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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
Abolishes the Stamp Taxation Scheme
and Reopens the Door for Ra-
pactty and Dishonesty.
soLICITOUs FOR THE PooI
BUT CONTINUES TO WASTE MONEY
ON COSTLY JUNKETs.
How Commander Drake, of the Mon
terey, Prevented an Attack on For
eigners I'm Southern China.

PEKING, April 13.-The dowager Empress
has issued an edict repeating the compre-
hensive stamp-taxation scheme which
Yuan Shi Kai, governor of the province Of
Chill, was about to anaugurate through
out his province. The edict assigns the
poverty of the people as the reason for the
repeal of the scheme, but it is believed
Yuan Shi Kai's enemies procured If for the
purpose of Gripping his proposed reforms.
One of the contemplated effects of the pro-
posed plan would have. been to secure hon.
est returns of taxes collected and to deprive
minor officials of large perquisites. The
decree of the dowager Empress's solicitude
of the poor people is evinced by the costly
junket she is taking.
The court will return from its visit to
the western tombs Wednesday and will
sojourn in the hunting park. A short rail-
road is being built between the main line
and the park to convey the crown princess
of Bavaria, Maria Theresa, who is visiting
Picking, to the park for an audience with
the dowager Empress.
The new American indemnity bond stipu-
lates that the payment be in the equiva-
lent of gold dollars at the rate of exchange
provided for in the protocol, which, accord
ing TO the American Interpretation of the
protocol, makes it practically silver bond.
The bonds of the other nations specify
that the payments be in the equivalent Of
gold at the rates Of exchange prevailing
on the dates of the payments.
A barroom row to-day between German
and Austrian soldiers terminated in a street
fight in which fifty men on each side were
engaged, and bricks clubs and knives were
used. great crowd of Chinese witnessed
the affray. Finally a company of German
infantry with fixed bayonets and a patrol
of Austrian troops separated the COM
batants and cleared the streets. Several
of the Germans and Austrians who took
part in the disturbance were so severely
hurt that they were taken to the hospital.
Both of the fighting contingents will be
confined TO barracks for fortnight
The Russians explain their delay in
evacuating New Chwang, Manchuria, by
the fact that they are organizing an in
ternational sanitary commission with a
Russian at the head of it to prevent a re-
currence of the outbreak of the bubonic
plague.
Office. has been appointed grand secretary
in succession to the late Yung Lu.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
APRIL O3--TENP

rs per cent of the assessment and the dis
trict benefited will pay "a per cent. This
proportion is unprecedented and is due TO
the peculiar character OF the sewer. The
assessment for the acknowledgements
sewer is divided 43 per cent against abut-
ting property and 81 per cent. against the
district All the assessments are based on
the area of land and not by feet front.
The streets in which the sewer viii be
constructed are: Washington, Coleman,
Julian, Butler. University, Dinner. Downey.
Burgess, Oak. Dillon. Ritter. Beechwood.
Audubon road. Emerson, along the G. ii.
& d. right of way. Collett. Grand Haw-
thorne lane, Lowell. Whittier place, Cham
bers. Graham, Arlington. Elm, Layman'
Lesley, Bolton and Johnson.
The district assessed between the Belt
and Pleasant run runs as far north as
Michigan street and as far south as 800 feet
south of the line of Washington street,
which is the limit for assessment for local
sewer. No local sewers are provided In the
plan for Tuxedo, as il is expected they will
be petitioned for as needed. In lrvington
the assessed district includes practically all
OF the old town boundaries except few
extreme points. The engineer has had
printed descriptions of the boundaries for
the information of residents OF lrvington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
z indianapolis Journal

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
PERU, Ind. April 13.-Gen. James n. Ty-
ner. formerly of Peru. who has been as
sistant attorney general of the United
States in the Postoffice Department for
many years. writes to Hon. James F.
Statesman. of this city. as follows:
Let me assure you that / know of no
specific charge that has been made against
me, nor do L anticipate that any ever will
be made All that has gone out Is OF an
incoherent and disjointed sort. leaving more
room for conjecture than anything else.
There are no stains on my official gar
ments. and never have been. / am simply
very sick man, and because of physical
disability l will probably feel that 1 will
have to go out of service before long. l
have not been in my office to attend TO
business for nearly nine months, and for
the reason stated. About nine months ago
l had a slight attack of paralysis, totally
disabling my left arm. L cannot walk
across the room without aid. man in
that condition is not in a fit plight to be
at the head of an important office. I have
not resigned. / am stilb assistant attorney
general. JAMES n. TYNER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
FOREIGNERS SAVED.
Plot of Chinese Rebels Thwarted by
nm American Naval Commander.

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Quick action
and commonsense treatment of a critical
situation by an American naval officer in
China recently saved the foreign residents
in the province of Kwang-Tung. along the
east bank of the Canton river. from falling
victims to a plot. which. while primarily
against the Manchurian dynasty. inevita bly,
would have eliminated in an attack OF the
foreign population. While this attack was
averted by the precautionary measures
taken by Commander +. j. Drake. COM
manding the United States ship Monterey.
with the assistance of the English gun
boats Sandpiper and Britomart the French
gunboat Avalanche and the German tug
Shameen. the coalition known to have
fomented the trouble extends 10 several
provinces. and official advices received both
at the State and Navy Departments show
that reactionary measures on a scale far
larger than is admitted either by foreign
representatives OF the Chinese government
have been planned by the rebels.
Hearing that force of rebels with
Hung Chun Fuk. native of Wai-Chow.
had planned attack on the viceroy and
Chinese officials of Canton during the cele-
brations of the Chinese New Year dur
ing the night of Jan. 2S-29 Commander
Drake prepared TO defend the foreign resi-
dents. An armed force of 5000 men had
entered Canton surreptitiously several days
before he learned that news, and were
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
MIR. PAYNE's STATEMENT.


WASHINGTON, April 13-Postmaster
General Payne. who returned to Washing
ton to-day. this evening gave out a state
ment in which he announced that the in
vestigation OF the affairs OF the Postoffice
Department would be continued, and that
any persons found guilty of wrongdoing
will be dealt with summarily. The state
ment Is as follows:
During the months Of January and Feb
ruary information and reports reached me
which i deemed IL for the public interest
to investigate. and 1 personally gathered
such information and facts as would enable
the proper officers OF the department TO
undertake thorough investigation as to
the truth or falsity of these reports. L di-
rected Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Bristow to take the proper steps to
institute the necessary inquiry, using for
that purpose the postoffice inspectors d.
vision and such other methods as would
thoroughly ascertain the truth or fasity
or the charges or insiauatons made and
he was instructed to proceed promptly and
with vfgor during my absence. Since my
return this morning | have not seen Gen.
Bristow. SO that / am not advised of the
progress maze, The investigation will con,
the persons guilty OF such wrongdoing will
be summarily dealt with. III the system or
method OF doing business in the depart
applied without fear or favor. / inaugu-
rated the Investigation with the determina-
ton that IL should be exhaustive Ii is
proper for me TO add that laid before the
President the information which / had
I'm my possession. and that he fully ap-
proved of the action proposed by me-"
The whole administration OF the POST
Office Department Is made subject to the
Investigation under the postmaster gener-
al s direction. and every division will be
probed thoroughly and the inquiry be made
as thorough as the departments most ex-
pert inspectors can make IL. At the same
tire Mr. Payne's purpose is TO give fair
and Just treatment TO all concerned and
not TO act arbitrarily and with undue haste
For this reason IL be stated that no
Immediate changes of Importance i'm the
personnel OF the service are now contem-
plated, and changes will depend largely
on the report TO be made by Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General BriStow on the
Investigation, although deyeIopments
meantime may necessitate some deviation
from this policy.
The office OF the assistant attorney gen.
eral for the Postoifice Department is among
the bureaus included in the general inquiry
and until the investigation OF affairs gener-
ally Is completed IL Is probable that no
successor TO Assistant Attorney General
Tyner VIII be named.
Postmaster General Payne did not reach
che department until O'Clock this after
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
EQUALITY OF MAN.
Another Address by Senator NJ. A
Hanna on Capital and Labor.

