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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

New York Mail and Express.
Mary MacLane leaves trail Of anec-
dotal material behind her as she goes.
Among the latest stories relating TO this
eccentric young person is one told by
guest at a luncheon party which was
given chiefly for the girl from Montana
Miss MacLane came TO this luncheon,
which was given at Sherry's. I'm a cos
tune which would have been more appro-
pirate for a Summing party. OF course.
the other women were gowned becomingly,
if not gorgeously, and that made Miss
MacLane's dress look even more out or
place. There would have been no comment
regarding her attire II IL had not happened
that she had dressed much more elaborate
ly day or two before for a much more
informal affair.
The host at the luncheon was a man who
is a particularly good story teller The
others enjoyed his conversation hugely.
but through IL all Miss MacLane was un-
moved. Then some one said TO her: You
don't seem to enjoy these stories much,
Miss MacLaneT
mo, do not" she rerlied. 81 find there
are no stories worth paying any attention
TO except my own.
Not long after the party dispersed. AS
the women went to the cloakroom for their
wraps Miss MacLane turned TO one OF
them and remarked:
'sYou seem like a sensible woman. IL
you can talk sense I'll go Up town with
you" But every one had had enough OF
the self-styled genius, and the woman TO
whom the suggestion was made FASTENED
10 decline
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04
ANCIENT CRAFT.
GalIeon Of Old Sea Rover Located ON
the Pacific Coast.

San Diego Letter in San Francisco Call.
Under the waters OF San Diego bay. over
by Point Loma in the vicinity OF the quar-
antfne station. lies the dismantled hulk OF
some ancient galleon. which has probably
lain there for generations. AS 10 how IL got
there and as TO whether IL belonged 10
Cabrillo or the feet OF some other explorer
can be merely matter OF surmise. but its
construction indicates that IL is Of very
ancient date. II is said that the Portuguese
fishermen have known of its whereabouts
FOR long time past. as they sail over the
water all about that section.
II remained, however for two young
men. John Sleeves and companion. yester-
day to bring in the first tangible proof or
its existence. In some manner they learned
of the wherea bouts OF the old vessel. and
there being an exceptionally low tide they
started out 10 investigate II. After some
little difficulty they located part OF the
bow of what appeared to nave once been
large vessel OF very ancient construc-
ton.
AS far as they could get out in the water
they found some ten feet Of the bow, and
the rest probably lies beyond that in deep
water. To a considerable extent the heavy
planking has been torn OF by the tides
which have swept over the old hulk for
many years, leaving bare huge ribs over a
foot i'm diameter, showing the vessel TO
nave De6u a large olc. u pun ulftcitedA ioAt
of the planking which remained they found
that in the whole construction not single
piece of iron or nails I'm any form had been
used by the builders. Most Of the plafiks
had been attached by means of wooden
pins, and what was still more remarkable
they found in several places spikes or
copper.
With considerable difficulty they removed
one or two of the spikes and brought them
back TO the city The spikes are about six
inches long and plainly forged out by hand
The wreck is matter of much specula-
ton among those who have known OF its
existence and there might be an interesting
tale in connection with il. The probable
tiles are that il is one of the deserted gal
Icons of some old Spanish adventures OF
ancient days, which was sunk I'm the sands
and had been gradually worn away by tho
action of a ccntury's tides.
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GREAT BRITAIN AND INDIA.

