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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
JUDGE LoCHREN.s DECISION.

1t seems the attorney general of the
United States has telegraphed for a copy
of United States Judge Lochren's recent
the status of Porto Rico. AS the decision
was rendered orally and will hav to be
reduced to writing. 1t may be several days
before it's exact scope will be known. AT
present it looks as if that part of the de-
cisioh which held that the Constitution
extended to Porto Rico the moment it came
under the control of this government, n
without any action of Congress. might be
classed as obiter dictum, and therefore not
binding. The case before the court was
that of a Porto Rican, Rafael Ortiz. who
had been convicted of murder by a mill
tary court in Porto Rico and sent to the
Minnesota State Prison. His trial and
conviction took place before the ratification
of the treaty of peace with Spain, and his
counsel claimed that under the Constitu-
ton of the United States he was entitled
to a trial by jury. The question before the
court, therefore, was whether the trial of
OItlZ ny a III tOuIt was tCSai- IL
court held that as a state of wal in Porto
Rico continued technically until the treaty
of peace was ratified the trial of Ortiz by a
military court was legal. and it therefore
remanded him to prison. In strict law the
decision of the court should have stopped
there, but Judge Lochren went on and de-
cided, or gave his opinion. that the mo-
ment the treaty of peace was signed. bring
ing Porto Rico under the control of the
United States, the Constitution extended
over the island and its people at once, by
it's own vigor and without the action of
Congress. That has been the point OF
controversy from the beginning. 1t is a
close and interesting question, and good
lawyers differ in regard to 1t. but as the
point was not before the court in the Ortiz
case that part of Judge Lochren's deci-
sion may be held obiter dictum. Never
theless, his opinion may contribute to the
Illumination of the case, and the exact
point in controversy must be decided by the
Supreme Court soon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
Some one has started a report that there

Some one has started a report that there
is uncertainty regarding the location of the
grave of the mother Of Abraham Lincoln.
In reply to this statement it can be said
that people are living in the vicinity to
whom 1t was pointed out time and again
by a woman who was Mrs. Lincoln's
friend and who saw her buried. When the
Studebaker gravestone and fence were
placed. more than thirty years ago. the
spot was designated by people to whom
the woman in question pointed it out years
ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

The Audubon societies of New York State
are to meet with opposition notwithstand-
ing their success In having the state bird
law amended by adding these words: 1.-The
plumage or skins or any part of birds pro-
tected by this section shall not be pos
sessed for commercial purposes" A Broad
way dealer in feathers is quoted as say
ing: 1.-The Audubon societies have of late
put us TO a great deal Of trouble and
threaten to destroy a large industry. If
they persist in carrying their ideas into
Congress the Millinery Protective Associa-
ton will fight the constitutionality of any
law they nay have enacted" But If the
women who wear hats would all decline to
have feathers on them what would
the Millinery Protective Association do
about It?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

Newspaper readers in this country will
not be sorry to hear that President Kruger
has at last dissolved all connection with
During the early months of the war DR..
Leyds was very much in evidence and did
more talking than all the rest Of the dip
iomats In Europe and generally to no pur-
pose. Now it turns out that he has been
wasting good Boer money and contracting
engagements on their account which they
may have to repudiate. Hence DR.. Leyds
has lost his job and is not talking now.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

A decision of the Appellate Court at Chi
cago throws some light on the process by
which slang and colloquialisms gradually
become recognized and admitted into re-
spectacle verbal society. The case before
the court turned on the meaning or con-
struction TO be given TO the letters 20. K"
when approved by an authorized person in
the regular course of business. Almost
everybody who knows anything at all
knows that the letters mean, TO use another
universal Americanism, "Ali Right" Prob
ably no other Endorsement. abbreviation or
sign in the English language is as much
used In ordinary business transactions as
the letters 20. X" They are hastily writ
ten on vouchers. certificates. copies. orders
and papers of all sorts to indicate that they
are approved and may pass. Thus every
BODY uses 20. K" and everybody knows
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

