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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
Meredith Nicholson,s Paper.

"I heard the other day of an old deacon
down in the country who had been mar
ried so many times that the ~neighbors had
quit counting. He told a stranger one day
in casual conversation that he had been
married four times. The stranger repeated
this to one of the neighbors. Why said
the neighbor, that's not right. The deacon
was married five times TO my certain knowl-
edge SO the stranger went back to the
deacon and told him what the neighbor had
said. The deacon pondered for a moment.
L vumi he calculated. That's right; ii
was five times, and a mighty good woman
she was, too
And so we are all forgetful and need to
be reminded. This soldiers monument
which is now to be dedicated becomes in a
peculiar sense a shrine which it is the privi-
lege of the new generation 10 protect and
safeguard. There are m~0numents in the old
world whose very significance has been lost
under the dust of centuries. No doubt i'm
fifty years from now, perhaps in twenty
years, some wise man will appear in In
dianapolis and seriously question whether
the inscriptions on that monument really
express its purpose. Perhaps some one will
come forward with a proposition to scratch
off the inscription already there and put
on a new one. There were. some gentlemen
in Indiana not a great while ago who hit
on the happy conceit that that monument
stood for our war with Mexico. Maybe il
did, and maybe in after years some other
imaginative man will rise up to say that it
was built as a memorial TO the Spanish
war. II becomes In a peculiar and a sacred
sense our duty to pass on 10 the coming
generations the fact that that monument
represents the solidity and permanence of
this Republic; that il stands for Shiloh and
Gettysburg, and for Lincoln and Grant, and
for citizens of this dear HoOsier State of
ours who offered themselves on Southern
battleields and on the high seas TO support
the lettering arch of the American com
monwealth.
SOLVING OF PROBLEMS.
81 feel that l almost owe an apology to
you, my seniors of this commandery, that
so many men of my generation are found
here and there expressing grave doubts
about our ability to solve the problems
that our country is called upon TO face
from time to time. 1 number among my
own friends men who seem TO think we
are drifting toward the rocks and who go
so far as TO read the Congressional Rec
ord every day and that requires great
heroism-to try 10 find something to kick
about. These are the fellows who used
TO stay up nights worrying because We
had no navy, but when we got one and
licked the Spaniards with 1t they said that
was imperialism. These are the fellows
who thought the Maine was blown up 10y
the explosion of champagne bottles down
in the hold of the battieship. They are
reasonably proud of Indiana. but they do
so regret that General Wallace didn't edit
a Sunday-school paper instead OF fighting
in two wars. and that our distinguished
commander didn't grow up TO be a deacon
instead of ali admiral.
But all of us who are still under forty
are not so veXed In spirit because thlnss
are as they are. There was a distlnSulsheo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
SAM SAILS FOR FRANCE
FORMER PRESIDENT OF HAITI Is
FORCED TO LEAVE HIS COUNTRY.
Renewal of the Fighting in the Streets
of POrt-Au-Prince-Gen. Firmin
Proclaimed President.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, May 1S.-Ex-
President Sam embarked at 11:SO a. m, to-
day, on the French steamer Olinde Rodri-
Guez. He was accompanied to the landing
place by the American, French and Ger
man ministers. While the former President
was embarking a salute was fired from the
palace.
The inhabitants of Port-au-Prince are
still in a state of great excitement, and it
seems probable that another provisional
government will be formed. At about the
time the former President embarked here
news was received from Cape Haitien, on
the north coast. to the effect that General
Firmin. late Haitien minister in Paris. had
arrived at Cape Haytien and hao been pro-
claimed President. The dispatch added
that the whole north and northwest of
Haiti had declared in favor of General
Ffrmin.
Clashes between the partisans of the
numerous presidential candidates continued
here yesterday afternoon. The follower of
Gen. Saint Folk Colin attacked the ad-
herents of General De Fly, the military
commander here. The firing was severe
for about an hour, but so far as known
very few were killed or wounded. General
De Fly was compelled 10 e~Vacuate the
Hotel de la Place and retreated TO the
palace. where he barricaded himself and
his followers, having previously secured a
good supply of ammunition.
Some time before midnight there was
another outbreak of firing, and this time
the casualties were somewhat severe. In
the meanwhile firing occurred in other
parts of the city and lasted until after mid
night. when the situation became calmer.
General Vilbrun, the former minister of
war, and NJ. p. Fame. the former minister
of finance and commerce., sought refuge i'm
the French legation. Early in the morn
ing Nj. Tancrede Auguste seemed to have
safety i'm the United States legation. His
example was followed by NJ. Brutus Saint
Victor, the minister of foreign affairs and
public instruction, who also sought the pro-
lection of the United States flag.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

