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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

A SDeckled Bird.

Novel readers who in their youthful days
regarded "Beulah." st. Elmo" "Macaria"
and other books by the same author as ex-
tremely entertaining fiction will turn to the
story written by Mrs. Augusta Evans Will
son after long silence. curious to see If
they can repeat their sensations of salts
faction. They will probably find that the
charm which held their uncritical minds has
no longer its old force: they will at least
discover that it is lessened by their con-
seriousness of the stilted style and the ten
dency to indulge in fine writing and
moralizing. Nevertheless, they Will be
confirmed in their early conviction that
the author Is genuine story teller. She
has story to tell in "A Speckied bro,
and tells it in a way to hold the interest
OF one who is seeking merely for enter
tainment. The tale is Of the South, most
of the events occurring during the recon
struction period, and good deal OF the
bitterness of the unreconstructed is ex-
pressed Mrs. Maurice, the widow OF a
Confederate officer, had daughter VINO
married a "earpet-bagger judge from the
North. thereby mourning the mothers IN
tense and lasting displeasure. Here Is
specimen of the language which the author
Is fond of using: Mrs. Maurice's maternal
pride was built on the shifting sanos Oh
girlish impulse and fiattered vanity, and
the crash showed her that somewhere at
the crossroads she had failed TO oner
black lamb In propitiating evil divinitieS-
had left no morsel Of meat for the sleutn-
hounds Of baleful destiny that suddenly
bayed destruction to the last earthly hope
life held for her"
The daughter died and left girl child
whose care the grandmother reluctantly
accepted. and 1t Is the fortunes or TINS
girl that form the main theme or the
narrative. The hero was handsome alid
wealthy, but intensely virile as he was,
his polished placidity of manner and cour-
teous conversation masked in some degree
the strength and tenacious obstinacy of a
character that presented enlgmatlcal
phases to those who knew him best. HIS
mental trend was toward scientific studies,
and his dominant scheme of investigation
embraced the elusive problems of anthro-
pology. His individual and favorfte n.y.
pothesis involved the genesis of aboriginal
American man, and to secure all prehistor-
ic, and especially preglacial data he had
attended post-collegiate lectures at several
European universities, supplemented by So
journs in Central America, Pacific islands
and British North America. AS might
naturally be expected, this somewhat
alarming person had adventures of quite
remarkable sort and his love affair was
stormy. How events turned out it must
| be left for each reader to discover 1t
seems likely that "A Speckled Bird" will
| enjoy a considerable popularity, at least in
| the South. G. w. Dillingham; & Co., New
York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

The scene Of this story is laid In coleman
Massachusetts, in the period of the witch
craft craze, and the spirit Of the time Is
well portrayed. The action of the story Is
also partly on the ocean. A subtitle desig-
mates 1t as "A Romance of the Adventurous
Times Of the First Self-made American.
The person thus referred to Is William
Phipps, who, born in England in very hum
Bile circumstances and coming TO the colony
as ship carpenter and without education,
became famous as successful voyager and
loyal servant of the King. achieved great
wealth and was finally knighted and made
Governor of the colony. Another historic
chara cter who figures in the story Is Cotton
Mather. the distinguished preacher and
theologian who was active in the witch
craft prosecutions, which by the way, were
stopped by Governor Phipps. The part OF
the action of the story that is laid on the
sea deals with stirring events, including
some exciting piratical experiences. A little
English maid, who was kidnapped when a
child, figures as the heroine of a pretty
romance that runs through the story and
the description of her trial for witchcraft
and of her release from jail and flight with
her lover is quite vivid. The story moves
somewhat slowly and the author seems to
be too conscious of her style, but ii is a
good hrst effort and gives promise. 1t is
written by Adele M. Shaw and published by
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
LABOR DAY FINANCES.
Committee Finds Receipts Were More
than Expenditures.

