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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-14
PRACTICAL

A new variety of coffee and tea saloons
has been opened in certain quarters of New
York with a view to offsetting the evils Of
whisky-drinking. The general plan is old.
but these recent undertakings differ from
their unsuccessful predecessors in the fact
that there is no praying, or hymn-singing.
or obtrusive flavor OF piety accompanying
them. This popularity pleases Bishop Pot
ter. who is quoted as saying that there Is
a time for all things, and that Ii takes away
from the dignity OF religion to mingle it's
outward forms with all the occupations or
men. Also. that it creates antagonism in
the minds Of those whom ii Is intended to
reach to mix the church up with every
thing. There is no reason" he goes on
to say. why a man who goes to drink a cup
of tea and talk over the events of the day
with his friends should sing psalms and
listen to exhortations at that time. The
time for that Is at another occasion. Even
a very religious man might like to have
occasions when he need not turn his mind
to the most serious Of things" The bishop
sees a reason for the existence OF saloons
II H
classes Of men, and believes. not In doing
away with the institution. but In changing
its character. He manifests a great deal of
common sense in taking this position. Re-
formers are usually animated by the most
sincere and unselfish desire to benefit their
fellow-men, but are too apt to bestow their
intended benefits with an air which says.
1T am doing this for your good. and II you
do not accept It you are an ungrateful and
hopeless lot" Naturally. the people to be
lifted up but who may take such a view
OF things that they do not regard them
selves as degraded or In especial need of
help, resent this attitude and prefer TO con-
tinue in their old ways. Doing good with
set and deliberate purpose requires such
common sense. such tact. such insight into
human nature that II nay be regarded as
one Of the finest Ct arts For the most part
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work-government publications not excepted
where a complete record OF all the regi-
ments. Confederate as well as Union. can
be found. In this respect, the archives of
the different States, especially those of the
South, are woefully deficient" 1t is the
wish of Mr.. Townsend that the people of
all parts of the country should avail them
selves Of the Information he has SO labori-
ously gathered together, and he points out.
among other things. that If the record of
any soldier, Union or Confederate, is de-
sired. 1T will be found. or. at least. that of
his regiment, In one Of these volumes. Evil
IDENTIFY, this curious work is not only to
serve as a basis for writer's of history, but
VIII be OF great assistance TO genealogical
students when the Daughters Of the Civil
War and similar societies are organized in
the future. Those unable to visit the Uni
versity should communicate with Miss Alice
M. Smith. who is In charge Of the volumes,
and who will attend to any inquiry that
may be submitted to her.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The first visit Of Thomas Hardy. the nov
elist, to America was made as a college lee
turer upon architecture. Mr.. Hardy Is a
great admirer of the United States.
The business manages Of the late Aug
ustin Daily estimates his estate as at two
life was insured for one hundred n fifty
thousand.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was once a constant
smoker. but of late years has had to give
up tobacco. IT find" he. says. that any
one can learn to do without it. 1t is at
once the most expensive and the most un-
necessary of habits"
President Angel. of the University of
Michigan. has offered TO furnish to the gov
eminent a number OF young men, literally
educated and Of good natural parts. h
will pay their own expenses abroad for sew
eral years II they can be assured of places
In the consular service afterward.
According to the Wheel Uondon) the po-
lice of st. Petersburg effect to regard the
skirt of the cyclienne as a menace both TO
the safety of the wearer and the public in
general, and have laid down a law that no
lady cyclist shall ride through the streets
of the Russian capital unless clad in the BIZ
furcated garment.
