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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-11
Doctoring Shakespeare.

We have long ago ceased to be surprised
at the doctcring Of Shakespeare. The mod
ern manager knows so much more than he
about the suitability of a play for presenta-
ton, the order of the scenes, etc, that we
are not shocked to find that the blue pencil
has been used with courage and decision
on the works of the master. But this must
be said for the adapters of the dramas of
the immortal William that they have hith-
erto confined themselves to emitting scenes
or portions of scenes. 1t has not entered
into their heads to produce composite
article by taking q scene out of, say, AS
You Like It., to interpolate it in Measure
for Measure" Much less have they gone
further and used a passage out of Marlowe
or some other contemporary to exc out one
of Shakspeare's pays. Yet there is a play,
a classical play, running at one of our the
aters at present which has been doctored in
just this fashion. Every night scene, and
a we'll known one, out of another drama is
injected to help out the action of this
comedy. If this sort of thing goes on 1t
would be proper, instead of announcing a
play of the Restoration to describe the
product as a, series of selections from the
dramas of the clever but wicked playwriters
of that interesting if unvirtuous period.
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MONITOR AND RAM.
The MiantOnOmOh and the Katahdin
Placed in Commission Yesterday.

The MiantOnOmOh ana the EataIsd1n
Placed in Commission Yesterday.
PHILADELPHIA March 10.-The mont
tor Miantonomoh and the ram Katahdin
were placed in commission at l o'clock this
afternoon at League Island navy yard. The
officers and men of the Katahdin and Mian-
tonomoh were mustered aft, and the COM
manders then read the order placing them
in commission. The commanders pennant
was run up on the masthead and the Amer
lean flag was flung to the breeze. The GER
emony was witnessed by several thousand
persons. Sixty-one seamen arrived at the
yard to-day for the two ironcfads. Ammu-
milton will be placed on these ships imme-
diately. This was the busiest day the navy
yard has experienced since the present
activity was inaugurated. The regular
force of the navy yard to-day, proved mad
equate for the work on hand, and sixty men
were sent there from Cramp ship yard.
The cruiser Columbia, which is in dry
dock, is having her bottom painted, and will
be hoated tomorrow. The Minneapolis,
which was in dry dock last week, has fin
ished taking on stores, and, with the ex-
ception of her ammunition, is ready for sea.
Orders were received at the yard to-day
that the government tug Samoset proceed
to Key West. She leaves the navy yard at
10 o'clock tomorrow.
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Spring Millinery.
Harper,s Bazaar.


Among the new shapes are round turbans
with stlTf odd brims and soft crowns. These
are worn tilted exaggeratedly far down over
the face. The brim is faced with velvet, and
the lines are somewhat trying to most
faces; but, strangely enough, it is contended
that this style of hat makes woman look
younger than her real age; and IT must be
confessed that when dotted one of the
new spider-web wells is worn a woman does
look more youthful, particularly when the
hair is drawn out. full behind the ears.
These turbans are worn in all the different
shades, and are supposed to match Il gown,
or else be worn with black. There is one
shade of blue which is very effective-a
steel blue, yet quite dark. The body of the
crown Of the hat is made of satin or of tulle
put on soft and full AT the left side there
are two or three stiff eagles quilts, held on
with large rhinestone Of cut-Steel buckle.
and below the brim at the back punches of
flowers, the same shade as the hat, and
shaped to resemble roses, or anything of
the sort. The same style of hat in black is
not so effective, and, as a rule, more trying,
described. 1t is made in quite the same way,
only the flowers are white; yet it is not
intended to give the idea Of a mourning
hat in the least. There is one shade of
brown that looks we'll in this fashion, and
three or four in gray, which, when gray is
becoming, are very effective but gray is
not a color to be put close against any skin
or hair. Those hats that are made with the
brfm covered with yellow velvet and gray
crown are infinitely more becoming.
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Blanche willis Howard. in Collie,

