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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

Richmond Item.


While senators from other States are
spending their time in making states Tor
governorships and speakerships and other
Offices Indiana'S two senators are BUSY at
work preparing themselves to ably represent
their State and serve their Nation In the
next Congress- Indiana will be more ably
represented in the next Senate than she mas
ever been during her history. Already SEN
ator Fairbanks has won the reputation OF
being a leader in the Senate and statesman
Of unusual ability. This conclusion is not
alone that of his colleagues. but that cf
statesmen of other nations His position
upon one of the most important interna-
tional commissions of the present day was
self and in most satisfactory way to the
country which he represented. he Is now
preparing to go to Alaska to make a further
study of the situation Senator Far oanks
will be second 10 none in the next Senate.
Senator Beveridge Is pursuing the same
course as the senior senator from the State.
Realizing the problems Of our foreign pos
sessions would be the most mportanc, as
well as the most unfamiliar. of problems De
fore the country for some time to come, ne
the situation 1t is safe to say that no men,
Der of the Senate will be as able to discuss
cur colonial problems as Senator Beveridge,
and TO one will be listened to with greater
interest He will stand alongside OF Senator
Fairbanks by the. close of the next session.
Indiana is to be congratulated upon nav
ing two senators who appear to realize the
duties Of their Office. They show that they
consider place in the Senate is to be used
for some other purpose than to secure pat
ropage or control the stock market The
notorious and widespread reputation which
the Senate has acquired In recent years VIII
be offset by such men as Indianas senators.
In this respect. as in many others, the
some of the larger States The day of small
things has not dawned in Indiana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

Hon. John Barrett former United States
minister to SIAM addressed the New York
Chamber of Commerce last Thursday on
Americas Interests in the Far East His
address was largely devoted to setting forth
the future possibilities of Eastern trade
and the duty of the United States in re-
gard to it. He thinks the United States
should take firm stand. automatically,
against the spheres of influence policy in
augurated by European governments. which
is but a stepping stone to the dismember-
ment of the empire, and that our influence
should be thrown for the open door of free
dom of trade for all of China with all other
nations. Comparing our present standing
as a nation with that before the late war,
Mr.. Barrett said:
A wonderful change which attracted my
particular attention. has come over our po-
sition in the far East as direct result OF
the late war. When, formerly, one trav-
eled up.and down the coast from SINGAPORE
and Bangkok to Yokohama and Vladivos-
took, he was impressed everywhere with
the fact that America 5 influence in politics
and commerce cut very little inquire and
was not to be seriously considered. Our
ministers and consuls were hampered every
where by the fact that we were little
power. Now. one in visiting the same
places finds that the chief questions in dip
lomatic or commercial circles are what
America will do, wnat America wants, and
will America approve or disapprove, COOP
crate or oppose.
This will please all Americans except
those who think the war with Spain should
have ended with the United States retiring
into its shell and proceeding to erect Chi
nese wall around itself
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

Prof. Dean C. Worcester. a member Of
the American commission in the Philippines,
has cabled the Chicago TSmes-Herald that
all the reports which have been published
in the New York Evening Post, the Spring
field Republican and other papers charging
American soldiers with inhumanity are
false. He cites the report that after the
bombardment of Maloban our troops en-
tered the town and killed every native they
met. men. women and children, and says
that from observation he knows the story to
be false. The town was never bombarded,
and when occupied the natives had fled.
Professor worcester cites battlefields which
he visited before the wounded were re-
moved, but there were no women among
wounded were treated by our surgeons as
carefully as were our own men. The
wounded. when they have recovered, are
often unwilling to return to their own peo-
pie. 1t is false that any order has been
issued looking toward the killing of prison.
ers. even under the greatest provocation.
The orders against looting are very strin-
gent, and they are vigorously enforced.
Even the natives themselves report that our
troops have saved their property. Eighty
per cent. of the Filipino populs ton are OPP
posed to war, the serious trouble being con-
fined to few Tagalog princes in Luzon-
Even among the Tagalos the common peo-
pie desire peace. The accounts of alleged
atrocities printed in American papers are
copied by the fnsurgent press and have cost
American lives. The war is humanely con-
Quoted and the situation is steadily improv-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
THE STATE PRESS.

