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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
From Tn Brazilian Bullctin.

From The Brazilian Bulletin.
Practically the whole surface ~ we t'',' D.
strewn with relics 81 the rude lnhah,,eh %. wv.
Palirolithic or ancient stone age whether ~
find them in the VALLEY ~ the Me OF IN III.
rravels Of California in the dIlit dcposlts %
England in the lateTiie clay OF IhHla, ~ IT,
rough stone tools and weapons are. E'hrThls
speaking Of the same type. From 'ahala 10
Patagonia We happen upon ines. mon PE 'a az,
traces 81 paleOlithc man, traces i1,htl'aI WIZ
those discovered in the Eastern hrIIiSPi''l'.
Rrasseur De BOrbOurg. Tyler ana DINERS nav
pointed out analogies connecting the arts we
ritual and the Gust Dms 81 the ancient incas ana
Aztccs dhe two ilOurshing races WhpIn the
Standards found dominant On landing IN Ann"f-
ica) with those Of Egypt, the Canary IslahdS
Japan and the Eastern ArchipraR"' some OF
which are 50 remarkable that they cannot D'
fortuitous And among the various tribes OF
North and South America are 10 De iouhl uddl-
lions legends, scraps II Scripture stray anu
lets symbols and sounds Of speech furnishing
tAint traces OF lost languages. all pregnant win
meaning for the seeing eye all eloquent OF
origins on other shores and consequently, KIN
6hip with the common ancestors Of the race.
One Of the latest. least known and most IN
teresting Of such humble links In the great
chain Of confirmatory evidence Is the fnuyrakJ-
tan sacred green jade stone OF the Ainazons
Among the numerous legends pously preserved
BY the various Indians Of the Upper Amazon
that Of the wonderful stone amulet the muy-
yakytan almost invariably figures IN one FORM
or another and specimens Of the stone are 10
be found in several Of the regions hereabout
There is nothing. perhaps at hrst sight partcu-
larry startling in the plain fact OF stone anu
let being worn and treasured by several lndlan
tribes But the interest attaching TO this
particular amulet OF green jade is three
fold i'm significance. First. there Is no deposit OF
fade In America the only known deposits being
In Asia: second the American specimens are
cut and figured in precisely the same way as the
specimens found in various parts Of Europe and
Asia; third. the American legends about the
origin and use OF the amulet find almost exact
eounterparts in Asiatic legends. Inevitable con-
elusion: The Asatic origin Of the amulet. and.
by consequence. the early connection Of the
American Indians with Asiatics. II not the act
ual Asiatic origin Of those Indians. Let us,
therefore. endeavOr 10 elaborate these three
points Of interest, and In doing so give all credit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17

anulots wer. first made there under the En-
peror Koangti 50 FAR back as 2t3' - G.. OF
such venerable antiquity - green Jdue anu ''
tai smanic virtue,
THE JADE ~ CHINA.
In China II Is related in the story Of the city
~ Khotau taken from the chinese annals. writ
ten during th" dynasty " Inahs' a - 10;
that the jade is collected from the river al iuli
moon Twenty or more soldiers closely guarded
iy officers plunge into the river ~ a given SIG
nal and the one who first hnds specimen OF
jade jumps out and has 90 make red mark on
a pieces - paper When the gathering or nsh
ing" a. 10 is called is over. the pieces are col
ectcd separate q and marked and sent 70 Pekng
under cs,n.t The specimens rarely exceed forty
ccutlmctres in length. II is said that this same
ceremony is stlll observed to-day.
NoW olsrry. the similarity 81 these facts con-
corning the finding Il Jade IN china and the
Amazon legends concerning the origin or the
muyraktan. Among the Uape or Tabor Indians.
already referred 20. there exists the legend that
M certain seasons ~ the year the AmaZ)ns col
lcctcd On tn" shores II the lake "facyuarua
and after days ~ peuancc. held a feast at fun
moon. when the feast was over and the moon
was reelected I'm the clear waters OF the lake.
they Owed from the bottom and received from
the mother OF the muyrakytan" the stones
shaped they desired and still SOFT but hard
enng N contact with the outer air. CThe
Mother ~ Muyraky tans' IL precisely the same
as the "Yacumama" legend OF the Peruvian
lncas)
Central America has yet another curious leg
end contributing its mite OF EVIDENCE for the
connection Of Asiatics with Americans. This is
an Aztec legend % the effect that In the sixth
or seventh century Of the Christian era prob
ably GiS 4. d. there appeared in Central Amer
lea the genius OF good. known as "Quetzulco-
huatl." who brought with him the green stone
and new civilization. He taught the people
TO work in stone. gold and silver and became
the founder OF the Empire 81 the Nahuas Ira
ditiOn says that some OF the green stones he
brought with him were preserved in Cholula
This is confirmed by Humboldt. the great trav-
eller who places the date about eighty or one
hundred years after the seven tribes OF the
AZtecs who came from the seven grottoes ac-
cordng 10 the Aztec legend. 1t is extremely sig
nihcant in this connection. and In view OF the
kinship claimed for Aztecs and Huns. to observe
that the Huns who uniting with the Mon
golans and Alanos. swept over Southern Europe
under Attila, the Sc)urge OF God" also de
scended from seven families while their kings
we're known as the kings Of the seven peoples" :
that Huns were expelled from China % b c.
and only appeared in Europe $40 A. d.. and
that there is "A Chinese tradition of an emigra-
ton to the FOu Sang (Amerca), and OF an ar
rival in China in 400 \. -. Of a Chinese Buddh-
list. bearing the cognomen OF Universal Com
panion.' from Fou-Sans.
SOUTH AMERICAN LEGENDS
Again. in welngh every legend Of the South
American Indians find the muyrakytan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
HE kyBw.
From Golden Penny.

