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

MUNCIE, Ind, Nov. 11-At the regular
meeting of branch No. II, of the Green
Bottle Blowers Association, to-day, resolu-
lions were passed addressed to the Com
mercial Club of Terre Haute, soliciting as
sistance from that body in the attempt
being made by the association to induce
President Harry Streeter, of the Streeter
fruit-jar factory in Terre Haute, to recon-
slider his action i'm discharging union men
last week for nonunion workmen The
communication makes the appeal on the
grounds that the introduction of nonunion
labor will degrade the factory and democrat
lie the city to great extent, and, further
more, that there was an alleged contract
between Streeter and the Commercial Club
to the effect that he employ only union
workmen in Terre Haute when he con-
tracted to move his factory from Green
field. Streeter was working nonunion men.
Branch No. II has almost 1000 members.
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GO AFTER THE DUKEDOM.
Advice to Kansas Omceseeker Under
the Empire"

Kansas City Journal.
Hon. F. f. Ware has addressed the fol-
lowing epistle to Topeka man who is
thinking of aspiring to a 0ukedom under
the Mckinley empire:
AS the empire is now an established fact
and you had son in the Twentieth Kan
sas, you have a just claim TO the appoint
ment of duke My advice to you is TO
make application soon Don't ask for
something equally as good" but you insist
on duke. They may want 10 make you an
earl or a marquis or something, but don't
you be switched off. You just hold the en-
peror up by the gills and he's bound to
come to your terms. Dukes don't have to
be confirmed by the Senate. and it's a life
appointment There is no salary attached
to the Office but you have right TO en-
slave and hold in bondage any Democrat or
Pop wherever he is found. They are what
we call in law 'ferae naturae." that is,
wild stuff. The man that gets them has
them just like groundhogs and pclicans.
If you get In early you get your first pick.
You want TO go for Webb McNall and ID.
o. McCray just as soon as you get your
commission. They expect il. They said il
Mckinley were elected We would be a ma
ton of slaves. They have their minds made
up 70 be slaves You tell them: Empire is
here. I'm duke and you are my meat:
follow me-" And they will follow you right
off anywhere. / think Joe Waters is all
right, too
You want to have iron heels put on your
boots and make your slaves wear turn
down collars SO that you can put the iron
heel of despotism on their necks without
the consent of the governed. The duties
of the office are few and simple. I've been
in Europe where they have dukes. You
wake up in the morning and you call in
your slaves as you want them and you talk
Shakespeare to them. For instance: You
summon McCray and shout at him. For
sooth. knave, Bring me this morning my
matutinal martini" He goes out and brings
you in cocktail of which he drank half
in order to prevent you from being poi
soned by the jointist. Then you shout
What minion. Hot and in comes Nc
Nall, and you order oatmeal or Goldfish
balls. or anything you want, and then say:
"Arroint." which means for him to kick
himself off. Then you bring in Joe and say:
"Ha, varlet, Keywester-three for dol
lar" Then Joe will get down on his hands
and knees and say: Yes, your dukeness.' -
and then you will say, "Exeunt omnes -
and everybody will Immediately go out I'm
brackets. Don't be apprehensive about
where the money Is to come from. You'll
have plenty. You will coin the sweat and
blood of the serfs. IL they won't work
you can have the regular army Kill them
Think of forty Democrats In the back yard
clanking their chains, with hot scalding
tears running down their furrowed cheeks
while you swing listlessly i'm your hammock
listening 10 the music OF the bondsman' :
groan. Ii will be like a trip to Long
Branch You will be listening TO the serf-
sea?
Anything can do for you with the EN-
peror, let me know. Yours.
T. F. WARE
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was often tried by her councillors and
guardians during her minority. They would
not allow her TO cycle. and she felt like re-
fusing 10 drive the beautiful phaeton and
ponies that We're given her In compensation
Tor the bike. She Is n first-rate whip, and a
bold and graceful skater In one respect
she is unlike the late King OF the Neither
lands. He was q melomaniac. and she
tanks music bore. Perhaps Prince
Henry, who could make handsome living
as professional musician. will bring her
round 10 like It. He has not been brought
UP in the lap OF luxury; far from H. l dare
say music consoled him often for want OF
wealth His future seems so different from
his past. The palaces OF the Queen of the
Netherlands are filed with pleasant and
precious riches. Her pictures. porcelain.
plate, old carved furniture, hangings. are
the accretion OF three centuries Besides
her civil list allowance. the young Queen
has the immense fortune OF her uncle.
Prince Henry Of the Netherlands. He made
viii IN favor OF his wife--a sister OF the
Duchess of Connaught-but IL could not
be found his fortune went TO the late King
OF the Netherlands
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GAS WILL BE SCARCE
LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE SHORTAGE
WILL BE FELT THIS WINTER.
KolSomo i'm Luck. Having n Contract
with the Chicago Company-C.
Il. w. NeeIy's Father Dead.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.


