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The sun., 1903-01-08
Shiyely Named for senator BY Indians
Democrats.

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. "A joint caucus OF
Democratic Legislators tonight indorsed
B. F. Shively of South Bend for United
States Senator. He will receive the COM
plmentary vote Of the party. He has
representative of the old Thirteenth dis
trict, and in 1896 was the party candidate
for Governor He is a BRYAN man.
The sun., 1903-01-08
W. SCOTT.

Philadelphia, Pa. March TO- 1901.
Dear Sirs: have now used four bottles
of your Malt Whiskey, and think owe my
life to this whiskey am 81 years old and
have had catarrh Of the nose, throat and
head for twenty-five years or more.
am hard OF hearing About six weeks ago
I was so sick could not eat. sleep and
hardly able to walk. Felt more like diving
The sun., 1903-01-08
.CATARRH CURED,
HEARING RESTORED.
After Is Years of Suffering With Caarr Which Caused
Deafness. Mr.. w. Scott Was Completely Cured BY
DuFFy'S Pure MALT whlSkEY

than nNiug. Was uIu,i DOCTORS care
and taking all kinds OF drugs and medi-
cine, douches, solutions in nose, etc. The
doctor II, y blew my head away with a
powerful air pump-medicated air. he
called it. It did absolutely nothing In my
case. threw everything away--medicine,
air pump, douches-and commenced on
Duf'ys Pure Malt Whiskey. felt better
from the start. take one ounce with
water before and after each meal and at
bedtime, and now. after using four bottles,
! can cat and drink and sleep well. and
feel better to-day than have for twenty
years. was opposed to all kinds Of liquor
and used none for twenty-five years. /
use Dufys as medicine only. and shall
continue to Use it as long as live. If can
get it. know it will keep me alive, and
may in time improve my hearing. hope
il will Yours very sincerely,
". SCOTT.
The sun., 1903-01-08
ALGER NAMED FOR SENATOR
Michigan Legislators Nominate Him 10
Succeed Himself.

DETROIT. Mich, Jan Gen. Russell
A. Alger was nominated by acclamation
for United States Senator. TO succeed him-
self. at the Republican legislative caucus
last night at Lansing.
The sun., 1903-01-08

Thousands cured alrh Asthma bronchitis @
Malt Whskey which
and ki!s the disease
The sun., 1903-01-08
'G0V, ,ODELL'SANNUAL MESSAGE
uy SUGGESTS NEW SUBJECTS OF
INDIRECT TAXATION.

,,,ors virtual ReDeai OF Franchise TAX
La~-Recommend . Tax Of Mills
on Mortgages, 10 he In Lieu of
>u other Taxes-Proposes Additional
pourrs for the Mayor and Police
commissioner Of This Ctty-FavOrs
Legislation 10 Aid Arbitration Of Labor
Dsputes-lrEes BuildinG OF l.OOO.Ton
Bsrse Canal Over the Existing Route.
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which will take away the right OF transfer and
which will permit those only who are
Registered on the regular days OF reRistra-
ton to participate in party primaries.
He says:
I vetoed a measure passed by the last
Legislature which prohibited the transferring
Of votersfrom one locality TO another by GER
tif,cates prior to primaries. ] am now con-
yinced that this power Is a dangerous one
and that the law should be no amended that
fhosa who register their party affiliations
on the days OF registry during the iaii should
alone be permitted 10 express tneu prefer
ences at primaries.
He al O recommends uch amendment to
the election laws as will require that each
registered voter in the larger cities OF the
State shall sign his name on the day OF
registration as a means OF identincatlon
on the day OF election. and In case OF his
inability to write that his identity shall
of the full board OF registry and election
inspectors.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
On the subject Of capital and labor the
Governor says:
1 believe that wherever tho Decessaries
Of life are involved in dispute between EN-
pioyer and employee, that power should be
conferred upon tlose afett'd TO apply 20
pe possessed by either capital or labor TO
d.prive the people Of that which is necessary
for their welfare. but that ample authority
should be lodged in the judiciary 70 properfy
enforce its mandates. and hat such disputes,
whenever they arise. should not be- permitted
10 Interfere with thos" rights which are para. !.
mount and necessary Tor 70" vcIi being OF
the HeoRe rr%gsJ 'ssssto" for sbe
either by amendment or by the enactment
OF new legislation.
Ofthe xpulsion Of men from labor unions
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13