From Golden Penny.
Two cannie Scots walking to Auchternu...ts
saw an uncouth figure standing In GsH~
field. After gazing intently one said:
IT'S never moving. so it's tatta potato) oos'
(scarecrow). mn.
IT'S no tatta bogie." replied the other ~
a man working b. the day"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
THE SACRED GREEN STONE.
4 WONDERFUL AMULET PRESERVED ON
THE UPPER AMAZON.

ITS AsIATIc oRIGIN POINTS TO CLOSE HEiA-
r1oXsulP BETWEEN THE ANCIENT rEoPLE
OF TWO CONTINENTAL BRAZILIAN
ARCnHDIOGIsTs INTEREST
ING sPEcULAT1o$s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
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They struck no blow for freedom.
The men who manned the Maine,
Yet they have shown US where to strike;
They have not died in vain.
Rest not, Your task is Gods own work.
To US their dead lips say.
"Dirigo.
Dirigo,
We 10 glory point the way"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17

The voices u our brothers
Cry out beneath the wave:
shall our destroyers stlll destroy?
Stretch forth your arms 10 save
We died as martyrs. Dare you de-"
T. US those voices say.
"DlrigO
Dirigo,
Follow On. We point the way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17

She trusted Spanish honor.
That honor now We know
The gracious word. the mask OF night
The foul assassin blow.
With riven sides she sank To us
Clear echoes seemed 10 say:
"Dirigo,
Drigo
have led! Now mark your way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-17
SOUTH AMERICAN LEGENDS

Again, in wellnigh every legend OF the South
American Indians We find the muyrakytan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
A SPECIMEN OF ruRpIEAN LOGIC.

Senator Turpie, who is a candidate for
reelection on a free-silver platform, has
furnished new specimen of his mastery of
logic and finance. In speech at Terre
Haute on Wednesday night, after arguing
at length in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at is to /, he said that
our possessions recently acquired from
Spain had been a silver basis for four
centuries, and unless the same monetary
basis adopted by the United States
commerce would be next to impossible.
This is a fine specimen of logic upside
down. Mr.. Turpie's argument is that as
Porto Rico is now on a silver basis the
rest Of the United States will have to go
to silver basis in order to do business
with the island. How would it do to adopt
the gold standard for Porto Rico and thus
bring it in line with the rest of the United
States? Instead of the tail wagging the
dog, as our free-silver senator suggests,
suppose we let the dog wag the tail.
A little analysis of the Turpie argument
shows what fine results it would involve.
Porto Rico, after four centuries of Span
ish rule has no school system; therefore
the United States should come to the Porto
Rican basis of no schools. Again. after
four hundred years of Spanish rule, Porto
Rico has close union of church and state;
therefore the United States must come
to this condition. Not to follow it fur
Their, one can easily see what Mr.. Tur-
pies inverted logic would lead to. 1t does
not seem to have occurred to him that
while this country was adapting it's none
tary standard to that of Porto Rico it
would be abandoning the standard of all
other civilized countries that it has COM
merce with. 1t is to expel such vagaries as
this from the United States Senate that
every friend of sound money in Indiana
should help elect a Republican Legislature
and thus insure the defeat of Turpie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
COUNTY CONTRASTS.