The imposing pageant of the browning of
King Edward at Delhi as Emperor of In
dia" when ten thousand miles distant was
one of the remarkable events of last week.
All things considered, IL is one of the re-
markable events in the affairs of the world
that the King of a nation of 40.O00,000 should
be proclaimed the Emperor of 3Oo.oO0.ooo of
people in a land situated almost on the
other side of the globe. The country whose
people publicly accepted the rule of the
British King has an area larger than all
Europe excepting Russia. Its population is
one-fifth of the inhabitants of the earth.
1t is the most remarkable example in the
worlds history of Imperialism. Imperial
Rome, all things considered, could not be
compared with imperial Great Britain. In
dia is so vast that its inhabitants speak
seventy-eight different languages, profess
nine distinct forms of religion and recognize
two hundred rulers under the Emperor. In
recent years it has been held in peace and
allegiance to Great Britain by an army of
100000 men, only one-third of whom are of
the ruling white race. 1t is the most con-
the Anglo-Saxon race holding TO the Chris
tian faith over an inferior race holding
other religious beliefs.
There are those who insist that British
rule in India has been detrimental to India,
but it is very doubtful if history will sustain
the assertion. Upon a people whose re-
ligions make them unimpressionable. Brit
ish rule has imposed a substantial recogni-
ton of western civilization. 1t has given
the country a system Of railroads with
coo miles of tracks. a general postal sys-
tenn and great commerce with the rest
of the world. While midas periodical fam
ines yet sweep over parts of the vast coun-
try il is a fact that Great Britain, by its
railroad distribution, has done great deal
to mitigate the scourge. Without consult
ing the masses Great Britain's agents col
lect $3.50 100000 of revenue and disburse it
on purely paternal principles. Holding
sway more than hundred years, there is
no thought of home rule. Whatever may
have been the theory of British liberals in
respect 10 India in the past British states
men have no idea of any other rule than the
present imperialism. Years ago the great
British Liberal. John Bright, declared that
India, with its twenty different nations,
could never be consolidated into one COM
pact and enduring empire. That is evident
ly the British opinion to-day, and it seems
to be the correct view. To abandon India
to itself would be to fill the land with war
and bloodshed. 1t is often questioned if
Great Britain has been the gamer by the
conquest and domination of India. 1t has
been a great drain upon British resources
and energy. Its possession has hampered
Great Britain at times; nevertheless, the
India of to-day. with its vast commerce.
must be a source of strength to the ruling
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

Discussing the practice of governments
acting claim collectors the Review of
Reviews thinks there should be limits
placed upon the freedom with which ad-
venturous travellers or traders may call
upon their home governments to relieve
their misfortunes or underwrite their bad
investments. 1T would seem only reason
able" IL says, that If an Englishman a
German should deliberately choose to take
speculative chances in a South American
republic of VIGOROUSLY revolutionary pro-
clivities, he ought to carry his own risks
provide his own insurance, so to speak"
The worst feature of the practice is that,
a rule, the claimant government de-
mands stated sum, without giving the
other party a voice in fixing the amount.
and then makes refusal to pay cause of
war. Why should nation be plunged in
war to enforce payment of the claim of an
individual?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

was TO inaugurate one of the greatest
tricks" in American history came TO the
Western Reserve in the spring of 1896. The
Moses who led the Puritan men and women
of Connecticut TO this new promised land
was General Moses Cleaveland, officer
of the revolutionary army. He founded the
town of Cleaveland, giving ii his own name.
the spelling of which has undergone slight
change. Local history says the spelling of
the name was changed in 1880 from Cleave-
land to Cleveland by the printer of its first
newspaper. who found that the superfluous
"a made a heading too long for his page,
and therefore dropped it out. The pioneer
band OF emigrants was followed by many
others until the settlement of New Con-
necticut, as is was called for several years.
became strong and sturdy. In many re-
spects. especially i'm its moral tone, it was
reproduction of the old Connecticut. The
Puritan characteristics impressed upon it
and have had much to do in shaping the
political and social history of Ohio. Long
before the civil war began the community
of Puritan pioneers in the Reserve found
itself marked with a peculiar and proud
distinction. The uncompromising moral and
spoken opposition to slavery. provoked from
their opponents of the press and stump the
sneering assertion that THE Connecticut
Reserve was a State separate from Ohio.
When the Republican party came to be
formed in Ohio 1t drew its inspiration and
lifeblood from the Reserve, and from the
beginning of the Free Soil movement to the
end of the war the Western Reserve of Con-
necticut was a fortress of freedom and an
exhaustless base of supply for the battle at
the front.
In this connection it may be of interest to
mention that in selling the lands of her
Western reserve Connecticut withheld $780,
600 acres of the extreme western end of it
a reserve within reserve-which the Cen
eral Assembly quit-claimed gratuitously to
the inhabitants of several Connecticut
towns who had lost property in conse-
quence Of the incursions into the State made
by the British troops during the revolu-
ton. or their legal representatives when
they were dead From this these lands be-
came known in Connecticut history as 1.-The
sufferers lands" and in Ohio they were
known as 'the fire lands" because the
houses of the owners had been burned in
Connecticut. In 1896 the sufferers were in
corporated in Connecticut, and in 1903 they
were Incorporated in Ohio under the title
1.-The Proprietors of the Half Million Acres
of Land Lying South of Lake Erie" The
phrase fire lands was once in as common
use as the Western Reserve. but is now
even more obsolete
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

