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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Jean de Reszke will not visit America
this season, preferring to spend the winter
In France. but his brother Edouard will
be a member Of Mr.. Grau's company.
Jean is spending the latter part of the
summer In st. Petersburg.
A cool summer is pleasant in many ways,
but 1t makes bad business for the opticians,
as well as for the dispensers of soda wa
ter and cooling drinks. A New York re-
porter has discovered that In sultry wealth
er eyeglasses slip and fall continually from
perspiring noses. That makes extra bust
ness for the opticians.
The lieutenancy of the Tower of London
is about to become vacant by the retire
ment of Sir William Stirling. who has held
1t since January, 1900. when he succeeded
Sir Godfrey Clark. The duties of the po-
sition are not onerous, and the emoluments
are small, but the post is much sought
after, for II is regarded an honor 70
hold II, since ii is usually given 20 an off,
Ger of distinction. 1t is tenable for three
years only.
According to an English physician, OF
spring always takes the complexion from
the father Hence. IL the father OF a negro
baby has any white blood i'm his veins, the
child at birth will be nearly as white as a
Caucasian. On the other hand. the child OF
white mother and a black father will
after months time. be nearly as black
as a fuli-biooded negro
Nine. Jane Dieulafoy after her exhaus-
tive researches In Persia, discovered the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07
RECKLESS AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS.

The accident in which the President Of
the United States had so narrow es-
cape from death has set all the papers to
talking about regulating the speed of street
cars. Pittsfield, the horse being out of the
stable, so to speak, has regulated the rate
at which cars may henceforth run in that
city. and presumably the ordinance will be
observed for a time. AS matter of fact,
most cities already have speed regulations
for trolley cars and all other vehicles that
use the streets, but in comparatively few
places are the rules strictly enforced at
all times. There is a constant disposition
to ignore them, and it becomes a common
occurrence to see trolley cars. horses, auto
mobiles and bicycles flying along on
crowded thoroughfares at a pace so swift
that narrow escapes from collisions are an
hourly occurrence, and the pedestrian or
driver of moderate-paced horse comes to
feel that it is chance or Providence which
saves him from being run down. Trolley
cars nave time schedule, and when for
any reason a car is behind time it is nat
ural that the motorman should increase his
speed to the rate necessary to make up the
lost minutes. 1t may, indeed, seem to him
essential, for inevitably he will consider
first his own standing with his employers
rather than vague ordinance of which he
gains his time, repeating this process until
some day something happens! Some one
is killed or manned; there is an investiga-
ton. and the speed regulations are OBJ
served for a month or So
But street cars are, after all, compare
confined to a track; the public is on the
lookout for them and can usually avoid
them. Not SO with certain other vehicles
notably automobiles. Many of these are
now in use in Indianapolis. and the num-
Der is rapidly increasing. The greater the
number the greater the peril of the pedes-
trian, for each new owner of one of these
horseless carriages seems possessed with
the idea that the streets are made for him
alone, and he dashes about apparently
without the smallest regard for the con-
venience or safety of other persons who
happen to be In the way. He is as often
upon the wrong side of the street as not,
| he darts around corners, through cross
| streets and out of alleys with reckless
| speed, and that he does not run over a
man, woman or child at every turn is due
| less to his skill in the manipulation of his
machine than to the agility and nervous
alertness of the possible victims. The
manner in which these automobiles are OPP
Grated is a local scandal. Equal to them
as nuisance and menace to safety are
the motor bicycles. No doubt all these ve-
hicles have come to stay" but their own
ers should be made to respect the rights
of other people and to understand that
neither city streets nor country roads are
to be used for race tracks. A few arrests
Of these reckless operators made at once
| would probably check the evil and prevent
| disasters sure to come otherwise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

A London cabiegram says there is
growing feeling among English manufac-
turers that the projected visit Of
English labor delegates to this country
will not be productive of much good. 1t is
contended that American manufacturers
will not be likely to grant facilities for in
vestigatlon, because If they do they will
be cutting the ground beneath their own
feet. This view is doubtless erroneous. 1t
would be like foreign manufacturers to re-
fuse access to their establishments or in
vestigation of their methods for the reason
stated, but that is not the American way.
The secret of American supremacy in man.
ufacturing is their superior machinery,
which cannot be duplicated, and their SUI
perior workmen, who cannot be equaled.
The English labor delegates who come to
this country will doubtless be afforded
every facility to investigate, and when they
go back they will have to report that it
will take a long period of free schools and
the development of inventive talent to
enable England to compete successfully
with the United States in many lines Of
manufacturing. They will be welcome to
all they can learn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

