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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
Carnegie Library Contract.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, April 2S.-The Muncie City
Council tonight awarded the contract for
Muncies $4,000 Carnegie library to Morrow
x Morrow for s46.375.7O There was but
one other bid Mr.. Carnegie will be noti-
fled and asked for the first installment of
cash at once. The building Will be located
opposite the city building. corner of Jeffer-
son and Jackson streets. and will be in the
Doric style of architecture
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NEW YORK, April 2s.-The first SQUAD
ron of the Second United States Cavalry,
composed of Troops A, b, c and ID, under
command of Mai Walter S. Schuyler. ar
rived here to-day from Mantanzas Cuba
on the steamer Curityba. The troops which
consist OF nine officers and 220 men, have
go TO Fort Ethan Allen. Vermont. Ninety
men of the first and third squadrons of
the Second Cavalry and $50 horses arrived
here last night, bound for the same destina-
ton.
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The GauIOis May Visit New York

PARIS, April 2S.-The battleship Gaulois,
which is to take to the United States the
mission which will represent France at
the unwilling of the Rochambeau monu-
ment in Washington, May a. is expected
to arrive at her destination May 81 Al
though Baltimore has been mentioned as
the port for which the Gaulois will SAIL the
official selection has not yet been made.
The battleship may go TO New York
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Miller Killed by n Fast Train.

Special to the Indianapo Journal
BRAZIL. Ind. April 2S-John Toner. a
member of the Hall Milling Company.
owner of a fine Touring mill here. was in
stantly killed tonight by No. II west
bound passenger train on the Vandalia
He was going 10 the Gentry show and
was walking on the track when struck
Mr.. Toner was one of the most influential
business men OF the city. He left a widow
and two children.
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No European Protests.

BERLIN. April 2S-The correspondent
here of the Associated Press has been in
formed by the Foreign Office that Germany
has not protested against the recent tariff
provision enacted by the United States in
relation TO the direct expectation of hemp
from the Philippine islands to the United
States for American consumers. 1t is be-
lieved here that Great Britain has not pro-
tested against these provisions, but has
merely called the attention of the United
States TO the matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
Hicks-Beach Ridiculed.

LONDON, April 2s.-Sir Michael Hicks
Beach. the chancellor of the exchequer, is
the object of wholesale ridicule al the
hands of both governmental and opposition
newspapers this morning on account of the
amended proposal TO the check duty which
he made in the House OF Commons yester-
day, namely, that the drawers of checks
under &2 may present the Cancelled checks
at the nearest postoffice and get a penny
returned. This proposal is frankly de-
scribed as childish and as likely TO result
in the abandonment of the tax altogether
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Mason. 70: Mintie A. Allen. "a; James L.
Gavin. So: Miss Josephine DonnOhue. IS;
James NJ Ogden. "a; Clarence n Royse.
"a; Joseph T. Dobell. y. The alumni
member Of the trustees 10 serve four
years is David Gilbert Hamilton, 60.
Charles A Prosser %. superintendent of
the New Albany public schools. and pres
ident OF the State Teachers Associat iOn
will deliver the address at the meeting Of
the alumni this commencement week and
Rev. Z. Z. Edwards. 50. will deliver the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29

JOLIET, H., April 2S.-Three people were
killed at the Patterson-road crossing of
the Santa Fe road. just south of Bolin last
night. A fast passenger train crashed into
a buggy containing Mrs. NJ. b MuIlock
her daughter Orda and a young man. FLOYD
c. Pearce. The man and young woman
were killed outright and Mrs. Mullock died
shortly after reaching the st. Joseph's
Hospital. The Waterman had the gates
down but the horses broke through getting
upon the tracks just in front of the train.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
The Boy VIII Prove He Is Alive.

