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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19
new ORIENT COMMISSION
RUSSIAN BODY FORMED TO con-
sIDER FAR EASTERN MATTERS.
Trade Matters to BE Chiefly Under Its
SupervisiOn-Japan Is for Peace,
IL with Honor.

ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 1S-A special
commission, under the presidency OF the
Gear. has been formed to consider affairs
in the far East. 1t includes the ministers
of the interior, finance, foreign affairs, war
and navy, and Viceroy Alexieff Other
members will be nominated by the Car.
The commission will consider budget pro-
posals. measures to develop trade and in
dustry and proposed alterations in the
laws.
YOKOHAMA. Oct 1S.-The Japanese
minister of war, Lieutenant General Ter
auchiki. denies the report that the army
is DESTROYS of war, and says the Cabinet is
unanimous in wishing peace with honor.
PARIS, Oct. 18.-Count Cassini, the Rus
sian ambassador to the United States. has
been interviewed on the far East question.
The ambassador said that the danger of
seemed to have been averted, and that il
ever a conflict came il would not be pro-
voked by Russia.
LONDON, Oct. 1S.-ln a dispatch from
St Petersburg the correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph asserts that Count Lams-
dorf, the Russian foreign minister, is
strongly in favor of an amicable settle
ment with Japan. The correspondent says
also that Count Lamsdorn emphasizes the
danger Of external complication and the
eagerness of the United Staets to profit by
a favorable opinion to insist on the full
fillment of Russia's pledges respecting
Manchuria.
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An article on How We Bought the Great
West" by the late Noah Brooks. to appear
in the November Scribners, tells how we
acquired the vast region included in the
Louisiana purchase, and of the interesting
contemporary political reasons that infiu-
enced President jefferson in undertaking so
great responsibility without any support
or apparent means of meeting the great
obligation involved.
Ainslee's for November has a very inter-
esting table OF contents. Some of the WELL
known contributors are Baroness Won Hut
ten, Nixon Waterman. Robert Hichens,
Felix Carmen. Reginald Wright Kauff-
mann, Constance Smedley. Beatrice Hans
con. George Hibbard and Francis Provost
THE Guardian Angel is the title OF the
novelette, in Ainslees for November. IL is
written by the Baroness Won Hutton and il
a very interesting, dramatic story of mod
ern life.
The November number OF the Smart Set
opens with novelette, by Cyrus Townsend
Brady. entitled The Corner in Coffee" I'm
which this distinguished author appears at
his very best. both as TO form and SUBJ
stance. The story has an absorbing plot,
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Love, the Fiddler.

Lloyd Osbourne attracted attention at
first through collaborating with Robert
Louis Stevenson in the production of one of
his novels. His independent ability is not
of the Stevenson order. He does not have
the inventive talent of Stevenson, nor the
genius OF creating atmosphere. In short,
he Is superficial For that very reason he
writes good love story OF the kind found
In this book-a story devoid of tragic or
dramatic qualities or the deeper emotional
instincts. but comprehending we'll those con-
ventional signs of emotion that characterize
the common. everyday love affair Included
In this volume are several fairly clever and
well-handled stories-"The Chief Engineer -
"Ffrenches First" THE Golden Casta-
ways. The Awakening of George Ray
mond and THE Mascot of Battery b.
They are love stories, pure and simple with
social, not animal psychology, and make an
attractive entertainment for an idle hour.
Mcclure. Phillips & Co. New York
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Among the Publishers.

