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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
TROUBLED ABOUT PROSPERITY.

Papers of the ultra Bryan and Populist
variety are beginning to be troubled about
the good times. They seem to realize the
force Of the remark of Mayor Taggart last
fall, that a Democratic victory cannot be
expected as long as good times continue.
Therefore they declare that the good times
are deceptive-that there will be no real
prosperity until the United States perfects
a vast s~ilver-bullion trust by legislating to
stamp every 40 cents worth Of it one dollar.
To them the outlook is not cheerful. and so
they make 1t as cherries as they can.
Unfortunately for such clisues and news
papers, but fortunately for the country, the
people know better. Most Of them read
newspapers, and when in one issue, as was
the case on Monday, they read that 1900
wage-earners in Cleveland had their wages
advanced from 5 to % per cent, that 1900
iron workers in Birmingham, without solicit
tation. were given an advance of from 10
to Is per cent. and that advances wereRn-
nounced in Reading. Pa, Springfield, o., and
other places. most people will come to the
conclusion that prosperity of the substantial
sort has come very generally.
One Of these papers declares that the
prosperity is artificial, having been manipu-
lated by Senator Hanna for political pur-
poses. He is the bold. bad man who is
melting employers in extensive industries all
over the country to increase wages and to
make ii appear that there is an unprece-
dented demand for all the staples Of the
country. Thereat they invent some new
story designed to show the depravity Of the
man.
The Journal is not an admirer of Senator
Hanna. Doubtless he does not care a fig.
but the Journal has never taken to him.
For that reason and others we would warn
the agitated Bryan-Populist editor that he
may overdo the Hanna talk. There Is more
labor seeking men to perform it than there
has ever been in the country before. Work.
ers are getting millions more as wages each
week than they did three years ago. Never
before did two-thirds of a million of men
have their wages increased without asking.
Now, If all these people whose condition
has been improved by the better times should
be persuaded by the Bryan-Populist editors
that Senator Hanna has brought 1t about
he would be the most popular man In the
land. He could have anything he desired
at the hands of those people. What'if they
should make Senator Hanna a popular idol?
Dreadful thought!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
Sons Of the Revolution.
DetrOit Tribune.

OF all the ~vanities OF human nature pride
of ancestry Is perhaps the least rmf
III order TO be consistent the man who
points TO a distinguished ancestor
ought to so govern himself that posterity
may, with equal pride, look back TO him.
The Sons OF the American Revolution rep
resent something quite apart from snobbery.
They acknowledge a pride in their descent
from the plain farmers. tradesmen, mer-
chants and pioneers who were the bulwarks
OF the new republic. None of them were OF
royal line They were good, honest home
spun and fustian. yet each man who braved
the hangman's rope as well as the bullets
of British, Hessian and Indian foes was
every inch a king, although his domain
may have been but a poor homestead. Such
ancestors deserve we'll of posterity. The
.perpetuation of their memory and the deeds
which laid the foundations OF this govern
ment Is the worthy aim Of this distinguished
society. Such a distinctively American in
stitution ought to be a center of patriotism
while the order lasts II Is "A lineage more
honorable than that s~tereotyped boast Of
the Briton. that his ancestor came over I'm
the robber band OF William the Conqueror.
and 1t ought to be p~erpetuated with 6ecom-
ing pride
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