Blanche Willis Howard, in Golfers Weekly.
1t is quite clear why one goes to see Loie
Fuller; why one takes care to arrive at the
place illumined by her radiance, just in
time to watch her rise above the theater
horizon; and why, when she sets, one hur-
RIGS away, appalled, by the turbulence Of
shrieking little jockey girls turning hand
springs
La Loie" is poem ard a delight. I'M
terrestrial a vision from Vega or Aldeba-
ran, she UnfOlds, expands, CLOVIS in irishues,
reveals the moonlight and starlight of
dreams and wreaths herself with long fam
ing lines of beauty. Her strange dawnings,
her luminous twilights her flames merging
into tlowers-great silVery-white, other
world exotics-all her marvellous phantas-
magoria weaves spell which projects the
imagination into immensitieS of space,
where evolve eternally things fiery and
wonderful Suddenly from these I'M
earthly CLEANS and glooms something hui
man peeps out and recalls one from cosmic
woolgatherng. A face-winscme, candid.
utterly untheatrical-and the fresh smile OF
a child.
At one of Loie Fuller's at homes-which
in London and Paris are frequented by in
teresting men and Women-Camille Flam-
marion and the late Alexandra Dumas met
for the first time. The astronomer expressed
some surprise that their paths had never
before crossed,
''Ah, cher maitre," retorted Dumas gem
tally, that is easily accounted for You
rarely come down from heaven, while II
never go up there. IL
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NIGHT AND DAY.
from First Page.l

the contrary probably found their origin
in the fact that one consul. whose health
had broken down, applied for leave of
absence, which will be granted him.
The gunboat Wilmington arrived at St.
Lucia this morning, while the Vicksburg
sailed from St. Kits. kilograms were re-
ceived at the Navy Department to-day
from Admiral Sioard. at Key West, an
nouncing the arrival of the dispatch boat
Fern from Havana and that the departure
OF the Fern with food supplies for the
starving Cubans at Matanzas and Sagua Ia
Graude, will depend on the time it takes
to transfer supplies from the wharf to the
vessel The expectation is that she would
be ready to start on her mission of mercy
tomorrow or Saturday
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IN THE NAVY YARDS.
Dispatch Boat Dolphin Must Be Ready
in Two Weeks.


NEW YORK, March 10.-Several hundred
extra mechanics are employed at the Brook
Ign navy yard The dispatch boat Dolphin
has a swarm of painters and about a hun
bred mechanics rushing work upon her. 1t
is said at the yard that orders are that the
Dolphin must be ready in two weeks. Much
work is being done on the cruisers Chicago
and Atlanta. Work on the torpedo boat
Stiletto will be completed by the end of the
week, when she will be ready for sea. A
test was made to-day Of one of a consign-
ment of rapid-fire guns just received from
the Colt factory at Hartford. 1t is known
as the six-millimeter rapid-fire automatic
Colt, and is capable of firing two hundred
shots a minute, with a range of two thou
sand yards. The test proved that the bullet
would pass through q steel plate three
eighths of an inch thick, two sides of a
coil of pipe, twenty inches of wood back
ing and another steel plate one-eighth of
ten have arrived, will be used along the
rails of vessels against torpedo boats, and
also in the fighting tops. large quantity
of ammunition for use in the rapid-fre guns
arrived at the yard to-day. Supplies and
ammunition destined for Key West and
League Island navy yard are being placed
on barges. A barge loaded with fve-inch
rifles, shells and powder was towed to the
Jersey City docks for shipment, presuma-
bly, for the cruisers Minneapolis and Column
bia at Philadelphia.
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Cut His Throat.
le indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, March TO-
Henry Fox, a prominent and highly re-
spected farmer residing four miles north of
here, committed suicide at $50 o'clock this
morning. For several months he has been
sufferer from insomnia, and it is believed
that this affected his mind and was the
cause of. the deed. After eating his break
fast Re went out to the barn lot A half
hour later his wife had occasion to go to the
barn, and in passing a spot that was hidden
from the house by a small shed discovered
her husband lying in pool of blood with
his throat cut Beside him lay an old bar
low knife covered with blood, the weapon
used. Mr.. Fox was thirty-eight years old,
and no man in the community stood higher.
He was a leading member of Asbury M. E.
dren.
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Indiana Notes.

