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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1901. 3 LETTER FROM SCHLEY HIS IinrLY TO ASSISTANT SKCIIE TAIXY OF TUB SAW IIACKETT. Says Ilia MotWe In Calling Attention to the Alleged IIoTrlaon Inter Tlerr Was SlUconatrned. WASHINGTON', Au:. 2I.-Actlns Secre tary of the Navy Hackett to-day received the reply of Admiral Schley to the letter recently submitted to him by the depart ment declining to question Rear Admiral Ilowison as to the authenticity of the al leged Interview with him reflecting upon Admiral Schley. The reply was sent to Captain Lemly. Judpe advocate of the court of Inquiry. This means that so far as the department Is concerned further ac tion on the Ilowison Incident will not be taken, that belnjr left to the court. The correspondence follows: "Washington, Aujr. 21. "Sir I havo to acknowledge the receipt of the department's letter of this date, In reply to my communication of tho l'jth Inst. "Second While it is true that one of my counsel, Captain l'arkrr. In reply to an Inquiry mado to him. did Rive his personal opinion of the several rear admirals on the aetive and retired lists, among whom was Jtear Admiral Ilowison, 1 am assured by him that he believes the Secretary mis- underftood him that any one of the of ficers namd would be perfectly satisfac tory to me. Captain Parker's conversa tion was had at a time when nothing was known of the alleged Interview as pub lished In the Record. "Third In my letter of the 13th Inst. I expressly stated my opinion of tho high personal character of Rear Admiral IIowl Bon, and 1 avoided any expression of opin ion as to the truth of tho statements made In the newspaper clipping which I inclosed. "Fourth It was the desire to avoid the necessity of making a formal challenge 'that I requested the department to lay be fore Admiral Ilowison tho statements that he is alleged to have made and thus give him tho opportunity to take such action as his sense of the propriety of the occasion might suggest. "Fifth I therefore respectfully state that the department has not placed the proper construction on my letter when It treated It In the nature of a, preliminary challenge for cause. I could not challenge for cause until 1 discovered there was a cause, and the object of my communication, as is evi dent on its face, was to ascertain If Rear Admiral Ilowison had made this statement. You will observe In this connection that in his original statement he says, I have made no public utterance relating to this subject.' I submit this private utterance would affect his qualification as much as his public utterances, and my request was only to have this alleged Interview sub mitted for his consideration. "W. S. SCHLEY. "Rear Admiral IT. S. N. "The Secretary of the Navy, Navy De partment, Washington, I. C." "Navy Department, Washington, Aug. CI. "Sir The receipt of your letter of the 21st Inst, explanatory of what was designed by your former letter of the 19th. on the Fubject of the competency of Rear Ad miral Ilowison to sit as a merr.ber of the court of inquiry convened at your instance, Is acknowledged. "F. W. HACKKTT. Ar ting Secretary. "Rear Admiral Wlnfield S. Schley, United States Navy, Washington." ITnder the direction of Judge Advocate Iemly the list of witnesses to be- sum moned before the Schley court of inquiry is being prepared. An incomplete list will be sent to Admiral Schley not later than next Wednesday. It Is probable that other witnesses will be added to the list before the court convenes. GERMANY'S IHO TRAD F.. Official Sttitlatlr Fnrnlshed by Con miiI General 3Innon. WASHINGTON'. Aug. 21 The State De partment has received a report from Consul General Mason, at Rerlin, giving tho of ficial statistics. Just issued, of Germany's trade In Iron and steel and their manu factures for the first half of lftoi. It Is shown that the Imports of machinery into Germany have dropped from tons during the llrst half of l!no to tü.oSl tons for the same period of this year, a loss of over 22 per cent. As indicating the wide range and variety of iron and steel ex ports from the United States to Germany it is set forth that from January to July of this year Germany bought from the United States, in round numbers. lö.Oo metric tons of agricultural machinery. 9. Sou tons of heavy -astlngs. US tons of locomotives and locomobiles, tons of electrical ma chinery, nearly 1,m) tons of sewing ma chines, l.rM tons of machine tools and for-tv-slx tons cf typewriters. The United States. is far in the lead as regards agri cultural machinery, sending more than three-fourths of (Jermany's supply during the first half of this year. MARSHALL. SICCLKDS HARXKTT. Will Re Qnartermnater In Charit of JrfTeraonvllIe Government Depot. Special to the Indl.tnarol's Journal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Col. James M. Marshall, who has, since the breaking out of the Spanish-American war, been chief quartermaster at San Francisco, and was yesterday ordered to Jeffersonville, Ind., tc succeed Lieut. Col. Rarnett as quarter master of the Jeffersonville, Ind., govern ment deyot, is one of the oldest and best known men in that line of service. Col. Marshall Is a native of Illinois, and is tifty-seven years of age. He graduated from the Illinois Military Academy in 1 St5. The records of the War Department show that during his twenty-six years of serv ice he has been a valuable officer. Col. Harnett has been transferred to St. Louis, a much more important station, which Is oonsldered to be a deserved promotion in recognition of etHclent cervices. Chine of Talent Wanted. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-The State De partment has received by mail from Mr. Squires, charge d'affaires at Pekln, several edicts Issued within recent months by the Kmpress dowager urging upon the of ficials of China every exertion to secure men of talent for conducting government affairs, and als censuring the abuses which have grown up under the old admin istration. The edicts direct greater liberal ity in classical examination and provide for the study of political economv, in addi tion to the studies under tho old regime. The abuses and corruption which have ex ited under the boards that heretofore have ruled China arc set forth in emphatic lan guage anil all officials are directed to as sist in rooting out evils and establishing a better system of administration. Rarrett a Commissioner General. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Mr. "John Rar rett has been appointed commissioner gen eral for AsU and Australia In behalf of th Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held in St. Louis in Two other com missioners are to bo named, one for Kli mpe and one for South America. The.e commissioners, while receiving their ap pointments from the exposition, are to have the advantage of eery facility which the Etate Department can afford. New Free Delivery Rontea. $rla! to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Rural free de livery service has been ordered to begin Oct. 1. in Indiana, a follows: Rrlnghurst, Carroll county; carrier. Robert T. Wilson. Lawrenceburg. Dearborn county: carrier, Frank M. Rurkham. TOR THE ST. LOUIS FAIR. 4X!,7fXVWX IIa Itecn Appropriated by riutlnnnl and Stnte Governments. ST. LOUIS, Auk. 2. The list of appro priations for the Louisiana purchase ex position of 1'J revised up to date is as follows: Ry the United States govern ment, city of ,st. Louis. jr.oj,uo; corporations, companies and individuals. S;,.i.M),Ann; Missouri, H,t?i,"l; Illinois, 2Ci1, IN"; Congress for government building. 2: Kan-as. ?7r.); Colorado. Ju; Arkansas, $4.iM)p Wl.-c..?isln. IN nn- svlvanla. $..".; Arizona Konditional). j:so.ou; New Mexico, ; Hawaii, $15, (m; total, IK. 7: .i. Among the States and Territories which have promised to make xliil.it at the Louisiana purchase exj;-!t.i:i great r th tn thlr exhibit at th t'hicano fair In IKti are Indian Territory, New Hampshire. Mississippi. Nebraska. Minnesota. Ala bama. South Carolina. Vermont, Indiana. Wyoming. New York, Florida, Georgia. Utah, Tennessee, Ohio, Oklahoma and North Dakota. CUT OF 25 PER CENT. Price of Glaxlng IVlndovr Tlate Inas Redneert by American Jobbern. PITTSBURG. Aug. 24. A cut of 23 per cent, has been made in the prices on glaz ing quality plate glass by the National Plate Jobbers' Association. This action was decided on owing to tne unsettled con dition of th European market and low prices ruling abroad. Decisive action was deemed necessary 1 order to check im ports which were, commencing to cut quite a figure in the American market. The dis counts formerly ruling in the East were 73 off the list. They are now M. In the middle West former discounts were 70 and TU- They are now 73 and 10. A corre sponding reduction has been made in all sections of the country. REBELS NEAR TWO TOWNS COLOMniAN IXSCTIGEXTS THRKATCX HOCAS DEL TORO AD 'COCKLE. Government Soldiers Sent to the Seene Revolution In Veneaaela Comments of Foreign Press. COLON, Colombia, Au. 24. A steam launch, the Sunrise, belonging to a fruit company, has Just sailed for Bocas del Toro with fifty government soldiers on board. The rebels are threatening Bocas del Toro and Cockle. They are both banana towns, in which the fruit company and other con cerns are largely interested. Remit Against Castro. NEW YORK, Aug. 24. According to ad vices from Caracas the Venezuelan state of Curabobo, the former province of Guarlco and thi town of Aragua have revolted against President Castro, says a Port of Spain, Trinidad, dispatch to the Herald. General Juan Pietrl is the head of the revo lutionary movement, which Includes many prominent members of the Liberal party. m FOREIGN PRESS COMMENT. Freneh Editors Think the United taten Is Trying to Intervene. FARIS, Aug. 21. The French press has not been giving much attention editorially to the Venezuela-Colombia question, but what comment has been made has, on the whole, been averse to the United States, which is accused of exaggerating facts In order to have an excuse to Intervene and seize the Isthmus of Panama and the canal. The correspondent of the Associated Press learned to-day, from a well-Informed source, that the French government has not yet considered the contingencies which may arise If the United States intervenes, nor has any exchange of views with the European chancelleries on the subject taken place or even been suggested. So far as France Is concerned, she docs not contemplate any step beyond that already taken of sending a warship to protect the lives and property of Frencnmen on the. isthmus. The government had not received anv news from its representative in Cen tral America concerning the troubles there until a day or two ago. As these came by mail, they related to events three weeks old and fall to give a clear idea of what Is taking place. Hut it 1 certain that there was nothing calculated to cause alarm for the safety of French interests. Venezueln "Will Explain. NEW YORK, Aug. 2 f. The Times will say to-morrow: "The government of Vene zuela, which considers Itself much maligned in connection with the misun derstanding between that republic and Its neighbor, Colombia, It is said, has decided to place the facts In the affair before the State Department at Washington. Senor Kduardu Hlanco, minister of forelRii af fairs, is reported to have cabled from Car acas that President Castro has instructed him to secure every detail of the invasions into Venezuela by Columbian troops and draw up a report from this data for pres entation to this government. The object of the Venezuelan government in calling this matter officially to the State Depart ment could not be learned, but. it is said. President Castro wishes to place all the In formation relative to the controversy be tween Venezuela and Colombia before the I'nlted States government to ward off pos sible Intervention In favor of Colombia." Ylfw of Rnaalann. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 2i.-Newspapers here continue to comment on the isthmian conllict. The Rossla says: "When a union of the South American republics has been definitely realized, with the United States of America at Its head, they will form so powerful a combination that they will be able to dictate to Europe, even on questions outside their continent." The Rirzheviya Vldomostl says: "The dec larations of the Washington Cabinet mean that the United States Is siding with Co lombia against Venezuela, and will prevent any intervention on the part of. England, although the latter has a right to partici pate in questions concerning Venezuela (Sic) under the Clay ton-Ru! wer treaty. The British government must smilingly put up with affronts that two or three years ago would have seemed Incredible. Declara tions from Washington would then have evoked a declaration of war." An Italian's Protest. NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Signor Branch!, the Italian consul general here, has written to the Trlbuna, at Rome, protesting against that Journal's attitude on the Panama ques tion. He defends the United States, which, he declares, have the right to prevent rebels from stopping communication on the isth mus. He adds: "Italy should remember that 3,000,000 Italian subjects live in peace and prosperity in the United States, and that Italy has no national interest on the isthmus of Panama." MRS. ZINA YOUNG DYING. First Wife of the Late Rrlffliam Young Stricken trlth Paralysis. HELENA, Mont., Aug. 24. Mrs. ZIna Youns, first wife of the late Mormon apostle, Brigham Young, passed through Helena to-day en route to Salt Lake City. Mrs. Young is In a dying condition from a stroke of paralysis, and it is doubtful if she will be able to reach Salt Lake City alive. She was stricken yesterday at the home of her daughter near the Canadian border, and her last request before losing consciousness was that she be taken to her old borne to die. She is nearly eighty year3 of age, and for more than fifty years has been prominent in the Mormon Church, until recently being the head of the Mor mon relief committee. Yenfteful Ex-IolIreman Killed. EUREKA SPRINGS. Ark.. Aug. 21 James Kizer, ex-oliceman, was shot to death last nlsht by Dr. L. D. Fuller, a resident physician. While Dr. Fuller was drawing water from Cnlef fountain, on Main street, ho was assaulted by Kizer. who felled him by a blow from behind, and then using his heel. Kizer mangled tho face of the prostrate man in a horrible man ner. The latter regained his feet, and shot and killed Kizer. Dr. Fuller is perhaps fatally hurt. Dr. Fuller had refused Klzer's claim for par as special policeman, ami Kizer had sworn revenge. Jessie Morrison Does ot Like Prison. LANSING. Kan.. Aug. St. Jessie Morri son, who was sent to the penitentiary here two months ago to sorve her sentence for the murder of Mrs. Clara Wtley-t 'astle, at Eldorado, said to-day that she expected the Supreme Court, which meets early in Sep tember, would grant er an appeal. MIjs Morrison said she had been treated kindly by the prison officials, but added: "One year in a plate of this kind would kill me." Don't do a thing until you see Mrs. Austin. OVERTHROW OF BISMARCK I LEADING PART "WHICH EMPRESS FREDERICK RORE THEREIN. The Iron Chaneellor Ritter Animos ity for the English Princess Horr She Triumphed at the Last. San Francisco Tost. No description has been given in the rec ords of the career of the late Empress Frederick of the part which she played in bringing about the downfall of Prince Bis marck, and there seems to be so great a disposition to minimize the political role which she filled In Germany during her widowhood that it may be well to offer a few notes for the construction of an as yet unwritten chapter of German history. If the Empress, whose death by a strange coincidence has occurred during the Cov.-es week, like that of her sailor brother Alfred, Duke of Coburg, just twelve months ago, succumbing to the same fell disease, was the principal asent in bringing about the overthrow of the Iron Chancellor, and his withdrawal Into private life, It was not from any motive of personal animosity and of revenge, although she had ample cause, both for the one and for the other. Throughout her married life, and during her widowhood, she was an object of un disguised and openly acknowledged enmity of the bitterest kind on the part of the prince, who feared her more than all his masculine rivals and opponents put to gether. She was a political foe, worthy in every respect of his steel. For she repeat edly checkmated those of his moves which she regarded as reactionary and unconsti tutional, and if Bismarck was wont to speak of her with brutality and a degree of vehemence altogether out of place, thl3 must be regarded as having been more of a compliment than as a mere piece of dis courtesy, as it was a virtual admission of the fact that her opposition to his project was of altogether too masculine and virile a character to admit for one moment of, ac cording to her, that forbearance and chiv alrous deference which men as a rule, es pecially when they are strong, mentally and physically, are wont to concede to woman as a tribute to her sex. Possessed of extremely liberal views in all matters, especially in those political, and brought up by her father, the enlightened and progressive prince consort of Great Britain, to consider a regard for, not mere ly the letter, but likewise the spirit of the constitution, as one of the most sacred ob ligations on the part of reigning houses in these modern times, and as indispensable to the safety of the thron?, the lato Emprcs found herself from the very moment when she took up her residence at Berlin as a bride, more than forty years ngo, an object of the animosity of Prince Bismarc k. The latter, as is well known, entertained the most profound contempt for parliamentar ism, cared nothing for constitutional ob ligations, and was a firm believer in mon archical despotism of the most mediaeval kind, on th understanding, of course, that tho tyranny be exercised by the sovereign through his prime minister that Is. him selfand at his instigation. He did not hesitate to express the fear.' thoroughly Justified, that the English princess would imbue her husband with her English no tions of liberalism ami constitutionalism, and Immediately commenced a warfare up on her which lasted without interruption until his death. ASSAILED HER FIERCELY. lie used every weapon against her that his Ingenuity could devise. He assailed her both in her public and in her private life, and in his reminiscences, as publishel by his Boswell, Dr. Busch, he acknowledged that he caused her to shed many a bitter tear by his interference through her father-in-law In her domestic affairs. Not only did he Induce old Emperor Williim to appoint as gentlemen and ladles in waiting to the then crown prince and crown princess pro pie devoted to Bisrnarcklau Ideas, and therefore thoroughly out of ympathy with their master and mistress, but he likewise compelled the latter, through the sovereign, to yield to his. that is to say, Bismarc k's views on the subject of the. education of their sons. None of those who enjoyed the personal acquaintance of tho late Em press, and who knew what a strong-minded, high-spirited and extraordinarily clever woman she was, can appreciate what it must have cost her to feel herself sur roundedsave for two notable exceptions by gentlemen and hulies in waiting, human shadows, who were not the friends, but tho foes, of their royal charges, and spies upon them, and to know that hr boys were be ing brought up in a manner of which she disapproved, under the Influence of peo ple who disliked her. and whose one ob ject in life was to destroy the sympathy and love which her children would natural ly feel for her. Lest this description of Bis marck's attitude should appear In any way exaggerated. I would merely mention that In the early "Co's, prior to the war with Austria, when the Constitution was being violated In the most llagrant manner by the chancellor, he actually went to the length of causing the arrest of one of the officers of the crown prince's household on a charge of being the means through which the crown princess communicated her views on Prussian politics to the Lon don Times, and inspired its attacks upon his unconstitutional policy. The otfleer in question was Major (subsequently general) Von Schweinitz, who died a few weeks ago as a son-in-law of Mrs. John Jay, of New York, and as brother-in-law of Col. William Jay, of coaching celebrity. Von Schweinitz was able to c!ear him self of the charges In an Interview with the Emperor in such a way as to win the high favor and warm regard of his sovereign and the respect of the Iron Chancellor. Bismarck, with the object of prejudicing people against Empress Frederick and thereby diminishing her influence, stopped at no calumny, and even went so far as to publicly charge her with treason In betrav ing to the English, and through them to the French, military secrets which had been imparted to her by her husband dur ing the war of 1S70, declaring that the con llict was unduly prolonged thereby. He did everything that lay In his power to prevent her consort from succeeding to the crown, mainly, as he admitted, with the object of preventing her from sharing the throne as Empress; and, after having