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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
LAUNCHING OF THE OHIO.
Miss Barber Pressed the Button and
Miss DcshIer Spilled the Wine.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 1S.-The launch
ing of the Ohio followed the Presidents
speech TO the workingmen. A platform had
been built around the prov of the big iron
monster. which lay in the very slip in
which the famous Oregon was built, and
from which President Harrison launched
the monitor Monterey ten years ago. On
the platform were the President and mem
bers of the Cabinet, Governor Nash, Of
Ohio. Miss Deshler. his niece. who was TO
christen the ship. Miss Barber. who was to
act for Mrs. Mckinley and many uniformed
officers of the army and navy.
Immediately at the right was a relocated
band. Below. workmen were knocking
away the last keel blocks. until the great
steel hull rested upon her cradle and only
a single beam, set like a trigger and ready
to fall aside with a blow, held her in place.
Miss Barber and the President stood before
the electric appliance which would loose
the weight that was to knock out this last
beam. Miss Barber with her finger on the
button was looking intently at the indica-
tor. At 12:221z. two and a half minutes be-
fore the tide was at its highest, the time
set for the launching. the word was given,
Miss Barber pressed the button and the
last block fell away. AT the same time the
bottle of champagne. suspended by a red,
white and blue rlDDOn. crashed against the
side of the ship and Miss Deshler uttered
the words Il christen thee Ohio
Released from its bonds, the heavy hull
of 1900 tons of steel. went %ploughing
through the thick grease of its cradle.
Slowly at first. then faster and faster she
Slid down the ways taking the flood ma
jestically and piling up the water in great
waves before her. The band crashed,
whistles blew and the multitude shouted.
No ship ever given to the American navy
has taken her initial plunge into the sea
under more favorable auspices, or in the
presence of a more distinguished company.
The trip back to the city was almost a
repetition of the journey TO the yard. There
was the same wild demonstration from sea
and shore. But on the way back the
Slocum passed in formal review before the
warships. TIL President. with Secretary
Long at his side. stood at the wheelhOuSe
during this parade. As each warship was
passed the tackles made a blue hedge about
the ship as they stood at the rails shoulder
to shoulder. The marine guard aft pre-
sentcd arms and the President got the four
trumpet flourish and drum rufiies To which
he s(entitled as commander-in-chief of the
nav As the Slocum sailed by the Wis
consin. which was flying the two-starred
blue pennant of a rear admiral at the peak.
Admiral Casey and his staff stood on the
bridge with their hands touching their caps
at salute. Ii was a glorious spectacle and
il was a poor sailor whose pulse did not
beat faster at the sight OF it. When the
SlOcum came alongside her wharf. the
President did not wait for the gangway TO
the pier and almost ran to the carriage
which was waiting for him. The door
slammed and he was off at a gallop for
the bedside of his wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
A Close Eye on Halls.

State Factory Inspector McAbee has been
attending concerts in various local schools
recently with a view to ascertaining wheth-
er the laws with regard to seating persons
in public halls are being observed. 1t the
concert in the assembly hall of school No.
10 Friday night Mr.. McAbee saw several
things which did not meet with his appro-
val, and he called them to the attention of
the School Board. He noted that the hall
was packed TO overflowing and that no
aisleS were kept clear, as required by law.
Japanese lanterns were used in the decora-
tions, greatly to the danger of women at
tired in light fabrics. One of the lanterns
caught fire and was consumed, fortunately
without dropping from its position on the
line" Mr.. McAbee timed the crowd as il
passed from the building and found that
ten minutes were consumed in clearing the
building. This, he said, was more rapid
than would have been the case if a panic
had been started.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
THREE PRETTY GIFTS.
for President and Mrs.
Mckinley and Miss Deshler.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 1S.-The plate
presented to President Mckinley by the
workmen of the Union iron works to-day
is of FURNISHED sold. five inches in diane
ter. and surmounted by the eagle and shield
of the American seal. The shield in the
center is of California gold-bearing quartz,
and is thanked on either side by the Amer
lean and California Republic flags. At one
corner of the plate is the seal of California.
and at the other the seal of Ohio. In the
center is a platinum miniature of the bat
tIeship Ohio. with the inscription: ITO
commemorate the launching of the United
States battleship Ohio. Presented 10 Hon.
William Mckinley. President OF the United
States, by the employees OF the Union iron
works. San Francisco. Cal" The decora-
tions around the border of the plate are
of oak leaves. intertwined with California
peoples.
Immediately after the launching a pretty
ceremony was performed on the presiden-
tial platform. Irving NJ. Scott presented To
Miss Helen Deshler. who christened the
ship. a splendid souvenir or the memorable
occasion in the shape OF a tablet of black
oak and ~primavera, the wood used in the
cabin of the Ohio. This was inclosed i'm a
on the right hand corner is a portrait of
President Mckinley. in the left hand corner
a portrait of Miss Deshler. and in the GEN.
ter a painting of the battleship Ohio. fne
States battleship Ohio. launched at the
Union iron works. Christened by Miss
Helen Deshler in the presence OF Hon.
William Mckinley. President of the United
1901"
A tablet OF similar workmanship and
similarly engraved, but having In the GEN.
ter a picture Of the American eagle and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
4 stupid Bird.
New Orleans Times-D

