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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
scuIptured Likeness Of the War Cow
ernor Now I'm the Temple OF Fame
known as Statuary Hall.
THREE ELOQUENT TRIBUTES
PRESENTATION SPEECH DELIVERED
BY SENATOR FAIRBANKS,
Who Reviewed at Length the Cover
nor's Public services-Utterances
of Messrs. Beverfdge and Allison.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The statue Of
Oliver p. Morton was formally accepted by
the Senate this afternoon. The resolution
vas offered by Senator Fairbanks, who
made a strong and feeling address in honor
OF the memory OF Indiana's noblest son and
the greatest of war Governors. He was
followed by Senator Allison. OF Iowa. who
occupies the position Morton filed at his
death-that OF leader OF the Republican
party I'm the Senate of the United States.
Senator Allison had carefully prepared
address, which he set out tc read. but he
was so carried away by the recollection OF
his service and close personal association
with the eminent statesman he was eulo-
gizing that at times he forgot his manu-
script and told in feeling tones personal
incidents of his intercourse with one
whom all now recognize as having been
one OF the great men Of the Nation Sem
ator Beveridge closed the exercises with a
brief address. Fervent an eulogy, yet chaste
in language, its perfectly rounded SEN
tences charmed the ear. while its noble ap-
probation OF the dead statesman. who
yet lives and will always live In she men,
ory Oh ms STdtelul country Sneus tOucnSd
the heart.
Mrs. Morton. Mrs. Gill and Oliver p. Nor
ton, jr., occupied seats in the gallery re-
served for senator's families during the ex-
ercises. So affected was Mrs. Morton by
the touching tribute OF Senator Beveridge
to the memory of him the world calls great.
but whom she remembers as her beloved.
that the tears flowed from the fountain
that not even time can exhaust. II was
one of the most affecting sights ever wit
messed in the Senate chamber. All the In
diana delegation In Congress listened to the
addresses. The resolution presented by
Mr.. Fairbanks and adopted by the Senate
follows:
Resolved by the Senate. the House OF
Representatives concurring. that the
statue of Oliver Il. Morton presented by
the State Of Indiana to be placed I'm
Statuary Hall Is accepted In the name OF
the United States, and that the thanks
of Congress be rendered the State for the
contribution of the statue OF one of the
most eminent citizens and illustrious
statesmen of the Republic.
"Second-That copy Of these resolu-
tions, suitably embossed and duly au-
thenticated, be transmitted 10 the Governor
Of the State Of Indiana"
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snyman and raise the siege Commandant
shyman, therefore. has attacked him, and
colonel Plumer has prudently retired. ex-
pecting, no doubt, TO return after Com
mandant Snyman whenever the latter goes
back.
Lord Roberts never forgets small things
while attending to great things. 1t may
De taken as certain that he knows how and
when he shall have Mafeking relieved. sup
POSING the garrison can hold out, but he
does not disclose his plans In advance. We
are all left to our guess. My first guess
tnat the column had gone up by Barkley
on or about Feb. 10 seems to have been
wrong. my next, that the mounted force
would go up from Prieska, as soon as the
rebels were settled, is not yet ruled out.
General Methuen has been nearly a week
near Fourteen Streams. probably waiting
Tor troops enough. The Boer general who
is hoping to get past General French up
to kroonstad may be caught and made to
night, but with few thousand mounted
men he ought to be able by temporary
disposition, to elude the British. If he
stands to fight he may be detained for some
time.
Lord Roberts has now been more than
ten days at Bloemfontein. He seems to
wish to settle the country behind him be-
fore going on Probably. too. he has ex-
tensive preparations to complete. His next
campaign will go into the dry season and
When the nights are often very cold and
the veldt is dry and bare. He will want
his men equipped for this season and his
transport service qualified to be as near in
dependent as possible of grasses and water.
The design, no doubt, is that General Bull
ler in the next advance. will move stimuli
taneously with Lord Roberts. General
Butler perhaps is not ready
Lord Roberts will shortly have the
Eighth Division and may also form of the
troops now available a new tenth divi-
sion. He will then have In his own hands
10000 men and General Butler will have
10000.
The former force need not necessarily
be moving all on one line, for it would be
easy to form third column to cross the
Vaai river at Kimberley and turn any Boer
defense on that river. In view of these
figures and the known power of Lord Rob-
erts as leader, / attach little Importance
TO the Boer declarations that they will
make big fight. If they stand before they
are driven into Pretoria expect they will
be enveloped. They may defend Pretoria.
but that can help them but little 1t will be
question of weeks. Lord Roberts NAV be
looked for north of the Vaal at the end of
April. and before Pretoria, if the Beers fall
back to that place, before the first half of
May"
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RELIEF BILL PASSED.
Adopted by the House After an Hour
of Sharp Debate.