VIENNA, April pa dispatch from
Lemberg, Galicia, to the Mittags Zeitung
announces the arrival there from New
York of the Jewish boy whose disappear
ance from Lemberg resulted in the arrest
and Imprisonment of five Jewish families
on the charge of murder, in spite of the
fact that the Austrian consul al New York
informed the authorities of Lemberg that
the boy was alive and sent his photograph.
1t is expected that the accused will now
be release
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
ovERPowERED THE SERVANT.
Three Men Robbed a House at Wells
boro. Securing About 800.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAPORTE, Ind, April 2S.-Mr. and Mrs.
Parry Gard. of Wellsboro. Laporte county,
were at church last night when three men
appeared at he house and asked the colored
servant il Mr.. Gard. who is the Baltimore
& Ohio station agent, was at home On
being told that he was not they rushed in.
ovcrpowered and choked her into insensi-
bility and then ransa cked the rooms. secur-
ing jewelry. silverware. cash and checks to
the amount of 800.
When the servant revived the robbers had
departed. Although she gave the alarm at
once no trace of the thieves has been dis
covered. BlOOdhOunds were placed on the
trail without success. Tramps are believed
10 have committed the act
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"RoyaI Arms" stolen.

DUBLIN, April 2S.-The royal arms over
the door of the mayors office at Limerick
disappeared last night. The arms had been
a red rag to the Nationalists of late, and
the mayor, Mr.. DAILY, wanted to remove
them. The police have arrested Council
man Joseph Ryan, a member of the cOrpor-
alton, in connection with the occurrence
which has caused quite a sensation.
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Duel Fought with Coupling pins.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE. Ind. April 2S.-Late this
afternoon Ira Granger and William Lyon.
who had been trying for several weeks TO
get the same position in an ice factory.
met in a railroad yard and fought a duel
with railroad pins. Granger was struck
over the skull and suffered fatal injuries.
Lyon was arrested.
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of peace with Spain relieved Cuba of any
responsibility for 1890, 100000 of debt that
Spain had nominally allotted to the island.
So the books are clean, and a new debt of
large dimensions can be affixed. and no
doubt will be- and the United States will
eventually have to assume it. So that we,
as well as the Cubans, will have a heavy
cost to pay for our indulgence in a bit a.
sentiment that seemed very noble and al
truistic, but that as practical proposition
was a stupid blunder
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
Dangers Of ROpe-Jumping.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
NEW CASTLE, Ind. April 2s-On last
Friday Elsie Councillor tnirteen-year-oId
girl of this city. jumped "A rope two hundred
times without resting The next dav she
became i'll and is now lying at the point of
death from congestion OF the brain
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
Cbinaman May BE Canonized.

ROME, April 2S.-The claim for the beati-
fication of the Chinese Catholic convert,
Joseph Kahng, has been before the Con-
gregation of Rites under the presidency of
the Pope. The result is not announced. but
If approved Kahng will be the first China
man to be canOniZed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
SULLIVAN COUNTY FOR MIERs.
His Success Assures His denomination
at the Vincennes Convention.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
SULLIVAN, Ind, April 2S.-The Demo-
cratic primary election for the selection Of
delegates TO the Second district congress
sional convention was held in Sullivan
county to-day. Eighteen precincts out of
twenty-three give r. w. Miers LASS,
Charles w. Welman 1.O22, Cyrus f. Davis
81. This will give Miers the county by
about 400 majority and Sullivan county S
twenty delegates.
gressional convention, so being necessary
to choice. This assures his denomination
for Congress at the convention to be held
at Vincennes next Thursday. The We'll
man-Davis people made hard fight in to-
days contest. A good vote was polIed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29

VIENNA, April 2S.-There is an extraor-
binary cold wave over the western part
of Hungary, the whole of Austria, b.
hernia and Galica. Continued heavy snow
storms are reported from Galca and 1t is
feared that widespread damage will result
from the severe weather. The wheat, the
vines and the fruit orchards are every
where in full bloom.
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Mother Kills Babe and self.

WINSIDE. Neb., April 2S.-Mrs. Katie
Dimmell. divorced wife Of John Dimmeu
was found hanging TO her bedpost to-day
Her small child lay the bed dead. Mrs
Dlmmelfs mind had been unbalanced for
some time The coroner's jury returned a
verdict of suicide in the mothers case and
that the child came TO its death by its
mothers hands
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Indiana Obituary.

