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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-14

and also in the employ Of the company. on
all questions concerning wages. hours Of
service and other conditions pertaining 10
their employment"
President Thomas, of the Erie. wrote:
This company prefers to deal with its
own employees" adding that it had
done so for over fifty years, always listen
ing to complaints and adjusting grievances.
Another operator wrote that the only prac-
tical way to settle differences between en-
ployes and company is by discussion by
the men themselves with the immediate
superintendent" All the operators stated
that. while they did not propose in the
slightest manner to discriminate against
members Of the miners union, they could
not consent to let the latter discriminate
against nonunion men or take the manage
ment of their business out of their hands.
One Of them wrote: 1T is the inalienable
right of man to labor, and this without
regard to nationality. creed or associa-
ton. To seek to prevent it is crime, and
we cannot. even by implication. sanction
such a course"
1t is evident from what has been said
that there are two sides to the present
controversy and that the operators are
contending for what they conceive to be
their strict rights and the vital interests
Of their properties. The Journal does not
say they are altogether right nor that there
may not be some just middle ground Of
compromise, but it is plain that the opera
tors have some right on their side. The
claim that they be permitted to manage
their own business, without dictation or
coercion from outside officers or commit
tees, is not an unreasonable one. The OPP
orators agreed to continue paying the 10
per cent. increase in wages granted in
1900 until April l, 1903. and thereafter sub
ject TO sixty days notice In order to sup
port their present demand for further
increase the miners suggested an increase
in the price Of coal to the public The op-
orators replied that this was not only UNI
desirable, but, in view of the sharp COM
petition OF bituminous COAL was impossi-
bic. and invited an inspection of their
books to verify this statement. These
facts might not have come out but for
President Roosevelts intervention. They
throw a good deal of light on the situa-
ton and show that from a business point
of view the operators occupy a strong po-
sition
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That Democratic Platform.

New York Mail and Express.
The Evening Post, being anxious to make
its Democratic allies appear as respectable
as possible, exaggerates the Importance of
the failure of the Indiana Democrats to in
dorse the Kansas City platform. Organism
is rejected and Is to l definitely abandoned,
in the Evening Posts view, and the Demo-
cratic party, represented by the Indian
apolis convention, is rallied to the Evening
Posts water-cure platform.
The wish is father TO the thought. We
have already shown that, though the Indi-
ana Democrats left out their definite af-
firmatiOn of the Kansas City platform, il
would nevertheless have been impossible to
construct more thorough-going anti-pros
perity platform than theirs. They have as
sailed every item in the economic and
financial programme of the Republican par
ty-the. programme which, representing the
solid business sense Of the people, has made
the country not only more prosperous than
1t ever was before, but more prosper
Gus than any country ever was be-
fore. The Indiana Democrats failure to
emphasize a single heresy has only made
more marked their complete success as an
all-around enemy of public prosperity.
Nor did the Indiana Democrats compli-
ment the Evening Post by adopting it's
water-cure issue. They denounced the
Philippine policy of the Republican admin
istration in sufficiently ferocious general
terms, but they complimented the army
and said nothing about the water cure
They are for Filipino independence and
anarchy, but they took the head completely
off their own declaration. when they had
made it, by declaring that America should
continue to protect the Philippines and Sc
cure in the islands such commercial and
naval rights and advantages as would be
just and fully and fairly protect American
interests"
That is to say, they gave themselves and
the anti-imperialists completely away
There is neither sound economics nor water
cure In their platform.
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WHY THE SALUTE WAS DELAYED
An Amusing Incident of the Rocham-
beau statue dwelling.
Wa shington Star.

