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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-10-11
P.lmist Retire. millionaire.

Count Hamong, better known in the
United States as Cheiro, the palmist.
has retired from the business mil
Honaire, writes a Paris correspondent.
The only known man to make a mill
lion telling fortunes has bought a
chateau in the champagne country,
where he has gone to cultivating vines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-10-11
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
HOUSES OF CONCRETE.
First One Built About a Half Cen
tury Ago.
Casters Magazine.

Casters Magazine.
The latest and most important example
of concrete construction in buildings is
found in the case of one of the large rail-
way companies whose shop buildings, with
one exception, have concrete walls and
foundations, and some CT them also floors
and roofs of the same composition. The
general plan of construction was the usual
one of pouring the concrete into molds,
built of tongued and groOved pine boards,
special wooden frames being used where
necessary.
h buildings. call TO mind what was, in
all probability, the earliest practical VEN
ture in this field, made by Mr.. w. E. Ward
about a quarter of a century ago. and de-
Scribed by him a short time thereafter in a
paper read before the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. Mr.. Wards enter
prise took the shape of a building for
dwelling purposes, in which not only the
towers were made of concrete, but all the
beams, floors and roofs as we'll, reinforced
with light iron beams and rods.
Furthermore, all the closets, stairs, ball
comics and pOrticos, with their supporting
columns. were nodded from the same ma
terial. The only wood in the whole struc-
ture was in window sashes ard doors, with
their frames, and in the stair rails. thus
excluding everything of a combustible ma
ture from the main construction. Indeed,
it was the desire for something of a thor
oughly fireproof character that seemed to
have, to a great extent, inspired the un-
dertaking. The exterior portions, too. of
the house. which were made of concrete
put in place during the progress of the
work, and in the ceiling and wall panels
and other details, were of the same ma
terial, covered afterward with the finish
usual in such work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

ton by microscopic experts of every pound
of American meats intended for export,
and gave the bureau arbitrary power for
the destruction of diseased meat and an
imals. The result has been TO place Amer
lean meat products beyond the reach of
attack from foreign rivals or enemies. and
to add enormously to our exports. The
central Office of the bureau is in Washing
ton, but it has branches wherever meats
are prepared for export. including one il
this city. As to the extent of its operations
last year the secretary of agriculture says:
This bureau inspected for export $500
cattle, 2ZS.0J0 sheep and 5000 horses and
mules, and nearly Loco vessels carrying
live stock. Tn meat-inspection service
involved the inspection at time OF Slaugn-
ter Of nearly 100000 animals. or the
more than 100000 cattle inspected, the
condemned carcasses were about one
fourth Of 1 Der cent; Of the 6.500,000 sheep,
one-tenth of 1 per cont. and of 100000
hogs, one-third of / per cent. In the con-
troll Of indigenous diseases, l,500,OOO lnspec-
tiOns were made and over 5000 cars disin-
fected in the Texas fever service alone.
In the repression of scabies in sheep nearly
100000 animals were inspected, and over
100000 dipped under the supervision of the
department inspectors.
The operations OF the bureau and their
important results have been commented on
by different Presidents, in two annual mes
sages by President Harrison, in two by
President Cleveland, and by others. The
bureau is one of those branches of the
government which the people at large do
not hear or know much about. but from
which they receive great benefits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Committees Completing Their Work
One Waiting on RoOseveIt's Message.

: MEXICO CITY, Nov. 26-The committees
of the Pan-American Congress are rapidly
completing their work with the exception
of the arbitration committee and the COM
mittee on commerce and reciprocity. The
latter is Withholding action until it. learns
the stand which President Roosevelt will
take on the subject of reciprocity in his
forthcoming message to Congress. The
work Of the arbitration committee is de-
layed by the difficulties of the subjects
and the many conflicting interests which it
is necessary to cOnciliate. 1t held its first
meeting to-day after a fOrtnights adjourn
ment.
The committee on future pan-American
conferences will, it is understood. recon-
mend the holding Of a conference every five
years. 1t is generally held that the present
conference should designate the place
where the next one is to be held and that
the same course should be followed by each
succeeding congress.
The committee on the interOceanic canal
probably will conine itself in general terms
TO recommending the excavation of such
waterways without expressing preference
for any particular route.
At the afternoon session of the arbitra-
tiOn committee the nineteen members Of
the committee appointed a subcommittee
consisting of the following members:
Pardo. of Mexico; BermejO, OF Argentine;
Blest Cana, of Chile; Duarte Periera, of
Brazil: AlzamOra. of Peru. Buchanan. Of
the United States, and LaZo Arriaga, Of
Guatemala. The committee decided To adj
journ until il receives the report of the
subcommittee.
After the meeting President Raigosa and
Messrs. Pardo and Pineda. of the Mexican
delegation, conferred with Foreign Minister
Mariscal.
Owing TO recent developments in the af-
fairs OF Colombia, carlos Martinez Silva
one OF the delegates Of that country to the
Pan-American conference and who Is also
the minister OF his country at Washington,
left tonight for his post, expecting TO be
absent from Mexico City for a fortnight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
Leagues of Linen.
Empire Review.

