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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.
soue of the Details az the Financial
Arrangsmcnss About Conn
pIet~d with China.

Washington. July dispatches
received by cable from Mr.. Rockhill,
the United States special commissions
err at Pekin, set out some of the de-
tails of the financial arrangement re-
speeding the indemnity not hereto
fore disclosed. lie reports that the
interest on the indemnity began TO
run on the let OF july Of this year.
and the payments will become due
semi-annually, the first 10 be met Jan
nary next. China will be allowed
payment on account of the principal
OF the indemnity. The moneys. both
on account of principal and interest,
will be received by financial com
pany located at Shanghai. To he
known as the COMMITTEE of Encash-
ment." This will be composed of the
heads of foreign banks at Shanghai,
selected by the governments interest
ed in the payments. The committee is
TO distribute the funds turned in by
the Chinese government among the
various powers in proportion to the
interest payments due them.
The diplomatic court at Pekin ia
vors the immediate application of the
new tariff, the effect of which will be
TO abolish the free list except as to
cereals. Mr.. Eockhi,l has been in
trusted by the state department to
urge the exemption from the new
rates of cargoes now ahoat. lie is
also to try To secure n pOstpOnemenf
of the application of the tariff until
have had an opportunity to
complete contracts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
REpEATERs rnpowx OUT.


III Reno, Okla. July 3O.--It was an.
nounced that in tabulating the regis
tration II was apparent that more
than 1000 "rcpcaters" had registered
at the various booths. many giving
the identical name, address and per-
sonal description. All of these were
thrown out and the applicants will
rot have ever the one chance they
were originally entitled to.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
REFUTED BY PLAIN FACTS.
The French and German Troops are
Preparing for n Long stay
mt Shanghai.

London. July ao.-Thc Shanghai cor
respondent OF the Globe, cabling,
says:
The assurances given in the house
OF commons tJuly 23D by Lord Gran
borne (the under foreign secretary
that the French and German troops
are only temporarily here are rcfuted
by the fact that both nationalities are
erecting massive. permanent barracks,
which will take two years to com
plete, indicating that many years &C.
cupation are contemplated"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
GEN. WOOD HOMEwARD BOUND
The Governor Of Cuba Embmrks OF
the MORO CastIe-sy M patty of
All Glasses Of Cubans.

Havana, july 2s.-Gen. Wood was
taken on board the steamer MORO
Castle, Saturday. He expressed him.
self as being quite well and wanted
TO walk aboard the vessel, but the
doctors insisted upon his being car.
ried on board on a portable cot.
Deep sympathy with Gen. Wood was
shown by Cubans Of all classes upor
his departure.
The MORO Castle is due at New
York next Tuesday.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.
oarning Of the Machine shop Of the
American Machine asd Foundry
Co. at Hanover. Pa.

York. Pa. July 2s.--The machine
ehop Of the American Machine and
FOUNDRY Co, located at Hanover, this
county. was destroyed by fire Satur-
day morning. The loss is estimated
- from $4,000 to $i25.OOO. This plant
was owned BY the American Tobacco
Co., and was used in the manufacture
Of It's machinery. Two hundred men
are thrown out of employment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02

A SangWinary battle In which Bot h
the British md Arabs Lost
Heavily.

Alden. Arabia, July 29.--In a fight
between the Mad Mullah and the
British. july II. the former was rout,
ed, leaving 40 killed. The British cas-,
ualties We're Lieut.. Fredericks and IA
men killed and Lieut. Dickson and 20
men wounded.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
DESPERATE BURGLARS.
Usssccesssul Attempt "a Rob the DE.
posit Bank Of Caledonia,
IN Ohio.

