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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
SURVEYS OF THE GREAT LAKES.
Present Condition of the Elaborate
Undertaking by Government.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mai. w. L. Fisk, under whose supervision
the United States lake survey is working,
recently returned to Detroit from a trip to
upper Lake Michigan, where he completed
a survey of the South Fox island shoal and
lake in that vicinity. The engineer corps
at the present time is at work getting out
new charts, which will be printed in color,
10 replace the old charts now in use.
In a recent interview Major Fisk said
that the general plan is TO survey all the
lakes TO meet present and future conditions.
and for the guidance OF deep-draught boats.
He said that the difficulty with existing
charts is that most Of them were drawn
when beats OF twelve and fourteen-foot
draught were considered big ones. but now
that 50O-fOOters. drawing eighteen feet and
over are the rule rather than the exception.
Ii Is imperative that the charts be brought
up to date.
According 10 the majors statement. an
entirely new survey of upper Lake Mich
igan and the west end of Lake Erie will be
made. and a chart Of Lake Huron, includ-
ing Georgian bay. has already been started.
Charts OF the harbors al Cleveland. Fair
port, Conneaut. Ashtabula and Muskegon.
he SAYS, will soon be out. The ones for
Duluth and Superior harbors and Maumee
bay are now ready, and the chart OF CleVe-
land harbor Is already In the hands OF the
printers. A new chart Of the Detroit river
is also being prepared, showing the channel
from Detroit TO Lake Erie, containing val
progressing at the 500. That in the St
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05

liable information and details on a large
scale Of Bellard's reef and the Lime kilns
crossing.
An interesting work upon which Major
Fisk and his men are now engaged Is that
OF gauging the flow of the Detroit river 10
ascertain the amount Of water which passes
through the river. Similar work Is no"
Clair river has been completed. The gaug-
ing of the st. Lawrence river and the Ma
CARA river has been finished, ana that at
Detroit will probably be completed IN ABOUT
a year.
This work IS part of the great undertak-
ing by the government 10 gather data re-
garding the lake water levels. and measure
ments at the various points named VIII nr
used in the work OF finding out the supply
from the various sources and tracing down
the sources. Referring 10 the idea thaI ms
been current for several years that Lake
Erie levels are falling. and that before Ions
something viii have 10 be done 10 matnt1in
the level, Major Fisk declares that ccnul-
tons are not at all alarming. eut II the
worst should come IL would not be a very
difficult task. in his opinion, 10 build a dam
across Niagara river and thus raise the
| Lake Erie level several feet. If necessary.
He says that there IS no danger that the
power plants at Niagara Will consume
enough water to materially affect the a X
/ level
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
THE ARMY AND NAVY FOREVER.
From Morning TIL Night the BugIcs
Keep the Echoes Flying.
Ience Boston Transcript.

Correspondence Boston Transcript.
Truly It's the army and navy forever" az
Halifax. From morning till night the
bugles keep the echoes flying about Che
bucto head. In the morning YOU are wax
ened by the heavy clanking tread OF a
squad of the engineer corps going from the
citadel barracks TO work on the new fortin-
CATIONS at Herring cove. At breakfast you
are startled by the booming Of cannon in
the harbOr, and the waiter tells you that 4
French man-of-war has just come in and IS
giving two salutes-One 10 the military
commander of the garrison and one 10 Ad-
miral Bedford, OF the British North Allan
tic squadron. whose flagship. the Crescent.
spends the summer I'm Halifax and tho win
ter at Bermuda. Later on a British officer,
every detail OF dress and manner the per-
lection of good form. glOved and booted
and %spurred, drops with clanking sword
into the seat beside you on the street car.
You take the ferry at Dartmouth and pass
II. NJ. :. Quail AZ the Kings dock, with \
score OF barefOOted sailors washing down
her decks: a little further up YOU see a line
OF dirty sailors carrying baskets Of coal TO
the bunkers of the interchangeable. Out I'm the
stream a squad Of marines are having
sword Grill on the Crescent. their sabers
flashing rhythmlcally in the sun. At II
O'Clock you set your watch by the boom 81
cannon. After supper-"tea' IL Is in Hall
Ky sit on the hotel porch and watch
two thousand Tommies stroll by I'm all VA
Tieties of uniform, but always with tho
same absurd little cane. the days duties
over. now mostly awOoing bent.
As the twilight dies away You make I'D
our mind TO take a lonely row up the
Northwest arm In the moonlight. As YOU
push out in the harbor YOU see the black
hulk OF the flagship lit up with colored
lights. a little later YOU hear the ships
band strike up the Marseillaise." in honor
of the visiting Frenchmen. There Is an i'm
terval OF silence and then the Blue Dan
ube' floats ont across the water. and you
realize that the officers Of the feet are Civ
ing a ball on the flagship: SO YOU draw your
boat close up under the shadow OF the ship
and listen 20 the music and the voices and
watch the gay uniforms and dresses. Then.
If you arc a casual tourist here for a dav
or two, YOU give up your lonely row in the
moonlight and make MP your mind 10 come
10 Halifax again next year and bring let
ters OF introduction and stay FOR a fort
night or two. perhaps.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05

