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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A copy of the first folio edition of Shaks-
peare, printed in 1923. was sold at auction in
London the other day for s.. 1000. This is
the record price for copies of this edition.
Empress Charlotte, of Mexico. widow of
the Inflated Macmillan, has just passed
her sixty-second birthday. To the new
generation the surprising tragedy that de-
prived her OF her husband and her rea-
son seems more years away than her sixty
two.
The automobile travelling van which King
Leopold of Belgium ordered from France
some time since has been completed, and
viii soon be shipped to Belgium. 1t is
the most elaborate vehicle of the sort ever
made, and cost in the neighborhood of
$50, 80.
President Henry c.. Watson, of Grocer
Theological Seminary, is more than eighty
years old, but he still performs all the
duties of his office, and will deliver four
lectures at the InterGenOminational Bible
class to be held shortly at Lake Orion,
Mich.
According to a paragraph which has been
going the rounds OF the French newspapers
NJ. Waideck-Rosseau, the French premier.
has all his dogs vaccinated 10 prevent them
from having distenuper, and has never lost
one from that disease. DR.. Jenner. who
introduced vaccination. proposed hat all
the dogs in England should be treated in
this manner. bat was laughed at for sug-
gesting Il.
Lord Roberts's dispatches from South
Africa are sad to have been written by
Lieutenant Colonel II. V. Cowen, his as
sistant military secretary. -Apropos, IL is
recalled that the Duke Of Wellington was
once told that his wonderfully pithy war
dispatches would live long as models for
that kind of correspondence. Yes" said
the Duke, Il didn't think Gurwood had IL
in him. referring 10 his secretary.
To get a good lawn there should be no
trees or shrubbery to draw upon the land.
The fall is the best time to get ready
Tor the lawn. Plow the ground now and
apply lime. In September work the lard
Well and apply one hundred pounds each
per acre Of superphosphate ana sulphate OF
potash, narrowing IL in. After the irst rain
SOW bluegrass and white clover seed, using
plenty of seed, and brush the land over or
roll it with a roller. The grass will make
considerable growth before winter. Early
in the spring apply one hundred pounds OF
nitrate OF soda per acre.
James J. Hill. the present railway mag
nate. when a poor clerk on a Mississippi
levee had frequently 10 make trips into
the woods with pay for men at a distant
station. once he woke In the night while
camping on the way 10 that station and
found the Indian servant who accompanied
him about TO rob him He drew a revolver
and kept the man covered until he had gone
from sight. While the scene was in the
acting he found the revolver was empty,
but he never moved q muscle. IF had,
ne says. In repeating the story, Il shoulo
certainly never have been here 20 tell the
tale
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
POsTPONEMENT OF II MONUMENT
DEDICATION

