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upplant the dally as the political guide,
counselor and friend of the people. Bryan's
Commoner seems not to have been accept
ed as a guide very widely in the late cam
paign. The attempt to interfere with the running
of a street railway in Schenectady. N. Y.,
by labor unions because its employes re
fused to become members, has miserably
failed, as It should. This should BS fcSS
t ountry for all men, outside as well as in
side of labor organisations.
The independent Washington Post re
marks that if the Democrats require that
the Democratic candidate for President
have his State back of him, he m ist live
in Nevada. This is an assumption that
the Democrats will not go to the South,
the Democratic stronghold, for a candi
date. The declaration of Commissioner Wright
that the administration of the late Presi
dent McKinley and that of his successor
have managed the civil affairs of the Phil
ippines upon a nonpartisan basis Is high
commendation. In the words of President
Roosevelt, slightly changed, "partisan feel
ing has stopped at the water line."
President Roosevelt showed a great deal
of tact in his speeches at Memphis. Being,
as it were, in the enemy's country, political
ly speaking, he could not well allude to
n tional Issues, but he made a strong point
ot the nonpartisan administration of af
fairs in the Philippines and of the valuable
services of General Wright, a Democrat.
New York representatives of some big
combinations and trusts claim to have the
assurance of prominent lawyers that Con
gress cannot make the interstate-commerce
law any more stringent than it now
is without an amendment to the Constitu
tion. But Attorney General Knox thinks
differently, and he is as good a lawyer as
any of them.
Now that the Democrats in New York,
with the aid of the Prohibitionists, have
elected David B. Hill s candidate for at
torney general, he hastens to declare
that "no heroic measures are needed in
dealing with the trusts, as great combina
tions of capital have been formed to meet
the expansion of commerce in this country
during the last fifty years."
Unless Representative Cannon should die
before the organization of the next House
there is scarcely a doubt that he will be
the next sneaker. The actios of the Massa
chusetts and New Hampshire delegation
makes it certain that he is the choice of
avery part of the country where Republlc
an representatives are elected, except the
support a few local candidates may have.
It is doubtful if Mr. Bryan should be
announced to speak in Tomllnson Hall
whether he would have a fair audience of
those calling themselves Democrats. If
Mr. Cleveland had been announced to speak
In that hall any time during 1S95 or 1896
It is doubtful if he would have had an au
dience of Democrats. Such is the penalty
paid by the few Democrats who stick to
one set of principles four or live years
St s ti
One of the most remarkable labor strikes
on record Is that of nearly 300 coal miners
at Washington, Ind.. who struck on
Wednesday in the Interest of the mules em
ployed In the minea. They declared that
the animals were not properly cared for.
were often worked without having been fed
or watered and that they themselves would
not work unless the mules were better
treated. It was a sympathy strike, and it
did ho; the men.
The shocking accident by which a news
boy !ost both legs from being run over
while trying to get on a street car should
lead to the prohibition of newsboys board
ing cars to ?ell papera. The practice is
not only dangerous to them, but is a nul
sanoa to car employes and passengers.
The latter can easily buy newspapers on
the streets, and newsboys should not be
permitted to obstruct the steps and aisles
of cars to the Inconvenience and sometimes
the peril of passengers. It would be no
hardship on the sssrsbojrs; sues actios
would be In their interest as well as that
f the public.
If not so convenient tor those who par
ticipate In state meetings like those which
save been In session in this city the psst
Wwek. it would be better for the reading
public and the newspapers If one or two
Should come at one time. Much that Is
said at such meetings by township trustees.
school superintendents and those connected
with the State's charities Is of interest to
newspaper readers, but no newspaper can
give satisfactory report of the proceedings '
of three or four such associations In session
at the same time. It may be difficult to get
railroad rates for these associations sep- j
arately. but that difficulty is trifling com- j
pared with the larger attention which
would be given to the proceedings of the
meetings. More and more the affaire of
State, county and township, as business
matters, are claiming the attention of the
people, consequently steps ihould be taken
to emphasize the meetings held to discuss
such affairs.
RECOMMENDATIONS OK THE CON
FERENCE OK CHARITIES.
Many of the recommendations of the
conference of charities to the Legislature
are worthy of the consideration of that
body, and sooner or later will be adopted
in some form. The separation of the Om
an's Prison and the Industrial School for
Girls is the first need, and there is reason
to believe that public opinion and state
officials are in accord and that the incom
ing Legislature will make provision for
the separation. How to do it is an unsolved
problem. It is also a very difficult prob
sSSI to solve under existing conditions.
The Legislature, afte investigating the
subject, will probably be compelled to make
an appropriation and leave the details to
a commission.
In regard to a hospital for Insane pris
oners. Warden Reid, of the State Prison,
has at small cost changed one of the
buildings of the State Prison into a hospital
for the criminal insane, which affords
ample facilities for the care of that class
of patients. It seems difficult to persuade
those who should know about the State's
institutions that a costly hospital, with
an expensive staff, is not needed. Th3
wonder is that it never occurred to
officials before. Now that the new hospital
is in operation and is ample, the recom
mendation need not be considered further.
