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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-31

him in this country II thinks that under
the circumstances a statue Of Frederick
the Great at the national capital cannot
help looking always somewhat queer" The
Sun is right in its historical facts. but its
point Of view seems TO be wrong. If the
government or people of this country were
or Of several foreigners the selection of
Frederick the Great would be inappro-
pirate. but the head Of a friendly power
has offered the statue as a gift how could
this government decline It? 1t is a pretty
well-established rule that the maker of a
gift selects it. not the receiver, and there
is an old adage about looking a gift horse
in the mouth.
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The Pauncefote Name.

Washington Letter.
Lord Pauncefote's death will probably
revive discussion of the origin of his sur
name. His own notion was that it was an
AgliciZed version of the old French Pense-
fort, which is retained in the family mot
to with a very slight change. Some cor
roboration of this theory may be found in
the fact that centuries ago the family name
was spelled "Pauncefort'-the ''r" being
still kept in the spelling used by one mod
ern branch of the same stock. Some
critics however, insist that this is a forced
inference like that which attributes the
source OF the name Arundel TO hiron-
dele. the French for swallow" because
this bird appears on the arms of the Eng
lish town of Arundel; il happens, however
that the river Arun flows by the town, and
deli or dale" means the depression or
valley through which the stream takes it's
course. In like manner, some one has
traced the name Of the Onslow family TO
it's motto, 'Festina lente," meaning liter
ally hasten slowly" but the better judg-
ment seems TO be that this name takes
it's termination from the word 'Iow,"
meaning hill" so that Onslow would sim
ply be On's Hill, Winslow would resolve
itself into Wins hill. Thurlow into Thor
HILL and so on. We must leave this oues-
tion for the heraldic experts TO quarrel
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tinct geological connection. II is difficult
10 imagine such a connection except on
theory IF channels between Rocks are far
too elastic, and at the high temperatures
of the regions far underground flow too
easily. to transmit a concussion or dis
turbance a thousand miles or more. Ne
seem driven 10 the idea OF an immense
sewer system. that might make the eartn 5
crust look very odd If il were shown on
ground plan or in crOSs-Sectl0n. THESE
geological sewers are sometimes filled with
lava, sometimes with the mixture OF steam
and cinders and volcanic ash that plotted
out St Pierre. The cinders and ashes may
be a product of a sort OF dry distillatlon.
Down below the surface there must be tenn
peraturss which surpass in fierceness tnat
Of the electric arc. When things get so hot
they Go not burn" in the sense that coal
burns in the ordinary air or steel In liquid
air; carbonic-acid gas. the ordinary result
OF combustion, would be ASSOCIATED into Its
elements. This dissertation at great heat
would of itself produce great pressure, so
that ii does not seem needful TO assume
crack in the earth which let's in sudden
flow of water. that is, in turn, Immediately
converted into steam.
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
A Little Plain Talk of Slanderers of
the Army.

Army and Navy Journal.
No more baseless Islander has been ut
tered than that which ascribes the action
of our soldiers in the Philippines TO the
brutalizing influences OF war. Not even
single native has been killed under the or
ders> Of responsible officers TO crafty a
spirit Of cruelty and revenge. Modern war
has no brutalizing influence, as all ex-
perience with old soldiers in their actual
character will show This charge of wanton
killing comes with peculiar i'll grace from
the organs of the prevailing commercial
ism, which most of all tends to harden men
into selfish indifference TO the feelings, the
rights and the interests of others. Com
radeship, good will toward ones fellows
and promptitude in action for their succor
and relief when the occasion requires it
these are the lessons OF army life. 1t is
the spirit of the army that prompts Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his quick response to the
cry of distress which comes up from strick-
en- Martinique, and IL Is upon the organized
energies of navy and army that he relies
for an immediate and effective response TO
that appeal. In the end the, common sense
of our people will justify our army, as 1t
always has justified il under like circum-
sects that are seeking for army sores, that
they may fasteu upon them, will find In the
end that they have healthy organism TO
deal with. The contemners or our soldiers
will be tomorrow where the critics of
Lincoln, Grant and Sherman are to-day.
The deeds done in the Philippines, the
hardships and sufferings endured there,
will be for those who suffer them and for
their children after them a heritage of
honor and fame. Thus ii has always been;
thus it will continue to be, for army eX-
periences develop in men what the country
has most need of, and that is character. 1t
is not dollars that figure in the history of
the country, but deeds. and a whole city full
of writer's and takers do not count for so
in an no1 ind n w l
constitutes the greatness of the Nation as
a single creator of events.
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL.
Some of the Features That VIII Go tn
Make I'D Good Paper.

