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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-01-08
COASTING WITHOUT SNOW.
Fourth of July Celebrated in Los
Angeles in an Unusual
Manner,

With the thermometer registering
100 degrees in the shade and a mid
summer sun beating down upon the
semi-tropical land, the boys and girls
and many of the grown people of Los
Angeles celebrated the Fourth coast
ing on sleds down long hill slopes
where not a flake of snow ever has
fallen, says the Chicago Tribune. 1t
probably was the first time on record
that children with bare feet and sun
bonnets ever enjoyed "sleighing,"
and there can be no doubt that it is
the most unique shedding ever at
tempted.
1t all came about through a discov-
cry by boy with a penchant for in
vestigating and experimenting, who
found that snow isn't the only thing
that makes the hills slippery, and
the result is that the people can and
do now enjoy winter sport where
winter never comes, and without the
necessity of wrapping up their heads
to keep biting frost from nipping off
their precious ears and noses.
After the spring rains the southern
California mountains and hills be-
come thickly covered with weeds and
grasses, which lie and dry in the sum-
| mer heat, leaving a brown coating so
thick that it remains until the fol-
lowing season. While playing on a
hill an inquisitive lad found the dead
wild mustard so slick that he could
scarcely walk over it. Instinct sug-
gested that he get board and take
| a slide, and he did. Other boys saw
| him and took hand, and everything
was lovely! Evolution brought sleds
and by common consent the Fourth
was chosen as the time for a sort of
grand opening" A smooth slope a
quarter of mile long was selected,
and everybody who had anything to
coast on, as well as many who hadn't,
was there to enter into the eXhilarat-
4 ing sport. 1t was a winter carnival
in summer and a remarka BILE affair.
And hereafter coasting will be COM
mon pleasure in southern California
The spectacle of half a hundred
yelling boys and shrieking girls
shooting down the hill at lightning
express speed/ landing in heaps at
the end of the run, and trudging and
pulling their sleds up the long slope
was as strange as it was interesting
and crowd stood in the sweltering
| heat and watched the unusual per
| Torrance. There were exciting races
thrilling tumbles when instructions
CHANGED in the way, and hairbreadth
escapes, just like those where snow
and ice afford smooth but chilly
glideway. At the sleeper places the
sleds go so fast that it did not take
the youngsters long to discover il
would require brake to keep then
from flying into kingdom come, ant
one was improvised. Now they are
IN use on all the sleds. A young lady
who took the trip pulled the lever
too far at the wrong moment ant
went through a performance tha
would shame an acrobat. Before sh,
was through standing on her heat
a dozen other sleds and their occu
pants were piled on top of her.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-01-08
Hired Ffnery.

It is the practice of London West
end jewelers. to loan magnificent tiaras
and other articles of jewelry for spe-
cial occasions. These things are loaned
as courtesy to specially good custom
ers, while other people less well known
must make a deposit of the value Of
the jewels before taking them.-N. Y.
Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-01-08
A precipitate Verdict.

PA, what is philosophers"
"a philosopher, Jimmie, is a man
who thinks he has got through being
a fool"-Detroit Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-01-08

A little assistance is worth lot O:
advice.-Ram's Horn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-01-08
By CUTCLIEFE HYNE.

This story of THE Lost Continent is
the translation Of an ancient manuscript
fourd in cave in the Canary islands. 1t
was written upon a peculiar substance,
ach sheet made up of two parts. One side
'esembled tale, and over the other side
was spread a coating of dark coffee-col-
ored material that resembled wax. A lib
cal translation gives the following story:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

