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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08

no right to give advice to the Democratic
party Such men "can follow If they like.
but nobody with the interest of the Demo-
cratic party at heart will urge them" He
has declared everywhere that there is
more room outside the Democratic party
than inside for men whose interests are
bound up in Wall street. like those Of
Cleveland. Hill and German" Again. he is
quoted as saying that lit is not customary
to place mutineers in command of a ship
after they have tried in vain TO wreck it,"
These and many other similar remarks
are quoted as being made frequently by Mr..
Bryan while in New York and New Eng
land. This means that Mr.. Bryan does not
want feuds healed until those who fought
him shall have repented and paid heavy
penance. That such statements as are here
quoted have had influence with the news
papers favoring the reorganization of the
party in New York there can be no doubt
from the change in their tone regarding
Mr. Bryan and his influence. The Brooklyn
Eagle, for instance is no longer saying
that Mr.. Bryan is a man to be considered,
because it has learned that consideration
with him is useless on any basis that recog
nizes the influence of Cleveland and other
Eastern Democrats as a factor The New
York Times, with a show of high temper.
declares that this man Bryan must be abso-
lutely cast out, or words to that effect. The
brevet Democratic papers are all discover
ing that Mr.. Bryan is something of an in
cendiary.
Such denunciations Of Mr.. Bryan are we'll
enough in the East but in the West there
are many men who call themselves Demo
Gratis who entertain Mr.. Bryan's views of
the Cleveland and Hill leaders. and will
be melted to take his side when the fight
shall be fully on. They are in this State,
they appeared in the Michigan Democratic
convention, they were able 10 indorse the
Bryan platform in Nebraska, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Minnesota. They will not permit
the nomination of Ex-Governor Hill or any
man like him If they can prevent it, and If
they cannot they will not support such a
man as candidate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08
America as an Example.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Britons have always either the fear Of
Americans before their eyes or the example
Of this Nation as a stimulant to their mag
nations. Even Lord Kitchener. whose mil
itary life. one would think was not con-
ducive to study Of American ways, has
not been too busy to notice the marvellous
progress of the United States. He uses it
for the purpose of comparison. Speaking of
South Africa, he declared that Great Brit
ain has there IAN opportunity to create a
new America" The great soldier holds
this country up as an example to the
mother country.
Another Englishman, whose name is
omitted from the cable dispatch writes
glowingly Of the prospects of Egypt, result
ing from the building OF the great Nile dam
at Assouan, and adds: mo one need be
surprised if some audacious Yankee with
the sublime faith Of Yankee pioneers, comes
forward with a wise suggestion fer extend
ing the utility or the dam All we can hope
is that the Americans will not buy it.
These two instances that have come to
light within a few days are illustrative of
the position occupied by this country in
Englishmen's minds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08
THE vICTORS LOSS IN STRIKES.

In his address before the Urbana co.
Chautauqua Senator Hanna said that he
learned from experience thirty years ago
that there is a better way to settle dis
putes between labor and capital than the
strike. After the strike is over settle
ment must be made, and even II one side or
the other Is victorious II cannot escape
heavy loss. Even if the owners of the an
thracite mines in Pennsylvania shall be
able TO resume work in their mines in spite
of the strike they have already lost hun
bred times the aggregate of the small in
crease of wages asked by the miners. 1t
is estimated that of the ffty-six collieries
IN one district only fourteen are in condi-
ton for immediate operation if the strike
should end. To clear the others of water
and to make repairs Will require average
of two months time. Four mines, formerly
employing 1000 men. have been so dam
aged by flooding that they have been
abandoned. Throughout the entire anthra-
cite region the damage to mines has been
so great from flooding that it will be i'm
possible to reach a full resumption of
mining within a year. This means that
the companies. even if they beat the strike.
will be losers to the aggregate of millions
not only by nonproduction, but in getting
their mines in a condition to mine coal in
the volume they did when the strike began.
Yet, at the time OF the strike, it was gen
orally asserted that the mine operators
were entirely satisfied to have. the strike
begin. If this is true they must have been
shortsighted. Even to fight and TO defeat
the miners has already been too costly to
make a victory of any value, even in the
satisfaction which comes to the victor.
There are victories which are worse than
defeats. and such a victory will be that
of the coal companies. They could have
saved millions by a compromise or by
submitting to arbitration. In fact, all
! things considered, there is no measure TO
the loss of the mine owners, since to the
| closing Of their mines must be added the
loss of the patronage of people who will
not depend upon those mine owners for a
| supply of coal because they are constantly
| involved in strikes. What Senator Hanna
said on Wednesday in condemnation of
| strikes and in favor of arbitration is en-
| phasized by what has already taken place
| in the anthracite region. The loss and
| suffering incident to great strike fall
elements in production which should act
in harmony and be bound together by mu-
| tual confdence-labor and capital.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08
THE PRESS FLEET.
An Important Adjunct to the Forth
coming Naval Maneuvers.
Milwaukee Sentinel.

