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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-12
supplies OF silver and rice from the
southern provinces.
Military Railway Surveyed.

ouPPiAOS VI oilNcI anu IlCc liOm INC
southern provinces.
Military Railway Surveyed.
The British have completed the sur
veys for a military railway from
Pekin to Tungcho, in connection with
water communication by way of the
Pei river. The American board of for
eign missions at Tungcho has protest
ed against the line crossing its prop
erty there, as ii Is though II will per-
haps be feasible to re-erect the mission
there. A band of thieves, including
two men who were dressed as Ameri-
cans, recently robbed the house OF
Lien Yuen, who was beheaded last
August for advocating peace. On Fri
day night a large armad band again
attacked the house and wounded Lien
Yuen's oldest son. A number of Chi
nese police, with an American patrol,
succeeded in arresting twelve of the
thieves. These men were arraigned in
the Chinese court in the American sec
ton OF the city, under Major Robert
son, who favors the carrying out of the
Chinese law, which requires the i'm
position of the death penalty in cases
Of this kind, but General Chaffee, fol-
lowing his previous decisions, may
commute a sentence. Four armed bur-
glars have been sentenced to death by
native court In the English section,
and Major Du Boulay will probably
confirm the sentence, though his pre-
decessor, Captain Selwyn. was opposed
to the extensive application of decapi-
tation. The natives generally regard
severe punishment in such cases as the
only preventive of a repetition of
crime.
Telegram Perplexes Officials.
Washington, d. c., April 9.-The ad-
ministration is perplexed over a cable
dispatch received yesterday from
Squiers. now in charge of the Ameri-
can legation in Pekin. This dispatch,
according to a publication today, said
the Russian Minister refused to re-
ceive official communications from
Chinese commissioners" which carried
the inference that diplomatic relations
between the two countries interested
would be broken of. The officials are
very reticent about the matter, and
decline to affirm or deny whether it is
generality stated. They will go only
so far as to admit the receipt of a
dispatch whose purport was not clearly
understood. for which reason 1t was
not given to the press for publication.
Another cablegram which reached here
today from Rockhill, the special
commissioner Of the United States,
engaged In conducting the peace ne -
tiations, made no reference to the l.
legged refusal of the Russians to re-
ceive official communications from the
Chinese commissioners. AS Rockhill
is in position to know promptly
what develops between the Ministers
and the peace commissioners, it is be-
lieved he would be prompt to report
a step of such far-reaching Importance
as the published dispatch from Squiers
would indicate.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-12
Selfshness insults love.

The system cannot be in good condi-
ton when the bowels are constipated.
Take Garfield Ten, il cures coDstipa-
ton and effectually regulates the liver.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-12

The zrmtor of saloons IN Chip lac
year Was 1888. al increase Of 4.
over 1859. The license recel2s were
si,SC4 Gao.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-12

The roots of strong tree do not
make much rustic, but they do the
hanging on in time of storm.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-12
Russia Is Determined.

st. Petersburg, April 9.-"Russia
does not intend to be left in the far
east at the disadvantage she was plac-
ed under in the near East twenty-three
years ago." says Viedmosti, discussing
the Chinese situation
At the same time Viedmosti, as we'll
as most Of the other newspapers,
blames the foreign powers operating
with Russia In China for Russia's con-
tinued occupation of Manchuria. Rus
STA, the newspapers declare, cannot get
out of the province until some guaran-
tee has been offered that her frontier
will be made safe for all time. This
the powers have prevented by delaying
the signing of the Manchurian treaty.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-04-12
We win R-maia Neutral.

