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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-16
NOT so BAD.
America Is Not Going to the Dogs, De-
spite the Buffalo Scandal.

spite the bunalO Scandal.
Minneapolis Journal.
a mysterious murder was committed in
Buffalo a week ago. The search for the
murderer has uncovered an unsavory mess
OF immortality in a certain class in Buffalo.
These facts led Buffalo preacher to say
yesterday:
America is fast following the steps of
the Old Roman empire. The home is de-
splse9' cnlidren are an incumbrance-a
poodle dog Is of more value than a baby.
Wealth and pride consume the life blood
sap our democratic vigor"
mere probably never was revelation of
a little piece of local social gangrene in any
part of any nation that some jeremiah did
not arise and infer therefrom the decadence
and ruin of the nation.
What has a little spot of rottenness in a
little section of Buffalo society to do with
our national vigor or soundness? In the
nealtnleSt body there are always dead and
dying cells. In the best nation there are
always immoral and worthless individuals.
From time to time they come to the sur
conclude that the whole body must be about
as bad as they are
Scandals OF the Buffalo sort are, perhaps,
especially frequent among what are some
times called our best people" This phrase
too often means the people with the most
money or the most oStentatious manner of
living. Mere social conspicuity is no indica-
ton OF worth or real importance in the COM
munity. immortality in this class is no cri-
terion of the condition of society as a whole
Our real best people are now as sound as
they ever were, and among a certain class
of frivolous pleasure seekers there Is prob
ably no more rottenness now than in the
days of Aaron Burr.
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some changes in the schedule-that some
things now on the dutiable list should be on
the free list, and that In some other IN
stances the present duties should be re-
duced. In stating this view. however, he
notified Democrats that whatever contro-
versy might arise regarding it would be
confined to Republicans. and that Demo-
Gratis need not try to draw any encourage
ment from IL. 1--WE are all loyal Repub-
LEANS" he said, land we all know that a
government administered by the Repub-
lican party is better than any government
that could possibly be administered by any
other political organization known to the
American people"
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Life of Ulrich ZyyingIi.

The Protestant reformation has been
favorite theme with church historians and
a great number of volumes have been writ
ten on the subject. The chief interest In
the German reformation centers about
Martin Luther, in the Scotch reformation
about Knox and in the Swiss reformation
about Zwingli or Calvin. according as at
tention is directed to the Communicating
or the French-speaking portion OF Switzer-
land OF these leaders in the reformation
Martin Luther was the greatest ana Iore-
most. but Zwingli did as great a work IN
Switzerland as Luther did in Germany. Inc
Life of Ulrich Zwingli, by Samuel Simp-
son, is doubtless the most readable and au-
thoritative account of the life and labors OF
the Swiss patriot and reformer that has
been printed in the English language The
author has evidently used much care and
research in gathering his materials and the
work seems to be characterized by absolute
fairness and accuracy of statement. 1t is
an interesting contribution TO the history in
English of the reformation, and, incidental
w. of the times and environments in which
Zwingli lived, labored, preached and finally,
in the prime of his manhood. died on the
battlefield fighting for truth and the free
dom of the Christian Church. New York:
The Baker & Taylor Company.
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AN UNAFFECTED RESURRECTION.

II any one had said, a few months ago,
that Mayor Harrison could secure another
nomination for mayor of Chicago he would
have been regarded as a person without
Judgment The Chronicle. the leading DEM
ocratic paper, has shown the weakness of
the Harrison administration and party lead
ers have. denounced his rule as every way
vicious The past two years have been a
period of misrule and lawlessness such as
city The finances are in a deplorable con-
dition, and the inefficiency of the police is
the cause of general complaint, while the
mayor is absent from his post weeks at
time Yet, in the face of such reasons for
defeat, Mayor Harrison carried the deiega-
and will be renominated to-day by a prac-
tically unanimous vote.
1t will be asked how it comes about that
Mayor Harrison, after such record,
could be nominated for a fourth time.
