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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-10
BRYAN PARTY At CHICAGO.
Conference of Leaders-Address IL
Democratic Voters.


CHICAGO, Aug 9-William ]. Bryan, his
| wife and son, the Stevenson party. Cover
| nor and Mrs Thomas of Colorado and Col
| John l. Martin, sergeant-at-arms of the
national convention, arrived over the Big
| Four in this city at $50 p. m. to-day. The
| Bryan party was driven to the Auditorium,
| where Mr.. Bryan will remain for several
| days in consultation with Chairman Jones
| and members of the national committee
| regarding the conduct of the campaign.
/ When Mr.. Bryan leaves here he will go TO
| his home in Lincoln where he will remain
| during the rest of the month. Tomorrow
| Mr.. Stevenson will proceed to Lake Min
| netonka with his family. where he will re-
| main for some weeks. The following ad-
dress was issued tonight:
ITO the Democrats OF the United States
| The Democratic party and its friends must
meet the forces of corruption and intimi-
| dation in politics this year by thorough
| organization A Democratic club or socie ty
/ should be organized in every city, town,
| village and precinct in the United States.
Democrats and all who are in
| sympathy with the principles set
! forth in the Kansas City platform
are earnestly urged to join Democratic
| ganizing them. This work of uniting the
| forces of law and liberty into one great
| systematized civic army should be carried
| on simultaneously in every part of the
| country and without delay. The friends
| of government according TO the hitherto
! unchallenged American theory of political
| equality everywhere under our flag. cannot
| afford TO be less Jealous or less active than
| the advocates of American colonial en-
| pire supported by rifles. No patriotic citi-
| zen can ignore the attacks which are being
| made upon the very foundations of our
present irreproachable form OF government.
| This year every citizen should be a politi-
clan. Clubs and societies should at once
| communicate with the secretary of the
| National Association OF Democratic Clubs.
| 1870 Broadway. New York city, so that the
united membership may work systematic
| ally In defense of the Republic as the
| fathers made it. All Democratic commit
| tees. State and local. are requested to aid
| the National Association of Democratic
| Clubs in this work.
''w. J. BRYAN
'ADLAI f. STEVENSON,
JAMES X. JONES.
Chairman National Democratic Com
mittee-
WILLIAM r. HEARST,
president National Association of Demo-
cratic Clubs"
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DEWEY SPEAKS
SAYS THERE Is POLITICS IN THE
FILIPINO INSURRECTION.
Leaders Holding Out i'm the Hope that
bryan and Jones VIII he Able
to Fulfill Promises.
DELUDING THEIR FOLLOWERS
BY BANKING ON DEMOCRATIC Sue
CESS IN FALL ELECTIONS.
The Admiral Tells How Foreign War
ships Can Keep Order in Chi
ncse Coast Cities.
w. J. BRYAN AT CHICAGO
PLOTTING WITH CHAIRMAN JONES
TO HOODwINK THE VOTERS.
Address Urging All Democrats to
Enlist i'm the "Civic" Army
Speeches at Lebanon, Ind.
The Admiral Tells How Foreign War
ships Can Keep Order i'm Chi
nesc Coast Cities.
w. J. BRYAN AT CHICAGO
PLOTTING WITH CHAIRMAN JONES
TO HOODwINk THE VOTERS.
Address Urging All Democrats to
Enlist i'm the "Civic" Army
Speeches at Lebanon, Ind.