Among other questions that the ST. Louis
authorities have found it advisable to tackle
before the opening of the worlds fair is
the water question. The present city water
supply. drawn from the Mississippi river
below the mouth of the Missouri, is not
supposed to be organically contaminated
but it is exceedingly muddy-so much SO
as to be repulsive at first sight to strangers
though they soon learn to drink 1t. Present
discussion of the question looks to the
Qualification Of the water rather than it's
publication, making it more presentable in
appearance. Suggestions that the water be
drawn from some other source than the
Mississippi river have been rejected on the
ground that the city cannot afford to dis
card its present expensive plant, and that
water drawn from another source would
also have to be clarified. The board of
public improvements has authorized the
construction of covered reservoirs and the
adoption of the settling and Swimming sys-
tenn of Qualification. If the Mississippi
river water can be clarified II will do to
set before worlds fair visitors as a bever-
age, but in it's normal state 1t would create
a bad impression.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13

II conductor reads II carelessly or an
engineer forgets II momentariIy- No other
department OF human activity calls so Inn
peratfvely for clear-headed men who are
capable Of thinking quickly and acting
with decision No other avenue OF en-
ployment offers greater incentive or OPP
p por nit for the development Of courage
qualities OF manliness which have contrib
uted more than all else 10 make great the
American name and toward the develop
ment OF which this great organization bends
its beneficent energies.
In institutions such as this we may.
moreover. find proof Of the belief that there
is community OF interest between en-
pioyer and employee, that the success OF
great enterprise like the Monon Railroad
is contingent upon the existence OF CO.
partnership between Mr.. McDoel and the
or the forge, behind the ticket window or
the dispatcher's table. 1t has not been so
very long since we seemed TO be drifting
toward condition of perpetual hostility
between the wage Garner and the wage
payer-a condition threatening not only 10
our progress in prosperity, but TO the very
existence of our system of government.
Happily, We are facing changed conditions
in changed spirit; we have ceased think
ing so much Of our rights and have begun
rejecting more on our duties. Well may
spirit wherever ii appears and hail its
progress as a harbinger of better social
order founded a belief in human broth
ciuOOu WHICH uOcS 0Ot 6AIlducl itScil III
phrases, but finds its forcible expression in
undertakings like that which we dedicate
tonight to broadened field of usefulness.
LAS Indianians we find cause for con-
graduation In the fact that our State leads
the Union in the number of railroad asso-
citation buildings completed during the pres
ent year. We formally open tonight the
fifth railroad association establised in our
State, and the sixth is shortly to be inaug-
urated in Peru. And yet the association has
only fairly entered upon its work among the
railroad employees of the State, In the ag-
gregate forming an army of $500 men.
The few associations established can pro-
vide adequately for less than one-tenth OF
this number. No railroad crosses Indiana
without at least one divisional point within
the borders of the State, hence there are
within our borders at least fifteen more To-
calities in which institutions like this
should be established. The railroad men
gathered here, by carrying to their fellow
employees on other lines the news of the
good work accomplished by this institu-
ton, may become missionaries whose labors
shall bear fruit in other buildings devoted
to this splendid cause.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13
THE sENorANs ARE HEARD FROM.