Empire REVIEW.
1t was an enterprising and far-sighted
cotton manufactures, Andrew Mulholland.
who first realized the benefit that
would accrue from the utilization on a large
scale in flax spinning Of machinery similar
to that used in cotton spinning. and i'm $50
the first bundle of flax yarn produced by
machinery in Belfast was turned out at
Mulholland's YOrk-street mill. The power
chine, although strangely enough they were
weaving linen by the power loom i'm DUN
dee and Leeds long before Belfast took il
up in 1~S49-1S5O. Then followed the period
of leaps and bounds" Belfast gave up
cotton and rushed TO linen. in which. In a
few decades, it had outdistanced all rivals
The trade handboOks may be referred TO
for the detailed figures relating to this
industry. but perhaps the striking calcula-
tion made by the late Mr.. II. o. Lanyon
when president Of the Belfast Chamber OF
Commerce a few years ago viii convey
the best idea of the magnitude Of the manu-
~facture. The length of yarn produced
in the year" he said. amounts TO about
644. O00. 200 miles. making a thread which
would encircle the world $500 times. II II
could be used for a telephone wire il would
give US six lines TO the sun and about ESQ
besides 10 the moon" AS for the annual
output of linen. it measures about l56. O00.-
00 yards, which would make a girdle for
the earth at the equator three yards wide. -
1t is also estimated that the annual value of
the trade in all its branches amounts to
fl2, 100000. while the capital invested ex-
ceeds 91S,0o0.0o0
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
RUPEES VALUE INVOLVED.
Customs Board Decision that May Cost
the Government SI.OOO,OOO

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-The United State,
Board of classification to-day gave a de.
cision on the prospect OF Lucius Beebe q
Son, of Boston. importers, against the le-
cIsion of the collector OF customs at BIS
ton. the decision involving the value OF the
Indian rupee. in cases I'm which merchan-
disc from foreign countries is inVOiced in
this coin. 1t was said at the appraisers
stores that under this decision IL II Is sus-
tanned, the government VIII nave 20 refund
large sums that have been paid in duties
Volved is estimated TO be from $4,000 &C
Sl.OO0.O 00. this having been a test case.
The Beebe case involves the construction
Of the prOvisO 10 Section IS OF the tariff act
OF Aug. .. 1894. which provides that the
director OF the mint shall quarterly estab-
lish the value Of foreign coin in United
States currency. according 10 the pure
metal in them. At the time that Beebe AZ
Son made their importation this pure metal
value of a rupee had been fixed at nine
teen and nineteen one-hundredths cents.
II was claimed. however. by the govern
ment. that the rupee actually possessed an
exchange value of thirty-two and eleven
cne-hundredths cents and the Boston coll
lector used the larger figure In establishing
the duties. The importers went before the
board of classification TO require the coll
lectOr 10 liQuidate the duties on the basis OF
the pure metal value OF the rupee as es-
tablished by the director OF the mint. The
board sustained their contention and IL was
twice affirmed by the United states Circuit
Court at Boston and also by the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals at Bos-
ton
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
~GERMANY,s SUGAR Trust.

II recent reports are true, Germany is the
proud possessor Of "a sugar trust which
dwarfs all others into insignihcance. A
combination which aims to control the
sugar market of thesworld and to fix the
price of the commodity to consumers, not
only in Germany but in all other countries,
is holder in its scope than anything yet
attempted in that line. Yet London sugar
magnates are said to have discovered ex-
actly that sort Of a combination in Ger
many. The dispatches call it a "kartell.''
which is but another name for secret agree
ment or trust. 1t is said to consist of an
ironclad combination of almost all sugar
producers and refners in Germany. in
Guiding the beet growers and manufacture
ers, by which they bind themselves to buy
from and sell to only those affiliated with
the combination. This gives the beet grow
ers a good price for raw material, the
manufacturer a good price for his prod
uct, and enables the refner to fix the price
for German consumers as well as on the
exported article. The Importance of such
an arrangement may be inferred from
lAC AdCl Nhdl 0EIAAdly HOW pIOOuCtS AuAly
one-third of the worlds supply of beet
sugar and about 20 per cent of the entire
sugar crop of the world. Reliable Stats
tics place the entire sugar production of
the world in 19O0-01 at 9.537,509 tons, of
which 3,4+O.65O tons were cane sugar
and 6~.O96,S59 tons were beet. Of the beet
sugar 100000 tons were produced in Europe
a-I re C-Q 4--- - ~. IL c+-t-. ~
the total amount produced in Europe $780,
600 tons were produced in Germany, of
which she exported 1,25O,OOO tons. The dis
patch announcing the discovery OF the
kartell or trust says: "Germany's exports,
which are almost one-ffth the worlds sup
ply, are sent out at a loss to German man
ufactuTers; but thanks to the kartell, plus
the bounty, they are able not only to make
up for this. but to reap a handsome profit
In addition to gaining absolute control of
the sugar market"
Aside from the boldness of a combination
which attempts to control such large in
t%erests. the figures are suggestive of what
may be accomplished by well-directed pro-
tective legislation. The development of the
German beet sugar industry is the result
of legislation designed exclusively for the
benefit of Germany. The industry in that
country has had it's chief development dur
ing the last twenty years. In 1880 Germany
produced only 594. 1000 tons of beet sugar,
against 100000 tons last year. This in
crease is nearly as great as that of cane
sugar production in the entire world. which
was 1850. 900 tons in 1880, and 3. 10000 in 1900.
The figures show that taking the world
at large. beet-sugar production has far out
stripped cane sugar and is growing at a
much more rapid rate. The conclusion
would seem to be that the United States
should make a special effort to develop the
cane-sugar industry in its possessions
adapted thereto. We should not remain
permanently dependent on any foreign
country for our sugar supply.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

Philip King is the signature and perhaps
the real name of a writer who furnishes
articles on the financial situation for the
New York Sun. He discusses current ques-
tons of finance i-ntelligently and some
times touches on side issues. An article
ia the Sun of the 25th inst. opens by saying
that in many ways New York is a provin-
cial city and amplihes the statement by
pointing out the tendency of New Yorker
to overrate the relative advantages of that
city and underrate those OF others. In
very guarded language the writer ventures
the opinion that New York lacks a good
deal of being 1.-The whole thing" and, rela-
the whole as it was a few decades ago.
He continues:
Do New Workers thoroughly under
stand the tremendous development. the
cosmopolitan character and the extraor-
binary range OF the active and pOten-
tial resources of the land? The Imagination
can draw a ready picture, perhaps, of the
Western grain fields, but how many of us
have any real conception of the iron and
steel industry centered at P~ittsburg. or of
the iron and copper mining works on the
shores of Lake Superior? Who, unless he
can form any idea of the vast amount of
shipping that traverses them, of the miles
and miles of vessels waiting in line to pass
through the locks of Sault Ste. Marie?
And is ii always understood that there are
scores of cities in the United States in
which there are as great and daring bust
ness men. ready TO undertake any task,
constantly engaged in the largest enter
prises, as any of our own merchants and
bankers? 1t is in lack of definite apprecia-
ton of these matters that failure often at
tends our local estimate of what the coun-
try is doing and is capable of doing fur
Their. Proper realization of it is essential
TO a broad and correct judgment of the
financial situation whenever this is taken.
This gentle reminder to New Workers
from one of them is we'll put. It does not
apply equally to all New Workers. but there
is a class who need it and who would be
better qualified to deal with great bust
ness questions and be better Americans
every way if they would now and then go
on a personally conducted excursion
through the heart of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

ton in New York devoted to the COM
mercial interest Of North. Central and
South America. with agencies or CORE
%spondents in the principal cities Of the
different republics of America and doing
business upon the same principle, charging
the same rates OF interest and exchange
and allowing the same credits" The lack
of direct banking facilities between the
United States and South American cOun-
tries is one Of the greatest obstacles to. the
extension OF trade, and the above sugges-
ton is evidently intended to meet that con-
dition. The report urges that the estab-
lishment Of such a bank be encouraged by
the people Of Central and South America.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

The Chicago Record-Herald cannot see
the anthracite coal people should sell
their product cheaper TO go abroad than to
be sold in Chicago: nevertheless. those who
consider the question Will find the reason
in the fact that Chicago thinks it must
have a great deal OF anthracite coal, while
Germany uses what IL receives because it
Is cheaper than other coal. Ii il were steel
that was sold cheaper in Europe than
here. the result would be attributed to the
protective tariff.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

The attitude OF the Democratic members
less of the business interests or the credit
of the city. Their attempt TO force a con-
%tinuance of the temporary loan policy is
not because they think it better for the city
than issuing bonds to pay the loans. but
because they hope in some way TO make
party capital out Of it. There is not even
a decent pretense of regard for public in
terests. They are simply playing a dirty
game OF small politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

