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it? Are you the man who drew the
dog"
Then McCutcheon looks for another
tree.
McCutcheon does not disown the dog,
but ne is trying to live it down by mer-
itorious conduct IN the field. It's mean
thing 10 bring up on man when he is
so far away.
Acknowledging the dog, therefore, it
must be urged in all fairness that it
does not stand for complete biography
of McCutcheon. The Times Herald
asks the question: John 7. McCutcn-
eon-who is he?" and then fails to an
swer the. question.
1t is true that McCutcheon was
known as a cartoonist and not known
as a writer up to the time that he
happened to be on a trip around the
world" and made arrangements TO see
the battle of Manila. He had been d
writer all the time, but ne hadn't been
working at it. Some people thought
that miracle had happened in eastern
waters, seeing that a cartoonist had
been transformed into good war cor
respondent. Those of us who had known
McCutcheon for years were not greatly
shaken. In fact, McCutcheon was send
ing from the Orient brilliant letters Of
travel to the Record. 4 somewhat eX-
tended answer to the Times-Herald
question, Who is he?" will explain
why McCutcheon was enabled to see
things in and about Manila and make
an interesting and veraciOus report of
them.
John T. McCutcheon was born near
Romney, Ind, in 1870. His father, Cap
tain John B. McCutcheon, known
throughout Tippecanoe county as Barr
McCutcheon, mad fought on the Union
side throughout the civil war, and was
severely marked with wounds. He
was the most popular man in or around
Lafayette. for he was the only Demo-
crat who could overcome a Republican
majority of 1,500 and be elected sheriff
two terms in succession. At the time
of his death, about twelve years ago,
ne was city treasurer of Lafayette.
Without trying to establish the fact
that McCutcheon is or was hero, the
hero market being glutted at present, 1t
may be worth while TO tell of something
that happened to him when he was IA
years of age. His father was sheriff at
the time. Young McCutcheon was as
sisting the turnkey at the jail and was
directing the transfer of about twenty
prisoners from the dining room TO an
other part of the building n prisoner
who was under penitentiary sentence
stood behind the solid door leading into
the dining room, and as the boy came
in he upset him, bounded through the
- IN doorway and reached the street.
-.cCutcheon locked the door, grabbed
a revolver and went in pursuit The
prisoner made for the Wabash river.
and the boy was after him, hrlng as
he ran One bullet came close TO the
prisoner and he lodged into a lumber
yard. into which the boy followed, TAX
ing two more shots, finally cornering
his man and marching him back to the
Jail.
McCutcheon took his degree at Pur
due university in 1889. His reputation
in college was earned by writing, al
though he had attempted some pen and
ink drawing. He wrote most of the
STUFF and drew nearly all the pictures
for the first annual ever issued at the
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GALLIFET IS RESPONSIBLE.
He Caused the Degradation of the
Offending French Generals.