washington star.
Il witnessed an incident last Saturday
that gave every indication of resulting ira
gically, that was certainly dramatic and
at the same time extremely amusing" said
a man who is interested in things military.
I'm connection with the ceremonies attend
ing the unwilling Of the Rochambeau statue
the Fourth Battery of field artillery was as
signed 10 fire a salute. The battery took
station on the stretch of ground just north
of the Washington monument. 1t had been
arranged that the time ball on the State
Department building would be dropped as a
signal for the firing TO begin. / strolled
down to see the battery at work
Just as the black ball began its descent
OF the flagstaff an elderly colored individ-
ual, directing the movements OF a mule at
tached to an ash cart. appeared on the
scene in front of the face of the battery, so
10 speak. The commanding officer was
about to order Fire. when he noticed the
mule and cart For the time being military
discipline was forgotten. The majority of
the members of the battery began to gestic-
ulate wildly and to shout warningly TO the
driver. He paid no heed to the soldiers,
but placidly proceeded toward the battery
The commanding officer waited till the We
hicle had just cleared the front of one of
the guns and then gave the order.
THE specta tors closed their eyes, for
everybody expected the result TO be run
away and a general muss-up, TO say the
least. The surmise proved incorrect. The
mule did not even blink an eye, although
the gun was discharged within six feet OF
the animal The queer turnout continued
on its way, the driver deliberately heading
down the lane formed by the double column
of field pieces No one made move TO stop
the mule and cart, and both the driver and
the motive power remained apparently OBJ
llvious to the firing of the salute"
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

The righteous indignation of certain SEN
ators who are supporting the beet sugar
trust at tire discovery that a few thousand
dollars OF Cuban revenues have been ex-
pended TO promote a reciprocity treaty
with the United States which would be of
great benefit TO the people of the island
is simply ridiculous All governments ex-
pend money 10 extend their commercial
advantages The people of Canada are
constantly pleading their cause by using
American newspapers and magazines
Great Britain is constantly expending
money 10 extend the area of British trade
Every steamship line TO which high postal
compensation is paid to insure its success
is money spent TO encourage British trade.
All Europe and the United States have been
spending large sums of money 10 secure a
treaty With China. our interest being to
secure the "open door" which it was sus-
pected one or two governments did not
favor. If the fearful and now outraged
senator Teller will look the subject up
he will ind that the United States has
twice sent i commission TO Europe TO in
duce its nations TO agree 10 free coinage
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Carp as a Nuisance.

Chicago Evening Post.
AN influence that seems to have a very
material effect upon the bass fishing in
Lake Erie is the carp" says a writer in the
June number Of Outing. 1T is very gener-
ALLY believed among sportsmen and fisher
men alike that the carp is TO our native
fish as the English sparrow 10 our birds
No one accuses the carp of having suffi-
cient enterprise to eat other fsh-even
small fry-but ii roots among the spawning
beds. and is believed to devour eggs by the
million.
Il have heard this complaint about Lake
Erie, at the st. Clair Flats, and along the
bays of Wisconsin, showing that every
where in the lake region the carp is held
in the same disrepute. How much truth
there is in the stories of his spawn eating
would be hard 10 say, but it is certain that
carp are 10 be found by thousands all
about the great lakes. Some of them are
monsters in size, and all root about the
banks of bay and bayou and the bottom
of every shallow place. Many small lakes
have been entered and their waters turned
from crystal TO mud color by the roofing.
There is no doubt that they disturb spawn
beds and do an immense amount of harm
whether they are egg lovers or not"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-14
THE PRESIDENTS CUBAN MESSAGE.


