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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1900. THE DAILY JOURNAL MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1000. Telephone Cnlls. Busings OSloe 2C3 I Editorial Rooms TERMS OP SIBSCIUPTIOX. DAILY DT MAIL. Pally only, one month $1.71 Illy only, thr month 2. Ial!y only, on year Pallr. Including Sunday, one year JIM Sunday only, one year 2.00 WHEN' FURNISHED BY AGENTS. Pallr, per week, by carrier 1" cts FunJay. irKl copy S ct. Dally and Sunday, jr week, by carrier.... 20 eta TEEXLY. Per year... Jl.M Reduced Rate to Club. FubsTibe with an7 of our numerous agents or nd subscription to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. Persons endin the Journal throush the malls In the United states should put on an lj?ht-pa9 paper a ON'E-CEXT postage amn: on a twelve or !xten-pe paper a TWO-CENT notae tamp. Foreign postage la usually double these rates. AM communications Intended for publication in tni paper must, in order to receive attention, be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned Unless postage la Inclosed for that purpose. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOin.AL Can be found at the following placet EW YOIlK Astor House and Fifth Avenue HoteL CHICAGO-Palmer House. P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn street. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley Sc Co.. 151 Vine street. XX)UlstVILLE-C. T. Deerlnc, northwest corner of Third and Jefferson utreets, and Louisville Book Co.. Zji Fourth avenue. CT. LOUIS Union Newa Company, Union Depot. WASinNCTOre. r. CRIrg. House, Ebbitt House and Wlllard's Hotel. Early la March Indianapolis will have the Social Democratic convention, of which Mr. Debs is one of the leaders. Four years ago Mr. Debs was on the stump for. Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bourko Cockran Is very hostile to what he Is pleased to call Imperialism, but what he characterizes as Bryanism is so much wcrse that ho cannot support him. For the present, then, Bryanitea cannot ap plaud Mr. Cockran. It Is dampening to the ardor of those who have been counting upon making hos tility to the trusts the chief feature in their campaign harangues next season to find so many labor leaders regarding them with more or less favor. The fact that a measure of Emperor Wil liam's has just Deen defeated in the Ger man Reichstag shows that, while the Em peror is more potential than any other ruler In Europe, there is much more political in dependence in Germany than the outside world has supposed. "I wouldn't give a dime to insure the . electoral vote of Wyoming for the Repub lican candidate for President," said Gover nor Richards, of that State, to the Wash ington Post, lie added that, although Mr. Bryan carried Wyoming in 1S06. "he has not the ghost of a chance In 1000." General prosperity has caused the change, and it la operating everywhere. In the war of 1S12 296,916 soldiers served sixty days or more. Of that number, 30,000 were pensioned, but of their widows 05,000 drew pensions. At the present time the one survivor of the war of 1S12 Is drawing i23 a year, white the widows are receiving 233,K7. The widows of Mexican veterans are receiving JS1S.067 a year and the sur viving' veterans $1,107,501. So Ions as we sell In other markets 141,- 700.COO more than we purchase In them. as we did In January, there can be no drain upon cash or securities to pay balances. It is also gratifying to note that while our export or agricultural products last Janu ary was $10,500,000 less than during Janu ary, 1899, the increase of our exports of the products of our manufactures last Jan uary about mado good the falling off In farm products. There can be nothing gained in leaving 16 to 1 out of the call of the Democratic national convention, says the Independent Democratic New York Times, "so long as the man who struts upon the platform and carries the bannr of the party Is W. J. Bryan, the man who has made six hun dred speeches on silver and Is making more, the man of the Socialistic Chicago platform.' Still Democratic managers will always try to fool tho people. The woman suffragists of Massachusetts, who have appeared before the Legislature with a bill and been given a hearing every year for forty years, asked the lawmaking body this year for the right to vote in mu nicipal elections. Instead of being given the favor they asked, they have been given "leave to withdraw' by an emphatic vote vof Hi to S3 the smallest vote in favor of woman suffragists for years. Several times their bill has bcn passed by the House. MBBBBkSBBSStBSBSBSBSBBBSSSSBBBSSBSSSSSSSSSaBBBSBSSBSKBSSB No doubt the superior mobility of the Doer troops to the British Is due not mere ly to the fact that they have more mounted men, but also better mounts for that hilly and rocky country. Their native horses, trained to hard riding and used to the peculiarities of the country, are doubtless much surer-footed among the hills and more serviceable In action that those of the British. Some of the war photographs ihow mounted Boers in positions that an ordinary horse could not be got Into. There are some who think the passage of the currency bill and establishment of the gold standard will cause sound money Democrats to return to the old party, on the ground that, the money question being now settled, there Is no reason why they hould not. They ought to think several times before returning to a party that forced them to act with the Republicans on one of the most Important questions of recent years, and which Is a3 unsound on some other questions as It was and is on , the money question. It is evident that it is hostility to Quay the man, rather than opposition to Inter pretation of the Constitution upon which his claim to a seat Is based, which moves a class of rapers to assail his supporters as being unmindful of the honor of the Senate. If some citizen whom they ap proved were in Mr. Quay's place the chances are that thee papers would be assailing the senators who are suspected of a purpose to vote against him. The con troversy 1j one Involving an Interpretation cf the Constitution, and different Senates have given averte decisions. The embar rassing thing for Mr. Quay himself Is that when the last decision was made he voted to refuse admission to a man who waa in ths same position that he now occupies. One of the papers that Is cracking its whip at senators asks what the Republicans of Indiana think of their senators voting to seat Mr. Quay. A