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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

L iOA' JelOLe Iowa, IN June FOrum.
The Southern labor in textile industries is
not cheap because of a lower standard of
living, but because house rent, clothing
6 bread, meat, butter eggs and other neces-
SUES require less outlay than in the North.
The Southern mill hands come from
WORKOUT farms in the cotton, tobacco and
turpentine regions. They are poor but
very respectable, virtuous and even religious
people. There is scarcely any drunkenness
or immortality among them. Instead of
spending their surplus income for beer they
spend 1t for better food clothing and litera-
ture 1t is the testimony of grocers, and
the general complaint of employers, that
the operatives are high livers. Mr.. Mallory
superintendent of Charlotte mill says
they spend too much money on dress
They live in commodiouS, welI-lighted aid
well-ventilated houses. In tour among
mill settlements a visitor would be surprised
to find in many homes the floors carpeted
neat curtains at the windows, pictures upon
numerous books of the best character. In
the yards would beoseen flowers and shrub
berry, and on the porches comfortable rock
ing chairs.
Not only is the standard of living among
Southern operatives equal to that of Mas
ss ilS, but the quality Of the labor is
tendent Of the Clifton mill, South Carolina,
who has managed operatives in the North
as well as in the South declares emphati-
cally that the help in the South is better
upon the average than in Massachusetts.
He says: I'VE can turn off just as much
work and just as good work as the help up
there. OF course, some Of the new mills
have not yet attained to- the speed and eff
no doubt as to the competency of the South
ern labOrerS"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
STATE PRESS OPINION.

Just at time when the Democrats in Con-
gress are favoring an inheritance tax, the
Howard county Democracy in convention
ing If this thing keeps on, 1t will be better
for man not TO be born at all.-Kokomo
News.
Judging from the large number of candi-
dates for nominations on the county ticket
the Democrats will not be inclined to divide
the places with Populists. The latter are
nothing daunted, however, and perhaps will
have more peace of mind if they are forced
to keep in the middle of the road.-Terre
Haute Tribune
The sole purpose of the attempt to dis
franchise the veterans at the home is TO adj
vance the interests of the Democratic party.
If that party wants to go into this campaign
and make that the issue, the Republicans
will welcome them to the contest. A sillier
project for the advancement OF the De-
mocracy in general at this time can hardly
be imagined.-M Chronicle.
About one of the best known methods of
building up town is for the business men
to attend strictly to their own business.
Don't worry about what your competitors
are doing and always have a good word for
any legitimate business in your midst. A
little care in this direction will result in good
feeling all around and united pull for the
city's best interests.-Attica Ledger.
Governor Mount is entirely right in pro-
posing to keep recruited up to a maximum
the Indiana regiments already in the field
rather than TO go on organizing new regi-
ments. No new regiment should be organized
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

To those who are watching the course of
events in Spain it must be evident that the
affairs of that bankrupt kingdom are pass
ing from very bad to much worse CASTELAR,
has surprised everybody by assailing the
Queen Regent as foreigner and as mis-
chievous in public affairs. His course was
denounced in the Cortes, but he has not
otherwise been brought to account by re-
gime which strikes swiftly when 1t dares.
1t does not dare. because the Ministry has
foes enough.
Even If the Spanish leaders were united.
the financial straits of the kingdom must
cause despair. Gold payments were sus-
pended long ago, but all war material must
be paid for with gold. and Spain has but
a few millions for that purpose--so few mil
lions that 1t would seem that month would
take the last dollar For a time the coun-
try was on a silver basis; that is. the Bank
of Spain redeemed its notes in silver. but
so much silver has been withdrawn that
only 100000 remains in the treasury TO
redeem $3.50. 600 900 of paper money. The peo-
pie understand the situation and are clamor-
Ing to have their paper money redeemed
with silver, which the bank cannot do. The
Cortes has prohibited the export of silver.
which is a vain attempt to make money
which has some intrinsic value circulate
with fiat paper money which can never be
redeemed. There is no longer reason to hope
that bonds can be Sold because more are
already outstanding than can be paid.
The latest intelligence is to the effect that
the Spanish ambassador in France has been
ordered to ask the French government 10
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
SANTIAGO THE POINT.

There can be little doubt that 1t is the
purpose of those in authority to land an
army at Santiago to act in conjunction with
the fleet in the capture of the Spanish fleet
and the city. This determination seems
judicious. 1t is a point of great advantage
which counts for much. 1t is, however, of
vastly more consequence that the best ships
in the Spanish fleet are in the harbor of
Santiago and that the capture of the city
involves the capture or destruction of the
fleet which is bottled up there. With the
loss Of that fleet Spain has no positive power
on the ocean. the reputed fleet at Cadz be-
ing chiefly on paper.
The fact that there are newspapers which
are demanding that Commodore Schley force
an entrance to the harbor of Santiago and
attack the Spanish fleet is painful evidence
that either fools or knaves hold positions
which they should not There is no COM
parison between Santiago and Manila. The
latter is an open harbor while the former is
connected with the ocean by passage
scarcely hundred yards wide in some
places. and extremely difficult to navigate
so difficult that, being mined, as it is and
under fire, the chances are that it could not
be forced without great loss in men and
ships
Fortunately, the movement is under the
direction of men, both in the navy and army,
who have experience and discretion and
who will not be influenced by the clamor of
would-be yellow newspapers or the resolu-
tions of conventions to attempt the capture
of Santiago without full preparation. The
Spanish fleet is where it can do no harm;
such being the case, it would be a crime to
make a reckless attack upon a position of
strength held by an army of ten or twelve
thousand men. 1t may take month to cap
ture Santiago: indeed, it will be piece of
remarkably good fortune if 1t can be done
in less time. The Spaniards have men,
arms and Notifications amply sufficient to
enable them to resist for considerable
time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

its flax wheel and hand loom. and linen as
well as wooden cloth was made by the
women fax and hemp were products of
every farm. The advent of machinery for
the spinning and weaving of cotton and the
tempting cheapness of this fabric quickly
led to its common use, and domestic weav-
ing became a lost art. These homemade
linens were of a coarse grade and, for some
reason not quite clear, no attempt on any
large scale was made to produce the finer
qualities. Crashes and some of the heavier
linen cloths are still made in this country,
but the great bulk of these and the finer
goods are imported. There is no reason,
however, why American manufacturers
should not produce the very finest linens
IL they undertake the work. At present they
lack the necessary machinery to do the best
work, but no American mill owner need
long be in want of such facilities The
tariff on linen piece goods is high enough
to serve as ample protection for a compare
lively new industry and if the cotton spin
ners shall go into the business they may
retrieve their fortunes, besides giving en-
ployment to skilled workmen now idle and
affording farmers the profit on a new crop.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
THE LESSON OF FOREIGN TRADE.

When the official record of the fiscal year
which will end with this month shall be
given to the public it will be seen that it Is
made by any nation. Our exports of mer-
chandise will be shown to be double our i'm
ports. We shall have sold the outside world
5000, 100000 more of merchandise than we
shall have purchased of it. In one form or
another the commercial world must pay us
q balance of $500, 1900 to square the books.
After paying the freightage we shall have
500, 900 due us from other nations. At
the close Of the year we shall have received
several hundred millions of American Sc
curities will have been sent home to equal
ize the difference between our sales to for
eigners and our purchases of foreign mer-
chandise.
For years we have been known as a
debtor country. During the last campaign
it was urged that we should go to a silver
basis, with China, because we are debtor
nation. We were a debtor nation, because
prior to 1876 the balance of trade was
against us. But three times between 1913
and 1876 was the balance of trade in our
favor. In 1873. the year before the collapse
of credit, the balance of trade against US
was S1S2, 417,OOo But three times since 1876
has the balance of trade been against the
United States. This important fact has not
been generally noticed, but an average of
800. 600 of excess of exports over imports
of merchandise for twenty years. and an ex-
cess of more than 1915 100000 during the fis-
cal year of 1897 and the year which will
close with this month takes the United
States out of the list of debtor nations Our
excess of exports next year will not in all
probability, be as large as it has been this
year. but with our rapidly increasing ex-
port of manufactures it is not probable that
we will very soon be called upon to deplete
our stock of gold to settle adverse balances
of trade with other nations, or to exchange
corporation bonds for merchandise.
Such facts as these make the mission Of
the professional calamityite a hopeless one.
Some of them confess it by exhibitions of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
SPANISH CONSUL WROTH
THINKS THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT
is NOT ACTING IMPARTIALLY.
Steamer FanEta Permitted to Take
Aboard-SuppIies for the Fleet.
Copyright. 1888. by the Associated Press,

Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Pressl
CAPE HAITIEN, Haiti, June l, Sis a.
m.-The Clyde line steamer Fanita. Captain
Waters, which arrived here yesterday half
empty, bringing from New York provisions
for the navy, which she landed at Matthew
town, Great Inagua. in the Bahamas, slip
ped away at about 10 o'clock last night with
between seven and fifteen Dominicans added
to her crew. She was to touch at Monte
Cristo. Dominican Republic. or at the keys
just outside to fill up the empty portion OF
her hold. She has on board Chris Roberts.
of Great Inagua, the most famous pilot OF
the West Indies.
The captain of the Fanta. when that ves-
sci was here. said the portion of her cargo
which was not landed consisted of coal; but
there is good reason to suppose that it is
something very different from coal. Proof
that the Fanita is under serious suspicion
was afforded this morning by the excited
conduct of the Spanish consul here. He de-
nounces the taking on board the steamer OF
Spanish-speakng roustabouts and the sud-
den sailing of the vessel without notice and
without permission of the Dominican consul.
The Spanish consul classes this as great
outrage and an act of piracy and formal
protest has been entered with the Haitian
authorities. The Spanish consul teegraphed
to his diplomatic chief at Santo Domingo
this morning about the Fanita.
There are large numbers of Cubans in
Dominica who eagerly desire to return TO
Cuba and take part in the war and the cor
respondent here of the Associated Press is
informed that the Spaniards of this place
believe that it may be part of the mission
of the Fanita to afford these Cubans trans
portation at the same time furnishing them
with arms and ammunition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
FOR EMERGENCY EXPENSES.
Urgent Deficiency Bill Passed by the
House I'm a Hurry.

WASHINGTON June 2.-The House.
practically without debate, passed to-day
the urgency deficiency BILL providing for
emergency expenses of the army and navy
departments, incident to the war. 1t was
based on estimates received recently from
the departments, and carries items contem-
plated in the Philippine expedition and the
early movement upon Cuba.
The House also passed bill providing for
the establishment Of postoffices at military
posts and camps; resolution directing a
survey to be made of channel from Ship
island harbor to Biloxi and Gulf Port, Miss,
and a bill to return to the State of New
York the flag carried in the civil war by
the ne-hundred-and-fourth New York Vol
unteer Infantry.
During the debate on the urgent de-
ficiency bill, Mr.. Cannon said the measure
was urgent and had been reported for pres
ent consideration because it's items could
not wait upon the general deficiency BILL
incidentally he estimated the appropria-.
lions already made account of the war
and likely to develop as essential including
the first six months of the coming fiscal
year as $500, coo 900. In response to a ques-
ton from Mr.. Dingley Mr.. Cannon said the
war would cost approximately 5000 900, 900,
provided it should continue one year.
A suggestion from Mr.. Fitzgerald (Dem.,
MlSS.) that COOKS should be provided FOR the
troops at Camp Alger precipitated a dis
cussion upon the conditions which exist
there. Such veterans as Mr.. Grosvenor, Mr..
Cannon and Mr. Livingston discoursed on
the necessities of soldiers undergoing in
the process of hardening, what seemed
grave hardshps compared with conditions
to which they were accustomed at home.
They drew comparisons between present
conditions and those existing in the civil
war, showing that present conditions are
better.
Mr.. Gaines vigorously criticised the War
Department for allowing but seven days in
which to receive bids for supplies. He de-
clared grave injustice was being done the
South, and notably Tennessee in discrimi-
mating in favor of manufacturers of other
sections.
THE main thing before us now is to pass
this BILL declared Mr.. Cannon. 1.-THE
money cannot be spent until appropriated.
Some gentlemen come here and cry out and
complain because in a twinkling an army
fully equipped with tents. uniforms pro-
visions, guns and everything for comfort. is
not ready now, and now here comes the cy-
clone from Tennessee and says, my God,
you don't give but seven days for us to bid"
The reading of the bill at length pro-
ceeded, and it was passed unanimously
without further debate. A number of bills
affecting the District of Columbia were
passed: and at 1:52 p. m. the House ad-
journed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

