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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28
ID. A. RS vs.. ID. RS.
Founder Of Both Societies Tells Trnth
i'm interests OF Peace.

Pounding and Organization OF the
Daughters Of the American Revolution and
Daughters of the Revolution, by Flora
Adams Darling, has just been issued by the
Independence Publishing Company, OF Phil
adelphis. 1t will be interesting reading 10
wh,,e ostens,biv Written in the Interests
OF peace. harmony. and possibly union, It's
effect will doubtless he. 10 intensity the
merry war that has marked the growth of
these two patriotic societies.
Secrets of the d. A. X. and ID. r. Re
yealed by Their Founder" would he a more
appropriate title. Mrs. Darling founded
the ID. A. r. and then led the revolt which
resulted I'm the founding OF the D.. r..
Mrs. Darline's history recalls the war"
of the DAUGHTERS that was waged with such
intensity during 1901, and presents the
ords OF the first two years OF the organiza-
ton OF the societies. To confirm the state
ments made in the book the author has
caused all important letters. documents and
papers TO be reproduced in facsimile. Mrs.
Darling offers her history 10 the Daughters
as a proof that the records OF the II. a.
r. have been altered 10 cover the false
story OF the founding. which the board Of
managers OF 1891 set up and which has
since been perpetuated."
Mrs. Darling charges that the claim made
BY Miss Mary Desha. Miss Eugenia Wash
irgton. Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth and
Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood TO be founders ct
the D.. a. r. Is false. She declares that the
meeting in Washington. on Oct. Q. 1890.
which they now allege was a meeting 90
organize the ID. A. r. was in fact a meet
ing OF the Wi-Mo-Daugh-Sis, a club OF
woman sunraeists. On Oct. II. when the
d. a. r. was really organized. the members
OF the VINO augh-Sis, all happening tn
20 eligible to the u. A. r.. Joined IL in a
tody: and the officers. the four members OF
the club mentioned above, accepted Offices
i'm the d. a. II. from Mrs. Darling. IL was
not until after the admission of collaterals
that these women tried to establish them
selves as founders OF the ID. a. R.
From this history IL Is made clear that
the seDaration of a large number of mem
bers of the ID. a. r. I'm 1891 was caused by
the illegal alteration OF the constitution.
10 permit collateral descendants OF revolu-
tionary patriots TO join the society. The
women who withdrew, under the leader
ship Of Mrs. Darling. formed the Daugh-
tiers OF the Revolution. on strictly lineal
lines. The change I'm the eligibility require
ments, so the history states. was the result
OF an effort on the part of William O. Me-
Doweli. of New Jersey. one of the organic
ers OF the Sons OF the Revolution. TO gain
control OF the society to further his world
fair iiberty-bel project He was aided IN
his plans. so Mrs. Darling writes. by those
daughters who were members OF the WI
Mo-Daugh-Sis Club.
When the constitution OF the ID. A. Y. was
changed. Mrs. Darling and the State so
cieties OF New York and New Jersey re-
fused to recognize the validity of the means
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28
MAKING THE BLIND SEE.
Method Adopted ny Director Keller.
Of the vienna Institute.

NEW YORK. April IA dispatch 10 IN.
World from Vienna. says: An epoch
marking discovery In training children
born blind 10 see has been made BY Dlrec.
tor Keller. OF the Institute for the Blind
here. lie exhibited to-day before the ply.
sicians' society a seven-year-oid boy. who
was born blind. but with perfectly organ.
lied eyes-brain-blind. a. the doctors can
it-whom he has taught In four months 10
discern colors. forms and objects. and 10
read with his eyes. He was Induced 40 at
tempt the work because he had taught
seventy deaf and dumb children With
normal ears 20 hear and 10 speak BY work
ing on the brain. The method consists in
first teaching a child IN a perfectly dark
room by means OF a movable disc Of light
TO distinguish light from darkness. This II
developing a faculty OF which the pupu
Is not conscious. aud takes months %
patient treatment Next objects which a
blind person knows by feeling are paced
against a light disc and the child Is told
what they are called. Ire coiored glass
placed before a lamp teaches him c0lOrs.
Geometrical figures on a disc are shown In
a dark room with rays OF light falling
upon them. From this point the sight -
gradually accustomed 10 the daylight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28
FRAUD is ALLEGED.
Republican Candidate for Mayor of
81. Louis Makes Serious Charges.

