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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
A HEROIC PRIEST.
He Stayed with the Soldiers at the
Battle of Santiago.
Montauk Letter in Leslie's

Montauk Letter in Leslie'S Weekly.
/ was sitting in Young Mems Christian
side "a convalescent soldier, one of the
Twenty-second Infantry There had been
some prayers and singing just before; and
l asked my companion what he thought OF
the army chaplainS. Il think they're hne
men," he said and brave men. Take
Father Fitz Gerald everybody in the army
knows what he did. On that Sunday morn
ing when we had the hard fighting he start
ed out to do what he could for those that
went down, and he kept working farth er
and farther to the front until he got right
into the thick of it. He is strapping big
man. and we could see him moving along
just back of the firing line, cheering and
comforting the boys and not caring bit
about himself. AT last one of the officers
went IT., up to him and said; s. 49, sa+sou
. They're coming pretty fast here, rather;
you'd better get down behind one of these
trees and keep in shelter
No. said Father FitZ Gerald, my place
is with the wounded and the dying
:" But you are. exposing yourself need
lessy. You will be shot, and We can't af-
io Then 1o ios Father Fitz Gerald said, very
ouietly-Ive heard the officer tell til III, my
Master calls me | am ready to 60. Tnat
And I'll tell you another thing he did
that day; he celebrated mass right on the
field with the battle going on all about him.
] saw this myself, for 1 was there: you see,
I'm Catholic. 1t was under a big mango
tree, and the bullets came over us so fast
that he had to put his hand in the com
fell into it-leaves Clipped off by the Mauser
balls Later on 1 told a Spanish priest about
this and it made him open his eyes. 1t was
after we had taken Santiago. and | was
looking about in the big cathedral, and es-
pecialy taking notice where one of our
thirteen-inch shells had struck near the
altar and blown whole corner of the
church off. / suppose the priest must have
seen me make a sign of the cross for he
came up to me and asked me in pretty fair
English if | was Catholic.
YES said l. that's what I am.
land are there many Catholics In the
American army?
More than half of them are Catholics,
/ guess
SThis seemed to surprise him and he
looked at me very sternly and said: Tell
me- my son, how could these soldiers take
part in an unholy war against the mother
church,
'''Oh.' said I, religion don't cut any ice
in this war; we're fighting to free Cuba
''And then I told him about the mass I'M
der the mango tree, and he thought that
was great. 1t was too
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
Kansas POpulists No Longer Turn Out
10 Hear SpeII-Binders.
Topeka Mail.


The other night there was a Populist
rally at Kingman, addressed by promi-
nent Populist. spellbinder:
There was just a handful of people there,
ana this explanation appears in the Popu-
list Kingman Journal: The farmers are
too busy to attend political meetings, and
the crowd was not very large
We are familiar with the habits of the
farmers in that part of Gods footstool but
we never knew any considerable number of
them to be out working on the farm after
night at this season of the year The peo-
pie In town were also too busy to attend
the meeting, and the crowd was not very
large.
The truth is that a man doesn't need to
be such a very busy man to be too busy to
attend Pop meeting this year.
We have seen the time down in that coun-
try when the farmers ere never too busy
to attend Populist meeting. The cohorts
of reform n, those days held their meetings
in the middle OF the harvest and in the
daytime at that, but the farmers weren' t
too busy to attend. They came in wagons
and buckboardS and on the running gears
of riding plows. The crops waited in the
fields, but the farmers weren't too busy to
attend the meetings. The professions
formed out on the prairie, and when the
head team struck down the last of the pro-
cession was still two miles from the cor
porate limits. Those We're the days when
Mary Lease was advertised as the kansas
Joan of Are and Jerry Simpson as the
modern Abraham Lincoln" The farmers
in those days gathered by the acre and
stood by the hour in the Kansas sun while
Mary in deep chest tones informed them
that they were bound in chains of industrial
slavery more CALLING than any that ever
bound the unfortunate Africans of the
South. They stood and listened to fairy
tales of the magic of government fiat which
should make every Kansas farmer rich.
melt the mortgages like frost in the sun
shine of the Kansas fall. and money should
be as plenty as cookie burrs. But that sort
of talk don't go any more. The Kansas
farmers are too busy to go to listen to any
such talk. The mortgages have been paid
and the banks are full of the farmers
money-not fiat wildcat, irredeemable stuff.
hut money they can change when they want
to into shining pieces of gold.
Under the circumstances it isn't remark
able that the farmers are too busy" When
cows are worth $40 head and unweaned
calves that play in the blue stem pastures
are worth SIS apiece. the Kansas farmer is
too busy to listen to Populst speeches. The
Populist editor is right. The farmers are
too busy to listen to Pop speeches. and they
will be too busy to vote the Pop ticket in
NnVamher
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22

