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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
SWEPT BY TIDAL WAVES.
Great Damage Done to the Low
Islands of the Caroline Group.

SAN FRANCISCO. April PA Chronicle
special from Tacoma says: Tidal waves
and severe gales have caused great damage
TO the low islands of the Carolinian group
during the last few months, according to
Captain Hitchfield, master and owner OF
the British schooner Queen of the Isles.
which arrived at Wanchai near Hong
Kong. from the Caroline group He said
all the bread fruit and taro. the only lux
uries the natives have 10 vary their usual
meal of cocoanuts and fish. have been
killed. In December last the Queen of the
Isles picked up the crew and passengers.
twenty-nine in all, of the American mission
ary schooner r. w. Logan, of Boston.
which was wrecked during a storm on one
of the Mortlick islands. Landing the mis-
sionaries safely on their own island, the
Queen of the Isles proceeded eastward.
After a days sail past the Bordalaise reefs
Captain Hitchfield was seized with strong
impression that he should visit these islets.
He accordingly turned back and found the
Island of St. Augustine half washed away.
Fourteen people on the verge of starvation
had taken refuge on the highest point of
the island. their gardens on the lower por-
tions having been swept out of existence
by an immense tidal wave. These people
were taken aboard and turned over 10 the
Spanish governor at Ponape. On her last
trip the Queen of the Isles landed them at
their original home on one of the western
high islands.
Not long ago Captain Hitchfield and his
schooner were the means of saving the lives
of over two hundred people at one Of the
Gilbert islands. A tidal wave overlook them
and they would have been swept away but
for the timely assistance rendered by his
boats and crew.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29

tors in the city were probably I'm the ma
jorfty among these callers. Several of her
relatives and a number of Canton women
friends were with Mrs. George all day The
party kept close TO the hotel most Of the
time Mrs George retired to her room at
the hotel soon after supper this evening.
She will attend Sunday services at the First
Methodist Church next Sunday. All Of the
kilograms received by Mrs. George are not
mere congratulations. One. it is announced,
is from a theatrical company. in Columbus,
offering her 500 for a weeks engagement
with the company Another offer is for the
same sum for lecture in Pittsburg on
"Woman's Rights" One of her relatives.
speaking for her, said both offers had been
declined. as would be all such propositions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29

Spaniards after Spanish domination. had
been ended by the valor Of our troops" the
proclamation asserts. The proclamation
complains that the Filipinos were not rep
resented at Paris during the negotiations
of the treaty. and that they are without
assurances Of the fulhllment of American
promises. 1t dilates on the alleged Anglo
Saxon hatred Of the blacks and asserts it
them. Deploring a lack of foreign aid in
prosecuting the war. the proclamation con-
cludes: I'VE stand alone, but we will fight
TO the death. Coming generations will pray
over our graves. shedding tears of gratitude
for their freedom
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES.
Otis Gives Names of Three Dead and
Score or More Wounded

WASHINGTON, April 2S-Adjutant Cen
eral Corbin has received the following cas-
ualty list from General Otis:
killed.
First Washington-April %: Co. F.. Cor
poral Edward w. Strain; Private Joseph
Emo. First Montana-Co. VI, Private Chas
Murphy.
Wounded
First WashingtOn-Lieut. c. A. Booker.
slight: Privates Harvey r. Smith, face,
moderate; Co ID. William j. Marshall. neck.
slight; co. III, c. c. Woods. abdomen. Sc
we're: Robert Hovey. leg. severe: Sidney o.
Dickinson. chest, severe; Abel Nilsson,
cheek. severe; William f. Howard. thigh.
severe: Sherman T. Sheppard, chest. Sc
we're: Edward Curley, thumb. slight: George
A: Clark. thumb. slight; A. A. Ellis. loin,
slight: Corporal @. w. Hovey. abdomen, Sc
we're; Co. l.. Private Ennis chest. slight.
twentieth Kansas-Co. NJ, Capt. William
Blshop. hip. moderate; Co. A. Sergt. c. A
Woodward, groin. moderate; Co X Cor
poral f. r. Kincaid. arm, slight: Co. L,
Pr1vates r. l.. Whitaker. side. severe: l.
"A, Terry. abdomen. severe; Co. NJ, Henry
Morrison, chest, severe.
First South Dakota-Co. h. Sergt Chas.
l., ButIer, leg, slight: Corporal Harmon
IL Buck, arm slight.
FIRST Montana-Maj. John Miller, shoul-
ger, severe: Co. T., Capt. Andrew Jenson
forearm, severe; Co. b. Privates James Tfr-
ney thigh. severe: Co. l. j. T. Schultz.
moderate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
RICH FOOD FOR GOSSIP
JUSTICE STOVER SEPARATES HENRY
Il. SLOANE AND WIFE,
And the DivOrcee Is Imm ediately Mar
ton fOr New YOrI<'s 400"

