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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

The presence of Mr.. Kruger in France
and the wild acclaim with which the
French greet his appearance very natural
ly attracts much attention. Hating Great
Britain for some cause, there is reason to
believe that hostility to John Bull is large
ly the cause of the enthusiasm of the
French for Mr.. Kruger. But what does he
expect to gain by his journey through Eu-
ropean countries? He has fled from his
own country, which means that he is de-
feated. At one time he declared that he
would not leave the Transvaal, but he
changed his mind. In leaving it Mr. Kru-
ger confesses that he is vanquished and
that his alleged republic is no more Does
he visit Europe in the expectation that he
can induce France and Germany to inter-
fere in his behalf? That might have been
possible before General Lord Roberts made
his victorious campaigns. but it is not
probable. But now to interfere involves
the sending of troops to retake the Trans
vaal and re-establish the Kruger regime.
There is not the slightest possibility that
European nations will entertain such a
H.
President should entertain such thought.
but the man who is alleged to have paid
meteoric American a large sum of money
to secure the interference of the United
States is capable of believing the most i'm
possible things.
If the Kruger government were repub-
lie instead of oligarchy the feeling
would be quite different in regard to him.
There was no more of popular government
in the South African republic than there
is in Mississippi. Unjust taxation of the
many by the few who were granted con-
cessions was the rule. and this was bur-
densome to those who were not natives.
With the conviction that just govern
ment has been overthrown in South Africa,
some points in Mr.. Kruger's speeches may
be considered. One of his most strenuous
assertions is that he did his utmost to
bring about an agreement with Great Brit
ain and thus escape war; Thus Mr.. Kru-
ger forgets that, while negotiation was
possible, he delivered an ultimatum to the
effect that Great Britain should withdraw
its soldiers from it's own frontier and order
back ships that were bringing more troops
to South Africa. He demanded an an
swer in twenty-four hours. The answer
not being given, Mr.. Kruger marched his
army into British territory and seized Brit
ish strongholds This is a matter of his
tory which Mr.. Kruger's speeches cannot
obliterate. The fact is, he was led to be-
lieve that he could defeat the British.
There is one charge in his speech which
concerns the British government and peo-
pie, and that is that the British army has
violated the laws of modern warfare by
practicing barbarities toward women and
by destroying class of property which
should be protected. Mr.. Kruger has cited
no instances of such outrage, and he
should be required to do so. Nevertheless.
the British government should at once
prove to the world. If it can. that nothing
of the kind has been permitted or prac-
ticed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mulhall. the great stattstician. devoted
nearly thirty years to the preparation Of
his Dictionary Of Statistics
Madame Sarah Bernhardt is devoted to
her family, and fully half OF the millions
she has made has gone to the support OF
her relatives.
Caviar is the roe OF sturgeon. Nearly
every label says made in Germany but
1t is put up in Maine There is none IN
ported into America
Mrs. Isobel Strong. stcpdaughter Of
Robert Louis Stevenson. will make Phila-
delphia her home during the next two
years. With Der son Austin, who i study
ing landscape architecture she Is living
quietly at Chestnut Hill. making occasional
excursions into public life TO lecture. q.
more properly speaking. TO talk Familiarity
OF Stevenson, his literary work and his life
at Samoa.
1t Is the intention of the management
OF the suffrage bazaar. which viii open
Dec. g. in Madison Square Garden, New
York TO hold a public reception at which
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Miss Susan
B. Anthony, Mrs. Mary A Livermore and
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe viii be hcSfesses-
All these women are over eighty years
of age. and their names are synonymous
with the woman's suffrage movement
Miss Beatrice Harraden is recovering
from the serious accident which she sus-
tained while I'm Norway ard is now back
at her home IN London and able 20 take
short walks She slipped from her pony
while on mountaineering expedition.
seriously in1urlng her ankle aud foot AittI
lying in shed on the mountain top untli a
little recovered from the shock she Nas
obliged, with the aid OF her friends. 70
make the two hours descent on horseback
with her broken limb unset.
Mademoiselle Henriot. the young actress
who lost her life In the fire at the Theafer
Francois. in Paris. win be commemorate
by a very handsome monument In the Pas
sy Cemetery. The tomb has been designed
by an architect. and on &c there l. mar
bic bust OF Mademoiselle Henriof by "a.
Puech- On the pedestal Is an Inscription
which runs: She came. she smiled ana
masks Of uaEedy and eoras6r and tn~
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docs. of accepting every form of life as
sacred. but at least degree Of progress
in that direction is wholesome