The chief of the Bureau of Equipment has
advised the Bobbs- Merrill Company that di-
rections have been given to the comman-
dant navy yard. Brooklyn, to add The Fill
igree Ball." by Anna Katharine Green, TO
the list for crews libraries in the United
States navy.
"A Narrative of Medicine in America" is
the title of large volume just issued by j.
B. Lippincott Company. The author is DR..
James G.. Mumford, and he has developed
his narrative by a series of stories of the
lives and accomplishments of conspicuous
American physicians of each era, arranged
In proper sequence. Aside from its bio
graphical value the volume has large USE
fulness as historical record.
A new volume, entitled along Four
footed Trails" from the press of James
Pott & Co., New York, is said to be reada-
BILE and accurate account of Western ami
mails, among them the jack-rabbit. prong
horn. prairie dog, gopher, buffalo and others
with which the author, Miss Ruth A. Cook,
formerly assistant in nature work, chill
dren's Museum. Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences, is personally familiar.
Messrs. Herbert s. Stone & Co. will pub
lish this fall "A History of the Worlds
Painters by James William Pattison.
which will have q special value for students
and the large public that is interested in
art. AS a critic Mr.. Pattison is distinctly
up to date, and he brings his book down to
the present time by taking up many contem-
porary artists and their ideas and ambi-
tons.
''Tamarack Farm, the Story of Rube VOL
colt and His Gettysburg Girl" is a semi
biographical story. which is said to have a
delightful flavor of the country in Its first
part and to tell in most interesting man.
ner good deal of the authors personal ex-
periences in the war of the rebellion. This
book is by George Scott of Fort Edward,
y. Y, it's publishers the Grafton Press, of
New York.
Sir Gilbert Parkers book on Quebec, soon
to be issued from the Macmillan press, is
said to be revelation of the amount of
stirring and bloody history that centers
around that famous old city. Into it comes
one of the most splendid tales of heroism in
the word-the defense of the Long Sault by
Adam Daulac and sixteen other Frenchmen
against seven hundred Iroquois Week after
next the Macmillan Company will publish
Mr.. NJ a. De Wolfe Howe's Boston: The
Place and the People
Some October publications of Doubleday,
Page & Co. are: How to Make Flower
Garden" Stories of Inventors by Russell
Doubleday; THE Moth Book by DR.. w. j.
Holland in the New Nature Library; a new
edition of Newest England" revised by
the author. the late III. ID. Lloyd; American
Masters of Sculpture. by Charles III. CAT
fin uniform with the same authors Amer
lean Masters of Painting" and THE Tenn
pest" in Prof. Mark III. Liddells large Eliz-
abethan edition of Shakespeare.
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WITHDRAWAL OF LANDS
EXPLANATION OF A COMMON PRAC-
TICE OF THE LAND OFFICE.
General Purpose of Cancellation Of
Entry Privileges Is To Prevent
Fraud-TypicaI Cases.

WASHINGTON. Oct 1s-commissioner
Richards. of the General Land ONCE to-day
gave out the following statement concern
ing the policy and practice of the Land
ONCE in the matter OF the withdrawal of
public lands from settlement:
There seems to be misapprehension re-
speeding Withdrawals OF public land from
suspension of final action OF certain classes
OF entries already made Generally speak
ing, land is withdrawn from entry in order
TO prevent IL being appropriated in a man.
ner or for purpose not contemplated by
law
I'm case OF a proposed forest reserve. a
Withdrawal is made OF all the land that
probably will be included in its boundaries
in order to guard against speculative en-
tries made for the purpose OF obtaining lien
land.
withdrawals under the irrigation act are
for the purpose of reserving the land for
homestead entries-the only kind permitted
by the act and to prevent speculative en-
tries. Land containing oil minerals is
withdrawn from agricultural entry, as min
eral lands are sold in smaller quantities
and at higher prices thar farming lands.
Occasionally certain with
drawn from entry under the desert land act
on evidence that the land is not arid land.
unproductive without irrigation. which
alone can be taken under said act
Final action is often suspended on indi-
vidual entries class OF entries I'm GER
tain localities pending an investigation as
ance with the. requirements OF the law
There is no withdrawal of land in this con-
nection nor any suspension OF the law nor
interference with entries properly made.
I'm November, 1902. there was such a sus-
pension of final action on entries made un-
der the timber and stone act i'm Washing
ton, Oregon and California This suspen-
sion was made evidence OF collusive en-
tries in those States whereby individuals
and corporations were obtaining title to
large areas OF valuable timber land, where
as the law provides that the entry shall be
made for the exclusive use and benefit OF
the entry man.
THAT this action did not hinder or inter
fere with entries under the act is shown by
the fact that while there were 2197 timber
and stone entries in the States named dur
ing the calendar year ended June go 1902
there were s.1& such entries made Ia those
States during the fiscal year ended June 30
1903 and OF this latter number 3544 entries
were made after Jan. I, 190s-while the or
der OF suspension was in force-while put
2.l97 such entries were made In the entire
fiscal year 1902.
LAS fast as the entries in the States can
be examined all of those which have been
properly made are passed to patent. while
the suspension continues TO the others.
pending hearing in the local land office.
No cancellation Is made on report of a spe-
cial agent until possible opportunity for
a hearing has been afforded the entry
man."
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The New TokolOgy.

