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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

The bill submitted by the Hawaiian COM
mission for the government of the islands
provides a judicious mixture of federal and
local government. In adopting the territorial
form of government the commission adheres
TO American precedents and traditions. The
usual territorial officers will be appointed
by the President and legislature elected
BY the people. The Chinese are excluded
from citizenship by clause which limits it
to white persons, including Portuguese, per-
sons of African descent, and those of Ha-
waiian descent. A singular feature is the
establishment of property qualification for
members Of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives and for voters. This is unique
tn our political system, but the commission
probably found that present conditions in
Hawaii required it. The bill also establishes
an educational qualification for voters which,
In connection with the property qualification,
will confine the elective franchise to a very
limited number of persons. This legislation,
however. will be only provisional, and can
be amended whenever conditions shall JUS
fify it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

that the importing countries get comes from
the United States it might be asked why
prices have not advanced as they did year
ago. The situation is different. Last year
three or four exporting countries had no
wheat to sell, and several which usually
raise their own bread were buyers. Now all
the exporting countries have SURPRISES and
all others had good crops in 1858. 1t is the
fact of this large stock of wheat in Russia.
Argentine and other countries that holds
prices down. Besides. the fact of the large
supply causes the dealers in the importing
countries to stop buying when the price
goes up or cents a bushel. Still, foreign
stocks of wheat held by the importing mar
kets are smaller now than usual at this sea-
son of the year. if anything should hap.
pen to check the flow of wheat from tho
farms prices would advance for a season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

one of the most beneficial victories 1t has
won, was on the question of taking the
benevolent and reformatory institutions of
the state from the control of partisan poll
tics and placing them on a nonpartisan and
business basis The Journal had the honor
of taking active part in this fight, and
it would take an equally active part in an
other fight if it should be necessary to pre-
vent a return to the old system. 1t would
be great mistake to conclude from the
last two elections that Indiana is ire
liably Republican, in the sense of making
it safe for the Republicans to undo or I'M
dermine the work they have done for the
state institutions. That work has helped
to make the State Republican, and to re-
verse it would be very likely to make the
State Democratic again. But the matter
need not be discussed seriously. The Re
publican party in Indiana is not going to
crafty its enemies by committing suicide
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

The export of wheat last week was ell.
most 100000 bushels. which is in excess OF
any shipment for one week in the history of
the trade. TO the shipment of wheat must
be added that of more than 100000 bushels
of corn. Yet it is said that the importing
countries are getting little more thar
enough to supply their current needs. Thin
IS not due to the fact OF a limited supply.
No country has light crop this year. Rus
sla has 100000 bushels more than last
year. hut the importing countries have nci
been able to buy as much wheat in Russlf
this year as last. 1t is quite probable THAI
a large quantity of wheat will be marketed
by Russia in the spring, and the prospects
are that quite Iarse shipments viii be made
from Argentine md India. which will have
the effect to greatly reduce the demand for
American wheat But If the demand should
continue the surplus in the United States is
SUFFICIENT to meet It. II nearly all. the wheat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
VIEWS OF LONDoN EDITORS.
Two Of Secretary Cages RecOmmen
datiOns Not Well Received.

LONDON, Dec. THE Daily Mail, COM
menting editorially this morning on the re-
port of Secretary of the Treasury Gage,
says: England cannot complain of the
American proposals for building up a mer-
chant marine Americas action Will be
precedent for Great Britain to follow close
Is if our merchant service, which Is our en-
pres bulwark, is seriously threatened by
American competition. The American ex-
port figures are SO prodgious as 20 confound
free traders, and the time has arrived for
England TO consider her whole economic po-
stion. The Imposition of tariff upon nom
American exports in the West Indies must
be taken a final proof that the American
support Of the open door in the far East
cannot be counted uDon.'
The Standard says: Are we to UNDER
stand shat a British vessel would not be per-
mitted 10 land her cargo at Hawaii? IL so,
we imagine Mr.. Gage may find it necessary
to modify his proposals before submitting
them 10 Congress. He appears TO have
adopted the seventeenth century system OF
dealing with colonies which England long
since abandoned. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