But the dinner was a success. Even the
Vadgole, roasted sea mussels, and the mac
caroni al pomodoro she enjoyed. Never IN
my NE nave | had a better dinner, sne
declared. During the meal she listened 10
the songs of Piedigrotta, which so delighted
her that she ordered the words and music
to be sent to Vienna. with a mandolin. Her
IaVorlte musical instrument, however, was
the aeolian harp Here she said. nature
nerSelI IS the performer. =
Ten years ago the Empress was consid-
cred the best horsewoman in the monarchy:
Even In Ireland she was the most admired
of all the lady riders. No leap was too high,
no ditch too wide for her. She rode great
distances, wherever her caprice led her.
often to the despair of the court function
out to seek her, on a common where peas
ants were milking their cows. The Empress
was drinking milk out of wooden bowl and
chatting with the milkmaids.
PRIVATE CIRCUS PERFORMANCES.
Her passion for riding made her master
even the difficulties of circus riding In the
imperial carriage houses in Vienna she had
private circus. 1t was small, round
building with a skylight, a few seats for
spectators, a few rings on the wall, and a
long line hanging from the ceiling. Here,
in this quiet corner, under the tuition of
Gustavus Hittemann, the Empress studied
every art of the circus performer-she
learned to spring, to vault, and even to
ride standing. She was also for six years
the pupil of Gebbhardt, the director of the
Imperial Spanish Riding School.
When the doctors insisted upon her aban-
doning horse exercise, she turned with pas
sion to mountaineering, and with never-tir-
ing patience commenced that long series CT
mountain excursions which led her to every
approachable height
She regarded everything connected with
dress from her own peculiar STANDPOINT.
Her charming figure was for years the ideal
model of all the leading artists in dress. Her
artistic taste, Joined with her desire for
long firing excursions, caused her to choose
comfortable, easy clothing, and kept her
aloof from all the eceentricities of fashion:
For ordinary dress the pattern was hxed
and Interchangeable The skirt had TO be per-
fectly fitting at the hips, but not tight, and
the lower edge clear of the ground. to allow
her full freedom of movement. The bodice
was usually in blouse form, with OCCASION
ally figaro or jacket fronts. The waist belt
was either wide narrow, according TO the
fashion. Nothing but black was sent to her
after the death Of her son, the crown Prince
Rudolph and was even worn at the rev
court functions at which she assisted AFTER
that event.
In former years. when black was not rig
orously adhered to, she had no taste for
snowy colors. White and black, or white
with black trimmings, pale gray, and occa-
Sionally pale lilac, were selected. After the
death of her son she only appeared once in
the year in a light-colored toilet, and this
was on the 18th of August, the Emperor S
birthday. when she invariably accompanied
him to the morning mass at ISchl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
Also ERoM GREENFIELp.
Mr.. Riley Pays a. Compliment 10 q
Young Indiana Artist.
DetrOlt Trihune.


