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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-03-01

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

ey chairman, they will contrive to defeat
any representative of the ultra free-silver
wing of the party for that position. The
influence of Tammany Hall has been felt In
the selection Of members of the committee
from the beginning. Boss Croker. on be-
half of Roswell W. Flower, William c..
Whitney, Hugh j. Grant and others In New
York, has been doing his best to tone down
the complexion of the national committee.
and there is now a fair show that Senator
Faulkner will be retained as chairman
through another campaign. Senator Faux
ner supposed himself defeated and has made
no attempt to secure pledges, but within
the last twenty-four hours his stock has
risen, and he has concluded that he is a
candidate.
Mr.. Preston. director of the mint, has
been again obliged to raise his estimate of
the gold production of the United States for
1897 and also of the worlds production. He
now believes that the output of the mines
of the United States for 1897 will aggregate
nearly $62, 0GO, 900 and for the world $40, OOO,-
000. This will be an increase of about 50, 900, :
0O0 for the United States and at least $685.
COCO for the whole world.
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WILL RELEASE A WHITE BIRD.
Japanese Custom to Be Observed In
Launching the kasagi.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-When the Jap
anese cruiser kasagi is launched from
Cramps yard at Philadelphia the 10Th inst.
a white dove of peace will take the place
of the traditional bottle of champagne.
Hereby hangs a story. The Japanese min
lister in Washington, desiring to extend ev-
cry courtesy to the American government,
invited Miss Helen Long, daughter of the
secretary of the navy, to christen the ship.
Miss Long accepted. but when the secretary
heard of the affair he offered some objec-
tons, not to having his daughter oftlciate,
but to the use of a bottle of wine as a part
of the ceremonies. Secretary Long Is q tenn
perance nan T~hereupon the Japanese min
lister, with ready wit, found a way out of
the trouble. He suggested that instead of
the traditional bottle of champagne to be
broken over the cruisers BOWS resort should
be had to the Japanese custom of releaS-
ing a white bird. To this suggestion Sec
rotary and Miss Long enthusiastically re-
sponded, and it is therefore settled that
when the Kasagi begins to slide down the
ways a white pigeon shall be liberated by
the hand of the young lady. Probably this
Will be the first time a ship was ever form
ally christened in the United States without
moment. The Japanese minister has invited
all the officials of the government to wit
ness the launching of the KaSagi, and q
number have accepted.
Jan. % another Japanese cruiser is to be
launched from the yards of the Union iron
tried to have that event postponed in order
that he might attend and send the ship off
with proper ceremonies, but the proprietors
of the yard say they cannot wait, as mer-
chant ships are waiting 10 go on the stocks.
So this cruiser will be launched without GER
emOnV.
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COMSTOCK'S CHARACTER.
Six-Cent Verdict Agrees with G neral
Valuation.
Detroit Tribune.

