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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-10
SCHOOL MATTERS.
Changes Made i'm Fnculties-A New
Book on Arithmetic.

Special % the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE. Ind. Aug. s.-Supt. j.
n. study has announced the appointment
OF Miss Flora WILDER. late principal OF the
Teachers Training School at Moline. H.,
as the successor OF Miss Jessie H. Mont
gomery. resigned on account OF health
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-10
BARNS AND RESIDENCE BURN.
other Damage by Fire at Poe Post
Office, Near Decatur.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
DECATUR, Ind. Aug. "a fire at Poe
postoffice. a short distance north of this
city. this morning destroyed three barns
one residence and number of sheds, and
greatly damaged one residence and the
Christian Church.
The fire originated in a barn from some
unknown cause. The loss cannot be de-
termined. The town is without fire pro-
lection.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-10
Cutting Array at Clay city.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
CLAY CITY, Ind. Aug. 9.-In a cutting
ARRAY last evening John Daugherty was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-10

American Medicine.
a new book upon centenarians has lately
been published. written by Mr. T. +. Young.
late president OF the Institute OF Actuaries
of ENGLAND The records OF life insurance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
UNIFORM TEXT BOOKS.

To the Editor of the Age-Herald.
 I have read with great pleasure your recent utterances on the subject of our school books and the prices paid by our people. I hope that you will continue to treat the subject till we have some tan gible result.
 Is it not possible to devise some means by which we may have a uniform series of textbooks through the state, to be used in all the schools, both public and private? An effort was made in the last legislature looking 10 this result, but for some reason, the measure failed One objection urged was that the same book was unsuited to all localities. It seems incomprehensible to the uninitiated that an arithmetic, for instance, that was well suited to meet the needs of the minds of the young in Jefferson or Madi- son counties was of little or no use in Mobile or Baldwin. I wish I could be enlightened on this.
 Without offering my suggestion as the best but merely putting it forth for con sideration, herewith submit plan that cannot but be productive of good.
 Let there be a convention of the teach CTS held in the early summer immediate delegates to this convention to be the va- rious county superintendents of the pub lie schools, one teacher in each county to be chosen by the county school board. and every principal of a private school in the state, who has over forty pupils.
 Let these thoroughly discuss the merits of different works and finally decide which Is best suited to our wants, it be- ing agreed that when a final conclusion is reached, the book adopted is to be used in all the schools of the state. Then have a central board to find out from the diff ferent counties and private teachers the number of copies each will need. Let this central committee make the pur- chases in lump. and deliver to the par ties ordering. The private schools could suit themselves as to the best methods of getting their books into the bands of their pupils: but the county school board could deliver tho books to the different local dealers on consignment and allow them discount of, say, 10 per cent. set tlement 10 be made within a brief time after the opening of the schools. In this way. parents would save fully 50 per cent on their purchases, and they could. carry their books with them when moving from one section of the state to another When they move now they have to sell what they bought at a very high price at fully 90 per cent discount.
 If persons were interested in certain text books they could no doubt come to the convention with written offer to supply these books in quantities varying discounts according to the number pur- chased. If we cannot arrange with pub fishers to meet our views, then let us print and publish our own books. I trust this may come anyway at no distant date. It might be well for this conven- tion to meet every year. Other matters than text books could be discussed.
 I hope the parents of the state may feel sufficient interest in this matter to sub init their ideas to you for publication.
 WILLIAM D. MICKLE.
 Mobile Ala, November 27. 1902.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
A NEW HORSE.

From the New York Herald.
 President Theodore Roosevelt has been obliged to look to Baltimore for another carriage horse for the White House sta bles. A handsome animal has been sent to Washington by Moses Moses.
 MT. Roosevelt purchased a pair of car riage horses from Mir Moses last No vember. and was so we'll pleased with them that he ordered third to match them, to be used in case of an accident to one of the pair. The search for such a horse proved long and tedious, and E. M. Moses son of Moses Moses. only re- gently succeeded in finding the desired animal in Michigan. He reached Balti- more last Tuesday.
 The horse is a high bred TIambletonian, 5 years old, sixteen hands in height, of a beautiful bay color, with long, flowing black mane and tail It can trot in 2:4o and performs well in single or double harness.
 pr. c. F. Brown, chief veterinarian. and MT. conover, foreman of the White House stables, went to Baltimore and ex- amined the purchase, with which they were greatly pleased. They telepnoned their opinion to the White House and were instructed to close the deal The price paid will not be made public. An expert valued the pair purchased by the President last year at 5000 They were named Admiral and General. It is not known what name will be given their companion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
coRBlN MARRIAGE PLAN.
Will Ask Congress to Help Young
 Army Officers.