grossly, insulted her in the presence of her dying, voiceless and helpless spouse, by refusing to transact any state, business or to communicate any confidential reports to the latter as long as she was in the room, he incited her eldest son, whose mind he had done his best to poison against her, to take steps, subsequently regretted, which could only intensify the sorrow of the grief-stricken woman immediately after her so fondly loved husband hau been taken from her. HEB FINAL TRIUMPH. Yet she carried the day in the end, and her son is now the very first to acknowl edge his mother's cleverness, and the fact that she showed herself more than a match In statecraft for the man reputed as the greatest statesman of the nineteenth cen tury, namely, Bismarck. The manner in which she brought about the fall of the chancellor was, perhaps, the most clever of the many clever thing3 that must be placed to her credit. She was too shrewd to dream of exercising any di rect pressure on her son, the Emperor, in the matter. It was done indirectly and with so much diplomacy that William never dreamed at the time he dismissed the Iron Chancellor that he was playing the game of his mother, with whom, thanks entirely to Bismarck, his relations were then most strained. Abstaining from any open steps toward an understanding with her son, she took advantage of his visit to Westphalia to place in his path one of his old tutors. Professor Hintzpeter, a pedagogue of whom William had been very fond, and whose teachings had left a deep impression upon the mind of his imperial pupil. Empress Frederick knew the professor's characteristics, his fads and his views. She likewise recognized and understood as only a mother can do the complex charac ter of her son and foresaw the effects that were likely to be achieved by bringing the two men one more Into communication with each other. Like William, his old tutor is full of contrasts. For. while on the one hand he has always professed the most advanced radical and even Socialist doetrines, yet he would tolerate no fa miliarity or condescension to inferiors on the part of William when the latter as a boy was his pupil, and would even force the royal lad to wash his hands when he had so far forgotten himself as to shake hand with hiiV one of menl.il rank. An other trait of character of th professor Is his firm conviction that difficulties, no matter how vast and intricate, are always capable of being settled and satisfactorily u r The Indiana Oil Company The company is composed of substan tial Indianapolis business men. Its officers are: JAMES S. CRUSE, President. LEWIS G. AKIN, Vice President. CYRUS J. CLARK, Secretary. O. Z. HUBBELL, Treasurer. This company owns 1,040 acres of rich California oil lands. Its capital stock is 1,200,000. The shares are $1.00 each. They are fully paid. They are nonassessable. For purposes of development we offer 500,000 worth of stock for sale. The price at present Is: 20c A SHARE Stock is selling fast. During the last three weeks about one-fourth of the amount has been sold.. The purchaser of every share of stock sold will receive back in cash the full amount paid for it before any dividends are paid. Within six rods of our land are three wells producing each 300 barrels daily. Within three-fourths of a mile is a gush er flowing 1,000 barrels daily. Surrounding our land are more than five hundred wells. No one failed to produce paying oil. No one drilled has failed. We own an interest in a pipeline run ning to a railroad two miles distant. This means available transportation without extra cost. Our output for the first year has al ready been sold by contract at a good price. PURCHASE STOCK NOW r The arrarped by moans of eloquent phrases and gool intentions. At the time when William renewed his ao(uaintanee in the capital of Westphalia with his olil tutor the Socialist and labor problems were engaging the attention of tiermany and likewise of all Kurope. Bis marek was in favor of a continuance of harsh measures with regard to labor and of prsicution of the most relentless char acter so far as the Socialists were con cerned. Hintzpeter. full of his former sym pathy for autocracy and socialism at one and the same time, called William's at tention to the fact that Hismarck's policy had merely had the effect of vastly In ere.iin? the strength of Socialists as a factor in (lerman polities and of rendering the labor difficulties more acute. He there fore suggested to the Emperor that he should endeavor to solve both problems by means of an International congress un der his own presidency, at which means should bo devised for reconciling the In terests of Foclallsm with the state and those of capital with labor. William, with all his. common ense and cleverness, has inherited from his grent-grandmother. Queen Louise, a very strongly developed tendency toward idealism. It was to this phase of his nature that the recommenda tion of the professor particularly appealed, and the more he considered the matter and the more he discussed it with his old tutor the more convinced he became that It was In his power to solve the difficulties of both socialism and labor and thus to earn the gratltinle of the entire civilized world. BISMARCK AND WILHELM. Prince Bismarck immediately realized the Ctoplan character of the scheme, saw lt3 Impracticability