The subtitle of this volume is Mother
and Child Culture" Its authors are Eli f.
Brown. NJ. d., and Joseph IL Green, NJ. D.
The purpose of the book is 10 place in the
hands of the young and ignorant such in
formation relative 10 their vital functions
as may be desirable. couched in pure Ian
guage and embracing such knowledge as
no man or woman should be without. 1t is
in accord with the latest and best teachings
relative to the most delicate subjects ana
the language. while sufficiently plain TO be
readily understood, is pure and scientific.
IL contains also a dictionary OF medical
terms. The instructions for the prevention
and cure of disease are unexceptionable
and illustrations have been made especially
for the work by DR.. Ruth Blake, who Is
specialist in that line. The volume will be
of use to physicians as well as TO the nom
professional person. Laird & Lee, Chicago.
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This book, by Richard Dallas. a new
name among fiction writer's. is the story
of crime. A group of five friends, all
men of good standing, spent the evening at
the rooms of one OF the number, as was
their frequent custom. Next morning the
host was found dead with a dagger in his
heart. The police hunt in vain for a
clew to the murderer. and one of the four
surviving friends. partly by virtue of his
friendship. partly because he was an
assistant district attorney and has a
professional interest i'm the matter, kept up
the search and constituted himself detec-
tive. Eventually his perseverance was re-
warded by the discovery of the criminal.
How the disclosure came about and what
followed constitute the incidents and in
terest of the tale. 1t Is not entirely
convincing story. but is fairly well told
and as stories of the detection of crime
have a curious fascination for large num-
Der Of persons. this will doubtless find
many readers. G. p. Putnams Sons. New
York
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Will ELECT INDIANIAN
z. Il. SWEENEY TO BE PRESIDENT OF
CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
No Session Held Yesterday mt Detroit
Many Pulpits Filled by the Wis
fting Ministers.

DETROIT, Mich. Oct. 1S.-There were no
meetings to-day of the missionary societies
OF the Christian Church, which is holding
its annual missionary conference in this
city. The only general meetings of the Wis
iting church people were three communion
services held this afternoon in the Wood
ward-avenue Baptist Church, the Wood
ward-avenue Congregational Church and
the Central Methodist Church. All three
churches were crowded and the administer
ing of the sacrament. which is given each
Sabbath among this denomination, was an
inspiring and uplifting occasion. An adj
dress was made in each church before the
ordinace was observed.
Ten Baptist. seven Congregational. four
teen Methodist, sixteen Presbyterian, two
Christian. one Universalist and one Uni
tartan pulpit were occupied to-day by the
visiting clergymen Of the denomination.
Tomorrow the American Christian Mis-
sionary Society, which held its first session
last night. will give way 10 the Foreign
Christian Missionary Society, which will
hold morning afternoon and evening ses-
sions Tuesday morning sessions OF the
American Christian Missionary Society will
be resumed and will continue until Wednes-
day night. L. T. Sweeney, Of Columbus
Ind. ii is said. will be elected president of
this society to succeed A. b. Philputt
In his sermon at the North Woodward
Congregational Church DIR. Herbert l..
Willett of the University Of Chicago, and
dean OF the Disciples of Christ publishing
house, severely criticised church members
and processing Christians for their ignor-
ance of the Bible.
Are our traditional teachings true or
do they need repair?' he asked. Higher
criticism has attempted TO answer that
question in the affirmative, but without
substracting one iota from the grand and
only book. IL has, the other hand,
added TO its value and shown its su-
premacy.
You feel guilty If you are asked IL you
have read some OF the current authors and
you must confess alphabetically that you
have not. DID IL ever occur to you that
you have read nothing or such an insig-
nificant part OF the book which you profess
by being Christian to be the light of
your ME and the guide for your effort? IL
there are untruths In the Bible IL Is pretty
near time that We should know them. The
Bible should be submitted to literary crit
icism. But fortunately IL can stand the
most minute scrutiny.
The difYiculties caused by persecution or
perhaps ridicule were nothing to the or
deaoe Of higher or lower criticism. II has
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

