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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
GLOBE Will BE CIRDLED
ELECTRIC CURRENT WILL SOON
FLOW AROUND THE WORLD.
G. G. Ward and c. III. Mackay Tell Of
the Pacific Cable Enterprise-WOrk
to Begin at Once.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-THE CONNER
at the Palace Hotel this afternoon in honor
president and general manager of the Com
mercial Cable Company, William II. Baker
and Edgar C. Bradley, of the Postal Tele-
graph Company. The men are here to wit
ness the commencement of the laying Of
the new cable between this city and Homo
lulu. Governor Gage, Mayor Schmidt,
Governor-elect Pardee, Mayor Barstow, of
Oakland, ard the foreign consuls were
present. Mr.. Ward, in an address, said:
You can form some opinion of the extent
of this great work when | tell you that
the length of this cable will be three and
one-half times greater than that of any
Atlantic cable. When this cable is COM
pleted our system will reach from England
and France to China. or e-fourths of
the distance around the globe. And L VEN
ture to predict that We shall be able to beat
Pucks prophecy of girdling the earth in
forty minutes by sending a message from
San Francisco to San Francisco In one
fourth of that time.
1.-THE first section, now about to be begun,
will probably be completed about Christ
mas day, and if we have the good fortune
to be in communication with Honolulu by
that time we shall De delighted to give you
the free use of the cable to exchange your
congratulations and greeting with your
friends. Inc remaining sections, starting
from Honolulu, touching at Midway and
Guam, Manila, 5000 miles of which have
already been manufactured, will be laid
and in operation. L hope, by the 1st of June
next The whole length of the line will
be about 10000 nautical miles"
In conclusion Mr.. Ward paid a glowing
tribute to the character and deeds of the
late John W. Mackay, who he said, had
crowned his career with an undertaking
which would give him a place in history
among the most public-spirited men in the
country
Replying to welcoming speeches by Gov
ernor Gage and Mayor Schmidt, Clarence
Mackay, the president of the cable COM
pany, said Apart from the commercial
aspect, il was the height of my father S
ambition, and as he had hoped, the crown
ing achievement of his lie, to have seen
laid, from the Pacific coast TO our far East
ern possessions, an all-American cable; its
object the advancement of commerce
through this artery of trade; its goal, the
far East, ard its cradle, the Golden Gate.
1t has fallen upon me TO carry out this
work, and l assure you, gentlemen,
that / will spare pains TO see that il is
consummated. Time alone can tell If our
efforts will be successful, and, If so. let this
cable be a monument to my fathers mem
DRY. And then, gentlemen, myself and my
associates will have been satisfied"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
A DEGRADED FLAG.
Evil Uses of 1t Made by Americans
Abroad.
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express
Every one who has set foot outside his
native land will echo the wish that ap-
on 1.-The dissertation of the American flag
which has been sent to members of the
present Congress. II cordially hope" says
President Roosevelt, that there will be ma
tional fiag legislation"
Some of the baser uses to which the
American flag has been put are catalogued
in this document. 1t is ''defaced with adj
vertisements of beer, sauerkraut, candy
and patent nostrums; IL serves as lawn
ings. horse blankets, merchandise covers -
These are its baser uses. but not its basest.
In the Philippines il has been adopted as
the emblem of places of low resort and in
Paris and other continental cities il pro-
claims the attractions of vicious picture
shows and the efficacy of remedies for re-
pellant diseases.
A really FRANK discussion of the shame
which has been put by Americans on their
flag abroad Is impossible here. Ii consti-
tutes a species of treason In its equally
sordid but less offensive aspect as a COM
mercial proposition the practice is objec-
tiOnable enough, in sooth, 10 demand from
Congress the legislation that their own
behalf twenty-five States and Territories
have already enacted.
The abuse is bad enough when its mani
festations are confined 20 this country
When they carried abroad they do
what they can to make American nation
atty a poor and tawdry and infinitely vul-
gar spectacle. The argument of the flag
when used "a commercial asset for a
particular enterprise is that ii is the EN-.
blem of a cheap people who. IL they would
not quite sell their country for gain. would
do the next thing. Ii is an Invitation e
the contempt of the world.