The Labor day general committee met
yesterday morning to receive reports from
the various committees. The total receipts
were $l.415.6O, and expenditures are esti-
mated at a little over $1,000. All of the
bills had not been received yesterday so
that the exact amount of Indebtedness
could not be stated. The printing commit
tee netted about $500 on the programme
and after its expenses are paid will have
between 800 and $500 to turn over to the
general committee. The receipts from the
fair grounds for admission were only S369. 20;
last year they amounted to over $1,000. The
baseball game between Louisville and In
dianapolis on Labor day kept large crowd
from going to the grounds. and inadequate
street-car service in the afternoon also pre-
vented many from going. Chairman But
Ter. of the committee, says cars were run
ming ten minutes apart up till o'clock in
the afternoon, when he got on car and
visited the street-car company'S office.
After that the service was good. but the
Improvement came too late TO increase the
crowd. The committee will meet next Fri
day night to complete its business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
THE NOBLE WHITE MANS PARTY.

Following is a copy of the resolution
which Delegate Reach tried to get before
the Democratic convention on Saturday
and which Mr.. Taggart suppressed. 1t was
offered after the report of the resolutions
committee had been read and pending
final vote:
Resolved That the Democracy of Marion
county views with apprehension the infiux
of Southern negroes and the lawless char
acter of those led here by hopes of poiticai
plumber and social equality, and, resolved
further. that as an organization we pledge
ourselves to discourage the influx OF negroes
to our city by conducting our party In lts
administration of all public offices as the
white mans party.
The chairman, who knew the character of
the resolution, endeavored to strange it
under the rule requiring all resolutions to
be referred to the resolutions committee
without reading or debate. Some parlia-
mentary sparring followed. and motion to
suspend the rules to admit the resolution
to be read was lost by vote of 80 yeas to
80 nays.
The resolution is a mixture Of false pre-
lenses and sour grapes. 1t is not true that
there is any influx of Southern negroes to
this city. or that the Democracy of Marion
county have any apprehension on the sub
ject They would view a much more alarm
ing condition with entire complacency If
they thought it would make for the ad-
vantage of the Democratic party. For
many years past the increase Of the colored
population and vote in this city has been
no more than normal. The resolution is
at once a confession of failure and an
preston of disappointment, because after
years of persistent effort the Democracy
have not succeeded in capturing any con-
siderable portion of the colored vote. When
the fox, after many unsuccessful jumps.
became convinced that he could not
reach the grapes. he consoled himself with
the reflection that they were sour anyhow.
No Republican leader in this city has ever
| made as great individual efforts to secure
| the support of colored votes as Mayor
| Taggart did, and by the persistent use of
| illegitimate means he succeeded to mod
| crate extent. 1t is because the great mass
of colored voters remain true to their polit-
ical instincts and convictions, and because
the Democratic leaders see no prospect of
winning over any considerable portion of
them that the proposition to make the
Democracy an exclusively white mans
party meets with so much favor. II they
would vote the Democratic ticket after
coming here all the negro cotton pickers in
| Alabama would be welcomed by the DEM
ocratic leaders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
Illegitimate Competition.
Case and Comment.


There Is one kind of competition which Is
not only hostile in spirit. but utterly dis
honorable from every standpoint 1t is
that in which a competitor with large re-
sources deliberately proceeds to ruin a
weaker competitor. not in the ordinary
course of business, by selling at a fair
profit but by selling without any profit at
ALL or at an actual loss. in order to kill off
the competition and then be able to restore
prices to the former still higher figure
How much of this is done il is not possible
to state with accuracy. That ii has been
done in numerous instances Is certain. That
IL Is an Infamous practice which ought TO
blacken the reputation of every man who
sanctions Ii is no less certain. Ii a large
dealer. by reason of greater economies in
the management OF his business, can sell
at fair profit for less than the small
dealer, this results, il may be, to the dis
advantage of the latter. but to the benefit
of their customers. and is an exemplifica-
ton of the usual laws of business working
for the direct benefit of the public But to
undersell a smaller dealer without any
profit or at a loss merely TO ruin him and
then raise prices, though 1t may not be
forbidden by law, Is forbidden by the prin-
ciples of fairness and honor. and ought TO
be forbidden by law IL that were prac-
ticable. 1t works injury TO the public. and
Is therefore as truly against an enlightened
public policy as are any Of the old con-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