An oil painting of Queen Anne hangs in
Independence Hall, Philadelphia. 1t is not
striking or notable picture. and attracts
but slight attention from the average sight
seer. 1t has had singular effect upon one
visitor. however. Philadelphia papers re-
late that Mrs. Weinstein, of that city.
first saw the portrait some months ago, and
no sooner had her eyes rested upon it than
she became hysterical and rushed from the
building. So remarkable was its effect upon
her that she armed herself with the heavy
limb of a tree, and, going back, endeavored
to destroy the canvas. but was restrained
by the guard. Since then, it is said, she
has never been able to get the picture out
of her mind and the other day returned to
the hall and again attempted to demolish
the painting, but was placed under arrest.
OF course. the only explanation that pre-
sents itself is that the woman is insane,
but, she has never shown any other
symptoms of mental alteration, this is
hardly satisfactory. She can herself give
no reason for her antipathy to the portrait
of the long-dead queen, but can only say
that the sight of it fills her with uncon-
trollable anger. The. case is a curious one.
Mrs. Weinstein is a reincarnation of some
one who had suffered at the queens hands.
Probably the true explanation is more SIM
ple The Journal recalls an occasion when
a woman standing before a portrait, with
a look of great surprise on her face, re-
marked that it was the first time picture
had seemed anything to her but fiat sur
face. She had the strange defect of vision
which prevented the perception of perspec-
tive. Perhaps Mrs. Weinstein had the
same defect, and, discovering for the first
time, when she looked at Queen Anne, what
a portrait might be, was overcome by the
phenomenon. And perhaps the explanation
is more simple still: The portrait of the
queen. like many portraits. may be so bad
that the first impulse of any normally-con-
stituted person is to smash it, and the Phil
adelphia lady, unlike other observers. Is
unable to control her emotions in its pres
ence 1t is only because people in general
have better self-control that large mum.
Der of so-called works of art continue tc
exist
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04
FREMONT IN 1856.

The recent death of the widow of Gen.
John c. Fremont has called out some inter
esting "reminiscences regarding her hus-
band Major Long. of Pittsburg. who was
a delegate to the first convention of the
Republican party. in Philadelphia, June II.
1856, which nominated Fremont for Presi-
dent. says he was with Salmon p. Chase
at the old Monongahela House, in Pitts
burg. when the first notices were sent out
in 1856 calling a mass meeting in that city,
Feb. %, 1856, for the organization of a new
party, and which resulted i'm the Republic
an party of to-day. This meeting was held
several months before the national conven-
ton. Major Long is secretary of the Ma
tional Fremont Association, and he says
that of the 1,165 delegates to the conven-
tion that nominated Fremont there are only
forty living. The delegates from Indiana
to that convention. chosen at a state con-
vention. held in this city May /. 1856. were:
Delegates at large: Henry s; Lane: John
d. Defrees, William M. Dunn, j. M. Wright.
Godlove S. Orth and Charles II. Test. Dis
trict delegates: willard Carpenter, Andrew
Lewis, William Nj. Morrison, j. j. Com
mons. William Sharp. NJ c. CARRIER, George
George w. Julian. NJ L. BHndy, b. F.
Claypool, Jonathan s. Harvey. James
Ritchey. Joseph s.. Miller. George X. Steele.
Daniel Sigler. B. A. Allison. James Wilson.
r. c. Gregory, William Bowers, d. G. Rose,
ID. r. Bearss. T. II. Brnghurst j. c. Pow
er. John Mitchell, Samuel Hanna. j. d.
Common, c. d. Murray, Isaac Vandervawter.
All but two or three of these are dead.
The convention that appointed these dele
gates nominated a state ticket, with Oliver
p. Morton at its head. for Governor. and
this was his first appearance in state poll
tics. Henry S. Lane, of Indiana. presided
over the Philadelphia convention, and
Fremont was nominated on the first ballot.
receiving 359 out of ass votes. The only
other candidate voted for was Judge Nc
Lean, of Ohio, who received SO votes. The
delegation from Indiana cast IS votes for
Fremont and p for Mclean. In the ballot
for Vice President William L. Dayton, OF
New Jersey, received 259 votes; Abraham
Lincoln, of Illinois. 10 votes, and the rest
were scattering. If Lincoln had been nomi-
mated for Vice President in 1856. and had
been defeated. as he would have been, he
would probably not have been nominated
for President i'm 1860. Although Fremont
was defeated, he carried eleven States and
solidified the new Republican party to ar
extent that made it possible to elect Lin.
coin in 1860. He was a pathfinder for the
Republican party, as he had been years
before across the Rocky maintains
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How He spent Christmas.
New York Evening star.

