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The times., 1901-03-10
YEARNING FOR WHITE FOLKS.
An Old Negro Woman in Kansas
Who WHs Once Al slave.
(From the Kansas city star.)

Lawrence, Kans.-"Oh, if I could
only find my white people. If | only
knew where they werer' This is the daily
lament of Aunty Cross. an old negro wO-
man of Lawrence who is unable to find
out the wereabouts of her old masters
family. Mrs. Cross, over whose head
more than seventy tOilsOme years have
passed, looks no more than forty, and her
mind is a storehOuse Of memories Of the
ante-bellum days and the greatness Of
her old masters family
''Aunty' Cross belonged to the Wash
ington family as had her ancestors from
the earliest times. Her old master was
John Thornton Augustus Washington.
John T. 4. Washington. as he was gen
orally known to his friends and neighbors.
was a great-uephew of the Father of His
Country. He lived at the old family home,
not far from Harpers ferry. Va. His cs-
tate. called Cedar Lawn, was one of the
finest in the country. Here it was that
Aunty Cross was born and lived until
misfortune forced the sale of the estate.
Her descriptions of Cedar Lawn are Wv
id and particular and she always ends by
saying. There amt TO fine places out
here. Oh. Lor' no. The Washingtons
lived in great style. Large house parties
were given lasting weeks at a time.
John T. \. Washington died, leaving
The times., 1901-03-10

The Sconc stone Upon which Ed
ward VII VIII he AnOinteo i>tnE
of England and Emperor "f tndia
Traditions of Universal Interest.
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General Railway News.

David r. Gray. for several years general
agent of the Southern Pacific in Salt Lake,
has been appointed general agent in the
intermOuntain region for the entire Harri-
man system.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has created
the office Of assistant general passenger
agent and appointed John NJ. Beal TO that
position with headquarters in st. Louis.
Mr.. Beall is the Pacific coast passenger
agent of the Southern Railway system at
San Francisco.
Mr.. Markhill, of England. is TO be as
sistant general manager of the InterOceanic
Railway of Mexico, an English-OwlFed cor
pOratiOn. There is a rumor current in rail-
way circles that the Mexican road has
bought the controlling interest in the Inter
oceanic and that the two roads will be
merged.
The Colorado & northwestern Railway is
rouncement is made by Thomas H..
from Cl'icago, where he was called on
Monday asst by Col. S. b. Dick, one of the
projectors and builders of the Colorado q
Northwestern, and who recently gained
control of the stock of that road.
Waldemar Drummer. formerly manager
of a railway owned by British capital in
Argentina. Will arrive at the City of Mex
leo in a day or two to assume the general
managership of the Mexican & Vera Cruz
Railroad. He comes with remarkably full
power, such as has never been granted
before to any manager of that road. George
Foote. the present general manager, re-
tires and takes Up the duties of resident
engineer
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Rubber Tire Bull FIGHTS.

AlCnlSOn 6lODe.
st. Joe had her bull fight. and. now that
the gore of the battle has been mopped
away. it is voted a disappointment. Fiji
teen hundred people, among them several
hundred women, assembled in the baseball
park and gazed breathless while seven
toreadors. with real sashes on, tormented
a bull. In order TO take away the cruel
features. stockade had been built behind
which the toreadors took refuge when the
bull got too close to their heels. Finally.
after getting the animal To roar and paw,
it became exhausted and lay down to rest.
This was something new in bulls. and the
management was at a loss what TO do next.
until the president of the Humane Society
stepped from the audience, and decided
that the bull had had enough. II was then
dragged from the field. "A boy walking be
side il with an umbrella TO keep the sun
mary was called. who reported that the
reason of the bulls ennui was cramps. II
was shot, and this was the only blood shed
at the performance.
Two other steers were trotted out. and
one refused TO play, and was put out. The
other played only a few moments. and be-
gan TO eat grass. The toreadors. during
the performance, kept out of the way of
the bulls horns, which was merely a grand
stand play of agility. as the horns had
been sawed off, and rubber tips put on.
Dumping against them was as m as
humping against a COWS bag.
The people who paid a big admission were
sore; this soreness was the only suffering
attending the fight. However. there are
lots OF people I'm 81. Joe whose imaginations
are in such good trim thai they will turn
pale when they talk about it. I'm years TO
come.
And how silly they usually are The rub
berthe bull fights introduced at Omaha.
and taken up at st. Joe, are positively the
worst ever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
CAUGHT R%EDHANDED.
Two CoIored Men Were Stealing Hay
and Oats.