The military critic at safe distance, and
also without military science or expert
ence, is the person who is smart about
the method of conducting campaigns. One
of these critics is certain that the Beers
have lost in not offering the British an
opportunity to Engage them in a pitched
battle At the outset the Beers offered
General Butler such an opportunity, but
before the onfiict had reached a stage
that might be called pitched" the British
were forced to retire. The same critic is
confident that If the Beers, instead of be-
erts to break through and seize the capt.
tai of the Free State, had concentrated
their army, one of the greatest battles of
the century might have been fought to
their advantage. 1t is probable that the
experienced officers with the Beers knew
better about this than the critic. 1t may
be added that those who have watched the
fighting IN the Transvaal are coming to
the conclusion that with cannon which
are destructive to the troops five or seven
IllitS QlStdit, dHu ihC HI hd'C a
range of one or two miles and a firing
capacity of half a dozen shots a minute.
the pitched battle may be impossible in the
sense that such battles are read of in his
tory. No army could now make an un-
covered attack upon an Insignificant force
with success If 1t had a mile TO advance
under direct fire. Superior force must win
by superior strategy and tactics IL it wins
Under existing conditions. With modern
arms, armies will never again confront
each other to join in battle as they did
In the great wars of Europe and as was
done at Gettysburg and Chickamauga.
Even before our civil war was over the
thanking movement was more depended on
than the direct assault.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
DO NOT WANT THE FRANCHISE.

1t Is somewhat remarkable that, while
many American cities are protesting
against legislative interference with local
self-government, residents of the national
capital are protesting against being invest
ed with the right of suffrage and the re-
sponsibilities of self-government. A bill
now before Congress provides for the es-
tablishment of an elective government in
Washington, with a mayor, council, boards
and city officers to be chosen by the people
as in other cities. At a meeting a few
nights ago of a citizens association in the
residence part of the city a resolution was
adopted by nearly ten to one that the ex-
ecutive committee of his association be
instructed and authorized to express to the
members of the District committee In each
branch of Congress the associations disap-
prevail of said bill. and to take such other
steps as may be deemed necessary to pre-
vent said bill from becoming law" In
other words. the association objects to hav-
ing the franchise bestowed upon the people.
Most readers of the Journal are doubtless
aware that the government of Washington
city is created by an act of Congress under
which none of the city officials is elected by
the people. In fact. residents of Washing
ton and the District of Columbia do not
ment of ward meetings, primary elections
and general elections is unknown. The
echo of a political campaign is a PARKWAY
sound. The voice of the stump speaker is
never heard except in Congress. and such
interesting characters as ward bosses and
machine politicians are a remote myth. ex-
cept as they may crop out In members Of
Congress. 1t was not always so. From
1902 to 1871 Washington was under munic-
ipal government. and probably there was
not a worse governed city in the United
States. Essentially Southern. with a slave
market under the shadow of the Capitol,
devoid Of public spirit. municipal enter
prise or civic pride. looking TO Congress for
maintenance of the public buildings and
grounds and living slothfully and content
edly on the crumbs hat fell from the con-
gressional table. 1t was without a redeem
ing feature in its municipal government.
At the beginning OF the war there was not
a decent street in the city. and most of the
streets were mere dirt oad 1t was a
common thing TO see heavily-laden wagons
In army trains stall hub-deep I'm mud In the
streets. 1t was the war. the influx of
Northern blood and Boss Shepherd that
made modern Washington. the beautiful
city OF to-day. Slavery was abolished In
the District Of Columbia II April, 1862. and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
POLICE R is POOR
HAVANA CONSTABULARY BADLY III
NEED OF OVERLAPPING.
Unable to Cope with the Murders and
Robberies-Statement by Gen. Ri
vera-Bishop's Position Improving.

