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The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
QUARREL ENDS In MURDER.
Young Dentist Kills His Father While
the Latter Is in Bed.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-George G. Schan,
fifty years old, an employe i'm the Supreme
Court, was shot and killed at his home
to-day by his SON George w. Schan. a
dentist. The father had refused to give
the son money. The son was arrested.
Schan was in bed when he was shot Two
shots were fired and both bullets entered
the right temple Of the old man, who ex-
pired almost instantly. The son was re-
manded to the custody OF the coroner.
The wife OF the murdered man and tho
mother OF young Schan died a year ago leav-
ing, it is said. considerable property TO be-
divided between her husband. the prisoner
and another son. The other son is now in Ma
Mia, a member Of the Fourth United States
Infantry. The father remarked and refused.
Ii is said, to probate the will OF his dead
wife. Both sons left home at the time OF
manded that the property left by their
mother be divided and in lieu of that called
on the father for money, which was refused.
The son George. IL is said. declared that he
would never allow his stepmother TO get
any of his property. lie wfnt 20 the house
of his father early this morning and
found him in bed His stepmother was In
an adjoining room. The son repeatedly de-
manded some money. The father became
enraged and raised himself from the bed
in menacing manner when the young man
drew a revolver and fired two shots. The
muzzle Of the revolver was so near Schan's
head that the powder burned his face. Both
shots plowed through the temple. The
elder Schan fell back on the bed with
blood pouring from the wounds and ex-
volver on a dresser and calmly awaited his
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

at don't know which We dislike the more"
said a mother in recent novel, 'the men
who want TO marry our daughters or the
men who don't"
Kruger pennies are being purchased as
souvenirs throughout Cape Colony. it being
assured that no more OF them Will be
coined after the war.
Col Albert A. Pope, of Boston, who made
himself a millionaire by the manufacture
of bicycles. has. oddly enough, never
learned TO ride one, though he knows every
part of a wheel from the smallest link to
the largest bar.
A'Philadelphia publication offered 500 for
the best original short article on subject
of the writer's own choosing. The prize was
won by a Kansas man, A. Hottinger, of
Montgomery county. who produced a red
hot piece in favor of expansion.
The Wichita Eagle says that Gen. Fred
Funston looked out of the car window at
a small town in western Kansas and saw
a seething mass of humanity al the depot
to do him honor. Turning 10 his wife. he
said: 1.-TWO years ago j lectured TO an audi
enee of seven in this town..
The mayor of Mafeking, South Africa, is
Frank Whiteley. native of Bradford,
England, who went TO Natal when he was
sixteen years old. He was at first favor
able to the Beers. but has been compelled
by events to alter his views. and TO de-
nounce their domineering conduct, and TO
criticise the corrupt oligarchy in the Trans
vaal. He regards the jameson raid as a
blunGer. and a move which has put back
the clock in South Africa for several years.
The onion acts as cathartic and di-
uretic and may help TO break up a cold
or lessen the bad symptoms. Said. a
doctor: II always store barrel Of onions
in my cellar in the fall. We have them
cooked twice a week. and whoever OF the
family Is threatened with cold eats some
onion raw. IL this vegetable were generally
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
Trouble for Dewey and Wife.

Washington Special Chicago Times-Herad.
While Admiral Dewey is off on his honey
moon he little Dreams of the trouble that
Is brewing for him at home. His six serv-
ants do not at all approve of his marriage.
1T is one thing TO serve a wel-to-do bachel-
or. 1t is another to be under the eye of a
mistress well versed in the intricate science
of housekeeping. The servants of his
job is not what they anticipated and one of
the first tasks awaiting Mrs. Dewey is the
solution of the servant problem. These
course there is more for servant i'm the
establishment of an easygoing man Of
good means than under a woman, and the
kind of servants chosen by the admiral in
Guiding the major domo of the Army and
Navy Club, do not relish the change from
master to mistress
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
COLLAPSE OF THE BUGABOO OF M
PERIALISM.