The University of Pennsylvania is going
ahead with 100000 building it has been
needing for a long time. but the authorities
will not tell where they got the money. The
fact has leaked out, however, that a certain
wealthy friend of the institution is known
TO have included in his will a bequest of
that amount to the institution. He is not
dead nor is he prepared to give over the
money while he is living. The trustees,
wishing to realize at once on this bequest
have prevailed on another wealthy citizen
to advance the money and wait for reim-
bursement until the death of the testator
in question. Either this last man is able
to lose or is willing to give the sum to the
university on his own account in case of
emergency for he is taking great risks.
While there is life there is chance to change
a will; also, while there is life there is the
chance of 100000 taking to itself wings.
Moreover, there are possible contestants of
a will always to reckon with. Certainly,
it is big gamble for the man who is
putting up for the university.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

only explanation is. more marriages and
larger families. The actual birth rate per
1000 of native white population is 2Ss for
the New England and middle States, 25.9
for the central States, 22.s for the Western
States and 31.5 for the Southern States
Thus the South leads all other sections of
the country in the increase Of its native
white population, although the Northern
States have a much greater number Of
residents Of foreign extraction who are
supposed to raise large families. All the
figures seem TO point to the conclusion that
the native white stock of the South. that
is chiefly the stock of colonial descent, is
sturdier than the same stock in the North.
This may be due in part to the growth Of
luxury in the North with the growth of
urban population. and to the decreasing
number Of marriages.
The foregoing are but samples of many
studies afforded by the census statistics
which. dry as they may appear at first
glance, are full of suggestive points.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07
Women Lawyers in Georgia.
Washington Post.


1t is not little surprising that Georgia,
one of the most progressive States in the
Union family, has yet to enact law al
lowing women lawyers to practice in her
courts. One would have expected that
pushing commonwealth to have been
among the first to perceive the justice
and the expediency of such legislation and
to have promptly let down the bars, with
an apology for their having been put up.
Georgia women have been prominent in
all the reform movements to which their
sex has addressed itself. Among them
are some Of the most widely and favor
ably known workers In many good causes
Equal educational facilities for both seyes
were demanded and secured long ago. And
yet, for some reason that we do not UNDER
stand. no woman can practice law before
the Georgia courts.
But this wrong is at last in fair way
to be righted so far as possible. Women
in the near future will be granted the right
that has hitherto been and is now denied
them. That is the nearest approach that
can be made to righting a wrong. In this
matter. as In the entire range of human
affairs, there can be no recalling of the
past TO patch up its blunder. To-day cam
not atone for yesterday. 1t can only take
care of itself.
1t Is announced that bill has been pre-
pared and will be submitted at the next
session of the Georgia Legislature author
izing women to practice law In that State.
Governor Gambler. in discussing the mat
ter, said: II think the bin will meet with
approval. / see no reason why a woman
should not be admitted to the bar as well
as man. She inherits the gift of oratory
she has a reasoning mind, and she certain
ly has the energy and pluck to win i'm any
| profession. If the bill should come TO me
| I would certainly pass favorably upon it, y
| The proposition meets with such favor and
| has the appreciation OF so many of the
| leading public men that its adoption is con-
| fidently predicted.
When will the clergy follow the example
| Of the lawyers in opening the doors to
women?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

Doubtless the falling off in the interest
in the bicycle as sport had something to
do with the collapse of the bicycle trust,
but 1t is evident that it was more largely
due to its overcapitafization. The different
plants which were taken into the COM
bination were appraised at much above
their value. 1t has not been able to pay the
interest on it's bonds, and 1t is said to owe
s1O,OOe,0oo. while its present assets will not
enable it to pay ;ts debts by 100000. So
there appears to be some ground for the
statement recently made by a financier that
but two parties will be injured by the over
capitalization of trusts-the investor and
the consumer. The extent of the injury
which the consumer Of the products of
trusts suffers has always been greatly ex-
aggerated. so that the chief sufferers are
people who purchase watered stocks and
other securities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

An exchange tells a story Of Tom l..
Johnson and ex-Lieutenant Governor VIII
Cumback which is amusing. They met at
the Denison House in this city when john
son was in the street-railway business
here and Colonel Cumback was Lieutenant
Governor. Cumback said to Johnson,
Thomas, / am glad to see YOU" Gov
ernor," replied Johnson, please call me
Tom; my name isn't Thomas Thereat
Cumback retorted: 81 received a letter
from you the other day, addressed to Will
liam Cumlack: please remember that my
name isn't William; 1t is just Will. l was
named for my mother, whose family name
was WILL Thereat Johnson said: Il have
always thought that / am the only man
on earth who was fool enough to kick be-
cause people gave me more than / am
entitled to-" But If Mayor Johnson's par
ents had even dreamed that their son
would have aspired to the Presidency they
would probably have given him a full
name.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07
THE SWIFT PASSING.