Inc Democratic Chicago Chronicle, which
neither supports Mayor Harrison nor sym
p~athizes with Mr.. Bryan, takes the latter
severely to task for his declaration in
his Labor-day speech that each decade
of our history shows greater production
of wealth, and the men who produce it
have less to show for it." The Chronicle
In commenting on this sentence. SAYS:
The exact opposite is the fact. Each
decade shows many men, an uncounted
muItltude In all, who have collected and
invested the savings Of their wages uvho
nave prospered i'm the thrifty WAYS which
they adopted. who have become merchants
or manufacturers, who have become the
employers OF labor and have added TO the
general prosperity of the Iaboring class
and of the country. N~inety-fve per cent
OF the men now at the head Of the great
industries began in the ranks of labor and
by hard work laid the foundations of their
present fortunes. 3 . > BETTER va q orc
paid for labor than ever were paid before,
shorter hours at higher pay prevail
throughout the world. Labor to-daI 6nds
comforts in every home that the verv rich
did not enjoy a generation or two genera
lions ago. Carpets on the floors. mirrors
and pictures on the walls. furDiture in the
rooms that ia elegant as we'll as usefnI
DeuS Where WEAKNESS may enjoy soothing
siumber-these are some of the things that
the men who produce wealth have 10
show for it," -
The Chronicle, which is as hostile n
anything Republican as is Mr.. Bryan. tells
Mr.. Bryan and those like him that a pres-
idential election cannot be won by the
calamity cry, for the reason that so few
people believe in it.. In fact, the man of
average intelligence knows that all work
ers are rising in the scale of living as the
years pass. At the same time that Mr.
Bryan was telling his audience that labor
has less to show for its toll now thar
ever before, another Labor-day orator. q
lawyer in Pittsburg, urged the hosts OF
labor who have millions of dollars in saw
ings institutions to draw them out and
thus bankrupt the trusts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05

American Kitchen Magazine.
When Mr.. Moody met the first band Of
students at the Training School eleven
years ago., he said: 'WelI, girls. 1 don't
know how much Bible you Will get this
year, but I do mean that you shall know
how to cock a beefsteak and make a cup
of coffee, so that your poor husbands,
when you get them, need not ave dyspep-
STA the first year"
This end has been kept in view through
all the years of the school.
The domestic science classroom is
neither as large nor as well equipped as
the seminary, but with a class of fourteen
at work il is a busy place. and reports from
those now on the mission field, as we'll as
the practical results in the extensive cook
ing for the school, show that Mr.. Moody's
hopes are being realized.
one of the students, now in Africa nurs-
ing the soldiers, writes: What hould /
have done without my experience in cook
ing at Northfield. with broths, jellies and
custards 10 make for scores OF sick men,
as we'll as more substantial dishes for those
In health: and all with a most meager sup
ply of cooking utensils
Another student, working in the South,
says that her knowledge or sewing and
cooking has been of inestimable value to
her in opening the hearts OF the mothers
and prep ring the way for the gospel mes
sag
The first terms work in cooking is made
very practical. not only that the funda-
mental principles may be the better demon
strated, but that it may be of practical use
in mission work.
The second terms work Is more elabo-
rate. for those who wish 10 fit themselves
either for cooking or for experimenting
such work. as some of the students are al
ready doing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
FALSE AND HARMFUL CHATTER.