Last September a conference of more or
less learned and distinguished men was held
In Saratoga to consider the questions grow
ing out of our occupation of Cuba and the
Philippines. Our troops were in Manila then
as now, having captured that city Aug. Is,
1898. without the assistance of the insur-
gents. After being In session two or three
days that assemblage of intelligent and
thinking men appended their signatures to
the following resolution and sent 1t to the
President:
We believe thai. the rescued and liberated
people OF the surrendered islands are In a
sense temporarily the wards of the con-
quering nation. and that We should treat
them as such. With our views OF natural
right n OF the ineStimable privilege OF
civil liberty. we should NOT be justified in
returning the conquered islands TO the mis-
rule and oppression from which We have
relieved them. AS soon as the islands under
our present protection can bv trusted to
govern themselves they should be allowed
home rule, either Independently or as a part
commended. Until such time as they may be
able to govern themselves they should con-
time under the protection of the United
States. and the question as 10 whether at
some future period. at the mutual desire OF
both. they should be permanently annexed
should be left TO the time when 1t arises.
Whether President Mckinley obtained his
views from the foregoing or not. is not
known. but this much is certain: the policy
which the President has pursued since our
occupation of Manila and which was ear
ried out in the treaty with Spain. harmon
ICES with these suggestions. When the con-
ference adopted the resolution. but two or
three men In 1t made any opposition. The
cry OF e. ,erialism was raised some time
after the declaration Of the conference.
Aguinaldo was pretending to be revolution
airy president Of the Philippines at that
time In other words. the situation has not
changed except that the treaty was nseo-
tiated along the line Of the declared judg-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

And now Morocco Is to have the honor
o. q visit from the United States cruiser
Chicago with a demand for the settlement
Of some American claims against the Moor
fish government 1t will not be the first time
q United States war ship has visited Tan
gier on a similar mission In August. 1903.
Commodore Preble. commanding a squad
ron OF seven United States men-of-war.
went to Tangiers and demanded ar apology
from the Emperor Of Morocco for certain
acts which the Emperor promptly dis
claimed and apologized for. The present
Emperor viii probably respond with equal
alacrity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

What IL called the Democratic victory In
the Baltimore election is a victory OF the
independent voter in municipal affairs. The
Republicans have held the city several
years, but OF late, the management has not
been satisfactory because of an alleged ma
chine. The Dem ocratic candidate is one OF
the gold variety and a ~well-known and high
ly respected man. No question Of national
politics entered into the canvass
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

Aguinaldo. always at a safe distance from
the firing line. is reported as determined to
fight the war to the defeat he foresees un-
less he is given three months to arrange the
terms Of peace. II the decision were left
60 the miserable wretches whom he forced
20 make feeble war and to the people whom
ne Expresses with a taxation many times
grester han Spanish officials extorted,
noaco uould come at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

TINS important point in the antitrust deci-
sion Of the United States Court of Appeals.
IN session in st. Louis. is the declaration
that the State has entire control over such
combinations within its borders. through the
Legislature and courts. Inside the States
the federal government has no power over
them. The United States can only take
cognizance of trusts when they. affect com-
merce between the States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

One Of the Filipino commissioners told
General Otis that the people they repre-
sent desire q government like those of South
American States A succession Of revolu-
tons m Instructions for the purpose Of
in the Philippines IL the United States
ebouId leave.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
Cruelty.

And by the way, brother" asked the
minister who had been called In to smooth
the pathway of the expiring pioneer. were
all those bear stories the TRUTH"
The old man opened his eyes.
"Parson." said he. that's a mighty mean
advantage to take OF a dyin' man."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

Some people in this country who regard
themselves as rather superior speak patron
1zingiy of President Mckinley as "a good
man but rather weak" When has he
shown any weakness? The Spaniards think
him a bad man and quite strong enough.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

The Northumberland -sixtieth and the
one-hundred-and-sixty-first regiments re-
turned home In excellent condition after
their season in the South and Cub The
very small loss sustained and the sickness
experienced was at the outset. but even
these were minimized by the efficiency of
their officers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

kanSas Jlty JOurnaI.
In making overtures of surrender Aguln-
aldo shows a greater regard for his own
safety than for the success of Mr.. Bryan's
presidential ambitions. This exhibition OF
seihshness Is most distressing. even In a
semi-sayage. and II traced to Its origin
would doubtless be found TO be the work Of
the spike-tailed money devil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