WASHINGTON, May 6e-The committee
having charge of the ceremonies connected
with the unwilling of the statue of Roch-
ambeau. on the 24th inst. has prepared a
general programme. as follows: Opening
remarks by chairman Of the entertainment
committee, Mr.. Herbert ID. Pearce. third
assistant secretary OF state; invocation, by
his Eminence, Cardinal James Gibbons:
remarks by President of the United States;
unwilling, by Countess -Roehambeau, with
music. Marseillaise," by the Marine Band;
presentation of the sculptor, Mr.. Ferdinand
Hamar, by chairman OF the committee; Ie-
marks by his Excellency. NJ. Jules Cambon.
the French ambassador Qn French): music
by the French band; remarks by his Elk
cellency, Gen. Horace Porter, United states
ambassador To France music by the Mar
inc Band; address by Hon. II. 9. Lodge,
member of the United States Senate; music.
'~Star-spangled Banner. by Marine Band:
benediction, by Bishop Satterlee.
IL is said that the original plan OF having
an imposing military demonstration has
been abandoned in favor OF simplicity. The
military presentation probably will be con-
fined 70 some troops from Fort Myer and
Washington barracks and attachments Of
marines and sailors. The French military
forces will be represented by a large mill
tary band and a detachment OF marines,
who are coming on the battleship Gaulols,
with the members Of the government par
~, headed by General Brugere, of the
French army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07
BABY MARGARET TAYLOR
KIDNAPPED CHILD SAID TO HAVE
BEEN FOUND IN ITALY.
Located Through the Efforts of Am
b~assador Choate-Requisitfon for
of Clara Taylor.

CINCINNATI, May 6.-The kidnapping of
Margaret Taylor, which has agitated this
locality for almost four years. caused I'M
usual excitement to-day. when it was an
nounced that the little girl and her aunt.
Miss Clara Taylor, had been found at
B~ordighiera, Italy, and that Governor Nash
and Prosecutor Hofheimer. in connection
with the State Department at Washington.
were taking such action as would secure
speedy extradition.
Miss Clara Taylor was indicted over two
years ago at the same time that her mother
and her sister. Miss Frances L. Taylor.
were indicted and on the record Of that in
m the application for a requisition
was based to-day by the prosecuting attor-
ney. This indictment still stands and IL is
for her trial under il that the long search
has been made and the extradition is now
requested by the local officials. The re-
prieve of Mrs. Taylor and her daughter,
who are now at Columbus, does not expire
until June 10. and the authorities here are
anxious to have Miss Clara Taylor and lit
tie Margaret here at that time, II possible.
The newspapers, womenS CLUBS ana others
have been raising what have become known
as the Margaret Taylor fund to defray
the expenses of dectives and others en-
gagged in the search for the missing girl
and it has been proposed tonight by some
who have taken part I'm raising these funds
that the father of Margaret be sent with
the officers to Italy, so as 10 avoid any
mistaken identity. The mother OF Margaret,
who has been Frustrated at times from
anxiety and grief, is overjoyed at the pros
pect OF meeting her daughter again, but
She is said 10 be unable TO undertake such
q trip with her husband.
Margaret, who is now eight years of age,
is their eldest child and they have three
boys, the youngest of the boys being a
babe. Two of these boys have been born
since Margaret was taken away four years
ago. Mr.. Taylor is a comparatively poor
man, but the enthusiasm in raising funds
for the return Of his daughter has so in
creased by the developments to-day that IL
is thought the family will be amply pro-
vided for in the return Of their ~daughter
and the prosecutions that are expected 10
follow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

fornia editors dreaded lest the roughness
tales. 1t was not until after a delighted
public had manifested it's approval Of
The Luck of Roaring Camp and The
Outcasts of Poker Flat" and other editors
were calling for stories of the same kind.
that their alarm abated. Even then it is
not at all probable that either they or their
contributor understood the full meaning Of
what he had done. He had written stories
wholly American in theme and thought,
that they knew; but that he had at the
same time opened a vast and unexplored
field to other writer's who should come
He had. of course, a host of imitators in
his own immediate field who are not TO be
considered; but in dealing. as he did, with
a phase OF American life he inspired
writer's who were not imitators to por-
tray life as they saw it in the regions
they knew best. Since Bret Harte began to
describe the lights and shadows, the
humors and tragedies Of early California
life. other parts Of the country. North,
West, South and East, have found literary
artists to put their characteristics into fc-
ton, with the result that there is now In
existence a genuine American literature.
savoring of the soil and owing nothing to
foreign models. The great American
novel" ii is true, has not been written. but
the great American people have been so
well portrayed by many native writer's that
a stranger may learn to know them
through a series of pleasing books. These
authors and their readers owe a debt to
Harte which should not be forgotten. He
was a pioneer in his way quite as much as
were the California miners Of whom he
wrote.
In many respects he far excelled those
who have worked later in similar lines.
He possessed the keen sense OF humor
without which no fiction writer is properly
equipped; his poetic feeling was manifest
in his prose as we'll as his verse; he had the
power to give his work the indehnable
something known as the literary quality-a
thing quite distinct from the journalistic
quality, though a host Of younger writer's
nave not learned the difference: and, final
~, he was an artist. The phases of life of
which he wrote no longer exist, but his
pictures of them will last because they
were true to the time and true to nature.
He served his generation we'll in arording
1t entertainment of a high grade, and later
generations not the less in the standard he
set for them in literature
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07
PERIODICALS.

