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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31

Autopsy Proves the Nature of the
Case-PrOgress of Inspection.

SAN FRANCISCO, May @.-The City
Board of Health to-day held an autopsy on
the body of a Chinaman found last night
in a Chinese undertaking establishment. A
member of the board stated that the result
of the autopsy strongly indicated that the
Chinese died of the bubonic plague. In
order to fully demonstrate whether or not
ii was a case of the plague, cultures were
taken from the glands for the purpose of
making an examination. DR.. Sprady, of
New York. assisted. According to DR.. Viii
iiams. president of the Board of Health,
the Gordon around the skirts of Chinatown
may continue for six weeks. "Other things
being equal said he, in the course of an
interview to-day, I'VE might feel justified
in raising the quarantine in six eeks-
that is to say, if the cleanliness of this dis
trict is such as to preclude the possibility
of infection remaining in the various hab-
itations of the Chinese and others living
there"
DIR. O'Brien, who has charge of the force
inspecting the Chinese district, was asked
if any cases of resistance had been met
with by the inspectors on their rounds.
"Only a few" said he. 1.-The doors were
barricaded in some instances, but as a rule
the Chinese have offered no stubborn re-
sistance. They are rather inclined TO yield
TO the wishes Of the inspectors, and in a
few days we expect that all trouble in this
respect will have passed
The mail service in the Chinese quar-
tiers will not be impaired. A fumigating
station has been established and everything
passing out is treated. The Chinese mer-
chants are preparing TO institute legal pro-
ceedings against the Board of Health 10
compel that body to lift the embargo.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31
TAGGARr ELEMENT IN CONTROL.

