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relate, being of comic rather than of sen

relate, being of a comic rather than of a sen
 timental description
 cred at the Executive Mansion are usually
 addressed to the ladies of the Presidents fam
 lily. Doubtless Miss Alice Roosevelt will get
 very handsome ones. appropriately or
 namented with hearts and cupiis. But tri-
 butes of the kind sent to her father will be
 mainly humorous
 The senders of these mssives, as a rule,
 believe that the President will personally open
 feelings. that he will personally grieve over
 the slurs they cast. Presumably, in some
 cases. tho obtain r eat satisfaction from
 despatching such anonymous cartoons, with
 their accompanying derisive lines. But un-
 happily for their aims. the Chief Magistrate
 of which opened by a clerk and consigne l
 to the waste basket, except a few that are
 deemed worthy of being put on file as curi-
 However. 1t is only the and exceptional Presidential valentine that is in any way ma United States has enemies-a rule to which MT Roosevelt is no exception-and now and then disgruntled office seeker or some per son who has been put out of a job in the , Government employ considers that he is en-
 titled to nurse grudse against the occupant Of the White House. Such individuals may | occasionally resort to the expedlent uf send
 ing a penny valentine, of an insulting char ac- ter as a means of venting their spleen, but
 nearly always the valentines are merely playful
 It be said in a general way that the comic valentines sent to various Presidents,
 have reflected the aspects of each President which have aroused criticism For example, Chester A. Arthur, who a good l.ver and always a very well dressed man. was re- garded fup by some people who did not happen to admire him. Consequently-at all events such Is the recollection preserved at the White House-many of the valentines ad- dressed to him represented most extravagant dudes" Doubtless they would have amused him greatly if he had had a chance to see them.
 | MT. Hayes excited unfavorable criticism | chiefly on account of the prohibition rule | which held in the White House during his ad- ministration, when MT. Evarts wittily re marked. water flowed like champagne" As a matter of fact, he spent more money on | entertaining than any President before or | since tthough Mir. Roosevelt bids fair to sur | pass him in this respecD; yet he was ac- cused of parsimony. If was not surprising. under such circum- | stances, that the valentines received at the 1 Executive Mansion in those days should have | borne heavily upon this particular subject. | One of them, obviously written by the sender. | ana which by chance has been preserved wound up follows
 Are your guests such greedy swine That You don't dare to give them wine? | wouldn't ask such folks to dine Your much disgusted
 l VALENTINE, rms brings one naturally to a consideration | of Presidential valentines of certain class s- necessarily the most interesting-which eve | their authorship to those who seud them. ] purns Benjamin HarrIsons administration
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TO BE GOOD
ARIZONA NOTED BAD MAN
 QUITS LIFE OF A DESPERADO
Hazard is Too Great-Many Times Arrested, But Always Escaped
 Prison-Cattlemen are Glad.