OGlAOAL 4A1OhlACs
One Of the sensations of New York the
past week was the recovery by Anthony
ComStock of = cents damageS to his per-
sonal character, inflicted by one DIR. NJ. r.
Everson, of Fort Hamilton. Mr.. Comstock
had asked the jury to give HIM $50, Wv, and
the bill was cut down by $49, 9J9. "a. Such a
verdict was, of course, much more humili-
ating than would have been a verdict of no
cause of action.
Everybody knows Anthony Comstock, and
everybody knows what his name stands for.
There has never been a serious notion
among disintereSted and fair-minded people
that Anthony Comstock is not an earnest,
honest man. The thousands of people whose
toes he has directly stepped on, and the
other tens of thousands whom he has dis
gusted by his fanatical methods, have i'm
patiently charged him with dishonesty and
hypocrisy, as in this case hat brought on
the libel suit. The real fact is that Com
stock is something more than earnest and
honest; he is simply intoxicated by the ex-
Disraeli might say. He is a crank.
The 6 cents verdict is a pretty fair index
of the esteem in which the peculiar work
of which Comstock is the best exponent is
held by the average citizen of the world.
In theory, the society for the suppression
Vided with approved safety valves, have
done good. What is everybody's business is
nobody's business, and now and again evils
can well be attacked by people who band
themselves together for the purpose. But a
tremendous moral idea inside a human skull
is like Superheated steam inside a boiler.
Nobody can predict the next moments re-
suit.
The society for the suppression of vice
was organized in 1873. The growing diff
fusion of obscene literature probably rem
dered it important that somebody turn their
attention to the checking of the evil. Now
the moment you put a man at the head Of
one of these societies as agent he naturally
loses the sense of his individual relation TO
the rest of the community. 1t he is not an
egoist TO begin with, he will be made an
egoist in course of time. He comes TO think
the moral world revolves around him. He
is always on the chase, and all sorts Of
chase are intoxicating. He comes to strike
at random, just flying himself by the thought
that he is engaged in grand work" I'm
less he is the most level-headed person in
the world, he quickly degrades himself and
his work into an intolerable nuisance. The
good he does at first is ultimately over
Swallowed by the harm he does.
This is Comstock, the Zealot, the fanatic,
the crank. He cannot be suppressed even
if a society be formed to suppress him, and
it finally comes to the result that he. has no
character worth more than a nickel or so.
Comstock's society ought TO disband and
begin over again; at any rate it ought to
disband.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
CHARGES AGAINST M,KENNA.
Opponents Say He Is a and
BelittIe His Legal Training.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Senate
committee on judiciary had the nomination
Of Attorney General McKenna, to be JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, under considera-
ton for two hours to-day. but did not reach
a conclusion on 1t. The committee adj
journed with the understanding that the
chairman should call another meeting for
the purpose of taking up the case in adj
vance of the regular meeting. The entire
time of the committee meeting to-day was
occupied in reading communications bear
ing on the ominat ton. There was a great
mass of these, some of them urging con-
firmation and others in opposition. There
was a large number of protests against the
nomination from branches OF the American
Protective Association, and also from some
members of the bar of the Pacific coast, be-
sides a miscellaneous lot of letters from
other parts of the country. The charges
that were generally made were that Mr..
Mckenna had not the legal training and
judicial experience to fit him for the posi-
ton. There was also a disposition mani
tested on the part of some to attack him
on the ground of his membership in the
Catholic Church. The members of the com
mittee did not enter on any discussion of
the nomination. Only one Democratic MEM
Der expressed an opinion during the meet
ing, and this was favorable to confirmation.
The committee will be called to meet again
Thursday, when it is hoped to secure favor
able consideration.
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SENATE
indianapolis Pension Agent and Sew
eraI Indiana POstmasters.
WASHINGTON, Jar. 1.-THE Senate has
confirmed the following nominations:

Jan. l.-Ine senate mas
confirmed the following nominations:
To be Judges of the Court of Private Land
Claims-Thomas c. Fuller, OF North Caro-
lima; VIM. w. Murray, of Tennessee; Jos.
r. Reed, of Iowa, chief justice; Henry c.
Sluss, of Kansas; W.. +. Stone, of Colorado.
Indiana Postmasters-A. c. Bearss, at
Peru; w. K. Deem, KnightstoWn G.. f.
Burbank, Oakland City; p. j. Freeman,
Richmond; j. NJ. Hundley, ~Summitville; w.
S. Montgomery, Greenfield; A. Morrisey,
Notre Dame; c. j. Stright, Albany; -. Sui
Ivan, Garrett; w. c. Vance, Noblesville; j.
B. Woods, Hammond; V. V. Williams, Bed
ford.
To be Pension Agents-C. A. Orr, at Buff
falo, N. Y; Jonathan Merriam, at Chicago;
John T. Wilder, at Knoxville, Tenn; Ed
win d. Coe, at Milwaukee, Wis; Jacob d.
Leighty, at indianapolis, Ind.
Frank w. Mondell, of New Castle, Wyo.,
to be assistant commissioner of the General
Land Office; Prince A. Gatchell, to be regis
ter of land office at Buffalo, Wyo.; John w.
Fox, to be collector of customs, district of
Oregon.
The President to-day sent these nominal
lions to the Senate:
John H. Lands, of Pennsylvania, coiner
of the mint at Philadelphia.
To be Consuls-W. Maxwell Greene, of
Rhode Island, at Bermuda; Joshua Will
bour, of Rhode Island, at Dublin, Ireland;
Henry D. Saylor. of Pennsylvania, at Ma
tanZas, Cuba.
Dewitt c. Tufts, to be receiver of public
moneys at Fargo. N. d.
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Great Britain,s military Weakness.