Washington Special to the Mail and Ex-
 press.
 General Corbin. who recently came out flat-footed against young army officers marrying, has devised a scheme whereby they young men may find happy homes and become benedicts. He will ask con- gress to extend the privilege to the of ficers, now accorded enlisted men of de- posting their savings with the paymas- ter general, and hopes in that manner to have the younger element soon in a posi- ton to take up the burdens of married life.
 General Corbin declares any lieutenant can save from $10 to 80 month from his pay. and that in little while this saving would increase to Q sum great enough for married life.
 Debt, he says, is the greatest curse to army officers, and that if he could only wipe off the slate, he would make our army the happiest in the world. The CO,00O men of the regular army have on deposit with the paymaster general sum exceeding $4OOo,oo0. an average of $666e for every man. General Corbin says that whenever an enlisted man gets s2O on de- posit he becomes a good soldier being ambitious to increase that sum to $50 so that he can draw interest. He says that no man with deposit becomes desert CT or figures before the petty courts martial
 General Corbin regards the granting or this privilege to officers as most impor- tant. His suggestion that young officers should not marry unless they had inde- pendent means has caused him to be rather severely criticised. He declares he is not opposed to young officer marry ing and believes that a suitable marriage would make the officer a better soldier. But he says that for an officer to marry and expect to keep his wife and family upon his pay is to condemn that officer to a hard struggle, particularly when his station may be changed at any moment or he may be sent on foreign service where his wife can not go unless she nays her own way. The government does not furnish transportation for the wives or children of officers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29

any expectation of immediate action. but to famiIiarize the country with 1t. so that 1t can be passed in the next congress.
 The entire question ia this, do the new southern constitutions deny" or "abridge" the right to vote under the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment7 These constitutions simply police without regard to race the ballot by requiring intelligence in the voter. Any man, be he black, white or yell low in complexion, can vote if he will qualify himself. The ballot is denied to no male citizen q years of age or upwards who is intelligent. Does the requirement of reading and writing regardless of race "deny'' or "abridge" the right to vote?
 This requirement. has stood un- questioned and unchallenged in the constitutions of Connecticut and Massachusetts over fifty years. Half a dozen other northern states have Like qualifications. If these do not deny or abridge the right to vote. then surely Alabama can require q voter to read and write.
 The trouble IS about 42 per cent of males 21 years of age and upwards in the south are illiterate-largel negroes-whereas in the republican states the percentage is small, rarely rising to five per cent. In Massachu- setts the illiterates are about per cent. The northern states can stand Crumpackerisnl, especially if they can see the soxthern representation cut down almost one-half. This Is what is tho matter. This is what the Crum- packer resolution means, namely, tho aggrandizement of the republican party, regardless of the interests and rights of the states, and of the need of an intelligent electorate through the exclusion of all who are unworthy of the electoral privilege.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
Rocker WashInnton,s Position,

In a letter addressed to the editor of the Age-Herald Booker T. Wash ington makes plain the nature of his life work, dispersing at the same time a flood of misrepresentation and mis- information. He shows that he is not in politics ,as the phrase goes and is generally understood, but that he is still and will continue to be while he has strength, an educator striy- ing to inculcate in youthful members of his race habits of thrift, economy, skill, intelligence and morality. From such teaching and counsel. he adds, mo influence can ever divert me"
 But this is not all the head of the Tuskegee Institute has to say. By i'm plication at least he upholds, if he does not endorse, the now constitu- tion. Every revised constitution throughout the southern states has put a premium upon intelligence ownership of property, thrift and character" These are his own words, and he could not well add wodrs of higher commendatiou The entire drift of his letter is. to the ef- feet that he proposes to lift his race up to the demands of the new con- stitution.
 This is a fine contrast with the ac- tion of the lily whites in the recent campaign when they assailed the new constitution from every stump they had access to. Their candidate for governor declared it unconstitutional and fer was opened upon it from all points in their feeble line.
 Principal Washington finds nothing in. the new constitution to criticise and, if the Age-Herald reads his let ter alright, he can be counted as one of the supporters of our new organic law. because it puts premium upor the very things he is striving to in duce his race to secure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
Mr. Chamberlain in South Africa