HAVANA. May 6.-The Havana police
force will soon undego a thorough over
hauling. particularly the secret-service
branch, which, 1t is generally admitted.
has lone virtually nothing during the last
twelve months to justify it's existence.
Robberies take place nightly in various
parts of the city. but the thieves are not
arrested. Murders lave been committed.
yet the murderers are at large. The ordi-
nary police have shown striking incapacity,
together with an almost daily abuse Of
their authority, which has won for them
the dislike of the educated classes and
the detestation of the others.
Now that the elections are coming on
the candidates seem to have united in
abusing the police. Even the municipality
of Havana recently. in an official state
ment. vigorously condemned both branches
of the service. Governor General Wood
recognizes that the organization is unsat-
isfactory. but he is not in favor of making
radical changes Immediately. He prefers
to wait until after the election before initi-
ating drastic reforms, but meanwhile he
has issued an order forbidding the police
to carry revolvers during the day, a re-
form very MUCH Uetu6u. tUleI CdTuendS
believes the force should be reduced and
the pay increased. BY a reduction of MEM
bership some of the least competent could
be weeded out, and thereafter vacancies
could be filled from a better class of appli-
cants.
Gen. Ruis Rivera, former secretary OF
agriculture, says that the statements re-
Gently published in the United States rep
resenting him as heading a revolutionary
movement in the province of Santiago are
absolutely false, and, in his opinion, made
with the intention of hurting the cause OF
Cuba. Although he feels strongly that the
United States government should fix a date
for withdrawing its forces from Cuba, he
declares that he could not stir up a revoiu-
ton in Santiago province, even IL he de-
sired TO do so, as the people there are much
more anxious to tend their crops and look
after their cattle than to fight
Mgr. Donate Sbarretti, bishop OF Havana.
said to-day that the opposition TO him
seems to have died away. as he can de-
tect no trace Of IL, n has had many
proofs that the Cubans now welcome his
presence. Socially the bishop is very pop
ular.
At a meeting convened in the city of
Pinar del Rio TO organize a local branch
of the Republican party the proceedings
terminated in a free fight. The lights were
put out and a who attended were
obliged to escape by way Of the roof.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

In 1875 John Quincy Adams's secretary
of state, Henry Clay. gave notice that
Spain could not sell Cuba and Porto Rico
to any other power thar the United States.
The same caution applies to the talked-of
sale of the Danish West Indies to any
other government. Such being the case.
the United States should pay a fair price
for them when the Danish government is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.


EatfAc ~ 1tM0O*
This is not a treatise on botany or her
balism. but a volume Of verses by Mrs
Ideal Makeever. formerly OF this State
and now Of Nebraska. The volume is di-
vided into three parts, containing. respec-
lively, sentimental and descriptive poems.
sonnets and dialect poems. They show
genuine poetic feeling ard considerable
skill in yersifcation. That the author has
pleasant memories of Indiana may be in
ferred from some verses entitled THE Kan
kakee," in which she says:
Within my boat again / float adown the
lonesome Kankakee.
And rest my soul upon its tide,
Whose smooth expanse OF waters wide.
Moves slow along into the song the breezes
sing TO God and me.
A dragon fly goes spinning by. as gauzy AZ
he was Of old:
Life burns upon its backward track.
And days of youth come drifting back.
Across the fair and whittier where. that
leads unto the sunsets gold
It's growth so rank and brambly bank. fes-
TONED by graceful willows green.
Are lined upon fair memory's page,
To never be effaced by age.
Nor dimmed by haze of yesterdays. old
Father Time may thrust between.
This may be a little vague i'm spots. but
il has the atmosphere OF the Kankakee.
Some OF the poems show the common
fault of composing too easily and not re-
vising, re-revising and then discarding al
together. The book is published by the
author. as is also another one entitled
Golden Rod and Dialect Poems which
contains some pretty verses and which the
author launches With:
Little spray of golden rod.
AS / pluck you from the sod
OF my heart. and send you forth
In the world TO prove your worth,
Go. and IL your sunny plume
Lifts one sorrow from its gloom,
Max one heart forget its pain,
You shall not have grown IN ain
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