Washington, April 9.-"In the event
of war between China and Russia or
between China and Japan on one side
and Russia on the other, the United
States would take no part in the con-
fiict. 1.-THE United States would await
the result, but would fortify itself
against the loss of indemnity already
accrued by asking for a guarantee OF
the indemnity from all the powers now
in China"
These propositions present the po-
sition of the state department as given
out today in view of the warlike char
acter of the news from China, Russia
and Japan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
CITY NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. F. T Lee left for New York and Phil
adelphia yesterday. a.
Mr. S. Van Arsdale and A ]. Miller have
gone 10 Buffalo and New York city.
The old settlers of Marion county will
hold their twentieth annual reunion at
Broad Ripple on Thursday, Aug. To-
Mrs. Philip Rappaport and Mrs Richard
Lieber will leave for Germany next Thurs
day. They will be at home to their friends
on Wednesday evening.
lawn fete will be given Tuesday even
ing by Alfarata degree team, d. of p, at
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
/ rry, 1908 Fletcher avenue.
Rev. L. A Hawley of Chicago Univer-
sity, one of the ablest preachers of the
Baptist denomination. will occupy the pull
pit OF the First Baptist Church to-day, both
morning and evening.
The children in the neighborhood of Ash
land avenue and Twenty-third street Will
give lawn fete for the benefit of the Fresh
Air Mission at the residence of Charles w.
Lauer 1902 Ashland avenue, Friday night,
July %
The National Encampment of the Union
Veteran Legion will meet at Gettysburg
Oct. 8. The low rates will give many an
opportunity TO visit the great battlefield.
Encampment No. so, of this city, will select
delegates next Tuesday evening.
Prof. and Mrs. A. w. Butler are enter
tanning at their home, in Irvington, Prof.
c. w. Mcclure, superintendent of the pub
lie schools of Germantown, o., and Mrs.
Mcclure and Rev. l.. III. Admire, pastor of
Calvary Presbyterian Church, Auburn n.
Y and Mrs Admire
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
FAMOUS ECHOES.
Number of Remarkable Natural
Echoes i'm America.
Pearson's Magazine.

Parsons Magazine.
In this country there are many we'll
known buildings noted for their echoes, and
of these perhaps none are more remarkable
than the Tabernacle in Salt Lake city.
When this hall is empty and quiet, the ring
OF a pin falling on the floor can be heard
from all points and even the feeble, Tasping
sound produced by rubbing the hands to-
gether is perfectly audible from one end of
the building to the other.
better known, but really less wonderful
example of audibiity within a building is
found in the National Hall or Statuary in
the Capitol at Washington. The phenomena
manifested here. which are genuine and in
teresting enough, have been somewhat over
stated. / have spent long morning in this
hall studying the matter critically, and,
having obtained due permission have ques-
toned the various groups of visitors while
being placed in chosen positions by the
guides TO hear the marvellous reverberations
of sound
The guides certainly make the most of
their opportunities for impressing visitors
but when a guide retreats TO a distance TO
whisper. you may observe on approaching
him with due caution, that his whisper is of
the stage whisper sort. and calculated to
carry with great distinctness under any
conditions, The chief acoustical pecu-
larities of the chamber are clearly due 10
the fact that the roof, which is partly
dOmed is not symmetrical with respect TO
the floor, so that complex reverberation is
the consequence.
Natural echoes unsurpassed in wonderful
effect are not far TO seek in America. Prob
ably Irish Killarney itself does not hide
away more striking echoes than turk with
in the famous Colorado canyon, and II
would be rash 10 assert that these are quite
the most wonderful 10 be found among the
rocky retreats of the far West.
Deep raVines being the recognized haunt
of echoes. II may be taken for granted that
many exist in the great gorge OF Niagara,
and any one jOurneying TO the falls by this
approach will be we'll rewarded by stopping
at Inspiration Point. walking forward 10
the edge OF the cliff. and here waiting till
the FIRST train. on nearing the level cross
ing. blows its whistle. All the deep glen
takes up and carries on the warning shrek.
The musical chord blown so constantly by
railway engines often meets with a beauti-
ful response from the surrounding country.
This is very noticeable round the Lake OF
Geneva, Wisconsin. when the listener is
standing on high ground and trains are
threading their way through the woodland
below THESE effects are due 10 the near
ness of extensive pine forests 10 the rail-
road tracks.
Many who visited Wadesboro. N c. TO
observe the total eclipse of the sun from
the observation station there last year
noticed that the Organ-like piping of the
trains, when some two miles distant I'm the
broad. wooded valley below. would give
place without sensible break. TO an echo
ing reply. drawn out in prolonged strain,
which slowly and softly died away, like
the wild notes of some gigantic harp.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
A Valuable Patent.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.