Yesterday the executive committee Sc
lected to make arrangements for the dedi-
cation OF the soldiers and sailors monu-
! ment. after an extended conference. voted
to postpone the exercises until next May,
when the state encampment of the Grand
Army will assemble in Anderson. The rea-
son for this postponement was the report
Of the subcommittee on finance that ii was
found quite impossible TO raise the neces-
sary funds by subscription to meet the
expenses of dedication. That has been the
chief obstacle in the way OF early dedica-
ton; nevertheless, such an important mat
ter has been ignored by many people who
are interested in the matter. ITO make
the dedication of the monument the grand
est event in the history OF the State" as
was the declaration of the general COM
mittee at its meeting and OF the resolu-
ton of the encampment of the Grand Army
at Loganspcrt. will require from $1,000 to
$4,000. The most of this money must be
| raised in Indianapolis, since men cannot
be found who would advance the money
and take the risk OF it being efunde by
the legislature in 1903. At the present
time unusual calls have been made upon
indianapolis for contributions. Many of
those VINO subscribe to public funds have
contributed to the Harrison monument.
For months the Odd Fellows AVE been
securing a large fund TO meet the expense
of the meeting of the national organization
in September. For more than a month a
committee representing the Merchants AS
sociation has been canvassing for funds TO
give a carnival which is announced for
Oct. Is. With these calls upon those who
contribute to such objects the subcommit-
tee having the subject under considera-
ton represented to the executive commit
tee yesterday that ii would be exceedingly
difficult. if not impossible, to raise the
necessary funds. 1t was set forth TO the
committee that many of the men who must
be relied upon to raise money are out of
town or will be absent during the period
when action must be taken to raise the
money.
In favor of May several points are urged.
1t will be the 1rst important ~assemblage
National Guard will be held during the
week of the dedication. and it viii follow
the state encampment of the Grand Army
in Anderson. so that all the veterans who
desire TO attend OF both occasions can do
so without much additional cost. AT best
the postponement is only seven months-a
period which many believe is necessary to
mature the arrangements for such an occa-
sion as all believe the dedication should
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necessary to make the affair what it should
be. Consequently. those who are disposed
to denounce the committee for postpone
ment should first pledge themselves to
raise the money.
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famous vision of War speech in the
Offices Of national cemeteries and military
homes without giving credit. She wrote to
the War Deparin ent for information on
the subject and received a reply from the
q-uartermaster gel erals Office stating that
the extract referred 10 was first printed
under direction OF QuarteTmaster General
Nfeigs. in October. 1876. without any name
being attached. and. \ this publication
Of the address was never objected to by
Colonel Ingersol during his life, further
action in the matter by this department Il
not believed 70 be necessary" The explana-
ton is not very satisfactory. 1t was not
TO be supposed that Colonel Ingersoll, dur
ing mis- life. would object to the omission
OF credit for the extract from his speech.
lie was not tina kind Of a man. But since
his death there is more reason THAI the
credit should be given. and, besides. his
torical accuracy requires it. The extract
is almost as famous as Lincoln's Gettys-
burg Grafton. and should not be used by
the war Department authorities anony-
mously. The War Department authorities
can. If they choose. remove the printed
extract from the places where ii now hangs,
but If its use is continued it's authorship
should be given. The speech containing II
was delivered before a convention of the
Boys in Blue In this city, on Sept. Il, 1876.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
IRELAND'S CLAIM.
The Green Isle Does s%omethfug I'm
Supplying the Worlds Wants.

Washington Post.
1T surely makes me laugh, this talk / see
in the English papers. and in yours. too"
said Mr.. w. O'Lcary, of Limerick. Its
England supplies the world. and America
supplies what England has not got Eng
land is worried over American COMPETE
ton. English brewers are buying up Amer
lean breweries t. save themselves from
American competition England, the great
shipbuilding nation Don't you know that
Ireland has a bigger brewery than all Eng
land? Don't you know that the shipbuild-
ers of Ireland can buy and sell the ship
builders OF England and Scotland? Don't
you know that the 'canny Scot who is
supposed by American Journalists TO like
his W harsh liquor, patronizes Irish prod
ucts in preference TO his own?
ireland has the largest brewing and
~shipDuilcing concerns IN the world. Ireland
supplies half the British empire with hand
kerohiefs. collars, table cloths and shirts
and puts OH british tables the choicest
breakfast bacon and butter. The English
usually conceal tho identity OF the two last
named under the brand OF wiltshire and
Dorset but Ii Is Irish and the treasury
officials can testify 10 II. Neither the Tyne
nor the Clyde nor the Mersey show any
thing equal 10 the ~shipbuiiGing concern Of
Harland & Wolff at Belfast. Yet there is
nothing the English and Scots are SO proud
OF as their shiphuilding. For years THIS
firm has held the highest place in the world
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The yards employ 1000 men and suppo a
good-sized town. The works cover eighty
acres. and the Tcutonic and Majestic. two
Of the most famous ocean greyhOunds. were
built there. Its a byword IN the British
navy that no breakdown of machinery. a
thing so frequent, has ever occurred IN any
British naval vessel built IN the Belfast
yards.
Nothing shoddy ever comes from IRE
land. That il why the baloriggan is im.-
tated by British and German manufacture
ers. Guinness. Of ireland, owns the largest
brewery in existence. Their products pay
a half million pounds excise every year.
There are 1900 British breweries, but GUM
ness produces one out of every twenty bar-
rels OF beer credited annually 10 Great Brit
ain. II Is Il funny thing. and a bad thing
for America. as well as Ireland. that many
native merchants sell the poorer grades OF
American butter as Irish, and pure Irish
butter is sold as Dorset or Danish Scot
and-the canny Scots. who ike none but
their own liquor-drink 10000 gallons OF
Irish whisky every year. Look up the sta
~tistics. my boy. and you will see that |
have moderated the amounts that lrellnd
gives 10 England annually. not only FOR
her consumption. tut IN most cases for the
purpose of receiving an English brand be-
fore sale
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
IN Ralph. in Harper's Magazine.

