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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
CHAPTER XII.

Until 10 o'clock next morning 1 slept
a calm, dreamless sleep, and arose more
fresh ard invigorated than l had felt
for months. 1t had been arranged that
| should breakfast at Martha's. So &C
cordingly, as soon as / was washed and
dressed, / adjourned to No. 3. Two
strange men were in the room when
went in.
man. with a sallow complexion, sharp,
aquiline features, hollow cheeks, full
beard and mustache, and dark, griz1led
hair, which he wore very long and parted
in the center. He was dressed in seedy
black; an extremely open waistcOat dis
played somewhat dilapidated fancy
shirt 'front.', very much soiled and crum-
pied. 4 frayed black satin necktie sur
rounded a very frayed and limp shirt
collar; his boots were old and patched,
but they were the remains Of what had
once been radiant patent leather. His
hands were white, and carefully tended,
and ornamented with two large brass
rings. He greeted me with great polite
ness as l entered.
His companion was a young man of
about twenty; full-faced. rather sanguine
complexion, with an expression Of oddly
mixed good-nature and self-satisfaction.
His dress was less pretentious than that
Of the elder, although there was the
same style of shabby gentility and the
secondhand clothes shop.
Martha introduced the elder as "Pro-
fessor Montgomery" and the younger as
Mr.. Fitzwalton. The elder acknowledge
ed the Introduction with an air of great
politeness; the younger, with a familiar
nod, and a twinkle of amusement in his
eye at my odd appearance. which slowly
changed to one of doubling recognition;
an expression which was reflected in my
own face; for, in Mr.. Adolphus Fitzwal-
ton. / believed that recognized my
whilom bed-fellow, Josiah Cook. We
both came to the same conclusion at the
same moment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29

The sum Of more than 20,000, 900. now
available In the reclamation fund, to which
arfeea under wise administration great
nrocress IA the work Of Irrigation ard the
settlement Of the arid region within few
pears.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29

Elaborate Planning for Christmas Bust
ness, Always a Year Ahead.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
THE
PERSONAL
SIDE
w. c. Whitney'S Name on
the List of incorporates.
American Finds Omni-
present Buildingin Cuba

The haste with which much legisla-
t-On goes through Congress wax shown
recently in the passage of the bill to
incorporate the American Academy in
Rome. The list of incorporators was
prepared to include about fifty Ameri-
cans of ratiORaI prominence Ambng
them was William c. Whitney.
The bill has been pending since early
III the present session and was called up
a few days ago for the Senate's con-
sideration. When it was passed. the
name Of Mr.. Whitney was still on The
list, although ne has been dead for more
than a month. His name has gone to
the House. however, as enc OF the in
ccrPOrators.
The importance of the American Acad-
envy project is shown by tie fact that
the following prominent Americans are
among those who have given their sup
Port as tncOrporatOrs: Edwin A. abbey,
the artist; Charles Francis Adams,
James w. Alexander. James b. Angel,
Charles I. Barney, Edwin H Blashdeld.
the artist; Daniel II. Burnham, Presi-
dent Nicholas Murray Butler. of Column
bia University; John L. Cadwalader.
Senator Cla k of Montana, Thomas JET
terson Coolidge, of Boston; Frank Miles
Day William Z. Dodge, ex-Ambassador
William F. Draper. Senator Dryden,
President Eliot, of Harvard University:
Marshall Field, Of Chicago; Daniel Ches-
ter French, the sculptor; Henry c. Prick.
eX-Secretary Of the Treasury Lyman J..
Gage, Richard Watson Glider, President
Daniel Colt Gilman, Senator German,
President Arthur T. Hadley, of Yale,
Senator Hansbroush, Provost Charles C.
Harrison, of the University of PennsyI-
Vania; Secretary Hay, Henry L. Higgln-
son, John La large. the sculptor;
Charles, LanieT, Representatives Mccall
OF Massachusetts and McCleary of Min
nesota. Mayor Mcclellan. of New York /;
Charles +. McKim, William G. McAIiI-
ian, Frederic MacMonnies, the sculptor:
William Rutherford Mead, ambassador
70 Italy: George Won L. Meyer, Frank
Millet, DR. 5. Weir Mitchell, Edwin D.
Morgan. United States consul at Dalny.
China; J. Pierpont Morgan, II. Siddons
Mowbray, Frederick Law Olmsted..
Francis l. Patton. George B. Post.
Henry S. Pritchett, Librarian Herbert
Putnam. Frederick W. Rhinelander.
Representative James D. Richardson.
eN-Secretary Elihu Root, T. Augustus
Scherme rhorn, President J. C. Schnr-
man, OF Cornell; Carl Schurz, James
Stillman, Waldo Story. Augustus saint
Gaudens. Supervising Arcritect James
Knox Taylor, OF the Treasury DEPART
ment: Henry W.lters. of Baltimore:
John Q. a. Ward, the scul ptor: Senator
/ Wetmore, Henry White, Of the United
States embassy in London: Stanford
White the architect. and Egerton L.
| Winthrop
The Washington times., 1904-03-23