The Cosmopolitan for May purposes to
present brief sketches of all the leading
captains of industry now before the public,
in connection with the larger interests of
production, transportation and finance"
The list of the most prominent includes
more than forty names. The number may
possibly be increased TO sixty or seventy.
The names of those whose lives are
sketched in the present number are John
Pierpont Morgan, Thomas y. Edison, John
Wanamaker, Charles II. Cramp, John w.
Mackay, Alexander Graham Bell, James
Gordon Bennett, William r. Hearst, Joseph
Pulitzer and Albert A. Pope. Each sketch
is accompanied by a photograph. The first
part of Cecil Rhodes appears, written by
John Brisben Walker. The short stories
are exceptionally good. Their authors are
Clara Morris, Alma Estabrook, +. FL. Smith
and Seumas MacManus. Brander Mat
thews, in Criticism and Book Reviewing"
defines the latter as the art or informing
readers just what the latest volume is. in
kind, in character and in quality" Again.
1t is to the reader, and the reader only,
that the book reviewers are under obliga-
ton. They need take no thought of the
author whose merits and dement's they are
TO investigate n declare not Tor his sake
for 1t is then too late for him TO profit by
any advice-but for the sake of the reader"
John Brisben Walker. who is not noted for
oUullulltcS OA ODltliOA tOilCti illllS puDiiC men
and public questions, offers this remarkable
tribute to the late Gov. John +. Altgeld, Of
Illinois: Il have had the good fortune TO
know personally nearly every public man of
the past quarter OF a century. l have never
known any man who more nearly ap-
preached the ideal of absolute integrity and
unselhshness than the late Governor Alt
geld. A soldier of humanity with
armor on, standing in the foremost ranks.
defending the cause he loved above all
others, these were his dying words: L am
not discouraged. Things will right them
selves. y pendulum swings one way and
then another, but the steady pull Of grav-
itation is toward the center of the earth.
Any structure must be plumb If It is TO en-
dure. So IL is with nations. Wrong may
seem TO triumph: right may seem TO be de-
feated, but the gravitation OF eternal
justice is upward toward the throne Of God.
ANY political institution. II IL is 10 endure.
must be plumb with that line OF justice
Then he fell 10 the platform, and. with one
word of recollection for his wife. the end
had come. Was ever before a devoted life
rewarded with a more magnificent death?''
The Atlantic Monthly. for May. is full OF
attractive thought on many themes and in
varied form. The first article is styled
Second Thoughts on the Treatment OF
Anarchy" William NJ. Salter. the author.
has evidently been seeking information as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

government by the American military TO
the Cuban civil authorities. This will be on
the 10Th inst, when, after a brief and i'm
pressive ceremony. the Cuban flag will be
raised. General Wood will bid farewell 10
the Congress and he and his stan will at
once go on board an American battleship
and start for Washington. II is probable
the formal installation of the new govern
ment will be celebrated with a round Of
festivities in Havana IL is to be hoped
the Cubans will not let General Wood leave
without testifying in some public way their
appreciation Of his magnificent services.
His administration Of affairs in Cuba has
conferred lasting honor on the American
flag and government. and should give him
a high place in history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07
AIMS OF A REBEL LEADER.
Vasquez Wishes TO Give Dominfcans
an Honest, Stable Government.