fair answer Is that the Republicans of Indiana will trust their senators to act Intelligently upon a mat ter Involving an Interpretation of the Con stitution regarding a matter of which they are the sole Judges. A DAI COMPROMISE. While the action of the Republican caucus on the Porto Rlcan tariff bill was not conclusive It indicates a probable agreement on the proposition to pass the bill after fixing two years as the limit of lt3 operation. The caucus developed a de cided difference of opinion as to the mer its of the measure, without much prospect of the opposing sides getting together, al though the discussion seems to have been conducted In perfectly good temper. The fact that the caucus was In session until midnight without reaching any conclusion shows that the divergence of views regard ing the bill was very 'sharp, and but for the appointment of a committee of 'ten to further consider the matter and report to another caucus to-night that of Saturday night would have had no result whatever. The dispatch says that when the caucus adjourned "the feeling prevailed that the two-year limitation would be agreed on as a basis of compromise and that with this change the bill would receive pretty gen eral, although not unanimous, support' This Is hot a satisfactory mode of set tling fundamental differences of opinion, and it will be disappointing to the coun try and difficult to defend before the peo ple. It savors too much of a makeshift policy. The enactment of a tariff between the United States and Porto Rico is either Just, right, wise and expedient or It Is the reverse. If the former it should be made permanent, and if the latter It should not be passed at all. If it is a good measure two years is too short a time to develop its merits, and if it is a bad one that is too long a time to impose Its evils on a people already suffering for lack of mar kets and trade facilities. If the friends of the measure agree that It shall only re main in force two years they confess to a doubt of its Justice or wisdom, and if its opponents agree to the proposition they virtually admit that their opposition is not well grounded. ' The proposed basis of compromise is un satisfactory from another point of view. The present Congress really has no con trol over the question beyond the power of present legislation. Two years hence there will be another Congress, and it can confirm or undo present action as It sees fit. It can continue or repeal the law re gardless of what the Republicans of this Congress may agree upon or promise. Therefore, there Is no necessity of a two years agreement. It Is superfluous and of no binding effect as far as the future Is concerned. The Journal has already stated the rea sons why. In its opinion, the bill should not be passed. Those reasons relate to the constitutionality, the Justice, the fairness, the wisdom and the expediency of the measure. All the arguments in favor of it are based on sordid and mercenary con siderations which should have no place in the policy of a great nation towards the people of a newly acquired territory. The bill should not be passed at all, and the two-years proposition does not help it any. The New York Tribune prints a letter from John Bellows, a noted English Qua ker and man of learning, on the British- uoer war. The letter was addressed to Senator Hoar, with a request that he send it to some American newspaper for pub lication, and he sent It to the Tribune. It is exceedingly courteous and temperate in tone. The writer deplores war on general principles, but maintains that the respon sibility for this one is upon the Boer gov ernment in its violation of pledges and its outrageous treatment of outlanders. In this connection he quotes from the treaty of 1SS1 as follows: Article XVI. All persons other than na tives, conforming themselves to the laws of the South African republic will not bo subjected in respect to their persons or property or In respect of their commerce and Industry to any taxes, whether gen eral or local, other than those which are or may be Imposed upon citizens of the said republic. Mr. Bellows then proceeds to show by undisputed facts regarding taxation, suf frage, etc., that this pledge has been utter ly' disregarded and openly violated by the Boer government. He concludes that the war on the part of Great Britain is one for equal rights and the enforcement of treaty obligations. "The only alternative left to England to refuse fighting," he says "would have been the ground that all war Is 'wrong; but as neither England nor any other nation has ever taken this Christian ground, there was In reality no alterna tive." The descriptions of the artillery duels and bombardments going on in South Af rica make them appear terrific, but they do not seem to do as much damage as they make noise. A letter is published in Ger many from Major Albrecht, commander of the Boer artillery, In which he says the British artillery fire has done the Boers comparatively little s harm, and that the Boer rifle firing is far more effective than their own artillery. He says the British shells are "bad beyond description," and ttyat In the battle of Modder river out of a hundred shells not ten burst. He adds: The day before yesterday about 25,000 English with over fifty guns stood against us 13.000 Boers. I cannot give the accurate numbers, for I am to-day already on my way back to the Modder river, from where I came on the 12th with half of my artil lery. But I can well say that we did not lose more than a hundred men. among them about three dozen killed. To about l.XO English shells about twelve men were killed, and thirty or forty wounded, for the rest was done by rifles. The riflemen disabled in ten minuies ten times more than our artillery did sometimes In ten hours. It does not yet appear that many of General Cronje's troops have been killed by the terrific bombardment of the last few days, and, if the principal use of artillery is to intimidate an enemy so that an at tacking body can advance under its pro tection, one cannot help wonder why the British have not fallen upon General Cronje and finished him. Anyhow, the artillery does not seem to be doing much. There Is no law which requires th-5 mayor to notice the communication of Mr. Book waiter, but If he does not his silence must be regarded as admitting that the current expenditures of the city upon a 70-cent levy have been met In part by diverting money obtained by a sale of bonds for a specific and permanent improvement, and that he knew when