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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
SHOWERS N THE WEST.
Good Rains i'm Kansas, Missouri, Ne
braska and other states.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 29.-The drought
has been broken in Kansas and Missouri by
good rains that have fallen in heavy and
frequent showers since sunday morning.
The outlook is good for a continued fail to-
night and tomorrow. Col. George W.
Veale. who has closely watched conditions
I'm Kansas for a score Of years. to-day said
the State would raise nearly a half crop OF
corn. The late-planted corn, ne said. was
already showing signs Of lie and vigor. ard
all that had not tasseled out before the
rains would make more than half a crop.
lie said the people would raise sufficient
forage feed for all the cattle now on the
range in Kansas. The rains will greatly
benefit fall pastures. Already the brown
prairies are changing TO green and farmers
and stocKmcn say the landscape viii show
a pleasing contrast within the next two
weeks.
TOPEKA. Kan. July 29.-In place of dry
weather reports, ruined crops and hot
winds in Kansas. now comes news of
copious rains. unfordable streams aad a
restoration of confidence. Most OF the rains
have come To the eastern and central parts
OF the State, but tonight the reports from
the west show the rain has extended clear
through to the Colorado line. Corn Will not
be greatly helped. hut enormous quantities
of rough feed Will be raised and the out
look for stock is greatly improved.
DIES MONIES. Ia. July 2.-Rain fen all
over Iowa Sunday, varying from y OF an
inch TO 4 inches. The average was l63
inches. CrOp-service reports and private
adv.ces 10 grain dealers agree that with
normal conditions the State viii produce
~ per cent. of an average corn crop.
PEORIA. H.. July G-Heavy rain yes
terday and last night has caused great re-
Joicing 10 the farmers, as the late corn
has been saved and a good yield Is as
sured. \ few days longer without rain
would have resulted in the destruction of
the entire crop in this vicinity.
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IMPORTANT INSURANCE SUIT.


PITTSBURG, Pa. July 29.-In Common
Pleas Court No. 3 to-day the Stephenson
& Foster Company entered suit against
seventy-three insurance companies to re-
cover about $4,000 insurance. The suits
are important, as the legality
of the New York and Pennsylvania clause
in the policies will be decided. This clause
reads: IF a building fall, except as the
result of a fire, all insurance on the build-
ing or its contents shall cease" The con-
tention OF the insurance companies in re-
fusing 10 pay the insurance was that the
building fell before fire started and that
il began to fall ten hours previous to that
time. The Stephenson q Foster building
was destroyed on Feb. I. with a loss of
$1,000 and $1,000 insurance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
OF STEAMERS.

YOKOHAMA. july 27.-Saile1: Empress
OF Japan. from HOng-kOng. Shanghai
Hiogo and Nagasaki, for Vancouver, -. &.
NEW YORK. July 9-Arrived: laurie,
from Liverpool. Amsterdam. from ROtter-
dam: Naderland. from Amsterdam.
GIBRALTAR, July 29-Passed: Callibra,
from Naples. for New York: Victoria. from
New York. for Naples.
SCILLY. July 29.-Passed: Maasd&m
from New York. for BOulogne and Rottcr-
dam
SOUTHAMPTON. July ~27.-Sallcd: KoC-
nigen LuIse. from Bremen. for New York.
GIBRALTAR. July 29.-Arrived: TraVe,
from New York. and proceeded.
GLASGOW. July H.-Arrived: Lauren
tan. from New York
LIVERPOOL. July 29.-Arrived: Saxonia,
zxcm Boston.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
OBITUARY.
George IL. YenOwine, n Well-Known
Newspaper Man.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, July 29.-George II.
Yenowine, a newspaper man,
died suddenly tonight. He was connected
with the Evening Wisconsin in this city for
many years, after which he launched the
Yenowine's News, a Sunday society paper.
Later he was editor of the Sunday Louis
Vile Courier-Journal, where he remained
several years, returning to Milwaukee
about a year ago. Mr.. Yenowine was forty
six years old and leaves a widow and son.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30

