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NATURAL GAS.
Prediction that the Suit Against the
Company VIII BE FruitIess.

To the Editor OF the indianapolis Journal:
With the formal announcement by the
Indianapolis Gas Company that, on Sept. 30
next, II will discontinue the natural-gas
branch of its business in this city comes
the painful intelligence that our mayor has
decided 10 institute legal proceedings
against the gas company for the purpose
OF forcing the company 10 continue its eff
forts 10 furnish an insufficient supply of
gas 10 its patrons under impossible condi-
tons. To begin such a suit with the
knowledge on the naturaI-gas question that
thorough investigation has developed.
would be a FOOLS errand. The ultimate
success of such litigation on the part Of
the city is out OF the question. Therefore
why throw away thousands Of dollars OF
the peoples money In pursuing phantom?
Natural gas In Indiana can no longer be
supplied for other than domestic purposes
and by meter measurement. The reasons
for this statement are few and simple.
First the supply is limited and requires
the greatest outstanding TO make IT equal
TO a carefully regulated domestic consump-
ton. Second, properly regulated consump-
ton OF gas can only be accomplished
through the use or meters. The use OF
meters involves the use OF economical APP
planes for the using of the gas now
burned In open CRATES, wood and coal
stoves, which consume ten times the
amount OF gas that would be required IL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15
Beers FROM BERMUDA
OVER ONE HUNDRED FORMER PRIS-
ONERs ARRIVE AT NEW YORK.
Some Were Prominent Officers, and
All Were Anxious TO Return TO
south Africa at Once.

NEW YORK, July H-Amorg the pas
sengers who arrived to-day by the steamer
Pretoria from Bermuda were los Beers,
who were prisoners at Bermuda. The Beers
were clad in the same suits they wore in
South Africa. Twenty-one of them had
been officers Among the most prominent
of the officers were Gen. J. b. Vessels.
Peter F. Steyn a brother OF President
Steyn, OF the Orange Free State; ]. De-
villiers, ate attorney general Of the Free
State and Joubert Retz. son of the Free
State secretary. None of the officers would
talk about the way they had been treated
by the British at Bermuda
I'VE are all going home as quickly as
possible" said General Vessels. and II
there was a boat going to South Africa to-
morrow we would take it, We will try TO
build up our burned houses and restore
things to their old standing. l shall join
my wife and family in Pretoria. None OF
them have been captured, although my
sons served all through the war and were
both wounded. We first heard of peace
June 20. but very few believed IL there. 1
fought for twenty-one months and was cap
tured July II, 1901 just year before my
release.
The youngest member of the crowd was
twelve years old, NJ J. DE Wet cousin. ne
says OF the general. He Is accompanied
by his brother. =. 5. De Wet. who is TWEEN
ty-one years old. Both boys were captured
on Sept. Is, 1901, near Kimberley while sery-
ing under Commandant Jacobs. The boys
had been excited by the reports OF the
Beers success in the field and ran away
from home serving in the field for seven
months before they were captured.
James i. MallOy. OF Boston. and Michael
Haley of Nevada, American officers.
rived with the Beers. MallOy said he had
gone 20 South Africa from America with
a Red Cross ambulance corps and then
joined the Beers. After he was captured
and sent 10 Bermuda ne made strenuous
efforts 10 be released. but only succeeded
in getting a letter 10 United States Consul
Green a few weeks ago. This letter re-
suited in the release OF both men as soon
as the terms OF peace were signed.
Commandant Peter Ferreira. OF the Orange
Free State. said there are now about 400
prisoners I'm the islands Of Bermuda. Two
hundred OF these are Cape rebels As most
OF them have no money for their passage
home, they viii have 10 wait until "a Brit
ish transport arrives. Some OF the released
privates having complained OF the treat
ment accorded them, Commandant Fer
reira said he did not think officers or pri-
Yates had much 10 complain or adding that
Il was certain the English cared for them
much better than the Beers could have
done for the English.
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AdoIph Schmidt Gives Testimony with
an Air of Injured Innocence.