1t is possible that too much Importance
may be attached to the action of the
Turkish government I'm declining to grant
an exequatur. or authority to act, to Dr.
Thomas HI. Norton as United States con-
sui at Harpoot. Certainly il is not cause
OF war. As general rule every govern
ment has a right, for reasons of its own,
to decline to receive a person appointed
as minister or to recognize a consul. 1t
may decline to receive minister because
he is persona non grata or a consul for
other reasons, and it Is hardly competent
for another government to question the
reasons assigned. In this case the Turkish
government declines to recognize the
American consul on the ground that there
Is no commerce at Harpoot and conse-
quently no need of consul. In sense
that is true. Harpoot is a missionary
station, and the only need of consul
there is as sort of protector of mission
airy interests. Missionaries are not in very
good favor at present in Mohammedan
countries, and the Turkish government
can hardly be blamed for not caring to
have a United States consul at a point
where he has no consular duties to per-
form and nothing to do except what APP
pears from Turkish point Of view TO
make trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
LITERARY NOTES.

Hawthorne spent from six months to a
year in the composition Of each of his ro-
mances.
A volume of essays by Mrs. Carina B.
Campbell Eaglesfeld, of Indianapolis, is
announced for early publication by New
York house
A new Thanksgiving poem by James
Whitcomb Riley appears to-day. by special
arrangement with the author, in the New
York World.
Mrs. Humphry Ward is one of the few
modern English women who have deliber-
ately prepared themselves for a literary
life. She spent eight years in study in the
Bodleian library at Oxford.
1t is a curious reflection on the alleged
literary claims of modern magazines. re-
marks the Philadelphia Inquirer, that, as
a rule, artists receive better pay for their
work than do the writer's.
Meredith Nicholsons 1.-The Hoosiers," as
he has entitled his history of the literary
development in Indiana, is being issued
from the press and advance copies have
been received in Indianapolis.
Mr.. William Dean Howells said quite re-
Gently that his four favorites in literature
were Shakespeare, Dante, Homer and
Goethe. These he considers the masters
as regards genius, style and execution.
Ii Is announced that Chicago Journalism
is TO lose one of its particular stars, Ros-
well NJ Field (Eugene's brother). whose
work on the Chicago Evening Post has be-
come so well known. He has been en-
gagged by the Youths Companion, and Will
remove TO Boston
Frances Courtenay Baylor" the author
of that clever and once much-talked-of
book. ION Both Sides" is the wife of
George Sherman Barnum, of Freleighs-
burg, province OF Quebec Mrs Barnum
lives in Savannah In the winter and at
Lexington, Va, in the summer.
Juan Valera, the Spanish novelist and
statesman. has started magazine at Mad
rid with the name of Gente Vista, "old
Folks It is intended as a protest against
the eccentriclties and self-advertisement of
the young school," and will uphold the
established standards of art and of Ian
guage. Editors and contributors will be
over fifsy-fve years of age.
The memoirs Of Phillips Brooks. the
great preacher and greater man, are soon
to be published. The writing of the life
was to have been done by the late Rev. DIR.
Arthur Brooks of New York city. young
er brother of the beloved bishop Of Massa-
chusetts. and he was IN fact busy about il
when he died, in the midst Of a most useful
and noble life. in 1896. The work has been
accomplished by Prof. Alexander " G. Al
len. OF the Protestant Episcopal Theolog-
lcal Scnool at Cambridge. and Is said TO be
worthy Of all approval
How the literary brethren love each
other: Here Is specimen of professional
amenities taken from the latest issue, Of
the Literary Collector: 'sThe Bcokmarl. It
. announced. has received a gold medal
ae the Paris exposition. Was II for the
oQltor's versatility In writing the two re-
views Of David Hnrnn. diarnetricalIy OPP
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