1T is a curious thing how quickly a
small thing is sometimes converted into
fortune, said a gentleman who deals in
novelties, and | have in mind one very
simple device which for while was re-
Here is the coat-collar spring. which is
few years ago. when 1 was in the East.
that this very useful device came very
near selling for song. 1t had been pat
ented, but the right had remained III the
Patent Office at Washington for several
years. and the man who designed it had
practically lost interest in il. An enter
prising concern in Boston got onto the
thing and wanted 10 put il on the market
The owner of the patent was in Washing
ton. | believe. at the time. The Boston
concern sent a man TO see him. He was
instructed TO offer the owner as much as
500 for the patent right, but no more. The
offer was made in due time, and the fellow
had about agreed TO accept ii. In fact, he
seemed TO be Indifferent to the worth of
the patent and did not attach much i'm
pOrtance TO ii. The bargain was TO be
closed the next day after the first CONVEX
sation- But in the meantime some other
concern had discovered that the coat-collar
spring might have a good outcome. II
was wealthy concern. on the Gay the
deal was TO be closed for the Boston firm
a second offer made and the man got
$4,000 for his rights, with royalty privilege.
Since that time the spring has been put
on the market in every civilized country
in the world and has yielded several for
tunes. 1t all goes TO show how often we
stumble over fortune in our daily grind"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
MOTH HUNTING BY NIGHT.
A Pursuit That Is Much Enjoyed by
the Ardent Naturalist.

Pearsons Magazine
The glorious Wicken Sedge Fen in Cam
bridgeshire-the only bit of wild" Fen left
in England-has for ages past been the
happy hunting ground of the entomologist
and it is now the only pace where some Of
the rarest insects find an English home
Night work amongst the moths requires
certain amount of courage in the man
who undertakes ii alone, for though when
sport is brisk the excitement tends to keep
up ones spirit yet, when no moths are fly
ing, the entomologist, standing out in the
darkness OF the wide fen, is apt to feel the
loneliness of so vast and weird a space.
A successful nights work entails a good
deal of trouble. Towards sunset the moth
catcher will start for the Fen wheeling a
barrow heavily laden with such articles
as he may require. These ncluoe a stout
wooden box Inside which is carried big
lamp measuring about eighteen inches high
twelve inches wide and ten inches deep
killing bottle or cyanide and number
of pill boxes of various sizes): three eight
feet poles; a white sheet some ten feet long
by five feet wide: pot of molasses called
sugar by the moth-catcher). a lantern a
moth-trap and the indispensable net.
He makes his way somewhat laboriOusy
over the marshy ground, along narrow
had been clearly defined, though to the
stranger there would appear to be nothing
TO distinguish them from the marshy soil
on either side. After walk of about fif-
teen minutes he arrives at nice open
space. where the sedge has been cut.
Quickly fixing in the ground two OF the
the big white sheet between them. Ten feet
or so away he fixes his lamp on the third
pole so that the light will fall full on the
sheet. Conveniently near he arranges a
number of the pill boxes the lantern and
the killing" bottle. and hangs the moth
trap on an adjacent tree to take its share Of
the nights spoil This moth trap. though
regarded a of secondary import snce. is a
very ingenious contrivance so designed
that when the moths. attracted by a light
inside, once enter, they cannot escape.
After the trap has been set" a third
snare for the moths is prepared. the sinewy
young branches of the low sallow shrubs
which grow profusely hereabouts being
twisted and tied together in knotty lunches
which are literally smeared with treacle
with d dash Of rum in IL. This sugar is
certainly not very appetiZing in appearances
especially as a pot full is made to last a
considerable time. but ii is quite good
enough for the moths When IL is suf-
nciemtly dark for the moths TO ny the
big lamp is lit. and its strong light is
thrown upon the sheet that IL is easy
10 see the smallest moth that may come
within range
The moth catcher takes his stand. net in
hand slightly behind the lamp, and In this
position he is ready 10 rush forward and
take any moth which may settle on the
sheet or fly in the lighted space. Should II
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
HE LENDS MONEY.
An Important Parsonage on the New
York stock Exchange.