KOKOMO, Ind, Nov. n.-State Natural
Gas Supervisor j. c. Leach, of this place.
has reports OF a shortage of fuel gas in
several parts of the original gas field and
in some instances suffering is reported.
Professor Leach has given repeated warn
ings 10 consumers that a shortage could
be expected unless the supplying companies
fortified themselves for emergencies. Ev-
cry year the pressure is less, indicating
gradual but certain exhaustion of the prod
uct. There are three ways to improve the
gas service-drill more wells, put in larger
service pipes, use pumping apparatus.
All three are being resorted to to remedy
the defect, the cheaper method. perhaps.
being i'm replacing the pipes with larger
ones. The present mains were large enough
when the pressure high in the best
days of gas production, but now the low
pressure forces the gas slower, requiring
larger pipes TO carry the same amount of
fuel. Supervisor Leach says that places
that have not equipped their plants on the
low-pressure basis must expect poor and
unsatisfactory service the coming winter.
He advises consumers to have stock
of wood or coal handy in cases of emer-
gency.
There will be no lack of gas fuel in Ko-
receives its supply from the Indiana Natur-
al Gas and OIL Company, otherwise known
as the Chicago Pipeline Company, which
corporation is credited with controlling more
gas land in the field than all other local
companies combined. The original field
terminal of the Chicago line was in this
county, the pumping station being at
Greentown. In the grants and franchises
to the company ii was stipulated that 1t
supply Kokomo gas in perpetuity at fixed
ordinance rates. this being the only In
diana town supplied by the Chicago corpo-
ration. That is why Kokomo now has
all the gas IL needs for private and do
nestle consumption and at rates that can
not be raised without forfeiture of rights
of way and franchise.
Supervisor Leach says the fears of gas
cities that the factories will pull up and
leave soon as gas cannot be supplied
them as fuel. is i'll grounded. He says the
transition from gas to other fuel is coming
so gradual that the effect will scarcely be
noticed. AS a matter of fact. hundreds of
new factories going up in the natural
gas area with furnaces equipped for the
use of coal whenever 1t may be needed.
Kokomo has three such factories in course
of construction They figure that with gas
| gone the location is still as favorable here
| as elsewhere.
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COMBINE" OF YARN MILLS.
Southern Factories VIII Try to Con-
troll Sale Of Their Products.

CHARLOTTE, n. c., Nov. 1.-THE great
majority of The yarn mills of the South
have entered into the plan Of controlling
the sale of their products by specially APP
pointed agents. Mills representing an ag-
gregate of 4s7.450 producing spindles have
signifie6 their agreement to the now we'll
known concentration plan proposed by the
special committee and Endorsed by the
hoard of governors of the Southern Cotton
s,pinners' Association. The object Of the
plan is that the selling of Southern cotton
yarns be placed in the hands of limited
number of Northern commission merchants
eight or ten-with view to the reduc-
ton of selling costs and the prevention of
speculate IN in the product OF Southern
yarn mills by the mi6dlemen or commission
merchants. The fact that mill men repre-
senting so great number of spindles have
agreed practically insures the success Of
the plans of the Southern Cotton Spinners
Association.
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HERR MOST LIKE A LAMB.
Once Fierce Anarchist No Longer
Rabid I'm His Utterances.