Paris, July 27.-In view of the excite
ment caused by the degradation of Cen
eral PellieuX and General de Negrier
and the rumored designations of other
generals, the minister of war, General
the Marquis de Gallifet. has thought il
advisable to issue communication as
Stunning full responsibility for the recent
orders.
General de Gallifet says there is alb
solutely no ground for the assertion
that the disciplinary measures adopted
since the formation of the new cabinet
were due to the advice or .demands of
the cabinet. but that he personally in
vessigated and determined the course
to pursue and then submitted his in
tention to the cabinet. which approved
his recommendations. General Gallifet's
communication concludes:
THE minister of war has taken and
proposes to retain the responsibilities
accruing to these measures a leading
part as behooves his position"
Generals lamont and Herve, members
of the supreme council of war, were to-
day reported to have resigned, out of
sympathy for General de Negrier, who
was removed from the supreme council
of war on Wednesday. This report Gre
ated great deal of excitement. as it
would have been almost revolutionary
in officers such as they TO pursue the
course indicated. The prime minister,
NJ Waldeck- Rousseau, ordered that
strenuous efforts be made to unearth
the fabricator of the story.
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newspaper. but after he had looked
around and observed the supply and
demand in newspaper offices. he decid-
ed that the larger opportunity and the
more becoming salary awaited the il
illustrator. so he came TO Chicago If DC
tober, 1889, and succeeded in getting a
trial with the Record. He became a
newspaper artist and n time developed
into q cartoonist. against his will. but
he never promised any one that he
wouldn't be a first-class war CORES
pendent if he found the right Opportu
nifty.
1t is true that he happened to be on
his way around the world which prov
ed that he had the enterprise of a trav-
eler, or, as previously suggested. was
trying to escape the distinction of being
the man who drew the dog. His arrival
at Mrs bay in the nick OF time was not
in the nature of an accident. Neither
was his presence on the firing lire dur
ing the continued weeks of fighting.
This last surely cannot be classed as an
accident 1t is too prolonged.
McCutcheon entered Malolos with
Funston. He entered San Fernando
with Major Bell. Probably when the
United States soldiers capture some
more Filipino capitals he will enter
them with the advance guard also.
In drawing pictures or telling stories
McCutcheon has a natural preference
for exact truth. He can't help it. For
merly. when he drew men and women
for the stories in this column, he made
real men and women, such as you see
in State street. Now that he is in the
Philippines, he has been picturing what
is there. The rimeS-Herald would have
him represent the F'ilipinos as strewing
flowers in the pathway of General Otls-
But the Filipinos have not been strew-
ing any flowers. and so, OF course. NC
Cutcheon couldn't make a picture OF IT,
You can't make a picture of something
that doesn't happen-that is, if you are
truthful. The only thing that you can
make out of something that doesn't
happen is an official bulletin
The man up in the Times Herald OF
flee says that McCutcheon appears 10
have been the prime mover IN an at
tempt OF override the Judgment or the
commanding officer in the Philippines
There are eleven correspondents, repre-
senting the pross associations and IN
fiuentiaI newspapers, not including the
Times Herald, which has no CORES
pondent at Manila. These correspond
ents are rivals and cOmpetitors-strlV-
ing to Guido one another in securing
and forwarding important news. Any
one who can induce eleven independent
and self-reliant newspaper correspond
entS to agree to any proposition against
their separate wills is more than a
prime mover" He is Napoleon
Yet this is what the Times-Herald
thinks McCutcheon has done. Either
that, or the entire eleven fully believed
what was written on the paper which
they signed. and were not under the
nalisn Influence of the ''clever cartoon
list" Or, again, it may be that they
signed it as a favor to McCutcheOn. be-
cause he was the man who drew the
dog.
Anyway, they shouldn't have signed
it, because il has made a lot of trou-
BILE. 1t has put the Times-Heraid into
a cold perspiration.
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GEORGE ABE TELLS
WHO M'CUTCHEON IS
lChicago Record.N

| In the course of very harsh attack
on the newspaper correspondents who
protested against the strictness OF the
censorship at Manila. the Chicago
| Times-Herald, under date of July 10.
prints the following:
JOHN T. M'CUTCHEON.
Chicago Record.
who is he? An exceedingly clever
| cartoonist, who won recognition during
the campaign of 1896 for some humor-
Gus cartoons in which figured d lop-
cared pup.
Mr.. McCutcheon happened to be on
a trip round the world on the revenue
| cutter McCulloch when the war broke
out. He secured permission to accom-
pany ii with Dewey's fleet to Manila
The writer of the editorial submits
the foregoing as a biographical sketch
and lets it go at that. He admits that
McCutcheon is a cartoonist. He sneers
at the dog-a most kindly animal. He
| says that McCutcheon happened TO be
on a trip around the world Possibly
he should have been at home playing
| golf. He secured permission to ac-
! company Dewey's fleet to Manila''-
doubtless on account of his standing as
a cartoonist.
1t is hardly worth while to enter into
q u4S(uSStOn d. " VI MI
Cutcheon's work in the Philippines. He
has been sending cablegrams and let
tiers at close intervals ever since Nav,
| 1898. and readers of the Record know
by this time whether or not he has been
seeing things and reporting them truth
fully.
The man who wrote the editorial be-
lifting McCutcheon and slandering the
dog had to make some kind of an effort
in the general direction of indorsing the
administration at Washington. He
couldn't write any other kind of editor
ial. He had to blame somebody. He
couldn't blame General Otis-as YET
so he blamed the correspondents, and
selected McCutcheon as a shining mark
because McCutcheon had drawn a pic
ture of a dog in 1896.
AS matter of fact, McCutcheon
started around the world so as to get
away from that dog. But he didn't
succeed. He writes home that occa-
sionally he meets an American soldier
out in the jungle, and when they have
sat down in the shade of a palm tree
TO escape the killing heat, the soldier
says: so your names McCutcheon. is
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jeering children who cried, "See, these
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-28
KENTUCKY POPS SCORE BRYAN
HIS MIXING UP IN POLITICS OF
THE STATE.
They Indorse Wharton Barker For
President and Ignatius Donnelly
For Vice President.

