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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-02
GAS BELT RAILROAD
MIR. HENRy's LINE. WILL CHARGE
ONLY ONE CENT A MILE.
The Road to Be I'm Operation by Aug.
the Day He Is to he Married.
Special to the INDIANAPOLIS Iournal

opecidl 10 the indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind, April 1.-The right Of
way has been secured almost the entire
distance from here to Anderson for the
Henry electric railroad. The line is eight
cen miles long and passes through the
most thickly populated portions of Madison
county, passing through Frankton, and
running parallel to the Panhandle. The
line will be built this summer and be run
ming by Aug. l. The cars will run each
way every hour The fare will be 1 cent
mile. As soon this road is built a line
Will be at once begun to connect this city
with Alexandria. running parallel with the
Lake Erie & Western railroad. This line
will also be completed this year and cars
trip. These two lines, in addition to carry
Ing passengers, will also carry freight and
express. In an interview Hon. Charles l..
Henry, who is ait the head of the Elwood-
Frankton electric line, said that he did not
intend to build an electric line from An
derson to Indianapolis, as had been fire.
quently stated, but as the Elwood-
Anderson ire was completed he would
by way of Alexandria, Summitville, Fair
mount and Jonesboro These lines will rev.
olutionize travel n the gas belt.
Bright May Have Been Murdered.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
MUNCIE, Ind., April Coroner Bowers
was called 10 the home of Joseph Bright
six miles southwest of Muncie, to-day to in
vestigate a supposed case of murder. Sat
urday right the man was in Muncie and
was drinking. and while in this mood he
exhibited quite q sum of money. He started
home in his big wagon late at night and is
believed to have been followed and muir
dered. His team came home, and early in
the morning Johr, Sunderland found
Brights body lying along the roadside.
There Tn. were no marks TX Of violence except
the general belief that his assailants
climbed into the wagon, choked him to
death and then lie. the body fall from the
wagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
ATTORNEYS.
A Full Fare was Paid.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
He had a brown beard with bare spots In
it, as though his whiskers had drifted He
was a thin young man with triple ex-
pansion mouth, and he showed a feeble old
woman into a seat in the corner of a rail-
road station waiting room up in the state,
and when the ticket window opened for
business the thin young man was the first
customer
Il see you've got up notice that chill
dren under seven years old ride for half
fare" he said to the ticket agent.
That's right"
81 suppose nobody else but real children
kin git 'em, can they?'
"HeyT'
Fact isl said the thin young man. polk
ing his head in the ticket window and
lowering his voice to a sepulchral whisper,
I'm takin' my grandmother down to Port
Jervis."
Call the old woman a child, do you?"
inquired the ticket agent. ironically.
.sWell, mebbe not exactly that" said the
other, with nervous glance at his vener-
able relative, but she's been in her second
childhood goin' on three years, and l reck-
oned fer sure
There was a resounding whack on the
thin young mans most exposed surface and
a shrill voice screamed
Its lie! 1 kin bile pertaters and do
housework fer nine people, and there isn't
no second childhood around here, unless it's
you, you PORE skinnary, awkward cuss!
You don't git any half fare fer me!' And
he didn't,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
We Eat Bananas.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
During last year the American people
managed to use up nearly $4,000, 900
punches of bananas, the exact number re-
ported being 1854, ia. OF these New Or
leans received about one-third, New York
nearly a quarter. Philadelphia a sixth.
Boston more than one-ninth, Mobile
tenth and Baltimore one-eighteenth part,
the small remainder being distributed
among other receiving points. Stated to
the nearest million and tenth of mill
lion punches, these bananas were contrib
uted as follows: By Jamaica, 90; Cuba,
80; Honduras, 80; Colombia, "a; Blue
fields, 81; Costa Rica, 1.5, and other
countries, O.6. The northern ports OBJ
tain the most of their bananas from the
West Indies, Jamaica and Cuba while
New Orleans chiefly receives from South
and Central America. The trade is an
important one interiorly, but it is of no
small consequence as an item Of ocean
transportation. The imports of the one
year composed no less than 1876 cargoes
The consumption per year averages more
than one bunch to every four persons in
this country. and appears not to have
reached its per capita limit, as men en-
gagged in the business report Indications
of steady growth of the article in popu-
lar favor in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
THE SEALING CLAIMS
A Commission to Assemble Here to Nego-
tiate Treaty.
A MisapprehensfOn as to the British
Sealing Regulations for This Sen
son Cleared Up.

