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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18

board of scrutiny has in fact proved TO be
unfair, something besides mere assertion is
necessary. No facts are stated by you to
sustain this assertion. except that you al
legged that an Illegal selection Of a delegate
to a provincial board of canvassers has
been approved. but you give no facts show
ing that the selection was illegal; and you
state that there was a failure to post a
list of taxpayers which the City Council
of Havana ought TO have posted on the 18th
Of October. This was not the business Of
the central board of scrutiny. L am in
formed, moreover. by cable from Havana
that the list in question was posted on the
30th OF October. The single days delay
could not have occasioned you. or your as
s~ociates the slightest injury or inconven-
ience. and an objection based upon it is in
the highest degree technical. While / do
not for a moment suppose you intend any
such result, L cannot avoid the conviction
that your request calls upon the United
States for that very interference with the
Cuban election which your associates have
deprecated and which il is our duty and
purpose 10 avoid. Your application must
accordingly be denied
To-day Mr.. Pierra sent another letter to
Secretary Root asking a reconsideration of
the decision by the secretary. Mr.. Pierra
recites the omission to post the list Of the
largest taxpayers referred to in his previous
letter to the secretary and declares the
postponement prayed for need not prolong
the American occupation, as suggested by
the secretary. The central board of
scrutiny. he says. is a most original crea-
ton and no similar election organization
has ever existed anywhere. He requests
that an equal number of members repre-
senting the other presidential candidate
be added TO the board, and that a similar
measure be adopted in connection with the
provincial boards in which General MasO
has no representation. Mr.. Pierra says he
is not here especially 10 plead the cause
of General Maso or of any political party.
The outcome of the election as things now
stand. he asserts, will not be the stable
government which the United States wishes
to see established in Cuba. II will be, on
the contrary. the beginning of serious dis
turbances.
Mr.. Pierra to-day received a dispatch
from DR.. Hernandez. the president Of the
Union Democratic party and chairman of
the electoral coalition in favor Of General
Maso. telling OF meetings in Havana and
various parts Of the island protesting
against i~llegalities committed by officials
and demanding Justice"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
Notes Of the Stage.

Laurence Weber's Partisan Widows"
show. which has several interesting fea-
lures and a good singing chorus. will close
its engagement at the Empire Theater to-
nisht. giving way TO the Rose Hill COM
pany.
Frederick de Bellville has been engaged to
play Baron Boneli 10 Viola Aliens Roma
in The Eternal city" next season. lie was
Alec d'Urberville in Mrs. Fishes production
1, the Decentralization of Thomas Hardy's
Tess
Across the Desert will be offered at the
Park Theater tomorrow. In the advertis-
ing a great deal is being made OF the pres
ence OF Frank James. once an outlaw, in
the mDany The current entertainment
at the Park is "~AcFadden's Row of Flats, 3"
which is fun OF rough fun
NJ. De BlOwitz. the correspondent Of the
London Times at Paris. writes that he has
never seen a more perfect piece of acting
than that OF Antoine In a new play en-
titled "Au Telephone II is a gruesome
drama-a man calls up his wife by long
distance telephone and Is in the act Of
speaking TO her when robbers enter the
house and murder her. her child and her
servant. He hears enough to make him
understand what has occurred, but, OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
A Question of Precedence.