1t is generally admitted that the anti
generally condemned in the elections a week
ago to-day. Wherever hostility to the Presi-
dents policy was made a special issue the
President held his own compared with his
in subsequent years. Some claim is made
that the President was not sustained in
Massachusetts, because the Republican plur-
ality was not as large as il was last year.
The Democrats in 1898 nominated more
popular man for Governor and the silver
issue was ignored. The gold Democrats de-
clared for him. and anti-imperialism was
made the chief issue. yet the Democratic
than did the Democratic candidate a year
ago. The Republican vote fell off more
thousands because congressman were not
voted for. In Maryland. where the Demo-
Gratis won, anti-expansion was not hinted
at by the Democrats. In Ohio 10000 men
voted for Mayor Jones. who previous 10 the
election had not said a word on the question
OF expansion.
II is claimed that Mr.. Bryan and ex-
Governor Altgeld carried Nebraska on the
anti-expaneion issue and on general opposi-
ton to the Presidents policy Such seems
not 20 be the fact. Altgeld declared in his
first speech that he was not opposed to ex-
pansion, but was opposed to an increase OF
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
FOR THE MORTON STATUE
NEW GRANITE PEDESTAL ARRIVES
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Better Than the First One Designed
by Sculptor Niehaus, but Not
Yet Satisfactory to Indianians.
.nacia, - the 1ns,anapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The remodeied
base and pedestal for the statute of the
late Gov. o. p. Morton, which is to be set
up if Statuary Hall in the Capitol building
arrived to-day. 1t will be recalled that the
original base and pedestal was rejected by
a committee of Indianans because Ii did
not come up to the standard OF other
statues in the famous hall in the point OF
artistic beauty, and the sculptor, Neihaus.
of New York, was compelled 10 take his
first effort away and furnish a new one
more in keeping with the pedestals or
statutes furnished by other States. The new
pedestal is an improvement over the first
submitted, but it is still far from being
entirely satisfactory TO such Indianians as
have seen it, though it will probably be
accepted by the committee having the mat
ter in charge. All day workmen were en-
gagged in unpacking the granite blocks and
placing them in position. The statue. which
is really an excellent piece of sculpture,
will occupy a prominent position, facing to-
ward the new hall of Representatives and
next to that of Ex-Governor Winthrop. OF
Massachusetts,. The statue will be placed on
its pedestal before the week is passed and
yelled from the public gaze to await such
time as Congress may by joint resolution
accept this gift from the State of Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
The Prophecies of Lewis.

hlnnedpOuS journal.
j. Hamilton Lewis the Washington ex-
representative with curly, pink whskers,
has returned from Europe and foresees dire
trouble ahead there. Germany, he thinks,
will absorb Holland and Austria, thus real
izing the Kaiser's dream of an empire
stretching from the Mediterranean to the
North sea. Russia will grab Bohemia and
Finland. These two appropriations viii. be
the result of deal between the two coun-
tries. ~ 81
France. he is sure, will absorb Belgium
in ten years. On the death of Crispi, there
will be a revolution or republic in Italy
This will be repeated In Spain. Then will
occur a sort of holy alliance of the three
republics. France, Italy and Spain, against
the German empire.
Afterward there will ensue a prodigious
conflict between the English and the Ger
mans for the possession of Constantnople.
But Mr.. Lewis is not satisfied with set
tlng the destinies of Europe. He also fore
sees things in America. With the ease born
OF familiarity in foretelling the future. Mr..
Lewis predicts an American party" of
which the shining lights will be Hoar,
Boutwell,, Edmunds, Mason, ETC., with a
platform of America for Americans and
Asia for Asiatics." He says this party will
run Carl Schurz for President in spite of
the fact that he was born in Germany and
ineligible: AS prophet Mr.. Lewis is volu-
Bile and flowing, but events have an uneasy
way of throwing down the seers.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14

An exchange speaking OF the certainty OF
the denomination OF President Mckinley
says that there will be no contention for
the delegates from the South. who really
represent no organized and voting Repub-
Jican party. This being the case, IL will be
a fitting season for the Republican national
committee or the national convention TO de-
clare that States which cast no Republican
votes shall not be represented by delega-
tions based upon the electoral vote. The
fair representation in the national conven-
ticn would be based upon the party votes in
States, and not upon the electoral vote.
The present seems a good time 10 make the
change. If President Mckinley could have
been left free to fill the federal offices in the
South with men who are identified with its
industrial and business interests. he would
now have the basis for party which would
have supported him in the South along the
lines Of the speeches he made In that sec
ton. There is no reason to look for such a
party so long as few men keep up an or
ganization for no other purpose than 10
send delegates to national conventions and
fight over the offices
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
CAUSE FOR GENERALIZATION.