Indianapolis to make a living was smoth-
cred. Mr.. Taggart knows that ii was the
colored vote that made him mayor in Oc-
tober. 1899. He gave colored men positions
and maintained colored clubs. 1t was only
recently that such Democrats John w.
Kern and Frank B. Burke denounced col
ored men as voters in a most offensive
manner. That Democrats have turned their
backs upon the colored voter is evident,
but they cannot ignore the fact that col
ored men could not have been made a part
Of the police force of Indianapolis without
the consent il not the assistance of the
Democratic party. II colored men are COM
ing to the city in larger numbers than usual
and there is no room to believe this is the
case-it is because they find here more and
better opportunities to earn living. which
Is the right of American citizens, and even
OF immigrants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Dr. Edward Eggleston. whose death was
reported yesterday. was for number or
years past engaged in historical research
and historical composition. devoting HIM
self to the early colonial period of Amer
lean political evolution His work as an
historian possessed much merit. In that IL
was based upon careful investigation and
exhibited sound judgment. Yet II Is by his
stories OF the middle West which he wrote
some thirty years ago that he viii always
be best known. These stories gave TO those
who read them at that time a real delight
They were written hastily, carelessly and
without the slightest trace OF literary art:
hut their themes were wholly novel, and
the unstudied simplicity OF their narrator
made them so natural and so life-like as
al once to charm and surprise ali sorts OF
readers ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster''
may be regarded as the first OF class OF
stories OF which David Harum" and
s'Eben Holden are much later examples.
The book. in reality. marked new de-
parture I'm our national literature: for Il
owed absolutely nothing to any modal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
Buell. Hampton.

Willis George Emerson is the author of
the novel, Buell. Hampton and is said to
have spent twelve years in writing it. Its
scenes are laid in southwestern Kansas,
and its characters seem to have migrated
there from many localities. Most of them
speak fairly good English, but those who
are addicted to dialect use an atrocious
form of speech unknown anywhere. The
tale includes two love stories, neither of
which is of absorbing interest. The young
men concerned have 'wabbling" minds and
are unable to tell their dear ones how dear
they are, even though the respective sweet
hearts find 1t difficult to conceal their adj
miration. Buell. Hampton is the central
figure and the most clearly drawn of any.
He is editor of the Patriot and Is classed
among the Populists, though he confides to
friend that he is allied with no party;
that he is "reformist." He writes many
editorials in favor of the determination of
the cattle thieves who are playing havoc
with the fat beeves Of the cattle kings"
He is also a secret helper of the poor and
the starving in seasons when the hot winds
destroy the crops and ruin the prospects of
all except the cattle owners. His aim is to
help humanity. Because of his helpfulness
and geniality he is well beloved by all.
Forbes & Co.. Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

This is New York city story with much
focal color" Its incidents involve the
absorption of a certain factory by trust
and the effort of one of the stockholders to
ruin the owner of this factory. As IL hap
pens. the owner in question is in love with
the daughter Of this stakeholder and she
with him. For personal reasons her father
has put the trust stock in her name. and
when she learns that Ii is TO be voted to
freeze OUT her lover she boldly takes a
hand in affairs and votes IL the other way.
The story is very well written, the author.
Frederick Trevor Hill, showing much ia
miliarity with business methods and the
ways of 1.-The street" The commercial world
is an almost unworked field so far as novel
lists are concerned, and one VINO can handle
this material as well as Mr.. Trevor is TO
be congratulated. Tragedies and comedies
are TO be found in business life on every
hand, and this author will undoubtedly be
heard from again. The Frederick A. Stokes
Company, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

The advancing price of anthracite coal
has set the inventors at work to devise
substitute. Up to date 1880 patents have
been granted for using oil as fuel, and 200
for the use of gas and vapors. The Patent
Office is receiving twenty-five applications
a week for patents, of which fifteen are
for crude oil burners for household pur-
poses. One of these days an inventor will
come upon the ideal fuel, but it can never
be better than the wasted natural gas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

Views Near Madison That Equal Those
of Switze rland.