and proceeded to condemn it with more than his ordinary irritability and brusqueiie. Finding, however, that the Kmperor was not to be argued out of the idea of holding a conference, he pro ceeded to ridicule it and to cause It to be scoffed at and treated with derision as the vaporings of an inexperienced and too-generoiis-ndnded youth in German as well as foreign papers, which William knew de rived their Inspiration and financial sup port from the chancellor's palace in the Wilhelmstrasse. All this served to em bitter the relations between the Emperor and the prince. The latter perceived that the Kaiser was getting beyond his control and was becoming subject to other inlluences, while the Emperor now com menced to appreciate the extent to which he had been made subservient to the policy and to the wishes of his chancellor. Meanwhile the necessity became appar ent of taking some immediate step one way or another in connection with the prolonga tion of the exceptional measures against the Socialists, which were just expiring. The chancellor was determined that they should be renewed, while the Emperor felt that, with the Congress coming on. he would be handicapped in his role of arbitra tor, and his good faith would be Justly sus pected by Socialists if he were to consent to the continuance of repressive measures against them that were beyond the laws of the land. and. as such, strictly speaking, unconstitulonal. Finally William, discov ering that Bismarck was negotiating with the various parliamentary leaders notably, with the late Dr. Windhorst, leader of the Catholic opposition in the Reichstag, with a view to the prolongation of the antl Socialist measures, in detiance of his wish esmade up his mind that the time had come to dismiss him. and called for his resignation for having ventured to ne gotiate with the party leaders of Parlia ment without his knowledge or consent, in order to obtain their support for a measure to which the Emperor strongly objected. That was the real ausc of Bismarck's fall, despite all other stories current about the matter, and had net Empress Frederick trgineered the meeting in the Westphalian capital between her son and his former tutor, Bismarck might have dld in orllce. Empress Frederick was shrewd enough 10 keep in the background all the time. She tcok no part in the right between her son and Bismarck, and was particularly -are-ful to avoid identifying herself in anv wav with the professor. The result was that the Kaiser did not dream of ascribing to her any responsibility for the mistake into which he had been led by his former tutor. For a mistake It was. The international labor congress resulted In a tiasco, and the Emperor became so embittered by the fail ure of the Socialists to appreciate his kind ly Intentions toward them, that he now regards them as his most dangerous ene mies. As foreseen by Empress Frederick, with Prince Hismarck onee in retirement, the Kaiser proceeded to reverse the entire Hismarckian policy, un,t realizing that among the errors Into whicb he had been led by his chancellor was his harshness to v.ards his mother took the first steps to wards a reconciliation with her. and estab lirhed the most a ffec tlona te relation, which lasted to the end, ana which have contrib uted to brighten the eventide of the life of the lamented Empress. j Drilling of the first well began yesterday. Stock has been selling rapidly, and if you want any of it at 20 cents a share you should buy it now. If citizens of Indianapolis could realize the greatness of the oil industry in California, and particularly in the Kern River field, where a part of our land is situated, and that out of more than five hundred wells drilled within a radius of two miles from our property not a single well drilled has failed to produce paying oil, we would not have a share of stock for sale one week hence. The field is underlaid with a veritable lake of oil. Weils are drilled as near as 115 feet to each other. Our general manager, who went to the field two weeks ago, wrote: "It seems that we can have thirty wells on our ten acres in this field as well as sixteen, as first planned. The oil in this field is selling from 60c to 80c, according to gravity." His letter to us is only what the California papers have been saying for months. Regarding the market, there is no doubt that a ready market is assured. Until the last six months the permanency of the supply was unsettled. tadiaia Oil Compamiy 322-324 Law Building', Indianapolis, Ind. THE DREAM OF HIS LIFE CALEB Ct'SIIIXG'S AIIIHTIO.N AMI HIS U It V AT ü I S A PI0 1 . T M K . T. He W'n tiled ft Sent on the Supreme II en eli, Wn Nominated, but the Sennte Failed to Confirm Him. Washington Times. The failure of the Senate In ISTt to con firm the nomination of Caleb Cushing as chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court has never been understood by those who know how eminently qualified for the high position he was. L. T. Cowle, of this city, who was for years General Cushlng's private secretary, is, perhaps, more fa miliar with the circumstances surrounding the case than any one who knew the dis tinguished lawyer and statesman. As re lated by Mr. Cowie the story Is an Inter esting one. "The people of the United States, with out regard to politics," said Mr. Cowie, a few days ago, "were never so