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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
PROBABLE END OF THE COAL
STRIKE.

What might be called surface indications
point to a settlement of the anthracite coal
strike on or before Sept l. Among these
indications may be mentioned assurances
that have been given during the last two
weeks by both strikers and operators that
the strike would be over within a month
These assurances have not designated any
specific terms Of settlement, and may have
been based on the fact that both parties
were tired Of the long and costly contro-
versy and in mood to compromise. 1t is
probable also. that the abnormally high
price of anthracite coal and the imminent
prospect Of a coal famine in many locali-
ties have caused great pressure to be
brought to bear on the operators TO end the
strike. Still another indication is a tip
from Washington that the strike will be
ended about Sept. 1. Major BideIe. en-
gineer commissioner OF the District Of Co
lumbia. is reported as saying a few days
ago that an agent of the operators had been
in Washington and quietly told the dealers
TO prepare for shipments of anthracite coal
within two weeks. All the government
buildings at Washington. including the
Capitol. are heated with anthracite coal.
Usually contracts for the years supply are
made by ali government departments at
the beginning OF the fiscal year. July /.
This year all bids received at that time
were high. owing TO the strike. that
they were rejected. and since then the
small amount of coal needed has been
bought In the open market. Even that sup
ply is nearly exhausted, and with winter
coming on and Congress TO meet on the
first Monday in December. the government
departments have got TO lay in their supply
OF coal. II is possible the government au-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

and has spent so much time in Germany as
to be able to understand the peculiarities
of its educational and other institutions
better than the American tourist or the
lOng-distance critic who bases his stric-
lures on the tourists casual comments.
Presumably many readers will hesitate 20
accept his views as TO the comparative
superiority Of conditions governing educa-
tional and scientific research in the father
land and the laws affecting in
dividual liberty there. but wnat he
has to say is at least interest
ing. So far as his comparison Of the press
OF the countries is concerned, the Journal
is constrained to protest against his indis-
eliminate classification of all American
newspapers as trespassers on private rights
and ruthless marauders. There are papers
and papers on this side of the water and
some are very decent. But, on the whole,
the professors remarks are Of a sort to
make one pause long enough to ask him
self if, in truth, We really enjoy all the
freedom Of which we so loudly boast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
LeSe Majesty.

To speak II personal derogation of the
head of thc state is a misdemeanor in
Germany, and the law, like all German
laws. was written be enforced Scores
of cases occur each year. Ny John Doe
once published columns of a very exhaust
i've article detailing these cases Of lese
majesty. One man had called the Emperor
a rogue. and promptly landed in Jail An
other said the Emperor was crazy. and
was fined and cooled down in the station
house, etc, etc. These cases probably
were correctly reported. 1 have known
similar ones. They We're written for the
American people, and these people are
asked to shed tears over the down-trodden
German citizen! Lese majesty cannot
exist in the United States. And the man
who has not lived in such a society as that
of Germany is likely TO fail 10 understand
lese majesty as IL there exists There is
no just understanding OF anything except in
its own environment. John Doe failed to
tell us that these offenses against the En-
perOr would also have been Offenses against
the plainest citizen, and the punishment
would have varied only in degree The
laws Of lese majesty in the German EN-
pire are one In spirit and tenor with the
general laws of libel and SANDER and in
that country no man. no official, no news
paper may run amuck 10 strike down with
impunity the business, profession, reputa-
ton, character. the family of his rival or
his personal enemy. He who attempts that
thing goes 10 jail as any other felOn. The
German ruler enjoys the protection OF the
German laws that protect all men. Those
laws were made by the representatives of
the German people, freely chosen, and
without them they could not have been
made. II any American expects to find the
good citizens OF Germany weeping on their
doorsteps for those citizens or those editors
! who are studying jail interiors for assault
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

