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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
WELLER AND CANOVAS.

General Weyler has done Senior Canovas.
late premier of Spain, great injury, unin-
tentionally, no doubt, but none the less an
injury. Senior Canovas was known as a
man of decided ability, strong character,
fine literary attainments and long expert
ence in public affairs, His assassination
was deeply deplored by all right-thinking
people, as assassination always is His
political record was that of an absolutist.
an unyielding monarchist, without the
slightest trace of liberalism, and yet his
services to Spain on that line were dis
tinguished and his craftsmanship was I'M
questioned. The cold-blooded murder of
such Z. man should excite the horror and
condemnation of the civilized world as it
did.
1t has remained for Captain General
Weyler to turn public attention away from
the brilliant and redeeming qualities in the
dead premer's character to the dark and
hateful ones. When General Weyler en-
tered Havana on horseback after one of
his fruitless expeditions against the Cuban
insurgents and was interviewed regarding
the assassination of Canovas he character
lied it as a great national loss, adding: II
completely identified with his policy,
was sent to Cuba by him and was his
personal friend. 1t has been perhaps due to
him that the real interests of Cuba have
been conserved" The worst enemy of Senior
Canovas could not have done his memory
d greater disservice than his friend Gen
eral Weyler did by this utterance. What
ever faults Canovas might have had, the
world was disposed to overlook them be-
cause he was foully murdered, but when it
is reminded that he was the patron, sup
porter and friend of General Weyler, that
Weyler was completely identified with his
policy" and that it was he who sent Weyler
to Cuba, it is justified in revising its gen
erous judgment of the deceased premier
The judgment of the world-at least of the
western world - in regard to Weyler is
final. 1t is that he is a coward a brag-
CART a butcher of defenseless men, a per-
secutor of women and children, an embod-
iment of the most harbarous and degrad-
ing methods of warfare, without, appar-
emily, any knowledge of it's chivalric side
With a great force at his command his
principal business in cuba has been to issue
empty proclamations, construct useless
trochas, order raids upon hospitals, corral
noncombatants for the purpose of starv-
ing them and connive at brutal outrages
upon women and girls. This is the coward
the incompetent, miscalled soldier who says
he was completely identified with the poll
icy of Senior Canovas. And So he must
have been. for 1t was Canovas who re-
called General Campos on account of his
conciliatory policy, which was undermining
the insurrection, and sent General Weyler,
who was already known by the sobriquet
of Butcher. to substitute policy of devas
taton, fire and blood. That his substitu-
ton of General WeyIer for Campos
strengthened and prolonged the insurrec-
ton. making the independence of Cuba al
most certain. is beyond doubt. 1t shows
that the craftsmanship of Canovas was OF
that cruel. medieval kind OF which there
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13

is to the interest Of the city that they
should go away with pleasant impressions
of it. The Statehouse is a public build
ing. erected with the peoples money. 1t
belongs 10 all the people of Indiana. The
money which went to its construction came
in the shape of taxes from Jews and gem
tiles. Christians and Free-thinkers. Catho-
lies Protestants and nonsectarians. Every
taxpayer in the State is a stakeholder in
the Statehouse and ought to be permitted
to step inside of it when he comes to the
city with his wife and children, whether
it be on a week day or a Sunday. Its
beautiful corridors and handsome dome are
object lessons in arh They have an in
auence that is educational and elevating.
The quiet visitor cannot fail to be i'm
pressed by them 1t is not to be supposed
that any harm will be done the building,
and If it makes little extra work for the
janitor's force on Monday let it pass. That
is what they are there for. The rooms of
the Statehouse should of course be
closed on Sunday, but it's halls should be
open to visitors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
PREACHER SUSPENDED.
He Admitted His Guilt When Con-
frOnted with Two Witnesses.

ELGIN, Ill.,, Aug. 12.-The trial of Rev.
