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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
CAUSE OF THE DELAY
AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT OF
THE SITUATION AT PICKING.
of Count Won Waldersce at
Eamburg-The Field Marshal Well
coined in the kaiser's Name.

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The following
Chinese negotiation is given from authori-
tative sources in order TO correct some mis-
apprehension which has arisen from pub
lished reports as to the possible causes of
delay In signing the protocol at Peking.
"AI the negotiators are agreed on the
tariff matter. The present ad valorem
tariff Is TO be converted into a specific tariff
at the average rates of the present treaty
tariff, 5 per centum effective. and articles
now on the free list are to be included in
this arrangement are to be left to a special
commission to sit hereafter. probably at
Shanghai. The details of the arrangement
for the prohibition of the importation Of
firearms. munitions and materials for their
manufacture were settled some months ago.
They provided for the seizure, by the for
eign warships. OF any Chinese or foreign
ships entering Chinese waters with the pro-
hibited articles on board, and also for such
steps as each Of the several foreign govern
inents may deem it proper or be in a posi-
tion to take in order to prohibit the expOr-
tation of arms and supplies from their re-
spective countries to China. The State De-
partment is not officially advised of The
provisions Of an amendment to this article
OF the protocol, which is reported to have
been recently introduced, but its object
would seem to be TO require the Chinese
authorities to actively cooperate in engi-
negotiators have already done in prin-
chile
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
AN l. THREAT.

A French economist is talking of a Eu-
roepan trade war against the United
States. Like the others it is prophetic. and
probably. like most prophecy. 1t will not
come true. The United States is in the mar
kets OF the world. and 10 the general sur
prise is found TO be a fairly sharp compet-
itor. with the advantages which will make
IL even a more successful rival. The prog
ress made thus far is In Europe. and from
Europe comes the report that feeling
against the United States is very bitter on
the part OF those who are competitors, but
evidently there is a willingness TO buy
American goods when offered on better
terms.
The only nation In Europe that has a
light TO find fault with the United States
because OF tariffs and protection Is Great
Britain. Imposing no duties on most
goods imported into the kingdom. Great
Britain has cause TO complain because We
do not reoiprocate and give free trade for
free trade. For years the Golden Club la
bored 10 convince the American people
that 1t would be better for US to raise food
and raw materials and exchange them for
British cloth. iron and general manufac-
lures. We thought differently. and also
thought wisely Some OF US think 1t would
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

be better now IL Great Britain. by a small
duty. would protect its own markets, which
are open to all n which she does not
hold.
But with the other nations II is differ
ent. Cermany's tariff is designed to pro-
tect German products. The same is true
OF France. and even of Austria. Recently
Germany revised its tariff in the interest Of
its farmers. An outcry has come from
Austria, and Russia is not pleased to pay
a higher duty on the breadstuffs she sells
TO Germany. Protecting our own industries
the United States has no right TO complain
of Germany, even if Germany's tariff is
hostile to our interests. The Harrison adj
mipistration. it may be added, made a
reciprocal arrangement with Germany
covering some Of our food products, but the
makers Of the Gorman-Wilson law abro-
gated it without giving notice OF their ac-
ton. The reciprocal agreement with France
France the President has had a new
reciprocal treaty negotiated. but the Senate
has not ratified it. Nations having protec-
tive tariffs are in no position to find fault
As for a combination of European govern
ments to exclude American products, 1t
will do to talk about, but it cannot be ac-
complished, since, whenever they get to-
gether for such a purpose. they will fall to
quarreling among themselves. In a tariff
war each nation must first take care of
itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
Railway officials Uneasy.