The authors of this pamphlet disclose
animOsity 10 Speaker Henderson for his
utterances on the subject: but we suspect
there was fine sarcasm rather than serious
intent in his suggestion that the flag be
used as a wrapper for American hams. "
That would be reducing the commercial
argument to an absurdfty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
Salvador Wants Arbitrators' Award
Scaled Down.

WASHINGTON, Dec. u.-Salvador has
applied for a reduction of the award aggre-
eating $500 900 made by the arbitration COM
mission which met in Washington last
spring for injuries inflicted upon the Sal
vador Commercial Company. an American
concern. through the appropriation of the
franchise. The allegation is made that the
award is excessive.
The State Department has for the last
three weeks been earnestly considering this
matter, but from present indications ii
has not changed its mind as to the justice
of the award, which must be paid by next
February at the latest.
The committee appointed by Acting Post
master General Wynne to investigate the
many devices submitted to the department
to take the place of Irvine in tying up
letter packages to-day reported TO the post
master general against the devices pro-
posed. The report states that, while prob
ably. after long period of time. direct
saying might result from the substitution
of a, device which had been tested hereto
fore in the New England States. 1t would
take more time in tying and untying the
mail and hence delay the distribution OF
mail The report raises other objections.
Among the Presidents callers to-day were
Frank b. Loomis, United States minister
to Portugal, who desired to pay his re-
Finley Peter Dunno, better known as Mr..
Dooley," and his wife, who are in Wash
ington on their bridal tour
President Roosevelt and Secretary Of State
Hay this afternoon received deputation
representing all religious bodies in the
United States that are doing missionary and
educational work in the Turkish empire.
The deputation was headed by Morris X.
Jesup, president of the Chamber of Com
merce in New York, and president of the
board of trustees of the Syran Protestant
at he L
ed a formal address declaring that the
affairs of American educational and re-
ligious institutions in the Turkish empire
are in serious condition and need the i'm
mediate attention of this government 1.-THE
address was outlined in a special dispatch
to the Journal few days ago.J
The address was outlined in a special
dispatch to the Journal few days ago.
Combinations by the Senate: Consuls--
George H. Bridgeman, at Kingston, Janlai-
ca: William +. Doty, at Tahiti, Society
islands
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
A FRIEND OF THE NEGRO.
Ex-Confederate Protests Against
Their Deprivation Of the Ballot

fOSl
~ feel though / were the adminis-
traitor of the estate of the late Harriet
Beecher Stowe, and not a very large estate
at that" remarked Capt J. s. Wise. OF
New York and Virginia, who has been con-
Quoting the fight in the Virginia courts
against the new Constitution
Il guess I'm the only friend the negro
has in the world" he continued. II don't
know of any other white man who is fight
ing for the cause of the disfranchised
negroes In Virginia. Ii is strange that an
ex-Confederate and a former slave owner
should espouse their cause, but my sym
pathy is with the negroes. After they have
been allowed freedom and have enjoyed
citizenship for more than thirty years
cannot bear 10 see them reduced by the
means resorted to in Virginia.
THE speech which Jim Hayes, the coli
ored lawyer made In the Federal Court
in defense of his race will have a place
along with the plea of Robert Emmett. Il
was mastery. The man felt what he said.
and he and his associates will not give up
this fight. There will be many suits filed
against the judges of election who refused
to allow negroes to qualify. Now is the
chance for man like Oliver z. Morton or
some such man of positive ideas TO make
TO refuse TO admit Virginia members OF
Congress than there was TO deny the Nor
mon Roberts admission 1 may find man
who has courage enough TO challenge the
right of Virginia election boards 10 run
elections as they please, but doubt IL.