Tuscon. Ari.. Letter in Chicago Inter Ocean
 With a record of 100 indictments against him during period of twelve years of out lawry in Arizona, and personal acquaintance with every officer of tho law IT five counties in 1nIs territory. Climax Jim rode into his friends. The most notorious outlaw Ari- soma has ever known never lived through years of Climax Jim's life presents. A bandit. cattle rustler, horse thief, gun fighter, and suspected train robber. this man has been companions have been the most noted despera- does of the border country. Droncho Btll Smith. Dave HoItday-all men who have lived the same sort of life-have at some time or other Init the trail,' with Climax Jim. ' He Is good type ot the men who ride the ranges of Arizona-tall. angular. wry as a brohcho, and as quick with his six shooter the best gun fighters of the Southwest; After all his years of bandit life, this product swears that he viii hereafter live in peace with cattleman end officers. He declares that he has buried his running iron' which he has used successfully In burning out brands of cattle placed there to mark their
 Climax Jim has come in and given him self up and hereafter he proposes to live peacefully, built home for his old mother and cam euough honest money to give her the best comforts frontier Arizona camp can me that honesty is best" he sad. and if there's catle stealing to be done let some of tn other boys do it. It's quail enc day an7 yer trail all ther time Sooner CT later a man runs inter box canyon. You neevr know whose yer friends and feller never knows when his old pardner is going ter turn against him and get share of the re- ward offered. I'm done fer good with 1t. and l sure won't get back into the business again at all
 Climax Jim has rolled his trousers down over his high sharp-heeled boots and in stead of his AS six shooter he carries cane which he has picked, up somewhere in the city. But there is still the unmistakable bran upon him which has been burned in by his contact with that wild life. He is a cowboy ot the real type-natural. genuine and aa much as he would reform in a moral way, he could never conceal the free. happy manner of the COW puncher.
 Rufus Naphews is the right name of ''Cli- rna1 Jim. " He drifted out ts Arizona fifteen
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was received a mild one of this kind. which
 Little Benny.
 Have you any
 Office you send mel
 If not sonny,
 Ready money
 You may kindly lend me. P. S.-Do it quickly, Baby Mine,
 And will be your Valentine. Many of MT. Harrion,s valentines had ref; n efenon one way or re anotser 1t is always some personal attribute or charact teristic that conveys inspiration in such matters. While Mir. Cleveland was in the White House prac- tically. all the valentines received repre- scented enormously fat men. That was too obvious physical trait to escape attention One of them bore the following inscription. and on account of the originality of the verse; has been preserved;
 pray you tell me, gentle Grover.
 Why you always buhbling over
 With vanity and self-conceit?
 think you get too much to eat
 If you would only try starvation,
 It might be better for the nation. This only small part of the poem" There a dozen other stanzas Plenty of such shafts of wit, with accom- mailed this week. at cost of penny each. 10 President Roosevelt. In most of them. pee suniably: he will figure a comic soldier. But he is gifted with a keen sense of humor, and he would not mind such playful attacks If they were brought to his notice Other officials of high rank In Washington are usually recipients of more or less atten- ton in the way of valentines every year Thomas B. Reed. when he was Speaker of the House: used to get good many penny pictures or fat men, with appropriate verses. few when the anniversary comes around. It is one of the privileges of their positions.
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SMALL BOY KIDNAPPED.
Lawrence Countryman Stolen for a
 Third Time.

St. Joseph, Mich. Feb l2-Lawrence. the 6-year-old son of Mrs. A. J. Coun- tryman, who has been victim of two sensational kidnapping cases. has again disappeared from the home of his grand parents, Mir and Mrs. Robert Van Brunt of this city. He has not been seen since Monday morning. He left the house coat less. and his whereabouts are unknown.
 Mfs Countryman lived in Chicago with her husband. One year ago they quar- reled and the mother. with her two chil- dren. returned to this city to live with her parents. On July 1. the boys. Law renee. aged 5. and Albert. aged 8. were mysteriously stolen in broad day light from in front of their grandfather home in a densely populated section of this city.
 The mother later found her boys in Chicago. and escaped to boat with the younger of them. after an exciting chase through the streets. Countryman pursued her to the boat. but passengers prevent ed him taking the boy who has since been living here.
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JAMES GETS INJUNCTION.
Lurid Drama is the Cause of Liti-
 gation.

Kansas City. Feb. 12.-Judge Teasdaie in the Circuit Court here today granted the application of Frank James for an injunction to stop the production of the James Boys in Missouri" a drama de- pieting the James boys as train robbers and bank looters and which has been playing at a local theatre. The injunc- tion proceedings were brought by Frank James. his mother. Zeralda SamuelS, and his step-father. Or. Reuben Samuels. The James petition alleges that the play was harmful to the youth of the country in that it glorified outlawry and made he roes out of outlaws and said that 1t un- justly revived a reputation that. he had been trying to live down for twenty years. The suit raised the question as to whether or not private citizen could be portrayed on the stage without his consent. whether to his discreCfit or not.
 Judge Teasdale instructs that James furnish bond of A.000 to indemnify the theatre people against loss in case the decision Js overturned by q higher court and until the bond ts given the play will go on. It is expected James will produce the bond during the day.
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New Bicycle Circuit.

Atlanta. Ga. Feb. 12.-John S. Prince. the bicycle manager. announced todd that he had made arrangements for a bicycle circuit composed of Atlanta. Sa- vannah and Jacksonville. and that he would give one nights racing weekly in each of these cities during April and May. New tracks will be built in Savan- nah and Jacks 'nville. MT. Prince will go to Savannah immediately upon the con clusion of the six-day race which begins in Atlanta, February 24
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Presidential Valentine.
New York Herald.

