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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
THE PANAMA AFFAIR.
This Writer Sees Inconsistency and
Possible Peril I'm Our Action.

To the Edit6' of the indianapolis Journal
i may BE- mistaken as to the Panama
imbroglio. but it seems to me that our
government is about to get into trouble
with Colop%bia on a surprising basis. Dur
ing our war of the rebellion we stood ready
to fight any nation that would aid the
ConfederacS, and this was on the ground
that the States in rebellion were a portion
of the United States and had no right to
secede or resist our power in any way.
And on this basis We fought it out.
Now the. State OF Panama secedes from
Colombia, and it seems that we intend to
aid and anet that State in its rebellion
and treason to that government. If we
were right in marching into the seeded
States an6s conquering their armies il is
fair to sax that Colombia has right to
march hers troops into Panama and sup
press the rebellion there and hold that
State by military power Perhaps there is
some qualification in public affairs that
may justify our interference there, but il
it is so it - unknown to me.
Our futu.a safety depends upon the great
doctrines ah which Mr. Lincoln and the
Union armies stood during the war of the
rebellion. That great vindication of our
national authority seems to be a mere ex-
ploded theory. Surely the isthmus is not
so import%nt to the United States as to
justify the abandonment of the great doc
trines of rational unity on which we held
the Confete racy to be part of our Union
of States. j If Panama can go out of Co
lombia on her own will, South Carolina
can do so. and ought to have been hereto
fore allowed to nullify the national power
Louisiana :lcan do so and hold the outlet
to the gulf; New York can do so and
throttle tie commerce of this Nation
We ought to follow our own example, set
in the fearful times of the civil war We
ought not to aid and abet the dismember-
ment of q sister republic. This proposed
seizure of. the isthmus. in a roundabout
way, through the secession of Panama
will eventually do US more harm than good
This is the first instance in our history in
which We have, in the remotest degree
winked at. the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF a sister
republic. Heretofore we have stood four
square, as, nation, to every wind under
heaven. Row can we fairly and honorably
uphold TIL. secession of Panama for our
own gain, us a nation, in spite of the open
remonstrakce of the Republic OF Colombia
We ought to obtain the route through to
the Pacific by fair means, at any expense
and no dEubt we can do so without en-
couraging sthe secession OF Panama.
Indianapolis, Nov. Y. OBSERVER.
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How Low and Mcclellan Met.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
How Congressman Mcclellan. the mayor
elect, and Mayor Low first met is a bit OF
unwritten history. 1t occurred in this city
less than a year ago. Mcclellan had long
ago announced his ambition to administer
the affairs of Greater New York. and Low,
already intrenched i'm the mayoralty chair,
made no concealment of his wish for an
other term. Senator Depew was giving a
reception at his residence here, and New
York politics was represented in profusion-
Early in the evening mutual friend OF the
two sauntered over to the younger one.
Mcclellan" he said. you've met Lowg
NO" replied Mcclellan, but L think
nsw would be a good time"
Over on the other side of the drawing
room stood Low, dignified. scholarly. sober
faced, as becomes the head OF great city
and distinguished educator.
Good evening. Mr. Low" said the mu-
tual friend, ~ want to introduce your sue
cessor, Mr. Mcclellan"
Mr.. Low glanced up hastily, and flush
that betrayed the striking of a tender spot,
spread over bis face.
Good evening. Mr.. Mcclellan he said
politely. but without warmth; how are
you this EVENING""
But he did not recover from the shock.
The conversation quietly Jagged, and Mr..
Low soon drifted away TO join some other
friends. Mr. Low showed Enthusiastically
that he did not relish the joke.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
CRAWFORD COUNTY INSTITUTE.
Farmers Interested in Question of
Making Good. Roads.

Making Good Roads.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ENGLISH, Ind, Nov 22-The Crawford
County Farmers Institute closed yesterday.
ID. b. Johnson, of Mooresv1lle, delivered an
address on How L Grow a Paying Wheat
Crop Every Year." d. Ward King, of Mis-
souri, spoke on How to Make a Hard
Earth Road" Mr.. King read a letter in
reference to a similar talk made by him
at New Albany last September. His ideas
were tried by one of the farmers who
heard him. The plan was tried on half a
mile of clay, mixed with rocks. The road
had been badly cut up by hauling heavy
logs, but il was put In nice condition. 1t
has been dragged" only three times and
one can now go dry shod over ii while
other roads are still muddy and full of
clay. The drag slips over the stones, IL
does not move and fills In between them
as to make the road smooth. The drag
fills the middle so that the water runs Off.
According TO Mr.. Kings ideas, the split log
drag is no longer experiment in making
hard dirt roads. 1t Is not intended TO re-
place the road machine nor will ii do away
with the necessity of matchmaking the
main thoroughfares, but 1t keeps the old
mud road in the finest possible condition.
The plan is to go over a stretch of road
with a drag after every rain or wet spell.
Rural delivery men are especially enthusi-
astic over road dragging, as ii enables
them TO get over their routes easily.
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cast for Monday and Tuesday:
Individuality cloudy on Monday, fol-
lowed by rain or snow. and colder in north-
ern portion. Tuesday fair: fresh southwest,
shifting 10 northwest winds.
Kentucky-Fair on Monday and Tuesday.
Illinois-Partly cloudy on Monday, with
rain OF snow and colder in extreme north
ern portion. Tuesday fair; brisk south
west. shifting TO northwest winds.
Ohio-Fa!r in south and cloudy and warm
er in north portion on Monday increasing
south winds on Tuesday: partly cloudy,
with snow furries in north portion.
Western Pennsylvania-Fai IN SOUTH
cloudy and warmer in north portion Mon
day. Increasing south winds Tuesday
partly cloudy. with rain or snow and cooler
IN north portion.
West Virginia-Fair Monday and Iuesoay'
warmer Monday.
Tennessee-Fair Monday and Tuesday.
Lower Michigan-Snow furries Monday
and Tuesday; colder Tuesday; increasing
south. shifting to northwest winds Mon
day night
Wisconsin-Snow furries Monday, with
colder I'm west portion Tuesday fair ana
colder; brisk southwest, shifting TO north-
west winds.
Nebraska. Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Ter,
ritory and Arkansas-Fair on Monday ana
Tuesday.
Minnesota-Colder and partly cloudy on
Monday, with snow fiurries in east portion
Tuesday fair; brisk northwest winds.
Iowa-Partly cloudy on Monday, with
rain in the northeast portion
Tuesday fair.
North and South Dakota-Fair on Mon
day and Tuesday; colder on Monday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
Indiana Notes.