much sur prised as when, on Jan. H, 1ST4, the nomi nation of Caleb Cushing for the position of chief justice of the Supreme Court was withdrawn by President Grant. The nomi nation had been sent to the Senate. on Jan. 9. On Jan. t he had been nominated min ister to Spain and was confirmed on the same day without a dissenting vote. The next day the newspapers of the country all applauded the President for so wise an appointment. The Virginlus affair at that time threatened to cause war between this country and Spain, and the services of a shrewd international lawyer and diplo mat, and one who was familiar with the Spanish language, was needed. Jn this ex tremity the President seemed to know the man for the hour, and Immediately se lected Caleb Cushing for the place. "But there was a still higher and more Important position to be filled by the Presi dent, that of chief justice of the Supreme Court. The nomination of Hon. George H. Williams, of Oregon (then attorney gen eral), which was sent to the Senate on Dec. 2, 1873. had been held up by the judiciary committee on account of the charge that he had purchased landaus' for his own private use at the expense of the govern ment. President Grant withdrew Mr. Wil liams's name on Jan. S, 1S7I, and the fol lowing day nominated Caleb Cushing. of Virginia,' chief justice. That he was justi fied in making this nomination and to show that his desire and aim were to se cure the man best qualified to till that high position, can easily be proven by a brief record of General Cushlng's public life. HIS VARIED CAREER. "Born Jan. 17, lSuu, in .Salisbury. Mas., he graduated at Harvard College at the early age of seventeen. From 1825 to lVE he was continuously elected to the state Leg islature; from 1SC4 to 1S13 he was sent to the United States House of Representa tives as a member from that district. He was then appointed as our first commis sioner to China, and negotiated the treaty which gave us the first open port in that country. In 1S47, at the outbreak of the war between the United States and Mexico, he raised and equipped a regiment in Massa chusetts at his own expense, became its colonel, and was subsequently made briga dier general for gallant service on the field of battle. In liO;i he was nominated by President Pierce as attorney general, and served until ls57. the full four years. His service In the army and as attorney general caused him to be called "General"' Cushing from lsil until his death. "In 172 he was appointed by the Presi dent one of the courrsel to represent the United States before the International tri bunal in (JtnevH, Switzerland, for the pros ecution of what was then known as the Alabama claims' against Great Britain. He, together with William M. Evarts. of New York, and Morrison It. Walte, of Ohio, succeeded In obtaining one of the largest awards ever given, over $13."n0.rio. In favor of the United States against Great Britain. "Under the circumstances the President had a right to expect a prompt ami unani mous confirmation of Mr. Cushlng's nomi The i0 TI ll Jl Of ii mm .California Recently the Southern Pacific issued bonds to the amount of several million dollars for the purpose of changing all its power machinery to fuel oil burning equipment. The Imperial Oil Company has just completed a contract to supply sugar men of the Hawaiian Islands with nearly a million barrels of oil a year. A contract has been made already for a tank steamer to carry the oil to the islands. During the last year many of the coast steamers have changed their power machinery in order to utilize this fuel oil. The Union Iron Works of San Francisco has a contract for delivery to it of 30,000 barrels a month. Both the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railway Companies have contracts for delivery to each of 3,000 barrels daily. There is absolutely no chance of failure to get good returns from your investment, and there is in addition a chance for a fortune such as many persons have made in the field during the last year by judicious investments such as we offer. Two men of this city are drawing 120 per cent, on shares in a company operating on lands adjoining us. The Globe Oil Company, also adjacent to us, is paying 60 per cent, on the market price of its stock, and has only four or five wells in operation. nation as chief justice. He was sustained In this regard by a favorable report of the judiciary committee, of which Hon. George H. Edmunds, of Vermont, was chairman, made in the afternoon of the day upon which the nomination was re ceived by the Senate. The height of General Cushlng's ambi tion the goal for which he had studied and labored for scores of years was with in his reach: the cup had been offered to him, ami yet was to be dashed from his lips by the action of one who had cher ished an old-time enmity and never for gave, and. this being the opnortunity for revenge, availed himself of it. The hour beins late when the committee reported, a motion to adjourn, made by Senator Aaron A. Sargent, of California, who had just entered the Senate chamber, was fa vorably entertained. (Jeneral Cushing had. In the early days, been the head ami front of a movement which caused Mr. Sar gent, at that time editor of a newspaper in Xewburyport, Mass.. to emigrate to California, and so the next morning this long-cherished feeling