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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02
Red River Now a Vast L

FARGO, n. D., April 1.-The Red river
flood Is growing more serious. The river
is steadily rising about four inches Der
hour. or twice as rapidly as yesterday.
Notwithstanding the much Increased
breadth CT the stream. All indications point
to the highest water in the history of the
country, even exceeding the flood of ISL.
and there will be along the Red river al
most the largest body of fresh water on
earth. In western Fargo and south of the
Northern Pacific tracks the water averages
about two feet deep and Is higher IN the
been krowh. The high water at Wahpetnn
and Breckenridge will be a terrible food
when il reaches here. as Ii will be added TO
the immense quantity now here and going
northward. There have been no trains over
the Great Northern since Tuesday. No. .
on the Northern Pacific was sent north on
the Great Northern tracks at noon TODAY
and will reach East Grand Forks and
CrookStCn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02
OBITUARY..
Rear Admiral John Ill. Russell. Re-
tired. of the United states Navy.

WASHINGTON, April I-Rear Admiral
John H. Russell. retired, died at his resi-
dence here to-day after an Illness OF about
a month. John III. Russell was born in Fred
erick. Md. in 1927. and entered the navy as
midshipman when only fourteen years old.
He saw much active naval service during
the Mexican war and later achieved distinc-
ton in connection with the opening OF
Chinese ports to delivering dis
patches in person 10 Chinese officials by
which American and English ENJOYS were
admitted to audience. He was compli-
mented by the Navy Department for serv-
ices in cutting out the privateer Judah at
Pensacola in September. 1861. and partici-
pated in all the engagements of Farragut
in the Mississippi up to Vicksburg. He was
commissioned captain in 1874, commodore i'm
1883. and promoted TO be rear admiral
March 4. 1855. He was retired i'm 1856. nav
ing seen forty-hve years active service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02

he stands as the very embodiment of his
great word: I'VE fear God, but
nothing else in the world
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02

BELoIT. Wis. April 1.-Rev. Fayette
Pettibone, ID. D.. for forty years a mission
airy of the American board I'm Turkey, died
at Rockton, ILL.,. his former home, last
night. aged s~eventy-three.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02
The Man
Who Thinks

Doesn't &C to a tailor
for a Top Coat. He
comes here. He can
get two for what one
would cost made to or
der in the right way.
The only thing in
the world that a tailor
bases his claims on is
fit. You can see
whether ours fits or
not before you buy IL.
And then if it should
MT turn out all right
almost an impossi-
bility-you can bring
it back and get your
money.
Seventy-fve differ
ent styles at least
$3.50 to $2S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02
Protestant Archbishop of Dublin.

DUBLIN. April 1.-The Right Hon. and
Most Rev. William Conynham Piunkett
Protestant archbishop of Dublin, who has
been seriously i'll for some days past. died
az 4 O'Clock this morning. He was born i'm
1928 and succeeded TO the title at the death
OF his father in 1871. Lord Plunkett was
elected archbishop OF Dublin on the resig-
nation OF Archbishop Trench, I'm 1884.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02

MINNEAPOLIS. April 1.-THE Mississippi
went on a tear last evening and jewellers
along the flats moved out In a hurry. A
huge ice jam which had formed I'm the river
at North Forty-second avenue broke and
an immense volume OF water. with biz
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-02

Whatever we take
hold of we give our
best attention. Our
Boys Department is,
just as important a
feature of our store
as any other. You
can't help noticing
that we show you a
much larger variety
than anybody else
and if you put us to
the test you'll find
that our qualities are
offered on the same
liberal scale.
Nobody knows how
to clothe the boys to
their satisfaction
and yours-b better
than we do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
The Raddatz Submarine no,+

