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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
FORMAL INVITATION.
President Roosevelt Requested ny the
Allies to Act ms Arbftrofor

BERLIN. Dec. 22.-The notes OF Germany
and Great Britain formally inviting Presi
dent Roosevelt TO act as arbitrator in the
Venezuelan dispute. were handed to the
United States ambassador here and to the
United States charge in London to-day.
The blockade of the Venezuelan coast
viii continue until a definite arrangement
for arbitration has been reached Germany
will be well satisfied II President Roosevelt
undertakes the task. His acceptance would
be considered a sufficient guarantee that
Venezuela will pay IL she lost. Asking
President Roosevelt TO arbitrate was the
Emperors suggestion. An indirect in
quiry three or four days ago not eiiciting
a refusal from the President. a request
has now been made in direct form. Al
though Germany Is willing to submit her
case TO any impartial tribunal. she would
prefer President Roosevelt for the reason
that President Castro is more likely TO ac-
cept the decision OF the President OF the
United States than that OF che Hague
tribunal. II President Castro evades pay
usnt under President Rooseyslts award.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23

Blockade Has Put a Stop to Orders
for Merchandise.

CARACAS. Dec. 22.-The blockade is prov
ing prejudicial to American trade. Fifteen
importing houses in Caracas have stopped
placing orders in the United States. Boul-
ton & Co. are the only importers Of Amer
lean flour who have. declined to increase
the price of this article. The people benefit
by this firms action. 1t is estimated that
the food supply I'm Caracas will not last
much more than a fortnight
The Venezuelan gunhoat Miranda, the
best vessel in the fleet, Is still successful in
escaping German pursuit. She Is now in
the most southern part of Lake Maracaibo,
near La Ceiba, and beyond the reach of
the allies. The German cruiser Fake made
an attempt to cross the bar at Maracaibo
without a pilot, but desisted in view OF
the danger. She Is now cruising outside
the bar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23

VIENNA. Dec. 22.-The flight OF the
crown princess of Saxony has caused great
excitement bere. IL is reported that the
Archduke Ferdinand, accompanied by one
of the court chamberlains. went TO Geneva
whittier il supposed the princess had
fled, but he failed TO find any trace of her.
The princess's brother the Archduke Leo
pold Ferdinand. Is said TO be with her.
but nothing can be ascertained as TO her
whereabouts.
1t is officially explained that the prin-
cess's disappearance Is due TO mental de-
rangement. There Is little doubt. how
ever that IL was caused by domestic dis
cord growing out Of her husbands rela-
tions with an actress Of the Dresden Court
Theater. IL is asserted here that the prin-
cess frequently threatened flight on this
account and that she was incensed at her
father. the grand duke of Tuscany. for
counseling her to forgive her husband. She
is said TO be enceinte.
IL Is rumored here tonight that the prin-
cess was accompanied by the French tutor
of her children
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23