An arrangement has been effected be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
by which October next is set as the time
for the assembling at Washington of
commission to negotiate a treaty as to
claims of sealing on account of Boring
sea seizures. Delegates will come from
Canada to meet the authorities here.
A Mfsnpprehension.
The report coming from Victoria that
the British government has vacated the
sealing regulations because of the non
payment by the United States of the $685.
900 claimed for seizures is said to be due
to Misrepresentation. In view of the fact
that the commission will meet in October
to consider these seizures there would be,
it is stated, no present ground of complaint
for non-payment. Moreover, it is learned
that the report from Victoria, B. c., is
based on a misunderstanding of the word
sealing" which does not apply to the
seal animals, but to the locks or seals by
which implements used in sealing are lock-
ed up during the closed season.
The New British Regulations.
From authoritative sources the substan-
tial features of the text of the new British
regulations have been secured. Last year
rule was made that sealers could go to
Japan or other proximate territory. where
a British consul or other officer would seal
up the ammunition, guns, &c, used in
sealing.
Vessels having their arms thus sealed up
were allowed to remain in Bering sea dur
ng the closed season. They were not SUBJ
ject to search and seizure, as the seal on
their arms was a guarantee that they were
not capturing fur-bearing animals. But
the British admiralty has found that this
rule is impracticable. In one case a ship
master concealed arms, and used them in
the closed season, although he had another
set of arms sealed up as a guarantee
against inspection. In another case APP
paratus used for life saving was seized
under the impression that 1t was used for
killing seals. Owing to these objections the
British authorities have determined to
abolish this one rule, but not all of them,
and notice to that effect has been given.
The effect of this is to make it unnecessary
for the British vessels TO go to Japan or
elsewhere and have their arms sealed up
during the closed season.
Not Permitted to POach.
1t is said however, that this will not per-
NIT British ships to poach during the closed
season. The law against this is on the
British statute books, in the same words as
adopted by the Paris court of arbitration.
The abolition of the rule will not, it is said,
permit the violation of the law against the
use OF arms, etc, in the closed season.
British naval vessels will patrol the sea as
usual, and the list of these patrol ships is
daily expected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Schedule In effect April q, 1895.
All trains arrive and leave at pennSylvanla

Schedule effect April n, 1895.
All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvan
Passenger Station.
s:oO A.M:-Dnily,Local for Danville. connects az
Manassas for Strisburg, daily, except Sunday, and
at Lynthbury with the Norfolk and Western, daily.
Ills AM.-Daily-The UNITED STATES FAST
NAIL carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers New YORK
and Washington to jacksonville, uniting at Char
man Sleeper New York to Montgomery, with con
Hection for New Orleans; connects ut Atlanta with
Pullman Sleeper for Birmingham, Ala; Memphis,
Tenn, AID klrsas City.
day.
4:45 P.M.-Daily-Local for Charlottesville.
iU:hS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND SOUTH
WESTERN VESrIBULED LIMITED, composed Of
fulinah Vestibued Sleepers and Dining Cafs, Pull
man Sieepers New York to Chattanooga, via Sails
Cars between Old Fort aud Hot Springs, S. c.;
Pullman Sleeper New York to Memphis via Br-
minsham. New York to New Orleans via Atlanta
and Montgomery, and New York to Tampa via
Washing on to Jacksonville. Parlor Car Columbia
to Augusta. Dining Car from Greensboro to Mont
gomery.
TRAINS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO d.
VISION leave Washington 9:10 Am. daily, 4:33
Pm daily, except Sunday, and $3.50 Pm. Sundays
only for Round Hill, and $3.50 PM daily for Hern-
DON returning. arrive at Washington S:34 AM.
ana 500 Pm. daily from Round Hill, and 1905
All daily, except Sunday, from Herndon only.
ihroush trains from the south arrive at Washing
Manassas DIVISION DIS A. NJ. daily, except Sunday,
and $40 AM daily lrom Charlottesville.
tickets Sleeping Car reservation aud informa ton
furnished at offices, 5i1 and 1900 Pennsylvania ave-
ton.
W. III. GREEN, General Superintendent.
W. a. TURK, General Passenger agent.
my9 L. s. BROWN. Gen. ACT. Pass. Dept.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14