The results of the Ohio convention show
that the Republican quarrels there Are
family affairs from which envious neigh
bors will not profit in the least-Fort
Wayne Gazette.
Mr.. Bryan says: "T stand to-day where
stood three years ago." That is true, but
the procession of prosperity has marched
stands He is in the rear of the column,
where he belongs.-Elwood Call-Leader.
The next Republican national convention
is likely to be the most harmonious ever
held; no mention Is likely to be made Of
any man but President Mckinley for the
head of the ticket, and If Mr.. Hobart's
health will permit his running again he
will get the same support-Goshen Times.
States whose people would accomplish
the best results should see to 1t that the
Governors chair Is occupied by the ablest
man possible to secure. He should, Of
course, be man Of pure motives and Of
the courage and ability to direct legislation
and secure results such as will prove Of
greatest good to the greatest number
-Middletown News.
Nebraska farmers paid out Sc. 100000 mort
gage indebtedness In 1898. And all this hap
pened under the gold standard and without
the free coinage of silver. SO far Mr. Bryan
has not explained to these farmers how
these things happen ho h which n ne says are inn
State prosper the most the farther away
they get from his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Re-
publican.
We note that prominent Indiana poll
tician says that it will cost him 600 to give
UP his private business and run for Gov
ernor but that he is willing to sacrifice
his private feelings for the good Of the
party. After this exhibition of goOd-heart-
edness, the party ought to rise to the oc-
casion and go the gentleman one better by
not asking him to make such sacrifice
-Cannelton Enquirer.
Expansion is republicanism in a big
sense. The word applies not alone to wild
ened bounds, but to extended trade: 1t
means not only the lowly redeemed. but
the spread of the republican idea which is
progress. Expansion to-day means pos
sible future peace. and greater security In
the event Of war As interpreted by the
administration party expansion means all
this and more. 1t demands a greater re-
spect for the flag, stronger faith in the
Naturalization Chronicle.
During tho last few weeks the ginseng In
dustry in this county has reached respect
able proportions and b the source Of con-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
Robert Barr. stories.

The clever story by Robert Barr In yes
ferday's Journal. Jennie Baxter. Journal
ist." Is the first Of a series Of nine which
will appear in successive Sunday issues and
Will each relate an adventure of most re-
markable young woman Mr.. Barr has writ
ten a good many short stories and novels.
but never a dull one, and, good as the
earlier ones were. his later work shows
progress. Miss Baxter is a sort Of feminine
Sherlock Holmes" and shows herself to be
an accomplished detective. as well as a
journalist. Each of the several chapters Of
the serial can be read independently Of the
others. but there Is thread Of connection
best secured by beginning with the first
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

Philadelphia Times.

1t will be interesting to many women In
Vanity Fair, with whom time and crows
feet are contending, to know that dowager
is a word that threatens to become obsolete
1t is not an agreeable designation, since II
indicates age and decay of physca! charm.
things OF which women do not like to be
reminded. 1t is somewhat curious, however,
that the term has been doomed to extinction
by no less a young person than Queen
Wilhelmina. Her Majesty, being very
filial, does not like the idea Of her mother
being old lady, and has published a de-
cree in the Official Gazette to the effect
that from henceforth the ex-regent Is TO be
styled, not Queen dowager," but Queen
Emma of the Netherlands. The mother
of the Kaiser was the first to resent the
use of the word dowager, and insisted on
taking the name of her dead husband as the
definition to distinguish her from the wife
Of her son, and by virtue of an imperial
decree her official style is Empress Fred
erick." The widowed Czarina likewise OBJ
jects to the title of Empress dowager, and
insists being styled Empress Maria
Feodorowna," the name which she received
when, just before her marriage to the late
Car. she was baptized as a member of the
Greek Chruch. They say that the old En-
press dowager of China has issued decree
directing in a most peremptory manner that
the Objectionable word "dowager" must not
be used in conjunction with her name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

