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The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
AN ELEPHANT STRANGLED
MANDARIN PUT TO DEATH IN HIS
CAGE ON A STEAMER.
Two-Inch Hawser Put Around the Cir
Gus Beasts Neck and Drawn Tight
by . 'Winch" Engine.

NEW YORK, Nov. s.-Mandarin, an ele-
phant of the Barnum & Bailey circus, was
executed by strangulation tonight in his
cage on the main deck of the steamship
Minneapolis. A two-inch hawser was
placed around Mandarins neck and each
end of the hawser was fastened to the
drum of winch" engine. The engines
were started at the same time and ran
slowly at first, until the hawser was taut
about the animals neck, when the speed
was increased, and the hawser quickly
frightened. In a minute and half the
hind legs sank to the floor of the cage and
the elephant was unconscious. Just eight
minutes after the engines had been started
Mandarin was pronounced dead. The cage
containing the body was then hoisted from
the ship by crane and loaded on a barge,
in which 1t was towed about twenty miles
out to sea and sunk, the cage being
weighted with 5000 pounds Of old railroad
iron.
Mandarin was the largest elephant in
captivity at the time of his death and had
been with the Barnum & Bailey circus for
twenty-four years. He weighed five tons
and stood nine feet ten inches high. The
elephant had recently become unmanage-
able, rendering his destruction necessary.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
CONSPIRACY TO DEfRAUD
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO swINDLE AN
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Two Men Charged with Impersonat-
ing COnsumptives and Securing
Policies for Large Amounts.

Ell PASO, Tex, Nov. ST. c. Richardson
and w. Mason, charged with one OF the
biggest and most unique insurance swindles
of recent years, are on trial here. 1t Is
alleged that they planned to defraud the
New York Life Insurance Company out Of
hundreds of thousands Of dollars. The gen.
eral plan of whoever perpetrated the swim
dies was to secure the assistance of a
healthy man who impersonated a consump-
tive, whose name appeared on the applica-
ton. the strong man being made the bene-
ficiary. In two instances, involving policies
of $4,000 and $4,000, the person insured
mysteriously disappeared. An examining
physician at Dallas. to-day, identified Ma
son as the man who represented himself as
one Evans for policy of $4,000 Another ap-
plication for 500 900 is claimed to have been
fraudulent. Other instances, it is said,
will be shown. Bodies of people who died
at Chihuahua will be examined.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
CONTENTS OF T0-DAY'S JOURNAL
Part One-Ten Pages.

Page
1-Emperor Williams Visit to King Ed
ward; Deadly Collision on the c., III. e.
D.. Near Irvington; Marion County's
Vote on State officers; Rich Ore Dis
covery IL; Southwestern Indiana.
2-Fanatical Doukhobors to be Sent to
Their Homes.
4-Indiana News.
5-Anti-imperialistic Charges Denied;
Other Washington News.
6-Sporting News.
7-Sporting News.
SIN the Local Labor Field; Other City
News. -
9-Court and Real-estate News and Classi-
fed Ads.
1o-Hotel Lobby Gleanings and Other City
News.
Part Two-Ten Pages.
1-Soldiering in Japan; Dowies Zion City;
Mammoth Model Garden; Indian Sum-
mer Along Shore.
PA Friend of Cinnamon; Care of Wild
Animals.
2rTelegraph Back Reading; The Land of
the Voodoo
4-Editorial Page.
en- Vote.
6-Personal and Society News.
S-Gossip of Wall Street; Financial Mar
kets.
9-Live Stock and Local and General Prod
uce Markets.
10-You May Be Gold-Plated Gotham's
Dining Places.
Part Three-Eight Pages.
1-Opening Of Quail-Shooting Season;
Stage Hands Story; Making and Selling
of Pretzels.
2-Lterary News and Gleanings; Questions
and Answers.
3-Musical and Dramatic.
4-Suburban Society News; Writing a
Comic Opera.
5-Dark Deeds in the Cars Dominions;
New Submarine Boats.
6-Illustrated Fashions; Lessons in Econ
omy.
7-Original Story, 1.-THE Scuttling of the
Pandora" Sphinx Lore; The Country
Doctor.
S-General Young, of the Army; In the
Hard-Coal Mines.
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Injured Are Brought 20 Sc. vsncent's
Hospital and Placed Under
Skilled Surgeons.
PINIoNED UNDER DEBRIS
ESCAPING HOT WATER sCALDED
THE IMPRISONED MEN.
Assistance Reached the Scene Prompt.
1y and the Sufferers Were Cared
For-The Injured.
Dead
ar---ra-E ~

