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The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25
FREAK LABOR LEGISLATION

The state of Kansas has been known all
most from its beginning as a breeding
ground for social experiments. and a labor
law passed by the last Legislature sustains
its reputation in this regard. A summary of
the law, printed in the Sunday Journal
shows that it must have emanated from
some very original thinker regarding the
functions of government 1t provides that
whenever seven or more coal miners in anv
part of the State shall form a union and
elect delegate 10 the state association of
miners. such delegate. if duly accredited
by the officers of the local union, shall be-
come a member of the state association
until the first Monday i'm the followinq
February, unless the local union shall re-
call him before that time Before becoming
entitled to representation in the state asso-
citation the officers of each local union
must have certified its organization to the
secretary and have compiled with his re-
quest for statistics and information. Sec
ton fixes the time and place of meeting
for the state association and for the cleo
tion of officers. ana says the secretary of
the state association shall be known Off
cially as state secretary of mine industries
and shall be ex ofiicio state mine INSPECTOR
and shall collect and publish statistics of
mine industries of the State" The other
officials of the state association. together
with the secretary. 'shall constitute the
executive board OF the association. and
shall hold their offices until the next an
nual meeting and the election Of their sue
cessors." IL is further provided that ''the
annual report OF the said secretary Of mine
industries shall be published as the reports
OF other state officers. He shall receive a
salary of $3.50 per annum. payable as other
state salaries are paid. and not exceeding
$o00 for expenses" This state secretary
OF mine industries is further authorized
by and with the consent Of the other Off
GERS OF the state association, 10 appoint
deputy mine inspector in each OF the four
counties named in the law, each Of whom
shall receive 81 per day for his services
payable out OF the state treasury The bill
is a curious mixture of class legislation
and paiernal government. 1t might be con-
strued as special charter for the incor-
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Queer PeOnIe.

This is the title given to a volume con-
tanning eight short stories by William
H. Bishop, who has an established reputa-
ton as writer Of clever stories. These
appeared originally in the Century Naea-
zine, the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's
Magazine, and in the present form they
make volume of entertaining reading.
One Of the best is "A Little Dinner" which
deals with the attempt of an ambitious
woman 10 hide from inquiring friends tLe
TACT that she is not oveTprosperous The
attempts are very successful so long as
the friends remain away; bat on one oc-
casion they determine 10 visit the CITY
Then comes the undoing of Mrs Bang
Too proud 10 introduce her relatives 10
her ,'1our rooms and BATH" she borrows a
furnished house for the occasion and here
entertains. There is a difficult movement
when Mrs. Bang is called upon to explain
certain portraits and heirlOoms. but sh,
carries off the little plot successfully and
sees her friends depart with joy But on
the morrow the game is up: for hardly had
she moved back 10 her fiat when her guests
return 10 seek a missing ring-and then
discover the fraud. The story will appeal
TO all readers, and one sympathizes with
the ambitious Mrs. Bang. New York:
Street * Smith
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25

Unable 70 make any show at the polls the
Democratic convention in Tippecanoe coun-
ty has made display of its chagrin in
series of denunciatory resolutions. Every
thing Republican is denounced in vehe-
ment language and in statements from
which all fact and truth are eliminated.
Among other things, Governor Durbin is
accused of violating the law providing for
nonpartisan boards for the States institu-
tions in order TO build up a personal polit-
ical machine. Unless such men as Captain
w. r. Myers, of Anderson; Louis B. Full
wiler, of Peru, and John f. -Hennessy, of
Indianapolis, are no longer recognized as
Democrats by Democratic conventions. Gov
ernor Durbin has strictly conformed TO the
requirements Of the law by appointing Dem
ocrats of recognized fitness to the boards
The Tippecanoe Democrats make necessity
a virtue in declaring that they will make no
nominations for judge because there should
there is danger where partisan nominations
are made. This opinion. however, is one
which could be extended with advantage
all over the State. Still. it is feared that If
the Tippecanoe Democrats imagined they
had a fair chance TO elect the temptation
TO do so would overcome the patriotic scru-
pies which they have proclaimed in their
resolutions. That they did not place candi-
dates for judges in nomination is a high
tribute to the judicial character of the pres
ent Republican Judges both of whom were
appointed by Governor Durbin. Lafayette
is manufacturing city. and. in a conserva-
tive way, one OF the most prosperous in the
State. yet the Democratic resolutions de-
clare that "the robber tariff has reduced
manhood to the level of slaves" 1t is doubt
ed II any wage-earner in that beautiful city
can be made TO believe that he is on the
level of a slave. The zeal of this resolution
writer makes him a subject for ridicue
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25
Told hy the Deaths Head.