some of the Features That VIII Go tn
Make I'D n Good Paper.
KING EDWARD AND HIS CONSORT-
The approaching coronation makes time
which has been furnished by Sarah
TOoley. author OF THE Personal Life OF
Queen Victoria"
AMERICAN VOLCANOES
We have a number now in a quiescent
state that may possibly be aroused 10
action.
THE ROUMANIAN JEWS
Driven from their homes in Carmen
SyiNas county by unjust laws
THE MAGIC CUP
Version OF an old folklore tale told for
children by Prof Louis &. Ward.
A DOUBLE BLOW
Original story by Ernest Glanville.
GEORGE AIDE
The Modern Fable OF the Imaginary
Benefactor who Took a Brand-New
Tack"
EARTHQUAKES AND ERUPTIONS-
summary OF seismic disturbances COW
ering long period Of time.
COUNTING-OUT RHYMES
Jingles that are repeated by the voices
of children.
A review Of the city's social life. a record
of sports. literary gossip. stories of local
interest, illustrated fashions and a variety
OF miscellany furnish reading for all tastes.
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USELESS THREAT.
That of the Coal Strikers to Tie Up
the Nations Industries

Kansas City Star
The Hazleton, Pa, convention. represent
ing the $4,000 anthracite coal strikers, yes
terday decided to call for a national meet
ing of the United Mine Workers of America
for the purpose of forcing an order calling
out all the union miners of the country. 1t
was argued that such a call would put
nearly half a million men out of employ
ment, practically stop the coal supply and
in a short time, if the operators failed to
meet the terms of the strikers, tie up half
the industries of the country.
There is little cause for alarm over such
a sweeping and untenable plan. Organized
labor, like organized capital, can go so far
and no farther. The coal operators would
be in better fighting condition after other
industries had become affected than before
The injustice of the proceeding would bring
much harder pressure on the miners than
on the employers, since the latter are the
initiators of the movement. Labor agi-
tatorS are too prone to rely on the servile
compliance of the rank and file They are
apt 10 assume that anything that is done
In the name of organized labor will be ac-
cepted as law by the men who compose
these organizations. But an order that
million men who satisfied with their
wages, with their hours, with their treat
ment in general would bring about a re-
action among the men themselves.
1t would not be necessary for the employ
erS TO take much of a part in the move
ment. 1t would adjust itself from the i'm
perative demands of the working classes.
There are too many union men who believe
in fair and honest methods, who believe
in just return for just treatment, who re-
gard contract as something not to be
broken without dishonor while Its terms
are being fulfilled for any set OF leaders TO
dictate wholesale sacrifices at the hands
of wholly innocent persons.
Secretary Wilson. of the United Mine
Workers of America, said yesterday that II
the contracts under which many miners
are working TO their own satisfaction and
to the satisfaction of their employers could
be abrogated. Rut in very truth nothing
would be a greater menace to the life of
any union than a deliberate disregard of
agreeable in themselves, for the sake OF
others who may have a grievance The
sympathy strike is one of the weakest ele-
ments in organized labor. But the sym
Dathy strike that violates a contract that
Is being fulfilled by both parties Is so in
defensible that il cannot stand before a
just and enlightened people.
The strength of unions, next to the CO.
ercive force of numbers, must lie I'm the
protection that unions give TO employers
who prefer union labor. who pay union
wages, who grant union hours and who
willingly and cheerfully comply with all
reasonable demands of union labor. Next
to the effort TO gather into these Organiza-
tons the most skilled workmen of the
country the most important thing for
unions 10 achieve is to make the employ
ment of their members an advantage 10 the
OF conditions under which work is fur
nfShed
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porations

