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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11

ssThe Princess" Played by the Senior
CIass-Other Exercises.

Special 70 the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind, June 1O.-There was a
large audience at Lindley Hall, Earlham
College. this morning. to witness the class
day exercises OF the graduating class of
1902 The exercises were highly successful
and perhaps the best in many ways that an
Earlham class has ever given. Tennyson's
play. The Princess" was presented and
was so we'll done that ii ELECTED much
praise. The stage was beautifully decorat-
ed and the costumes were excelIentIy suited
10 the character of the play. Pantomimes
were given during the singing of Sweet
and Low" The Bugle Song" and Home
They Brought Her Warrior Dead" A full
orchestra furnished music during the per
formance and between the acts. The class
song ended the programme. The cast for
The Princess was as follows:
Princess Ida. Miss Anne Swan
Lady Psyche. Miss Maude White
Lady Blanche Miss June KerSey
Melissa, daughter OF Lady Blanche
-...-..-.-...--...-.......Mi Miss Clare Stanley
Violet. a pupil. Miss Lura Harold
The Prince. .............M Mr.. Allen TomIinson
Florian. his friend. brother of Psvche
..........-..--.....-........ Mr.. Roy Barrett
Cyril. friend to Prince and Florian
..........................Mr Mr.. Harry Michael
Cana. King and father 10 Ida.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Mr.. Willard Trueblood
Ipse. nobleman in Gama's COURT.
.....-......-..........Mr MIR. Laurence Hadley
Pupils. FORTRESS. pOstwOman.
The alumni association held the annual
business meeting this afternoon.
The board OF trustees held a regular ses-
sion to-day. closing up the business of the
year.
Allen c.. Mills. OF Chicago, who gradu-
ated with the class OF 1892. addressed the
alumni association this evening in Lfndley
Hall on The Earlham Boy" Prof. w
~. Trueblood read an original poem on
'.I.ifes symphony"
The first Annual i'm the history of the
college issued to-day afpc
seventy pages. exclusive Of the advertising
The volume is very interesting.
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Chinaman Tortured.

IDAHO SPRINGS, Col. June IO-Lou
Sing, a Chinaman, was strung up 10 a tree
twice by "A mob and threatened with death
if he did not leave town never 10 return
The mob's wrath was caused by the China
mans efforts To run away with a white girl
named Nellie Merchen. II is not believed
the Chinaman suffered severely other than
being cut around the neck with the rope
and knocked down twice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
President mt West Point To-Day.

WEST POINT. n. Y, June 10-The exer-
cises here to-day were given over entirely
TO athletic sports. In a game Of ball, at
which Lieutenant General Miles and Gen
eral Longstreet were among the prominent
spectators, Yale beat the cadet nine 10 to
4. President Roosevelt will reach here to-
morrow morning on a special train. He
will deliver the diplomas to the graduating
class on Thursday. Tonight the gradua-
ton hop was given
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11

GUTHRIE. o. T, June lO.-J. S. Cannon.
a Kansas City trackman. and 6. y. Brooks.
a Vernon. Tex. subcontractor, were in
stantly killed at Widman. o. T., by the
premature explosion OF a blast Three
others were seriously but not fatally in
Jured. The accident occurred al a railway
camp ON the Frisco extension % Vernon.
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Cuba's Sugar Production

HAVANA, June 10-An official report
which has just been published shows that
724 600 tons of sugar were manufactured in
Cuba between Jan / and June l. Two hun
dred and thirty-eight thousand tons OF this
sugar shipped away from the island
and the remainder is being held TO await
the result OF the movement 10 secure reci-
procity with the United States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
LIFE INSURANCE FRAUD.
Stuffed Figure, Instead of Body,
Buried in Cemetery.

MEXICO CITY, June 1O.-Conclusive proof
Of fraud against New York life insurance
company perpetrated five years ago has re-
suited from the exhumation in the Spanish
cemetery and the resurrection of stuffed
figure filled with brick and bars of lead
The deceased, presumably Bernardo Soto
vena, was insured in favor of his brother
but who is now a prisoner in this city
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Six Men Injured.