Mile. Rosa Bonheur (Rosa stood for
Rosalie) was not without a sense OF humo-.
so II is told OF her that while presiding over
a school OF design in Paris. the pupils being
girls. the artist was diSguted WITH the class
because, initiating their teacher. the young
women had cut their hair short. Grand
Dieu,'' cried Rosa Bonheur. how horrid
you all look. This IS not a class of boys
You silly creatures, let your hair alone and
do your best so as to retain all the adj
vantages of your SEX
Mrs. a. f. Paul. who was inspector Of
street cleaning in the First ward OF Chi
cage during the previous city administra-
ton, has been appointed by Mayor Harrison
end Commissioner NcGann - supertnecnd-
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WOMEN IN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

Two things have happened lately which
the suffrage branch of the international
Council of Women, soon to meet in London,
providential. One is the decision Of the
House of Commons that women may sit In
the new metropolitan borough councils by
which London Is TO be governed in future.
and that they can even be appointed as
aldermen. English women have long en-
joyed certain political privileges which
American women have not yet attained, but
in the general rejoicing of the council no
envy will be mingled. The prospect that
their London sisters may be aldermen will
be accepted as one of the progressive steps
being taken by the entire race Of women
And If the Americans wish also to point
with pride they will look to New Orleans.
whose taxpayers, regardless Of sex. have
the right to vote concerning the disposal Of
municipal funds. The women, for the first
time in the history OF the city. have voted.
and on a question no less important than
the disposal of $50, 900 900 in sewerage and
drainage; that the measure carried mainly
by means of their vote is admitted. No city
in the country has suffered more from lack
of modern sanitary improvements than New
Orleans. and hitherto it has seemed impossi-
BILE to have these improvements made. Epi-
denies have ragged there and the place has
been more or less of a menace to the health
of a large territory surrounding it. The
women saw the advantage of cleanliness If
the men did not, and resolved to have it.
Being taxpayers they had a natural as we'll
as a legal right to a voice in regard to the
expenditure OF the public funds, and were
wise enough to see that it was the truest
economy to accomplish the purpose even at
large cost. Incidentally, the vote indicates
that a great many New Orleans women are
owners Of real estate. Women are the nat
ural housekeepers, and whether they reach
the subject through politics, or by serving as
advisers. or by formal organizations for the
purpose, they should have a hand in mu-
nicipal housekeeping everywhere.
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Each Infantry Company In the Philip
Increased to l2S Enlisted Men,.
OTIS TO HAVE ARMY OF IS, 1000
WITHOUT RECOURSE To CALL FOR
VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.
Major Portions Of the Black Twenty
Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Regiments
Ordered to Proceed to Manila.

WASHINGTON, June B.-Acting Secre-
tary Meiklejohn issued an order to-day
directing that the number of enlisted
men in each company Of infantry
regiments serving in or ordered to
the Philippines. be increased from liz 20 Us
There will be fifteen full regiments and two
battalions each Of two other regiments that
will be subject to this order.
The regiments affected by the order are
the Third, Fourth, Fifth. sixth, Ninth.
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Seven
teenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-third,
and the eight battalions Of the Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ffth Infantry. The in
crease is made under the act OF March 2
which authorizes the regular army to be in
creased to 5000. The recent decision of the
controller Of the treasury that in this in
crease there need not be included the men
serving in the Hospital Corps. allows a
larger force by about 1900 men. 1t Is esti-
mated that the increase authorized by to-
days order will give General Otis about
5000 men after the volunteers return
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at Havana.

HAVANA, June 13.-Major General Lud-
low, military governor of Havana, has is
sued an order appointing three secretaries
of the civil government and two ~l-kno
attorneys to investigate as to gambling in
Havana, and to report as to the best
method of putting into force the existing
laws on the subject. Gambling is now
more prevalent here, according to the state
ments of residents of long standing, than
at any time in the history of the city for
many years. General Ludlow Is not at all in
favor of interfering with legitimate club
life. and he considers the problem one of
those civic questions which the Cubans
could settle for themselves.
Very little happens in the city which Gen-
eral Ludlow does not know. All the cafe
plots are regularly reported; and the
military governor says his experience Is
that most Of the plotters are harmless in
dividuaIs who are anxious to have their
plots known, that they may get their names
into the public press. "Conspirators who
General Ludlow, do not shout their plans
In public cafes"
Governor General Brooke received to-day
an application for a bondholder holding
several $500 bonds of the Cuban Republic,
issued at the time of the first revolution.