The secretary of the treasury seems to be
somewhat in doubt whether the popular
method of placing the war loan of $500 900 900
was superior to the syndicate method. If
superior at all it was in moral results, not
pecuniary. The secretary shows that a
bonus of pehaps 100000 could have been
secured by Offering the loan to competitive
bidding of syndicates, and this amount was
sacrificed by placing the loan directly with
the people at the uniform price of par. The
strong argument in favor of the popular
loan was that it would give the people
chance to prove their confidence in the gov
eminent and that the moral effect of dis
seminating such large amount of govern
ment bonds among the people would be very
valuable. But the weight of this argument
seems to be lessened by the secretarys
statement regarding the movement of the
bonds. He says that under the original
terms Of subscription allotments were made
to 325,0O0 persons, aggregating 500, 900. 0O0
From the moment the bonds were issued
until the present time says the secretary,
"a movement of concentration has been OBJ
servable, and at this time ST. SCI, OOO the orig
inal holdings of about 10000 subscribers.
have passed into the ownership of 1,O01 per-
sons, firms and corporations" This de-
cided tendency towards concentration shows
either that many of the original subscrip-
tons were made in the interest Of other
persons than the bidders, or else that
large number of small holders, tempted by
the premium on the bonds, have disposed
of them. In either case the argument in
favor of the moral effect of distributing
bonds among the people loses something of
it's weight as against the fact that by so
doing the government sacrificed a bonus of
nearly IS 100000
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
General Notes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-To-day's state
ment of the condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance, 1922, 557 ga; gold re-
serve, $242,21, 107.
The secretary of war has submitted to
Congress a draft of a bill to amend the law
relating to military court-martial, on lines
recommended by the judge advocate gen.
eral.
General Miles tonight entertained at din
ner General Garcia and the members of the
Cuban commission and a number of other
friends. The latter included Generals
Wheeler, Lawton and Gilmore, eX-Secre-
tary Sherman, Senators Morgan, Elkins
and Lodge and acting Secretary of War
Meiklejohn. Colonel Gomez was too i'll to
attend.
Mrs Mckinley went to New York to-day
for a brief stay She will be the guest OF
Mrs. Abner Mckinley, at the Windsor Ho-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Smith has issued an order directing that
all mail matter sent to the United States
by persons connected with the United States
forces at or near Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii
or the Philippine islands, in order to obtain
the privileged domestic postage rate, must
be indOrsed soldiers letters" Sailors let
ter" marines letter. or other designation
of branch of service and be signed thereun-
der with his name and official designation by
some one of his commanders. This order is
to take effect as follows: In Cuba and
Porto Rico Dec. 20, 1883; Hawaii. Jan. 10,
1883; Philippines island, Jan. 25 1899.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
The Cabinet Meeting.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The Cabinet, at
it's meeting to-day, discussed in a general
way matters in connection with the move
ment of troops to Cuba, but nothing new
was developed. The Presidents message TO
Congress was also talked over as well as
the prospective early signing of the Paris
treaty. 1t was the opinion of the members
that the commission will be able to leave
Paris with the signed treaty within the next
few DAVIS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
Amendments bv the President.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The President
to-day sent to Congress the nomination of
Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, to be an am
bassador to Mexico Senior Romero, the
former Mexican minister, having been raised
to the rank of ambassador, Minister Clay
tons promotion followed under an act Of
Congress. The President also sent TO the
ing the recess They include those of Sec
rotary Hav, Assistant Secretary of State
Hill, the Hawaiian commission, the Paris
commissioners, and number of consuls.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

Secretary Gage recommends that "at this
proper time action be taken by Congress to
assimilate the currency of Porto Rico to
that Of the United States" This differs
from the Turpie plan of assimilating the
currency of the United States to that OF
Porto Rico
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

creasing rather than increasing, probably
owing to the closing of the torpedo school,
where course in electricity was taught.
While the results of the homing pigeon
service have not been as satisfactory was
wished, especially at Key West, near the
seat of war, yet Captain Bradford says this
may have been due to the climate and the
want of an experienced man to care for the
birds, so he recommends a future trial Of
the system.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
.Mxsterioun nllyn ne.tn wnlcott.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-"Mysterious Billy'
Smith met Joe Walcott, the colored fighter,
at the Lenox Athletic Club. tonight. and
after fighting twenty hard rounds, Referee
Charley White decided on him as the vim
ner The men weighed 1iJ pounds. Smith
never fought better in his life. and in the
eleventh round he knocked Walcott off his
feet with a right swing on the Jaw.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
A Justiaable hypothesis.