WINNIPEG, Man, June l0-While forty
or fifty men were at work on the new
trestle bridge on the Bernardino extension
OF the Canadian Pacific Railway. the
trestle collapsed. Details of the accident are
lacking, but so far as can be learned none
OF the men was killed. Six are reported TO
be seriously injured.
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Opposition Was UnavaiIing.
.cial 10 the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
FORT WAYNE, Ind, June 10.-AIlen
Hamilton was reelected a member of the
School Board tonight by the City Council
A bitter effort was made to defeat him in
the interest of the antagonism toward
SUPERINTENDENT j. n. Study.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11

SANTA FE, " NJ. June IO-The United
States geological survey has been notified
by Capt. J. p. Conner. OF this city, that the
sulphur springs in Bernatillo county are
showing unusual activity There are TWEEN
ty-eight geysers among the springs. pulsst-
ing every thirty seconds. The largest gey-
ser. which hitherto has been quiet. is re-
ported TO be sending up a stream five feet
high.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11

ANNAPOLIS. Md. June i0.-"Star' men.
or those who received a percentage Of IS or
more OF the first, second and third classes
OF naval cadets. have been announced In
the third class Is Royal Z. Ingersoll OF
Indiana. The battleship Indiana and the
practice ship Chesapeake. having on board
the first second and third classes. left here
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Oil Gusher i'm Tennessee.

JAMESTOWN, Tenn. June 1O.-Late yes
terdsy afternoon oil was struck at boring
within four hundred feet of the famous
Bob's Bar well and for two hours II
''gushed" two hundred feet in the air II
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Jessie Morrison.s Third Trial.

FIDORADO. Kan. June 1O-The third
trial OF Jessie Morrison. who killed Mrs
Olin Castle at the latters home here in
June 1850. by cutting her throat with a
razor began here to-day. Judge Aikman
refused a change OF venue.
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knights of Honor.

CLEVELAND. o.. June l0.-The ten days
annual session OF the supreme body of the
knights OF Honor, one OF the oldest frater-
nal Insurance orders in the United States,
began to-day. Every State in the Union has
and the delegates. alter
mates and other visitors number about one
hundred and fifty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11

SAN FRANCISCO. June 1O.-Dr George
w. Woods, retired medical director Of the
United States navy, well known in army
and navy circles. is dead in this city. He
was born in New Bedford, Mass, in 1888.
George Worth Woods, sixth in the list
of retired medical directors was retired for
age on Aug. "a, 1900. He was a native of
Massachusetts and was appointed from
New York, Dec. IL, 1861. He served four
teen years at sea and over twent 1.-TWO on
shore duty, and having attained the grade
of medical inspector. was retired with the
next higher rank-the highest in the med
ical branch of the service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
Prof. Hiser VIII Not Accept.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND, Ind. June 10.-Prof. w. S.
Hser, superintendent of manual training
in the local schools. has decided not to
accept the offer made him a short time ago
by the Manual Training High School of
INDIANAPOLIS.
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McGarry FoundG uiItx

ALLEGAN, Mich, June lO-Thonas T
McGarry, of Grand Rapids. was this after
noon found guilty by jury in the Circuit
Court of completely in the Grand Rapids
water supply scandal
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Mrs. Roosevelt mt New York

NEW YORK, June 1O.-The government
dispatch boat Dolphin, with Mrs Roose-
ident on board. bound 10 Oyster BAY L. l.
arrived tonight from Washington on the
way to Oyster Bay, where the Presidents
family will spend the summer at their
home.
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loading cars at st. 1gnace early tonight
and went TO the bottom of the slip i'm
twenty-four feet of water. The entire crew
escaped without injury. The sinking Of the
St Ignace leaves the railroads between the
two Michigan peninsulas without means OF
transferring their trains across the Straits
OF Mackinaw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
Pay of Cuban COngressmen.

HAVANA, June 10.-President Palma has
signed the bill fixing the salaries of mem
bers of the Cuban Senate and House of
Representatives at s.. 900 a year.
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View President for wa.hburn co,,.s.