WASHINGTON, March 24-After brief
and spirited debate the House to-day took
the last congressional step in completing
the Porto Rico relief bill, agreeing to the
conference report by vote of 135 to 81.
The bill turns over to the President for the
use of Porto Rico about s2o0o.oo0 of Gus
toms receipts collected on Porto Rico goods
up to Jan. l last and such amounts as may
hereafter accrue until otherwise provided
by law. The debate lasted but an hour,
but in this time the whole range of Porto
Rico legislation was discussed.
An important bill, passed during the day,
appropriates $4,000 for designs for suit
able memorial in Washington to Ulysses S.
Grant, this being the first step in the
movement to secure an arch similar to the
Arch of Triumph in Paris. commemorating
the illustrious soldier-statesman.
A resolution was passed asking the Sec
retary of state for information on the
"open-door" negotiations concerning China.
Mr.. McRae, of Arkansas, a member of
the conference committee, was the first
speaker on the Porto Rican bin. He Sc
verely criticised the general course Of re-
cent legislation toward Porto Rico. He
read the resolutions Of the Iowa House of
Representatives condemning the Porto Rico
tariff bill and those Of the New York Board
of Trade on the same subject. In every
solemn crisis, he said, the American people
might be relied upon to make their wishes
known In unmistakable terms. Such crisis
was now at hand. and Porto Rico, having
asked fulfillment OF promises and an OPP
portunity to relieve her distressed people,
was to be given this opportunity In the
form Of relief bill. "Will the American
people submit to this outrage?" be asked.
II the leaders OF the party in power believe
the people do not understand this question
they will speedily realize their mistake.
Messrs. Pierce Of Tennessee, Wilson of
South Carolina, Cochran OF Missouri and
Cox Of Tennessee also opposed the report.
Mr.. Richardson, the Democratic floor
leader, asked leave to print In the Record
some editorial press criticisms on the SUBJ
ject.
When Mr.. Dolliver. of Iowa. objected Mr..
Richardson declared that this was most
ungracious. to which Mr.. Dolliver answered
that he doubted the propriety Of reprintine
the newspapers In the Record.
Mr.. Williams OF Illinois. Mr.. Ridgeley of
Kansas, Mr.. Levy OF New York and Mr..
Finley Of South Carolina followed In oppo-
atteo e the report. Several ef the speak-
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Signed by the President.

WASHINGTON. March "a. The Porto
Rican appropriation bill was signed by the
President at 4:20 p. m. to-day.
Secretary Root to-day said that the
money appropriated by Congress in the
special relief act would be spent in ac-
cordance with the recommendations of
Governor General Davis. 1t is realized
that he is in better position than any one
here to know the needs of the Porto
Ricans. Before startins back from Ha-
vana Secretary Root telegraphed to Gen.
eral Davis full authority to employ labor
on public works and do everything he be-
lieves to be necessary for the welfare of
the island.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
c. E. GEORGE CONVICTED.
Lawyer Who Is Said TO Have Fleeced
people Who Wanted Fortunes.

CHICAGO, March PA jury In the
Federal District Court here to-day brought
I'm a verdict against Charles Z. George.
finding him guilty of using the mails to de-
fraud. Sentence was deferred till March
n. George is alleged to have swindled
many persons. securing about 5000 by rep
resenting that they were heirs to the es-
tate of James Mccormick, who died In
Guatemala. George, who Is an attorney.
said he represented the estate which. he
said. was valued at u,oooooo. His victims
were all of the name Of Mccormick. and
forwarded various sums Of money to "se-
cure their inheritance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
SKIRMISHING In NATAL.
Little Fights Near Biggarsburg-
TransvaaIers Determined

IransvaaIers Determined.
LADYSMITH, March 24.-The scouts fire.
quently engage the Beers beyond Meran,
under the Biggarsberg. but no important
fighting has taken place.
The Free Staters continue to enter our
lines surrendering, under the proclamation
issued by Lord Roberts. They declare that
the Transvaalers are determined to fight
to the bitter end.
The majority of those who have hitherto
taken part in the fighting have been Free
Staters. The Transvaalers have been held
in reserve. The Beers are preparing for
another campaign and will occupy a
strongly fortified position in the Transvaal,
necessitating heavy fighting before they
can be driven out. The Beers are not ex-
pected to make a stand at Johannesburg,
but to concentrate at Pretoria.
Lord Roberts's proclamation is causing
much dissatisfaction among the loyal
farmer Dutch in this neighborhood, as II
is taken to mean that he has morally
pledged himself to preserve the life and
property Of the rebels who lay down their
arms and return TO their homes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
Austria.s Reply to Beers.