IT concluded to see Europe in America
this year." said the Rev. Allan B. Phil
putt last night. Mr.. Philputt has recently
returned from a vacation, part of which
was spent near Madison. IF you happen
to be little short of money and want to
see Switzerland. just go down to Madison
or Hanover" he continued, land you will
see it at a modest expense. The scenery
down there is grand If 1t could be set
down i'm Europe Americans would visit 1t.
If one wants to see hills and rocks and
cliffs down there is the place to find them.
l am told that the view from hanover
College above Constantinople, across the
Bosphorus. / also heard that there is a
place down near Hanover where one can
see the lights of Louisville reflected on the
sky. ! am told that the scenery near We
way is also very fine"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

troubles and his secrets, and he never
fears betrayal. Indeed. Point appears 10
understand all that is said and assists In
the conversations. especially when refer
ence is made to sweet biscuits. The
Fool has considerable means and could
live in better way than he does. but In
childhood he has been made morbidly SEN
sitive by schoolboy rldicule of his personal
appearance and his dizziness In learning
his tasks. When he becomes man ne
withdraws from the society OF his fellows
and spends much time with his books and
his pen. His best friend is Dave, the
kind hearted, handsome fisherman. In
him he has the fullest faith. and, Tor MIN.
is ready to make any sacrifice. There are
two love stories in this book. one dis-
cordant and tragic, the other harmonious
and happy. The reader who Is not looking
for wild adventure or high heroics Will
find these annals of life in a Massachusetts
fishing village of interest The author is
William II: Carson. who is also author Vi
Hester Blair" G. w. Dillingham; Com
pany, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
FATHER MGRADY'S LECTURE.


The Rev. Father Thomas McGrady, of
Belleville. KY, will lecture in Masonic Hall
Thursday night on Socialism and the
Labor Problem Father McGrady, while
ministering to his parish in Kentucky. has
devoted much of his time to socialism and
recently has been touring the larger cities
of the country. making speeches on that
subject. Although the Pope and higher
dignitaries OF the Catholic Church have
declared themselves against socialism,
Father McGrady has continued TO lecture
and has written several books on socialism
and political economy. He consulted the
bishop OF his diocese before becoming an
active worker for the Socialists. and he is
now acting with that church officials APP
prevail
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
Philip James Bailey, author of .'Festus

Philip James Bailey author of "Festus,"
whose death Is announced at the age of
eighty-six years. had outived his genera
ton and almost the recollection of people
who once regarded him as the greatest
poet of his time. "Festus" was written
when he was only twenty-five years old,
and is the longest poem of modern times.
1t is not all Of equal excellence, but it
contains many fine passages, of which
the following is one:
We live in deeds. not years; in thoughts
not breaths;
In feelings. not in figures on dial
We should count time by heart throbs. He
most lives
Who thinks most feels the noblest. acts
the best.
Life's but a means unto an end; that end
Beginning, mean, and end to all things
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

The Democratic majority in Missouri is
not favoring home rule in cities. The
Democratic Legislature has not only
placed the control OF the police in the large
cities IN the hands Of Democratic COM
mission. but that commission can increase
the force at pleasure and the city councils
must raise whatever amounts for the sup
port of the police the commissioners de-
mand. In st. Louis the amount was raised
In one year from 100000 70 sl.sOO.Ooo. and
IN Kansas City from $4,000 to $4,000 or
more than twice the expenditure of Indian
apolis for police during the year 1900. while
the population of the latter city is larger
than that OF Kansas City
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