Julian Ralph. in Harper's Magazine.
The American who believes. as thousands
Go, that 10 betray ones nationality - TO in
vite overcharging and eNtortiOn I'm the
West End shops OF London. Is not only
hard pressed to choose the peculiar words
the English employ. but he has quite as
many and as deep pitfalls 10 avoid In the
methods OF pronunciation. | will not refer
TO the false or ignorant methods OF Hitter
ate persons. but will condne attention 20
some eccentricities OF pronunciation OF
gentlemen and ladies OF education. rank,
and breeding. They say in.neJitly, injin
for engine militry, fgger and dggers, clark
for clerk. paytent, Newfoundland so on
their mode Of pronuncing their own names
Of families. places, ana things are not open
TO criticism, because IL they may not do
as they please with their own, IL Is hard
indeed. They pronounce Berkeley barclay.
CoWper is cooper, Cadogan Is kerduggan,
Ralph is rafe in some shires, Craven is
simetimes crawveen, Derby Is darby. Leve-
son-Gower becomes lOOsun-gorc. HEREFORD
is hartford. ani Albany is spoken so that
the frs: syllable shall rhyme with shall.
instead OF with hall, as with W. 1 hesitate
TO say that CaOlmOndcley "a called CHUNKY.
and that Beaucha:np Is bcecham. a. every
one knows these eccentricities, ret they ara
the most remarkable OF all the liberties the
English take with their language. You
must say BalmO-ral and Trafal-car. and
short: LUdget, Holm, SOuth-1k. and Mer-
rybUn, whenever you wish TO say Ludgate,
Hciborn. Southwark. and Marylebone. I
have heard the prince cali mis- own house
Moorer House. though We call Il MARI
borough House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL.

The growing prosperity of the United
States is getting to be almost a threadbare
subject OF Scarcely a day passes
that does not bring new evidence of it in
statistics OF or production, In
announcements of new and vast cornbina-
lions OF capital. expressions of astonish-
ment and alarm from abroad, or in other
ways. The complete figures OF the foreign
Of the United States for the
fiscal year which erded june 30. 1901. print
ed a few days ago, showed that we had
sold to foreigners in twelve months goods
valued at about s1~,5O.c0.0o0. and in the
same period had bought from them less
than SS25. coo, 900 worth, leaving a balance Of
trade in our favor of S675. 900. A nation
that is growing rich by foreign
at this rate may we'll excite the astonish-
ment and envy Of other nations. But this
Is only one feature of the situation. Our
domestic trade is larger than our foreign,
our manufacturing interests are a source
of untold wealth. and agriculture exceeds
them all.
This bright picture, in which every indi-
vidual citizen shares to some extent in the
prosperity of the Nation. has but one dark
spot. The one thing needful to make 1T a
complete realization of everything obtain
able in the way OF national prosperity is
industrial ~peace-peace between capital and
labor. 1t is discouraging to have to admit
that the twentieth century. which promises
so much in many respects-so much in the
way of scientific discovery. Of educational
progress, of practical philanthropy, of i'm
provement in the means of living. of addi-
tons TO the comforts of life, and in many
other ways-seems to hold out no prospect
Of permanent industrial peace. Great as
the prosperity OF the country is. 1t is
materially lessened and retarded by the
perpetual war between capital and labor
and by the efforts of each, through COM
bination and organization, to get advan-
tage over the other. 1t is time these two
great interests should stop warning. Their
continued hostility is not only unnatural,
but is a menace to law and order and TO
the welfare of the country. The leaders
on both sides are wrong in adhering TO
stubborn and uncompromising methods.
They are wrong In adhering to selfish poll
cies. They should get out of the un-
natural attitude of hostility into which they
have worked themselves. Their interests
are identical, and if they would deal justly
and fairly with each other the chronic war
between them would end. We need in
dustrial peace not merely as an indis-
pensable requisite for complete national
prosperity, but as a safeguard against
other evils. If present conditions continue
they will grow worse. and perpetual war
between labor and capital may lead TO
war of another kind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
THE TWO ADMIRAIS.
Points to BE Considered I'm tn. S,up-
son-SchIey Controversy.

