored Voters Organise. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CONNERSVILLE. Ind.. March 23.-The youug colored voters of this city is the first club to organize for the coming campaign. The organization will be known as the Roosevelt Republican Club and its officers as follows: President, E. O. Rice; vice president, Robert Myers; secretary, George Butler; assistant, Dan Lewalleu; treasurer, George Collins. They will meet every Thursday evening, with headquarters ill the colored I. O. O. Y. hall. Convention at Tipton. Special to the Indiarapolis Journal. TIPTON. Ind., March 23. The Republicans of Tipton held an enthusiastic mass convention to-day and named the'following city ticket: Mayor, Frank Innis; clerk, Horace F. Matthews; treasurer, F. A. Bartholomew, marshal. S. Mays; councilmen. F. Richardson, E. E. Mendenhall, John F. Clark. A. V. LIndsey, U. F. Rize. R. D. Deakyne. There were spirited contests for all offices. 31inlter Not a Candidate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 23. The Rev. M. G. Allison, pastor of the Presbyterian Church here, who has been solicited to become the Democratic candidate for mayor, to-night positively declines. He says he will not do anything to interfere with his church work. RAILWAY AND EMPLOYE HELD TO BE RESPONSIBLE DUBUQUE. Ia., March 23. The coroner's jury inquiring into the cause of the deaths of Thomas, Rhyno, Griswold and Cavanau. who were killed In a collision of two stock trains at Dyersville. Feb. 23, returned a verdict holdmg the Chicago Great Western Railroad and Conductor Mahoney responsible and charges both with gross negligence. The wreck was caused by the second section standing at Dyersville. The evidences showed that there were no signal placed and that the speed of the second section was such as to make a collision inevitable.

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jurisprudence at this imperishable bar of thi world for the maintenance of the pac of .'ill nations. "We congratulate the people of the district, and especially the farmers, upon th rapidly extending rural free delivery of mails. 'vA pledge the nominee of this convention to Uiic'asin? labors until the service reaches :ery community in the district. We call attention to the tact that this service was born of Republican rule. aud. after bring abandoned by a Democratic administration, was revived by President McKinley and made a success beyond any further da-icrr of abandonment. "Wc indorse the administration for its successful government of our island possessions and in lately ending the reigns of petty chiefs and dattocs who practiced slavery and polygamy. We rejoice that peace and prcperity, liberty enlightmer.t and the safety of life and property are nowassured to the islanders after four hundred years of misrule by Spain. "We congratulate the people of the State upon the wise, safe, and honest administration of its business by men elected two and four years ago. We commend the statu administration for economy in it conduct of the affairs of our State and for its i:e cess in reducing the state debt. 'We rejoice in common with all the people of the State in the Indiana reprerer.tation in the Senate. We lake pride in our Bnior senator ts a man destined to higher honors, for which he is splendidly ritteU. and in our junior senator as a wise and forceful factor in the Nation's affairs, whether dealing with matter at home or abroad, and indorse his candidacy for reelection." Several candidates for state oflices wer in attendance and were busy early and late caurting the coy delegates to the state convention. Judge Pentield. of Auburn, was on the ground early, but none of his gubernatorial rivals, Hanly. Taylor or Sayre, was here to poach on his preserves. L. P. Ncwby and Hugh T. Miller, candidates for Lieutenant Governor, had things their own way yesterday and last night, but this morning Walter L. Hall put in an ap!earance. He did not announce his candidacy, but it is taken for granted that he is to be counted in the race. Other candidates here were H. F. Johnson and J. W. Lgnew. who want the nomination for state statistician, and Secretary of State Storms. C. S. WATTS.

MILES GIVES ADVICE TO THE' TEMPERANCE PARTY Tells the Rev. Dr. J. B. Dunn to Wait and See What Other Parties Do. TEXT OF THE LETTER NEW YORK. March 23. Rev. James B. Dunn, D. D., of this city, ha3 received the following letter ftom Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, retired, under date of Washington. March 18, 1D04: "Dear Sir Your letter of recent dxte was duly received. For your kindly expressions please accept my thanks. Our country la now confronted by a situation and is called upon to decide questions of the greatest moment. Not since the adoption of our Constitution have greater responsibilities rested upon the sovereign voters of this country than those which will be placed upon them during the coming autumn. "These questions are national and affect the very foundation and form of our government. My thought and serious consideration have been directed to the matters herein indicated. "The estimable citizens whom you represent cannot fail to take a deep interest in the decision of these questions as well as in that one high Important matter whicii you so earnestly desire to promote. "It is a truth as old as Holy Writ that teniDcrance is one of the seven cardinal vir tues. Is not its advocacy consistent with a like zealous advocacy of great national questions not directly involving it? "The two great political parties of nearly equal strength that divide the country will make nominations and announce platforms within the next few months. Should either make such a nomination and announce such principles as will command the approval and cordial support of those whom you represent the opportunity to advance the objects of the temperance party would be offered, while at the same time the patrlotio men composing that party would contributes most essentially to the' unliitlng of our country from menacing evils. "Should nomination be made by either of the great parties that would command the cordial support of the temperance people the opportunity to make a nomination of its own would still remain. "For the reasons herein briefly indicated I am strongly of opinion that it would be inadvisable for the temperance party to hold its convention until after it has had an opportunity to observe the action of the other two." RADIUM TREATMENT FOR CANCER ABANDONED Experiments at the London Hospi tal Have Been Unsuccessful in All Cases. NEW YORK, March 23. The radium treatment for cancer has been entirely abandoned at the cancer hospital, cables the Herald's London correspondent. It was never viewed with much hops there, and a few days ago the last unsuccessful experiment with it took place. According to the Daily Mail, the trials were made at the end with a case containing five grains, covered only with mlc.4 sheeting, and the effect was always tho same, though it might vary in a degree. The surface of too ekln became Inflamed, a blister formed and dried up, but that was all. Sixteen cases have been under treatment, the longest period of a Elngle application having been threx hours and the longest total time of application having been about twenty-five hours, and the only favorable result was a cessation of pain. On the other hand several patients have complained of an Increase of pain. BON ILL A MAY BE EXECUTED FOR TREASON Rumor that the Former President of Honduras Has Been Sentenced to Death. NEW YORK, March 23. There is a rumor here that former President Policarpo Bonllla. of Honduras, has been tried by courtmartial and sentenced to be shot to death. says a Herald dispatch from Panama. He was arrested and thrown into prison last month with several other members of the Chamber of Deputies, it being charged that a plot against the government of President Manuel Honilla was hatching among them. Gen. Policarpo Bonilla for many year was the President of the country and it was said that he was the only" man who, ever retired from office willingly and without starting a revolution to bring him back Into power again. It was during his administration that a reform constlcutlon was adopted which provided among other changes for a secret ballot instead of the viva voce method of election. CASE OF CONVICTED BOODLER REVERSED JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., March 23 Division No. 2 of the Supreme Court to-dajr reversed and remanded the case of John H. Schnettler, convicted of boodllng- while a member of the Hotire of Delegates in St. Ixmis. anil sentenced to four years in th penitentiary. The reversal was on tbe ground that information wax not verified by affidavits as required by law, the opinion stating that the information Is not volvl but should have been amended during the tilul and before the case was disposed of la tbi lowr court.