Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 11, Jasper, Dubois County, 16 November 1900 — Page 3

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DO INI-:, l'uiii'iitor. : INDIANA. 60NG OF THE WCOO THRUSH. Ki. the dew was the yrasa adorning, i;ru th ril sun burst l ii t Iii in, Oiii ot ths niui of Um siomtog, Tlic MAS 01 ll" tliius.lic.irns. On my ear soft 11 II ute notes fall leg, Mu-li.ll, mellow u4 1 l'ur , Csme Ihe vni. c of Mi' iwcfi lilid, l ulling: "I'm Mwl lamnerel lam eater ginning tunefully um if to capture .i 111 Hu- 1h.1i r ni.ilneil cif u h'iv. 1 , round hllli harktnsd. wits rapt ue, Ai.iJ Iii ilark wonils li.-ti in il Uli juy. .!'!' in; -li .1 r. 11 s If In il U .1 Li II The sleepers In covert und tree. Tl ' r.iRK d mlst-curi ilns w.u. sh .Ion Hy Um ring "i his nit ilodr. Oi the p. iths not a fnutsti i fulling, Not a sound afar or linear, S.u.1 Ihr (iff voire piping "lid c.'illinf: I m hen lam here! wlMnr Err pms wre the Krass.a adorning, While n vera gos.-amer stirred, gra burst Into music the morning 1 1 vv pi il t the BOBg of the blrJI Kor ceased he his marvelous singing. Nor fainter his pipliiK became. Tili tli' sun ihriiuuli in 1 I upfprlnging, Planned ni Um hi lis Ilka flaws. r.d then rei ailing l.ts ChtMhOOd, I.Ike the notes of a clarion, clear, I: 1 g out from the Ik art 01 the w lolwood: 'Tin here' 1 um here! I am lo re!" m . 1 Tsggsrt, in gprtngaek) (Man I Rgp publlcali. 5T ) . THE SHRAPNEL OF : THEIR FRIENDS By the late Stephen franc. FROM far over the kiudls came the liny BOUltd of a cavalry hugle singing out the recall, and, later, detached parties of his majesty's Second husaara eaini trotting back to where the Spitzbergen infantry sat cumplsCCBtly iti the captured Rostina position. The horsemen were well pleased nml thej told liow they had ridden thrice through the helterekelter of the Boeing enemy. They had ultimately been enecked ny the U ...it truth that when a pood enemy runs away in daylight lie sooner or later Hade place w here he fetehi up with a jolt and turns to face the pursuit. 1 he llu irs hud discreetly withdrawn, displaying no f ool pride of eorps at that t me. There wne i general udtnisslon that the Kicking Twelfth hau taken the honors of the day. hut me artillery added that if t lie puns had not helled as accurately the Twelfth' Charge OOoTd not have hern made SO successfully, and the three other regiments Of infantry of course did not conceal their feeling that their attack on the enemy's left had withdrawn many rifles that would have been pelting at the Twelfth. The cavairy limply said that bat for them the victory would not have been complete. Corps prides met each other face to face at every step, but the KickTS unücd easily and indulgently. A few recruits bragged, but they bragged because 1 hey were recruits. The older mea did not wlah it to appear that thev were surprised and rejoiced at the performance of th regiment, If ; they were COagfStulated they simply i smirked, suggesting tbat tiie ability I of the Twelfth bad long been know it tO them, and that the charge had been a little thing you know, just j turned off in the way of an afieri.oou'r work Maj. Gen. llienie encamped hia tr ps on the position wnich they had taken from the en my. Old Col. Bponge, of the Twelfth, rtdutributcd hi. officers, and the losses had been so great that Timotly Lean got command of a company. It W not much of a company Fifty-three smudged aid IWeating men faced their new Commander. The company bad pone Into action with the gtrettgth of IB, The heart Of Timothy Lean beat high with pride, lie intended tO be some day a generali and if he gegf became n general that moment of promotion was not equal in joy t the moment When lie looked at his new possession of ia vagabonde. He scanned the fares and recognized with satisfaction one old sergeaat and two bright o.mg corporals. "Now," said he to himself. "1 have here a snug little bod of men with whtes I can i something ." Ia him burned the BBS tl fierce lire to make the best company in the regiment. He had