Certain citizens OF the town of Senoia, in
Georgia have discovered a new way for
people to make themselves ridiculous by
sending SIS to a woman who, as chamber
maid at a hotel in this city. recently re-
fused to make up the bed in which Booker
T. Washington had slept. The woman re-
fused to perform the service on the ground
that she would not make up a bed in which
a Niger had slept" She was promptly dis
charged. as she deserved to be- A report
of the incident having reached Senoia, some
of the citizens made up purse of SIS and
mailed ii to the woman with! this message:
In token OF appreciation of your con-
duct In refusing to condescend to such serv-
ice" II would be interesting TO know what
tai and moral photographs of the persons
who could see something so admirable in
the conduct of this white chambermaid. II
she had alarmed the inmates of the hotel
and saved many lives from midnight fire.
IL she had saved a child from drowning or
collision. these citizens Of Senoia might
never have thought of making up a purse
for her, but because she refused to make up
a bed in which Booker Washington had
slept they sent her SIS in token Of their APP
probation Of her conduct.
Information concerning the town of Senoia
is very meager. A gazetteer. which men,
tons matters of note concerning towns. SIM
ply says it ID a post town in Coweta county.
Georgia. with q newspaper. The politics OF
that paper can be easily guessed. and as
there Is only one political party in Georgia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13
Governor Durbin the Guest Of Honor,
Addressing a Concourse of Fully
One Thousand Persons.
INCREASING WORTH OF A MAN
EFFECTIVE PURPOSE OF THE RAIL
ROAD CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS.
Value Of Good Men I'm the Industrial
EQuation-Presfdent McDoel I'm
able to Be Present.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind. May 12.-Railway Of
ficials mingled with the 1000 employees of
the Monon shops. their families and hun
dreds of invited guests here tonight in
rendering a reception to Governor Durbin,
who made the principal address at the ded-
icatory exercises at the new Railway Y.
M C. A. building. The handsome new
structure was filled to overlooking. and
much enthusiasm was displayed A special
car from Chicago brought fifty Monon Of
ficials and many came from indianapolis
and other cities along the line.
After supper at the Hotel Lair, Governor
Durbin was escorted to the new building
by delegation of Monon employees and he
was heartily cheered he arrived on the
scene. Flags and a profusion Of flowers
decked the interior OF the building and on
a large platform erected on the first floor
a musical programme was first presented.
Then State Secretary Stacy, of the Y. M.
c. A., read letter from President Nc
Doel, of the Monon. regretting that he
could not be present at the dedication. 1t
was through the generosity of Mr.. McDoel
that the erection of the building was made
possible. He gave $500 and the employees
raised $500, the total cost Of the structure
being $1,000.
Governor Durbin's address was inter-
rupted many times by applause, and after
the speech he held a brief reception, all
present shaking hands with the distin-
guished visitor. The new home of the
MOnon Y. M. G. is now entirely COM
pleted. and will hereafter be open TO all
members.
Trainmasters Quimby and Sucese and
John Naery, George Bait. NJ. A. Brooks. b.
H. Patterson, D. w. Wagner, Fred KurfesS
and Charles Reeves met the Gov
ernor and escorted him to the Hotel
Lair. The dedicatory exercises began at
7:3O o'clock The Purdue Band gave
a concert before the exercises opened.
E. E. Stacey, of Indianapolis. state
secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association of Indiana, presided and
made an address. Many prominent rail-
way officials arrived this afternoon from
Chicago and Indianapolis and the shops
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13
RICHARD HENRY sroppARp.

The death Of Richard Henry Stoddard
removes a writer who was one of the last
connecting links between this generation of
fellow and Lowell belonged. He was young
er than these three. and lacked that touch
of inspiration which marks their best work
and will make it live, but he belonged to
their school rather than to that of the
present day. He took his art seriously.
and what he wrote has precision and fin
ish not common among younger writers,
even though the latter are distinguished
for form OF expression rather than for
originality of idea. His verse lacks neith-
er force nor individuality; at times it is
stately and impressive, as in his Lincoln
ode; again he has a light and graceful
touch. as in the Oriental songs Of which
he was so fond, and in the simple melodies
scattered through his work. He did not
write unanimously, but he wrote much that
he saw forgotten and neglected while he
lived. He himself received personal recog-
milton in abundance even from those who
had little familiarity with his writings
Doubtless he realized that his verse was
not widely known, and without doubt, also,
this thought ranked. For it is evident
to one who reads either his prose or verse
that his was not entirely happy soul. He
gives the impression, not only in his poems.
but even In his book reviews, that he suf-
fered from a sense Of disappointment
Throughout his poetical work there is an
element of pessmism. of hopelessness. and a
spirit of dissatisfaction with the world is
discernible in his comments on men and
books 1t may be that this dissatisfaction
grew out of the fact that with all his liter
airy and intellectual ability he was never
free to pursue the literary career, but was
bound during all his years to the drudgery
of editing and reviewing. 1t seems likely
that his work will be more fully appre-
ciated as time goes on. for he has surely
produced many things that will hold an
honorable place in American literature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13