NEW YORK. Aug. Sc. a. Drake. sec
rotary of the Panama Railroad Company.
said to-day that the communication which
]. Edward Simmons. president OF the com
pany. sent to the State Department ex-
pressing apprehension OF trouble along the
Isthmus OF Panama. and suggesting that
an American warship go to the Pacific side
at Panama as wei as to the Atlantic side
at Colon, was sent largely as the result OF
the pressure which residents on the 18th
mus OF various nationaltes have brought
to bear on the company.
Since Wednesday night officers of tire
company in New York have received mail
advices from the isthmus showing increased
activity on the part of the Insurgents in
the shape of depredations by bands OF from
forty to fifty guerrillas. As YET these
euerrillas have no organization. The larg-
est body of them is near Chorrera. and
the government force there is said 10 he
not strong enough 10 leave the town. Tho
company's superintendent has not reported
the destruction OF any of its property as
yet. and the uneasiness felt IN this city
is due rather to the statement OF the United
States consul general and 10 private adj
vices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

Coin Harvey, who is now living a quiet
and harmless life in an OBSCURE village OF
Arkansas, has been visiting st. Louis.
where he submitted to an interview. He
thinks the Democratic party will lose If 1t
drops free silver, because lit cannot al
ternately follow true and false gods with
out loss Of strength" From an argument
alive point of view this is not very pow
erful. The retired agitator says further:
/ see little or no prospect for silver re-
gaining its old position. When the govern
ment is restored TO the hands of statesmen
domestic money will be understood as dis
tinguished from International money, and il
may all be made of paper. international
money must of necessity be something of
intrinsic value.
This shows a CLEAN of sense in the admis-
sion that international money must be
something of intrinsic value"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
EXPENSE OF MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGNS.

The report that Mayor Taggart said that
his last campaign for the Office Of mayor
cost him Sc. COO may or may not be true. but
1t is well known that his campaigns and
those of other candidates have cost them
much more than hey should. There are
necessary expenses which candidates must
meet. These are the expenses for making
the ward canvasses, the keeping up OF
headquarters. for meetings and for print
These. , within limits. are legitimate ex-
penses. But. as is we'll known. there is
an increasing number of men who derive or
seek to derive a revenue from their work
for candidates. They must be paid for their
services. If one party does not pay them
they go to the other. Not unfrequently
they are retained by both sides and work
for neither. AS often as otherwise they
cannot influence any votes but their own.
This growing evil in municipal elections
Is as much the fault of those who are
known as good citizens as of candidates
who simply are forced to follow a vicious
precedent. If the men who pay taxes and
nave al iHttItcl III tlllCltnl city sDNcIl-
ment will take an active interest In munich
pal elections there will be less cause to
call upon the professionals. In 1898 the
taxpayers came to the conclusion tina. the
time had come for a change. and they took
IN active personal interest in the election
and carried it. They can do so any year.
This year it does not appear that any
man will be a candidate for mayor who
can get as much money TO expend as Mayor
Taggart is reported and is believed to have
expended. Such being the case. why is it
not possible for the respective committees
to get together and make an agreement as
TO the nature of their expenditures? One
year committees agreed not to pay rents
for those who found that they must move
just before election. 1t is not known how
well the agreement YVES kept, but the fact
that it was regarded as feasible is worth
remembering.
There has been much talk the past hais
dozen years about the traffic in votes i'll the
Council for franchises. Doubtless most cf
this talk is baseless. but if any consider
able part of 1T Is based on fact it is cause
for alarm. One of the causes which lead
counciImen to sell their votes is that they
must have money with which to pay cleo
ton expenses. Indeed. it is fair TO assume
that when a candidate expends three or
four times as much for an office as it IS
worth his expenses are paid by corpora
tons and others who are seeking fran
chises and privileges of some sort
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

The losses by fire during July in the
10000; last year the loss was s13. COS. 100.
Two fires. one in Davenport. Ia, and the
other in Versailles, O., contributed s., S25. 900
of the loss. A fire-proofing works in New
Jersey worth $780, 900 was burnec, showing
that it did not do for itself what it did for
others. In many ways-railroad accidents,
fire losses and the intense heat and drought
the first July of the new century was a
perilous season.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

The Maryland Republican convention
probably struck a good keynote in charac-
terizing ex-senator Germans negro domi-
nation issue as puerile and ridiculous. The
people OF Maryland are historically noted
for their liberality and are not easily
scared by bogies. y prominent citizen of the
State, referring to Mr.. GormSh, says:
wait until you hear from Maryland next
November, and | think you will find that
the State of Christian charity and tolera-
ton which has twice branded this adven-
turer will burn the mark in a little deeper
than ever"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

An Italian Petition May Raise "A states
Rights Question.