adopted them; they were Iiis men. "I will do what I can for you," he said. "Do you the same foi mi." The Twelfth bivouacked on the ridge, Little tires were built and here appeared among the men irv BtttnerablO blackened tin cups, which wre ro treasured thnt a faint suspicion In connection with tbe loss of one could bring on the grimmeat of fiphts. Meantime certain of tbe privates silently readjusted their kits as their names were ended out by the aergeanta. Theae were the men condemned to picket duty after I hard day of marching and flphtinp. Tbe dusk came slowly, and the volor o the countless fires spottinp the ridpe and the plain grew 11 the falling dnrkness. Far-away pickets fired at otuefhinp. One by one the men's heads were lowered to the earth until the ridpe waa marked by two lonp shadow y rows of nion. Here and there nn oflleer sat Blueing in his dark cloak with the ray 0" a weakening; fire gleaming ag his word-hilt. From the plain there came, a' times, the sound of battery horsea in ring restlessly at t heir tet hers, and one could Imagine he heard the throaty, trrutnliling curse of the roused drimg. The moon died swift-

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akdutg tm i at . Ui this lu the moi ah 1 tht (aatff und guns kn ikfa 1 .1 to the uuaia of a rckei betwoea the eavalr) and the MlWjr, which was taking place ouie ilgg up the valley, I a aaibitioag huiuark had apparently atirred up OBM k.nd of a ii"i Del . 11. 1 1, and they win- baring .xxi fight arith no ofliciouM fiieiuis mar enough to interfere. The remainder of the army iiMiked iow.11,1 the Ighi muaiagly over the tops of tili cuis. in 1 1 nn- tbaaaj um u crawled lazily tOTWafd to M . The Twelfth, ig it crawled, saw regiment i piny to the right, uud saw a battery da-li to take pONi'ion. Tha cavalry jin-led back, grlanlag with pride und expecting to be greatly admired, Preaegrtlj the Twelfth was hidden to take seat by the roadaide and await its 1 ui n. In lantlj the wiat meg und there wi re more than three - game out of the east and announced that they bad divined tin- whole plan. The Klcklag Twelfth waa t i held in reserve until the critical moment of the fight, ami then they were to be seat forward to win a victory. In corroboration, they points 'I to the fact that the general in command waa at Irking ologg to them, in order, they said, to j'ie the word at the proper moment. And in trut b, on a email bill to the right, Maj. den. Bichie sat on his hoTse and used his glaeeee, while back of him his staff and t he orderlies best rode t heir eh a milbig, dancing mount . It is always pood to look hard at a general, and the Kicker-, win transiixet with interest, tae wis.- men apain came nut of the east and told what was inside the Richie load, but even the wise men wondered what was inside I he Richie head. Sudd' niy an exciting ihinp happened. To tbe left and ahead was a DOUnding Bpltabergen battery, and a toy suddenly appeared on slope behind the puns. The toy was a man with a flap the flap was w hite sa- for a square of 1 red in the center. And this toy begag ! to wip-wap wap-wip, atul it spoke to Oea, Richie under the authority of the captain of the battery. It said: "The , Eighty-eighth are being driven on my center and right.1 Now when the Ricking Twelfth hnd ' I left spitberpen there was in average of six signalmen in each company. A ; proportion of these signalers had been destroyed in 1 lie first engagement, but I enough remained so that ihe Ricking Twelfth read, as a unit, the news of the F.ighty-eighth. the word ran .quickly: "The Kipltly-eigbth ar- begg driven on my center and right." Rlchig rode to wht re Col. Sponge nt aloft on his liip horse, and a moment later a cry ran along the column: J "Kim up. the Kickers." A large number of men wore already In the road, bitching and twisting at their licit, and packs. The Kickers moted fiward, They deployed and passed in a strapprnii.' line through the battery, and to the left and ripht of it. The gunners (ailed out to them cheerfully, telling them not to be afraid. The