Another Address by Senator NJ. A.
Hanna on Capital and Labor.
SYRACUSE, N. Y. April Ex-senator
Marcus A. Hanna tonight was the guest
of honor at the annual banquet of the Syr-
acuse Chamber of Commerce. Senator
Hanna discussed Capitol and Labor" He
said that in the great struggles between
the two advantage always was with the
employer, who is ofttimes selfish in main
tanning his position. Mr.. Hanna then went
into the history of the Civic Federation and
discussed its work.
Senator Hanna preached the equality of
man. "I stand" he declared. ION the broad
platform that in this great brotherhood of
men We are all equal. / stand on the plat
form that every man who has the power
to do service to his municipality. State
and Nation and to his Maker owes il to
himself to use that power to its fullest ex-
tent to do that which will produce the best
for humanity.
Senator Hanna asserted his faith in the
future of both capital and labor in their
individual and mutual relations. He re-
ferred to the prosperity of the country, and
said with continuance of a good under
standing between the representatives OF
labor and capital he could see no reason
why such prosperity should not continue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
No Arrest. mt New York.

NEW YORK, April 13.-No arrests have
been made as the result of the investigation
said to be in progress of the charges that
an alleged promotion syndicate has been
operating to secure payment from employees
of the New York postoffce for increases in
salaries. Postmaster Van Cott said to-day
that he had heard nothing official from
Washington concerning the alleged post
Office scandals. He was loath, he said, to
believe that any such alleged syndicate
could operate in the New York office with
out his knowledge, and he could not see by
what argument the men were induced to
part with their money. IL such were really
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
HOAR, SMITH, BRYAN.
Trio Of Speakers at the Jefferson Me-
mortal Association Banquet.

WASHINGTON. April Ex-senator Hoar
and Governor Montague. of Virginia, for
mer Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith, OF Philadelphia. and w. j. Bryan
were the principal speakers at a dinner
given at the Hotel Barton tonight under
the auspices of the Thomas Jefferson Me-
mortal Association in celebration of the
160th anniversary of the birth of Thomas
jefferson. The dinner was not OF polti-
cal character. Senator Hoar responded to
the toast. The Author OF the Declaration
of Independence" Mr.. Smith spoke on the
Louisiana purchase. Mr.. Bryan addressed
himself to 1.-The Statute for Religious Free
DOM"
Before the banquet the board of govern
ors met and decided that the proposed me-
mortal to jefferson, TO be erected in Wash
ington, should take the form OF a building.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14

Bond Of G. e. Mills Declared Forfeited
Flower Held on Another Charge.

NEW YORK, April 13.-Through mis-
take, Police Magistrate Pool to-day de-
clared forfeited the 5000 bail bond given
by George Edward Mills. law partner Of
the son of DR.. r. c. Flower, when Mills
failed TO appear to answer to the charge
of trying to buy the indictments against
Flower from assistant district attorney.
1t was subsequently discovered that the
case had been transferred to the Court of
General Sessions without notice being sent
to the magistrate.
Later III Ihe uay II: ioWer was Hslu III
of attempting to bribe Police Captain Titus,
now inspector. not TO make an investigation
of the affairs of the Lone Pine Mining Com
pany 1t is charged that Flower gave An
drew d. Meloy 81 500 to give to Titus, who
has denied that he ever received the money.
Flower is already under 900 bail on
charges connected with the affairs of the
Eastern and Arizona Mining Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
NOT GOOD IN UTAH.