VIENNA, March 24-It is semi-ofhcially
announced that the government OF Austria
Hungary has replied to the South African
republics appeal for mediation In the war,
that it was only possible to take such a
step when both belligerents desired 1t, and
that therefore it was impossible. under the
present conditions, to accede to the request
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
KipIinr at BIoemfoutein.

LONDON, March A-A special dispatch
from Bloemfontein. Gated March "a. says:
..Rudyard Kipling has arrived here. The
Beers are reported retiring from Kroonstad
after having blown up a bridge"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.
Interest Centers on the FAYE Of Ma
feking-Roberts's Plans.

LONDON. March 4-Spencer Wilkinson.
reviewing the situation at the seat OF war
Tor the Associated Press, at midnight said
that the two points of acute interest are
Just now Mafeking and the Boer column
trekking north from Smithfield and Roux-
vile along the Basuto border. About
Mafeking we are In the dark. Colonel
Piumer has only a handful OF men and Is
not strong enough to attack Commandant
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-25
General woodgate Dead.

LONDON, March 24.-Advices received
here announce the death in the Mooi hos
pital yesterday of General Sir Edward
Woodgate, who was wounded in the en-
gagement at SpIon kop on Jan. IA.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-02

Az fowls are ordinarily fed exercise
Is positively necessary to enable them
to digest the food they take. A ration
of grain in large part and other things
in small part means that the fowls
will have to develop muscle and en-
ergy to do the work of grinding. But
1t Is possible to so feed the fowls that
exercise will not be of any value. This
Is shown by the French method of fat
tening fowls. They are shut up in a
cage and fed on soft mash several
times day. They are given no room
,at oil for exercise, yet keep perfectly
healthy and develop meat and fat at a
great rate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-02

of the giants and busted all the crock
cry and turned the fleas loose. 1t might
a been rock pile we went through,
but l wasn't particular enough to get
off to look. Just then | saw a couple
of brown spots ahead. with somethin'
behind that looked like the tail of
coyote. and then two streaks of brown
went past us from in front. but they
fell behind so fast couldn't tell, but
l rather guess they was coyotes.
Just then there was another flash
of green, and then n regular cloud of
it swimmin' around me, an such rip
pin an tearin' of clothes an the aw-
fullest smashin' an crashin' of brush
an such a scratchin' of my eyes an
scrapin' off of my skin where the
clothes had been, an all at once 1
come to dead stop so fast that it
turned me upside down. AS soon as I
could get the blood out of my eyes
enough to see, / found myself in one
of these great big mountain manzan-
itas with my heels a lookin' at the
sky an not n burned rag on me but
bit of court plaster l had on back OF
one ear. kept still for a second, ex-
pectin' thunderbolt or somethin',
but the coast was all clear an the
sun smilin' as only our dear Califor-
MIA sun can smile, with the birds all
singin' praises to their Maker and not
an ant or burned thing in sight to
bother anybody. Just then heard
some one holler: Get out of here, you
son of gum 1t made me jump up,
but IL sounded so natural like 1t set
me to thinkin', and burned if it wasn't
my own voice-just arrived.
ooh, yes, he done pretty well for
lame bear, but what sport I'd a had
II I'd only had my spurs on."-Los
Anueles Times
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-02
Foreign Trade Facts.

Figures of the bureau Of statistics of
the treasury department show:
That we exported $43,450,765 more of
our own goods last April than we i'm
ported.
That we exported $50, 900 more of
our goods in April this year than in
April, 1899.
That our exports were S135,9iS,s57
greater in value in the ten months
ending with April, than in the CORE
spending ten months of the last fiscal
year.
That our exports in the last ten
months were $455, 4o5, 141 greater than
our imports.
That, under the Dingley protective
tariff, the articles which we import
free of duty were $40, DOC, 900 greater in
value the last ten months than a year
ago.
That our total foreign trade for the
fiscal year ending June 80 next, will be
$3o0,OO0,0OO larger than in the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1899.
That our combined import and ex-
port trade for this fiscal year is likely
to exceed two and quarter billion
dollars, of which exports will be 81 ,4O7,-
600, 900,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-02

