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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-10
BROOKLYN's SUNDAY FIRE.
Revised Report of the Losses and
List of the Injured.

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-An official estimate
of the damage done by the fire which de-
stroyed the Shadbolt Manufacturing Com
pany in Brooklyn early this morning fixes
the loss at $500, 600. Fourteen people were
injured and taken to the hospital and a
number of others were attended by ambu-
lance physicians on the spot. The list of
the more seriously injured follows:
PATRICK NEVINS. superintendent of
the repair snop of the Brooklyn branch OF
the fire department.
EDWARD TREUEN.
WILLIAM MORAN.
GEORGE CONRAN, fireman.
CAPTAIN OSWALD. aid to Fire Chief
Croker.
JOSEPH KELLY.
LOUIS JEROSKI.
HENRY ]. r. TABER, roundsman.
PETER f. MARTIN.
EDWARD HOBBY.
WILLIAM MOORE.
JOHN REILLY.
STEPHEN DELAP.
The loss to the Shadbolt Company is
given as S25OOC0. fully covered, il is said
by insurance. This loss includes the build
ing and the stock of wagons and carriages
manufactured by the company. The total
loss TO the other buildings i'm the vicinity
is placed at $4,000 and includes cambridge
mandatory. foUr-story brick structure
directly opposite the Shadbolt premises
$4,000. insured; Dickerson & Browns hat
factory. behind Shadbolts factory. $1,000
j. X. Parker & Co, shirtwaist manufac-
turers s15.OOG. insurance $4,000; George Nc.
Hedden's frame stable. total loss 81 900
eighteen OF McEieddens horses were de-
strOyed: three-stOry brick tenement owned
by stephen CantoniO. Of jamaica Ions
island total loss. $1,000. insurance unknown
building owned by Dr. VI. Camador. loss or
building and TO tenants about $1,000.
The blaze was discovered on the ground
floor OF the ShadbOlt building. which was
a mass Of flames before the first relay OF
fire engines arrived. Eventually. two.
thirds OF the Brooklyn force was at work
The marine fire corps Of the Brooklyn navy
yard also was employed. The injured were
struck by falling debris. Some OF them
particularly the firemen, are reported tC
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. COL. 81
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A Missing Finger Betrayed Him to
the Police Officers of
This City.
ACCUSED OF SHARP PRACTICE
ISRAEL MESsLER SAYS THE PREACH
ER OWES HIM A LARGE SUM.
A Demand Made for Several Thou
sand DOIIars-A Rather Queer
Agreement Reached.

1t is seldom the police have cases which
present such unusual features. aside from
the business end. as TO interest them in
more than a passing manner. There was
one yesterday, however, which interested
all who became acquainted with the facts,
and it kept them talking all day.
Amos Messler. a preacher, connected
with the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
and residing at Marion. Ind. was arrested
by Captains Hyland and Gerber. He was
charged with being a fugitive from justice.
w. A. Branyan, a lawyer, of Huntington.
Ind, called the police department by tel
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LEHIGH VALLEY PIER BURNS.
Loss of s25O,OOO I'm Jersey CIty-vast
Amount of Flour Destroyed

NEW YORK. Feb. Sire destroyed
Pier G. Of. the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company. this morning and the loss, in
cluding damage to shipping is s25O.OOO The
fire was discovered soon after 9 o'cIock by
an employe who gave the alarm TO Che
department i'm Jersey City. The heat start
ed the automatic extinguishing apparatus
and the force OF twenty-five men at work
on the pier did everything I'm their power
TO prevent spread OF the flames A strong
northwest wind made the work difficult
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LICKED UP BY FLAMES
Paterson, N j., Suffers Loss at Present ES-
timated at About $lO,OO0,0O0

