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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-26
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IOOANNLOOID IlhOAl A ~ II AhoAAsV
opening of Congress will bring representa-
tiveS Of labor here from all over the coun-
try to continue their fight. The members
of Congress have been swamped with cir
culars and letters from their constituents
who belong to the laboring class. More
prominent leaders have been to see the
President and leading senators and repre-
sentatives. On the other hand it is not
known that any organized effort is being
made to have the law lapse by inaction, al
though it has been intimate that some
large railroad and mining companies nave
been doing some quiet work with a view
to developing opposition in Congress to the
re-enactment of the law. Some of the
Eastern members are inclined to take the
stand that if the United States expects to
open UP an extensive trade in the Orient
it will be necessary to permit free inter
course with that people. Prominent China
men have declared that unless Chinese
merchants and the people of their country
in general are permitted to enter and leave
the United States at will the chances for
opening a market in their country will be
retarded. Minister WI is one of these men
who believes that if the Cinnamon are not
permitted to come here and buy they will
not buy of the American merchant when
he goes there.
It is customary to give q salute Of TWEEN
ty-one guns at the navy yard when the
President visits there. Mr.. Mckinley al
ways sent word beforehand asking Admiral
Terry to please not nave the salute fired.
When President and Mrs. Roosevelt went
to the navy yard last Friday he sent a
message first stating that he would prefer
to not have the salute and of course his
wishes were complied with.
A number Of senators were discussing the
new party lines, which eliminate Popu-
lists, silver Republicans, sound-money
Democrats, etc.
How about Wellington" asked one.
HE will not caucus with either the Re-
publicans or Democrats"
mo one wants him." replied Senator
Vest. "He must caucus alone in the ele-
vator." OTTO CARMICHAEL.
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BLOW AT A KANSAS LAW.
Decision in a Live Stock Yards Case
Reversed by Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-In the United
States Supreme Court to-day an opinion
was handed down in the case Of Getting
& Higginson against A. A. Goddard. at
torney general of the State Of Kansas, and
the Kansas iii S~tockyards Company, in
voIving the validity of the State law Of
Kansas, empowering the State authorities
to fix rates of charges on stock in stock
yards in that State. The decree of the
State Supreme Court which upheld the law
was reversed.
Getting & Higginson were stockholders In
the company and soon after the law
went into effect I'm 1897 filed a bill in the
limited States Circuit Court for the district
OF Kansas against the company and its Of
fcers, and Lewis {. Boyle, then attorney
for the State Of Kansas 10 restrain the OIL
GERS of the company from complying with
the act and the attorney general from en-
forcing its provisions on the ground n IA
its compliance or enforcement would de-
prive the company Of its property without
que process of law II was also contended
that the act was class legislation. The Cir
cult Court dismissed the bill Of complaint
and an appeal was taken TO the Supreme
Court.
Justice Brewer handed down the opinion
of the court to-day. lie did not state In de-
tail the reasons for the court decision, but
merely announced the result, saying: The
decree OF the Circuit Court in this case is
reversed with costs and it is ordered that
this cause be, and the same Is hereby re-
manded TO the said Circuit Court with
directions TO enter a decree in favor Of the
plaintiffs and against the Kansas City
S~tockyards Company and its officers In ac-
cordance with the prayer or the bills, and
also a decree dismissing the suit as 10
the attorney general Of Kansas without
prejudice TO any further suit or action"
In the United States Supreme Court to-
day Chief Justice Fuller announced that
after the close OF business on Wednesday
the court would take a recess until the fol-
lowing Monday. Usually the court takes a
two weeks vacation for Thanksgiving. but
this course was deviated from this year
in order to permit a longer recess than
usual for Christmas. The present UNDER
standing is that the court will adjourn for
four weeks on Monday, Dec. 3. The re-
pairs on the courtroom are expected 10 be
completed by that time. and when the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-26
As TO A NEW GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT.

From present indications it seems quite
likely that Congress. at its coming session,
will create a new department of the ma
tional government to be known as the De-
partment of Commerce and Industry. Many
boards Of trade throughout the country
have recommended such action. the Nation
al Board of Trade Endorsed it and the re-
cent reciprocity convention at Washing
ton adopted a resolution i'm favor of IT.