Philadelphia Record.
That collection of old women known as
the War Office of the British empire has
recently been subjected to some very Wig
orous tongue-lashing. Lord Wolseley made
the admission hat Great Britain could not
put two perfectly equipped army corps into
the field, but the usually well-informed and
careful Sir Charles Dixie replied to the
commander-in-chief with the statement
that the War Office could not muster even
a single army corps, while Mr.. w. Allan,
NJ. p, in addressing the Sunderland Rifle
Volunteers the other day ~stigmatized that
department as 1.-The most absolutely rot
ten, useless and incompetent bureaucracy
he had ever heard of.
A German comic paper not long. ago II.
Illustrated the military weakness of Great
Britain by a cartoon representing the Brit
ish army as consisting of generals in the
proportion of three to one of the rank and
file. Taking Sir Charles Dilke's estimate
for a basis, this German gibe would seem
nearer to the truth than might have been
supposed. An army corps consists approxf-
mately Of So 900 men. Now Great Britain
has seven field marshals and a23 generals
on the active list, and 1,529 general officers
in the reserves or on the retired list-or CEe
general for every file of twenty men whom
She could put into the field. Many are tho
truths that are spoken in jest.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
CHILD MORTARI" In AMERICA.
Roman Hebrew, Whose Case
Agitated Crowned Heads in Europe.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-One of the most
unique personages in the Roman Catholic
Church arrived in this country a few days
ago and was a guest of the apostolic dele
cation here until last night, when he left for
Chicago. He is Canon Pho Maria Mortari,
known throughout the courts of Europe as
the ''child Mortari." He is a converted
Jew. Mortari was the only son of a wealthy
Jewish banker of Bologna. When less than
a year old he was threatened with death by
sickness, and was secretly baptized by a
young Italian nurse. She concealed this act
until the infant had passed seven years,
when she kidnapped him on the advice of her
confessor and fed with him to Rome. There
he was placed under care of the canons of
st. John Lateran and was brought up by
them. For months his parents were ig-
norant of the childs whereabouts, and
spent immense sums in searching for him.
Finally they learned by accident where he
was and demanded his return. This the
Pope refused. claiming that by the bap-
tism the child had ceased to be q Jew and
had become a Roman Catholic. and that his
parents had therefore lost all control over
him.. His father then took his case sue
cessively before the King of Naples. the
Emperor of Austria and William of Prus-
STA, afterward Emperor of Germany. But
there was no justice for q Jew in Europe in
those days. and finally he placed his case
in the hands of Disraeli, then the most
powerful man in England and of Jewish ORR
gin. The case of the "child Mortari' be-
came a subject of lengthy diplomatic cor
-respondence between the court of st. James
and Plus TX, at that time pontiff and king.
Finally Plus IN proclaimed himself his god
father and intimated that the incident was
closed. Although the parents of the boy
spent vast sums of money, this decree
stood, and their child was forever lost to
them. BY the time the Italian troops en-
tered Rome and abolished the temporal
power of the Pope the boy was grown and
was a sincere adherent of the Roman Cath
Ollie Church.
Canon Mortari comes TO this country to
establish a mission of the canons to labor
among the poor Italian immigrants, who
are almost practically without priests who
can speak their language or understand
their customs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
General Notes

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE dispatch
sent from here yesterday announcing the
death of col. ]. H. Clark should have
read Carr instead Of Clark"
The House rivers and harbors committee
gave a hearing to-day on the project for
deepening and widening the channel of the
Mississippi from the gulf to New Orleans.
The object is the furtherance of CONNER
cial, railroad and steamboat interests of the
cities along the Mississippi and especially
the heavy grain export traffic. A large
delegation was present from New Orleans.
To-day's statement of the condition of the
treasury shows: Available cash balance,
$23S, 400. 1874; gold reserve, $l6l, III. 155.
Representative Griffith, of Indiana, to-
day introduced a bill to pension John A.
Wilson. of ButlerYiIle. Jennings county.
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The Late Mrs. Aver.
Springfield Republican.