In this issue of the Journal are some re-
liable figures contrasting the county eX-
penditures of three Democratic and three
Republican years. Under the Democratic,
or, more properly, Taggart, regime the
county debt was increased from s., 259, 900 in
1892 to Sl,357,OO0 in December, 1s95-an in
crease of $4,000. When the Republican
commissioners came into authority, the
county debt was sl,357, 600. but. the first of
the present month, the debt was 81, POS, OO0-a
reduction of $1,000 Here is $25O,OOO differ
ence in favor of the Republican commits
sioners. The Taggart-Johnson commission
ers refunded bonds at the same rate of in
terest and got a premium of $780, The Re-
publican commissioners refunded bonds at
AZ per cent. and got $13.564.22 premium for
the county. The Taggart county commits
sioners paid $95. 600 to outsiders for two
bridges across White river in 1894 and 1895,
while the Republicans Secured the building
of two similar bridges for SIS, 100 The
money market was as easy in 1891. 1892 and
part of 1898 as it was in 1896 and 1897: never
theless. the Democratic commissioners got
only $500 premium on 100000 of per cent
bonds, while the Republicans sold bonds at
Az per cent. and $l3564 premium. saving
$1,000 annually in interest
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THE MONEY MUST BE PAID BY PERU
WITHIN SIN MONTHS.
Case Decided by the Chief Justice of
Referred for Arbitration.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-TLe award of
the chief justice of Canada, to whose arbi-
tration was submitted the claim of Victor
H. McCord against the government of Peru
for damages sustained by reason of inn
prisonment during one of the revolutionary
outbreaks there, has been received at the
State Department. McCord is awarded 49,
coo. The payment of this amount will close
a diplomatic controversy which has been
in progress between the United States and
Peru for some years, this government hav-
ing persistently but fruitlessly heretofore
urged PREPARATION for McCord. The money
must be paid to McCord within six months
from the date of the award The fees to
the chief justice of Canada, 900 by the
United States and 1000 by Peru, were paid
before the terms of the award were made
known to the respective governments The
arbitrator was the Rt. Hon. Samuel Henry
Strong, p. G.
McCord was the consular agent of the
United States at Arequipa, Peru in 1886 and
also superintendent of a railroad. During
a revolution he was thrown into prison and
his life threatened. His original claim was
for 100000. The case of the United States
was prepared by Hon. w. l.. Penfield, soIic-
itor for the Department of State. 1t is
brief covering less than twenty-four pages,
which contains not only the argument but
statement of the facts, and upon this
statement the award was made. The
amount of damages claimed by Secretaries
Olney and Sherman was $4,000, although
Secretary Sherman offered to compromise
the case at $4,000. This was rejected by
the government of Peru, so the claimant
receives 5000 more than the State Depart
ment offered to take. Mr.. Penfield in his
brief declared that McCord was a duly ac-
credited officer of the United States and
recognized as such by Peru, and that bar
barous and inhuman treatment was inflicted
ON him lawlessly and arbitrarily and in con-
tempt of expressed treaty obligations for
the purpose of extortng money to over
throw the constitutional government Of
Peru. Mr.. Penfield quoted from number
of cases of similar character to show that
international law always had awarded full
measure of damages for breaches OF this
kind. and especially when committed
against the state.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28