As far as can be gathered from these ex-
pressions the sentiment OF organized com
mercial bodies and of business men gen
orally is in favor OF the new department.
and none can deny that the commercial in
terests of the United States are important
enough TO justify the creation OF a sepa-
rate department OF the government to pro-
tect and promote them. There certainly is
as much reason for a Department Of Com
merce as there was or is for a Department
OF Agriculture. and the results accomp-
lished by the latter furnish a strong ar
gument in favor OF the creation of the new
department. At first and for a consider
able period mainly an agricultural coun-
try. we have now become one Of the great
est manufacturing countries. ana the re-
cent growth OF our industries and com
merce is a subject of worldwide COM
ment. This is the only commercial country
that does not have such a department OF
government Great Britain has a men,
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prairie dogs, and is now conducting ex-
periments in the Dakotas. Nebraska, Kan
sas and Texas with a view TO discovering
remedial measures against this pest, cheap
enough for general use. 1t has been dlS-
covered that the Bullock OriOle and the
california least tit feed extensively on the
orange and olive. In Texas the large
blackbirdS, known as the ~JackdaWs, ana
which have been slaughtered in great num-
oeTs for the millinery trade, are partcu-
larry useful owing to their feeding haDlts
In the rice and cab~bage-grOwing districts
In addition to its other duties, the survey
is charged with the general supervision of
matters relating 10 game protection. In
aid or the preservation of native birds ana
game ii has published bulletins on the laws
governing the transportation and sale of
game, digests of State game laws, etc.
Carrying out the provisions of the Lacey
act, the secretary acknowledges his obi
cations TO three other executive depart
ments, the Treasury, Interior and Justice,
TO several railroad and express companies
and TO many state officials and individuals.
Under the system OF permits established
for the transportation of foreign wild ami
mails and birds, 1S6 permits were issued
during the year, covering the entry or
$50 animals and nearly 10000 birds. Numer-
Gus violations of the laws regulating in
terstate commerce and game have been
reported to the department and in many
instances it has been called. upon TO as
sist in prosecuting the offenders.
The report concludes with a review OF the
Department of Agriculture and m
during the past twenty years, and of the
contributions by the Department of Agr!-
culture to the progress of events and the
building up of domestic and foreign trade.
The secretary says that cOincident with
this growth numerous institutions have
grown up in this country and abroad, de-
voted to the application of science TO the
service of agriculture, thus creating a
great demand, at good salaries, for the
right sort of men. Each nation IS seeking
20 extend its productions; and Is Depend
ing more and more upon the aid of science.
Men combining knowledge with practical
hence the department has to face
the necessity of paying much
higher salaries or of being compelled
to either lose opportunities OF getting the
best men or TO lose some of those who, I'M
der its training. have developed such quail
ties as make them exceptionally valuable
He concludes by saying that he would urge
upon Congress-, in the strongest terms ana
for the best interest of the country, such
liberality as will enable him 10 obtain ana
retain the best men that can be found to
fill the important places at his disposal.
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Der Of the Cabinet called president Of tho
Board of Trade; France, Germany, Italy
and Holland each have a minister Of COM
merce and industry; Belgium has a min
lister Of industry and labor, and so on. II
the new department is created the Inter
state-commerce Commission and the Labor
Bureau would doubtless be attached TO it,
and 1t would have cognizance Of the trust
question. the ship subsidy question, river
and harbOr improvements, reciprocity
treaties and other matters pertaining 10
the domain Of commerce and industry.
Properly organized and Differed such a de-
Tartment ought TO become one Of great
practical utility. It's head would, of course,
be a member Of the Cabinet, and thus a
distinctly business element would be intro
duced in the administration OF the gov
eminent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-26
SEA SERPENT NO MYTH
MARINE MONSTER ACTUALLY SEEN
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
Report of ". Neligan, n United States
H~ydrographic Observer OF I'm
i~mpeachabIe Veracity.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-Afte being the
subject for many years Of uncertainty,
doubt, and even downright disbelief, the
sea serpent has been INDICATED officially.
and evidence of his living. breathing. spout
ing reality recorded in the government
archives in Washington. In a report to the
photographic office Of the Navy Depart
ment, Henry II. Neligan, one of the regular
observers Of marine events designated by
the chief photographer. officially vouches
for the existence of one of these monsters
of the deep. Mr.. Neligan's report was re-
ceived at the photographic office yesterday.