Fully a Thousand Families Are Left Homeless and
Many Thousands Are Without Employment, but
the Tribute of Life and Injury Is Small.
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threatened the entire city, and Atlanta
was called on for aid. The shifting of the
wind, however, saved the town.
Among the firms burned out are: Stilwell
& McGovern, w. II. Corley T. J. Pulmes,
z. b. Tate & Sons two stores. the Tate
block, the livery stables of r. h. Hudgins
and NJ II. Maxwell, their stock being
turned loose and not yet recaptured. T. w.
Campbell, ]. r. MattoX, Taber & Almand,
S. o. Hawes, NJ. +. Maxwell. Joseph Co
hen. the T NJ. Swift block and the new
plant of the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany The Elberton Light Infantry lost
all of its furnishings ana eduipment:
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those who understand them are generally
amused. When Shafer looked over the
things taken from Messler he discovered
the Bible. He picked il up. bowed politely
and in a polished manner offered it to
Messler with the remark. Perhaps II
would be well for you to keep this. No
doubt you'll find nlenty of time TO read
it in there" The minister declined to keep
ii and Shafer took the unusual opportunity
of perusing the volume.
CONFRONTED BY HIS BROTHER.
When. Branyan and the brother OF the
prisoner arrived at police headquarters
Messler was taken from the cellroom to
the superintendent office. There the
troubles of the brothers were gone over
time and again, Lawyer Branyan taking
enough part 10 protect the interests of
his client who seemed to be of an unusual
ly sympathetic and good-hearted tempera-
ment In fact, the lawyer said to Israeli:
"If you don't hold out, we'll not get any
thing You're easy" That was after
Amos had made a proposition to turn over
all the money belonging to Israel which
he claimed TO still have in his possession.
The story of the troubles of the brothers.
as gained from the conference, was In sub
stance as follows:
They formerly lived at Huntington, Ind.
Israel was married and lived on a farm.
He was also a veteran of the civil war and
a pensioner. Israel and his wife did not
get along wei ana SIe Sutu lOE OlNOiCc
and alimony. She was granted a divorce
by the court and alimony of 5000. Bran
yam, who was Israels lawyer. did some
good work. however, and after the decree
succeeded in settling the matter with her
for $500. A third brother. George, lived
in Nebraska. After the divorce Israel sold
his farm for $4,000. He and Amos went
to Nebraska, where George lived. and with
part of the money George bought farm.
Amos succeeded in getting control of a
portion of the money. Israel kept part
He hid $1,000 of it in the cellar and put
some in the bank. In some manner il be-
came noised about the neighborhood that
Israel was very wealthy and kept a large
sum of money in his cellar. Amos went
to him and suggested that IL was danger
to keep so much money in the house.
and secured IsraePs consent for him to
take il In trust. Shortly after that Amos
removed TO Marion and began preaching,
going from place to place. He purchased
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MEDICAL STUDENTS AMONGf TIE HURT
Eight of the Injured Are RepOrtei to Be in a
Very Critical Condition.

A Dozen More Persons Are Badly Frostbtten-Prop-
erty Loss Is Small, Not More than $40, ,OOO-Fres
i'm Other Places Take Tribute of Lives.
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FIRE AT ELBERTON, GA.
Loss of 100000 I'm n Town without
Any Fire Protection.

ELBERTON, Ga, Feb. 9.-Fire here early
to-day destroyed nearly all OF the business
part of this place. doing damage which
is estimated at 100000. The city has no
fire protection, and the bucket brigades
formed by the citizens were of no avail in
a temperature of 20 degrees above zero
and a high wind. The fire at one time
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Methodist Conference in Mexico

MEXICO CITY. Feb. 9.-The Methodist
Conference for Central Mexico has had an
interesting session largely attended. Bish-
op John Hamilton. Bishop Granbury and
other noted divines have been In attend
ance. Good reports have been received
from pastors in interior cities.
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ELEVEN BURN TO DEATH
Many Others Injured in the Destruction OF a
St. Louis Lodging House for Men.

The List of Dead Includes the Name OF One Man from
indianapolis, Vance Marlin, Hosting Engineer,
and One Manufacturer of Cut Glass.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
CAPTURING A PYTHON.
Travellers Tale Of Methods Adopted by
NIOros OF MindannO.