The above is the title of a romantic tale
by Maurus Jokai, past master of story
telling. He discovered in the Rhenish An
uquarius the record OF the trial OF a Ger
man gunner who was accused of treason.
His skull is said TO swing incIosed in
metal casket, in the foundry of a certain
fortress where the treason was committed.
NJ. Jokai asks: What If this skull could
speak? What If il could defend itself.
relate with all the grim humor of one on
the rack, the many pranks played, the
mad follies committed. from the Weichsel
to the Delta of the Ganges?'' Thereupon,
through the brilliant imagination of this
author the long dead Hugo is revived and
seated in the courtroom where he was
once tried. his skull being placed on the
table before him. The prisoner, being
questioned gives his various names. twelve
In number, not being able 10 remember
any more. also his nine religions. and is
about TO stdte his occupations, but is
stopped when he has named twenty -four
the mayor who occupies the chair having
crled, stop, the notary cannot Keep up
with you. The courtroom resOunds with
laughter and the prisoner laughs, wen
as the skull on the table. Hugo, in answer
10 question, then names twenty-one
crimes he had committed. The prince.
who decides matters for the judges,
after deep deliberation. thus speaks: The
prisoner who Is arraigned at the bar for
treason, having confessed TO twenty-one
other transactions, shall relate to the court
a detailed account of each individual crime.
after which he shall be sentenced accord
ing to the crime or crimes found by the
Judges TO be the most heinous" The
prisoner having inventive mind and
nuent tongue, evidently eXerts all the
genius In him TO make the narrative of his
crimes ingenious and entertaining. That
he is successful at least partially, is proved
Dy the fact that the prince decides that
the eNtenuating circumstances mentioned
by the prisoner in connection with each
crime formed valid excuse, except for the
last For that his mind is permitted to go
rree, but his body is sentenced To eXecu-
tion. The stories told by Hugo are worth
reading for the ingenuity and power dis
played in them. The Saalfeld Publishing
Company, Akron, O.
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a Cabinet Secret.

Guy Boothby, author of "Dr. Nikola -
THE Beautiful White Devil" etc, writes
"A Cabinet Secret" wherein he gives start
ling incidents Detailing the prime minister,
the colonial secretary, the commander-in-
chief, general appointed to take command
in Africa and member of the cabinet-inci-
dents of a character to cause CONSERVATION
and possible disaster had they been pub
lished at that time. In the introduction the
author states that he deems il right to
preface his work with the remark that while
the war between England and the South
African republics forms the basis of the
story, the characters and incidents therein
are purely nctional and have no
sort of resemblance, either intended or i'm
piled. with living people. His only desire
is to show what, under certain, doubtless
improbable conditions might very well have
happened. had a secret power endeavored to
harass the empire by taking advantage of
her temporary difficulties" Those who read
introductions will feel that Mr.. Boothby
has been needlessly conscientious as If
he had kept quiet, they might have believed
the story to be true and thus have receivd
crater satisfaction from reading it, Still.
even IL ii is not true il is an interesting.
story. Its one weak point is the countess -
That lady. in the guise of princess duchess
or countess, has appeared a thousand times.
more or less. in tales of adventure. always
young and adorab BILE. Her last appearance
in the present tale is in the role of A
drowned woman. She is probably i'm a
trance and will resume her usual place in
the next startling novel OF conspiracy. ]
B. IippincOtt * Co. PhiladelDhia
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The Maid of the Wildwood.

