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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27

=. Sweet. Frank L. Littleton. II. w. Ben
nett, Horace r. Stilwell, Louis Weisen-
berger, Benjamin Starr. James I. Layman,
W. II. Brown, Gaylord r. Hawkins, Robert
Geddes. Cortland Van Camp. w. n. Harbi-
son, Leon 7 Leach. w. A Heckard, w E
Harvard, a. a. Young. Charles +. Remy,
Elmer E. Stevenson. Charles Mayer S. ID.
Miller, u. b. -Shideler, L. VI. Campbell. L.
l.. Campbell. William r. N Sylvester, Her
man Munk. Major Taylor. a. A. Wilkinson,
William Fortune. Charles N Williams.
John o. Perrin. w. E Stevenson, George
w PangbOrn, II. F. Stevenson, w. II. East
man. Francis T. Roots of Connersville. =.
L. Grunauer of Cleveland, O., and II. L.
Johnson, L. b. Ball, +. w. Kelly, A. L..
Johnson, c. NJ Kimbrough and George
Brown. all of Muncie.
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Buildings and Mules Burned.

LOUISVILLE. April 26.-Flames which
broke out at o'clock this morning de-
stroyed Henry Klein's wagon works. the
American laundry and a number of cot
tages occupying a triangular space be-
tween Main and Storey avenues and John
son street, and a few minutes later the liv-
cry stable of Hudson Brothers, a square
away, containing fifteen mules and a large
quantity of nay, feed and harness, was
burned The entire loss is about $40. 900.
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Two Houses.
New York Evening Sun.

This variation of Captain Coghlan's
"Hoch der Kaiser" poem was told at din
ner given to Prince Henry in this city-not
in the princes hearing. although he prob
ably would have enjoyed il if he could
have done so unOfticially. Berlin boasts a
new cathedral which stands very near the
Kaiser's palace. a stranger asked a Ber-
liner why the Kaiser had the cathedral
built so near his palace.
Why" replied the Berliner. that's so
when William has visitors he can point to
his palace and say That's my house., and
then. jerking his thumb over his shoulder.
And that's Gods
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27
Negro Preacher Kills N Man.

EMPORIA, Kan, April 26.-Rev. w. r.
POllett, pastor of ST James's colored Bap-
fist Church here and a Jealous revivalist.
shot and killed Isaiah Edmundson, mid
dle-aged negro laborer, this afternoon. The
men were neighbors, and it is stated that
Pollett suspected Edmundson of improper
intimacy with Pollett's wife. Pollett eX-
pressed satisfaction when told in Jail that
his victim was dead. He then made ar
for church services tomorrow
Both men came here from near Little Rock,
All
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27
Twelve Houses burned.

NORFOLK, Va, April 26.-Fire broke out
at IL o'clock to-day in the residence of
Daniel Mayo, corner Chapel street and
Princess Anne avenue, and in two hours
twelve houses on Princess Anne avenue
were destroyed and two houses on Goff
street were burned. Twenty-Five families
are homeless. The fire was confined to a
negro settlement. There was one fatality
q small negro boy, name unknown.
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SMALL TOWN DESTROYED.
Fire Loss of 100000 at Herkimer,
Undiscovered by Insurance..

MARYSVILLE, Kan. April 26.-The town
of Herkimer. on the St. Joseph & Grand
Island Railroad. six miles west of here,
was almost entirely destroyed by fire
which broke out shortly after midnight.
The place had a population of about 500
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
property loss is estimated at 100000. The
losers in the business section are: A Gar
IRISH. general merchandise; Westerman
Hardware Company; Henry Dursee, lum-
Der yard; George Hoorth, general mer-
chandise; Mat Mallinger. restaurant; Carl
VOghtman, restaurant; Henry Schreffer,
machine shop; st. Joseph * Grand
Island depot, Huber Bros opera
house and dance hall, besides many
residences and smaller buildings OF
miscellaneous character Herkimer has no
fire protection, and a Kansas gale increased
the fury of the flames. Nearly all of the
property was insured. Only one business
house, a drug store, escaped the fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27

The unusual marked last nights police
record. OF the fifteen arrests made prior to
last midnight there was but one colored
man registered on the turkeys sheet. The
victim of this distinction was Thomas
Hizer, whose name has appeared on the
slate on many Saturday nights prior to
the last one. Hizer is an old police charac-
ter and is held a suspect The turn
keys say they cannot remember a time
when the Saturday night slate was free
of negroes. HiZer was the thirteenth man
the slate.
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Foundry Damaged.