1t is not only at variance with the facts,
but a stigma upon the good name of a law
abiding and rights-respecting city to style
the brawIs which have been taking place
occasionally in this city the past season
a race war. The whole trouble is due to an
organized gang of young ruffians who have
had q name and an organization for five or
six years. At first, and even now, ii is i'm
material to them whether the object of
their persecution is black or white. 1t is
usually safe to assail negroes because there
is less danger i'm doing so. a party of
whites that was defenseless and which
could be tcrrorized would be attacked the
same as if they were blacks
But the point which the Journal insists
on, and which all intelligent people will in
sist on, is that there is no such a thing as a
race war in Indianapolis. Among the peo-
pie of both races who respect themselves
there is the best of feeling. Colored labor
in Indianapolis occupies an important place
in the Industrial system OF the city. In all
large establishments in the city a number
of cOlored men hold positions and are re-
spected because they are faithful. There
are bad. very bad. negroes. and there are
bad, and very bad, whites; both are dis
! reputable i'm every respect, and disreputabIe
in the same way. The negroes furnish
more than q proportional share Of the bust
! ness of the Police Court, probably because
they are less cautious. Just now the thing
Tor white ~rufians To do is to prosecute ne
----- IL 4. a. ,.~rTt IS a. q
a class of toughs in whom the spirit of law
lessness and savagery is rampant. For a
time the "Bungaloo' gang assailed peace
able negroes. Very naturally. younger ne
groes who have been made the object of
such outrages have threatened TO organize
and retaliate. They have not done so be-
cause of the influence of the large number
of law-observing and cool-headed negroes
in the CITY. Here let it be said that there
is no more reason to hold colored people
generally responsible for the acts Of men
like Miller. who probably went into the Co
lumbia-avenue crowd to shoot, than there
is 10 hold the decent whites in the sections
in which the "Bungaloos" live responsible
for their acts.
II Is time That the pOllce authorities give
their attention to the ~"Bungaloo" gang and
others who appear to be ready to commit
outrage in a manner which will strike ter
ror to such evildoers. Three or four years
ago the "Bungaloos' were laughed at. but
now that they have grown up they are a
menace TO life and property. Judge DAILY
has set an excellent example in Furnishing
the ~scoundrels who have been arrested. In
appealed cases let the Criminal Court do its
duty. as TO Miller, let him be arraigned al
once and convicted and given the severest
sentence of the law. nus far the police
authorities are chiefly responsible for these
outrages. They are responsible that
those who make up the ~"Bungaloo" and
! like gangs are not ~well-known and kept in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
WORN BY PASSING coin.
Object Lesson offered by Ticket Win
dow Lodges.
~ York IN and Ernress.

New York Nail and Express.
Talk about money burning holes in
peoples pockets" remarked an observant
stranger the Other day, but here is a
case OF nickels burning holes in wood
RE pointed 10 the front OF the ticket SELL
az window on one Of the stations as
ne spoke. The wood work was scooped
Out several inches deep where the intended
passenger usually shoves in his fare, and
,he cavity was twice as wide az 1t was
deep.
That said the observant man, is a
more graphic Illustration OF what con-
stancy wiz do than all the lessons ever
taught ~ the dripping Of water upon
rocks. ley used 20 tell " in school that
a drop ot water would wear away The
greatest stone. but here we have a mute
picture of what the c. lstant showing OF
coins in and out of that ticket sellers
window has done. You Will notice that the
wood is worn out as smoothly and evenly
as if IL were done by the finest kind OF
tools in the hands OF the finest Kind OF "A
carpenter. There isn't the faintest sus-
piciOn OF a splinter there Mllllons OF
nickels' and dimes must have passed and
repassed through that window and been
showed along that hardwood board which
was originally level and nat as "A street or
asphalt until they wore away that cavity
which you now see there.
Il do not know that there IS any par
ucular way OF showing the money OetWeen
ticket seller and purchaser, but there must
be. because the cavity IS shaped like an
elongated saucer. demonstrating beyond
any doubt that there must be a universal
way for moving the coins back and for
ward. / have Travelled a good deal, but
nowhere have / seen such "a thorough OBJ
ject lesson as the hollow OF that board
affords. To make "A cavity like that the
exchange OF coin must have been simply
enormous and beyond the Imagination OF
man 10 conceive. II Is one OF the greatest
curiOsities Of the city. j doubt that IL has
an equal I'm the world. This Is the 9TH
or sixth window sill on the L that I have
noticed worn away by coins in this way
At FOrty-secOnd. Thirty-third. Twenty
third and Fourteenth streets on the Sixth
avenue road the cashiers window lodges
are especially well worn away by the
passing OF coin. ! don't suppose that one
New Yorker in a hundred notices the fact
as he reaches forth for his ticket. but il
is a wonderful treat 10 strangers. II con-
Veys TO them an idea. faint though 10 may
be. OF the great riches of the Empire City,
where SO many people travel"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
BISHOP POTTER on HAWAII.

