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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-11

money with me. nor any possession except
a revolver, and that / pay for the service
rendered only in the event OF satisfaction
upon my safe return to Picking.
L shall think over the matter of this sug-
gested trip, though the sight OF a whole d.
vision Of Boxers drilling on the plains
would not make me any more certain than
L am at this moment that hin Is prepar-
ing for the one tremendous fight OF her ma
tional existence. My sources OF information
are too many and too emphatic for me to
doubt.
There is an edict in circulation to the
effect that. as the modern arms have
proved a failure in lighting of the foreign
devils no more OF these up-to-date rifles
will be issued TO Chinese soldiers. This, OF
course. is intended to make the allied COM
manders grin and feel doubly secure. There
are in China to-day several arsenals, in To-
cations not at ali known TO the powers,
where Mauser rifles and cartridges TO III
are being turned out as fast as thousands
OF Chinese can manipulate the machinery
and tools. Unless the Chinese are forced.
prematurely. to show their hand, the next
conflict. when il starts. will find hundreds
of thousands of the yellow rascals ready
for US. prepared TO overwhelm us by sheer
numbers.
These expeditions, punitive and otherwise.
are creating the worst kind OF impression
among the Chinese. They are watching US
jealousy, and are convinced that these
movements of ours are bluffs" intended
" COA1C a cilC oil VI tAC oAA.C1
toward Si-Ngan-Fu, in the Shan-S province.
where the imperial court is. The only pas
sage out of Pe-Chi-Li to Si-Ngan-Fu is
through the narrow mountain passes OF
Shan-Si. These mountain passes are
guarded by thousands of imperial troops
and Boxers, while the ground OF the
passes is honeycombed with mines Of gun
powder. And these passes are such strong
natural fortresSes that Ii is doubtful IL
three times the number of allies now here
could ever get past the present guards of
the passes. The attempt would certainly
prove disastrous.
Let the peace negotiations go on Peace
negotiations in themselves can do no harm,
unless they are allowed TO blind our repre-
sentatives to the fact that China Is at this
moment making gigantic preparations for
renewing the struggle against the world at
the most favorable moment. Let military
tiently collected information of the mis-
sicnaries and the startling news of the ma
tive spies. Then let the deluge come-at
the moment thats best suits the Chinese.
For that deluge is coming. If the Chinese
are convinced that the dead of winter, when
the empire is all but shut out from the
rest of the world, is the most favorable
moment. then hat is the time to look out
for the deluge.
Will the white races always persist In
destroying themselves through overconfi-
6ence when dealing with the seemingly
stupid Orientals? China is seething with
war spirit and with determination TO re-
new the fight and carry 1t on to the last
ditch. B.. r. SELWYN.
copyright. 1901
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II Is understood that the State Board CT
Charities will recommend TO the Legisla-
ture that provision be made for a hospital
or home for epileptics. There are several
hundred such u~nfortunates in insane hos
pitfalls. pocrhogses and other institutions
where they are not only maintained at
considerable cost. but in which they are
entirely out OF place. These people are in
no sense insane, yet they are taken to hos
pitfalls for the insane. a large number Of
them can earn their living IL they should
be put under competent direction. They
cannot be trusted about machinery. since
they are liable to fall in commissions. but
they can be put at any farm labor which
can be done by hand. The plan embraces
the purchase OF several hundred acres Of
land in a part of the State where land is
cheap. with the expectation that the in
stitution will soon be nearly self-support-
Ing An expensive plant of buildings such
as Is needed for a hospital for insane does
not seem 10 be necessary.
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CHAMBERLAIN TURNS.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE

course of my political career, have / been
asked TO use my influence TO secure pc
cuniary gain for myself or my relations"
Proceeding to explain his connection with
the two companies, Mr.. Chamberlain said
he had Joined the Colombo Company twen-
ty-three years ago. Its shares had never
been quoted on the Stock Exchange. The
in Ceylon was given TO the Colombo Com
pany on the responsibility of the local gov
eminent. without any communication with
himself. So far as the Birmingham trust
was concerned. he said he knew nothing
whatever Of its Investments. although he
had recently ascertained that there was a
trifing investment in the Tubes limited,
cf that organization. but the company's
already small business with the Admiralty
had largely decreased.