A man who had been in the Far
East tells this story Of catching
snakes. Says he: "Thc natives of
one of our new colonies, the Moros OF
Mindanao. have curious but effective
way of capturing the huge pythons
that lnfest the iungles and morasses
Of their country. Almost all the
larger houses there have stone walls
built about them TO prevent wild ami
mails from entering the yards to prey
on the fowls or live stock belonging to
the family. These same walls are also
made to serve the purpose of serpent
traps. A hole about fifteen inches in
diameter is cut through the rough
masonry near the ground. Shortly
after dark the natives tie sucking pigs
to stakes on each side of ;he wall not
far from the hole. Then they go in.
side the house, smoke their pipes and
patiently wait for something to turn
up. Nor are they often disappointed.
The occasional cries. and more espe.
cially the odor of the pigs attract a
tiously he crawls up to the wall until
he reaches the first pig outside the hole.
In twlnkling he has thrown his jaws
about the pig, and, struggling, the
poor animal glides down the snakes
body alive and whole The serpent
feels good although the pig was not
large meal for him. SO when he
hears and smells another such meal on
the other side of the fence, he naturally
shoves his head through the hole to in
vestigate. There is another scream
and the second little pig is on its way
down the snakes throat.
Now comes the critical moment.
The natives inside the house rush
out. and, flashing a torch in the pylh-
on's eyes. blind him long enough to slip
a small leather strap over his head.
The python struggles hopelessly, for
each pig he has swallowed is like q
knot in his body that prevents him
from slipping through the hole either
way. The natives soon have him Sc
curely bound by stout ropes to stakes
in the ground. Then they remove his
leather collar and force him to disgorge
the last pig he has swallowed. The
other is cut out, still alive, and neither
of the pigs is much the worse for their
experience. Thus the python is not
only captured. but also cheated out of
the meal which led him to his mis-
fortunes"
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Principle is a passion for truth and
right.-Hazlitt.
Every brave man is a man of his
word.--Corneille.
Rank and riches are chains of gold,
but still chains-Rufini.
When passion is on the throne reason
is out of doors.-M. Henry.
All that is human must retrograde If
it do not advance.-Gibbon.
The larger the income the harder it
is to live within it.-Whately.
Magnificent promises are always to
be suspected. Parker.
There is nothing more imprudent
than excessive prudence.-COlton.
A proud man never shows his pride
so much as when he is civil-Greville.
Prosperity's right hand is industry.
and her left hand is frugality.-Zim-
norman.
Method is the very hinge of busl-
ness, and there is no method without
punctuality y.-Cecil.
One is never more on trial than in
the moment of excessive good for
tune.-Lew Wallace.
Stiffness of person and steadiness Of
features are signal marks Of good
breeding.-O. w Holmes.
The higher the character or rank,
the less the pretense, because there is
less TO pretend to.-Bulwer.
Human nature is so constituted that
all see and judge better in the affairs
of other men than in their own.-Ter-
ence.
He that blows the Goals in quarrels
he has nothing TO do with has no right
to complain if the sparks fly in his
face.-Franklin
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
Trap Imbedasa IN .res.

While telling tree on Eli Marvin g
farm nc4r Jefferson, Ind, Oscar Wal
ters, the tenant, made singular dic-
covery. A large steer trap was FOUND
Embedded in the tree, the wood hav-
Ing grown over it to a thickness OF
three inches. Attached to the trap
was long chain. this being imbedded
about six inches On the spring OF
the trap was stamped the name OF
George Emory.
Mr., Emory reports that the trap has
been missing for twenty-five years.
The owner was a famous trapper in
those days, and did hourishing bust
ness in coon hides, those animals be-
ing plentiful in the woods then. In
making his rounds one day he found
that one trap has disappeared. He
thought that 1t had been stolen, but
had no idea that the thief was a four
footed one. When the trap was foud
in the tree it was about forty feet
from the ground. After being cut out
1t was returned TO Mr.. Emory. who re-
membered its loss and identified 1t,
He thinks that the trap was carried up
into the tree by coon
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
A Mixed Hecipe.

A fashionable young lady visited n
cooking school the other afternoon,
where her attention was equally di-
vided between n new dress worn by
an acquaintance and the directions for
making a cake. Upon returning home
she undertook to write down the re.
cipe for making the cake for her
mother, and the old lady was paralyzed
when she read the following:
Take two pounds Of -four. three
rows Of plating down the front, the
whites Of two eggs cut bias, pint Of
milk ruffled round the neck, half
pound currants, with seven yards of
bead trimming, grated lemon peel with
Spanish lace fichu; stir well. and add
a sem-ftting paletot with vlsite
sleeves; butter the pan with Brazilian
topaz necklace. and garnsh with icing
and passementariG. Bake in a mod.
erately hot oven until the skirt is
tucked from the waist down on either
side, and finish with large satin
rosettes."
Her mother said she wouldn't cat
such a cake, and she thought these
newfangled ideas in cooking ought to
be frowned down.-Michigan Badger
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
SAHARA UNDER TIE SEA.
Curious Facts That Seem to Point to the
Former Submergence of the Desert.