NEW YORK, Aug. "a Washington dis
patch to the Brooklyn Eagle says that Ad-
miral George Dewey came to town to-day
from his country home in the suburbs of
Washington.
II regard the news from the Philippines
as particularly encouraging" the admiral
is quoted as saying TO the Eagle corre-
spondent. "Aguinaldo's lieutenants are
surrendering one after another. Whatever
show of resistance TO our authority there is
at the present time in the Philippines will
be kept up until after our election in No
vember. The insurrection is kept alive by
the leaders, who hold out to the soldiers
the hope of Bryans election.
81 regard the situation in China as ex-
ceedingly grave. The difficulties that our
many and various. The conditions that
exist there are very much the same as
those in the Philippine islands
When asked whether in his opinion there
was really condition of war now existing
between this country and China he said:
II should say most assuredly yes. They are
killing our people and our soldiers are
fighting hard for their lives. The navy
can be of little service in this Chinese diff
Guilty. Our warships can, however. keep
things quite at Hong Kong and Shanghai
Our naval commanders can do just as
did at Manila. when Aguinaldo said he
was going to take the city. / sent him
word that if he did. he would not find one
brick upon another, and that would raZe
the city to the ground This L should cer-
tainly have done If he had persisted in his
purpose. The warships of the allies ought
TO be able to keep things straight in those
cities within the reach of their guns on the
coast. 1t is very significant the sending for
Ii Hung Chang by the dowager Empress
In this day of dire distress, it is not sur
prising that such government there is
at Peking should turn to the only really
great man of the country. think the allies
are doing well to keep Ii Hung Chang
where he is. 1t is better for our people 20
have him under their eyes than at Peking."
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VIRTUALLY AN ULTIMATUM.
The Note Which MIR. WI Hos For-
warded to His Government.

The Note Wh1ch Mr. WI nHs or
warded to His Government.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Acting Secreta-
ry of State Adee would not admit yesterday
that his note to Minister Wu was, in effect.
an ultirnatum to the Chinese government.
as was stated in these dispatches last
night. To-day Mr.. Adee made public the
text of his note to Mr. W. 1t amply jus
titles the term ultimatum. I'VE demand."'
it says Now when one government de-
mands something of another. and that 9TH
er refuses to grant it. war Is the only
luton. China's answer, which will not be
received for some days, is, therefore.
awaited with deep interest. Minister WI
worked assiduously on the message during
to-day translating 1t first from English TO
Chinese and then from Chinese into the
cipher code OF China. Owing TO the gravity
of the document. this work required scru-
pulous exactness and time. but IL is proba-
bic that 1t is by this time on its way to
the Chinese government
The various foreign representatives In
the city showed keen interest in this
latest move OF the United States. and
called at the State Department 10 in
quire concerning 1t. They were fur
nished copies of the demand, and
in an informal manner expressed their ap-
provaI of what had been done. This ac-
ton by the United States was taken solely
on its own responsibility. without consult
ing other powers as to the advisability OF
the demand
The use of the word demand in the
American note. says an Associated Press
dispatch. thoroughly indicates the urgency
of the message In the technical parlance
of diplomacy II differs from an ultimatum.
which usually fixes a date. sets a time
within which there must be compliance.
the lack of compliance during the stated
time being a ground for war. While a de-
mand is less specific as 20 time of compli-
ance, It none the less asserts a positive
right which the government will enforce IL
the right be not conceded. Owing 10 the
difficulties of communication with Peking.
il is expected that some days must elspse
before an answer can be received. and there
is disposition 10 grant all reasonable time
for this transmission.
Late In the day the State Department re-
ceived an important dispatch from Consul
General Goodnow at Shanghai announcing
the landing OF British troops at that point
The consul general did not state that he
had protested against this action. and the
State Department judged from this that no
protest would have been made BY hsm In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-10
TEXAS DEMOCRATS.
They Finally stepped Quarreline
Long Enough tn Adopt a Platform.