thOrities have contributed TO pressure on
the operators to bring the strike to an end.
The Boston Advertiser stated nearly
month ago that it had positive information
that the operators had given the strik-
ers what the latter considered pledge
that if the strike could be kept up with
out a break until after a certain date, the
demands of the strikers would be granted
in the main. II was asserted that Presi-
dent Mitchell had in his possession certain
assurances which he had never given out
to the public, but which he had almost from
the beginning Of the trouble, that if the
strikers held ont until the week after
Labor day the operators would compro-
mise. If this is true it discloses a remark
able state Of affairs the only explanation
OF which is that the operators are using the
strike TO put up the price Of coal and
fleece the public. The result of the strike
has been to send the price of hard coal up
to the highest figures ever known and re-
duce the supply almost to the famine point.
Prices now are so high that the public
will be glad TO have the strike ended, even
if it means higher prices for coal than
have prevailed for several years past. At
least a year or two will probably elapse
before prices will fail as low as they were
before the strike. This Wilt mean great
harvest for the operators. The prediction
is ventured now that il two or three weeks
hence they announce their willingness to
compromise with the strikers they will in
form the public at the same time that
in consequence of the higher wages they
will have 20 pay the public must expect to
pay more for coal, and the increased price
will probably be out of proportion to the
increase in wages.
II this view of the situation is correct
it means that there has been a sort of tacit
understanding between the strike leaders
and the operators that when the strike had
continued certain length of time and the
| price of coal had been forced up to an alb
normally high figure they would COM
| promise matters on a basis mutually salts
factory and resume work. In that event
| the strikers will have had q summer va
| cation, being supported by voluntary con-
tributIons from labor organizations, with
an assurance of an increase of wages at
the end OF the strike, and the operators will
more than make good their losses blythe in
creased price of coal for some time to
come AS the public will foot the bills it
will have a right TO ask If the matters in
controversy could be compromised at the
end of long strike why could not they
| have been at the beginning? And it is also
pertinent to inquire whether there is not
some power in the national or State gov
ernments to prevent the people from being
victimized by such combinations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will de-
liver speech tomorrow at Morrisville,
VT, his native place. 1t is expected his
speech will be devoted largely to the tariff,
and that he will quote and approve the
declaration of the Iowa Republican plat
form. which says: 1--WE favor such changes
in the tariff from time to time as may be-
come advisable through the progress of our
industries and their changing relations to
the commerce of the world" In enforcing
this view the secretary will probably reflect
the views Of the administration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
NAVAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
John w. Gates Planning TO Build n
Great Institution.


SARATOGA, n. Y, Aug. 17-Before de-
parting for the West last week John w.
Gates made known some Of the details Of a
school which he is establishing in Illinois
for boys near the farm where he was born.
THE institution" said the millionaire
plunger. will not only be the greatest Of
its kind in this country, but it viii be the
greatest in all the world. We have already
bought LOCO acres Of land thirty-fve miles
west of Chicago. and the work on the build
ings will be pushed 10 completion as quick
~ as possible.
..The school will be unlike any in exist
ence. We shall accept boys between the
ages of ten and fourteen. and they can
study ANYTHING they desire We will en-
plOy the best instructors that can be found,
and If a boy asks 20 be taught in something
none Of the professors have heard or we
will investigate, and if there is such thing
we viii have II. We VIII have a packing
house to teach the youth that great field
we will have a railroad connecting with
two trunk lines running TO Chicago. II some
boy looks at a locomotive and says ne
wants to he an engineer. he will be kept
until twenty-one and no expense will be
spared with him.
The boys will be taught military tactics.
They Will be dressed in uniforms but. un-
like any other school, there will be no
truants. The place viii not be inclOsed.
and whenever boy feels he wants 10 20
away, there viii be no one 10 restrain him.
II at any time he cares 10 come back he
can do so.
"Our packing house Will have boys for
officials, and the officers and directors Of
the railroad will also be from the school. In
this manner we hope TO be able TO teach
business methods. Pupils also will be in
structed in the arts, sciences and CONNER
cialism in all its branches.
Wherever the opportunity affords we
will send the boys away, Tor travel Is a
necessary essential TO an education. Every
week viii take a number OF the Older
boys TO Chicago TO study conditions in the
city"
The farm purchased is thirty-fve miles
west OF Chicago and two miles east of ST
Charles. Mr.. Gates says Samuel w Aller-
ton. Of Chicago. and Henry III. Weaver are
interested with him in the enterprise.
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many things TO consider before deciding
upon plan for the allotment OF the schol-
arships. They must of course. have all
possible light on the subject, including the
opinions of leading educators in this coun-
try and England AS no two opinions yet
given out from such source are in agree
ment the puzzling character of the problem
is evident. If all preliminaries are ar
ranged and the system put in running order
by 1904, as now expected, it will mean that
the trustees have exercised due DILIGENCE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
The Canadian Manufacturers