Curious Facts That Seem to Point to the
Former submergence of the Desert.
NJ. Chevalier, known for his inter.
esting botanical explorations in the
French Soudan, has communicated to
the French Academy of Sciences GER
tain curious facts which seem to point
to the immersion of the Sahara in COM
paratively recent geological times.
There have been found in the neigh
borhood Of Timbuctoo, ON the southern
edge Of the desert, the fossil remains Of
two marine forms of animals which
are stin living on the coasts Of Sene-
gambia. The presence of the fossil
sea-urchin at Eau Saghair, discovered
some time ago, is to be associated with
these more recent finds of marine
forms in the desert. This evidence is
important as a contribution TO the
much-disputed question as to whether
the Saharan lands We're formerly under
the waters Of the Atlantic
The very strongest Of testimony is ac'
cumulating in favor of the hypothesis
of the former submergence Of the Sa-
hara. These facts are among the lat
est contributions TO our knowledge OF
the desert, which is quite well known
now when We compare with the pres
ent accumulation of facts the meagre
information that was accessible only
thirty years ago.
Ii will be remembered that about that
time some Engllshmen proposed to dig
canal on the northwest coast of
Africa SCUM OF Morocco. to admit
the waters of the Atlantic into the des.
ert. 1t was argued that great inland
sea would thus be created in the des-
ert and that vessels from Europe and
America might steam through this
canal and touch at ports along the
rich western Soudan. or course, the
project was based on the notion that a
large part Of the Sahara lay below the
level of the sea.
But We now know that tie mean ele-
vation of the Sahara is far above sea
level. 1t is supposed that the average
height of the desert above the surface
Of the Atlantic is about 1900 feet. No
part of the desert is known TO lie below
sea level, except in certain limited
areas along its northern border and
near the Nile. The lowest part of the
region which it was proposed to sub
merge is in the district of El Juf, which
is 500 feet above sea level. No way is
known at present of artifcally intro
duclng the waters of the Atlantic into
the Sahara, except to pump them in. II
these facts had been known thirty
years ago We should have heard moth
ing Of the great project so much ex-
plotted in the newspapers Of that day
Of creating a large inland sea in Sa-
hara.-New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10

There is an element of the American.
Canadian question to which slight at
tention has been given, but which may
appreciably, if not profoundly affect
the relations of the United States and
Canada in coming years. 1t is no less
than that the emigration of Americans
is now strongly setting toward Central
and Western Canada. 1t is announced
in the Boston Transcript that at the
present rate Of emigration nearly 2,00O,-
600 American families will make their
homes in Canada during the next twen-
ty years. Speculation is rife in the
Northwest as to the influence this
peaceful conquest Of Canada by Amer
leans will have upon the future politi-
cal and commercial relations Of the
two countries.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
Iring the ENDS Together.

A certain colonel somewhere in the
South mo matter where was in the
habit Of telling yarns and greatly eX-
aggerating. He had negro servant
who corrOborated everything his mas
ter told. One day the Colonel had
some gentlemen 10 dinner, and they
were enjoying some fine venison very
much. The Colonel said Yes, went
hunting the other day and saw a fine
buck. | took a good sight at him and
shot him through the head, and the
bullet went through his hind Leg
The gentlemen looked at each a little
mystifed. The negro scratched his
head and at last said: "Yes, indeed,
gemmen, just as massa raised the
gun 10 shoot de buck he raised his
hind leg and scratch his ear, and the
bullet went through the head and right
through de hind leg" The gentlemen
looked more satisfied After the guests
had left the negro said TO his master:
"Gorry mighty, massa, next time you
tell one of dem yarns do get The ends
closter tOgedder had hard work TO
make both ends meet."-New Orleans
Times. Democrat. ...------.---------------
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10

