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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
OSBORNE IS CHIEF JUSTICE.
The samoan COmmf ssfoners EN- Route
Home on the Badger.

APIA. Samoa, July 26, via Auckland,
Aug l-At a meeting of the Samoan COM
missioners just held both parties signed an
agreement abolishing the kingship and
President and agreeing to an administrator.
with legislative council of three tripartite
nominees The commissioners left here on
board the United States transport Badger
July Is Mr.. Eliot, the British representa-
tive. has gone to New Zealand Thence he
will go to San Francisco.
At meeting of the Malietoa party the
speakers expressed a desire for annexation
as the best solution Of the questions in dis
pute. but they did not set forth by what
country they desired to be annexed. United
States Consul Osborne will act as chief JUS
tice. DR.. Solf. the German president OF the
municipal council claimed the right to act
as chief justice under the treaty, but the
commission Withholding its unanimous con-
sent. Dr.. Solf resigned the office of presi-
dent, as he claimed the commissions action
was an insult to his honor and nationality.
The German commissioner, Baron Spec Won
Sternberg prevailed on Solf to withdraw his
resignation in favor of Mr.. Osborne.
Mataafa Is seriously Ill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
ANTI-GOEBELITES.
Kentucky Democratic Boilers to Hold
Conference To-Day.

LEXINGTON, KY. Aug. delegates
began to arrive for the anti-Goebel confer
ence to be held here tomorrow. The lead
ers will meet at 9 o'clock in the Phoenix
Hotel for a brief discussion and the con-
fernce will be called to order at o'clock.
About 80 delegates, representing 80 coun-
ties, will be in attendance. Theo. Hallem, of
Covingtons John Young Brown, John
Whallen, of Louisville; Mckenzie Moss.
Judge E. L. Hines, of Bowling Green; j.
c. Penick. Todd county: James G. Todd.
Owen: L. P. Tanner. Greensboro; ]. c.
Flournoy, Fulton; Jim" Williams, Louis
Vile; j. NJ. Green, Caldwell county, reached
the city tonight All declare the feeling In
counties they represent Is bitter against
Goebel.
In an interview tonight, John Whallen,
the Louisville anti-Goebel leader, said: II
think the newspapers have sized up the
situation. In Louisville. Jefferson county.
Brown will get more votes than either Tay-
lor or Goebel. Business men OF Louisville
are opposed to Goebel."
Theodore Hallam stated no Is confident
Kenton county will give Brown 5000 ma
Jority. and says anti-Goebel men are organ
izing so as to insure q fair count on elec-
ton day.
From delegates here tonight it is learned
there is a division on the question of State
ticket. Whallen favOrs only the nomination
of governor and lieutenant governor, and
likely this plan will be adopted. The con-
ference tomorrow Is certain to call a con-
venti0n for Aug. 80.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
A Fake Statement.

LONDON, Aug. IA few days ago news
agency issued a statement, on the alleged
authority of the Colonial Office here. that
the Alaska question hinged on the inter-
probation Of the Anglo-Russian treaty OF
1875 defining the boundary and explaining
Great Britain's position with considerable
detail. saying: 1.-The Colonial Office Is not
aware that the United States has offered
Canada port on the Lynn canal" and add.
ing that ii was mot correct to state thai
Lord Salisbury's government was hampered
by Sir Wilfrid Laurier."
John Anderson, c. NJ. G., principal clerk
of Joseph Chamberlain, secretary or state
for the colonies, says no such statement has
been issued by the Colonial ONCE TO the
representatives of the news agency anc
that absolutely such particulars In re-
gard to the Alaskan question have been
given to any representative OF that agency
which has therefore used the authority OF
the British Colonial Office entirely without
warrant.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
EVOLUTION ON THE WABASH.
Evidence That Tends to Support st
George Mivart's Theory.
Kansas City Journal