1t was mailed in Liverpool. where he ar
rived Nov. 10 on the steamship Irada, Of
which he is third officer. The serpent was
seen while the ~Irada swas on her last regu-
lar voyage from Galveston TO Liverpool.
And a whopper he was-a hundred feet
long. Here is Mr.. Neligan's report, written
in one Of the official record books furnished
to its observers by the photographic office:
"Oct. &c. 1901.
"At II a. m. to-day in latitude q degrees
20 minutes north, and longitude 80 degrees
Is minutes west, passed a large sea serpent
appearing about 100 feet long. The head
mad a blunt, square nose, and was ejecting
water to the height of two or three feet
from its nostrils. The animal or fish had
three distinct sets of fins and a tail lying
across, like a orpoise on its back was a
series Of humps, like a camel. 1t was head
ing about east truel and moving slowly.
HENRY II. NELIGAN.
Third Officer, 5. 5. Irada."
The latitude and longitude mentioned by
Mr.. Neligan are in the Gulf of Mexico. the
exact point being about 100 miles southwest
of the mouth of the Mississippi river. The
word true" after east does not refer to
Mr.. Neligan's story, but means that the
monster was heading actually east. and not
east by magnetic compass, which varies
slightly from the true direction.
AS for Mr.. Neligan. his responsibility is
vouched for by the officers of the hydro
graphic office. He has been an observer for
that branch Of the Navy Department for
the past thirteen months and has always
sent reliable and valuable reports.
Officers Of the photographic office are be-
levers in the existence of the sea serpent.
Of those persons who have no faith in the
sea-serpent theory. Undoubtedly these SER
penis existed in ancient times, and it re-
quires no stretch of belief to accept the
idea that they exist to-day. We know that
monsters existed on land in prehistoric
times, and that their disappearance has
probably been due TO constantly changing
climatic conditions. But there has been
practically no change, If any at all, in the
condition Of the sea. These large animals
or fish naturally sought the deepest waters.
are seldom seen. But men who follow the
sea nave vouched for their existence. l.,
myself. have seen small sea serpents. a
yard or so long, in the Indian ocean. That
larger species exist | have always be-
lieVed."
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A Nation of Heroes.
Kansas City ST.

Kansas City Star.
Skirmishes still occur from time to time
in the Philippines without attracting much
attention at home. But the fact of the
marines in Samar, reported in the recent
dispatches, ought not 10 be passed over
lightly. The stronghold of the rebels was
at the top of a cliff zoo feet high. The at
tack was intended to be a surprise, but
the men that made IL knew discovery would
mean a fight against overwhelming odds.
In such a place a Krag-Jorgensen would be
no better than a pop gun. A false step by
any man would have been fatal, not to him
alone, but TO the whole party. To scale a
precipice in the peaceful Alps takes good
nerve. What is to be said of the desperate
courage of the men who climbed the cliff
in Samar with an enemy encamped upon
the summit?
Americans have reason to thank Provi-
dence that such bravery has never been
lacking in the army and navy Of the United
States. 1t has been proved on scores of
battlefields. The Paul Joneses, the Cush-
ings. the FunstOns have never been want
ing when any desperate deed has been pro-
jected. When sampson asked for men to
help sink the Merrimac i'm Santiago harbor
practically every sailor in the fleet volun-
teered TO go. The man in the uniform of
the United States has never yet failed to
prove himself worthy of il when the critical
moment came. Every new occasion shows
that the traditions of courage of army and
navy are CALAMITY maintained to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-26

One of the propositions that will shortly
come before the Senate is the debate-limit
resolution Of Senator Platt, of Connecticut.