George w. Wilmington, pastor of the Free
Methodist Church, was held yesterday, and
the charges, two of un-Christian and inn
proper conduct and one of lying, were sus-
tanned and the pastor was suspended. Pre-
siding Elder Taylor selected a trial board
consisting of Rev. Peter Zeller of Algon-
quin, Rev. j. r. Rockenbach of Belvidere,
Rev. o. v. Kettles of Evanston, r. Simp
Robert Mckee of Algonquin. Presiding
Elder Brooke, of Chicago, told of Mr.. Whit
tingtons actions with two Jewish girls
while at Humboldt Park The girls had
confessed to the elder that the pastor had
taken improper liberties with them. Rev.
Mr. Wilmington denied the accusations
until confronted with the girls, when he
admitted it all and signed written state
ment that he was guilty of the conduct as
charged. 1t was agreed that the matter
should be kept from the public unless
other complaints We're made against the
pastor. The written statement was pro-
duced and offered in evidence. Elder
Brooke was lately informed that the pastor
had been indiscreet in his conduct with
Mrs Mary Payne, of Elgin and he ac-
cordingly preferred charges. Mr. WHIT
tington was present at me trial, ana stated
that the confession signed by him was
untrue and was obtained when he was
laboriug under a great mental strain. He
said that the bringing OF Mrs. Payne
name into the matter was cruel injustice
to her She had come to him as her pastor
with some perplexities and he had advised
her Part of the testimony was not con-
sidered fit for the church members to hear
and was given to the trial committee in
private.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
TEA IMPORTERS PROTEST..
Don't Want a Discriminating Duty or
Goods Shipped Via Canada.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Attorney Cen
eral Mcl<enna and Solicitor General Rich
ards are making a careful study of the
questions involved in the construction of
Section % of the new tariff act, and it is
expected that an opinion covering tho sub
ject will be sent to Secretary Gage early
in the coming week The main question at
issue is whether teas and other goods
shipped from China and Japan by vessel
to Vancouver. b. c, and thence by rail in
bond to the United States, are subject 10
the 10 Der cent. discriminating duty i'm
posed by Section 20. 1t is stated at the
Treasury Department that very large
proportion of the teas and other products
of China and Japan are so shipped TO the
New England and other Eastern cities at a
less rate than charged by way OF American
lines of railroad from San Francisco. East
ern exporters of these commodities are said
to be opposed to any construction or the
act which would impose the additional 10
per cent duty. Officers of the Boston d
Maine Railroad Company asked TO be heard
on the question pending its final determine
ton and the attorney general has concluded
to give them a. hearing next Saturday morn
ing. Who will represent the company be-
fore the attorney general has not yet been
determined but it is understood that either
ex-senator Edmunds former Assistant
Secretary Hamlin will appear in their be-
half 1t is also probable that some of the
American transcontinental lines will be rep
resented at the hearing on the other side of
the question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
UNCLE SANS DILEMMA
MUST PAY DUTY on STONE OR STOP
WORK on A BREAI<WATER.
Protest from Tea Importers Against n
Discriminating Tax-Dr- Hers
Request Not Granted.

WASHINGTON Aug. 12.-Unless the
Treasury Department can be brought to
modify its construction of the tariff law in
respect to the duty on stone imported for
government use, one of the largest engineer
ing works now in progress In this country,
the construction of the Buffalo breakwater
will be brought TO an absolute standstill
The War Department made a contract with
Hughes Brothers & Bangs for the construc-
ton of this work and under the contract
the government was TO take the stone from
the Canadian quarries across the lake and
lay it down at the breakwater. The Treas
ury Department had been first consulted
and held that this could be done without
mourning any duty. Now, however, just as
the work is starting, the collector at Buffalo
has notified the War Department official
that he must assess duty on the stone and
refuse to admit il until the duty is paid.
The difficulty is that the engineers have no
money to pay this duty, and so the work
must stop unless the treasury officials re-
lent. The stOppage would involve serious
loss to the government, for the contractors,
who have their laborers and plant on the
ground ready to carry out their contract,
might secure heavy damages for demurrage.
General Wilson, chief of engineers. has re-
ferred the subject again to the Treasury
Department. with several propositions to
meet the case. 1t is estimated that the
the stone would amount to between d
quarter and a half million of dollars,
according to the construction given to the
tariff act by the Treasury Department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
BANK CONSULTATIONS.
