Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 95, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 April 1904 — Page 5

TBE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1904.

FAIIt AND WARMER.

Any ?chooiboy can tell all about Japan, but in eise the schoolboy Isn't present, here are That lota of us have forgotten: Population is nearly two-thirds as large as the United States, area only a little larger than California, male population far in excess of the female, anl for schoolboys there is no When Store. This is the advantage American boys have over the Japanese zum WEHEM Member of Merchans Association. Fares rebated under their plan. TRUSSES, Abdominal and Scrotal Supporters. Wristlets. Ihoulder Traces, gplnal Cornets. Instep Elevators. Ankle I races and Elastic Hosiery Made to order and proper fit guaranteed. WM. II. ARMSTRONG & CO., ; SI and 226 S. Meridian St. Indianapolis, Ind. MQRMOtlS TO PASS Oil ACTS OF TOE LEADERS Great Interest Taken in Washington in Conference to Be Held at Salt Lake This Week. PROGRAMME OK INQUIRY Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 3. Special interest Is felt here In the resumption of the Smoot Inquiry to come on before the Senate committee next week. The reason for this is that there is expected to tak place In Salt Lake City this week a demonstration which will show to what extent the Mormons in Utah stand by their brethren, the leaders who have already appeared here to testify in this case. The feature In Mormonism Is a conference of the church which is participated In by the leaders and the laymen. It affords an opportunity for any dissenter from the programme or policy of the church or its leaders to make that dissent known. The claim Is made here by those who are informed as to the situation in Mormondom that the course of the leaders in testifyingboldly at the hearings here last month, practically upholding plural marriages and defiance of the laws of the country, will be upheld by the great mass of the church membership. No evidence has been shown here that the officers of the United States Senate have been able up to this time to locate the witnesses, among the Mormon leaders, who wanted to appear here to testify. But It is regarded as certain that a number of witnesses will be secured and that thy will be on hand when the Smoot Inquiry opens on Tuesday of next week. It is not known what course the committee expects to take in pursuing the investigation further, but it is believed that special effort will be made to obtain further testimony showing the contracting of plural marriages since the act of lyjo, and also as to the part the church takes in influencing the politics of Utah. it is on these points that the Smoot case to a great extent will turn. , MORMON CONFERENCE ' OPENS AT SALT LAKE SAL.T LAKE. Utah., April 3. The sev-cnty-fourth annual conference of the Mormon Church was opened in the Tabernacle to-day and was attended by more than 10,000 church members. President Joseph 1 Smith, In his opening Fpeech, dwelt on the divine protection that had been given the church and said he could tee the hand of God in its growth. Apostle Francis M. Lyman, in course of his remarks, said: "We are here that we may have posterity. We are here that we may multiply and replenish the earth." In speaking of the doctrine of divine revelation Apostle Lyman said: "When President Smith stands up to speak we knowGod Is with him. We know the Lord speaks through that man. It is the mind of the Lord, the purpose of the Lord." TCo re fere net was made to the recent investigation of Senator Smoot at Washington. RIGHT SOUGHT TO SUE IN COURTS OF RUSSIA Ambassador McCormick Neotiating for Broader Privileges for American Corporations. ST. PETERSBURG. April 3.-Ambas-tador McCormick is negotiating with the Foreign Office for the treaty with Russia, which will give to United States corporations the right to sue in Russian courts and to Russian corporations the right to sue In courts of the United States. Under the Russian law United States corporations can be sued, but cannot sue in the courts of the empire. This has caused United States firms great annoyance as well as Iosses in the past. In addition, the ambassador hops to secure in the treaty a broad-clause, which wil! automatically give io United States corporations all privileges of whatever character now enjoyed by the corporations of any foreign country. Although there are difficulties in the way, the ambassador's advarce has been met in the friendliest spirit, and the. indications are that his negotiations will terminate successfully. The only country now enjoying the privileges which Ambassador McCormick is striving to obtain for the 'United States are Germany. Greece, Belgium and Italy. MINERS SIGN WAGE SCALE AT SPRINGFIELD Only One Dissenting Vote Is Cast Against the Agreement in the Agr Illinois, SPRINGFIELD, III.. April 3. The Illinois miners and operators to-day signed the state agreement, effective for two j-ears. When the Joint convention met to-day there was but one dissenting vote against the agreement reached by the joint scale committee. The scale follows: First district. Cardiff, Streator. Clart City and associated mines, 61 cents: Second, Danville. Westville and associated mines. 52 cents; Third, Springfield. Dawson and associated mines, S2.7 cents; Fourth. Chicago and Alton district, including Carlinvlilr. 52 cents; Fifth. Cilen Carbon and Belleville. 52 cents; Flxth. Duquoln. Odin. Sandoval and Centralla, 43 cents; Seventh. Mount Vernon 53 cents, Jackson county 43 cents; Eighth. Fulton and Peoria counties, 79 cents; Ninth. Mount Olive. Staunton, Gillespie and associated mines, -52 cents. If you enjoy muffin's aud waffles, try Mrs. Austin's Pancake flour, and tuii will be delimited with tne results.