WACO, Tex, Aug. 9.-The Democratic
State convention was called TO order this
morning by Temporary Chairman Hicks.
Every delegate was in his seat and the
large auditorium was crowded with spec
tators. who expected a repetition of yes
terday's lively debate over the Waters
Pierce Oil Company's charter TO do busi-
ness in the State of Texas, in which ex-
Governor Hogg and ex-Attorney General
M NJ Crane on one side, denounced the
issuance of the charter after the courts
had decided that the corporation was
guilty of violating the State antitrust law.
while Hon. Joseph Bailey and the present
attorney general. Thomas S. Smith, up
held the action of the State officials.
Robert E. Prince. of Navarro. was elected
permanent chairman and Mark Logan, of
Hamilton county, secretary. The commit
tee on platform not being ready to report,
the convention adjourned until p. m.
Immediately after the convention met for
the night session the committee on plat
form and resolutions presented its report,
which was adopted. The platform reaffirms
the Kansas City platform in toto. charac-
terizing 1t as being wise. patriotic and ex-
pedient and as presenting righteous So
luton of the great public questions: con-
graduates the party on the selection of
William j. Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson
as standard bearers; favors the selection of
United States senators by direct vote OF
the people; favors the construction and
maintenance of the Nicaragua canal by
the United States government: indorses the
present State administration; favors the
law prohibiting double headers rail-
roads; favors passing law prohibiting
the issuance of free passes; recommends
the establishment of State industrial
schools for girls; favors a law creating a
State Board of Arbitration to settle diff
ferences between corporations and en-
liberal libel law.
The platform as adopted indorses the
State administration for the issuance of a
charter to the Waters-Pierce Oil Company.
and is an acknowledged victory for Joseph
w. Bailey and his following.
Considerable zest was added to the pro-
ceedngs tonight when Ex-Governor Hogg
arose to address the convention on an
amendment he wished embodied i'm the
platform. Several of the delegates at
tempted to howl him down and for more
than half an hour he could not proceed
with his remarks The Ex-Governor was
perceptibly angry at this treatment and
became personal in his remarks. He said
that the men who were trying to howl him
down were TOO cowardly to be brave. -
and assured the delegates that he would
remain upon the platform until he could be
heard.
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WILL CHANGE NO VOTES.
How Bryan's Acceptance Speech Is
Viewed at Warrington.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Mr Bryan's
speech of acceptance was read here with
languid interest by all save his thick and
thin followers. the class who regard him
as the greatest American statesman since
the days OF John c. Calhoun. Its great
length kept many from reading it through.
Most skinned over IL as quickly as they
could, or confined thmselves to the head
lines. No one believes it will get Bryan a
vote he would not have received anyway.
1t is not regarded as nearly so important
politically as Towne's refusal TO accept the
Populist nomination for Vice President.
That, it is said by Western men now in
Washington, will add thousands of votes
to the middle-of-the-road ticket-Barker
and Donnelly-in South Dakota. Kansas,
Nebraska and Wyoming, insuring the
electoral vote of ali of them. excepting
perhaps, Bryan's home State. to Mckinley.
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POSTAL SERVICE FOR SOLDIERS.
Arrangements Made by the Secretary
OF War and Postmaster General.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 9.-The War De-
partment has arranged to permit Mr. Rob
inson, superintendent of the new military
postal service for China, and Mr.. Hunt. his
financial assistant. to proceed on the trans
port Warren. sailing from San Francisco
on the 18th inst. for Nagasaki The four
other postal experts for China will have to
wait for transportation.
The special instructions of the postma sser
general in relation to the military postal
service in China were made public to-day.
The superintendent of this service will have
supervision over all military postal stations
connected with the service, and of the
transportation of the mails to and from
them. The relations between the superin-
tendent and the postal agents will be the
same as that between the postmaster gem
eral and postmasters. except as specifically
modified. The superintendent is 10 report
direct TO the postmaster general important
communications. and orders are to be
transmitted through him. He may incur all
expenses necessary 10 the due conduct of
his Office, subject TO the approval OF the
postmaster general. The superintendent, IL
exigencies require IT, may employ. subject
10 the postmaster generals approval tenn
porary clerks or laborers. lie is 10 en-
ploy all means necessary for the safe trans
portation OF the mails between the several
postal stations in China, subject TO the
postmaster generals approval. upon such
terms and at such compensation as he may
deem proper and may authorize the postal
agent at any military station to pay for
such service when the proper vouchers are
duly approved by the superintendent The
salaries and expenses Of all employed in
the military postal service in China shall.
when so stated I'm the order of appointment,
be paid out Of the revenues OF the service,
and all expenditures shall. be made from
the receipts at the several military postal
CONTINUED on SECOND PAGEJ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-10
MIR. HANNA IN BOSTON.
He Confers with Republican Leaders
and Returns to New York.

BOSTON. Aug. e.-Chairman Mark Han
ma and Treasurer Cornelius y. Bliss. OF the
Republican national committee arrived In
Boston this morning 10 confer with party
leaders. One of their earliest visitors was
Hon. George Won l.. Meyer, the Massachu-
setts member of the national committee,
and shortly before o'clock the party was
driven from the Touraine 10 the Exchange
Club. where prominent men in Republican
political circles lunched and discussed party
matters. Among those in attendance were
Senators Hoar and Lodge. After the con-
ference Mr.. Meyer. in hurried interview.
said the meeting had been only for the pur-
pose OF affording Senator Hanna an oppor-
tunity 10 discuss the conduct OF the cam
paign with prominent business men OF the
party. After the other gentlemen had left
Senator Lodge remained TO talk over the
situation with Messrs. Hanna and Bliss.
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FROM STATEH0USE ROOF.