Washington Letter in Philadelphia Press.
For the first time in many years social
life al the capital is centralized at the
White House. Mrs. Roosevelt is in every
sense of the word the First Lady Of the
Land. She has assumed the guidance and
course which the assemblage of statesmen
and people of leisure make possible here.
In order TO facilitate her arduouS reSpon-
sibilittes Mrs. Roosevelt has appointed
every Tuesday morning to meet the ladies
is then mapped out. On Tuesday last the
first of these meetings was held, and the
knotty problem of making and returning
calls within official circles was discussed.
1t Is a long standing grievance of the
Cabinet matrons that they are expected
to make first calls on senator's wives.
They reason that this rule was logical prior
to the promotion of the Cabinet officers
to the Presidential succession. Now, how
ever, their rank implies a dignity greater
than that of any senator. Every secre-
President. Should the President and Vice
President be disabled the secretary of state
would Immediately become President, and
in case of a greater emergency the sue
cession would fall through the various de-
partments until some one was found to
assume the high office of chief magistrate.
This matter is yet under consideration.
Mrs. Roosevelt reserves her final decision
of the matter. AS the matter now stands
upon the wife or "chatelaine" of each Of
the lightweight senators. Many of these
ladies do not take the trouble to return
this call.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Roy Rich, a fugitive, who escaped sew
eral days ago from the Plainfield Reforma-
tory, was found yesterday by Detectives
Houser and Colbert and sent to police
headquarters.
The County Commissioners yesterday
held another conference on the remon-
STRANGE filed In the Fourth ward LIQUOR
license case. A decision in the case will
be made tomorrow, it is thought.
A so-called Samuel Marks, who was ar
rested a day or so ago on a charge of
grand larceny, is not the Samuel Marks
who resides in Home place and has been a
resident of the city of indianapolis for the
last thirty-six years as a junk dealer.
The expenses of the Jackson day banquet
In TINS city, Jan. 3. will be guaranteed by
a committee composed of j. j. Appel, Evans
Woollen, Elliott r. Hooten and p. ]. Ryan.
Tickets for the banquet will be placed on
sale to-day at the Grand Hotel, Democratic
State ommitt rooms and other places.
/. S. Gordon, of the Commercial Club.
who has been conducting a postal card
canvass of the club members, said yester-
day that a large majority of the replies he
had received were opposed to the idea of
compelling the indianapolis Southern Rail-
road to elevate its tracks. Out of 31S re-
plies received by Mr.. Gordon go were OBJ
posed to track'elevation and seventy-nine
were in favor of it. Mr.. Gordon sent out
about 1000 cards, and expects to hear from
practically all Of them. He may appear
before the Board of Works armed with
the postal card expressions to protest
against track elevation.
Knight & Jillson believe they have a
smoke consumer that will do what is
claimed for IL. They ask all merchants
who are interested in the solution of the
smoke difficulty TO pay their business house
a visit and examine the apparatus they
have in use. By means of a suction fan
and a system of small steam pipes the
smoke is prevented from escaping and is
forced back over the flames until it is en-
tirely consumed. 1t is the application Of
the principle Of circular draft. The ap-
paratus at Knight & Jillson's is the only
one OF the kind In operation. but attention
Of property owners has been attracted to
its successful working. and several may be
put in. The cost Is said TO he about 500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
THEY LOOK TO CONGRESS-
VIEWS OF PHYSICIANS WHO At
TENDED THE LATE PRESIDENT.
They Think They should BE Relieved
of Responsibility of Rendering a
BiII-Congress should Act.

BUFFALO. Dec. lin view Of the wide
discussion incident 10 the question OF
who should pay the physicians who at
tended President Mckinley. DR.. Matthew
D. Mann consented 10 make a statement to-
day setting forth the attitude of himselfand
his associates. DR.. Mann. in reply TO ques-
tons, said:
I'VE feel that when we operated on the
President of the United States we operated
for the American people. with a view TO
saving their President for them: we were
not called by the family Of President Me-
Kinley. but by the authorities. the Cabinet
and others. TO take charge OF the President,
and we feel. therefore. that we have z right
10 look to Congress and the Nation for our
remuneration. We took a tremendous re-
sponsibility. because we took I'm our hands
the life of the most prominent man iE the
world. and we feel that in taking such a re-
sponsibility We ran an immense risk. Had
the autopsy showed that We made any Sc
rious mistake we would have received un-
limited cOndemnation-we might even have
been ruined professionally. From all these
facts we feel that we should not be called
upon 10 render the bills to the family. Any
bill which we might render 10 the late
Presidents estate would be larger than
Mrs. Mckinley ought 10 be called upon to
pay.
IF we should render such a bin as she
could properly paw we should feel that we
would be very imperfectly enumerated.
We feel. therefore. that Congress should
take up the matter and make an apD-opria-
ton. such as IL may see Mt. and save us
from becoming the objects OF criticism by
sending I'm a bill; for. no matter what bin
we might send in. we would receive a Ger
tain amount OF abuse. We also feel that
the dignity OF the medical profession de-
mands that Congress should pay this bin.
and that the services should be handsome
IL rewarded. The medical profession all
over the world is waiting with great inter
est TO see how this affair viii turn out. ana
we do not propose 10 do anything. II We can
avoid II. which will lay US open TO griffith
cism."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
Happen Every Day.
Philadelphia Telegraph.