James Whitcomb Riley, who will read his
poems tonight at the Empire Theater, SAT-
at the table in the writing room of the Hotel
of speaking of himself, enthused over a
newly discovered genius in his native town
of Greenfield. Ind.
1T seems odd" said the poet, 'sthat right
there in the little town where was born
should find one who is more capable of pic
artist in the country to-day. His name Is
Will Vawter, and don't believe he is more
than twenty-six years of age.
He started in as sign painter, mere
Riley smiled as if some memory Of his own
start in life had knocked on the door Of
his heart; and | tell you he is simply Won
derful. He paints my people as they are,
as / see them, naturally, without any APP
parent effort at art, but with simplicity
ry 70 be IN y Is There is the little
chap with the curvature OF the spine, sit
ting in his window, with his .wistful eyes
and the .Raggedy Man not the ordinary
ragged fellow, but a kindly faced chap,
with. battered hat and an honest smile.
lighting his pipe and pretending to- look
severe at the little fellow alongside of him.
''Vawter Is a genius He occupies about
the same position in art as | do IN lit ERA
laugh, I'm biest if ! know where that is.
He has illustrated my new books, The
Golden Year and Riley's child Rhymes
II don't know as / have any particular
favorite among my own verses; perhaps
of my hoyhood, which grow more mellowed
with the years. are nearer to my heart.
Greenfield has changed since | left there,
some twenty-odd years ago; live in Indi-
annapolis now, you know. My old family
homestead still remains, but the town
seemed to. start booming just as soon as
Rudyard Kipling's name came UP in the
course of the conversation. and Riley.
speaking of his faculty for absorbing events
and ideas. likened him 10 IAN intellectual
plotting pad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22

Washington Special in Chicago Post.

w washington OpcCldl III OniId6O Il Coe@
Every year the heads of the great DEPART
ments in Washington are having increased
trouble with Superannuated clerks Many
of these clerks have been in public service
from twenty-five to thirty-five years. and
there are not few on the rolls who have
been working uninterruptedly for the gov
eminent for forty-five or fifty years Many
of these old clerks have been holding nigh
salaried positions for a great many years.
but the great majority are middle class,
where the salaries range from 81 900 TO 81 400.
With advancing years they lose in efficiency
and their retention on the pay rolls In inn
portant positions is an injustice to younger
and better clerks who are doing greater
amount of work for less money. Heads OK
departments cannot nerve themselves 10
discharge these veteran clerks, and so they
drag on year after year, incumbering the
service Secretary Gage solved the problem
after fashion in his department by sum-
marily reducing a considerable number OF
the oldtimers to 5000 per annum and giving
them easy work, thereby making way for
younger clerks. increasing the efficiency OF
the service and avoiding the cruelty OF
wholesale discharge. 1t was in a sense the
creation of a pension roll and stirred up e.
great commotion at the time the thing was
DONE Now, however, there is talk of adopt
ing the same plan in the Interior and POST
office Departments, where there Is an ac-
emulation of clerical dead wood greater IN
weight than Mr.. Gage found in the Treas
clerks who have given the better part OF
their lives to the government service wiz,
nevertheless. continue TO be knotfy proDs
lem for humane administrations and civil
service reformers to deal with for many
years to come.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
How the Navy Did 1t.
baltimore American.


Surgeon General Van Reypen, of the navy
in his report of the work or the medical
bureau of the department during the war,
shows what practical sense and good 1udg-
ment can accomplish in short time. As
soon as the Maine was blown up prepara-
tons were quietly made for war. Knowing
there would be a scarcity OF doctors when
operations were begun, the department.
reinforcements. and about two thousand
doctors from civil life were examined and
thirty-seven efficient men were accepted.
The surgeon general praises In the highest
manner the work of these men. They
braved danger when the marines were en-
gagged on shore as readily as the men, and
he testifies to the devotion of DR.. Gibbs,
who was killed in battle. and of those who
worked with him. The surgeon general also
pays high tribute TO the work of the noble
women, whose Efforts were thoroughly app
preciated. His department did not lack for
medical supplies, because he had the fore
sight to provide a large stock, knowing that
it would be absolutely necessary to have IL
at hand.
In strong contrast to this wise manage
ment was the condition of affairs In the
army The surgeon general of that depart
ment Is busy trying TO explain why there
was so much lacking on the battlehelds In
Cuba and in the camps there and at home.
If the meClic al department in the navy could
provide for war in the way Ii did, why
could not that branch of the army do more
than was done TO save life and relieve suf-
fering? Perhaps the investigating commit
tee viii find out before its labors are con-
cluded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
WOMAN RULE IN CHINA.
The Empress Person Of Much De-
cisiOn of Character.