New YORK Evening star
The man himself has been very reticent
in the matter; but his aggrieved family
has spread the news OF his manner OF
spending Christmas day. The plan had
been that his one day at home from the
Office would be spent i'm the library sur
rounded by his reunited family. But early
i'm the morning. a luckless curiosity as TO
the exact state OF the coalbin took him
into the cellar. AS. after some hours. he
did not return. the alarmed family went I'm
search of him. Lucky / came down here"
he said. Things in a disgraceful state.
All that wood ought TO be piled. I havn't
stacked k;ndlings since was boy. Yes.
yes. run along. I'll be up as soon as I'm
through
AT dinner time he was dr3 eyed reluctant
~ up the cellar stairs. But soon after he
was seen. in guilty way. making for the
door. There's a barrel OF apples" he
said that ought To be looked over right
away. or they'll all spoil. | can't think
when I've looked over a barrel of apples"
Throughout the rest OF the holiday he
was heard in deep subterranean noises, like
the ghost In "Hamlet"-but not seen. At
IL o'clock in the evening he was waylaid I'm
the hall. There were spiashes on his
trousers.
Henry" said his wife. ''you don't mean
TO tell me you've been whitewashing the
cellar?"
NO" he admitted. u didn't mean to tell
you"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

The censure which has been passed upon
the officers of the Southern Railroad Com
pany in the assumption that they are doing
line is not just. They have purchased the
iron and other materials. but. these ma
terials cannot be delivered by the manu-
facturers at once. the work of grading has
been postponed until assurances of the
delivery of the rails can be given. They
expect to be able TO begin the grading in
the course of few weeks, when II will
be pushed as rapidly as possible. The
scarcity of coal has made people impa-
tient for the immediate construction of
the proposed road
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04


best resuits-the use OF the knife. the
bloodless method or a combination OF
both.
AS to DR.. Lorenz's patients whom lie
operated on in this country. he had Sc
we're accident in Chicago and poor sue
cess In Boston. In Philadelphia he en-
countered some peculiar manifestations.
But in all these cases IL is too early 10
pass final judgment. for the result will
not be known for six months.
Then there is more 70 be done TO them.
and DR.. Lorenz Is not here with his skill
ful touch to direct. After the plaster cast
is removed comes delicate part OF the
work. The limb must be moved grad
ually for three months into It's normal
position. Suppose there is something out
OF place. DR.. Lorenz by moving the leg
could discover IL. The surgeons here must
do the best they can. Then there follows
another three months OF massage before
the treatment is ended.
Therefore. ! can say for the patients
he treated in this city they are progressing
as nicely as could be wished. But a deli
cate part OF the treatment is yet TO come"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04
A KANSAS-INDIANA ROMANCE.
Mr.. Hague ON His Way To This state
to Get q Wife.