-
I'VE can't pay more than a dollar and
a half" said two girls hurrying through
the Jewelry department of one of the big
shops.
"Oh, look" said the other. clutching her
arm, here is just the thing"
Inc thing" was a dainty brooch set with
an amethyst and pearls.
They leaned over the show case and
gloated.
They had some out in the aisle the other
day just like this, and they were marked
$1.50."
Il am so glad you saw it. 1t is just ex-
actly what we want"
Then they called a salesman, pointed to
the brooch and asked to see il.
They examined 1t carefully and glanced
at each other with looks of exultation.
How much did you say it wasp asked
one, carelessly, while the other examined
the setting.
"Thirty-five dollars" said the clerk.
Not a muscle in their faces quivered.
They looked at it again critically for a few
minutes, and then one said:
Il don't think it is what we want, do you,
Nary"
NO" said Mary, indifferently, "ame-
thysts are so common"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
Advice About Christmas Gifts,

December Home Companion.
Every gift should be carefully enveloped
in tissue paper, whether it is intended for
a member of your own household or not.
1t gives a gift an added luster to have it
mysteriously %shrouded from sight for a
moment after coming into your possession.
A sufficient quantity of tissue paper should
be laid in early in December, for at the last
there is always a rush, and il often hap
pens that, even in big metropolitan shops,
the supply gives out a week before Christ
mas. Lay aside, also, as many bolts Of
baby" ribbon as you think you may need.
The paper should be white and the ribbon
holly-red, but many persons prefer some
thing more distinctive of themselves, so
have a very pale pink with white or pink or
pale green ribbon; or white paper and
white ribbon, or blue or pink or some other
favorite color with which TO inclose their
gifts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
Washington Post.

Washington Post.
1 wonder, by the way, where the woman
who sets out to decorate her home these
days gets her idea of the fitness of things.
At the moment not to have some pieces of
brass in ones drawing room is to be hope
lessly out of the fashion. 1t doesn't make
the least difference in the world what the
thing is, so long as it's made of brass. |
have lately seen one room whose owner
points with pride to a row of bright brass
pans which stand on top Of some book
shelves.
Aren't they too perfectly dear?" she
says. II found them quite by chance in
an antique shop. They are old Flemish
milk pans. Fancy"
And the more 1 fancied the less 1 could
see why a row of milk pans should be
considered a suitable decoration for a
drawing room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
Marks Victim Cnnnot Recover.

WASHINGTON. Dec. Thames Q. Stiff.
of Oak Grove. Va. who was shot while
with a number OF men attempting TO chas-
tise Herbert Marx, at the latters home, at
Oak Grove. some time ago. was to-day re-
moved from the Emergency Hospital here
to his own home. The hospital physicians
saw tia he cannot recover.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
The Wise Woman.
Kansas City

Kansas City Journal.
The w~ide-awake woman is not going to
buy her husband cigars tied with blue rib
bons this Christmas. That old Joke is
played out. She is going to present him
with some nice table linen and a new rug
for the front hall.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18

SPRINGFIELD. o., Dec. 17.-Miss Elean-
or Ludlow. niece of Ex-Governor Bushnell.
said to-day: There Is positively no truth
in the report of the engagement of Capt.
p. Hobson and myself. You
will do me a favor 10 deny II, and you can
not make the statement too emphatic"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
senator sewen Resting Well.