That resolution gives the majority power
to shut of debat after a reasonable time
and when it is apparent that discussion is
continued simply TO talk a measure to
death. Much of the time of the Senate
has been wasted in proftless talk to which
few senators listen, and a people which
appreciates results rather than talk would
like to see the Plat resolution adopted in
some form. The adoption of the Reed
rules in 1890 caused a loud outcry, but those
who raised the cry adopted them in the
next House, and since that time the ma
jority in the House has not been pre-
vented from legislating by a handful of
flibusters. To limit the time for debating
a measure, giving each side an equal por-
ton of it, is a fair proposition and much
more dignihed thar the spectacle of a
majority holding the Senate in session day
and night with a view of wearing out the
talking minority.
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History of the Rives Family.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald.
Virginia papers are noting that Mr.. Geo.
L. Rives. who is TO be the corporation
counsel of New York under Mayor Low. is
the grandson Of William c. Rives, Of their
state. William C. Rives was an accom-
plished statesman of about sixty years ago.
He was a Democrat who left his party be-
cause of President JacksOn's treatment of
the currency question. Mr.. Rfves then
Joined John Tyler in acting with the Wings,
and though after the Wing triumph of 1910
he was not fully i'm sympathy with Henry
Clay's extreme Wing programme he yet re-
fused TO follow President Tyler back into
the Democratic fold. He was a United
States senator at that time, was a scholar
" gentleman and was greatly respected by
his associates. The fact that Virginia after
1910 returned Immediately to the support of
the Democratic party and stayed there up
TO the opening of the civil war put Mr..
Rfves out of office permanently. The State,
however. was always proud OF him and h
was a specimen Of the best class Of her
public men. His family had high social
rank. Amelie Rives, the writer of fiction.
who came into notice with meteoric celeb
rity some years ago. is a member of IL. Mr..
George L. Rives, who migrated from Vir-
ginia 10 New York, stands very high in the
New York bar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-26
UNCLE SAM AS POSTWAR
HE PAID OUT s3,923,727 MORT THAN
HE RECEIVED.
Abuses of the Matter
Rate the Cause of the Deffcit-Suc-
cess of the Stamp Books.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Edwin c. Madden
in his annual report recommends the con-
soIidation of third and fourth-class mail
matter; an increase of the limit of in
from $40 to 500, and that postal employees
be made liable for the value of registered
matter lost through their carelessness. The
total postal revenues for the year from all
sources were s111. e31. 1913. being Sc. 923. 727 less
than the expenditures. This is exclusive
OF the cost OF transporting the mails over
the subsidized Pacific railroads that have
not yet settled their bonded accounts with
the government. The total value of
stamped paper and stamp books issued
during the year was S1O4, 7S5, 9S7. The issue
of postage stamp books is regarded as a
successful experiment. The 1895, 423 stamp
books issued have cost the department
$4.69 per thousand TO manufacture. There
were 695, GA, 800 postal cards issued. The
amount of second-class matter mailed free
of postage to actual subscribers within the
county of publication constitutes practical
ly 20 per cent of the entire amount mailed.
Mr.. Madden says it is but a question of
time, IL the rate of increase of second-class
matter continues, before il will consume
most, if not all, of the revenue derived
from other classes of mail matter. While
.Second-clasS matter, combined with its nee
essary equipment, constitutes approximate
ly two-thirds of the combined weight of all
the four classes of mail matter, it fur
nishes only slightly over 4 per cent. of the
revenue from all hostages. About so per
cent. of this nominal and unsuStaining
rate, Mr.. Madden says, is due TO a con-
struction OF the statutes which has per-
mitted the admission of a great number Of
alleged newspapers and periodicals which
are merely pretentious. The principal
abuses of the pound rate named by the re-
port are sample copies, book serials, re-
turn copies to news agents and premiums
to subscribers, the latter being character
lied as the king of abuses. The hope is
expressed that the next annual report will
show the second class of mail practically
free from at least the larger abuses. This
reformation, the report says, may make
1-cent postage practicable at no distant
date.
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National Capital Notes.

WASHINGTON, Nov. pa hearing was
begun to-day at the Department Of Justice
in the case Of Judge Webster Street. chief
justice Of the Third district OF the Ninth
judicial circuit Of Arizona, against whom
a number Of charges have been filed. in
GLIDING bribery, corruption and improper
judicial conduct in several specified cases.