Eugene Anderson, of New Albany, who
took morphine with suicidal intent on Tues
day night died yesterday.
Rev. T. c. Probert, pastor of the First
Baptist Church at Bloomington for three
years, has resigned, and will preach his
farewell sermon Sunday. He has not ac-
cepted another CALL
The senior class of Earlham College has
secured Dr. A s. Draper. president of the
University of Illinois, to make the COM
mencement day address. President Joseph
j. Mills will preach the baccalaureate.
Charles Kennedy Martin Flaherty and
other Muncie steel workers have organized
a company and in the near future will erect
at Montpelier a plant employing $50 hands
Free land gas, buildings and bonus are
the inducements offered TO locate there.
A pocket of what is thought to be sur
face gas was struck by men while drilling
for water on the farm of ID. u. III. Farr
near Paragon, on Wednesday, 1t rushed
from the well with quite roar and it is
thought that it can be procured in paying
quantities by many who were near at hand.
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nther nentha in the stnte.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. March 10
After several months illness of a compli-
cation of diseases Rolla Holmes died at $3.50
o'clock this morning. His death has been
expected for some time, and his family,
among whom was Edward Holmes, of In
di9napolis, was at his bedside. No man in
Jeffersonville was better known than Mr..
Holmes, he having been one of the fore
most business men of the city for the past
fifty years. He was seventy-two years of
age and leaves wife and four children.
WABASH, Ind, March 10.-Mrs. William
Francis. of Connersville. who was called to
Wabash last week by the death of her sis
ter Mrs. Frank Pyle, died very suddenly
at the home OF another sister Miss Addie
Frampton, in this city, this morning. She
had been slightly indisposed, but was not in
a. serious condition. Deceased was forty
two years old.
KOKOMO, Ind, March 1O.-James B.
Parker, for rlany years a wholesale liquor
dealer in this city, died last night of par
alysis aged fifty-four years. Early in the
late war he was impressed into the Confed-
crate service, but deserted and served to
the close of the conflict in the Union ranks.
He came here twenty years ago from Shell
bVVilie
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WASHINGTON, March 10-Reports re-
ceived at the Navy Department from the
contractor in charge of dredging a new
anchorage ground for vessels at the en-
trance to the dry dock at Port Royal, S. c.,
encourage hope that the work of getting
sufficient anchorage to accommodate YES
sells of war may be successful before long.
Heretofore ships have been compelled to
come into the dock proper from below only
at high water and then get out again under
the same circumstances. The adaptability
of the dock to United States war vessels at
all times is greatly to be desired since
south of Newport News it is the only dock
on the Atlantic coast available for use of
the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron.
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THE w. G. T. U.
Locations and Dates for the New Cam
paign of Education.