OF Missouri. the company did not think
that jury would decide that 1t would
be an injury to mans reputation to be
In this the company was mistaken, as the
verdict shows. In the course of the trial
1t was shown that those holding up the
train got nothing because they used too
much dynamite. 1t is possible that the
jury desired to stimulate the industry by
compelling the railroad company TO pay a
reasonable sum to those engaged in the
hold-up when the receipts are not sufficient
to make a fair remuneration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

The extension of the rural free delivery
service has reached a point where it is
proposed to test it in whole counties in
stead OF particular settlements. Six coun-
ties IN as many different States in different
sections OF the country have been selected
for the experiment, and If successful in
these it will be extended as rapidly as pos
sible throughout the entire country where
the population will justify it. No innova-
tion In government in many years has been
IS successful or received as much popular
Approval as this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

During the past year the State of Penn
Eylvania has purchased 100000 acres of
land to be devoted to forestry reserva-
ton AS rule land has been selected
not adapted to agricultural purposes. Up
on this land the State will preserve the
timber where it is found, and plant trees
on land which has been denuded of its
trees. The main purpose is to conserve
the rainfall and the purity and even flow
of the mountain streams
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
Foofnotex.

The whirligig of society brings in strange
revenges-
Among the funny people we know are those
who act as If they had invented the art OF ap-
probation
Every woman has dear. dear friends that she
wouldn't lend her best napkins to.
Fate loves joke: we generally feel like writ
ing letters when we are out OF postage stamps
1t is q great drawback to a man not to be able
t, believe that other men have as much sense as
he has
Bryan now resembles boy who started down
hill on a sled-oniy to discover at the bottom Of
the hill that the sled had stopped half way.
The special spite which We feel toward a
poor new book is that it has kept us from
reading good, old book.
At the Thanksgiving feast let all those who
don't have to carve be thankful
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

1t is not probable that the gas meter will
be adopted until there shall be no gas to
measure, but more people who have in
ton now than did year ago. When gas
Is most needed there is very little for a
large part OF those who pay for it, but if
there were meters no one would pay for
gas witch he did not get.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

The estimated increase of the wealth of
The country the last decade is s26, 000 900, 900.
bringing the total up to s91. OOO. 100000. which
means an average of s1.1e5 to each inhabi-
eant-an increase of 1887 during the decade.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

Chaplain Miller, of the Fourth Cavalry,
now in the Philippines. has sent written
statement to the War Department fatty
denying recent charges of excessive immor-
atty among the soldiers there. He says
that from personal investigation and
knowledge he knows the charges to be
false
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House ana Fifth-avenue
Hotel
CHICAGo-Palmer House. p. o. News Co.. III
Dearborn street.
cINCINNATI-L r. HawIey & Co.. 154 Vino
street.
IOUISVILLE-C. T. Deering, northwest corner
of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co.. ESQ Fourth avenue.
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

Doubtless the New York World which
was Interested in the prosecution OF Mayor
Van Wyek, and a few Republicans who
think when Republican has chance 10
get man of the opposite party out OF Of
fice he should do so. will criticise the
action of Governor Roosevelt in deciding
that he could see no legal cause for re-
moving the mayor from office because
he owned stock in the ice trust. The Gov
ernor did not find the evidence he deemed
necessary TO establish the guilt of the
mayor. consequently no consideration of
party advantage had influence with him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

Now that the campaign is over there
seems to be no loud protest against retain
ing the present army of 100000 men, which
shows that those who feared that federal
soldiers would capture county seats and
run things have survived their Mysteries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

In the East 1t Is the renaissance of the
Democratic party that Is being discussed
b. Mr.. Carlisle and others. Renaissance
IS well sounding word, but will it please
Mr.. Towne, who objects to reorganization?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
EIevatins the Game.