WESTFIELD, n. Y. April 26.-Fire at
an early hour to-day caused about $4,000
damage 10 the Crowell clutch and pulley
foundry, the blacksmith shop of John
White and the basket factory of ex-Mayor
Crandall. Several dwellings also were
slightly damaged.
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<fUOEs'f Speak

To the motornan," is sign to be seen
requires all his thought, all his energy
and all his strength to pilot his car
through crowded streets. The strain
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-27

IL you buy one OF Kruse & Dewenter's
Furnaces you will have no trouble TO heat
your house next winter. 40 East WASH
snston street.
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tells on him, and
some when he gets
vrattled" and has
an accident. The
surest way to sus-
tain the physical
strength and nerv-
Gus force required
by the motorman
or railroad man is
to keep the storn-
ach in a condition
of sound health.
When the stomach
becomes uweak, -
food is imperfectly
digested and the
body is deprived
of its necessary
nourishnent. The
nerves are vun-
strung" and the
body is weakened.
The timely use
of Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery when
the stomach is
vweak - will re-
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
NATURAL HISTORY.

Camels are the only animals that
cannot swim.
A seal has been known to remain
twenty-five minutes under water
The starfish has no nose, but, can
smell with the whole of its under side.
The greyhound, which can cover a
mile in I'm. 2Ss.. is the fastest of quad
rupeds.
Nearly all bottom sea fishes have the
power of changing color at will. like
chameleons.
A sea anemone, taken from the Firth
of Forth in 1923, lived and flourished in
captivity until 1887.
Horses, giraffes and ostriches have
the largest eyes of land creatures. cut.
tlefish Of sea beasts.
Grizzly cubs born in captivity are al.
most impossible to raise. OF twenty
three born at Cincinnati only one lived
The Eskimo dog will eat almost any
of the dried fruits. The sour or acid
fruits, as the orange, lemon, lime, shad.
dock, ETC., as well as the sour plums
and the bitter olives, are rarely eaten.
To protect itself from the rain the
orang outang crooks its arms over its
head. The hair on the orang's upper
arm points downward, while on the
lower arm it points upward, the appar-
ent purpose being to shed the rain
like thatch.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
A Shot Tint Mnde Trouble.

An odd incident happened in the then
Danish West Indies about quarter
of a century ago that nearly caused
serious international complications. An
American marksman, paying visit to
Charlotte Amalia, amused the governor
by an exhibition of his skill with the
rifle. Sitting on the veranda of the
government house, he said that he
could cut with bullet the signal hal
yards on the flagstaff of the fort and
lower the Danish standard to the
ground. AS the lines were almost in
visible in the distance the governor
was willing to bet that he could not do
it. The shot rang out, and the flag fell
Presently horseman dashed up, in
forming the governor that some one
had fired on the flag. There was great
excitement The governor. none too
popular. it seems, with the military,
ruined his political future by admit
ting that the affair was a joke in
which he conniyed. Report being sent
to Copenhagen, highly colored, Of
course, by the commandant. his excel
lency was summarily removed.-New
York Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
Foods to Avoid.

1t is well to refuse the sausage
brought to your breakfast table if it is
stale and to refrain from using the
cream in your coffee if it is the least
bit sour. Otherwise you run the risk of
becoming blind.
Some foods, it is said, are most inju-
rious to the sight. "a case was brought
under the notice of an eye specialist" J"
says The Dioptic Review, ''in which
the eyes of whole family were af-
fected by eating rabbit pie. In each In
stance the patient had become afflicted
with peculiar defect of vision that is
technically known as failure of accom-
modation.' Stale sausage and sour
cream cause weakening of the sight
known as 'amblobia.' Blindness result
ing from eating tainted fish has been
found almost impossible to cure, and
quinine is often responsible for some
persons half blind condition. This
drug affects the optic nerve in man.
ner that sometimes ends in blindness" i"
1t might be added that alcohol occa-
sionally makes people "blind."
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
NO DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

