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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-30

The point has been made that our expan-
sion naval or colonial power will ex-
pose us TO attack from foreign powers. That
depends 1t would if we were defenseless,
but not otherwise. AS Senator Davis says:
I'VE are not a whit more exposed to at
tack as a colonial power than we have been
every hour since the active advent of steam
power" He might have added that the only
time the United States was ever invaded
and Inundated by foreign power was in
1914, when a British fleet sailed up the Po-
tomac, attacked Washington and burned
the Capitol, the Presidents house, the
treasury buildings and the arsenal. This
successful blow at the heart of the Nation
was because we were unprotected either by
an adequate navy, by coast defenses, by
torpedoes or in any other way. The whole
British navy could not repeat the opera
ton now, though it is, beyond comparison.
stronger now than it was then. But so are
we, and getting stronger from year to year.
No one need fear that our insular possess
sions will prove source of weakness.
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Butler for his disinterested. untiring labor
50 cheerfully rendered without compensa-
Arnnzindy.

This well-known poem, which gives the IL
tie to the ninth volume of Rileys poems. is
short and gives room for list of other IA
vorites and some less familiar verses.
Among them is some of his more serious
work, like THE Silent Victors;" there are
tributes to personal friends; there are sad
thoughts and gay THE Little White
Hearse." and up and Down Old Brandy
wine" as examples. There is the prose
sketch, "Twiggs and Tudens," with Make
Believe and Child Play in it and the verses
following it. To say of any one of these
volumes that it contains ones favorites is
impossible, for in every one are poems that
cannot be spared. Looking through Ar
mazindy' the truth of Mr. Carmans esti-
mate in the Atlantic is newly realized: His
work does not depend on so frail a tenure
OF frame as the vogue CT season or the
life of fad. The qualities which secure
for 1t a wider reading and heartier appre-
citation than are accorded to any other living
American poet are rooted deep in human
nature; they are pre-eminently qualities of
qualities of steady and conservative cheer
fulneSS which ennoble the average man. and
in which the man of exceptional culture is
too often lacking. Its lovers are the ingen-
uous housekeeping hearts, on whose sobri-
ETY. and humor the national character is
based. And yet one has not said enough
when one says it is poetry of the domestic
affections. poetry of sentiment: for it is
much more than that" This edition will
contain ten volumes, and is sold by sub
scription by the Bowen-Merriil Company.
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The people who are wildly seeking some
body on whom they can lay the blame for
the sickness that has occurred in the army
camps do not realize how difficult it is to
enforce to follow sanitary laws, even
in settled communities where all possible
machinery for compelling such observance
is in operation. London. for example. has
been having some extremely warm weather
this season. and mucn suffering has result
ed because the people would not adopt the
simple precautions of wearing light hats
and clothing and moderating their activity
and suiting their diet to the temperature.
Owing to some Encouragement of the sort
that is considered inexcusable in those who
have undertaken to provide for the soldiers
in the wilderness, the supply of water in
the most crowded part of East London has
run short and epidemic of some kind is
considered almost certain. History repeats
itself in another direction too. Speaking
of the unusual London heat and its conse
quences. Harold Frederic says: "In spite
of all the textbooks on sanitary laws and
the whole array of inspectors armed with
endless and complicated regulations, this
couhliy LOO often ignores the very ele-
ments of sanitation; then, when as an in
evitable consequence, disease arrives on the
scene, the nobles army of officials expends
its energy on proving that it is some other
fellows fault. This was notably the case
at Belfast. where men are now dying of
typhoid by the hundred" The London Off
Gals are evidently Of kind with the heads
of the War Department bureaus at Wash
ingiOn
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Publishers, Notes.