The Sentinel has published an account of
what Democrats in Congress have done for
the soldier. If it had given the facts it
would have shown that the Democrats lin
Congress. in both branches, have never en-
acted any important pension act by their
own votes. Two or three times a majority
of the House Democrats have voted for
some important measure, but a majority of
the Democrats in the Senate has been
against it. Democratic majorities in both
branches voted against the disability pen
sion act of the Harrison administration.
These are the facts, and no end of words
can make them different
Few papers in the North have spoken
more slightingly of veterans than the SEN
tinel itself. After the election of 1890, when
everything seemed to have gone Demo
cratic. the Sentinel, flushed with victory,
concluded that the Democratic party would
never need another soldier vote in Indiana,
and printed an editorial entitled, 1.-The Sol
der and the Taxpayer" After a brief in
PRODUCTION dispatch was quoted showing
the probable cost of the Harrison pension
act, and the Sentinel proceeded as follows:
There is a limit to human endurance, and
pension-grabberS are getting very close to
1t. Why, think of it! Five hundred thou
sand dollars day. Seventeen days would
pay the State debt that Republicans have
been making such a fuss over In twenty
six ii would more than pay all the state and
local taxes of Indiana for year. In
every particle of real estate in Indiana, inn
prOvementS included assessed in 1880.
The present administration (Harrison's) is
largely responsible for this condition. In
|
numbers, $79,000,C00. In two years it has
more than doubled. according to the esti-
ably discharged men have been put upon
the rolls. Undoubtedly large steals have
been made. as is known to have been while
called. If the soldier vote" has to be pur-
chased at such prices, the Democratic party
cannot afford to do the buying. We are
reaching the point where the soldiers
friend will be the peoples enemy.
One will look back long way before he
will find an editorial containing greater in
suit or breathing more of the spirit of con-
tempt than this extract, taken word for
word, line for line, from the Sentinel of
Nov. Is, $780, According to the Sentinel, as
a class the veterans of the war seeking
pensions at that time had to be purchased
by favorable pension legislation. Now the
Sentinel comes up with honeyed words and
tells what Democratic Congresses have done
for pensioners and how devoted it has been
to their interests
Just now the Sentinel would have the pen
sioners vote for men to go to Congress who
will vote to put the country on silver
basis that pensioners may be paid with de-
preciated dollars, as all dollars would be
when redeemable in silver This to help
the silver-mine owning monopoly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
SMITH NJ. WEEDS MISSION.
The Government Not Concerned in the
Promoters Enterprise.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27.-Careful inquiry
at the Navy Department demonstrates the
absolutely unofficial character of any such
commission as that said to be headed by
Smith NJ. Weed, which was recently at
Nassau, British West Indies, in conference
with President Heureaux, of San Domingo
1t is said that Captain Converse, of the
Montgomery, may have taken Mr.. Weed on
his ship as guest, but, however that may
be, the commission has no official standing
so far as can be learned here. The Mont
gomery has been ordered from Newport to
Charleston to participate in the peace
jubilee in the datter city and Captain Con-
verse secured permission to touch at Nassau
en- route. 1t is believed here that Mr. Weed
is the representative of an American syn
dictate which has agreed to administer most
of the affairs of the Dominican govern
ment, collecting the customs receipts in re-
turn and paying a large sum yearly to the
officials of the island. Some such scheme
as this has been operated by American
syndicate in Honduras for several years
with marked success, it is asserted, and this
may have attracted the attention of specu-
lators to the possibilities of other central
some rewards. So far as any proposition to
buy or acquire SANTANA bay as the United
States cOaling station is concerned, naval
authorities declare there is no truth in the
story. The SANTANA bay project was ia
vorite of President Grant but has not taken
serious shape since, and is less possible of
consummation now that the United States
matter of coaling stations on the Island of
Porto Rico
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
BILL" ANTHONY Welded.
Famed Survivor of the Maine Disaster
Announces His Marriage.

NEW YORK. Oct. 27.--"Bill' Anthony,
the sailor who did not forget discipline when
the Maine was blown UP and reported to.
Captain Sigsbee: Il have the honor to re-
port, sir. that the ships blown up and is
now sinking" made second report of HIM
self TO the public to-day. He took the &C.
casion of his departure for the peace jubilee
at Philadelphia as fit time for issuing the
announcement of his marriage.
According TO the sergeant's announcement
the bride was formerly Addela Maud Ban
Get. Of this city. The wedding day was Sat-
urday, Oct. IL. just eight months after the
Maine disaster The place was the Seventh
street Methodist Episcopal Church parson-
age, Rev. +. III. Smith being the officiating
clergyman. Before his departure for Phila-
delphla Sergeant Anthony wrote letter to
Rev. Mr.. Smith which contained a substan-
tial expression of gratitude The letter also
contained these words: Il thank God every
hour of my life for His goodness to me. He
preserved me in all the Deris of war from
/ might enjoy the blessings that are now
mine"
The bride to-day begged to be excused
from any expression of her happiness In
contrast to her husband, who Is fair-haired,
Dlue-ey ed and a squarely built six-footer.
Mrs. Anthony Is a comedy woman of slight,
graceful figure, with regular features, dark
brown eyes and dark, wavy hair.
has your husband been HobsoniZed, like
some others that came back from war;
she was asked.
Kisses, you mean?" she said. "Ah you
don't know how many kisses he's had, and
surely nobody's going to know but his wife,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28
STATE PRESS OPINION.