CHICAGO, Nov. n.-Herr Most, with his
f;erceness subdued to gentleness, was the
orator here tonight of the thirteenth an
niversary of the execution of Anarchists
Parsons, Spies, Fischer and Ergel The
meeting was held i'm Central Music Hall.
The place was free of uniformed police
men, but two city detectives stood on the
edge of the crowd i'm the lobby. A few years
ago police interference with the speakers
was of frequent occurrence at the annual
celebration. Except for the notable in
crease in the number of attendants and the
softening of the language used, the meet
ing differed from the previous annual gath
erings only IN that Mrs. Lucy Parsons
was conspicuous by her absence and that
a big United States flag was displayed
with the red flags used in the decoration
of the stage.
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JEFFRIES WANTS TO FIGHT.


NEW YORK. Nov. 11.-As result of the
challenge issued Saturday by James ]. JEFF
fries. Offering to fight Bob Fitzsimmons,
Gus Rubin Tom Sharkey. and a tele-
gram from Fitzsimmons declining a match
on account of engagements lasting until
May next, Jeffries tonight made the fol-
lowing statement: IF Fitzsimmons does
not come to terms by Wednesday 1 shall
arrange to meet Rubin or Sharkey on
terms to be agreed upon. 1t is my inten-
ton to fight at least once a year. My
choice OF battle ground would be Nevada,
for there we could go to finish, and in
such contest there would be no doubt as
to who is the better man."
Billy Madden, Ruhlin's manager, tele-
graphed tonight that Rubin will at once
post forfeit to bind the match.
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The building committee of st. Andrews
Catholic Church. Richmond, has let the
contract for a chime Of four bells to a
Baltimore foundry. The bells and fixtures
will weigh 1000 pounds. They will ring
for the first time on Christmas day.
Jesse Stiles, who killed a colored man in
Louisville several months ago, was arrested
in New Albany yesterday. His whereabouts
were known to the Louisville officers for
the past month, but account of antici-
pated trouble in getting a requisitton from
Governor Mount no effort was made to ar
rest him.
George Laughlin, formerly of Richmond,
and at one time the owner of the tin-plate
works at NIiddletown, Ind, has built a
church at Wheeling, w. Va, as me-
mortal to his wife, recently deceased. He
has also made liberal donation to St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond, where
he and his wife were members.
The junior and senior classes at Earlham
College have selected their representatives
to the college contest, at which a repre-
sentative to the state contest will be
chosen. Harold Kapp and r. p. Barrett
will represent the juniors and George Lev
ering and Andrew Marvel the seniors. Lev
ering took second in the state contest last
year. Earlham is now endeavoring to ar
range debate with Butler, Notre Dame or
Oberlin.
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LET THIS WRONG DE RrcHrEp.

KANSAS City Journal.

lily JOURNAL.
There are half a dozen States In the
south In which no election worthy of the
name has been held In many years. The
governors the state officers. the members
OF Congress are practically chosen in the
Democratic conventions. and the subse-
ouent voting at the polls is simply an
empty form 10 stamp the work OF the con-
ventions with legality. The negro resi-
the population and who would generally
vote the Republican ticket II permitted.
are barred from participation in these So
called elections. IL is insisted by the South
ern whites that preventing the negro from
voting is absolutely necessary-that negro
domination would mean ruin TO all prop
crty interests. Be that as IL may. the fact
remains that the South has enjoyed
through this process an influence I'm Con-
gress and i'm the Electoral College 10 which
X is not fairly entitled. white voter IN
the South is not entitled 10 three or four
times as much representation i'm Congress
and the Electoral College as white voter
in the North, and that is what he possesses
at present.
1t has been an unpleasant and somewhat
puzzling question to deal with-how this
wrong might be righted. There has been
q feeling throughout the North and West
that il should lie righted. and that sooner
or later Ii must be righted. but nothing has
ever been done. The time is near at hand
when there must be a reapporticnment OF
congressional districts based on the re-
turns of the recent census. This VIII al
ford an opportunity that should not be
have, Internationally. made she task OF
equalization comparatively easy. BY adopt
ing amendments TO their state constitu-
lions DISTINGUISHING negro citizens they
have reduced the number OF legal voters
within their borders III the new apportion-
ment be based on the number OF legal Vot-
ers, instead OF on the total population. *
will readily be seen that the Southern
whites will be deprived OF the unfair adj
vantage they have so long held. and yet
without suffering any injustice from the
proceeding.
This change is all the more TO be de-
sired because these States Of the South
are not a healthy part of our political ma
chinery. Their vote never represents any
intelligent choice OF principles or candi-
dates. IL represents nothing but blind
and unreasoning prejudice that is far from
wholesome in a popular government BY
reducing their representation In Congress
and I'm the choice OF President to a basis
OF legal voters this unwholesome influence
on the government of the country would be
materially lessened. and incidentally the
Democratic party would be deprived OF the
unjust advantage IL has so long enjoyed.
The Republican party now has the power
to right this grieyous wrong. and the work
should not be deferred.
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Peculiar Suit Against Omcial..