NeN YOrk HeraId.
 Lots of valentines reach the White House by mail at this season every year. There arc always a good many people scattered over the country who anxious {" take stvan- ;age of any excuse for writing to the Prcs,- lovers affords such opportunity. Thus II comes about thai remembrances of the kind pour in about Feb. l4 most of them sad to
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Il sssssss ssss sssssk skszsssssxss
 SPECIAL NOTICES.
S;ockholde 6 Meeting
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Feb. ia. 1902.

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Feb. I2, fso2 10 Whom 1t May Concern:
 Notice is hereby given that the regular an I,iiai meeting of the stockholders of the Mont gomery Light and Power Company will be held In the office of tho company, No. TOT at I2 o'clock m.. on the fourth Wednesday in March, 1902. the same being on the 18th day of said morth for the election of . Board os Directors. and the transact ion of such other business as may be legal and proper in such meeting. B. $. MAULTSBY, Secretary Mont gomery Light and Power Co.
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was received mild one of this kind. whici read.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-13
Another Burns Relic.

oCOlSHldH.
 There has come to light in one of the auction rooms an interesting relic of Rob- ert Burns. It Is an ordinary business like tumbler inclosed in an oak case lined with velvet and secured by Brah- min key. The tumbler has engraved on it the following inscriptions: This glass. once the property of Robert Burns, was presented by the poets widow to James Robinson. Esq, and given by him to her son-in-law, Major James Glencairn Burns, 1Sio The James Robinson to whom clan Armour gave the relic was a Sunderland gentleman who became. by marriage. connected with the Burns family. The box is made from one of the piles of old London bridge, with some lighter pieces of oak. relics of the Royal Georgc. suit?
 Casey-Oim going to ask old man Flanni gan for his daughter's hand
 Cassidy--Th divil, Ii seems a pity to ruin . new suit thot wsy-Puck
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Clyde Fitch Ill.

New York. Feb. 12.-Clyde Fitch the playwright. is i'll in Atlantic City with acute intestinal trouble His condition is not thought to he serious.
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This brings one naturally to a consideration of Presidential valentines of certain class - necessarily the most interesting eve their authorship to those who seud them. During Benjamin HarrIson's administration
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----- TO 6uy a----~ WINTER SUIT, ,
 OVERCOAT OR TROUSERS
Half Price

Big of Spring Goods already on the floor ready to be opened and put stock The Childrens Department again open after being thoroughly overhaued and given general cleaning up. After this week there scarcely be any Winter stuff left show you, the three remaining days remaining for your buying had better be taken advan- tage of There suits here that' be good for early anl lighter weights of Chevots. HALF THE REGULAR
 at or Trousers for Men and all -Chidren's Suits and
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At Charleston.

Charleston. s. C., Feb. 12.-Also Ran II was the only winning favorite at the Ex- position track this afternoon. The fifth race was an extra on the program and was hotly contested. Little Tower got the best of the start and kept 1t throughout the race. Hucena was slighly the favor ite. Weather clear: track fast.
 First race. selling. five furlongs-Alzo- ran won: Figuranta. second; Intent, third. Time l:05 1-4
 Second race, six furlongs-Jim Scanlan won: Hattie, second; Deadly Nightshade. third Time 1:2o
 Third race. mile. over four hurdles Barney won; Negoncie. second; Loy- alty, third. Time 57.
 Fourth race. handicap. seven furlongs- Ducassa won: Samivel, second; Leila Barr. third. Time l :32.
 Fifth race. seven furlongs-Little Tow CT won; Hucena. second. Time 1:33 1-2. Match race.
 Sixth race. selling. six furlongs-Also Ran II won; Certain. second; Aborigine. third Time l:1S 1-2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-16
MitchelI-Kahn Bill Favored.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-The executive
council of the American Federation of La
Dor to-day continued the hearing OF the
three-cornered fight between the Brewery
Workers National Union and the Interna-
tional Union of Steam Engineers and the
International Brotherhood of Stationary
Firemen, and then deferred a decision. The
status of the Chinese exclusion bill. which
has passed the House and is now pending
before the Senate, was discussed at length
when letter was framed and presented to
Mr.. Frye, President pro tempore of the
Senate. The letter tells of the deep inter-
est workingmen are taking in the bill and
incloses resolutions. which say: I'VE hold
said Proctor bill and Platt amendment
utterly inadequate and contrary to the best
interests of labor all over the country in
the mills of New England and the Caro-
linas, well as the workers on the Pacific
coast and in the mountain States" and
we are firmly convinced that the Mitchell
Kahn bill, as reported from the committee
on immigration and passed by the House
of Representa- tives. is the only exclusion
bill that will exclude now before Congress-
and We, therefore. urge all true friends of
the policy of the exclusion of Chinese labor
ers from the United States 60 vote for this
bill and to defeat any amendment offered
thereto tending to weaken il in any of its
essential or effective features
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-16
Sl,OOO,OOO FOR COLUMBIA
CARNEGIE, 1T Is SAID, WILL GIVE
THE UNIVERSITY THAT SUM-
Money 10 BE Used in Building n Hall,
Chapel or DormitOries-NO Def
mite Announcement.