A record of the height of Indiana soldiers
in the civil war shows that out OF rs. PSI
there were 1901 5 feet 10 inches high, S,7Oe
5 feet IL inches. 6.679 6 feet high. 2,61i
6 feet inch. 1857 6 feet . inches. 4O6 s feet
3 inches. and $50 over 6 feet 3 inches.
Commenting on these statistics, DR.. Gould,
aetuary of the United States Sanitary Com
mission. wrote: 1T is evident from our
statistics that the Indiana men are the
tallest of all natives Of the United States.
and these latter the tallest of all civilized
Countries %
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
Minister PoweII's Adyices.

WASHINGTON, May iS.-The secretary
of state has received a dispatch from the
American minister in Haiti, dated Tuesday,
IL a. m, as follows: THE Chambers have
been closed by mob. Much firing ensued
and one deputy was mortally wounded.
The populace attacked the palace and the
arsenal last night. Several were killed and
wounded. The diplomatic corps embarked
the President at u o'clock to-day. The
minister for foreign affairs and the minis
ter of war have taken refuge at the Ameri-
can legation. Firmin. with his army, is
marching on Port au Prince. Great eX-
element prevails at Port au Prince and
business is suspended for the present"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

The spirit of comradeship developed in
war tends 20 the formation OF permanent
gether. There a been many such or
CARNATIONS. the Grand Army OF the Re
public being much the largest OF any. 1t
r. somewhat remarkable that the soldiers
OF the revolutionary war never formed an
organization Of the kind. The officers
founded the Society OF the Cincinnati. OF
which Washington was the first president
and was re-elected triennially during his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
SAVED BY A WOMAN.
Thirty Men Warned in Time to Es-
cape from n Powder Magazine.

NORRISTOwN. Pa, May S.-The pres
ence OF mind of Miss Katie Henderson
saved thirty men employed in the quarries
at West ConshOhocken from death or in
jury. Miss Henderson resides a short dis
lance from the quarry, and, as she looked
from a window, she saw that the roof of
the powder magazine was blazing. The
men at work in the quarry were not aware
of their danger until she ran TO the quarry
and warned them. not a second too soon.
While the men and Miss Henderson were
fleeing for their lives there was a terrible
explosion. The air was filled with %splinters.
stones and dust was shOwered upon their
heads. In the magazine which exploded
there were thirty kegs OF powder and 800
pounds of dynamite. Nothing but a hole in
the ground marks the place where the
powder house stood.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

ing is thought 10 be a result of the recent
disclosures regarding the ease with which
such cards are counterfeited Though the
department had not discovered the maker
OF these bogus cards when this order was
drawn. ii has been known for a long time
that such work was made possible because
persons were permitted to enamel uncan-
celed cards and thus use them, though they
had been printed before. Postmasters have
been instructed 10 enforce this rule strictly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

It is recorded that after 1865 no native
Indian was left alive in Cuba. This was but
sixty-one years after the Spanish discovery
and occupation. And vet there are news
papers-and some right here in Indian
apOlis-that are trying to- make the Ameri-
can people believe the American occupa-
tion OF the Philippines is patterned after
the worst phases OF the Spanish occupa-
ton OF Cuba.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
New Officers Elected and New Mem
bers Taken In at the Bust
ness Session.
BANQUET AT COLUMBIA CLUB
JUDGE JOHN v. HADLEY \ MERE
DITH NICHOLSON SPEAK.
The Dinner and Reception a Brilliant
Afair-Features of the
Programme

Lying here and there in glorious sleep,
Where angels softly tread,
While their holy watch they keep"
This was the standing toast to the silent
majority at the annual banquet of the In
diana Commandery of the military order
of the Loyal Legion in honor of the ladies
at the Columbia Club last evening. Heads
were bowed and voices hushed. 1t was a
toast that touched the heartstrings Of all
those present and awakened anew in the
minds of many of the gray-haired members
of the legion the scenes of battles and vi
cissitudes of the greatest civil war the
world has ever known.
The banquet was one of the most elab-
crate ever given by the Indiana Comman-
derry of the Loyal Legion. The guests were
received in the main p%arlors, and shortly
after s o'clock were escorted into the ban
quoting hall by the reception committee,
composed of Admiral and Mrs. George
Brown, Colonel and Mrs. Chester G. Thorn
son, Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Gus
tavus ". Menzies, Captain and Mrs. Horace
Mckay, Colonel and Mrs. Ivan n. Walker,
General and Mrs. James r. C~arnahan, Col.
/ and Mrs. Oran Perry and Captain and Mrs.
William T. Heron. The b%anqueting hall
and tables were tastefully decorated with
cut flowers and potted plants. AS the
guests entered the hall and were being
seated the orchestra played a potpourri of
stirring battle marches. Admiral Brown
took the seat of honor and presided at the
meeting. Near him sat Governor Durbin
and wife and other prominent men in the
Indiana commandery.
Before the elaborate menu was served
invocation was pronounced by the chaplain.
Admiral Brown spoke the words of well
come, and America" was sung by the
audience. led by j. Russell Powell. Ad-
miral Brown then introduced Judge John
v. Hadley. who responded to the toast.
The Women of the War" He said:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
The Water Cure.