scene before them was startling. They were facing a ft 'tint ry cut up by many steep-sided ravines, and over the resultant hills were retreating little squads of the Eightyeighth. The Twelfth laughed la its exultation. The men could now tell by on the crest. Parties of the Eighty eighth were now ret reat inp for reasons which wre not sufficiently eXBfOgged in the noise of tbe RostinS shooting. Held together by the bugle, the Kickers swarmed np the first hill and 'sid on the crr.it. Parties of the Eighty eirdith went through their lines, and the Twelfth told them cars. its several opinions. The sipbt were clicked Tip to 800 yards, and. wi'h a crashing volley, the n giment enti ri d its second battle. A thousand yard - away .n the right the cavalry and a r giment of infantry were creeping onward. Sponge decided not to tie backward, and the bui.de told the Tw elf 1 h to po aln ad nee more. The Twelfth (harped, followed by a rabble of rallied men of the Eighty elgh'h. who were crying aloud that it had been, nil a mistake. A charge, in tin day S, M not a running match. Those splendid pienres of leveled bayonets, dashing at headlong pace toward the closed ranks of the enemy iff absurd as soon ns they nre mistaken for the actuality of the ! present. In these days charges are likely tO cover at b ast the half of mile, and to go nt the pace exhibited i In the picture a man would be obliged to have a little steam engine inside of him. Tbe charge of the Kicking Twelfth somewhat r lembled the advance of a great crowd of beat era, who, for some renin, passionately desired to start the game. Men stumbled: men fell: nn n 'wore. There were cries: "This way! Come this way! Donl go that way! Yon ran( get up that way!" Ovi r the rocks the TwTfth scrambled, red in the face, sw eat inp and nnpry. Soldiers fell because they were struck br bullets and bocsoso they had not nn oancc of strength left in them. Col. Sponge, with a face like a red cushion. wns being dragged windless up the steeps bv devoted and athletic men. Three of the older captains lny afar br.ck. nnd swearing With their eyes beeanae their tongoes were temporsrily out of sen lee, And yet I'td yet, the sped of the j chat ge w as slow. From the posit ion of 1 the Lattery it looked as if the Kickern gJtte takitig a walk ovi r some extremey dlfBenll country. The regiment ascended a superior height, and found trenches and ihad ' men. They took seat with the dead. ; atlftfted With this company until they j could get their wind. For 30 minutes purple-faced stragglers rejoined from 1 the rear. Col. Sponge looked behind j him and saw that Kichie. w ith his staff, had approached by another route, and had evidently been near enough to see the full extent of the Kickers exer ! nwa 1'resentlv Bichie began to pick

a way for bis serao toward the captured position. He disappeared m g gully bi t ween tteg bj I , Now it came to BSMt that a Sp!t liergeu buttery oil the fur right took OeOS log tO mistake the identity of the Kicking twelfth, and lk eapt a. a of the.ve puns, not having anything to occupy him in front, directed his six ,'i.'s upon the ;, where tha tired Klckerg lay sine by side with tin- Rostina dead, A sbrapael came Swinging over the Kickers, seething and fuming. It burst directly over the trenchi i, and the shrapnel, of course. Scattered forward, hurting t'Oliody. Hut a man screamed out to his officer: 'Sir. lhat Is one of our own batteries I" 'Ihe whole line aaivered with fright. Five more shells streaked overhead, and one flung its hail into the middle of the Third battalion's line, ami the Kicking Twelfth shuddered to the eery neater of Iti