PARIS. July 21.-Comte De la Vaulx. the
aeronaut. who will attempt to cross the
Mediterranean in a balloon about the mid
die of August. has arrived at Toulon to
s~uperintend the preparatory arrangements.
President Loubet, NJ. De Lanessan, French
minister of marine, and many other DronfI-
nent persons have contributed to the cost
Of the expedition. An immense balloon
shed opening toward the sea will be first
constructed. There will be les sablettes
carrier pigeon posts will be established
along the coast from Barcelona to Nice
and at Corsica and Algerian ports. with
which the aeronaut will communicate en-
route.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
WHEAT FROM RUSSIA.
Nineteen Carloads to De Distributed
for seed in KANSAS and

KANSAS CITY, July 29.-Fifteen car
loads of Russian hard wheat, which is part
of a consignment which left Odessa. Rus
STA, four weeks ago, arrived in Kansas
City to-day and is being placed in the gov
eminent warehouse. Four more carloads
are yet to come. There are LAC bushels of
wheat in the consignment, and IL is TO be
distributed for seed purposes in Kansas
and Oklahoma. 1t is the greatest shipment
Of hard seed wheat ever brought TO this
country. The purpose is TO improve the
quality of Kansas hard wheat for export
-four. The wheat will be distributed from
the government warehouse to points on the
Rock Island and Santa Fe railways. The
cost of laying the wheat down in Kansas
City was 1928 a bushel.
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CINCINNATI. July 29.-The record OF the
heat here to-day was five deaths and ten
prOstrations. while the maximum tempera-
ture was only u degrees as registered by
the government instrument. The heat was
somewhat broken tonight by "A small
shower and the Weather Bureau predicts
the relief will be extended.
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Choate Would Spare the Rod.

LONDON, July 3O.-Mr. Choate, presiding
yesterday at a distribution of prizes to
pupils of the London University School.
alluded deprecatingly TO the delicate sub
ject of logging" which had been aban-
doned. he said, years and years ago i'm
America" His utterances have led to some
editorial comment in the morning papers,
the Standard defending the ancient
method
Mr.. Choate suggested I'm the course Of his
remarks that Great Britain and the United
States should exchange prize boys, dis
tributing them in their respective schools,
and thus promote the ''altogetherness'' Of
the two countries"
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SLOW TO FORGIVE.
OONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGEl

a guide rope. otherwise there was no in
cident. The crowd warmly cheered Nj.
Santos Dumont at the start and on his de-
scent his friends crowded around him and
warmly congratulated him.
The aeronaut started at 4:35 p. m. and
descended at 4:55 p. m. The exhibition,
though successful, was disappointing, in
that he did not go around the Eiffel tower,
though he had announced his intention of
attempting that feat. An nour later a
heavy rain squall swept over the Eiffel
tower and the Bots, which justified the
prudence of NJ. Santos Dumont in declining
to make a further ascension to-day. When
the balloon was maneuvering over the
Longchamps racecOurse, smoke was seen
to be issuing from the motor, which M.
was due to a slight defect in the apparatus.
He was satisfied he could make the trip to
the Eiffel tower and back, but apparently
feared he would not be able to obtain suf-
ficient speed TO fulfill the conditions of the
DputSch priZp-
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DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING.
Barn struck Near MiddIetovyn and
Burned, with Its Contents.

Special % the indianapolis Journal.
MIDDLETOWN. Ind. July 9.-The large
frame barn on the farm OF Fremont Lewis,
five miles southwest Of this place. was
struck by lightning during a thunderstorm
this afternoon and with its contents was
destroyed. with the barn were burned two
good horses. four hundred bushels of wheat,
a lot Of rye and corn. many tons OF hay
and a valuable line of farm implements.
The loss IS estimated at 5000, with insur-
ance OF hut $500.
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spendthrift Moor Arrested.

LONDON. July S0.-El Menebhi, who re-
Gently visited London and Berlin as a spe-
cial envoy of the Sultan of Morocco, is re-
ported TO have been arrested at Mazagan,
says a dispatch from Tangier TO the Morn
ing Post. because the Sultan ~disapproved
of the concessions he granted while in
England, and of his expenditure of e2,OO0,-
600 in London and Berlin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
Lafayette Relics Redeemed.