The secretary of the treasury made a
speech in Birmingham, Ala, a few days
ago. in which he urged the subsdizing of
ships to extend American trade. He told
the people of that iron-making locality that
South America is building railroads, and he
asked them if they were furnishing the
iron. He assumed that they were not be-
cause If they did they would in all prob
ability be compelled to first ship their iron
to London in order to reach a steamship
going direct to South America. He de-
clared that If We are going to get South
American trade we must have lines of
ships connecting us with the South Amer
lean ports. To secure such lines he would
amend the pending ship subsidy bill by
adding a clause providing for the subsidiz-
ing of steamship lines to that country 1t
ate bill and introduce another offering in
ducements to establish lines to South
American ports. Moreover, when such
lines are established we might get some of
that beef which it is declared would come
TO us if the duty were repealed. Now, if
the duty were repealed, it would come to
us by way of London. IT is true that Eu-
rope prefers American meat because 1t is
so much better. but in order to get the duty
on outside beef abolished we might be glad
to eat the inferior beef of South American
countries
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FILIPINO WARFARE.
Man Traps and Poisoned Spears Used
Against Americans.

Hartford Courant.
Poultney Bigelow has reported for the
Independent some OF the experiences OF a
young West Point officer in fighting in the
Philippines. These experiences were related
after a recent dinner at the West Point
mess; and the speaker was vouched for by
the major, who whispered: THAT chap has
travelled more miles and fought more fights
in the Philippines than any of US" Here is
one of these recollections:
What in other countries would be called
marching, In the Philippines is creeping
along like a tiger. There are no roads 10
a jungle thick that one can move but
in single file-can see but a few feet in
any direction.
THE natives are masters OF the art OF
making traps for wild beasts, and they
hunt United States soldiers after the Same
fashion. They dig in our path pits skill
fully masked. so that our men fall into
them and are impaled on poisoned stakes.
and then at unexpected intervals thread
is stretched IN the grass at their feet. and
when that is snapped bent sapling
springs into position with several poisoned
spears attached. You cannot enter a de-
serted cabin without running the risk or
letting loose a spring Of this sort with
some poisoned spear-heads attached;
usually the mere stepping on the sill or
front doorstep is the signal
"One OF these traps nearly finished me-
Fortunately the spears passed me-one in
front one behind-half an inch OF vari-
alton would have done the business.
Il cannot tell exactly what the poison is,
but II is supposed TO be animal decom-
position. At any rate. IL is effective. Ono
of my men was struck by such a spear
trap in the left side. He was treated i'm
mediately. but without effect His ex-
tremities turned black-his nose, his feet,
his fngers-and he soon died in great
agony"
This young officer said that no one in
the Philippines in those earlier days gave
much thought TO bullets. What the men
watched for was a trap or a poisoned
spartan enemy more dangerous than a
snake, and equally difficult TO see" The
Filipinos who conduct war in this cowardly
fashion were chiefly Aguinaldo men. I'd
practically all Of them have now seen
brought into subsection TO the established
authority. The Moros are OF a different
class They stand out and fight like men,
and they do not mind a bit being killed, for
they retain just about enough OF the Mo-
hammedan doctrine 10 believe IL they die In
battle that they viii go straight 10 a heaven
OF pretty women, where they will be the
lords and masters. Any necessary lighting
that takes place with them will certainly
be a pleasure as compared with having 70
meet the snake-like tactics OF the Aguinaldo
crowd Men who stand up and fight generals
~ have the capacity 10 understand when
they are whipped, and this Is all that can be
asked for by a justly-constituted governs
ment OF those who undertake 10 make re-
bellion against IL.
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At the opening Of the National Confer
ence of Charities and Correction in Detroit
President Timothy Nicholson, of this State
delivered an address in which, after re-
viewing the history and present status of
charitable and correctional work in this
country, he said the golden age will begin
when every State has its nonpartisan board
Of control of state institutions: when rar-
tisan politics is wiped out of municipal
elections; when indeterminate sentences
and parole systems prevail in prison work.
when Juvenile courts and probation officers
are established in all cities: when county
jails are abolished and warehouses estab-
lished: when wife beaters and wife desert
ers are imprisoned and their prison earn
ings are applied to the support of their
families; when all employers refuse work
TO drunkards. and when institutions and
individuals cease to pauperize the needy by
indiscriminate giving. OF these practical
reforms Indiana has probably adopted as
many as any other State. and is facing
and moving in the direction of more.
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Those who have been expressing fears
that the interest in the exercises of Me-
mortal day is waning cannot find any evil
dence in the reports of the observance Of
yesterday TO sustain their doubts. While
in some cities in previous years the reports
indicate that throughout the country in
the smaller villages and cities, the observ-
ance was general and the features were
full of interest. More and more, in many
places, the exercises of the day have passed
into the hands of younger people, but there
is no falling off of interest because Of this
change
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readings by home authors OF national repu-
tation. The authors who read last night
and who will read tonight are not members
of a mutual admiration society or Of an
organization for the development Of unap-
preciated talent. They are authors who
have a much larger clientele Of readers be-
yond the limits of this State than they have
within it. and some OF whom are read and
admired wherever the English language is
spoken. The next State that tries TO dupli-
cate this literary symposium will essay a
difficult task.
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What Caused the Martinique Disaster.