Milwaukee Sentinel.
In the joint naval and military maneu-
vers, which are to take place this month
off Sandy Hook, the newspapers will re-
ceive their first formal recognition as fac
tors in war In the first part of the pro-
gramme, which is arranged on a scale
never before attempted by the United
States, the newspaper fleet will be regarded
as the enemys scouts and captured when
ever it is possible to surprise them. Secre-
tary OF the Navy Moody desires to find out
just how secret the movements of vessels
can be kept in time of actual war and in
this test effort will be made to conceal
from the newspaper fleet the plans of cam
paign. II information meant to be con-
cealed Is obtained by the newspa per men
their methods will be reported to the de-
partment, and after the maneuVerS are COM
pleted each case will be carefully studied
with a view of devising a satisfactory
means of preventing similar journalistic
achievements in time of war
In the Spanish-American campaign it
was proved that newspapers exercised
tremendous influence in war time. For
the first time in the history of the world
great fleets went out to battle accompanied
by smaller fleets bearing men who were to
write history the instant il was made. The
press dispatch boats were regularly doc
umented by the secretary of the navy.
They were given permission to follow the
fleets and to cruise wherever they pleased
within the sphere of operations. 1t would
have been impossible to maintain any Sc
crecy concerning naval movements had not
a censorship been established At every
American port from which press dispatches
were sent there was a censor, and at the
end of each cable a second censor took
care that nothing dangerous should be sent
to foreign ports.
In the maneuvers this month the COM
mander of the newspaper feet will be kept
In ignorance of the plans of the commander
of the navy. There will be, therefore,
test of journalistic enterprise opposed to
naval tactics. Wireless biography will be
introduced as a possible aid in the opera
tions. This midsummer water pageant will
cost over a million dollars, it is said, but it's
possibilities for the discovery of weak
nesses in our naval and military systems
are great. One of the chief aims in carry
ing on these maneuvers is to ascertain our
foreign power. 1t is believed that Newport
is the most vulnerable point on the Atlantic
seaboard. and the big feet of warships, re-
inforced by the newspaper fleet, will prove
what could be done in defending the coast.
The Spanish-American war taught news
paper proprietors quite as much as il
taught the United States government.
Millions were spent in collecting the news,
and in case of another contest with an
other foreign power il is likely the meth
DDS of obtaining information would be
! duced. While the public is being amused
| by the brilliant spectacle that will be fur
| nished by the naval and military forces
| both Uncle Sam and the newspaper corre-
| spondents will be learning a great deal for
! their future advantage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08

Sooner or later the outlaw Tracy must
have met a violent death. II he had es-
capped his pursuers on this occasion and
reached the den OF thieves toward which
he was aiming his safety could not have
been permanent Such a desperate could
not live at peace even with his own kind.
and. with the price on his head to tempt
them. the chances are that his own kind
would eventually have betrayed him TO
the authorities. He was utterly lacking in
manly instincts. as his murder OF the man
who escaped with him proved. and he had
absolutely no regard for human life Ex-
pressiOns OF sympathy with him in his night
for freedom were not infreauent. but he
was no more deserving of sympathy than
a dangerous wild beast on a similar flight
across the country. and his death is no
more TO be regretted. The fact that he
turned his weapon upon himself at the
last showed that he knew what fate he de-
served. He is best forgotten.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.