lish customs older than the mon
arehical system against which our
colonial ancestors rebelled The folk
mote. our town meeting, is essentially
English, and on it, IN the last an
alysis, our government rests. There
are many respects in which our civ
ilization is inferior to that of one or
another European countries, and
other respects in which it is probably
superior. In short, America is in the
main what Americans like best, and
the ideal America will perhaps IL
tine be admired of all the world as
heartily as by us. 1t is foolish TO at
tempt TO magnify our own institu-
tions by running down those Of
others; it Is cheap, and it Is unworthy.
If they suit us, that Is all that IS
necessary.
But to dub our own objects Of in
terest "the American Athens" ''the
American Champs Ulysses" and the
like, Is servile in q superficial way, and
there Is no sense in 1t. 1t invites COM
pa~ison with similar things in other
countries, and that Is not good; be-
cause if our possessions are superior,
they should stand on their own merits /;
if they are not, why call attention to
their mferiority? There Is no more
reason for such phrases than there
would be for the English to call
Kipling the English Bret Harte, or
Phil May the English Davenport,
neither of which things are they
likely to do.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
A. D. 1854. D. 1904.
Is the Democratic Nomination to Go to
the Highest Bidder?
The New York Tribune" this

The New York Tribune this
morning has this to say:
Nominate Hearst, defy the trusts, and 81. 5oO,-
600 VIII be furnished by Mr. Hearst and his
friends for the Democratic National Committee.
Nominate Parker, Cleveland. Gray, Olney.
German, Francis or any other conservative, and
you VIII be forced to 90 20 the trusts for cam
paign funds, and Roosevelt win easily win.
This is the argument being used these days
with telling effect among Democrats all ove-
the United States by the friends OF William r.
Hearst, whose early harvest Of delegates to the
Democratic National Convention at St. Louis
on July has created dismay among the con-
servatives
We refuse to believe 1t. What7
The Presidency of the United States
put up at auction by the Democratic
party and knocked down to the high
est bidder2 We refuse to believe it.
In Gibbons decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire" we read in chap
ter Y as follows:
The Praetorians had violated the sanctity Of
the throne by the atrocious murde Of Pertinax-
They dethroned the majesty Of it by their sub
sequent conduct. With a loud voice
sulpicianus proclaimed that the Roman world
was 20 be disposed Of 70 the best bidder by pub
Tic auction. Sulpicianus had already prom
ised donation Of 5000 drachms about elG0
sterling) 10 each soldier, when Julian, eager
/ for the prize, rose at once TO the sum Of $3.50
Z drsehms. or upward Of 1900 sterling The
gates Of the camp were instantly thrown open
90 the purchaser. He was declared emperor
and received an cath of allegiance from the
/ soldiers.
Are the scenes IN the Praetorial
camp, outside the walls of Rome, A.
! d. 1913. TO be re-enacted at St. Louis
seventeen hundred and eleven years
later?
We refuse to believe it.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
Omnipresgnt Beldina.

:. Dana Lincoln, president of the Ma
tional Mortar Company, in this city.
was a member OF party Of Washing
toEians who recently made a trim
through Florida and Cuba On this
trip Mr.. Lincoln. according TO his fell
ioW-travelers. found a building In Ha-
vana that was Omnipresent.
Idr. Lincoln, they say. could md filts
yai ucular structure on every street in
Havana Every time he asked 10 be
guided to it a native would take aim
TO q different place. and vet the-bsifId-
ms he wanted would be before him
without fail
II seems that the first evening. the
rarity was in Havana. they found n
cafe which pleased them on account Of
its low prices and good service Mr.
Lincoln, in order to be sure of finding
the same cafe next day. wrote the name
Of it in his note book.
The next day he consulted the book
spelt out the name. and asked a guide
90 take him TO the place He was led
TO an entirely different locality Irfu-
rated with the man, Mr. Lincoln Sc
cured another guide with the same re-
suit as before. After several repetittons
of the omnipresent building always be-
ing in che, wrong place, Mr. Lincoln
consulted an acquaintance in Havana
rs 10 what was wrong, and why he
was never taken 90 the right place.
The trouble was that the American
citizen had written in his book the
word 'posa," which is the Spanish for
cafe. Re had copied the wrong par
of the sign.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
VIENNA WILL HAVE
CONSULAR ACADEMY
Founded in 1852 as @oriental7 School
for Training Of Young Austrians
in Service.

Within a few month"; the Consular
Academy Of Vienna viii be opened. It's
seat IS a palatial structure that does
ample honor To the important eduea-
tional work which is 70 be carried on
within its walls IT was founded in
1752 as the Oriental Academy, wherein
was offered a training school for young
meH who contemplated entering the
Austrian consular service in the Levant-
In 1888 the academy was transferred
to another building under the name II
the Theresian Academy. The value Of
its service TO the state was so generally
recognized that through the influence
OF the late Austrian minister of foreign
affairs and other men Of prominence
the academy was placed upon dis
tfnctIy modern footing It's curriculum
was rearra uged 10 meet the require
rnents of the modern consular service
TO the fullest extent, its instructlonai
force was strengthened and building
Of great architectural beauty was
erected as the seat of this unique insu-
tuition
F,ight modern languages are Taught
and in addikon thorough Work II
economies. political science, history, ana
Jurisprudence is given for the period OF
i've wears Emphasis Is placed upon
subjects which possess special Falue N
the conduct OF consular duties. such as
commercial geography, coInIlleIcldI tiia-
tory commercial law. ana nnueeI i "
tory. with special reference 10 the oiglo-
matte and consular. relauens O tll1
Iastiiner countries OF the world Nor Is
rrODer physical training neglecsed 80
ular hours are devoted 10 Llt INNS. - -
ing. riding. dancing, ana s"ltlitl.tsi
HAVING successfully completed the ar -
e1-au-i6atiOns OF the course, the graou-
60 re entered by the government INTO
lower positions Of the consular service
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
KURoPATKIN.

according TO Kuropatkin.)
There "a rumbiing as OF thunder far
across Siberia's plain
And the stricken earth is rocking and
the mountains groan IN pain
j ne SKY is rent asundeT and the sun is
ashy gray
As IL sinks away in terror-Kuropat-
KIN s on the way.
He is coming with his Iegions and his
welrdly grand mustache
Rivers turn and flee before him at the
swapping of his LASH
Forest trees are scared and blasted and
the flowers bright and gay
Wither IoIty miles around him--Kuro-
patkin's on the way.
He has asteroids for breakfast, he eats
continents at noon:
Overnight he hangs his trousers on the
pale and shrinking moon.
Fields Of grain are only mouthfuls when
his hunger he would stay.
And with blazing red volcanoes Kuro
patkin lights his way
He f. coming. lie is coming! Lock the
stars up safe and tight;
Cover up the shrinking planets: keen
the comets from his sight
He is rolling on Ike thunder. half a
thousand miles a day
Hold Your breath, we shrieking angels:
KurOpat1in's on the way.
oh. her army's just a nibbIe: Ger Japan
he'll smack his lips
And he'll pick his teeth with splinters
from her blasted battlcships
With her islands on his watchcharm like
"A happy boy he'll play
Fly, Japan. and seek the ocean-Kuro-
patkin's on the way.
Council Bluffs NonpareiI.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
THE BATTLEFIELD.

y desert place where grew no Ni'ie's
A waste vast; Of sand whore splintered
rocks lay dead. s,..,,-s
And smaiting rays fen from the sun
o erhcsd-
one lonely figure roSod in ashen gray
Whose patient eyes saw nothing
ing all;
Nor marked the shadows slo"-feNoiN-
The Hush ~ GAVIN, the purple dark
ness fail
There rode no hosts led On by warrior
10 trumpats sans; there waved no
No fierce assaults nor routed quick re-
But silent hours wore out the night
Alone agai..st a world the leader stood
Alone where ages met sthe partlhs
ways,
To 81. de Alright whoever seeks the liFnt.
TO shame from wrong with level low
Ing gaze.
There was the battle waged, the vic
That conquered coaquerors. that high
An greatness, glory power, and an law
Forever fixed the empery of love.
There triumphed Ee. our conquercr and
king.
who. won for us. and made al earth
Who gave his life for victory over death.
Who fen that mankihd evermore
Tudor jerks, in April Century.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
Missionaries in Time of War.
Reasons Which Prevent Their Leaving
Threatened Territory

AAACaLCA4CA ANAA-AOAy
The secretary of the Board of For
eign Missions in New York has writ
ten a terse and timely letter to one of
the papers of that city, explaining
some Of the reasons why the mission
aries in Korea are not willing to
leave the country at a very short no
tice, as the authorities dekre that
they should. His arguments, from his
point of view, are good.
He says that some Of these mis-
sionaries are at the head of enter
prises which cannot be abandoned inn
mediately without serious loss. There
are hospitals established at great cost
and trouble. maintained by the Amer
lean board and conducted by Amer
lean physicians and nurses; can these
workers leave helpless patients merely
IN order to secure their own safety ?
There are girls schools in charge Of
American teachers; can the teachers
leave these girls to find their way
home alone? There are mission sta
tions which are the center of many
good works; if suddenly deserted by
the missionaries, the effect Of these
works would be nullified, and the peo-
pie would become demoralized with
fear. He further asks what would be
thought Of physicians and nurses who
should run from their posts in time
Of a cholera or yellow fever epidemic,
which certainly threatens life as Sc
riously as the present war.
The difference between war and an
I epidemic, to take the last argument
first, is merely that in the latter no
international question Is involved.
The personal bravery Of the mission
aries is not questioned, but the fact is
that the killing Of any Of them bv
combatants of either nation might
possibly give rise to international diff
fculties, which the American authori
ties are naturally anxious to avoid.
That Is their side Of the argument.
That IS their business, and they are at
tending to it as best they know how.
it viii be remembered that the kill
ing vi the two American women at
The Washington times., 1904-03-23

Pao-hng-fu, in the course of the
Boxer trouble. was the outcome of
precisely the condition of things men
toned by the secretary-the estab
lishment Of a school in charge of
American women, who felt that they
could not leave their helpless pupils,
and reasoned, with justice, that their
presence might be some protection,
since the Chinese might hesitate to
modest American subjects. This
school was, for no obvious reason,
put in a place to which guards could
not easily be sent at short notice, and
from which the pupils could not
quickly be removed to places of
safety. They came from all over the
province, and it was out of the ques-
zion for them to go to their homes.
The position Of the missionaries, in
the circumstances, was difficult; and
it is easy to see that they could hardly
have done, honorably, anything but
what they did do. But it IS about
time to ask the American board, and
quite time for the board to ask itself,
whether some different system cannot
be devised, which viii not be fraught
with so many difficulties. As things
are at present, the whole eastern side
of Asia Is likely to be swept by con
tending armies before the missionaries
now there are dead. Would it not be
wise to establish hospitals and mis-
sions and schools and other things
which cannot be moved in places
where they could be guarded IN time
of need? There are plenty of I'M
converted people near the Oriental
cities; in fact, if the reports Of trav-
elers are true, some godly influence Is
badly needed there to counteract the
effects of the performances of ungod-
| ly merchants and sailors who make
these cities centers of debauchery.
Why not eivilize the treaty ports first.
and then attend to the remote country
districts?
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
SENATOR PERKINS MUST
APPEAL TO COL. SYM0NS

Commissioner Macfarland. upon the
receipt this morning of a letter from
Senator Perkins calling the attention of
the Board to various complaints from
Washington people In regard to the alb
scnce Of seats fer the public in the
parks in the District, recommended that
the Senator be informed that the cIty
parks are under the care Of the Of
fcer I'm charge Of public buildings and
grounds. The Geological Park is cared
for by the Smithsonian Institution
The Commissioners have received
many COMMUNICATIONS of late reduestiUe
that some steps be- taken to Insure the
public resting places during the summer
weather. They, however. have nothing
70 do with the seats in the parks.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23