He was first elected somewhat upon the
sinated while in office. He did fairly WELL
m the next election two candidates were
In the field against him. The third time
he ran upon his reputation for vetoing
franchises and opposing the schemes Of
corrupt aldermen, while his Republican OPP
ponent was not strong man. Mr.. Harri-
son has always had great deal of indie
pendent support. This time he has the sup
port of the element which declared that
the city shall run and operate the street
railways. The labor organizations have de-
clared for that experiment and have de-
manded that 1t shall be put into operation
at once regardless of the fact that it can
not be done without change of the State
Constitution, and after the people of the
State voted against the proposition in the
late election by defeating the party declar-
ing for it. Just now the franchises of the
street railway in Chicago are expiring. and
| negotiations have been begun for the grant
| ing Of new ones, but the element support
| ing Mr.. Harrison says this must not be
done Moreover, the lawless element is for
| Chicago is the asylum of all kinds of crooks
and lawbreakers They recognize the pro-
lection they receive at his hands. This law
less element includes the entire population
which has given Chicago the reputation OF
being the wickedest city In the country
| Under Harrison that element has grown
even beyond the regular growth OF the city
In addition. the police and the thousands
Of other employees of the city were organ
| lied to carry the primaries for Mayor Har-
rison. 1t is surprising. however, that he
should show great strength. when only
a few months ago the powerful leaders op-
posed to him drove him and his followers
| out Of the state and county organizations
WIN Mr.. Harrison be reelected? He u
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The Elkins Law.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The "Elkins law appears to be much
wiser measure than many of the railroad
managers thought II to be when it passed
Congress. 1t has just saved the govern
ment a large sum in the transportation of
military and naval parties between Chicago
and the Pacific coast. Before the passage
of the bill an agreement or understand
ing was in process of formation among
Western railroads as 10 the rates to be
charged the government for this work. The
Elkins law scared some of the railroads out
of the arrangement" and as result the
bids are away below existing prices. less
than one-half. These low bids followed
the Supreme Court decision, which indi-
rectly affirmed the constitutionality of the
Ia Va
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A 100000 FEE.
That Is the Sum Lawyer Cromwell Il
Likely to He Paid.

New York Herald
New York lawyers believe that If the Pan
anna canal treaty is passed by the United
States Senate, William Nelson Cromwell
will receive the largest fee ever given 10 a
lawyer in this country, If not in the world.
The report finds general credence i'm the
Wall-street district that 100000 of the
money to be paid by the government for the
partly finished ditch across the isthmus will
go directly into Mr. Cromwell's pockets.
1t is doubtful If any fee approximating
that sum has ever been paid to an Ameri-
can lawyer for strictly legal services. Other
lawyers have profited to the extent OF hum
dreds of thousands through forming cor
porations and protecting them against at
tack. but never before have millions in cash
been turned over upon the completion OF
any legal work. For many years it has been
believed that the largest fee ever paid 10 "A
lawyer in one case was the $4,000 that John
l.. Parsons received for his services to the
sugar trust
Mr. Cromwelrs arrangement with the
Panama Canal Company is reported TO be
on the basis of per cent OF the amount
realized by the sale. With smaller figures
this would seem reasonable compensation,
but In this case IL Is enormous, as the
French company expects to realize S40,0OO.-
600. There is question that the invest
ment of the original stockholders was far
greater than that, but the anxiety of those
at present in control of the stock TO dispose
of their interests is evidenced by the large
percentage they are willing 10 give 10 the
man charged with effecting the sale. so
According to Washington dispatches there
has been formal agreement In the Senate
to take a vote on the Panama canal treaty
next Tuesday. If the treaty passes the
United States will be obliged to pay sl0,000,00
to the Republic of Colombia In cash, and
when the canal is completed, within nine
years from the ratification of the treaty, a
lease will begin under the terms OF which
Colombia will get 900 year. The pay
ment of the S40,000,000 to the canal company
is in addition TO the bonus going TO the
government.