The President. in his message to the Con-
gress urging reciprocal legislation with
Cuba, speaks the sentiment Of a very large
majority Of the Republican party. His
aIpeal for an impoverished people whom
we have started in the difficult path of self
government will meet a hearty response
on the part of those Americans who de-
manded that the government Of the United
States should rescue the island from its
oppressor. The policy Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clared yesterday was the policy of William
Mckinley. and is in accord with his last
message to the American people.
Why this hostility to a reciprocal treaty
with Cuba? The sugar trust says that it is
an entering wedge to destroy the principle
of protection and that it will destroy the
beet-sugar interests in this country. Neither
of these objections has any foundation in
precedent or in sound sense. The Harrison
administration made reciprocal treaties
with Spain for the trade with Cuba, with
France and Germany. with Brazil and other
South American countries, but those trea-
ties did not affect the principle of protec-
ton. In fact, such reduction of duties to
obtain better trade conditions in other
countries is using the principle of protec-
ton 10 obtain advantage. Equally absurd
is the claim that the admission of Cuban
sugar at % per cent. less duty than that
of other countries will affect the price Of
sugars to the disadvantage of the beet
q,
port three-fourths of our sugar If Gu
ba's product is admitted 20 per cent. less
than the duty on the remaining half the
price will be made by the London price
plus the duty paid by the other half. The
producers of raw sugar in Cuba will get
20 per cent. of the duty now paid US. In
return for that we shai get reduced du-
ties on all the goods Itch Cuba imports
and wrost from Europe a trade worth
so, 100000 a year.
1t is probably Of no use to appeal TO
the beet-sugar Republicans, but it can do
no harm to inform them that they at
tracing the attention of the millions of
sugar consumers to the high duty on that
article. On the high-grade Cuban raw
sugars il is not less than 100 per cent ad
valorem. On the lower grades OF imported
raw sugars it is 81 per cent. The beet
sugar people practically say to the millions
of American consumers: You must pay
this duty. which nearly doubles the price
of your sugar, that we may make Z or s
per cent. of the sugar you consume" The
hackers of this little trust may be assured
that when tariff revision comes the first
article upon which the duty will be reduced
will be sugar. The people will not go on
forever paying this high duty on the only
imported article of common use to which
the duty is added to the foreign price and
is paid by the consumer.
II is said that the Democratic senators
will act with those beet-sugar Republican
senator's who declare that their purpose is
TO maintain high duties in the interest of a
hopeless industry. And yet they are talk
ing of free trade!
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Arithmetic, Algebra and the Races.

Baltimore Herald.
A curious calculation was made after the
Gravesend races of last week in which sew
eral horses against whose chances heavy
odds were laid came 10 the front and
dumfounded the talent" The calculation
showed that had a five-dollar bill been
properly placed on the first race and the
winnings used to back the lucky horse in
the next race, and this proceeding been re-
peated until the seventh victor came in
under the wire. the owner of the five
SCISSOR at the end of the day of the sum of
based not only upon the hypothesis that
ner in each event, but on the further hy-
pothesis that takers would have been
found for the ever-increasing bets at the
prevailing odds Arithmetic of the simple
multiplication order thus lends an Aladdin
like glamour TO the possibilities of the
races, but algebra comes to the rescue of
sober common sense with the deduction
that the chance of naming the winning COM
bination of horses was one in 3.SS9 $50. In
other words, the Spectator with the five
dollar bill, even had he the opportunity TO
place his bets according to the programme
above, would have had one chance in
3.SS9620 of hitting the winning combination
and 1883. 619 chances to lose his five dollars
The moral is obvious, even if it were not
supported by the information that the
bookmakers won heavily on the Gravesend
programme.
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The President and the Pope.

New York Evening Post.
1t was a graceful courtesy for Governor
Taft, as he called Informally upon the
Pope, TO leave, as a souvenir of his visit
the complete works of the President of the
United States. His Holiness is possibly too
old to be won from the contemplative TO
the strenuous life, but he will undoubtedly
find in the moral, historical, and descriptive
works of Theodore Roosevelt a number of
things undreamed of in the philosophy of
Vincent Joachim Pecci. 1t may be assumed
that Leo XIII will find some tactful way of
presenting. in return for this gift his own
works to the President. A mere dilettante
might amuse himself with the disparity of
the eXchange-the imposing volumes of the
author of The Strenuous Life" against the
thin booklet which would contain the
charming Horatian limitations of the author
of the ode, ION the Frugal Life" and one
might variously contrast and compare the
sauvity of the Pope's Latin and the staccato
insistency of the President English A
moralist would ignore these merely aes-
thetic considerations, and fell that while
the reading of President Roosevelt's works
may cause a healthful shock in the irnme-
mortal tranquility of the Vatican. the read
ing, marking and digesting of the lode on
Peace" would produce equally salutery
effect in the hustle of the White House
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
Features of Especial Interest 10 APP
pear In To-Morrow's Issue.