Sir Hiram Maxim, whose large fly
ing machine was wrecked during pre-
liminary experiments in England few
years ago, recently Informed the Aero
nautical Society in London that he
believed that flying machine was not
now only possible, but practicable. He
based the statement mainly on the i'm
provement in motors and in structural
materials since his experiments were
made. He thought the petroleum motor
would now yield the best results, and
at present engineers have at their dis
posal aluminium alloys that are as
strong as wrought iron and nearly as
lght as pure aluminium. He believes
nat a machine on large scale can
je made to develop a lifting power
greater than Its own weight
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10

In speaking to me editor OF the Citi-
zen the other day Mr.. Louis P. Shoe
maker, president OF the Brightwood
Citizens Association, said:
YOUR PAPER IS CERTAINLY
DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE
SUBURBS AND SUBURBAN PEO-
PIE. IT IS A GREAT PITY THE
OTHER PAPERS, TOO, DON'T
DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO OUR
INTERESTS"
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
A Parisian Election ManIfestO.

The following curious election mani
festo was issued the other day in
Paris:
ELECTORS and business men! On the
eve Of the elections the friends of the
small dealers call your attention to
he present very grave danger-name-
~, the invasion of the Chamber Of
Deputies by medical men. Oppose
medical candidates; replace them by
commercial men. And why? Because
The trend OF hygienists Is to exercise
an insupportable dictation concerning
he supplying of food. TO increase
heir authority these hygienists do not
hesitate TO exaggerate in an absurd
manner the importance Of food frauds,
and then they pose as saviOrs OF hu-
nan life. Thus sometimes these hy'
gienists, who are nothing but quacks,
accuse purveyors of milk, sometimes
wholesale provision dealers or rather
grocers. No branch of food supplying
Is free from their accusation Of fraud
and falsitication. Defend yourselves,
then, against the ealumny. Food pur.
veyors Of Paris and the provinces!
Vote against medical men. Let all
parties choose other men to uphold
their flag, Let them, for instance,
choose food purveyors."
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
HIS oRAzE FOE NUMBERS.
Man Possessed by a Mania for Msm-
oriEinx Them.

oriEing Them.
II read recently" writes a corrs-,
spondent, "of the habit that some zen
have Of counting the steps in the
fights Of stairs they ascend and de-
scend, OF touching the iron posts they
pass and so on. have a habit sim
liar to these that annoys me greatly.
II make note of all sorts OF numbers
and remember them they float in say
brain persistently, as the tune OF some
popular but commonplace song will go
with all of us. Thus, when | am read
ing a book / remember the page
leave of at-say, page 1S2-and all
day long that page win be in my mind,
and when have finished the book
can tell you at just what pages ]
stopped reading at each sitting.
When I get of train know the
locomotives number and the numbers
Of the cars, and for hours | keep run
ming over these numbers, as though
1t were of paramount Importance for
me TO remember them. when, as a
matter Of fact. it is my desire to for
get them at once. can tell you the
number of stairs in at least fifty
flights that I occasionally use and the
number OF flagstones in the walk from
my house to the railroad station, and
the number Of iron poles in each
square on Chestnut street. from Broad
street down to Delaware avenue. and
dear knows how many other things be-
side.
MY mind is nothing but store
house Of numbers, and every day the
s,orehouse gets a little fuller. The
thing is a disease almost" concludes
the correspondent, according to the
Philadelphia Record, "but can't find
any cure for it"
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-10
DesirabIe RoynI Jobs.

zone Of the most desirable posts at
Windsor Castle" says a correspondent
of the Chicago Record Herald, "is
that of the kings Inner who in an
cient times decorated books and manu-
scripts with initial letters, and who
now prepares the parchment commits
sions when his majesty is pleased to
confer knighthood or some other honor
upon one of his subjects. The man
who now fills the post has extraordi-
nary skill with the pen and the brush.
and his diplomas and certificates were
greatly admired for their exquisite
taste and skillful execution. He re-
celves a salary of S2500 a year. The
clockmaker at Windsor Castle receives
the same compensation. and it is his
business TO keep all the timepieces in
repair. The hstoriographer, who is
supposed to keep a record of events,
holds hereditary Office. with a salary
of $2500 year. The master of music
received $500 and arranges concerts
for his majesty's diversion. The sur
veyor of pictures is paid $780, the
librarian receives S2500, the examiner
of plays $1,000. the keeper of the swans
is paid $500, and the bargemaster, who
looks after the boats used by the royal
family, has similar compensation"