Not a day passes that the papers do
not chronicle one or more cases of death
from heart disease-people suddenly strick-
en- down from what seemed vigorous life
and the prospect of long years Sometimes
1t is known to the friends of the departed
that they suffered from an affection of
the heart; as often there has been no
warning, so far as is known, to the one
who is gone. 1t is a swift and instant
transition from the interests of the
world that is tc the world unknown, and
it creates awe and wonder among those
who look on. In the petitions of the
Prayer Book is one asking deliverance
from sudden death, but there is reason to
believe that not all whose eyes rest on the
words and whose lips repeat them echo
them with their hearts. For sudden DEATH
when the individual considers his own feel
ings alone, does not-in the vague distance
invariably seem a thing to be dreaded
above all else. "A swift and unexpected
going. one is likely TO reflect, spares the
suffering through long illness and the dis
tress of parting from all that is near and
dear. But, of course, it is considered one
should have all his worldly affairs in or
der so that those who remain may take UP
the threads easily. Yet, when one comes
to observe the cases of others who have
gone swiftly, is it ever found that their
business was arranged, that their books
were balanced? Surely not. 1t is not the
of hum tt,ra 70 Iarf
is to be no more time in which to do this
to finish that. 1t may be doubted If the
man who has been warned by physicians
that his heart may at any hour stop beat
ing forever takes the warning with entire
comprehension. He has recovered from
attacks before. he will recover again-and
physicians are not always infallible. So,
when the end comes there Is always some
thing left undone. Fortunate for mankind
is ii that this is so. for without this peren-
NAL hope. this inability constantly to con-
slider the next world. nothing of moment
ment be completed
The heart wears out rapidly in these
days. judging by the records of the doc
tors Some one has advanced the theory
| that IL is like a watch, with so many
beats possible TO 1t. so long a time to run.
If by the crowding of emotions and cares
and labors the beats come swift and fast
| it wears out the sooner-stops beating when
its capacity is reached. However this may
be. many men and women come to the end
in this way. Their eyes look out on the
green earth one moment. they smile and
talk and are concerned with many things
in another instant their souls are--where.
II confronting another and new world
| is the bewilderment Of the spirit In III
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

The business and financial world will be
interested In the announcement from New
York of the Incorporation and organization
of Pan-American bank. The title of the
new organization is the International Bank
and Trust Company, and 1t is an interna-
tional banking institution for the purpose of
promoting trade and facilitating exchanges
between the states of North Central and
South America. The necessity of such an
institution has been discussed for years
past. and it has been recognized an es-
sential factor in promoting trade and finan-
cial intercourse between the United States
and all the states to the southwark. 1t was
a leading topic of discussion at the Pan
American Congress held in Mexico City last
fall and winter, and a permanent commit
tee was appointed to promote it. Next to
promoting trade between North and South
America its object is to do away with the
preposterous condition that has always ex-
listed heretofore under which the settlement
of trade balances between American coun-
tries is made through the banks of Europe,
mainly the Bank of England. AS long as
financial conditions required it this was
proper enough, but with the enormous in
dustrial expansion of the United States and
the growth of its foreign trade, and with
New York generally recognized as the COM
ing financial center of the world, it was
necessary there should be a change.
The new bank will have its principal Of
fees in New York. Chicago and Mexico
City, with branches in fifteen other cities
of Mexico, and in Havana, Buenos Ayres,
Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, and several other
cities of Central and South America. In
the struggle for commercial supremacy in
which the nations are now engaged, good
financial machinery is as important good
manufacturing machinery. AS President
Mckinley said in his Buffalo speech advo-
eating reciprocity: "vast transactions are
| conducted and international exchanges are
| made by the tick of the cable" President
| Roosevelt in his first annual message said:
| 1.-THE trend of our public policy is to bring
| into closer touch all the peoples Of the
| western hemisphere, and give them an in
| creasing sense of unity" The organization
| of an international bank with headquarters
in the United States and with branches in
| all the leading cities of Central and South
| America is a distinct advance In this d.
rection. There can hardly be doubt OF
it's financial success or its public utility
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

The District Telegraph Company of Chi
cago Is criticised for substituting girl mes
sengers for boys. on the ground that they
moralization by having to come in contact
with all sorts of people and sometimes en-
ter disreputable places. There is some
ground for the criticism. The modern code
OF social ethics permits women to engage
closed to them, but the commercial spirit
of the age ought not to send young girls
on errands that will compel them often to
encounter vicious men and polluting at
mosphere. The line should be drawn some
where.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