GEORGE MERRIAM, telegrapher.
Brownsburg, Ind.
JOHN VEITZ. craneman, Dundee. Mich.
BERT FOUTZ, laborer. Thompson. Mo.
injured
ORLANDO MKINNEY, fireman, both
legs broken, Hamilton, o.
RALPH ELLIS, brakeman, leg broken
and foot crushed, No. l414 East Washington
street, city.
ROBERT B. STEPHENS. laborer, both
legs crushed, No. Temple avenue. city.
JOHN DAME, laborer, left leg crushed
and scalded, Monroe, o.
CLIFFORD YOUNG. leg crushed. To-
ledo, o.
LEE MILLER, engineer, right leg
crushed, Hamilton, o.
c. NJ. PAYNE, fireman, back sprained
and face bruised, Hamilton, D.
CHARLES BUNTING, engineer, legs
broken, scalp wounds and face cut. Hamil-
ton, o.
ARTHUR REYNOLDS. conductor, back
and head injured, Hamilton. o.
KELLEY KING. laborer, scalp wound,
Montezuma, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
LIBERALS JUBILANT.
Result of By-Elections Thought to
Indicate Fall of the Mfnistrx.

LONDON. Nov. s-The Liberals are jubi
Isnt and the Unionists are proportionately
disgruntled over the results of the by-elec-
tions in the Cleveland and East Toxteth
divisions The large increase In the Liberal
majority I'm the Cleveland division is gener-
ally admitted. even by the Conservative or
eans, 10 be due 10 dissatisfaction with the
1education bill, which Is still vending its
way through the House OF Commons. In
Abe East Toxteth division the reduction OF
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09

AUSTIN. Tex. Nov. S.-The special train
bearing the Chicago excursionists came
near being wrecked three miles north of
this city by running over a cow, which be-
came so entangled I'm the fore wheels of
the engine as TO bring the train TO a sudden
stop. The accident happened on a steep
grade.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09

destined TO revolutionize the iron Industry
In this part OF the country. Some or TINS
ore is on the right of way of the lndianap-
oils Southern Railroad, but much of IL is
on lands now held by other people.
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09

BERLIN, Nov. s.-An international music
al festival will be held in Berlin from Oct.
l to Oct. IL. 1903. in connection with the
dedication of the Richard Wagner monu-
ment. One day will be devoted to Ameri-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE s. COL IL
The Indianapolis journal., 1902-11-09
RICH IN COAL

Ou ldlluS DOW Htiu Wy OlnSi PNOPA~-
RICH IN COAL.
THE whole territory is rich in iron. coal
and building stone. and the first steps to-
ward the development of the iron and build
ing stone deposits will be taken in snort
time. The discovery is certainly the most
important to the people of Indiana since
natural gas was discovered, and II will give
an impetus to industrial growth second
only to the strides which Indiana has taken
through the natural gas utilization.
Mr.. Parry said that he has no means or
knowing the value of the ore deposits, but
they exist In such quantities that slVo,vvVW
would be a small estimate to place on their
of slOO,OO0OO0 as the minimum of value.
said Mr.. Parry. but the investigations
have not progressed far enough to know
the full extent of the discovery. We know
though hs added, that the supply OF
iron is practically inexhaustible and
iron industries in Indiana within the next
few years.
AS soon as the result of the tests were
known agents of the men interested In the
indianapolis Southern Railroad went into
the territory and bought up considerable
bodies of land, but it was assumed that
these purchases were made on account OF
coal only, and some of the sellers VIII De
surprised to learn that valuable ore deposits
have been discovered in their land. Among
those who have made large sales within the
past few days is James r. Riggs, defeated
candidate for auditor of state on the Dem
ocratic ticket. He got big price for his
land and said on the night OF election that
ne felt compensated for his defeat to some
extent The activity of buyers, however.
excited suspicion In some quarters and
many offers made were either refused or
taken under advisement.
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THE LEOP ARDS SPOTS
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and dozen stalwart men were upon him
in a moment.
Knock the fool in the head" one
shouted.
PIN his arms behind him!" said an
other.
Some one quickly pinioned his arms
with a cord. He stood in helpless rage
and pity, and as he save the mates APP
piled bowed his head and burst into
tears.
He looked up at the silent crowd stand
ing there like voiceless ghosts with re-
newed wonder at the meaning of it all.
Under the glare of the light and che
tears the crowd seemed to melt into a
great crawling, swaying creature, half
reptile, half beast, half dragon, half man,
with thousand legs and thousands
eyes, and ten thousand cleaning teeth,
and with no ear to hear and no heart
to pity!
All they would grant him was the priv
ilege of gathering Dicks ashes and
charred bones for burial.
The morning following the lynching.
the Preacher hurried to Tom Camps to
see how he was bearing the strain.
his uOOr WAS Wlut OpEus- the
drawers pulled out, ransacked. and some
of their contents were lying on the floor.
Poor old fellow, I'm afraid he's gone
crazy!" exclaimed the Preacher. He
hurried to the cemetery. There he found
Tom at the newly made grave. He had
worked through the night and dug the
grave open with his bare hands and
pulled the coffin up out of the ground.
He had broken his finger nails all off
trying to open it and his fingers were
bleeding. At last he had given up the
effort to open the coffin, sat down be-
side it and was arranging her toys he
had made for her beside the box. He
had brought lot of her clothing, a pair
of little shoes and stockings and a bon
net, and he had placed these out care
fully on top of the lid. He was talking
TO her.
The Preacher lifted him gently and led
him away, a hopeless mailman.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-30
COULD NOT BREATHE.

Coughs, colds, grip, bronchitis, throat
and lung troubls quickly cured by One
Minute Cough Cure. Draws out the in
famation and removes the cause of the
disease. Absolutely safe. Acts at once
Justice of the Peace ]. Q. Hood, Crosby
Miss. 'My wife could not get her
breath and was relieved by the first
dose. 1t has long been a benefit to all
my family."-W. H. King Drug Co., Bob
bitt & Wynne Drug Co.
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WE WILL BOND YOU

The United States Fidelity and Guar
anty Co. Home Office, Baltimore, Md.
Paid I'D capital $1,5OO,OOO. Surety Bonds.
Fidelity contract judicial. Judicial Bonds
executed without delay. Burglary Insur-
ance. Banks, Stores, Residences In
sured against Burglary and Theft. Cor
respondence solicited.
WILLIAM B. JONES,
General Agent, Raleigh, N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-30
Buying Mattresses.

A great many dealers don't tell the custom
ers the fact about mattresses. ''What's the
use of educating the public SO mach? 1t only
makes them harder to sell to"
What! Telling the facts makes 1t harder
to sell We find that telling the facts makes
selling easier. There must be something wrong
with facts that makes selling hard-are they
facts anyway? Here are nine facts about the
ROYAL ELASTIC FELT MAT TRESS:
!. They are softer and more elastic than hair
2. They retain their softress and elasticity
much longer than hair.
3. They will never become hard or 1umpy
or lose their shape.
4 They are more healthful and cleanly than
hair or feathers.
5. They are proof against moth while hair,
wool or feathers are subject to them.
6. They require no making over.
I. With ordinary use they will be in excel
lent condition for more than fifteen years.
8. Their first cost is not one-half that of a
hair mattress of good quality.
9. They are lighter than cheap hair mat
tresses and about the same weight of good
hair mattress
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-30


1t seems to cost great deal to live
nowadays. Most persons notice it, es-
pecially persons who are hard put to it
to find the money to pay their bills.
The statistlcians report that cOmmOd-
tiles in general use cost, on an average,
about ten per cent. more than they
did year ago. The rise in the price
Of meat contributes good deal to this
advance, though breadstuffs have been
high too. Articles Of luxury like good
clothes and country houses have grown
dearer in proportion than most articles
Of necessity, because the huge influx
of money that the country has sus-
tanned has made brisk market for
luxuries. Rents are higher; houses cost
more, servants get higher wages; board
is higher at summer hotels. Another
thing that counts for great deal Is
that in prosperous times like these
the incomes of very many people are
increased and their expenditures are
proportionately amplified. They spend
more money, live more luxuriously and
raise the standard of living. The
living expenses of any given family
are very much affected by the ex.
penses of other families of their ac-
quaintance, and the scale of living of
"other families" seems just now to
have become inconveniently liberal.
There is nothing that We are reader
to share than our economics. 1t Is
easier to economic when it is the
fashion. Just now prodigality is so
conspicuously prevalent it has become
more or less epidemic. -Harper's
Weekly.
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where the bone Is depressed and presses
on the brain. The depression Is evil
IDENTIFY In the neighborhood Of the Els
sure of Sylvius.
1.-The trephine, please"
A few dexterous turns Of the saw
toothed instrument, and small but
ton-like section of bone was removed.
Now the elevator" said the surgeon
and with rapid motion the depressed
edge of the bone was lifted to Its nor
nal position.
Suddenly the patient gasped for
breath and seemed on the verge of col.
lapse.
This man has lost much blood"
murmured DR.. Clavering. "Quick.
bring the normal saline solution while
l make an incision in the left arm.
Gently, now" and the surgeons voice
trembled strangely as the intravenous
Injection was made.
"Ah, that is better" he continued, as
the patients heart action Became
stronger. "Now l insert drainage
tube and close the surgical opening
DIR. Clements, the dressings and band
ages, please. That will do. Gentle
men, this man will recover"
Again the surgeon swept the rows Of
eager faces with his keen glance,
bowed gravely and walked with great
dignity from the room. A storm Of APP
plause arose as he made his exit.
On the morning following the opera
ton the dead body of DR.. Clavering
was found in the bachelor apartments
which he occupied. The pistol tightly
clasped in his right hand and a small
bullet wound in the temple told their
own story. A penciled note found on
table in the surgery disclosed the mo-
tive for his act. 1t read as follows:
ITO whom it may concern: To-day l
operated upon a man, the sight of
whom awakened such agonizing men,
cries that can no longer endure them.
The man was my brother. Years ago
he forged my name, thereby obtain
ing large sum Of money. Following
this he ran away with the only woman
l ever loved.-John McKeen Claver-
ing."-New York Evening Sun.
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GONE FROM THE EARTH.
The Man Who Called at Night and Reat
His Neig hbor's Newspaper.

The Man who Called at Night and Read
His Neighbours Newspaper.
"What has become of the man who
used to visit his neighbor in the even
ing and spend the time reading his
neighbours newspapers" asked one who
travels in the interior of the country.
81 suppose he was never known in the
city, but he was much in evidence in
the smaller towns a long time ago.
Il think he has persisted from the
face of the earth. l used to see him,
and heard of him often.
'He usually made call accompanied
by his wife, if he had one. 1t was
when the newspaper had place on the
table alongside the family Bible.
THE visitor, having made the usual
remark about the weather, adjusted
his spectacles, picked up the newspaper
and drew nigh to the shaded lamp.
Judging from his manner and the time
he devoted to it, nothing escaped his
notice. and Judging from his face,
everything was alike to him.
"He was oblivious to the conversa
ton of others. When he had finished
the last column of the last page Of the
sheet he tossed 1t aside, and when one
of the family circle asked him what
was the news he always said there
was none, and looking at the clock on
the mantel remarked that 1t was later
than he thought and took his departure.
az have nm idao that ha would not he
tolerated now, but when he was on
earth nobody was annoyed by him.
New York Sun.
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How to Braid n Lariat.

A good rawhide lariat costs from SIS
to $50, and is therefore rather too eX-
pensive for the average boy, but even if
it were within his reach it would be Of
little use to him, for the regulation
lasso is from forty to fifty feet long,
and far too heavy for a beginner to
handle. There is perhaps no posses
sion of the cowboys more subject to
variation than his lasso; what is exact
ly suited to one seems altogether un-
fitted for another, and without his own
particular style Of rope man loses
half his efficiency. 1 shall, therefore, in
this article suggest several styles of
rope, and each boy must select the one
which seems best adapted to him.
Ordinary clothesline does not make a
good lassO. 1t Is rough and raw and
trays too easily. If. however, clothes
line is experimental with, use the slip
moose shown in Figure /, or better
splice the rope back as shown in Figure
4. Linen tape may be braided into a
splendid rope and even cotton tape is
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-30