NEW ALBANY. Ind. April p. - Can't.
Moses Irwin. who followed the river FOR
over sixty years. died last night OF apo
plexy He was born I'm Pennsylvania sew
enty-nine years ago. and at the age of eight
years was cabin boy. He was mate and
captain OF a number OF fine boats and was
owner OF the Woodford which he sold TO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
Jesuits Not ENpeIIed.

LONDON, April 2S.-The efforts OF the
Protestant Alliance 10 expel the Jesuits
from England under the act of George "
have again failed. The alliance orig
inally applied To magistrate for
summonses on the ground that GER
tain Jesuit priests were guilty OF
miSdemeanOrs which under the ancient
law. involved Punishment for life. The
magistrate declined TO grant the sum
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monses. holding that the act was obsolete
On appeal in the Kings Bench division. in
the High Court of Justice to-day. the lord
chief justice, Lord Alverstone. held that
the magistrate had the right to refuse the
summonses and refused TO issue a
damus 10 compel the magistrate 10 do so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
Italy to Own an Embassy Building.

ROME, April 28.-The Senate to-day
passed without discussion a bill providing
for the purchase of building in Wash
ington to be occupied by the members of
the Italian embassy. The purchase of this
building was approved by the Chamber of
Deputies April g.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind. April 2S.-Prof. Har-
low Lindley. of Earlham College. has been
awarded a fellowship for next year at the
University OF Chicago This puts Earlham
ahead of any other institution in the mat
ter of fellowships In that Institution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
Uncle sam TO Coin BoIivars.

CARACAS. Venezuela. April 2S.-The
Venezuelan government has decided to use
the mint at Washington instead of the
Paris mint as formerly, for the coinage
of bOlivars-silver coins worth about 20
cents. About 100000 bolivars are to be
coined
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
New German Cable Proposed.

BERLIN, April 2S.-The cable ship Pod
bielski has been ordered to take sound
ings in the Atlantic for a new German ca
BILE from Emden to the Azores
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WHERE AMERICA STANDS.
IL Has the Greatest Wealth and the
Lowest Debt of the Powers.


Minneapolis Times.
When the great civil war TO disrupt the
Union closed in 1865 the debt Of the United
States-that is the debt for which the
States that did not secede were liable
amounted To $7s.25 per capita of the total
population. BY 1901 the debt had been re-
duced to S1S.45. and while the interest
charge in 1Se5 was S4.29 per capita in 1901 II
was only 2S cents
In 1901 about half our outstanding bonds
bore only ? per cent interest and these
were quoted at l09. whereas. I'm 1866, the
lowest rate Of interest was $50, and this
upon small fraction, large part being
skies and even higher.
The London Daily Mail has issued it's
Year Book for 1902. and I'm II places the
United States at the head Of the five great
powers in point Of wealth. while in the
amount Of indebtedness this country IL at
the foot Of the list The following table
will show the wealth and the Indebtedness
as figured out by our London contempo-
rary:
Nation Wealth Debt
United States ..... e16.35 10000 E22l. 10000
United Kingdom. ll.SOs,OO0OOO 7O6.co00oo
France ............. s.59o.o000oO l.2SS.0o00oo
Russia .............. s.425.OOoOOo 100000
The table Of percentage is even more in
teresting. The Indebtedness OF France Is
about II per cent of its wealth. OF Russia
about II per cent. OF Germany per cent.
OF the United Kingdom per cent. and or
the United States less than Ia per cent.
In tangible weath-that is. money In cir
culation-the United States on Feb. had q
trifie less than So go 900. co. this being an In
crease OF about $50 O00.Go0 In a single year
and raising the circulation per capita 10
S2S.0. the highest ever recorded In the his
tory of this country.
These figures need bring no bushes TO
the cheek OF any American unless. indeed.
the bushes should be those OF modesty.
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BROWNSVILLE, Ore, April 2S.--Vhsle
j. III. Glass. cashier of the Bank of Bro>,.s-
vile, was at dinner to-day a robber effect
ed an entrance and escaped with 81 500
which was left outside of the vault.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29

