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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
CHEERFUL BAROMETER.
Iron Trade "a Good Index of the M
lions Happy Condition.

Kansas City Star.
AS iron is additionally regarded as the
barometer OF trade. the announcement that
the United States produced nearly nine
million tons OF pig iron in the first six
months OF the year deserves attention. In
1896 it took the United States twelve months
this country has almost doubled its iron
output Germany and England. each OF
which in 1856 mined about as much as the
United States, now hardly produce as much
together.
The enormous demand for iron and steel
for construction is responsible for the In
creased output. Railroads throughout the
United States have been replacing their
track with new steel rails. The large num-
Der Of buildings now in process OF erection
are using an enormous amount OF struc-
tural iron and steel AS consequence the
entire output OF the steel rail mills Is sold
for months in advance and II IS extremely
difficult TO secure structural iron and steel
of certain plants for the first three months
of 1903 has been sold. AS extensive build
ing operations are carried on only when
men feel fairly assured Of continued pros
perity, the extraordinary iron product Is a
reasSuring business indication.
Industry is more and more based on steel.
Hence il is fortunate that the United States
has the ore in abundance at home. The
mines of England and Germany. Andrew
Carnegie has predicted can never produce
much more than at present. In America
the supply is not nearly so meager. One OF
the reasons of American industrial SUI
premacy. Mr. Carnegie has pointed out.
is the fact that the United States may soon
be able to sell three pounds Of steel for ?
cents"-an achievement which Europe may
hardly expect TO equal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
SWEET BREATH
when Coffee IL Left on.

A test was made TO find IL just the leav-
ing of of coffee alone would produce an
equal condition OF health as when coffee
is left off and Postum Food Coffee used
in it's place.
A man from Clinton. Wis. made the ex-
pertinent He says: About "A year ago I
left of drinking coffee and tea and began
TO use Postum. For several years pre-
vious my system had been in a wretched
condition. l always had a thickly furred.
bilious tongue and foul breath, often ac-
companied with severe headaches. was
troubled all the time with chronic consti-
patton, so that I was morose in DISPOSE
ton and almost discouraged
AT the end OF the first week after max
ing the change from coffee TO Postum I
witnessed a marvellous change in myself
NV once coated tongue cleared on. my ap-
petite increased. breath became sweet and
the headaches ceased entirely. one thing
! wish 10 state emphatically-yO have in
Postum a virgin remedy for constipation
for | certainly had about the worst case
ever known among mOrtals. and am COM
pletely cured OF IL. / feel In every way like
"A new person.
During the last summer / concluded that
i would experiment 10 see IL the Postum
kept me in good shape or whether I had
gotten well from just leaving on cOffee
So I quit Postum for quite a time and
drank cocoa and water. l found out before
two weeks were past that something was
wrong. and ! began 10 get costive as %
old IL was evident the liver was not
working properly. 50 became convinced n
cured me, but the great value came from
sh@ rAsa.iAr ilss ~ ~p-<tu~-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
other State Neurology.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Aug. S.-The Rev.
John Edwin Carpenter. a priest of the
Episcopal diocese of Colorado, died this
morning at 3 o'clock at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Sarah Carpenter, who lives at
GOwdy, just at the edge of Rush county
He was thirty-siX years old. The funeral
will be held at Gowdy Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Maria s. Pell. wife of the
Rev. j. p. PeH, of Falkland, Shelby county,
died at her home early this morning. She
had been in poor health for some time She
was seventy-nine years old and left her
husband and two sons, J. w, of Louisville,
Ky, and Nathan NJ, of Shawnee, o. T.
Funeral services will be held at Falkland
Methodist Church Sunday morning.
Upton, Ind, Aug S.-James NJ. Fork
ner, aged seventy years, and one of the old
est pioneer settlers of this county, died to-
day at his home southeast of this city from
rheumatism. He was the stepfather of
Charles Means, of this city, and the father
of NJ. NJ. and James FOrkner, living near
KemptOn. The funeral will be held Sun
day.
PERU, Ind. Aug. S-William Miller, an
old soldier. once sheriff of Scotland county,
Missouri, died suddenly and alone. He had
the habit of eating matches, which is sup
posed to have had something to do with his
death.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. S.-Mrs. Val
entine kaufman, aged seventy-one. promi-
nent in church and lodge work, died here
to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
WILL MARTINIQUE BE OURS.
Some Indications that the People
There Would Like TO BE.
Philadelphia Inquirer.