MANY TEMPTATIONS.
indianapolis is not all things that could
be desired in a moral way. I would not
have my boy exposed to all the tempta-
tions which it offers the same as every
other large city,. but as public official L
feel that / would not be doing my duty If
/ pretended to be doing more than / knew
IL was possible to do. In this connection,
permit me To quote from letter of Mayor
Low, OF New York, written some months
ago to DR.. Parkhurst, in which he said:
so long as we pretend to be doing more
than we can do, We shall not succeed in
doing so much as we might do
II have a high personal regard and
esteem for the Methodist Church. 1T was
the organization I'm which i was raised
and to which my mother still belongs. and
as 1 believe in the one 1 believe in the
other, and for this reason, possibly, am
trifle more sensitive to criticism from its
representatives than from the representa-
tives of any other element in the commun-
ity. / stated once before to a delegation
of ministers which called upon me. that
should endeavor at all times TO control
the violators of the law and not be con-
trolled by them. To this policy / still adj
here and shall continue to adhere, reports
to the contrary notwithstanding"
MINISTER'S LETTER.
At the meeting of the Methodist Minister
ial Association yesterday the following let
ter, prepared by the Revs. E. G. Saunder-
son, c. E. Bacon and Robert Earring, was
ordered sent to the mayor:
"The Methodist ministers, individually
and collectively, would be very loath to
do Injustice to any man, particularly to
the chief magistrate of the city. We have
a rule among us not to speak evil of any
one, particularly of magistrates or of min
isters
1--WE desire to come to a frank under
standing with you. We have not relied
on partisan newspaper reports. Several of
us have first-hand information. The rec
ords of the courts are before us. The evil
dence in the Yves Stout case shows for
itself.
"Our people expected a substantial i'm
suit of your election. They consider them
selves grievously disappointed, Our desire
now is not to condemn you, but to secure
improvement. Are we to be baked in this
You do not indicate a disposition to mend
conditions, no matter how strongly they
will just keep right on. Is this the best
you can do for the city? Do you think
the present unrest is only q temporary
spasm? Must we wait till the end of your
term for improvement?
1--WE are ready TO be frank and fair, and
to help secure conditions in the city that
will make il q safer place for the boys and
girls not so carefully trained or safely
housed as yours and ours. The vicious
must not merely be kept in check In their
preying upon the weak, but they must be
vigorously repressed. Nice-sounding in
structions to the police must be better OBJ
served than they were I'm the case of the
field during the horse show week.
"You can make us your ally in securing
better conditions, or go on without us In
letting matters stand as they are.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
DECLARATION OF WAR.


PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 22.-
Official announcement is made here that
Sir Courtenay Knollys, the acting Cover
nor. will issue to-day a special royal ga
zette containing a declaration of war
against Venezuela. This act is one OF
formality. taken with the intention to
legalize the proclamation OF the blockade.
The Mirror, IN an Inspired article, says:
All commercial intercourse between the
two peoples is interdicted. When hostile
vessels capture a neutral the property on
board Is not affected free ship makes
free goods. IIley may capture the
enemy's ships and the enemys property
on board, but they must spare neutral YES
sells and all goods therein, whether belong
Ing TO the enemy or TO neutrals and also
neutral goods found In the enemy's ves-
sells" The declaration will have the ef-
feet Of legalizing the seizure OF Venezuelan
Warships
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
Unconscious for n Month.

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-For a month Miss
Anna Peck has been unconscious, says a
World dispatch from Phelps. n. Y, and
her friends think that If she ever regains
consciousness her mind will be a blank.
Miss Peck and her sister. Mrs. Van Husen
were struck by a New York Central train
at Oaks Corners last month. and the girls
condition is the result of the injury she
received. Mrs. Van Husen also is I'm a
dangerous condition from an injury to her
nil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
REBELS OF ACRE DEFEATED.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-senor Jorge Z.
Zalles. the charge d'affaires Of the Bolivian
legation in Washington. to-day received
from the legation OF that country in Lon
don a dispatch announcing that Mr.. Nico-
las Suarez. who is at the head OF force
OF men, had defeated the revolutionists at
Bahia and Nazareth on the Acre river. The
dispatch also said that Mr.. suarez Is ad-
vancing triumphan.ly toward Port Alonzo.
The latter place Is the Bolivian custom
house on the boundary line between Bolivia
and Brazil. where the garrison OF the for
mer country was at last accounts be-
sieged by the revolutionists
The Acre country h that portion OF
Bolivia which was granted as q concession
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
INDIANAPOLIS VICTIMS
WILD ENGINE COLLIDES WITH TWO
TRAINS NEAR LIBERTY.
Fireman and Brakeman Are Crushed
to Death and an Engineer and
Brakeman Are Injured.
Special to tn. indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
LIBERTY, Ind, Dec. PA light engine.
used as an extra pusher on the hill east
of Liberty, ran wild soon after o'clock
this morning and collided with freight
trains on the c., II. & ID. on the east and
west sides of the town. Two men were
killed and two were injured.
The Dead
DAYTON OSBORNE. fireman. Hamil-
ton, ..
MICHAEL FOLEY. brakeman, Indianap-
oils.
The Injured
PATRICK CALLAHAN. engineer. In
dianapolis.
JOHNSON. brakeman. Hamil-
ton, o.
The hill engine. with Callahan at the
throttle and Osborne firing. left here at
2:20 o'clock to push east-bound freight
over the hill, and was then to return and
take a siding for through freight. When
the western siding was reached Callahan
tried to reverse his engine to stop. Instead
OF reversing. however. the engine plunged
west on the main track. Callahan made
efforts to find the cause of the trouble.
but before he could get control of the lever
the engine was fairly flying through Liber-
~. When he realized the situation, Calla-
han Jumped. suffering a broken shoulder.
Osborne was still on the engine when il
crashed into an east-bound freight, run
ming backward.
When the engines struck the force of the
collision reversed the wild engine, and IL
dashed eastward through Liberty again.
leaving the tender telescoped on the freight
engine. Osborne's body was hanging from
the engine deck in it's eastward flight. He
had been crushed between engine and ten
der. The body fell of near the depot and
was picked up by citizens who had been
aroused by the commotion. 1t was terribly
mangled.
The wild engine dashed up the hill and
met a west-bound freight train running
double-header. The two engines pulling
the freight were wrecked. The enginemen
on the freight saw the wild engine ascend
ing the hill, and jumped. Michael Foley. a
brakeman on the doube-header was
thrown between cars and killed. Charles
Hamilton, an engineer OF the double header
what bruised. the former in jumping. the
latter I'm falling.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
Italy I'm Accord with Germany.

ROME. Dec. 23.-The reply Of the Italian
government concerning the proposal that
President Roosevelt arbitrate the Vene-
zuela issues will be handed TO Ambassador
Meyer to-day. The Italian communication
will express views Identical with those held
by Great Britain and Germany.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23

OTTAWA. Kan. Dec 22-Missouri Pa
cific train No. l. known as the Colorado
flyer. due here at o'clock last night. left
the track east of Rantoul. and the whole
train. with the exception of the sleeper
turned into the ditch Nobody was killed
and only six persons slightly injured
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
1000 DEMANDS FOR $1.2o.
People Of Bloomington, ILL.,, Asked to
Pay for Unpurchased JeweIry.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Dec. 22.-The post
office here received 1000 letters from New
Yoyk collection agency addressed to resi-
dents here. each of which contains a claim
for $40 said TO be due for the purchase
of jewelry. A suit is threatened in case of
nonremittance. The postoffice authorities
say that the letters were sent by black
mailers who hope to frighten persons into
remitting. Similar consignments OF letters
were sent to all the principal postoffices of
the State. Postoffice inspectors are collect
ing evidence against the senders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
Three Killed on the L. AN.

MADISON, Ind, Dec. pa freight train
on the Louisville & Nashville road was
wrecked near Worthwhile, KY at mid
night. The engineer. fireman and the head
brakeman were killed. The train went over
bank fifty feet high. The rails spread
The train was five minutes ahead of pas
senger train and was trying 10 reach a
siding
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 22.-while attempting to
catch mail pouch from crane while the
train was running at full speed n. c. Stu
berer, a mail clerk on the Vandalia. fell
from his car at Collinsville. H.. this after
noon and was seriously injured. He was
brought TO his home here tonight The
physician believes he will recover
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23

CARACAS, Dec. 22.-There is no truth in
the report published in the United States
that President Castro is suffering from a
mysterious illness. The correspondent of
the Associated Press saw the President to-
day. He is enjoying his usual health.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
The Dutch VIII Remain Neutral.