~ CaA-1
During a recent trip through the lower
western section of the country said a
young man who has recently returned =
New Orleans. Il believe | discovered the
LATEST and most stupid form of life to De
found on the globe. 1t was an
aquatic fowl. with a big. clumsy-looking
leak. and with a form something like the
dOdO. now extinct. l have spent much time
in watching this fowl. which is found IN
POINT of interest TO me was the startling
stupidity displayed. They call them shags,
| believe, out West. They generally squat
on stumps or logs in the lake and watch
for the smaller fish that play around the
surface Of the water. They are fairly
clever in catching what they want. ana
they throw out their bill with considerable
precision when they gig for game. But
they never get TO eat what they catch until
more than one mem.er of another kind of
water fowl. Whenever a shag begins TO
catch fish a long-legged. long-necked water
Zen will take a place Immediately behind
him. When tire shag lands a fish. the water
nen simply reaches over and gets it, With
cut any show of resentment. and without
turning around, the shag Will continue its
watch for fish, and this is kept up until
the water hen has finished a meal. and
then. If no other enterprising member OF
the same tribe comes along, the shag Is
permitted to enjoy the product Of its owa
sleepy efforts. l have. on one occasion,
seen one shag feed as many as three water
hens before eating a single fish 1t is GER
tainly a singular display OF stupidity. and
number OF times 1 nm convinced that the
shag is actually too dull 10 even know
that the water hen stands behind liz to
steal the Ash out OF its mouth
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
TWO TONS OF ART.
Heaviest Picture in the World Makes
a Journey.
London Mail.

LOnuOn Mall.
The huge picture, eighty feet long and
fifteen feet high, that has for so many
years hung on the wall of the Great Hall
of Christ's Hospital. was removed yester-
day morning. 1t was painted by Antonio
Nario. between 1851 and 1880. ito
crate the foundation and endowment with
in the hospital of the Royal Mathematical
Scholarship by his Majesty King Charles
III in 1913 and 1913. Ii has therefore been
part of the famous school for over two
hundred years, and In has not been removed
for over seventy-five years. Charles Lamb
and Coleridge must both have gazed with
awe at its immense size and strange draw
ing, for Vario, like many another court
painter. was a mighty poor artist.
Christ's Hospital is doomed. however, and
the great picture is TO so TO Horsham with
the bluecoat boys. So yesterday morning.
under the careful supervision of Mr.. G. W..
Carey, the keeper of the picture gallery at
the Royal Holloway College. it was lowered
from the wall with Dulleys and carefully
and gently laid on the ground. Its weight
is two and a half tons. and Mr.. Carey
proudly says lit is the largest and heaviest
picture in the world" The canvas is to be
taken out of tho frame and cleaned before
being rehung.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
Consumption i'm French Army.
Philadelphia Telegraph.