Any person who doubts the educational
effect OF ine architecture and art should
make an occasional study OF the crowds of
people. Sunday excursionists to the capital.
who linger about the soldiers monument.
admiring the fountains. studying and dis
cussinS the groups and absorbing the in
fuence OF the entire structure OF the hun
dreds of people who do this every Sunday
not one may be a judge of art but they all
know when they have experienced new
sensation and new pleasure. and every one
Of them carries away lasting Impressions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
June Magazines.

Harper's Bazaar, in its current issue. begins
a series Of articles on Home Dressmaking,
by Julia X. McDougall. teacher OF dress
making at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn Inc
articles are Of the most practical nature.
The National Geographic Magazine for
June contains a large-sized official map or
the Island of Luzon In the Phiippiness
showing the theater OF military operations.
There is also considerable valuable informa-
ton about Samoa
1.-The Theology OF Byron" Is the rather
startling subject of an illustrated article I'm
the June number Of the Methodist Magazine
(St. LOUISE In the popular mind me name
of Byron is not associated with theology.
but the poet had, nevertheless. natural
theology that was consistent.
Governor Roosevelt concludes the story
OF his regiment in the June Scribner with
a letter from a school teacher. telling how
some of the Rough Riders adjusted them
selves 10 the conditions OF peace on their
return home. Ii Is tribute to the affection
in which the colonel was held by his regi-
ment.
The China Decorator is a monthly jour-
nal especially devoted to the art Indicated
by its title. and its careful instructions and
artistic designs must be of great value both
to the beginner and tile advanced worker.
The June number has beautiful coiored
treatment. Ii Is published at NO. . East
Fourteenth street. New York
Besides its menus. recipes and general
mention of womens interests. Table Talk
gives this month I'm Strawberry Time" by
Margaret Hoagland Warner; Frogs Legs"
by James Buckham: The Rose Fruit, By
Martin Bockee Flint. Delicious Fruits
Preserved" by Amelia Sulzbacher: Moth
er's Corner Lot" by Elizabeth Grinneli.
Early Training of Children" by Helen
Raymond Wells etc
The current installments OF Conan Doyle's
Round the Fire. series and Grant Aliens
''Hilda Wade I'm the Strand. both deal
with the occult. though the latter Is more
OF an essay In character reading by the
wonderful young woman who carries the
title role. The mothering instinct In fishes
Is the subject OF the nature studies. while
promise OF something richly humorous
shows in the new sea story begun BY W. W.
Jacobs
The Circle of Century" Is the aug
gestive title Of new novel BY HRS. Bur-
ton Harrison. which viii begin a. hes been
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.



Jackson's Interesting Narrative.
In PREDATORY note TO this work. the au-
thor. Frederick G. jackson. says: This n
an unvarnished tale OF a thousand con-
secutive days spent In the Arctic. printed
almost word for word as IL was written
while the facts and impressions were fresh
in my memory-in our hut, or tent when
sledging or boating Journeys in Franz
Josef Land. IL is a simple, true account
and statement OF facts incident TO our lie
and work there-plain facts, penned by
plain man." The book is the narrative OK
the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, which
vas sent out in 1894 by Mr.. Alfred HARMS
worth liberal E,nglishman. TO ascertain
the importance of Franz-Josef Land as
way TO the pole. The expedition sailed from
the Thames in July. 1884. and remained in
the Arctic regions three years. "A Thou
sand Days in the Arctic is the record or
the expedition written by its commander.
Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock contributes
a preface to the work. IN which he says:
jackson cannot be too highly praised for
his cheerful endurance Of three such years.
nor for the tenacity with which he adhered
TO his purpose of carrying on scientific OBJ
servations and collecting specimens in every
department Of natural science. This long
series of magnetical. meteorological and
and interesting collections OF specimens
made amply repay the outlay of the jack
SON. Harmsworth expedition, which will long
be remembered by the scientists Of all ma
tons for its rich contributions TO their
stores OF knowledge" The scientific obser-
vations and results of the expedition will
receive fuller treatment in a subsequent
volume. this one being OF popular char
acter. There is no attempt at fine descrip-
tive writing, but the adventures and ex-
periences of the party are related with
much fuIlness of detail ana in very
graphic manner. The solitude of the party
was twice broken during the three years
-once by the Windward, which vessel, hav-
ing been compelled 10 pass the winter OF
1894 at Franz-Josef Land. returned there
with supplies in July. 1896; and again by
DR.. hansen and his companion, Lieutenant
Johansen who came upon the party after
having padded for hundred miles over
an open sea in frail canvas-covered boats.
The book is a fascinating narrative OK
travel and adventure In the polar regions.
as remarkable for the great amount OF In
formation IL contains as for the clear and
realistic style In which IL is written II IS
profusely illustrated. New York: Harper q
Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