FROM the milwaukee Sentinel,
Inc Raddatz submarine boat made a
successful test trip today beneath the sur
lace OF FOX river. Descents and ascents
were made without difficulty and a con-
siderable voyage was taken. 1t was found
necessary after number Of trips had been
mace the first time 1t was put into the
water to add to the dimensions of the
boat In order that more powerful machin-
cry might be carried. This has now been
done after weeks work.
MT. Raddatz has been in Milwaukee for
some time, building a large engine of his
own invention. to which power can be ap-
piled without the use Of coal Thus smoke.
Is cone away with while the boat is sub
merged. The various parts of the propcll-
ing gear. after being set up in the engine
shops of the f. p. Alis Company in Mil
waukee, were packed in small boxes and
shipped to this city, where the subm rine
boat was lying. The boxes were not OPEN
ed until safely deposited inside the cigar
shaped hull, in order that prying investfsa-
tors might not learn Mr.. Raddatz's yalua-
BILE secret.
The boat WILL II the calculations of the
inventor prove true, withstand a pressure
of 800 pounds per square inch. The depth
to which 1t can descend at this rate will be
about coo feet under water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
Managing a Large Choir,


E. NJ. Bowman Is doing notable choir
work at the Baptist Temple, Schermerhorn
street and Sd avenue, Brooklyn. The choir
numbers about 16O voices and is made nm
of volunteers. Very shrewdly Mr. Bowman
cuts up this body into four divisions. and
by happy system of good-humored rival
~ has succeeded in maintaining regularity
of attendance and high level of musical
proficiency The percentage of attendance
for the entire year 1896 was 9G, truly a
n arvelous result The banner division had
record of 97.SI per cent. One of his de-
vices is the institution of an Order of
Macintosh, or Foul Weather League.
made UP Of those who have missed no re-
hearsal for the previous six months. The
league elect a grand macintosh and in
sLau him with appropriate services. David
NJ. Boutwell, now fills that exalted position
Prof. Bowman is fertile in such expedients
tased on q working knowledge of human
ature, for keeping up the interest OF a
large company of volunteers. He made a
reputation for such work in St. Louis and
seems to be repeating his success in Brook
lyn. 1t would be worth while for choir
leaders and for clergymen to famliarize
themselves with Prof. Bowman's methods
1t might be added that the Temple choir
is fed, 10 degree, by a singing class of
800. taught by Mr.. Tallie Morgan, himsci If
a choir leader of note and one of the best
sight-reading teachers in the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
A Nice Telegraph Clerk.
From Tie Cincinnati Enquirer.


She sailed into the telegraph Office at 4th
and Vine streets and raped on the re-
ceiving clerks window. The receiving clerk
remembered that she had been there about
ten minutes before he came forward to
n Get her. He wondered what she wanted
this time.
oh" she said. 'let me have that tele-
gram I wrote just now. 1 forgot something
very important. i wanted to underscore
the words perfectly lovely in acknowledge
ing the rece pit of that bracelet. VIII it cost
anything extra?'
No. ma am said the clerk. as hs hand
ed her the message.
The young lady drew two heavy lines be-
meath the words, and said:
It's awfully good of you to let me do
that. 1t will please Charlie so much"
Don't mention it, said the clerk. IF
you would like, L will put a few drops OF
nice violet extract on the telegram at the
same rates"
"Oh. thank you. sir. You don't know
how much l would appreciate 1t. I'm going
to send all my kilograms through this Of
flee, YOU are so obliging.''
And the smile she gave MIN would have
done any one good to have seen, with the
possible exception of Charlie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
OLD CORKS.
Some of Them Are Made Over Int
New Ones.


New Ones.
The following extract from a recently
published interview with an old cork mer-
chant shows that old corks are anything
but useless:
These" said the interviewed. leading
the way TO long. high room. lined on each
side with immense wooden bins ARE all
old corks. This first bin you see is filled
with mixed or broken cork articles / pay
something like fourpence or sixpence a
pound for this refuse. and, after being
washed in hot water and then dried II IS
ground fine and sold to linoleum manu-
facturers at two shillings a pound.
These are what we call screws" he
saiu, leading the way TO a bin of old gin
ger beer and wine bottle corks. "By
screws we mean that the corks have been
pierced by corkscrew. which, of course
renders them unfit for remaking into new
corks. So We put them through a 'coring'
machine, which cuts the inside out of
them and leaves hollow tube The tubes
are then sliced into rings for I'm beer
and ginger beer bottles. The best quality
OF wine corks, bought by us for less than a
twelfth of their original cost, we obtain
from the big West End clubs and restau-
rants. 1t is very seldom that the cork
screw goes into the corks in hgh-priced
wine; therefore, IT is an easy matter for
US TO make them into apparently brand
new corks.
The walters at fashionable clubs and
other places where expensive wine is drunk
ind that collecting old corks is very
valuable perquisite. Wine corks are our
most valuable commodity, and most of the
beer bottle corks now in use are old wine
corks which have been remade. If IT were
not for our trade corks would be twice the
price they are at present. We remake an
enormous number in year. / employ six
men to gather them, and each man has a
list OF hotels where he must call every
week.
Yes. 1t is a fairly good business but
when L first started IL was better than it
is now. Other people soon found out that
l had a good thing and followed my ex-
ample. One man has already made a snug
fortune out of old corks, and is now fitting
up new machinery, which will enable him
to turn hundreds of old corks into new
ones in less than an hour"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
Wheels That Ground the Powder,