heart am! arose, like one man, and i Bed, Col. Sponge, fighting, frothing at the mouth, dealing blows with his first right nnd left, found blmaell em, fronting a fury on horseback. I itichie was as pale as death, and his I eyes sent out sparks. "What does Mhis conduct mean?" he flashed out from between bis fastened teeth. Sponge could only gurgle: "The battery the battery the battery1 "The battery?" cried Richie, In a i voice which s'liinded like pistol shots, "Are you afraid of the uns yon almost took yeaterdgyt ' back there, you white tlvered eowardsl You swine! You dogs! Curs! Curs! Curs! Co back diere!" Sfoet of the crouched under th men halted ami e lashing tongue of their maddened genera!. But MM man found desperate speech, and he yelled: "General, it is our own buttery that is tiring on us!' Many say that the general's facg tightened until it looked like a mask. The Kicking Twelfth retired tos com fortable place, where they were only under the tire of the Roetina artillery. The man saw a siaff officer riding over the obst rttct imis in a manner calculated to break his neck directly. The Kickers were aggrieved, but the heart of the old colonel yvas cut ia twain. He even babbled to his majors, talking like a man who is about to die of simple rage. "Did vou hear what he said to me? Did you bear what be called ns? Did you hear what he called usV The majors searched their minds I for words tO heal a deep wound. The Twelfth received orders to go into camp upon the hill where they had been insulted. Old Sponge looked I n.s if he were ahotit to knock the aide out of the saddle, but he saluted and i took tbe regiment back to the tetn- . porary companionship of the Roatiag jdead." Maj. Cen. Richie never gpologized ' to Col. Sponge. When you arc a cotni mantling officer you do not ndopt the custom of apologising for tbe wri j done to your subordinates. Yon ride away: and they understand, and arc I Confident of the restitution to honor. Richie never opened his stern young li(s to BpOBge IS reference to the scene near the bill of the Rostina i dead, but in time t'iere was a ientral Order So. W, which .-poke defin Italy of the gallantry of bis majesty's Twelfth regiment of the line and its colonel. In the end Sponge was given a bigh decoration because be had been badly used by Richie on that day. Richie knew that it is bard for men 'to withstand the shrapnel of thtir friends. A few days later the Kickers, marching In colnmn on the road, camg upon their friend, the battery, halted in a field; and they addressed the j battery, and the captain of the bat ! tery blanched to tbe lips of his ears. Hut the men of tbe battery told tilg Kickers to go to the devil frank, y, freely, placidly, told the Kickers to go to the de II, And this story somct i mea DM ' i er ' lilack and White. proves that it ia to be a private. PTs) a uccee. Th experiment was not a success. Frequently she had complained that he was got as he Used to be. that IliS lOVf seemed to have grown sold, ai.J that be was too nrossic and matter-of-fact. So when be foiitn one of I s old love letters to her he took it with him the next time lie was called away from the city, made a copy of it and mailed it to her. "John Henry," she exclaimed when he returned, "you're the biggCOt fool thnt ever lived. 1 believe yOV have softening of the brain. What did you mean by sending me that trash?" Trash, my dear." he expostulated. "Yes. trash just sickly, sentimental nonsense." 1 "That isn't how you described It i when I hrst wrote it and sent it to ! vou," he protested. "You said then i it was the dearest, sweetest letter ever written, and you insist now that ' I have changed and you haven't. I 1 thought I would try to " 'We.'i, VOU didn't succeed." she interrupted, and she was mad for two days. Borne times it is mighty difficult to please a woman. Chicago Post. Hoi k Money Offered the llend. A curious industry in some of the provinces in China is the manufacture Of mock money for offering to the d, ad. The pieces are on'.y half the size of the real coins, but the 'i'nd are lUppOSed not to know thedlcrence. The dummy coins are tu. ice i at of tin. hammered to the tbiuBCSI Of paper am' stamped out to the sic required. - N. Y. Times. Wgrna ftwm the Klest tm. Philadelphia was the largest of American eitles nt the time the first census was tgtUHa, IM y cars sgo. and New York was second. Itostoti w ia then third, Charleston f':rth and neltinior ftfth.-Chicsgo Chronica.