New York Telegraph.
In a stock market panic. or when call
money Is in tantrums. the most important
parsonage In the Stock Exchange board
room is Howard p rockingham. the floor
money lender. Mr.. rockingham is the
money market. II is no uncommon thing
for him 10 lend So. 100000 in one day for
Wall street banks. and every day this
week he has been the center Of an anxious.
sometimes excited crowd OF brokers at the
loan post.
Early in the week there was a great deal
OF talk about certain banks trying to
squeeze the market by marking up call
money. but II wasn't the banks that did il,
The man who marked up money rates 10 %
per cent. In the last hour Monday and TO
> and 40 per cent several times during the
week was Howard +. FrOthin CHAM. and
the probab abilities are that the banks whose
luhus ne Was putting out knew nothing
about II until after the furry was over
II - done this way. Every morning Mr.
Frothingham makes a round OF the banks
ana gets from each president a memoran-
dHIa OF Just how much money that particu-
Tar BANK Il prepared 20 put out on call This
canvass Is completed before the opening of
the market When the session begins Mr.
rockingham knows the amount OF money
he Will have 10 .lend. and he soon gauges
the supply against the demand II there is
an extraordinary demand Tor money Mr.
rockingham begins 10 boost the rates
Mr.. rockingham is considered fair
enough and he Is as popular a. il Is possi-
bic for a money lender 20 be but first of
al he takes care OF few favorite Gus
toners. letting them have money as cheap
y as possible. and then he axes care Of
the banks and gets as much for them as
he can That's why sometimes they pro-
nOunce fretful opinions against Mr. Frot.-
ingham. and. indeed, his life in one sense
T. hard. When money goes up they Say
rockingham did IL. and the banks, know
Ing that rockingham will be blamed by
the professional element. frequently give
him secret INSTRUCTIONS 10 bid up rates
He can't say. of course, that the banks are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21

be hot. dry night. with heavy clouds
banked over the set sun, often happens,
particularly IN July, the moth catcher Will
nave very warm time OF il. The per-
spiratiOn VIII soon be streaming down his
back, his pipe will grow hot between his
teeth, anu ii Will cnly be kept there TO
repel the attacks OF the flies and gnats
which Will soon be singing and buzzing in
his eyes and ears.
On most nights the fun is all over by II
o'clock, but on a good night il will last
until or o'clock, and in the early part
OF June the moth catcher Will sometimes
wait for the sun. and then stalk about 10
catch a beautiful little Geometer called
Hyrla auroraria, which is itself the color
o. the rising sun. and only flies from 5
10 a. m
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
HIGHER COURTS RECORD.
SUPREME COURT.

SUPREME COURT.
Minutes
1884 Thomas Stewart ct al. VS. Adam
Medium & Anderson Company. Hunting
ton G.. c. Additional copies appellants
brief co.. Additional copies appellants re-
ply brief (2).
1884 Phebe Green ct al VS. John Starr
ct al Madison 5. c. Appelees' additional
authorities (0.
APPELLATE COURT.
Minutes
a.S4. Western Union Telegraph Company
VS. Willard Maddux. Lawrence c. c. APP
Dellant's supplemental brief (2).
800. Isaac Russell VS.. Margaret Bruce
et al. Marion c. c. Appellants reply
brief 81.
3641. Indiana, Decatur & Western Rail-
way Company VS.. Robert r. Ditto. Ver-
million c. G. Appellants reply brief (S).
1921. William H. Maxwell VS. Henry
Wright ct al. Steuben C. c. Appellees'
S629. Cornelius NJ Horner VS.. Hugh
Lowe. Cass c. C. Appellants petition for
leave TO file reply brief
1890 George Cheeseman VS.. Julia Knapp.
Vigo s. c. Praecipe. Notice.
New Case
1893. Henry Robson ct al VS.. John z.
Richey ct al. Knox c. c. Record. AS
signment of errors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
OLD FEREMEN'S OUTING
VOLUNTEER HAND-ENGINE MEN OF
MANY YEARS AGO.
Papers by Gen. John Coburn and Ig-
natius Brown-The VOIun-
teers of 1915.