found vent. The Washington Chronicle, of which Senator Sargent was the largest stockholder, came out with flaming headlines, proclaiming" General Cushing a 'seeesslonlst' and 'reb el,' and. therefore, unfit to be chief Justice and to pass upon the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. "General Cushing was nominated ns a resident of Virginia. In 1S71 he purchased an old homestead In Fairfax county, Vir ginia, a few miles from the Chain bridge, which he used as a place to retire in the afternoon and nights from his arduous work ami to entertain his friends, who were legion, diplomats of all nationalities, statesmen and newspaper men from all parts of the world. He purchased the place in Virginia with' the intention of becom ing a citizen of that State and also with making himself available as a candidate for chief justice. WHY HE WITHDREW. "The fact that he had become a resident and voter in Virginia gave some strength to the contention of his enemies that dur ing the war he was a 'rebel,' but the whole matter finally simmered down to his hav ing been chairman of the Democratic na tional convention at Charleston, S. C, in l!60, and having written a letter of recom mendation for his former private secre tary to Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, who had been secretary of war while G n. Cushing was atorney general In the Cabi net of President Franklin Pierce. "However, the matter was so persist ently kept before the public by the papers, which were controlled by Senator Sargent that, notwithstanding the favorable report of the judiciary committer on the l.'Uh of January, l;s"4. General Cushing determined to have his nomination as chief justice withdrawn. That afternoon he returned from 'Glebelands his place In Virginia, where he had been to recuperate for sev eral days, and said to me: " 'Mr. Cowie, I have b. en sitting on t?:e hot stove long enough. Please write a let ter to the President, requesting him to withdiaw my name as chief justice.' "1 protested, knowing how much he de sired the position and lully believing, as the President and nearly all his friends did. that he would be confirmed If it came to a vote in the Senate. General Cushing was firm, the letter was written In no tin certain language, and on th- next d.iv his name was withdrawn, and that of Morri son R. Walte, of Ohio, was sent to the Senate and afterward confirmed. As to his being a secessionist, no one who knew his history and wished to state the truth would for a mormnt assort it. After Fort Sumter was fired upon he tendered his services to Governor Ai.drews, of Massa chusetts, by whom they were refused, on account of General Cushing having been president of the Charleston convention; but to show the inconsistency of the Gov ernors action, he accepted the strvices of Benjamin F. Butler and appointed him general of volunteers, although he had been a member of the same convention. "(Jeneral Cushing was the daily associate and adviser of such men as Charle Sum ner. Roscoe Conkling. Hamilton Fish. Wil liam E. Chandler, George S. Bout v. ell, dur ing all the war and for years after. It is hardly to be presumed that they would have chosen for their Intimate friend one who was liable to be charged with treason. There Is no doubt in my mind bat that (Jeneral Cushing, after his return from Spain, where he went and fulfilled his mission, died of a broken heart in ls7; at Newburyport. Mas?. His habits had wen so correct and abstemious, an early riser. light eater and plenty of --xerclse, that h should naturally have lived to be a cen tenarian. "General Cushlng's clothing was often the subject for many a newspaper article, as he usually wore coats and trousers a couple of size too large, a doth cap with large ear-laps, and an oht-fashlonoi hhie cape. He frequently said to me: 'By the time these newspaper men get to ne as old as I am they will consider comfort be fore fashion. Often he had two or three Xern Rivei 7 j watches on his person at once, and very seldom did any of them have the correct time of day. "While living in the house of ex-Senator Chandler, at Hill 1 street. Northwest, ho caused the arrest In 173 of Fernando Wood, then member of Congress rom New York, for maintaining a nuisance in th shape of a howling log. Mr. Wood lived on Fifteenth street, next to Chambcrlln', and his back yard, where the dog was kept, was directly opposite General Cushlng's room on I street. The dog howled so con tinuously and dismally In the early hours of the morning as to disturb the grneral'M sleep. After complaining numerous tlme to the servants and writing to Mr. Wood. he swore out a warrant in the Police Court, prosecuted the case himself, e- ured a conviction and fine, and an order that the nuisance be abated. General Cushing was a truly great man, but lived and died In a very simple manner." Aeettned of KottbliiHT Jockey. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Aug. Tl.-Benja-min Kinn, aged twenty-three year, known to the police as "Kid" Farrell and "Dia mond Dick." of Norristown. Pa., was ar rested to-day at the Pennsylvania Rail road Station, on information from the Washington authorities, charging him with robbing "Abe" Brophy, a Jockey, of No. 427 Hanover htreet. Washington, of J-'JeJ In cash and jewelry, valued at JMJO. 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