Kansas City journal.
State Of Indiana-in fact, from the banks Of
the Wabash, a stream that occupies the
place in AMERICAN art and literature that
AuStria-comes an announcement that is
full Of interest to the scientific world. We
are told that an epidemic of badness is
sweeping over that favored land, and that
the place of many tangled human name
of yesterday Is now polished but barren,
like one of Larry. Godkins editorials. so
ciety young men" ere especially noted az
affected.
The special Importance of this arises from
its relation to the question as TO how evolu-
tioE evolves. Two theories, mutually ex-
elusive. have been advanced. st. George
Mivart holds that evolution evolves by sud-
den and rapid changes alternated with peri
DDS Of rest, as in the putting up OF a stove
pipe Haeckel, on the other hand. believes
that evolution grfnds away all the time. like
that the instability of matter is response
BILE for many things which have been false
~. attributed to the administration. and
We had been inclined to hold with Hack
ell, but this Hoosier badness rather
strengthens the hypothesis of st. George
Mivart 1t is certain that the further loss
Of hair f. In the direction Of evolution, the
human species having already lost from
each individual enough to cover an old
that the loss shows itself most markedly in
society young men, an overnourished class
which evolution does well to experiment on,
they being available for so little else that
is OF use And II is clear that I'm this case
the change was just as Mivart said IL would
belt occurred all at once. like Ayers res
ignation, and was attributable TO a clearly
defined cause. viz, natural gas
The consequences Of all this In the domain
Of thought are SO many and so important
as to bewilder the investigator. In the world
OF speculation, many a cherished theory
must be abandoned, and many a carefully
made hypothesis revised. In the economic
domain. the tonsorial artist must take
counsel with himself, that he may deter
evolution gets done with It. And we must
not forget the ecclesiastical realm. II will
be remembered that the Pope, a few years
ago, denounced Mivart's books. and placed
them on the index expurgatorius. IL Is un-
fortunate for the doctrine OF infallibility
that his Holiness did not wait for the re-
turns from Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
INGERsOLL,s FLOWERY TONGUE.
He Was Occasionally Led to Say
Things That He Regretted.

A. c. Wheeler, in the Criterion.
It Is indisputably true that Ingersoll held
his place as the most conspicuous antago-
mist OF la y IN our ,b Time nanny Sch
this sensibility impaired to his rhetoric.
and not by his scholarship or his logic. I'm
teners were swept luxuriously away. but 1t
was not safe to come coolly back and read
him, or attempt to adjust his eloquence to
fervor Of his feelings he was often betrayed
into declarations which took him years to
deny, as when he said in Chicago, in his
lecture on Skulls" that he could write a
better book than the Bible himself This
was such an egregious declaration that it
was sure to haunt him tauntingly for a
long time afterward. and then he publicly
denied that he ever said it and attributed it
to the d. reporters. When the late George
Sheridan went out with a lecture to reply to
Ingersoll, he made a great point of this
had delivered a very fine eulogium on the
Bible, he capped the climax by saying. but
Colonel Ingersoll says he can write better
broad-shouldered man rose up in the audi
ence and casually remarked to George
er said it, as and nd then stood there S Waiting
for something to happen. Fortunately,
Sheridan was equal to the occasion. My
Ingersoll said it and Will leave 1t to the
audience to decide. In the first place, I've
got the printed pamphlet with it in. which
was delivering one of his lectures and I'll
read it to you," which Sheridan proceeded
TO do. I'm the second place. there is inter-
nal evidence that he said It, II agrees with
everything else he has said and no other
man on earth is capable of It. Now, I'll give
you a third reason why / think he said it,
which may not count much, but / give Ii
for what it's worth 1 heard him say It."
Amid the storm Of applause and laughter
which followed, the broad-shouldered man
sat down and subsidized.
When. afterward. Ingersou collated and
published corrected version of his West
ern lectures, he left out a great many
things that he had said on the platform
and this passage about the Bible was one
of them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02

Valuable Collection Presented to Le-
land Stanford University.
Gan Francicco Chroniolo