WARREN, o., July 2s.--Burglars bold
y started fire Of waste in front OF
vie Deposit bank, OF Caledonia, a VII
tsge ten miles from this place early
saturday morning, then with a piece
81 railroad iron broke open the door.
The night Waterman within the banL
vpcned hre and the burglars fled.
vehicles. ""u
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02

Kansas City, Mo-, July PA local
packing house is shipping export cat.
tie from Chicago to he slaughtered
here. Local supplies Of fat cattle this
week have been small. notwithstand.
ing that the weeks total is the heav.
lest on record. The bulk of the re-
ceipts are stock cattle, forced on the
market by reason Of the dry weather.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02

San Francisco. July 2s.--E. II. Shell,
don. secretary of the Oceanic Steam.
ship Co, and Of several of Spreckels'
Hawaiian sugar plantations, is dead
from shock following surgical op.
Grafton. lie was native OF Yer,
mont.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02

Ecrlin, July cs.- Henry G. Payne, Of
Wisconsin. leading member Of the
republican national committee Of the
United States. is seriously i'll with
gonf at the Frankfort hotel in this
city.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02

the chalenger's crew, thanking then
for what they had done already, and
wishing them godspeed on the voy.
age and successful finish TO their
task.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02

Montpelier, Idaho, July 27.--Edgar
and Harley Dahlrymple, brothcra
were drowned in the Bear river yes.
terday, while bathing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02

As soon as the jury was dismissed
the foreman called them together in
his private room, and for the first
time there was conference as to
what the jurors believed. Without cx.
ception they declared that they would
have returned verdict of not guilty
within Il minutes, even had they not
been instructed by the court. They
acknowledge they would have paid no
attention to the exhibits in the case.
While Judge Stevens was speaking
to the jury the members of the Eos.
burgh family. realizing what his re.
marks meant to them, burst into
tears, while the defendant sat with
cured head, the tears coursing down
his cheeks. The wife Of the defen.
dant was the only member of the fam.
lily not in the court room, and it was
said that she remained at the hotel
because OF illness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-02
Thanked the Jury.


Immediately after his discharge
young Robert Fosburgh, accompanied
by the members of his family, went
to the Wendell house, where recep.
ton was held, and where hundreds OF
people shook hands with the young
ulan
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05

san decisions That Democratic lawyers
should have selected the closing days of the
city campaign for making a secret assault
upon the integrity Of the Marion judges
must he regarded as "A scheme To incite
some OF their number who are either can
didates for the succession or have some
grievance against the judges To take a more
active part in the campaign for the Ma
guire ticket. At any rate, the Democratic
lawyers organized TO make war on these
Judges because they are Republicans, and
the defeat OF the Republican ticket would
inspire them with courage To press their
work with vigor. Then. a dozen lawyers
who yearn 20 sit on the bench would be in
spired To activity in the present campaign
il the defeat Cf the Republican ticket on
Tuesday should tend To make the county
Democratic a year hence. For this reason
it IS safe 10 assume that the secret meet
ing of Democratic lawyers had for its OBJ
ject the purpose 20 help the Mcguire ticket
now and 10 put the county in doubt a year
hence by defeating the Republican ticket
this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
THE RAE OF THE SERPENT.

a wartime story relates that while a
battle was i'm progress in Virginia an Of
hcer who arrived on the field with re-
Inducements asked the commanding gem
eral where to go in. ANY where, was the
reply; 1T is beautiful fighting all along
the line y new recruit in the anti
Tammany reform work in New York in
quired of an experienced leader where he
had better begin. 1T does not make any
difference where YOU begin" was the an
swer. Pick up the first thread you find
and follow the clew, and YOU will strike
corruption
These stories have an application to the
present city campaign. Wherever ono
probes one finds corruption or maladminis-
tration-in the Public Safety department,
In the Public Works department. in the
Police Court, in the City Hospital. in street
cleaning, in park building, in the award
ing of contracts, in the sale of franchises,
in the enforcement of laws with discre-
ton in the issuing of licenses-in short,
in every branch and every part of the city
government a little investigation discloses
the results and operations of Taggartism.
Pick up a thread anywhere and follow the
clew. and you will find corruption in some
form or other. Corruption in municipal
government does not necessarily mean
wholesale stealing or the commission Of
indictah!e crimes. Machine politicians are
not often guilty of such o~ffenses. But there
is a more insidious and all-pervading col
r~uption-that which subOrdinates every APP
pointment, every order. every act, every
contract, every board and every employe
TO the service of personal and party ends
regardless of public interests. a machine
politician would say it is not corrupt to
hire several hundred men, many of them
crippled, just before election day, TO so
through the motions of working without
doing anything, thus really buying their
votes with the public money. A politician
of the Taggart school would not see any
thing improper in using the Public Works
Board, the Public Safety Board, the City
purposes. yet it is really a very dangerous
form of corruption. When this sort OF
thing has gone on year after year, as it
has under the Taggart regime, the whole
municipal government becomes affected. At
present there Is not a branch nor a de-
partment that is not saturated with Tag
gartism. The trail of the serpent is over
them all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
NEGROES NOT WANTED.
w. :. Ryan Makes the Announcement
Mt n Democratic Meeting.