George E. Caldwell, who has been
running Democratic weekly paper
in Napa, recently started a daily and
in his salutatory said:
1 was for years a consistent and
honest Democrat, although 1 never
did support yellow dog for Office.
l thought the party principles were
right. l believe different now. 1
have thought over it a great deal
and have concluded there is no long
er a Democratic party. Their
theories have all gone busted. None
of the Democratic prophecies of late
years have come true. All of the
Republican promises have been re-
deemed. l think it an insult to my
intelligence (assuming l have some)
to ask me to be a Democrat still.
The only Democrats left are those
seeking Office and the stubborn ones
they keep in line Geo. E. Cald-
well of Napa Reflector.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11

children. But there can be no ioy in
motherhood without health, and without
health for the mother there can be no
health for the child.
1t is of vital importance for women to
know that the health of mother and child
is in general entirely within wornan's
control. The thousands of women who
have used DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription when expecting motherhood,
have testified that it made them healthy
and happy in the days of waiting, made
the baby's advent practically painless,
and gave them health to give their chill
dren.
Mrs. W. ]. Kidder of Hill Dale Farm (Enos-
burg Center); Enosburg, VT, writes: UDuring the
past year found myself expecting maternity
and in rapidly failing health. suffered dread
fully from bloating and urinary difficulty I
was growing perceptibly weaker each day and
suffered much sharp pain at times. I felt that
something must be done. 1 sought your advice
and received a prompt reply Took twelve
bottles of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
and also followed your instructions / began
to improve immediately, my health became
excellent, and could do all my own work 1--WE
live on good sized farm). ! walked and rode
all could, and enjoyed it. I had short easv
confinement and have healthy baby boy"
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, book containing 1908 pages,
is given away. Send 2I one-cent stamps
for expense of mailing only, for the book
IN paper covers, or 81 stamps for the
volume bound in cloth. Address DR..
4. V. Pierce, Buffalo, \. Y,
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
Sir noyle Roche,s Bulls.
o Q o

Sir Boyle Roche was the father Of
bulls" 1t was he that asserted that
1.-THE best way to avoid danger is to
meet it plump" At another time in
conveying a warm invitation to q
friend he remarked, 81 hope, my lord,
if ever you come within a mile of my
house that you'll stay there all night"
He may have been the fool of the
Grattan parliament, but there was a
great deal of native shrewdness hidden
away behind all his foolishness. To
Curran when the latter once exclaimed
in the midst of a debate that he need
ed aid from no one and could be
guardian of his own honor" Sir Boyle
instantly interjected his sarcastic con-
gratulations to the honorable member
on his possession of a sinecure. But
possibly the gem Of his rhetoric was
the picture which he conjured up on
one occasion to bring home to his hear
ers the eXcesses of the French revolu-
tionary mob:
Here perhaps, sir, the murderous
marshal law men (Marseilleise) would
break in. cut us to mincemeat and
throw our bleeding heads on that table
to stare us in the face."-London Ex-
press.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
FROM EXCHANGES.
HONE ECHO.

William Tull has leased the j. G
Petty blacksmith shop and cottage at
Buena Vista and will soon remove his
family there. Mr.. Walker and family,
late of Pine Grove, have leased the
Tull cottage for three years.
Marion Dillian, aged about 70, died
in the Odd Fellows home at Merced
on Monday. Deceased was native oil
Iowa. Was pioneer and lived for
many years in Jackson valley, and un-
married. Was an uncle of William
Dillian of this city.
The demand for oil among mine
owners is increasing at such a rate that
D. Mccall will soon have II tanks
hauling the great fuel to the noun
tains.
lone Republicans had an awakening
last Friday evening and large number
OF the stalwarts and youngsters met at
McKenney's tailoring establishment
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to attend the State League convention,
which is to meet at San Jose on the
14th and 18th. G. H. McKenney, pres
ident of the club, called the meeting to
order and announced its purpose. DR..
E. G. Woolsey was unanimously elect
cd secretary of the club. A roll call
demonstrated that the club had l25
members living in this immediate Sec
tion. In the selection of delegates G..
B. Riddick, superintendent of the
Preston, was chosen as delegate-at-
large, and c. G. Noble, DR.. L. A.
Frary, w. w. Carlisle and Harry Peck
the delegates, with o. F. Burris, E. r.
Scott, L. T. Eaton and ]. W. Sibole
the alternates. All officers of the club
&C. H. McKenney, president; g.. E.
Waddell, vice-president; Frank Frates,
treasurer; DR.. E. G. Woolsey, secre-
tary-are ex-officio delegates. A COM
mittee, composed of G. F. Mack, S. A.
Lewis and G. H. Dunlap, was appointed
by the chair to secure meeting place.
when adjournment was taken till Fri
day evening, the 11th.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
why Did They Abandon pompeiis