Washington Star.
Dis water cure is something dats got to be
%stopped!' explained Meandering Mike. Its too
crool and unusual to be stood"
do you know what it is?' asked Flooding
Pete.
" Course. I've been froo it. hadn't been in
Jail fifteen minutes before dey made me take a
bath"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
New Rule on Postal Cards.

Government postal cards which are en-
ameled. brOnzed or In any way defaced lose
their character as postal cards hereafter
and become subject 10 ordinary letter post
age when they bear a written message, or
70 third-elass postage when they are all in
print. This ruling is contained in the latest
edition OF the postal regulations, The rul-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

The record shows that Indiana troops par
ticipated in sos engagements in seventeen
different States. the first being at Philippi,
W. Va. June 3, 1861. the first battle of the
war. and the last being at Palmetto
Rancho, Tex. the last battle of the war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
His View of 1t.

Chicago Evening Post.
What makes him 50 violently opposed to the
second term idea %
why. the fact is, he got things a little mixed.
He's just out of the penitentiary himself and
he didn't know we were talking politics when
the second-term question came up"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
Her Idea of 1t.

Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Geezer intends TO have a number Of
literary evenings said Mrs. Tenspot to Mrs.
Hojack.
What is her idea Of literary evenings
well, she's to give a Ben-Hur progressive
euchre followed by a Longfellow ping-pong.'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

Yesterday a citizen who was detained at
a corner a few minutes saw a well-dressed
old man pass by with but one arm and in
a few moments another one with but one
leg. both wearing army badges. There Will
be more wounded veterans in the city to-
day and tomorrow than ever again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
Capt. Meredith In the City.

Capt. William NJ. MEREDITH. director g
the Bureau of Engraving ard Printing. II
In the city calling on relatives and friends
and attended the Loyal Legion banquet
last night. He will leave tomorrow for a
short visit 10 Seattle and other Pacino
coast points. Captain Mereo,th command
ed a company OF the Seventeen Indiana
Regiment, OF which the late President HAr-
rison was colonel
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

The action of Congress and the President
gives official sanction to the movement
for the relief of the Martinique sufferers,
and the movement will doubtless become
national. The prompt appropriation of
100000 by Congress will show the world
that Americans know how 10 act as well
as talk. and the magnitude of the appro-
prsation will be very favOrably comment
ed on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
Household Economics.

New York Weekly.
Young Husband-seems to me it is costing US
a great deal To live.
Young wife-I know it is. but I can't imagine
why. l always buy everything in very mall
quantities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
THE HUMORISTS.
Ointe

Baltimore Herald.
Remember. my dear brethren" said the min
lister. that charity covereth a multitude OF sins.
hope you'll be unusually generous in your Of
fering this morning
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14
He Didn't Fly.

Baltimore American.
"And did you walk all the way here with this
note?' queried the sympathetic damsel.
Sure" replied the courteous messenger boy.
DO I look like Santy-Dumont?"
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-14

OF 155.57S men who enlisted in this State
140,65S were American born, and of these
$50 were born ia Indiana. OF foreign
born soldiers who served in Indiana reGi-
ments Germany furnished 6.45e, more than
twice as many as any other country.
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MORAL OF FABLE.