JAMES H. ECKELS' VIEW. mmym Oemoc rnc Mual Hrnrssnltr on Liars of Old-lime gsJSja aanalssaa

In reply to a question a to what he hail to say almut the result of the e iei I leg .1 allies Okels said : "I agree so fully with the admirable editorial in the Chronicle on the Jesse cratlc situulion that 1 cannot better express my views than hy referring to It. The need of reorganisation In the party must now be manifest to ull who care for Its well-being or the country good. As a party aaaseceaey cannot gain uci ssees without having in its councils irn l management home business elements who kii.ivv anii appreciate the country's business needs. Until the advent Of Mr. Bryan and an alliance with populism the democratic putty could boast i lunseivatism which made it respected by ell classes and every Interest, It has lost that position, surrendered Its historic views on thu moas Queatlenwand snaa Ooned Its point ol vantage on tie tariff However humiliating It may SO m. the party must make a manly retreat until It gets ba k to true democracy. It must make its alignim nt w.ili B View to bring to itself those who win Svoospt nemo ratc doetrlnis Instead Of through S surrender of such principles and aoeptan e of the baas of populism. "First ot all there must bi an abandonment of the populism f the west and rcaUlaaes with the i. nocracy ot the asst. Then, too, democrats must bo recognized as leaib ts and not silv. r renniiiiean!, ald-timi srrsonbackeri and Utter day populists There must be no further temporising on the money que tlofl or discarding of men of business affairs and commercial Integrity. The 04 mocratlc parly must In the future reestablish a reputation for conservatism and not tie known as a house of refuge for all radicals. The democrats of the north must notify their brethren in the south that in the future it is proposed to have a party here instead of having it wholly there And unless democracy amounts to something r.orth of Mason and Dixon's line it can be ol little va.ue then so far as national uffa'r.-. are cum t s d. "i believe every demoi rat ought to give Of his time and Influence as much as he can to the complete reorganisation of the party, wholly In the Interests of the country. We cannot afford to have one party in this country with much of the conservative elements in It and one without aay Such a condition of things Is productive of too much evil, too much governmental extravagance and too great indifference to individual Hunts. The conditions which should prevail are those which insure safety m administration and legislation, no matter which party prevails at the polls. "It is to this end democrats should work. They will again ettata pla. es of power and influence by being denies rats and not populists, finding in such a course the support ot many van ww fore have acted with the party and s'iv.u It a standing which won victories lor its candidates and policies." STILL OPPOSES IMPERIALISM. Bdwln llnrrltt Matth " 1,1 Continue on A n I l-C ul on la I l.lnea. I'.dwin Hurr.tt Smith, who has been the directing force in the anti-iiiiei ialist movement in the weal and one of the leaders in the ODDOSitiOB to the policy Of McKinley in the issues growing out of the Bpsnksh-Amcricaa war. regarde the election as fixing upon the American government the retention of the Philippines ami that the Struggle will not te shift d from seeking the abandonment of the colonial policy to thai of securing for the natives of the i-lands the liberty and powers granted by the const it ut ion. He said: "The anti-Imperialists regret that the country has voted to approve the colonial policy, We know that many who voted for McKinley' reelection are at heart .ipPOSSd to tills policy; they have, hOWeVST, voted to approve It. No other construction will be placed ii i m tln ir act by ÜU ' administration, no other can be past sfi upon It. "There are still those who desire to ' hold the United States true to their SCUme They will still fight to pfOSCTVC I Constitutional liberty The niotistr ais i proposition that (.ingress mav exercise any authority wnatever ouisiue oi me constllutli.il will not b" allowed to prevail without further protest. "The r publican party Is dominated bv special Interests. These Interests have won a notable victory and will no doubt use It to Strengthen their grip upon tingovernment. They win use their power to make it more difficult to dislodge them. Sooner or later the people will StattS B successful attempt to gain control of the government." Gen. John C. BUM said: "If the democracy will reestablish itself upon its ancient foundations, cut out populism In all its phSSSS from its platform. r fuse to war upon the Judiciary and the courts, turn forever from financial heresies, and become agiiin the bullion party of the I'nlted States; if it will follow the incepts and practices of Monroe, Jefferson Polk, Jackson and others In regard to i expansion; if It will pledge Itself to the ! eternal Urrttorlal Integrity ot the A HI STi lean union and the continued suprcmai y of the American nation under lis oia motte of 'an Indivisible union of Indestructible states." If it will dismiss from Isadersatp the men who la two national ' campaigns have brought it to the verge of dishonor, making it a party of repudiation, anarchy, socialism and discontent; i and if after having done all these things j il .hull In iriuul filth rail all 1 1 . Ill T. . t s together for counsel and co. .p. r . Hon and shall withdraw the vendetta which has been sworn avalnst the gold democratsthen It may boo for renewed life, honor and success " Rejecting Bryaa is not indorsing McKinleyism. Had Mr. P.iyan beCB content to allow the democratic convention to be a democratic convention; had he permitted it to voice the sentiments of the democratic party and register the will of that patty, the returns would have indicated an overwhelming democratic victory. But the Kansas City convention allowed Mr. Bryan to trample under foot the convictions of three-fourths of its delegates, to place his personal judgment above the judgment of the representatives of the party, and the presidency is the price that baa been paid. Det roit Free Press. McKinley has been reelected largely by voters who strongly disaent from his course in regard to the Philippines. In his reduced pluralities he will find the popajgr opinion that could not express itself in a more direct Way, If he proposes to construe this election as a direct Indorsement of his colonial programme be will be violating a responsibility which rests upon him and which he is morally hound to regard n.s a solemn trust. Chicago Becord (Ind.b

COMMENTS OF THE PREirS. The election results cannot be ooaatrtjed into an lad x bjm Bt of the cdonial policy haigtejrJgd a imperialism, nor do they war mat a continual um of iiiiini republican favor to the trusts Huston Traveler. While the eletoral vote by ia increased margin elects McKinley, the diminution f lus popular plurality in republican states carries with it a iebuke. The real danger is that the Manna McKinley coterie may take tbe verdict of the election as an approval of all tiny have done. II. stun Post. -We stand uncovered in the presence of a victorious foe. We extend our congratulations to the McKinleyitis 1 1 m ii their great triumph, and reserve for ourselves the consolation that we fought for American principles, followed a great leader and went to a glorious defeat with a clear conscience and a firm reliance in tbe justice and Integrity of the lost cause. Omaha World Herald. That this ends the I'.rvan chapter in the party's history cannot lie doubted, What remains to be seen is whether it will sink Into insignificance or Whether the vitality of this great historic party will reassert itself by restoring to it it old character and arraying it once again under lenders fitted for high roponsibilil ies aim commanding the eonfldenoe of the conn' i v . Ball (more New s, The enormous concentration of capital has become the dominant