Wts OudmutTldiH IT oOuln PITiCd.
 The appropriation of s40,O00,OOO by the British parliament for the benefit of the Boers, together with the extra ordinary situation, and the desire on the part of England to build a great South, or rather Central African em. pire. has induced MT Chamberlain, secretary for the colonies, to visit South Africa and to study the situ- ation on the spot. This is an unusual step on the part or a great cabinet officer, and MT. Chamberlain's pre- eminence in that respect is widely recognized.
 The liberality of parliament to the Boers cannot be questioned. Fifteen million dollars are given to them out right as a gift. Ten million dollars are given in addition to the loyal Beers and British who lost all in the war. Fifteen million dollars are also loaned to the South African colonies to be repaid in long course of years.
 It is expected that these large sums will put the Boers on their feet again. The persons in the concentration camps, numbering over 100000, have been sent home, with provision for beginning farm work anew. About 50,000 are at work in the mines of the Rand. Land is more valuable than 1t was before the war All the prison CTS of war will be at home before Christmas, and altogether the pros- poets of the defeated are not by any means gloomy. It is lovely spring weather in South Africa now, and good crops will go far towards lifting the Boers out of the desolation of war.
 But there is much discomfort there, and MT. Chamberlain goes to South Africa in the hope that he can do much to reconcile the South Africans to an independent political life under the British flag. The colonial secre- tary proposes to visit every part of the vast district, even Buluway, and much good is expected to flow from his conciliatory crusade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
ALABAMA AT THE WORLDS FAIR.

From the Camden Progressive Era.
 When the legislature meets in January an Alabama exhibit at the worlds fair should be among the very first things to receive attention. With several, probably most, of the southern states having splen- did buildings and highly creditable ex- hibits at St. Louis, we think it would never do for Alabama not to be among the best-represented states there. Unless the legislature makes nice appropria- tion for the purpose, some of our sister states. with nothing like our agricultural mineral and stoclS-farming advantages. will make a much better showing at the exposition, and a great many of the inl- migrants who ought naturally to come here will go elsewhere. It's our opinion that Alabama could spend to great ad- vantage s50,OO0 or s1O0OOO on an exhibit at the worlds fair. and we further believe the legislature will make some such ap- propriation very shortly after it convenes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
Leader Gro yer Cleveland

The Mobile Register follows up its uncalled for assault upon MT. German with an article commenting Grover Cleveland, and especially lauding his recent letter published in the New York World. Tt is" says the Reg ister, "by such a pronunciamento that MT. Cleveland resumes leadership of what may be- termed the old-line democrats, the dominant element in the party today"
 This readily explains the Registers article directed against Arthur Pue German, United States senator for Maryland by the grace of good dem ocratic votes.
 Grover Cleveland is now Leader Cleveland, and the Register is his Alabama prophet. "Old-liners," it says, rejoice that the old call is heard again." Now, who are the old liners? Who are the new-liners? What is the old call? What is the new call?
 Putting all froth and nonsense aside, not one of MT. Cleveland's turgid sentences announces anything new-anything that MT. German has not long upheld-anything that Mir. German was not contending for be- fore MT. Cleveland became president, and that he has ever since stood up to. Why then does the Register de- nounce MT German, while it lauds to the skies MT, Cleveland?
 The truth is, the Register was un- just in it's denunciations of MT. Cor man. No one objects to the praise that it extends to MT. Cleveland, but when it undertakes to say that a rev enue tariff and opposition to trusts and economy and anti-imperialism are peculiarly MT. Cleveland's property, 1t does not state the case with exact nes. or even with approximate cor rectness. The Register has in fact outlined in it's pro-Cleveland article the policy of Mir German and of all other good democrats, be they old liners or new-liners, or simply plain, consistent and faithful democrats at all times and in all seasons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
PRESIDENT HAS BANISHED
 ANXIETY IN HIS OFFICE

Washington Special to the Chicago Inter
 Ocean.
 Although the new office building for the President has been in use less than as too comfortable for the visitors. The reception hall was furnished with large and luxurious leather chairs and sofas, but these have been removed to make place for plain wooden and old-fashioned splint-bottom chairs, which are consider ed comfortable enough for a man who Is waiting to see the President or Sec retary Cortelyou.
 The big cushioned chairs and sofas were condemned as unnecessarily com fortable, as they offered a new induce ment for callers to wait indefinitely. They put a premium on lounging and loafing about the Presidents office.
 The reception hall in the White House, where the crowds waited for permission to see the President, was never a com fortable place. It offered no inducements to long waits. It had no easy chairs and only a few of any kind. Many of those who called had to walt standing If they had business with the President or his secretary they could secure admission to their offices, but If they had not. and only called to secure an opportunity to speak to the President or urge claims to office, they had to await favorable op- portunity, and in the crowded days at the beginning of the administration many men and women have called day after day, week fin and week out. to secure tms coveted chance to present their claims in person.
 President Roosevelt is not unwilling to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
THE SkYLARk.