WASHINGTON. Aug. s.-The case report
ed from Denver. in which the Italian au-
thorities complained that the local courts
nave refused to consider the case of an
Italian on the ground OF being a nonresi-
dent alien presents some new and rather
novel features. although the State De-
partment has not had occasion TO consider
the matter. as the papers have not been
received. Article % of the treaty between
the United States and Italy recites that the
citizens Of either party shall have free
access TO the courts of justice in order
to maintain and defend their own rights,
without any ether condition, restriction on
taxes other than such as are imposed upon
the natives.
As a general principle the provisions 81
a treaty are binding upon States as well
as upon the federal government. Whether,
however, this treaty guarantee of free
access 70 the courts of Justice is sufficient
to overcome any specific local laws has
never before been brought in issue and IL
may require mature consideration of the
various interests involved TO determine just
how far the local statutes or the treaty
provisions are paramount.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
WANT TO BUY LAND
Eomeseekers Who Failed to Draw
Claims Now Anxious to Purchase.

LAWTCN. o. T.. Aug. S.-A movement
has been started here among the home
seekers who lost to have the government
open UP the three reserves in the land lot
terry which it set aside in the Lawton dis
strict before the opening. AT a meeting of
one hundred or more of them ii was de-
ciGed 10 petition the Interior Department
at once to take such action. The reserves
embrace So, so acres. or about $3.50 quar-
ter sections. The land was held In reserve,
ticipated that the cattlemen who had all of
the kiowa-Comanche country leased for
pasture would not be able to lind pastures
i'm Texas or other cattle grazing sections
readily. If the cattlcmen can round Up
their cattle and get them To the govern
ment reservations this fall. the homeseek-
ers argue, they can have pastures some
where else before next spring. The home
seekers are willing to buy the land out
right from the government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

Upon the afiidavits Of physicians and the
statement Of a minister and other excel
lent people that a former bank cashier in
dying. the President p~ardoned the culprit.
whereupon he went to the Adirondack On
a hunting trip. Now the President is criti-
cised for this exercise of executive Glenn
ency because he relied upon the statements
of men of social and professional standing.
Unfortunately. this is not the only instance,
since such afidavits and statements fire.
quently make their appearance at the
Statehouse- for the same purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Mr. Tracewell
the controller of the treasury. In a letter
TO the secretary OF agriculture has held
that the Agricultural Department may
as suggested. enter into cooperative ar
engagements with dealers and exporters OF
fruit whereby the department shall guar
antee TO them a definite minimum net re-
turn per package on fruit picked. packed
shipped and sold under the direction Of
the pomologist OF the department through
the ordinary charnels OF trade. The pur-
pose OF the department Is 10 inNestigate
The foreign market conditions with a view
to increasing the sale OF American fruits
i'm the markets Of Europe. Under the ar
rangesnent the exporter would receive the
net proceeds OF sales. that Is. all proceeds
after deducting freight and other charges.
IL. however. the net return should be less
than the guaranteed amount the differ
ence between the net proceeds actually re-
allied and the guaranteed return would he
for genealogical investigation"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
RATES ON PETROLEUM.
Texas Hallway Commission Has De-
cided in Shippers Favor.