Owing TO the prevalence of consumption
ia The French army, strict instructions
relative to the medical examinations Of
conscripts are about to be issued by the
war minister. General Andre. 1t has been
discovered that many young fellows bear
ing in them the seeds of tuberculosis
have been hastily passed for service in
regiments by medical officers. who We're
evidently either anxious to get through
their work as quickly as possible or patri-
Otlcally eager to increase the army at
all hazards. In the circular. addressed 10
principal medical officers. il is stated that
the Parliamentary Health Commission has
heen justly preOccupied about the raw
ages made in France by consumption.
On this account returns are called for
containing full particulars as 10 the health
Of the troops at various stations In France
and the colonies After the returns have
been received measures will be taken for
the purpose of eliminating consumptiv
men from active service wherein they are
liable to contaminate their healthier and
more robust comrades. BY these means
il is expected that in time the terrible NAL
ady of will be, if not stamped
cut. at least localized and restricted I'm It's
taneful influence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
National Capital Notes.

The removal of the pOstoffice at Pierce
ton Ind, 10 ~a'builcing owned BY Marcus
r. Bishop. has been ordered.
The postofice at Effner. Newton county,
Indiana, has been ordered discontinued
from May 81 next. Mail to Sheldon. Allen
county.
The bonds of Joseph W. Park. as post
master at Murray, Wells county. Indiana,
and.of William G.. Casseil at Devore, owen
county. were approved and commissions
issued yesterday.
Yesterdays statement of the treasury
bSance IN the general fund, exclusive OF
- redemption. shows: Available cash bal
snoe. sl59. 147.0o6; gold. $95.97O,6l2.
The secretary Of the treasury yesterday
bought several small lots of bonds aggre-
eating So. S0. For $1,000 short tours a price
averaging about Sl1S.69s4 was paid and for
ST. COZ short lives the price was slOS.S75.
The commissioner of the land Office in q
decision lays down the principle that any
occupied land is not subject to a forest
lien land scrip location, and that in such
cases the question as TO whether the land
involved is of a mineral or nOnmlneral
character Is not material.
United States Consul Edwin N. Cum
saulus, al Pernambuco. Brazil. has cabled
the State Department the news of the
death or iis wife, with a request for a leave
OF absence to return Immediately with her
remains to the United States. which re-
quest has been granted. Mr.. Gunsaulus is
a native of Ohio.
The Navy Department has ordered the
gunboat Concord. now on the Asiatic sta
ton. to proceed to this country for duty
i'm Alaska. She will assist in the strict en-
forcement Of the liquor laws in the gold
country and also will extend all proper aid
TO tho numerous geological surveying par
ties In that Territory.
y cablegram received from Admiral
Remey at the Navy Department announces
that he will leave Melbourne next Sunday
for auckland, New Zealand, where the
Brooklyn goes at the invitation of the
colonial government. The length of Adj
miral Remey's stay in New Zealand is
uncertain. depending upon the programme
which has been arranged by the local au-
thOritieS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
TOURISTS.
WHERE THEY WILL FIND
humphreys Specifics

PARIS. 80. rue Etienne-Marcel. and all
Pharmacies.
LONDON, /. King Edward ST, Newgate 81.
VIENNA, Stephansplatz. 8.
ALEXANDRIA, rue Cherif Pacha.
LISBON, Rua do Arsenal. I4S and laz.
BARCELONA, 5. Gale Sta. Ana.
BRUSSELS. IS. rue Montague de la cour.
RIO DE JANEIRO, 30, Rua Goncalves Dias
BUENOS AYRES. 442. Gale Florida. 44s.
MEXICO CITY, Gale del Coliseo. 3.
HAVANA. Teniente Rey A.. y Compostela
s. and =.
HONOLULU. HOLSTER Drug Co.. Ito.
PANAMA. Plaza Santa Ana.
CANADA, at all Drug Stores.
DIR. HUMPHREYS SPECIFIC MAN1r-
AL, a pocket epitome OF the Donas,,.
Practice OF Medicine. mailed for the ask,,~
Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine %
Cor. William and John sts.. New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
Rnssin raising Much Cation.

that Russia will be able soon TO supply
her own needs in cotton, according to u
report received at the State Department
from Deputy Consul General Hanauer, 1t
Frankfort. Germany. She is one Of the
few countries which levies a tax on i'm
Ported cotton. y tax equal to almost s.
per 10 pounds. and amounting TO ABOUT
JWo-thiros OF the value OF the staple. Is
imposed. The Importation Of cotton dimin-
ished over 12,0tO.O0 pounds in 1893. white
the production increased "a per cent. during
the same year. Grain fields in Russia are
@ planted witt cotton, for the cultiva-
ton o. the fibre is much more profitable
than that OF wheat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
Death of Mrs. A. H. Reat.