George w. Louttit a lawyer of Fort
Wayne, is the latest new contributor TO
the list of novels by Indiana authors. "a
Maid Of the Wildwood" is laid in the early
part of the nineteenth century, and il
deals largely with frontier life in Indiana
al a time when Indians were numerous
and when trouble between them and the
white settlers was liable 10 happen at any
time. The story opens with an Indian
attack on a white settlement I'm which the
father of a family is killed. the mother
becomes separated from the children and
the boy becomes a captive TO grow up
among the Indians. This boy. who lives
TO become an old man, is the hero OF the
story which is related by him IN the FIRST
person as a narrative OF personal ex-
periences. The portrayal Of Indian Gus
toms and traditions follows the ordinary
historical lines and the romantic side of
the story turns on the hero.s rather
confusing experiences with an Indian girl
Naomi, who is the maid OF the wildwood
and a Miss owen. a young white woman
who appears In the story almost as sudden
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25

The Rescue" a story written by Anne
Douglas Sedgwick, was published as a serial
in The Century of 1901. 1t has nothing in
common with the everyday novel. Its
theme is the obsession of a young man by
the picture of a charming girl of nineteen
He learns that her present age is forty
seven, but he is not deferred by that fact
from seeking her. He finds her in Paris,
and, having provided himself with letter
Of Introduction from one of her former
friends, has difficulty in making her ac-
quaintance. She has been a widow for some
years and lives very simply with her daugh-
ter Claire, attractive girl, their only
income being that earned by teaching music
Inc daughter proves to be sefish and un-
prlnclpled-doubtless Inheritance from
her father-of whose life the young man
had been told when he first saw the picture
which 50 fascinated him.
Now that he has seen the original Of the
picture he thinks her lovely and has no idea
or swerving from his allegiance Yet not
until he sees that the daughters conduct
is breaking the mothers heart does he make
known TO the mother his deep affection for
her and ask her TO marry him. Afterward
ne saves Claire from attempted esca-
pade which would be the ruin of her life at
an expense to himself OF two-thirds of his
fortune, which he considers we'll spent be-
heVlng that, for the first time, she has
experienced the consciousness OF wrong
DONG and has begun to repent. So far as
style and expression go the story is well
written, yet ii is not pleasing and does not
seem true or even probable. And this is
because the young man in IL is an impossi-
Ole creation. The author may believe that
she has pictured him as possessed of all
excellent qualities of head and heart but TO
the reader he seems vague and visionary
without depth of thought or feeling and
without the power TO reason out the conse-
quences of his own acts-without common
sense, in short He might be a mystic
brought down from some past age He is
essentially disagreeable. does not harmo-
nize with his environment and cannot seem
otherwise than repellant. The Century
Company, New York
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25
Currenf Periodicals.

The last of Mrs. Martins Emmy Lou
stories, Venus or Minerva?" appears in
the September number of McClure's Maga-
zine
The catalogue of the Culver Military
Academy just issued is, like its predeces-
sors very attractive i'm a typographical
and pictorial way. Its Illustrations are es-
pecially admirable.
The author of Elizabeth and Her Ger
man Garden" will make her first contrfbu-
ton TO an American magazine with an
essay. ION the Giving of Books" which is
to appear in the September Century and
which is said TO hit of with characteristic
humor the foibles OF people who give books
10 friends.
The first installment of THE Autobiog-
raphy OF a Thief" which is the personal
account of the actual career of a we'll
known thief and at the same time most
businesslike and realistic statement OF the
development of a criminal. also appears in
the September number of Frank Lesies
Monthly. This is one OF the most unique
productions i'm the line of confessions
are two "Glengarry" stories-sketches OF
boy life-by the popular writer, Ralph
Connor."
The distinctive feature of the September
issue OF Country Life in America is the
illustrated article descriptive OF Biltmore.
the Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina
In all this estate comprises 10000 acres.
On IL are being carried on in a systematic
way various farms Of agriculture. indus
tries, forestry, dairying, stock raising, poul-
try raising. etc. Some Of these industries
are of an experimental sort, especially that
involving farming proper, since an uncer-
tainty existed 10 what crops could be
most profitably raised in that region. The
good influence OF these undertakings, which
are conducted on a strict commercial basis,
must be great I'm that region.
OF special articles in the September issue
of Pearsons Magazine perhaps the most
entertaining. in view OF the present general
interest I'm the New York excavations. is an
article on THE Longest Tunnel in the
World" a graphic description OF the Sim
plOn tunnel, extending under the Alps,
which is now nearing completion. A unique
industry carried on at a farm In western
New York is described by Chauncey Nc
Govern i'm his story OF a Visit 10 a Balloon
Farm" The existence of this farm Is prob
ably known TO but few people. although
most OF the balloons used I'm the United
States are made there. An excellent variety
of fiction adds 10 the interest OF the num-
Der.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25
Another Good Secretary.