ST. LOUIS. April N.-In the contest pro-
ceedings of George w. Parker. Republican
candidate for mayor, filed against Mayor
Wells. i'm the Circuit Court to-day, seven
separate grounds for action are alleged. 1t
is alleged that from fifty to 200 legal votes
cast for Parker in each Of the 1913 precincts
In the city were counted for Wells; that a
large number of illegal ballots in nearly
every precinct in the city were counted
for Wells, although improperly initiated or
otherwise defective. II is further alleged
that I'm numerous precincts many Parker
votes were not counted for him; that thou
sands of Parker votes were extracted from
the ballot boxes and replaced with Wells
ballots; that there was a wholesale fraudu-
lent registration, and, finally, that in TWEEN
ty-eight precincts the legally certified Re-
publican judges and clerks were not al
lowed to serve, but their places were
usurped by others under the protection of
the police, who elected the real judges and
clerks from the polls when they appeared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28
4 GALLANT NEWSPAPER
How n Reporter Outwftted the Cap
tain Of "a German Steamer.
Allen sangree. in Everybody Magazine.

Allen Sangree, in Everybody's Magazine.
TO make use of his opportunities fire.
quently requires OF the reporter "A courage
that might be construed as melodramatic.
IL Is courage, nevertheless, and newspaper
men accept ventures every day that would
appall the layman. The reporter looks upon
them as part Of his prescribed duties. On
a tug and went down the bay TO meet "A
German steamer that had picked uD the
crew Of a wrecked United States man-of-
war. II was bitter cold and nearly mid
night. so that II the morning papers were
TO have the story the steamer must be
boarded Immediately. But the quarantine
laws forbade any one 10 step on the deck
OF an incoming vessel until the doctors had
passed her health papers. Knowing this.
the newspaper men decided 10 take a long
chance. Representing their vessel as the
quarantine tug. they hailed the steamer.
ran alongside. and on board.
There were about a dozen OF them, and the
German skipper eyed them very closely.
but was deceived for a time by the acting
OF one reporter. who knew the manncrisms
Of a port doctor. When the captain saw
the reporters h~ustling about and getting
news, however. and then sitting down 10
write their stories. his eyes burned with
wrath. Calling the watch. he corralled the
entire party. You're not doctors al al, -
he exclaimed. You're nothing but report
ers, and 1 tell you what I'll do. BY heav-
ems, 1 II put the whole lot Of you In irons"
The newspaper men were not much wor-
ried about that, but they were bitterly dis
appointed not 10 get their stories I'm after
such a successful rusc. They looked AZ
each other I'm silence. The captain was
still raging up and down the deck. denounc-
ing the profession and the American people
in general. while the rescued officers looked
on I'm amusement
Taking advantage OF the shippers dis
traction. one reporter signaled that he had
a scheme to reach the tug. The others
cautiously, and one at a time. passed him
their manuscripts. Stuflng them into his
pocket and buttoning up his coat. this man
made one dash for the ships side. leaped
into the sea. swan 20 the tug, and. amidst
the cheers OF hts friends. steamed up TO the
Battery. Every manuscript reached its des-
tinatiOn. and the morning papers had the
news
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28
PARADE OF PORTO RICANS.
Native Troops Reviewed at san Juan
by Col. A. j. Buchanan.

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. April PA
mounted battalion of native troopers pa
raded here to-day and were reviewed by
Lieut.. Col. James A. Buchanan, of the
Fifteenth Infantry. This was the first pub
lie exhibition given by the troops outside
of their home barracks at Cayey. Their
evolutions and formations were wonder
fully precise and their drills compare favor
ably with those of the American regular
soldiers.
Manuel Arguez. who failed for $3.50. 900,
viii probably be able to ~re-establish him
self IN business. Senior ArgueZ'S firm is
one of the largest commission houses III
Humacao. The assets OF the firm have
not yet been made KNOWN. but II is be-
lieved they are sufficient to meet all the
liabilities. other failures are expected. and
their cause is attributed to the stringency
CT money. This was the reason of Senior
Argues failure. Bankers here estimate
the per capita circulation of money in
Porto Rico at about 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