Hill'S FIGHT ON STOCK DIVIDEND BASED

UN TERMS OF Ii! He and Pierce, Representing Oregon Short Line, Hold Stock Should Revert to Owners. NATURE OP THE EQUITIES Should Be Determined by Such Holdings, and Not by Holdings in Northern Securities. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 3. None of the attorneys for the defendants in the suit of E. 11. Ilarrimau and Window Pierce and the Orphon Short-line Railroad Company against the Northern Securities Company, notice of which was served yesterday, would make any extended statement today with reference to it. It wa3 admitted, however, that the suit was a step in the struggle for control of the Northern Pacific Ilailrcad Company, which is being waged between E. II. Harriman and allied interests and James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and others. That some step was anticipated the attorneys admitted, but each stated that the filing of the petition on Saturday came as a surprise and that he would be unable to state what course would be pursued until the principals had been consulted. The citation in the suit 13 directed to the Northern Securities Company, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, the Great Northern Itailroad Company, James J. Hill, J. P. Morgan and others, and gives notice that on April 12 Harriman, Tierce and the Oregon Short-line Railroad Company will apply to the Judges of the United Spates Circuit Court for .leave to file a petition of intervention In the suit of the United States against the same defendants, with reference to the execution of the final decree of the court, which was filed on April 9, 1303. The text of the petition is as follows: . Your petitioners, Harriman and Pierce, are now and ever since Nov. 18, 1901, have been the regffctered owners and holders of $82,431.871 par value of the capital stock of the defendant Northern Securities Company, and such holding of stock by them is and was as trustees for the use and benefit of your petitioner, the Oregon Shortline Railroad Company, which company was and is still the beneficial owner thereof. PLEDGED FOR BONDS. Your petitioner, the Oregon Short-line Railroad Company, by indenture dated July 17, 1302, pledged ?S2.43l,000 par value of said stock with the Equitable Trust Company of New York as trustee for an issue of bonds of your said petitioner, of which $S2, 431,000 face value have been certified and Issued; but under the terms of said trust indenture the stock so pledged and standing in the name of your petitioners, Harriman and Pierce, is available to your petitioners for the purpose of tender, return and restoration of the status quo as hereinafter alleged and prayed, which will fully appear by reference to said trust indenture to be procured on the hearing. As your petitioners are advised and believe over per cent, of the outstanding capital stock of said Northern Securities Company was Issued in exchange for shares of the capital stock of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Companies, respectively, and less than Vi per cent, of such stock was issued for other property. They are further informed and believe that about $178,284,01X1 par value of the stock of said Northern Securities Company was issued in exchange for $133,719,425 par value of the stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and about $212,600.000 par value of said Securities Company stock was issued in exchange for $118,124.250 par value of the stock of the Great Northern Railroad Company. The IS2.4D1.S71 par value of stock of the Northern Securities Company, now standing in the names of said Harriman and Pierce, was part of the original issue of the stock of said Northern Securities Company nd was issued directly to them by said Northern Securities Company on or about Nov. 18, 1301, in exchange for $37,023,0)") par value of the common stock and $41,03.0uJ par value of the preferred stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and at the time of such exchange there was also paid to them by or on behalf of said Securities Company the sum of $3.915,629 in cash. The original certificates issued to them are still registered in their names and are now actually In the custody of the said trust company as pledges, and available for tender, return and restoration. CONVERSION AGREEMENT. At the time of such exchange it was understood and agreed that the $il,OS3,000 par value of the preferred stock should be converted into common stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and thereon, after the exchange of preferred stock for stock of the Northern Securities Company, preferred stock was converted by the Northern Securities Company into common stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company of the same par value, and certificates for such new common stock substituted, in lieu of the certificates for preferred stock, and the Northern Securities Company now holds all the common stock so originally received from your petitioners and the common stock into which said preferred stock was so converted. The final decree in the above entitled cause entered in this court on the Dth day of April. 