The Filipino Junta In London should ex-
ercise more caution in lying. In declaring
that they have a dispatch from Aguinaldo,
under date of April 30. stating that the
peace negotiations were not authorized by
him, they overlooked the fact that tele-
graphic communication with him is cut of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGOAPalmer House, p. o. News CO., III
Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and
Grand Pacific Hotel.
CINCINNATI-J. r.. Hawley 4 Co. Ia Vine
street
LOUISVILLESC. T. Deering, northwest corner
or Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co., zS Fourth avenue.
81. LOuIS-Union News Company, Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, d. Rig House. Ebbitt
House and WIZARDS Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

Aguinaldist Atkinson says his seditious
pamphlets were compiled from speeches in
Congress, printed by the government as
public documents. This only shows that
some senator's were as unpatriotic as At
kinson. but 1t is no reason why their
speeches. garbled for a base purpose. should
b circulated among the soldiers in the
Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
Early

"And when we became engaged, all he did
was TO kiss my hand"
Yes. I've heard his mother say he was
the kind of a boy who would make one
piece of candy last him a week"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

The act Of the New York Legislature
taxing franchises will fall heavily upon the
street grabbing corporations Of New York
and Brooklyn. In the latter city 1t is said
that our once citizen and now eminent phil
anthropist and friend of the people, Hon.
Tom L Johnson, had his charters so drawn
that the only tax his company pays is the
license Of q drayman upon each car.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

The number Of Americans who believe
that the insurgents about Manila should not
surrender without conditions Is limited.
There will be differences of opinion upon
other matters, but that point Is settled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

II have been q newer of wood n a
drawer Of water all my life for the Demo
cratic party. and now 1 want to be Gov
ernor.' Is the remark of an Illinois Demo-
crat- Like many others. 1t seems not to
occur to that man that the Governor Of a
State should be a man OF high character
and intelligence and Of experience In at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

senator Hoar, OF Massachusetts,, has
called for England II he exploits his
"Aunty'' expansion views over there Il Is
to be hoped they will not be accepted as
those OF patriotic Americans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
This Late Spring.

Sparrow-Ah! The first robin. l presume?
Robin-Me? No. You don't see any chill
blains on me, do you?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

The testimony I'm the senatorial contest I'm
the district Of which Madison county was a
large portion showed that vote buying was
carried "a extensively BY both par
uas UnlssD u = assumed that this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

A wheat crop in the winter belt from 10
to % per cent. below an average is the only
cheering prospect for the political calamity
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04
EXDliclt.

New Arrival-Have you a Sunday liquor
law here?
Citizen-No. We have a no-Sunday Liquor
law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-04

opened to-day for the completion OF the
stone retaining wall on the north side OF
the marine hospital grounds at Evansville.
Ind The hrm offers to complete the pro-
posed work within ninety days for $3.50.
The following residents of Indiana have
been admitted to practice before the In
terror Department: Nathaniel L. Daniel.
Booneville: Miles Gyecian, Flat Rock:
Louis /. Altering. Evansville; Henry c.
Jordan, Indianapolis.
The evening times., 1899-02-06
PLOTS AGAINST A JEW ZoUAVE
Charged With Theft. But Acquitted
by - Court-WartiaI.

Paris, Feb. 6.-The European edition of
the Herald publishes the following:
\ court martial al Algiers has pronounc-
ed a judgment which the Figaro char
acterizes as doing the greatest honor to the
conscience and impartiality of the mill
tary jurisdiction. 4 Zouave named Iiity.
of Israelite faith. was taken before il
charged with theft
Two of his comrades, in his absence from
his room hid 5f. piece in his mattress
and then denounced him to the adjutant on
duty, stating that some one had sto. en- a
Of. pice and a 25f. banknote, and that they
suspected Lilly.
The Zouaye was arrested his room
searched and the ST. piece of course found
in the mattress, but not the Psf. note The
ST. piece was regarded as more than suffi-
cfent proof of Lilty's guilt and he was
taken before the court-martial
He appeared on November % for the first
time. The facts seemed overwhelming and
he would have been sentenced but for a
reservist, who overheard one of his ac-
cuSers, a private, Nicolas boast of having
had the Jew court -martialed.
The court-martial. of which Colonel
Nussard was president, was much shocked
and ordered an adjournment and exposed
the abominable plot against the Jewish
Zouave
At the adjourned trial the court-martial.
after consultation of a few minutes.
unanimously acquitted the prisoner. and
the numerous spectators at the trial sep-
arated, rendering homage to the impair
tiality on the part of Colonel Nussard.
The evening times., 1899-02-06
Our Duty at Manila.