NEW YORK, May 6.-Leonte Vasquez,
brother of the Vice President Of Santo Do
mingo, who has just overturned the gov
eminent of President Jiminez, says all his
brother wants TO establish is peace and
good government. Vasquez was consul gen.
eral here for nearly two years. but recently
was deposed by President Jiminez. Regard
ing the revolution he said: When my
brother was provisional President. after
the assassination of President Hererreux.
he put down paper money and established
a free press. Then he installed Jiminez in
power and returned to agricultural pur-
suits. While Santo Domingo has what
might be called an excellent Constitution
by liberty-loving people, IL is sadly in need
of amendment and | believe my brother
will bring il about. If he does. 50 per cent.
of the revolutionary spirit viii disappear,
although, during the last fifty years, there
has been on an average more than one re-
volt annually.
1.-The present Constitution, while granting
universal suffrage and a free press, confers
on the President of the republic such arbi-
trary powers in the control of the army
and the finances that an ambitious man,
who is neither honest nor patriotic, is a
constant menace. 1 believe that one of his
first aims will be TO establish a treaty OF a
reciprocal nature with the United States.
Call il a protectorate if you will, but if
Santo Domingo is TO prosper, and l hope
she will, she must have the moral and COM
mercial support of the American people.
And so il must eventually be with other
republics similarly situated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

Those who have followed the reports of
Admiral SIMPSONS declining health will
not be surprised TO hear OF his death, which
occurred yesterday. AS he had but re-
Gently entered his sixty-third year. his
death was In no sense due TO old age. and
was doubtless FASTENED by the weight OF
professional responsibility during the war
with Spain. Admiral Sampson graduated
at the United States Naval Academy in
1861 at the head OF his class. and was
Away regarded as one OF the most accom-
plished officers in the navy. When. after
the declaration Of war with Spain, he
was placed in command OF the North At
lantic squadron. with the rank OF rear ad-
miral, the whole country acquiesced in the
fitness OF the appointment. Later in the
war his command numbered l2S vessels
the strongest naval force ever organized
for hostile purposes. But for the unfortu-
nate Schley-Sampson controversy growing
out OF the battle of Santiago there would
never have been any question as to the
value OF his services in the S~panish-Amer-
lean war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

COLUMBUS, o., May w a reporter
informed Miss Frances LangwOrthy Taylor,
who is here under a suspended sentence to
the pe%nitentiary for the kidnapping of baby
Margaret Taylor, of the finding in Italy of
her sister Clara and her little niece, she was
greatly affected and impulsively told the
story of the causes which led up to the
abduction. Between her sobs she said there
was no plan to abduct the little one, but
tha her taking away was the result OF the
mother having taught little Margaret i'm
pure practices. The two sisters, with their
mother, had taken the child out for an
airing and while in Bufnet woods, Cincin-
natl, Miss Clara had proposed to take the
little one TO Peoria, Ill, 10 get her away
from the mothers influences until some
legal action could be had looking to that
END. The start was made without a thought
of a prolonged stay and without the
knowledge on the part of the other two
Taylor women that the child was to be
taken out of the country. Miss Frances
Taylor said she had not known where the
child was until informed by the reporter to-
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07
NEW YoRK'S FAILURES.
They Had No Effect on the stock Ex-
change Yesterday.

NEW YORK. May 6.-Wall street recov-
cred very generally to-day from its &C.
moralization Of the previous day. Tn
stock market made all-around recoveTies,
with active trading at the close. CAL
money. which rose TO 20 per cent on Mon
day. did not advance beyond u per cent
and closed at 6 per cent.
There were no important developments
in the affairs Of the three stock exchange
houses whose suspension followed the col
lapse in the securities controlled by DIT.
W. Seward Webb and Arthur l.. Meyer.
The a~ssignees were at work on the books
of Henry Brothers a. Co. and Lockwood,
Hurd & Co. Both said they were unable 10
give an approximate estimate Of liabilities
and assets. II was intimated that assist
ance would come 10 both Of these concerns.
but just how or when was not made clear
E. E. Perrine, assignee for lockwood.
Hurd & Co. was quoted as saving that the
firms obligations were not in excess OF
$500 OO. Speaking for the firm. one Of its
confidential employees said this a~fternOon:
Things look much brighter for US now
than they did twenty-four hours ago. In
fact, the situation Is very encouraging and
we hope TO pay 100 cents on the dollar and
resume"
Trading in the Webb-Meyer stocks on the
exchange and i'm the outside" market was
very light. Thirteen hundred shares OF
Rutland preferred changed hands at be-
tween 81 and 94lz, closing at 90, a net loss
Of 3 points.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07
Fund for Monument Dedication.