The reports of the benevolent. reforma-
tory and penal institutions of Indiana for
the year which ended Oct. 81 show that
the Improvement characterizing their man
agement the past five or six years has con-
tinued. A few of these institutions, the Re-
form School for Boys, the Soldiers and
Sailors Orphans Home and the Women's
Reformatory. have peen model institutions
for years because they have been under
nonpartisan control. True TO its platforms
the Republican Legislature of 1895 put all
the state benevolent institutions under non
partisan boards of trustees and placed re-
strictions about the appointment of en-
ployes which made ascertained fitness the
one prerequisite TO employment. The Legis-
lature of 1897 changed the Jeffersonvile
prison to a reformatory and placed its man.
agement under a nonpartisan board. The
state prison at Michigan City is run upon
a strictly business basis Thus in six years,
under Republican legislation and adminis-
tration, the four insane asylums, the insti-
tutions for the deaf and blind. the feeble
minded and the reformatory and penal in
stitutions have been taken out of partisan
control which used the subordinate posi-
tons as spoils and placed upon the basis
of efficient and faithful service and busi-
all of these institutions have boards of
trustees composed of intelligent men of
both parties. Superintendents are made re-
sponsibie for the efficient administration Of
their institutions and are given control over
the selection OIL their subordinates. No
longer is an unfit person an attendant in
hospital because, through some influential
party man, he has "a pull that a SUPER
intendent cannot ignore. No longer are
places made for favorites simply to give
them employment. 1t is the policy of the
survival of the fittest, and the result is
excellent service and general economy. All
purchases of supplies are made upon the
Charities issues a bulletin quarterly which
sets forth the per capita cost of the opera
ton of each institution, with the prices paid
for all food, clothing and general mainte-
nance. The effect of this comparison, which
everyone can see, has been most beneficial.
Ten years ago the per capita cost of the
maintenance of many of our institutions
was higher than that Of neighboring States,
but now it is the lowest
The reports of the year which has just
closed show even better results than those
which preceded it under the new regime.
From being the lowest in the list Indiana
has come to be regarded by the managers
of public charitable and like institutions in
other States a model to pattern after.
The general result is cause for sincere con-
graduation.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14

have increased their business of late, have
taken some of the funds which heretofore
were deposited in the banks. Another ex
PLANTATION is that the funds have gone to
other cities because year ago the clearing
house in New York made a regulation which
required the New York banks to make an
extra charge on the collection of the checks
Of outside banks. which caused much dis
satisfaction and led banks all over the coun-
try to transfer their funds to banks in other
large cities. With the increase of the vol
ume of money owned by people in the coun-
try outside Of New York, it seems probable
that that city will not be so potential a
money center as ii has been. While a
stringency is reported in New York. due 90
stock speculation, the banks in this and
other cities have ample funds Now that
Indianapolis is a reserve city, banks in the
larger towns in the vicinity keep their de-
posits largely in this city because of the
exactions of the New York banks
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
RIOT CASES ON TRIAL.
Railway Companies Suing the City OF
Chicago for Damages.