Apropos of the war literature, 1.-THE Bat
ties of the American Revolution" by Gen.
III. B. Darlington, U. S. A, has recently
been mentioned by Senator Lodge in his
Scribner Magazine articles as containing the
most reliable description of many of those
battles. A S. Barnes & Co., publishers.
1t will surprise most Americans to learn
of the foothold which cooperative socties
have in England, and that the membership
of the distributive stores represents one
seventh of the population of Great Britain
From a small beginning, these societies are
now doing a business of $272,000, 000 per year
In Labor Copartnership, just published
by Harper & Brothers, the author, w. D.
Lloyd, writes with enthusiasm about the
strides which labor copartnershp has made
In few years. r9r
A new edition of Aawthorne's Wonder
Book, which constitutes Nos. IL and IS of
the Riverside Series (Houghton, Miffiin &
Coz, contains reproductions in black and
white of eight of Walter Cranes famous
pictures; four pages of helpful and inter-
esting notes, a list of books for reference
and further reading; a list of poems and
stories embodying or illustrating the myths
which Hawthorne has used; and last, but by
no means least, very valuable eleven-page
index of mythology, which gives the pro-
nunciations of neurological names to be
found in the wonder Book" the 'Tangle-
wood Tales and Miss Peabody's 'Old
Greek Folk Stories" together with other
valuable information and cross references.
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purely agricultural country into an indus
trial and manufacturing nation, and that to
assist in its development the government
offers inducements to foreign manufacturing
nations to open up new Industries If En-
STA, so has the United States, and the same
cause may make the Russian tongue useful
to limited number of Americans. How
ever, it is not worth while to introduce the
study of this any other foreign tongue
into the public schools. If the young men
who find that they need any foreign Ian
guage are not enterprising enough to learn
it without the aid of schools, their energy
will not carry them far toward commercial
SUCCESS
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and distribution of the medical supplies of
the army
FIRST HERO TO FALL.
George Meek, On the Torpedo Boat
WinsIow, Had the Honor.

FREMONT. o.. Aug. 29.-John Meek. of
this county. father of George B. Meek, who
was killed on the torpedo boat Winslow at
Cardenas, May IL, has received letter and
check for $1o0 from Gonzales de Runada,
the Cuban charge d'affaires at Washington.
The letter goes to show that young Meek
was the first American-born sailors killed
in the Cuban war. The letter received by
Mr.. Meek reads as follows:
John Meek, Esq.-Dear Sir: Some
months ago a Cuban gentleman, who signs
himself Cambresis, from the City of Mexico.
sent General Tomas Estrada Palma, of New
York an order for 500 to be given to the
wife. children or parents of the first Ameri-
can-born sailor who should die in the war
to free Cuba. / have just now been informed
that your son, George b. Meek. fireman Of
the first class on board the torpedo boat
Winslow. the first hero TO shed his
blood for the independence of our unfor-
tunate and down-trodden people. / beg TO
inclose TO you the check intrusted to my
care, being a proof of the gratitude of the
Cubans for their friends and allies. the
Americans. Please acknowledge receipt of
the same in duplicate. Yours very respect
fully. GONZALES DE QUESADA,
Charge d'affaires of the Republic Of
Cuba"
The check is dated May II and is drawn
on the Bank of America to the order OF
Tomas Estrada Palma and is signed Matt
land. Copeell & Co. On the reverse side is
Endorsed:
Pay to the order of Gonzalo de Quesada.
THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA"
Meek has not yet had the check cashed
and has already been offered much more
than its face value by parties who want it
as a souvenir of the war
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1t is said the Philippine insurgents will
send delegates to Paris to present their
Europe. One of the embarrassing features
of the situation there is that while the terms
of the Spanish surrender covered Manila,
ats defenses and suburbs, all the rest of the
main island is beyond our control and the
insurgents are free to make war as ever.
Thus far we have had no serious trouble
with them, but if their claims are ignored
they may give us as much trouble as they
have the Spaniards. The assertion of our
claim to the whole of the Island of Luzon
would probably precipitate a crisis with
them at once.
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MEN WHO CARE FOR THE ARMY
Brigadier Generals LudingtOn, Egan
and Sternberg.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The men who
are directly responsible for the management
and care of the army are Brigader General
NJ. L. Ludington, quartermaster general;
Brigadier General Charles p Egan, COM
missary general. and Brigsdier General Geo.
NJ. Sternberg, surgeon general.
The quartermaster general provides trans
portation. clothing, equipages, horses.
mules, wagons, vessels, forage. stationery
and other miscellaneous stores and property
for the regular army and clothing and
equipage for the volunteers; constructs
buildings, wharves. roads and bridges at
military posts and repairs the same; fur
rishes water. heating and lighting appa-
ratus. pays guides, spies and interpreters,
and is in charge of national cemeteries.
The commissary general has control or ra-
tions. the purchase and distribution or artl-
Giles authorized TO be kept for sale TO off,
GERS and enlisted men, the examination OF
accounts of subsistence funds preliminary
to their settlement by the accounting otti-
GERS of the treasury and the examination
and settlement of returns of subsistence
supplies.
The surgeon general. under the immediate
direction of the secretary of war. is charged
with the administrative duties of the medi-
cal officers and the issuing Of all orders
and instructions Reading TO their profession
al duties He directs the selection. purchase
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: Protection for Costly Pavements.