LONDON. July So. 7. Morgan, before
his recent departure for the United States. -
says the Paris correspondent of the Daily
Express. left a check for 10000 with
General Horace Porter. to be paid on de-
livery at the United States embassy OF GER
tain aluable relics of Lafayette, said to
be in a pawnbroker's shop in London
How they got there is not known. but
the story Is that among them are the
sculpturod gold jug and sword carried
throughout the American campaign, which
Lafayette left TO his heirs"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
Russians Shot by Tibetians.

LONDON, July 3O.-"The Russian govern
ment has been advised" a Y a dispatch TO
the Daily Mail from st. Petersburg, that
two thousand Tibetians, July l6, attacked
Major Kosloff's expedition of twenty men,
half of whom were shot down and the 9TH
ers severely wounded. The government will
demand satisfaction.'
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-THUNDERsToRMs TODAY.
Cooler Weather in southern Indiana
Fair ON Wednesday.

WASHINGTON. July 29-Forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday:
For Ohio-Local thunderstorms on Tues
day. with cooler in southern portion.
Wednesday partly cloudy; fresh westerly
winds.
For Indiana-Local thunderstorm Tues
day; cooler in southern portion. Wednes-
day fair; variable winds.
For Ulinois-PartIy cloudy on Tuesday.
with showers in southern portion; light
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ing and binding the various members of
the family proceeded to torture Mr.. Drum
in an effort to induce him to disclose the
hiding place of money which he was sup
posed TO have secreted in the house. The
robbers secured $50 and were finally fright
ened away by the screams of the women,
which aroused the neighbors. The robbers
escaped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
Germans and ~spaniards Fraternixe

CADIZ. July 29.-On the arrival here Of
the German squadron commanded by Prince
Henry Of Prussia the latter te~legraphed
in the name OF Emperor William greetings
10 the Queen Regent of Spain and received
a cordial reply. About 700 German blue
jackets who are ashore here are fraterniz-
ing with the Spanish soldiers and sailors.
Prince Henry during the day visited the
commander OF the port.
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Aged woman.S Fatal P-rostratIon

Special 90 the Indianapolis Journal
WINAMAC. Ind. July 29.-Ars Martha
A. Martin. eighty-four years old. is dead,
as the result OF heat prostration whicl she
suffered or Saturday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
Three Deaths at springfield.

SPRINGFIELD. H.. July 29.-The maxi
mum temperature here to-day by govern
ment thermometer was only 81 degrees. but
there were three deaths directly attributa-
bic TO heat prOstratiOns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
Naval Defender. Defeated.

LONDON. July 30.-The first battle In the
British naval maneuvers took place yes
terday afternoon when the cruiser squad
rons OF the opposing feet We're engaged
of the Scilly islands, with the theoretical
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
SignOr Crispi Rallied.

NAPLES, July 29.-At noon to-day Signor
Crispi seemed to be sinking, but he rallied
this afternoon and dictated kilograms OF
on the anniversary of the assassination OF
King Humbert.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
Prostitution Near PendIeton.


Special 70 the indianapolis Journal.
PENDLETON. Ind. July z9-Wnl Jen-
kins was Frustrated by heat to-day while
firing "A threshing engine near GAINESVILLE.
z little village west OF here. ana is in a
very serious condition.
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Correct
Buffalo Times.

BuTaIO Times.
Divine services are 10 be held each Sun
day night for an indefinite period in one
Of the most notorious dives IN New York
city. Any serious good which may result
from such sensatiOnaiism Is questionable:
but IL Is better than sending missionaries
10 foreign countries.
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Paper MIL Burned.

WINDSOR MILLS. Quebec. July 29.-The
st. Francis mill, owned by the Canada
Paper Company. and its contents. valued at
"A quarter OF a million dollars, were de-
stroyed by fire this evening.
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Cured to-day az Michigan City. Murphy
Hartnett. a oeaf mute. vas the victim lie
MAS nfty-fOur years old and unmarried.
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THREATEN TO N HIM.
Ohio Miners Demanding the blood of
n COIored Man.

GAINESVILLE. O.. July 29.-Melvin Shell
ton. one of the victims Of Grant Taylor's
revolver while Taylor was dying Sunday.
died to-day. Tonight several hundred
miners are gathered at Kings Mills ex-
citedly discussing the situation. and many
are talking Of lynching Busbv. the colored
man who caused the riot. The authorities
1T Cambridge are taking all precautions.
however. and are prepared for trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30

Chile. will be rendered an elaborate ban
quet by Chilean friends to mark their APP
probation of his friendly sentiments for
Chile.
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Ohio Fnrme and Family Nnitreated
by Twelve Masked Men.