he recommended a & cent levy, last August, that a 73-cent levy was needed to meet the rapidly increasing expenditure of the city under his adminis tration. If $112.000 has been taken from a loan to meet current expenditures with a 70-cent levy, the mayor must ask for a very large temporary loan before the present fiscal year ends. , These bonds must be paid, consequently It will be necessary to make an SO-cent levy next year to make good deficits of the mayor's W-cent levy, which everybody now knows was an Inex cusable sacrifice of the public Interests to promote his re-election. Citizens of the United States who are holding public meetings to express sympa thy with "the liberty-loving Boers" might do well to contemplate the following ex tract from the Boer laws: Law 2, 1SD9: "Regarding the appointment. the suspension, the discharge, the leave of absence and the securities of officials in the service of the government of the South African republic. Article 13. Applications must be written in the language or the country, and must be written In the ap plicant's own handwriting. They must be accompanied by a certificate of burghershlp from the field cornet of the district, which must state clearly whether the applicant is entitled to vote as a full burgher or as naturalized; and proof must be Inclosed that the applicant is a member of a Prot estant church." There is no part of the British empire where a Roman Catholic or a freethinker may not hold office, but under the forego ing provision not one in a thousand of the Boer sympathizers In the United States could hold office in the South African "re public." It seems unjust in the extreme to as sail a senator because he may vote to seat Mr. Quay. The question involved .turns upon the construction of the Constitution. Senators like Mr. Hoar, who, as constitu tional lawyers, insist that the Intent of the Constitution is that each State shall be represented in the Senate all the time by two Senators, and that the executive has the right to fill a vacancy that exists during vacation of the Legislature, can be honest In their opinions. Some of the best lawyers who have been In the Senate for years have held to that view, among whom is ex-Senator Edmunds. It is simply dog matic and tyrannical to threaten Senators who vote to seat Mr. Quay, calling such an act on their part perfidy. If such a precedent should be established, a Senator must Ignore his own opinions and obey the dictation of editors who assume to be dic tators. SSBSSSSBBBSBSBJSBSBSSSBSSSSSSSBBBBBSSSSBSBSSBBBBB In a recent article on the iron Industry of the United States Professor Taussig, of Harvard University, makes the strik ing observation that "whether the ore goes to the coal or the coal meets the ore half-way, one or both must travel a long Journey by land as well as by water; one or both must be laden or unladen several times, and a can-iage often of over 1,000 miles must be achieved with two separate hauls by rail." It Is the Increaso of the obstacles of transportation necessary to bring ore and coal together which had to be considered. "Wherever ore and coal can be got together cheapest, there is the best location f.r Iron furnaces. Last year - first-class passenger fares in the United. States averaged 1 9S-100 cents a mile, while in England the first-class fare Is 4 cents a mile, and the third-class. a vastly inferior service, Is 2 cents a mil- in "Prussia the first-class fare is 3 cents a mile; in Austria 3 5-100 cents, oni in TTranrA 3 36-10d. In Prussia and France the majority of the roads are operated under state ownership, which many advocate for this country, expecting i-ta-i- rates. While the passenger rates are higher cn all the roads owned by gov ernment, the employes are paid much les3 wages. Such being the situation, it Is dif ficult to see how the people are benefited by public ownership. lBSSSSSBISSBSSSSSBSSHSVBBBSSSBSSSBBVBMBBaSSSS There is reason to suspect that the may or's refusal to approve a general investi gation of his administration by the Council was based on a fear that it might bring to the surface some unpleasant revelations in connection with the purchase of the park lands. The very general opinion that his administration paid twice as much for them as a private corporation would have paid would make that topic a natural subject of Inquiry. When the committee of his Coun cil refused to permit the Introduction of testimony on that subject, suspicion was aroused that it was not a good business transaction for the city. Following close upon the vigorous ex ploitation of the wonders and possibilities of liquid air comes the announcement that a Swiss scientist has discovered a pro cess of separating it into Its component parts in such a way as to produce pure oxygen on a large scale and at little cost. This would be an ideal solution of the fuel question. It looks a little as if these won derful statements might be part of a scheme to boom a liquid air speculation. The thing that the British people cannot tolerate, it seems, is the stopping of a gen eral to count his losses and send a torrent of dispatches home telling how it happened. So long as there is plenty of fighting and few explanations from the commanding general they arc happy. "Bobs" had better cut down his cable tolls accordingly and devote his time to retaining the reputation he already possesses. A correspondent at Kimberley during the siege recorded In his diary that "The mules slaughtered are pronounced su perior to horseflesh." Whether this Is really true or stated on the principle of saying nothing but good concerning the dead, it is abcut the first generous word ever spoken for the mule. Cashiering a man In the British army Is sending him away from his post of duty in disfavor. In this country it Is sending a man to Canada between two days. INDIANA EDITORIAL NOTES. The Rev. Mr. Sheldon ought to remember that Jesus never tried sensational Journal ism to make himself conspicuous. Ander son Bulletin. The Democrat who boasts of having voted the ticket ever since he was eighteen is mighty good material for a Democratic candidate. Clay County Lnterprise. Hendricks county Democrats will elect delegates and new committeemen March 10 and a new chairman March 17. The sev eral funerals will not be largely attended. Hendricks County Republican. Governor Taylor has done the right and manly thing by remaining at his post. The Kentucky conspirators cannot get rid of him until they forge the last links of their chain of villainy. Shelbyvllle Republican. Wonder is expressed In some quarters that Henry Watterson has not attempted to explain what he meant when he wrote that "under the Goebel election law the result is not left xo chance." As If the language were capable of any other Inter pretation than that the fixed purpose of the Goebel law was to steal the State! Lafayette Courier. The Pettlgrews and Schurzs will not quote the news that three American pris oners were tortured to death by Filipinos, or. if they do they will throw the burden of guilt upon the Americans for provok ing the Filipinos. Terre Haute Express. The Shelbyvllle City Council Is hesitating about granting a fifty-year franchise for an electric line. Well may they do so. The indiscriminate and careless manner of free ly voting away these rights that are worth thousands of dollars Is a reproach to our municipal governments. Greensburg Stan dard. The Indianapolis Sentinel has not yet se cured the resignation of Chairman Hernly because of a remark Imputod to him re garding the assassination of Goebel at Frankfort. As a matter of fact, the Sen tinel seems to have strengthened Hernly's position by its attack upon him. Evans villo Journal. The American Is pleased to observe that Hon. James E. Watson, our representative In Congress, is active In opposing the levy ing of a tariff duty on the products of Por to Rico imported into this country. We think Mr. Watson Is taking the right views of the matter and that his constituents approve his course. Brookvllle American. When the gamblers were brought In on a charge that they knew could be sustained by evidence they took no chances on a trial but promptly entered pleas of guilty, paid their fines and made no objection to the burning of their paraphernalia. The incident shows the value of evidence in criminal cases and gives ground for the suspicion that Judges and Juries who de cline to convict without evidence may bo right under their oaths. Munae News. BUBBLES IN THE AIE. Brush and Pall. If the Boer girls take the trenches, as rumor says they may, war will be tidied up; you know the Dutch" scrub every day. The Header's Art. A book reviewer, I here avow, Is a man who speeds the trip From front to back by Just knowing how Judiciously to skip. A Man's Portrait of a Lady. She Was that actress stylishly attired. Harry? He Oh, I should say! She had a whole pigeon in her hat, and a yellow percale wrapper on. Force of Arms. Celonel Swagger Don't you believe, sir, in Kentucky blood and Kentucky honor, sir? Discreet Outsider Oh, of course I do; I see you've got your pistols with you. , Athletics and Intellect. "I accept one view in politics one day and the opposite view, the next day." "Why do you do that. Cousin Amelia?" "Oh, it keeps the mind young and elas tic to change its convictions often." Art an a Defense. "How do you like this stained-glass door I have designed?" "Do you want my honest opinion?' "Yes, your honest opinion." "Well, I think It would scare off the wolf." PORTO RICAN TARIFF BILL. Porto Rico properly protests against the trinciple of taxation without representa lion. Baltimore Herald (Dem.) Wo are going to give our colonics taxa tlon without representation exactly what England gave us 12.5 vars a?o. St. Louis Post-Dlspatch (Dem.) 3v The slammed door advocates In Congress make It appear that Uncle Sam has perpe ttatea the Roberts act; In takln? Porto Rico unto himself. Detroit Free Press (Dem.) It may be necessary to send out an army egvilnst the Americans of Porto IU.jo who object to being taxed at both ends ana down the middle. Memphis Commercial Appeal (Dem.) Representative McCall says Tcrto Pico turned to the United States as a child to its n other. But the United States is only Forto Rico's ttepmcther and is treating the child accordingly. Detroit Tribune (Rep.) The only way that we can prevent the inhabitants of Porto Rico from enjoying the rights guaranteed to the people of Arizona, New Mexico and Alaska is to go outside the Constitution and violate the fundamental principles of the Republic. That is precisely what the Republican par ty in Congres3 Is undertaking to do. At lanta Constitution (Dem.) If the Constitution follows the flag then discriminating taxes cannot be levied, while If the Constitution does not extend to these territories then Congress is free to obey the dictates of humanity and the wishes of the American people by giving the starving Porto RIcans a market for their products. That 'is the situation, and all the special pleading and sophistries In the world cannot alter the simple facts. -New York Herald (Ind.) CLARK AND QUAY. Matthew Stanley Quay now hopes to be able to read his title clear. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph (Ind.) Senator Clark got good action on his money, even if It was spent in a legitimate way. Detroit Tribune (Rep.) It seems that a popular demand from Montana for Uark to step down and out would be in order. Baltimore Herald (Dem.) There should certainly be something done to prevent a repetition of such a campaign as that made by Senator Clark. San Fran cisco P?st (Ind.) If Mr. Quay were admitted and granted pay for as long as it has seemed to him he would be one of the richest men in Con gress. Detroit Free Press (Dem.) If Senator Clark, of Montana, didn't burn his checks every six months what would he do with them? Would It be wise to cumber the ground with warehouses? Columbus (O.) Dispatch (Dem.) Democratic precedent Is against seating the appointee of a Governor when the state Legislature ..as failed to make a choice. Yet eleven Democrats voted to con s.aer Quay's case and only eight against It. Buffalo Commercial (Rep.) The Investigation regarding the election of Senator Clark should result In the pun ishment of some of the bribe-givers and bribe-takers. That seems to be one case where the operations were conducted with an openness which makes punishment pos sible. St. Louis Republic (Dem.) It is barely possible that If Mr. Quay is saved by Democratic senators his friends among Republican members of that body may reciprocate if the Senate committee reports adversely upon the case of Mr. Clark, of Montana. "Senatorial courtesy" Is a great Institution for senators In dis tress. It has been known to override the law and public welfare on occasion. Balti more Sun (Dem.) CRONJE AT BAY. And the Modocs, too, made a brave stand In their lava beds. New York Press. Cronje to Roberts: "Take a kopje with me." Memphis Commercial Appeal. Cronje may or may not be a great strate gist, but he seems to have developed to its highest perfection the art of keeping his enemies guessing. St. Louis Republic. Kitchener's "Not a minute" Is hardly as dramatic as Grant's "I propose to move Im mediately on your works," but the words mean exactly the same thing. Chicago News. A Boer newspaper says General Cronje's retreat will be "beneficial." A man who Is lelns pursued by a mad bull generally finds that a retreat Is the m53: beneficial policy for him. Pittsburg Newt. Another Thermopylae for the inspiration of freemen is being blazed In history on .the Modder river.-Can England afford to pay the staggering price the Boers are demanding for the triumph of greed in South Africa? St. Louis Post-Dispatch. If this epic six-day battle had occurred f.fteen hundred years ago the fame of It would have illuminated the fogs of ms CJaeval tradition, and glowed mistily n-d ihrough Norse and German hero saga down to our own day. New York Journal. The President believes that Porto Rico should be treated as a part of this country, not as a subject colony or a vassal state, and that our tariff laws and their exempt ions and privileges should be extended to that Island. In standing by the President Mr. Littlefleld certainly was on firm ground. Detroit Journal. (Rep). While the defeat and capture of the rem nant of Cronje's force will nt necessarily mean a quick conclusion of the war. Its moral effect cannot fail of heln great, especially upon the Free State iH'ople who have not been actuated la the contort by an earnestness so complete as that or the burghers of the Transvaal Buffalo Com mercial. An Instance of the acumen of the orator is furnished by Mr. LIttlefleld's exposure of the apology that the Porto Rico bill la a revenue measure. If revenue is what is required, why not tax coffee, he asked, as well as tobacco and sugar, since the island's production of coffee is far greater than its production of sugar and tobacco combined? So much for the philanthropic professions of a lobby. Chicago Times Herald (Rep.) Even If the position taken by the advo cates of this horizontal affair, that Porto Rico Is outside of the Constitution, be cor rect, the measure is the embodiment of bad policy as well as gross injustice. We have robbed the Portoriquenos of their old mar ket, and so far have barred them out of a new one, except on terms that threaten their industries with destruction and them selves with privations to the verge of starva tion. Philadelphia Telegraph. (Rep.) CECIL BHODES AT CLOSE RANGE. Mtsa Amelia. Kussner, the Miniature Painter, Talks About Him. New! York Tribune. Among the passengers who arrived here from Liverpool yesterday on the White Star liner Teutonic was Miss Amelia Kuss ner, the artist who recently painted . a miniature of Cecil Rhodes in Kimberley, South Africa. Miss Kussner was In Kim berley for about three months, but left there before the war broke out, having fin ished her commission, which was the only object of her visit to Kimberley. She has come to this country for a short visit and will soon return to London. When seen at the pier yesterday Miss Kussner said that of all the people for whom she has painted miniatures, and among these are included many of the crowned heads of Europe, the personality of Cecil Rhodes made the deepest impres sion upon her. "The sittings were dally," she said, "and I had an excellent oppor tunity to stuy him. What struck me most forcibly was the tremendous nervous ener gy of the man; the superabundance of vi tality. It was so great as to be almost op pressive. The contrast between Mr. Rhodes and the Czar of Russia is striking. The Czar Is a typical man of peace, but Mr. Rhodes is a man of war. He was a 'good subject,' as painters say, but his charac teristic mannerism was a nervous pacing up and down of the studio. The two artists who started to paint miniatures of him be fore I tried had disagreements with him. The first unwisely showed him the minia ture while it was In its first stage, and they disagreed. The second allowed him to criticise the work as it went on, and he soon made such exactions that it was Im possible to continue. I did not let him see my miniature until It was almost com pleted. His one comment was, 'Can't you make me look kinder?' I Insisted that the expression of severity which I had brought cut was true to him, and he then approved my work. I do not think he had any idea the troubles In South Africa would lead to such a result as this war. He believed al ways that the outcome would be peaceful. Cecil Rhodes did not Impress me as a schemer or an Intriguer. I know that my opinion differs from the common estimate of him, but, I did not see any of the traits commonly ascribed to him. He deals with his problems rather by strength and stub born steadfastness of purpose. Hi" " ?thods with the Boers were not underhanded, but were those of a man who would push on to success by straightforward means, no mat ter what might intervene." Miss Kursner declared that the Boers were behind in civilization, but were a peo ple of wonderfully rugged strength. She said that she had visited some of the Boer villages and that one of them was, she thoug.., the moat beautiful place she had ever seen. President of the Carnegie Company. Chicago Tribune. Twenty years ago Charles M. Schwab went to work in the Carnegie iron works at Pittsburg as a stake driver at a salary of $1 a day. Now he Is president of the Car negie Steel Company, limited, and draws a salary larger than that of the President of the United States. And he Is only thirty seven years old. As the executive head of the great Carnegie Interests, Mr. Schwab Is lust now prominent In the public eye. He was born in Pennsylvania, and had only a common school education. At fifteen years of age he went to work, and he does not believe in a college education for a business man. For a year or two he drove a mall wagon and clerked In a grocery store. In his seventeenth year he got a Job with the Carnegie company. His first work was to drive stakes for the foundation of a new building. Ills rise was so rapid as to be phenomenal. He became chief engineer in 1SS7, general manager a little later, and In 1SD6 a partner in the .company. Years ago he was offered a salary of more than $50.