NEW YORK. April 15.-Public announce
ment will be made after the official in
stallation ceremonies in Columbia College
of munifcent money gift TO that insti-
tuition by Andrew Carnegie, according to in
formation which reaches the Press and
which that paper Will print tomorrow
Wednesday, The exact amount is known
only to the president and to the board of
trustees, but there is good reason to be-
lieve that ii is not far short of $1,0OO.1OO.
This will be more than sufficient TO build
a college hail. a chapel dormitories. to
which purpose the gift is TO be applied.
Mr.. Carnegie up to this time has given
nothing to Columbia and il is expected that
when his contribution is announced its
size will surprise the members of the
faculty we'll the students. Mr.. Car
negie and John -. Rockefeller viii be
guests of the university on Saturday and
the presence of the great iron master is
garded an indication that Columbia is
about 10 be remembered. President Nicholas
Murray Butler declined through his secre-
tary to discuss the subject in any way.
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BISHOP j. F. HURST ILL
STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY WHEN
HE HEARD OF M'KINLEY's FATE,
And Never Recovered from the Effects
of the StrOke-ChanceIIOrO of the
American University.

Special TO tie indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, April 15-Bishop John F.
Hurst. of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
is seriously i'll at his home i'm this city. lie
has been confined to his bed for about a
week. and while his condition is slightly
improved. il is to be noted that his sons
have been sent for and his friends admit
that his Improvement is not sufficient to
allay their fears.
Bishop Hurst has been one Of the promi-
nent men Of Washington for a number of
years, especially during the administration
Of President Mckinley. The two were
warm frierds, having been Intimate for a
great many years. The bishop was greatly
interested in the project to found a great
national university in Washington. and has
devoted much of his time in recent years to
securing a proper recognition of this edu-
cational institution.
The circumstances of the divine's illness
are unusually sad Last autumn. while at
tending an international conference in Lon
don. he was seized with stroke Of apo
plexy. The seizure came Immediately after
he heard of the assassination of President
Mckinley. The bishop was warm friend
and admirer of the President, and II was
his ambition to have him become a pro-
lessor IN the American University WiSi hio
public life was ended He never recovered
from the effects of this stroke, and the
failing of his mental faculties has been
apparent all winter. He has been very
depressed since DR.. Talmage's illness and
took an eager interest in all pertaining to
that clergyman. His daughter feared TO
tell him of the decease of the distinguished
Presbyterian, remembering the effect pro-
duced by the news of President Mckinley.
Bishop Hurst has been chancellor of the
university since its inception in 1892. He
has devoted his entire time to the work of
collecting funds to carry out the great
scheme. His last work was to get money
for the Ohio Hall OF Administration, and
he anxious that it should be called
the Mckinley Hall. as the late President
had been an annual contributor to this
fund. Ten years ago the divine married
for the second time, the bride being Miss
Ella Root. daughter of Francis Root, of
Buffalo. This marriage did not terminate
happily and four years ago Mrs. Hurst
went to Paris, taking her young son. Since
the illness of the bishop friends have been
busy trying to bring about reconciliation,
particularly as the divine constantly asks
to see the little boy. Bishop Hurst is i'm his
siXty-ninth year and is a native of Mary
land.
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GOOD AT ANY WORK.
"Jackies" Can Fight Behind NOzzIes
as Well as Behind Guns.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-American
Jackies appear in the role of efficient fire
fighters i'm an interesting report forwarded
to the Navy Department by Capt B. H.
McCalla, of the battleship Kearsarge.
While the North Atlantic squadron was
lying off Port of Spain, Trinidad. March q,
fire broke out on the wharves al the yards