The care of epileptics is an important
matter, and it seems that action looking to
a separate institution for such unfortunates
is desirable. The first thing is to ascertain
what the State needs in that direction. It
must be confessed that the information
which the conference has given upon the
subject was confusing rather than really
informing. hat is suited to New York
is not suited to Indiana. What New York
can afford would bankrupt Indiana. The
first thing to be done, if the project is to
be taken up in a business manner, is to as
01 rtain what the State needs. This
probably cannot be ascertained dur
ing the present session of the
Legislature, but that body can pro
vide for a commission which shall Investi
gate the conditions and present a plan
suited to the needs of the State and recom
mend to the Legislature of 1905 its execu
tion. That may seem a long time, but it is
far better that the Legislature should know
what Is needed than to proceed without in
formation an 1 get something which is not
needed and which will be a needless burden
to the State for years to come. Besides,
the Woman's Prison and the Girls' Indus
trial School is all that the State can safely
undertake at one time.
THE PRESIDENT'S VIEWS.
The Washington correspondent of a city
contemporary says that before he left on
his hunting trip President Roosevelt com
municated to several senators and repre
sentatives his views on Important legisla
tion, and that they may be summarized as
follows: "First, he believes there should
be anti-trust legislation; second, he be
Heves the tariff should be modified." If
any senator or representative now in
Washington is imparting this information
as something new or exclusive he should
be reminded that it is all in the newspaper
files of last summer. Beginning with a
speech at Hartford, Conn., on Aug. 22,
President Roosevelt delivered a number of
speeches in New England in which he
made his position regarding trusts and
trust legislation very clear. Later, in his
speech at Logansport, this State, on Sept.
22, he defined his position regarding tariff
revision. He declared himself in favor of
such legislation as would "correct the ir
regularities and remove the incongruities
produced by changing conditions." but
without impairing the principle of protec
tion. "The one consideration." he said,
"which must never be omitted in a tariff
change Is the imperative need of prest rv
ing the American standard of living for
the American workingman." He declared
against any inconsiderate action, and said
his personal preference would be "for ac
tion which should be taken only after pre
liminary Inquiry by and upon the findings
of a body of experts of such high character
and ability that they could be trusted to
deal with the subject purely from the
standpoint of our business and industrial
th i'ds." In other words, he favored the ap
pointment of a tariff commission and, as
he said, "treating the whole question ptt
rr.arily from the standpoint of the business
interests of the entire country, rather than
from the standpoint of the fancied Interests
of any group of politicians." These views
of the President were stated in public
speeches and not in confidential communi
cations to members of Congress.
A NEW CI BAN TREATY IRORAHl.E.
The prospect is Improving for the nego
tiation of a satisfactory commercial treaty
between the United States and Cuba. It
has been understood that Cuban opposition
to the treaty, a copy of which was sent to
President Palma several weeks ago. was
based on the ground that while the United
Slates granted a rebate of 20 per cent, in
duties on Cuban products imported into
this country, it demanded a lowering of
Cuban duties on American imports that
would cause a material decrease In Cuban
revenues. It Is not desirable that there
should be any material decrease of Cuban
revenues. A good deal of money is needed
to repair the ravages of war. for internal
improvements and for the ASTSlopsSSnl of
the Island generally. It would be unfor
tunate if any act of the United States
should cause such a decrease in Cuban
revenues as would seem oppressive or un
fair. Itte advices from Havana indicate that
this difficulty Is likely to be overcome. It
is said to bo understood there that Colonel
Bliss, who has gone to Cuba under spe
cial Instructions, will propose a different
method of compensating the United States
for her reduction of duties on Cuban im
ports. Instead of asking Cuba to make a
reduction in her duties on Amerh-an Im
ports It Is SfJd she will be asked to In
crease her duties en imports from all other
countries, leaving the rates on American
imports as they are now. This would not
involve the lowering of any duties, and,
of course, would not decrease Cuban reve
nues, while at the same time it would
give the United States a preference over
other countries in Cuban trade because the
duties on Imports from other countries
being Increased above the present schedule,
while those on American products remain
unchanged, would give the United States a
distinct advantage. Cuba's revenue, in
stead of being reduced, would be Increased,
while the lowering of duties on Cuban prod
ucta Imported into the United States would
give her a satisfactory entry to the Amer
ican market. A treaty framed on this line
would insure real reciprocity of trade and
be advantageous to both countries. Other
countries would doubtless protest against
the discriminating duties against them,
but that need not matter. It is the busi
ness of the United States and Cuba to look
out for themselves.
DISFRANCHISEMENT IN THE
.FEDERAL COURTS.
When such papers as the Washington
Star declare that "the State which Insists
on materially limiting the suffrage within
its borders should be limited in a like ex
tent in her representative strength in Con
gnss and in the Electoral College," there
is ground to hope that the disfranchise
ment of the colored men because they are
such Is to receive more general attention
than it has. It matters not that this opin
ion is called forth by taking of the dis
franchising provisions of the Virginia Con
stitution to the United States Court; the
fact that independent newspapers like the
Star are commenting upon the subject indi
cates a desire to have so important a ques
tion settled upon its merits. The question
has been raised whether the election in
Virginia was a legal one, based as It was
upon an amendment to the State
Constitution by which thousands of
citizens who had voted in previous elec
tions were disfranchised and whose votes,
under the Constitution of the United States,
should have been accepted and counted.