The first annual outing Of the Veteran
Hand Engine Firemens Association was
held yesterday at Broad Ripple The as
ISOLATION gave this outing for the dement,
OF some Of the older members OF the or
der. who have become incapacitated during
late yelrs Benjamin Gresh. Of this city,
is president Of the association, but was not
present yesterday owing to illness one
of the Oldest firemen in the association,
and. IL is said, one of the Oldest firemen
in the country that IS living, is Thomas
NJ Chill, eighty-nne years old. He was
present at the picnic yesterday. taking an
active part in the arrangement
General John Coburn was the principal
speaker Of the afternoon, and his talk
included a history or the oldtime methods
used in extinguishing fires Mr.. Coburn
dwelt on the time Of the first volunteer
organization-that of Marion, in February
ISIS. The independent Relief came in
1870, the Western Liberties" in 1850, and
the "Invincibles" in 1856. These companies
he said. controlled themselves. got no pay
and very little commentator, but were
at all times ready to save their neigh
bors' property. During the times when
volunteer fire departments were in exist
ence the men haa much TO contend with
In the way OF streets. OFTEN the roads
were muddy. In those days, he said, few
streets were graded, and il any We're grad
ed they were not graVeled. In this way,
IN cold or thawing weather, the roads were
nearly impossible. Fires often occurred far
from the few public wells, and the only
water supply was what could be got from
private wells and clsternS.
shallow well or clstern would soon be
exhausted, and after that the smolderlng
fire would again blaze up and add much
more inconvenience 10 the fremen.
General Coburn recalled number of fire
incidents, where he and his comrades
worked energetically and took great pride
In their work.
Ignatius Brown also had a paper pre-
pared for the meeting. in which ne outlined
the history OF the various volunteer fire
companies during the early years of the
scription of the oldtime fire engine. which
was incapable of suction and which was
filled with the aid OF buckets. 1t was a
box-like structure. and was worked with
q hand brake. With this primitive ma
chine these sturdy men were compelled
10 battle with the flames during the years
from 1893 TO 1856. when later improvements
made the matter easier task.
THE FIREAEN IN 1S45.
About twenty members of the association
were present. and owing 10 other attrac-
tions at the park great deal of the pro-
gramme arranged had 70 be dispensed with
The following is a list OF members of the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21

trying TO work a squeeze, and so has to
stand for II himself.
Mr.. rockingham doesn't do anything
else but lend money. The other day after
money had been as high as % per cent. he
said 10 "A friend.
When they want money I'm the most
popular man on the floor. when they get
II they say | charged too much; If they
didn't get IL they would be in trouble
There you are"
dressed r,en on the aocr IL trov,s ~
and he Is al some pains TO live UP to the
reputa ton. He was never known 10 get
excited, and he would have made a mar
Vicious stock broker. but he makes more
by lending money
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
THE COURT RECORD.
CRIMINAL COURT.


The State of Indiana ". Robert Goldman
grand larceny and en- be ZZlement. State
filed general denial TO defendants specific
plea Of insanity. Tried by court. Finding
of guilty of petit larceny. Fine 81 and SEN
fenced 10 the workhouse for six months
The State of Indiana VS.. Jennie Judd !;
profanity. Appeal from Smock, ]. P. Tried
by court. Finding of not guilty. Defendant
dismissed.
NEW SUITS
Clara B. Fink VS. John F. Fink; petition
for divorce. Circuit Court.
John W. Trotter vs.. Charles II. Thurston !;
foreclosure OF chattel mortgage. Superior
Court. Room g.
Anthony f. KIeinschmidt ct al. VS.. Will
liam Main ct al: foreclosure of mechanics
lien Superior Court Room 2
Joseph Kernel vs.. Henry Reichenmeyer;
SUIT on note. Superior Court, Room l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
Trolley Line Incorporated.

COLUMBUS. O., July 20.-The Cleveland
and South Lorain Traction Company. of
Cleveland. was incorporated to-day with
$4,000 capital stock by Charles w Wells,
James II. Burke. Edwin II. Richards. Hen
ry A. Beckerman and Frank w. Nowak.
They propose an electric railway from
Lakewood hamlet 20 Lorain, passing
through CuyahOga and Lorain counties
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
Capacity Never Overestimated.
Paris Messenger.

Your Partisan never drinks with a desire
10 be drunk He sits down TO his absinthe
and TO give himself an appetite drinks
enough OF the horrid stuff TO make an Eng
hshman perfectly helpless; then he proceeds
TO dinner and thereto drinks his pint OF
wine; and by about 10 in the evening he
again makes the bOuleVards lively with his
calls for cafes. cOgnac and books OF beer
Closing time al the cafes Is at about ,
O'Clock In the morning. yet the Frenchman
Is not drunk There is an Englishman In
Paris who for a month has been looking
on the boulevards for drunken French
man. lie Is still looking.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-21
SIX MONTHS SENTENCE.
Robert Goldman Sent to the Work.
house for Larceny.

Robert Goldman was sentenced 10 six
months in the workhouse by Judge Afford
In Criminal Court yesterday on a charge
of petit larceny. Goldman was formerly 2
sales agent for Griggs Bros. installment
house. and was arrested on a charge of
stealing $50 worth of rugs and lace cur
tains from his employers. Goldman pleaded
insanity. but his own admission proved
that he should be convicted.