Never has the duty of this country been
clearer than it is in the case of the Phil
ippines at this moment. We are doubly
bound to defeat the unholy ambition of the
adyenturer who hopes TO fasten on the
varied races of the islands the yoke of the
dictator For one reason. We are respon-
sible for Aguinaldo's command of an army
1t was only because of the approval of Ad-
miral Dewey that he was able TO collect
and partly arm the ignorant body of
Tagals who now follow his royal whistle.
For another, We have reserved these ISL
ands to the cause of freedom, and to allow
them TO become the possession of an ir-
responsible savage would be betrayal
of the cause for the promotion of which
this great Republic was instituted.
1t should be clearly understood that the
aim of AguinaIdo is not the freedom, but
the enslavement. of the Filipinos He has
received no sufficient authority TO yepre-
sent anybody but a deluded fraction of
the Tagals. The government of which he
processes TO be the head was virtually
organized by himself. He was not in re-
bellion against Spain when Dewey steamed
into Manila Bay, but had been bought off,
bribed with eighty thousand dollars in
Spanish gold to betray his followers With
the insurrection of the Visayas he had
nothing to do. He was returned by an
American Consul, and by representing that
he had the sanction of Admiral Dewey he
could gather such an army as he has
mostly men who are incapable of forming
an idea of their own interests and easily
deceived into the belief that the Americans
intended to revive the oppressive methods
of Spain, rather than submit to which they
prefer to take their chances of restraining
Aguinaldo's ambition.
That the Tagal adventurer has been able
to hold and increase his followers is part
ly our own fault When leading men in
Manila. persons of property, influence, aid
education, applied to American naval and
military officers for information as to our
purposes, they received no answer No
one was authorized or permitted to speak
for our Government-to assure them that
the islands would not be restored to Spain
and that the government would be ad-
ministered in the interest of the inhabi-
tants. General Merritt tells us that it
would have been easy to win their conf
dence and support, which would have
meant the failure of any attempt to set up
throne by an Aguinaldo. The revenge
full Spaniards and the unfriendly and
The evening times., 1899-02-06
The Language of the Future.

A writer in 'Lippincott's Magazine has
been speculating on the language of the
future, and the conditions which may DOS
sibly prevail in the thirtietn century. In
this article occurs the following passage:
We can form no conception of that which is
wholly foreign TO our experience. To the dwelIer
in the thrtieih century our lives literatures.
and achievements may as far Off as queer
and old-fashioned, as colorless and unreal, as
those of the Egyptians in the times of the
Pharaohs seem 10 The spoken languages
oi The world may undergo some such change
a stenogrsphy seems TO bc making in the method
of writing them. new and wonderfuIy-con.
dcnscd form of expression may rise upon our
present system, in which simple sounds. with
few combinations, may take the place Of our
words, phrases, and sentences What litera-
furc may he 10 such a language we can form
no conception. 1t would be safe to say that
both prose and poetry, understand them
would disappear. But, anticipating only such
changes in language have been going on
gradually since the dawn of history, is there any
thing 10 indicate that there will come time in
the future when poetry will cease to be written
or, il written at all, that it viii occupy a much
more restricted and humble place than nowg
The evening times., 1899-02-06
The Fake.
(From the Washington Post Sunday Fcbrl-
ary 5, a. m.-Belated CITY Edition.)