In the current issue of the Century
Bishop Potter. who went to the far East
some time since. gives his impressions re-
garding Hawaii and some observations on
the relations of the United States to that
island. The bishop declares that he is
not an imperialist. but, in view of the
situation of Hawaii. he does not see how
the United States could IA turned a deaI
ear TO the request of the progressive ele-
ment for the protection of the nation
which gave civilization TO Hawaii. Under
the Kamehamehas a good and strong gov
eminent was maintained under American
tutelage. but later the native monarchy
was the tool Of the off-scourings of civil
i~zation. Such a rule it was necessary to
overthrow. OF the Importance of Hawaii
to the m Of this country with the
far East the bishop says:
One need not be dazzled or blinded by
the glamor of imperial expansion in order
TO recognize that no republic such as ours
can draw a line around it's domestic terri
tory and ignore it's duties and its oppor-
tunities with reference to the rest of the
world. We must trade with other coun-
tries than our own, and If we have any
thing good that they have not we must
needs wish and, even though there should
be pecuniary profit in it. may rightly wish
to impart it to them. But we cannot do
this unless we can get at them, and we
cannot get at them without the physical
resources and ccnveniences which shall en-
able us to do so. Now, the Hawaiian
islands stand pre-eminently for one of these
conveniences. No traffic with the great
East can be maintained except at almost
ruinous cost without some foothold be
tween its coasts and ours for a Pacific
coaling station, and no greater opportunity
for the enlargement of certain departments
of agriculture and trade than the Hawaiian
islands afford could easily be discovered.
II we do our duty toward them we shan
find our interest in doing II, and to that
duty and TO those toward whom we are
TO discharge il there is no great world
power that is so near as we. Geographical.
commercial and moral considerations here
seem all to point one way.
If the conditions were different from
what they are in Hawaii, the reasons the
bishop gives for controlling and exercising
sovereignty over the island are ample, as
Stunning that better government can be Sc
cured under our direction. The dynasty
which was overthrown was weak. corrupt
and hostile 20 all progress. two-thirds of
the inhabitants are a mixture of other
races than the Hawaiian, and it seems a
duty TO take possession of the halfway
station To the far East and the fortress
that will defend an isthmus canal in our
possession. Into the control of some world
power Hawaii would fall sooner or later
| because OF the weakness and corruption
OF It's rulers and the mixture of races
which now inhabit the island. Rather than
take such a risk, it is far better that our
government should possess it before there
could be a conflict among other nations
for its possession.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
American Canned Fruit Abroad.

United States Consul at Gera. Germany.
Regarding our preserved fruits. 1 have
been told again and again that they would
sell much better IL put up in glass bottles.
even If the prices were "A little higher.
There is "A great deal Of prejudice against
Timed goods. as il Is believed they might
be poisonous. Boxes Of canned fruits
should De banded with iron. The pine
boxes used are not equal to the treatment
to which they are subjected and sometimes
arrive I'm a poor condition.
Another American article which lacks
the necessary care I'm packing Is resin. The
excuse that this article Is very cheap. and
for that reason does not warrant better
packing. Is not valid. Cheap packing IN
the long run Is the dearest. owing 10 the
losses sustained. while care I'm this respect
will do much TO enhance the value Of an
article in the eyes OF the foreign purchaser.
could name "A number OF other articles
with the packing OF which fault Is found.
but II is unnecessary. Suffice IL TO say that
good packing OF all kinds OF American
merchandise Will tend materially 20 IN
crease our export trade. II H. conceded
that our manufacture are superior 20 all
others. and We only need TO correct these
minor faults 10 render our position In the
mercantile world unassailable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Bit of History About the Il. q. II. &.
which Is Not Generally known.