so long as any existing regiment lacks a
single man of its full quota AS the Gov
ernor himself puts it: Fifty recruits added
to a veteran regiment makes a full regiment
of veterans. thousand new men in reg
iment are raw recruits.-Terre Haute Ca
zette (Dem.)
The American people win see to 1t that
the political gamesters who seek to make
the war an instrument for political advan-
tage are properly labeled This is a time
when politics has no business to interfere
with the success of a war for the great
cause of civilization. In the organization
and equipment of our army and navy none
but men fully trained should be selected for
important positions. This is no time to play
the petty intrigues of politics.-Peru Senti-
mel (Dem)
Now that the soldier boys have been
granted Thanking privileges in the field, Gov.
Mount should lose no time in calling the
Legislature together, in order that they NAV
be allowed the more important privilege of
voting in the field, If any man is more en-
titled to vote than another, it is the soldier
who has gone out to fight for his country
and every barrier calculated to disfranchise
him should be promptly stricken down. The
Governor should give this matter early at
tention. Some States are already moving.
Don't let Indiana be the last to act.-Con-
nersville News.
Fred Grant has been made a brigadier
general, and it is now in order for all who,
for reasons that at one time were obvious,
hated and despised his father. to cry out
against the tendency to recognize the sons
of their fathers. Such people care nothing
for the fact that Fred Grant is a graduate
of " est Point and was for a number of years
connected with the regular army, where he
rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. To
be sure he has the prestige of a great name
the greatest that adorns the pages of mill
to command, and his appointment was
worthily Observation-Disclosures Herald.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
ARCHBISHOP SQUELCKED.
How Admiral Dewey Put a stop to
CaIumniatfng PastOraIs.

WASHINGTON, June 2.-An official with
Admiral Dewey writes friend in the Navy
Department that the admiral astonished a
high church official out there at Manila very
much recently. The Bishop of Manila
so the letter runs, "had been circulating
pastorals, urging his people to rise up and
kill los hereticos' l(the heather Americans).
who would not permit the sacraments OF
matrimony orgthe last rites for the dying
to be administered. Dewey waited until he
could fix some of these stories definitely
upon the reverend Ananias. and then wrote
him note. in which the admiral expressed
his aStonishment that an archbishop could
SO far forget and debase his holy office as to
be guilty Of lying, and lying so baseiy IL
he heard any more of these falsehoods from
his reverence or any OF the minor clergy,
he, Dewey. would turn his guns loose upon
the archbishop's palace at Cavite and the
cathedral at Manila. and level both to the
ground. False teachers shall not disgrace
the holy name they pretend to reverence
by uttering the most absolute falsehoods in
the Eame OF God
"A French priest who has brother that
undertook to carry the note 10 The ARCH
bishop. In three days there came back a
most abject apology 10 the American COM
mandant in which the holy man denied
that he had ever said or thought the wicked
things imputed 10 him. In reply. Dewey
simply sent the archbishop his own pas
torai letter that he had somehow obtained
that contained the very Words and express
sions the other had sworn he never thought
Of much less used. This ended the corre-
out like a tallow dip, with sizz and q
very bad smell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