For some years past people who have
made study of road building have urged
farmers to Use wide tires on their wagons,
the wear and tear of the roadbed being less
than from the narrow tires in common use.
On the theory that what Is good for coun-
try roads is equally good for paved city
streets, Kansas City has undertaken to pro-
tect its thoroughfares by ordering that no
draught vehicles with tires less than four
inches wide shall travel its park drives.
This covers garbage wagons, hay wagons,
drays and all vehicles used for heavy traf-
fic. The only exceptions are delivery wa
CONS, but these must enter and leave the
boulevards at the cross street nearest the
house they wish to reach Presumably
these boulevards are macadamiZed, and
narrow-tired wagons bearing heavy loads
cut into them easily. Whether the wide
tires Would make any difference in the wear
of asphalt or brick pavements Is doubtful.
Chicago protects it's boulevards and parks
by measures more effective than this;
namely, by forbidding their use for pur-
poses of heavy traffic, even grocers' deliv-
cry wagons being required to pass
through the alleys. This rule covers
streets which extend. far into the resi-
dence portion of the city If the proposed
Indianapolis parks and driveways or con-
Meeting streets ever become reality
similar regulations will have to be adopted
for their protection Meanwhile some care
should be taken to protect streets whose
expensive pavements are being rapidly worn
out by the heavy teaming that constantly
passes over them. An occasional street
should be reserved for pleasure driving and
light vehicles. This should have been done
with Meridian street, but its pavement was
scarcely laid until gravel wagons were
driven its full length day after day, while
farmers with loads of hay and market gar
deners with their produce went far out of
their way in order to use the new and at
tractive driveway. This usage. together
with the frequent digging up of the street to
lay gas pipes, telephone wires, ETC., has
worn and roughened both the asphalted and
wooden block portions to an extent that
carriage driving would not have caused in
half a dozen years longer The same is true
OF Capitol avenue, a macadamized street,
on which heavy wagons should never have
been allowed When the work now in prog
ress on the extension of this street is COM
pleted il will be the finest thoroughfare in
the city for pleasure driving, and only light
vehicles should be allowed upon II. If the
city authorities will not protect it to this
extent they might, at least, try the Kansas
City plan and compel all traffic wagons
travelling on it to use wide, tires
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HEALTHY EXPANSION.