In the uncertain light of a big bonfire
at the corner of Ray and West streets.
last night. Mayor Taggart and other Dem
ocrats addressed a group OF about one hun
dred shivering men and boys. The beer
which was on tap free in two nearby sa-
looms. proved almost too strong a counter
attraction for the speakers, and the mayor
broke his remarks off short at one point TO
call to a party of thirsty listeners VINO had
headed for the saloon TO come back until ne
had finished.
Mr.. Taggar9 repeated his story of the
man with the little home being taxed more
than the wealthy man, in proportion anu
asserted that this was his reason Tor max
ing a 59-cent levy. He declared that ne
does not believe in a man having 10 sheaA
around to back doors when he wants d
drink and reminded those present that thy
had not been compelled 10 Go TINS uuLlrS
the last six months. Il have trled 10 ltS"t
you like L would have wanted you 10 tleal
me" said the mayor. -,
W. ). RYAN made a speech In Whlcn nc
declared that the negroes are not wanted III
the Democratic party w. nave a NAitS
mans party he shouted. W owned tne
negro when he was worth Sl,uuJ on the
block. The Republicans own him now When
he is worth $ on election day once a year.
He declared that the attempt OF the DEM
ocrats TO secure negro votes has been the
cause OF Indianapolis becoming normally
Republican.
lit is ali our own fault he said. w
are TO blame for il. The negro does not
belong in our party and we have driven
out our own friends by running after MN.
There is no use mincing words any longer
The mayor had climbed into his buggy
and driven away, so he did not hear TINS
arraignment of himself. a. q. Smith made
"a characteristic speech before Mr.. Tag
CART arrived.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05