"Desdemona Jones always gives cut flowers as
euchre prizes"
Whats that for?''
"Oh, she says she hates to intimate that her
guests haven't all the silver, glass ami
china they want"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

The counsel for the railroads In the con-
tention over the elevation of the tracks
seem not to be able to find anything more
than the consent Of the city in the ordi-
nance. This is very sad, but it is possible
that the lawyers for the railroads have
not been unanimously eager to find posi-
tive requirement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
Hoosler. stand Tosether.

Roswell Field, in Chicago Post.
The bold arraignment OF foreign litera-
ture by the members of the woman's Club.
presumably as an appeal for public sup
port of Cook county authorship. IL pleas
ant indication Of public spirit which prom
ises renewed and encouraged endeayor on
The part Of our leading litterateurs. We
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

The Vermont Legislature has ordered
that portrait Of the late General Liscum
be placed in the Statehouse. Why would
not a portrait of General Lawton. placed
in the Indiana Statehouse, be a most ap-
propriate memorial?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
Good for the spectator..

II don't see how you say football is n.y.
gienic; look at the men who get hurt,'
''well. look at the thousands of men who
jump up and down and howl in the fresh air
without getting hurt at ALL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

for long time, but now we have the
real thing. If eS-Secretary John w. Fos-
ter goes to assist China in working it out.
as is reported, it may be solved.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
An Ambition Involved.

Father-I think I've scared Bobby out OF
smoking cigarettes
Mother-What did you say?'
Father-I told him no boy seven years old who
used tobacco would ever grow big enough to be
a policeman
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

General Wesley Merritt, whose services
In the Philippines give weight to his opin-
ion. thinks the result of the recent cleo
tion will be followed by the speedy end
OF the Taft commission in establishing civil
government should contribute to the same
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.

An Empty Accomplishment.
Doesn't 1t make trouble to have your daugh-
ter go to cooking school?'
mo; she never wants to cook at home''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

r. G. Dun &c Co. and Bradstreet do not
Seem to know the election is over. They
keep on making weekly reports of increas-
Ing prosperity and business just as If
campaign were on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25
Not Quito the Same.

Man Qndignantly)-Here, your told me this
was good old family horse!
Dealer-Well. meant it would take whole
family to drive him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

Dolly-You used to say you wanted to marry
man who could form your mind Polly.
Poly-Yes. but, honestly, Dolly, the only men
who ever tried to form my mind were so awfuly
homely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-25

A Missouri jury has awarded a man
$4,000 who was arrested as train robber
n the instigation of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad AS train robbing has long been
regarded a. one Of the profitable vocations
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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-11-02
A Philippine Letter.

Harry Beard, we'll known il
this city, formerly a student. al
the o A c and leader of the col
lege band, has written an inter
esting letter to his parents, who
reside in Linn county. 1t was
made public in the Albany Her
aid and we print certain extracts.
Speaking Of the natives and
their enlightenment he says they
have implicit faith in their abil-
ity to make rain. He says:
''In nearly every town Oh the
island the population were turn
ing out giving torch light pro-
eessions, feasts, and sac
rifces, just as people
used to do 1000 years B. c., try
ing 10 make it rain. Well, these
people over here are about 2ooo
years before Christ now, still
they think they made it rain. !"
Speaking of the rainy season.
he says that the general health
of the men in service there is
better on the average than it was
during the dry season. He also
writes that the natives also
seemed to enjoy better health
during this season of the year.
Among other matters of inter
est, he gives the following ac-
count Of a native funeral: GA
native funeral is very interest
ing. They are also yer common
here. The body IS placed in a
little fiat coffin which is painted
nearly every color of the rain
bow. The coffin is placed on a
sort of table or rack, with lighted
candles at corner, and carried
by two natives at the cemetery.
Following the coffin in the pro-
cession is the family, and then
the hired 1nourners, gaily
dressed "Senoritas" smoking
cigarettes, talking and laughing
with one another, and everyone
they meet on the street. If the
dead happened to be a rich or
distinguished person the native
band goes along.''
From the number of incidents
related OF the natives, person
is quite excusable in forming the
opinion that all of this twaddle
about high Filipino civilization
and enlightenment is ''rot