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since the war who were soldiers in that
frightful conflict. Count. If you can-so
multitudinous is their number-their sons
that served in the war with Spain and are
now fighting for ''old glory" in the Philip
pines. and then say IL you can. justly. that
this Nation lost in manhood in its battle
for freedom and human rights.
"A just war is a great searcher out and
intensifier of character. IL anything will
pull man out of himself manfully to serve
his fellows and his country in peace as well
as in war ii is to fight for both long and
we'll as volunteer. OF course. just war
can only occasionally happen to correct
and purify a corrupt and oppressive reign
of peace, for IL is usually in times of long
peace that human selfshness luxuriates
like a green bay tree.
That many of the fittest were taken in
the last war all know to our great sor-
row, but ordinarily many who survive are
fitted better for the victories of peace.
Many lack opportunities in times of peace
TO rise and display their full powers for
great achievements. 1t is only necessary TO
mention Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, of
the army, Lincoln, Stanton and Morton in
the state, and then leave TO others to add
those Immediately known to them who
found themselves, by means of the civil
war. TO the great advantage of themselves
and of the Nation.
WILLIAM HENRY POTTER.
Indianapolis, March 16.
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To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal
Are not the remarks of President Jordan
on the destructiveness of war as concerns
the survival of the fittest little too sweep
ing? Were not the immediate effects Of the
Napoleonic wars, as well as their remote
consequences on the manhood OF France.
an unusual rather than a common result
Of wars in general? The French revolution
and the wars growing out of Ii drained,
and. for the most part. sacrificed the best
blood of the nation for a generations; hence
the element of time. the magnitude of 1.-THE
Reign of Terror and the preceding op-
pressions of peace go far TO account for the
lowered vitality of the French nation In
the peace OF the Bourbons what hope or
scope was there for the fittest I'm France?
The general conclusion is that the revolu-
ton and the wars IL caused are worth all
they cost to Europe, IL France has suffered
somewhat for her tame submission TO
Bourbon rule for generations.
However, a more reasonable estimate of
the consequences 10 the survival of the
fittest can be formulated and established
by considering the effects OF the civil war
on the vitality OF our Nation. here merely
note Presidents Grant. Hayes, Garfield
Harrison and Mckinley a few of the
notably active participants and survivors
OF that war Then consider the leaders
In the law and on the bench. in the Senate
and the House. and in the world of finance
commerce and the industries OF the Nation
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SUBSIDIARY SILVER COINS.
Treasury VIII Add $2O,OOO,OO to the
COuntry's Stock.

StOcks
NEW YORK, March 16-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Times says: The
minis Of the United States will be busy
for some time to come in undertaking to
carry out the provision of the act that has
just become law and that permits the
secretary of the treasury to add $4,000. 600
to the stock of subsidiary coinage. The
authority to coin silver of the smaller de-
nominations has been obtained specifically
from time TO time, but has been restricted
to small amounts, the supporters of the
free coinage of silver having systematical-
ly resisted the increase of the supply of
minor silver. Director of the mint Rob-
erts, in talking about the objects and use
fulness Of the new act as relating to sub
sidiary silver coinage said: The new
monetary act, approved March IA, author
ICES an increase of about $50, 900 in the
stock of subsidiary silver coin. The last
authority for the issue of subsidiary sill
yer was given by a joint resolution, ap-
proved July %. 1876. in preparation for the
resumption Of specie payments. 1t au-
thorized the issue of an amount which. to-
gether with the fractional paper cur
rency outstanding, should at no time ex-
coed 5000 600. June 8. 1873. the act provid-
ing for the redemption of subsidiary silver
in lawful money was passed and forth
with our old quarters, dimes and halves,
which had been driven to the West Indies
and South America by our paper money,
began to return. They were presented for
redemption until the treasury held over
$50 900. O0O In this way the $50, 100000 limit
was exceeded, for the treasury officials
lit, L. To- Ia Of
business until it was practically all abb
sorbed. The present stock in the country
thus reached about sS0,0OO.0O0. Under the
new law it may be 500. 200. and bullion
purchased under the Sherman act may be
coined. The new authority was sorely
needed, and will scarcely suffice for the
growing needs Of the country more than
five or six years more"
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Yaquis and Mexicans Resting-Two
Americans Killed I'm Battle.