The bond holder claims that the time has
now arrived, according to contract, for the
aymen of interest. General Brooke re-
piled that he knew nothing regarding the
matter.
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Indianapolis is still unnecessarily rural
and "woolly" in some of it's characters
tics. 1t ruled COWS and hogs off it's streets
a good while ago, but 1t still allows all sorts
Of traffic on all it's thoroughfares. Garbage
wagons, dead animal wagons, market wag-
ons. ice wagons, hay wagons, brick wag-
ons and delivery wagons of every sort make
constant and regular use of the principal
residence streets at all hours of the twenty
four. Appeals have been made to the city
authorities from time to time to reserve at
least two or three of the best streets on
the North and South sides for pleasure driv-
ing exclusively-this both In the interest of
the many women and children who drive
and Of the preservation Of the pavements,
which are not in every case adapted to
heavy traffic. This appeal on this ground
has met with no response, but on the score
of the comfort of the residents adjacent
or the people passing some attention should
be paid to it. To sit on a porch on a warm
summer evening and be greeted by the
odors from slop carts or dead animal wag-
ons driven leisurely by is not an agreeable
experience, nor is II more so to be awak-
ened by the passing of market and ice
and milk wagons at 2 o'clock in the
morning. There was a time when but two
or three streets were pdSsdDle 10 nedVy
vehicles, but that time is long gone by.
Not only are many streets now we'll paved.
but many alleys. When these brick alleys
were made-some of them are as wide as the
average street in other cities-it was under
stood that they would be used to a large
extent by the class of traffic mentioned:
otherwise there was no especial need for
them or excuse for the outlay in paving
them. The wagons in question have been
driven on these alleys to a very limited ex-
tent: they should be required to use them
wherever possible in place of the main
streets. This is as proper as that cooking,
laundry work and other household business
of the sort should be transacted I'm the rear
of the premises instead of the front. The
semi-rural look this main-street traffic
gives to the city is not one Of the attrac-
tions even I'm country life.
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This makes an aggregate of ls

service. This makes an aggregate Of lG5
days for forty-five assessors. which seems
excessive. In Bartholomew county the
their bills In excess OF the legal rate. for
the Columbus Republican says the county
commissioners cut them all down, in some
Instances as much as 80 per cent. All of
the township assessors were allowed full
sixty days at the rate of 81 per day. 'and
in most instances g extra for coming to
town to get instructions, blanks. etc" The
the rate of charges indicated by these
statements prevailed throughout the State,
the aggregate cost of the assessment must
have been very large. The law allows town.
ship assessors 81 per day for the time actu-
ally employed In the duties of their office,
not exceeding sixty days In any one year.
and deputy assessors are allowed s. per day
for each day they are actually employed"
law seems liable 10 easy abuse by
charging for an excessive number Of days.
In a very large majority Of the townships
throughout the State the work OF assessing
should be completed in considerably less
than sixty days. The provision allowing
deputies g per day for each day they are
actually employed can easily be construed
by an elastic conscience as meaning for
each day on which they are actually en-
ployed any portion of the time. AS there
are upwards of one thousand townships In
the State the cost Of assessing under the
present system makes a considerable item.
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THE STATE PRESS.

Mckinley, prosperity and broad patriot
ism will do for the Republican battle cry for
the campaign of 190O.-Steuben Republican.
There is something absurd and audacious
in William j.. Bryan's posing as the cham
pion Of the people against trusts. Three
y siiarS 9ov me WAS u the leader ar, OF the free
duced wages and caused widespread bank
ruptcy, as we'll as public dishonor. On or
dangerous.-Fort Wayne Gazette.
The editor of the Columbus Herald admits
that there is nothing sacred about the ratio
of is to 1 and says he would consent to a
change from that ratio IL it would help the
Democrats to get together. The Herald
editor ought to be able to speak with au-
thorfty on this question, for he rode on
the same train and in the same car with
Bryan a few avs ago.-Seymour Repub-
lican.