Four years ago the silverites and anti
Taggartites had things their own way In
Marion county. In the primaries the mayor
and his followers suspected of hostility to
is to 1 were beaten by the forces directed
by the friends of the late Governor Mat
thews. The delegation in the State conven-
ton practically rejected Mayor Taggart.
but upon the supplication of his friends
permitted him to occupy a quasi position
in the party organization. So carried away
with the 16-to-1 craze was the Democracy
of Indianapolis that, for once. the fol-
lowers of the mayor were driven to defeat.
Their tricks at the primaries for once
failed them. The anti-Taggartites ran the
campaign and achieved a total defeat. The
next season the mayors assistants began
their efforts to dislodge the silverites.
They broke up the meetings of the Silver
Club in Morrison Hall and so got control
of the machinery again that Mr.. Taggart
was easily nominated for mayor. Several
hundred did not vote for him, but he was
elected. Since October, 1897. Mayor Taggart
and his followers lave had things thei-
own way. Such of the ultra silver leaders
as could be useful TO him ne has attached
to his train by some official recognition.
In this city the Taggart machine is per-
fect-a small Tammany, taking from the
precincts the power TO elect their own COM
mittees by compelling the voters TO select
enc of two men presented for the precinct
by the Taggart managers. In the State con-
vention of 1896 the Taggart element had no
standing. Conservative men were hooted
and shouts of Is TO l overwhelmed the
voices of those who asked to be heard. Mr..
Taggart himself received scant courtesy. 1t
will be different next week; the Taggart
element will control the convention. The
Shivelys. the Shanklins and the wild-eyed
Clarks will be tolerated. but they will have
no voice in shaping the action of the con-
vention. Mayor Taggart's man will be
nominated for Governor. Having captured
a majority of the State committee, platform.
delegates and candidates will be such as
bear the trade mark ct. T." The delegates
who shouted defiance at Mr.. Taggart in
1895 will meekly do his bidding next week.
The mayor has taken lessons of the Hon.
Richard Croker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31
DEATH OF A. B. JUDD.
Son of n Missionary Who Became
Chief Justice of Hawaii.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3o.-The steamer
Gaelic, from Hong-Kong and Yokohama
via Honolulu. brings the following advices
from Honolulu. dated May %:
ALBERT Francis Judd. chief justice of
the Supreme Court of Hawaii. died at his
residence, Nuuanu Valley, on the 10th. He
had been i'll for several months.
ALBERT Francis Judd was the son of DIR.
and Mrs. Gerritt p. Judd, who came here
Under the auspices of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions on
the ship Parthian, arriving at Honolulu
March 80. 1923. He was born I'm Honolulu
Jan. Z. 1885. He graduated from Yale in
1858 as a bachelor of arts and in the law
school when he was twenty years of age.
Chief Justice Judd's political career began
with his appointment as attorney general
of the kingdom under Lunilo in 1863. He
became first associate justice Feb. /. 1878,
and on the death of Chief Justice Harris
became chief justice in 1895
1.-The Democrats have taken the first
steps for the organization of the party in
the Territory of Hawaii. The gathering
was one that filled the hall TO its capacity
and numbered fully 500. Those who called
the meeting and felt themselves sponsors
in some degree for its success expressed
themselves as being thoroughly pleased and
Gratided with the outlook"
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II the Hoosier politicians involved in the
Cuban postal scandal were men of con-
spicuous integrity and administrative abil-
ity at the time of their appointment the
Indianapolis Journal has been unable TO
discover IL. They were appointed. like so
many others. at the urgent demand of an
Indiana senator or representative who had
no personal knowledge OF their character.
but who acted on the request of local poll
ticians.-Philadelphia Record.
The Journal has said nothing TO call for
this assertion. On the contrary, il has said
that although the appointees TO the Cuban
postal service from Indiana did not actually
go In under civil-service rules, they might
have done so so far as their qualifications
were concerned. In no case. so far as the
Journal is aware, was the question of spe-
cihc ability and general fitness disregarded.
and in at least one instance, that of POST
master Thompson. fitness was the sole
cause for the selection. Civil-service rules
do not provide for an Investigation into the
character OF the applicant for a position.
II he answers the List Of questions to test
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The influence exerted by the late Catha-
she spent her long life was remarkable,
and, in some respects, unique. 1t differed
from that which belongs TO most teachers
of years and experience in that her in
structions and guidance were not confined
TO youthful students, but TO women of all
ages and degrees. In her earlier career she
taught classes of young people in school
and college. but in more recent years she
conducted private classes. to which came
Young women and old, maids and matrons.
mothers of families, business women and
women who were themselves teachers.
Some of these had been her early pupils,
and wished to keep themselves from in
tellectual rustiness by means of regular les
sons. Som had lacked advantages in
youth. and through her made their first
acquaintance with the best in literature.
She opened a new world to them by show
ing them how to read the masterpieces
Understandings. She stood for the highest
in genuine culture and refinement, and to
be a membe of her classes was a privilege
in more ways than one. Gentle, retiring,
without self-assertion, even timid, she
cherished firm convictions and had the
courage of her opinions. and these opinions
touched upon moral and social, as we'll as
literary themes. She was a distinct intel
lectual force. and to her belongs a good
share of the credit for the high stand TAX
en- by Indianapolis women in all that makes
for the finest living.
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wore the blue and the men who wore the
gray greeted each other with shot and
she'll and visited death upon their respec-
tive ranks. We meet, after all these inter
vening years, with but one sentimenf-fhat
of loyalty TO the government OF the United
States. love for our flag and our free Insti-
tutions. and determined, men OF the North
and men of the South. 10 make any eacrf-
flee for the honor and perpetufty OK the
American Republic. fGreatsapplause.1
My fellow-citizens l am glad, and you
are glad also. OF that famous meeting be-
tween Grant and Lee at Court
house. / am glad we were kept together.
aren't you? tCries of 'Yesi Yesfl l am
glad that the Union was saved by the hon.
orable terms made between Grant and Lee
under the famous apple tree, and there Is
one glorious fact that must be always
gratifying to us-the American soldiers
never surrendered but 20 Americans. I'm
thusiastic applausel My countrymen. the
past can never be undone. The new day
brings its shining sun 10 light our duty
now. and / am glad to preside over a Ma
ton OF nearly $4,000. 900 people more united
than they have ever been since the forma-
ton OF the Federal Union. IApplause.l
Il count IL a great honor TO participate
on this occasion with the great State OF
Maryland in it's tribute TO the valor and
heroism and the sacrifices OF the Confed-
crate and Union armies. The valor of the
one or the other, the valor OF both. is the
common heritage of us all. And. my coun-
trymen, the achievements of that war, ev-
cry oHe Oh them, are Just as muCn the IN
heritance OF those who failed as those who
prevailed, and when we went 10 war two
years ago the men of the South and the
men OF the North We'd with each other to
show their devotion TO the United States.
l~Applarse.] The followers OF the Confed-
crate generals. with the followers Of the
Federal generals. fought side by side in
Cuba, in Porto Rico and i'm the Philippines,
and together, in those far-on islands. are
standing to-day fighting and dying for the
flag they love-the flag that represents
more than any other banner in the world
the best hopes and aspirations OF man.
kind" IGreat and l-ong-continued ap-
plause.l
The monument is OF granite and bronze.
ectagon, twenty-five feet in diameter at the
base and thirty-five feet high 10 the top OF
the statue. On the base rest columns rep
resenting eight Maryland commanders who
were present at the battle. united in sup
porting the Temple of Liberty" which -
of bronze and forms the canopy. The whole
is surmounted by a bronze statue represent
ing Peace" with sword sheathed and
pointed downward. The figure holds a
laurel wreath over the hilt of the sword.
On four of the faces of the monument are
bronze has reliefs, representing scenes in
the battle. On the interior faces of the
buttresses are eight bronze tablets, bear
ing i'm raised letters the. name and record
during the war Of the eight organizations
commemorate by the monument. The
monument cost $1,000.
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pie should be interested. In the South At
rican Republic there are 245. 600 white peo-
pie. OF whom 1000 are Beers. 100000 Brit
ish, and $4,000 are people of other European
races. The $500 have ruled and taxed the
other 10000. and would not permit them
to have any part in the shaping of public
affairs. Lord Salisbury proposes TO a k
from the 5000 the right TO rule 10000
whites and many more thousands of ma
tives. who are treated very much as slaves.
Great as this wrong may appear TO those
who sincerely sympathize with the Beers.
what nave they to say regarding the fact
that in three States of the South, in two
Of which the negroes constitute a majority
and in a third about one-half of all voters,
these voters have been deprived Of
the right of suffrage, so that they no
longer a W any voice in the elections, and
consequently no hope of justice in the
courts? Under a pretext of making an ed
ucational qualification for voters, which
does not apply to whites. not less than half
a million of men who were voters a few
years ago have been made aliens. and, to
a certain extent, serfs. In two other
States the process of DISTINGUISHING the
colored voters is going on and will soon be
accomplished. In a few years more than
a million voters will be d~isfranchised in
open defiance of the fourteenth and ff-
teenth amendments TO the Constitution Of
the United States. mo State" declares
the fourteenth amendment, shall make or
enforce any laws which shall abridge the
privileges or immunitieS of citizens of the
United States" 1.-The right of the citizens
of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or
by any State on account of race. color or
previous condition OF s%ervitude'' is the Ian
guage of the fifteenth amendment. Never
theless, because of race, color n previous
condition of servitude half a million of
black voters have been deprived of the
right to vote. n practically d-ecitizenized
and other States nave set out to do the
same thing.
In view of these facts ii seems that those
who have manifested such extreme solicit
tude about the freedom of 240.000 white
people in far-away South Africa should
have their attention directed to this con-
spiracy to d~isfranchise more than a million
American voters.
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publics means that they will be annexed TO
and completely assimilated by the British
empire. Boer sy~mpathizers will denounce
the statement as brutal, but IL is simply a
rank avowal Of the results of the war and
of Great Britain's determination TO leave no
opportunity for future armament and rebel
lion I'm South Africa. This declaration is
In striking contrast to President Kruger's
demands in October last that all British
troops on the borders of the republic shall
be instantly withdrawn" that all British
troops which have arrived in South Africa
since June i. 1899. shall be removed within
a reasonable time and that her Males
tvs troops which are now on the high seas
shall not be landed in any part of South
Africa"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31
DEwEy's BOUNTY CLAIM.

The decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States in Admiral Dewey's
county claim case is clearly in accordance
with law, whatever popular sentiment may
he. The claim grew out of the destruction
of the Spanish ships in Manila bay. Sec
ton 1886 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States is as follows:
A bounty shall be paid by the United
States Tor each person on board any ship
or vessel of war belonging to an enemy
at the commencement of any engagement
which is sunk or otherwise destroyed in
such engagement by any ship or vessel be-
longing to the United States, of one num-
dred dollars, IL the enemy'S vessel was of
inferior force, and of two hundred dollars
il of equal or superior force, to be divided
among the officers and crew in the same
manner as prize money.
Under this provision it made a material
difference to. Admiral Dewey and al the
officers and men in his whether
the Spanish ships destroyed at Manila were
of inferior force or of superior force to the
American feet-a difference of one hundred
dollars per head for every person aboard
all the Spanish ships. Therefore a claim
Of two hundred dollars per head was made
on the ground that the Spanish ships and
land forts together constituted a superior
force. The Supreme Court declined to
take this view. holding that the language
of the law applied to the relative force of
the fleets alone and not to the accidental
circumstance of one fleet being aided by
land batteries. The decision cuts the whole
nI1t~, e. N,~&. - 49, a. r.
100000 to $500. 900. and Admiral Dewey's per-
sonal share from $4,000 to $40, 900.
An interesting feature of the decision is
Justice Harlan's statement that Congress
has recently repealed the prize money and
bounty act in toto. He said:
All genuine Americans recall with de-
light and pride the marvellous achieve
ments of our navy in the memorable en-
gagement at Manila. But this court cam
not permit considerations of that character
to induce 1T TO depart from the established
rules for the Interpretation of statutes. Nor
can we allow our judgment to be influenced
by the circumstance that Congress has re-
Gently repealed all statutes giving bounty
TO officers and sailors of the navy for the
sinking or destruction hereafter i'm time of
wal of an enemy's vessels. thereby. il may
be assumed, indicating that in the judgment
or the legislative branch of the government
the pOilCy OF giving DOuntleS 10 the navy
was not founded in wisdom and should
be abandoned.
As far as known this is the first infor-
nation the public has had of the repeal Of
the prize money and bounty law. 1t GER
tainly has not been stated in any conspic-
uous manner. The Journal has often
urged the repeal of the law on the ground
that Ii was a relic of piracy. an uniust dis
elimination in favor of officers and men
in the navy against those in the army,
and embodied a wrong principle of legisla-
ton. The repeal is a distinctly progressive
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31
INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES.