San FRANCISCO Chronicle.
Charles Seymour, formerly United States
consul to China, recently presented to Mrs.
Stanford. of the Leland Stanford, jr.,
Museum. a rare collection of 800 Chinese
ss s of Sd 6 them date bs almost
represent almost every dynasty. from the
hre-breathing "Shun.' who reigned B. c.
been thrust from his throne.
Numismadcs was one of the hobbies of
the the late Senator Stanford, and when Stan
fell heir to one Of the rarest collections of
coins In this country. 1t contains coins of
nearly every age and from every realm.
money made from rocks and shells to the
coins OF purest gold. The late accession to
the collection is, therefore, greatly valued.
The old oldest eor Of the Chinese
was the legendary PERIOD known as the age
of five rulers. and this especial coin bears
the st mp of Kas-Yang-She. This strange
fer %os his arE
times of Noahs sons. Shem, Ham and
Japheth, between the deluge and the Tower
them
..t Following this comes mes a coin from the
af aia Dynasty r. C. 22e to ISIS The char;
could be easily translated by any Chinese
philologist. This coin. like some Of those of
the Chow dynasty" is made Of iron:
ton is the swords" coin Of the Chow
dynasty" which belongs to the times Of
Confnciius. Cyrus. Aiexander Xer aee,
Ptoiemy and Scipio. Confucius mentions
this coin in his writings and comments upon
Its singularity. 1t seems remarkable that
such a clumsy coin should have remained
In use as currency for such long time For
30 years after A. ID. the Chinese mind
turned once more to novelties, fer the coll
lection shows coins that were in Use during
that period which are quite as remarkable
as the sword cash." They are known as
knife cash" and fork cash." names quite
appropriate judging from the forms of the
pieces. The first circular coins seem to
have appeared b. G. POI.
There is given an interesting series nj
coins which circulated between A ID. els
and 9s- These are of copper. Mr.. Seymour
nese coins of the later periods, including thu
silver coins of 1890
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02

Philadelphia Press.
Sometimes the worm Will turn and one
has done so effectually I'm Chicago. para
graph of a Familiarity noxious kind was re-
Gently printed, follows:
AT q gathering Of authors and Journal
lists short time ago one OF the number
remarked that Richard Harding Davis's
yearly income from his literary achieve
ments exceeded $4,000 A publisher who
was OF the party replied that in any
other profession the writer in question
would I'm all likelihood have made five
times that sum. AS physician. a lawyer,
the same briliance and adaptability. cou-
pied with the keen powers OF observation
would be productive OF far greater monetary
compensation"
Commenting on this a writer I'm a Chicago
newspaper says, with pungent irony:
Now. this Is the sort OF inane stuff that
will be reader to smile at II than the
eminently sensible Mr.. Davis. The remark
is musty with age and has been said OF
nearly every literary man that ever wrote
anything. But why not turn IL about and
apply II 10 men I'm other careers? Surely
Mr.. Mckinley, had he not chosen politics.
would have been equally eminent in any
other career. AS a literary man he would
have been the poet laureate OF America.
w ]. Bryan. as electrician, instead OF SPELL
binder, would have discovered wireless
telegraphy years ago, and Funston, had
he taken to public speaking I'm place OF
swimming. would have been the greatest
orator that Kansas has ever produced. Such
speculations as these ara both profitable
and interesting"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
Iowa Republicans.

DES MONIES, Ia, Aug. LA majority of
the delegates to the Republican state con-
vention, which meets tomorrow. have ar
rived in the city. In the supreme judgeship
race the friends Of Judges Robinson. Sher-
win, Burnham, Fee. Sloan and Giffen claim
from $50 to $50 votes each. 1t will take 654
to nominate. Considerable work is being
done on the side on the United States sem
atorial question. Senator Gear and his OPP
ponent. Cummins, are the ground.
Charles Z. Pickett, OF Waterloo, will be
the temporary chairman and deliver the
principal address. Former Congressman G.
Nj. Cults of Clinton, will be the permanent
chairman Charles T. Hancock, OF Dubuque,
will remain chairman of the state central
committee another year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
A pouBEE-EpGED WEAPON.
Men Who Use and Yield tn the Boy
colt May Regret L..