DALLAS, Tex. Aug. s.-The state rail-
road commission to-day handed in a de-
cision on rates on crude and fuel petroleum.
making a big reduction from the present
tariff. The decision Is a sweeping victory
for the oil men and the consumers OF oil.
The maximum rate on crude petroleum IL
reduced from 10 TO u cents per one hundred
pounds in common point territory. The
material point IN the decision Ii the reduc-
ton OF the joint maximum rates.
The present rate on a carload OF crude
petroleum from Beaumont 10 Dallas Is SO.
which Is reduced TO $4s. The reduction from
beaumont TO Austin Is s14 per car. which
means that all state institutions will be
able TO use oil instead OF coal at a large
saving TO the Stat. The reductions In
rates are graduated and grow lower with
the distance. Norreduction In coal or lig-
mite rates is mad
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
WOODS WAS TOO GREEDY
HIS RIGHT To THE CLAIM CHOSEN
AT LAwTON TO BE Contested.
Grabbed All the Land on the south
Side of the Town-Views of HO-
race S~peed-Law Violated.

FORT SILL. o. T.. Aug. S.-John l. Cal
vert. of Guthrie. one of the oldest estab-
lished attorneys in the Territory, to-day
filed contest papers at the land Office
against the entry made by James r.
Woods. winner Of the first prize at the
Lawton land lottery. According to the
government plan two claims were made to
join the southern part of the Lawton town
site. This was considered the most valu-
able land in the whole country thrown
open to settlement, and in filing Woods
claimed $50 acres running the entire length
of the town site. This shut out Miss Mat
tie Beals, the Wichita. Kan. telephone
girl. who won No. ? in the lottery and VINO
was thus compelled to file on a claim Of
much less value. Five hundred Lawton
business men nave signed the contest pa
pers. which recite that Woods violated both
the spirit and letter of the Homestead act.
Horace Speed, United States district at
torney for Oklahoma, when he heard of
the Woods selection, was quoted as say
ing: Amy good lawyer can defeat Woods
If d contest is instituted. The law con-
templates no such perversion of the home
stead rights. If a contest is instituted
there can be only one result"
buiIuihSs nave already peen peSuH Oh
the Woods homestead. Persons who have
established them have been in business
along the south part OF the town called
Mccoy avenue, and have received the tip
not 10 move and to pay no attention TO
Woods. He will. il Is said. nave to institute
legal proceedings To eject them.
Word has also been received from Wash
ingtOn that Emmett COX son-in-law Of
Quanah Parker. has instituted "A contest
before the Interior Department for one of
the quarter-sections adjoining the town
site, the north half of which is in the
Woods claim and the south half in Miss
Beals's. The contest of Cox is not regard
ed seriously, but will make trouble.
The sale of town lots is proceeding so
slowly thai Mccoy avenue will be an es-
tablished business street before the lots in
the main district are reached by the auc-
tiOneer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
War Vessels Needed on Both sides OF
the Isshmu~ to Protect the Rail-
way and American Interests.
APPREHENSION OF TROUBLE
LED MR.. SIMMONS TO APPEAL TO THE
STATE DEPARTMENT..
None of the Railways Property Yet
Destroyed, but Guerrillas Are
Operating Near the Road.

WASHINGTON. Aug. S.-Just before the
Navy Department closed to-day an order
was sent TO Captain George G.. Reiter. OF
the battleship Wisconsin. now at Ana
cortes, near the Puget Sound Naval Sta
ton, TO proceed 10 San Francisco. from
which point the battleship will be dis
patched 10 Panama in case the State De-
partment requests the presence OF a war
ship on the Pacific side OF the isthmus.
This action was taken after Secretary
Hackett received from the State Depart
ment a communication from Mr. ). Edward
Simmons, OF New York. president Of tho
Panama Railway Company. setting forth
the seriousness of the situation on the
isthmus and suggesting that the warship
be sent both TO the Atlantic and Pacific
sides. Mr.. Adee. acting secretary OF state.
replied to Mr.. Simmons that the gunbost
Machias had been ordered 10 Colon on the
Atlantic side. but it was the view of the Of
fcials during the early part OF the day.
both at the State and Navy Departments.
that there was no present necessity for
sending a ship TO the Pacific side. For
this reason Mr.. Adee made no request for
another ship. but as a matter OF iufor-
nation. he transmitted the letter OF Mr..
m to the acting head Of the Navy
Department. In view OF Mr.. Simmons's
letter. which was construed to be "A re-
quest for the protection Of American in
terests. it was deemed best TO have the
battleship Wisconsin at San Francisco.
where she can proceed without delay TO the
isthmus in case she is needed.
The Wisconsin is one OF the finest ships
of the new navy. and II she should be
sent. this will be practically her first active
duty. as she has been in commission only
a short time. She has a displacement OF
500 tons. is steel armOred. and has A
main battery of four l3-inch breech-load-
ing rifles and fourteen 6-inch rapic-ire
guns. which, with her second battery.
makes her one of the most formidabie
ships afoat. Her complement Is about 80
officers and men. including about 80 ma
ripqS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