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RENSSELAER, Ind, Nov. 10--John
Curry has filed suit against the county
board Of commissioners and T. F. Clark,
superintendent of the County Poor Farm.
for $3.50, which he claims was taken from
him while confined in that institution.
About two months ago, Curry was found
lying i'm the street in an unconscious con-
dition. Not having any relatives or friends
IN Rensselaer,, he was taken TO the Poor
Farm, where he remained about six weeks
Curry says that at the time of his con-
finement he had nearly 1880 In his posses
sion which was turned over TO the Of
ficials, and on being released, only a frac-
ton over 81 900 was returned TO him. He
now demands judgment for the remainder
with interest in full-a total of nearly ST.
O00 Friends of Mr.. Clark believe Curry lost
the money before he went to the Poor
Farm.
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SIX Million chinese short of Food.

TACOMA, Wash, Nov. n.-Orientai ad-
vices received by to-day's steamer state
that four to six million Chinese north OF
Picking are in danger Of starving. their
crops having been total failure. One
million piculs of tribute rice were to be dis
patched from Shanghai and distributed
among these hungry hordes from Tien-Tsin
and Picking. but the military officers at
Shanghai gave orders that no rice should
be sent out Of Central China. There is
great danger that an immense swarm OF
robbers will be sent out of the famine dis
trict, as usually happens.
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NO MONEY FOR HAFFNER.
Blythe's Millions Distributed Long
Ago, and Case Taken Out of Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11.-Concerning
the claim of Jacob j. Haffner, of New
York, to a share of the Blythe estate, the
attorneys here who were connected with
the litigation in the celebrated case say
that Haffner has no standing. even IL his
claim is valid one. The final distribution
of the estate has been made and no one
can change it. The Blythe case was in the
Probate Court for fifteen years before a
final settlement was reached and the mil
lions were awarded to Florence Blythe.
now Mrs. A. A. Moore, jr. Immediately
following the order of distribution, which
was confirmed by the Supreme Court, the
legatee divided her inheritance with her
attorneys. Over 100000 was divided be-
tween the lawyers.
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London Truth.

The royal bride-designate--I described her
two years ago as she appeared TO me I'm the
freshness and citation OF eighteen. She is
a little like her mother and very like her
father, whom she resembles in disposition.
The cheeks are firm and nicely rounded
The neck is almost statuesque. but rather
sturdy for : statue. Her mouth is nice be-
cause of tse bloom OF youth, but the
drawn-dowl corners are not indicative of
smooth temper. The very well-shaped chin
expresses firmness of will. Strong voIition
is a prominent quality OF Wilheimina IL
has sometimes hurried her into acting as a
Miss Madam. Thus she refused TO speak TO
some South African children presented 20
her who only knew French. She promised
TO converse with them when they had
learned Dutch Imagine the modification
Of their mothers! Her masterful temper
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any attention TO il. After dinner they
found him playing away in the parlor.
They tried TO keep him out of the parior
after that. but they couldn't. He would
slip in anyway and play, playing anything
that he had heard. Everybody said that II
was gift Thomas was carried North
after the emancipation, but before that he
gave many concerts I'm Columbus.
I'VE were always proud OF him. My hus-
band died In the war times. Smart. did you
say? Thomas has more sense than you and
/ put together. He is smart in anything.
When he was young he was not right
bright about some things. When the people
at the house would give him money for
playing he would run 10 the fire and throw
II in. Thomas has been home several times
since they carried him North. 1 have been
back from the North six years. 1 was
there nine years, and / tell you / got
mighty homesick. lady persuaded me TO
Thomas into other hands. / didn't do any,
thing much in New York. They kept me
out in the country while. L got mighty
tired of il. and If they hadn't sent me back
l would almost have gone crazy. While |
was away some of my children died. l
think Thomas ought to send me more let
tiers. They tried 10 turn him against me in
New York. One day he said: Mother, you
must CO. 1 said. What put that into your
head? He said, If you don't go we will
make you CO.. He put his hands out as IL
to shove me out | said, Thomas who has
been telling you to do this? He said the
people had, and was afterward ashamed
for the way he had acted. Thomas always
suffered when he talked. He won't talk to
you long. He would pretty soon say that
he was tired and would ask any one TO
leave him. Tom is not playing now-he
never plays in the summer or fall. but he
plays all the winter, and he is the finest
player in the world. There is none like him
anywhere. Thomas is nearly fifty years old
and is great big man, one of the biggest
of my children. He is in good health-has
never been sick. He has always been blind
and he is used to that, you see''
Some time ago ii was rumored that Blind
Tom had been drowned, and a body,
thought TO be his, was recovered and
buried. His mother never believed for an
instant that he was dead. Tom has num-
Der OF brothers. and they are common day
laborers. who work at SO cents day. His
sisters cook and wash.
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Chicago Chronicle bryan Dem.)