COLON. Colombia. April 21.-Bands Of
robbers have Tor the past fortnight been
raiding stations along the railroad line dur
irg shops, wCunding several persons dur
ing their depredations. Chinese have been
the principal sufferers Tbs governmcnt
Las increased the forces at the railroad
stations and Is doins its utmost TO suppress
the robberies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

CHICAGO. April 27-Alonzo j. Cutler.
a Board OF Trade member. was to-day
awarded a verdict OF $i2. 900 against T.. W.
Partridge. The amount OF the verdict rep
resents losses which Mr.. Partridge was sc-
cused OF refusing TO pay on the ground that
they were gambling debts. having resulted
from speculation on the Board OF Trade.
The action OF the jury IL also "A victory
for the Board OF Trade. UNFOLDING. as il
does. the validity of contracts made on
change for future delivery of grain or
provisions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

News has been received here. and con-
firmed from Warsaw, that Count Tolstoi
is to be banished from Russia and take up
his residence in Paris.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

Mr.. Andrew D. White. the United States
ambassador, and Mrs. White returned TO
Berlin from Italy last night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

A chamber music festival. under Prof.
Joachim. will be held at Bonn in the mid
die of May. Paderewski will corporate.
and a number of rare works of Mozart and
hum will be presented.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

this amount can be increased. DIR. MIGUEL.
minister of finance. said such a plan was
not acceptable to the government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-28

Professor Hackel returned to-day to Jena
University from his scientific trip to Java.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03

to the front of the stage a small wood
en- stand with circular top. The top
is supported by single upright rising
from a broad base. Between his thumb
and his finger the magician holds lit
tie figure of an elephant, which glistens
like silver. Taking his position near
the stand he thus speaks to the audi
ence:
During my visit to East India, la
dies and gentlemen, l witnessed a
strange disappearance. / am going to
reproduce that disappearance this even
ing, and ! trust that it may interest
you as much as it serves to isolate the
silver elephant which l now introduce,
cutting it off from all communication
with the stage and the surroundings.
l mount the elephant on the little col
umn, and thus make miniature
statue of it. The little animal is pref
ty heavy, as you may know from the
sound 1t makes as drop IL on the Ia
BILE. Therel We will now place glass
shade over the statue. Now, as you
know from the sound the statue made
when / dropped 1t on the stand, It is
not light enough 10 rise and float off
through the air, and yet l am going
to make 1t disappear.
Pardon me If / now cover the shade
with this colored handkerchief II does
not reach all the way to the bottom
but that does not matter AS | have
said. am going TO cause the little sill
yer elephant to disappear by making IL
pass through the shade. and away into
space Where would you like to have
II reappear? Shall IL be in the pocket
OF some one In the audience? Very
well. take my wand and command
the elephant 20 leave. one. two, three,
He has Ronei Let MS remove the hand
kerchlef and see for ourselvesi"
The cover IL taken of. showing the
stand without the elephant. which Is
found in the coat pocket Of a gentleman
In the audience.
Well. how IL n dons7 II IL the sim.
piest thing IN the world-when Won
Learn ths seereL gbs statue Is frozen
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03
BY AIDS DUNBAR.