There is no doubt as to the purpose of
those who have amended the constitutions
of several Southern States in respect to
suffrage. They did not conceal their de
sign in any respect. It was to get rid of
the colored voters without disfranchising
the whites who are In the same condition
as are the negroes. If the Illiteracy re
striction had applied to whites as well as
blacks, no complaint could have been made.
Of the right of the States to exclude Il
literates from the franchise there can be
no doubt. Suffrage is not a natural right,
but one created by law. It Is possible that
the Southern States have the right to dis
franchise because of race or color, but,
when they did this, by the Constitution
their representation In Congress should be
reduced in proportion to the number of
voters disfranchised. The question which
will come to the Supreme Court is whether
or not a State which has denied suffrage
to citizens because of race shall retain Its
present representation In Congress and In
the Electoral College. Of course, there will
be the usual talk about sectional differences
and the bitterness growing out of the war
for the Union, but it cannot have weight,
now that disfranchisement has become a
matter of interpretation of the Constitution
by the Supreme Court of the United States.
There Is much to be said in favor of the
movement of township trustees for higher
compensation. Years ago, when money was
scarce and wages were half what they
now are, and the duties of trustees were
light, two dollars a day was a reasonable
compensation. But times have changed;
even the teachers the trustee employs, who
are by no means liberally paid, get double
the compensation teachers received years
ago when the compensation of the trustee
was fixed. The compensation should be
adequate to the quality of the service re
quired. The township trustee has many re
sponsibilities. The taxation of townships,
usually the larger part of the taxes im
posed, depends largely upon his business
capacity. Men of the best judgment, the
best business ability and Integrity are
needed. Such men will not serve for half
pay, but plenty of men are eager to fill the
office who are not worth any compensa
tion. As one of the most Important offices
in the State, every influence should be put
forth to elevate it in the public estimation
so that well-qualified men will seek it.
There can be no better way to do this than
to give the trustee a fab compensation.
An evening paper declares that the duty
of the Governor Is ended, so far as the
public Institutions are concerned, when he
has appointed the boards. Sworn to see
that the laws are executed, he must, under
this theory, not visit and inspect institu
tions to see that their affairs are properly
managed; he should permit them to over
draw their appropriations and use money
voted for one purpose for another than
that for which it is voted; he should not
inquire If appropriations are devoted to
the purposes for which they are Voted, and
it is no affair of his if a superintendent
conceals a debt of several thousand dollars
year after year, as was discovered a few
months ago in one institution. In other
words, the chosen head of a great business,
as is the management of the State's in
stitutions, must not look after its condi
tion after he has appointed men to manage
its several branches. The people of Indi
ana had that sort of irresponsible admin
istration for years, and they are pleased
with the change to thorough executive
oversight.
The local Democratic organ says that
"since Mayor Bookwalter came into office
there has been no pretense of street re
pair;" that "he has let them go to de
struction as rapidly as they would," and
that "his neglect of repair work has been
inexcusable." These charges come with poor
grace from a iaper that defended every
act of the successive Taggart admlnlstra
tions. Many of the street pavements which
are now in the worst condition were worn
out during the Taggart regime, and wen
bequeathed by him to his succesaor. to
gether with an empty treasury. Mayor
Bookwalter has only been in office thirteen
months. The condition of the streets is
little if any worse now than when he came
into office, and the time has been too short
for him to have inaugurated any general
system of street repairs. He shows an in
telligent grasp of the situation and a de
termination to do something, which Is more
than Mr. Taggart ever did during the years
i hat the pavements were wearing out.
In his testimony before the coal commis
sion Mr. Mitchell spoke 0f the union that
recent Ur rTjpottH a member for belonging
to the New York National Guard as "a lit- T
tie local organization" of no consequence.
But it is allied with a national organiza
tion, and Mr. Mitchell should have known
that the Illinois State Federation of Labor
has taker, the same ground. It is interest
ing to note, by the way, that the Grand
Army of the Republic In New York has
repudiated Douglas H. Pratt, recording
secretary of the union at Schenectady, who
was mainly instrumental In having Potter
expelled.
THE HUMORISTS.
I nklnd.
Columbia Jester.
Cbolly-Do you know. Mis Sharp, I believe
som people Inherit thlr stupidity.
Miss Sharp But, Mr. Paphead, it is not proper
to speak that way of your parents.
Supplemental Yell.
Rip! Rip! Rip!
Amputate! Saw!
Beef on the black eye.
Raw! Raw! Raw!
New York Press.
Explained nt Last.
The boy stood on the burning deck
Because he was afraid.
He couldn't swim to save his neck
And that was why he stayed.
Philadelphia Press.
t onf using.
Washington Star.
"Tou say the old Assyrians wrote on bricks?"