NEW YORK, April 2S.-New York's 400
now have plenty of food for gossip. Justice
Slower in the Supreme Court to-day, grant
ed a decree which divorced Henry II. Sloane
and Jessie A, his wife. The decree was
asked for by Mr.. Sloane. Tonight at $50
o'clock Perry BelI., and the divorce
were married at Greenwich. Conn.,. by the
Rev. Walter NJ. Barrows, pastor of the Sec
ond Congregational Church of that city. MIR.
and Mrs Belmont will go TO Washington,
where they will be the guests of Mrs. G. II.
Rowland, Mr.. Belmont's sister. for several
days Mr.. Belmont will then take his bride
10 Kentucky to visit his stock farm.
Before leaving this city tonight, and at
Mr.. Belmont's request, the new Mrs. Bel
mont conveyed her home at No. 9 East Sew
enty-second street, the house that has been
recently given to her by Mr.. Sloane. and
all its contents to the State Trust Company,
with instructions to convey 1t back again
to Mr. Sloane. The property is valued at
s55OOOo If he shall refuse TO accept it the
trust company is instructed to invest the
proceeds of the sale of the house for the
benefit of two Sloane children.
Henry T. Sloan is a well-known and
wealthy society man. The divorce decree
from his wife was absolute and was based
on the report of referee, whose name was
rot disclosed. The name of the CORE
spondent was also kept secret. The custody
Of the Sloan children, Jessie. Emily and
Eleanor, was given TO Mr.. Sloan. He was
also accorded the right to marry and the
defendant in the suit, it was stated. should
not lawfully marry again until after the
death of Mr.. Sloan. But" the decree con-
tinued. 1.-The remarriage of the said parties
to this action. Is not hereby prohibited" +"
Mrs Sloan is deprived of the right TO any
part in Mr.. Sloan's property. The separa-
ton of the couple was announced last De-
ber
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
AN OCULIST'S BLUNDER.
Removed the Well Eye from Patient
and Now He Is Blind.

MONTREAL April &-Several years ago
Thomas Stewart, then ten years old. lost
the sight OF one eye. the blade of a PEN
knife having been accidentally run into ii.
DR.. Alexander Proudfoot attended him. Re-
Gently DIR, Proudfoot advised the removal
of the useless eye as the only means of pre-
serving the other intact. This was agreed
to and the delicate task was intrusted TO
DR.. Proudfoot, who is assistant oculist and
aurist to the general hospital The opera
tion took place at the family residence and
at its conclusion Ii was found that terri
BILE mistake had been made-the healthy eye
had been removed. On recovery from the
effects of the anesthetic, the patient found
himself blind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
BANDS OF MERCY.
$4,000 school Children to Assist the
American Humane Society.

KANSAS CITY Mo, April 2S.-A mass
meeting OF 1900 school children, organized
as Bands of Mercy, or Juvenile auxiliaries
to the American Humane Society, was held
this afternoon in Kansas City's big conven-
tion hall. Probably 5000 children were un-
able 10 gain admittance to the hail, as sew
eral thousand adults crowded in and the
children who came late were shut out. 1t is
estimated that nearly 5000 persons were in
the hall. The programme included choruses
sung by the thousands of children. speeches
by School Superintendent Greenwood Ed
win r. Weeks, president of the Humane So
ciety. and others. and the reading of essays
by pupils of the public schools voicing SEN
timents Of kindness TO dumb animals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
Medals for Minne.a.a.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. April Ex-Governor Lind
to-day sent the following cablegram to Col
Ames, Of the Thirteenth Minnesota Volun-
teers, now in the Philippines: The Prssi-
dent informed me Otis reported all volun-
teers willing 10 remain until regulars ar
rived. Volunteers remaining in Manila since
peace will receive medals. Otis will grant
individual discharges on application. Regi-
ment will be returned before June l."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
Josephine waIbaum Gets a Divorce.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-Justice Slower, in
the Supreme Court to-day, signed a decree
by which Josephine Walbaum is granted
an absolute divorce from Gottfried wal
baum. the well-known turfman. Walbaum
was one of the principal owners of the fam
Gus Gutenberg track. and was identified
with the Hudson county big Four when
they were a power in New Jersey politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
ANNOUNCING THE REQUEST OF FILL
PINOs FOR A TRUCE,
Taken as an Indication that the In
surgcnts Are Heartily Tired OF BE-
ing Whipped Every Day.
MUCH PARLEYING PROBABLE
AND DISTURBANCES MAY CONTINUE
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS,

