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In order to rt-ctve attention. tx accompanied by the name and address of the writer. Rejected manuscripts -will not be returned un Jess postage is Inclosed for that purpose THE USUI WAPOLI JOIR.XAL Can be found at the following places: KKW YO HK A rt or House and Klfth-avenue Hotel. CHICAGO-Palmer House, P. 0. News Co., 211 I V a r horn street. CINCINNATI J. R. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine treet. LOUIS VI LLE-C. T. Deerine. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson str-et. and Louisville Hook. Co., 2 Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIfcUnlon News Company. Union Depot. WASHINGTON'. D. cT-RIgg-s House, Ebbitt House and Willard'a Hotel. It. may be noticed that while Democrats In other States talk of ex-Governor Hill for the second place on the Bryan ticket. Boss Croker Is talking of other New York men. Every day that passes without favorable news from the relief expedition under Vice Admiral Seymour increases the probability that It has been cut off or is surrounded beyond the possibility of rescue. The reported discovery of wholesale cor ruption In pome branches of the British military service in South Africa recalls the fact .that about two years ago our British cousins were bemoaning the alleged rot tenness of .American contractors and of ficials. ' Chairman Weaver, of the Iowa Republic an state central committee, says the Re publicans are enthusiastic over the ticket nominated at Philadelphia, and "I am set ting my stakes at better than 73.0 ma jority in the State thisfall." This would be an Increase of 10,(00 over l&ML ,The most the sllverltes can 'expect is a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform by the Kansas City convention. The majority of the more prominent men in the conven tion are opposed to 16 to 1 and would be rid of it if they could. Unfortunately, Mr. Bryan himself stands for the sliver Issue, if there were no platform. Hon. J. P. Dolliver, of Iowa, does not think the Republican party will suffer any by calling: attention to Its record. "If any political party," he says, "could stand upon Its past record alone, the Republican party would be able to. If any party could stand on -Its promissory notes alone, the Democratic party would be! able to." And its. prpralssory notes never get Into Its past record either! The farmer who has corn to sell is sure of some cash at 40 to 43 cents a bushel. If he has husbanded a considerable portion cf the abundant crop of 1SIO he will not so much miss the lost wheat crop. The high price of corn, with so large a crop, would seem to indicate a higher range of price3 in the years to come, because the value of corn as food is becoming known in other lands. The gold Democrats got Fome recogni tion in the. Illinois convention. Of the four delegates at large to Kansas City, Ben T. Cable was the leading bolter from the Bry an ticket In 1S9S, and A. S. Trude refused the nomination- for attorney general be cause he would not run on a free-silver platform. But Mr.. Bryan has notltled the "prodigals" that they must not expect to dictate the plat font at Kansas City. The. New York Commercial predicts that Great Britain is certain to lose its immense trade in cotton in other countries. Hither to her cotton goods haw monopolized all the foreign markets, but now England has - a sharp competitor in the United States, where the cotton mill stands In the cotton field. It warns England to save its domestic trade in cotton goods by put ting up the gates and keeping out foreign competition. The action' of Harvard University In con ferring the degree of LL. D. on Mr. Hugh II. Hannn, of this city, for his senices tq the country in securing the establishment of the gold standard, Is a timely and ap propriate recognition of a great public service. University honors are not often conferred for services so clearly outsit of the field of literature, but in this case the college authorities have shown rare dis crimination and good Judgment. The meeting of disgruntled patriots and obsolete politicians to launch the new anti- Imperlalist " party would have been incom plete without the veteran kicker and launcher of new parties, Carl Schurz. He even favors the indorsement of Bryan, If necessary, to defeat Mr. McKinley, on the ground that .'.'no price would be too much to pay to defeat Imperialism." It is dis tressing to think, of what will become of the United States when Schura dies. When Edward Atkinson, In a paper which he waa reading before the American As sociation for the Advancement of Science, stated that ''we are now paying extra taxes at the rate of $2 per head or more for the privilege of killing 'niggers in the Phil ippine islands under the pretext of extend ing our commerce in the East," another member of the 'association arose and pro tested against "such seditious utterance" going into the minutes of the society. Mr. Atkinson u?ed to be regarded as a harm less statistical crank, but he has degener ated intr a vicious ally of the country's enemies. A case h(,s- arisen involving the expul sion of an American citizen from Austria that . maj become a subject of interna tional correspondence. The case is that of Adolf Fischer, Austrian by birth, but a Citurallx'Sd American citizen, and for sev en! vux a resident of Chicago. Four years ago he returned to Vienna and was employed there until about three months ago, when he was notified by the police that he must leave the country within thirty days or he would be arrested and Imprisoned. Notwithstanding the earnest prdtest of Minister Harris and representa tions of Fischer's rights as a naturalized American citizen the order of expulsion has been confirmed and Fischer will have to go. The order was based on the ground that he had emigrated to avoid military service and that his continued presence in Vienna was "detrimental to the public or der of the state." AX IMPOSSIBLE PARTY. The Prohibitionists, in national conven tion assembled, have made their contribu tion to current political literature and to the varied list of tickets for the American voter to choose from this year. If there is one feature in American politics more op timistic than all others it is the unfailing regularity with which the Prohibition party holds its national conventions and nomi nates candidates for President and Vice President. The seriousness with which they perform this quadrennial function, without the remotest prospect of success either now or at any future time, would be amusing were it not that their convictions are so earnest and their aims, though evidently impractical, so high, from their point cf view, that no one can help respecting them. Nor can it be doubted that they are ac complishing some good in American society and politics, for while there is not' the slightest probability that they will ever succeed in electing a President or getting a national prohibition law, they furnish the nucleus and motive power of a constantly growing public opinion against the liquor evil, and especially against the saloon in politics. Of course, they are visionary and unwise visionary, in Imagining that they can accomplish the Impossible and unwise In opposing, partial reforms and remedial measures which might prove educational towards more advanced ones. Their motto Is prohibition or nothing, and while it can not be said they have accomplished noth ing they are as far as ever from accomp lishing prohibition. It is said- they will go before the Kansas City convention with an offer guaranteeing 1,000,000 votes to" Mr. Bryan, if the party will put a prohibition plank in its, platform. Mr. Bryan Is under stood to be "a teetotaler," and even if he were not he would doubtless be willing to accept any plank that carried with it a promise of a million votes. But the tradi tions of the Democratic party make such an alliance Impossible; and even if the Pro hibitionists could deliver the million votes such a plank would probably cost Mr. Bry an more than that number in other direc tions. As a matter of fact, they could not deliver more than a small fi action of that number. In they cast 264,000 votes, and in lSf only 132,000. It is not likely they will cast 200.000 votes this year, and if they wish to preserve their self-respect and the re spect of all who admire sincerity and hon esty of convictions they will cast those for their own candidates and not sell them to the highest bidder, politically speaking. : As now organized the Prohibitionists aro an impossible party, but they are picturesque, they fill a place of their own, and they are doing some good, morally, Jf'not politically. Merged in the motley crowd of political heresy mongers who constitute Bryanlsm they would, lose their Individuality and whatever power for good they now possess. AX IXSLLT TO ARMY OFFICERS. , Mr. James B. Dunn, who says he is an officer of the National Temperance So ciety, has achieved the distinction of hav ing insulted every officer of the -United States army, thus showing that he is a very intemperate person. He has gone so far as to admit that a very large majority of the officers of the army are in favor of the canteen as now managed at the army posts. This Is a decided advance, since most of. those who have made them selves conspicuous In their hostility to the canteen have utterly Ignored the remark able testimony of the officers of the army in favor of the post canteen. Mr. Dunn admits that the officers have testified that their experience leads them to favor the post canteen. Because they have done so, Mr. Dunn became so excited he turned upon them with slander and insult, as fol lows: Under such circumstances it was not to be expected that many officers, dependent as they are upon the secretary ' of war for favors, would care to put themselves upon record as averse to the views and wishes of the War Department. Any public adverse criticism of an army officer Jeopardizes his position and puts him out of favor with the "War Depart ment. Those who know anything about the army know that the promotion of officers until the rank of brigadier general is reached proceeds strictly upon the prin ciple of seniority. The officer who does his duty has nothing to fear from the "War Department. Except in the matter of staff appointments the department has few favors at its disposal. To show how slan derous and lying the assumption of this intemperate Mr: Dunn is, let us quote from the circular of the secretary of war ask ing the opinions of officers relative to the effects of the canteen. It can be found In the appendix of the report of the sec retary of war for the year 1S99, Page 05, and reads as follows: With a view to a proper understand ing of the situation, the secretary of war desires that commanding officers of every troop, battery, company and regiment in your command be called upon for a report, based upon his experience and observation, as regards the benefit or injury to the army in point of temperance, morality and discipline as the result of the exchange system, and particularly as to the sale of beer. It has been publicly asserted by the opponents of the exchange system that the officers of the army are restrained from expressing their true opinion on the sub ject by reason of the belief that the "War Department has determined to maintain the exchange in spite of the opposition. The secretary desires that such an Impres sion be at once dispelled. In these re ports the utmost latitude of opinion is in vited in order that the secretary may be able to place before Congress at the next session a correct report of the merits and iefects of the enchange system by those who are best qualified to Judge. The extract here quoted shows that the secretary of war is not In favor of the canteen system unless it is for the best Interests of the enlisted men of the army. He arked for the experience of those best qualified to Judge and urged that the of ficers exercise the utmost freedom Jn ex pressing their opinions. Yet, In spite of these facts and the well-known integrity of the army officer, this virulent and ve hement zealot charges the entire body of officer In the army with .preparing their reports to suit the War Department lest they Incur its disfavor. Who are some of tha fivt hundred ode er who have de clared that ,a canteen which sells beer under the most stringent rules Is in the in terest of sobriety and discipline? Major General Thomas M. Anderson, retired, the first general officer to reach Manila; Brigadier General J. F. Wade, Brigadier General Henry C. Merriam, Col. Philip Reade, inspector general U. S. V.; nine of the ten commanding ofiicers of the cavalry regiments, the commanding officers of the seven regiments of artillery, the command ing officers of the twenty-five infantry regiments, with the single exception of Colonel Llscum, who gives a qualified ap proval. Are these men who would be likely to give other than their honest opinions on any subject? Is it not probable that the 510 commissioned officers declaring that the canteen has had a beneficial effect upon the discipline of the army and the morals of the enlisted men are better Judges than all the fanatical Dunns in the country, who have no experience and no capacity except In vituperation and falsehood? VERTICAL HANDWRITING. Several years ago a change was made in the system of penmanship taught in the Indianapolis public schools and also In the schools of a number of other cities, vertical writing being substituted for the slanting. Elaborate arguments were used to show that not only was the vertical writing more legible than the other, but that the posi tion taken by the child in the act of writ ing was more erect and healthful, and that he was less likely to grow lopsided than by the use' of the other system. There was some suspicion at the time that the agita tion was raised In the Interests of copy book publishers rather than of the children, but however this may have been, the argu ments , prevailed and vertical writing was Introduced by the school authorities with the virtuous air of conferring a great bene fit upon the rising generation. Now it ap pears the vertical method has a fault from which the other was free. The change from on to the other was made in the New York city schools about the same time it was effected here, and the board of superintend ents of the various districts there have just decided to recommend an abandonment of the vertical and a return to the slanting system of handwriting. The complaint made against the former is that, although It is legible, those using it cannot write rapidly and are therefore at a disadvantage with boys and girls who seek employment in commercial houses. One who has had experience with both kinds of penmanship says a pupil who has been taught the slant system and is otherwise as apt and intelli gent as one who has learned the vertical method can write forty-five words to the other's thirty. Complaints came from pu pils who found themselves handicapped by the fact that they wrote the vertical hand, men to whom they went for employment objecting to their style of penmanship as slow. One superintendent made the com ment that a man's real handwriting, that which becomes distinctively his own and shows his personality, is not acquired in school but In later life. This is no doubt true, for most men write a hand very differ- t from the one they were taught In schoolboy days; at the same time the boy who learns to write slowly Is likely to find it hard to overcome the habit, and the ob jection of employers has a sound founda tion. So far as the Journal knows this objection has not been raised in this city, perhaps because it has not been in use long enough for pupils practicing it to have en tered commercial life; but It is likely to come up and may call for a return to the old method. Although it is the day of the typewriting machine, the day has not yet come when handwriting can be dispensed with, and the man who can write rapidly and legibly has a distinct advantage on many occasions. It is announced that tho lockout and strike in the building trades In Chicago is at an end. It began in early winter with out a real cause and has continued until tho present time with loss to everybody di rectly or indirectly involved. There has been violence, lawlessness, idleness, pov erty and suffering. For five months from 30,000 to 50,000 men, upon whom at least 200, 000 people .depended for support, have been idle. No question of wages or hours was involved, but a conflict between contractors and an organization known as the Building Trades Council for control. This council has ruled the unions, and Its decisions made It almost impossible for contractors to have any control over their own busi ness. The contractors held out for the abo lition of the council and won, but at great cost to themselves. The whole affair has been unfortunate to the last degree. The season's business has been largely sacri ficed, and a loss Incurred which reaches millions of dollars. How many more such illustrations of the utter ineffectiveness of strikes and lockouts to adjust disagree ments between employer and employe must wc have before such evils will be aban doned by both sides for some reasonable method of arbitration? BUBBLES IN THE AIR. . A Convention Echo. "Sara, were you much excited when the Pres ident was nominated?" "Excited? I think bo! Henry threw away my new silk umbrella." At the Commencement. When Julia's thesis deep is heard, I might alp wUdom note it down; But I let flip each perclous word ene looks so sweet in cap and gown. Fair Enough. "Do you go away this summer, Mrs. Woots?" "Oh, yes; we spend two weeks in Michigan with my people, and two weeks in Ohio with my husband's people; then we come home and let them visit us." Cp-to-Dale Decoration. "Ma, haven't we got an old door plate or arc old brass knocker somewhere arotfnd the houso?" "What do you want with it, daughter?" "Why. ma. I need some kind of a stunning gimerack to wear on the back of my belt." i A Financial-Political Conp D Etat "McLean sent Bryan a check for 123,000, it ; -reported, before he went to Europe." "Yes. Say. he's sot a good head; ne knew he would spend more than that if he stayed here and got into the clutches of a Kansas City hotel." A New York man who is in the gas busi ness has been interviewed to the extent of a column and a half by a New York paper, and the burden of his cry is that the gas meter is a much maligned instrument. "Al though I have been in the business many years," says this ingenuous person, "and have made a pretty careful study of the meter question in all Its phases, I am still in the dark concerning the genesis of this widespread popular distrust of our meth ods and our measures. Its origin Is shroud ed in mystery. We generally attribute It to ignorance, and most gas men agree that if the ability to read meters were as com mon as the ability to tell time consum ers would practically cease to kick and the bill for gas would be looked upon merely as a necessary evil, just like bills for gro ceries and meat." There is one way, and but one, whereby this Innocent seeker after light gaslight can solve the mystery which has so long puzzled him. Let him go out of the manufacturing business and buy gas. An advocate of woman-ln-the-home-and-nowhere-else who lately made a speech at the commencement of a girls college in Georgia is quoted as saying, among other things of the same sort: The good old-fashioned woman, who came from the hands of the Great Creator "a perfect woman nobly planned," is about to be supplemented by the new a woman impudent and mannish grown who has for gotten the divine injunction which declares that the "woman who wears man's apparel is an abomination unto the Lord." This interesting gentleman's tact and In telligence are only excelled by the charac ter of his acquaintance with "divine in junctions." He evidently carries a revised, version all his own. - POSSIBLY SAFE. (CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.) gineers barricaded themselves in the ma chine shops and held the Chinese oft for some time. They had several women with them, wives of some of them. These women loaded the men's rifle belts and Otherwise assisted to repel the Boxers. Soon, though, the foreigners found their position in the shops untenable, as some of the Chinese had rushed them and set fire to a part of the building. They ran for it, fighting their way through the Boxers. When they had got through the Boxers' lines the Chinese gave no more attention to them but in stead began to pillage and destroy the sta tion and mactine shops. Two of the Bel gians then hurried to Peking, where they reported the danger of the party and called for volunteers to help them. A number of Cossacks were dispatched to the rescue. They set out on June 2, encountered a large crowd of Boxers forty miles from Tien-Tsin and were obliged to return un able to fight their way through the Boxers. The Cossacks, who numbered thirty-three, had two officers wounded. In the meantime the engineers were be tween two forces of Boxers. There were thirty of them. They had taken up a posi tion on a small hill where they made trenches in which they fought for an hour, holding off the Boxers in their front. They were all unconscious to the party in their rear and after their hard fighting arranged f that eight should be left In the trenches to hold back the Boxers, while the other twenty-two. including" the women and children, went on towards Peking. They had no carts and the men carried the weaker ones when they became exhausted. The march of the fugitives to Peking was an awful one. When some few miles from where they had been Intrenched they found another partj' of Boxers, not so strong &s the party before en countered, however, to their front and the men formed a . hallow square vwith the women and children in the center, and dragging along, fighting and repelling the onslaughts of the Boxers, they made their way to Peking, after two days re plete with terror. The Boxers of this party were without firearms, being armed only with poles shod with iron and knives and pears. They we're kept at a distance by the rifles and revolvers of the railway men, who killed a number of them. The eight heroes who were left behind to guard their retreat were slain by the Box ers. There were three Frenchmen and one Italian among them, the others being Bel gians and Swiss. The fugitives on their arrival at Peking were in a terribly desti tute condition. American marines led the way of the re lief party to Peking. Despite the viceroy's edict that no foreigners should be allowed to pass Taku forts, forty United States marines landed and made their way up the river by lighter. Reading the Chinese papers one would come to the conclusion that China herself was making an effort to suppress the Box ers' rising. Referring to the battle of June 7 between troops under General Nieh and the Boxers one paper says that several hundred -Boxers were killed and five build ings were burned down during the conflict pnd the local railway station was de stroyed. This was at Lohathe third sta tion from Tien-Tsin. Another paper says the Boxers lost 500 men in this engagment. General Nieh. who commanded the imperial troops, took a prominent part in the Chinese-Japanese war. TROinLE FOR GERMANY. IHnqnletlnj? Report from the TCI ao Chon Sphere of Inflnencc. BERLIN, June 27. A prominent member of Emperor William's entourage who has Just returned to Berlin from Kiel, where the Emperor is, says hl3 Majesty and Count Von Buelow, the foreign minister, are con siderably perplexed as to how Germany is to meet the present situation in China Inasmuch as they are inclined to think that a much larger force of troops will become necessary to carry the campaign there to a successful Issue. Both are also convinced that Germany should bear her full share of the responsibility. Meanwhile disquieting reports continue to arrive from Kiao-Chou, where Governor Jaeschke fears an outbreak may occur at any moment, precipitating a general revolt and the irruption into the German sphere of large bands of Boxers known to be in the surrounding districts in the province of Shan-Tung. Moreover, it is understood the Emperor has not decided whether to con tinue the former entente cordiale with Rus sia and France in China as after the Chino Japanese war or to turn more to the side of England, the United States and Japan. Herr Eugene Wolff in the Berliner Tage blatt publishes a powerful article regarding China drawn from intimate and very re cent acquaintance with the land and its people. He gives a history of the Boxer movement and blames Germany and Eng land for not recognizing its dangerous character during the last two years. He says that the French minister in Peking, M. rinchon. alone energetically forced the Empress dowager to remove Que Shen from the governorship of Shan-Tung, Que Shen having been appointed, although the Em press knew that he was the founder of the Boxers. Herr Wolff declares that either the rumors are true that the Empress has become a drunkard and is often in a state of irresponsibility or that she has been hoodwinked Into believing that the Boxers only mean to oust the foreigners and have no designs upon the Manchu dynasty. He contends that the powers must force the imperial court to remain in Peking and compel the Empress to stay there under the control of the powers. At the same time, he regards it as of tne highest im portance that the Tsung LI Yamen be thoroughly reformed and be developed Into an actual foreign office clothed with au thority enabling it to enforce its mandates. He also advocates direct dealings between the provincial governors and the represent atives of the powers. The Kreuz Zeitung expresses a fear that it would be difficult In case of a long war for Germany to maintain her Influence in the sphere subdued. It urges that a much larger German coptingent be sent to China, and expresses the hope that under no con ditions German troops there will be placed under English commanders, adding: "We have no confidence in English leadership." The Berliner Tageblatt complains that British news from the Chinese seat of war does not do Justice to German valor, add ing: "We have noticed that these English reports mention German co-operation only to sav something unpleasant or disparag 'ng." :'MXKS THE WORST IS OVER. President McKinley Relieves the Chi nese Situation Will Soon Clear. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, June 27. President Mc Kinley expressed the opinion to his callers to-day that the woret of the trouble in China has been passed. He looks forward hopefully to less gravity In the, situation and a epecdy settlement of the disorder,, thus restoring order and furnishing protec tion to American citizens and interests. The President further asserts that the in terest of thla country in China Is wholly unselfish and that the work of the United States so far Is based wholly on the broad policy of protection to Americans wherever they be. The President emphasizes that although this country is proceeding along the same lines as the rest ot the civilized world, there is nothing hidden or obscure in Its motives or purposes. China has noth ing to fftir from this country, unless she is careless of consequences. Whether his hopes as to a clearing up of the dangerous conditions In China are based on official Information is not known. These opinions were given after a conference with Secre tary Hay, who was at the White House early and was with the President probably thirty minutes, one of the longest confer ences he has yet held. The President has received many expressions of opinion from all parts of the country, some going so far as to urge aggressive action by the United States, looking finally to the ac quirement of territory should the European nations conclude that the time for parti tion had arrived. VIEWS OF HICKS-REACH. The Chancellor of the Exchequer Dis cusses the Situation. LONDON, June 27. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, who was the guest of the lord mayor, A. J. Newton, and the bankers and merchants of the city at Mansion House this evening, speaking of the difficulties facing a chancel lor who found three wars in South Africa, China and Ashanti on his hands at the same time, said: "It is difficult to know what is the scope and nature of the work before us in China. We cannot tell yet what are the precise Immediate reasons for this furious outbreak. We do not know how far it extends or will extend, nor can we tell whether the relations of the Chinese government with those who, at any rate, In the first Instance appeared to be rebels against the authorities. It is easy to see, however, that the first duty before the powers, among whom I am glad to recog nize the United States and Japan, is to res cue and defend their legations and sub jects and to exact reparation for injury to life and property, as well as to see that such things do not occur again. Since the war between China and Japan it has been fashionable to regard China as a plum cake to be divided among the powers, provided the powers do not quarrel among them selves. I doubt whether any one among us would advance that view, and It has never been the view of her Majesty's government, which has always desired that there should be a stable government In China. At the present time I believe this view to be held by all the powers." Japan Will Spend 50,000,000 Yen. YOKOHAMA, June 27 The consent of the Emperor to the expenditure of 50,000,000 yen toward the cost of military operations in China, was given at a meeting of the Private Council, at which the Emperor was present. The minister of foreign affairs and the 'minister of finance explained the situation, pointed out the need of more troops, and the former said the money would be drawn from the reserve funds. Italian Cruisers Ordered to China. ROME, June 27. The Italian armored cruiser Vettor Pisani and the protected cruisers Stromboli and Vesuvio have been ordered to Chinese waters. BANKER PLAYS CUPID. How a, Georgian Induce Hin Cashier to Wed Charming; Women. NEW YORK. June 27. A "matrimonial excursion" reached New York yesterday, personally conducted by W. S. Witham, who controls thirty-three banks and cotton mills In Georgia, and who thinks that his cashiers ought to be married. In order to realize this he organizes "matrimonial ex cursions," which are attended en masse by his unmarried cashiers and marriageable ladles. The unmarried cashiers on this trip have eight young ladles to choose from, and Mr. Witham hopes that his mass bridal tour may have good results. The eight young ladies are: Miss Julia Bacon, daughter of General Bacon, Albany, Ga.; Miss .Louise Cary, Cartersville, Ga.; Miss Elizabeth Englebach, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Palma Phelan, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Carrie Wilhaln, La Grange, Ga.; Miss Lulu Galloway, La Grange, Ga; Miss Ben nie Thompson, Thomaston, Ga., apd Miss Isollne Wilberley, Macon, Ga. Cupid was invoked before the excursion left Atlanta nine days ago. Mr. Witham believes In matrimony for' bank cashiers. That, he does not hesitate to say, is one of the purposes of his tour. This Is why he selected the most charming young girls he could find. He hopes each will win a cash ier. There is a clergyman along. At a mo ment's notice a marriage can be performed and another bride and bridegroom added to the present list. Mr. Witham is ready with his blessing and a check for JüOO. When ever one of his cashiers marries he always presents him with 1500. There are 104 In the party. Not all of these, of course, are brides and grooms. There are three bridal parties in the ex cursion and another of the cashiers will marry as soon as they reach Atlanta. One wedding took place just before they left Atlanta. Regarding matrimony Mr. Witham said: "A married man Is more reliable in a posi tion of trust than a single man. A man who has a wife and baby is not so likely to run away as a single man. To marry the cash iers off I always Invite a number of what I call 'sponsors, young ladles of the best Southern families, to Join our excursion party. I have picked out every variety of young lady for the sponsors. We have blondes, brunettes and attractive young girls of every kind." The Witham party is stopping at the GI1 sey House. Yesterday they visited Grant's tomb and Central Park. To-day the cash iers made a trip to th clearing house and the Cotton Exchange, and courting was sidetracked for a while for business obser vations. Next Monday the excursion will return to Atlanta, and Mr. Witham can learn how profitable In matrimony the Jaunt has been. HEATH WILL NOT RESIGN. First Asslstnnt Postmaster General Xot at Outs with the Administration. NEW YORK. June 27. Fletcher Heath, president of the Seventh National Bank and brother of First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Perry S. Heath, denied to-day the re port that the latter had any intention of resigning his position in Washfngton. "My brother was in New York on Monday," said Fletcher Heath, "and talked freely about his official affairs, and he intlmatnd noth ing that would warrant the publication of the story that he is at variance with the administration." Merely a "Yellow" Story. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, June 27.-A Washington special printed in the New York Journal says that "First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral Perry S. Heath has tendered his resig nation or will do so In a few days," and then lamely adds: "This Information Is based on tine highest authority." Then follows a vicious attack on Mr. Heath. When it Is recalled that the New York Journal Is edited by William R. Hearst, president of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, the animus of this at tack may readily be imagined. It is simply a sample of the campaign methods that will be adopted by the Democratic press and party in the hopeless effort to defeat the Republican nominees and party. Mr. Heath is now at Cape Porpoise, Me., where he and Mrs. Heath went last Sun day to remain three weeks. Xo one here knows anything of his alleged resignation, though it is possible the managers of the Republican campaign may draft him for the same party work which he so success fully performed four years ago. Death of Miles Offle. COLUMBUS. O.. June 27. Miles Ogle, the celebrated counterfeiter, died to-day at Mount Carmel Hospital, aged sixty-ttx years. He was recently released from the Ohio Penitentiary, after ten years' confine ment under a sentence imposed on him at Memphis, Tenn. A wife and several chil dren reside at 8L. Louis, but they have been estranged for many ftxru. THE REPUBLICAN CHIEFS POINTS FROM THE CAREERS OF THE MEN WHO HEAD THE TICKET. The Services Which Entitle Mcltlnler nnd Roosevelt to the Support of the Country's Voters. New York Tribune. William McKinley, twenty-fifth President of the United States, Is now filling the twenty-eighth quadrennial term of that office. By its enthusiastic action this week It is evident that the Republican party is well satisfied to have four years more of McKinley. Though his commanding figure is so constantly In the eyes of the people and his name so frequently on their lips, yet a renewed acquilntance with the career of McKinley the man and the pub lic servant Is not out of place, as he again returns to the source of his power, and asks for another term in the office he has filled so brilliantly. ' The McKinleys are of Scotch-Irish de scent, and came to America about 150 years ago. William McKinley, the father of the President, married In 1829 Nancy Campbell Allison, who was of English and Scotch German descent. The President Is the, sev enth of their nine children. His. father was an iron manufacturer. He was, a man of ability and character, in religion a devout Methodist and in politics an ardent Whig and Republican. He lived to see his son Gov ernor of Ohio. Mrs. McKinley saw her son President, and died on Dec. 12, 1897, at the age of eighty-eight. Their son, who was born at Niles, O.. on Jan. 29, 1S43. began' his education In the public schools ot his native place, but when he was nine years old the family removed to Poland, Mahon ing county, Ohio, where his education -was continued in the Union Seminary. He" en tered Allegheny College,. Mead vllle, Pa., In I860, but his health soon broke down from overstudy, and .he was compelled to leave college. On his recovery he became a clerk In the Poland postofllce. where he remained until the war broke out. i A PRIVATE IN THE CIVIL WAR. On June 11. 1861, McKinley enlisted as a private in Company E of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Among the of ficers of this famous regiment . were Gener als W. S. Rosecrans, Rutherford B. Hayes, who became President In 1877; E. P. Scam- mon, James M. Comley and Colonel Stan ley Matthews. McKinley served on the staff of Generals R. B. Hayes, George Crook and WInfield S. Hancock. Of his military career It may be said that both as a private and as an officer, both In ths commissary department and on the fighting line, he was courageous, clear headed and calm. For services rendered in the winter camp of Fayetteville he received his first promotion, becoming a commissary ser geant on April 15, 1S62. After the summer's campaign in Virginia McKinley's regiment took part on Sept. 14 and 17 In the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, and it was for his extraordinary services as com missary sergeant during the latter battle that he was promoted to be second lieu tenant. Not long after this the regimental colonel, R. B. Hayes, entered in his diary: "Our new second lieutenant, McKinley, re turned to-day an exceedingly bright, in telligent and gentlemanly young officer. He promises to be one of the best." At a little later date he added: "He has kept the promise in every sense of the word." By Feb. 7, 1S63, he became a first lieutenant, and on July 25 of the following year, when he was only twenty-one, he was made cap tain for gallantry and faithfulness in the battle of Kernstown (near Winchester.) A little later, at Perryvllle. his horse was shot under him, and on March 14, 18C3, he received his commission as major .by brevet "for gallant and meritorious serv ices at the battles of Opequan, Cedar creek and Fisher's Hill." He took part in every one of the many engagements in which his regiment participated, and when he was mustered out on July 26, 1665, he was in perfect health. ENTRANCE INTO POLITICAL LIFE. Returning home, he studied law with Judge Charles E. GIdden, of Canton, and at the Albany Law School. He was ad mitted to the bar In March, 1867. and set tled in Canton, which has since been his home. He soon attracted attention as a lawyer of ability, and, although Stark county was Democratic, he was elected prosecuting attorney In 1869, but he was defeated for the same office two years later. From this time forward Major Mc Kinley gave much attentfon to politics. In 1876 he was elected to Congress. The.t year the Democratic Legislature of Ohio gerrymandered the State, but neverthe less McKinley was returned to Congress in 1878, as he was also in 1880. 18S2, 1884 and 188S. He was unseated in 1884, and was finally defeated in 1830, when his district was gerrymandered again. In 18&8 he showed great ability In opposing the Mills bill, representing approximately President Cleveland's policy of "tariff for revenue only." When the Republicans assumed control In 1889 he was appointed chairman of the Ways and means committee,-and presently gave the Nation the great meas ure that bore his name. Ever since he cast his first vote for Lin coln in 1864 McKinley has been a Repub lican. In 1884 he was a delegate at large from Ohio to the national convention, and helped to nominate James G. Blaine. At the next national convention he repre sented the State In the same manner, and supported John Sherman. At that conven tion, after the first day's balloting, the In dications were that McKinley himself might be nominated. Then his strength of purpose and his high ideas of loyalty and honor showed themselves, for in an earnest and stirring speech he demanded that no votes be rast for him. In 1801 he was elected Governor of Ohio by a majority of about 21,000 over ex-Governor James E. Campbell, the Democratic candidate. The issue then at stake was chiefly the tariff, but McKinley also placed himself in op position to the free coinage of silver. In 1S92 he was again a delegate at large to the national convention at . Minneapoll:', and was made" permanent chairman. Al though his name was not brought before the convention, yet he received 182 votes. He himself was a strong supporter -of President Harrison. ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY. In 1SD3 Major McKinley was re-elected Governor of Ohio by a majority of 0.5. At the expiration of his term he returned to Canton. He had been a political speaker and leader In Congress, known and ad mired throughout the country, and his popularity and the confidence of the peo ple In his principles and purposes were constantly Increasing. Hence there was lit tle surprise when he was nominated on the first ballot at the Republican national con vention at St. Louis in 189C Though the tariff question was at stake in that cam paign, yet the free coinage of silver was the all important question, and on the issue of sound money he was elected over William J. Bryan, the Populist and Demo cratic candidate. To review his four years of service as President would be superfluous in a sketch of this brevity. Major McKinley was mar ried on Jan. 23, 1871, to Miss Ida Saxton, of Canton, daughter of James A. and Cath erine Dewalt Saxton. Two daughters were born to them, one In 1871 and one in 1873, but both died in early childhood. Mrs. Mc Kinley Is a woman of exceptional charm and nobility of character. The President is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During his official career Mr. Mc Kinley has five times received the degree of doctor of laws. In 1532 he was thus hon ored by Miami University: in im the uni versities of Chicago and Yale enrolled his name among their alumni, while in 18 two women's colleges Smith and Mount Hol yoke bestowed on him the same honor. GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT'S CAREER. Political Service, Fighting;, Literature and Social Prominence. Theodore Roosevelt was born at No. 25 East Twentieth street, this city, on Oc:. 27, 1S58. Eight generations of his father's family have lived here and have always been prominent in business, social and po litical affairs, many of Its members hiving taken active part in all the wars of th country, from the revolution to the Span ish war. Of mingled Dutch. Scotch. Irish and French Huguenot ancestry', Theodore Roosevelt was born in a home of some wealth, but not to a life of Idleness. Ha was brought up with the constant injunc tion to be active and industrious. He was graduated' from Harvard in lv&V and then spent Fome time in European travel and Alpine climbing. On his 'return home he began the study of law. In the fail of lvsi he was elected to the State Assembly from the Twenty-firs; district of this city, generally known as Jacob Hess's district. By re-election he con tinued in that body during the sessions of 1S83 and He introduced important re form measures, and his entire legislativ career was made conspicuous by the cour age and zeal with which he assailed politi cal abuses. As chairman of the committee on cities he introduced the measure which took from the Board of Aldermen tho power to confirm or reject the appoint ments of the mayor. He was chairman of the noted legislative investigating com mittee which bore his name. In 1SS6 Mr. Roosevelt was the Republican candidate for mayor against Abram S, Hewitt, United Democracy, and Henry George, United Labor. Mr. Hewitt waa elected by about twenty-two thousand plu rality. In 1SS3 he was appointed by Presi dent Harrison a member of the United States Civil Service Commission. His abili ty and rugged honesty in the administra tion of the affairs of that office greatly helped to strengthen his hold on popular regard. He contlned in that office until May 1. 1X15. when he resigned to accept th office of police commissioner from Mayor Strong. Through his fearlessness and ad ministrative ability as president of'tha board the demoralized police force was greatly .Improved. Early in 1S97 he was called by the Presi dent to give up his New York office to be come assistant secretary of the navy. Then again his energy and quick mastery of de tail had much to do with the speedy, equip ment of the navy for Its brilliant feats In the war with Spain. But soon after the outbreak of the war his patriotism and love of active life led him to leave the com parative quiet of his government office for service in the field. As a lieutenant colonel of volunteers he recruited the First Volun teer Cavalry, popularly known as the Rough Riders. The men were gathered largely from the cowboys of the West and Southwest, but also numbered marry col lege bred men of the East. . WITH THE ROUGH RIDERS. " In the beginning he was second in com mand, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Dr. Leonard Wood being colonfl. But at the close of the war th'e latter was . the brigadier general, and Roosevelt wa colonel in command. Since no horses were transported to Cuba, this regiment, to gether with the rest of the cavalry, obliged to serve on foot. The regiment distinguished itself in the Santiago cam paign, and Colonel Roosevelt became fam ous for his bravery In leading the charge up San Juan Hill on July 1. He was an efficient-officer, and won the love and ad miration of his men. His c&re for them was shown by the circulation of the fam ous "round robin" which he wrote... pro testing against keeping the army longer In Cuba. Upon Colonel Roosevelt's return to New York there was a popular demand for. his nomination for Governor. Previous to the state convention he was nominated by the Citizens' Union, but he declined, replying that he was a Republlca. The Democrats tried to frustrate his nomination by at tempting to prove that he had lost his legal residence In this State. That plan failed, and he was nominated in the convention by a vote of 753 to 218 for Governor Black. The campaign throughout the State was spirited. Colonel Roosevelt took the stump and delivered many speeches. His plurality was 18,079. His administration since Jan. 1, 1S97, is. fresh. in the minds of all. In the midst of his intensely active Ufa Mr. Roosevelt has found time to do con siderable literary work. The year after be was graduated from college he published his "Naval War of 1812;" in 1886 there came from his pen a "Life of Thomas II. Ben ton," published in the American States men Series; the following year he pub lished a "Life of Gouverneur Morris," which was followed in 18.S8 by his popular "Ranch Life and Hunting Trail." In 1883 were published the first two volumes of what he considers his greatest work, "Tho Winning of the West." In 1880 he added to the series of "Historic Towns" a "His tory of New York City." "Essays on Prac tical Politics," published in 1802. was fol lowed the next year by "The Wilderness Hunter," while in im he added a third volume to his "Winning of the West." In 1W8 he collected a volume of essays: en titled "American Political Ideas." Since the Spanish war he has written a book on "The Rough Riders" and a series. of ar ticles on Oliver Cromwell by him has been appearing in "Scrlbner's." BLOW AT COEDUCATION, 'j Women Will Be GlTrn Little Eneour a?e'incnt at Wesleyan University. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., June 27. Th trustees of Wesleyan University have adopted regulations by which women. stu dents are limited to a number never ex ceeding 20 per cent, of the whole number of students; barred all privileges that may Interfere In any way with their educational Interests and development; barred from re-, celving degrees at commencement with male students; barred from holding class exercises in conjunction with male stu dents; limited to a separate place' in the catalogue. Advocates of the coeducational system wereall older members of the alumni, the younger members protesting" against tne increase of female students. When opinions were demanded from the alumni 3 per cent, answered in favor of abolishing or minimizing the presence of women at the university. The association was then asked to produce some plan or a series of regulations. This was handed In nnd voted on last night. The chief conten tion of the opponents was that coedtica-' tion was weakening the resources of the university. It was shown that prospective, students in preparatory schools refused, as a majority, to enter a college where womn were taught in common with men. This; argument was the strongest produced. and? had the most effect. It was pointed out that a large number of men that went to other Universities and colleges would hare, entered Wesleyan University but for the disdain of coeducation. As the matter now , stands, coeducation at Wesleyan is reduced to a much lower level than at .either Co-; lumbia or Harvary University, where Bar nard and Radcllffe are Institutions of unl- . verslty foundation. The regulations pat In- -to force by last night's rr.eetlng will per mit about twenty young women to enter next fall. CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0RERS. "Father' Clark Probably Safe. "7 v nncmv Tun 7 The annual coroora- W fcJ ' , VW-- " - , iiuii uitrrr t w . - i'n.i.ni Aii held to.dav In the head- . I . . 1 ..111 rr J1 till mm um mT7 m . J - quarters. Tremont Temple, becretary ujer made his annual report and prefaced It with th statement that there is no doubt that Dr. F. E. Clerk, president of the io Cieiy, wno IS uiuuu, ich rkii uu .i 12 and had been able to carry out his origl- aki i - m rf-v r iah s-v-k d XI n t rii m nina w r i ria London Christian Endeavor convention via. the new Trans Siberian Rallwaj. The year's growth in Christian Endeavor.' Secretary Baer said, had been remarkable. " More societies have been added to the roll during the last twtlve months than for sev eral years. There are now 53.712 Christian .Endeavor societies in the world, with a to tal member? hip of J.&o.ouO. Every single nation In the world is represented. There are three thriving societies In the Philip-. pines. The treasurer's report showed th" linancies in good condition. The total re ceipt were $411.263 and the total expenditure . 1111,431. Trustees were elected representing the Methodist Church, the PresbvterUns, the Kplscopauans. the Moravians, the Evangelical Association, the Disciples of L'hriJt ana tne congregationaiists. Rev. Francis Eckert was re-elected nresl dent; William Shaw, treasurer; Fred II muuMi . v v. . v v' . Uhu ii tuts aer clerk of the organization. Prices Will ot Be Raised. ' LOUISVILLE, Ky.. June r7.-The N tlonal Wagon Manufacturers' Association, which was in session all day at the Galt House, derided after a long discussion not to ralso prices.