(From the Washington Post SunGay, Fcbrll-
AIRY 5, a m.-Belated City Edition.)
New York, Feb. 5.-The New York
World has dispatch from Manila which
says that Aguinaldo and the insurgents
attacked the American outposts at Manila
but were successfully held at bay By the
American forces.
The attack the dispatch says, was made
at $50 o'clock Saturday night. and at 8
O'Clock Sunday morning the firing is still
continuing
The American vessels Monadnock, Cal
lao. and another fired on the insurgents
IN aid OF the American forces. Twenty
Americans were wounded. AS yet no ia
talitles are reported. American women
and children were taken aboard the Amer
lean warships.
The dispatch adds that General Otis has
the situation well in hand
NO confirmation of the World S" dis
patch had been received by the Associated
Press or by any of the other New York
papers up TO O'Clock this morning The
story was telegraphed West shortly after
midnight, and the 'Pittsburg Press" and
other papers printed extra editions. The
Brooklyn Citizen" also issued an extra
containing the substance of the Worlds
dispatch All efforts to communicate with
Manila after midnight were unavailing
1t was asserted positively that no Off =
cial messages had come over the wires
The news of the alleged attack upon
Manila by the insurgents reached Wash
lngton soon after II clock last night, and
was discredited because it had no official
coroboration.
The evening times., 1899-02-06
ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
Work of the Maryland Agricultural
Experiment Station,

College Park, Md, Feb. 6.-The eleventh
annual report of the Maryland Agricultu-
raj Experiment Station has been submit
ted to Governor Lowndes, president of the
board of trustees.
The report covers the last year of the
administration, of Mr.. Robert H. Miller.
who was director for six years. The work
of the agricultural department has bsen
mainly continuation of that undertaken
in previous years. Some of the culture
tests have been running for four or five
years. A number of important variety
tests with wheat were conducted, and also
a number sOf tests with potatoes. the re-
suits of which have proved very satisfac
tory. %E
The most important experiments under
this department were those with lime The
object of the tests was to prove the practi
cability of applying lime in the economical
renovation of worn soils in many of the
formations of the State. Tobacco experi
ments were also conducted under this de-
partment, and consist of fertilizer tests.
culture tests curing tests and tests of va
rieties.
The work of testing the possibility of
culture of some of the cigar types of to-
bacco on our soil with peculiar methods of
Fertilization and culture give promise of
very valuable results. A filler of excellent
quality, good flavor, and fine burning quail
tiles has already been produced.
The evening times., 1899-02-06
Comment on the Above

From The Times, Monday. February g.
There have been many newspaper ex-
tras perpetrated upon this town (gen-
orally on Sunday, by the way. but yes
terday's effort of the Washington Post
deties comparison. To wait until The Morn
ing Times had appeared on the news
stands and then appropriate. and at the
same time attempt to discredit, its news
from Manila. was much. but to get out a
fiamboyant Sunday extra twelve hours
later with the sole object of confirming
this news was a bit of journalism to
beat all records. Fortunately, Washing
ton understands the Post"
The evening times., 1899-02-06
FEARING RIOTS IN ALGIERs.
Orders Issued for the Prevention ot
Public Meetings.

Algiers, Feb. 6.-In view of the disorder
which occurred yesterday upon the occa-
sion of the arrival of Henri Rochefort, the
editor of the Paris Intransigeant. ac-
companied by Max Regis, the anti-Semitic
ex-mayor of Algiers, yesterday. the gov
ernor general has issued an order forbid
ding all public meetings or extraordinary
street gatherings.
1t is feared that the factional feeling
aroused by the presence of Rochefort and
other members of the anti-Semitic League
will lead to serious disturbances, and ev-
cry precaution against riotous demonstra-
tions is being taken