"Yes," answered the professor.
"It muft hav been confusing. A tourist
couldn't be sure whether he was looking at a
serial story or a block of houses."
An Alibi.
Philadelphia Press.
"Now, Johnny," said the Sunday school teach
er, "can you tell me who carried off the gates of
Oaza?"
"No, ma'am," replied Johnny, promptly, "I
wasn't cut with the boys this Halloween, and so
I didn't have anything to do with it."
Leg-ally Safe.
New York Times.
"Ephem, s'pose de good Lawd should come
down an' look inter yer eye an' say. 'Ephem.
what hab you done wid all dose chickens dat yer
hab stols? What would yer say?"
"Parson, I mought say dat my old 'ooman
cooked 'em, but you knows dat a man ain't
bound to testify agin his wife."
Willing to Oblige.
Chloago New.
Wife But why don't you want me to buy your
neckties any more?
Husband Well er I'd rather buy them my
self than have you go to all that trouble.
Wife But I like to do things for you.
Husband Oh, In that case I'll let you look
after the furnace this winter.
NOVEL FOOD EXPERIMENT
PROF. W. H. WILEY TO MAKE TETS
ON TWELVE VOI MEN.
Will rrovlde Six with Pare Edibles
and Six with Meats Treated with
Chemicals.
WASHINGTON, Nov. .-Prof. W. H.
Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry
of the Agricultural Department, next Mon
day will begin a series of experiments on
twelve young men in government employ
for the purpose of testing the physiological
effects of the use o'f meats preserved with
borax and other chemicals. The experi
ments will be made with a view to deciding
what basis there is for objections of the
German government to American meats on
the ground that borax and other chemicals
used in their preservation are injurious to
public health.
The twelve young men selected are vol
unteers, and all are young and vigorous.
Each has pledged himself during the period
the tests are to last to abstain from food
and drink except as It may be permitted by
Professor Wiley. They are nearly all of
them employed In the scientific bureaus of
the Agricultural Department. Six of them
will be fed on "pure" foods, untreated
meats and vegetables, while the other six
will partake of the same fare submitted to
chemical treatment. This arrangement will
continue for about two weeks, and then
the government boarders will change their
diet, those not eating chemically treated
food adopting such a regime while the
j others get untreated rations, and at the
end of two weeks reversing their diet
again. The men will be weighed before
each meal and careful notes will be taken
of their appearance each day. The last
Congress made an appropriation and au
thorized the Agricultural Department to
conduct experiments to discover what ef
fect, if any, the chemicals used on meats
would have on human beings.
Prqfessor Wiley, in speaking of the ex
periments to-day, said: "The best food
obtainable will be given to the boys. The
fare will not be lavish, but will be above
that of the average boarding house and
will include all the vegetables and meats
of the season. The young men who will
submit to the experiment have taken oaths
to abstain from all food not prepared by
us, and I have confidence in them. Of
COUTSS, it would not do to give their names.
They are clerks working for small salaries,
and the item of free board will be a big
one to them. They will get their food
without cost for a year or more. The ex
periments will be conducted by the govern
ment to demonstrate what effects borax,
sa lyclllc acid, formaldehyde, benzoic acid,
b nzoate of soda, sulphurous acid and
other chemicals used for preserving food
stuffs have on the health of the consumers
of such foods."
MOTHER S ALLEGED CRUELTY.
Scven-Year-Old Girl Said to Hare
Reen Rrntally Mlatreated.
LONDON, Nov. 20. Extraordinary charges
of cruelty on the part of a mother to a
child, recalling the Montague case in the
north of Ireland, which created a world
wide interest about ten years ago, are now
being heard at the Old Bailey. In the pres
ent case Mrs. Annie Penruddocke. of Comp
ton Park, "Wiltshire, the wife of a magis
trate and a large landed proprietor, was
charged with brutally assaulting and ill
treating her seven-year-old daughter. The
court was filled with fashionably attired
women, many of whom were leaders of the
County society of Wiltshire and close
trtSMI of the defendant. Several of the
best known counsel were engaged. Accord
ing to the statement of the crown prose
cutor, which was corroborated by govern
esses and servants, the cruelties had been
going on for two years, and included beat
ing the child with nettles, systematic neg
iert, ill-treatment, assault and partial star
vation. One form of punishment was to
make the child, which is named Letltia.
stand on the bough of a tree in inclement
weather for hours at a time.
Hint for thr President.
Chicago Chronicle (Dem.)
The Chickasaw Guards, of Memphis,
would not parade In honor of the President
because of the Booker Washington dinner.
If Colonel Roosevelt does not wish the
Chickasaw Guards to secede from the
Cnlon altogether he will hereafter submit
to them his list of dinner invitations for
inspection and revision.
Rlffht for Once.
Chicago Post.
Bryan does not see anything in the recent
elections to change the political situation.
He Is rtfht. it was practically all Repub
lican before and it Is, if anything, a little
more so now.
SOCIALISM
GROWING
IT MISTERS t.4l VOTES IX THE
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Comes Within RIO of Committing the
Organisation to Industrial Co
operative Democracy.