The Canadian Manufacturers Associa-
ton, which has just been holding a meet
ing at Halifax, recorded a protest against
applying the word american" to matters
and things connected with the United
States. OF course they particularly object
ed TO its application to the manufactures
Of this country on the ground that Can
ada is as much America as the United
States In 4 literal sense that is true, but
custom makes law. and the world will con-
America
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

ing the characters OF their neighbors or
their Emperor. he should spare himself the
cost of the voyage. The fact is that with
all our preachment about the liberty OF the
individual. our democracy, etc. there is no
one OF the great nations Of Europe aside,
reputation are so cheap as in the United
States of America. In this matter the
moral strabismus OF vast classes Of the
American people is so great as 10 preclude
clear Judgment of either lese majesty OF
lese John Smith
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

Secretary Walsh. OF the national Demo
cratic committee. has written a letter urg-
inE Iowa Democrats to reafIirm the Kansas
City platform. RE insists that those who
would repudiate It ARE willing TO stab all
Democratic principles and willing to con-
vince the country that the party is so in
sincere. 50 shifty, So evasive that it never
can deserve or regain the confidence of the
people WeH. is not that the case?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

Tae negroes ~ Virginia have raised a
frnd of Se.c00 for the purpose OF lighting
the Suffrage clause in the new Constitution
OF that State and have engaged Hon. John
s Wise. OF New York and ex-senator
Tkurston OF Nebraska. 70 prepare a case
and carry il 10 the Supreme Court That
Is legitimate mode Of lighting. and it is
Tor the interest II all concerned that the
questions Involved should be settled BY the
highest court in the land.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

The reputation OF this city for civic pride
and progress would be materially damaged
II any real-estate syndicate should attempt
% forcstall or interfere with the plan for
cal institute. IL will be time enough for
such syndicate TO bid for The property
when the other movement shall have failed
and until that shall have occurred every
public spirited citi1.n should endeavor to
make il successful
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
No, Not You.

Chicago Tribune.
Mamma. what that fuzzy bundle you
took out Of papa's vest pocket and threw In the
fireplace just now?'
THAT was an accumulation of household re-
cipes your father cut out OF the papers down
town and put away for my benefit. have to
clean them out Of his pocket about once
MONTH"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
The INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found the following places;
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-PaImer House. P. o. News Co. 217
Dearborn street Auditorium Annex Hotel,
Dearborn Station News stand.
CINcINNATI-J. r. HawIey & Co.. 154 Vine
street
IOTISEILI.E-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
81 Third and jefferson streets Louisville BOOK
Co, Pa Fourth avenue and Blaufeld Bros Az
West Market street.
ST LOUIS-Unlon News Company, Union Depot
WASHINGTON. ID. C.-Riggs House, Eboitt
House. Fairfax Hotel Willard Hotel
DENVER Coi.-I4outlian & Jackson, Fifteenth
and Lawrence streets.
DAYTON. o.-J. V. wiIkis. 80 South JEFFERSON
street.
COLUMBUS. O.-viaduct News Stand. 3sI High
street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

The Pope's polite and friendly letter to
President Roosevelt, accompanying beau
tiful gift. was written in French. Ordi-
narily all official documents issued from
the Vatican are in Latin. but the Pope may
have thought the President little rusty in
that language
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

During the last three years our imports
from Cuba amounted TO sos, ass. 476 and our
exports to the island to $791O1, 7O1. This is
an average trade of about $50 100000 a year
Surely this is a trade worth retaining and
increasing by wise and liberal legislation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

The proposed Cuban tariff bill increases
the duty on almost every American product
from . TO 100 per cent. On corn, of which
the United States sold Cuba $4,000 worth
last year, the duty is increased 80 per cent.
Last year our sales of flour to Cuba
amounted to 100000. The duty on flour is
increased 100 per cent. This looks very
much like retaliation for the failure of Con-
gress to pass the reciprocity bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

Murderer Bartholin. who was ''undoubt-
edly'' in Oklahoma on Friday, was also
undoubtedly in Iowa on Saturday. Evil
GENTLY he is working his way back to Chi
oago to oblige the police
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

The population Of Indiana increased from
l.97S,sO1 in 1880 to 2,516.462 in 1900. IF it in
creases in the same ratio during the next
twenty years the steam and electric rail-
roads entering this city will hardly be
able to carry the people who will want to
come here
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

OF private soldiers in the Philippines be re-
ported by telegraph. the same as those Of
officers, regardless Of expense. is character
istic. When it was explained to the Presi-
dent that 1t would involve considerable
more expense than reporting the casualties
by mail he said the question of expense
should not weigh against that of justice to
the families of the deceased soldiers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
No. L and No. 2.
Judge.