But IL Is Hoped the Philippines Com-
mission VIII Avert Further Hostii-
ities by Arranging Peace Treaty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
Casualties from Feb. 4 to ApriI 2s

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-A statement
prepared by the War Department shows
that los soldiers were killed in the Philip-
pines from Feb. to April IS. and LII
wounded, total Of 1.3Os.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
Return OF General Ander,o,

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2S.-The steam
er America Maru arrived from Hong Kong
and Yokohama via Honolulu to-day. Among
her passengers were Major General Ander-
son and wife. Lieutenant Anderson, Lieu
tenant Alien and wife. Major Guise Vis-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
Nearly Fifty Bodies Recovered Mt
kirksviIle and n Number of Per-
sons Unaccounted For.
SEVENTY PEOPLE INJURED
MANY QUEER FRANKS PLAYED BY
THE STORM CLOUD.
Fifteen Reported Dead at Newtown
and Several Injured-Course of the
Tornado Throughout the state.

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. April 2s.-As a result
OF the tornado that swept through the east
ern portion of this city yesterday evening
demolishing half of the residences and other
buildings, two hundred families are home
less and nearly fifty dead bodies and
seventy injured persons have been recov-
cred from the ruins. More than a dozen
OF the injured will die. Although rescuers
have been searching the ruins ever since
the storm spent its fury many are still
missing, and ii is thought that a consid-
cradle number of the unfortunates were
incinerated in the flames that broke out
soon after the storm had ceased. The work
OF rescue continues, but it may be days
before the total number of victims is
known. AS far as known the names of the
dead and injured are as follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
pussy's Victory Over an Eagle.

A tiger cat, belonging b Farmer Hazard, of Herrick, Susquehanna county, was strolling out toward the barn some time ago, carrying in her teeth piece of meat for her young. A bald eagle, which had been lowering over the farm for week, suddenly de- seconded upon her and whirled her up- ward in rapid vertical flight
 The path of ascent, to the eye of a spectator watching the scene, was clearly indicated by loose feathers violently tossed from the point of com bat. In a brief time the struggling pair came to standstill iu the sky. The eagles wings had dropped now and then, and he had given plain evil dence of pain and terror, yet not once had his awful grip appeared to relax. At length a descent was begun, with a rapidity which increased every mo- ment. and the two animals struck the ground at the point where they had at first encountered each other, but the eagle was dead, and the cat, as soon as she felt terra firma beneath her feet, shot away for the barn, still carrying her bit of meat.
 Investigation showed that the cat had cut the eagles throat and so lacer- ated it's breast that its body was liter ally laid open. After the death in mid air, however, the cat had been too clever to relax her hold and thus fall to the ground, but let her enemy serve a parachute to ease her descent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
The Best Air Temperature.

The conditions affecting the temper ature of the body other than those due to physiological conditions are very numerous. First and most obvious is the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere. It is a well-established fact that an average temperature of the air of 54 degrees Fahrenheit is best adapted to the public health, for at that temperature the decomposition of animal and vegetable matter is slight and normal temperature is most easily maintained. Every degree of temperature above or below that point requires a more or less efforG of the heat-regulating power to maintain the proper equilibrium. Even M0re potent in elevating the bodily temperature is the introduction into the blood. wheth- CT by respiration or by direct injection of putrid fluids and the gases of de- composing matters. If this injection is repeated at short intervals, death will occur with a high temperature.
 The air of cities contains emanations in hot weather from a vast number of sources of animal and vegetable de- composition, and the inhalation of air so vitiated brings in contact with the blood these deleterious products in a highly divided state which causes a fatal elevation of temperature in the young, old and enfeebled. The same effect is produced by the air in close and heated places, as in tenement houses, workshops, schoolhOuses, hos pital wards and other rooms, where many persons congregate for hours-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
Snakes Do Swallow Their Young.