Salt Lake Tribune.
1t stands confessed that the Marconi sys-
tenn of wireless telegraphy is not Marconi's.
The exposure became too warm for the
young Napoleon of vagrant electricity
and he owns up like a little man.
The real inventor is the Marquis Luigi So
lari, of Italy, who communicated the dis
covery to Marconi and let him work it up.
This is one of the very few cases where
sham is exposed in such matters and the
real is revealed But holdl Where did So
lari get it? 1t is possible that he is second
hand also. As the great explorers Of the
wagon tracks, it is quite possible that this
wireless telegraphy business was COM
mon knowledge possessed by electricians,
who generally and without special design
pushed nearer and nearer to the iuea
until the way was opened broad enough for
many to walk upon it. This wireless
biography is a great invention and per-
haps il may be rather a sort OF common
heritage than the single idea of any man.
BY the way, 1t is a singular coincidence
that Clarence T. Mackay, son and heir of
Senator Mackay, who did so much for
ocean cables in improving them, building
many and reducing the rates, should have
received the first word of the death of his
father 10y means of this new system, which
may render valueless all that his father did
in this direction. At present, however, the
relation of wireless tele graphy TO the wire
and cable system appears 10 he much like
that of the balloon to railroad and steam
ship transportaton-a rather precarious
curiosity rather than rival; but with the
advantage OH the side of wireless
telegraphy as compared with the practical
service of the balloon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08
Volcanoes Under Water.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
Report from the Azores by way of Lisbon
that there mas been submarine volcanic
eruption off Fayal. hurting up a great in
candescent rock and striking the people Of
the island with panic. is a reminder that
the weak spots in the earth's crust are not
all above water. In fact. most OF them
must be under the huge blanket Of the
ocean, whose weight makes explosions less
liable TO occur and renders them COMPARE
lively harmless when they do happen.
II is a demonstrated fact that volcanoes
far inland are dead beyond hope or fear OF
resurrection. They break out only in the
neghborhOod OF coasts or on islands. IL IL
equally true. so far as observed, that erup-
tons do not occur in the depths Of the
sea except in comparative proximity 10
shores. and then their one peril il that OF
lifting tidal waves 10 oVerwhelm the land.
They may occur where defective submarine
ridges or peaks come near the surface but
the chance that vessels will be there in the
nick OF time 20 take the consequences is
small indeed. But accompanying earth
quake shocks may be felt far of on land,
and IL Is interesting incident that stimuli
taneOus with the eruption of Fayal come
reports Of shocks and subterranean noises
in the north OF Spain. The chance OF study
ing geologic changes in the ocean depths
is small. but each occurrence OF this kind
adds an item TO accumulated knowledge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08
Another Promise from Edison.

Philadelphia Telegraph.
A house of stone, walls, floors, partitions,
foundations, roof and stairways Mr..
Thomas Edison promises to bring within
the reach of the most modest builder as
soon as his plant for manufacturing the
material is completed. This material, of
which the buildings of the future are to be
constructed, is hydraulic cement The first
advantage of the use of cement will be
found in the solidity and indestructibility
OF the work The house or other structure
will, in effect, be cast in a mold, and when
the casting has hardened it will be, Virtu-
ally, one unbrOken mass of stone from the
ground upward-a mOnolithic building the
like of which has never before been known
The new element of the situation which
makes such construction possible is an in
exhaustibe supply of cement at compare
lively trifling cost The means and meth
DDS for producing cement at very low cost
constitute Mr.. Edison's contribution to the
architectural revolution now at hand. Ac-
cOrding TO the declarations of the great in
ventor. there shall be no man too poor
hereafter to build his own house, and what
is more. he may make il as handsome and
as highly decorated as he pleases without
adding to its trifiing cost
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08