COLUMBUS. o., Aug. 9.-F. II. Renick, OF
Falling Spring, W. Va. leaped from the
roof OF the Statehouse this afternoon and
was dashed to death on the stone pave
ment OF a court. fifty feet below. The man
had climbed out on the roof through a win
dow in the dome. Renick was victim of
the opium habit. a letter found upon the
body said:
''One object on my mind for the last
month has been TO end my life. l have
tried five times with poison and gas. and
do not believe / can be poisoned. Please
give notice 20 Mrs. j. III. Renick, Falling
Sprirg. Greenbrier county West Virginia :.
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Ten of the Ringleaders i'm tho Scheme
Arrested and Placed i'm Jail
at Pretoria.
PLANS HAD BEEN WELL LAID
AND WE'RE DISCOVERED BY THE
BRITISH JUST In TINE.
Horses We're Ready to Take Roberts
to the Nearest Commando
Capt. Welby Dead.

LONDON, Aug. 10. 4:i5 a. m.-The Daily
News has the following dispatch from Pre-
toria, dated Aug. 0: "A plot to shoot all
the British officers and to make Lord Rob-
erts a prisoner has been opportunely dis
covered. Ten of the ringleaders were ar
rested and are now in Jail. Probably the
plot was part of a conspiracy of which the
attempted uprising at Johannesburg was
the first indication.
Everything was prepared in the plot to
make Lcrd Roberts a prisoner and shoot
the British officers, and the conspiracy was
only discovered at the last moment. The
conspirators numbered about fifteen. They
had planned to set fire to the houses in the
extreme western part Of the city, hoping
that the troops would be concentrated
there. The plan was that then the con-
srira.ors were fcrcibly to enter all the
houses occupied by British officers, these
having been previously marked, and TO kill
the occupants All the Boer sympathizers
were acquainted with the plot, and several
bad been told off to secure the person OF
Lord Roberts and to hurry with him to the
nearest commando. Hcrses had been oo-
tainel for this purpose. Then the Eritish
learned the names of the ringleaders, who
were put under arrest. The affair has ere :
ated n tremendous sensation
Sir Recvers Butler reports the death from
wounds Of Captain Welby, of the Eight
zenith Hussars, we'll known for his explora-
tions in China ard Thit ct. Last year he
explored parts of Abyssinia.
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SWINDLERs SENTENCED.
Collected Insurance Money ON Bogus
Death Claims.

CHICAGO. Aug. 9.-The trial OF DR..
Michael NJ Regent, Mrs. Della A. Mahoney,
Miss Nora O'Brien, James OBrien and
Margaret Sheehan, for conspiracy to de-
fraud. came to a close tonight after a
trial lasting over month. DR.. Regent and
Mrs. Mahoney were given indeterminate
sentences in the penitentiary. and the
other defendants were sentenced to pay
fines.
The charge against all the defendants was
the fraudulent securing of insurance money
from the knights and Ladies of Security.
a fraternal insurance organization. 1t was
proved that tney brought in fraudulent
claims of death and collected the insurance
money The swindle cost the organization
many thousands of dollars before 1t was
detected.
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FOWLER, Ind, Aug 9.--The first stop
Of any duration made by the train bearing
Messrs. Bryan and Stevenson on their way
from indianapolis to Chicago was at
Lebanon. There the two Democratic can
didates showed themselves 10 the as
sembled crowd and shoSn hands with some
of them. Mr.. Bryan said: I'VE are just re-
turning from the notification meeting, and
we found the Indiana people not only
present in number, put they brought their
enthusiasm with them. The work conf
nsenced yesterday will be increased In
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energy and vigor until election day. and
then We expect TO hear from Indiana"
Mr.. Stevenson said: II am very much
sratified TO be able to inform you gentle
men that Mr.. Bryan has accepted the noml-
nation. 1t has been matter of doubt
whether he would or not. but We have got
him on record
To this Mr.. Bryan replied: "But would
not do IL until Mr.. Stevenson consented 10
run with me-"
The remarks were accepted by the crowd
with laughter. and they cheered the can
oidates as the train moved off,
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MckinIey.s Election Certainty.