DR.. Nj. l.. Wells. of this city. received
word yesterday of the death of the wife of
Rev. 4. II. Reat. at Sadorus. III. Rev. Reat
was formerly pastor of the Edwin Ray
Church in this city, and at Greenwood,
Columbus and other charges in the South
eastern Indiana Conference. Mrs. Reat was
the sister of DR.. Merritt Wells and DR.. NJ.
L.. Wells. Of indianapolis, and Rev. \.
Wells, of Cincinnati.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19

commissioner; Parks NJ. Martin, of Spen-
Ger. state tax commissioner; John III. Stot-
senburg, of New Albany; Louis Legler, of
Evansville: Alpheus G. Compton, of Rich
ford Maxim, of Elkhart; August H. Koern-
er, of Jasper; w. T.. Stone, president Pur-
due University, Lafayette; NJ. V. Walsh. of
Fort Wayne; William Z. Rogers, OF Bloom
ington.
The Governor announced a few days ago
thai State Auditor Hart, Secretary OF State
Hunt and Attorney General Taylor would
attend the conference as delegates repre-
senting the state government Immediately.
Governor Durbin expects to go to Buffalo
hiDacalf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19

LONDON, May 1S.-Lady Catherine Lucy
Wilhelmina, Duchess of Cleveland, mother
OF Lord Rosebery, died to-day in Ger
many, where she had gone for her health.
She was born in 1919. She was first married
In 1913 10 Lord Dalmeny, who was the eld-
est son of the fourth Earl of Rosebery, and
who died in 1851. In 1854 she married the
fourth Duke of Cleveland. who diea in -Osl.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19

of the stockholders in those companies and
the respective amounts of their holdings.
Mr.. Shelton declined to give the reason for
this action.
Mrs. Mary Balch, State secretary of the
State Nomen's Christian Temperance
Union, says that at least 1,5O0 new mem
bers will be taken into the union in this
State before Sept. 10, and that Indiana will
therefore capture the banner for the larg-
est increase in membership TO be given at
the national convention at Fort Worth,
Tex, in November. The department board
held In Columbus, June 5 to Z. The thirty
six department superintendent will re-
port at this meeting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
OHIO LAUNCHED.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
fTIendsnIp Tor the w~orkingmen during his
entire public career. and touched the hearts
OF the Surging crowd before him as he
spoke elOquently of the patriotic response
which California had made during the
Spanish war. Many eyes were wet, and
more than one of the wOrkmen made a
suspicious movement with his coat sleeve,
as IF 10 brush away al unbidden tear.
When the President spoke of the content
ment of the working classes there was OF e
discordant note. A big. s%trapping fellow.
perched upon an adjacent scaffolding, with
his mind full of the threatened strike
shouted: How about next week. a hum
dred of his companions looked up and mo-
toned TO him TO cease.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19

Roger H. Sherman, fourteen years old,
living with his mother. Mrs. i. II. Sherman,
at 1417 East Eleventh street, was yesterday
declared insane. 1t is said that he is vio-
lent at times. and requires restraint TO
prevent him from running away and doing
harm. One of the physicians
was that when a child he had a serious
attack of spinal meningitis that affected
his brain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19

Enoch Wood, ~sixty-three years OF age.
who was in Police Court. Wednesday,
charged with drunkenness. died early yes
terday morning at Isl East Washington
street. of what was said by DIR. Jacobs and
DR.. Hicks. of the City Dispensary, to be
acute alcoholism. He came here recently
from Murdoch, III. He was a veteran. He
leaves a widow and several children in
Murdoch. and several nieces in this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
William =. Preston.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-Private advices
from France, received in this city. an
nounce the death, at Angouleme, of Will
liam s. Preston, formerly United States
consul at Liege, Belgium. and later at
COgnac, France. He was seventy-four
years of age, and was a brother of the
late Mgr. Thomas Preston. He retired
from active life about seven years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
Rev. Thomas NJ. Hopkins.