While there NAV be room for an honest
difference of opinion among Americans as
to the wisdom of territorial expansion, there
can be none as to another kind of expansion
The expansion in the productiveness of the
country and IN our foreign trade which has
taken place during the last year, and with
out interruption by the war. Is something
which all Americans will agree is matter
for felicitation and encouragement The re-
suits of this expansion are not matters of
academic discussion conjecture, but they
appear in the form of solid facts. Thus
table compiled by the Treasury Bureau of
Statistics shows that the exports from the
United States of manufactures of iron and
steel in the fiscal year of 1895 were % per
cent. greater than in 1897 and more than
double those in any year prior to 1896 And
ports were decreasing. Taking a period of
eight years for comparison the figures show
that from 1890 to 1898 our imports of manu-
features of iron and steel decreased from
$41 ,679 sol to $12 SIS 913, while our exports in
the same line increased from $25, 542, 20S to
SIG, 367, 527. The large falling off in imports,
in connection with the large increase in ex-
ports, shows that American manufacturers
have been capturing the home market as
well as the foreign ones. In other words
our trade has been enjoying expansion at
home as well as abroad.
Further evidence on the same line from
another quarter appears in special report
to his government by the British consul at
Stockholm, Sweden. based on tables issued
by the Swedish government. covering the
commerce and production of the world in
groups of five year periods. The report
shows that in the item of pig iron Great
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-30
ARMY FAULT-FINDING.
A Great Deal of 1t Comes from Corr
respondents with a Purpose.

New Albany Tribune.
The complainngs and fautfindngs do not
80 much come from the soldiers themselves
as from certain newspaper correspondents
who have purpose in II all. 1t is meant to
reflect on the secretary OF war and some
of the generals in. command directly and on
the President indirectly and thus develop an
issue for the campaign They are made TO
shoulder the responsibility for inexperienced
officers, quartermasters, commssaries and
surgeons. We may be asked why inexpe-
rienced persons should have been appointed.
but no one of large intelligence would ask
such a question. The army consisted of
25 900 men with officers, just sufficient to
charge the duties that pertained TO an army
of that size The army was raised to 10000.
How was Ii possible that all the officers
should be experienced? And besides much
the larger part of the officers were appoint
ed by the Governors of States. and gener-
offered. Right At this point there has been
inefficiency which has resulted In great evil
and has added much In many Instances TO
the always unavoidable hardships. An ex-
perience Of several years with the weed
ing out process sure TO follow. would REM
edy most of the Ills justly complained OF.
Experience is the only effectual remedy.
Sickness in the regiments has been thrown
at the secretary of war as though he is re-
sponsible for every death that has occurred
and every hour of illness of every sick
soldier. There is said TO have been a lack
of surgeons. Perhaps there has been. but
the secretary of war cannot appoint sur
geons at his own will. neither can the Pres
ident. BY law every regiment goes into the
field with its surgeon and assistant sur
geons. They may not always be compe-
tent That can be tested only by experience,
but If they are Inefficient IL Is not the fault
of the secretary OF war, nor OF the Presi-
dent. who have nothing to do with their APP
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STORIES OFF CAMP HARDSHIP.
Democratic Managers Use Them tn
Make Political Capital.