The late Mrs. James c.. Aver was a wom-
an of many foibles, which were often the
subject of irreverent mockery. She had
patent medicines with great success. and
when he went crazy she went to Paris,
where she entertained lavishly, and Ameri-
cans were content to eat her dinners and
adorn her receptions. She never got into
French society, where since the empire
wealth has never counted for much, but
titled foreigners floating or stranded in
Paris were often among her guests. Natur-
ally some Of the counts and dukes tried
to marry her, but she was never fooled by
young. and when Carolus Duran painted
her portrait he humored her to the full.
This portrait was in the French gallery at
the Columbian worlds fair, and was viewed
with establishment for it's spectacular vul-
garity: Mrs. Aver was represented in a
mauve velvet gown, and with complexion
RI match
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New York Commercial Advertiser.
When | was young and athletics had not
become necessary to existence. l used to
think that the musical person was the
greatest of all bores,' said 4 weary-looking
woman 10 the man who had taken her in
10 Inner. But the poor musician pales
beside the golfer. One of the tribe was at
my house all the afternoon. and if | appear
exhausted attribute IL to his endless dis
cussions on the superiority of the West
chester links over those of New Rochelle.
Tees and holes. caddies and bunkers fit
through his conversation like irritating
ghosts, and he drank six cups Of tea and
punched all my sofa pillows fiat and shape
round and telling the exact reason why he
did not come home first Now. pray. what
did I care if he never came home at all?
Indeed. We're / one of his household, 1
should dread the hotr.1
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WASHINGTON. Jan 1.-THE Senate de-
voted almost an hour of the first part of
the executive session to-day to a wrangle
over the recommittal of the nominations of
one or two of the minor officials confirmed
yesterday and did not take up the Hawaiian
treaty until about twenty minutes of 3
O'Clock. Senator Davis took the floor at
that hour and proceeded 10 deliver a set
speech in support of the treaty. He repre-
scented the majority Of the committee on
foreign relations and his speech was ac-
cepted as practically the committees re-
port on the treaty. Mr.. Davis spoke at
length and held frcm the first the closest
attanliNn of the Senate-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
A Career Cut short.
Washington Post.

There's a young man newly come to town
as a congressman's clerk who began his
career as a travelling salesman for a Boston
firm. His first trip was into Maine, a State
he had never before visited. His employers
did not hear from him for so long a. time
letter came from the young drummer.
Il have been somewhat unfortunate on
this trip the letter ran. The salesman
of another house having preceded me, 1
have been unable TO make any sales. As
business is so dull, 1 took a sail to-day from
Bangor uown the Penobscot, ard | must
say. gentlemen, the scenery is magnificent. :"
By return mail he received an answer
from the house
Come home was all IL said, and that
first tfip was his LAST.
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clude all necessary expenses. The money
is to be expended under the direction Of the
superintendent of the coast survey: $4,000
of the amount may be used for the survey
of the Copper river. For construction at
the Danville branch of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Danville,
ILL.,, of barracks. bakery, quarters, etc. not
exceeding in the aggregate $525,O00 of which
$100, 600 is now appropriated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Patents were
issued to Indianians to-day as follows:
Elias c. Atkins, indianapolis, saw handle;
Charles T.. Creal, Edwards, baling press;
Winfred B. Holton. indianapolis. keyless
lock; George +. Johnson, Fort Wayne,
fountain spittoon; Douglas Mitchell, In
d~ianapolis, nut lock; John Schies, jar clos
ure; Thomas L. Wallace, Indianapolis, saw.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
To Reform Patent Office Practice.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Assistant Com
missioner Greedy, of the Patent Office, has
prepared the draft of a bill which will be
introduced in Congress governing the
recognition of agents, attorneys or other
persons representing applicants for patents
before the Patent Office. 1t gives authority
to the commissioner of patents to require
persons desiring to practice to show that
they are of good reputation and possessed
of the requisite qualifications to enable
them to rende applicants valuable service.
The commissioner is given authority to dis
bar from practice any attorney shown to be
incompetent. disreputable, or who refuses
to comply with the rules and regulations,
or who misleads or threatens any applicant
for q patent in any manner whatsoever.
All persons desiring 10 practice shall be re-
quired to register. the fee for certificate of
registration to be 81. TIL commissioner is
authorized to appoint committees to de-
termine by examination the qualifications
of applicants for registration. After the LIST
of July next no person shall be entitled to
describe himself as a patent agent or at
torney unless he is registered as such and
for a violation of this a fine not exceeding
$500 is imposed. Some of these provisions
are now in operation in the office, but it is
desired they shall nave the force of law.
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Jan. n.-Mayor Nc
Kee has appointed S. T. Mcconnell and Ru-
fus Magee as delegates to the monetary
convention at Indianapolis, and j. 7. Elliott
and w. A. Osmer as delegates to the con-
Yention of commercial clubs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
New indiana Postmasters.