Locations and Dates for the New Cam
paign of Education.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON, Ind, March 10-As result
Of a final action taken before the State w.
c. 7. u. convention adjourned a new plan
of operation, modelled after the teachers
county institute plan, also the farmers
county institute plan maintained by the
State, will be carried out by the w. c. T. U.
IN Indiana. 1t will begin next week and
continue in southern Indiana until June.
Counties have heretofore been given free
dom of running their own affairs, but this
places them under the direct orders of the
state organization to hold these annual
meetings, to which the state organization
will send special lecturers and educators
Mrs. Cammack will have charge of the
First district, Mrs. Hadley CT the Second
Mesdames McWhirter, Balch and Whitsen
of the Third and Mesdames Cammack and
Balch of the Fourth. The Institutes in
southern Indiana-the Fourth district--will
be postponed a month on account of coun-
try roads. With few exceptions these in
stitutes will be held in the county Seats
and the preparations will be under the man
agement of the county superintendent. In
the fourteen counties in which there is no
county organization lhe w. c. T. U. work
ers will have charge. The schedule for the
State has just been completed. and is as
follows:
Section 1-Schedule: Elkhart March IA
IS; st. Joseph, March 1917; Laporte. March
1919 Porter. March H-22; Lake, March 23-
"A; Starke, March 1926; Pulaski, March rs
g; Fulton, March 30-31 Marshall, April IL;
kosciusko, April 30; Whitney. April 81;
De Kalb, April SO; Steuben, April 1i-12; No
bic, April 1914; Lagrange, April 1915.
Section 2-se Sc d Il. Gass March 14-15;
Jasper, March 2-22; Newton, March 1924;
Benton, March $685. Tippecanoe, March 80
20; Warren. March 90-31; Fountain. April
Clinton, April SO; Howard. April liz; Tip.
ton. April 1874; Hamilton, April 1915; Mad
ison, April 1873; Delaware, April 20-21; Jay,
april 22-23; Adams, April 25-26; Allen, April
Grant May AS; Wabash May 81; Hunting
ton, May $40; Miami, May ILL.,
Section 3-Schedule: Marion, March 14-15;
Hendricks. March 1917; Putnam, March 49,
23-24 Vigo March 25-26: Sullivan, March
2S-29 Greene, March 3O-S1; Clay, April 1-2;
Owen, April As; Monroe, April 81; Morgan,
13-14 Randolph, April 15-16; Wayne April
1918; Fayette, April 20-2I; Union, April %
q; Franklin, April 1925; Rush, April 27-2S;
SHELBY April $3.50; Decatur, May 2-S; Bar
tnolomew, May As; Brown, May CT; john
son, May 9-10.
Section 4-Schedule: Lawrence, April 20
II; Martin. April 22-23; Daviess, April 1926
May 2-3; Posey, May 4-5; Vanderburg, May
6-7; Warrick, May $40; Dubois, May 11-12;
Spencer, May 1914; Perry, May 1917; Craw-
ford, May 1918; Harrison, May 20-21; Floyd
May 23-A; Clark, May 25-26; Jefferson May
27-28; Switzerland, May 30-3l; Owen, June
IL; Dearborn, June ga; Ripley, June 81;
Jennings, June SO; Jackson, June 10-11;
Scott, June 1914; Orange, June Isle; Wash
angton, June 17-1S.
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SHARKEY A FAyORITE.
Expected to Defeat Choynslzi I'm To-
Nights Battle.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1o.-Both Cho-
ynski and Sharkey have ceased training for
their fight tomorrow night, and both are
in perfect condition. Both are very con-
fdent, and as it is generally conceded that
the sailor will give a better account of him
self than when he first met Choynski, a
hotly-contested mill is confidently. expected.
Sharkey's staying powers, which have been
thoroughly tested by F'itzsimmons, Corbett,
Goddard and others, constituted him favor
lite in the betting at odds of 10 to 8, much
to the surprise of his opponents. but large
sum of money has already been staked at
the odds, and there was plenty more IN
hand this evening. Sharkey will probably
enter the ring at 17S pounds, while Choynski
will probably scale from $50 to 165 pounds
to -noroW night. The advance sale of tickets
has been unusually heavy.
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At smokeless Powder WORKS.

WILMINGTON, Del. March 1O.-Inquiry
at the Dupont powder works this afternoon
ELECTED the information that II compare
lively small quantity of smokeless powder
is now being manufactured for the United
States. A member of the firm said: Our
works are not yet fully started on govern
ment contracts, and the quantity turned
out is small compared with what we will
be able to manufacture when fully started.
We are now turning out about 1000 pounds
of smokeess powder per day."
When questioned as to the capacity of the
works on this grade of powder in the event
of an emergency he said: 1--WE can turn out
about 1900 pounds per day."
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II. r. H. LAYS a Cornerstone.

CANNES, March 10.-The Prince of Wales
to-day laid the foundation stone of the new
Michael of Russia, the Duke of Cambridge
and the leading authorities, in addition to "a
brilliant gathering of the general public.
feet and the mayor of Cannes, the Prince
oe Wales said: Il am touched by the senti-
mentS which you have expressed in the
name of the government of the republic. 1
sincerely hope France will long enjoy the
benefits of the government you represent
and that the cordial relations between
France and Great Britain will continue for
the good of humanity
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MhnIebncks as Rims,

CLEVELAND, o., March 10.-It is stated
that the government is considering whereby
the big fleet Of whaleback vessels on the
lakes can be turned into formidable fight
ing machines in case of war. They would
doubtless be of great value for coast de-
Tense purposes. An important feature is
that they can be submerged so that only
one foot of the upper works appears over
the water. Marine men and government
officials agree that with the addition OF a
couple of turrets to the whaleback and a
ram forward, these vessels would be Of
great service in case Of war. There are
thirty-five of the whaleback steamers on
the lake. They are owned by the American
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A NOVEL INDUSTRY.
Making Artificial SILK by n Curious
Chemical Process.