power in this country. IfcKinley'i reelection iv not the sign of popular approval DlsgutgC it under whatever name, it is the achievement of the money power alone that has tyrannized over tbe popular judgment, and whether by fair means or foul haa prevented tbe free expression of the popular Vfill. Philadelphia l ime. Can there be question of the duty of the national democracy? Can there be doubt of the necessity to turn resolutely from vain wanderings into the field of populism'.' Old-line democracy, battling with reunited forces, supporting nominees acceptable to all true democrats and effectively organized can elect a president of the United States no leat certainly than they did a sheriff of St. Loalg last Tuesday. St. Ixiuis Kepublic. Undoubtedly an unwillingness to accept Mr. Bryan's entire platform was more of a factor in determining the voters of large masses g the cast and central west than a desire to indorse Mr. McKinley's colonial and foreign policies. Many republicans and democrats supported Mr. McKinley under protest, not because they liked him. but because they liked Mr. Bryan'l record and BSBOCiatiOBg less. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. I'n questionably the continuance of good times helped materially to make their candidacy successful. I'naaegtfongbty, also, there are certain object lessons to tie deduced from the results obtained at the polls, which, if the republican managers are wise, they will lay closely to heart. It gives plain nnd unmistakable warning against the dangers which environ a continuance of the administration's new departure" in colonial jKdicies. Boston Qlobe. Mr. Brysa's disnpearnncc from public life will be assumed by the partiaans of monopoly, with whom the wish is father to the thought, but the masses tin not forsake their leaders In that fashion ''"he Nebraskan lms made ii wonderful fight against the moat fearful oi'ds. The jxiwer of such a personality does not depend on the shifting fortunes of politics, for honesty and courage are permanent forces iti the world's affairs. The battle for freedom against privilege must be fought to the gad, W 0. Timea Democrat. The people, with their eyes wide open, have deliberately voted in favor j of a policy of aggression and COnqUl St throughout the world. They have i voted that ibis shall he a military rcI public. They have voted against nn income tax ntul in favor of g high protective tariff, and of big subsidies tr private enterprises. They have VOted against legislation to prohibit or regulate the trusts. But let us I not hastily assume lhat this verdict .in its largest sei.se is final. There is no reason for the fol owcrs of Thomas Jefferson to despair adianap Sent inel. The amazing reul1 of tbe election reveals very OOBcluSively the monumental fact that the democratic party did not support its candidates. Mr. Bryaa is defeated in 1WK) by the Mr. Bnaa of ls',if. There was no demoeratie reunion. On tbe contrary. there was open ami palpable democrat le disorganization, pnnic and rout. Chicago Chronicle. The reelection of William McKinley means the Indorsement of every violation of law, every willful perversion of the principles of free government made by the party in power during the last four years. It nienns thnt the ancient landmarks set an by the fathers for the guidance of tbe servants of the people are to be devoted to vandal destruction by men intrusted w:th political power. That the century nnd-a quarter-old system of government of the people is to be relegated into disuse, nnd in Its place Is to be erected a government of the trusts, by the trusts nnd for the trusts. Kansas City Times. Through the hae of this defent the democracy enn see the victory that might have been Beyond a donbt Mr. llrynn would have been triumphantly elected but for two things. The first was the intrusion of the silver issue. Free silver wns dead and so nnMpuInr thnt even its corpse waa enough to drag any mnn down to defeat The BSaoad wns tbe policy of cutting loose entirely from the Philippines. That wms not In accc d with the spirit of the American people. Hearst's Chicago American.

ALASK AN INDIANS STARVING.