All reports from Europe indicate that the
Beers can have no hope of European in
tervention. 1t is now announced hat the
Dreibund, which embraces the governments
Of Germany. Austria and Italy. approves
Great Britain's course In South Africa. The
Journal des Debats. Of Paris. which a few
weeks ago predicted European interven-
ton. now declares there is no hope of any
such action. The feeling in Europe is that
the Boer peace delegates now on their way
to the United States will get nothing but
expressions of sympathy which are of no
value whatever. The rules OF The Hague
conference. TO which the United States Is
committed. stipuiate that there shall be
no Intervention unless agreeable to both
parties to a war. The recent expression OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

Secretary Root relative to the Monroe doc
trine leads a British paper to remark that
Il the United States hopes to maintain sue
cessfully its exclusive influence on the
American continent it must not interfere
on other continents. AS a matter of fact.
1t may be safely said that no man In either
party. however much a demagogue he may
be, would. IL he were in m sense response
bic. advocate Intervention. II such a resolu-
ton should come up in the Senate 1t is not
probable that even Senators Mason, Petit
grew or Tillman would vote for it. Con-
sequently, if, as has been asserted. Presi-
dent Kruger confidently expects European
or American Intervention within a short
time. he is sure to be grievously disap-
pointed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

Readers of the Journal will recall the re-
ports OF the proceedings of the national
conference on trusts held in Chicago last
Sept. 13 to Is. 1t was a congress which
met under the auspices Of the Civic Fedora
ton of Chicago. the delegates having been
appointed by the Governors OF various
States and by leading Industrial. CONNER
and labor organizations. The delegates
included many able representative men.
including, of course, some with fads and
axes to grind. The report Of the proceed
ings for the daily press was necessarily
condensed, and the Civic Federation OF
Chicago has published I'm book form a COM
plete report of the speeches. debates and
resolutions, with a list OF the delegates.
committees, etc. II makes a volume of over
600 pages and contains about 100 papers. be-
ing addresses delivered and those through
want OF opportunity denied delivery N
authorized to- be published. These adj
dresses treat the trust question in all its
aspects from every point Of view, and on
account of Its many-sidedness the volume
is a valuable contribution TO trust ntera-
ture. The price in paper covers is SO cents.
and IL can be ordered OF Franklin II. Head.
president of the Civic Federation. Chicago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

In this little volume. published by the
Doubleday & Mcclure Company. the au-
thor of the much-expioited poem with tia
above title tells how he came 10 write IL.
what IL means and what II does not mean.
and all about II. together with an ampl-
ncation of his ideas concerning men and
life I'm general. Perhaps some readers may
be interested in his statement that .In a
large sense the Man with the Hoe is the
stunted man In any walk OF life He is any
man who has not had outlet for the
be an editor. a banker. a merchant. a SOL
dier-any man who forgot that We do not
live by bread alones who has let things
get into the saddle; who Il smothered un-
has died 10 the higher world OF ideas and
aspirations" The author seems 10 have
discovered n much deeper broader
msarins OF the poem, than he rat into n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
The Sick Man.

I am Europe's
Proverbial invalid.
/ am the Sui
Tan.
Lew Wallace calls me
The 'sool-tahn."
Though most people say ''sult'n."
Lew Wallace al
So calls me an
Honest man. which is
Another popular innovation.
Thanks, Ben-Hur, come a.
Caini
/ am a harem-scar'em
Sort Of fellow. with
The accent on the first two syllables.
1 pay my debts when / have to,
Which is eldom.
/ believe 1t is more blessed
To give
Than to receive. and I let other
People get most of the blessings. Any
Old thing will
Do me. Speaking of debts.
1 owe Uncle Samuel some several
Thousand ducats which are
Slightly overdue.
The funniest part of 1t all is
That he is dunning me for it and APP
Pears actually to expect to get his
Money!
I doff my fez
To the American sense of humor.
It's too
Deep for me.
When any one tells you the
"Sool-tahn" intends paying any,
Thing except a grudge,
Kindly remind them
1t Is
Alf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