CAMDEN. N. j., Dec. 1.-THE physicians
in attendance on United States Senator
William j. Sewell reported tonight that
their patients condition remains unchanged
and that he is resting well.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
THE DRAMA.
At the Theaters To-Day.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2:15 and Sis p. m.
PARK-"McFadden's Row of Flats" 2
and S y. m.
ENPIRE-"Parisian Widows variety, ?
and %. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18
Engraved Cards
MONOGRAM Stationer.

A most acceptable gift Is a box Of calling cards,
or stationery embossed with monogram OF
address. There is still time TO execute orders
for Christmas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-18

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-05-09
VIEWS OF HILL
James ]. Eulogizes the North
west and Talks Of His
Investments.

Special to The Journal.
New York, May s.-James J. Hill to-day
paid a great compliment to the northwest,
and especially to the state of Washington.
which he compared with the state Of
Pennsylvania, one Of the greatest and
most prosperous states. He said:
The development of the west and north
west is amazing almost beyond comprehen-
sion. The vast empire IS filling up with
people as never before. During six days Of
last week the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific took out of st. Paul and Minneapolis
10000 people, who intend TO settle in the
states traversed by these roads. About half
of them were destined for the state of Wash
ington Most of the remainder dropped off
at points along the route.
Washington, to my mind, is one Of the rich
est states of America 1t has everything that
Pennsylvania has, and more 1t has iron,
coal, copper, oil, gold, silver and splendid
agricultural areas. Its resources justify the
most extravagant claims OF its inhabitants.
My operations in Burlington have been
solely for and in behalf of the two great cor
porations Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific That my plans do not conflict with the
public good may be assumed from the fact
that It Is my firm conviction and the rock
basis of my policy that properties dependent
for their revenue on the public can prosper
only when the people prosper When the peo-
pie are oppressed and overtaxed they suf-
fer and every. line of business dependent upon
then s. AearresIf IfhdnAsly. ] went into
Baltirnofs yyhio with Eo1ne OF my friends
because believed the property could be put
into better condition and earn more money
with its equipment and facilities. l went
into Erie because it seemed to me sound
business proposition. 1t is a good property
and has been kicked about and neglected for
MANY wears
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-05-09
IDAHO MINES
An Unconirmed Report That
Heavy Interests Are to
Be Consolidated.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, May Sit was reported to-
day that negotiations are pending for the
consolidation of the silver lead mines of
the Occur d. Alene district in Idaho, which
supplies all the Galena ores used by the
American Smelling and Refining company.
The capital was mentioned as $4,000, 900.
An officer of the latter company, however,
says that while negotiations are pending
for the purchase of several mines in the
Idaho district, no consolidation is pro-
posed.
1t was also said that the report that the
American Smelling and Refining company
would get one-third of the excess above
65 cents on the price Of silver had no
foundation in fact The claim is made
that the success of the smelters merger
depends somewhat on the acquisition Of
the silver lead mines of the Couer d
Alene district There are four large in
terests in that district. The Empire
State Mining Company a New York con-
Germ which owns the Last Chance and
Poorman Tiger group, the biggest silver
and lead properties in America, earns
nearly 1000, 900 net per annum. The
D. o. Mills group, consisting of the Bun
ker Hill and Sullivan, is credited with
earning $500, 900 net 2er annum. The
Finch and Campbell Mines come then with
a like amount and the Larson and Greno
Mines, which earn about 100000 a year,
come fourth. Other smaller concerns
bring the net earnings Of the Occur d
Alene district up to about $5,000,000
wear