1303. was on Monday, the 14th day of March, 1304. duly affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, and in the decision then announced, affirming such decree, it was directed that the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States should be "that the decree below be and hereby Is affirmed, with liberty to the Circuit Court to proceed in the execution of Its decree as the circumstances may require." The mandate upon such decision of the Supreme Court of the United States has not yet issued, and under the rules will not issue until the expiration of thirty days from the date of decision, unless by special order. Immediately upon the rendition of the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States affirming the decree of this court, the individual defendants above named and the Northern Securities Company determined, without waiting for the issue of the mandate of the Supreme Court, and without any order of this court in execution of all its decree, to distribute and divide the stock of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad Companies held b the Northern Securities Company pro rata among the stockholders of the Northern Securities Company according to their holdings of its stock, and not to return and transfer to the stockholders of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and the Grea-t Northern Railroad Company, respectively, any and all shares of stock in either of these railroad companies which the Northern Securities Company originally received from such stockholders in exchange for ijs own stock, nor to transfer and assign the stock in either of the railroad companies to any such person or persons as may now be the holders and owners of its own stock originally issued in exchange or in payment for such stock of said railroad companies, respectively. DOUBT AS TO LEGALITY. Upon being: informed of such purpose and intention to distribute the stock of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railroad Companies pro rata among the stockholders of the Northern Securities Company, your petitioners submitted the matter to counsel and were advised that there were serious doubts as to the legality of the present proposed plan. The fact that they had been so advised was promptly communicated by your petitioners to the Northern Securities Company with the request that the meeting of the board of directors of said company, which had been called for March 23, 1904, be adjourned for a few days to as to afford an opportunity for further consideration by your petitioners and their counsel, but such request for adjournment was not granted: and at such meeting held in the city of New York on said date, notwithstanding said request for an adjournment was submitted, the following pream-

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I R X all t Ik; W 1J v. -5 - V, H ) E. IX. HARRIMAN. ble and resolutions were adopted, your pe titioner Harriman being present as a di rector of. said Northern Securities Campan y, but declining to vote, viz.: "Whereas. In the course of its' business this company has acquired and now holds. 1.537,594 shares in the capital stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and 1,131.212 shares in the capital stock of the Great Northern Railroad Company; and. ncreas. In a suit brought by the United States against this company, the said railroad companies and others, this company has been enjoined from voting upon the shares of each of the said railroad com panies and each of the said railroad companies has been enjoined from paying to this company and divided upon any cf the shares of such railroad comnany held by this company; and, hereas, This company has issued ana there are now outstanding 3,S54,000 shares of us own capital stock; and, "Whereas, This company desires and Intends to comply with the decree in the said suit, fully and unreservedly, and without cieiay; "Resolved. In consideration of the prem ises, it is declared necessary and desirable ior tnis company to reduce its present capital stock as will enable it. without delay. in connection with such reduQtioh, to distribute among its shareholders the shares of capital stock of said railroad company neia by it. AMENDING ITS CHARTER. "Resolved, That the board of directors of this company hereby declares it. advisable that article fourth (4th) of this company's certificate of incorporation be amended so as to read a3 follows: " 'Fourth The capital of this company Is hereby reduced to three million nine hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars ($3,354,000), and shall hereafter be three million nine- hundred and. fifty-four thousand dollars ($3.354,000) divided into thirty-nine thousand five hundred and forty (33,540) shares of one hundred dollars ($100) each. " 'Such reduction of capital stock shall be accompanied by each holder of outstanding shares of this company's stock surrendering to the company for retirement, ninety-nine (33) per centum of the shares held by him. " 'Upon the surrender to this company, by any shareholder, of the entire number of shares and parts of shares of this company's stock, which he is hereby required to surrender, this company will assign to him for each share surrendered thirty-nine dollars and twenty-seven cents ($33.27) of the stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and thirty dollars and seventeen cents ($30.17) of the preferred stock of the Great Northern Railroad Company and proportional amounts thereof for fractional shares of the stock of this company. " 'The board of directors or executive committee from time to time shall make such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary or congenial for carrying out the provisions hereof, and all matters pertaining to the surrender and retirement of the stock of this company, or to the assignment and transfer of the stocks of the said railroad companios hereby contemplated, shall be under the direction of the board, and for the purpose thereof the stockholders of this company and the number of shares held by them respectively shall be determined from the stock transfer books of the company, which, for such determination, shall be closed at a