return OF some thousands OF the men who,
for two years or more. have been living
in widely-scattered prison camps in India.
St Helena, Bermuda and even in Portugal.
where the fighters caught In Portuguese
East Africa have been kept at England =
expense. Few OF them have anything left
except the plains where their tocks and
herds lived. The humble Boer farmhouses,
with their matched roofs and the cluster OF
outbuildngs that sheltered the black help.
were nearly all destroyed. The Beers are
going home with tents. rations and equip
ment provided by their conquerors 20 en-
able them TO make a new start. Seed and
live stock are given TO the many who have
lost their all. They are pioneers again as
their fathers were when they drove out
the Matabeles 10 make new homes in the
wilderness. Nevertheless the material
prospects of the Beers were never brighter
than they are to-day.
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for Governor, accused his rival of having
intercepted his mail but subsequently de-
clared that there must have been some
mistake about it. day or two ago this
same Jim" Tillman, while making a
auditors, who craved his indulgence while
he called him a 'liar," and followed up
this startling assertion by remarking that
he knew he was liar" Incredible as IL
may seem, Jim Tillman showed no re-
sentiment at this imputation other than
was conveyed by the explanation that he
could think Of but one thing at time; II
his mind had been little more flexible. so
to speak, he would have known that
he had not been telling-or rather writing
the truth of his neglect TO pay a certain
trifing bill. This from a man who so holly
resented affront put upon his uncle, the
other Tillman. by President Roosevelts
withdrawal or invitation TO sit at the
table at which Booker T. Washington had
already been a welcome guest.
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Mr.. DunIOp's Way.
Philadelphia Press.

Prospective heirs to wealthy estates
should study the story Of Francis w. Dun
lop. II is unique. Reversing the usual or
der of things, he has decided TO resign his
wealth TO his three nephews and one niece
and live on bounty furnished by them for
the rest of his days. Riches were too heavy
a care for him and he wants to die poor
Under trust just created by him the
nephews get all mis- real property worth
month. The niece gets a large sum i'm cash
unreservedly. Mr.. Dunlop is a bachelor
sixty years old, and lives in Second Place
Brooklyn. His beneficiaries are DR.. David
d. Jennings. physician, No. 226 East Sew
enteenth street; James b. Jennings No
301 East Seventeenth street, Manhattan,
and Frank A. Jennings who lives with his
uncle, and Mrs. j. 4. MOwry. also a resi-
dent Of Brooklyn. Mr.. Dunlop got his
money partly by investment and the rest
by inheritance.
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ANOTHER GEN. SMITH.
Work of Civil War Commander
Compared with Recent Utterances.

Hartford Courant
July Is. 1863. Gen William T. Sherman
reported: I'VE have made fine progress
to-day in the work of desolation; Jackson
(A1iss.) will no longer be point Of danger.
The land is desolated for thirty miles
around"
In January, 1854, Sherman marched from
Vicksburg 10 Meridian. II have made a
swath of desolation fifty miles broad across
the State of Mississippi" he reported aft
erward, which the present generation will
not forget" Before starting, Sherman or
dered Gen. William Socy Smith (then in
West Tennessee) to move southwark with
a flying column Of 1000 cavalry and join
him at Meridian Circumstances and two
Confederate cavalry officers, Forrest and
stephen ID. Lee, interfered with the COM
plete carrying out of this part OF the pro-
gramme; a time came when General Smith
thought IL prudent TO fall back rather hur-
riedly upon Memphis.
General Sherman's instructions TO Gen
eral Smith were Gin parD to take horses.
mules and cattle TO destroy mills barns,
sheds, stables, etc." and to tell the people
that sit was their time to be hurt" Cen
eral Smith appears TO have obeyed orders
with the exactness of an old West Pointer:
he was graduated at the Military Academy
in '53. ION line OF march," reported Stephen
d. Lee afterward. 'the enemy took or de-
stroyed everything, carried off every ami
NAL, 5000 negroes, burnt every vacant
house, destroyed furniture; destruction was
fearful" The report seems 10 refer TO both
lines of march-Shermans and Smiths.
The region thus desOated was not Samar;
the people whose time TO be hurt" had
come were not treacherous. trap-laying.
poisOn-usng Malays. They were Amer
icans-men OF our own blood and speech
Yet there We're no Plaza Hotel meetings
and Lake George letters In 1864. The secre-
tary OF war was not disturbed by the Sc
verites in Mississippi. General sherman
was not called 10 account for them. APP
parently II did not even occur 10 President
Abraham Lncoln-one of the most humane.
tender-hearted OF men--that IL was his off,
clal duty sternly 10 rebuke William Sooy
Smith and that officers superior officer, IN
the hearing Of the country. and 10 put them
upon the retired list.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08
MoOnshine whisky.