At period when newspaper discus
sions were rather vapid, despite the ac-
credited appearance of the sea serpent
and the arrival of the large potato,
Max Nordau in an Austrian journal
propounded a problem that should lead
to useful inquiry:
Why was it that the inhabitants of
Pompeii did not return to their homes
after the destruction of the city?
Of the 10000 inhabitants few hun
dreds at most seem to have lost their
lives. The eruption of Vesuvius lasted
only few days. The deposit of lava
and ashes was not very thick. The
houses might have been easily repaired.
Many Of them stand to this day. They
were beautiful houses, many of them,
richly appointed and containing valu-
ables Of great price. Had the Pom
peiians no love of home, or were they
too superstitious, or did their terror at
the eruption make them believe the
disaster might come again?
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
Mica and Isinglass.

Mica and isinglass are not at all the
same, though the names are sometimes
confused. Mica is transparent min
eral, capable of being cleaved into elas-
tic plates of extreme thinness. 1t is
transparent and is used like glass in
lanterns and the doors of stoves. Its
power of resisting heat makes it much
better than glass for stove doors. Isin-
glass is a substance consisting chiefly
of gelatin. 1t is prepared from the
sounds of air bladders of certain fresh
mica in the United States are in the
mountains of North Carolina. In the
Black Hills of Dakota mica is found
near tin ore, but its presence is not an
indication of gold.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
sHROVE TUESDAY JOKES.
Peculiar Ideas of Humor Possessed
by Two French Kings. B

Peculiar Ideas of Humor Possessed
by Two French Kings.
In all countries where Lent Is kept
except in Russia, where Ash Wednee-
day is not observed -Shrove Tuesday,
the last day before the beginning of tho
Denitential season, has been given over
u numrdngs, sports and practical
jokes. In both England and Scotland,
In which latter place the day is known
as Fastens cen, 1t was in times past a
great holiday for the apprentices and
working classes generally.
A grewsome joke was played by
Louis NJ. one Shrove Tuesday when ut
night he ordered his guards to rouse
the sleeping villagers near and bring
them TO the castle. From almost ev-
cry tree in the surrounding wood, II is
said, dead body dangled. and to the
music of his fiddlers Louis compelled
the villagers TO take a gibbeted corpse
for partner and dance before 1t till
morning. Those who had husbands
sweethearts or relatives among the
dead were forced to have them for
partners.
Later Charles TX. enjoyed practical
joke at Shroyetide that was less grim
in its character, secretly giving ten of
the most skillful pickpockets in Paris
full leave to steal whatever they could
without being found out at the carni-
val ball. Louis himself enjoyed their
dexterity and the dismay of those
who missed their Jewels, swords, CIR
dies and other valuables.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
An EARLY Pres. Agent.

Though absurd wagers, often incon-
veniencing other people, are now
sometimes made, they are not so prev
alent as in the eighteenth and early
part of the nineteenth centuries. The
absurdity Of wager made by some
persons in 1749 is only equaled by the
credulity of the multitude. On Jan.
16 of that year, according to wide
spread announcements, person would
play OH a walking cane at the Hay
market theater the music of every in
strument, get into quart bottle and
while there sing several songs. at the
same time permitting any spectator
to handle the bottle. The theater could
hold but small proportion of the i'm
mense crowd, but the performer did
not appear. Some person behind the
curtain announced that if the audience
would remain there until the next
morning instead of going into quart
bottle he would get into a pint orc.
But though the multitude had faith
in the quart. the pint bottle was too
much. A riot ensued, and the interior
of the theater was destroyed.-London
Chronicle
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
Water and the kidneys.