CHICAGO. Nov. 1S-The trial OF what are
known as "the riot cases" began before
Judge Kohlsaat in the Federal Court to-
day. These are the cases in which various
railway companies ask for judgments
against the city for damages 10 their prop
erty suffered during the railroad strike in
1894, on account OF the alleged failure or
the police authorities 10 furnish adequate
protection. One OF these cases. a minor
one, has been tried and taken TO the Su-
preme Court OF the State by the city on the
plea that the State statute holding the city
liable for damages Of this character was
unconstitutional. The Supreme Court, how
ever, held the statute constitutional and
decided the city must pay. The present
cases accordingly will turn simply on qUes-
tions OF fact, the city trying 10 show tho
companies have not suffered as much DAM
age as they claim. The aggregate of these
claims is nearly $5.00o,co0 and iE the one
trial, brought by the Pennsylvania Com
pany, the amount claimed is $300.Os.
Chief Kipley issued an order TO all men,
bers of the police department who were
on active service at the time OF the strike
to call at the controllers office and give
testimony Almost DO patrolmen responded
and turned I'm their testimony.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Question That Is Being Considered by
the Philippine Commission.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Whether Chi
nese exclusion should be applied to the
Philippines is among the subjects engaging
the attention of the Philippine commission.
Considerable evidence bearing on the mat
ter has been collected and besides present.
ing this testimony with its full report 1T
is expected a recommendation will be made
which may have considerable influence in
shaping the course of this government and
the action of Congress. 1t is understood
that two of the members of the commits
expressed themselves as favorable to an APP
piication of the Chinese exclusion act 10
the Philippines. From the fact that General
Otis has issued an order for Chinese eX-
cluSion Ii is assumed that his voice, as
member of the commission, also would be
FOR Chipese exclusion in the Philippines.
The position of Admiral Dewey however,
is understood to be favorable to Chinese
admission. While this personal view Of the
admiral has been expressed TO friends, ii is
not known whether he would give IL OFF,
cial expression in case all his colleagues
on the commission favored a recommends
ton of exclusion. The attitude Of Presi-
dent Schurman has not been made known,
even in an informal way.
The exclusion question is involved to
some extent with the inquiries which the
United States is now making of other
powers as to the maintenance of an open
door policy in China 1t was stated to-day
in an authoritative diplomatic quarter that
in case the United States adopted a perma-
nent policy of Chinese exclusion in the
Philippines there was little doubt such a
course would cause China to be less friend
ly in her cooperation with the plans of
the United States to extend our trade in
the empire.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
Kruger's shrewd Savings,

A. Sangree. in Ainslee's Magazine.
Kruger sprinkles shrewd illustrations
through his discourse as can only a person
gifted with natural expression. Speaking
about England's desire TO own the Rand
mines he said:
'Ill tell you, the gold fields are like a
beautiful rich young lady whom everybody
wants and when they can't get her they
don't want any one else to possess her. That
is our position among the nations of the
world"
When delegation of uitlanders brought
him petition he said TO them: "Oh, you
are just like my monkey You know l keep
monkey in my back yard. The other day
when we were burning some rubbish the
monkey managed to get his tail burnt,
whereupon he bit me. That's just like the
uitlanders in Johannesburg. They burn
their tails in the fire of speculation and
then come and bite me-.
Kruger forces his religion on one constant
ly: Two-thirds Of ;nyauestions he answered
with S1riptural quotations that usually were
pat. W hen l asked him If he intended to
seize Delagoa Bay before the English took
seaport, he answered briefly:
landmarks
1 asked him why he did not give the uit-
would open up an extensive field. for it has
furnished tones for the archives of Great
Britain and of the Transvaai. Dom Paul
disposed of 1T in one paragraph.
"A man." he said quickly and without re-
serve two masters. Either he will forsake
the one and love the other. or else hate
the one and cleave to the other. Now, the
/ English though they behave themselves
properly and are loyal to the state in a way
| invariably fall back on the Queen when il
suits their purpose. The Germans are not
So Well. We have law for bigamy in this
country. and man must put off the old
love before taking on the new"
An answer could hardly be more concise
and graphic. 1t defines Krugers attitude in
nutshell.
"In America" he told me, "the English
man merges with Americans. He loses his
identity. Here he emphasizes it. When ar
| uitlander shows n disposition 70 share ouI
prosperity and troubles alike, him give the
| franchise.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
PRESERVATIVES in BEER
sALICYLIC AND BISULPHATE OF
LINE USED By BREWERS.
Testimony of an Expert Chemist Be-
fore Senator MasOn's Committee
Rice Added to Malt and Hops.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-The United States
Senate committee on manufactures contin-
ued its inquiry to-day into the adulteration
of ales porter and beer. On Thursday the
committee will receive reports from several
professors of Yale and Harvard. who have
been invited to submit their views as to the
establishment of a standard of purity OK
all food products.
Senator Mason. of Illinois. conducted TO-
days session. The first witness called was
Max Schwarz. a chemist, consulting brewer
and director of the United States Brewers
Academy. Senator Mason asked about the
use of preservatives by brewers in the
United States, and the witness said he knew
of none except salcylic acid, which is
manufactured from coal tar and compounds
of sulphurous acid. The use OF such pre-
servatives, Mr.. Schwarz said, was a neces-
sity to stay the natural decay in the COM
ponent parts of beer. The preservatives are
only used for beer to be shipped, and not
for beer manufactured for home consump-
tion.
Replying to Senator Mason, Mr. Schwarz
said the proportion of salicylic acid, when
used as a preservative, is one-half ounce for
every barrel of beer, or about one part OF
acid to ten thousand parts of beer. Mr..
Schwarz declared the proportion OF preserv-
atives in English and other imported ales
and beers is much greater than in the local.
ly brewed beers. The pasteurszation of beer
in bottles. the witness said, is not cer-
tain preservative.
Mr.. Schwarz thought it would be impossi-
BILE to fix standard of the gravity of beer
and the proportion Of alcohol. In some
countries, he said the tax is collected a
basis of the materials used in the beer.
Il think, he went on, "a commission
should be appointed to decide what mater
ials may be used for the production OF u
wholesome beer. Such commission would
find that cereals and sugar may be used as
adjuncts for malt, and would doubtless rec
ommend the use of preServa tives.'
Albert Wigan, n brew master. said he
agreed thoroughly with all Mr.. Schwarz had
said, except as to the quantity of preserva-
tives necessary. He thought Mr.. Schwarzs =
estimate of half ounce of salicylic acid
TO the barrel too large. The only preserv-
ative the witness uses is bisulphate OF
lime. No substitute is used for hops but
cereals are substituted for malt, because
the popular demand is for a lighter and
more sparkling beer than can be made
from pure malt.
Frederick Krueser. another local brew
master, gave testimony similar TO that OF
Mr.. Wigan. To make a light beer, he said.
about 20 per cent. of rice is added to the
malt and hops. He uses no glucose or coll
oring matter
The committee adjourned till tomorrow.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14