MINERS WITH
SOCIALISTS
OX AM AMENDMENT OFFERED BY
DELEGATE W. B. WILSON1.
Exoneration of President Gompers of
the Charges of Infidelity to Trade
I 11 ion Principle.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20. -The Socialists
came within 400 votes of securing control
of the convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor to-day. The struggle lasted
almost the entire day and a number of
able speeches were made on both sides,
notably those of D. A. Hayes, James Dun
can and President Gompers, against the
Socialists, and Victor Berger, Max Hayes
and W. B. Wilson, of the United Mine
Workers, in behalf of the resolution. In
troduced by Delegate Berger and amended
by Delegate Wilson In a manner acceptable
to Berger. The debate lasted until 6 o'clock
In the evening, when a roll call showed
4.744 votes against the amendment of Mr.
Wilson and 4,344 in favor of it. The miners
voted solidly in favor of the amendment.
No business was transacted in the con
vention during the day other than that of
the debate and the report of the committee
which investigated the Gompers-Shaffer
trouble. President Gompers was exonerated
of the charges of infidelity to the principles
of trades unions, said to have been made
by the president of the Amalgamated As
sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.
The special committee which has conducted
the investigation reported to that effect
this morning. The charges against Mr.
Gompers fell aa flat as a piece of dough
dropped from the clouds. The, committee
reported that when Mr. Shaffer appeared
before it he declared that he had not at
any time, either in writing, or otherwise,
made any charges against Mr. Gompers of
infidelity to trades unionism, nor did he
desire to before the committee.
P. J. Sheridan, who brought up in the
convention the resolution which resulted in
the Investigation, was also present at the
hearing and was asked if it was true that
Mr. Shaffer had made any charges before
the last convention of the iron, steel and
tin workers against Mr. Gompers. and he
replied that he had. Mr. Shaffer denied it.
Mr. Sheridan offered to read the minutes
of the meeting at which the charges were
said by him to have been made. Mr. Shaf
fer objected to this because the minutes
were those of a secret meeting, and if read
by Mr. Sheridan it would involve him in
trouble with his own organization for di
vulging the inner workings of the conven
tion. The conrmittee decided that the ques
tion of veracity between Mr. Shaffer and
Mr. Sheridan was something with which It
had nothing to do, and, there being no
charges against Mr. Gompers, there was
nothing to do but return a finding to the
effect that Mr. Gompers was completely
exonerated. This was done, and the report
was adopted by the convention.
The convention then entered upon an ex
tended debate in which at times consider
able feeling was shown on the resolutions
introduced by Victor L. Berger, of Milwau
kee, committing the convention to the doc
trines of socialism. The committee on reso
lutions reported as a similar committee had
reported at the Scranton convention of
last year that the principles of the trades
union movement contain all that is neces
sary at the present time for the advance
ment cf the workingmen of the country.
Delegate Max Hayes offered a substitute
for the report of the committee to the ef
fect that the Federation advise the work
ing people to organize their economic and
political power to secure for labor the full
equivalent of its toil and the overthrow of
the wage system and establishing an in
dustrial co-operative democracy. The sub
stitute was ruled out of order by the chair
as being a substitute for the report of the
commitee, which was a substitute for the
original resolution. Delegate Hayes then
offered it as an amendment and it was so
admitted by the chair.
Delegate Wilson proposed to amend the
amendment by striking out the words "and
the overthrowai of the wage system and
establishing an industrial co-operative de
mocracy." Delegate Hayes declared this acceptable
to him, but no action was taken and the
debate proceeded.
From 2 o'clock in the afternoon until
5:40 o'clock the debate went on. President
Gompers being the last speaker. He urged
the union men to adhere closely to union
principles, declaring that their success is
greater than it would be if they followed
any other decision than that under which
thev were organized. A motion made by
Delegate C. H. Barter to lay the matter
on the table was lost. A roll call was de
manded, the vote being on the adoption of
the Wilson amendment to the Berger reso
lution. It was lost by a vote of 4,744 to
4.344.
Fend of the Knights Renewed.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. The feud which
has existed for some time in the Knights
of Labor has broken out afresh and Simon
Burns, of Pittsburg, and John Tiernan, of
Pittsburg; Henry A. Hltt, New York; T.
H. Canning. Boston, and J. F. Mearl have
been arrested on a warrant charging forci
ble entry. It Is charged that these men
came here from Niagara Falls, where one
faction of the Knights has been holding a
convention, with the intention of getting
possession of the headquarters of the
organization. It is further charged that
thev entered the building through an upper
window. Secretary-treasurer Hayes was
informed of the movement and he im
mediately swore out the warrants for their
arrest. The case was immediately heard
in the Police Court and the hearing was
continued until Monday. The men were re
leased In $100 bail each.
Concession to Workmen.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. Secretary
Moody to-day made an Important ruling
by which employes in the government navy
yard are allowed to present to the board of
wages direct any questions affecting the
rate of wages. This matter came up at the
League Island navy yard, Philadelphia, but
the secretary states that this decision is to
form a precedent and will apply to all
navy yards of the government. Heretofore
it has been the custom at navy yards for
workmen having complaints to make in re
gard to the wages paid to appeal to the
ion-man of the yard, who in turn presented
such data as he saw fit to the board of
wages. The secretary's ruling gives the
workmen in the various government navy
yards the right of petition direct to the
board of wages and eliminate dealing with
subordinates.
FOR LACK OF FUNDS.
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transport Sumner and ordered to this city
for duty at the general hospital. Washing
ton barracks.
Second Lieut. E. N. Johnson, corps of
engineers, has been ordered to New York
for examination for promotion.
Leaves of abseinee have been granted as
follows: First Lieut. A. P. S. Hyde, artil
lerv corps; Second Lieut. E. M. Norton.
Sixth infantry; First Lieut. Charles C
Winnia. Fourteenth Cavalry, one months
extension in each case.
A Sew Filipino Party.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 The "Demo
cratic party" is the latest addition to the
political organizations in the Philippines,
according to a dispatch received at the
War Department. Prominent Filipinos
have identified themselves with the party,
among them General Lukban. who organ
ized and led the insurgents on the Island
of Samar. and who was in command of the
insurgents at the time of the Balanglgs
massacre. The new party will demand
modification of the present administration
in the Philippines so as to afford s greater
degree of self-government; the immediate
establishment of two legislative chambers,
both chambers to be elected in accordance
with suffrage laws as they obtain in this
country, and that the acts passed by the
two chambers shall become laws without
further action. It is said that General
Lukban may establish a newspaper which
will advocate the principles of the new
party.
Loss of Life In Guatemala Small.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20 Mr. A. Lazo
Arriaga. the minister from Guatemala to
the United States, has just received from
his government letters and telegrams stat
ing that the teports published in this coun
try about the loss of life and property
caused by the eruption of the Santa Maria
volcano are exaggerated. While It Is true
that a part of the present coffee crop is
lost, the dispatches say it is generally ex
pected that most of the plantations of the
affected district will recuperate. The loss
of life was very small. Minister Lazo Ar
riaga to-night emphatically denied reports
that bands of robbers were swarming the
desolated sections, robbing and murdering
refugees, and said the official correspond
ence just received by him showed that such
outrages could not be perpetrated.
Part of Gnnboat's Crew in Irons.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20-The Isla de
Luzon, one of the Spanish gunboats cap
tured at Manila bay by Admiral Dewey, is
en route to New York, with forty-eight
men In Irons. The vessel, which has been
doing guard dqty in the Philippines for
three years, started recently for New York
from Manila via Singapore. Advices re
ceived at the War Department indicate
that on the trip to Singapore some of the
machinery on the boat shifted badly, creat
ing a panic among the crew and causing
a substantial mutiny. The result was the
placing of forty-eight of her crew in irons.
After her capture the Luton was repaired
at Hong-Kong, and it is said that the re
pairs were not properly made.
YALE-HARVARD BATTLE
TWO GREAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TEAMS READY FOR THE FRAY.
Tickets Taken from Speculators
Michigan-Minnesota Game to Be
Played at Ann Arbor.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Nov. 20. The sub
stitutes of the Yale football eleven were
permitted to break training to-night with
a big dinner at their training table. The
keynote of the banquet was confidence that
the Yale team will win the game. The
same feeling was noticeable on the campus
to-night and on the field earlier in the day.
Nearly one thousand students marched to
the field, led by the Old Guard Band, and
cheered themselves hoarse. The spectators
did not see much playing by the 'varsity
regulars, for they were not required to do
hard work nor any scrimmaging. They
were sent up and down the length of the
field several times in signal practice, and
under Bowman's and Vanderpool's punts.
Later the half backs were given catching
practice. The seniors who have been on
the squad were drilled as second and third
elevens and given a brief but spirited line
up. There was no scoring and the play
was more in fun than in earnest. Harvard
is expected here to-morrow afternoon. A
company of Yale undergraduates will pay a
visit of respect to friends in the Harvard
contingent at the I'equot clubhouse.
An extraordinary scene was witnessed
here to-night when Yale students made an
attack on the ticket speculators and re
lieved them of every ticket for the Yale
Harvard football game In their possession.
The speculators were given the regulation
price, $2, for every ticket ta':en. In several
instances when the ticket dealers remon
strated they were roughly handled. Tfie
exorbitant prices demanded by speculators
for tickets had aroused the student body
and they decided to take the matter into
their own hands. Most of the tickets taken
were on the Harvard side of the field and
were obtained in Boston by the speculators.
A few tickets on the Yale side of the field
were found, however, and as every ticket
bears the name of the student to whom it
was issued it is expected that there will
be interesting developments, in view of
the fact that the football management
some time ago threatened to publish the
names of students whose tickets were
found in the hands of speculators.
Case of Player Glass.
SYRACCSE. N. Y., Nov. 20. Local foot
ball men are aroused over the controversy
concerning the athletic status of Glass, the
Yale guard, who is a resident of this city.
It is not known that any specific charges
have been made, but according to a report
here Glass is suspected of having played
in a game at Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1.
with a team from this city, which included
Syracuse University men, playing under an
assumed name. The local men who at
tended the Ogdensburg game declare that
Glass was not there. Other Syracusans
assert that he was In this city all of the
day in question, and they aver the report
that he received $20 for playing in that
game of necessity has no foundation. He
ranks here as a pure amateur.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Nov. 20. Professor
Hellis, chairman of the Harvard athletic
committee, said to-night that Glass comes
from a family of high standing in Syra
cuse, and with ample means available, and
there was no need for him to play football
for money. He thoroughly believed Glass
to be eligible for the Yale 'varsity team.
Finishing; Touches at Harvard.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Nov. 20. The fin
ishing touches were given to the Harvard
'varsity eleven's practice on Soldiers' Field
to-day. The team will leave Harvard
square at 8:45 to-morrow morning. The
men to be taken follow: C. A. Barnard.
E. B. Bowditch. R. M. Blalkie. J. D. Clark.
W. J. Clothier, R. Coburn, L. J. Daly. H. C.
Force, T. H. Gravdon. W. T. Harrison,
E. C. Hovey. E. J. Hurley, J. D. Jones. R.
P. Kernan (captain), J. A. Knowles, I. N.
Knowlton. R. D. Leatherbee. C A. Lyon.
W. C. Mathews. H. K. Mason, T. G. Meier,
T. O. Mills. J. L. Motley. A. Marshall. C.
B Marshall. F. H. Noyes, R. Overson, A.
s c den. . snilman. W. 8.
Whitwell, S. Wilder and C. E. Bright.
a., . v .lL.ng u.e sopnomore at football
10 to 0 to-day the -Harvard seniors break
the college record by taking the class cham
pionship for four successive years.
WILL PLAY AT AVX ARBOR.
Minnesota Overruled hy the Mlehl-
Kan Athletic Board.
ANN ARBOR. Mich., Nov. 20-At 11
o'clock to-night Michigan University Ath
letic Board of Control decided to play the
Michigan-Minnesota football game on
Thanksgiving day in Ann Arbor, on Ferry
Field, instead of at Detroit. The reasons
given for holding to Ann Arbor In spite of
protests from Detroit and Minneapolis are
greater convenience and better accommo
dations for a crowd of fifteen thousand peo
ple, a better gridiron, and utter imprac
ticability of the Detroit field. Minnesota
mildly advised playing at Detroit to the
last, but was overruled.
John Hancock's Business Reealled.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20.-An attorney of the
city has filed a petition, says a Boston dis
patch to the Times, ssking that he be ap
pointed administrator of the estate of John
Hancock, the revolutionary patriot. John
Hancock, late in the eighteenth century,
was, to some extent, an underwriter, tak
ing insurance risks on vessels out of the
port of Boston at the time when relations
between France and this country were
strained. Some of the vessels so insured by
Hancock were captured by French priva
teers and condemned in the French prise
courts. The underwriters then had to pay
the Insurance and Hancock, like many oth
ers, was a loser in this way. The purpose
of the appointment of an administrator is
to recover from the United States the mon
ey which John Hancock was compelled to
pay.
SLUMP IN THE PRACTICE
IM UIH l. FOOTBALL TEAM SCORED
AGAINST BY THE SCR IDS.
Governor's Proposed Vlait to the tal
eraity V t re Maine'. Practice
No HaaoTer-Franklin Game.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Nov. . Governor
Durbin is expected to visit Purdue Uni
versity next Monday or Tuesday, in com
pany with the visiting committee spiotnt-
ed by him to investigate 8tate Institutions
and report to the next session of the Leg
islature. In preparation for the expected
visit President Stone has announced that
there will be a parade of the entire student
body and In addition a review of the cadet
corps of two battalions. To-day a commit
tee, composed of Commandant Ira L.
Reeves, Profs. W. K Holt and W. D.
Pence, was appointed to arrange for other
entertainment for the visitors, and it is
intended that the day. although it Is not
yet specifically known whether It will ba
Monday or Tuesday, shall be one of the
gala ones of the college year. It will be
the first time that the entire number of
students has been formed in a body and
the first time that the whole cadet corps
has been assembled at one time. The com
bined departments of the corps will num
ber about Too men and will be led by the
band. On the campus the artillery will
fire a salute of seventeen guns In honor
of the Governor, and the troops will form
In a line nearly half a mile long. The -it
of the Governor's party, it is intended,
shall afford an opportunity to show the in
creased attendance and correspondingly
cramped condition of the university
For some reason the Purdue 'Varsity
football team took a decided slump In last
night's practice and the second eleven
seemed to have little difficulty in advanc
ing the ball and plowing up the regulars
line. The spectacular feature of the game
was a ninety-yard run by Zimmerman, of
the scrubs, who placed the ball between
the 'varsity's goal posts.
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EARLHAN COLLEGE.
Progress of Athletic Leagse Plans
Resignation of Captain Tuttle.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind., Nov. 20 A meeting
of the athletic association of Earlham Col
lege was held yesterday. The purpose was
to hear the report of Representative Graves
and take some action on the same. Mr.