President Roosevelt's comparison OF
trusts to the Mississippi river was original,
striking and Instructive. The great river
can be to some extent regulated and con-
trolled. but II cannot be damned or
stopped. "A food comes down the Missis-
sippi river" said the President. You can
not stop 1t. You can guide between levees,
30 as to prevent its doing injury, so as
to insure its doing good. So you cannot
put stop to or reverse the Industrial
Tenderness Of the age. You can control and
regulate them so that they will do no
harm" The trust smashers would abolish
the great river entirely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

The author of this book, Edward r. En-
erson is maker of wines of many years
experience and practice. and the book itself
treats in a way at once learned and prac-
teal of a question that has been much dis
cussed by controversialists, namely, the
character of the wines of the Bible. The
author maintains that they were pure
wines, that is, fermented, and therefore in
some degree intoxicating. and that the con-
tention that they were unfermented wines
is absurd for the reason that there is no
such thing as unfermented wine He holds
that the term "unfermented wine" does
not mean anything because the juice of the
grape begins to ferment the moment it is
pressed out, and the process of fermenta-
ton into wine can only be arrested and
stopped by the introduction of foreign SUBJ
stances more or less injurious. Unless
fermentation is allowed to pursue its nat
ural course to completion 1t is not wine.
but grape juice in which fermentation has
been arrested by some process that destroys
its purity. The book is an argument for
the moderate use of pure wine and for
temperance against total abstinence or pro-
hibition. The author maintains his thesis
with much ingenuity and considerable
learning. New York: Merrill & Baker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08

The British government has made an ar
rangement with an express company in this
country to take three-pound packages sent
from Great Britain to San Francisco across
the contiEent for "a cents and an eleven
pound package for 70 cents without the CO.
operation of our postal department That
Is. package that would cost 81 to take
from New York TO San Francisco IL started
from New York, can be taken across the
continent for "a cents IL started from Lon
don. This discrimination In favor of a for
eisn country by American corporation
should cause an investigation which should
lead to lower express rates. This discrim-
nation cannot be attributed to the pro-
tective tariff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-08
MY
SMALL
SON.

The Union Raises the Boycott on the
Transfer Companies.
The Cab Drivers Union last night placed
the Indianapolis and Bird Transfer Com
panies back on the fair list and hereafter
there will be no differences between the
two companies and the union. The contro-
versy came about in a peculiar way. When
the union was organized several months
ago the Liverymen's Association raised the
carriage hire to Crown Hill from 81 to 81
trip. The. union agreed to back up the
association, providing new scale of wages
was paid, equivalent to the increase IN
prices The association agreed. but the
union was unable TO get contract signed.
The Indianapolis and Bird Transfer Com
panieS refused to advance prices, and as
the union and the Liverymen's Association
were working together the labor organiza-
ton placed the two companies on the un-
fair list. Both transfer companies agreed
to sign the union scale and pay union
their men until they raised the price Of
carriage hire. This the company refused
to do and they locked horns. The transfer
companies said they would not allow the
tended to 1t the privilege of naming the
price of employees. On account of the orig
inal agreement with the Liverymens Assoc
citation, the union would make no conces-
sion.
In the meantime the union was unable to
secure contract with the Liverymen's As
ISOLATION, and recently several of the dri-
vers had their wages trimmed to within L
cent of the old scale. This caused much
dissatisfaction and several wanted to
unionize the two transfer companies The
'liverymen" drivers, who own their own
cabs, had benefited by the increase in
prices and, being members of the union,
held back on admitting the two companies
unless they raised prices. Applications for
membership were then made to the union
by transfer company men, and the matter
was referred to national headquarters. The
difficulty was finally settled by the men
employed by the companies being admitted
into the union and their names removed
from the unfair list.