BERLIN, July H.-Adolph Schmidt, the
former managing director of the Treberth-
rocknung (grain-drying) Company, whose
collapse brought about the failure of the
Leipziger Bank about a year ago for 2O0,-
100000 marks-$5O, 600 O0O-dominated the
court at Leipzig to-day, which is trying
the banks directors. Schmidt. who was
searchingly examined for hours, dealt with
the intricate accounts of the company with
an air of openness, truthfulness and al
most injured innocence. His nimble mind
had an answer ready for every question
Although a prisoner, he was as much at
his ease as any one in the courtroom He
admitted various irregularities. like back
dating entries in books, but affirmed that
all of these were simply devices TO save
the company from the effects Of newspaper
attacks and asserted that the unusual
measures were perfectly legitimate. In the
end Schmidt admitted. with q smile that
for some time the Leipziger Bank had.
unfortunately been the cOmpanys only
in the ultimate success OF his ALCOHOLICS
tilling invention was based during the
critical period before the eoliap on agree
ments with his American competitors GO
ing into effect on New Years day, 1902 un-
der which he was 10 have control OF the
international market.
Schmidt who is fOrty-three years old, has
for FIVE years been noted figure in central
German business. His vast operations had
behind them. as II appeared from the evil
dence subrsitted in court to-day. his per-
sonal fortune OF 100000 marks and the
fortunes of the other directors OF the COM
pany aggregating 90 600 900 marks
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number it appears that the quantity OF
breadstuff that could have been purchased
July l, 1901, for $l4.9O4 cost s20.5S4 on July l.
1902 Now, as a matter OF sact the prin-
cipal breadstuff. wheat flour, is but few
cents hundred pounds higher now than
IL was a year ago, that the figures do
not fairly represent the cost of breadstuffs
which are consumed by the people. The adj
vance in meats is indicated by the index
number. which shows that on July 1. 1901,
$40 was paid for the same quantity and
quality of meats which cost S11.62S July /,
1902. Dairy and garden products are de-
clinlng. while other foods such as sugar
and coffee. are considerably cheaper than
they were a year ago.
High meats may he expected for some
time in the future, not because of the pack
ers, but because of the scarcity of hogs and
cattle which can be marketed. The scarcity
of hogs is indicated by the fact that in
spite of the very high prices which have
ruled during the past season 10000 head
were marketed during the last two months,
compared with the corresponding months
of last year. The real cause of the high
price Of frst-class beeves is the scarcity.
So long as the scarcity exists prices will
be high 1t may take two or three years
70 recover from the catastrophe of last
years burning up of the catle-growng and
fattening section of the country. Indeed.
before that calamity the demand for meat
was increasing faster than the supply.
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SPEECH BY MIR. BALFOUR.


LONDON. July 14.-Perhaps never has a
change OF premiersip been effected with so
little dislocation to business. either public
or private. as accompanied the transfer OF
the seals of office from Lord Salisbury 10
y. j. Balfour. These occurrences had no
effect whatever on the Stock Exchange.
Mr.. Balfour. I'm addressing the first meet
ing Of his followers at the Foreign Office
this afternoon, informed them that he
could not count on the continued assist
ance or Sir Michael Hicks Beach but ne
could count on the latter's good wishes The
public showed little interest in the party
meeting, which was summoned for noon.
The new premier, when he entered the con-
ference room OF the Foreign Office. accom-
panied by the Duke OF Devonshire. Sir
Michael Hicks Beach. Lord Londonderry
and others. received quite an ovation.
When Mr.. Balfour arose 10 address the
meeting all again stood up and cheered
the new chief. Mr.. Balfour referred 10 the
loss OF the services of the chief who for
nearly fifty years had been engaged I'm ac-
tive political life. No one. he said, would
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