met with curious incident some Fears ago while hunting snakes in the sNamps at Melrose. I came across a Aale and female striped, with numer- 1ns young ones. The parents were near saeh other, the family crawling over and around them. I was going for zen, when, on second thought. 1 con- sNded to watch them. They did not appear to be frightened, but went on samboling about for some time. I we1t ' httle nearer when both snakes
 Qrneo toward me, making a faint aplSe and placed their heads fiat on
 Ae ground. It was a curious sight to sye these snakes, not long born, some 4 them a foot or two away, turn at ae hoise, and instantly seek refuge in gen parents wide-open mouths. I am
 Eltalh It was note of warning of I 4siuger caught both snakes and put i nen Tn separate bags. The female 4iu ten young and the male had swal- s%sWed live. This Is the first instance 4 any notice of q male snake perform Ag this affectionate duty for it's souhg. l placed the whole family in a hn Da, Where they lived peaceably a
 ns tlme. From Forest and Stream.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
ANTIQUE OAK THAT IS OLD.
Beautiful Results With Pieces Buried Un-
 der Chicago 1000 Years Ago.


 der Chicago 1000 Years Ago.
 White oak logs that have been bur jed under the site of Chicago for 1000 years have just been put to use. Prof. Ossian Guthrie, the Chicago geologist, who has studied the local strata and helped to unearth the remnants of some of these prehistoric trees, has just come into possession of two toilet brushes made from this ancient oak, that have surprised the manufactur- CT of imitation antique" woods by the wonderful color and polish of which the genuine antique oak Is cap able. No precious woods that have ever been imported into Chicago are so maryelously beautiful as these specimens with which Prof Guthrie has just been presented.
 Most of these prehistoric logs have been resurrected from the 7,000-year- old graves to be divided up among the museums and universities of the coun- try. Walnut, willow, beech and most of the modern native woods have been dug up under these glacial deposits and alluyium of seventy centuries, but the white oak, the same tree evidently that fourishes in the parks to day, has been preserved best of all.
 Some ffightful cyclone appears to have bent and laid low tue trees at first. The iron fibre is bent and twist ed in nearly all of them in one partic ular spot in the trunk, and it is evi- dent that this was the cause that first buried the giant forests under the sands and alluYium. Some of these trunks have been followed by Prof. Guthrie in the excavations for streets and houses for many feet. One trunk in Sheffield avenue, was uneaFthed for seventy feet.
 Evidently this forest was the first growth after the glacial period. It lies close to the glacial clay, under the al- luvial drift, at a general depth of four teen feet. The cyclone apparently laid the forest low, and the sand and drift were blown up from the lake and GOV cred It. The water formed an air-tight capsule about the trunk, aud kept it from decaying.
 Of late years, however, the surface sewers have drained the water away from the trunks, and the bark and out CT layers of wood have gone to decay. The iron fibre of the inner wood is still intact in most of them, however. The wood from which Prof. Guthrie's souvenirs are made was dug up near the corner of Calumet avenue and ThirtY-ninth street, where many of the trunks are being chopped away in sewer eXcayating.
 No imitation antique wood has ever attained the singular beauty of this old oak. It is dark, almost q greenish black. the result of hundreds of years discoloratton by the surrounding wa ter. The polish which it has attained is unlike anything ever seen by wood importers. The fibre of the wood was found almost as tough as fiue wire in working it up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
ING PEARLS TO ORDER.
a ovs .er Being Domestieatcd and ''' 4.ho Jewelry Business.

ovsser Being Domestieated and z ranybt the Jewelry Business.
 onds rubies, emeralds and sap
 P ln9n save all been produced in the |s sstarv a and it is now the turn of 91aaoi 9ori The chemist, however, is
 pea.alf posaIf the maker of the new arti- ' nnsris: ,las he is only the collaborator. # ps 4,.Io that false pearl are made 4 mother-of-pearl, but their lustre # mn m to the mark. The Chinese ~ long introduced grains of sand se ,;ttla knots of wire into the shell Z .tn l1'' nparl oyster in order that the p e1 to relieve itself from the irri- lplai, aa so caused, may coat the foreign s,l a'ssonce 9 with pearl. If this matter be asaa sEtad between the shell and the $ a.lo ioN inc oyster can eject it by con-
 sis .ions of his body. To prevent this oTtan l0 a French experimenter, has sonnod the shell and introduced stt head of naere, which might, how < \ he 4 true pearl of a small size, M M.sneh the hole, and fixed it by means sempnt to the shell. This bean was saursp of time covered with nacre
 sbe oyster, and a fine large pearl 2 tbo result. Dealers cannot distin- 'sb it from an Oriental pearl. The ssfion of making pearls in this way < recently discussed at a meeting of 5eedamies des Sciences, Paris, and
 Bertbelot. the famous chemist, Ob- .Fed that such q pearl could only be ssidered a true pearl if it had at |st hundred layers of the pearl SFp. otherwise it would only be a .eign substance covered with nacre scourse. if the foreign matter is a arl itself this objection disappears, 8 we have the means of producing Els at will. According to NJ. La ze Duthier, some two years would be slifed for haliotide to produce a ] pearl. The artificial pearl of the ae. fabricated from nacre, could ,e be coated in the same way. Eyi- 8tly the pearl mussel and oyster are snt to be domesticated for the prod Eson of pearls, as the spider for silk. |arI divers may become legend of , past.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24