Graves attended Saturday at Indianapolis
a meeting of representatives from Hanover,
Wabash and Franklin. The meeting was
called by Hanover for the purpose of de
vising means of furthering the athletic
interests of the secondary schools of ths
State. A league of the secondary colleges
was proposed and Earlham was asked to
draw up and present s constitution. In
the meeting at Indianapolis it was sug
gested that the league have control of foot
ball, baseball, tennis, track meets and all
kinds of indoor and outdoor athletic sports.
The report of Mr. Graves was accepted.
The idea of a league seemed to please all
and a committee was appointed to draw up
a constitution. Prof. R. L Sackett. Win.
Trester and Mr. Graves were appointed on
this committee.
Last night was the first time during the
week that Reld Field could be used be
cause of the mud. Still, work has been
done each evening on the campus. The
crushing defeat of Saturday seems to havo
left considerable spirit and enthusiasm in
the players. Two teams with from six to
ten subs have been out each evening. Der
rick and Hobbs are back in the game, and
with a coach to select the players on their
merits, lively competition is going on for
positions in the big Thanksgiving gamo
with Rose Polytechnic. Captain Tottis,
who played such a star game last year,
has resigned. He has played in very few
winning games this year and has not made
the showing he did last year. Although
he will not be in the game, he will assist
Coach Clark. Ratcllff, who played a star
game against Wittenberg, will be gln
Tuttle's place.
Notre name Is Working; Hsrd.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SOUTH BEND. Ind.. Nov. . The Notrs
Dame 'varsity squad was kept busy yes
terday afternoon. Fansler, who was play
ing the end position on the scrubs' eleven,
was injured just before the teams came In,
but it Is thought that he will not be laid '
up for any length of time. The scrubs
had the ball the entire afternoon and
'varsity was kept busy watching the re
serves' trick play, which were tried from
time to time, but not with great success.
The reserves were downed back of the Uns
repeatedly and at one time lost forty yards
on five attempts to carry the ball. Salmon
is well pleased with the eleven's work and
Is confident that there will be little diffi
culty In winning from De Pauw.
Game Caueeled Beeause of Death.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
HANOVER. Ind . Nov. .-Paul C. Rin
gle, of South Bend, Ind., died at 9 o'clock
last night of typhoid fever, after an illness
of three weeks. The body III be taken to
South Bend. Friday, for burial. Out of re
spect for Ringle, who was a member of ths
football squad, the game with Franklin
College, which was scheduled for Fridsjr,
has been canceled. An effort will be made
to secure a post -season game.
Shot hy a Sophomore.
TIFFIN. O . Nov. JO Late last night Ed
ward Zechiel. of Culver, Ind., and Roy
Sachman. of Marion. O.. members of ths
freshman class in Heidelberg University,
were seriously wounded by a shotgun in
the hands ol a member of the sophomore
class. The freshmen attempted to steal
the conveyances of the sophomon s. who
were holding a class party several miles
in the country, and were met by the soph
omores, with th result stated.
Seored on a Safety.
Special to thf Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind., Nov. 20. Madison scored
on a safety in a football game with Co
lumbus this afternoon and won by the
score of 2 to 0.
SSO.OOO for Yale Law Sehool.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. .-By ths
terms of the will of the late Augustus E.
Lines, of this city, after the death of his
widow $50.000 Is to go to the Yale Law
8chooI for the support of a professorship
of testamentary law.
Missouri Defeats Iowa.
IOWA CITY, Is., Nov. .-Missouri, f;
Iowa, 0.
Mall Bag Catcher Tested.
SPRINGFIELD. O.. Nov. 30. A success
ful test of the new automatic mail-bag
catcher and deliverer was made to-day
before the committee appointed by the
postmaster general, consisting of E. J.
Ryan. Boston; J. H. Crew. Washington;
8. W. Gaines. Fort Worth. Tex.: V. J.
Bradley. New York; O. T. Holloway and
H. A. White. Cincinnati; Thomas P. Gra
ham. Washington, and E. I. West. Chl
orr Th )mi transfer was made at s
speed of seventy-six miles an hour with
full mavlmiim uelwrM tnll Iimiim of fiftV
pounds, the device delivering the bag to the
post and receiving another. The test was
a complete success.
Ivory White for the world's Fair.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Nov. . Ivory white Is
the color decided upon to-day by the Louis
iana Purchase Exposltlor officials for the
buildings. Ivory white has a tinge of .i
low and in that respect differs from the
color of the Chicago fair.
Circular letters are being mailed to IMft
banks in the country offering for sale
of the 280.000 souvenir gold dollar.
by the government for the exposition.
Maay IsfVSJS Reported Lost.
VIENNA. Nov. 20 A Bucharest paper
publishes an unconfirmed report that the
steamer Bosnls, belonging to the Dork) 4k
Rubattino Company, loaded with cereals,
has foundered In a gale in the Black sea,
off Sullns, st the mouth of the Danube.
One hundred and fifty persons axe reported
to haw perished.