After having made further explanations
Of a similar kind. Mr.. Chamberlain ex-
claimed. amid ministerial cheers: us 1t not
bard TO have 10 deal with such rubbish as
this? When all is reckoned up. perhaps
tracts is a few pounds, or even shillings
And yet the House OF Commons is called
on 10 pass a solemn resolution which will
not strike me, but will be a self-denying
ordinance for many members who do not
anticipate that result"
Mr.. Chamberlain was loudly cheered as
he resumed his seat. His son. j. Austen
Chamberlain. financial secretary to the
Treasury Department. followed with SIM
liar denials.
Mr.. Lloyd-George's motion was rejected
by a vote OF 26s TO 127. Mr.. Balfour, the
government leader. then moved the closure.
which was carried by E3 votes against
Is. and the address 10 the throne was adopt
ed by 265 votes against q.
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MacArthur,s Periodical Death List.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-General Mac
Arthur at Manila to-day notified the War
Department that the following deaths have
occurred among the troops in the Philip
pines since his last report:
Dysentery-Dec. 3, Company X. Eighth
Infantry, Michael WEIGH; Nov. 80, Company
L. Second Infantry, Henry Waldeschmidt
Nov. "A. Company X, Thirty-third Infantry,
Owen Reilly; Aug. /. Company M, Forty
seventh infantry. H9hry Carnahan.
Suicide-Dec. 5, Company X, ~Thirty-sec'
ond Infantry, Leroy Taylor; Dec. 6. Troop
+, Third Cavalry. Alfred Hartley; Oct. Il,
Company b, Nineteenth Infantry, Sergt.
John Dudley.
Died from wounds received In action
Dec. 2, Company +, Thirty-sixth Infantry,
Uric ~Jusseaume; Dec. 4. Company Z,
Twelfth Infantry, o Ritchey; Dec. 6.
Company l, Twenty-second Infantry, Will
liam Dold.
variola-Dec. A. Company G. Forty-eighth
Infantry, William X. Harden; Dec. s, Com
pany Z, Forty-eighth Infantry, Grant Lati-
nIer.
Killed by Contradiction. 80, Company M,
F~orty-ninth Infantry, Sergt. George Owens.
Killed by sentry by mistake-Nov. p, =
Shayne Doyle.
Drowned-Dec. 3, Troop d, First Cavalry,
Vincent Zlatnicki.
Typhoid fever-Dec. 6, Company B, Forty
second Infantry. Henry G.. Sullivan.
Uraemia-Dec. s, Company B, Thirty
fourth Infantry, Isaac Thomas.
Seventeenth Infantry, Charles NJ. tinnett
Tubercu,osis-Dec. j, Company H., Forty
eighth Infantry, Samuel Hardy.
General Macarthur says the announce
ment in his telegram of Oct. 4. of death Of
John Dolan, Company X, Thirty-seventh
been Corporal John A. Dolan, Company c,
Thirty-seventh Infantry.
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Not the least of the three topics TO which
the postmaster general devoted his report
Is that Of the abuse Of the lax provision
for what is known as ~second-class matter.
Second-class rates were made for regularly
published newspapers and periodicals. For
such matter the rates would not be bur-
densome, but under a loose construction of
the law all sorts Of publications are sent
through the mails as periodicals by being
entered as regular publications. Carloads
of advertising papers are sent to lists of
subscribers who do not pay for them. These
papers lave just enough printed matter
to give them the name of papers. Many OF
them advertise the goods of a single firm,
which are also sent through the mails.
Thousands OF sample copies are sent to
persons who are not subscribers. In this
city a few weeks ago a publisher sent out
eight tons of sample copies. The abuse of
the second-class rates costs the government
$2o.0 DOC 700 annually more than it receives
for carrying such stuff. But for this abuse
the Postoffice Department would nave paid
its expenses and had a surplus of twelve
or fifteen million dollars instead of a def
icit of 5000 O0. That his outrage upon
the mail service should continue in the face
OF the urgent protests OF postmasters gem
eral for years against 1t is one of the things
many people cannot understand.
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WILL NOT AID.