IH Half of Ihn Indiana In '.lie Vlolultf of ( ' Inlol htm I'ylng of Starvation. Tseoms. Wl h., NOV. It, Mrs. .lames Bntith, just returned from Cook Inlett Alaska, -ays that fully ball of tha thousands of Indians in that section, c imptiging live tribes, are slowly dying of starvation, i he influx of whita prospectors Ism resulted i the killlag otT of mm b game, with the result ihut the Indiana are deprived of nesh food and clothing. The hsd dried salmon last summer, but not enough to go a i on ih I, mid a later Bads four to six hundred of thim without enough food to last until December, Mrs. Smith, who is a Wealthy miner's; wife, divided her stos-k of provisions With the destitute Indians, anil now appeals for further aid. Most of these Indians belong to the litkssiua el. 'iii b, hut it is powerless to help them. I'nless provision"! are gent in by steamers at once, she seye, thousands will die, While living ut Gray's liarbor, eight years ago, Mrs. Smiththen Miss Martha White swam into thi surf and rescued three slshn Wrecked sailors from drowning, for which congress voted her medal. WRECK OF THE M0NTICELL0. The Women Were taken Off In at Uout and Sulci I. muled Other ll.iiil- Were W recked. Halifax. N S., Nov. 11. ( apt. Norman Smith, one Of the survivors, wanthe Brei to bring the news, (i the loss of the Ifontleello to Vermouth from Pembroke, where he landed, lie gave the following statement i "Tin steamer hlontlCOllO left St. John Friday morning, at 11:11 a. m. The wind was blowing heavily at the time, but was not so strong as to ranne any alarm. The storm became heavier. however. Süd after the steamer had passed Pelilo passage it was feared she was doomed. MAbOUt eleven o'clock, when about four miles ofT ChegOgyn Point, it WOS decided to send the women ashore in the boat, and J, M. Fleming, third officer; Wils n Cook, acting quarter" master: Nehemiah Murphy, second officer, and ( apt. Smith volunteered to take them grhorc. The women nma l ered three, Klsie McDonald, aged is, daughter of Ah? McDonald, of Yarmouth; Kate Smith, of Yarmouth, stewardess, and a Colored girl whose game I did not know. "The women were gotten into the boat with great difficulty, the volunteers following and getting the boat away. 'Ihe wind was blowing on shore U the time and the boat was carried rapidly Inwards the land. "Winn the boat got away they were preparing on board to launch another, but I do not think it got away. I think all the rest were lost. I he first boat was rapidly driven ashore near Pembroke, and in Hearing the land a gigantic wave struck it and threw it upon the shore, smashing it to atoms. I found myself on the liench holding onto the grass." WERE FOUND N0T GUILTY. 4 Drendfnl rime Snip!emealed hjr More Drendfnl lleued onnnirae lo CMVfaM Innocent Men. St. Paul, Minn.. Nov. 11. .lames Hardy and Elmer Miller, who have been OH trial at Anoka, for the murder of two members of ttse wise family, were yesterday found not guilty." Mis. Wire and a young smi were killed on the night of May 13 last, by simts tiled through a window, while Seated about a table in their farrn house. William Wise, her husband ami an older boy were badly wounded, and have BOl yet recovereil from the effects of the wounds. Klin Wise, gged 1"'. made a confession, alleging that Miller aim Hardy, who were said lo be lovers of herself and sister, had planned to get rid of the old folks, in oder that the girls mibt inherit the farm nnd u small sum of OHgeey. On Ihe trial of the two young men. who are both under age. the Wise sislers testified to the alleged conspiracy , and the state presented In corroboration at thei, evidence the testimony of AlIte Preston, who alleged that Hardy bad proposed to him to Join in the crime. The uVfem rested its ens,, upon nn alibi. I' d soui lit to discredit the tcstiniem of the Wise daters and Preston by alleging that they had been Coached bj detectives who were working for the large reward offered by the state. ( nst of Ihe Indian Servlf. vTaahiagtoa, nv. is, The total extenditere by the government on na mint of the Indian service from March 4. 17SB, up to and including July 30, 1900, has been 368JMSB1T, Cording to the annual report of ( ommiaaioner of Indian ffairs William A. Jones. The expenditures for the fiscal year ending last .Inly amounted to 110,175,107. tlf this amount at least . lo.oiio was devoted to the cause of Indian eilucalion. I.nthnnlastleall) Re-eel eil. St. Johns, N. I'.. Nov. . The Allan liaer I srthagvoiag arrived here Bat unlay evening, having BO hoard II invalids betoagtag to the Canadian iontlngents In south Africa, who are re turning from Knglish hospitale. They were accorded an enthusiastic reeep lion, efSStfigg II. IMnkhnm fiend. Lynn, Mass.. Nov. II. harles H Pin'khani well known as a manufaO tnrei or proprictnrv medicine died at his home here to-day of blight's di ease. He was ju years old.