Make Political Capital.
Washington Letter in St. Louis GIobe-Dem
ocrat.
The wisdom of the administrations de-
clsion to have thorough investigation of
the so-called military camp horrors was
shown to-day by a letter received bv a
prominent Republican from friend in
ONO The writer said that the Democrats
We're making capital out of the alleged bad
treatment of soldiers. One speaker whom
he had heard charged the Republican adj
minlstIatlon with the responsibility for the
conditions which exist in some of the camps
and the conditions which existed on some
OF the transports.
DO you want to know why your boy was
negiected?' he said. If you do" he con-
tinued, do not send a Republican to Con-
gress. A Republican Congress will never
let you fEd out This, of course, is the
worst kind of demagogy, but the Repub-
lican candidates for Congress realize that it
is a good political play. They will be very
much pleased if the President has a
thorough investigation of the charges now
being circulated broadcast made before the
fall elections take place. As was stated in
of Cabinet officer the President has de-
cided to take this course. The details of
how the investigation will be conducted are
not known. A commission will probably be
appointed
An investigation will not do the Demo-
Gratis any good. 1t is generally admitted
that whatever trouble has existed has been
the fault of the system rather than of in
dividuals. The Democrats are the ones who
are directly responsible Tor the amateur
coInmissariat and many other military
evils. All legislation for an increase in the
regular army has been bitterly opposed by
them. Their poRcy towards the army has
ever been a measly one Even after the
war was on needed legislation to strengthen
certain branches of the service failed
through Democratic objection. Through
their policy of opposition nothing was done
for the betterment of the service until the
last moment. That there was some con-
fusion and some incompetency as the re-
S1Ilf M
into the field on short notice was what
everybody except the shOrt-sighted Demo-
Gratis foresaw. Now they are seeking TO
make political capital out of a responsible
ity which those WHO are cognizant of the
facts know can be traced to their own
doors.
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SANTIAGO SELF-SUPPORTING.
Surplus OF $4,000 After All Expenses
Are Paid Up to Date.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 29.-Adjutant Gem
eral Corbin has received the following ca
blegram from General Shafter, under date
of Santiago
Il have to-day transferred all business
relating to customs over to Major General
Lawton. There has been collected. with the
exception of a small amount in July, $102,-
O9S Salaries of officials and all expense, in
Guiding street cleaning, city officials, police,
etc. have been paid to date, leaving over
$4,000 in the treasury. The expenses of
customs house have been cut down from
sac 900 per annum to $4,000, and that In time
can be materially reduced. These collec-
tons are all made under the minimum tar
if, including a large reduction in tonnage
The economy which has characterized the
business of the custom house was brought
about in great measure Under the supervi-
sion and good management of Donaldson
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In all wars the deaths by disease exceed
those from wounds received in battle. The
best authorities state that in our civil war
twice as many Union soldiers died of dis
ease as were killed in battle or died con-
sequently of wounds. In the recent war the
liability OF our troops to disease was in
creased by the fact that the war began in
fhe spring and had to be prosecuted during
the summer in a tropical climate, while the
troops not actually engaged were necessar-
tly encamped in Southern States or at
points on the coast where they were exposed
TO malarias These circumstances, inherent
in the necessities of the case, increased the
sickness incident to the mobilization and
seasoning of all volunteer forces.
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HAY-FEVER MACHINE TRAGEDY
Chicago Victim ScaIded to Death
While Taking "a Bath.

CHICAGO, Aug oh. T. Higgins,
cashier for the treasurers office of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, is
dead from burns received from the explo-
sion of vapor bathing apparatus by which
Mr.. Higgins was endeavoring to secure re-
lief from hay fever The vapor bath had
been purchased in the hope that it would
able manner the machine exploded while
Mr.. Higgins was in it. The shock was ter
rifle, covering Mr.. Higgins with scalding
steam and leaving scarcely portion of his
body unframed. Mr. Higgins had been in
the employ of the Rock Island for sixteen
years. He was fifty-two years old A widow
and two children survive him.
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A suggestion that Mr.. Henry White. for
mary years secretary of the United States
legation in London. be appointed ambassa-
dor, meets with some favor there on the
ground that he has had long diplomatic ex-
perience. The London Times treats the sug-
gestion respectfully, and says: I'VE venture
to thiEk that in the future the United
States viii find it wise and profitable to pay
more attention than in the past to the value
of professional knowledge and dexterity
alike in diplomacy and in civil and military
administration No doubt Mr.. White would
ill the position creditably far as its dip
lomatic duties are concerned, but his ap-
pointment would rot be in accordance with
American traditions and practice. We do
not give as much weight to diplomatic ex-
perience as we ought to and more than we
should to some other claims.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-30

little late in appearing but one of the
best books published on the subject is 1.-THE
Rainbow's End: Alaska" by Alice Palmer
Henderson. One of the reasons for the
merit OF the book is that being written by
a woman, it presents things from a new
point of view, and another is that the author
shows herself to be a close observer, and
has the style of a practical writer and good
narrator. The result is book that contains
as much practical information about Alaska,
its routes of travel, it's mining resources and
results as any other, besides large amount
OF curious, interesting and out-of -the-ordn-
airy information regarding the country, the
people and the social conditions. The au-
thor has pleasing, graphic style. and the
book is readable from beginning to end.
Chicago: Herbert Stone & Co.