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
Near the pretty little history building. at
the Nashville exposition, resting upon q
large fiat stone, is quite an interesting OBJ
ject, namely, a pair of massive iron wheels
about six seven feet in diameter and
eighteen irches wide upon their rims. They
are coupler together by a heavy iron bar.
which passes through the center of each
wheel. ard probably weigh as much as
five tons each.
These ponderous iron wheels have a
unique history. They are of English manu-
facture. and were brought to this country
early in the war of the rebellion, rum
ming the blockade IL not in the celebrated
cruiser Alabama, certainly under her pro-
lection. They were then taken to Augusta
Ga. where 1t was supposed they would be
entirely out of the way of any Yankee in
vaders. and formed part of the plant OF
the famous confederate powder mill at that
place, anc ground the powder that was
used to send many bullets into the hearts
of Union soldiers. 1t is good evidence OF
the passing away of animosities engendered
by the war that now those who loved and
honored the blue and those who loved and
honored the gray are both interested in
these ponderous relics of the lost cause
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
TO LOWER THE RECORD.
Gentry to he Aided In Reaching tn
TwO-Nifnute Mark.

From the Chicago chronicle.
Some time during the present season
John r. Gentry. king of sidewheelers, will
be sent after the tWo-minute mark. He
will not only attempt to lower all pacing
records, but will make a strong effort to
step mile we'll within 120 seconds. To in
sure the best results a. sulky having a large
screen behind it will be dragged along by
team of swift racers. 1t is hoped this
singular device Will enable the horse to ac-
complish the feat. q"
The advantage claimed for the screened
sulky Is that 1t Will cut off the wind, and
also. by the formation of partial vacuum,
enable the pacerbto travel more rapidly
with reduced effort. The idea grows out of
the attempts Of -wheelmen to utilize
similar device to- increase the speed of
cycling racers. 1t has been learned that
following a tandem, or quad Is a decided
benefit to the racer. The bodies of the
PAGERS shield the racer from the resistance
of the air, and he can pedal faster with
less effort. The st. Louis effort to follow
an engine screened as Gentrys Sulky will
be made the proposed trial a certainty.
There Is one question unsettled. The
runners will be badly handicapped by the
resistance Of the screen. Can they, with
the difference in records in their favor. pull
come up to 1t? Lewis G. Tewkesbury Is
confident the scheme will prove to be
success. He says the screens will not re-
duce the runners speed twenty seconds.
This would give them ample allowance to
pull the PAGER under the wire in less than
two minutes. Gentry has a record very
close to the mark. and if the runners keep
out of his way the screen should pull him
over the dividing line.
The project does not meet with approval
on the part of many sportsmen. They
maintain that an athlete should only win
by his own unaided efforts. They object to
accessories which reduce the resistances of
nature. Horses, they assert, should come
under the same rule. The animal should
not get any record that Is made because 1t
would be the result of the combined efforts
of the three horses. In race this rule
would apply. but as an exhibition of speed
ing it is difficult to find satisfactory rea-
soning on which to base any criticism.
The trial will probably come off some time
In August, and is awaited with interest.
So many things have combined to reduce
trotting and pacing records since Dexter's
2:17 was the mark that 1t Is difficult to fix
the limit of perfection in the horse. Breed
ing has been so successfully carried on
that American trotters and PAGERS lead the
world both in records and races won; 2:40
in roadster now would be held a moder-
ate performance. Light shoes have stopped
lameness and the penumatlc sulky has
revolutionized the speed ring. Now all
that remains Is to prevent the interference
Of the wind. This Is the purpose Of the
screen Gentry will trail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
The First Telegraph Line Was at
Princeton.