Harper's Weekly.
What caused the eruption on Martinique?
What seems tolerably certain is that there
must exist subterranean caverns, extend
ing. II may be. hundreds of miles beneath
the earth'S surface. For example Mont
Pelee stands at the eastern terminus Of
long chain OF submerged or partially sub
merged volcanoes, OF which Colima I'm Mex
leo and the cones OF Central America are
the western limit. IL seems as If these
widely separated areas have q very dis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-31

One point made by Senator Morgan in his
speech on Thursday has not yet been ac-
corded due weight by those who are dis
cussing American policy in the Philippines.
1t relates to the establishment of religious
liberty I'VE have dedicated those islands,
said the senator. ito the freedom of re-
hgion; we have unshackled them from the
dominion Of an established church, and no
power will ever exist that can undo our
work through military. civil or other
agencies
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Thomas a. Edison is reported to have
predicted that his latest discovery, the
storage battery for road vehicles. is his
greatest invention. Again we are told to
say goodbye" to the horse as soon as the
new storage battery comes into anything
like general use. Now. If Mr.. Edison will
leave US the horse and will give us here In
the one-time gas belt something to take its
place fuel. and to the larger part of the
world an electrical heater much better than
coal. which shall be cheap as well as clean,
he will confer the greatest benefit that man
can devise. Why cannot he give US stor-
age battery that will give heat instead OF
movement?
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Senator Morgan. OF Alabama, deserves
great credit for the stand he has taken on
the Philippine question. Coming from a
section of the country and from a State
politically opposed TO the administration,
ne might have been expected. as a par
tisan. to follow other Democratic leaders in
denouncing the governments policy in the
Philippines Instead OF that he defends it
on grounds OF broad Americanism. His
speech on Thursday was bold. strong and
ncisive- Senator Morgans attitude on this
question and regarding the rights and
iuties OF the United States in the Philip
to that OF some others on his side OF the
:hamber. He made great speech
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The Time May Come.
Hartford Courant.