The arrival of United. States Consul
Ayme, stationed in Martinique. at the time
that the August magazines are appearing
filled with carefully prepared accounts or
the disaster of last May, has stimulated the
public interest in the little island which
suffered so greatly. Consul Ayme says that
St. Pierre will not be rebuilt; that Fort
de France Will become the commercial cap
ital, and that eventually the island Will
seek the protection of this government
its only recourse against ruin. He predicts
that every one of the West Indies will
follow the same course, since dependence
on Europe is a failure and must continue
TO be so in increasing measure
On this subject the United states may be
said 10 have an open mind. We doubt II
the initial movement will be taken here.
but ii Is not unlikely that the islanders
themselves Will see to il that negotiations
are opened I'm Europe. The other day the
Governor of Porto Rico arrived and spoke
in the most enthusiastic manner OF the fu-
ture OF that island. The people are pros
pering, the finances Of the island are in
good shape and prosperity seems fast APP
preaching. This is interesting in connec-
ton with the chaos in Hayti-San Domingo
and the troubles in Cuba. Porto Rico
affords the one bright spot in the whole
section. Jamaica is not prosperous and
has been unable 10 get support from the
imperial government. All these things
may portend their final transfer TO the
sheltering arms of this Republic.
We doubt not that such transfer would
involve difficult and vexatious problems
and that time would be necessary 10 adjust
things TO the new order, yet there Is no
reason TO doubt that in the end the result
would be the best for all concerned. Ii is
probable that the promptness with which
this country rushed 10 the aid OF the pop
ulatiOn of Martinique has had a great deal
To do with creating sympathy with annexa-
ton. That aid, well meant as IL was. was
largely unnecessary. There were no sur
vivors of a catastrophe which, II not the
greatest in history, had about IL dramatic
and tragic features which have impressed
the world such as no other similar event or
modern times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
SYMPATHY FOR CRIMINALS.
a Morbid Sentiment That Is Dis
grace to the Country.

Philadelphia Press.
Outlaw Tracy has not killed any one for
q week or ten days. and the interval be
tween murders is being improved TO
awaken sympathy in his behalf \ letter
from the outlaw is printed in which he
asserts that he is anxious to return TO So
ciety and lead upright life, and men
and women whose imaginations are con-
fused by the glamour that always sur
rounds a successful desperate are urging
that his offer be accepted and the sheriffs
and bloodhounds be called off from the
outlaws trail
If these statements were not well au
thenticated ii would be difficult TO believe
that there are wel-meaning people so mis-
led by their maudlin sympathies as TO make
hero out of a murderer and outlaw Tracy
has eight or nine murders to his account.
lie had committed murder before he was
imprisoned. When he escaped from the
oregon penitentiary he murdered three or
the guards and in wantOn cruelty tried to
murder fellow-cOnvict. He has since
murdered at least three of his pursuers
and treacherously shot in the back fell
low-criminal who escaped with him. There
would doubtless be more murders to his
record II his DursuerS had not practically
abandoned the hunt and left Tracy TO COM
parative safety
The Portland Oregonian asks that if peo-
plc nave any sympathy TO manifest Indl
they express ii in favor of the families
whose protectors were wantonly murdered
by Tracy. Each of the prison guards he
killed left families without means of sup
port and the families of the sheriffS dep
uties he murdered are in the same cOndi-
ton. The thought of these broken homes
and the despair and grief of the wives
made widows and the children made
orphans ought to stife any feeling of sym
pathy for the man whose brutal nature
has led him into a career of crime almost
unparalleled. There is nothing heroic or
admirable in his life, and no reason why
he should be the object of sympathy or
kindness.
But Notwithstanding these facts there are
people who will forget the widows and or
| phans and the men whose lives were cut
short while performing their duty and spend
| their pity and commiseration on the brute
! who caused all the misery. On Tuesday a
murderer was hung in Mississippi of whose
| quit there was no doubt and who used his
! brief time to speak on the scaffold in ours
| ing every one within hearing. And yet for
| weeks the Governor of the State had been
| importuned and all possible influences
! brought to bear on him to free that man
| from the just penalty for his crime. There
| are two men at large on parole in Mime
| sofa who were members of a gang of MUIR
| derers and highway robbers who have been
| petted and made the recipients of gifts and
/ bouquets from men and women controlled
! by their maudlin sympathies.
| II is time that such people were called
| back TO first principles and made to look al
| events at a proper angle. Murder is muir
mitted by Tracy in Oregon or by Cooke in
Mississippi, and maudlin sympathy for such
| criminals is the greatest encOuragemen
| that anarchy can receive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
Paramount Council Makes n Demand
on the Gas Company for Free
street Lighting Service.
ACCIDENTS OVER THE STATE
ELwOoD MAN AND WOMAN IN A
GASOLINE EXPLOSION.
Dates for Republican Convention and
Primary-Pence I'm Fort Wayne
Labor Organizations.


Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal.
DUBLIN, Ind, Aug. S.-Tne Town Coun-
Gil, backed by the citizens Of Dublin, and
the Richmond Traction Company, which
has built its Ble to the eastern limits OF
the town. are at loggerheads over the
terms under which the company shall have
the use of the streets. and unless the lat
ter recedes from its position soon there
IS every indication that the Indianapolis
& Eastern will get the Knightstown-Dublin
extension built and have cars running into
this place before the Richmond people are
able TO do So Both the l. & Z. and the
Richmond companies secured franchises
from the Town Council, but the Richmond
people did not fulfill the conditions on
which their franchise was granted, and
forfeited it. Now they seek TO enter the
town with their line, but refuse TO accept
che franchise offered. Dublin IS anxious 10
have the means offered of communication
with the outside world. but thinks the
privilege of using it's streets is worth some
thing.
The Council has attached to the fran
chise offered provisions requiring the com
pany, after laying its tracks, 10 put the
streets in as good repair as they were be
fore providing that the grade at the east
end of town shall be cut down, and that the
company shall provide and maintain light
at each street crossing. The company re-
fuses TO accept these conditions, and for
the present the situation is in a deadlock
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09

behest Of the dairy or creamery interest.
Palm oil is a healthful product. and there
could be no objections whatever 20 its use
as one OF the cOmpOnents OF imitation but
ter II IL were not for its natural yellow
ness. This is not an artificial coloring. but
as II happens 10 be yellow, palm oil must
be barred.
The notion that yellowness means rich
ness or sweetness in butter Is firmly rooted
so firmly that the farmer has 10 color
every pound OF butter he markets in order
10 deceive the consumer into buying the
product. There is little likelihood that the
hold that yellow has taken upon butter
consumers will ever relax. but il would
be amusing n the consumers OF butter
should suddenly conceive the idea that
yellow colOring is detrimental TO the health
and that therefore all butter should be
eaten In its natural wilderness. In that
event the dairy creamery interest might
logically be expected 10 hurry 10 Congress
with a request that the manufacturers OF
butter substitutes be prohibited from sell
ing their product unless they first color Il
yellow. so that purchasers Of butter might
know the spurious article from the pure
white product OF creameries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
WHY SALISBURY RETIRED.
British Premier Never Liked Edward
as Prince King.

London Letter in New York Mail and
Express.
There is a further word to be said about
the resignation of Lord Salisbury. He is an
old man and his health is not what it was,
but he is not very old, age goes in
English politics, and he is in better health
than common report has it-better health,
certainly, than he four years ago.
Although no one can speak for the master
of Hatfield, IL is probable that the main
reason he has laid down his burden is that
he did not like the man he was working
for
He has never cared for Edward, either
as prince or King, and, although IL has
been given out that he was waiting for
his sovereigns coronation before he stepped
down, there is reason to believe that only
the exigency of war kept him in office
day after the demise of Victoria, and that
the conclusion OF the war was the signal
of release which he was awaiting. The
peace signed, soon as he could get his
affairs wound up, he surrendered his port
folio.
The attitude Of Lord Salisbury toward his
present sovereign has been, throughout the
latter's majority, one of comprehensive dis
appreciation. When the King was only
prince ne was never seen al the Hatfield
garden parties. The great and austere
servant of the throne disapproved of his
companions. his purposes, his pursuits, his
way of life He had no sympathy, or even
tolerance for those amiable happy-go-
lucky traits in Edwards character, that
sometimes had their regrettable incident,
tuted a part OF his popularity.
Unlike Gladstone. who had a real liking
for Victoria's son and a human under
standing Of the difficulties of his position.
Salisbury could never view things from
the princes standpoint. And he is not
the man to conceal or modify a dislike or
an antagoaism. He is the last man living
TO follow the paths of Cancellation or stoop
TO the arts of iattery.
"Immeasurably naughty Lord Salisbury
has been called before in this correspond
ence, and although IL is a commonplace of
speech when his character is under dis
cussion no other phrase will Mt. He stands
for the oldest and prOudest traditions of the
great feudal barOns who, with one hand.
held their serfs I'm subsection and. with the
other, made and Unmade kings. His DO
litical philosophy might unkindly be sum-
med up in the saying attributed TO an
American railroad magnate, the people be
id"
AS a devOut churchman the ex-premier
would not put il quite that way and as a
loyal supporter of the throne. by instinct
and heredity, he certainly would not use
similar language toward his sovereign But
his attitude toward either might fairly be
characterized by altering the form rather
than the substance Of the phrase The
master OF Hatfield fears man, and ne
stands by his conscience, his opinion his
class his traditions. In him the spirit of
the old barons survives unaltered by the
centuries and animates figure command
ing and even attractive In its loneliness
and it's pride OF self.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
The Governor Learned Something.