AN investigation OF the methods adopted
by registration boards in Richmond showed
clearly how the voters qualifications were
juggled with at will. The qualifications for
a voter are about as bad as can be
ina gined. but when the law is interpreted
by ignorant and incompetent judges IL Is
absolutely intolerable. A negro tried TO
qualify in Richmond under the clause per-
hitting a soldier to vote. He produced EVIL
dence of ten years of honorable service
in the Apache war and other Indian wars
i'm the far West. The board, consisting OF
a tramp, a carpenter and city official re-
cd n N raU hEe1 d
hadn't been in the kind Of war intended in
the law. This same board barred out a
highly educated negro the secretary OF an
insurance company, because IL held that ne
did not give the proper Interpretation OF a
clause OF the Constitution. None OF the
members of the board was capable OF un-
Outstanding the clause it's interprefa-
ton. Still the race prejudice of the mems
bers could keep the negro from voting"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
ONE MENACE REMOVED.
Release of All Prisoners Has Dimin-
ished Dangerous Factor.

WASHINGTON, Dec. n-Minister Bow
en-, at Caracas. in a cablegram to the State
Department, dated to-day, confirms the
press reports that all the German and Brit
ish prisoners have been released. This was
the only advice that came to the State De-
partment over night as to the situation in
Venezuela, but it was welcome, for the Off
Gals felt that by releasing these civilians
President Castro had diminished greatly
the most dangerous factor in the problem.
Had he insisted on retaining them in Jail
the allies must have dispatched a force to
the capital of Venezuela. and war outright
would have ensued. AS it is, the officials
here prefer to regard the status as not one
of war, providing the allies adhere TO their
original programme of peaceful block
ade," perhaps followed by the temporary
seizure of Venezuelan custom houses.
Details OF the sinking of the Venezuelan
navy by the allied naval forces are awaited
with interest here, and the officials could
not but express their regret and surprise
that il had been found necessary to pro-
coed to such extremes.
Nothing has yet occurred to induce the
State Department to change the policy OF
noninterference which it has adopted. The
President is showing particular interest in
the situation, and this morning he called
Secretary Hay away from his regular
Thursday diplomatic reception to confer
respecting Venezuela. The chairmen of the
two congressional committees charged with
the case of foreign affairs also called al
the State Department during the forenoon
to talk over the Venezuelan developments.
Senator Cullom, chairman OF the commit
tee on foreign relations, expressed regret
that England and Germany had destroyed
by breaking up or sinking the vessels OF
the Venezuelan war fleet. 'They Nigh,
better have been kept for toy houses as
against a formidable squadron they were
tit for little else" he remarked He be-
lieved that If il were considered necessary
to seize the vessels they could have beer
kept intact until after the present trouble
was settled and then restored to Venezuela
Senator Cullom expressed the opinion thai
the United States would not become in
volved seriously in the present disturbance
as he was satisfied that neither Great
Britain nor Germany had any intention OF
acquiring Venezuelan territory.
The State Department is so far wei
pleased with the energetic, yet discreet
manner in which Minister Bowen has acted
There have been no orders issued to any
of naval vessels to proceed to vene-
zuelan ports and IL Is not intended to issue
such orders unless an emergency should
arise. as the presence Of foreign men-of-wal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
FAMOUS IN GERMANY.
Minister Bowen Landed by the Press
for Rescuing Foreigners.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE German Foreign
Office officials are much pleased with
Minister Bowen's energetic action at cara
cas- resulting in the release of the Germans
imprisoned there. Full advices on the sub
ject have been received from Washington.
The direct dispatches received from Vene-
zuela by the Foreign Office here say that
Venezuela's naval vessels have not yet
been seized, that only her revenue cutters
were captured, but that the seizure OF the
former Is expected Immediately.
Minister Bowen has suddenly become
famous in Germany. The newspapers print
his portrait. with sketches of his career
applaudng his prompt Intervention In IA
vor of the Germans and British at Caracas
The Foreign Office now understands that
the press report that all the persons ar
rested were subsequently released is cor
rect, but the officials here are entirely
ignorant of what has transpired since
Tuesday, being as In the China campaign,
two days behind the newspapers. IL Presi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
FAIR TRADE TREATIES
DECLARATIONS OF THE NATIONAL
RECIPROCITY CONVENTION.
Reciprocal Agreements Urged as q
Means of Increasing Commerce.