San Francisco Post.
The Empress dowager of China has be-
of her followers. Possession Of this weapon
carries with 1t the right TO behead any per
son. regardless of rank or dignity. Ihls
leads up to the impression that the Elm
peror is about to die again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
Finding in the Teresa Cnse

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The findings of
the court of inquiry concerning the aban-
donment of the Infanta Maria Teresa dur
ing the storm of Oct. 20 were made public
statement that the court finds the abandon
ment was not due to any fault or neglect
on the part of any officer of the navy, and
that the court does not think any further
proceedings should be instituted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

The secretary of the treasury makes some
important recommendations regarding the
development of our merchant marine and
of domestic shipbuilding. This is an i'm
portant subject and one that is likely to re-
ceive early consideration by Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The commits
sioner of internal revenue has ruled that if
perishable fruits are placed in cold storage
for preservation principally, the storage be-
ing an entirely secondary matter, there is no
taxation imposed on the receipt eVidencing
the transaction. If, however, the goods are
placed in storage and storage is the chief
aim of the transaction, preservation being a
secondary consideration, there would be a
tax of % cents on the warehouse receipt
therefor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

AS one of the most serious evils of town
ship and county government at present is
their cost, no plan that would increase the
number Of officials could be expected to
meet with popular favor. Reform should in
clude retrenchment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

The local organ of what is left of Bryan
.4Sn and free silver tells its readers that "the
sooner this currency reform absurdity is
tried. and proven worse than useless, the
sooner the people will learn that there is no
escape from the evils OF the past quarter of
a century but to return to a stable and hon.
est standard of values" That paper ought
TO have large circulation among Mexican
Moons
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

With Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, I'M
der indictment for borrowing and using state
funds, and Senator Kenney. of Delaware,
on trial in the United States Court a second
time on the charge of aiding and abetting
in the wrecking of national bank, it would
seem the statesman's lot is not always
happy one
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
In His own Estimation.

First Venerable Man-Odd that one can re-.
member things happening to him when he
was about twenty better than he can those
that happened few years ago.
Second Venerable Man-But you must re-
member how much more important he was
then.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
Ideals.

"Ah! If our youthful ideals could but be
realizedp'
''If they could. we would be circus actors,
truck drivers, or pirates, the most of u.s."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

When Judge Day told the Spanish peace
commissioners that "A peace treaty can
contain anything the victors put into it,"
he gave them a piece of information of
which they seem to be greatly in need.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
Let us Have Peace.
PHILADELPHIA Telegraph

The unseemly attacks which the officers of
orr army and navy are making upon each
other through the press are getting nause-
o1,s THE Standards have honestly earned
the exclusive right TO indulge in that sort
Of recrimination, and should be permitted
to enjoy it without molestation. Let us nave
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

With the Gear of all the Russias and
William. Emperor by divine right, both
yearning for universal disarmament and
peace. what is to prevent the lion and the
lamb lying down together?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
Hint to railroads.

ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
If railroads would follow the Golden Rule
in regard to tickets instead of an unjust
set of red tape regulations, they would have
the entire travelling public with them IN their
fight against ticket scalping.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
Not So TyrannicaI.

"I hate to believe that he discharged his
bookkeeper for playing golf. How tyran-
nical!''
Nav, not for playing golf; for talking 1t"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

Not PreventnbIe.

Mr.. Figg-Don't let me tell you to behave
again, young man.
Tommy-How kin I help your tellin' me?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07
a Doll Mnde by Mrs. Mckinney.

CLEVELAND, o.. Dec. 6--At a charity
bazar here this evening a doh made by Mrs.
Mckinley was sold at auction for SIS The
successful bid was offered by Mrs. n. A.
Bradley. wife Of a vessel owner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-07

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The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-02-26
MUSICAL MEMORIES.
Remarkable Tests of DuIow and Rn-
binstein.