In other States the elections are looked
forward TO as the climax of interest in the
process OF choosing public servants. In
Kentucky the day OF the casting of ballots
is regarded as but the beginning of the dis
turbance. In one county an attempt was
made yesterday TO throw out the entire
vote. and this would have been accom-
plished had 1t not been for the massing Of
det -rmined Republicans in opposition to the
contemplated action. The excuse offered
for the intended Acknowledgement of a
whole countys voters was that the PAPER
ON which the ballots were printed was TOO
thin. 1t strikes the average person, who
happens to know that the real reason was
that the ballots were Republican in large
majority. that the excuse itself is strongly
tinctured with the failing accredited to the
uaDer
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14

Massachusetts furnishes lesson in i'm
perialistic politics which should not be for
gotten. Senator Parsons. representing a
district in western Massachusetts, could not
vote for Mr.. Lodge for United States sena-
tor because he is an imperialist. When the
time for the convention came Mr.. Parsons
failed to get the Republican nomination.
Thereupon he ran as an independent on the
imperialst platform. the Democrats max
field. When the votes were counted the anti
expansionist was beaten by a phenomenal
majority. carrying but three towns in thir-
ty-four. He is a popular man, but did not
receive the usual Democratic vote.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-11-14
Change Of Words and Meaning.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Admiral Crown
inshield, chief Of the Navigation Bureau,
has made a change in that portion of his
annual report which refers to the fault of
the Department. efforts to redeem its prom
ises to reward the naval heroes of the war.
The language Of the report now stands:
1.-The greatest among these has not as much
as the medal which was given to each of
the hundreds who shared in a victory won
in an hour more propitious for reward"
The change is explained as follows in a
foot note attached: In the original draft
of the report the words won in an hour
more propitious for reward read won i'm a
more proptious hour A misconstruction
of my meaning in these words as they origi-
nally stood has led me TO make the present
reading correspond exactly with what was
meant and generally understood in the first
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