day and hour to be determined by resolution of the board.' STOCKHOLDERS CALLED. "Resolved, That a meeting of the stockholders of this company for the purpose of taking action upon the said alteration of the certificate of incorporation of this company and also upon such other business as may come before the meeting be, and is hereby, called to be held at the general offices of this company in the city of Hoboken, county of Hudson and State of New Jersey at 11 o'clock a. m. on April 21, A. D. 1904." The directors of the Northern Securities Company, at the meeting, further resolved that a circular or- notice should be forthwith sent to the stockholders of the Northern Securities Company explaining In detail the proposed plan of distribution, and thereupon such circular or notice was immedi ately sent to the stockholders. Your petitioners are prepared, able and willing, anj hereby offer to restore to the said Northern Securities Company all the original certificates of stock of the securities company so received by Harriman and Pierce, and to repay the money paid them by or on behalf of the said Northern Securities Company in such sum as the court shall fix in restoration of the status quo, in exchange for and upon the return of the common stock of the Northern Pacific Itailroad Company so exchanged and the common stock of said railroad company representing the preferred stock converted. As your petitioners are informed and believe, and aver, such plan of distribution adopted by the board of directors of the Northern Securities Company, if consummated, would vest a majority of the stock of both the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroad companies in the same individual stockholders of the Great Northern Company who originally co-operated in the promotion and organization of the Northern Securities Company and who are still co-operating and acting in concert and combination and would continue the common ma-nagement and direction of such competing railroad companies and render the decree of this court ineffectual, and defeat or evade its true intent and purpose. ' WISH TO INTERVENE. Wherefore, as your petitioners are without other relief in the premises, your petitioners pray that they may be granted leave to file this petition in said suit, and to intervene therein for the protection of their rights; that the Individual defendants and said Northern Securities Company be required to make full and true answer in the premises, but not under oath, which is hereby expressly waived, and thereupon that your petitioners be permitted in proper time to proceed to a hearing in due form upon proof, and upon such notice as may be directed by the court as to all the. matters alleged in the above petition. Your petitioners further pray that it may be ordered and adjudged in execution of the said final decree of this court, so affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, that the said Northern Securities Company return and transfer to your petitioners the common stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company . received from them, and the common stock of said railroad company into which the preferred stock of the said company has been converted as aforesaid, in exchange for its own stock, and upon the payment of such sum as the court shall fix in the restoration of the status quo. Your petitioners further pray that, pending the hearing and determination of the manner in which such'decree of this court fhall be executed, the defendant Northern Securities Company be enjoined and restrained from distributing its present holdings of stock of said Northern Pacific Railroad Company under the plan of distribution proposed by it, or otherwise than by return, as authorized by said decree, and that your petitioners may have all such other or further or different relief as may be just, equitable and proper. NEW YORK. April 3. At a recent conference in the office of J. P. Morgan & Co., it was Faid to-night, there was a practical and friendly agreement by representatives of the Harriman-Rockeftller interests on the one side and the Hill-Morgan interests on the other side to have the court decide the plan of distribution of the securities held by the Northern Securities Company

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TOIIII PLA1IS Ä Thousands of Dollars and Many Valuable Articles to Be Sold Are Being Given Her. LIST OF PATRONESSES Includes Women of the Cabinet and of the Diplomatic Corps, Headed bv Mrs. Ha v. WASHINGTON, April 3. "To relieve the wuinded. friend and foe alike, left on tne battlefields of the war." In these few words the Countess Marguerite Cassini, the niece of the Russian ambassador, told a correspondent for the Associated Press at the embassy to-day the object of the lair which under her direction will be held in Washington on April 27 in aid of the Russian Red Cross Society. A week ago to-day the countess determined to do something for the aid of the Russian Red Cross and at once started the cables to Paris and St. Petersburg working, the articles for the fair were ordered and hundreds cf invitations for assistance were sent to all parts of the United States. Iu making her appeal to the American people the countess emphasized the fact that the undertaking was not partisan in its object. "The Red Cross Society Is an international humanitarian organization wholly divorced from politics. It is in the aid of that society that my fair is to be held," said the -countess in outlining the plan to her friends. .The past week has brought to the countess over $1,000 in cash subscriptiors to the Red Cross fund and articles valued at hundreds of dollars for sale at