Advice and Recommendation from
Controller of the Currency EckeIs.

CHICAGO, Aug 12.-The August number
of the Rand-A1cNally Bankers Monthly
contains an article by Hon. James II. Eek
els controller of the currency, on bank
consolidation, in which he expresses him
self unhesitatingly in favor of the tendency
toward consolidation which has been de-
veloping during the past six months Il
am convinced" he says, that there is not
an important city in the country but would
be strengthened in all its parts by bank
consolidation Within the past few months
they have occurred in New York St. Louis
and Kansas City The example thus set
could be well followed elsewhere. 1t ought
to be The truth is that many commercial
banks in recent years have drfted away
from legitimate commercial banking, for
the reason that they have found themselves
banks. and outside of any apparent com
merciai needs. They have been compelled
through giving free exchange and pay
ments of large interest deposits, to look
to other means of meeting expenses and
earning dividends. The channel into which
they have thus either drifted or have been
driven is a dangerous and in many cases u
disastrous one. 1t is to the end that con-
seFvatiSm may be restored and legitimate
and continuing earning capacity to bank
stocks be brought about that shareholders
should seek whenever necessity requires it
the strengthening of the banks in which
they have holdings by union with others.
In such a plan would be found greater
safety to all, better banking me thods. fewer
bank failures. steadier dividends and less
assessments on bank stocks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
STILL MISTRESS OF THE SEA.
Britain Carrying the Lions Share of
Our Exports and Imports.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-According to
the records of the Treasury Department
British vessels are carrying over So per
cent. of the trade of the United States,
both of imports and of exports. Examina-
ton of the figures for the first six months
of this year shows the total imports in YES
sells have been of the value of $4S2, $50 9S1,
and OF domestic exports in vessels S452, $780,
405. The percentage of imports carried in
American vessels is 1886, and in foreign
vessels 81. So; of imports in vessels the
british have carried 55S9 per cent; the Ger
man, 11.49; French $40; Dutch, $50; and
all other foreign, S.51. OF domestic exports
only 8.19 is carried in American bottoms,
81 being carried in vessels of other ma
lions. British vessels carry 1928 per cent.
of the value of exports by vessels; Ger
man, $751; French, 2.19; Norwegian, 2.93, and
ali other foreign, G.54.
The value of imports carried i'll American
vessels for the six months ending June so
was $50 42S 149, and of that carried in for
eign vessels, 1886, PSI, S32 and the value of
exports for the same period carried in
American vessels was $37 ia, 16S, and of that
carried in foreign vessels, S4l5, 687 .231.
The value of sugar which has been large
ly brought from the West Indies in Ameri-
can vessels carries the percentage of i'm
ports in American vessels higher than that
of the value of domestic exports. Since
1870 the bureau of statistics has stated the
value of merchandise imported and export
ed in cars and other land vehicles. During
the first half of the present year the value
of imports carried was $50, 068 149, and of
exports S27 297 GIG.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
THEY MUST PAY DUTY.
What One Little Provision in the
Tariff LAW VIII Save.

Robert 2. Porter, in Philadelphia Inquirer.