pear I'm TO-Morrou's Issue.
4 TALK ABOUT HORSES
Interview with the famous trainer and
driver. Budd Doble. now in Indianapolis
| CRoNE'S THEATER GARDEN
"reminiscences Of an Indianapol InstI-
tuition that hourished In the '7o's
BIRDS AND GARDENS
Stories dealing with these always IN
teresting summer themes
RETURN OF THE NATIVE
An Indianapolis lawyer describes his
experiences on a visit 10 the home OF his
youth.
| COMMERCIAL EVOLUTION
Important and noteworthy address &C.
hvered at Miami University this week
by the Hon. John B. Elam. OF Indian
apolis.
A BIT OF INDIANA HISTORY
Story or the Pigeon Roost Massacre
horror OF pioneer days
MAURICE MAETERLINCK'S FANCIES-
Speculations as TO the possibilities OF
foreseeing events.
THE HABIT OF BLUsHING-
Regarded as a disease. its cause and
cure are professionally considered.
PHOTOGRAPHIC GHOSTS
Belief that some pictures OF spirits may
be genuine but fraud Is possible
ICHTHYosAURUs DUG Up
Remarkably perfect skeleton Of ancient
serpent beast found in Russia.
THE CONQUEST OF THE CITRATE
Origial Story by Ruby NJ. Ayres.
GEORGE AIDES SATIRE
The Modern Fable OF the Young Ma
poleon who went Back TO the Store on
Monday Morning.
In addition are the usual departments de-
voted TO sports social news and gossip,
fashions. literary matters and other sub
jects of interest
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The opponents of the Panama route are
constantly declaring that the House was
unanimously in favor of the Nicaragua
route. How came it. then, that the propo-
stion to authorize the President, upon the
advice of the istnmian committee, to pur-
chase the French canal for $40,0OO,OOO re-
ceved 30 votes in the House to 10 against?
Is that a vote of practical unanimity?
That vote was taken ten days before the
canal commission reported in favor of the
Panama route if the company's rights
could be acquired for 100000.
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The Bishops Inquiry.
Baltimore Herald.

Baltimore deIdlu.
Bishop Paret, of Baltimore, tells an an
ecdote having 10 do with mis- visit to an
Episcopal family in West Virginia. They
were plain, quiet, unpretending, homelike
folk and did everything possible to make
the bishops visit pleasant. Learning that
he liked hard-boiled eggs for breakfast the
hostess herself went into the kitchen TO
prepare them. The bishop, sitting in the
dining room adjoining. heard her begin TO
sing in a low but clear musical and feeling
tone the first verse of Rock of Ages -
There was so much of the spirit of the old
hymn in her expression that he joined in
a the fourth line and accompanied her
until she stopped which was at the end of
the second verse. When she entered the
dining room with the eggs he asked:
why did you not sing the third verse;"
THE third? she replied "Oh, that's not
necessary. you know bishop"
Not necessary? l do not understand, "
he said
why. don't you know the rule of one
verse for soft-boiled eggs and two for hard
boiled? Ii just brings them right"
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Origin of Flag Day.

washington POST
The custom was originated by the late
Col. George Balch, of New York. who
taught the Flag-day salute in the kin
dergarten or which he was the director
In 1873 the Womans Relief Corps, at a
meeting held in Indianapolis, decided TO
take up the work and to secure the as
sistance of the Governors OF the various
States and Territories and the national
authorities in making the observance ma
tional IN character. The work went on
silently, but very successfully and now
the day Is haif-holiday in some States
while in others a proclamation is issued
by the Governor, calling on the citizens
to do honor 10 the flag by meeting in pub
lice places 10 celebrate the anniversary
and by displaying IL as prominently as
possible. few years after the Woman's
Relief Corps became interested I'm the
work u was taken up by the Grand Army
and since then these two organizations
have worked to perfect their plans for the
general celebration.
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MODE OF DEATH AT ST. PIERRE.
Medical Publications. Speculation
on the Exact Causes.