Auxiliary Leagues.
zo5 Stevenson Building.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 1.-THE delegates
to the national reciprocity convention this
afternoon adopted resolutions, listened to a
witty and forceful address on reciprocity
by former Governor John Lind, of Mime
sofa, heard the report of the finance COM
mittee and adjourned sine die. AT the morn
ing session but two addresses were made.
Eugene N Foss. of Boston, discussed Can
adam Reciprocity" and Frank d. Pavey, Of
New York. spoke on Reciprocity with
Cuba" The resolutions adopted are as
follows:
Resolved, That we reaffirm the resolu-
tions adopted at the first convention of
this league at Chicago. which embrace in
their scope the general principle of reci-
procity and the establishment of liberal.
fair trade relations with all the nations of
the world. and again call attention to the
reciprocity treaties negotiated by ex-Min-
lister Kasson, including the very important
treaty with France; and we again request
that these treaties be ratified and also that
a reciprocity treaty with Cuba be speedily
negotiated and ratified.
Resolved. also, That the time and place
OF holding this convention make appropri-
ate special consideration of our trade rela-
tons with Canada-relations which, to say
the least have for many years been I'M
fortunate for both countries and which
promise (unless speedily changed) to grow
rapidly from bad to worse at the very mo-
ment when a great industrial development
Is taking place; and in view of these consid-
erations, be il further
Resolved, That IL is the sense of this
convention that the government of the
United States should take immediate steps
to secure closer and more advantageous
trade relations with Canada and that re-
ciprocal relations, beneficial to both coun-
tries. should preferably follow the general
lines of the removal by both countries of
the duties on natural products of each and
such mutual extensions of the free list
and reductions and changes of the duties
on the manufactured products of both as
will give to each as low a rate of duties as
Is given to any other country. According
1y, we earnestly urge upon Congress that
action TO this end be taken at once either
by reconvening the joint high commission
for the sole purpose of negotiating a reel
procity treaty with Canada or by adopting
such other methods to Congress may
seem best.
Resolved, finally, That we regard the
negotiation of the reciprocity treaty with
Newfoundland as a most important step in
the right direction and hope ii may be-
promptly ratified
The report of the finance committee
which was adopted, declared that the work
of organizing auxiliary leagues should bt
vigorously prosecuted and that the services
of one or more organizers should be Sc.
cured to this end
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
MOlineux's book in Press.
New York Letter.


With a pen so facie as TO astonish those
who have been privileged TO see its work,
Roland =. Molineux will soon put before
the public a book. THE Room with the
Little Door," in which he tells the story of
his four years Imprisonment. The work
is now in press. Neither melancholy nor
gloomy is the book. On the other hand,
wit and humor run through 1t, and even
death is joked about. The course of the
law and the deeds of the district attorney
are made the subjects of bitter common
tary In a chapter entitled THE Third
Degree" Molineux reviews his own case in
full and makes q bitter attack upon the
methods employed by the district attorney
i'm the Patrick case. Molineux strongly
asserts the innocence Of both Patrick and
Jones. The chapters of the work titled
as follows: THE Room with the Little
Door," "A Forbidden Song" 1.-The MUIR
derer's Home Journal" "Fads." 1.-The
Mayor of the Death Chamber" ME and
Wife" "0ld John" Her Friend" Life"
MY Friend the Mayor" "a Dissertation on
the Third Degree, Its Just Like Her.
IAN Opinion on Expert Opinion" I'm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
SEIZURE OF THE OSSUN.
Protest by France Against German
Action-Further Complications.


PARIS, Dec ia lengthy official dis
patch has been received at the Foreign
Office here from Caracas, saying that the
boats of the German warships in seizing the
vessels supposed to belong to Venezuela
also captured a French merchant steamer.
the Ossun. These advices reached here so
late to-day that the officials were unable to
say what steps would be taken i'm the mat
ter, but IL is believed that unless the Ger
mans promptly rectify the mistake and re-
lease the Ossun representations on the sub
ject will be made TO Germany This is
also taken to indicate the delicate state
of the situation and the possibilities of in
ternational complications beyond those in
volved in Venezuela alone.