TOPEKA. Kan. June 1O-At a special
meeting OF the trustees OF Washburn Col
lege to-day Norman ID. Plass. OF Worth
ington. Mass, was selected to succeed
George Nj. Herrick as president OF that In
stitutiOp.
The Rev. Norman ID. Plass was born at
Claverash. N. Y. In 1890 He prepared at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
TyphoOn In Luzon.

MANILA, June "a recent typhoon
caused considerable damage TO the tele-
graph lines throughout the Island of Luzon.
and many native boats were wrecked.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
Negro Hanged IN . Tree

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. June 1O-The
dead body of an unknown negro was found
hanging TO tree on the Brierfield road
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
Cholera Statistics.

MANILA. May 9.-The cholera statistics
up TO date are follows: Manila. esT
cases and l042 deaths, provinces. 8. 2S cases
and s-7l2 deaths
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11

MACKINAW CITY. Mich, June l0.-The
big car ferry St Ignace turned turtle while
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11

Albert G.. Clary was the senior commo-
dore on the naval retired list. having been
retired for age on Aug. Z, 1876 He entered
the service on May s. 1892 from Massachu-
sets, and attained the rank of commodore
on April 5, 1874. He served twenty years
and eight months at sea and had seven
years of shore duty. He would have been
eighty-eight years old Aug. Z next.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-11
Commodore Albert G. CIary.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June 1O.-Commo-
dore Albert G. Clary, u. S. N, died last
night at his home in this city.
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sulphur Springs Active.

yesterday afternoon on the regular summe
cruise along the New England coast.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31
Ruins of Nimrod's Palaces.

Count r. de Borden de Segonzac' oe-
cided differently. So he worked ms
way as near the unknown lana as he
could, and then, obtaining discusses
he wandered as an Arab. Despite Ills
excellent knowledge of the mahhers'
speech and customs of the Moroccahs
and the inhabitants of the Atlas houh-
tains, he feared that they might pen
citrate his disguise if they became IN
ouisitiye as to his business. 80 ne
took advantage of the fact that MO-
hammedans believe that insane per
sons are under the especial care OIL
Allah. and pretended to be insane.
This assured him of respect and sooo
treatment everywhere, and, although
he had many narrow escapes, he man
aged to play his role to the END anu
made his way back to clVlllzatlon
with his valuable head still on MS
shoulders.
In Asia Minor the imperial German
Archaeological institute has paid Tor
excavations on the site of the famous
old temple of Gordium, and enough
finds have been made to prove that
| the workers are digging out an an
| cient settlement that was great and
fIourishing 1900 years before Christ.
i
Other excavations in the peninsula
| of Miletus, on the Aegean sea, have
| produced results so tempting that prl-
yate German capital has been fur
nished, with which the great part OF
| the peninsula has been purchased out
right to assure successful prosecution
| of the work. The territory thus &C
ouired comprises the site of the great
Metropolis and the Sacred Way lead
ing to the famous Temple OF Apollo
of Didyma, the greatest holy place Of
Asia Minor in it's day
This purchase, it is said now, viii
make a far more wonderful place tt
visit than even Pompeii, for when thu
excavations are completed perfec
dream city will have been unearthed
The entire hill in front of the city
crowned by the famous theater, be
longs to the excavators, also the an
cient harbor basin with its entranc
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31