Nebraska State Journal
1t is beginning to dawn on the news
gatherers at Washington that the new
secretary of the navy is rivaling Secretary
of War Root in the matter of reforming
his department. Moody had a practical
knowledge of seamen and ships that pre-
pared him for the routine of his depart
ment, but he proves to have also the same
contempt for bad precedents and the same
tendency TO abolish ancient abuses as his
HluStriOus colleague, who, next TO Stan
ton, has proven the most efficient secretary
of war in our history. The first thing ne
noticed was that although the navy was
suffering for want of active officers on its
ships. there was a very large contingent
OF officers in the land service" Most of
these officers were very busy doing nothing
in a highly ornamental way. but as ii was
the old custom 10 err eploy them in such al
legged service no secretary before had had
the hardihood To put them 10 work Moody
did this al the very outset and the navy is
much better manned than when he took
hold of things and he has managed to get
along very well without the services of
the land sailors In other directions he
has proven new broom and swept clean.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25

Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. are now
printing a new edition OF What is Worth
While" by Anna r. Brown Lindsay Since
this booklet appeared a few years ago.
the demand for IL has caused numerous edi-
tions. The present printing brings the total
number Of copies 10 20o0O.
"a Friend OF Cara's," by Louise Belts
Edwards, is the title Of the novelette, with
which the September Smart Set opens. It
is an improbable tale. but fl may ind
readers who Will be pleased with H. The
shorter stories and a variety OF miscellany
are of the usual quality.
Edmond Gosse is writing a history Of
English literature and his admirers insist
that no living man Of letters is better fitted
for the task These admirers include some
OF the most prominent critics of hOth Eng
land and America. The worK fvili oe pup
lished In this country by the Macmillans-
"A Bit OF Human Nature is the title
OF the novelette, in the September Lippin-
cott It is a readable tale The number
is given up mainly 20 fiction. An excep-
ton is a timely paper by Eben Rexford.
entitled Fall Work in the Garden" 10
deals with the ornamental features Of gar
dening. not the growing OF vegetables
The September number Of the Woman's
Home Companion opens with an article OF
unusual interest 10 Bible students Dig
glnB up BiDle city IL proves the cred-
ton 10 have been many hundred years
before the date usually assigned. Several
short stories and the usual well-conducted
departments. dealing with domestic topics.
make the number Of especial household in
terest.
The Century Company is about 10 bring
out an edition OF the Bible for children. The
book has been arranged by the Rev. Fran
els Brown, ID. D. OF the Union Theological
Seminary, New York. and Bishop Potter
furnishes the introduction. IL aims 20 be
made up entirely OF the parts OF the Bible
suitable for children, and it has been 30
divided into subjects TO form complete
stories The life OF Jesus has been put to-
gether In continuous account taken from
the four eVangelists.
The Rolfe Shakespeare, which for twen-
~ years has been regarded as the standard.
in point OF text and notes. by the leading
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25
"AN OLD-FAsHIONED DEMOCRATIC