DENVER, Col, May. 1S.-Rev Thomas NJ.
Hopkins, pastor of the York-street Presby-
terrain Church, of this city, is dead. aged
seventy-four years. He was one of the old
est ministers in the Presbyterian Church.
and held pastOrates in a number of places
in Ohio. ApopleXy caused his death.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
Civic Federation Delegates.

Governor Durbin announced yesterday
that he had completed the list of his APP
OF delegates from Indiana to the
conference ot the National Civic Fedora
ton in Buffalo. Thursday and Friday of
this week, as follows: T.. Z Howard. of
South Bend; Union b. Hunt. secretary of
state; William l. Taylor. attorney general;
John c. Wingate, of .wingate. state tax
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
William Johnson Edwards.

YOUNGSTOWN, o., May 1S.-William
Johnson Edwards. a lineal descendant of
Jonathan Edwards, a former president of
Princeton University, died last night, aged
eighty years. He was a pioneer of the
Western Reserve, having been born in
Warren county, Ohio. in 1911.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
Very Rev. Mgr. Edwin Joos.

MONROE, Mich, May 1S.-Very Rev.
Mgr. Edwin Joos, vicar general of Detroit
diocese and domestic prelate to his Holt
ness Pope Leo died here to-day. Mgr. Joos
was born in Belgium in 1895. In 1886 he
came TO the United States. Mgr. JOos had
several times been mentioned in connection
with a bishopric, but declined such AN
honor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
Maj. Edward Evarts, u. S. A., Retired.

ALAMEDA, Cal. May 1S.-Major Edward
Evarts, United States army (retired), is
dead at his residence in this city. He was a
cousin of the late Senator William NJ.
Evarts, and was we'll known in army cir
Giles in California and other States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19

the flag. and on either side the official seals
OF the States of California and OHIO, was
inscribed TO Mrs. Mckinley, who was TO
have pressed the button that launched the
Ohio.
Governor Nash, of Ohio, and his personal
party, including Miss Helen Deschler, were
with the Presidents party on the Slocum-
The steamer Resolute was chartered for
the other Ohio visitors and for all men,
bers of Congress present, including those OF
the Pacific coast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19
OBITUARY.
| Rev. DIR. MaItbie ID. BabcOck. a Well
known Presbyterian Divine.

NEW YORK, May 1S.-News was cabled
to this city to-day that the Rev. DIR. Malt
bic d. Babcock, pastor of the Brick Pres
byterian Church, in this city. died in Naples
to-day. of Mediterranean fever. after an
illness of only a few days. The dispatch
came from Mrs. Babcock, who, with her
husband. has been of a party of clergy
touring through the Mediterranean
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-05-19

NJ. d. Babcock was graduated from
Syracuse University in the class of 1879.
Seminary he was ordained in the ministry
in 1882. His first pastorate was the First
Presbyterian Church. of Lockport. Five
coed the Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus, and in
1899 succeeded DIR. Henry Van Dyke as
pastor of the Brick Church in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-19
King Edward May Travel.

~>oANSAA
We have received information from a
semi-ohcial source to the effect that when
the war in South Africa is over King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra will visit some
of the great possessions which constitute
the British empire. It Is stated that a visit
to India is projected, to include corona
ton as Emperor Of India In Calcutta or
another city, and tour of the chief places
and centers. Such a plan may include a
durbar at Delhi to receive the native rulers
The king. 1t Is said. Is anxious to revisit
India, and his advent would be hailed bv
Anglo-Indians and natives alike with in
tense enthusiasm. As Prince Of Wales the
king visited India during 1875 and 1915 and
held grand reception of Indian potentates
Queen Victoria was viceregaliy proclaimed
Empress of India at Delhi in 1877. The king
Is especially popular with the native Glasses
Of the empire In the east, and the native
princes are credited with having approach-
ed the vfceroy to secure the presence Of
their emperor among them for another brief
period. The king had, however always in
tended to revisit India, and his accession
provides an opportunity OF immense his
toric value.