AS the waste in animal food in those
who lead indolent lives is carried off
by the kidneys it is very desirable that
they should be kept well flushed with
plenty of water, for pure water is to
the kidneys what fresh air is to the
lungs, and taken in the early morning,
preferably as hot as it can be slipped,
it washes away the unhealthy secre-
tions that have accumulated in the
stomach during the night and stimu-
lates it to healthy action. and then,
passing on through the system till it
reaches the kidneys, carries away by
their aid the uric acid, gout poison and
other impurities that should have no
fixed habitation in the body at all and
would not have if the sufferer were
properly dieted for even two or three
weeks each year.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
Saved Many A Time.

Don't neglect cough and colds even if
it is spring. Such cases often result
seriously at this season Just because
people are careless. A dose of One
Minute Cough Cure will remove all
danger. Absolutely safe. Acts at
once. Sure cure for coughs, colds,
Group, grip. bronchitis, and other
throat and lung troubles. 81 have used
One Minute Cough Cure several years, "
says Postmaster G. D. Dawson, Barr,
Ill. 1t is the very best cough med
icine on the market. 1t has saved me
many severe spell of sickness and l
warmly recommend it" The children s
favorite. Kerr's Pharmacy jackson.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
sensntions Durinr Honr,nr.

One question often asked and which
few living persons are able to answer
is, "What are the sensations of a man
who is being strangled with a roper
Some of the few who have lived to give
an account of what occurred to them at
that critical moment say that after
one instant of pain the chief sensation
is that of mass of brilliant colors be-
fore the eyes. Professor Boughton.
who was one day testing for himself
what such an experience would be
like, lost his footing and was acciden-
tally discovered and rescued just as
the last faint spark of life was about
\ to leave the body. He declared after
ward that he felt no pain and that the
only sensation was that of a fire be-
fore his eyes which finally changed
from a bright blue to black color.
He said that he had no fear of the
consequences and that the colors were
even source of extreme pleasure.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
4aUe Ynnr EUa.

If your eyesight is good. take care of
it. Look away off yonder every time
you get to the bottom Of a page In
reading. If 1t is defective. let no fool
ish pride prevent you from wearing
the proper glasses.
There is no sense in handicappiny
yourself in life when piece Of glass
before each eye will make your vision
as good as it possibly can be. The ocu-
list will not advise you to wear glasses
if you do not need them any more than
he will prescribe a drug you do not
need.
Plenty of people, though, do not
know that they have defective sight
because they have never really seen at
all. They have headaches, inflamed
eyes, sites, even much graver troubles,
from the strain of trying to see with
eyes that were put up wrong. There
are cases where homicidal insanity
has been completely cured when i'm
paired vision has been corrected
Harvey Sutherland in Ainslee's Maga-
zine
Amador ledger., 1902-04-11
CHARLESTON LOST"
An Episode of the Telegraph After
the Great Earthquake.


the Great Earthquake.
How powerfully the Imagination may
be stimulated by a story told in dots
and dashes is illustrated by an episode
of the Charleston earthquake, relates
l.. c. Hall. At the moment of the final
shock every wire connecting Charles
ton with the outside world was in
stantly "lost." And as no other It'd
ings could be had from the doomed
city it was as if in an instant it had
been swept from the face of the earth.
And for many hours Charleston re-
manned literally dead to the world.
The next morning before the average
citizen had time to collect his wits the
telegraph people had started out gangs
of linemen to get the wires in working
order. Operators in the principal Of
fees within a radius of several hum
dred miles were set to calling &C. N"
For long time there was no RESPONSE
but at last on the wire which had in
charge a slight answering signal was
felt rather than heard-faint and flick
ering. like the first sign of returning
life. From that moment my watch
was, if possible. more diligent For an
hour or more 1 called. adjusted" and
used every effort to revive the feeble
pulse 1 could fancy myself working
desperately to resuscitate half drown
ed man. Again l felt the flickering
signal. and then once more all signs of
life faded away. Finally as the wires
were gradually cleared of debris the
current began to strengthen, and then
came the answering 'i-il c N" weak
and unsteady, but still sufficiently
plain to be made out.
To me it sounded like voice from
the tomb. and l shouted alond the It'd
ings that Charleston was still in ex-
istence Quickly the sounder was sur
rounded by throng of excited teleg-
rapherS. The Morse was broken and
unsteady at first, then the current
grew stronger-the patient was grow
ing better-and for a long time we
listened to the labored clicking, until
at last the worst was known. And at
the end of the recital great sigh
went out from the hearts of all of us,
as If literally in our presence long
buried city had been exhumed-Mc-
Clure's.