Ell PASO, Tex, March 16.-George w.
Vaughan, superintendent of the Hermosilla
Mining Company, is in the city from lower
Sonora, Mexico. He says that just at this
time the Yaqui Indians are quiet and the
Mexican soldiers are also quiet. Vaughan
reports that a young American prospector
named Bostwick, who for three months has
been a prisoner in the hands of the Yaquis,
has been released, and that he returned to
Hermosilla last Tuesday. Bostwick said
the Indians have no idea of surrendering.
They are well armed and number not more
than two thousand. Bostwick was not mis-
treated by the Indians and did not know
why he was released He was simply led
to the outskirts of the camp and told to go.
Vaughan says General Torres is friendly
to Americans. and that the only two Amer
leans killed by Mexican soldiers were fight
ing with the Yaquis and were slain during
a battle.
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There are great advantages in a written
constitution, but unwritten constitution
gives less to bubble over. The British Con-
stitution is as well established as that of
the United States, but 1t is never construed
to hinder the growth of the empire or i'm
pede the operations of the government. An
English writer on the Constitution says:
There is no part of it which an omnipo-
tent Parliament may not change at will"
This is strong way of stating the flexi-
bility Of the British Constitution. The plain
terms of a written constitution may not be
violated. but it should always be construed
I'm favor of growth. progress and SOW
ereignty. When the war in South Africa is
ended there will be speech-making
hair-splitting in Parliament as to what
may or may not be done under the Consti-
tuition. The government will simply go
ahead and do things.
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ALI FERROUH BEY'S WORRY.
All Turks Find the Yoke of MOslen,
Heavy When They Go Abroad.

WASHINGTON. March 16.-An Ferrouh
nounced his intention of taking his wife
out of the capital to the seclusion of a
high-walled suburban home. is not the only
Turk whose mission abroad has been rem
dered painful through the religious and So
cial customs of Moslem concerning women.
Sheriff Pasha. the Porte's minister to Swe-
den, was unusually fortunate in that his
wife was an Egyptian princess who was
not bound by the inexorable laws of the
harem. But Saaduliah Pasha, the Ottoman
ambassador to Vienna, found the yoke OF
Moslem bitter indeed or this poor man was
driven to suicide by separation from his
family; and Mohammedan's family is his
dearest possession In this earthly life.
Saaduliah Pasha had been the Sultans
representative at the court of Vienna for
twenty years. In all that time he had seen
his wife and children only now and then.
The prohibition of the Sutton forbidding
his diplomatic servants to take their wives
with them was carried to excess in his
case. The spouse of Saaduliah was taken
i'll and it was feared she would die. The
husband asked for leave of absence to go
to Constantinople. Permission was with
held and Saaduliah's heart was broken. He
put an end TO his life and his troubles at
one blow.
This tragedy was not without effect on
the heart of the Sultan. Hence, when Ali
Ferrouh Bey requested Abdul Hamid to
permit the ministerial wife to come 10
Washington the request was granted, but
only after Ali Ferrouh Bey had registered
a solemn promise that the change of resi-
dence would not in any way infringe the
sanctity of the custom pertaining to the
invisibility of the Turkish woman's face.
Washington rejoiced over having a real
Turkish harem, especially as 1t was under
stood that the Oriental lady would receive
members of her own sex In the harem. The
arrival of the harem was looked for with
keen anticipation.
But with all his other troubles the pol
ished Turkish diplomat did not count on
vulgar American curiosity. He found that
IL his wife was to live at all under the re-
strictions of her home custom every blind
in the house would have to be drawn. This
was particularly unfortunate, as the lady is
not in the best of health and positively re-
qures a little air and sunshine. But there
was found to be no hope of these without
risk of the camera fend and OF being stared
at by the rude eyes of the vulgar.
Such are the causes which have moved
the minister to try to secure some quiet
suburban home, around whose grounds he
can erect a high wall, behind which his
wife can take a garden walk and catch a
glimpse of the blue sky. He Is having an
exceedingly difficult time Of IL, however. as
people who have houses to lease are averse
to high walls being built around them. 1t
will be fortunate for Ali Ferrouh Bey IL
the Sultan does not hear Of his quandary
and order him to return the madame to her
comfortable and secluded home in SIAM
bOu1
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One of the first steps taken by the gov
eminent after the acquisition of Porto
Rico was to extend the United States navi-
cation laws TO the island. AS a result of
that all trade between Porto Rico and the
United States. which had previously taken
place in ships of any nationality was con-
fined to American ships In other words.
Porto Rico was placed on the footing of
a State or Territory OF the United States,
yet In the matter of tariff II is proposed
TO treat the island as a foreign country.
This is making FISH of 1t one day and flesh
the next The solution OF the problem is
the way OF plain duty" viz, free trade
both ways.
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The Manila correspondent Of the New
Philippine matters intelligently and fairly.
says that great harm is being done among
the Filipinos by the impression that the
United States government is going to back
up the papal legate, Archbishop Chapelle,
i'm continuing the work of the monastic
orders in the islands. The hatred enter
tanned by the Filipinos against these orders,
not towards the Catholic Church in general
but towards the friars. is intense, and un-
less they are soon disabused of the idea
that the United States intends to favor
the orders a new rebellion may spring up.
The correspondent thinks the time has
come when this government should pro-
claim the American principle that no re-
ligious system of any kind will be imposed
upon the people of the islands by the force
of government or its agents. and that
Roman Catholic, will be backed in his work
by the rifles of American soldiers. If the
Filipinos understood the American Con-
stitution and American methods they
would not need any assurance on the SUBJ
ject, but they do not. One of the first eff
forts of the new Philippine commission
should be to make this matter perfectly
clear.
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An Ohio Preacher to Adopt an Elk
hart Pastors Plan.