The achievements of Liuchi and of Wou
two great Empresses-were familiar as
household words TO the present Empress
Dowager Isl An. when by the death of
her husband, in 1861, she was left a. widow
at the age OF twenty-Seven. She had not
been the principal wife of the late sover-
eign; that place, under the present dynasty,
is always reserved for a lady of pure Man
chu lineage. and. in this instance. had been
held by the Empress Isl Tshi The Empress
Isl An had been only one of the secondary
wives, or concubines; she was a Chinese
lady. highly educated and possessed of UNI
common beauty as well remarkable
ability. Hienfung, when dying had left the
governing authority during the minority of
his son. a child less than six years old, TO
a board Of regency which, however, was
soon overthrown by a conspiracy organized
in the name of the Empress Isl Tsh but
carried out mainly through the vigor of her
far cleverer coadjutor, the Empress Tsi An.
A rescript signed by the child Emperor,
who was made to assume the name of
Tungche, announced that. although there
was no precedent in the time of the Man
chu dynasty for the regency of an Empress
dowager, he created one in the person Of
the Empress Isl Tshi. with whom. how
ever, Isl An was soon formally associated
1t was under the domination of these
ladies during Tungche's minority that
the Tapping rebellion in the Yang
tsxe valley and the Mohammedan
Instruction in Yunnan We're suppressed. In
October. 1872, the young Emperor. having
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22

north Of Osceola and on the southern edge
of the great desert west OF Salt Lake; De-
troit and several other rich gold camps are
almost due east of Osceola; Phoebe lies one
hundred miles south of the string, and the
wonderfully rich gold territory of the Nom
key Wrench district lies southwest OF
Phoebe
Now, north and south Of the string will
appear dotted on the map of Nevada the
gold camps of Grant Freiburg, Reveille,
Kawich Valley, San Antonio, Gold Peak.
Hot Springs, Belleville. Candelara and Tll-
merous others. Almost under the string, IN
California, we find Bodie. and TO the north
of it Markleville and other points-all on
the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada
mountains On the western slope of the
great Sierras the string will be almost on
the Utica mine, which is located between
San Andreas and Sonora. North and south
of the Utica mine are hundreds of rich gold
mines in profitable operation.
The distance from Denver TO Stockton Is
about twelve hundred miles. On no portion
of the habitable globe is there a region SO
continuously and enormously rich in gold
as the territory described and yet, not
withstanding this fact, tie progressive
Yankee has scarcely made start In open
ing and developing these riches, which have
been entombed for millions of years. and
which will remain so sepulchred until we
awaken to an appreciation OF the TACT that
the States of Colorado. Utah, Nevada and
California bear within their bosoms moro
wealth than ever was dreamed of by Croe-
SuS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
Dreyfus's Last Chance.
Golfers weekly.

Would the overthrow of the Brisson Cabi-
net prove fatal to Dreyfus's hopes of obtain
ing a new trial? Not necessarily The
question whether in the original proceed
ings before the court-martial, or in any of
the incidents that have since occurred, there
is ground for ordering a new trial in the
interests of Justice, has been submitted to
the Court of Cessation, which, in some re-
spects, corresponds to our United States Su-
preme Court If that tribunal shall answer
the question in the negative, the friends of
Dreyfus might as well abandon the hope of
effecting his deliverance. Should, on the
other hand. the reply be in the affirmative
no Ministry can prevent a retrial OF Drey-
fus, though 1t might materially affect the
outcome of the proceeding by appointing on
the second urt-martial. officers known to
be implacably opposed TO the accused In
the present state of public feeling on the
subject. however, II is doubtful whether any
officers would venture to Insist upon con-
Quoting the trial behind closed doors, or to
condemn the accused on evidence which
neither he nor his counsel was permitted
to see.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22

Fresh Restrictions Imposed by Tur-
key to Check Zionism.