the fair. In the mall to-day came a letter from a jeweler in New York. Inclosed was a pair of diamond earrings which his little daughter, removing them from her cars, had asked her father to sell "to help the little children whose fathers are killed in the war." The mother of the child gave her watch, a valuable one, and the father added a diamond scarfpin to the collection. Thtse will be auctioned off at the fair. Heading the list of patronesses is Mrs. John Hay, the wife of the secretary of state. The list includes Mrs. E. A. Hitchcock, wife of the secretary of the interior; Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, wife of the senator from Massachusetts; Mrs. William S. Cowles, wife of Commander Cowles of the navy and sister of the President; Baroness Speck von Sternburg, the German ambassadress; Madame Jusserand, the French ambassadress; Lady Durand, the British ambassadress; Baroness Moncheur, the . wife of the' Belgian minister; Senora Calderon, the wife of the Peruvian minister; Countess Cellere. wife of the Italian charge d'affaires; Mrs. Ogden Mills, of New York; Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, and many others.-. The fair will be attended by practically the entire Cabinet, the members of the diplomatic corps, the Supreme Court and members of Congress. The countess, however, is desirous that its guests shall not be confined to the official set. but that all who desire to aid the Red Cross shall be present at the fair or contribute. Mme. Jusserand, the French ambassadress, will preside at the Russian booth, and Mrs. Wadsworth at the French booth. The fair will be held in the largest garden available from 4 p. m. to midnight. A special troupe is coming from New York to give a vaudeville performance in the evening, i To-day the countess sent telegrams to J. Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie advising them of the entertainment and its objects. The proceeds of the fair, together with the cash subscriptions, will be forwarded promptly to St. Petersburg. L BILL III SENATE: SWAIN E CASE IN HOUSE These Matters Will Be Given the Chief Attention of Congress During This Week. EULOGIES OF MR. HANNA WASHINGTON, April 3. The early part of the present week will be devoted by the Senate to the postofllce appropriation bill and when that measure is disposed of the Panama canal bill will be taken up. The canal bill will be among the few measures other than appropriation bills, which will receive attention before final adjournment of the session. It is expected that the measure will be debated at some length, and it is understood that amendments to it will be offered by senators on both sides of the chamber. It is expected that by the time the canal bill shall be disposed of, the sundry civil bill will have been reported from committee, whereupon it will be considered. During the week there will be discussion of various other bills, including the bill for the protection of the President, on which Mr. Hoar will speak on Monday, the pure food bill, on which Mr. Hepburn will speak on Tuesday, and the Chinese exclusion bill, which will be discussed on Wednesday by Mr. Patterson. Thursday will be devoted to eulogies on the late Senator Hanna The dwayne impeachment resolution will be the feature of the procedings in the House this wek. Legislation for the District of Columbia will have the right of way part of Monday and the rest of the day will be utilized for the passage of the bills under suspension of the rules. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the conference report on the District of Columbia appropriation bill, to which the Senate has made amendments, will take precedence; and -the military academy bill will be disposed of during this time, as will conference reports on several minor House bills. On Thursday the Swayne Impeachment case will be called up and present indications are that debate on this subject will consume the rest of the wck. . The report of the McCall investigating committee is looked for the latter part of the week. INDICTMENTS AGAINST TEN MEN FOR FRAUD Seventeen Bills at Milwaukee Returned in Connection with the County Hospital Building. MILWAUKEE, Wis.,' April 3. The Indictments returned by the grand jury at its final session last night are against ten individuals, the list being as follows: August Tuls, supervisor, three indictments; Herman Haasch, chairman of the board of supervisors, one; William C. Wegner, supervisor, two; Jacob Schulz, supervisor, one; Louis R. Stollberg, plumbing contractor, one; J. Marion Doesburg, business man, one; Adam Kreuter, business man of Chicago, one; Edward Strauss, supervisor, four; Joseph A. Schunk, exsupervisor, two; Adam Moeder, 3ne. The testimony upon which the indictments were brought related to alleged illegal acts in connection with work on the County Hospital. The original estimate on the cost of the building was $s0,0oi, while the actual cost was $175,000. The building is still Incomplete aud more money must b expended. Frank Niesrawski, commissioner of public works, and Ambrose E. Adlaue. superinteudtnt of bridges, who were indicted Friday, were still out of the city to-day, and the sheriff's officers could not give ajiy report of their whereabouts. Mr. Wliulow' Soothlns Syrnp Has been used for over fifty years by millions of mother for their chlMren while teething with erfect success. It soothes the child, softens the gum, allays pal"- cures wind colic, regulate the bowels, and is thei tct remedy for diarrhoea, whether arising from Kethins or omer causes. For sale by druKgtrts in every part of the world. Be sure and ask tor Mrs. Window's äoothlng Syrup. Z cents bottle.