n word to the wise is sufieiento ant d word from the wise should be sufficient, but you ask, who are the wise? Those who know. The oft 1e- peated experience of trustworthy per sons may be taken for knowledge. Mr " ' NJ. Terry says Chamberlain,s Cough Remedy gives better satisfac- ton than any other in the market. lie has been in the drug business at Elk ton, ky, for twelve years; has sold al other cough medicines manufactur- ed, which shows conclusively that Chamberlain's is the most satisfactory to the people and is the best. For sale by w. L. Dewoody X Go. druggists,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
The TypewrIter,s Spread.

mere are probably few even among hose sp Who use the typewriter who have ans ans proper conception of the variety sHa stit,t tuhlyersality of the ingenious sub sltate for the pen.
 son4, ni1llough only in it's very early sson sUuln' It has already penetrated into XII ,t[S corner of the earth. It has gone 9o 'th tp invading armies and explorers in- p pooI .ne very heart of Africa. Lieutenant and e9ig ' has introduced it to polar ice ro sro. U e,ii mas travelled thousands of miles svoa. oa siberian snows. It travels with ety ef tS army and feet, and it was one snneoa lne mrs nrst things rescued from the beionop @o or the most costly typewriters | RnOai R,ols 10 the Queen and the Czar of of fssSia. wbi. They are exquisite machines of ipna gaate enamel and gold, with keys nses 1efg. ag. The Queen Regent of Spain kbsd,1,ne 1ne Tor her correspondence, the fbaroa fbeaife possesses one, and. in fact, sharo N N scarcely a court in Europe
 >ie 'ne typewriter has not place. spa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
hatnrdaY. \ priI 29, 1S99,

between the hours of ten o'clock in the fore noon and three o'clock in the afternoon. at the front door of the livery and feed stable of Williams & Hill, in the city of Pine Bluff, Ark. offer for sale to the highest and best bidder, all of the property of B. r. Williams, deceased, on a credit of three and six months with approved security Said property con- sists of an unexpired lease on Lot 1 Block 60, Woodruff addition to Pine Bluff, Ark, with the right of removal of the barn and fixtures now used as a livery stable, five buggies, i've horses and lot of harness and livery stable fixtures. and all of the furniture and
 fixtures in the hotel used in connection with the stable and business of the late B. F. Will iiams. deceased. A complete inventory of said property is now on file in the office of chancery cierk' N' l. hO FMS!
 anril fq 1909. so. Commissioner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24

Let me say nave used E y's Crean4 Balm for catarrh and can thoronp h. lv recommend it for what it claims. Very truly, Rev. H N. Hathaway, Elizabeth, NJ
 l tried ElS's Cream Balm, and to all appearances am cured ofcatarrh The terrible headacHes from hieh ong suffered are gone-W. J. Hitch lock, late Major U. $. Y. and A. A. re n., Buffalo, N. '.
 GA l0c. trial size or the soc. size of E!y's Cream Balm will be mailed. Kept by druggists. Ely Brothers, 6W arIen St NY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-04-24
Rheumatisn. Cured ?

My wife has used GhamberIain's pain Balm for rheumatism with great relief, and 1 can recommend it as a splendid lnlment for rheumatism and other household use for which We have found it yaluable.-W. J. Cuyler, Red Creek, N. '.
 Mir. .sCuyler is one of the leading mer- chants of this village and one of the most prominent men in this vicinity.- " G. Pbippin, editor Red Creek Herald. For sale by ". L. Dewoody < Go.