A leading American life insurance COM
pany announces that it has completed an
important purchase Of property in Paris.
The purchase includes a triangle of ground
In the heart of the city, covered at present
with renting buildings and valued at 81. ZOO
600. The president of the company says it
IS doing a large business in France and it
is only fair to its French policy holders
that 1t should make some investments in
that country. 1t is a new form of Ameri-
can ENTERPRISE.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

Mr.. Charles A. Conant. who recently re-
turned from the Philippine islands. where
ne went to investigate and report upon Ger
tain financial questions. thinks the com
plete pacihcation OF the islands is near at
hand and that they will eventually prove a
valuable possession. in my opinion" he
says. 1.-The United States has been peculiar
ly fortunate in falling into possession OF
such a magnificent domain with so little
effort. when European countries have been
struggling at such heavy cost to attain
colonial possessions OF comparatively trining
value and which are not comparable in any
degree with the magnificent domain which
We have acquired in the Philippines" And
yet there are some little Americans who
persist in thinking that the United States
should abandon the islands as a derelict
90 fan into the hands OF the first European
bower that might send a force there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

Secretary Hitchcock may surprise some
area of the United States remains vacant
because of the lack of water. He favors
the gradual reclamation of this land by
the federal government, coupled with the
discreet recommendation that the land be
sold for enough to pay the cost of irriga-
H.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

The Republicans OF the House have an
opportunity to get rid of a lot of s~inecures
which have infested both branches of Con-
gress. SO long as 1t is possible for the
government to support only a small per-
centage OF the population the number so
supported should be made as small as pos
efbTa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

To permit a corporation like a coal COM
State simply TO be able to appeal to the
federal courts is a plan to subvert local
government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

When it is recalled that Great Britain's
very large merchant marine will derive
more advantage from the isthmian canal
than any other nation, her reason for
making the new treaty needs no explana-
@f1n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
THE HUMORISTS.
Sweet Charity.

Philadelphia Press.
Look here, boss" said the beggar. you've
given me a counterfeit"
us that SOP replied the good man. 'WeIl.
keep It for your honesty"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
Strong Men.

Ohio State Journal.
Miss Touriste-You have some strong and rug
ged types of manhood out in this Western coun-
try. don't you?
Stage Driver-Yaas, miss, we hev men out
here tibet don't think it's nuthin' t hold up a
railroad train.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

There are some people in this country
who seem TO believe that a few millions
worth Of foreign trade is worth more than
the prosperity of local industries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

Even with a small duty on hides, Ameri-
can kill and enterprise undersell the ma
tive makers of shoes. quality considered,
in Great Britain and Germany.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

Commissioner jones will find it d difficult
task TO induce Indians to work. Like many
white men. Indians are constitutionally OPP
posed to any kind of labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
Perhaps.
Baltimore American.

THE lady who writes the Advice for the
Afflicted says that the best way to cure a cold
is to grease the heels" remarked tie snake
editor.
''Of course" opined the automobile editor.
she meant to advise the use of a healing ONT
mont -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
H~nrdships of the Doctors Wife.

Chicago RecOrd-Herald.
Mrs. Peckham-Pd hate to be a doctors
wife.
Mrs. Ka Flyppe-Why?
Mrs. ~Peckham-They're always so fussy about
not wanting people to try all the patent medi-
cines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
Surely Not
Chicago Tribune.

NHlCd5O llluuuts
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures, 1 wish you wouldn't
have so much to do with that young Higginside.
/ am told he Is a confirmed a%gnOstic.
Miss NIaud-Why, mamma; the agnOstfcs don't
confirm people, do they?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

Persons sending the Journal through the mails
T. the United States should put on an elght-pase
pr a twelVe-page paper a l-cent stamp, on d
kixteen, twenty or twenty-fOur page paper a
Ecent stamp. Foreign postage IS usually aouO!e
these rates.
All communications intended for publication in
this paper must. In order 10 receive attention.
Re accompanied by the name and address OF the
writer.
Rejected manuscripts viii not be returned IN
|ess postage Is inclosed FOR that purpose
Entered as secOn1-Class matter At Indianapolis
Ind. postufice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
Thought Well of 1t.

New York Sun.
First Tramp-What do they mean by Fabian
inactivity
Second Tramp-Dat's de first 1 ever heard of
dat kind, but whatever it is 1 have great respeck
for IT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

The gaIantry which our soldiers in the
Philippines are displaying is a new thing to
men who have been accustomed TO Spanish
methods of warfare.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

Some OF the propositions before the Pan
American Congress at Mexico city have a
strong flavor Of business. A report by the
committee on banking and monetary ex-
change. OF which a delegate from Argen-
tina Is chairman, declares in favor Of the
establishment CT a large banking institu-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL
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