DR.. George c. Lorimer in this novel I'M
covers the pretenses and hypocrisies OF
modern life in fashionable society, bust
ness and religion, all of which iniquties
he has taken very much to heart He has
learned his facts by "arraying himself in
rough clothes and penetrating Dorset
street. London, the Doss houses and the
East End in general under the guidance
of a newspaper man." But the facts are
not such as a preacher might be expected
to dwell upon. Instead of pointing the way
of life as IL should be he fingers long and
lovingly over what life is in its worst
aspects Towards the end OF the book there
are some dramatic and worthily interesting
chapters. but the reader must spend n dis
agreeable hour before reaching anything
worth while. There are some truly Scotch
characters. of the Ayrshire type, whose
burr" lends typographical color to the
realism of the story. Fleming II. Revell
Company, Chicago.
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The Light That Failed.

Doubleday, Page & Co. publish a new edi-
ton of Kipling's famous novel. 1t is pub
lished complete as Mr.. Kiping finally gave
the story TO his publishers. The dramatic
version accepts the happy ending of the
first edition. published in 1891. 1t is a
tragic tale at best, and. though critics diff
fer as to its merits a piece of literary
work, il is written with dramatic force and
has many of the characteristics that mark
the authors writings at their best 1t is
book not TO be omitted by one who wishes
TO know kipling. The book is illustrated
with Photographic half-tones from the play
and to that extent may be called the dra-
matte edition. although the endings of the
tale and the play vary.
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Place and Power.

Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, author OF
"A Double Thread" Concerning Isabel
Carnaby" and other stories. has estab-
lished a reputation for epigrammatic HUI
NOR and brilliancy. which this book. place
and Power hardly sustains. There are
epigrams more OF less striking. though
often rather forced In sound. but humor is
but little IN evidence. A religious tone is
noticeable I'm ali her books but I'm this re-
Iigion Is the leading theme. One of the
prominent personages In the pages denied
the truths Of religion and set himself TO
the work OF obtaining for himself place
and power without regard 10 the possible
will OF Providence He wins in part what
he desires. but I'm spite OF this achieve
ment suffers such disappointments and il
30 disciplined that he finally acknowledges
his error I'm doubling divine truth. The
moral OF the tale Is sound. bu; the author
INDUCES In too much moralizing and
preaching, thus making her story unneces-
Sariiy long and heavy. There Is really a
story to tell. however. and It's incidents are
set forth with sufficient skill TO hold the
ssader until t1e end in spite OF tho super
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LEARNING BICYCLE TRICKS.
Struggles and Falls That Are Painful
TO See.

Philadelphia Record.
The trick bicyclist, having fallen of his
wheel for the eighth time. sat down 20 rest
a while. He was learning a new trick, and
his exertions, his struggles to keep hts ball
ance, and the falls that. despite him, ulfi-
mately ensued. were almost painful TO see
II lose six pounds" he said. every trick
/ learn. have 10 practice 1--WE hours day.
the same as a pianist. I bet there isn't a
square inch of flesh on me anywhere that
hasn't been bruised at least twice.
MY profession is a disappointing one for
this reason: The hardest feats in IL are not
appreciated by the public Such feats are re-
ceived in a cold. disappearing silence. while
easy. snowy feats. that can be learned I'm
half hour. are received with thunder OF APP
plause.
al have one feat that was four months
I'm the learning Of. During those four months
1 fell of about 100000 times. / broke my
left wrist and cut my head open. The feat
is TO ride around on the rear wheel and then
to Jump a two-foot hurdle. When I had
mastered IL / started my bill. and the
first night I did il / looked forward TO a
public all on fire with admiration. But L
didn't get a hand. The trick such A
frost had TO drop IL.
And that Is why the business is so dis
appointing. The things the people ought to
like they don't like at all The easy things
they ought to hiss, why. they 20 wild over
them.
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The Edge CT Things.