The moral of this fable is that there are
more ways than one Of handling a white
elephant. There are a good many things
about the civil war which some OF US
inheritance members don't understand. l
suppose we will never understand them. 1
need only mention the rapid promotion
that has been going on among late officers
of the federal army ever since the war
ended. 1 am unable to learn that there has
been any system about ii unless based on
the scriptural assurance that the first shall
be the last and the last shall be first.
Now as an instance of the curious step
ladder promotions which have been going
on, / viii cite the remarkable case OF my
friend. Communion Cleland. Now Com
paniOn Cleland went with the SEVENTEEN
Regiment on that blackberrying expedition
into Tennessee which played such terrible
havoc with the iam-making ambitions OF
the rebel housewives. There haven't been
any hlackberries in Tennessee since that
terrible raid. w been down there and
the natives told me about Il. There were
many Christian men in the old SEVENTEEN;
we all know how guard mount was always
opened with prayer. They Were good
men and brave men. and when they
charged the Tennessee blackberry patches
the rebel blackberry was obliterated. Their
hands are still red from that awful
carnage. And now Companion Cleland, one
Of the most prominent OF those blackberry
gatherers, one who had a great appetite.
has risen rapidly in public confidence until
he has attained the title OF captain. But
he has not paused there. No; not in
military titles alone does he revel. To add
to his glory Wabash College has bestowed
upon him the distinguishing title OF Doctor
of Letters. Now a Doctor OF Letters is a
man who has not only known a great many
things, but Is one who mas convinced
others. Now does any one know what a
man who Il both captain and doctor may
be called2 l can only think OF a hyphenated
title. 'capOrdOc, which Is both euphonious
and convenient. I have merely given YOU a
suggestion OF this great abuse In titles,
We members by inheritance don't a.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25
ALIVE GOVERNOR.

Be it said to his great credit that the
governor Of the state Of Minnesota
from his private purse offered fifty
dollar gold medal to that Minnesota
creamery butter maker in state con-
test who secured the highest scoring
ON twelve tubs of butter, one made
each month during the year. A young
Swede running an unknown creamery
in the backwoods of the state won the
prize. and now he is as famous in dairy
circles as the Brazilian with the dirigi-
BILE balloon. OF course Swede won
the prize, for 1t is impossible to offer a
prize for fine butter and have any other
than "A Scandinavian of some variety
get 1t.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25
PIGS AND THE PROPERTIES.

A word to the man who keeps hogs
in town-the retired granger, who
wants to carry on agricultural opera
lions under the glare Of the electric
lights-don't keep them. There may
be nothing strictly insanitary and ma
larial about the odor of town hogpen
in July dog days. but it's mighty un-
pleasant and does not harmonic with
lovers in hammocks on moonlit mid
summer nights on the adjoining lot.
IL the town ordinances do not forbid
your keeping hogs in well ordered
municipality, have little regard for
the eternal fitness of things and the
good opinion Of your neighbOrs. There
are a good many things which are all
right enough ON the farm which are
all wrong when you move to town to
live, and letting your chickens run at
large and keeping hogs in a pen are
two Of them, and there are lots of sin
ners along these lines. When the ag-
ricultural department develops that
new breed of dude hogs, perhaps
things will be different.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25
TO GET RID OF THE WEEDS.

What shall be done with the rag
weed and Mayweed in the pastures,
the foxtail. morning glories and cookie
burs in the cornfields, the wild hemp
and artichokes by the roadside and the
purslane in the garden? For the pasture,
put on less stock and give the grass a
chance to grow; for the weedy corn
field, seed down and give the sheep a
chance at the pests which befoul it or
give it summer fallow; for the weed
cursed highway, enforce the laws and
have the weeds cut at the proper time
of the year, and for the garden try
mulching with straw for everything
which can be mulched.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25

Japan would hardly look at Ameri-
can -four in 1888, using only 1900
pounds all told, but last year she took
and chopsticks have made way for
pants, plug hats and baking powder
biscuits. and more than any other peo-
pie are the japanese today adopting
the American type Of civilization.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25

Nearly all counties in all northern
states now have their farmers mu-
tual insurance companies. These or
CARNATIONS, almost without exception,
give reliable insurance at actual cost
and afford the very best sort of insur-
ance available for the farmer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25

The American people can well afford
to sit down ON the glucose, oleomarga-
rine and cottonseed oil type of prog
ress, which, like the weeds in corn
field, threatens to destroy the unadul-
terated and genuine products of the
country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-25

The best things always seem to have
the most enemies. Here is the rose,
for instance which is beset with slugs,
aphis, spiders, mildew and lots Of other
pests, while burdock will grow un-
cared for and immune from all enc
mics. Here is the apple, the nice sorts,
borer, blight, codling moth and canker-
worm and what not to fret its life out,
while wild crab will grow by the
roadside untouched and fruitful. The
beetles will clean out Hubbard
squash vine and let a pumpkin vine
alone, and no bug that we ever knew
would touch purslane, quack grass or
cOckleburs. There is evidently a sort
Of community Of interest between the
mean things of this world.