- 000 a year to go to England and take charge or. some English iron and steel works. This offer he declined at once. Result of Roberts Case. Washington Post. "One general piece of misinformation has resulted from the notoriety of the Roberts case," said Governor Wells, of Utah, yes terday. "That is that the Mormon Church as an organization first nominated and afterward elected Mr. Roberts. The Dem ocratic party was responsible for him. The leaders of the church appreciated that a mistake had been made as soon as he had been nominated, but could not go out to defeat him, for the simple reason that the church really does not do political work as an organization. A - polygamlst will never be sent to Congress again. The excitement growing out of his trial and expulsion has died out. An election will be held to select his successor, and I hope that a Republican will be chosen." She's Past Praylnar for. Minneapolis Tribune. The Louisville Courier-Journal, which de nounced the Goebel law as Infamous and revolutionary, takes up two columns of Its valuable editorial space to eulogize Goebel as a gentleman and a scholar. How Is It that the man was so much better than his law? If Goebel was a type of the Kentucky gentleman, then somebody ought to pray for Kentucky. Jao-fontela In Sieht. Hartford Courant. This Dutch Is a more practical than poetic language. The British have been -fooling around Spytfonteln. Now they have reached Koffyfonteln, and we look witn reasoname connaence ror tneir sare arrival at Sodyfonteln in due course of time. They move toward Detter things. Oh, of Course. New York Mall and Express. Mr. James Creelman announces that the trusts will give the Hon. Mark Hanna a campaign fund of $25.0.0CO. The trusts have evidently told Mr. Creelman all about their plans. Comes Ont from Behind the Darn. Washington Post. Now that the women who desire to vote are out of the way, we venture to sug gest that there are very few men who would put up with the political wife. HSBBSBBHSSBBBSBBBSBSSSBSSSSSSSaSBBBSBSSBBBSBBSSBBBBSSBSB Xo Such Signs. Washington Post. The Hon. Tom Reed doesn't show any of the marks usually found on a person wco is aoin? rew York in a xoicmj czX RECENT PUBLICATIONS. The Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, Comprehensive Work. The growth and development of encyclo pedias forms an interesting feature In the history of literature. The term encyclo pedia itself means properly a book or work professing to give Information, more or less full, on the whole circle of human knowl edge. In pursuance of this plan there have been published many works of stupendous labor and amazing wealth of Information, ranging In size all the way from one vol ume to 1C6 volumes. The Encyclopedia Eritannlca, which began In 1771 with an issue of three volumes, has new reached twenty-four. The great French Encyclo pedia, begun in 17S2. was not nnished until 1SS2, when It appeared in 166 volumes. Many other encyclopedias of great value have been published, Including a large number on special subjects. A library composed ex clusively of encyclopedias would represent far more of the world's learning and liter ary labor than any other compilation that could be made. "The Cyclopedia of Classi fied Dates" aims at presenting within a comparatively brief compass a comprehen sive Index to the important historical events of all ages and countries. From the size and contents of the work it evidently represents many years of assiduous labor by many persons. The chief editor Is Rev. Charles E. Little, author of "Historical Lights" and other works of reference. This work contains 7.462 pages and about 95.000 entries of dates of historical events. The plan of the work Is original and very con ducive to quick reference. It embraces a threefold classification first, classification by countries, second by dates, third accord ing to tho nature of the event Itself. The classification by countries is in alphabetical order. On the first page comes Abyssinia. On the last page, the west coast of Africa. Between these appear all the countries of the earth (seventy-nine In number) of which there are any historical records. The facta pertaining to each country are then classified according to date. Thus each pair of facing pages Includes the events per taining to a particular segment of time. For instance, Pages 16 and 17 contain the facts of American history pertaining to the period between Dec. 17, 1500, and the year 1518. At the top of each page the date for that page is indicated in black-face type in the corner and the name of the country In black-face type in the center, as a running title. After the classification by country and by date, the facts are again classified according to their nature. That is to say, the events pertaining to America. In the period between Dec. 17, 1500, and the year 1518, all of which are found on the pair of Pages 16 and 17, are there arranged under nine divisions, namely: (1) army, navy; (2) art, science, nature; (3) births, deaths; (1) church: (5) discovery, exploration; (6) let ters: () society; O) state; (9) miscella neous. Turning at random to another page of American dates, Pages 74 and 73, one finds recorded the dates of the leading events from 17C3 to 1768, and if one wishes to know what was happening In Great Britain. France or Germany during the same years he has but to turn to the cor responding pages under those titles. Turn ing to Feb. 22, 1732, the date of George Washington's birth, one finds recorded the names of thirteen other notable Americans born In the same year, including Generals Francis Marion and Richard Henry Lee, of revolutionary fame. If one wishes to find what was happening In the rest of the world during the period of Washington's two presidential terms he has only to turn to the years 17S9 to 17U7 under the names of other countries. Of the seventy-nine differ ent countries included In the book the greatest space is given to the most Im portant, including America before the revo lution, the United States after the revolu tion, Great Britain, France, Germany, etc.. yet each one of the seventy-nine countries Is represented by an historical epitome ac cording to Its Importance. During the pe riod of our civil war, 1861 to 1SG3, the dates of no less than 700 different engagements are given, and In the department of births and deaths 10,000 names are recorded. An alphabetical index at the close of the vol ume. occupying zw pages ana containing 125,000 entires, enables one to find in a few moments -every entry relating to a particu lar person or subject. Thus Indiana is rep resented by nearly loo entries or airrerent dates, and Indianapolis by thirty-nine These events are not all of equal impor tance, but all have a place In local history. Every State and considerable city In the Union is similarly represented. Taking