Ex-Governor Altgeld elevates his raven
voice TO cry that Mckinley was elected by
fraudulent votes throughout the country.
and that 10000 fraudulent votes for Nc.
Kinley were cast I'm Cook county. This 4.
childish, If not imbecile. It indicates n
mild form of mental alteration or political
subjects . Governor AltgeId was the
mammoth "hoodoo" OF the Democrats
party I'm the recent campaign. In each
State that he visited and where he made
campaign speeches he drove more voters
away from the Democratic party than are
numbered I'm his charge as TO fraudulent
voting I'm Chicago
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NEW YORK, Nov 1.--"Wizard" Jacob
Schaefer, accompanied by Ben Saylor, the
California professional, arrived here to-
day en- route for Paris. where he will play
In the billiard academies. Schaefer ap-
peared to be in the best of health and said
that he was playing the game of his life.
The Wizard expects TO sail this week.
and i'm the few days he is here will take
part in several exhibition matches. Schae-
fers contract calls for six months play
abroad, but he thinks that he will prob
ably return in less time than that.
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Delaware


Thus. leaving a margin OF 1900 for posi-.
bic increase I'm the aggregate Republican
plurality in these States, IL Is evident that
the change of 1860 votes would have re-
versed the result i'm all twelve Of them
That is to say, IL 5000 citizens who voted
for Mckinley had voted for Bryan, Il cleo
toral votes now In the Mckinley column
would have gone TO Bryan. Thus McI<inlcv's
electoral vote IL Is, 2s2. Electoral vote OF
these twelve States, Il. McKinley's cleo
toral vote as IL would have been. 22l.
Necessary TO a choice, 22i.
On the other hand. Bryan's electoral vote
as IL il. 155. Electoral vote OF these twelve
States Il. Bryan's electoral vote Is il would
have been, 226. Necessary TO q choice. 22f
The change OF 100 votes, therefore. prop
erly distributed In the twelve States I'm the
list, would have given TO Bryan two more
than the necessary number OF electoral
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BRYAN NEEDED $4,000 VOTES.
This Member, Properly Placed, Might
Have Elected Him.
New York Special.

Mr.. McKinleys plurality In the popular
vote will probably reach 10000 IL would
seem at first thought that the Republican
ticket might have suffered loss OF one
tenth OF its popular plurality without seri-
Gus consequences. Seventy-five thousand
votes are only about one-half OF per cent.
OF the total number cast Tuesday I'm the
presidential election. Yet the result de-
pended on that apparently insignificant
fraction of the immense total II 1900 cir-
zens who voted for Mckinley In certain
States of the Union had voted for Bryan
Mckinley would have been defeated and
Bryan elected. The table below mentions
twelve States with the electoral votes be-
longing 70 them and their several plurali-
ties for mckinley and Roosevelt unof-
ficially ascertained or as estimated: