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The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
PREMATURE BURIAL
NEANS DEVISED BY WHICH IT
 MAY BE AVOIDED.
An Ingenious Russian Has Invent ed Coffin That Gives the Alarm When Corpse
 Breathes.

The mere thought of being bur ried alive is enough to send the cold chills creeping up ones spine in lively fashion. arnici-Karnicl, a cham mberlian of the Russian em- peror, and the owner of an in- genious mind, experienced this unnerVing sensation some tune ago when, at the funeral of a young woman, he heard piteous cries arising from the coffin after it had been lowered into the grave and dirt was being thrt wn on the lid. The incident so affected him that he set to work to invent a device that would prevent prema- ture burials, and after several trials he announces that he has succeeded.
 Count Karnici-Karnici' s appar atus consists of dramatically closed iron box, which is placed OH the top of the grave and is connected with the coffin by a hollow, removable tube. Inside this tube Is spring which at one end Is connected with the lron box and to the other end, inside the coffin, Is affixed a glass bali so that 1t just touches the chest. The falntest movement of this oall, as d result of the slIghtest movement of the body, or even the simple mo ion of breathing. sUffieeS to cause the lid of the iron box to spring open and d flag to rise perpendieularly about tour feet above the ground.
 At the same time d strong alarm bell is rung and an electric lamp is lighted, and these signals are intended to attract attention both day and night. By the opening of the box lid the tube admits in- to the coffin light from the lamp. sufficient air for breathing, and also serves as speaking tube. AS the box is dramatically closed it allows no gas to escape, and as 1t cannot De lnterfesed with from the outside, but opened only by pressure from within the coffin, it requires only from II to 2l day : to make It an absolute remedy in cases of premature burial.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
A Letter From Texas.

To the Editor of The Journal,
 Through the kindness of my friend, G. F. Crosser, of your town, 1 am permitted to read your paper. We are glad to get it, as it gives us all the news from our old home and through it 1 see that some of my old friends are still able to answer roll-call, many of whom l would be glad to see. But I am too we'll satisfied in Burnet county Texas to ever think of making my home in Arkansas again.
 We have fine, fertile country and prosperous people, and while we havn't got all the coons up one tree we have enough to pass very nicely.
 Farmers are in fine spirits. Cot ton is looking fine, and they are laying-by their corn. Wheat and oats are short; fruit is fine; plenty of rain, so far.
 As have not much time to write tonight 1 will close, but will give you a few dots from. this Western country if you wish 1t. Wishing The Journal prosperity, am, Respectfully yours,
 J. H. POWELL.
 Bertram, Tex, May 9, 1902.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
From Ground Hog.

OsKER five tried hard to swat Ter that Batesville fellers tail about that koller buttin and hare pin and it won't swaller Dr. Sturdivant will have to strain his milk over.
 Prosperity has struck Us now shore. We air in the midst of more base bawlers and hoss shu pitchers than ever cussed d town sense ole Faro fotch the frogs outen Egip and swappcd 'em fer gresshoppers, but we haint got the buysickle as bad as last year,
 Polly tix is on the decrease but spotbacks and seed tix air on the increase. G. II.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
Don't Start Wrong.

Don't start the summer with a lingering cough or cold. We all know what a"summer cold'is. It's the hardest kind to cure, Often it ''hangs on" through the entire season. Take it in hand right now. A few doses of Oae Min> ute CougE Cure will set you right. Sure cure fer coughs, colds, croup grip, bronchitis, all throat and lung trouble. Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Children like it.. Cone Minute Cough Cure is the best cough medicine l ever used |. Says J. II. Bowles, Groveton, N. H. Il never found anyth,ug else that acted so safely and quickly J. 1. Sturdivant.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
Annanias are quite popular.

Annanias are quite popular.
 l wish you could send me the papers would like to see what is being said about me. suppose they have printed d Tt of my old letters, and every litlle two-by- four preacher has told chow 1t happened," and all that sort of things. l wish the whole dod-rot- ed pack were down here while they wouldn't feel so all fired gay.
 We'll I must close. We need rain the worst kind-nearly every thing is burning up. If you are ever down thIs way drop i'll,
 Yours truly,
 BOB INGER30 30LL. P. $. A soda fountain would pay we'll down here. BOB.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
STATE CHRONICLES
ITErIS OF INTEREST GATHER
 ED HERE AND THERE.
Boiler Explosion at Clio Killed One Person and Fatally Wounded the Sleep
 ing Engineer.

John Whitlege, of Harrisburg came near killing himself recent. ly. He started to split open board with an axe and struck clothes line. The axe rebounded and hit him ill the forehead, mak- ing an ugly wound.
 Near Caledonia the wife of Bob Ford, colored, was killed by Clelly Greer, seyenteen-year-old negro boy. The boy claims that 1t was an accident tFat he went to hang up target rifle and by some means 1t was fired accidents ally, the Eall entering the head of the negro woman just below her eye, causing death in a few min- utes.
 ". V. Head, who, last Friday, during Il fit of temporary insanity, horribly multilated hIs body with an axe, died Saturday night of his injuries at the home of his brother. The unfortunate man was truck farmer on the Jack Dows place, and i'll his early youth he was the victim of an ac- cident while playing with some companions, since which time he has been subject to spells of lun> aey. -Marianna Index.
 The twentieth annual enca mp ment of the c. A. k. of the de- pertinent of Arkansas will be held at Sloan Springs May IA, b and l6 1902, to which all old Federal and Confederate soldiers and citizens are invited. Parades, camptires and general good tune for everybody. Addresses by promi- neut G. A. k. men and citizens. Grand camp fire will be held ill a large tent in the city park May l5, 5 D. III.
 There was a boiler explosion at Clio Monday night that resulted i'll the instant death of the fireman and perhaps fatal injury of an- 1 other party. The Bluff City peo- pie have two large boilers at work and had just put down an old boiler and the ingiueer had in- otructed the fireman to wake him up when he got up steam and that they would make connection with the other two boilers. It is sup posed that the fireman undertook the job by himself and the steam being unequal in the different boilers may have caused tue trou- ble. The man killed was blown 250 feet and tie boiler was found almost quarter of mile away the next morning. The mill shed was wrecked and one of the other boilers badly damaged.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
Reveries of a Campaign Mule.

They say a mule has no soul. But that is all light. When the candidate strikes the hereafter he will envy his mule,
 1 have been carrying q candidate around for three weeks. If 1 could not run any better than he is tuning 1 would throw up the sponge and eat grass.
 1 am tied out in the hot sun three hours on d stretch, during which time the candidate Is an- noying large crowd of voters by praising himself to the skies. It is my private opinion that if he ever gets 10 the skies they will take him down in hurry.
 Itamuses me to hear his war rec ord. happened to be in war with him, and his record con sists ln making the fastest time in getting out of 1t. lie went through ike gyeased lightning, and hoth ot Us lost our voices Aollerin at he sarreuder.-A Mule.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
4 Pointer For Inventors.

If you wish patent business properly promptly done send it tc Swift & Co.,, opposite U. s. Pat. ent Office, Washington, D. c. They have ID dissatisfied clients, Write them for their confidential letter; a postal card will bring it .nd it may be worth money tc you. See 'heir advertisement elsewhere in this paper.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
Should be in Every Home.

The local newspaper should be found in every home. No child ren should be brought up ill igno;- ance who can be taught to appre- eiate home papers. It is said to be the stepping stone to intelli- gence in all these matters not found in books. Give your child ren one foreign paper with not one word about any person, or place they ever saw or heard of
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
CONDENSED ITEMS
GENERAL NEWS OF IMPORT
 ANCE BOILED DOWN.
Items of General Interest Picked Up From all Over Uncle Sam's Great Broad
 Domain.

A new steel fountries trust is organized with capital of $40, 900, ,0O0.
 News from South Africa indi- cates that peace is at hand there and may be formally proclaimed May 20.
 Mrs. Soffel, who assisted the Riddle brothers to escape from the jail at Pittsourg, was sen fenced to two years in the pen itentiary.
 The government Is preparing to open the Rosebud reservation to homestead settlemens in the same manner that the Kiowa lands were opened last year.
 Judge Eller of Omaha barred the doors of his home agalnst the Coroner, who sought to hold an inquest over the body of his sen, who died under Christian Science treatrent.
 The influx Of Americans into Loncon dlsprOves the oft-repeat- ed assertion that few from this side the Atlantic would witEess the coronation procession More that 5000 Americans arrived in London last week.
 Account of the Arkansas State Music Teachers Association, at Little Rock June Il and F, the Iron Mountain route will sell round trip tickets to Little Rock June 9 to II inclusive at rate oi one fare for round trip. Final re- turn limit June Ii.
 Eastern Democrats see politics in the anthracite strike situation It is pointed out that potent in huences III Wall street are not alarmed oyer the situation and that tie occasion will give Sena- tor Hanna the chance of his life to make d political coup.
 The New York Evening Post points out that repeatedly m the past q man who was scalcely drought of thirty months before the national election has been selected as the Democrat presi- dential candidate, and suggests that it IS quite likely that history will repeat it's self next campaign.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
Patents at Cut Prices.

In orderto keep buisy during the sumner, Swift & Co.,, the prompt and proper patent lawyers, oppo- site U. 5. Patent Office, Wash ington, b. C., have made d big cut in the price for obtaining patents. Inventor, who desire to save money and get the best work should write them whii, the cut prices prevails.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
Wants Others to Know.

"I have used DeWitt's Little Early Rlsers for constipation and torpid liver and they arc ali right. I am glad to indorse them for 1 think when we find good thing we ought to let others know 1t, ," writes Alfred Heirzc Quincy. III, They never srlpe or distress. Sure. safe pills, ]. l Sturdiyant. The Journal, Sl per year.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16
Just For Fun.
pay we'll down here.

A fishing party composed of Mir. and Mrs. James Brooks, the editor and wife, Mrs. Bettie Moore, Mrs. Ebert Arnold, Mrs. Maggie Shirey, Miss Lora Craig, Pink Moore, Price Kellett and Jimmie Edwards went down on Walls lake Sunday evening and struck camp in an old empty house so as to be on the ground early Monday morning.
 After sitting up till late hour in vain endeavor to smoke the mosquitos away, the crowd finally went to bed-no to roost. The mosquitos saw by this move that they were at least holding their own, and thus encouraged again charged the enemy with renewed vigor and kept hitting the mark with painful regularity.
 Away in the night the crowd that is, part of them-was awaken ed-no, startled by the sound of many voices, and upon investiga- tion it was found that part of the crowd was just in the act of desert ing and going over to the enemy, or somewhere. By a desperate effort and much good advice, they were finally persuaded to stay, but insisted that the mosquitos should have fair show, so they crawled up in the wagon outside with apparent brayado.
 Finally, after what some mem bers of the party swore must have been three days, or rather, nights, 1t began to get light, and about 10 hours afterward the sun rose. About this time the genial, whole souled Tilman Tate appeared on the scene with his net and in a short time we had fish enough to feed a multitude and the real en- joyments of the occasion began.
 When the noon hour arrived a stack of fried fish you couldn't t sec over greeted the crowd and they fell to eating with a determination to eat that pile of fish or bust.
 Mrs. Brooks captured the prize as champion fsh-eater, and it was declared a tie between Mrs. Shirey and Tom Hulsey as champion cof- fee e-drinkers. We started in to keep tab, but run out of paper just as Mrs. Brooks had eaten the thirty fourth piece of fish and Mrs. Shirey and Tom had passed their cups back for coffee the eighteenth time. At any rate the fish all dis appeared and the coffee pots were as dry as bone dust when the crowd attempted to get up from the table.
 The whole party enjoyed the occasion to the utmost and a unanimous vote of thanks is ex- i4anLol AIr Tnto fnr fnror. oh hc,rn
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16

For nice furniture in sets, or in single peices call at Magness Bros. They also have q nice lot of lounges and couches.
The Newark journal., 1902-05-16

Everything nice and clean at ,. il. holderoJs City Butcher Shop. Your patronage solicited. Come ana see me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-13
USED THEIR BARE FISTS
DIDN'T PUT on GLOVES LIKE COM
MON "PLUGUGLIEs."
Sensational Fight Between an Ex-
COngressman's Son and One of
Young w. A Clarke's Proteges.

BUTTE, Mont, June 12.-All Montana is
stirred up over a sensational bare knuckle
fight which took place last night between
Roy Campbell, a son of ex-Congressman
A ]. Campbell, and William C. Mangan. an
athlete of some local reDute and said TO be
protege of w. A. Clark. jr. The affair
is said to be an outgrowth of the bitter
political fight made against Senator W. A
Clark in Washington several years ago
in which Congressman Campbell was a
leading figure and which resulted in Sena-
tor Clark resigning.
There has been considerable III feeling
between the two factions ever since Yes
terday Campbell and Mangan met at a ball
game, and Mangan is alleged to have in
suited Campbell. who promptly knocked
him down. Later in the day Campbell was
waited on by friends of Mangan and told
that he must fight the latter. Campbell
who is but twenty years old, ten years the
Junior of Mangan, referred the matter to
his father. The ex-congressman is said to
have told his son that he must meet Man
gan and beat him. A number of friends of
the contestants drove some distance out
from Butte, where ring was pitched. The
two men stripped to the waist and the fight
began. 1t was a bloody affair and lasted
but three rounds. Campbell landed fire.
quently upon Mangan, but his blows lacked
steam and were Intellectual Near the end
of the third round a blow was landed bv
Mangan on Campbells jaw which knocked
him out Young Clark is said to have been
the referee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-13
WALLER AND DAY RETURN
TWO FAMOUS OFFICERS OF THE
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
Were Tried on the Charge of Cruelty
to FiIipinOs and Acquitted-Arri-
val of the Warren.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.-The United
States transport Warren reached here from
Manila to-day, bringing 800 marines and $50
casuals and short-term men. Company
of the Ninth Infantry, commanded by Capt
Fred Palmer, which made up portion of
the relief column that entered Peking and
which saw desperate fighting at Tien-Tsin
brought back.
Among the officers arriving from Manila
on the transport were Mai. L. w. T. Waller
and Lieut.. j. II. Day, of the marine corps,
the two officers who were recently tried by
court-martial in the Philippines on the
charge of cruelty to Filipinos and acquitted.
Major Waller and Lieutenant Day are both
enfeebled in health from the long strain Of
Philippine service and came home with a
battalion of marines. The marines will be
taken to Mare island and the two officers
will go to Washington to report before the
Senate committee.
Among the passengers who came in on
the transport was Capt. Frank w. Bar
rowes late of the Thirtieth Infantry,
United States Volunteers, one of the officers
who was court-martialed in Manila a little
over a year ago for alleged frauds COM
mitted in the commissary department. Bar
roWes was convicted and sentenced to a
term of five years Imprisonment in the
United States penitentiary, but although
he has served only small portion of his
sentence he finds an order for his release
from custody awaiting him here. This re-
lease is due TO the Supreme Court decision
in the Deming case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-13
RIVER STEAMER UPSET
STRUCK BY A TORNADO ABOVE mr.
BUQUE AND OVERTURNED.
Captain and Three Men Drowned-Fif.
teen Others Saved by CIinging to
Bottom of the Boat.