Cleveland Leader.
woman who got of Big Consolidated
car the other day was followed into a down
town store where she wished to make
purchase by two men who warned the floor
walker not to sell her anything. The floor
walker asked why. Because she came
down town on a Big Consolidated car" was
the answer. We'll. We are in business and
we propose to treat all customers alike"
said the ffoorwalker. 1T makes no differ
ence to us how they come to our store. One
persons money is as good as another's-"
IF you sell goods to that woman we shall
boycott you" was the threat. "All right"
said the .hoorwaIker. Go ahead and boy
colt us, and now If you do not get out of
here at once I will have you put out" The
boycotters skunk away. muttering threats
OF vengeance
That business house Is to be congratulated
on having fioorwalker of courage, common
sense, and American independence. We are
sorry We are not permitted 10 name the
store. IL all business men would take the
same stand they would win the confidence
and respect OF people whose good opinions
are worth having. and the cruel and un-
American boycott would be killed inside OF
There is no justification for attempting to
sandbag the business men of Cleveland as Is
being done every day now. The business
men ought not to be drawn into the contro-
versy over the strike. They have nothing to
do with the relations of the Cleveland Eiec-
trio Railroad Company TO its former en-
ployes- They look to the whole public for
trade. They are expected to serve all GUS
toners alike. One mans money Is just as
good as anothers, and there should be no
discrimination between customers, so long
as all offer to pay for what they buy, and
the attempt to coerce them into taking sides
in a controversy which is of no interest to
them Is sure TO affect them injuriously in
the long run, II they submit to the sandbag-
ging process. Already there Is an extensive
movement on foot TO punish merchants who
submit to the boycotters' demands, and
when public sentiment Is once aroused the
movement Is likely to grow enormously, for
the American people will not long submit to
such cruel injustice. 1t Is against their
nature TO do so.
The strike has already caused a heavy loss
to business, and the application Of the In
famous boycott will make conditions in
dnitely worse unless the merchants stand
up for their rights and show that they have
the courage TO resent the unwarranted at
tempt to interfere with their business.
As Rev. DIR. Banks said on Sunday even
Ing, what Is needed in Cleveland is revival
of backbone and pluck. The boycott is only
dangerous as threat 1t Is much like a
storm cloud. IL looks dangerous, but 1t soon
passes away and loses its terror. Let the
business men stand together for the right,
and the object of the infamous conspiracy
will be defeated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-The Navy De-
partment has rendered decision constru-
ing the eight-hour law that will be of inn
portance to all labor interests well as to
government contracts. The commandant Of
the Washington navy yard recently asked
authority from the department to permit
the contractor who is building the new gun
shops in the yard to employ his workmen
ten hours per day. In support Of this ap-
plicatiOn II was stated that during the
progress of the work the operation OF the
machinery was to be stopped and the floor
was being damaged by exposure 10 rains
The judge advocate generals department
has pointed out that the law permits the
employment of workmemn on government
works for more than eight hours per day
only In case of extraordinary emergency,
and then lays down new doctrine In the
construction of this law as follows:
'Inasmuch as the conditions reported are
such as must have been fOreseen when the
contract was made and are such as neces-
sarfly exist to a greater or less degree
whenever work of the character referred to
is In progress the department is of opinion
extraordinary emergency. In cases of this
character 1t would appear that If the pub
lie property cannot be sufficiently protected
from damage otherwise the proper remedy
would be to employ force of men in relays,
by which means the work could be expedited
much more effectively"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
boundary Line Markings.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. John Zachert,
a mining expert of this city, claims to pos
sess information which he believes will have
an important bearing on the Alaskan
boundary dispute. Zachert declares that
the old Russian boundary is defined by
monuments placed at short intervals, and
that inclosad in each is chart of the Rus
sian possessions He is of the belief that
the duplicates of the charts are on file at
st. Petersburg. Zachert says that an ex-
petition would have little trouble in finding
and following up this boundary line OF
monuments, and that the charts would
prove of inestimable value In settling the
dispute between this country and Canada
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02

BALTIMORE. Nd, Aug. 1.-Mayor Mall
ster, Republican. of this city. has received
a letter from Mayor Maybury. Democrat, of
Detroit. in which the latter invites Balti-
more's chief executive to attend Demo-
cratic jubilee in Detroit on Aug. 10 and make
an address, adding: "A portion of the aft
ernoon has been set aside for two or three
speeches by Democratic mayors. Carter
Harrison, of Chicago, has been invited and
we have assurances of his acceptance"
Mayor Master has replied thanking
Mayor Maybury for the invitation, but sug
costing that an error has been made regard
ing the writer's political status. inasmuch
as he Is a Republican, and deferring his
acceptance until he again hears from the
mayor or Detroit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
ALMOST CUT In TWO.
Ferryboat Damaged I'm a Collision
with the GunbOat Dolphin.