Copyright, 1901, by S. S. Mcclure Coz
(Now why an ever should 1 be
wastin' me good time chatterin' TO
yees? Sure, tits coaxin' the very pipe
out O. me mouth ven be, with the soft
talk O. yees. Listen now.)
Ye mind what told yees about the
sons o. Cormac? How they all tried
their fortune, wantin' to marry King
Murdoughs daughter an take the la
bour o rulin' his kingdom off his
shoulders? An how Dermond, that
was Oldest, was beaten by fat Eocha,
the cook: an Eiveen, that came next,
was tripped up by Kelvin the groom
an all because they were shamed O.
Cormacs old jerkin: but Conan wore
it an got the Princess an all her
riches? An yen mind how Dermond
went off an found fortune beyond the
Path O. the Rocks? Well, then, it's
Eiveen the Swift as I'll be afther tell
ir' about.
When the gate O. the castle shut be-
hind him an Naive the Fair, that had
brought him the purse O. money from
Princess Maurya, an had followed him
out O. the door-all the wits o. him
couldn't tell him where to turn. He
looked at Naive, an she shook her
head, holdin' fast to his hand all the
while.
Come, then" said Eiveen. "'Tis
scant use our standin' here an waitin
for the sun to start our shadows on
their road" So he dropped the purse
inside his huntin bag, an led the way
down the path that went by the river
bank; an by him, in her cloak o. white
wool that was fastened with a gold
clasp, went Naive the Fair.
Now all that mornin' they met no
one on the road. an passed no house
at all; an no more words did Eiveen
say to Naive, for there were sore
groom. an o the laughter in King
Murdough's castle. At last it came to
be the middle o. the day, an he saw
that Naive was walkin' slow behind
him, bein' tired; so he sat down under
a tree by the roadside, an her by him
on the grass, an took out some cakes
from his huntin' bag.
An as they were eatin, Eiveen look
ed at Naive. An she was but a slip
of a girl, with brown eyes that saw
straight into the heart O. him.
Why did We come with me?" asked
Eiveen. tbs a hard road 1 must
travel. with the spite O. the Little
People on me for me folly"
For to take half O. the burden O.
that from ye," said Naive. May be
they'll not be angry that long, if We
do naught else to turn them against
ye."
THAT may be a true word" said Ell
veen; but tits your own choice to
come. an not mine. Fortune an power
is what I'm searchin' for. an naught
else"
Then twas not lovin' Princess
Maurva we were?" asked Naive.
mot l." said Eiveen. Twas to rule
the kingdom / came"
Now queer it was that afther hearin'
him say those words, Naive was no
more weary. She ran to the river an
brought him cool water for drinkin'
in her little golden cup: an gave him
the small sharp knife from her girdle,
an last of all she took the huntin'
bag off the grass, where twas lynn,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03

not become a millionaire, but he would
find it fairly remunerative. If / were
rich should like to stage Shakespeare,
not with costly settings, but adequate
". Whatsoever is more than this is
merely ostentatious vulgarity. When
an audience leaves a theater discuss
ing the costumes and the scenery the
vital point has been missed. What con-
stitutes the finished charm of the
French stage? Surely not magic Ian
tern effects Like Oliver Wendell
Holmes infant, its education began
several hundred years before its birth
"a right tradition, a standard of pro-
nunciation and accent, yes, even OF
gesture and manner-and the result is
harmony. With us each does as his
ain dell bids him. Result-confu-
siont"
At this point boxes of costumes ar
rived for THE First Duchess of MARI
borough" written by NJ. Charles Hen
ry Meltzer for Mrs. LIE Moyne. Falling
at once into an examination of it's con-
tents she said apropos of a green vel
vet court dress: Pride overruled prip-
ciple and l selected a pale blue court
costume, but before committing my
self l preached the matter to Mr.. lie
Moyne, whose opinion l greatly value.
"A pale blue gown for the part of
that aggressive woman" said my hor-
rified husband. "Preposterous!"
So with dampened vanity 1 compro-
missed on green velvet, whereupon Mr..
Meltzer, who is historic and accurate
and all that sort of thing, said brok-
emily. "G-re-ee-n Vel-vet?"
Yes. sir, green velvet, trimmed with
gold braid. You may as well make up
your mind to it. can't quite face my
husbands contempt in pale blue, but
no man shall crush out the last spark
of feminine vanity.
Marie Agnes Best.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03

mercury. The conjurer of the present
day knows a great deal about science,
and he can freeze mercury as hard as
stone by evaporating solid carbonic
acid dissolved in ether. He puts the
fluid mercury into a mold shaped like
an elephant, and thus makes the statue
by freezing. The disappearance of the
elephant is simply it's melting into fluid
mercury again, which runs down the
hollow upright of the stand. The little
elephant taken from a gentleman in
the audience is a real figure, made Of
metal and then silvered It gets into
this gentleman's possession by col
fusion, or by some trick of the ma
gician's.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-03
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THE VANISHING ELEPHANT.

How Magician Performs One of
His Neatest Tricks.
Come, let us fancy that we are in the
hall where a famous magician is giving
a perfoi nance. One number on the
programme, we notice, is THE Vanish
ing Elephant" and we wonder what it
means. Surely he is not going to bring
an elephant on the stage. and with
wave of his wand make him disappear,
as he does watch, an egg, or bird.
But now we shall know. for the ele-
plant comes next, and here is the ma
gician making things ready. He moves
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