The breeds Of sheep are being I'm
proved every year, and farmers who
have not familiarized themselves with
the characteristics of sheep should bear
In mind that they are behind the buy
ers, who can distinguish mt few mo-
ments' examination exactly what kind
Of sheep from which the wool was
sheared, and its fitness for the pur-
pose for which 1t is desired. The buy
ers know the Breeds the kind of wool
peculiar to each breed, and all about
them, for 1t is business" A farmer
would sneer at a carpenter who pro-
fessed to be carpenter and yet could
not do piece of work in that line; and
yet, it may be claimed, there are hun
dreds of farmers who profess to be
farmers, and who would rebel If their
knowledge of the business should be
questioned, but who, at the same time,
cannot tell as much about the products
of the farm as many Of those who
know nothing about farm life. There
are hundreds of farmers who are not
uple " ulotluS ulSu UIeeuS VI Sueep,
and who do not know the particular
purposes for which breed is most
suitable, and still they pride them
selves on their calling as business
which they intend to make profitable
IL such farmers could be brought to
a realization Of the fact that they are
really deficient in knowledge it would
be to their interests. Every year we
witness the shipment of the products
of the farm to market, where the buyer
fixes the grade. although he has no eX
perience on the farm. Farmers as
class are not business-like, for they rely
too much on the Judgment of others
1t is not intended to imply that they
should not seek the advice of others.
but when the farmer surrenders every.
thing to hard work he should begin to
educate himself in every possible way
to improve his chances.-Philadelph
Record.
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SAILING.

Glistening sail and cleaning sunshine,
Favoring tide and wooing breeze,
Rest and peace and strength and gladness,
While we sail DER summer seas.
Softly Graded in the wave-depths,
Rocked to rhythmic measures slow;
While more strongly woos the sea-breeze,
And more swiftly on we go.
On between the bright green marsh.lands,
Where fair cleaning waters lie,
On between the sedge.fringed meadows,
And the tree-crowned headlands high.
Broader grows the winding river,
Opening outward to the bay,
Yellow.sanded beaches, curving,
Hem the ripping, watery way.
Now the pungent salt sea odors
Greet lis rs we ride the swell,
Leave behind all earth's confnngs,
Freely speed where peace doth dwell.
Fainter, DREAMER, fades the beachline,
Sky above and waves below,
Foaming wake and circling sea gulls,
And the plash of ebb and flow.
Many bright mirage of fancy,
Many tender dream of youth.
Floats athwart the radiant breezes,
Clear as winged words of truth.
Dip the boom and graceful curvings,
Splash of swiftly flying spray.
Hearts that sing aloud with gladness,
For the sea is ours to-day.
Lydia Kendall Foster, in Boston Tran
script.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-30

What can we do non2 We have learned
much. We can mitigate and modify all
diseases and many we can cure. A sick
body is worth more prospectively than it
used to be. Once, when bucket brigade
was the highest form of fire organization,
the flames usually had their own way.
Nowadays (at least in large cities) disas-
trous fire is rare. Great medical progress
marks the age. Now and then discovery
like that of the new medicine known as Cal
cura-Solvent shines in the sky like newly
created star. Diseases of the blood, liver,
kidneys, yield to it, and cures of nervous
affections are made that astonish the doc
tors as greatly as they delight their patients.
1t proves that one more wonderful secret
has been surrendered by nature for the
good of man The elements of Calc,lra-
Solvent have not yet been made public, but
it is certain that the day when the dis
coverer, DIR. David Kennedy. of Kennedy
Row, Kingston, N. Y, came upon them
was a fortunate one for him and for the
world.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-30

chalk, and their little masts are made
of tiny pieces of wood. The chalk ves-
sells are then painted with black ink,
which gives them the color of genuine
grayhOunds. The sea is formed by a
fiat sheet iron or glass vessel. whose
bottom must be very smooth. The ves-
sells are placed in order, two fleets op-
posite each other, and then the vessel
is filled little, say to the height of
One-quarter of an inch, with vinegar.
The effect produced by the contact of
chalk and vinegar is unique and aston
ishing. Each vessel begins at once to
develop steam, and after few seconds
the vessels begin to move and are soon
entirely enveloped by steam and
smoke. The explanation of this action,
however, is very simple. The chalk Is
decomposed by the contact with Vine
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1902-08-30

For quick returns the hog is far
ahead Of the steer or sheep. He is
easily fitted for the slaughter at six
months old, and at that time, if he
has been we'll fattened. eighty per cent.
of his live weight Is in dressed meat.
But, as the saying goes, every part of
him excepting the grunt and the squeal
is utilized. The bristles, the intestnes
or sausage castings, the blood and the
bone, all play their parts, while the
liver and heart are favorite food with
many. The steer will need about three
crops of corn to fatten him, and often
not more than fifty per cent of his
weight Is dressed meat, while it is un
usual to find one that does not shrink
over forty per cent. One crop of corn
will fatten both the fall and the spring
pigs each year. All Of this is decided
advantage in favor Of the keeping of
swine, and those who have done so
md avoided the attacks of cholera and
swine plague have been successful and
prosperous in their Observation-Disclosures
Farmer.