Ella w. Peattie's new novel OF Western
life on the sheep ranches is as piquant and
original as it's title. There is a brevity
and crispness of style that at once sug-
gests Bret Harte. Miss Peattie has the
faculty, too. of making the picture striking
ly vivid with little descriptions charac-
teristic of the well-trained short-story
writer. Her story is worth reading be-
cause il is weli-told and because II portrays
real life. The book Is full OF pithy things
and contains some rather touching senti-
ment. Fleming III. Reyell Company.
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A strong willed. self-reliant English girl
Is the heroine of Rosa Nouchette Careys
Passage Perilous. After impulsively
contracting marriage of convenience she
finds herself in very novel situation
among her new relatives-in-law. The
scene of the story is laid in England, the
time just before and during the Boer war,
and the tale is a rather strange mixture of
the atmosphere of an old-time novel and
some of the features of modern life, such
as bicycles and young women reporters.
Most of the romance comes toward the
end, and the subplot is also pretty love
story. The j. y. Lippincott Company.
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This volume, by George AIDE, is made up
of sketches of kind somewhat more Sc
rious than his Fables in Slang" They
deal with life in its social phases, how
ever. and with the same class OF people
who figure in the Fables" Some of them
are humorous. others not altogether so.
but all show the authors keen powers of
observati ton and his thorough understand
called I'm Babel is not clear, unless ii be
that the number of people in its pages
make something OF confusion of tongues.
in an idle hour. Mcclure, Phillips & Co.,
New York
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BODY VIEWED BY FEW,
But Archbishop kain's House Was
Crowded by His Friends.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 1S.-Members OF religious
communities and those who had been close
personal friends to-day viewed the body OF
the late Archbishop J. J. Kahn at the archi-
episcopal residence. Although no one was
allowed to look on the bier but those two
classes OF persons, the halls and parlors OF
the residence were crowded all afternoon.
Candles were kept burning constantly, but
no religious services were conducted.
On the order of Archbishop Glennon, the
bells of all Catholic churches in the city
will be toled from to Z o'clock to-mor-
row evening. and just at dusk the body
OF the deceased prelate will be conveyed TO
until the funeral on Wednesday morning
Archbishop Keane, who will preach the
funeral sermon. and Cardinal Gibbons are
expected to arrive Tuesday afternoon.
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Merely a Case of rhievery.

PEKING, Oct. 1S.-The recent episode at
the British legation in Peking which has
been described an attempt to blow up
the legation magazine during a military
ball, was in reality the robbery of certain
ordnance stores. supposedly by Chinese
servants, who carried the gun fittings and
other portable articles away with them, but
left the decorating apparatus outside the
magazine. apparently finding difficulty in
carrying 1t. All the stolen property has
been recovered from junk shops, where IL
was sold by the thieves.
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.os Angeles Herald.


A lighthouse has been established in the
great Arizona desert. Ii is not a signal
of danger. but of safety. Two years ago
a couple of desert prospectors died of thirst
within short distance OF the place where
the lighthouse has been established. Had
the light been there they would not have
persisted. for the light marks a well of wa
ter the only water within thirty miles OF
the spot.
One life has already been saved by the
establishment of the lighthouse, for an old
German gave up the struggle with heat.
sand and thirst and lay down TO die. This
was Just at dusk. When IL had become a
little darker he CHANGED TO open his eyes
and saw a light. 1t gave him courage. He
arose, staggered on until he came to the
light. and found wafer
The lighthouse is simply tall cotton
wood pole with lantern. on the top. 1t
is tended by Joseph Drew. who dwells i'm
the little oasis and ministers TO the wants
OF travellers who pass that way. The light
is visible long distance across the plain
i'm every direction In the nighttime.
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The Genesis of the Tuxedo.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

Shall ! wear a dress coat or a Tux
edo?" walled the Young Thing.
Now, look here" said the Experienced
One 1.-THE rule is simple: When in doubt
wear a dress-coat Then you're sure TO
be right. The Tuxedo Is permitted some
times: the dress-coat is right always
"You see," he continued. 1t was this
way, When King Edward went first 10
Paiestine-he was then. OF course. Prince
coat TO wear with evening clothes and ne
divided a modification of the navy mess
jacket. His suite took IL up. Thence II
filtered through the other classes in En-
gland and finally IL crossed the herring
pond. That il the way got IL. But in
any place, after p. m, dress-coats all
right"