Frankfort, KY. July 27.-The Populist
state convention today named a full
ticket. John H. Blair of Nicholas
county was nominated for governor by
reclamation. The platform adopted en-
dorses Wharton Barker of Philadelphia
for president, and Ignatius Donnelly
of Minnesota for vice president. 1t re-
affirms the former Populist national
platform and declares in favor of gov
eminent ownership of all public insti-
tutions as a means of stamping out
trusts, emphasizing the government
ownership of railroads. 1t says:
I'VE regret to see that the Hon. Will
liam ]. Bryan, for whom the PopulistS
of kentucky voted in 1896 for president
of the United States. by his public in
dorsement of the ticket nominated at
Louisville and the platform there
adopted, assumes the responsibility of
indorslng the criminal attempts of cor
rupt elements of Kentucky politics to
subvert the ballot.
In order that the Populist party
may be preserved forever free from
fraud. bossism and political corruption
such as now dominates both the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties in Ken
lucky, as well as in other states, as ex-
emplified in the latest spectacle of the
Democratic convention, controlled by
policemen and others sent there to de-
feat the will of the masses of Ken
lucky, and the Republican convention
at Lexington controlled by federal Of
flee holders, we indorse the policy of
applying to the management of the
Peoples party as far as practicable
the principles of direct legislation in
nominations and conduct of party af-
fairs
Just before adjournment tonight the
convention nominated G. W. Reeves of
Ballard county for United States SEN
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MRS. RICH IS DESERTED.
Neither Lawyers Nor Friends With
Her at Her Preliminary Hearing.

Dallas, Tex, July pa special to
the News from Ell Paso, Tex, says:
Mrs. Rich was arraigned before the
judge of letters in JuareZ this afternoon
for short preliminary hearing, which
the law of Mexico dictates must take
place within seventy-two hours after
the arrest of a prisoner. She was told
that she was suspected of the murder
of her husband, and asked if she OBJ
jected to the judge on the bench trying
her. She promptly said she did and
as consequence will be tried by the
president of the Chihuahua tribunal of
justice, which arrived tonight
The chief of police of Juarez went
into Mrs. Rich's cell last night to in
quire why she was weeping and sob
bling. The judge saw him there and
suspended him four days without pay
The governor directed that no official
but the judge and two witnesses be
permitted to enter her room after sun
down. The United States has provided
no lawyer for Mrs. Rich, and the Amer
lean consul has not visited her since
she was surrendered. She was not rep
resented by an attorney in court this
afternoon, and the only Americans
present were two reporters
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FOR SUPREMACY in COREA.
Reports That japan and Russia Are
Aiming For a Struggle.