The late crop report, made from data
furnished by experts. is not very definite
regarding the prospects of corn. All agree
that the crop is damaged. but the general
tenor OF the reports is not SO gloomy as
those made by special agents. In Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas the rains have inn
proved the condition. Such might be the
case if rains came this way. but hope de-
clines with the continuous reading OF the
weather report. Generally far weather to-
morrow"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

fee save that OF Great Britain. and In
cludes some famous names in our naval
history. There are more than forty rear
admirals on the list older than Admiral
Schley who could be members Of the
board OF inquiry. and the personnel of the
list Is remarkable for historic a%ssocia-
tions. Incidentally. Indiana shares in the
selection OF Rear Admiral Howison, for.
while he is not a native Hoosier. he got
his appointment in the navy from this
State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
Too Active against Female smugglers

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The Treasury
Department has so far heard nothing Of
the reported action OF the Windsor, ont.
authorities In ordering Dr.. Gregory. a spe.
ciai agent OF the department. TO leave
town because OF his activity In preventing
women from smuggling goods across the
river TO Detroit. II has long been known
at the department that large quantities
of goods are annually gmugcled across
the border az this point by women who So
crete the goods under their garments and
reasonable precautions have been taken
20 prevent II. but only with partial sue
cess, a. 10 stop IL entirely would involve
searching every person crossing the river.
IL is doubted. however. whether DIP. Greg.
ory's case Will ever reach the department,
as DR.. Gregory Was presumably outside Of
his jurisdiction IN carrying his investiga-
lions into the Dominion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

A loquacious old tramp, formerly of Kan
sas. has turned up at Jeffersonville. who
claims TO have been a personal friend of
Abraham Lincoln, and says the latter
never came TO Kansas but what he made
L~eavenworth a visit and my house was his
stopping place." Is there any record of
MI. Lincoln's ever having visited kansas?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

The Baltimore Sun says the fiction that
General Lee offered his sword to GEN
eral Grant at AppomattoX. and the lat
ter refused TO take it, is still repeated and
widely believed. That paper publishes d
letter to show that the story is a fiction.
Inasmuch as General Grant. in his men,
oirs. pronounced the story false, there does
not seem TO be any occasion for letters
from witnesses to prove the story to be
false
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
Stole for Her Sweetheart.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, Aug. S.-Daisy
Wheeler. sixteen years Old, to-day in Police
mother. Mrs. Mary Wheeler. and giving IL
TO her sweetheart. Walter Cavanaugh. with
whom she eloped TO Chicago. The couple
for trial. The girl to-day took the stand
against C~avanaugh. declaring that he had
compelled her 10 steal the money and run
IL she refused. Both were hello to the grand
fury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09

IL is stated that. the company that was
organized to sail steamships from Chicago
To European ports with cargoes will not
continue its experiment because or the high
rates OF insurance imposed upon such ships
and their cargoes. Thus the brilliant scheme
of making Chicago the rival or New York
and Baltimore as a seal ort is temporarily
~ahaudoned
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-09
Paid for Itself.

Washington Star.
WELL" said the man who counts every penny.
there's one comfort about the hot weather We
have been getting"
You find comfort in it?'
Yes. The thermometer we bought the other
day has been kept busy. It's a satisfaction TO
md that we didn't pay out our money for some
thing that didn't work after we got it"