BUCYRUS. o.. July 29.-Twelve masked
men last night visited the residence OF
Peter Drum. a wealthy farmer. residing
eleven miles east OF here, and after seiz-
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Banquet for Minister Wilson.

SANTIAGO DE CHILE. July 29.-Henry
l.. Wilson, the United States minister 10
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result that the defending fleet was ami
hilated. The channel is now apparently at
the mercy of the enemy. Eighteen cruisers
were supposititiously sunk.
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Bar. Their. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre-.
Z a. m. 29.$ 50 81 South. Pt cldy. 600
Z p. m. 29.SS - 81 South. Cloudy. OO
Maximum temperature. 80; minimum tenn
p~eratufe. %.
Comparative statement OF the mean tenn
pcrature and total precipitation July %.
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Local observations on Monday.

winds. Wednesday fair, with
.ooler in northeast portion.
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This land is within six rods of til
MADE IN OIL.

The following table shows how a few of the many of the California oil stocks
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
5oLsfoi Excommun;cnfed

Inc Greek church has carried ont its
threat to excommunicate Count Leo
Tolstoi. The organ of the HOLY SYNOD
mas published the official notice plac-
ing on record the novelist's apostasv
ana casting him into outer darkness
SO far as the orthodox church is con-
cerned. The sentence of spiritu,l
oeath thus pronounced upon him is
not likely to trouble Count Tolstoi to
any great extent. AS the circular of
communication says. he has CIV
speech and writing increasingly striy
en- to separate himself from all COM
munication with the orthodox church.
His whole intellectual life has been
hVed outside the forms and creed CT
that church, so he will not feel the
communication as others might.
happily the physical and material suf-
ferlngs that once accompanied the
dlspleasure Of a church can no longer
De inflicted in Russia or elsewhere
The social ostracsm that once follow
ed the victim of such decree hardly
exists. and it is not likely that Count
Tolstoi will be severely ehunned bN
the peasants to whom he has devoted
SO much of his life and his money. For
the favors of the society world he
cares nothing. So long as an excom-
munlcation does not carry with it any
torture or Imprisonment. "a man like
Iolstoi can afford to smile at it. In
the eyes Of the world he is a larger
figure than all the members of the
Greek hierarchy combined.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

the Tramp's brain, and memory's
paintings passed before his eyes. The
Duttercups in the meadows, and the
the loud whistle of the quail in the
renee corner; her fathe. house amid
the elm trees at the end of the lane;
the music Ct her young voice. and the
magic touch of her little hand!
How madly he had loved her in those
old days in that simple, peaceful coun-
try town! And how happy he had
oeen-how happy they both had been
sweet scent of the clover; the melody
OF the thrush's song in the he lge. ana
Until that winter she had visited in
the great city, and became intoxicated
Win It's glare and its gayeties.
Ihen she had wearied of him, and
ne, crushed, heart-broken, desperate,
mad cursed her and drifted away
drl1ted on the wild pillows of reckless,
ness that had tossed him this way
ana that, until He looked at his
rags and his filth and his degradation
God! Was ais the end?
He struggled to his feet and stag
gered out of the alley into the sub
dued yellow glare of the street. A pa
trolman passed and the Tramp in
stlnctyely crouched in darkened
doorway and watched the retreating
figure.
Suddenly thought flashed through
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

and preserved it for this hour, which
felt was coming. When you have
done all these things carefully. retire
the way you entered The door will
lock after you when you close it.
Bring the key away with you."
You'll do" exclaimed the shorter
Shadow. ,admiringly. You're a
peach"
AS for me- continued the other 81
have arranged to spend the night with
friends in a suburb. Might have ia
/ work an alibl, YOU know. But what
do you SAYS it a go?''
Sure" said his companion; cts a
go, OF me name amt ..Reddy' Farrell
After the two shadows had retreated
through the black fog Of the alley into
the yellowish fog of the street and
had lost themselves amid the other
shadows, the Tramp sat upright and
drew the back of a rough and grimy
hand across his eyes.
HIS bones ached from the dampness
and the chill, and his brain seemed
light and uncertain.
Belle Sibley! How that name car
RED him back across the span OF years
70 the days when he was gentleman
nllmself-a gentleman, respected, hon
ored, ambitious. successful, and she
was the sweetest, daintiest creature in
his little world. s..
Gradually the whisky oozed out OF
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