The Ossun was owned by a Frenchman.
who used her in the coasting trade of South
America. About eight months ago the Os-
sun was seized by the forces of President
Castro on the ground that the step was a
military necessity and the Venezuelan flag
was hoisted on board the steamer. France
protested against the seizure of the Ossun
by the Venezuelans and put In a claim for
an indemnity. This is one of the claims
which is now to be submitted to arbitra-
ton, Venezuela conceding that the Ossun
was a French vessel. Ii is thought the
seizure of the Ossun by the Germans was
due TO the enforced service OF tndl NeSStl
under the Venezuelan flag, out the French
nationality of the Ossun Is considered here
to be unquestionable.
Leading French officials openly express
qualification at the fact that France has
secured through diplomacy what other pow
ers were seeking to obtain through force.
1t is learned from an authoritative source
that the French claims which will be sub
mitted to the coming arbitration amount 70
$40 500. OO0 This includes 50, 100000 demanded
for the practical destruction of the French
railroad running from the Gulf of Mara
caibo to the mountains. The recent protocol
restricted arbitration to damages occurring
prior to 1899 out as the railroad was begun
prior to 1899 and was continued through
the recent revolution France will insist
that the claim be arbitrated under the
protocol The claims which Ii had not yet
been decided TO submit TO arbitration ag-
gregate 81 10000 but IL is believed that
these also will be included before the an
bitration is closed. and ii is understood that
the arbitration will result in Venezuela al
lowing France to collect the duties at one
of two ports until her claims are paid
which may raise further issues If all the
Venezuelan ports are occupied forcibly by
other powers.
Public and newspaper opinion here tends
| to sympathiZe with Venezuela, as being the
| victim of undue severity the part of the
strong powers. The Temps says: IF the
United States has nothing TO say on the
| Monroe doctrine in this affair IL may bs
| time for Europe to speak in the interest OF
universal peace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-12
ROOSEVELT ON REED.
Did His Party Great Service by
"COunting Quorum

Writing in the Forum of December, 1895,
on Thomas b. Reed and the Fifty-frst
Congress" Theodore Roosevelt, now Pres
ident Roosevelt. said: 'In the fall of 1890
the Republican party went out with a
crash. In the Fifty-first Congress Mr.. Reed
was speaker and at the head of small but
singularly compact majority. In the Fifty
second he found himself the leader of a
minority that included but a fourth of all
the members of the House. With the
greatest ostentation the triumphant party
proceeded TO undo the work he had done
and to restore the ancient order of things.
In the Fifty-third Congress they came
back with a large although reduced ma
jority; but the effervescence of their vic
tory had vanished and they were forced to
acknowledge that they had attempted an
impossible task when they undertook to re-
store the cumbrous system of parliament
tary procedure which Mr.. Reed had as
sailed and overthrown. Already the SUI
preme Court of the United States had de-
cided that as regards the most savagely
criticised of Mr. Reeds rulings he was in
the right and his critics in the wrong, and
now the hostile Democratic majority, ut
terly unable to accomplish anything, and
seeing the House reduced to mere unwieldy
helplessness before their eyes, were forced
to abandon all their positions and to take
up and re-enact the Reed rules. In other
foes. while still in power. obliged to adopt
the very principles because of which they
had persuaded the people to Gust him from
control. 1t was the kind of a triumph such
as rarely befalls a man. The subse-
quent action OF his opponents was his final
vindication. The Reed rules repre-
scented the mere application of common
sense, courage and honesty to parliament
tary procedure.
Speaker Reed rendered a great service
to his party by his action speaker of the
frs md hxyt hsaf for of h
having rendered this service placed him at
one leap among the foremost of the party
leaders, but he rendered an even greater
service to the American Republic. In order
that a republic may exist there must be
some form of representative government,
and this representative government must
include legislation. If the practices to
which Mr. Reed put stop were allowed to
become chronic representative government
would itself be an impossibility. Not for
many years has there been man in public
life to whom the American people owe as
great debt as they do to Speaker Thomas
Is. Reed"