Kansas City Journal.
The making OF moonshine whisky is on
the decline" said r. 5. Watson. OF Atlanta.
Ga, yesterday. The makers OF the noun
tain dew are beginning 10 realize that II
doesn't pay TO make whisky without the
permission OF the government and they are
gradually being driven out by the constant
night being made upon them. Not only IN
Georgia has there been decline IN moon
shining. but throughout all the States given
10 this practice. In our State In 1901 "a
stills were destroyed and something like
1900 gallons seized Last year 631 stills were
destroyed and a little over 1000 gallons OF
whisky found. OF course there Is stiu a
large amount. but IL is gradually being cut
down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-08

II any patriotic citizens have placed a
higher price upon the lands which they offer
Uncle Sam for a military post than they
would demand from an ordinary citizen,
their patriotism will not be appreciated.
Besides. any land which Uncle Sam really
covets he can have appraised by a matter
of-fact board Then there Is so much land
in this county that there is no particular
spot for which the government must pay
TWO or three values
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FlOOr-WaIking.

Judge.
Head F1oorwalker (seve-ely)-I heard you tell
the lady she would find the ribbons at the third
counter 20 the left.
New Floorwalker-That's wRere they are.
Head Floorwalker-Yes; but you should have
told her TO go to the right past the necktie
bargain counter. turn the left past the stock
ing bargain counter. then three counters to the
right past the shirtwaist bargain counter, and so
o. Eeu'u never make . noorwaIker.
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And Then -.
Boston Herald.

Boston Herald
Russell Sage was eighty-six years old
yesterday, but he has no thought of giving
up active business yet a while When
asked regarding the matter he replied:
How can 1 when / have such extensive
interests at stake? l am director I'm TWEEN
ty-seven railroad companies, and if L re-
tire from business IL means a great loss 20
me-" He spent his birthday the same as
any other day and was at his Office early in
the morning and worked a. hard as ever
1t looks very much as II Mr.. Sage in get
ting business has permitted business TO get
him But some morning the sun will come
peeping I'D out OF the Atlantic ocean and
Mr. Sage won't know anything about it,
And then those twenty-seven railroads will
have to elect a new director.
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ish ships have no protection, selling
their services at a lower price in New
York than at home shows that protection
has nothing TO do with it. 1t seems that
this advantage of rates has caused the ex-
pansion OF our trade where it comes in COM
petition with British trade. In this con-
nection it can be asked what is the need
Of substituting home ships when foreign
ships viii do our business for half the price
they ask their own people?
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Strange as - may seem. the freight rates
on staples from New York 10 China, Japan,
Australia. New Zealand. South Africa and
,the East Indies are. on an average. 50 per
cent. less than they are from London. This
is explained on the ground that the ship
combinations OF the British steamship COM
panies can keep up the prices from home
ports, but encounter severe competition at
New York and elsewhere. Thus the Brit
ish steamship companies pursue just the
same policy which II is charged that the
protected industries do in selling their goods
10 exporters when they sell for lower prices
than are maintained at home. As the Brit