CISCO, undertaken, it was presumed,
by the rapacious Englishmen, to in
duce the United States to extend a
protectorate over the Gilbert islands.
while in San Francisco the king talked
OF going to Washington, but he re-
ceived no encouragement, and ill
health forced him to return home. Ac-
cording to the latest correspondence
from the islands. the manner CT the
annexation" by the English was
brutal in the extreme. About the mid
die of June, the British man-of-war
Royalist suddenly appeared in the har-
Dor. Her captain, accompanied by
several officers, all of whom were con
siderably the worse for liquor, swag-
gered into the presence of the king and
Informed the astonished ruler that ner
majesty, the queen of the United King
dom, ETC., etc. had assumed a pro-
tectorate over the Gilbert islands. To
the protests Of the king, who Insisted
that his subjects were happy and con-
tented, and that the foreigners resi-
dent in the islands had every protec-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

which did not conform to military
standards of dress, but appeared in
all sorts of apparel, some in straw
hats, some in caps, some in stove
pipes, others in shirtsleeves and some
in linen busters. 1t was a motley
aggregation, but it's discipline was
good and it did not reflect discredit-
ably on it's commander. At q Hol-
brook married and soon thereafter
took up agriculture as his vocation.
He applied himself to a scientific
for various farm journals throughout
the State, he attracted attention to
himself. His writings were read far
and wide and had much to do with
his introduction to public life. When
he went to the State Senate in 1S49.
he was not total strange. to the
people of his State and before he had
been there long they knew him as
one o. the stanchest men in that
body. The following year he was
reelected In 1850 he was mad,
president of the Vermont State Agr-
cultural Society which had just been
organized and he remained at it's head
10 years. In 1860 he was elected Gov
ernor and served four years He was
one of Lincoln's most loyal support
ers and it was upon his suggestion
that the martyr President called for
100000 volunteers in 1862 The same
year the Governor secured the estab-
lishment of a military hospital at
Brattleboro and invalid soldiers were
sent there from the southern battle
fields. At one time as many as 1000
sick soldiers. We're being cared for ii
the buildings and in tents.
At the close of his second term
Gov Holbrook resumed his agricul-
tural pursuits. He had a genius for
inventing mechanical implements and
improving on those already made. A
firm in Boston kept him almost con-
stantly employed. How the Govern
or is spending his old age may be
gathered from the following:
II am happy and contented. try
to make myself useful. walk sew
'eral miles every pleasant day at
tend to my correspondence. do my
own writing. read aloud several
hours daily, largely from TIE poets
and works of imagination. This tends
to prevent introspection when one is
old. try to be young old
man. I've been smoking ever since
was Is years old, and you see Pm
alive yet. enjoy the weed. l don't
smoke strong cigars now. have
one of our manufacturers make me
some cigars every now and then. He
puts the best material into them and.
as you see, they are very small ana
mild. I smoke cigar after each
meal. and sometimes go beyond that
limit. I believe in moderation al
ways"
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fish, painted in red on the face. The
various parts of the fish are scattered
llcterogeneously on the surface of the
face; the. peculiar long snout is
painted on the forehead, the gills are
represented by two curved linas be-
low the eyes. while the tail is shown
as cut in two. and hanging from
either nostril. When only oae or two
parts of an animal are painted on
mans face, it is an indication of in
feriority; when the whole animal ap-
pears. even though in many oddly
assorted parts. the sign is one of
great value and indicates high
rank.
Very peculiar are some of the hon
orable symbols painted on the In
dams faces. They are fish, flesh and
fowl of all kinds-dog salmon, devil
fish, star fish, woodpeckers, eagles,
ravens, VOLTS. bears, sea lions and sea
monsters, mosquitoes, frogs, noun
tain goats and all manner of foos,
claw or beal marks-each with a
special meaning of its own.