In a recent talk with a reporter the sec
retary of the Democratic State committee
said; This is going TO be an old-fashioned
Democratic campaign" The secretary did
not declare what issues would be made
prominent-simply that the campaign would
be of the old-fashioned variety different
from those of Mr. Bryan when 16 to l and
the arraying of class against class were
the positive issues. The old-fashioned cam
paigns were such as the Democratic party
waged during the war for the Union and
during subsequent years when it's leaders
dared not present their real opinions or
had none to present. 1t is a campaign of
shifting issues and of issues made para
mount to suit different localities. demagogic
TRADES, roorbacks and the substitution OF
falsehoods for facts.
By it's platform the Democratic party in
this State has declared for absolute free
trade, which means the restriction of tariff
duties to such imports as are not produced
in this country to any extent. 1t is very
doubtful, however, if the discreet Demo-
cratic orator Will go into manufacturing
towns declaring that all the products of
their factories should be put on the free
list. 1t is safe IN this locality TO rail at
trusts in a general way, but the prudent
vote-seeker will not go into farming COM
munities and denounce the high price of cat
tie and hogs as the work of the meat
packers trust. 1t is not probable that the
will hn
paramount" one, even if Senator Car
mack has declared that I'VE will be cow
ards to abandon the issue" In this State
the Democratic convention did not indorse
the Kansas City platform, but Mr. Ed
wards. secretary of the Democratic con-
gressional committee, in an interview on
July p, in the Washington Star. declared
that "the Democratic congressional COM
mittee is standing squarely on the Kansas
City platform. That" the secretary de-
clared, lis the only Democracy we know
anything about" That will do for a para
mount issue in Mr.. Miers's district. but il
will scarcely fit those districts in which
gold Democrats who did not vote for Mr..
Bryan IN 1896 are candidates for Congress.
The last paramount issue is the large ap-
preparations made by Congress the last
session. They declare that the aggregate
is much larger than it is, and when the
whole story is told it will appear that Dem
ocrats in Congress are most eager to pass
such measures the river and harbor ap-
preparation bill. One of the roorbacks which
is made to do extra service is the state
ment that all of the recommendations of
President Roosevelt were ignored by the
Republican congressional committee in its
campaign textbook. and that the book
had been called in for revision. How such
a story could be made to help 1.-The old
fashioned Democratic campaign" is not
quite clear. if it were true. The fact that
the President examined the manuscript of
the textbook before publication, and
that the book has not been called in for
revision should dispose of that roorback
Such are the methods of the old-fashioned
Democratic campaign-a kind of campaign,
it can be added, that has never ended in
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John Strange Winter is the author OF the
above-named tale. The central figure is a
young woman who first writes striking
short stories. then suddenly bursts ouS
in a blaze OF glory as a novelist. She
continues writing after marriage. and. with
her many cares as wife and as mother OF
three children. her anxiety because OF the
failing health of her husband. she finds her
vitality and mental powers at low ebO
when her work is promised and no delay
Is possible. Gradually she becomes do
pendent for ability TO write upon stimu-
lants and, before she is aware Of IL. is
almost a complete wreck. After many
struggles and rclapses she il finally en-
aoled 10 regain control OF her mental pow
ers and, by rest and change of scene. 10
subdue her inclinations. The theme Is
hackneyed though IL is here treated I'm
more agreeable manner than is usual J.
b. Lippincott & Co, Philadelphia.
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in that imperfectly explored region. the
far West. In The Desert and the SOwn''
she eNcels her earlier creations Here the
scene changes from the farm on the Hud-
son 10 the new, wild and stubborn land
OF the Northwest. 10 a luxurious home in
New York city. 10 a military camp on
the borders OF a Western desert, and.
finally, back 20 the old home on the Hud-
son. \ tragic element pervades the story,
owing 10 the fact that the two principal
characters. in the third year OF their mar
riage, are separated by an accident for
which neither Is TO blame. and do not meet
Tor more than twenty years \ happier
romance Is interviewer with the dominant
story and lends brightness 10 its shadows
The plot is well contrived and successfully y
carried out. Houghton, Miffiin * Co, Bos-
ton
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-08-25

President Baer. who is the most cOnspicu-
Gus of the opponents of the proposition to
arbitrate the anthracite strike. seems now
To have an additional reason for insisting
upon his course When told that the contin-
uation of the strike might endanger the
election OF the Republican State ticket, he
answered that he is glad Of it, saying: Il
have been Jerry Black Democrat for forty
years. and anything l can do to help the
party Is in my way OF thinking"