NCI,IrDED FRoM FIRsT PAGE

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
Ripley Is very firm on that point. As far
as the operation of trains is concerned.
we are keeping them right up TO the sched-
ule. In effect, l will say that the strike
is over. Freight trains are all running
as usual. We are taking all the business
we can get. and are handling it all in the
usual order"
A statement was issued from the general
superintendent office tonight giving the
number OF striking men as follows: On
Chicago division, 81 out of 141: eastern
division, 6 out OF 105; Oklahoma f~tvision, S
out OF 81; middle division (main line and
Hutchinson branch), "A out OF 80; western
division, 66 out of 10; New Mexico division,
20 out of 81; Rio Grande, 3 out of %; South
ern Kansas or Texas, 2 out OF s; Panhandle
tmain line), 6 out of is; Southern Kansas
(main line and Girard branch), II out OF Al.
The figures given out by the Strikers ma
terially differ from the above. l.. c. Badge
~. local chairman of the q. n. r., made
the following statement: We have infor-
nation that all the regular operators OF
the Chicago division are out. with only six
%nonunion men at work. Other operators
eastern out of ninety-hve we nave forty
eight. Here is where a fake order was
issued, and our men. therefore. have not
become convinced of our correct
position. The Oklahoma division is
solid. with all but two. On the
western division, seventy-two out OF
seventy-six are out. On tho New Mexico
division. fifty out OF ffty-seven are out.
only three remain on the Rio Grande d.
vision. and six on the Souther Kansas di-
vision and branches
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BALL MAGNATES MEET
IMPORTANT SESSION OF OWNERS OF
NATIONAL LEAGUE CLUBS.
President Young Not I'm n Resigning
Mood - Board of Arbitration
Another League Projected.

NEW YORK. Dec. l0.-with another
baseball war staring them in the face. the
National. League magnates entered on their
annual winter meeting at the F~ifth-aveiiue
Hotel tonight. This session is one of the
most important ever held in the history
of the league. and will probably last
throughout the week. With the American
League, with Mr. johnson steering its des-
TIMES. clamoring for equal recognition by
the parent body, and the threatened in
vasion of National League territory by
Johnson's organization, the member of the
big league have their hands full.
The magnates began arriving in the city
early this morning and up TO tonight the
following members had put in an appear
ance: President n. Z. Young, A. II. Soden
and w. II. Connant, of Boston; Charles
Ebbetts, L. A. Abel and Edward Hanlon,
Brooklyn; Col. John 1. Rogers and A. j.
Reach, Philadelphia; Barney Dreyfus.
Pittsburg: John T. Brush. Cincinnati;
James Hart, Chicago; f. De Haas Robson
and Stanley Robson. st. Louis. and Fred
Knowles. New York. J. b. Billings. of Bos-
ton; J. b. Kerr. of Pittsburg. and Harry
Won Der Horst. Of Brooklyn. will arrive
"A wv.
The possibility OF trouble with the new
American League is not the only question
that the magnates will have TO handle. The
m~uch-talked-of retirement OF President
Young as the leagues chief executive will
also come up. That certain magnates are
opposed TO the continued incumbency OF
Mr.. Young is an open secret. Several days
ago those opposed TO Mr.. Young put forth
A G.. Spalding as a suitable successor. Mr..
Spalding, however. has declined the honor
and its attendant burdens. But Mr.. Young
declines TO be ousted. In an interview to-
night he said: Me resign? I do not see
why. / have no idea Of taking any such
steps. 1. do not know-oficially-of any
body that Is clagnoring for my scalp on
the other hand. several members OF the
league have come 10 me and told me they
were very well satisfied with my work
No. L am not going to resign"
The board Of arbitration went INTO ses-
sion after 9 o'clock, with President A H
Soden, John T. Brush. John ]. Rogers,
James Hart and r. De Haas Robson pres
ent. AIr. Robson and Mr.. Brush are so
sick that they may not be able to remain
to the end of the meeting. Mr.. Robson
has infammatory rheumatism. which near
ly cost him his sight.
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BIG CARGO OF DEAD MEN
BODIES OF 1,5O0 SOLDIERS AND SAIL
ON THE HANCOCK.
Brought to San Francisco from the
Far Enst-AIsO 3 Live Passen-
gers on the Transport.

port Hancock arrived to-day, from Manila,
via Nagasaki, with the bodies of about
1.5W sailors and soldiers who either died
in battle or succumbed to the ravages of
disease in the Philippines. China, Guam
and Honolulu. This is the largest mum
Der of bodies brought home since the out
break of the Spanish-American war. The
Hancock will probably remain in quaran-
tine a few days The bodies will be con-
veyed TO the Preside and placed in the
buildings there, pending interment or ship
ment to the homes of the relatives. The
Hancock was twenty-five days in making
the run from Manila, and was seventeen
days in coming from Nagasaki, the last
port at which she touched.