Love thy neighbor and love the most
delicious sparkling Champagne on sale
Cooks Imperial Extra Dry.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-14

every one drinks coffee, smokes cigarettes,
talks politics, art, and music; sometimes
business, but there is very little business.
The people of Madrid live chiefly from their
ssrenfsu.
II il the aim Of a Spaniard to give his SON
q career which will put him on the Govern
Tent payroll. A capitalist invests his
money in securities, and arranges his daily,
life according to the interest they bring
him. Business, in the sense Of founding or
building up enterprises, is too risky CON.
Germ for him to meddle with. Madrid holds
a vast army of non producers, the rest Of
the country being drained to sustain them.
It is estimated that If all the army officers
drawing pay from the Government were put
in active service, they would command q
soldier and half each.
CONTINUED on Page p
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-14

always asks . higher price for his igoods
than he expects to get, he never takes Of
fence if one offers him much lower sum.
At the theatres one is besieged by ticket |
spectators, who insist upon rehealsng the
programme. but il one does not wish to
buy their tickets, they willingly direct one
to where others may be bought.
They are long suffering people. The
servant sweeps her rubbish from the over
head balcony upon the head of passing
Madrileno, who looks up with scowl which
changes quickly to q smile ii the girl be
pretty, or at the utmost expresses his dis
gust in some cynical remark which often
contains delicious bit Of sarcasm. He fire.
quently vents all the ill-humor his soul
may be capable Of upon municipal guard,
who surveys him with an air apologetic for
being in the employ of the Government.
All The ills that the Spaniard is heir to are
laid to the Government.
|"Air So Thin 1t Will Kill A Mar"
No, there is one exception, the climate OF
Madrid. He declares it to be t'three months
hibernal and nine months infernalD It is
50 hot in summer that if he has the where.
withal he migrates. When you see him
back in winter, muffied to his eyes in his
cloak, and hear him complain of "the air SO
thin that il will kill man andnot put out a
CANDLE" you wonder what brought him back
again. He has no modern convenience for
heating his house. His greatest luxury is
pan of burned charcoal, which is carried
from room to room as occasion requires,
and on a cold morning, with cap on cloak
drawn over his shoulders, he h>vers over
this brazier, trying fos hours at time to
get its gentle heat into his own body. His
fast is usually broken with cup of thick
chocolate, and his breakfast hour is univer.
sally between twelve aud one O'Clock. He
is apt to have very little business on his
mind, and his idea of ones aim in life is ex'
pressed in his common leave taking: "May
you enjoy yourselt!"
/ was very soon on terms of intimacy with
the various guests Of cur hotel in Madrid.
I told them that we IN the United States
upon taking casual leave of our friends,
wished that they might do a good business.
This impressed them as very funny.
The two chief characteristics of the Mad
rileny's winter life are the cafe and s'taking
the sum-" When he is not at the CAFE,
where he puts in hours of his time over a
single cup of black coffee, he stakes the
sum- No one who has never lived in such
a city as Madrid, where night 10 turned into
day without day beng turned into night
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-14
"Your Blood Fairly Congeals. "

In the thin atmosphere of the bleak
tableland your blood fairly congeals. You
shiver, and pull your rugs over you in your
dreary, cold room. You may seek the
mild warmth of the brazier OF hot ashes
which the servant brings you; you stoop
and rub your hands over it, but it is not till
you seek the corner of some open plaza
flooded with the glorious winter sunshine
that you feel really comfortable. Then you
acilf follow the Madrilefio to the cate. There
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-03-14
Niltslilg With NllIlel0g.