Hartford Courant.
The country seems TO be here all right
this morning: the government does not
show any noticeable signs OF catastrophe.
Yet President Roosevelt left American soil
yesterday. He went on board the Gaulols
for his luncheon. In the contemplation OF
international law foreign warship Is for
eign territory, even though the ship be
peacefully anchored in domestic waters
We almost begin 20 believe now that MOTH
ing in particular would happen 10 the
United States Of America n a President
should get into the trolley car at Niagara
cross 20 the Canadian side and take q aood
look At the Horseshoe falls.
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The soldiers monument was again in evil
dence yesterday as an educator and object
lesson in patriotism. All who witnessed the
simple but beautiful ceremonies held around
1t must have been struck with the fitness of
the conditions. The ceremonies could not
have been appropriately held at any other
place, but the monument lent itself to them
in very impressive way. AS long as 1t
stands it viii continue the dominating fea-
ture in this patriotic observance by sue
cessive generations of school children.
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stories of cruelty are either wholly untrue
or greatly exaggerated, and that the army
has conducted itself in a way to elicit
praise from all right-thinking Filipinos,
and this, too, in the face Of the greatest
temptations and provocations" The weight
Of testimony is Overwhelmingly against
those who are trying TO make a case
against the government and the army.
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Peace Reigns i'm Batangas.

Boston Journal.
A civil government is TO be established in
Batangas provice. Luzon, on the Fourth Of
July. That marks the complete end OF the
instruction in what has been the most
persistently turbulent district in the Phil
ippines The actual fighting closed early
enough 10 permit the people OF Batangas
TO plant their crops. and by next autumn
they ought 10 be reasonably prosperous and
contented. Here is one more emphatic proof
that Filipino resistance is "A thing OF the
past. But our anti-imperialists hate might
ily 10 acknowledge il.
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Delivers Indictment.
Boston journal.

Boston Journal
That was a strong and truthful indict-
ment which Senator Dolliver brought
against the Democratic senator's when he
remarked that the Senate had before II in
the Philippine government bill the greatest
piece OF constructive legislation since the
civil war, yet none of the Democrats had
offered a single helpful suggestion. They
have been too busy Illuminating campaign
oratory 10 give the slightest real consid-
Grafton to the bill before the Senate
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A Gift.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
My young friend" said Senator Sorghum.
you have exceptional talent for speech
making"
Yes" complacently replied the statesman who
gets a great deal of applause from the galleries
Il feel justified in saying that oratory is gift"
That's what it is. There are mighty few
people who can get paid for it nowadays"
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Senator Fairbanks expresses the very
general opinion that 1t is unwise to talk or
the annexation OF Cuba at the present time.
Their he would have expressed the opinion
that the United States should help Cuba
to maintain its independence by liberal
measure of reciprocal trade, such as Pres
ident Mckinley favored in his last speech.
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The labor strike in Chicago has assumed
form that raises a question whether all
classes of people had not better quit other
occupations and go TO boycotting one an
other. Is there such a thing as a union Of
every fellow for himself and devil take
the hfnduoOst9r
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Consider 1t Settled.

Chicago Tribune.
do you know what 1 think about Senator
Hoar's speech?" said the anti-expansionist II
think it was a complete vindication of Bunker
HILL by Jover'
I'm glad TO hear that said the other. do
you know, I've always had my doubts about that
Breeds Hill stcry?'
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All things considered, Memorial day was
never so generally observed in this city as it
was yesterday. The multitude at Crown
Hill was the largest that has been there on
such an occasion. The address of Major
Warner, of Kansas City, was in every way
worthy the occasion.
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Class That Rules.
Puck.

$50 the President is the servant Of the people,
h?' said the from foreign land. well,
it seems to me that you treat him with good
deal Of respect and consideration for servant"
HUH scornfully retorted the native born.
II guess you never lived in the suburbs"