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OF Fears of a Bolt at the St. Louis Convention Agitate Minds of ' Conservative Leaders. CHANGES IN THE TARIFF Divergent Republican Opinions Regarding Procedure- Attitude of Democratic Politicians. Spocial to the ln-'lanapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 2.-Will the Bryan-IIenrst-pcttigrew-TclkT free rilver and Populist element of the present day Democratic party bolt the St. Louis convention if Judge Parker, of New York, is nominated by that convention? That Is the moot question among the Democratic leaders here at the present time. It is brought up as a result of the thus far successful efforts of these leaders; North and. South, to unite the party upon a reputable candidate and prevent the nomination of Hearst. The fruits of their efforts was success In New York, at least in the first caucuses held, and also in some of the Southern States where the Parker sentiment has been worked up as a means of heading off the Hearst movement. Now there are threats of a bolt from the old-line Bryan element in the party. Mr. Bryan takes frequent occasion to say that he does not know Judge Tarker's position on the Issues of tho time or on the principles of the Democratic party. The Hearst boomers assign Judge Parker to the old Cleveland wing of the Democracy, and this is followed by a direct threat that if Cleveland or any of the Cleveland stamp of Democrats is nominated by the St. Louis convention there will be a bolt by those who stood by Bryan and the platforms adopted at Chicago and Kansas City four and eight years ago. This presents a serious situation for the Democrats. They are convinced that the Bryan element is behind the candidacy cf Mr. Hearst, and they wonder if the threatened bolt has the full indorsement of Mr. Bryan. Intimations of such action by the Brj'an men undoubtedly have had the effect to shut off all efforts to bring about the nomination of Judge Gray, of Delaware. Now the question is: Will the Bryan Democrats go so far if Judge Parker is named? It is troubling the Southern Democrats. 4While, of course, it is too early to expect anything in the nature of a formal decision by the Republican leaders in Congress as to the programme to be adopted with respect to tariff changes after the fall elections, there is already talk among members of both houses as to what best be done. Some of the leaders favor making certain changes in the tariff schedules at the short session of Congress next winter, while others believe it would be wiser to defer action until the reassembling of the next Congress. The reason there is talk about this matter at this time is because Republicans are desirous of mapping out their programme in advance, at least to the extent of having an agreement, so far as possible, in order that there shall be no discord in the discussion of the subject on the .stump. There is no disguising the fact that not a few members of the Republican majority are unable to bring themselves to a belief that any changes in the traiff schedule are really necessary at this time. They admit that some of the rates are unnecessarily high, but they say that those high rates really do no harm, and they point to the large Importations of certain articles named in the schedules against which the most camplalnts are made of too high rates in the customs exactions. On the other hand there is a strongly prevailing opinion that modifications of the tariff in some particulars would be very desirable, if for no other reason than that it is policy to make the changes in order to meet the complaints of those who insist that th high rates shelter the exacting corporations engaged in the manufacture of similar articles in the United States. One of the plans suggested is to have a short bill prepared early in the next session,' and, after a few hearings, to give those who are directly Interested an opportunity to be heard, rush the bill through as speedily as possible, and thus settle the question with very little disturbance of business. The veterans of the House ridicule this idea and say that anybody at all familiar with tariff changes must know that even slight modifications in a single schedule is apt to have the effect to upset many other items and affect manufacturing, industries whose products or materials are directly or indirectly related to the items in which changed are sought. These veterans assert that quick action on a tariff moification bill that-would be of any consequence is out of the question, and they do not hold out much hope of seeing action by Congress at the session next winter. It is believed by the Republiean members that the discussion of the tariff question In the campaign will afford members opportunity for ascertaining what public sentiment Is on this question, and that it will be time enough next fall to map out a plan of campaign on which all Republicans can agree. The plan of the Democratic leaders is to devote the remainder of the session to talking politics. They will delay adjournment as long as possible to the end that they may have time to interject speeches for campaign circulation. Senator Gorman opened the ball in the Senate for this programme and Leader Williams and his lieutenants in the House are doing their Fhare of the same work. This is the best evidence obtainable to show the dearth of issues on which the Democrats are entering the presidential campaign this year. They make it apparent every day that they have no real issues, but are compelled to take up with every point in the general legislation of Congress for attacks, on the Republican policies. And in this course they often make a ridiculous appearance. The Democratic leaders find themselves in a peculiar situation with respect to the pending shipping legislation. This subject will come up in the House during the present week on a programme about which there should not be the slightest difference of opinion among'party men in or out of Congress. The Republicans ,are seeking merely to carry out the recommendations of President Roosevelt in hi3 message to Congress last December, simply asking that a commission be appointed to investigate the subject to ascertain what, if anything, can be done for the betterment of conditions surrounding the foreign carrying trade of the United States. There ought to be little