Mr.. Cromwell, who will get the great fee
through the proposed action OF the Senate,
Is the senior member Of the law firm of Sui
livan q Cromwell. which has offices at No
40 Wall street, corner of William street He
has represented many great corporations.
including the National Tube Company.
which he organized in 1899 with a capitalize
ton of $S0.0v0000. He has acquired a large
fortune already. In his home, at No. II
West Forty-ninth street. he has pipe or
gan which is said to BE- the finest In any
private house in America, having cost i'm the
neighborhood of $4,000.
Mr. Cromwell is now in Washington con-
Quoting the final struggle before the vote 10
taken in the Senate.
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Current Periodicals..

An experiment in coeducation was tried
200 years ago by the father of the great
Jonathan Edwards. He educated his ten
daughters in classes with the young men
he was fitting for college. Mrs. II. M.
Plunkett has described this successful ex-
pertinent in the April Scribner's.
Mr.. Howells contributes what is said to
be a remarkable story to Harper's for April,
under the title Though One Rose from
the Dead" which deals with the super
natural relations between a peculiar man
and his wife. The story is powerfully writ
ten with a certain mystic quality not COM
monty found An Mr.. Howellss fiction
Some day it may be scientifically impos-
sitne to be ill. Immunity from Disease
is the subject of a scientific article in
Harpers Magazine for April, written by
Carl Snyder. The author explains how and
why we are sometimes subject TO contaglon
and sometimes immune, tracing either con-
dition to the actual state of the blood at
the moment of possible Infection. He re-
lates recent advances of medical SCIENCE
making toward Physiological Immunity
from disease.
The Craftsman for March contains num-
Der of beautiful Illustrations showing the
development of 1.-THE painted window from
the twelfth century to the English art re-
vival of the nineteenth century, repre-
sented by Henry Holiday and Sir Edward
Burne-Jones. These illustrations accom-
pany an article by Frederick s. Lamb, the
art critic Two other articles treat similar
subjects, the first, by Irene Sargent. en-
titled Trinity Church. Boston, as Monu-
ment of American Art" the second, Dec
Grated Windows" by Charles H Cafhn: or
short illustrated papers upon various
themes.
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"Conjurer's House." the new novel by
Stewart Edward White, author Of ''The
Blazed Trail" will be brought out in a
fortnight by Mcclure, Phillips & Co. Mr..
White lays his story in little post OF
trackless pine wilderness
In. fiction Richard G. Badger. Boston, will
issue the only adequate rendering obtain
able of "Tannhauser." the romance upon
which Wagner's most famous opera is
based ii being translated in a bold and
spirited manner from the original German
by Mr.. Charles G. Kendall.
"The True Abraham Lincoln" announced
for publication next month by j. b. Lippin-
colt Company, is the most recent addition
to the series of True Biographies" which
have won such wide appreciation because
of their intimate and authoritative treat
ment of notable figures. William Eleroy
Curtis. the well-known newspaper corre-
spondent, is the author
d. Appleton & Co., who are the publishers
in America of w. E. H. Lecky's History
of England in the Eighteenth Century" in
eight octave volumes, are about TO bring
out in separate form those chapters OF the
work dealing with the French Revolution.
A few years ago MI Leckys chapters on
the American Revolution were published In
a single volume with pronounced success.
The name of Anna Katherine Green is
known wherever the lover of detective
stories lives and reads his favorite litera-
ture Her latest novel bears the mysterious
title of 1.-The Filigree Ball" and will be
published this month by the Bobbs-Merrill
Company. Mrs. Rohlfs, for that Is the
authors name in private life. says she has
done her best work in THE Ffligree Ball.
Mr. John T. McCutcheon, the famous car
toonist of the Chicago Record Herald is 10
bring out through A c. McClurg & Co. a
book of his drawings under the title OF
Cartoons by McCutcheon." One hundred
lected. including the Prince Henry" car
toons. 1.-THE Boy In Summertime" and 9TH
ers that have attracted wide attention.
Early in April the Lothrop Publishing
Company. of Boston. will issue Mr.. Irving
Bachelors new and third novel, 'Darrel
of the Blessed sles" The publishers be-
lieve that this book Will be recognized as
Mr. Bachelors strongest work I'm fiction,
having a vital motive, strength OF plot and
interest of character, and written with all
the idyllic charm which is his when he tells
of the North Country before the war.