There are several worried and troubled
people, mostly women, on board this ship
G. f. Fairbanks, the Well-known carpet
manufacturer, of Boston, introduced me to
several Of his carpet friends, some from
Philadelphia. by the way, and they, in turn,
told around that / tariff sharp. Since
then | have been consulted frequently
my old-time friend, Al Spald1nS, who
has a sure cure for sea sickness. The joke
is that the consulta tons are all in rela-
ton to precisely the same section of the
new bill claw l hope, by this time), which
reads as follows:
The following articles, when imported,
shall be exempt from duty: Wearing APP
parel articles of personal adornment, tot
let articles and similar personal effects Of
persons arriving in the United States. But
this exemption shall only include such ar
ticles as actually accompany and are in
the use of and as are necessary and ap-
propriate for the wear and use of such per-
sons for the immediate purposes of the
journey and present comfort and cOnVen-
fence. and shall not be held to apply to
merchandise or articles intended for other
persons or for sale; provided. that in case
of residents of the United States return
ing from abroad all wearing apparel and
other personal effects taken by them out
of the United States to foreign countries
shall be admitted free of duty, without re-
gard to their value, upon their identity be-
ing established under appropriate rules and
regulations to be prescribed by the secre-
tary of the treasury, but no more than 500
in value of articles purchased abroad by
such residents of the United States shall be
admitted free of duty upon their return
This is the little "joker' which Presi-
dent c. c. Shayne and his merchants or
ganizaton succeeded in inserting, and l
regard it as one OF the most valuable sec
lions of the whole law. 1t will save for
American labor from S50,0300)0 $75, 900, co
of manufactures which ought and can be
done in the United States 1t comprises
commodities purchased by people best able
to pay both revenue to the government and
living wages TO the workingman. The cloth
ing of the rich is fair subject for taxation.
and | rejoice that the section was adopted
and hope the bin was signed and became q
law with ii in just above quoted. There
are several people on this ship. however
who are going abroad for their winter ward
robe and who in former years have made
their boasts that they can pay the expense
OF a trip 10 Europe on the money that they
take from the American wage Garner who
stays at nome, who don't agree with me-
They think ii an outrage and are anxious
to find some way to avoid it. II the regula-
tions of the Treasury Department are only
carefully drawn up. l told them. there
would be no way to get around the new law
save by the payment Of duty. oh said
one unhappy woman. but | might well
buy the things in New York = Madam, "
| replied, that is the very thing the au-
thors of the law want you 10 do, dear
madam -
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The rumor that the large coal mining
company of which w. p. De Armitt is SUI
perntendent is contemplating the adoption
of the cooperative or profit-sharing plan
with its workmen derives special interest
from the fact that he has received more
abuse from the labor leaders than any
other operator The fact seems to be that
Mr.. De Armitt is person of strong in
dividuality. a man who knows his rights
and proposes to MAINTAIN them. There is
no evidence that he has ever dealt unfairly
with his employees. He was one of the fore
most in advocating the uniformity plan
which promises such good results, and now
1t is said he favors the proft-sharing plan
The plan has worked well in some other
large business enterprises, and there is no
reason why ii should not in the mining
business. Under it the man who dug the
most coal in a year would get. in addition
to stipulated wages, the largest share of
the net profits. Labor leaders who really
desire some satisfactory solution of the
labor PROBLEM should be glad to see the
plan tried
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tiated is constitutional. No really best
mayor that indianapolis ever had" would
have issued a longtime bond to raise $780,
900 to be expended on the fire department.
The really best mayor Indianapolis ever
had" would have so commended himself to
the voters that he could not have preventedi
his denomination He certainly would not
have wasted the street-repair fund to in
duce ward statesmen to pack the primaries
for him. The Journal hopes that these
funny persons who are going about the
town making the remark referred to will
restrain themselves. Mr.. Taggart is really
too agreeable and kindly intentioned per-
son to be ridiculed in that manner. They
may say that Mr. Taggart is probably the
best third-rate mayor Indianapolis ever
had
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has been so much in Spanish history, out
of touch with modern progress and of SYM
pathy with humanity From all ac-
counts Spanish warfare in the Philippine
islands and the treatment of political Of
Tenders in Spain have been of the same
bloody and brutal character. A states
man who openly Identifies himself with
such monsters as Weyler and. with such
policies as those referred to invites assas-
sination. None but an Anarchist would
say he deserved it, but all must admit he
invited it. General Weyler has done his
friend Canovas the disservice of calling
the worlds attention to this phase of his
character
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13
Better than Diplomacy.
Washington Correspondence Philadelphia

ITeSS.
There is one United States consul who has
become terror to the Turkish heart. His
name IS James II. Madden, an Illinois man,
located at Smyrna, just the post for de-
termlned man. He has no knowledge of the
turkish language, but is abundantly sup
piled with energy.