z
Washington, July 27.-The reports
that Japan and Russia are arming for a
struggle over Corea are received with
much allowance in the diplomatic quar-
tiers chiefly concerned, and it is pointed
out that the entente cordiale was ar
ranged between the two countries last
year concerning affairs in Corea. This
arrangement is still in force, and there
has been no evidence that either gov
eminent desired to depart from it. 1t
is in the FormoSa protocol, dated at
Toxic, April %, 1898. and is signed by
Baron Rosen, Russian minister to ia
pan, and Baron Nissi. plenipotentiary
for Japan. Its main provisions are as
follows:
1.-The imperial governments of Russia
and Japan recognize definitely the SOW
ereignty and the entire independence of
Corea, and mutually engage between
themselves to abstain from all Interior
euce in the internal affairs of the coun-
try.
Desiring to avoid all possible cause
for Misunderstanding. the governments
of Russia and Japan mutually engage
in case Corea has recourse to the coun-
sci or assistance either of Russia or
Japan, not to take measures for the
nomination of military instructors and
or COUNCILLORS Oh HHdifceS Nllhout pre-
viously reaching a mutual accord on
the subject.
In view of the development attend
ing the commerce and industry of ia
pan in Corea and the considerable num-
her of japanese residing in Corea, the
government of Russia will not inter
fere in the development of the com
merce and industry between Japan and
Corea-'
This protocol is said to have brought
about satisfactory conditions of affairs
in Corea, and of late no word has reach
ed here that the former strained rela-
tons between Japan and Russia had
been renewed. 1t is recognized in dip
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-28
NOT THIS TIME.
Portly Gentleman Who Made a Big
Mistake.


New Orleans Times-Democrat.)
A portly, handsome gentleman. whose
blue linen coat was flung wide open to
the breeze, walked down Gravier street
at about dusk yesterday evening. AS
he neared the corner of Carondelet a
rather rough-looking customer stepped
suddenly out of a doorway and touched
him on the arm, i. 'Seuse me, sir" he
said. but Not tonight" inter-
rupted the portly gentleman, shaking
him off impatiently and slightly quick
ening his steps. But, say, cap'n," per-
sisted the other by his side, Il jist
wanted II tell you I've nothing for
you" snapped the pedestrian. with ris-
ing annoyance. But if you'll jest listen
a minute Look herel" exclaimed
the gentleman in blue, hating abruptly
and facing his tormentor. you're with
out doubt the most impudent and per-
sistent beggar I've ever met. If you
don't stop bothering me instantly I'll
turn you over to the police. Now get
Quit" You can go to blazes," replied
the shabby man, and walked back to
his doorway
The badgered citizen got as far as the
corner and stopped stock still. There
was a strange expression on his face.
He shifted the air two or three times
and then grabbed the left lapel of his
wide-hung coat. 1t was burnt off half
way to the collar. and smoldering mer-
rily. evidently the result of a chance
coal from some cigar. Good Lord
I'm ON fret he gasped, and for ten Sec
onds or so there was a scene of wild
confusion. Several people helped. and
when the conflagration was extin-
guished the spic and span garment was
wreck. The shabby man watched the
spectacle from his doorway and chuck
led grimly. He was gasfitter who
had been at work in the building.
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HELP FROM JAPAN.
Saltpetre and Lead Furnished to the
Filipino Insurgents


Manila, July FIT is reported in
Filipino circles in Manila that the in
surgents recently received consign-
ments of saltpetre and lead from Japan.
The insurgents had been experiencing
many difficulties in the manufacture of
good powder. that which they pro-
duced lacking power of penetration
and range.
The two friars who were recently
arrested here on suspicion that they
were the bearers of MESA ges to
Aguinaldo from the Filipino junta at
Hongkong, have been liberated for
want of evidence upon which to prose-
cute them.
As soon as authorization can be re-
ceived from Madrid to incur the neces-
sary expenditures, the Spanish General
Jaramillo will send a commission COM
posed of Seniors Toral and Eios to
Tarlack to carry food, money. medi-
cine and clothes to the Spanish prison
eTs there. The commission will also
reopen negotiations for the release of
the captured. 1t is reported $4,000, 900
in Mexican money will be offered to the
insurgents for the release of Spaniards.
General Jaramillo declines to confirm
this report.
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HALEY HOTEL BURNED.
One of the Finest In Idaho; at Well
Known Resort.
Especial to The Herald.)