1.-The Moral System of Shakespeare" by
Richard @. Moulton, is a popular illustra-
ton of fiction as the experimental side OF
philosophy. The author. whose name Is al
ready known TO many thousands OF readers
as the editor of 1.-THE Modern Reader
Bible" holds that the plays of Shakespeare
beside the interest of amusement. have also
an interest analogous to that OF expert
alter and the novel are the laboratory o1
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Strides of Uncle Sans Military.
Golfers Weekly.

Golfers weekly.
Military affairs in the United States are
gradually rounding themselves out to a
whole that promises to be pleasant behold
ing to army admirers. There is, for exam
pie. the general staff bill and the state mill
tia bill, whose enactment was mentioned in
this column last week. and now has come
the laying or the cornerstone of the new
army war college at the national capital.
The latter is regarded by military students
as one of the most important steps yet
taken in the reconstruction Of the Ameri-
can forces of war. Coupled with the plans
for general army maneuvers which were
inaugurated last year. Ii affords means for
wide practical study Of the problems Of
battle and conflict, and training school
that will give the country a far better
equipped staff of officers than rallied to it's
support in the late war with Spain. The
college is to be under the command of one
of the best recognized of army leaders,
Maj. Gen. s. NJ. b. Young, who has entered
upon his work with the full confidence both
of his superiors and of those who are to
fall under his direction.
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the moralist. in which are given practical
demonstrations in human philosophy. IL
will be issued by the Macmiilans-
How to Build and Furnish a Home" Is
the title of a book by William l. Price and
w. NJ. Johnson shortly 10 be issued by
Doubleday. Page & Co. the publishers OF
Country Life in America. IL is intended tn
be a suggestive study of home-making IN
side and out for those who are limited IN
expenditure The building plans range IN
Price from 81 900 to $500. and the many
Illustrations are full Of ideas for those VINO
are about 10 build.
The Scribners announce the publication OF
the following books: The Principles OK
Money" by j. Laurence Laughlin. profes-
sor of political economy in the University
of Chicago: 1.-The Southerners." by Cyrus
Townsend Brady; development Of Mus
linn Theology Jurisprudence ana C0nsu.u-
tional Theory" by Duncan b. Macdonald.
professor in Hartford Thsologlea =, Har-
mary; and Horses Nine: Stories OF haf-
ness and Saddle" by Sewell Ford
1.-The Gate Beautiful" by Prof. John
Ward Stimson. is the title OF a handsome
work that is soon TO appear from the press
of Albert Brandt, Trenton. ~. J. Professor
Stimson was formerly director of art edu-
cation in the New York Metropolitan Art
Museum. His present work is said 10 oe
an exhaustive study of principles and meth
DDS in vital art education, and purposes 10
be the most thorough that has yet APP
peared. The work will be richly and elab-
orately illustrated.
Justin Mccarthy, whose long career as an
NJ. p. and prominent member Of the Irish
Nationalist party has brought him into
close contact with the leaders in English
political life. has written a volume OF
British Political Portraits" which the
Outlook Company will publish March =.
Mr.. Mccarthy writes of A. j. Balfour. Lord
Rosebery, Sir Henry OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
John Burns, James Bryce, John T.. Red
mond, and others from an intimate knowl-
edge of their careers. and in most cases a
long personal association with the men
themselves.
Mrs. Dorothea Gerard's latest novel. THE
Eternal Woman" is just issued by Bren-
tano's, New York. The story is OF excep-
tional interest. dealing in part with the
New Woman" question. young English
girl the protege OF a lady OF wealth. and
whose heir she had always considered her
self, is suddenly cut of from her expecta-
lions and forced to battle with the world.
How she accomplishes this and with what
success, the many admirers of this popular
English author will enjoy discovering for
themselves In spite of the general char
acter of the theme. IL is a love story.
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CHINA'S NEW ARMY.


New York Sun.