Editor Stoll. OF the South Bend Times.
who has been mentioned in connection
with the Democratic nomination for Vice
President. denies that he has any such
aspiration and adds: THE only political
ambition that i have is to prove that an
American citizen can feel a lively interest
and take an active part in public affairs
without having in mind the attainment of
Office" AS Democratic editors go Mr..
Stoll IS an uncommonly fair one. and few
editors of either party in Indiana have
done more TO promote decent politics than
he. The wonder Is that one who takes
so intelligent and lively an interest in po-
Etical affairs should continue the hope
less work of trying to reform a party
that has shown Itself to be irreformable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

A Chicago paper tells Of two boys about
seventeen years of age who. starting last
summer without a cent Of outside aid,
worked their way from Monmouth, ILL.,,
to Baltimore, then on a cattle ship to
London, and finally to Paris where,
through the assistance Of Consul General
Gowdy. they obtained remunerative en-
ployment, learned the city and the lam
guage, and are now advertising to act as
guides for American visitors to the Paris
exposition. Those boys will be heard from
1atar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

In Lewiston. Me-. the home OF Senator
Frye. a COMMITTEES OF prominent citizens.
embracing three clergymen OF as many de-
nominations. was selected by a public meet
ing TO inquire into the methods pursued in
the enforcement OF the prohibitory liquor
law. which has been on the statute books
forty years. This COMMITTEES recently
made a long report. the leading feature OF
which Is that the lax enforcement Is due
to the fact that business men of infuence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
History of English Literature.

This is an excellent book OF its kind. and
contains a great deal of information and
suggestion I'm a small compass. Its author.
Prof. Reuben p. Halleck. has aimed to fur
nish a concise textbook Of the history and
development of English literature from the
earliest times TO the present. His plan has
been to treat the subject as a related
whole, and tie general drift Of literary
thought is clearly portrayed Especial at
tention Is paid TO literary To
the essential qualities which di1ercntiatc
one period froca another, and 10 showing
the animating spirit OF each age. In car
rying out this plan a very brief bfograph-
zeal sketch Is presented OF each author. just
enough facts to make students interested in
him as a personality and TO show how his
environments affected his work. and then
his works. his style and his influence on
literature are commented on briefly. II IL
a good book OF reference and excellent as a
stimulus TO broader and deeper study OF
the subject. II contains many interesting
illustrations ant q unique and instructive
map of England showing the birt1piaces
and homes of the chief authors. Cincinnau:
American Book Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

The effort to have Indiana furnish the cau-
dial appendage to the Bryan kite will have
very little disturbing effect on the cam
paign Of the Republican party's guberna-
torial candidate, who formed the habit Of
succeeding so early in life that 1t Is too
late to cure him. And hin how compli-
mented Mr.. Shively. of South Bend. must
feel to know that Bryan was visiting him
only to put in the time!"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

CHICAGO, May GA horse attached to
a buggy in which were L. M. Minor and
his wife, OF Sioux City, Ia, ran away to-
day and jumped over the iron railing on
the .subway leading TO the Washington
street tunnel. The buggy caught and the
animal hung in midair until the harness
cut, when tie horse fell fifteen feet,
breaking its neck and blocking the TUNE
until its body was removed. The occu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

Those Democrats who are trying to get
In line with Mr.. Bryan cannot be delighted
with the announcement that he will be the
leading speaker at the Populist dollar din
ner In Omaha this week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07

"The trade prospects of the South are
growing brighter every day." says Henry
Watterson. and yet the Colonel somehow
has Bryan COMPOUNDED with Prosperity. not
to mention the "Star-eyed Goddess of Re-
form"