Kentucky has no Governor-elected.-New
Albany Public Press (Dem.)
Speaker Henderson is showing some of
the stubbornness of Speaker Reed without
his talent for using TERI Haute Ex-
press
1t is safe to predict that the Philadelphia
platform will not be framed by a commit
tee of professional gloom mongers.-Craw-
louisville Journal.
This Kern, Burke and Taggart game
looks very much like the work of the fell
low at the count fair with the little ball
whose location you are induced 10 bet you
can point out--Terre Haute Tribune.
Virginia by a vote OF 1900 decided TO rob
the colored man of his franchise. Still the
Democrats pass resolutions about consent
of the governed and some colored men or
ganize Democratic clubs.-Richmond Item.
The Nicely theft IS now stated at s45o,ooo.
The disgrace TO American citizenship is not
measured by the dollars. and the distrust
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31

The gift of valuable real estate TO Wash
ington University, of st. Louis. proves to
be- a remarkable one in several respects.
1t is without precedent that two men of
great wealth, partners in business. should
unite In giving outright to an educational
institution property valued at $1,000. 900,
and paying. in dividends over. $500, 900 a year.
The gift embraces six blocks of business
property and d%evolves upon the university
the management of one of the largest ship
ping plants in the world and the control
of hundreds of employees. BY making the
gift before their death they forestalled the
possibility of a contest of the will and also
saved the inheritance tax, which would
have amounted to a large sum.
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The shout for vengeance which comes up
from the victorious element of the Shelby
county Democracy recalls attention to the
fact that the leaders who nave robbed the
county of tens of thousands of dollars have
been triumphant and now seek the political
life of the editor of the Sentinel. which
helped to show up these robbers of the peo-
pie. In other counties official rascahty has
been exposed. but in none were so many
officials so deeply involved in a conspiracy
TO rob the people. In other counties, how
ever. the party in power and the people
rose up and smote those who betrayed
their trusts. In Shelby the controlling ele-
ment of he party Endorsed and approved
the robbers and now seek to punish those
who exposed their robberies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31

Lord Salisbury. Great Britain's prime
minister. has given to the world the terms
of peace in South Africa. The South AT
rican Republic. as a government. will cease
TO exist. II it were I'm fact a republic, In
which all the intelligent people had a voice
ia public affairs. such a result would be
cause for the severest reprobation. AS II
is IL seems hard reatment-a fact the pub
lie will learn from scores OF orators and
newspapers that would make the question
of the future of the Beers an issue in
American politics. Much indignant elo-
quence will be expended for the purpose OF
making the vanauished Beers do duty in
our presidential election.
In this connection IL may be said that
those who are really disturbed about the
Acknowledgement of freemen could find a
larger wrong OF that character nearer
home. and one In which the American peo-
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his intelligence and knowledge of business
he is eligible. But investigation would in
all probability have disclosed nothing to the
discredit of any man appointed from In
diana. Now, ii is true a good many stories
are in circulation going to show the
'smoothness'' of Mr.. Nicely in his previous
is loose talk. and 1t is unlikely that any
business man of Muncie would have been
willing to say anything TO his discredit had
his opinion Of his honesty been asked at
the time of the appointment. That the Sc
enough. but IL will not do to say that he
could not have entered the service except
under the "spoils system" y
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-31
FOOtnOtes.

Civilization makes iuxuries less luxurious and
hardships harder.
Some women in. love clip newspaper poetry;
others save pudding recipes.
Take care of the pennies. and your conscience
will let you of easy when you spend pounds.
Misery loves COMPANY. but not the kind of
company which involves preparing refreshments.
Every woman thinks she can arrange a man.
tel-piece more artistically than any woman she
knows.
Men understand women well enough to know
that IL pleases them TO be considered hard to
understand.
The woman with a stolid countensnce gen.
orally has a mind which runs to perky little
turbans or sailor hats.
In the old novels the reader had to skip the
religion and read the love; in modern novels he
has to skip the history.
In house cleaning the safe rule is TO save
what you don't want, and give away the things
you think you will need.