Philadelphia Medical Journal.
An interesting question that arises in the
medica! mind on reading the stories of the
ST. Pierre disaster. is as 10 the exact
cause OF death. The newspaper accounts
suggest direct burning or overwhelming
with valcanic dust. This material is COM
monty called ashes. but IL is not correctly
described by that word; IL is usually rocky
matter finely divided by explosive action.
considerable proportion OF the deaths
might be due 70 suffocation by noxious
gases. Among such would be carbca diox-
ide. commonly called carbonic acid. and sui
phurous acid. The former Is not actively
poisonous and would not be the cause OF
death unless present in considerable pro-
portion. but the latter gas r. highly IRE
spirabe. and even a small proportion will
ren0er air so Irritating that suffocation
must ensue. We have but meagre reports
from those who have been near enough 20
great volcanic eruDtiOns 10 appreciate the
actual conditions. One OF the most famous
eruptions in history, that OF Mt. Nesuvius
I'm A. ID. -. has been described By the
younger Pliny from notes left by his uncle.
who lost his life in an effort 10 rescue A
friend. The narrator states that the death
OF the elder Pliny was due 10 fumes OF sui
phur. Even making allowance for the I'M
perfect Identification OF chemical sub
stances at that early period. may safely
assume that by such an expression sulphur
Gus acid was indicated, since the gas was
undoubtedly familiar. indeed. Il Il mem
toned in the Odyssey disinfectant
The Roman writer further adds that the
BODY was untouched by FIRE In some OF
the recent reports from Martinique specific
mention is made OF the same suffOcafing
inhuences The steamship Roddam eS-
capped through a shower OF hot fragments
and lost some Of her crew by the inhala-
ton OF sulphurous gases.
IL may be well 20 note that. when disas-
ters by fire occur In closed spaces. surfOca-
ton by carbon monoNidc and smoke Is
likely TO occur. In this way persons in the
gallery OF a theater may be killed without
direct injury by IRE or by falling timbers
liz Is probable that instances OF this kind
have given rise 10 the notion Of death by
swallowing nre. widespread popular
belief.
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Noted by an man.

Washington Post.
Il have a clipping here from a Chicago
paper that gives a long list of people IL
censed to marry in that city," said Mr.
Henry Pierce, of London, England, at the
Arlington.
The list interested me because it gives
the ages of the parties about to wed The
point that attracted my attention was the
fact that there were only few years Of
difference in the ages of the men and the
women. In Europe, as a general rule, of
the parties TO marriage the men are con-
siderably the seniors of their brides but
here the average of difference does not APP
pear to exceed four or five years"
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OF silver. If he will enter into the inves-
tigation in earnest he will ind that con-
siderable sums of money were paid by the
United States for literature TO enlighten
Europe on the subject and tens Of thou
sands in salaries for commissioners. This
money was expended in the interest OF
the silver-mine owners. Acting under the
Harrison sent agents to European coun-
tries and TO South American States TO in
duce them TO enter into reciprocal treaties
with the United States. The late Presi-
dent Mckinley had a special agent sent
to France and other countries to nego-
tiate reciprocal treaties. 1t took money 10
do this, and the money was expended for
what was believed to be to the advantage
of the trade of the United States.
Those interested in the affairs OF Cuba
have seen that the prosperity of the
island depends largely upon a reciprocal
treaty with the United States. General
Wood has allowed a few thousand dollars
TO be expended in the printing and circula-
ton of documents setting forth the needs
OF Cuba and the advantages of recipro-
cal treaty to both countries. No one
charges that a cent of the alleged $1,000
has been used to bride a member Of Con-
gress. And this is the reason why there
should not be reciprocity with Cuba! The
fact that Cubans, consulting with Cover
nor Wood, felt it necessary to pay for
a proper presentation of the needs of Gu
ba to Congress and the country, should
be a reason in favor of granting recip-
rocal treaty
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II is sad TO see that the papers favor
ing the Nicaragua canal route are un-
able 10 discuss the question upon its mer-
its. but fly into passion and abuse Sen
ator Hanna. While denouncing those who
favor the Panama route or who would
leave the decision 10 the President as de-
string 10 prevent the construction of ar
isthmian canal. they themselves cry out
'the Nicaragua route or nothing" 1t is
not such burning question that the routes
cannot be discussed on their merits