Modern Mosque in Background.
geographical and Photographed
studies and to draw up complete
charts of the famous battlehelds OF
Alexander the Great. Especially
good charts and pictures have been
obtained of the field of the lssus,
where Alexander conquered Darius
2235 years ago, and the battle OF the
Cranikos, where he beat the Perslans
q year before that.
Even the stolid and not easily I'M
messed or curious Turks have joined
the explorers. In Yemen. which Is
mart of Arabia, where their rule really
is more than nominal, so mat they
can dig without danger OF DelnS
swooped on by obnoxious desert kings,
the Turks have come on the tracks Oh
no less a parsonage than the queen
of Sheba, the delightful lady OF fash
ion who visited Solomon. The turks
have unearthed fine marble tablets,
J uncommonly well preserved, with
vast amount of inscription datlng
| hack so far that the eXcaVators are
encouraged to hope that some OF them
really will prove to be edicts OF the
| famous queen herself.
! The French explorer, De Morgan
| who has been eXcaVatlnS III ouSidha,
in Persia, has found not one buried
city, but half dozen of them, one on
| ton of the other. The conquerors as
| thew succeeded each other there had
the amiable habit Of destroying
everything and building their own
city. according to their own tastes,
on the ruins. So it happens that, as
the De Morgan expedition eXcavated,
# unearthed one city below the other
Gradually the entire lost history OF
Persia was laid bare. The Dominican
Father, Shell, who accompanies this
marty, discovered stone col
umn that is covered with cuneiforn
writings He has deciphered enough
aleady to know that these writings
represent laws and statutes that were
promulgated in Persia one Thousand
years before Christ was born,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31

Once more comes the news, astound-
fng to all except such as are familiar
with the corruption which EXISTS
among the police of that city, that
Paris is terrorized by organized bands
of footpads and burglars who do NOT
hesitate to murder if they find the
killing of human beings requisite lot
the success of their operations. Haro'
w a night passes but some unohenu-
ing citizen is set upon by thugs anu
&c MANY as a dozen revolver. knife
and sandbag attacks have been report
cd in one night. Recently new
method of assault has been introduced
A citizen walking hurriedly along
street on his way home from his place
of business or entertainment hears
the whirr of lariat and before he mas
time to see whence 1t comes mas
himself lassoed and being dragged
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31
aaoras Aae,. Farm

When William Lackaye was in Chi.
eago with the Bingham company he
was accompanied by Mrs. Lackaye, ac-
cording to a new story which Bin"
Hall Is telling At small afternoon
party the conversation took the course
of many conversations in Chicago
these days and reference was made to
George AIDE and the success he had
gained as humorist and playwright.
Somebody ventured that the young
man was investing his money wisely
and had purchased farm.
HAS he a farm In Indiana that he
goes TOT" inquired Mrs. Lackaye. And
her quick-witted husband replied
blAndly:
no. my dear-he didn't buy it to &c
3o--iUst to refer to-"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31
pOlIG UNABLE TO COPE
WITH CARNIVAL OF CRIME
C&&~
Streets of French Capital Practically Given Over
to Organized Bands Of Robbers and Murderers
Who Laugh at the Authorities.