DUBUQUE, Ia, June PA tornado to-
day overturned and sank the steamer
Ravenna at Maqucketa chute, four miles
up the river. The captain and three others
were drowned. The steamer Teal rescued
Ravenna. The dead are Captain John HOY.
aged ifty-two, Saltwater, Mimi; Clerk
Byron Trask. aged forty-two, Saltwater,
MINI; Louis Walker, aged nineteen.
Rhodes Landing; - Dell, aged twenty
three, La Crosse.
The tornado struck the steamer without
warning and it keeled over to starboard
The crew was thrown into the water. but
some of them managed TO crawl up on the
bottom of the upturned steamer Captain
Hoy was at the wheel with all the windows
in the pilothouse closed, and was caught as
in a trap. Clerk Trask was in his office
and likewise had no chance to save him
self. Captain Hoy's son was asleep in a
stateroom and, awakened by the over
turning of the boat, kicked open a sky
light and escaped The men. huddled to-
gether on the overturned hull and clinging
10 the slippery sides for their lives, peered
eagerly through the rain for a boat of some
sort to save them.
After nearly an hour of anxious waiting
they sighted the steamer Teal coming down
on its daily trip. Coats, hats, handker-
chiefs and everything available were waved
at IL. Finally the Teal sighted the unfor-
tunates and turned toward them The
course against the shifting winds was a
hard one, but the Teal succeeded in COM
ing alongside and making fast long enough
for the men perched on the hull of the
overturned steamer TO climb to safety.
Three survivors were picked up from the
Iowa shore by a gasoline launch and three
others from the Wisconsin shore. These
men, unable to see the boat, reached land
by swimming across the river.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-13
FOR INDIANA BUILDINGS
BIDS FOR SITES To BE OPENED ON
THE 9TH AND 10TH OF JULY.
Congressman Cromer Commended by
Washington Letter Carrfers-Fish
Hatchery Bill introduced.
oecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, June 12.-The bids for
the sites for the new federal buildings in In
diana, advertisements for which have been
sent out, will be opened on the following
dates:
July 9-Anderson; dimensions of site. 155x
July 1O-Crawfordsville. 125xl3O; Elkhart,
l5Ox!6O; Hammond, 140x15o; Logansport, 14Ox
100; Muncie, 160xl70; Richmond, l6Oxl7O; Vim
cennes, 125xl5O.
The Washington Lodge of Letter Carriers
has adopted a resolution which saws: I'm
the Hon. George W. Cromer, of Indiana,
organized labor. and especially the letter
carriers Of this country. have a champion
who always stands TO his guns His vote
on Chinese exclusion, his minority report
against the contract system being intro
duced into the rural free delivery system
and his enthusiastic championship of the
letter carriers bill, stamp him as a man of
independent thought and action; therefore.
be il
Resolved, by Branch .142 of the National
Association of Letter Carriers. Washing
ton. That we as a body thank the Hon.
George w. Cromer, of Indiana, for the
great interest he has taken in the letter
carriers bill and kindred bills before Con-
gress, and that IL Is ordered that copies of
these resolutions be sent to the various
Letter Carriers throughout the country.
and especially TO associations in the State
and district which the Hon. George w.
Cromer so ably and honorably represents.
Senator Beveridge has received numerous
requests TO deliver commencement and
other addresses in Indiana. all of which he
has been compelled TO decline on account of
the hearings before the Philippine commit
tee. Senator Lodge is away and a majority
of the work OF the committee now rests
upon Mr.. Beveridge.
5. B. Rathbone. Of the rural free delivery
service, is here from indianapolis on busi-
ness with the department.
c. w. Merrill. OF Indianapolis. is at the
Raleigh.
=. F. Newton. editor OF the Monticello
Herald. is in Washington at the bedside OF
his brother. who Is dangerously i'll He l.
employed in the Census Office.
Senator Beveridge has introduced a bill
appropriating $4,000 for the establishment
OF fish hatchery in Indiana. which is sim
liar 20 the bill introduced by Represents
tive Watson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-13
MANGLED in COLLISION
AN ENGINEER, TWO FIREMEN AND
EXPRESS MESSENGER KILLED.
Four Mail Clerks, an Engineer and a
Baggagemaster Seriously Injured
-Others Not Severely.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, June 12.-Four
men were killed and about fifteen injured
in a collision between fast mail No. /. from
Nashville. and the Jasper accommodation
train, on the Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis Railroad, this afternoon between
Hooker and Summit, small stations about
twelve miles from this city.
The Dead
GEORGE ROLLINS, engineer of the ac-
commodation train, died after being re-
moved TO the hospital.
L. A. RANKIN, fireman of the accommo-
dation train.
JAMES BERNARD, fireman of the fast
mail train.
EXPRESS MESSENGER WEBB. of the
mail train.
Seriously Injured
]. W. BARKER, mail clerk
GEORGE RAY, engineer fast mail.
FRED THATCH. baggagemaster; may
recover.
MAIL CLERK MILLER, not fatally.
r. r. STOVER. mail clerk.
A. W. CLARK, mail clerk; will recover.
The two trains met on a curve and the
passengers of the mail train could from
the car windows the approach of the ac-
commodation. They supposed, however,
that il would simply pass them by, as there
is a switch al that point. and not until the
crash occurred were they aware of their
danger. When the trains came together
the accommodation, being the lighter, was
telescoped, the engine of the fast mail
plowing its way through the cars and splin-
tering them into kindling wood. Both en-
gines had their positions reversed and were
thrown forty feet from the track.
Fireman l.. A. Rankin, of the accommo-
dation train, horribly mangled and
died almost instantly. James Bernard fire.
man of the mail train. was caught under
the smaller engine and literally burned to
death. A handful of cinders and charred
flesh was all that could be found of him.
Express Messenger Webb, of the fast mail,
was caught under the debris and died
shortly after being removed to place Of
safety.
The fast mail was behind time, and the
wreck IL is said, was due to the fact that
one of the engineers overlooked his orders.
and a few bruises.