Ira Mitchell, 7S5 Center street. and Ed
Gurnell, both colored, were arrested last
night by Detectives Gerber and Lancaster
while they were in the act of making away
with some baled hay and several sacks OF
oats taken from the stable of Frank G.
Butz, in the rear of Posters saloon. ButZ
called police headquarters and reported
that some of his feed had been taken. Ser
geant Hyland told him to watch the place
until the district patrolmen could get
around. A little later he called up and
said the men were in the stable. The de-
t~ectives were sent up and got the men just
as they were about to get into their wagon,
i'm which they had loaded the plumber.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
THE HOTEL ~HOUSEKEEPER.
A Busy OHcer that is Seldom Seen by
the Guests.
George Barry MaIlon, in Ainslee's Maya

George Barry MaIlon, in Ainslee's Maya
zine.
One of the officers of the hotel who is
seldom seen by the guest, but to whose
watchfulness is due much Of his comfort, is
the housekeeper, who does on a large scale
exactly what her name implies. She Is the
superintendent of many servants. Of the
chambermaids, of whom in the big hotels
there is one for every twenty or twenty
five rooms, of the paint-cleaners or hall
maids on each floor, of the many women
constantly at work in the linen room mark
ing, hemming and sewing; of the women
who do nothing but clean windows, and 9TH
ers who clean curtains and brasswork, and
of the many women who scrub floors from
morning till night and after big banquets
and balls until well toward morning again.
She hires them all and discharges them-a
somewhat simpler problem in hotels than in
private houses, because the hours for all
servants are regular, and for this reason
the service Is more desirable. The house
keeper is responsible not only for the order
and cleanliness of all her rooms, but she is
expected TO notify the proper department
of necessary repairs. 1t is not necessary TO
send outside of the hotel for any kind of
repairs. If the furniture needs doing over
or repairing, it is moved to the furniture
shop in the basement by men who do moth
ing all day long but move furniture. In this
shop a dozen skilled workme are busy.
There are silversmiths, cabinetmakers tin
smiths and plumbers and blacksmiths. pic
ture trainers, steamftters and brass work
ers and clock makers, in their own shops
in the basement, working day after day for
the big hotel, and knowing little or nothing
of the life that goes on in the dozen or more
stories above them filled with the wealth
spending people of another world. There is
a printing office, whose presses run long
hours printing menus, notices and the Vari-
Gus blanks used in the hotels complex sys-
tenn of bookkeeping. and there are scene
Shutters for the private theaters that may
be constructed in the large rooms between
the close of the afternoon reception and the
time to raise the first curtain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
JOURNEYED FROM IRELAND.
EIeven-Year-OId Boy with a Leather
Tag on His Coat.

Thomas Toolhill, eleven years of age,
who left Clonmell, Ireland, Aug. q, with
a leather tag fastened to his coat, and on
which was inscribed Indianapolis, Ind,
L.. S. A." arrived in the city last night and
Immediately became lost. He said he had
an uncle here and his name was Patsy"
He did not know where his uncle lived, but
said he was night Waterman at the Insane
Hospital. 1t happened that Toolhtll was
on leave of absence and was not at the
hospital. He was found at a late hour and
his relative was taken from police head
quarters, where he was sent for shelter.
The lad, with his carpet bag and an old
fashioned bird cage, containing two Irish
linnets, attracted considerable attention at
the Union station.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
PEACE JUSTICE TANGLED.
Novel Point Raised by Judges Arrest
ed for Game Law Violation.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. 31.-Judge N. M.
Hubbard, of Cedar Rapids, and Judge II.
II. Trimble. Of Keokuk, prominent in the
legal profession, were arrested at Ledyard,
Kossuth county, to-day by Deputy Game
Warden Reilly. charged with violating the
game law in shooting prairie chickens be-
fore Sept. / They were taken to Algone
and tried before a Justice of the peace,
who reserved decision till he could look VI
the law. Judge Hubbard acted as counse
for himself and Judge Trimble, and argued
that in legal psrlance the day ended as
soon az II was begun and that really the
closed game season was ended and they
had not violated the law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Six victims of Fire.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31-Two more victims
OF the fire in the tenement houses in Brook
Ign last night, in which four persons lost
their lives and seven were seriously in
Jured. died to-day, bringing the number
OF dead up 20 six. Minnie Beck and 10
seph Beck died at the hospital to-day of
their injuries, and their mother. Mrs. An
ME Beck. who was badly injured. il is
said, cannot recover. The list of dead
now Is: Mrs. ROthgieser. thirty-seven
years; Annie Beck, ten years; Lille Beck.
three years: Minnie Beck. hve years: To-
seph Beck. two months. and Frank Budd
infant.
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BURNED IN WRECK.
INCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGEN

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
this number. The bodies Identified were
those of Marian Ashmead, aged 10: Anna
3. Herr. Is; Mrs. Matilda Cross, 21; Mrs.
Alice Matthews, Al: Irene WELD. 10: Dora
Weld. II. all of Philadelphia; Harry John
son. 80. Hulmeville, Pa, and Montgomery
Marvel. "a. Seaford, Del.
The federal and local inspectors to-day
began an investigation of the hull of the
City Of Trenton which is locked at Neafe
* Levy's shipyard. The port boiler, which
exploded, is still at the bottom of the
river, having been blown out of the boat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Union Veteran Legion.

Encampment No. so, Union Veteran Lee
gion. has elected nine delegates and nine
a%lternates, who, with six or seven pas Of
fcers, will attend the national -encampment
at Gettysburg, Pa, in October. They will
take with them Col Il. ID. Miner, who is a
candidate for national commander, and
they expect TO bring the headquarters to
Indianapolis. Excursion rates to the great
battle field will be open 10 all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Contractors Talk of a suit.

1t is said that a number of contractors
are preparing to file suit TO enjOin the
Board of Works from inserting the 3 per
cent. clause in contracts. The present sys-
tenn is 10 hold 3 per cent. of the contract
price for work to secure the payment of
defaulted coupons. The contractors charge
that between $4,000 and $4,000 is now being
held UP While there is NJ security for il.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
GOODY-GOODY
"Gideons" who Neither Swear, Drink
"Booze" Nor Play Poker.

CHICAGO, Aug. S1.-Commercial travel
ers, who nave banded under the name OF
''Gideons of the State of Illinois, began a
two days rally her to-day. The society
is composed entirely of "drummers" who
have pledged themselves not to use pro-
family, drink intoxicants or play poker. A
membership of 1900 is claimed. The Gideon
button which members wear is known to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01

golf grounds. The building was struck and
all of the men were rendered unconscious.
When assistance arrived Marks was dead.
having been badly burned on the upper
portion cf the body. His companions were
all revived. At the same time about l0 men
and women who were attending the golf
tournament were assembled in the golf
clubhouse. and several persons were severe
ly shocked by the same bolt of lightning
that killed Marks.
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ACCIDENT.


BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Aug. 31.-Mrs. Fan
ME McGill. carrying a baby in her arms,
was run down by a trolley car on Twentieth
street and Fourth avenue to-day and
mother end child were mangled to death.
being dragged half a block under the car.
Inc accident was witnessed by many peO-
PIE. John Smith. the regular motOrman.
and CHARLES CourSee1. a learner. were i'm
medtately arrested and placed in the county
jan without bond Smith is charged with
murder and Courseen with mauslaughter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Selection Not Yet Made.

The board OF control Of the Woman's
Prison met again yesterday. but did not
elect a superintendent for the institution.
\ meeting will be held this week and the
applicants for the position will be asked
TO meet with the board i'm order to enable
the members OF the board TO make a suita-
bile selection. Miss Pray will act as super
~intendent for thirty DAYS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
VIRGIL FOUTZ LOCATED.
He Deserted from the Regular Army
Mt Fort Smelling, Mimi.

Virgil Foutz, of S25 Henry street. who
deserted from the army at Fort Smelling,
Mimi, in January last and was arrested
here several days ago and turned over to
the local army officers. from whom he es-
capped, was found last night by Detectives
Splan and Haley at the Park Theater. He
was sent 70 headquarters and again slated
as a deserter.
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over and the cords cutting into his body
every inch-tO say nothing of the personal
remarks and the highly adjectival language
of the bystanders. He submits to his fate
with Eastern stoicism. His head is shaven
clean as a billiard ball. and then his face
as well, nice and smooth, like a baby's.
Then they let him go. But, alas. such is
the vanity of life, his wives will not have
him now that his beauty is gone. They
disown him completely, cut him dead. Nay,
they drive him away from the pack with
contumely, with the ends of their tails
in the absence of domestic broomsticks.
And thus being without a leader, the pack
is soon broken IN.
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The BeII-Capped Garden Sentinel.

oliver Wendell Holmes. Born Aug. %, 1909.
Is anything more charming. In fits way.
than an old-fashioned single hollyhock.
with its pink, or white. or yellow. or pur-
pie flower and the little pollen powdered
tree springing UP from the bottom OF the
corolla. A bee should be buzzing I'm a., for
a bee is never so deliclously pavilioned as
i'm the bell tent of the HOLLYWOOD.
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Thirteen Have Died.

ROCHESTER, ". Y, Aug. BE. H.
Bradley, of Seneca Falls, and Mrs. Eliza
beth White. two Of the victims of the Fair
Vile wreck Thursday evening, died at the
Homeopathic Hospital to-day. This makes
the total number dead thus far as a result
of the accident thirteen.
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william Wilson on n Tear.

The police are looking for William Will
son. who is wanted for assault and battery
and malicious trespass. A fight ensued at
Colon ~Daugherty's saloon because he used
profane language I'm the presence of the
wife of Albert Wilson. of McClainsville
Wilson also assaulted Samuel Page, of SS3
DOugherty street, and threw rocks through
the windows of the saloon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
FIourished N Revolver.

Hugh +. Gayson. of Gibson City. Ill.
was arrested by Bicycle Policemen STREET
and Losh last night after ne had gone into
a saloon at 604 South Illinois street and
threatened several men with a revolver.
He had been In the place earlier in the
evening. at which time there was some
frpuh1a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Two Live. Lost I'm a Powder Mil.

P~OTTSvILLE. Pa. Aug. 31.-The powder
mill at Kreb's Station was destroyed by a
terrific explosion at noon to-day and two
men were instantly killed. They were Iris
Rupert and Richard Houser, both Of Kreb's
Station.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
spark Fell from Pipe Into Powder.

ALTOONA. Pa, Aug. S1.-At Munson. a
mining town north of this city. Emanuel
Rinus. a German employee. was emptying
powder from one keg into another. az his
home, when a spark fell from his pipe hto
the powder. The explosion which followed
wrecked the house and hurled the Rinus
farniiN IN al directions. The father. mother
and two children were terribly burned and
mangled. All are living. but their death
IS expected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Bible Eating.
Notes and Queries

Notes and Queries.
| am told by a lady resident that in the
Hampshire parish in which l am writing
there is living at the present time a good
woman who once ate a New Testament.
day by day and leaf by leaf. between two
slices of bread and butter, as a remedy for
fits. This was treating the Bible as q
fetish with vengeance.
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struck by Lightning.

ALTOONA. Pa. Aug. U.-During a
thunderstorm d. l. Marks. aged twenty
three. was struck by lightning ard killed
with four companions Marks sought shell
ter ia a pavilion on the top OF a hill on the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Two Miners killed ny Gas Explosion.

PITTsTON. Pa, Aug. 3l.-Two miners.
Joseph Josish and Charles Pinck. were
killed to-day by an explosion OF gas while
at work I'm No. Q shaft OF the Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company. While pro-
ceeding 20 their chamber in the mine they
ignited a body Of gas that had accumulated
a number OF miners who entered the shaft
20 recover their bodies were nearly suf-
fncafel hY the affer-lnmn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
APACHES RESTLESS.


TUCSON, A. T., Aug. 31.-Advices from
Fort Thomas state that the Apaches are
getting restless and trouble is feared. Over
200 Indians are gathered near Fort Thomas.
holding meetings and discussing grievances
and numbers Of Indians are coming from
the northern part of the reservation to join
those at Fort Thomas. Settlers are feeling
uneasy at San Carlos, which is sixty miles
distant from the nearest post. There are
only six privates and a sergeant at the fort.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Arrest OF james L.. Parsons.

James l.. Parsons, Of $40 East Fifteenth
street. was arrested yesterday upon a war
rant charging that he practiced medicine
without first securing the license required
by law. \ patient OF his complained TO
Dr. Curryer. secretary OF the State Board
of Medical Examiners.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
Political Chickens.

Detroit Journal.
Counting chickens three years before they
are hatched-Hanna has 332 votes in the
Electoral College and Teddy Is not out OF
the incubator. Keep your eye on Teddy. but
mark Hanna.
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-
lnnL

It's the u~nassuming girl I'm the back roVV
who watches the musical director instead
OF the men in the front row, who is never
accused of counting the house. and who
always attends rehearsals-she Is the one
who finally becomes a star"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01

checked or unskillfully treated lead to
consumption, Golden Medical Discov-
cry" in ninety-eight cases out of a hum
bred works a perfect and permanent
cure. II strengthens the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition,
so that the body in all its parts is not
merely fed but nourished. And il is by
nourishment that Nature builds up the
body 10 resist or throw off disease.
II had a terrible cough something over a wear
ago and could hnd nothing 10 stop H. or even 70
do me a particle Of good writes I. n. Farr.
Esq OF Cameron. Screvcn Co. Ga. eI CHANGED
10 see an advertisements OF YOURS. and forth
with bought a bottle Of vour invaluable Golden
Medical Discovery Before I had taken half q
bottle / was entirely we'll
Or. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
The The Kern River
Oil Field California CT i; ,

The Southern Pacific Railway recently
issued bonds of several million dollars for
the purpose of changing its power ma
chinery to utilize this fuel oil. 1t now has
contracts for delivery to it of 5000 barrels
daily. The Santa Fe Railway has a similar
contract. Hundreds OF factories and steam.
ships have changed their power machinery.
1t is certain they would not do this unless
the supply was known TO be permanent.
The cheap fuel has already caused hun.
dreds of factories to spring up. Hereto
fore coal at SIS a ton made needed fac.
tories prOhibitive. The oil is in some
cities, not in the producing field. being
used as the only fuel for cooking pur.
poses. The supply is increasing daily,
but the market demand is setting the
pace. A recent contract was made to
supply Hawaiian sugar men with nearly
a million barrels a year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01
The Difference.
PHILADELPHIA Record

Philadelphia Record.
Its only the history Of nations that re-
peats itself" says the Manayunk PhilosO-
pher. Your personal history is repeated
bv the neighbors."
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Hedged In.

Every time a married man turns around
he runs UP against some kind or a Monroe
doctrine.
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ALiTTLE MONEY, WELL INVEST.
ED, MAY MAKE YOU RICH. 1T Is
SURE HERE TO BRING GOOD RE.
TURNS. THE PRICE is NOW 20
CENTS A SHARE. If YOU WANT
STOCK AT THIS PRICE NOW is
YOUR TIME TO BUY 1T.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01

people are SICK,
especially when
sickness attacks the
lungs the doctor
often advises a sea
voyage. But in the
large majority of
cases the sea voyage
is impossible.
1t is TO the men
and women of the
workaday world to
whom sea voyages
or change of climate
are impossible, that
DIR. Pierce 5 Golden
Medical Discovery
comes as the great
est earthly boon.
The effect of this
medicine upon
those whose lungs
are weak I" IS re-
~markable. Even
where there is bron-
chitis, splitting Of
blood, e~maciation,
weakness, condi-
o which III un-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-01

of such a man as David Rankin, and none
of them can compare with him on farm
Inc. Missouri is proud of him.
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JOIIq Jack Tar.

rJolly" is the word generally asso-
ciated with the jack tar. He is the
picture of health, and the health pub
ples over in mirth and merriment. When
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ars. Austin's new dress is fine as SILK
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Atchison Globe.