People who are inclined to speak lightly
cf the indianapolis University because it has
no great buildings and its various schools
are scattered here and there should consid-
er the case of the Boston University. which
is~a somewhat similar institution. Among
its departments are postgraduate schools
OF medicine. law and theology. college of
music and a college Of liberal arts, this year
containing over 400 students. 1t is one of the
important educational institutions of Mass
achusetts, and Is this week celebrating its
twenty-hfth anniversary. Its success is the
more noticeable because OF its near neigh
borhood to Harvard. 1t proves, at least. that
an imposing collection OF buildings is not
essential to the making of university.
with its thousand or more students in its
several Department. the Indianapolis Uni
yersity. at three years of age, has no reason
20 fear the future.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

WASHINGTON, June 2.-Representative
Cummings, of New York. introduced a bill
to-day for the relief of the widow of DR..
Ricardo Ruiz, deceased 1t directs the pay
ment of $4,000 to her out of any money paid
into the treasury the share of the United
States in the proceeds from the sale of any
prizes of war taken by the United States
ships from Spain or its citizens, or proceeds
arising from any conquest made by the
United States of Spanish possessions or
property. The money is to be paid Mrs.
Ruiz who is now residing in this city as
indemnity for the illegal Imprisonment and
killing of DR.. Ruiz. who was American
citizen, by the authorities of the Spanish
government in Cuba in February. 1897. The
Ruiz case has figured conspicuoUsly in the
correspondence of the State Department.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03

Philadelphia Press.

If anything were needed to make the be-
havior of the Universal Peace Union in the
present crisis supremacy ridiculous it is fur
nished by the letter the society has sent to
the Queen Regent of Spain. The letter is
puerile to a degree that is almost Incredible,
and where puerility ends embecility begins.
It seems that although the federal authori-
ties here and the secretary of state in
Washington refused to allow the letter to
be sent through the mails, it was forwarded
to Spain. Fortunately for Americans in gen.
receives this remarkable epistle he will not
be under any illusions as to it's nature or
the type of those who stand sponsors for it,
as it tells its own story. 1t is however, ex-
tremely disgraceful that such a letter
should be dated from Independence Hail."
"Bedlam'' is the fit address.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-03
TWO STEAMERS WRECKED.
Thirty-Seven Lives Lost by Disasters
OF New South Wales.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2.-The Austral-
ian steamer Moana, which arrived here from
Australian ports, brings the first details of
the wreck IF the steamers Maitland and
Marksworth. off the New South Wales
coast, with loss of thirty-seven lives. A
terrific gale swept the coast on the night
of May Z. The passenger steamer Maitland
soon after leaving Sydney harbor was
struck by huge seas, and all hands were
forced to throw overheard the cargo to
keep her from laundering. Heavy seas were
shipped and soon the engines fires were ex-
tinguished. Immediately after the vessel
struck on rock and the waves began to
break over her. Soon she parted amidships,
and the crew and steerage passengers who
were forward went down and were lost.
Those left on the after part of the vessel
were near the shore, but the sea was SO ter
riflc no one could be saved without a line.
After two sailors had failed to take line
ashore, a passenger succeeded and then the
women and children were passed first over
the line. They had to go hand over hand,
but man accompanied each woman to
catch her should her strength fail. Finally,
when three men and the SteWardeSS were on
the rope, 1t broke and all except the third
engineer were drowned. The captain, three
firemen. Boatswain Johnson and a baby two
years old were left on the wreck. The babyS
mother had been saved. The men wrapped
themselves in blankets and the captain and
boatswains took turns in caring for the baby.
The next morning lifeboat crew got a line
to the vessel and all crossed in safety the
boatswain taking the baby strapped to his
back. The mother stood on the shore while
her baby was being taken across. When
the child was safely landed the crowd set. up
a big cheer.
The steam collier Marksworth was
wrecked the same night near New Castle,
and nine out of twelve men persisted. The
vessel foundered suddenly, but the captain
and crew escaped in lifeboat. The sea
again and again. and four were drowned.
Five others, including the captain, died of
exhaustion in the boat The survivors, after
being fifteen hours in an open boat, were
washed ashore and rescued.