of a big trading company. Lieut.. j. NJ
POyer sent ashore with a detachment
of twenty-One sailors and Joined a British
detachment sent by Captain Campbell, Of
his Majesty's steamship Indefatiga bic, in
a vigorous night against the flames. 4
charge of gunpowder was exploded in the
huge lumber pile to make a breach. and
soon the flames were well under control.
The report says the American tars were
always at the front manning the nOzZles
Of the hose and doing their share with
prOmptness and bravery. Naval Cadet
Fairfield and Carpenter Richards are espe-
cially mentioned for coolness and efficiency.
Lieutenant POyer says the sailors were
received in the town enthusiastically, and
were loudly cheered as they advanced to-
wards the fire on the double quick. The
Governor of Trinidad expressed his thanks
10 Admiral Higginson for the splendid aid
rendered, and Captain McCalla. in for
warding the report praises highly the
work of the men.
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concluded to-day and voting on the bill and
amendments will begin at ] o'clock to-mor-
row By general consent vote was taken
to-day on two important amendments
offered by Mr.. Fairbanks OF Indiana, strik-
ing out the definition as TO Chinese stu
dents and teachers, and they were agreed
TO without division. These changes were
made with a view to recOnciling some OF
the opposition TO the measure which has
been directed against the rigid restrictions
on students and teachers and the unneces-
sary inconvenience this would impose on
the educated Chinese classes coming TO this
country.
The debate was participated 81 my Sena-
tors Hsitfeld. of Idaho. Penrose, of Penn
sylvania, and Turner of Washington. in
favor of the bill and Senators Pritchard. OF
North Carolina, and Spooner, OF Wisconsin,
In opposition.
Mr. Turner made the assertion that poll
tics had crept into the discussion and that
most of the members of the majority were
opposed to the bill
This brought out a sharp rejoinder from
Mr.. Spooner. who maintained that politics
had not figured in the discussion and that
the opposition to the present bill was due
entirely to it's conflict with the treaty and
not because of any opposition to Chinese
exclusion, which established doc
trine of the government.
The senator declared that the time would
never come when our people would admit
the Chinese, matter what steamship
company or what railroad company desired
IT. The exclusion of the Chinese was a
definite and esta ablished policy and he and
his associates on the Republican side OF
the chamber did not yield to the senator
from Washington in the determination to
keep the Chinese from our shores. But
Mr.. Spooner said he believed In keeping
treaty obligations and either there should
be exclusion consistent with our treaty
or else if necessity required there should
be an abrogation Of that treaty.
As Mr.. Spooner proceeded he had fire.
quent sharp parliamentary exchanges with
MIR Patterson and Mr.. Mitchell on Incl
dental features of the bill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-16
TURKISH RASCAL PUNISHED.
Fugitive from the United States Inn
prisOned by SuItan's Government.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-United States
Consul Norton, at Harput Turkey, has
reported to the State Department a pecu-
liar case in which the Turkish government
has punished fugitive from justice from
the United States This was Nishan Fest
jian. a native of mOuret-Ul-AZiZ en-
pioyed in the service of a New York mer-
chant He embezzled $1,000 intrusted to
him for deposit in bank, fed to Canada
and thence TO Paris and Cairo From
Cairo he passed 10 Mamouret, first having
remitted Sl15S to his father at Mamouret
Both father and son were arrested at the
instance of Consul Norton. The governor
general courteOusly facilitated the consuls
efforts. sequestrated the prisoners prom
erty, and after trial the two were convicted
and sentenced, the son to twenty months
Imprisonment and the father 10 three
months as accessory after the crime In
addition they were compelled To refund the
stolen and 10 pay $3.50 I'm costs The
consul says the case has attracted much
attention and is the first time in the history
of the courts of the villayet a man has
been convicted OF crime committed in a for
eign country.