What does the common farmer and day
laborer care about trusts and combines,
so he can get the necessities Of life right
in his own town in a bountiful supply any
day In the year and can sell his labor and
all the products of his farm right at home
for a high price in cash? Bring on your
trusts and combines; they are much more
ism and soup houses.-Bloomfield News.
Bank clearances increased 81 per cent. in
the past week as compared with the corre-
spending time a year ago.. The gain, of
course, over the Democratic panic days Of
1897 was far greater than this. mi
transactions are a very fair index of the
condition OF general trade throughout the
country at any particular time. Nobody Is
saying anything about a boom, but there
Is greater business activity and general
prosperity In the United States as a whole
at this moment than was ever known at
any period In the past.-Crawfordsville Jour-
nal.
Republican legislation within the past
four years has bred the trusts" Has it?
This is constantly asserted by an un-
scrupulous Democratic press. The meaning
is that the protective tariff has bred these
trusts. We see in some of the papers a
list of the trusts, sO-called. Among others
gas probably. But is there any duty on
natural gas or artificial gas? Do we i'm
port any or are we likely to do so. An
Electric trust, is named. Is there any
trust" Are we in the habit of importing
railways? The trusts are no more depend
ent on our tariff laws than on the ocean
tides.-Shelbyville Republican.
We think it safe to dismiss all appre-
hension that the campaign of 1900 will I'M
settle business and diminish the volume OF
trade. We are likely to enjoy the inesti-
mable blessing Of a quiet contest in which
business men can go on looking after their
lack of public spirit. There will no doubt
be some discussion of the money question,
but 1t will sound like faint echoes from the
campaign of four years before. and no one
will get much excited about il. And IL Mr..
Bryan hould be cropped and the Demo-
cratic party reunited and the silver issue
be allowed to drop into oblivion there
would be no new question available that
passions or prejudices.-Fort Wayne Ga
Zette.
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GUANAJAY. Pinar del Rio, Cuba, June Is.
Lieutenant Colonel Bisbee arrived here this
morning and began paying the Cuban troops,
a large number of whom he found waiting.
They received their shares of the American
g~ratuity with enthusiasm, seeming to be
very grateful for an opportunity to return
to their homes with funds enough to meet
their immediate necessities. Colonel Bisbee
strictly enforces his rule to make. no pay
or certificates that they have delivered
arms to the local authorities. Thus far AL
weapons have been delivered to the mayor of
Guanajay. Last night, before Colonel Bis
bees arrival. a large party. knowing that
a quantity of arms was stored at Callao,
decided 10 secure these weapons, In order 70
enable them to collect their shares to-day.
They did so.
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TROOPS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Otis Has All He Asked FOr-President
Urged to Call for Volunteers

Urged to Call for Volunteer.
NEW YORK. June ia special to the
Tribune from Washington says: General
Otis has all the troops he has ever asked
for is General Corbin's comment when
ever he Is beseiged in behalf Of persons urg-
ing the qualifications of men for commis-
sions in command Of volunteers. Scarcely
an hour passes that the adjutant general
does not receive dispatches, letters or per-
sonal visits from those who argue that ad-
ought to be promptly taken Of the
permission given by Congress to call out
t~hirty-ive thousand volunteers for a years
service in the Philippines. Half his time
Is aiken up in listening to plans
for quickly ending the Filipino re-
volt by landing thirty-1vs thousand
fresh soldiers at Manila and crush
ing out the opposition with them. In
the face of all the pressure that has been
brought to bear the President approves the
logical military stand taken by General
Corbin, that so long as General Otis is in
command he is in a better position to judge
the necessities Of the situation and the
character of the operation than men Of in
initely less experience and untried judg-
ment at a distance of 5000 miles. But a
speedy reinforcement of General Otis by
thirty-five thousand men is utterly imprac-
ticable for the lack Of transportation. Such
a force could be equipped n uniformed
in a week with the improved facilities OF
the supply bureaus, and ii could be assem-
bled and drilled into fairly good shape in
a couple Of months, but 1t could not be
landed in Manila in less than four months.
or much earlier than Congress would have
an opportunity to increase tne regular army
to dimensions commensurate with the dig
nifty of the Nation and it's needs al home
as we'll as in the colonies. Since Dewey-s
squadron steamed into Manila bay the last
night Of April a year ago twenty-three
and four have gone by way of Suez to hold
the new possessions. These expeditions
have carried ,297 officers and 7,2S7 men, but
nearly five hundred additional officers have
gone out to Manila and nearly ZOO men
who did not mi the regular expe-
scarcely one thousand nave %rerurned."