combination of Manhattan. Kings. and
Eric can be formed. In the present sit
Uauon, rot only does Kings refuse To
Join with Tammany. but Erie. with its
twenty-four votes. is not in hearty SYM
rathy with the movement 10 prevent
instruction for Parker
Parker U the State.
There is a friendly feeling for Parker
in Buffalo. but the leaders are not in
harmony and the result will probably
be that the delegation from Erie viii
be about equally divided for and against
the Endorsement of Judge Parker. The
counties in which the other large cities
are located are almost certain TO send
delegations for Parker Ex-Sena tor
Murphy. whose home is in Troy. is Civ
ing support to his old friend. Hill, for
Parker Senator Hill himself viii con
troll Albany. and Monroe and Onon6agl
counties, containing, respectively, the
cities OF Rochester and Syracuse, are al
Tor Parker. The remaining counties.
with one or two exceptions, are all I'M
der the control of Senator Hill. and
there is little doubt that they Will vot2
for Parker.
The friends of the judge declare tn At
the opposition TO instruction Tor Parker
Will not be able to muster more than
100 votes in the convention out of so
When the convention acts the Parker
men believe that Mr.. Murphy will
quietly acQuiesce. accept the verdict, and
turn in and whoop things up for Parker
The convention VIII be held on April
10. and il New York then iEstructs fer
Parker his friends believe the other
States where Democrats arc Willing -
follow the lead OF the Empire State VIII
promptly fan in line and instruct for
him also. A large portion of the State
conventions viii be held after that date
and Judge Parkers friends expect TO
see enough dele gates instructed for him
TO give him the greatest number Of
votes on first ballot, which. they think
viii result III his final nomination.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
BILL TO ENFORCE
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Compulsory Law Drafted by
School Board.
PEOPLE FAVOR REGULATION
The Commissioners Receive Many Let
tiers Urging Favorable Action UPoa
the Proposed Measure.
PEOPLE FAVOR REGULATION

There is a strong probability that COM
pulsory education viii soon be intro
duced into the District Of Columbia
The bill to provide for il has been pre-
pared by the Board OF Education and
corrected by the Corporation Counsel
1t IS now ready for the Endorsement OF
the Commissioners, and, considering ths
expressions of approval Of the law re-
ceived from many sources, IL is more
than likely that 1t viii be transmitted
to Congress with a request from tbs
District authorities for its enactment.
Commissioner Macfarland, to whom
The bill has been sent, is receiving many
letters every day commenting on the
measure. and the people seem TO desire
the reform almost unanimously.
Criticism on Two Points.
Considerable criticism has beer aroused
by the provision that compulsory educa-
ton shall apply to children only when
between eight and fourteen years OF
age Many think the minimum age
should be six instead Of eight years.
The other provision. to which serious
objection is made. especially by the AS
ISOLATED Charities and other organized
charitable workers. is section g. which
directs the board of charities to clotho
from the public funds to the extent ueC-
essary for its attendance upon public
schools any child whose parent or guard
ian is unable to properly clothe it for
such purpose.
The objection is that it would teEd to
pauperiZauOn and would invite large
demands upon the public funds.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23
ANTHROPOLOGlSTS HEAR
SOME LEARNED LECTURES

The Archaeological Society hello
meeting in the assembly hall Of the Cos
mos club at s O'Clock last night, when
some very interesting papers were read.
DR.. I. NJ Casanowicz was the iars' -
= ~ nlatforn. The subject of his
sl5g5raer was The Scarabs,' and his pa
Der on this subject was received with
t,o greatest interest. The Franco
I,er,-Dtian Medal was the subject OF
-7er,er bv Dr. Paul BeckWtth-
ono OF the most interesting features OF
- evening's program was stereopti-
con lecture on The Significant Analo-
Sics Between Pre-CClumbian ana Oflei-
FL Art b. Prof William r Holmes.
TShe views were good, showing pottery
painting and many other op)tGts -
primitite art as practised by the aooIis
mai American and the Oriental
J n 3. Hewitt. of the Bureau OF 49,. 49,
uologv. who is working on transla.i93i.7
.Ci,icI<enine Address of the Cohdohns
COUNSEL Of the IroqUiaR PEOPLES.
The Washington times., 1904-03-23

Objections to Calling a Regatta "The
American Henley"

Certain patriotic Americans object
with much reason to the habit, into
which the thoughtlcss have fallen. of
calling our most noteworthy regatta
the American Henley the White
Mountain region "the Switzerland Of
America" Jack London .'the Amer
lean Kipling," and so forth. Old
fashioned people had a quaint expires
sion 10 designate those who were toe
anxious TO pattern after their neigh
bors. They called such persons "copy-
cats The patriotic American OBJ
ieets 10 the copy-cat habit.
With those blatant individuals WHO
put IN their time asserting that every
thing American is very much better
than anything English, or French. or
German, we have but little sympathy.
This is a young country, aud what
ever we may say TO the contrary. tie
fact is that we are largely of Anglo
Saxon stock, and that our institu-
lions are based on certain old Eng