Governor Jenkins. Of Oklahoma, against
whom charges have been preferred. had a
conference with the President to-day. lie
was accompanied by Secretary Hitchcock.
No regarding the conference
was given out.
Another big batch OF publications ex-
cluded from the secOnd-class OF mail mat
ter. under the new policy governing that
classification. was announced to-day. The
list includes several newspapers. almanacs
and railroad guides.
The controller Of the currency to-day de-
clared an additional dividend OF 2 per cent.
I'm favor of the creditors OF the National
Bank of Illinois, making IN all = per cent.
on 11.690.0Oo the amount OF the claims
proved.
A general order. just issued by the War
Department, sets out a scheme for the is
struction. examination and classification OF
gunners OF the field artillery. The object
OF the examination Is 10 ascertain In bat
terry "the qualified gunners by their abb
sollte and relative excellence in comprc-
bending and mastering the prescribed In
Mr.. c~ortelyou. secretary to the President.
returned to-day from a visit 20 Mrs. Nc
Kinley at Canton.
Society turned out in force tonight 10
witness the first appearance in Washington
o. Miss Bertha Galland In the Forest
Lovers The performance was well re-
ceived and there were several curtain calls.
Mrs. Roosevelt and a party OF friends, in
Guiding Mrs. Tyler. Mr.. Fullyn and Mrs
Foulke occupied a lower box. and among
those in the audience were Secretaries
Hitchcock and Root. Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith, solicitor General
ram
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-26
Decision of interest 60 the Navy.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-Secretary Long
has rendered an interesting decision in con-
nection with the statute OF limitations as
applied 10 naval offenses. That statute
provides that no person shall be tried by
court-martial OF otherwise punished for
desertion or other onenses in time Of peace
where the alleged onense was committed
more than two years before the issue Of
the order for the trial. Thomas Gibbons.
chief yeoman OF the Nesuvius, deserted
Aug. y. 1898. and recently surrendered TO
the naval authorities. He expressed a will
lngness 10 submit 10 trial by court-martial
IN order 10 clear his record. and the bureau
10 which the application was made recon-
mended mat a cOurt-martial be appointed
for his trial. Secretary Long. however.
rNed that the alleged ofense having been
committed in time OF peace more than
TWO years ago, was barred by the statute
or limitation and that Gibbons could not
legally waive his rights under that statute.
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Effect of the Decision.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Nov. 2-CoI. c. F..
Morse. vice president and general man
ager OF the Stockyards Company. said to-
day regarding the decision: Its imnedi-
ate effect on the s~tockyards and its patrons
will not be noticeable. After the lower
courts decided against us we moved the
into Missouri and charged the old rates.
Sheep are yarded In Missouri and the horse
and mule business Is all in Missouri. The
hog business is in Kansas and yardage
charge for hogs has complied with the
Kansas yard from the first. The fact is
that the directors had taken up the ques-
ton of reducing yardage charges on nogs
before the law was passed"
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-A delegation
of Cubans called on the President to-day
and presented a petition adopted by the in
dustrial organizations of the island. urging
on his attention the necessity OF reduction
in the American tariff upon Cuban prod
Ucts. particularly upon sugar and tobacco.
The secretary of war and other officials
were also called upon. The petition con-
cludes:
virtue Of the constitutional authority vest
ed in you. or by requesting Congress in
your first message, to grant you the neces-
Sary authority to Immediately establish
ample commercial privileges between the
United States-the almost exclusive market
for our prOducts-and Cuba, based on the
necessity and indispensable for the saliva
ton Of the island"
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A Milwaukee paper desires to know why
anthracite coal from Pennsylvania can be
sold for 1915 a ton in Paris and not less
than 81 a ton in Milwaukee. A few years
ago a writer attributed the unexplainable
things regarding anthracite coal to the
protective tariff. but there is no tariff on
such coal. There is no anthracite coal out
side of Pennsylvania, and there the field is
limited, so that it may be said to be con-
trOlled by a monopoly.