HALEY, Ida. July 27.-About 4 o'clock
this afternoon the Haley Hot Springs
hotel was discovered to be on fire. The
flames seemed to start from the roof of
the kitchen and spread almost instantly
to the main building. which was a large
frame structure and not more than five
or ten minutes elapsed before the whole
building was one mass of flames.
The house was crowded to its utmost
with guests spending the summer at this
popular resort. The flames spread so
rapidly aided by a strong wind. that the
most of the guests saved little or nothing
aside from what they wore. There were
no casualties. although narrow escapes.
The hotel was one of the finest in the
state Robert Strahorn of Chicago. who
is the owner, having spent $4,000 in build
ing and furnishing the house. The springs
were run by II. NJ. Stewart under a lease
and was one of the finest resorts in the
northwest, attracting tourists in the sum-
mer from all parts.
There was no Insurance carried on the
property by local agents. but it is believed
that the same was insured in the east
The citizens of HALEY are assisting the
guests in every way they can. The fire is
a great loss to the whole community.
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EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES.
Emperors of China and Japan Are
On the Best of Terms.

Washington, July 27.-In diplomatic
quarters, concerning the affairs of
China and Japan, it is said that the old
ir-feeling between the two countries.
dating long before the war and made
more acute by that struggle, recently
has been cbliterated and several grace
full and significant courtesies have been
exchanged between the emperor of
China and the emperor of Japan.
The latter was the first to extend the
olive branch by comforting on the en-
peror of China the decoration of the
highest order in Japan. This was. con-
veyed to Pekin with great ceremony
and recently the emperor of China
has returned the compliment by
decorating the emperor of Japan with
the highest order of China.
A similar spirit was shown on the
death of the field marshal of the
Japanese army a short time ago. AL
though he had been active in the war
with China, one of the strongest trfb-
utes paid him at the time of his death
came from officials high in the Chinese
service. Another recent mark of
restored good feeling is the sending
of many Chinese students to Japan for
modern education. These number about
100 and include the son of VicerOy
Chang of Hunana, the rival of Ii Hung
Chang.
This era of good feeling in the Orient
was referred to at the legation here in
connection with reports from Pekin as
to the visit of the Japanese-China
treaty. While the officials here have
no direct information, they say the
treaty report doubtless grows out of
the recent talk of an offensive and
defensive alliance between China and
japan. This alliance seemed imminent
at one time but it is said that Japan
no longer considers it opportune and
that it would not be concluded in the
present aspect of international affairs.
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HIS BODY INCINERATED.
Remains of Robert G. Ingersoll Re
duced to Ashes Yesterday.

New York, July 27.-The body of Rob-
ert G.. Ingersoll was removed from
D6bbs Ferry to the Fresh Pond q. II
crematory this morning. The body was
in plain black coffin, without ornament
The top of the coffin was covered with
roses. The funeral party included Mrs
Ingersoll. her two daughters. Clinton B.
Farrell, Walston II. Brown, Major o. j.
Smith and Mrs. Smith and Frederick c.
Penfield.
The body was placed in the retort in
the Fresh Pond crematory shortly after
noon: Ii took about six hours for the in
cineration TO be completed. Only the
members of the funeral party were al
lowed in the crematorY.
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PRESIDENT AT PLATTSBURG.
He and Mrs. Mckinley Enjoying the
Bracing Air of Lake Champlain.

Plattsburg. n. Y, July H.-President
and Mrs. Mckinley spent their first day at
Hotel Champlain very quietly. After their
arrival this morning the president took a
long walk through the park surrounding
the hotel. He was alone. In the after
noon he took another long walk. He
keenly enjoys the bracing air of the Adir-
ondacks, and seems to be much relieved
to get away from the cares and worries
of Washington. Mrs. Mckinley remained
in her apartments all day resting and
enjoying the beautiful view of lake and
mountain scenery.
Postmaster General Smith and his wife
who intended to accompany the presi-
Dental party here. are expected to arrive
in a few days. probably Monday. Attor-
ney General Griggs and family have en-
gagged one of the cottages Connected with
the hotel and will arrive here Aug. 10 for
a stay of several weeks.