Some highly interesting details have been
received of the military reforms projected
in China. The Chinese government ts re-
ported to have adopted a programme for
two military colleges to be established. one
at ITEM sin and the other at Wu-Chang.
on the Yangtse-Kiang. and a branch col
lege at Cheng-Fu, I'm the center OF the
province of Se-Chuen for the education or
officers of the higher ranks. Only officers
who have passed through one or the other
of these colleges or have attained to the
standards required in them are to become
generals. Government arsenals are also
to be established at Tien-Tsin and Poa-
Ting. in the province of Chih-Li, and at
Wu-Chang.
In the spring and autumn OF each year
military maneuvers will be held I'm dis
tricts to be specified on each occasion, and
from time to time the chief officers engaged
in the training of the troops will assemble
at Picking In conference for the purpose or
discussing military affairs in general Per-
haps the most important OF the purposes
set forth In this programme Is that OF dis
continuing the present system OF raising
levfes for temporary service and ultimately
substituting for IL universal CONSUMPTION
throughout the empire.
very comprehensive scheme for some years
to come, and IL may be retarded by unfore-
seen circumstances, but the fact that the
subject has been so thoroughly considered
by the Chinese government the fore
going programme indicates gives much ma
terial for reflection TO all who are IN close
relations with China. There are already a
large number OF young Chinese students be-
longing 20 the highest families In China pre-
pairing for the army at the Imperial Mill
tary Academy in Japan. and their keenness
for study and aptitude are highly spoken OF
by their japanese instructors. japanese
general has also been placed at the dis
posal of the Chinese government by the
Emperor Mutsuhito for the purpose OF or
ganizing a general stan for the Chinese
army, and in other ways Japan Is assist
ing her sate foe To organize its enormous
resources in population In the first instance
for defense.
Some twenty years ago an American ma
val officer who had served on the Asiatic
station spoke of Russia as the spear point
of China but at that time China appeared.
as the Marquis Tseng said. TO be asleep and
Japan was still an unknown quantity In
/ Asiatic politics.
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other resnects thev differ materially.

in other respects they differ materially.
All three of the games are fully and IN
diligently discussed in this book by Mr.
Eustace Miles, an English expert player
OF them. His view of sport In general Is
expressed In a preface as follows: shall
1 be blamed for turning a sport into seri-
Gus occupation? That depends upon what
a sport is. a sport is to me one OF those
parts of character making that bring best
enjoyment-that is by itself not nothing
most health, best intellectual calmness, to-
gether with promptitude and adaptabiity,
most fineness OF three senses (sight, near
ing and touch) and best social and interna-
tional intercourse In view OF its e1ects
a sport is 10 me as well worth careful
planning and construction as-wnat snail
we say?-a house. a book. dinner. any
thing over which we grudge no palnstaklng
trouble. sport is not any more IMAM
these things are an end in itself. IL IS a
means to an end. What is the END OF IL
and of these things? Character making,
happiness. health. repose, sense develop.
ment, friendly relations and reactioHs,
The book is copiously illustrated. New
York: ID. Appleton & Co.
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A destructive fire in this city Saturday
night was due TO a combination of care
clerk stepped on a match which had been
carelessly dropped on the floor. igniting it.
and thereby the gas which had escaped
from an open vessel of gasoline in the
roonl. causing terrific explosion. Matches
dropped or thrown on the floor are always
dangerous, and gasoline is so volatile that
the gas escaping from an uncovered vessel
OF II will soon all a room. 1t should never
under any circumstances be opened in a
room where there Is a fire.
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Springfield Republican.
Mr.. Foulke, of Indiana and the national
Civil-service Commission has long been en-
listed in the woman's rights movement,
and so when one of the young women en-
ployed by the commission asked to be as
signed to the work of holding examinations
of candidates for the eligible lists in dis
tant cities-a job coveted by all the male
employ Foulke saw no OBJ
lection. Accordingly Miss Nettie G. Peter
son will soon break the record and start
on an examination tour, including ST.
Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Denver, San
Francisco and points in Arizona and New
Mexico. 1.-The Southwesterners in Wash
ington prophesy that the tour will be a
great success, as the people of the coun-
try through which she will pass like to see
the capacity of women recognized" writes
the Washington correspondent of the New
York Evening Post.