The week of last year which corresponds
country was attracted to the bedside of
William Mckinley when his life. after how
ering on the verge of death, finally went
out. The manner of his taking of and
his heroic death showed the world how
raised the country to spiritual exalta-
ton which was most remarkable and most
beneficial. The memory of William Nc
Kinley is one OF the precious heritages
of the Nation. His name recalls the best
in American life. and thousands who re-
call the scenes and memories OF year
ago will be thankful that such a life be-
longs to the world to love and emulate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

Edward Atkinson, who studies social and
economic questions in his own way and
reaches his own conclusions, thinks that a
combination or trust entered into freely
for the purpose of lessening the cost of
the production or distribution of products
of any kind. is marked feature in the
economic progress Of the times, and that
this kind OF combination has come to stay.
AS to vicious trusts. that is, those organ
lied for the purpose of creating monopo-
~, advancing prices and controlling rates
OF wages. Mr.. Atkinson thinks they usu-
ally contain the seeds of their own disso-
luton in their own methods. This view
finds some confirmation in the fact that
more trusts Of the latter character have
failed than are now in existence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

A missionary Of the Quaker Church, from
Plainfeld, Ind. who. with his wife, is
located at little mining town in Mexico,
writes that the miners have become SO
threatening that on the advice of the local
authorities, he and his wife will leave the
town during the period of a coming cele-
bration to avoid trouble. He says that as
a rule the Mexican authorities afford
adequate protection TO foreign residents
regardless of religion. but when the native
miners. who are all Catholics. become filled
with pulque, they are apt to become violent
against foreign Protestants One can
readily believe that half-savage miners un-
der those conditions are hard to control
but II should be remembered that on sever
al different occasions the same class OF
people In this country have punished the
heather Chinese by killing them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

The Journals esteemed exchange. the
Iloilo Up. L. Times, is suffering the incon-
venience of being far distant from the base
of supplies Recent issues at hand show
that 1t has been having trouble with its
tyne. a shortage of 'lower case VS. being
observable. Not having enough of these
useful letters to go around 1T adopted the
ingenious device of using two Tvs" as a
substitute. Thus 1t appears that supply
of ''irst-class white rice from New
Saigon" has been received. also lot of
fine and white salt from China"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

The young man who is six feet and more
or iesseinches more did not get into the
navy because he could not read and write.
In this State. where every opportunity is
offered 10 enable one to secure the eIe-
ments OF book learning, il should be as
sumed that inability to read and write be
regarded as incapacity to learn. Uncle
Sam has no place for such men in his
navy. but In most the States in the Union
flliteracy Is no bar to citizenship In
deed. the illiterate who arrived in this
country year ago and has been six
months in Indiana can be made a voter.
when he knows no more OF our institutions
than native child four years of age.
Some day Uncle Sam may assume the
authority to regulate citizenship and insist
upon the qualifications required in the
navy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07
The Kings Crusade Against Tips.

Boston Herald.
1t was announced by a leading London
newspaper a few weeks ago that King Ed
ward had ordered the royal servants at
Windsor Castle to take no fees from the
public who visited the state apartments
III any of the guides since his Majesty's
command have been guilty of accepting
tips the sightseeing visitor has only TO
mention the slip TO Lord Knolys. and the
money will be returned. No one deplores
the unconscionable greed Of English serv-
ants more than the Britons who suffer
from the excessive tipping nuisance but
while they gave small coins, the Americans
have given large ones. and thereby set an
example for lavishness and ostentation the
world over. III the reaction has come at
last sufferers OF all classes and all nations
should be exceeding glad.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

of the median age during the last nine
decades for whites was IA years. and for
negroes half that figure. Thus 1t appears
that in spite of all the lamentations re-
garding the physical decay of the human
race the average length of human life is
increasing. This is due TO better standard
of living to an ability TO cope with con-
tagious diseases and a better knowledge
OF sanitary science.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
1t is hard for Americans TO believe that
only forty years ago the use OF bank
checks in England for sums less than SIS
was unknown. 1t is still harder TO believe
the statement made in English papers that
the chancellor of the exchequer supposed
that IL was the rule still "He was not
alone in his Ignorance" says The Specta-
tor AT least two Liberal statesmen OF
Cabinet rank shared his deiusion. Did
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07

The New York Sun insists that single
horse may properly be called team. Har-
per's Weekly denies this, and says team
is two horses. The truth is that so far as
usage is concerned it is all matter Of
geography. In New England a team may
consist of one horse; in the West two ami
mails invariably make team. But even
in the West the phrase "a double team
is common-two horses, not four, being
meant