She brought ifty-two cabin passengers.
800 in the steerage. and there were eleven
deaths on the voyage to add to the cargo
of dead carried from the Philippines.
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POLITICS IN THE FEDERATION OF
LABOR.

The report comes from Louisville that the
Socialistic-D Democratic element in the con-
vention of the American Federation Of
Labor is again conspiring to defeat Presi-
dent GomDers. To outsiders this is in the
nature of a surprise. Three or four years
ago, when the convention was held in Chi
cago. Mr.. Gompers had a fight for his posi-
ton. and won by a small majority. He was
opposed by the Socialistic element, which
is strong in the larger cities. not because
the great body of the members of labor
unions are Socialists, but because the So
c~ialIstic leaders have obtained representa-
tive positions. Mr.. Gompers is opposed to
socialism. as 1t is generally understood. and
has had several conflicts with that ele-
ment, in all Of which he has been so sue
cessful that outsiders nave come TO believe
that the Socialistic- Democratic element. as
it calls itself. is in a hopeless minority.
If the reports from Louisville are true.
the hostile element is more powerful than
ever, claiming to ave the power to defeat
Mr.. GomDers. The conflict will be on when
III O NN
tee on resolutions, comes up for discus
sion:
Resolved, That the officers of this con-
vention be, and are hereby, instructed TO
take steps in the near future to call an in
dependent conference of the members of or
ganized labor of the United States to con-
slider the question of how best to unite our
members and w-orkingmen generally at the
ballot box, that they may take the law
making powers way from the oppressors
or labor and Sc place that power in the
hands of labor, and of the common people,
that we may have the means at our COM
mand to obtain our complete industrial
freedom and our rights as citizens, and be
men.
The foregoing, it is unnecessary to say,
c~ontemplates turning the Federation of La
Dor into q political party. To this President
Gompers has always been resolutely OPP
posed. Though usually voting with the
Democrats himself, Mr.. Gompers has used
his influence but once to help a party. This
officials of labor organizations, an appeal
for the free coinage of silver.
The foregoing resolution proposes a
revolution in the political attitude of organ
lied labor. Heretofore. and now. members
of unions have been free to vote as they
have seen fit. Except the Endorsement of 16
to l. for a number of years the federation
convention has never taken decided politi-
cal action. And now, judging from the
voting in the recent election, there was
nothing to indicate that organized labor. to
any extent. favors a separate political
party, since Mr.. Debs and other socialistic
candidates received the smallest fraction of
the labor vote.
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DECISIONS OF THE COURT.
Two Cases of Interest to Townships
and Cities Disposed OF.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lo.-The United
States Supreme Court to-day reversed the
decision of the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Southern District of Ohio In
the case of Jacob Loeb VS.. the trustees
of Columbia township, Hamilton county,
Ohio. The case involved the validity of an
Ohio State law, directing the widening OF
a street in Columbia township, which the
township resisted. The decision of the
court below was favorable to the township,
but the Supreme Court holds that under
the law Loeb Is entitled to a judgment un-
der the bonds held by him.
Justice White to-day handed down the
decision of the United States Supreme
Court in the case of J. M. Mason, auditor
of the city of st. Louis versus the State
of Missouri. affirming the decision OF the
State Supreme Court of Missouri The case
involves the validity of the State law class
flying cities for voting and registration
purposes. Under this law st. Louis was
made the only city of the first class, and
Mr.. Mason refused to allow the accounts
of election officers under the law on the
ground that the law was unconstitutional.
The State Cour. refused TO sustain this
view and to-day's opinion upheld that view
Of the case.
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BEDECKED WITH ROSES
JESSIE MORRISON IN COURT AGAIN,
RADIANT AND HAPPY.
Wore a New Hat and Jacket, n Bright
Smile, and Carried Flowers
Forty Letters of Sympathy.

ELDORADO. Kan. Dec. 1O.-when Jessie
Morrison entered the courtroom this morn
ing it was to hear the last argument in her
defense for the killing of Mrs. Castle. Judge
A. L. Redden, the prisoners leading coun-
sci, in a forceful address to the jury,
pleaded for the release of Miss Morrison,
declaring that the cuts she inflicted on Mrs.