Georgia Law Affecting widows Right
to Dover Not Recognized.
SALT LAKE, Utah, April 13.-The Utah
Supreme Court to-day rendered decision
involving the right of a husband and wife
to enter into an agreement of separation
without legal divorce being granted and
thereby defeat the widows right to dover
in the husbands estate. The court holds
that even If il is legal contract in Geor-
gia, where the agreement was entered into,
1t cannot be enforced in another State IL
in contravention OF the policy OF the latter.
W. D. Palmer, deceased, against Mrs. Ida
NJ. Palmer, the widow. Valuable property
in Salt Lake City and in Atlanta is in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14

KANSAS CITY. NO., April 1S-The busi-
ness session OF the general conference OF
the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints to-day was devoted to
the reports of committees having In charge
routine work a large number OF students
ing To discuss American archaeology. Mem
bers of the conference who preached were
G. T. Griffith. England: j. d. Jenkins. In
diana: James Mckiernan. Iowa: c. J.
II. Bailey, Illinois.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS.
Agriculturists I'm Session at Rome-A
Germans Proposition.

Germans Propositions.
ROME. April 13.-The Agricultural Con-
gress was inaugurated here to-day be-
fore King Victor Emanuel and Queen
Helena. About 1890 delegates were present.
The American representatives. DIR. A. Z.
Salmon. chief of the United States Bureau
of Animal Industry. and Henry r. Alvord.
chief Of the dairy division OF the United
States Department of Agriculture, have
not yet arrived. The Marquis al capeit.
president OF the congress, in his opening
speech. criticised the ultra protectionism"
OF certain American countries and said he
foresaw that their attitude would change
with Increase OF their population 10 the
average of those of European countries
Count Won Schwerin Loewitz. a leading
member OF the Reichstag and president OF
the German Agricultural Council arrived
to-day. II has been stated that he will pre-
sent proposal 10 the Agriculture Congress
Tor European agrlcO-commercial zOllye-
rein to meet American competition. The
count said TO the Associated Press corre-
spondent tonight: My proposal does not
exactly contemplate a European zollverein
but merely an understanding between the
European countries 10 put themselves I'm
a position 10 safeguard their agricultural
interests through combined system OF
protective tariffs. l shall submit my pro-
posal at to-morrow's session OF the con-
gress and IL will explain my IDEAS NV
scheme Is based on differences I'm the nat
ural conditions OF production which will
have TO be leveled by protectionist duties.
These differences are considerably less be-
tween the European states. especially tho
central states than between the European n
states and the oversee countries. The un-
equal competition OF the non-European
product is growing daily owing 10 the d.
minution In the expenses OF transportation
from European countries. especially
America and British colonies. I UNDER
stand that the economic superiority OF large
industrial territories tends toward economic
coalition. hence coalition OF the European
countries Is necessary. The efforts IN this
direction have failed hitherto because no
pendence in this field In favor OF such q
union. and IL Is also difficult to agree upon
a common tarin.
Protection is needed In varying propor-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
COUNCILMANIC INVESTIGATION.
The Committee VIII Not Meet Until
an Attorney Is Secured.

The council committee on investigation
and impeachment will not go ahead with Its
investigation of the charges about the
sprinklirg contract until ii has secured an
attorney. The committee has been in con-
sultation with many attorneys and expects
TO receive a final answer from one this
morning.
Chairman wynne said last night that the
committee was endeavoring Zealously TO
find a man who would answer all the pur-
poses Of the investigation and give general
satisfaction. Mr.. Wynne still feels that
Larz A. Wshitcomb would make an excel
lent prosecutor. Until the committee has
decided on an attorney IL will not hold a
meeting.
The attorney from whom an answer is
expected this morning is a former prose-
cutting attorney of this county.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14

WASHINGTON, April 13.-Owing to the
fact that Archie Roosevelt has the measles,
the usual gathering of Cabinet children and
friends at the White House for the egg
rolling to-day was omitted. Miss Alice
Roosevelt left tonight for Asheville, N c..
for a weeks visit to Mr.. and Mrs. George
Vanderbilt at Biltmore. She was accom-
panied by her aunt, Mrs. William S.
CoWleS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
Roosevelt Ridiculed by Hill.

ALBANY. N. Y. April l3.-One hundred
members of the Democratic press OF New
York tonight sat down at the banquet of
the State Democratic Editorial Association
in celebration of the birthday of Thomas
Jefferson. David II. Hill spoke on THE
Empire State Democracy" He attacked
the prominent policies OF the present Re-
publican administration In New York He
ridiculed the policies of President Roosevelt
as vacilating and unduly tender TO the
great monopolies. and said the whole Re-
publican administration was .clamoring for
delay in dealing with the trust question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
MYSTERIOUS AND FATAL.
Disease That Is Killing or Laborers
in a Railway Camp.