By James Hogg
 Bird of the wilderness, Blithsome and cumberless, Sweet be thy matin OCT moorland and
 lea
 Emblem of happiness,
 Biest is thy dwelling place O, to abide in the desert with thee' Wild is thy lay and loud Far in the downy cloud, Love gives 1t energy, love gave IL pirthi Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying! Thy lay is on heaven, thy love IS on
 earth. Der fell and fountain sheeil' Der moor and mountain greer, Der the red streamer that neraios the
 day,
 Over the cloudlct dim,
 Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub. soar, singing a"aS Then when the gloaning comes Low in the heather blooms. Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love
 bel
 Emblem of happiness.
 Bless be thy dwelling place O. to abide in the desert with thee!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29

1 on such terms. There must be a new canal concession for, a reasonable lump sum. with moderate rantal or the project will be abs ned. Members of congress who have studied this canal question closely are ready to begin efforts to stop the whole project unless there are reasonable terms for concessions. The renewal of the agitation in favor of the Nicaragua canal and the negotiations for a tentative treaty with Nicaragua and Conta Rica may bring Colombia to terms.
 Secretary Hay had another conference with the ministers from Nicaragua and Costa Riea today. They are ready to sign treaties in harmony with the proto- co.'s made some months ago. The terms are satisfactory to this government. The senate will probably have to choose be- tween fhe treaties as to which shall be ratified. This work in behalf of the Me aragua canal has caused great uneasi- ness among the representatives of the Panama Canal company, and they are bringing pressure to bear on Colombia.
 Admiral Casey has cleared up the revo- lutionary situation for the present and the Panama Canal company will try to clear up that at Bogota. If it succeeds In securing the acceptance of the treaty all ready drawn, the President will be justi- fled in completing the negotiations for the transfer of the Panama canal and be- gin the work of completing 1t.
 There have been suggestions that this government would be justified in seizing the canal route across the isthmus of ! Panama, but this is not considered, for the reason that the government cannot purchase the canal from the French com pany until new concession is granted, and has no more rights on the istnmus now tnan 1t has ever had under the old treaty of 1s46 by which the United States guaranteed the neutrality of the isthmus
 The title to the Panama canal must re- main with the French company until the Colombian government by treaty consents to the transfer to the United States. There is the other reason that the Pan anna route is not necessary to this govern ment. It has the offer of tho Nicaragua route on better terms and can proceed to the construction of canal by that route without long delay. In fact, the PresI- dent has no choice under the Spooner act. If he cannot secure satisfactory title to the Panama canal he is instructed to accept the Nicaragua route and begin th< construction of that waterway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
ATLANTIC AND BIRMINGHAM R. R.

From the Talladega Mountain Home.
 The Home has has had no recent in- formation from the survey of the pro- posed Atlantic and Birmingham railroad. The last information was of indirect character and reported the corps of en- gineers. having in charge the survey and location of the road, at Leeds. The en- gineers are rather reserved in making statements as to the aims and purposes of the company proposing to build the iine but it is believed that when com trunk line between the Atlantic and Paci- flc seaboards. Such road is the present great need of Birmingham and the rich mineral district east intervening between that city and the Georgia line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-29
COLOMBIA HOLD UP GAME
 IN PANAMA CANAL BALKED

Washington Special to tho Inter-ocean.
 The formal ending of the revolution in Panama by treaty of peace signed on Admiral casey'B warship by the revolu- tionary general. Herrera. and commits sioners representing the Colombian gov- ernment and the reported declaration of President Maroquin at Bogota. that he has ordered an election to be held on January l, 1903 for the election of con- gross, are regarded here as favorable signs that the Colombian government is ready to sign the canal treaty, but noth- ing definite has been heard from the Co., lombian minister to change the situation.
 Minister Concha has not advised the state department that his government is ready to sign the treaty drawn several months ago and sent to Bogota. The rev. olution in Colombia has been one of the great obstacles to the satisfactory set dement's of the canal route because of the inability of that government to se- cure congress to ratify the treaty. But that has not been the cause of the recent hitch in negotiations. This was due to greed on the part of the men in control of the Colombian government and their ig- norance of the situation in Washington. They supposed when the Spooner bill was passed and the investigations of the at torney general found the French title to the canal clear that the canal route was settled and they could hold up the United States for rich stake before completing the negotiations.
 The original demand of Colombia for a new canal concession was exorbitant- s7o00,OOO down and s600.0O0 annual rental after fourteen years. But when Minister Concha returned from Bogota few weeks ago he demanded $10,000 GOO, and that the annual rental should begin at once. To grant such demands would make the Panama canal cost this govern ment about s6O, 100000 for rights and fran chises. and far exceeds the estimated cost of the canal by that route made by the canal commission.
 It would be reckless for the state de- partment to enter into such an agree ment with Colombia because congress would not ratify such agreement. On such terms the Panama canal would ex- ceed by several millions the estimated cost of the Nicarauga canal, with the larger part paid for concessions before beginning the work of construction. The Panama canal will not be purchased