Kansas City Journal.
In Ottawa the other day two middle-aged
men met for the first time In twenty years.
One was John Hague. a rich ranchman and
oil operator. whose home is in Neodesha.
and the other is a well-known resident or
Ottawa. Years ago. when both were young
men, they lived in a small town in Indiana
and were rivals for the hand of the belle of
the village. At hast Hague proposed and
was informed that he was too late; that the
girl had promised herself to his rival. The
Ottawa Republic completes the story as
follows: y
Hague hastily gathered together hip
worldly possessions, no very considerabls
quantity, and came to Kansas. He took CD
a presumption and tree,claim near what Is
dustry and embarked in enterprise with
the result that he prospered. The lsnd
boom came along In the eighties ana us
rattle and roar surged all about him; eager
investors finally induced him 10 part with
his tree. claim at an astonishing figure and
put him on the road to fortune Later came
the oil discoveries and he is now rich
man. All this time he has remained
bachelor, but so much TO heart did ne take
his early disappointment that he severed
all relations with his boyhoods home and
held no communications that would In any
way advise him of events there
Saturday. as related, he Unexpectedly
met with his old rival in restaurant In
this city and there was an interchange or
history. To Hagues infinite surprise he
learned that his old sweetheart had not
welded the rival: their relations had been
speedily severed after his (Hagues) depart
ure and he heard with astonishment and
very apparent pleasure that she had con-
fessed to her fiance her love for the absent
one and had begged TO be released from
her promise Of marriage. According to the
Franklin county man, she was maid 10
this day, and by his earnest advice-and IL
didn't seem to take much urging-Hague
concluded return to the long-deserted
banks of the Wabash and renew the suit he
had pressed so unsuccessfully years ago.
His friend had the satisfaction of seeing
him board the afternoon train with that in
tent"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

ton In various branches of study, lectures.
amusements. etc. The one thing that ham,
pers the operations Of the organization in
this city, as in many other places. is lack
of funds and lack of room. Increased de-
mands make increased expenses, and only
those actively engaged in the work realize
how great the opportunities are and how
great the Importance of being equal to each
occasion; only they realize how great is the
need of increased financial scope.
The example set by the Studebaker Com
pany is good one. There are many ways
by which gratitude for prosperity may be
expressed through public gifts, but when
Indianapolis firms or individuals are con-
sidering the subject they should include
the Y. NJ. c. A. and its sister organization.
the Y. w. c. A, among the suitable me-
diumS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04
A GIFT OF GRATITUDE.

South Bend is rejoicing over a gift to that
city by the Studebaker Manufacturing Com
pany which is to take the shape of $780, 900
citation. 1t is given by the figm as thank
offering for the prosperity 1t has enjoyed
during its half century of business life
Such gift could hardly take a more useful
or appropriate form, and the flourishing
city of northern Indiana may well feel
gratified over the prospect of securing am
pie and adequate quarters for the local
work of this organization. The time has
gone by when the Y. NJ. c. A. was little
more than a name-an Intellectual body, linn
tied in scope and controlled by sectarians of
narrow views Its methods and work have
greatly broadcned: it has become practical
in its operations; its managers are. for the
most part men of liberal and intelligent
ideas. and it has become an institution of
influence AMI importance--one that has the
generally. 1t no longer limits itself to re-
ligious work at first, though this field
is by no means neglected, 1t undertakes as
we'll To promote the mental. moral social
and physical welfare OF the young men who
come within its reach. and. when called
upon. to provide employment for those who
need it. What IL is doing in the way Of
encouraging bodily health and strength is
described at length on another page of this
issue in an interview with the physical
director OF the indianapolis branch of the
society. This is very popular department
of the association work. but not more use
full than others-those providing insuuc-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-04

An eleven-year-old girl, brought before
a Chicago court through dispute between
her father and grandmother for her posses
sion, is quoted as saying, in response to
question by the judge: 81 visited my
father and his wife on Thanksgiving and
suffered an attack of nostalgia. 1 felt blue
and lonesome and wretched, and burst into
tears My father caught me weeping. re-
proved me sharply and ordered me to stop.
" Having thought the matter over
calmly, / do not think / deserved that
scolding, and I do not approve of my
fathers conduct on that occasion" 1t Is
not necessary to assume that the child
really used this language. The Chicago pa
per which prints it may have a Boston
reporter it's staff.