Albert L. Johnson, brother of Col. Tom,
who Is now in London surveying the field
for rapid transit investments, talks freely
for the London papers. He finds British
methods too slow. and thinks that Bright
on Beach, which Is fifty-three miles from
Charing Cross. should be made suburb Of
London. 1T costs $50 to go by the steam
railway from London to Brighton" says
Mr.. Johnson. 'and the price prohibits the
masses from reaching the seashore. / pro-
pose to carry passengers the entire distance
for II cents, running a mile minute"
Such talk as this is calculated to make
Englishmen wonder where they are at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

The Louisville School Board discovered
and adopted a new way of making an ass
Of itself by ordering the public schools
closed during Col. w. ]. Bryan's recent
proves the occasion by a caustic editorial.
In which it remarks that there was not
room enough In one city for the ioodgates
of Organic eloquence and anything else to
be open at the same time" II there were a
school for imbeciles in Kentucky the MEM
bers of the Louisville School Board should
be sent to IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

While several new trusts have been an
nounced the past month, with large figures,
evidence accumu ates that they cannot sell
their stocks. Inc National Wooden Com
pany with s5O.0O0.oO0 is about abandoned.
and a half dozen others are meeting OBJ
stacles which will lead to their abandon
ment 1t is rumored that the Carnegie COM
pany cannot be fioated on The investment
scale proposed by Mr.. Frick. The reason
of the failure and Of more failures is the
growing indisposition of the people to pur-
chase the stocks. In spite of the great pros
perity Of the iron and steel industry the
stocks of the Federal Steel and the Amer
lean Car and Foundry Company have fall
en-, the first 80 1-3 per cent. and the latter
to GA a share. A private bank which adj
yanced 100000 to a combination, receiving
S, 100000 in preferred and much more of
common stock, will lose 81 100000 The COM
mon stock of the Continental Tobacco fell
in the past week to 401a from 6S. American
Steel and Wire has kept pace with Federal
Steel in decline. In short, all the best IN
dustrials in the trust list have declined and
are stnl shrinking. 1t is predicted that In
a few months the larger part of the trusts
which have cut so large a figure will go to
pieces because of overcapitalization.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

What will the coming electric vehicles be
called? Scientific discoveries and new in
ventions have added many new words to
the language. including long list of cleo
trical terms, and now another will be
needed. Already We have automobile. auto
vehicle. automotor and. In England, auto
car. All OF these are expressive enough.
though some of them are open to criticism
on the ground of mixing up different Ian
guages. but none of them is handy enough
for popular use. The same necessity that
converted bicycle into bike, telephone into
phone tesesraphing into wiring, ETC., win
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

The author of this work. Frederick Pal
mer. had originally intended to accompany
the government expedition for the relief OF
the miners OF the Klondike which was be-
ing modified at Dyea when he arrived
there. but. as the necessity for relieving
Dawson passed away, the government ex-
petition did not go and the author was left
to his own resources. From Dyea, accom-
panied by two trusty companions and the
necessary outfit of dogs, sleds: etc. he set
out TO make the untried journey OF six hum
dred miles over the icefelds OF the Lewes
lakes and the icepacks Of the Yukon river
to Dawson. His account OF this periious
tourney. including his arrival at Dawson.
the description of that place at the begin
ming of the gold excitement. its social ana
business conditions. incidents of mining lffey
anecdotes of successful prospectors and
miners. all detailed I'm bright and pleas
ing way makes a very readable book or
Klondike adventure and experience. The
realism of the narrative Is aided by photo
gravure Illustrations from life. New York:
Charles Scribners Sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
A Surpriae.