bankers who have no connection with poll
tics.
Senior Mendonca was asked as to the re-
cent report of United States Minister Bu-
chanan to the State Department, to the
unable to secure bills Of exchange on New
York because of the fear among South
American bankers that the United States
was on the eve of a silver crisis which
would prevent the honoring of these bills
in gold.
Mr.. Buch a ans Report.
81 read that report with interest,"" said
the minister, land was much surprised by
it. 1t indicates that there is great misap-
prehension or lack of information among
the merchants or bankers.
AS a matter of fact they need have re
fear whatever that a bill of exchange On
New York will not be honored in gold. II
is the invariable custom to pay these bills
in gold, even IL a gold payment is not
specified. The mere mention of the word
dollar in the bill of exchange would be suf-
ficient to insure gold payment The Uni.
ted States treasury has been careful to see
that there shall be no discrimination be-
tween the metals, and this example has
been followed by private institutions. AS
result, gold can always be secured In pay
ment of a South American bill of exchange
unless silver is requested. There appears.
therefore, to be little ground for this re-
ported timidity among South American
merchants and bankers to invest In New
York exchange.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
WALKING IN FLAMES.
A Device Used by the Fire Fighters In
Germany.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
There are some fire apparatus and ap-
pliances in which the firemen of Berlin,
Germany, are undoubtedly ahead of us.
OF these apparatus the most notable ID
the fire "scaphander" The word soap
handler" which means either hollow man"
or hollow to receive a man.. is generally
applied to the suit of impermeable ma
terial in which the diver arrays himself
before he goes down into the water. The
fire scaphander is on the lines Of the divers
scaphander, the only difference, In fact
being that 1t is made of different ma
terial. The fire scaphander is made OF
asbestos and rubber, and is absolutely
proof against fire. 1t neither takes hre nor
is permeable to the heat of fire. man In
an asbestos suit or scaphander can take 9
leisurely walk through roaring flames OF
through the thickest volume of smoke witn
comfort or at least with complete immune
ty from being burned or choked. The hex
met is donned apart from the rest OF the
suit and is Theoretically fitted to the suit,
the rveting being so perfect that air Is
excluded. A plate of glass. specially pre-
pared to stand great heat without cracking,
is imbedded in the front Of the helmet
and allows the wearer to see plainly. 10
the fireman thus equipped air is supplied
Just as II is supplied to the diver at work,
through tube, the one end OF which Is
held at the earths surface and the other
end is in the helmet.
1t would be scarcely necessary to say
that the scapbander is not intended to be,
and is not, the ordinary equipment OF 2
Berlin fireman when he is fighting fire.
There is only one scaphander. perhaps.
to a company, and the fireman donning
one of them is detailed to perform spe-
cial or exceptional task. Occasionally at
fires, as every one is aware, a particular
room in a house or hotel, of which 1t ID
known that there are occupants, may be
so envelo ped in flames or in stifina
smoke that a rescue Of the occupants is
impossible. as the attempting rescuer would
add the loss of his own life to theirs. II
is in case of such a situation as this, not
uncommon by any means, that the soap
handler is brought into use. A fireman dona
the scaphander, marches unhurt through
smoke and flames in which a person ordi-
narily attired could not live a moment and
rescues inmates of the burning building,
who would otherwise inevitably perish.
He carries with him. also. when he enters.
a bag or two of rubber and asbestos which
are known as life saving sacks" and.
slowing the imperiled inmates in these
sacks. he either carries them outfit they
are light weights-or hangs the bag con-
tanning them on the asbestos tube provid-
ing him with air, and on another line con-
Meeting the bag with the firemen below,
and shoots them out from the window on
to terra firma by that route. In the opera
ton he is assisted, Of course, from the
ground
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
SHAKERS AND DOCTORS TALK
TOGETHER.