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The Townsend library" Of which men
ton has been previously made In the Jour-
nal, is a vast compilation Of newspaper clip
pings relating to the civil war. 1t was be-
gun while the war was in progress and was
continued for many years, and until every
phase Of the conflict and its immediate re-
suits was covered. The clippings are con-
tanned in ninety volumes. larger in size
than the ordinary bank ledger. each with
six hundred pages of four columns Of
printed matter. This enormous mass Of mat
ter Is classified. and Its compiler has pre-
pared an index. or epitome. which Is. in
itself. a work OF encyclopedia extent-is. in
fact. called an encyclopedia. The library
and index are now in possession of Column
bia College. New York city. and an effort is
being made To bring ii TO the attention of his
torical students and others oesiring special
information bearing on thar period. Take
the item OF regimental records alone" says
one who knows the character OF the COM
pilation; the Townsend library Is the only
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-14
Cuban. at the White House.

WASHINGTON, June 13.-The President
was called on by a delegation from promi-
nent Cuban cities who are here to urge
notifications in the DEGREES extending the
time for paying debts in Cuba. They were
accompanied by acting Secretary Nickel
john, who has special charge of these mat
ters and with whom the proposed modifica-
lions had been discussed in detail. Ffedel q.
Pierra. the chairman, is an authority on
economic affairs in the island. The Presi-
dent assured the delegation of his desire not
to have the business of the island compli-
Gated or embarrassed by the machinery OF
administration. The committee was well
pleased with the result of their visit, and,
having submitted their case. they left here
for New York tonight to await the decision
of the authorities. A member OF the delega-
ton stated that it represented some $4,000, =
900 of invested capital. real estate, sugar
plantations. etc. in and about Havana, In
bishopric of Havana, amounting to about
81, ZOO, OW.
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The Epworth League incident suggests
the question whether the city should not
have better permanent accommodation for
unusually large assemblages than 1t now
has Tomlinson Hall is large enough for
any ordinary convention, n the city has
sons other good audience rooms, but the
present incident and the fact that a tent
has TO be improvised shows that occasions
may arise when all OF them together are not
adequate. With the rapid growth of pop
ulaticn. the number OF national conventions
attracting many thousands OF people will
Increase. Indianapolis will always be GEN.
fraliy located. accessible from all parts of
the country and popular as a convention
city. 1t viii be particularly so If 1t should
make special provision for extra large as
semrlages. either in The way of q mammoth
hall. q wigwam or something Of the kind
that would be a standing invitation to extra
large a~ssemblages.
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The Journal has already expressed its dis
approval of a movement. started In Chicago
q few weeks ago. to organize a sort of
fatherland sentiment among German-Amer-
tcan citizens with a view OF Influencing the
foreign policy OF the United States. The
objection to the movement as 1t appeared
to the Journal was that II seemed to differ
entiate German-Americans from other
Americans and to attempt the organiza-
ton OF q kind Of class movement which
would tend to perpetuate the distinction Of
German nationality rather than the senti-
ment Of American patriotism. There are
no better Americans than German-Ameri-
cans. and for that reason the Journal re-
grets to see any movement among them
that seems calculated to diferentiate them
from other Americans and their interests
from those OF the Nation at large The
action Of the socialer Turnverein Of this
city. reported In another column. indicates
that this organization holds similar views.
The best kind Of American patriotism is
that which aims ~ the merging OF all
foreign nationalities In American unity.