New York Sun.
Smith j. Fry, a Washington correspond
ent. on a recent trip to old Broad Creek
Church, i'm Maryland, ten miles from the
capital, gives this bit of Washington per-
souality from a very human point Of view:
There is little Of interest in the ap-
pearance of the building, except the Gu
rious little half-ruined portico on the end
farthest away from the road. But after
we had inspected the place we encoun-
tered "A historian on the road a little be-
yond i'm the shape of an old darby, feeble,
halt and bent with years.
Yes, sab, OATS a pow'ful ole chu'ch,
pow'ful OLE Mus be mo- n TO bundled
yeahs ole. 1 reckon. Dey tells me Gin
raj Gawge Washin'ton wushiped in dat
chu'ch, sab, an he used to come hyah
in his bawge, rowed by eight big niggahs-
him an his family.
&" Sometimes he come hyah. sometimes he
went to Alexandry, an sometimes he went
TO a leetle chu'ch down 10 POhick ON de
Ferginny side O de rivah-jis' how de idee
struck him. j was tOle dat, sab, by a ole
niggah when l was jes' a leetle boy.
ID yah ole niggah. dey say, he was
my gret-granD pap, Dut L dunno. Hit was
mighty hand TO keep track o dem things
IN slavery days. san, when dey was a.
buyin' an a~-sellin, a-buyin' an a-seIin'
niggahs de hole time, but. leastways, dis
yah old ole man he say he seen de gin'ral
come TO ch'uch hyah many an many a
time. in a big seine boat.
DE gin'ral used to nave q feeshin' shO'
on his place, an dis yah ole nisgah he say
he seen EN- haulin' seine hundreds Of times.
an de ginral a-wadin' roun' up TO his
waist in Ge watah, a-swearin' an a-cussin'
when de seine git hung on "A log
" Swearing and cursing! We eXcIaim.
Surely not! They say that Washington
never sWore in his life
Wen, I dunno said the old darky.
shaking his head obviously. L reckon dc
gin1ral was mos like any yether man what
why, L 'spect he jes' nachally took on an
swore like anybody else. I've seen right
smaht o seine haulin' in my day, but I
nevah yft see a seine took of a hang with
out "A pow ful sight o cussin'.
Anyways, when de shad an herrin'
season was done up de gin'ral jes' have his
seine boat fixed up for a bawge. an i'm dat
say he often seen him teckin' snun wild &C
preacher. jes' by De do, an talkin' bout
de crops wild de folks. Yes. san. dats a.
pow'ful ole church. sho' 'num.
Here was history. indeed, and a little
later we were able 20 verify IL, SO far. az
least. as concerned Washington's ATTENDING
service I'm the little church and hauling 4.
seine on his own fishing shore.
9TH old church H. surrounded by old COL
ored people and very old poor white people.
VINO carry the traditions which were
handed down TO them through two genera
tons. and they all agree thar General
WASHINGTON frequently attended this
church across the river from his home, be-
cause in some seasons the roads were we'll
nigh impossible. so that he could not go 20
old Pohick church nor to old Christ Church
in Alexandria"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-05
= Good Dramatisf Gone.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
The death of Lorimer Stoddard, dram-
atist, which occurred at Sag Hsrbor. L. J..
Saturday afternoon, is to be lamented in
the interest OF the stage. for which he had
done work OF dignity as well as excellent
acting merit. The son OF two poets, Rich
ard Henry StOddard and Elizabeth Bar
stow StOddaTd, he grew up in the very
atmosphere Of literature and culture in
New York's best circles. for the StOddards
have had TO friend the best writer's and
artists and actors OF the country. 1t was
natural that their son should write. and
choosing TO write plays. he apprenticed
himself 20 the business or the stage, and
became a good actor: there are many who
viii remember his part Of Lord Arthur i'm
THE Henrietta" when Robson and Crane
His best achievement as dramatist was
Tess of the D'CrberVillcs" for Mrs. Fiske.
which is a remarkably strong. well ar
RANGED and composed. and effective trag-
edy. The play OF The Emperor NapO-
leon" which Richard Mansfield produced.
ing scenes than d self-developing play.
but IL lad great merit; and the tableauK
Of CrawfOrd'S I'm the Palace OF the King"
were brilliantly successful. He was at
work upon another drama when his last
ickness came on, and this must ever re-
main unfinished. II is worth while to note
the distinctive personal strength OF thu
young mans work. he owed a heritage
Of intellectual life 10 parents OF the most
marked originality, yet the direction or its
expression and its character were wholly
individual. He had impressed himself on
by fine personal qualities, as well as by
the promise OF his life. His death was due
10 tuberculosis OF the throat, which had
been in progress for nearly a year.