in our one state than the per capita
of circulation for the whole country.
"What has brought about this pros
perity? Why, the busy factories have
created better demand for the farm
products. You know that it is the
home market that is the best for the
American producer, and when people
are steady at work they have money to
spend, with which to buy what the
farmers grow. The more factories we
can get out west, the better it will be
for our farmers. Since the last dem
ocratic administration has become q
matter of history, the value of the live
stock on our farms has increased by
S45,000,000, that is to say in five years,
being now worth, according to the de-
partment of agriculture's figures, $685.
100000, as compared with the total val
uation of S123,0O0,000 at the beginning
of 1895.
Talking about factories: You re-
member how the free traders ridiculed
the idea of making pearl buttons in
the United States? A duty was first
put on pearl buttons by the Mckinley
tariff in 1892. OF course the Wilson
bill cut this down end checked the
growth of the business. But the Ding
ley tariff of 1897 again made another
effort to build up another American
industry. What was the result? There
are now upwards of 40 pearl button
factories in Iowa. Shells from which
they are made are procured from the
river beds. There are nearly 1900 peo-
pie employed in the factories alone,
besides the hundreds of fishermen &C.
cupied in getting the mussel shells,
and the people employedin making the
machinery for the factories. Indirect
ly, the merchants, draymen. transpor-
tation companies, as well as the farm
ers, are benefited by this one little in
dustry, which has been as successful
In its way as the greater American tin
plate industries, which were also in
augurated by the Mckinley tariff of
1892.
Another instance, and may say, a
cause of the prosperity in Iowa." con-
tinued Mr.. Dolliver, sis to be found in
the railroads. A large number of rail-
road men live in our state, and when
you consider that the railroads in the
country are now employing over 1O0,-
600 more men than they had in 1895,
and are paying out fully 100000, 900 a
year more In wages, you will see what
an important factor railroad prosper
ity is to the country. and prosper
ity Is. to the railroads. The roads made
coed money last year, hut this has not
been at the expense OF the farmers,
because freight rates are lower now
than they were five years ago. am
within the mark when say that there
was over 200.00o.0c0 tons mere freight
carried by rail last year than In 1898.
stock in western railroads Is grad
uslly b?ing acquired Ly ;hf s:r.s.es.s
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of the company. Take the case Of the
Illinois Central, which runs through
Iowa. There are now about 1000 of its
employees who hold considerably over
1900 shares of stock in that company.
An employe is offered the privilege Of
subscribing for one share at a time.
This he can pay for by installments in
sums of IS or $40 or SIS, and when one
share is paid for the owner has his
name registered on the books of the
company, when, il he wishes, he can
begin to buy another share on the in
stallment plan. While paying for his
stock the employee receives interest at
the rate of four per cent. per annum,
provided he does not allow ~ consecu-
tive months to elapse without making
any payments at all. In case the en-
ploye leaves the service of the COM
pany he must either pay in full for the
share to which he has been subscrib-
ing, or withdraw his money with the
interest that is due thereon.
This is an excellent system. 1t
gives the men direct, personal inter-
est in the affairs of the company for
which they are working, and makes an
investment at fair rate of interest for
their savings. Besides this, they be-
come partners in one of the gigantic
corporations or trusts of the country,
and may be classed among those who
are decried by the democrats as being
capitalists, monopolists and extortion-
lists But the men ont our way don't
mind what they are called, as long as
they are well employed, with good
wages, have a mutual interest in the
ownership of the property for which
they are working, and can see little
capital accommodating every year for
their families. And these are condi-
tions that exist in Iowa to-day, both
among the railroad hands, the farmers
and the factory people. Business, Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-02
IOWA Is PROSPEROUS
How ]. p. Dolliver Talks About His
States Prosperity.
Great Increase I'm Wealth Among
Farmers and Wage Farmers
Due to Better Prices for
Farm Products.

"Iowa is brimful of prosperity this
year, said Hon. j. p. Dolliver, MEM
Der of congress from the Tenth district
of that state.
"The factories out there have been
running as they never ran before, re-
ceipts for farm crops have been larger
during the last season than in any pre-
vious season in the history of the state.
Money is abundant, debts are being
paid off, interest is lower, labor is we'll
employed, wages are better, and no
man need look for a job unless Ne wants
to take a vacation.
"In the last five years." continued
Mr.. Dolliver, "there has been an in
crease of $4,000 bank depositors in our
state alone, and the total amount of
the bank deposits has increasediby $685.
100000. That money has been distrib-
uted more among the farmers and wage
earners than among the business men,
is shown by the fact that both in the
savings banks and, the smaller state
banks the deposits have doubled, while
in the national banks the increase has
been about rs per cent. Every man or
woman in Iowa, who has savings bank
account, has an average of $3.50 to his
or her credit. Taking the whole popu-
lation of the state at 2,230,0O0, there is
$34 for each one of us on deposit in
our banks, so you see we have IS more
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-06-02
DETAIL OF PLANK FRAME.

the barn by the side of the drive floor is
really the imaginary boundary of the
feeding floor. A slight additional ex-
pense would have provided partition
with rolling doors, similar to that in
the rear which separates the stable
from the boxes, thus inclosing the
stable. Over the stables and boxes is a
loft with matched floor. The NOW
floor is also matched.
Nearly under the granary window is
a cathode, by which the cats enter the
barn through circuitous alley around
the granary. They say this entirely
prevents the depredations of rats and
mice. For my own part, should have
preferred lining the granary with sheet
iron, which could have been done for
three cents per square foot.
The ''lean-to" which forms the ma