II guess I'll keep you on all season." said
house.
"At last 1 am appreciated" exclaimed the
man who had never been able to get an en-
gagement fer more than a week, trying 10
hide his establishment under the abr of a
man coming into his rights.
That's what continued the manager
You are so hopelessiy bum that you make
the other turns seem good by contrast"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

While the scientists OF all nations have
been discussing the possibility of aerial To-
comotion and while professor OF the
Smithsonian Institution Is expending money
appropriated by Congress to test an unsuc-
cessful air ship OF his Invention. a plain In
comes much nearer solving the problem
than any or all others The air ship con-
structed by Mr.. A r Farmer. OF Evans
vile. dh so much more and better on its
FIRST trial trip than any other on record
that he should be encouraged to improve
and perfect n along the lines he has
adopted
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

The railroads are liable to be injured by
manufacturing trusts by their system Of
supplying their goods from factories near
est the field OF distribution Instead Of ship
ping goods from New England to California.
as under the competitive system, the Cali
fornia orders. will be filed by the nearest
factory There are those who regard this
plan as a serious menace to railroad prop
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
The Dehris Of 90.

Indiana people have had so many evil
dences Of the good work done and doing
at Purdue University that they are not sur
prised by any new one. A unique addition
to the list is a publication entitled The
Debris Of &c." a large and handsome
volume published by this years senior class
of the institution. The modest title OF the
volume conveys no idea Of its scope or
value. for II is replete with historical.
Biographical and literary interest. An his
torical sketch of the university IL appro-
priately preceded by portrait and sketch
of Senator Justin 8. Morrill,. the father or
land-grant colleges The history Of the uni
versity is one of educational progress and
results of which Indianians should be
proud. This is followed by descriptions OF
the different departments, the courses OF
study, pictures OF the interiors of lecture
and working rooms. portraits Of the teach.
ers. literary sketches by the students. So
ciety statistics. and many other things that
appertain to a college publication The book
shows much labor in Its preparation and ID
something more than pretty souvenir.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05

The New York Sun had very sensible
article few days ago deprecating the at
tempt to make the selection of speaker OF
the House sectional matter. The Chicago
Times-Herald attempts to answer by charg-
ing that the Sun desires to have a speaker
who will be dictated by Senator Plat, Of
New York. and ex-senator Quay, OF Penn
sylvania That Is an assumption. not an ar
gument to sustain the sectionalism urged
by the Chicago paper The fact that the
Massachusetts delegation and the Hartford
(Conn-) Courant have declared for Hender-
son proves that Republicans do not propose
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-05
Indiana Investments I'm Kansas.

Judge d. p. Baldwin and s. z. Howe. OF
Logansport, who have been engaged in
stock raising in Arizona for many years.
have secured 800 sections or 10000 acres
of land mostly in Greedy county, Kansas.
They secured the land under a proposition
to the County Commissioners to buy all the
tax land of the south half Of that county
at % cents an acre. like proposition has
been made to Stephen county, covering
large tracts of land in that county. While
these deals have not been absolutely closed,
yet 1t Is believed that Messrs. Baldwin and
Howe will secure control OF the property.
This land is in the section of Kansas which
a few years ago was practically abandoned.
1t Is what Is known as the boom section of
Kansas and is owned chiefly by nonresi-
dents of the State who have allowed the
taxes to lapse; in fact the State has been
pursuing a policy of taxing the value out
of this land in order TO have IL improved.