Kansas City Journal.
This story is being told on Governor
Dockery: A few days ago he started 10
walk from the executive mansion 10 a
hotel in Jefferson City. On the way he
passed two lemonade stands which had
been started up by youthful residents OF
the capital He paused TO observe them
more particularly and the boys both began
vehemently 10 solicit his trade One in
formed him that his lemonade was cents
a glass, the other that his was only cents.
The Governor thinking 10 give them an OBJ
ject lesson in both business and politics,
bought a glass Of the Scent decoction
made few remarks about the ADVANTAGES
of competition, and then asked: Now.
Johnny. why is il that you charge cents
for. your lemonade. while Tommy charges
only 80" Tommy. did not wait for Johnny
to reply, but answered in a piping voice:
We'll, you see, Mr.. Dockery. the pup fell
in mine"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
REBEL FORCE DESTROYED.


PANAMA, Colombia. Aug. s.-A tele-
graphic message received here from Be-
gotta says that General Mari, the revolu-
tionary leader in the Department Of To-
lima, and his forces have been attacked
and destroyed by government soldiers. Pu-
lido, another persistent revolutionary fight
er in Tolima, who refused to surrender,
has been captured with his companions at
Garzon, Tolima. 1t is believed that the
men taken prisoners will, following a re-
cent decree, be shot.
The steamer Isabel returned TO Panama
this afternoon after unsuccessful at
tempt to find the government gunboat Boy
AGA, which has been missing since July
%, when she left here with achievements
for General Bert, at Aqua Dulce. No
trace whatever was found of the Boyaca.
She had about 800 men on board.
The assertions of officers and men from
the forces of the revolutionary General
Berrera, who have been fighting at Aqua
Dulce, is reported here to be great Men
who come in from the rebel lines say the
revolutionists, after a hard and unsuccess-
full struggle, have abandoned the attack at
Aqua Dulce and are retreating to Chitre
and the port of Aqua Dulce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
BANKS in GOOD SHAPE
SUMMARY OF REPORTS RECEIVED
By CONTROLLER RIDGLEY.
Financial Institutions Under Govern
ment Supervision Never So Pros
porous as at Present.

WASHINGTON. Aug s.-william Bar
rett Ridgely, controller of the currency, to-
day made the following statement in regard
to the summary of condition of the national
banks of the United States at the close Of
business on July 10:
The reports of condition show the banks
to be in excellent shape, as have all recent
statements of the kind. The increase in
most Of the items of the statement are con-
sistent with the universal reports of the
prosperous condition of business and the in
crease in its volume all over the country.
The footing Of the -$6,CC6 l54'9lo-
is, as might be expected, the largest on
record. The least favorable feature of the
statement is, perhaps, the continued in
crease in loans-s49. 1922 Jas since the state
ment of April 80, 1902, and 1864, 953,20 over
the statement of July 10, 1901. In the eX-
pansion of the volume of loans there is of
course considerable solid growth and in
crease of values, upon which loans can
properly be based, but there must also be
some imitation and there is always danger
in going too far in this direction.
THE average reserve held by the banks
has Increased from 2721 per cent. on April
30, 1902. to 27.48 per cent. July 10. But TINS
is somewhat lower than the average re-
serve of July Is, 1901, when 1t was 2SOl per
cent.
During the year there has been an in
crease of s33, 67S, AIS in specie held by the
banks, of which increase S6,OO3, 4OI has oc-
Cured since April 80 1902. During the year
there has been an increase of more than
s56, 600 600 In the capital stock and $4,000 600
in surplus. More than the average portion
of this has occurred since the last state
ment, but this is largely due TO the read
justment of this item generally made on
July l.
There has been a slight decrease in the
deposits since April 80. but handsome in
crease for the year. The percentage of re-
serve shown by the central reserve cities
is all higher this year than one year ago
New York increasing from 1882 per cent. to
1858 per cent; Chicago. from 25.S per cent.
TO 1920 per cent, and ST. Louis, from 20.S5
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-09
STREET LIGHTS DEMANDED.
Paramount Asks the Gas Company to
Fulfill Franchise Terms.

Special 70 the Indianapolis Journal
PARAMOUNT. Ind. Aug. S.-John r.
Pearson, Of Indianapolis. and other men
of that city, who recently purchased the
Fairmount Natural Gas Companys plant,
have a contract on hand which they may
not wish TO fulfill At a meeting Of the
Town Board last night the original fran
chise was examined and a hitherto long
forgotten clause was discovered. The fran
chise provides that the company shall pro-
vide gas for sufficiently lighting the town
In return for the privileges Of using the
mount "A small village and twenty
lights were all that were required. The old
company fulfilled the contract until the
Legislature passed the anti-fambeau law.
The street lights were discontinued at that
time and the matter was forgotten until
last night.
Town Attorney Parker was instructed to
notify the company at once that the town
was ready for this service, and the clerk
was instructed 10 get prices on the fixtures
Of incandescent street lamps. Notice will
be served on the resident representative
at once. These lights will come in very
handy just now. as the board finished
squabble only recently with the electric
light company. since which time the town
has been in darkness.