From Scribner's.
The campus WIRE" as the students call
ed it, was the thing which excited the most
wonderful speculation wnen Henry was at
Princeton. DR.. Edward Shipper Of Pnila-
delphia, OF the class Of As. states that 1t
ran along from Philosophical Hall. by the
front Of North College. among the outer
branches Of some Of the fine trees, and then
round the western er to Professor Henry's
house, which was west of North College
and south Of the Old Library and Recitation
Hall. This wire was the first in which the
current was completed through the earth.
1t went into the we'll at the professor
house. the other end being in the earth at
Philosophical Hail. Professor Henry often
used the campus wire" in the presence of
the students, although he was not given to
superfiuous experiments. He had an arbi-
trary code. If he wanted his luncheon
sent over he worked his armature a few
times according to the code. Mrs. Henry
received the message The students wait
ed, and presently SAM would appear,
bringing the precise articles ordered on a
tray covered with a napkin. This simple
exhibition Of what Is now an everyday
transaction was then q source Of wonder
This occurred again and again before Morse
photographed between Baltiznire and WASH
ington. which Yves III the month Of May,
1874.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
Oddities of English Villages.

From IearsOns Weekly.
Undoubtedly the most extraordinary
township in England is that of SkiIdaw.
in Cumberland. 1t contains but one house.
the occupier of which is unable to exer-
else the Briton's privilege Of voting be-
cause there Is no overseer to prepare a
voters list and no church CT other place of
worship or assembly on which to publish
one
The most remote village in England Is
that of Farley com-Pitton. This truly ru-
raj spot is thirty miles and half from
the nearest railway station. AS con-
trast to this may be mentioned the hamlet
OF Ystrad, about ten miles from Cardiff
This tiny settlement has two important
main roads, two railways and two large
rivers.
A very unique feature is exclusively
claimed by Trimley. a small village in Suf-
folk. In the one churchyard of the parish
two churches are to be seen. Service is
conducted three times week in each of
these churches at the same hour.
The deepest well in England is found at
Hamilton in Hampshire. 1t stretches $50
feet below the surface of the earth. About
half way down this well shaft Is a SUBJ
way, three miles in length, which leads to
the seacoast.
On the top Of the parish church tower In
Bicknoller. somersetshire. Is yew tree.
now five feet high, and still growing, in a
hardy fashion. 1t is generally believed
that the tree owes its origin to seed
dropped by bird
Perhaps the most splendidly decorated
church in the kingdom Is that of Whitley
Court, Worcestershire 1t Is entirely con-
structed of white marble, the pews are
chastely carved and the pulpit Is Of gen.
uine Carara marble. richly paneled with
precious stones.
On the village green at Meriden. in War
wickshirc, there is a large stone cross,
which is supposed to mark the central
point of England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
To Make Wolf XIII Wolf.
From the Northwest Magazine.

toIII tue ->oftuWVst .hlYnzhe.
western genius has made a discovery
which. II all that he claims for 1t be true,
will settle the coyote and wolf question for
all time. The discovery consists Of q yell
lowish-brown liquid. The mode of exter-
mination Is to trap a wolf or coyote alive
and inject three drops Of the fluid beneath
the skin. This operation is repeated three
times in twelve hours. at the end Of which
time the animal. with green-eyed. dilated
pupils. .frothing at the mouth and ravins
mad, Is released and turned loose 1t lives
from thirty to forty hours. after being
liberated. but, like dog with hydrophobia.
II bites everything that 1t comes In con-
tact with. and as every other wolf thus
bitten becomes inoculated, the poison
spreads and death follows at q rapid rate
1t Is cruel. perhaps, but effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25