Thu Utility Of Modern Convent
ences In the Spanish Capitalize
Amiability Of Its People: Assas-
sinations For Love Only-the
One Discomfort Which They Do
Not Charge To the Government
the Supreme Solaces Of Life:
Sweet Idleness In Cafes, and
Taking the Sun"
Madrid, with the exception OF Barcelona,
il the ONO city ofSpain which has advanced
most since the period of the Knight of La
Msnchs. Spain as whole bas changed
little, but Madrid greatly. The broad Al.
Gala is now Lit up at night with triple row
of electric lights, and surpssses in brilliancy
even the grand bou.evards of Paris. The
cafes are luxuriously appointed, and there
are, in short, Gall medern conveniences. !"
including telephones, which cannot re-
member ever having seen any one success.
fully use AS for the telegraph, message
reaches its destination in about the same
time as q letter by post, and on the few
occasions when used it, usually found
notice chalked on blackboard at the office
that the line to the very place wanted to
communicate with was interrupted. once
had occasion to use the cable, making use
of q well.known cipher code. My message
was delivered on the other side Of the At
lantic with some Of of the code words trans
posed, and the others misspelled 80 that
my correspondent had to send the message
back to me by mail to learn the meaning
of it.
even Cabmen Refrain From
Swearing"
But if one is not In Madrid on business
bent, there is q side to the character of its
people which is agreeable in the extreme
One is greeted everywhere with affahihty.
Ones morning newspaper may bring notice
OF some assassination committed the day
previously, but it is generally the result Of
q love affair; drunken brawls or street dis
iurbsnces OF any kind are rarity. Even
the cab drivers refrain from swearing al
each other, therein being much ulike theil
brethren Of Paris If q shopkeepsr has moi
what one wants, he will pleasantly tell where
to get it. He appears never to have con-
csived the idea of competition between him
self and the fellow who runs similar bust
ness on an opposite corner, and while he
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-08-01

1t seems as If the acme of frugaIlty
had been reached by French officer
who explained with many appropriate
gestures his system Of sustaining life
on pension of five francs week.
at is simple, vcrec, v"ree simple"
he said to the friend who had ex-
pressed amnzcment at his fcat. "sun-
day 90 to ze house of a good friend
and arre 1 dine so cxtraordlnaire and
cat so veree much zat need no more
till Wednesday,.
ION zat day 1 have at my restau.
rant one large, vcrcc large, dish Of
trlpr and some onion, abhor &c trlpc
yes. and re onion also-nnd togez2cr
zey make me so seek us 1 have no more
amy appetite till Sunday. You see 1t
is ycrcc simple"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-08-01

woorIsh slavery.

II would do those good who write
passionate articles on Moorish slavery
to sec the well fed. lazy slave of
Waznn Iounging in the sun, XIII pipe
in mouth and scarcely doing a stroke
OF work from weeks end to weeks
end. The most ordinary English kitch.
cnmuid would accomplish in n couple
Of hours what Wnzan slave does in a
week. All are free to come and go as
they please, but none avails himself
Of this freedom. The reason is not far
to seek. In Wazan they are fed and
clothed by the shereefs and on holt
days ana feast days receive presents Of
money.
Thus all the necessities of life are
found them without their having to
work for them which otherwise they
would be Obliged to do. Nor is 1t only
the necessities of life that are thus
supplied to them free, but they are
given each his room to live in and mar
RED at the expense Of the shereefs to
slave women. Their children, by law
slaves, are not necessarily so and are
often apprenticed to workmen to learn
some trade or If they wish are free to
seek their fortune in other lands
Blackwood's Magazine.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-08-01


There was time I'm the wide re-
yolylng shades OF centuries past" when
our globe was wholly In the possession
OF walking, swimming and flying rep
tiles. Being the dominant type, they
divided naturally into three great
classes. In the oceans they became 81
pantIc padding enalIOsaurlnns; on dry
land or, rather, wet land. for the whole
face Of the globe wns doubtless n
ouagmlre at that time, they became
monstrous, erect dInOguurIans, somC Of
which had legs fifteen feet or more In
length; those which inhabited the re-
gions Of the mir were the terrible flying
ptcrodnctyls.
For n vnst but unknown length OF
time these awful creatures literally
ruled the earth. Finally after they had
"sccn their day" they began TO grow
less and less. One by one they died
out in the face OF the younger and more
vigorous fauna until at the present
time only few miniature alligators
and crocodiles md few toy snakes
remain MS reminders of skuiklng liz.
ards and geckos and OF the enormous
reptlllan types that once crowded land
and seq.