The brutal camera is doing its worst with
President Roosevelt as il did with Presi-
dent Mckinley. When the latter was on
a speaking tour photographers had no bet
ter taste than to take snapshots of him
while in the act of talking. and publishers
had no better judgment than to print the
results. AS sound, unfortunately, in such
instances cannot be photographed, the
pictures simply represented the victim
standing with his mouth open and gazing
into space. Most persons caught in that
way look foolish not to say imbecile. Mr..
Mckinley, more lucky, had the expression
of being in pain. With Mr.. Roosevelt it is
more than mere pain; as he was snap
shotted at Pittsburg while making an ami
mated speech, which was no doubt pleas
ure to him to deliver, his face carries a
look of deep agony. Public men should be
protected from this sort of misrepresenta-
ton. The camera, even under the most
favorable circumstances, is an untruthful
machine; when it is allowed a free, I'M
trammeled course it becomes positively
fiendish and should be suppressed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

The falling of the Campanile at Venice
will bring a pang of regret to those who
have seen the structure and of disappoint-
ment to others who have counted it among
the famous sights that they should some
time see. What with the undermining of
Rome and other old cities of Europe, of
which so much is said. and the collapsng
of noted buildings, it behooves those who
have postponed the foreign tour to hasten
their plans if they would not miss the land
marks with which they have become famil-
lar in literature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

The failure of Congress to do anything
in the way of establishing better trade re-
lations with Cuba has given rise TO a dis
position among Cubans TO look in other
directions a Cuban newspaper cartoon is
said TO represent the common feeling.
Cuba is seated on a sofa with a handker-
chief 10 her eyes, and weeping. while Uncle
Sam is disappearing through the door. with
nothing seen but his flying coat tails and
a package bullying out OF it labeled
Reciprocity" From the door on the other
side the burly figure Of John Bull is enter
ing. John IS smiling. and he holds out a
bulky document. also labeled Reciprocity"
while he says: Perhaps we can console
you" John could not offer Cuba a market
for her sugar. but he is resourceful in mat
tiers OF business and might offer something
else 20 Cuba's advantage.
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Summer Meeting Indiana Republican
Editorial Association.

The summer meeting Of the Indiana Re-
publican Editorial Association will be held
this year at Putin Bay Island, Ohio, head
quarters Hotel Victory. Several pleasant
excursions have been arranged. A larger
attendance is promised this year than for
several seasons, and delightful time is
anticipated. Every Republican editor in
the State should go.
The party will travel via the L. L. & w.
Railway. leaving indianapolis at 1920 p.
m. Thursday. July II. and Upton at 1:55.
Let all editors make proper connection
For additional information write the secre-
tary, w 5. MONTGOMERY, Greenfield,
Ind
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Mr.. WI Tingfang has established very
friendly relations between himself and the
American people, and they will regret to
have him return to his own country So
Tar may be judged at this end of the
line, he has served his own government
wisely and well in the conduct of its diplo-
tn establishing personal popularity and
wide acquaintance. A great many Amer
leans have undoubtedly gained more
favorable view OF China and the Chinese
through the impression made upon them
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The INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House. =. o. News % ~
Dearborn street Auditorium Annex Hotel
Dearborn Station News Stand.
CINCINNATI. r. Hawiey & Co., ia Vine
street.
LOUISVILLE. 7. Deering, northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets: Louisville Eoos,
Co. Pa Fourth avenue. and Blaufeld Bros-' 80
West Market street.
ST. LOUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House. EoDitt
House. Fairfax Hotel. Willard Hotel
DENVER. coI4-Louth.an & Jackson. Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets.
DAYTON, OF. V. wilkie. 30 South Jefferson
street.
COLUMBUS. o.-viaduct News Stand, ssi High
street
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comments upon its own figures:


We would call your attention to the fact
that the by-products are figured on the
gross weights For instance: The butter
fat will average 10 weigh so pounds, but
only 50 per cent. of this will yield oeo oil.
Raw tallow and entrails weigh 81 pounds
but they will only yield IA per cent OF rem
dered tallow. the balance going to the fer
tilizer From the paunch the tripe is OBJ
tanned, but the contents are simply dead
waste. The effects of the drought of last
summer showing very plainly on the
good cattle that are getting now. In or
binary years prime native steer Will dress
60 10 s. per cent Now what We buy as good
native steers and pay $50 to S cents a
pound for will dress 81 to 80 per cent Cat
tie selling on the market at $S25 will dress
G. per cent, and we are not getting any fin
ished cattle. This makes the percentage
of yield all along the line much less. We
have less oleo oil, less tallOw and q smaller
percentage of yield on all the by-products
a difference which is very material TO the
packer What we call our prime beef now
Is costing US fTom liz 10 l2iR cents dressed,
hanging in our coolers on the basis of
these costs II Is practically impossible for
10 sell our beef and make any margin.
This is true Of any packer who is doing
business In the big markets to-day.
II the Armours have stated the truth in
the foregoing cut up" Of a steer. and it is
probable that they have. it must be seen
that the price which the cattle-raiser OBJ
tains for his beeves is responsible for the
high prices OF meats rather than the trust.
The trust may have controlled the market
from time TO time by making the price of
cattle and the prices Of meats all over the
country but now il must appear TO all who
consider the question that the high price of
beef is due to the high price on the hoof
and 20 scarcity.
In int
appear in Dun's Review regarding the
prices OF food and other articles. Com
menting upon the prices the Review says
the advance Of about IL per cent. COM
pared with q year ago is confined TO do
nestle food. 1t goes on 10 say that bread
Stunts have risen 80 per cent. and meats q
per cent. during the year. This remarkable
rise attributed TO breadstuffs is because
corn and oats are included. In the index
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

That Lord Salisbury would retire from
the leadership OF the British Ministry has
been predicted for some time. He is an
old man and the burden Of so responsible
a leadership worked heavily upon him.
Men are never given their due while they
live. so many will dispute the opinion that
Lord Salisbury has been one OF the abIest
OF British statesmen. To say that he =
an ADLER man than Mr.. Gladstone will meet
with very general dissent, yet such
seems TO be the position his acts would
give Lord Salisbury. Mr. Gladstone was a
dramatic rather than a profound states
man. II has, however. been claimed by
educators that Nr. Gladstone was the
greatest man OF his period. and consequent
~ young people extol him In prize decla-
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by the intelligence and culture OF Mr.. WI.
They know Of course. that not all China
men are equally cultured as well as they
know that not all of their own countrymen
are possible Roosevelts or Hays, but the
fact that land which is not counted with
in the bounds of civilization can produce
able must have its influence in modifying
opinions previously held concerning it. Mr..
Liang Chen Tung may be equally gifted.
but the country will miss WI
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The Proper Term.

Christian Register.
Martha, the colored washerwoman was com
planning Of her husbands health to one Of her
patrons.
Hes ve'y poly. ma am; ve'y poly. He's got
dat EXPLANATORY rheumatism"
You mean infiammatory. Martha. Exclama-
tory is from exclaim, which means TO cry out -
Yes. mics" answered Martha, with convic-
ton "dats what 1t is. He hollers all de time -
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nations. Mr.. Gladstone tried to do several
important things and failed. but Lord
Salisbury did them. Salisbury has been
strong and resourceful rather than bril-
liant man. Under his leadership the Liberai
not agree upon policy with which to
opnOse the Tories when led by Salisbury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

Mr. Wellman, of the Chicago Record
Herald. says that lone of the most amaz-
ing changes in public opinion of a public
man has been seen in the case of Senator
Hanna during the last few years" This
is true, and il proves the intelligence and
the fairness of the American people In
1896 Mr.. Hanna held up as the most
corrupt and INSCRIPTIONS man in American
politics-as man who purchased elections
as he bought iron ore That year his name
was used to brighten weak-minded people
Even the independent papers cartooned him
as a coarse bully in a suit of clothes COW
cred with dollar marks This abuse became
so persistent that people desired to see and
hear Mr.. Hanna They also watched him
in Congress and in affairs. The result was
that a great reaction has taken place
Without being a demagogue he has proved
himself the friend of the masses. He leads
in the Civic Association to prevent strikes.
He has indicated himself with his OPP
ponents in the Senate, one OF them saying
that they followed him on distinctively
business propositions, because his judg-
ment is sound. OF course, the Democratic
press in this State will continue to be-
rate Mr.. Hanna, but it will affect nothing
He will have immense audiences in In
diana, and there viii be plenty OF Demo-
Gratis in them. because they cannot resist
the impulse TO see man who has been so
generally abused. In the effort to march
the Democracy of Indiana from Organism
to Clevelandism it would not be surprising
if a goodly number of disguised men should
tarry in the Republican camp after hear
ing Mr.. Hanna
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