the whole volume together the events tabu lated and dated extend from a period 5.0) years before Christ to A. D. isy3. The book Is a wonderful mine of Information and of great value as a ready reference book for students, readers, authors, editors ana pro fessional men. It comes near being an his torical library In Itself and will be a valu able addition to any library, public or pri vate. It is published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, w) Lafayette place. New lorK. Historical Tales from Shnksneare. What Charles and Mary Lamb did for some of Shakespeare's plays A. T. Quiller- Couch (Q.) has done for others. He has taken eight of the master playwright's histori cal works and converted them into de lightful prose stories that cannot fail to Interest the young as well as the old. The task has not been an easy one, for the author has tried to be more accurate in dealing with historic Incidents than Shakes peare was. It is a well-established fact that the Bard sometimes sacrificed truth probably took what Is called poetic license In order to make his play conform to his stage views or to serve a whim. Neither was he always fair or Just with historic characters, and he also occasionally made mistakes. Therefore, Mr. Qulller-Couch says: "I have made it my rule to follow Shakespeare so long as he tells his story with fairness and Justice." Some of the lraccuracles of the Bard, however, have not been corrected for the reason that changes would have shadowed the char acters Instead of bringing them out more clearly as was "Q s" intent. The author makes it clear at the outset that his tales were written for young read ers primarily, and secondly for older per sons who find difficulty in grasping quick ly the full meaning of Shakespeare's lan guage. The tales, therefore, might be called "Shakespeare Made Easy." The plays which "Q" has reduced to ordinary prose are "Coriolanus." "Julius Caesar." "King John," "King Richard the Second." "King Henry the Fourth." "King Henry the Fifth." "King Henry the Sixth" and "King Richard the Third." To change these to prose and supply the minor details lacking In the plays has been no mean undertaking. but "Q" has succeeded, and the result Is a series of interesting and well-told stories. The author, however, disclaims any Inten tion of making, his work of the fictional order, for he says his object was "not to extract pleasant and profitable stories, as one might (and as the Lambs did) from the masterpieces of Shakespeare's invention. but to follow him Into his dealings with his tory, where things cannot be forced to happen so neatly as in a made-up tale and to persuade my young audience that history (in spite or tneir natural distrust) is by no means a dull business when handled by one who marvelously understood the human heart and was able so to put life Into the figures of men and women long parsed away that they become real to us as we follow their thoughts and motions and watch them making love, making war. plot ting, succeeding, or accepting reverses. rlaying once more the big drama which they played on earth." "Q.'s" method of condensing and chang ing bnaKespearc 8 lines is shown in the clos ing part of "Richard the Third." In the original text the ghost scene and Richard's soliloquy, when he wakes from his dream, are spread over nearly 100 lines. "Q." cov ers both in this way: "Hideous dreams haunted his sleep; visions of his many victims passed by the bed. and. leaning over it. bade him despair. There stood young Edward, stabbed at Tewkesbury, dabbled in blood, pointing to his wounds; there stood Clarence: there stood Rivers, Grey, Vaughan; there stood Hastings: there stood the two murdered princes: there stood his wife Anne; there stood his first friend and last victim. Buck ingham. 'Let me sit heavy upon thy soul to-morrow;' 'let me' and 'me;' one after the other took up the terrible imprecation. To-morrow despair and die:' 'Jesu, have mercy!' Richard started from the bed in a bath of terror. The can dles burned blue at the bedside, but the tent was empty. 'I was dreaming; con science is aflllcttng me. Oh, I am a vil lain! No, It Is too late to repent, to face the truth. I am a villain! Fool! do not tatter thyself, when conscience has a thousand tongues and each one denounces thee villain. Perjury, murder, sin upon sin thronging to the bar, each crying "Guilty! Guilty!" I must despair; not a crentur loves me, and if I dl not a soul shall pity me.' " It will be noticed. In comparing the fore going with Shakespeare's lines, that much of the dramatic effect has been lost In the condenser. "Q." could not well Introduce each ghost, and follow the plan he had mapped out. His work, however, shows better in his description of the e::l of the wicked King. Shakespeare, of course, does not tell how Richard was killed. That Is left to the actors. When Richard Is almost deserted on the battlefield and fate has set her seal upon him, he Is still burning to kill Richmond. His famous charger, hlt Surrey, has been slain and he is surrounded by his foes. Shakespeare's lines read: "King Richard A horse! a horse! My kingdom for a horse! "Catesby-Withdraw my lord; I'll help you to a horse. "King Richard Slave, I have set my lire upon a caM. And I will stand the hazard ef the die: I think there be six Rlchmonds In the field; Five have I slain to-day Instead of him. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" Then Richard and Richmond are sup posed to meet on the stage and Richard is slain. "Q" treats tho incident In this way: After Richard learns that part of his force has deserted, he shouts "Treason! treason!" and dashes Into the thick of the fray, seeking Richmond. "He had ntver fought so splenaidly," the author says. "because never so desperately. hite Surrey was stabbed and sunk under him. Another horse!' he yelled; 'my kingdom for another horse'.' While his men gav way he yet pressed forward: hewed his way to the Lancastrian standard, tore it -from the pole, trod the pole in the ground and still fought forward like a demon Into the very presence of Richmond. And there a foot or two only dividing them as he aimed a murderous stroke at nis rival, a score of men rushed on him together and bore him to the ground by sheer weight of numbers. Under that struggling mass he took his death stroke. They d-ew off; the body did not move. They had pulled the wild boar down at last, and the great ' curse was ended. As he went down the crown had fallen from his head and rolled beneath a hawthorn bush. Stanley picked It up and set It on the brow of the con- Queror. The book is handsomely printed and well bound. Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York. As It Happened. This story, by Mrs. Josephine Wlnfleld Brake, has for Its heroine a widow, Selene Barber, who, when the narrative opens. Is close upon thirty years of age. She had been married at fifteen to a man much older than herself, and when he died soon after, leaving her but little money, she lived In retirement with his mother. She and her husband were of good birth and highly respectable, but were not "In so ciety," in the f mall city where their home was, and when, after his death, she ma tures Into rather striking beauty she Is looked upon somewhat askance by vigilant mothers of marriageable sons. However, on the occasion of a local entertainment her fitness to take the part of Semlramls In a tableaux Is recognized and she Is per suaded to appear In the royal robes. Her . remarkable beauty Is at once disclosed to those who had been blind to It before, among them being the wealthiest and most eligible man of the town. He. forthwith wooes her ardently and she Is wiling to marry him, but It develops that he does not intend marriage but contemplates an unlawful alliance, his reason telng that he had promised his wife on her deathbed that he would never marry again, also that his mother and the other ladles of his social . circle would not approve. Selene spurns him, but lest she should succumb, flees in company with her mother-in-law, and takes up her residence in Virginia, where she occupies herself with art study. The villain pursues her and here, also, comes another villain, a wealthy Mew Yorker, who takes the guise of a friend. It appears that Selene is one of those remarkable women, so common in books and so rare In real life, who fascinates every man who looks at her and causes him to regard her with unholy thoughts, she at the same time remaining In child-like Innocence and ignorance of her peculiar attraction and learning nothing by experience. The sec ond villain, who is a married man. after . graining her confidence and putting her un der heavy financial obligations by helping her to go to New York and pursue her art studies, makes her a dishonorable proposi tion. When she rejects It he persecutes her. She goes to a lawyer, who Is portrayed as an honest, upright gentleman, but who so far forgets himself as to kiss his beauu- . ful client on the cheek at the second inter view. He does, however, put her in th way of earning an honest living arid or eluding her pursuers. In time she paints a remarkable picture which is accepted at the Academy of Fine Arts and creates a sensa tion. Meanwhile, she has met a man, wealthier and of higher position than any of the others, who falls Instantly in love -with her and proposes marriage. The cli max is at once triumphant and tragic. Selene, arrayed In a new and extremely becoming purple gown, visits the gallery where her picture is hung, and there be comes the observed of all observers. There also come the men who have been most in terested In her. The first villain she greets with a show of toleration because of the love she once bore him; to the second she has the pleasure of declaring herself at last free from money obligation to him and of spurning his final approaches. The ac cepted lover comes to her side at this mo ment, and, as his whispered greeting shows the relationship, villain No. 2, overcome by rage at the baffling of his schemes and by the result of past dissipation, falls dead at her feet. The story puts the morals of the average man In a very bad light, and though its Incidents are perhaps rather too lurid to please the tastes of critical readers. It may serve a purpose in warning inno cent and attractive widows of the pitfalls that confront them when they venture out Into the world. The author, Mrs. Brake, who was formerly a resident of Indianapolis, handles her jnaterial with considerable literary skill. Published by the Neale Company, Washington, D. C. TVa tare's Miraeies. This Is the first of a practical series of three volumes under the above title. The author of the volumes is Ellsha Gray, a distinguished scientist and roaster of the subjects of which he treats. The plan of the series is to describe in plain language. . free from technicalities, and In the style of familiar talks, some of the wond-rful things which are constantly going on In the world of nature under the rule of natural . law. Some may claim that it is unscien tific to speak of the operations or nature as "miracles." but the point of the title in the narndni of finding so many won derful things subservient to the rule of law. This volume treats or tne operations of earth, air and water. Beginning with RrrTii.hiiilriine and the law of creation Itself, the author explains In popular phrase the formation of tne unaergrouna tounaa tlons of the earth, with hints as to the geologic growth of the earth's crust below and the making of its soils above, and many curiously interesting lacts aooui such component parts as limestone, coal, otitA salt. etc. Passing on to the air. he gives lucid explanations of the anos rvhsra torv.rteratures. clouds, winds, weath er predictions, dew, snow and Ice, meteors. the sky, liquid, air, etc. Ana unaer ujo subject of water he treats of rivers and floods, tides, water ana ice ana tne energy stored therein, glaciers and the Ice age, the glacial period and Its widespread ef fects on surface, soils and climates. Alto gether it is an interesting and Instructive book, and written in a style that makes It readable for young or old. The second -rtiMm nf the srries will treat of force. heat, light, sound and explosives, and the third volume or electricity ana magnewsiu. New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert. The Unman Interest. A sub title to this story by Violet Hunt designates it as "A Study in Incompati bilities." and that is suggestive of its gen eral character. Perhaps It might also be termed a story of elective affinities. The plot turns on a love affair between a weman unhappily married nnd an artist who, accidentally thrown In her company for a month, falls deypcrattiy In love with her without knowing that she is mar ried, and she as de?jverately In love with Mm whllo carefully concealing the Impor tant fact that rhe had a husband. The man behaves in the most honorable manner, and when he learns that he Is married sends her home, expecting never to see her again. Although net rrty of any A r