Two of his latest diplomatic acts have
been described to the State Department
people by appreciauve observers. An ac-
count comes from missionaries. They had
been gathering clothes for sufferers in the
interior. but the Turkish officers at the
Whart refused to pass the charity boxes.
They demanded information of the exact
nature of the contents, and all explanations
or the source and purpose of the goods
avaied nothing. In distress of the situation
the missionaries hunted up Madden. who got
into towering rage, and directed the Turks
10 put the boxes aboard the steamer at
once. This was done. to the amazement of
the by-standerS. without remOnStrance from
the ottoman officials, who could not have
made Madden understand if they had talked
to him.
The other incident is even more exciting.
An American citizen had been incarcerated
in the Smyrna Jail for some petty offense
and he claimed the protection of the United
States consul and got it. Madden demanded
trial of the prisoner or his release. He
stormed little and got his native vice
consul, Ezra DaVee who has been attached
to the consulate since 1893, to notify the
authorities that the consul gave them two
days TO act and then If the American citi-
zen was still in jal! the consul would come
down and take him out.
When the time expired, accompanied by
a stalwart person armed with a sledge,
Madden visited the prison, broke down the
door of the Americans cell, and let him
so free Madden talked some more and the
incident passed into history
The President has not yet reached the
Smyrna billet in his reorganization of the
diplomatic corps, but it is said that the
twenty odd candidates who have applied for
Madden's place may be disappointed.
Enough bona-fide Americans have prof
tied by Madden's stock of courage to APP
peal in his behalf Should he be marked for
removal, and the American naval officers
who have been lettering around Smyrna
will object strenuOusly to his recall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-13

In August, 1892. there was not a Demo-
cratic paper in the country which did not
devote columns to ridiculing the tin-plate
industry, just then struggling into life.
Some of them published affidavits to the
effect that the industry did not exist.
Others, of which the Sentinel was one.
printed cuts of diapidated sheds with
a few men standing about to show
that there was no basis for the claim of
those who pretended to be making tin
plates When, finally, a mill was estab-
lished in Elwood, so large and employing
so many men that a paper like the Sentinel
could no longer deny its existence. Demo-
Gratis induced timid stockholders to adver-
tise the stock which they owned In the Ell
wood tin-plate factory for sale In short,
all that denunciation detraction and ridi-
cule could do to prevent the building up of
the tin-plato industry in this country was
done by the Democratic and free trade press
from the passage of the Mckinley tariff in
1890 until its repeal. So general persistent
and malignant was this effort to prevent
the planting of industry in this country
which would give employment to ten or fif-
teen thousand men that it now seems it
must have been a conspiracy on the part
of the free-trade leaders to prevent the in
dustry from getting a foothold. For no
State did this industry promise more than
for Indiana: in no State was the fight upon
the incipient industry more persistent,
vicious and unscrupulous
1t is not necessary to enter into the de-
tails of the struggle The courage and en-
terprise of the projectors have prevailed
over those who made themselves foes to
home industry. The United States is now
able to make the vast amount of tin-plate
used, of a better quality and at a lower
price than when the product of Wales
monopolized the market. To-day the tim
plate industry in Elwood furnishes employ
ment for 400 men, and soon 1000 men will
be employed in that industry. This means
that in Elwood what is equivalent to a
town of seven or eight thousand Inhabitants
is supported by an industry which the De-
mocracy Of Indiana We're fighting desper-
ately five years ago, hoping to strangle it..
There are other towns which have flourish
ing tin-plate plants. If all of them were
in one town and it had no other business
1t would be city of 1900 to 5000 in
habitants
Now the surprising announcement is
made that the Elwood manufacturers have
exported few tin-plates, and there is a
prospect that considerable trade will be
opened in Europe. This is due largely to
the fact that the United States now prac-
ticaly makes the prices for steel for the
commercial world. This fact gives us our
hold upon the tin-plate industry.
1t is in no spirit of unkindness that the
Journal has called attention to the success
of the tin-plate industry in spite of the
hostility of the Democratic and free-trade
press, but simply a desire to impress upon
its readers the fact that their opposition
can be counted on in the future as in the
past to resist the planting of industries
upon 4 protective basis