COLUMBUS, O.. March 1s-Rev. II. H.
Barbour. pastor Of the First Baptist
Church of this city. proposes to dispense
his sermons to those who are unable to at
tend services at the church by telephone.
The church has been wired by the Citizens
Telephone Company. and as soon as their
lines are in operation DIR. Barbour will
cause q big transmitter TO be hung on the
front of the gallery. which will supply as
many private lines as are connected with
IT, DR.. Barbour explained that in this way
the members of the church can stay NJ
home and hear all the service. fnclunidg
singing, prayers and the sermon.
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CONFESSED A DEFICIT.


ELMIRA, N. Y, March 16.-Frank z.
Bundy, who for the past six years has
occupied the Office of chamberlain Of this
city and for three years previous was clerk
in the chamberlain's Office, has voluntarily
confessed a deficit of over $4,000 in his
accounts.
Mr.. Bundy was the Democratic candidate
for mayor and was defeated at the charter
election, March 6. At the first meeting of
the Republican Council following the cleo
ton a committee was appointed to inves-
tigate the chamberlain's books. Bundy
went to Frederick Collins, the attorney for
his bondsmen. and confessed to being short
in his accounts over $4,000. James 3. Rath-
bone, one of the bondsmen, has taken
charge of the chamberlains Office on be-
half of the other bondsmen.
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ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS.
Some of the Things Noted by an OBJ
servant Traveller.
The Four Hundred.

The Four Hundred.
indianapolis is one of the to-date
American cities. handsome and healthy,
its nearest neighbors, Cincinnati and Louis
vile. that are old-fashioned, smoke-and-
SCOT begrimed. ana intolerably slothful
in comparison. indianapolis is dramatically
discernible and clean. Next to Detroit, 1t
is the best-paved and Systematically
cleaned city in the United States. Asphalt
and macadam have been employed lavishly
and pessimistic property owners are wont
to howl, but the result of the commendable
municipal activity is that Indianapolis is
strikingly like Washington, after which 1t
is patterned. Tax sauealers are character
istic of every city, and not without cause
nine times out of ten, but not so In the
Hoosier capital which has something to
show for public expenditure. unlike contin-
uously euchered Chicago, st. Louis Cleve-
land and other cities. whose rodent mu-
inequalities keep only their treasures clean.
Indianapolis has healthy and lively look
all over and bears inspection. The popula-
ton is now very near the 200, 600 total.
L never ride into or through Indianapolis
that / do not marvel over its network of
railway street crossings at grade, and
struggle to decipher the future Of the Hoo
quency of fatal accidents there is great
as in Chicago before the elevating of the
tracks here began. Indeed. on the very
Gay of my passage through Indianapolis
this trip train on one of the roads made
sausage of trapped team and driver, and
the present situation of affairs cannot con-
tinue much longer without riotous protest
on the part of the public. Indianapolis is
one of the railroad hubs of the West,
and it's comparatively new union station is
one Of the handsomest in America, albeit
il Is already proving inadequate-the
slightest crowd or convention congesting
the premises intolerably for the time being.
II seems very strange that the growth of
Indianapolis and its railway system was
not farther foreseen when the present
structure was built. some ten years ago.
1t has been suggested that the only way
out of the ordeal there is TO abandon the
existing union station, selling the site and
structure to some city concern. and estab-
lish a Notwithstanding union railway
depot on the outskirts of the CITY, to be
reached by elevated or depressed tracks
thus abolishing the Embarrassing jugger-
naut for all time. This. however, is rather
a fiighty or visionary idea in the premises.
The railroads have indianapolis so COM
pletely enmeshed in their network of main
lines sidings. branches and yards that any
change whatsoever is going to demoralize
existing things incomprehensibly, and
where such rabid rivalry and acute jeal-
ousy obtains IL Is going to be a multitude
of moons before anything dramatic is done
in the sorry situation at Indianapolis
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bill Of great Importance is that intro
duced by Senator Cullom extending the
jurisdiction OF the Interstate-commerce
Commission so that it can enforce its de-
cisions. So little interest. however. is taken
in the measure that MIR. Cullom has not
been able 70 secure a quorum Of the inter-
state-commerce committee OF the Senate
TO consider IL. The threat TO report the bill
has led to the appointment OF three Fri
days for hearings on IL At present the In
terstate Commission serves no other pur-
pose than TO give publicity TO the irregu-
larities OF railroads. That Is OF some value.
but TO be Of real use the commission should
lhave power TO enforce its decisions. II
Should have authority. also. TO ascertain
beyond doubt II railroad corporations dis
briminate In favor of one or more parties
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Persia to Send a Minister.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-the State
Department has been notified that the
Persian government is about to sent a
minister TO Washington. For ten years
this post has been vacant. the incumbent
leaving in dudgeon owing to the merciless
ridicule heaped upon him by the Ameri-
can paragrapher on account OF HIS queer
Hassan COOL Khan, with a
half dozen additional syilabies The de-
partment has not been notified in advance
OF the name of the new minister.
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or all the men in New York that Tam
whom 1t elected to Office in 1897, is the one
He was an unknown man from Brooklyn.
AS soon as he took office he began to check
Tammany's schemes of plumber. OF late he
has been making addresses against Tam
many's methods. and The Republican Legis-
lature has been passing the bills suggested
by him to prevent the plumber of the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-17