1t appears that the police judge has va
Gated his seat hat a substitute may remit
the fines which. from time to time, he has
imposed upon gamblers and other law
breakers. Where do the police Judge and
his political advisers find authority for his
exercise of what is equivalent to the par
doning power? The Constitution Of In
diana says:
The Governor shall have power To remit
fines and forfeitures under such regulations
as may be prescribed by law; and shall
report to the General Assembly at its next
meeting the names of all persons in whose
favor remission of fines and forfeitures
shall have been made, and the several
amounts RENTED.
Chapter IS of the Laws of Indiana further
declares:
All applicants to the Governor for the
remission of fines and forfeitures shall
forward to him, with their application. the
opinion of the propriety of SO doing by a
majority of the following officers in the
county where the fine was assessed or
Circuit Court, auditor, sheriff, county
treasurer, and such officers as shall from
time TO time have the care and custody
of the common school fund within the
county.
The decisions of the courts under the
act quoted are to the effect that the power
of the Governor to remit fines and for
textures can only be exercised pursuant to
legislative direction, II that the proper
court may set aside forfeitures but not
fines. The only section of the city charter
authorizing the police judge TO act in refer
ence to the sentences of the court Is Sec
ton 122. which gives him power to dis
.f,arUa ~. IafarIant Sinh, -. -. II
judged guilty of violation of an ordinance
after he had been imprisoned, in addition
TO the term of imprisonment. if any ad-
judged against him as a part of the SEN
tence, one day for each dollar of such fine
and cost, il it appears that such defendant
is unable TO pay or replevy such fine and
costs" This evidently means that after
q person convicted of violation Of law has
been in prison a period which, at a dollar
a day, will be equivalent TO his fine. he can
be discharged by the court. But the fines
which the acting police judge has RENTED
are those assessed against persons who
have not been in prison or in any way
paid the penalty prescribed by the law.
1t is not only the Journals opinion that
the Governor is the only official who can
remit fines. but 1t is the opinion of officials
in the office OF the attorney general that
such proceedings by the city judge are in
violation OF the Constitution and tho laws.
Such hagrantly lawless proceeding is evil
IDENTIFY based upon the declaration Of Mayor
Taggart that there is no discretion i'm the
law" and that the law may be ignored
when il is desirable to exercise discretion.
The remission of these fines is simply an
other instance OF the setting aside of the
Constitution and the laws which is a char
aoteristic Of the Taggart regime. So long
as gamblers and other lawbreakers can
have their fines RENTED TO promote party
ends they will violate the law with i'm
punity, and, as the years pass, the list OF
fines RENTED will contain hundreds OF
names. This, however, is but one OF the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
JUDGE BAKERS CONSTRUCTION OF
HIS ORDER.

Judge Bakers construction of his order
in the Conkey case emOves all doubt as to
its scope and meaning. Such doubts some
times arise in the popular mind, owing to
the difficulty of observing the nice lines
of distinction in legal phraseology, but
when these are once discerned they appear
very clear. Laymen, and particularly those
not accustomed 10 the close construction
Of language, sometimes think courts go
further than they ought to in such matters,
but it should be remembered that a judge
VINO issues a writ or enters an order un-
derstands the law of the case and appre-
ciates the responsibility of his action bet
ter than any critic can, and that he is
more anxious than. anybody else can be
that no mistake be made. In the present
case Judge Bakers explanation makes
clear what a careful scrutiny and construc-
ton of the language showed before, name
ly. that his order did not trench on any
bOdy's natural or legal rights, and that the
persuasion which it prohibited was try
ing to- induce men actually I'm the employ
of the Conkey Company TO refuse or fail
TO perform their duties as such employees.
1t is very important that everybody, and
especially that w~orkingmen who are not
supposed to know the law or to draw fine
legal distinctions, and who are liable to
engage in strikes, should understand that
the exercise of his rights by one person
can never include interference with the
rights of another. Persuasion in itself is
MT q xrfoIapf rrCoaaIfpn hnt vrhan ft faEaS
the form of instigating violation of the
rights of others it becomes illegal.
In the course of his remarks Judge Baker
said:
In my opinion one of the most dangerous
phases of social life is exhibited In the in
reference with the God-giVen and inalien-
able rights OF a man to work for whom he
pleases and at what wages he pleases, pro-
vided IL is a lawful employment, and that
the violation of this right is tolerated with
out a word of rebuke from the public or
from the press. Every day We sit by and
see men outraged, prevented from working
because they will not join In a strike or be-
cause they will not join 4 lodge or union.
That sort of thing is siIcply despOtism, and
no rlght-thinking man ought to think OF
objecting to a court issuing an order nOti-
flying men that they must observe the law,
that they must not invade the inalienable
rights OF others.
The Journal heartily indorses every word
of this except that which cFiticises the
press for failure to rebuke the common
practice of strikers of interfering with the
right of others TO work for whom ard for
what wages they please. Speaking for
itself the Journal can say it has denounced
the practice many times and in language
as strong as it could use. In so far as
the practice is justified by organized labor
it represents the most oppressive of all
trusts, and is, as Judge Bake says. one
of the most dangerous phases of social life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
FOR CoLoRED VOTERS.
A Fine Meeting in the Northeast Part
of the City.