Leaves OF Absence and Assignment OF
Officers to New Duties.

WASHINGTON. May 12.-Leaves Of alb
sence have been granted as follows: First
Lieutenant Charles S. Frank. Seventeenth
Infantry, two months, on account Of sick
ness: Capt. James H. Reeves. Fourteenth
Cavalry, one months extension, and Sec
ond Lieutenant Arthur G. Fisher, Four
teenth Cavalry, one months extension.
First Lieutenant Knud Knudson. Seventh
Infantry. has been relieved from duty in
the Department of California and ordered
to Vancouver barracks, Washington, to re-
port to the commanding general. Depart
ment of the Columbia, for duty and fur
Their orders.
Capt John H. Stone and First Lieut..
James F. Edwards assistant surgeons, now
on duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
have been detailed as assistants to the in
structor in the department of hygiene at
the General Service and Staff College.
First Lieut.. Patrick A Connolly, Twen-
ty-first Infantry, has been ordered to ex-
animation for promotion.
F'irst-class Sergeant Harry w. Chadwick
signal corps, now on duty in the office Of
the chief signal officer of the army, Wash
ington, d. c., has been ordered to Fort yell
lowstone, Wyoming, for duty at that post.
Veterinarian Coleman Nockolds. First
Cavalry, has been granted leave of alb
Contract Surgeon James Reagles, at Fort
SHILLING, Minnesota, has been ordered to
Fort Keogh, Montana.
First Lieut.. Eugene H. Hartnett. assist
ant surgeon at Fort Columbus. New York,
has been ordered to duty at Fort Key West
barracks, Florida, to relieve First Lieut.
Charles n. Barney, assistant surgeon. VINO
is transferred to Fort Schuyler. New York.
Capt. William r. Grove, commissary, has
been ordered to inspect subsistence stores
at Junction City, Kan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13
BEGGING THE QUESTION.

A railroad Official who has been looking
into the coal situation has given the News
a statement to the effect that he will rec
ommend that no reduction on coal freights
be made to indianapolis. as the charge is
as low now as 1t can be and afford any
profit to the roads The official, in his ex-
PLANTATION, makes a comparison between the
cost of carriage to the towns Of the gas
belt and TO Indianapolis, and attempts to
explain why the railroads can afford to
make lower rates per mile to the former
than TO the latter. The explanation lies in
better terminal facilities for the discharg
ing Of coal than has this city.
The error of the railway official Is that
he makes his comparison between localities
which do not show the great injustice done
to Indianapolis. upon which the complaints
of the commercial committees are based.
but altogether ignores the fact that 1t is
a comparison between the coal rates from
Coal Bluff to Chicago and from that point
to Indianapolis. and, ii may be added, will
continue to be made until something like
justice is accorded to- this city The charge
is that it is an indefensible discrimination
for the roads to haul coal IS miles to In
dianapolis at 60 cents ton and 231 miles to
Chicago at 20 cents a ton. Now, If there is
no profit in hauling coal to Indianapolis
at 60 cents ton for IS miles. there must be
2Sl miles. over naturally heavier grades, at
20 cents. No explanation has been made
for such discrimination. When an explana-
ton shall be made 1t will probably be that
the competition is so great on the roads
from Indiana coal fields to Chicago that the
ii at the present figure and at loss. or not
carry 1t at all. If the price per mile for
hauling coal were the same on the roads to
both cities. the 20 cents paid by Chicago
would carry ton fraction less than 6S
miles. But the roads running to Chicago
That, is, the roads haul coal to Chicago
163 miles for nothing compared with the
price they charge for hauling it to Indian
apolis. 1t would be vastly better for the
roads not to carry coal to Chicago at all
than TO carry it at SO low rates that they
get nothing for carrying it 163 miles except
large loss. which would bankrupt any
road in a month if it did no ether business.
The complaint of indianapolis is that an
immense injustice is done the people of this
city by these discriminating rates. What is
asked is that there be something like pro
rata charge per mile between the two
cities. The carriage to Chicago lacks but
mile of being four times as much as it is
to indianapolis. If, therefore. the rate of
60 cents a ton affords no profit to the roads,
the rate to Chicago should be more than
doubled to enable the roads to escape heavy
loss and to render the people of this city
something like justice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13
NO RACE SUICIDE THERE.