The Journal has frequently urged the i'm
p~ortance OF the making of small contribu-
lions TO the fund TO meet the expenses at
tending the dedica ton OF the monument.
on the ground that the monument itself is
an object of pride 70 every patriotic dweller
of Indianapolis. IL is too much the Gus
tom, when money is needed for any public
make a limited list Of merchants, anu
facturers and other business men and prac-
ticaIly make a levy for the money upon
them. Some OF those who watch the work
ing of this method of raising money for
this or that enterprise are rather grateful
hat they are not considered of sufficient
Importance to be the objects of frequent
levy. The full programme Of the execu-
tive committee has been curtailed because
so large a sum of money as was desirable
Will not be raised. The finance committee
would like to raise more than 1900 more
than Il has in prospect. II five or six hun
dred men and women who take their friends
10 see the monument could regard it as a
perpetual attraction worth paying for to
show to visiting friends as much as any
entertainment they can give. why would 1t
not be the proper and the satisfactory
thing for them to contribute 81, 81 or 50
to the dedication fund? without solicIta-
ton. the Journal volunteers to receive such
small subscriptions. receipt for them and
turn them over to the executive committee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07
FRANCIS BRET HARTE

In the death OF Francis Bret Harte, an
nounced this morning. American literature
loses one OF it's most distinguished repre-
sentatives. His place in this literature
does not rest either upon the fact that he
wrote voluminously or that he enjoyed a
long and deserved popularity. but is due
10 his originality and the distinctive Amer
lean quality OF his writings. There had
been American writer's Of verse and fiction
before his time. but most Of them had.
consciously or unconsciously. modelled
themselves upon English standards. He
struck a new. clear note. So new was il
that even those who recognized at once its
truthfulness were afraid OF II. 1t was,
indeed. the truth they feared. He por-
trayed a phase OF the rough pioneer life OF
the far West 30 wildly that cautious Cali
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07

The decision of President Roosevelt to
call the new military post to be established
near this city Fort Benjamin Harrison is
a thoughtful. graceful and appropriate act.
incidentally 1t may be remarked that it
practically assures the location OF the post.
as otherwise the President would not con-
slider the question OF a name for it. The
one selected is altogether BETTING, and
will be pleasing to Indiana people. The
name OF Harrison has been honorably iden-
tilted with the history OF the State from
Its territorial period, and that of the de-
ceased President is held I'm the greatest
respect by all parties and classes OF people.
AS soldier and statesman he is well en-
titled TO the honor OF having his name be-
slowed on a military post. which will prob
ably be as enduring as the national govern
ment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-07
OPPOSED TO r
Leaf Tobacco Association Wants n
Duty on Imports from Cuba.

CINCINNATI. o.. May 6.-The fourth an
nual convention OF the National Cigar Leaf
Tobacco Association spent the second day
of its session discussing Cuban reciprocity.
After indorsing the recommendations in
The annual address Of President John r.
Young. of Philadelphia. delivered yester-
day, the convention to-day defeated the
resolutions that had been drawn up By the
New York delegates in accordance with
President Young's recommendation. The
following preamble was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas. We are absolutely opposed 10
the so-called Cuban reciprocity bill, AS
passed by the House, and desire TO specify
certain essentials which a bill passed for
the purpose OF anording relief TO Cuba
must contain TO secure our support"
Resolutions were adopted favoring a spe-
cihc uniform rate OF duty on all leaf to-
bacco imported from Cuba. and that il is
the sense OF this convention that when, In
the judgment OF its legislative committee.
IL is possible TO secure "A uniform rate OF
duty on Havana tobacco alone that they
be empowered 10 adopt the necessary meas
ures TO assist in securing such results"