Fully five hundred colored voters gave
their approval 10 the u~tterances OF At.pf-
nev General Taylor and other Republican
speakers last night at d rally at the corner
of sixteenth street and Columbia avenue.
The speakers stand was built in Il field just
west OF the corner. and for a half hour
before the time for calling the meeting a
colored orchestra and a quartet entertained
the crowd with selections. Justice Stout
acted as chairman OF the meeting ana in
troduced Attorney General Taylor. The
announcement that Mr.. Taylor was 70
speak was received with loud cheering.
Mr.. TAYLOR. in his remarks, spoke of tn
scheme of Green Smith and Mayor Taggart
to fool the colored voters OF the city into
not voting.
''At last they have thrown OF the mask"
said he. and bN the exposition OF this lat
est game they show 10 you that they have
little use for the cOlOred man. 1t has been
proved conclusivelN by leading cOlOred men
VINO have had dealings with the local adj
hnnistration that the cOlOred man is no
longer in favor. for he has ceased To ac-
cent their teachings after he has found out
that he was being used as 4 tool. For the
past six years Air. TaggaIt has relied on
the hold Of the COlored man for the fulfill
ment OF ms political schemes. The colOred
man has now had his eyes opened and Mr..
Taggart is like the dying swan in mid
stream
Mir. Taylor further spoke OF the protection
that would be given the colored people
MIR. BOokwalter's election. He said that
not only would Mr.. afford them
and their children protection from laWlesS-
ness. but with the aid Of = Republican
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
Mr. Ryan and Police oour, Records.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal;
In your issue Of to-day YOU charge me
with spending several hours making nota-
lions . . in the records OF the Police
Court. / never spent over a few minutes
looking Though the records, and did 50
especially TO relieve from fine and prospec-
tive imprisonment six or seven laborins
men convicted by me Of visiting what 1
considered a gambling place. They were
all poor men, labOrors-not a professional
gambler among them-and they would have
gone 10 prison had not 4 suspended Judg-
ment" in their cases. heartily plead
guilty To the charge of relieving these poor
men from the extremity Of a penalty that
would have been thankfully received by
professional ViOlators of the same law. 1
thank YOU for crediting me with the char
ity: in lad never occurred 10 me that L
had been especially kind 90 anybody was
only trying TO be just. As 90 relieving any
saloon keeper from part Of "A penalty 4
may have imposed against him, I am very
glad that my experience has left me free
to appreciate the deserts of all men re-
gardiess of their calling. but the saloon
element, as a class, has not especial claim
upon my sympathy or charity.
W. :. RYAN.
indianapolis, oct. {.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-05
MAGUIRE AND OTHERS SPOKE.
After the Speeches There WINS n
Scramble for Free Beer.

A fair-sized crowd heard the Democratic
speakers praise Mr.. Mcguire and say all
kinds OF bad things of Mr.. BookwaIter at
a hall over a saloon at Capitol avenue and
Merrill street last night.
The meeting was presided over bv Ben
Fry, and the audience was comnosed
mostly of The remarks of the
speakers concerning the colored vote that
the Republicans would poll next Tuesday
were OF anything but a complimentary ma
ture.
Candidate Mcguire spoke to the crowd for
about fifteen minutes, devoting his remarks
TO jollying his hearers and declaring that
the Taggart business policy" would be
carried out IL he were elected.
Edward w. Little. candidate for police
judge. was the next speaker. He spoke Of
the chances of victory and praised Mr.. Ma
gUire.
The crowd called for August Tamm. can
didate for city CLERK. He said the present
administrator would be continued. and
that IL n were elected and a poor man got
in trouble he would do all i'm his power 60
help him. This pleased the crowd. and
Tanm was applauded more than Mcguire.
1t was stated that the candidates must
leave. and the crowd became restless as
hey started away. Many followed down
stairs, not needing the entreaties or the
chairman 20 wait and hear Frank b. Burke.