TIE Bartlett Lumber Company has COM
ple:ed the biggest land deal ever accom-
plished in the eastern states. 1t has pur-
chased outright Mount Washington, the
entire Presidential range. and thirty lesser
eminences of the White Mountain group.
and in addition some 6OOOO acres of fuel
land in the wilds of northern New Hamp-
shire.
The primary object OF the purchase is
numbering. but there are several secondary
objects of considerable importance.
The company purposes to cut its lumber
in the ravines and valleys. and. contrary to
the charges Of those who are alarmed about
a possible Dissertation Of scenery. intends
to use Judgment and discrimination. No
wholesale destruction of trees Is contem-
plated. and the result will be to actually
promote forest growth rather than ruth
lessly destroy II.
The company has In view from 10000 to
10000 acres more of forest land in the
White Mountain region. on which II has the
option OF purchase. The entire territory Is
to be preserved a sort OF reserve. with
a careful eye kept to the preservation OF
the scenery from DETACHMENT. Further
more. tn, company's idea Is to stock the
woods with game and the lakes and streams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
Hnrvard'. Endownents.

During the last twensy-eisht years Har-
ward University has received cash gifts
amounting to $3.50. 70S.y8. Adding to this
the value of land gifts and buildings, the
whole foots up to e2O0. 7o8.S SO. or an aver
age Of $s2S,91s year. II TIM benefactions
to Harvard continue in the 81 me proportion
during the next twenty-five years. the in
stituticn will hold property in excess OF
so, OO0, 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
A Philadelphia MINIS Vest on Fire,


Theodore B. Sage took a vest to Burn
hardt's clothing shop to be furnished I'D.
Yesterday Sage called for the vest, and, as
it was ready for him. he donned it and
left the place. When outside the shop
Sage took a cigar from his pocket and
struck a match to light the weed. In an
instant he was ablaze. The vest was re-
sponsible. Some inf1ammable stuff with
which the garment had been cleaned had
not wholly dried and had been set afire by
the flame from the match. Before Sage
could get the vest off he was badly burn
ed and had to be taken to the Pennsylvania
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25
s@AKE INTO YOUR SHOES

AIieh's Fcot-Ease. q powder {ov the feet. Il
cures painful. swollen. snarting feet and instantly
greatest comfort discovery Of the aec. AIlen's
Foot Ease makes tight-ftting or new shoes feel
oasy. 1t Is certain cure for sweating cnlious
By all druggists and shoe stores. ~ NAH for
PC IN stamps. Trial package FREE Address
ALLEN .. OLMSTED. Le hoy. N. 7. myz28m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25

Miss Oidbird (afiianced. somewhat sadly
All! count you love me now, but will
you after our union?'
The Count tecstaticallye"Loaf! Why,
naein tarling, l will be yum g-r-r-r-and
loafer all my nfe!'-Judge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25

An editor. observing that the census en-
braces 100000 women asks rapturous-
ly: who wouldn't be q census r'LTid-Bits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-25

with fish end interdict poaching for a SER
les Of years. The property of the hotel ana
railroad on Mount Washington is not in
cluded in the purchase
Evening journal., 1897-04-01

the shoulders Of its enterprising pupil
in journalistic vice. Mr. Pulitzer's in
sidious sentiments therein displayed IN
glorifying the career of the World, are
open TO universal ridlcule and reproof.
In vilifymg the works Of his most ener-
getic disciple, he should not hope to re-
lieve himself of responsibility. Here is
what he would have us believe about
the Journal and his reasons for pro-
testing against it's classification with
the World:
"Then appeared an heir of one of the
California Silver Kings who. with no
principle or moral purpose in Journal
ism sought, by sheer sensationalism
and reckless expenditure of money, to
dazzle the town. He set out ayowedly
to beat the World, but, missing
wholly the spirit and aims of the great
paper Of the people, he has so violated
the decencies Of life and the principles
Of true journalism as to create a reac-
iton against even legitimate enterprise
The Journals attempted rivalry of the
World has not been the fattery OF imi-
tation, but the vulgarity of caricature.
The attacks of malice, the assaults Of
greed and need, the World can endure
with equanimity, but il protests against
the combined ignorance and injustice
of identification with journal with
which it has nothing in common"
We are strongly impressed that the
unnatural sentiments which this edi-
torial protest embraces are more likely
to damage than to improve Mr.. Pulit-
izer's position.