THE HAGUE, Dec. 22-The government
of the Netherlands has decided to observe
strictly neutral attitude In the Vene-
zuelan trouble Ships of the blockading
powers will be prohibited from calling at
ports of the Dutch colonies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23

WATERLOO. Ia, Dec. 22.-CharIes A.
Gilbert. one Of the oldest conductors on the
Illinois Central. was run down by a switch
engine to-day and instantly killed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
STATE SHOULD EXPERIMENT.


j. L. McCulloch. prominent glass manu-
facturer and oil operator of Marion, who
was in the city last night, has a PROPOSE
tion for bill which he thinks should be in
troduced In the Legislature this winter.
The bill has for its object the ascertaining
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
MANY TEMPTATIONS.

feel that IL is necessary to so criticise in
order to prove their independence of party
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-23
yENEZJIELAN OIJEsTION

Senator Beveridge was asked about the
Washington view OF the Venezuelan situa-
tion and replied:
1.-The universal sentiment I'm Washington
As that President Roosevelt is conducting
that question with great discretion and
skill He shows the moderation, conserya-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-18
h New York.

1t was at a club table the other night
tha. the Irreverent One told the story
before taking an elevated train back to
the University colony UP on Morning
side Heights.
1T was this way" he said. "My wife
is interested in church work and has a
Junior class in Christian Endeavor
which meets on Thursday evenings.
Now and then the chains of housekeep-
ing clank bit rercep IDLY, and pre-
paration for the meeting with the
Juveniles is enforcedly rushed. 1t was
last Thursday that she asked the Co
lunbian nephew, who puts up at the
house during term time, to prepare the
list of verses to be found and recited by
the youngsters, as is the lnvarlable
custom after Mrs. BIS little talk.
"The nephew took considerable time
in the back parlor with concordance
before meeting time, and Mrs. BIS
thanks were actually abasing as she
took his written list of verses and hur-
ried away to catch an Amsterdam Ave
nue car. She came home speechless.
"My DEAR" she said. after she had
been com forted in a wicker chair. at
was dreadful. would never have
thought it of Richard. l had given the
lists of verses to the class, and they
began to find them and recite as usual
The first little girl arose and said grave
ly enough Beware of dogs l had
hardly time to think that this was a rat
her queer selection, when the next girl
in line recited glibly The smell OF thy
nose is as apples" And ! was posit-
lively finished when a third gos to hel
feet and said with ali the impressive
ness in the world, "If anything dies
within thy house, e1t it not, bat set il
before the stranger that is within thy
gates
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-18
To Our Readers.

Oar coIunrs are open to corre spof-
dence on everything affecting the coffee
sugar and tobacco plantation and farm
ing generally and we cordially invite
criticism and discussion. Natural His
tory notes viii also be welcomed, as
veil as all news Of interest ad planters.
Communications should bet dressed
The Editor, BoLETIN MERCANTIt. 20
Plaza Alfonso San Juan.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-18

The two spectators had not met for
a long seas N, and naturally each was
interested in how the other bad been
getting on. The lawyer admitted he
he had managed to pocket few points
here and there, and then asked the brick.
yard proprietor had he been long beti-
mes Of G. & M.
mo" said the order man, 4 didn't
have any of that, but I've been doin'
fairly we'll. I've been playing the di-
mondIties, and got several thousand
out of EACH
'Diamondities, exclaimed the Law
yer. 81 didn't hno they handled such
shares on the New York Board
% yes" his ticker friend rejoined
"dimonites, dimonites, the II explosive
fellers, you know, that shoot up Of a
sudden and then fall back.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-18

"Richard came into the room just
then, contin1ied the Irreverent- One.
"And somehow before he got done
explaining, he made my wife believe
the concordance was to blame for it all.
I'm so used to handling lexicon he
said, that must have got mixed up.
But the verses are all right. Look
them up. We did, and they were all
there just as the children had recited
them.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-18
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New York 0Moe. No Broadway:
Kew 0zsan6 oHce; W w. Huck, Agent 6i9 Qcmnlcn 3
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-18

The Steamers C0AMo
land other pora about September q; 0coberS 9, IS
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-18

ckets sold in Office until p. N. of day preceding
Coastwisefreiglt received on Wednesday till 4
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-10-30
Turning of the Year.