difference of opinion about the desirability of doing something for the merchant marine of the country, and it would seem that a plan merely to investigate the subject should receive the Indorsement of all parlies. But the Democrats have set about opposing this plan. They take the position that the merchant marine needs no assistance, and they are now camping bv the expiring embers of a camp-fire built by the Republican party years ago. They assert that the way to settle the shipping question is to admit that something is needed in the way of legislation and go at once to the levying of discriminating duties against goods brought to the United States in foreign ships. The position. taken by the Republicans is that discriminating duties mav be a good means of building up the merchant marine, but the question now is what is best to be done, not the acceptance of any particular plan at this time. Attention is called to the fact that the establishment of a system of discriminating duties might overturn every commercial treaty the United States now has with the leading nations of the world, and possibly involve this country in a trade and commercial war with these nations. Republicans in the pa.st have favored th policy of discriminating duties, but later have come to doubt the propriety or safety of embarking - on that course. They prefer now to have a

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3LZt Hi LLLLL - . ii It is commonly inherited. Few arc entirely free from it. Pale, weak, puny children arc ifdictcd with it in nine cases out ol tea, and many adults suffer from iL Common indications arc bunches in the neck, abfccsses. cutaneous eruptions, inflamed eyelids, sore ears, rickets, catarrh, wasting, and general dcbilitv. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Eradicate it, positively and absolutely, This stutfiiicut is based on the thousands of permanent cures these medicines have wrought. "My daughter had scrofula, with elerer sores on her neck and about her cars. Ilood' Sarsaparilla was highly recommended anC Ehe took it and was cured. She is now it. good health." Müs. J. U. Joxrs, Parker City, Ind. Hood's OarsapjirHSa promises t? euro and kcep3 t-f BUSINESS to road tho Indianapolis Morning Journal and Keep Posted It maintains thi most complets department in the city devoted to ths news of the'eourts, with abstracts of court decisions, etc. Full and com.plete market reports, quotations oa stocks and bonds. Also a Special Wall Street Letter Each Sunday In Indianapolis and suburbs: Daily and Sunday, Z0o a month or I2c a week; daily only, 40c a month or 10c a week; Sunday only, 6c per copy. Llsewhere: . Daily, 10c a week; Sunday, &c extra. 4 Pages In Colors and a Beautiful Art Supplement Every Sunday commission investigate the whole subject and report on it. If such commission shall favor discriminating rates as a means for rehabilitating the merchant marine of this country, then it will be a good time for Congress to take up that policy and enact it into law. Thus it will be seen that In respect to the shipping question, as on other pending public questions, the Democrats in Congress occupy a peculiar and unenviable position. They are playing politics, just as they have attempted to play politics in the matter of the postoffice investigation. The department investigated itself sfnd produced results in cleaning out the rascals aud bringing them to the bar of justice. -The Democrats now hope to convince the country that the job was not well done, and that a committee of Congress could do it better. In the opinion of the Republican leaders in both houses the people will not be fooled by the Democratic course in respect to any of these questions J. E. M. PALACE AT OTTAWA IS VERYJADLT DAMAGED Fire Destroys a Quarter of the Official Residence Lady Minto . Removed in Safety. WAS CONFINED TO BED OTTAWA, Ont., April 3. The new wing of Rideau Hall, the official residence of the governor general, was destroyed by firo to-day. Some anxiety was at first felt for the safety of Lady. Minto, who was lying in one of the apartments with a fractured leg, but her removal was accomplished without difficulty. Rideau Hall was purchased as the vice regal residence thirty-six years ago, and has cost about I200.0W. The damage by fire was about $00,000. The fire occurred at an early hour. The countess was carried by domestics from her room in the front of the building to the ground floor to await the outcome of events. In the meantime the Ladies Eileen and Violet Elliott, daughters of the governor general; the Hon. Esmond Elliott, the young son, Miss Seymour, a guest, and the governess had barely time to escape from their rooms in their nightrobes. They occupied the third Moor of the new wing. On the iloor below slept Arthur Guise, controller of the household, and Captains Graham and Belle, aids-de-camp. Controller Guie was awakened by the roaring of the flames. He gave the alarm and with his brother officers tried to extinguish the flames with the household apparatus. Failing in this they called in the city brigade, who, after a two hours' fight, put out the fire. At one time the controller and the two aids, who had mounted the roof, were in great danger, the Ilames having cut oft their retreat. They were rescued by firemen. PORTO RICO SEEKING TO FLOAT A LOAN Money Needed for Internal Improvements Fund Wanted for Porto Rican Teachers. NEW YORK, April 3. Among the passengers who arrived to-day on board the steamer Coamo from Torto Rico were W. 11. Willoughby. treasurer, R. Post, auditor, and Manuel S. Domenech, member of the House of Delegates, who came to consult the secretary of the treasury about placing a loan for general improvements in Porto Rico. D. S. Lindscy, commissioner of education, who also was a passenger, will try to raise a fund to send 600 Porto Rican school teachers to take summer courses at vaiious universities. TO RESUME WORK ON MEXICAN RAILROAD CHIHUAHUA, Mex., April, 3. As a result of the visit of President A. 11 Stillwell, of the Kansas City. Mexico & Orient Railroad, Col. David Shaw will resume grading on that road west of Minaca. toward Uocoynu. at one. With the resumption of epcrations west of Minaca and grading on the third fifty kilometers east f thia city, the Orient will soon have two pieces Xjf road Iii taii Stute la full operation.