John Smith No. l stole one chicken. He
sent 10 jail for thirty days. While there he re-
formed and became another man He became
John Smith No. 2 John Smith No organized
a chicken trust. took 100000 chickens his
fee for organizing IL and sold the chickens when
the market was at its highest. Thus he
abled to endow the jail with library.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
Let The Journal Follow You.

Are you going away for the summer?
II so. you will want TO keep in touch
with home. The simplest and best
way TO do this while absent is to have
The Journal TO follow you by mail.
Leave your order for the paper before
starting. The address will be changed
as often as desired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
The Remarkable Thing.

Washington Star.
do you think there is anything remarkable
in love at first sight?' asked the romantic
youth
mot at ALL" answered the cynic. IT'S when
people have been looking at each other for four
or five years that it becomes remarkable"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

Statistics Of foreign commerce show that
twenty years ago manufacturers materials
eign imports, whereas they now constitute
nearly one-half of the total. while other
imports show practically no increase. In
1851 we imported materials for use in
manufacturing to the amount OF s217.57l. 551.
whereas in the year ended June 30. 1902 we
imported $4lS.776,sSl worth. The figures fur
nish proof from new point OF view Of the
extraordinary growth of our manufactures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

Perhaps one reason why the British are
so enthusiastic over the Boer generals now
IN London is they could never catch them
in South Africa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
Those Simple Dons.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Of course. the Spanish bull fights much
more brutal than our man fights"
why they?"
Because they are not fakes"
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will open in this city in a month or so

A local official who is in position to
know says it is astonishing how many peo-
pie carry concealed weapons. This applies
not only to criminals and lawbreakers gen.
orally nearly all of whom have revolvers
when arrested, but to travelling men,,
sporty" men and even good citizens who
think a revolver is necessary for self-de-
Tense in case of emergency. Possibly it
might be- but emergencies seldom arise
The practice is unlawful and is a direct
cause of many shooting ARRAYS. The law
against carrying concealed weapons should
be vigorously enforced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

If Aguinaldo comes to this country to
lecture he should begin his tour at Boston,
the paradise of cranks and the headquar-
tiers of anti-imperialism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
Bats and Owls.

Philadelphia Record.
Funny thing about going out on
bat"
What's funny?'
why, he generally comes home on an owl
car"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

Secretary Cortelyous skill in arranging
Itineraries fits him TO serve as an under
study for a Methodist bishop.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

The article By Prof David X. Goss. pub
Hshed in this issue OF the Journal. is well
worth reading. not only because OF the IN
vigorous opinions expressed. Professor
Goss Is undoubtedly well acquainted with
university conditions In the United States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18
THE HUMORISTS.
Consolation.

Don succumb 10 grim despair.
But remember, when you're glum,
That the hardest things 10 bear
Are the things that never come.
Life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

The management of a Kansas City hotel
is preparing to serve hot meals at private
houses. The meals will be cooked at the
hotel and delivered in a special wagon
equipped with devices for keeping the food
in proper condition. food supply COM
pany with a capital stock of $1,5oO,OOO has
been organized in an Eastern State for the
purpose of supplying people at their homes
with cooked meals. In New Haven, Conn,
a system of this kind has been in success
full operation for some time. These three
instances indicate what is possibly to be
the solution of the domestic service prob
lem. Everywhere throughout the country
the difficulty of securing competent house
hold employees is increasing. Comparatively
few people are willing to give up the priva-
cy of their own table and either take
their meals OUT move into a hotel or
boarding house. If they can have another
alternative when the cook leaves and
another is not be found-that of having
well-cooked hot meals brought into their
own dining rooms and arranged there by
hotel servants at a reasonable cost-the
tyranny of the kitchen maid will be a
thing of the past. AS intimated in the
Journal yesterday the cook question is
likely to give more trouble in Indianapolis
during the coming season than ever before
owing to. the necessary substitution of coal
or other fuel for natural gas in the kitch-
en- ranges. Coal Madam Cook positively de-
clnes to handle, and, with the independ-
ence and responsibility for which she is
noted. airily prepares to retire from the
premises. If the exodus from the kitchen
is as extensive as housekeepers fear. a
promising field for a food-supply enterprise
will open in this city in a month or so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-18

1t is easy to understand why the Rhodes
date effect. Necessarily the trustees have
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