When Representative Griggs, of Georgia,
was made chairman of the Democratic
that he would simply be a figurehead while
Mr.. Cable. OF Illinois. would be the real
head of the committee. Now Mr.. Griggs
Is insisting on being full chairman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15
Ban on Fortune Ten.rs.

CLEVELAND. O.. July 1.-THE police
officials have ordered all fortune tellers and
clairvoyants engaged in their business IN
this city 10 either quit their calling or
leave the city. Eighteen persons are
affected by the order. Recently reports OF
alleged sgindling by visitors 10 the fortune
tellers and clairYoyants inspired this ac-
ton by the police
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

The Chicago Inter Ocean says the public
the most interested party in the sense
less strike in that city; but the public has
not organized itself VIII the Inter Ocean
inform the public how it will proceed to
protect itself in such cases2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

Persons who read the accounts of the
Johnstown mine disaster probably noticed
the use of two words firedamp and after
damp. The first called by chemists marsh
gas, is explosive and infiammable. and
being lighter than air is apt to accumulate
along the upper parts of a mine. After
damp is the result of an explosion of the
other Ii is odorless and suffocating and.
being heavier than air. sinks to the floor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

The new commissioner of pensions has
adopted the rule of promoting clerks who
have made the best record in the Office.
Under this rule one of the first to be pro-
moted was an ex-Confederate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

The new premier Of France has issued
an order that hereafter all government
officials must be republicans in the active
sense OF the word. The term republican is
not used in partisan sense. but as op-
posed to monarchism. In this sense the
order is right. as no government should
maintain in Office persons opposed to its
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

The quite recent advance of cents a
pound in beef prices in England shows that
the scarcity is everywhere. and that the
scarcity, not the tariff, is responsible for
higher prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-15

Millionaire Hearsts New York Journal is
getting back to its old vocation of stirring
UP strife between labor and capital. In
a recent issue it gives the picture of
miner who is a victim of the Johnstown
mine disaster. In the background is the
picture of an unconcerned mine operator.
The widow is represented as declaring that
her dead husbands pay was s1.25 per day.
and that when he asked for more he was
refused arbitration. AS a matter of fact,
there has not been strike in the Johns
town mines in many years. The operators
pay the highest wages and they have no
trouble with their miners. The terrible
calamity is not attributed to the careless
ness of the company. but to some miner
who did not obey the rules. The yellow
newspapers are gradually drifting back TO
the class appeals which make Anarchists.
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Are you going away for the summer
II so. you win want to keep in touch
with home. The simplest and best
way to do this while absent Il TO have
The Journal 70 follow you by mail
Leave your order for the paper before
starting. The address will be changed
as often as desired.
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Dangerous.

Yonkers Statesman.
, gerous?
Bachelor-Yes; / knew a fellow who took a
girl out in one and he's going to marry her.
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Too Bad.

Detroit Free Press.
81 think it shame for the Indians to
bury their hatchets,'
Why
Just think how lovely they would be for dec
orative purposes"
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One Mans wisdom.

Chicago News.
Diggs-What became OF your friend Wages?
Biggs-He went out West about year ago and
married n widow worth half a million.
Diggs-Now, that's what call taking time by
the foreock
Biggs-How so?
Diggs--why, he celebrated his golden wedding
fifty years ahead of the schedule
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The Status.

Puck.
Marie-I have an engagement with Cholly and
1 don't know how 10 get out Of 1t.
Helen-Haven't you any reason for breaking II?
Marie-Yes. l have reason-Cholly is the
son-but 1 want