If Democrats do not vet know where they
stand or what they want besides the Of
fees. voters had better let them alone.-An-
derson Herald.
The yellow journals. finding that the war
investigating commission is revealing the
tackS, calls it the .'whiteWash commission"
Whitewashng white truth over their yellow
lies.-Fort Wayne Gazette.
This ought not to be considered an off
year in politics. The administration has
graver problems to solve in the next three
years than ever before. 1t is time for all
patriotic citizens to rally to the support of
the observation-disclosures News.
Don't allow the issue to be muddled. The
questions you will answer by your vote
are: Do you indorse President Mckinley
and his able and patriotic management of
the war and do you wish continuation of
prosperity ?-Winchester Journal.
We do not have the privilege of voting
for a President this year. but vote for
the Republican member of Congress is a
vote indirectly for him. and is the only
means of signifying the approval of all
that he has done.-Wincheste Herald.
The enthusiastic receptions accorded the
President of the United States by the peo-
pie of Nebraska. Iowa. Missouri. Indiana
and Illinois do not seem to indicate that
they are preparing TO condemn the manner
in which he conducted the war with Spain.
-Rushville Republican.
The people should do with Mckinley as
they did with Lincoln They should rally
around him and support him. They should
elect a Congress whose views will harmon
ize with those of the President-a Congress
that will support him in the settlement of
the complications growing out of the war
Columbus Republican,.
1t cannot be that the people of this coun-
try, who are now on the threshold of
most prosperous era, will so forget the dis
asters of 1898 to 1886 TO vote to reinstall
the Democratic party ~ party of free
trade, free silver. a party with a narrow
and cowardly national policy, unfit to con-
troll this country.-Bluffton Chronicle.
The Spanish commissioners are exerting
every effort TO postpone the final settle
ment until after our election, and every
Democratic gain in Congress will mean an
advance III Spanish professions, stronger
eff ort to nullify through diplomacy the tri-
umphs gained with fleet and in the field
by our army and navy.--Marfon News.
The Democratic party over the whole
country is pledged to free trade and free
silver, and should the Democrats carry the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-28

The News persists in claiming that Mr..
Taggart, while no ninaly auditor of Marion
county. was operating under fee and sal
airy law entirely different from that gov
erning Auditor Smith, and excuses the huge
allowances made to him by the commits
sioners upon that theory. AS usual, the
News is wrong-entrely so. When the Su-
preme Court declared unconstitutional the
fee and salary law of 1891 it placed Mr..
Taggart under the operations of the law of
1879, which provides expressly what the au-
ditor's salary shall be, the minimum amount
being 81 200 in counties of less than 1900
population, and graded increase, or slid
ing scale. in counties of larger size. This.
in round figures. entitled TIE auditor of Ma.
rion county to $4,000 a year In addition to
this he received / per cent for managing
the school fund, which amounted to (abouD
$500 annually. The law also provided for
certain fees, which aggregated approxi-
mately $4,000 more. These were the sums
TO which, under the law, the auditor of
Marion county was entitled The nearly
$4,000 that was allowed MIR. Taggart by the
County Commissioners in excess of COM
bined salary and fees were for services
performed under the direction of, or col
fusion with the commissioners themselves,
and these sums were enormously in excess
of the allowances made to Auditor Smith.
The law under which they were made has
not been changed a particle and was ex-
actly the same .in Taggart's time as it has
been in Smiths.
And the News blandy dismisses the
whole subject with the oft-reiterated state
ment that Mr.. Taggart is not candidate
for reelection anyway" There is not a
well-informed citizen of Marion county but
knows that the management of the office
during the time when Mr.. Taggart was
nominally the auditor was entirely in the
hands of the present Democratic candidate,
Mr. E. M. Johnson. There was not an al
lowance made or warrant drawn without
his connivance and direction For every ex-
orbitant allowance made in the name of
Mr.. Taggart Mr.. Johnson is responsible. and
everyone who cares to be informed on the
subject knows it.