The birds cease their song in July.
By the end Of the first week one misses
some voices in the woodland choir, and
by the middle Of the month most Of
the leading soloists are silent, the
very, the oriole, the bobolink, the red
winged blackbird, the brown thrasher
and others. Instead Of the sweet mel
odies Of June the orchard rings with
the fretful cry Of young orioles and
the pine grove is noisy with the cease
less squawk Of young crows. The
grackles and blackbirds and swallows
are gathering in focks. The first flock
Of grackles streaming down toward the
marshes of July afternoon for the
night roost seems always to trail be-
bind it the semblance of shadow. 1t
is your first intimation that the tide Of
the year has turned. One-brooded
birds are molting, while a few, like
the song sparrow, are still busy with
second or third families, and many Of
the old birds are leading their young
forth into the world to complete their
education in travel.-Country Life in
America El 4
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-10-30
SHORT STORIES.

A steel barge built to carry grain on
the great lakes will hold $4,000 BUSH
els. SCI a.'..ts" ...=
A Milwaukee man says the card
game skat will be more popular in this
country than whist or poker within ten
years.
The average depth of the Texas
spouting oil wells is few feet more
than 1000 and the height to which the
oil is elected 60 to 200 feet.
In Alabama. Nebraska and Washing
ton the present governors were elect
ed as lieutenant governors and are
filling vacancies caused by the death
or resignation of the governors.
Keepers Of Washington boarding
houses are taking prompt action under
the new provision of the District code
which fixes heavy penalty against
persons who fraudulently evade pay
ment Of bills for lodging and keep.
Texans are again urging that the
battlefield Of San Jacinto be made
state park. The state bought the land
some time ago, but little has yet been
done to improve and beautify it for
park purposes, and the neighboring
farmers pasture their cows there.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-10-30
Marriage by Proxy.

The curious custom of marriage by
proxy still exists in Holland. A Dutch
gentleman residing In Batavia was re-
Gently united by proxy to a young lady
residing with her parents at Amster-
dam, and, homogeneous as it seems to
our ideas, the bridegroom's sister rep
resented him and took the young lady
in his name "for better or worse" It
seems that the young man was tired Of
waiting for his love any longer, but
found that she would not be married
unless her mother was present. Her
parents would not go to Batavia, ana
he could not go home. A compromise
was happily possible, as they were
both Dutch subjects, by the lady being
married with her relations around her,
and she has now sailed for java
Sheffield Globe. r ~
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-10-30
POISON IVY.
How to Detect Various Species Of
This Dangerous Plant.

How to Detect Various Species Of
This Dangerous Plant.
There are five species of the rhus,
or sumac. OF these but two are poi
sonous-the Rhus venenata and the
Rhus toxicodendron. The first named
is really dangerous enemy of man
kind, says the Philadelphia Record,
and frequents swamps and lowlands
along streams. It's common names are
poison sumac, poison dogwood and poi
son elder, and it Is sturdy shrub from
five to twenty-five feet in height. Its
five pairs Of oval leaflets are arranged
opposite each other on a tapering
stem, which ends in a terminal leaflet.
The poison sumac has gray backed
stems and grayish white berries.
The other poisonous species Rhus
toxicodendron) scarcely resembles the
one just described, as it's habit of
growth is more like an ivy, hence it's
popular name Of poison ivy. While it
is frequently met as a climber, it also
assumes a bushy or treelike form,
which has suggested two separate
names for lt-Rhus radicans when a
vine and Rhus toxicodendron for the
bushy form. In California it is this
last named and is known as poison oak.
The favorite haunts of the ivy are on
fenceposts, on trees and stone walls,
to which it's brown, hairy stems cling
like parasite, thus being a menace to
every barefoot boy and ignorant pc
destrian. The leaves are grouped in
threes, and you will always find them
with an irregularly toothed edge and
one side of the leaf wider and fuller
than the opposite side and having
deeper lobes. Its berries are whitish
gray.
The symptoms of ivy poisoning are
a burning and itching condition Of the
skin. The face sometimes becomes so
swollen as to be almost unrecogniz-
able, and, while the patient suffers ex-
IRENE discomfort, the disease usually
subsidies in eight or ten days.