Several months ago we called attention to
the fact that large piece of fabric woven
from artificial silk threads had been OBJ
tanned in Europe for the collection of the
Philadelphia Commercial Museum. Since
that time many people have examined the
goods and admired the soft, silky texture
and beautiful coloring. 1t is now stated
that a large mill is being constructed at
Coventry England, for the production of
artificial silk upon Il great scale. One thou
sand pounds of artificial raw silk are to be
produced daily.
This artiheially produced silk should not
be COMPOUNDED with various poor limitations
OF silk made by treating linen cotton
threads or woven fabrics with mucilaginous
preparations and imparting a gloss by
means of calendar rolls for the artificial
silk appears to be almost identical in COM
position, structure and general appearance
with natural silk. The silk worm secretes
a thick vscid solution obtained from mas
Treating certain leaves; from the glutinous
substance the worm spins its cocoon. The
ingenious chemist. copying the l0wly worm.
makes from suitable fbres, such as cotton,
q sort OF pulp by chemical treatment. When
dissolved in ether and alcohol this substance
forms when filtered clear. thick gclati-
nous fluid which dries rapidly when exposed
to the cir by reason OF the evaporation OF
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The Kaiser Angry.
London Letter.


The Kaiser does not mind abuse, but HI
resents ridicule, and it is said that he has
out whether the lord chamberlain in hi
capacity as censor of the drama and of al
the theaterS in London cannot put stoI
to lyrical affront to which his Majesty il
being nightly subjected in a number of Lon
don music halls and variety shows by thu
singing, amidst great applause, the audi
ence joining in the chorus, the following
doggerel verses, anent his Majesty's speech
about the Mailed Fist of Germany"
Fitzsimmons met the Kaiser,
And they warmly Rugged and kissed.
Old Fitz he had his gloves on,
Bill had a mailed fist.
The Kaiser he grew nasty;
They had a blooming row;
The Kaiser nit FtzsimmonS.
Where is the Kaiser now?
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Tnlmngc Has Settled 1t.
the IndianapoIls journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, March 10.-Rev. T. De-
witt Talmage, the eminent divine and lee
turer, delivered an address in this city last
night, and this afternoon in discussing the
Spanish complication, said emphatical!y
that he believed war would not result. He
said: II have come direct from Washing
ton, and I want to tell you now that we
will have no war with Spain. The action
of Congress in appropriating $50,0OO,O00 for
the national defense settled that fact, and
settled it conclusively. When 1 arm myself
with good stout walking stick I notice
that the dogs on the street have q great
respect for me. War between civilized ma
tons has ceased and we shall see no more
of it."
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Rusb e5O.ooo Tons of Coal.

CLEVELAND, March 10-Kirk, Woods &
Co., of this city, to-day closed a contract
with government officials for 100000 tons of
COAL to be rushed to Key West.
THE orders we received from government
representatives were to rush the coal for
ward with all possible speed" said Mr..
Kirk to-day. "They allow us but very
short time for the delivery of the coal, and
offer large bonus if we deliver it before
the time agreed upon. Special arrange
ments have been made by the government
with the railroads to have this coal rushed
through to Key West as fast as it is mined.
The trains conveying the coal will carry
no other merchandise, thus avoiding the
delay of stopping at intermediate points to
leave cars
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Champion American Swimmer.

CHICAGO, March 10-Walter Blum, a
young swimmer, eighteen years old, created
a new American record last night in the
tank of the Chicago Athletic Association.
1t was in the quarter mile race, an open
contest, one of three at different distances
for the indoor championship of the Cen
trail Association of the Amateur Athletic
Association. Blum's time, 6:2S rs, is exactly
one second faster than any time ever done
before in this country
The previous record is that of A. T. Ken
swimmer who came 't out here during the the
worlds fair and beat all the best men in
the country in the lagoon in Jackson Park.
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a disappointment to the citizens here, as 1t
was expected. Section Fl of the special act
reads: That any officer or person who is
required to perform any duty under any of
the provisions of this act who fails, neglects
quired so TO do by mandate in an action
brought against him by one or more of the
petitioners mentioned herein in the circuit
court Of the county in which said relocation
of the county seat is desired; and for an
intentional and willful failure or neglect to
perform any of such duties he may be re-
moved from Office The law also says that
an officer failing to promptly discharge the
duty required under the act shall be subject
to q penalty of $500, said penalty, when
collected, to be for the benefit of the COM
mon schools of such county. Action will
be instituted at once against Commissioners
John b. Burrel and George Gibson in ac-
cordance with the above sections.