In his able work entitled Longevity" published
a few years ago. Dr. John Gardner OF England pre-
diets that vegetable agent win yet be found that
Shall so retard those changes that bring about old
age as to prolong human life much beyond its pres
ent limit.
Acting, perhaps, upon the impulse produced by
this thought. many eminent physicians have called
from time to time upon lie Shakers of Mt. Lebanon
10 inquire OF them concerning the of medic
mai plants. In which these sincere, simple minded
ana God fearing people are known TO be wise and
skillful beyond all other men.
The Shakers willingly told what they had learned
and In turn received from their visitors much vaua-
BILE information about iis,as,. which they at once
made practical Of. The most important poirt
found for indigestion and dyspepsia, and the all
merits growing out of it, long step would be aiken
in the right direction Old age. said these physi-
cians' begins in failure of the digestion and do
most diseases at any AMI all periods OF life. The
result Of these consultations the discovery by
the Shakers Of the lesir-i specific made wholly
from herbs, and now known the Shaker Digestive
Cordial Its action is magical and worthy of it,
origin.
Where there is listrrss after eating, heartburn,
sick headache bad TASTE In, the mouth, bilousness
weakness and WEAKNESS, cold hands and feet aver
son to food nervousness, any other symptoms
of dyspepsia, the Cori.al will prove its curative
virtues. Behind it as tho reputation Of people uho
have never defrauded deceived their fellow men.
In order test whaih,r this remedy IS adapted
to your case, at pricri,Sly cost, you may Pro-
trial bottle for s,.n cents of almost any
druggist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Schedule in effect May II. 1895.
Leave Washington from station corner Of


Schedule in effect May Il. 1895.
Leave Washington from station corner Of
r. New Jersey avenue and c ST.
. ror Gnieago and Northwest Vestibuled Limited
trains IL 80 am, $50 pm.
For Cincinnati, st. Louis and Indianapolis. vesti-
bqled Limited 3. rs pm, express 1901 night.
AIN. and 80 pm
For For lexington Lexington and staunton, 11.oo am;
For Winchester and way stations, 1850 pm.
E9T Lnray' Natural Bridge Roanoke, Knoxville
For Lafay, ' s.4s pm iAf daily Iyf0'sA'
For or baltimore, week days. kiss, 500. 6ss.
$50 .am. 1is.iS li5.so ~ ist5. 1900, SIS.
KS, Ar x5o5. x5.1o- 1880, 5.ss. x62o. $50.
Sundays s. is b." ss ssd NO. 5s 1 nISSas
am; xi21o, 112.sO. 100. 1880, s.25, AL 15.O5,
For Annapolis. ITO and $50 am, Il Is and AS
pm. Sundays $50 am, 431 pm.
FOE Frederick, b9OO. a9.30. ALTO am., bllo,
For Hagerstewn, a11.so am; and a5.so pm.
am, ais.5o. 400. a4ss. !5sS. .7.oS' $40,
1880 am, bis PIN Express i trains stopping at
sIE Gn foR s sfSe 9okk AND
For PhiIadeiphia, New York, Boston and the
East w ee days S9 Dining Car cS p31S
Dining Se Carr 01S a 5os Dining oa Ga
q20l night, Sleeping Car. open at 1000 oelockl;
sundays t4oo DINING Carr, tI-OO DINING Carr, C9OO
a. Dining Carr, 1890 Dining Carr, 800, (5.05
Dining Carl, 500 Q2.01 night. Sleeping Car open
for passengers, 1000 PM.
Buffet Parlor Cars all day trains.
For Atlantic City, 4.55, 1000 and 11.30 am,
1890 pm. Sundays, AS a.m., 1870 pm.
aE1cept Sunday. 'Daily. bSunday only.
XExpreSs trains.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and
residences by Union Transfer Co. orders left
at ticket offices, 6l9 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
New York avenue and 18th street and at depot
II. Il. CAMPBELL, CHAS o. SCULLI,
Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
A HISTORICAL MYTH.

The Story of Gen. Jackson's Cotton
Bale Breastworks a Pleasing Fiction.
From the Boston Herald.
There are few of the school boys of sew
eral generations preceding the present who
do not remember being taught that Gen.
Jackson won the battle of New Orleans by
throwing up a breastwork of cotton bales
and meeting the British assault behind
them.
A dramatic account Of this was in all the
school histories and several others, and
the novelty of the affair appealed wildly
to the imagination The cold facts of later
history prove this all to have been fiction.
Henry Adams in his history Of Madison's
administration. describes the battle of New
Orleans and mentions no such feature.
McMaster, in his latest volume, refers to
the story in a note only to say that there
were two or three cotton bales used in one
place, and they were either set on fire or
knocked out at once.
Jackson's line of breastworks was of
earth irregularly thrown up and of varying
height along it's length. The trained sharp
shooters of the west did great work as
marksmen behind it, and so CALLED the
heavily laden British troops that they had
no alternative but to be shot or retreat
before the American line.
The school book story used to be that
the Americans lost six killed and seven
wounded. McMaSter places the figures of
killed and wounded at seventy. The Brit
ish, it seems, were not all repulsed accord
ing to the popular story. The right line
of the American troops was driven in, and
the British left advanced a mile in the rear
of Jackson on the way to New Orleans.
He was really flanked by this success,
but the terrific slaughter he inflicted upon
the British in the center, involving the
death of the first and second generals in
and nrlla oil HiSnirito6 nd
induced the return of that wing of their
army that was on the way to the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14