TOPEKA. Kan, April 13.-Dr. Charles
Lowry, secretary of the State Board of
Health. has gone to Rice county to inves-
tigate the report that several railroad la
borers are victims of the bubonic plague.
A tramp hired TO work with a section gang
recently started a disease which quickly
killed nine. The surrounding territory is
quarantined One physician pronounces the
plague black smallpox. Every case has
proved fatal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
EXPLOSION IN A MINE.


SOUTH MALEsTER. r. T.. April H.
Five men were killed and two severely
burned to-day by a gas explosion In mine
No. n Of the Kansas and Texas Coal Com
pany at Carbon. 1. T.
The dead are Floyd Oder. George Teek.
Frank McMullin. Jerry Kincaid. o. A
Fields. The injured are Robert McCrany
and Ben Hamilton. The cause OF the ex-
In the mine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-14
ON A STILL HUNT.

President Sent No Word to Secretary
Loeb Yesterday.
CINNABAR, Mont. April 13.-Secretary
Loeb has received no word from the Presi-
dent to-day. The weather in the park is
clear and cool
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-23
ELECTRICAL STORM.

A severe electrical storm with heavy
rainfall passed over Vergennes on
Tuesday afternoon. During the storm
lightning struck j. o. Walkers hay
barn at the station ripping off few
shingles but passing off without much
damage.
Damages by lightning are reported
from Bristol. The residence of G. w.
Farr on Taylor avenue, was struck by
the lightning passing down the Chin
ney into the dining room, burning the
gilt paper on the walls, melting the
wires from which the pictures were
hung and passing into another room
doing considerable damage. The
family were seated ON the piazza and
were uninjured Miss Rena Chase
and Miss Bertha Spencer were both
Frustrated by the shock and Carlos
Lavarn was in his garden picking po-
toato bugs and had his pail knocked
out of his hand.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1903-07-23
THE BAKER FARM

Col, LeGrand B. Cannon of Bur-
lington has conveyed to j. f. Naddeau
the Baker farm at Grown Point,
which inclueds the garrison grounds
familiarly known as the odd Forts
the deed having been recorded at the
county clerks office in Essex, N. ~.
The principal structure is the Eng
lish Fort, one OF the most famous and
best preserved fortresses on this con-
tinent of the pre- Revolutionary period.
1t was built in 1859 under the direc-
tion of General Amherst. Its loca-
ton is about 200 yards southeast of
Fort Frederick, built by the French
in the early days of colonization, and
being a part, Losing, the historian
writes of the grand plan devised by
Pitt to crush the French power in
America. Extraordinary efforts we're
made to render it impregnabe and
money was expended with a lavish
hand. Although the fortress was
never wholly completed, nearly ten
millions of dollars was laid out by
the English upon extensive works
which are so remarkably preserved to
this day.
At the time the property was &C
quired by Colonel Cannon, in 1894,
it was rumored that it was the inten-
ton of the purchaser to convert the
garrison grounds into a public park
to the end of preserving the integrity
of the works and hold them for the
benefit of the public, The recent
transfer calls renewed attention to the
Importance of having the property in
the hands of the government or of a
historical society, which will have a
peculiar interest in preserving the his
torical integrity of the fortress, and it
is to be hoped that such result may
be brought about soon. Private ow-
nership can hardly be expected to take
the same interest in the property,
but it is understood that the new ow-
ner, Mr.. Naddeau, will take active
steps to prevent further desecration.
Itihas been quite general custom for
visitors to break off piece of stone
from the barracks to carry away MS a
souvenir, and while this doubtless
seems to each Individual a trihing
matter, yet when it is considered that
in the course of a single week several
thousand tourists visit the grounds,
the aggregate of the pillage is import
ant, and in the future no acts Of van
dalism will be overlooked.