Vienna Letter in London Standard
The Poster Lloyd learns from St. Peters,
burg that a Je wish paper in that capital
has received information from Palestine
that the Turkish authorities there have
been ordered from COnstantinople to see
that real estate in Palestine should pass
into the hands of Jews, even II they are
Turkish subjects, and that In consequence
OF this order all transactions in landed
property in the name of the colonies pro-
jected by Barons Rothschild and Hirsch and
the Israelita Alliance have been stopped.
The above news is confirmed from other
sources, and this harsh measure is, doubt
less, connected with the Zionist movement
and the resolutions Of the two congresses
at Basel, at which it was proclaimed that
the Jews would once again constitute al Tlsf-
ton and a state and make Palestine theirs
future home. AS the establishment or
Jewish bank. with large capital, was an
nounced at the same time, the Sultan nat
urally regards his province of Palestine as
a better asset than 1t ever was, and by re-
stricting Jewish emigration and COLOMBIA
ton he may hope to raise the price OF
eventual consent to the Zionist programme
Not only, however, is the selling of land in
Palestine to Jews prohibited, but impede
ments are also placed In the way of Jews
of different nationalities who may wish 70
visit Palestine as travellers. This is a total
ly different question: which TOUCHES the
treaty rights of Jewish subjects OF various
1t is. for instance, forbidden to Jews TO
proceed from Jaffa to Jerusalem, or to otter
places in Palestine, unless a non-Jewish
resident of Jaffa guarantees that the yisi-
tors in question will leave Palestine again
within thirty days of their arrival. Such
guarantees must, of course, be paid for,
and will in many cases open way 10 cor
ruption and Matchmaking. saw rev
days ago, in German paper. that an ener-
getic protest will reach the Porte from the
German embassy at Constantinople against
the violation of the rights of German sub
jects, irrespective Of their creed, and 1t may
be assumed that similar protest Will be
made from Austria-Hungary, as the viola
ton Of treaty rights in the matter of the
Jews would certainly lead to the violation
of similar rights in reference to Protestants
orr people of other denominations, and or
the rights of Europeans in general. The
facts. of course, would first have to be as
ported an energetic protest the part OF
all European powers would not be out OF
place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22
Richest Gold Country ON raarth.

J. A. Latcha. in the Forum.
IF a pin be placed at Denver, Col, on the
map and another at Stockton. CAL and a
string be drawn from one to the other an
air line will be marked passing through
the heart of a wonderful gold territory
Slightly to the north of Denver is Central
City and southwest of that city Is Cripple
the string Leadvlle will be found: in the
southwest corner of Colorado viii appear
Telluride, Rico and other points where gold
is mined: Marvsvale in Utah. almost due
south OF Salt Lake City. will appear to the
south OF the string: fifty miles TO the north
OF IL near the line between Utah and Me-
vada, VII appear Osceola: Deep Greek lies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22

A Fugitive Because He Taught China,s
Emperor Progressive Ideas.


W. E. Curtiss Washington Special to Chi
cago Record,
Kan Yu Mel. who. according TO the cable
grams. is accused of a conspiracy against
the life of the Emperor of China, is a re-
markable man. a sort OF meteor in Chinese
politics He comes from Canton, but was
educated In Hong Kong and is thoroughly
attachments. he passed the highest exam
nations required by the government and
was appointed secretary TO the Board of
Public Works. which has charge OF rail-
road concessions and similar matters OF adj
msnistration so that he has been In the
center OF the row between Russia and Eng
land, and his sympathies and influence have
beer exercised IN behalf Of the latter coun-
try. This accounts for his escape and pro-
section upon British man-of-War and for