San Francisco Chronicle.
IT was the misfortune both OF Admiral
Sampson and Admiral Schley that. al
though the latter was second in
and IN full view OF his superior. he was
in actual command OF the Meet which de-
stroyed the Spanish war ships at Santiago.
Sampson was in sight. but not near enough
To direct. Had the Spanish admiral started
east instead OF west. a most disgraceful
controversy would have been avoided. for
the commander-in-chief would have been in
the thickest OF the fight. and. as all others
IN the feet would have been equally effect
I've and brave. the distribution OF hOnors
would have presented no difficulty. As the
Spaniards, however. steered west. and had
elSnt or ten miles the start OF the New
YORK carrying Sampson. IL was impossible
LVI urn 10 get within firing or directing
distance until the battle was virtually over.
oroers previously prepared by Sampson. IN
/ anticipation OF such an emergency. We're
executed by Schley. with such modinca-
lions as the e~xigencies OF battle required.
sampson was In the line of his duty I'm be-
lnS absent from the immediate scene ot
the engagement He made every effort TO
reach the scene after firing began. Schley
uirected the action with magnificent sue
cess. Every man in the squadron did his
duty. The quarrel over the rewards is a
disgrace TO the service.
These officers and their rartisans nave
AAAlt boCaA>t IltN NtcnCQ 10
quarrel, and not because there was any
need or II. We do not know when the first
ground OF disagreement occurred: very pos
SlDly when sampson. who. as captain. WAS
junior 10 Schley, was put over him as arf-
ing rear admiral. For some time after tho
beginning of the war the two admirals were
Kept apart, each in charge OF a squadron.
When Schley was first ordered 10 ioin
Sampson he disobeyed orders. That Is a
responsibility which a commanding naval
officer may at any time take, but the result
must justify IL. IN this case the result I'D
not justify he~disobedience. Schley was
not so well informed as his superiors. and
his diobedience might have led 10 the
escape of the Spanish fleet. II cid not.
however. and his explanation was accented
as sufficient and the incident closed. There
has never, that we know OF. been criticism
of his action at any other time. As is COM
mon among men, he committed one error az
judgment As IL turned out. no harm Was
done. Any attack upon him as "cowgrdly'
or insubordinate. or in any way Ineffective.
is contemplate. ANY attempt 10 exalr his
conduct at Santiago at the expense II
sampson is equally unwarranted. Both did
their duty IL Is the duty OF Congress TO
distribute the rewards of victory precisely
as If Schley had obeyed orders before he
Joined Sampson. and Sampson had been
with his fleet at Santiago. And il is the
duty of the friends Of the two admirais ~
shut up. and stop the continual backbiting
which is disgracing not only the navy. but
the Nation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

Considerable interest was created by the
announcement, some time ago, that the
State of Illinois would present a statue Of
Frances h. Willard TO be placed in the
Capitol at Washington. Now interest is in
creased by the announcement that the
modelling of the statue has been awarded
10 Miss Helen +. Mears. of Oshkosh, Wis,
whose design has received high commen-
dation. This Will not be the first statue in
Washington done by a woman, but ii will
be the first one in that city, and probably
in the world, of a woman by a woman.
Miss Mears has studied in the best schools
and has worked in New York and Paris.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

other purpose. We have never had a war
in which the militia has not played in
important and honorable part. and IL has
often been serviceable in the suppression
OF local disturbances and the enforcement
Of law. There have been occasions when
the Governors of States would have been
unable TO execute the laws without It, and
would have been laughed at for their m
potency BY lawbreakers. In declaring that
no Socialist may be a member of the militia
the Socialists ave put themselves on rec
ord as enemies Of law and order and OPP
posed 70 one Of the greatest safeguards OF
free government
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