NEW YORK, Aug. There was a col
lision this morning between the ferryboat
New York, of the Williamsburg line. and
the United States guEboat Dolphin The
bow of the gunboat cut through the ferry
boat into the engine room, breaking the
main shaft and damaging considerable ma
chinery. The gunboats bow was bent and
several feet OF the rail torn away. The
New York was in the center Of the river
when the Dolphin, which was coming up
stream, signaled that she would cross her
bows The New York's engines were
stopped, but the strong current carried her
directly IN the path OF the Dolphin and the
gunboat's bow struck the ferryboat just
ahead OF the paddle box. The ferryboat
with the aid of tugs, reached the slip at
Broadway, Williamsburg.
Secretary of the Navy Long was aboard
the Dolphin. That the Injuries to the Dol
phin were trifiing Is evidenced by the fact
that she continued on her way up the river
and passed City island at $40 a. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
BRYAN MAY BE DROPPED.
Senator Clark Says Another Candi-
date May BE Chosen by Democracy.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Aug. L-Senator w.
A Clark, who Is in the city. stated in an
interview to-day that in his opinion there Is
nothing sure about William ]. Bryan's NOM
nation by the Democratic party at its next
national convention. The senator also said
that he is not sure about silver being the
great issue of the next campaign, though
he still calls himself a bimetallist He be-
lieves to q certain extent in expansion and
feels that the war In the Philippines must
be carried on until the Filipinos surrender.
Senator Clark will build a new sugar factory
on the Cerillos ranch he recently purchased.
The Capacity will be 1000 barrels a day. The
plant will cost half million dollars
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02

his paper? Yes, 20 doubt, lots of that but
our private belief Is that he Is chasing
Dewey half round the globe in order TO
tell him story. Jamess stories last from
day to day and half. and II Is seldom
he gets in one entire at one sitting He evil
IDENTIFY began one in the Philippines. and the
willy admiral has been lodging Il ever since.
In vain. He might sink Spanish feet, but
Creelman will sink him get that story
finished. Recollections of James getting be-
tween swimmer and the shore of Shelter
island and keeping the unfortunate for
hours "treading water until he had told
him to the bitter end How 1 interviewed
the Pope" perhaps color this supposition
undulY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
WEATHER FORECAST.
Threatening and Continued High
Temperature Throughout Indiana.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Forecast for
Wednesday and Thursday:
For Ohio-Phreatening; probably thunder
storms and somewhat cooler Wednesday
afternoon; Thursday. fair; fresh to brisk
variable winds. becoming westerly.
For Illinois-Continued high temperature
"Wednesday and Thursday. with fair wealth.
er preceded by thunderstorms In northern
portions Wednesday; fresh to brisk SOUTH
eriy winds.
For Indiana - Threatening Wednesday:
thunderstorms; Thursday. fair; continued
high temperature: fresh to brisk high winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02
SOON" Paul as 'Labbyr Has Seen Him

LabOuchere. IN London Truth.
/ met Uncle Paul when he was here a
good many years ago. He was an honest
old soul. but rough, certainly Still he was
a man to respect L saw him guilty of the
solecism OF drawing of his boots in COM
pany to warm his feet. The weather was
cold and there was a blazing fire He no
more saw the harm of toastng his un3hod
feet than his ungloved hands before it,
Dom" Paul had principles and stood by
them. Whenever his eye caught lady In
a low dress he grunted and turned away
his head. He was sent an order to the state
box al the opera, and awaited himself OF IL.
But the ballet so Mortified him that he
would not stay to see II out. He wondered
why Gods vengeance did not overtake Paris.
Joubert and another Boer. whose name
forget. sympathized with him.
Something surely might be done with
Kruger were the right sort CT person sent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-02

NEW YORK, Aug. I--Judge Blanchard,
In the Supreme Court handed down a de-
cision to-day denying the application of at
torneys, for Roland u. Molineux to inspect
dicted Molineux for the murder of Kate j.
Adams by means OF poison alleged to Lave
been sent through the mails to Harry Corn
ish, an athletic instructor