WASHINGTON. Jan. n.-Fourth-class
Indiana postmasters were appointed to-day
as follows: Frankton, Madison county, FL
vira v. D~augherty, vice j. H. Daugherty,
dead; Winslow, Pike county, John +.
Thomas, vice John H. Mcconnell, removed.
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MAY NOT BE PENsIoNED.

Adverse Report on al Bill to Give
Meade's Daughters $1,000 "A Year.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.-The Senate TO-
day briefly discussed an adverse report by
the pensions committee on a bill TO pension
General Meade's two daughters at 500 a
month each. Chairman Gallinger saying the
committee did not wish to enter on the PEN
Sioning of daughters Of veterans. Senator
Allen thought that General Meade's great
service justified such liberality. No action
was taken. and after Senator Wolcott, OF
Colorado, announced a speech on the money
question for next Monday Senator Fair
banks addressed the Senate on immigration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
General Deaciency Bill.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE United
States general deficiency bill. as reported
to the House from the committee on APP
propriations to-day. carries a total of s1,7sS.-
S4s. The bin appropriates SiO0. 08o for the
survey OF The Yukon river in Alaska, 20 in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-12
Total for grour

Table No. 9, which is compiled from the
seventh special report of the United States
sRoWs the foreign eff iaP born Is males tWenfy-one
years of age and over residing in the slum
districts of Baltimore, Chicago. New York
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His speech is printed elsewhere in the

journal.
Mr.. Allen introduced and secured the
adoption of a resolution calling on the Pres
ident for information in his possession rela-
tive to the boundary line between Venezuela
and British Guiana, and to inform the Sem
ate whether the United States now has any
clerks or other employees at work upon the
Venezuela boundary question, and also what
part of 100000 appropriated for the Vene-
zuelan commission has been expended. AT
1875 p. M. the Senate, after an executive
session, adjourned.
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Born in
EnaI
Total for an 4 cities 100

Note-Alien includes all males of foreign
birth twenty-one years of age and over who
have not been naturaliZed. The main pur-
pose of the above table is to show the citi-
zenship and illiteracy of the adult male pop
ulation of the 'slum districts In $50 of
per cent. were aliens, and of the foreign
born male paupers twenty-one years of age
and over 47.64 per cent. were aliens.
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Table No. s is compiled from reports of
the Bureau of immigration. Taking Euro
pean illiterates as 4 whole-42.142 in 1895,
shows. by groups, the proportion coming
from the countries that furnish the bulk
of our immigrants. the -percentage being:
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Tot. five States. lisa s9.4s zoos 76.l 1865
PercentaG of u~IiternteS.

Table No. Z shows the percentage of Hit
crates among European immigrants four
teen years Of age and over. by nationalities.
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Mrs. winslow,s soothing syrup

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Be sure and ask for Mrs. WINSTON : soothing
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