Commenting on the discovery of the Mis-
souri, River Commission that mo COM
merce OF any consequence can be expected
until the river is put in a ~navigable condi-
ton and opened to its mouth" the Omaha
Bee is doubtless correct in saying that it
would cost more money to make the Mis-
souri, river navigable than to dig a canal
and that il would be cheaper TO build a
double-track freight road from Fort Ben
ton to the mouth of the Missouri and nave
it operated at actual cost for the benefit of
the population OF the Missouri valley
Millions have been spent in making rivers
navigable, but railroads as competitors
take the valuable business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

The Amalgamated Association was
offered one substantial gain by the officers
OF the United States Steel Corporation,
which was the right to organize the men
in any mill under the corporations control.
This is an important concession, because
It is an established fact that when union
ism gets an entrance among the men of a
factory or mill it soon wins complete SUI
association was recognized by the COM
pany, while it preserved the principle of
the right of %nonunio men to work in its
mills.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03
A local magistrate in Washington decided

"A local magistrate in Washington decided
some time ago that a Growing rooster is a
nuisance within the legal meaning of the
word. and now 4 question is raised as TO
the status of talking parrots. In view Of
the several complaints that have been made
on the subject the acting prosecuting at
torney of the District recommends that the
police regulations be amended TO read as
follows: No person shall own or keep
within the District of Columbia any fowl,
parrot or bird which, by growing, cacklins,
talking or singing, or in any other manner,
shall disturb the comfort and quiet of any
neighborhood."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

w. G.. Nicholas. I'm New York Telegraph.
Si-multaneous with the good new II.

w. q. Nicholas. I'm New York Telegraph.
Simultaneous Mt the good news from
the arena OF labor agitation came reports
OF abundant rains throughout the vast
Western regions recently blistering under
the suns screening rays and accompany
ing burning Winds. The rainfall has been
general and II arrived I'm time 20 save 80
per cent. ~ he corn crop. besides insur-
ing an abundance Of late fodder. a matter
Of greatest possible importance 70 the cattle
raisers or a dozen States. though possibly
not fully appreciated ~ the farmers south
them. while delighted 10 learn OF the rains,
became Immediately consumed with fear
that what crops had not been destroyed
by heat and drought would be drowned.
They are determined the West shall he
visited by overwhelming calamity and MOTH
Ing else Will do.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

The Alabama convention TO disfranchise
the negro. like that in Virginia. finds no
certain remedy in the educational qualiica-
ton. the latest figures showing that dur
ing the last decade the gain of the blacks
on miteracy was 73 per cent. to 81 per
cent. by the whites. 1t has adopted the
disfranchisement proposition with the
grandfather clause to save the illiterate
whites
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

1t is now believed that the final evacu-
alton of Cuba by the Americans can be
made next February, in which event the
18th of the month. the fourth anniversary
of the destruction of the Maine, will be
fixed as the date for turning over the gov
eminent Of the island TO the Cubans.
it is safe to predict they viii never ac-
complish as much for Cuba in any four
Years of independence as this government
has during the last four years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

has notified all applicants for naturaliza-
tion that they must be prepared 10 answer
intelligentiy a long list of questions relat-
ing TO the government Of the United States.
such as the election of President. repre-
sentativcs TO Congress. senator's. etc.
which would puzzle many native-born citi-
zens. II Is an encouraging Indication TIA
both federal and state judges in New YORK
are no longer making citizens by the score
without asking "a question
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-03

The suspension Of the George H. Phil
lips Company. of which Corn King" Phil
lips was the head, shows that a man may
be a bold plunger and successful specu-
lator and yet a poor business man. The
books and accounts of his firm seem to be
in a hopelessly muddied condition, and
the business had got completely beyond
mis- control or knowledge. The failure
seems 10 Rave been further aided by the
individual speculations of other members
Of the firm and clerks. all of whom lost
no time In initiating the Corn Kings ex-
ample.