well-informed man in Washington ex-
presses the opinion that the British gov
eminent will agree to the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty as amended by the Senate for the
reason that IL can make no difference to
Great Britain. and that 1t is better TO have
the Americans proceed with the construc-
ton of the canal by British consent than
to be ignored by having the Americans be-
gin construction without its consent. There
Is something i'm this
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against all others engaged in the same
business This is most important. since
such discrimination must be the great pro-
moter of combinations known as trusts.
bill is an antitrust measure
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Porto Rican advocates promise US a per-
Iod Of educating. That is right; but in
their educating the educators should not
assume that they are dealing with the ut
terly ignorant and thus disgust intelligent
men with such puerile chatter as that
Is per cent. duty will protect ANYBODY.
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ST. George is the tutelary saint of Eng
land. the distinguishing flag Of the British
navy being called Saint Georges ensign.
April q. but from the way the English
people are preparing to wear the sham
rock 1t looks as If st. Georges day and
st. Pasrick's day will be celebrated to-
gether this year.
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Having been silent for ten days, Mr.
Bryan's friends announce that he can stand
II no longer. In his projected tour he will
take In South Dakota in the hope of help
ing Senator Pettigrew. who needs a friend
more than any other man in the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-17

The Washington correspondent of the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat and Senator Hanna
have located the hostility to the Porto Ri
can tariff bill in northern Indiana and
northern Illinois. If they will consult the
senators from Minnesota, Michigan, North
Dakota and Wisconsin they will find the
field much larger than they see II in Wash
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-17

NEW YORK, March 16.-The following
table. compiled by Bradstreet. shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ended March Is. with the percent
age of Increase and decrease as compared
with the corresponding week last year:
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do you believe in the horseshoe as q good
luck emblem
Don't /? I was engaged to one of these
snappy black-eyed girls once. and she threw me
over because wore a horseshoe scarfpin"
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Philadelphia papers record a surgical
operation at hospital in that city as
result Of which the patient will hereafter
talk and eat with a silver jaw. A certain
Democratic candidate for President has
been doing this for years.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House and Fifth Avenue
Hotel.
CHICAGO-Palmer House. p o. News Co., 2l7
Dearborn street.
CINCINNATI-J. r. Hawley e Co., 154 Vine
LOUISvILLE-C. T. Deering, northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co.. 25s Fourth avenue.
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WASHINGTON. ID. C-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House and willard's Hotel
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Secretary Roots statement regarding the
situation and prospects in Cuba is very en-
couragins, coming from a person of his
keen observation and conservative temper
He is evidently very favorably impressed
BY the results of American administration
IN Cuba and with the prospect of the early
establishment of stable government by the
Cuhans themselves
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Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, March 16. - To-day's
statement of the treasury balances in the
general fund, exclusive of 700 gold
reserve in the division of redemption,
shows: Available cash balances, $156, 49,
3lS; gold SOC, 245 1871
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Chicago Post.
1t has taken a long time to settle the
case Of Captain oberlin M. Carter. but.
as q result, the fact stands out promi-
nently that he was given every chance
and that money and influence awaited him
naught. He has had justice-no more and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-17

Every time a half dozen Democrats of
any prominence meet and Mr.. Bryan is
not present conspiracy against him is an
uounced
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Too Deep for Her.

mot two Jumps of sugar. Tommy: the paper
says sugar may go up
But. ma, If 1 eat more. then folksll sell
more, an thatll make 'em keep tn price down."
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The Delayed Departure.

How about this open door policyT'
Its all right for the woman just going away
in her sealskin coat: but it's awful for the
woman the top step with no wraps on
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The Rev. Sheldon seems to think he is
advancing new ideas when he urges hon.
est politics and denounces tax lodging.
These are very old themes in daily news
papers.
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Mayor Taggart should issue a letter con-
demning the grand jury for attempting to
in5ure the fair fame of the city by indict-
Ing hts friends