NEW YORK, May 12.-Statistics COM
piled by the Board of Health show that the
population of New York is increasing at a
remarkably rapid rate. The births reported
in Manhattan borough alone during the
first four months of the present year were
1900 in excess of those reported in the Same
period last year. 1t is pointed out that the
cosmopolitan population and the large pro-
portion of foreigners in the city may ac-
count for the high birth rate E. j. Lederle
president of the Board of Health, says one
reason for an increase in the number of
births reported over former years may be
due to the fact that the health department
now holds any physician accountable who
neglects to report a birth.
At the same time that an increase in the
birth rate is shown there has been a fall
ing off of the percentage of deaths. In 1900
the total number of births in the city was
81 .72l. and the birth rate In each thousand
of population was 1872. Last year the births
were S5643, and the rate 23.5S. During the
first four months of this year there were
reported an excess over the same months
last year of 1000 births in Brooklyn and
of 500 in the Bronx. The city also has
gained enormously by foreign immigration
Taking all things into consideration the
Board of Health has estimated that the pop-
ulation of the city has grown from 8, 49,, 3l2
at the time of the last federal census in
1900, to 3, 1872, $50 at present.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-13

there is no need Of an opposition paper.
There is probably corner grocery and sew
eral saloons in the place, though the gazet-
teer does not vouchsafe any information on
these points. The census report of 1900
throws little light on social conditions In
Coweta county, though it does not mention
Senoia. The total population of the county
white and 1920 were colored. Turning to
the tables OF illiteracy. it is found that
there were In Coweta county 5.s23 persons
ten years of age and over who could not
read or write, of whom 500 were colored
and 7ss were whites. This shows that the
colored inhabitants of Coweta county do not
furnish all of the illiteracy. The fact that
of total white population of 1879 no less
than 799 persons over ten years of age could
not read or write does not indicate high
degree of intellectual or educational cul-
ture. No doubt the town of senoia fur
nishes its share of illiterates over the age of
ten years, with "a sprinkling'' among
adults. 1t is not known how many of the
citizens of Senoia contributed to the fund of
SIS sent to the chambermaid, but it is prob
able pretty thorough canvass of the pop
ulation was made without reference to cdu-
cational qualifications. AS a rule the poor
whites in the South are even more uncom-
promising in their views regarding the color
line and more afraid of social equality
than are the rich. On this occasion, after
the sum was raised, the entire population of
Senoia probably met at the newspaper office
or in the corner grocery and exchanged
congratulations over the consummation of
the work.
Meanwhile the Tuskegee Institute still
lives, and Booker T. Washington continues
his almost triumphal tour through the
North. raising money for its support and
receiving the plaudits of the civilized world
for the great work he is doing for the bet
terment Of his race. What pity 1t is that
Senoia, Coweta county, Georgia. could not
lay claim to a citizen of so much worth and
renown