Castle were lone in self-defense.
Miss Morrison spent another quiet Sun
day in her cell. surrounded by relatives.
Prayers were offered for the prisoner, who
joined heartily in the service. Her conf
dence in the outcome seemed mistaken and
frequently she said to her father: I'm so
glad its nearly over" She maintained her
bright spirits on taking her accustomed
place in the prisoners dock.
Since yesterday Miss Morrison has re-
ceived forty letters of sympathy. Only a
few of these have been opened. On the other
hand the states attorneys are daily re-
ceiving letters expressing the hope that the
prisoner will be convicted. Most of these
come from women. One from a Kansas City
woman, received by Captain Waters, says:
THE people at large are looking to you to
see hat justice is done and that Jessie
Morrison gets the punishment she so rich
~ deserves. If You cannot convict her,
there is no safety for us womankind. Every
jealous woman will feel safe in giving way
to her murderous impulses, knowing that
maudlin sympathy will protect her"
There was in the courtroom to-day the
largest crowd it had ever held. Women, as
usual, were in the majority. In the after
noon Miss Morrison appeared in a different
hat and jacket and had bedecked herself
with roses.
Judge Redden finished his argument to-
night, after having spoken seven and one
half hours. He was followed by Capt
Joseph Walters, who made the closing ar
gument for the State. He made an elo-
quent plea and spoke four hours. At the
conclusion of the arguments Judge Shinn
instructed the jury not TO begin its DELHI
erationS till tomorrow morning.
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WICHITA. Kan. Dec. l0-Chairman J..
y. Newman. of the sante Fe system d.
vision Of the o. Il. T., made the following
statement for the Associated Press to-
night:
The situation or the Sante Fe. so far
as the telegraDhers are concerned. Is ex-
celhent- Inc forged telegram cent over the
line by the officials to-day i'm a vain effort
10 get the men back has done us very little
or no damage, as only a few resumed work.
but we have and are still making every
effort possible TO reach all and tell them
that IL is a forgery. AS soon as they learn
Of the contemplate trick played upon them
by the officials they will again go out and
stay out until ordered back by their local
chairmen. who wills be notified by me when
the strike is on We expect to have 50 per
cent. OF the men now working out within
the next twenty-fonr hours, and before the
end of the week no one will be working
except officials. and they will be unable TO
get trains over the road"
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Those who have discovered that General
Harrison favored the encouragement Of
American ships for the foreign trade In
1883 seem 10 imagine that they have placed
him in the position of one who has changed
his mind II he has said anything against
the pending bill. Now. as a matter Of fact.
IN 1855 General Harrison, Mr.. Blaine and
many Republican leaders favored legisla-
ton TO encourage the establishment of
American. lines In the foreign trade. Dur
ing the Harrison administration a bill be-
came a law which offered TO American
ships a given amount per mile for carrying
cur mails. Under that law several con-
tracts wero made. which were abrogated
rs soon as they expired by the Cleveland
administration. The conditions were diff
ferent I'm issS from what they are now. Then
ships could not be built in American yards
as cheapiy as abroad. Since that date we
have built a navy. In lsSs there were two
shipyards that could build warships; now
there are a score or yards that can build
frst-class iron ships. and as cheaply az
they can be built IN England or Germany
The Cramps are building warships for other
governments. because they can build cheap
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Movcments OF steamers.

GIBRALTAR. Dec. 10.-Arrived: Vera,
from New York, for Naples and Genoa.
SOUTHAMPTON. Dec. M.-Sailed: yader-
land, from Antwerp. for New York.
NAPLES, Dec 10.-Arrived: AlIer, from
New York, for Genoa.
NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-Arrived: Gale
donia. from Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 10.-Arrived: Tauric,
from New York.
GLASGOW. Dec. 1O.-Arrived: Anchorla.
from New York.
LONDON. Dec. 10.-Arrived: Minneapolis,
from New York.
BREMEN. Dec. lO.-Sailed: H. H.. Meier,
for New York.
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The Rev. Crafts. who testified about the
dreadful things he saw at a Newport can
teen during the Spanish war. is the same
person who witnessed the orgy of the Pres
ident and his Cabinet over what proved 70
be four bottles of ~Apollinaris water in the
PRESIDENTS room at the Capitol the closing
there was not only no canteen at Newport.
where he saw the horrible scenes. bug
there was no camp there during the Span
ish war.