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5TATO. .IIST liol'N'I For Irre Indianapo:!, Trrre raate, littoon and St. t u 4 a ra: tpio; Iu!f ) T.0 p m A HOS ao. Ft I.oiihan.i Way Station 7.C1 ra. Terr Haut. Mat'foon ani WaT. SOOpm. LtfaTette, Kankakee and Chi- U..V) a ra; !. p Q onsr'o f A II.10 a m. KnnkaVee and at Station.... 7(m. Ijifirette and 1 War vtntion .... 6 IS p ra. Colfax. Iianport and Head. 7.or a m S t pfla, IMoomlnjrton and i'eorla 11 Mam lULUpm. lVoris and War Station 7.2S a m. Jbampat,rn and Wey tatiotu... 4 10 p ta. , K AST BorSl For CWeland. Itnffalo 14 40 a m: M ofl i ti New York and lioton........ ) iss p m i2J p m. flereland andAvay station ....ll.on a in. I'nion CitT and War Matiocs...4.45 p ra. M uncle and Kort Warne 7a m 1 6.3pm Fort Wayne. Sundy Aj a m. Kenton Harbor and Way Ma... 7 no a ra 11. a a. Klkhart and Way Stations 43 p m. Greembur and Cincinnati.. J 'hÄ Louisville and Ncrta Vernon. ..x.45 a m 4 Zll p rau Cincinnati and way 7.5 ami 4.00 p ra. Washins: ton. I). t". 7 45 a m A p ra. JpriniflelJand Colombo. 0...t6.fa ra 4k i.00p Lynn ad War Stations Ä.15 p m. 'Indicates Daily. CITY TICKET OFFICE. 8 North Illinois St. dtsir3 Claypool Hotel. Leare Indiana?!!!. 4 00 a m x.cs a m Cincinnati Express 10 40 am 5.00 p ra 4-on am l no p m 7.02 p m 4.00 a m 702 pm a.oo a m a oo p m 7C2pm 10 40 a ra 5.00 p ra 10.43 a as 11.13 p n Dyton Toledo and Detroit ..... Decator and Spnnfffleld. Ttiftcola Accommodation....... a. SO p m Daily. City Ticket Office, 8 N. Iliiscb St, Claypool Mote!. Lrare Indianapolis. 7.00 a ra nv)aiai lupm an Chicaaro Expreaa Trains, Tis c Direct Us4 Rosehdale, CrawfordTllle, Lafayette and Chicago Xllchiffan City iionon (Ind.) Accommodation. Daily. a Sunday only. 11 M a m s.X-1 p m LOO p m . LE.&l7.R.a. City Tlcktt 02ot o. Xillnola tiW LXAva aaarra Toledo, Chicaeo & Mich. Ex 7:15 a.m. 10:25 a.m, Toledo, Ietrit A Chieajro Lt.l.l?:?o p.m. 3::3 p.ia. Mich. City, Jkluacia A LaL'l. 7:3) p.m. 10:r pjm. Dally. time U in Ii LACK Ccnrei. Indianapolis Union Station. ennsylvania Lines Trains Run by Central Time. ' Ticket Omen at Station and at corner Ulinoia aa4 WasUiTijrton streets. Dally, Dally, except Sunday. Snadays only. 'Faox IxpiAxarous to Liars aaaivi Philadelphia and New York. IM 11.41 Baltimore and Washington 11.6 Columbus, lnd. and lxuisTtlle S.4J 11. 35 Columbus, lnd. and Louisville. IM ii.H5 Kichmond, l'iqua and Columbus, U.....7.j 1 1 .51 Vincennes fc.xpre .......7-J 4i.l3 Columbus. Ind. 1 Madison..... T.w 8.15 Louisville Accommodation. ........... ,H.0i tS.AO North Vernon and Madison.. ...........f8.0 15. 4U) Dayton and Xenla , a.U U Pittsburg andKasu 1'hlL. New York... S.H 12.Hi Locransport and Chicago. UJH 3.40 Kichmond, l'iqua and Columbus, Ü..tl. 40 12.40 Philadelphia and New York 3.U5 1'4.1U Baltimore and Washington 3.U5 MK.IO Darton aud princceld ....3. 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Indianapolis waiting room, ticket offle and xrrei a oiSce. 11! West Maryland itreet. Union bIKirat through car for Lafayette leaves Indianftnftlis at 4 a. m. and arrives at Lebanon at 5:19 am Frankfort 5:30 a. m. and Lafayette :Si n m Second through car leaves Indianapolis at cam . arrives at Lebanon at 7:31 a, m. Frankfort at 8:14 a. m. and Lafayette at 9:17 a. m. trwJ verv hour thereafter until 9 p. m. Last car for Libanon leave Inltanapolis at 11:30 p. m. virst through car from Lafayette leaves Lafavette at :25 a. m.. arrives at Frankfort at 7:32 i m Lebanon at 8:15 a. m. and Indianapolis at :,;,' m., and every hour thereafter until 9:25 r, m Lat car from Lafayette to Ibanon lcava Lafayette at 11:25 p. m. and arrives at Lebanon ut 115 a. m. Fxpress Department Consignments recelvel until 10 o'clock a. m. for dellvry the ame day ,' an points between lnd Ian lolls and Frankfort and until p. m. for delivery to all point before 9 o'clock the next morning. 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