From the Boston Herald
An old-time hand press on which Benja-
min Franklin is said to have worked
season at Portsmouth. N H.. and which
is perhaps the first printing press In the
country to have an iron bed and platen.
is now on exhibition in Boston.
This press has been in Lowell about sixty
years, and for about fifty. years has been
the property of Mr.. J. J. Judkins. who Is
now seventy-eight years Of age, - Is
known as the oldest printer in the spindle
city. When Mr. Judkins was young man
j. p Norton came to Lowell from Ports
mouth, N. H, and brought with him the
old hand press. He opened an office on
Central street, where the press. although
even at that time very old one, was In
daily use.
MIR. Norton was well on in years at
that time" said Mr. Judkins to a Herald
reporter recently. LAS remember him. he
must have been almost as old at that time
as / am now. He used to take particu-
lar pride in the old press. and told me
number of times that Franklin had worked
on it one season at Portsmouth. He al
ways said this as if he knew II positively,
and he was such an old man that he must
lave lived pretty close to Frankln's time.
Mr. Norton sold the press to Leonard
Brown, from whom Mr.. Judkins bought II.
Forty years ago he worked Off temper
ance hymn book on 1t, but has not used II
for a number Of years. and finally decided
to sell IL.
The press as II stands today shows every
evidence of great age When Welsh, Free
man Co. received it few weeks ago
two of the legs were missing, and other
parts of it had succumbed to the wear and
tear of years. Notwithstanding tho fact
that the press Is made of the strongest
materials. The upright parts of the frame
are of solid mahogany, by inches In
size, and the cross pieces are OF the same
wood, made equally strong. The lower
Part, on which the bed runs. Is OF oak.
while all the bolts in the machine are OF
steel and hand made.
1t is somewhat different from the old
Franklin press now in the custody OF the
Bostonian Society, although the principle
of construction Is the same in both. 1t Is
known that Franklin worked on that press
at Newburyport about the year 1123. and
this fact seems to bear out the claim OF
Mr. Norton, for Newburyport Is not a very
great distance from Portsmouth. N. H,
and Franklin in his travels probably WIS.,
tied a number Of the towns in that section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-05-14
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.

Schedule in effect March 4, 1875.
Trains leave daily from Union Station (B. and
Pr, 9th and b SITS.
Through the grandest scenery In America with
the handsomest and most complete solid train serv
ice west from Washington
9.25 PM DAILY Cincinnati and st. I0uis
Special''-snlid Nestibuied. newly Equipped EIec-
tric-liyhtcd, Steam-heated Train. Pulimln's finest
sleeping cars Washington to Cincinnati, Indianapo
ls and st. Louis without change. Dining Car
from Washington. Arrive Cincinnati, 500 a. M !:
indianapolis, IL 40 a.m and Chicago, $50 pm
lilo PM DALY:-The famous IF. F. V. Lin
tied" solid vcstibuled train, with dining car
and Pullman Sleepers for Cincinnati Lexing ton and
louisville, without change. Pullman Sleeper Wash
inrton to Virginia Hot Springs, without change
week days. Observation car from Hinton. Arrives
CINCINNATI $3.50 pm; Lexington, 600 pm. Louis
vile, 9:35 pm; Indianapolis. 20 pm; Chicago
30 m and st. Louis, 6:56 am; connects in
iIniou Depot for all points.
Io.5I AM, EXCEPT SUNDAY.-For Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk. Only rail lire.
2:25 PM. DAIIY.-Express for Gordonsville,
Charlottesville, WaynesbOro, Staunton and princi
pal Virginia points, daily; for RicEuond daily,
cept Sunday
pullman locations and tickets at company's Of
fees, 5l3 and 1421 Pennsylvania ayerue.
II. W. FULLER.
mh4 General Passenger Agent.