LONDON, Aug. 9.-The Daily Express
publishes this morning interview with
William X. Vanderbilt and represents the
american millionaire as saying that Mr.
Mckinley's reelection to the presidency
is a moral certainty.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-Lewis G. Stevenson,
son of the Democratic vice presidential
candidate, has been selected as Western
manager of the national organization of
Democratic clubs. He will have headquar-
ters i'm the Auditorium.
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Mexicans Read the speech.

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9.-Mr. Bryan's
speech of acceptance at Indianapolis, trans
mitted i'm full by the Associated Press, was
read with much interest in government
and political CIRCLES. Discussion on the
speech in higher Mexican circles is very
general.
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and shortly after o'clock all left the build
ing. Senator Hanna and Mr.. Bliss left for
New York this evening
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president National Association of !
cratic Clubs
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-09-14
The INSURANCE of Children

Children are insured in this country
with Industrial companies in the same
manner as adult members Of the fam
lily. They are insured as members Of
the family for the purpose of providing.
in return for a weekly premium OF
either or 10 cents. for a respectable
burial at death, and for the expenses
of the last illness. The average pre-
MUM at which children are insured is
6 cents. while the average amount paid
at death of children under 10 years of
age is about $50. This amount is
barely sufficient to meet the EXPENSES
Of burial in the large cities.
The youngest age at which a child
is insured IS > next birthday. and at this
age, In return for a scent premium. tho
companies will pay IS IL the child dies
during the first three months Of policy
duration; $40 II the child has been in
sured more than three months. but less
than six months; S12 il the child has
been insured more than six. but less
than nine months; and SIS If the child
has been insured more than nine
months. but less than one year At
the age of 3 years the amount which is
paid after a policy has been one year
in force is S17; at age (. $50; at age >.
S24-increasing gradually until age 10
is reached, when the amount payable
at death, In return for a J-cent pre-
MUM is S120. In other words. the
amounts gradually increase. although
tho prau,fums rpmafn tho eap,a 7 rs,
lies Weekly.
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GHOSTS ARE PLAINLY wsIsLEI
Some People So Constituted that They
See Supernatural Beings.

Some People So Constituted that They
See Supernatural Beings.
There is no doubt that a person may
apparently see objects and hear words
which another person close by cannot
see and hear. Such impressions are to
be referred not to actually existing OBJ
jects, but to the action of the subjects
mind. DR.. Abercromby tells us Of one
patient who could, by directing his at
tention to an idea, call up to sight the
appropriate image or scene, though the
thing called up were an object he had
never seen but had merely Imagined.
When meeting friend in the street he
could not be sure whether the appear
ance was his friend or a spectral illu-
sion till he had tried to touch 1t and had
heard the voice. Goethe saw an exact
counterpart Of himself advancing to-
ward him, an experience repeated by
Wilkie Collins. Sir Walter Scott re-
lates that soon after the death Of Lord
Byron he read an account of the de-
ceased poet. On stepping into the hall
Immediately after he saw right before
him, in standing posture, the exact
representation of his departed friend.
whose recollection had been so strongly
brought to his Imagination. After stop
ping a moment to note the extraordin-
airy resemblance he advanced toward it
and the figure gradually disappeared.
Some of the cases narrated by Sir
David Brewster are particularly in
structive. The subject was a lady
(AIrs. Al and her Authorizations were
carefully studied by her husband and
Sir David. On one occasion she saw
her husband. as she thought, who had
gone out half an hour before, standing
within two feet Of her in the drawing
room. She was astonlshed to receive
no response when she spoke to him.
She remembered that Sir David had
told her to press one eyeball with the
finger when the impression Of any real
object would be doubled. She tried to
apply the test, but the figure walked
away and disappeared. The simple
scientific experiment diverted her at
tentlon from the creation Of her mind,
and this, no longer being in sole possess
sion, could not maintain itself and was
dissolved. Another hallucnation took
the form of her dead sister-n-law. The
figure appeared in a dress which Mrs.
A. had never seen, but which had been
described to her by \ common friend
Westminster Review.