Possibly the greatest case on record
is that wonder of wonders, the most
intellectual of Interpreters, the late DR..
Hans Won Bulow. He not only played
all of Beethoven by heart upon the
piano, but knew all the symphonies in
the same manner, and practically the
whole Wagnerian output of musical
metal, and it was claimed that so great
was the mass of piano music which
Bulow retained within the book and
volume of his BRAIN" inscribed in mys-
FERROUS hieroglyphics somewhere among
the molecules of the gray matter con-
stituting the corteX of his cerebral Or
gan, that he could have played 25 piano
recital programmes without repeating
and without printed page. Since there
go about 1000 measures to the hour,
and two solid hours to an ordinary
Bulow programme, this would repre-
sent 100000 measures of music, or about
1000 large pages, something like eight
or ten thick volumes.
Even Bulow was outdone by Rubin
stein, in the field of piano music at least,
IL VIC can lIusl lHt dltCNupc luuuS -
for ii is claimed that in one season at
St. Petersburg he played a series of re-
citals which exhausted the literature of
the piano and embraced 1900 distinct
compositions. 1t is mentioned of Men
delssohn that on one occasion, the score
of Beethoven's "Sixth Symphony" hav-
ing been misplaced, he raised his baton
and directed the work from memory,
but this does not seem to be a feat in the
least remarkable, for the Pastoral
Symphony" is so extremely lucid and so
bewitchngly beautiful that the only
thing difficult or remarkable would be
the forgetting Of il. Nine. Patti knew
forty opera roles, and Varesi, the barry
tone knew eighty.-Music
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-02-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"A sarcastic French journalist Is &C.
cusiHg I he Academic Franchise of van
dalism" because it has recently received
among its members VI. Albert Nandal.
-Succi, who recently completed his
sixty fourth public fast in Rome, has
Sustained from food in his performances
for $500 days of his life-nearly seven
years.
The report is denied that Nerdfs
health has been seriously affected by
the recent death of his wife. The gen
eral state of the composers health is
satisfactory, and his mind is unc,ouded.
The inventor of the linotype ma
chine, Ottmar Mergenthaler, is spend
ing the winter at Deming, N. NJ, where
he is suffering from consumption, and
it is feared he will not live through the
winter
james G. Blaine, Jr., is once more
newspaper man, having just been EN-
rolled on the staff of the New York
Tribune. 1t is said that Editor White
law Reid has issued orders that Jim
my" be treated kindly.
An unusual honor has been vouch-
saved by Queen Victoria to Lady Sybil
Primrose, Lord Rosebery's daughter.
She has been invited to dine at Windsor
and spend the night there-an unusual
honor for young lady who has notyet
been presented at court.
After gravely rejecting for few
moments, Jospeh Jefferson replied as
follows to a Cincinnati bore who asked
him when an actor ought to retire:
well, counting the time for getting
out of costume and the slowness of
hackmen, think an actor should retire
at about Has"
Irving Hale, who has just been APP
pointed brigadier general of the Colo
RADIO militia, is well known to officers in
the army as the man who went through
West Point with the highest standing
ever attained. He resigned several
years ago, after five years service in the
engineers.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-02-26
WIT AND WISDOM.

"Louise eoaxed her mother for an
hour before she secured permission TO
accept. Mr.. Widderly's Christmas gift
"Well2" And then he didn't send her.
anything. Chicago Record 3
1T is sad murmured the Musing
Theorizer, ito think that every man has
his price" 'Yes,s admitted the In
tensely Practical Worker. "and il is a
sad fact that half the time he can't get
it."-Cinemnati Enquirer.
II suppose classical lusic is all
right in its place, said Maui. I'm sure
it is" replied Mamie; 81 don't care to
listen to il myself, but sometimes You
have 10 play II in order TO get man 10
go home. Washington Star.
-"Want a situation rs errand boy, Go
you? Well, can you tell me how FAR
the moon is from the earth, eh?" Boy
well, guy'hor, | don't know, but
reckon it ain'tnear enough to interfere
with me running errands.' He got the
job.
-Inventor-"Tm working on an APP
pliance that will revolutionize Things
in this country if l succeed in perfect
ing it," Friend-"That so? What is
ito" Inventor-"An airbrake that will
stop a grocery bill in half its own
length. Chicago News.
A ndication.-"Have you any
thing to say2" asked the sheriff, as he
strapped the murderer in the electric
chair. II just want to point out what
fools those people were who said was
born to be hanged" replied the Grim
inal, with a smile of triumph.-Phila-
delphia North American.
Il wonder what the reason of
man S natural aversion to shopping is"
he remarked, as his wife, with frown,
inspected some purchases he had made
for her. ut is a wise provision of ma
ture," she answered, with a sigh; sit
prevents a great deal of good money
from beingwasted. Washington Star.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1898-02-26

The Chinese have god for every
disease, even for mumps and nensles