the Bande de Neuilly, league whose
members make night attacks upon be-
lated citizens returning home through
the streets that are badly lighted and
little freuuented. Their audacity re-
mains almost Incredible. They think
nothing of attacking a policeman on
his beat. In Neuilly and in other sim
ilarly infested quarters of Paris the
patrolling is done by the police In
couples, or even in parties OF three.
Marqueiot, the founder of this gang OK
thugs, ultimately met with his death
on the scaffold for the murder OF an
old lady and during the course or his
trial the fact was brought to light
that as chief OF the Bande de Neuilly
he had taken part in no less than sew
enty separate night assaults with ROD
berry. His hideous society survived
him AS a general rule its members
content themselves with throttltng,
pounding and kicking their victims IN
to insensibility. But IL the persons
thus assaulted show fignt or lead their
assailants to believe for one moment
| that they have recognized them they
| will stab them, or beat in their Skulls
| without the slightest hesitation, tnen
| drop their bodies over the parapet or
| the bridge at Neuilly into the swiftly
| flowing river.
| There Is no bridge in all Paris that
| has been the scene of so many muir
ders of this kind as the bridge at
| Neuilly.
The Cour la Refine bandits are as
formidable as the Bande de Neuiiiy
but are not so coarse. They haunt
the Notifications of the city. attacking
only selected victims, who. after being
plundered are thrown over the walls
and killed.
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i,+o come dark alley or doorway, |
,,,baro +biaves relieve him of whatever
of value he has on his person. when
he escapes-if he is fortunate enough
not to be killed-he hurries TO the po-
lice in the hope that an effort Will DC
made to recover his property anu
punish his assailants. His COMPANY
causes no surprise and arouses no
official to action. Robbery is such
COMMONPLACE affair in Paris that inc
police do not deem it worth whlle
tracing the offenders in any particular
case. unless the gravel otfense OF muir
der occurs also.
So bold are these Paris thugs that
| they band together and give Inehi-
| selves names, as secret socletles nave
a habit of doing. The names and rem
| devious are, many or them' wen
| known to the police and no otner rea
son for the failure to rid the frehcn
| metropolis of them can be ascrloeo
than collision, with profit to the po
lice in the shape OF DIVISION OIL Ihe
! olunder. AS their names diner, 81
| do their purposes and methods 1here
are at least thirty Of these guilds Oh
crime and some of them wlelo COLI
siderable political influence
AS their name suggests the mem
hers of the Habits Noirs" gang are
we'll dressed and, for the greater part
thew are also good looking. The tern
Habits Noirs" means evening
| dress" They frequent the reading
and smoking rooms of hotels as wei
as picture galleries and similar places
of entertainment during the day, ant
cafe concerts at night, always dressed
in the very height of fashion. They
do not disdain the acquaintance o
men, especially if they happen to b.
foreign visitors, and are only to'
ready to pilot them to haunts Wher
they can be robbed in one fashion O
another with impunity. Yet, as gen
eral rule, they look to women as incl
legitimate prey. In one manner
another they manage to serape an at
uuaintance with their victim, an
once they have achieved this the res
ia easy. For woe betide the woma
who allows even a scrap OF writing,
glove. a handkerchief or card I
fall into the hands of one OF thes
5 adventures. 1t is used at once nc
2 purposes of terrorism and OF olacl
8 mail. and unless the woman has tn
good sense to Immediately appeal &c
/ protection to some male relative theT
1 is no limit to the depth of the degr
a dation to which she will be dragge
y In the end she may be murdered.
v Another notorious band operates
& the Bots de Boulogne. The police s
5, pervision of that famous park Is
If the most inadequate character, ar
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Safety of the Temple.

There was one famous building OF
antiquity, which, according to the rec
ords, was never once damaged by
lightning during it's thousand years Of
existence, although placed high on
hill above a city in mountain region
where thunderstorms are very fire.
quent. 1t was the temple of Solomon
at Jerusalem The temple was over
laid within and without by plates of
gold, writes a contributor to Leslie's
Monthly. Now gold is one of the best
electric conductors, and in this way
the whole building was protected with
a perfection and thoroughness that
has never been attempted before OF
since
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31

A Mexican lady, by name Mercedes
Lopez, claims to possess the longest
head of hair in the world. She is only
Eve feet in height, but when standing
erect her tresses trail on the ground
a distance of four feet eight inches.
1t is, moreover. so think that she can
hide herself in it's folds. So quickly
does it grow that she is able to cut OF
large tresses and sell them from time
to time, since her husbands position
is only that of poor shepherd.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1902-10-31

was the one-thousandeth anniversary
of its existence. Part OF the cere-
monies consisted in session Oh
geographical congress. AT that con
gress man, burned almost plach'
arose and told in dry, matter-oi-Iact'
scientific way of a little jaunt OF al
most two thousand miles that ne hau
inst finished. His trip had been
through middle Morocco, which never
before had been visited by EURO
pean, and which, the inhabitlng ber'
hers had sworn, never should be sc
visited. This man, whose name Is
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Students "Joshn Carrie Nation.

Mrs. Carrie Nation went to New Ha-
ven to have "a heart to heart talk with
the Yale Students" as she expressed
it. She made her way to the campus,
where she found number of young
men, some smoking cigarettes. This
was enough for Carrie, and she pro-
ceeded to give the students a scold-
ing. They stood it good naturally for
a while, but finally treated the saloon
smasher to a round of 'joshing" col
lege yells and choruses, and Mrs. Ma
ton was forced to beat a somewhat
undignified retreat.