ELWOOD.-The Rev. j. Clare Leech, for
merly of Greenfield, assumed the pastorate
of the First Presbyterian Church In TINS
city Sunday, succeeding the Rev. j. A.
Dunkel now located at Saginaw, Mich.
Mr.. Leech comes from Greenfield, and his
Introductory sermon made an excellent I'M
preston on his congregation. AT the First
Methodist Church Evangeists j. Nj. and
M. ]. Harris, of Evanston, began four
weeks revival service.
JEFFERSONVILLE.- Graves, a
member of a prominent family of Wash
ington township and heretofore known as
an exemplary young man, was brought to
the county Jail Sunday, and charge or
attempted housebreaking was lodged
against him. Graves was caught at 10
o'clock Saturday night in the act of en-
tering the store of w. III. Long at Oregon.
TERRE HAUTE.-The two days annual
meeting of the Vigo County Farmers In
stitute, which closed Saturday evening,
was SHINY attended. John Tyler was elect
ed president for the ensuing year.
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SEVERE STORM IN GERMANY.
berlin Nearly Cut OF and Much DAM
nge I'm Many cities.

BERLIN, Nov. Accommodation by
telegraph. particularly west of Hanover.
has been interrupted by general storm.
All of western Europe is at present only
indirectly connected with Berlin.
At Frankfort-on-the-Ma all the street.
car traffic has been stopped and trees have
been uprooted. n new four-story building
with the surrounding scaffolding has been
demolished at Chemnitz. tug sank at
Em6en. one man being drowned Several
lighters were sunk on the River Ems and
81 is believed that numerous lives have been
lost. Seven passengers were seriously in
jured by the derailing of a train at See
hansen.
ported. The Hamburg-American line steam-
or Deutschland broke adrift at Cuxhaven
and suffered extensive damage.
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RIOT IN THE JAIL.
ColOred Women in a Serious Row at
Jacksonville.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Nov. o.
Three notorious colored women were the
principals in a lively time at the county
Jail last midnight. Mamie Gatewood, who
has given the police much trouble, and who
was only a few days ago released from Jail,
succeeded in passing a bottle of whisky
into the jail through a window to Penny
Edwards, another frequenter of the Police
Court and Jail, and, after drinking the con-
tents of the bottle, the Edwards woman at
tackled Matte Sanderson, another inmate,
and came near beating her TO death with a
heavy glass tumbler.
Sheriff Rave heard the noise and rescued
the Sarderson woman in time to save her
life He then learned what had TRANSFERRED,
and went in search of the Gatewood wom-
an, and she was soon safely behind the
bars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
MRS. CANNON's WEDDING RING.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
PARIS, ILL.,, Nov. 22-The wedding ring
lost thirty-one years ago by Mrs. Joseph
G. Cannon at Tuscola, ILL.,, where her hus-
band was rising young lawyer. was found
yesterday by some men excavating in an
alley in the rear of the building in which
Congressman Cannon's office was formerly
located.
speaker of the House of Representatives
and Miss Reed the latter was in her hus-
bands office one day and accidentally
dropped her wedding ring in the waste
basket. 1t could not be found at the time
and evidently thrown into the alley
with the waste paper. Although buried
for over a quarter of a century, the ring
was as perfect as when new and on the in
side are still the initials of Mr.. Cannon
and those Of his wife.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23

Washington Post.


Most of the great flood OF petitions against
Senator Smoot come in printed form, thus
demonstrating that they solicited
wholesale through organizations. One OF
these petitions, received yesterday. came
from a patriot who wanted to waste no
space on his paper before the Senate. He
wrote all over the margin In illiterate char
acters as follows:
THE two great safeguards God religious
ly put upon society are:
First, rest one day In seven.
Second, uniting one man and one woman
together in holy matrimony.
THE first of these is treated very lightly.
1.-The second is losing it's sanctity.
History shows that the preservation OF
a nation very largely depends on the sane
tity with which this is held"
But the petition. with thousands or
others received, was hustled out OF the Sem
ate without even a reading, and soon
dumped into the Senate files. where IL will
hardly see the light OF day again until the
crack of doom or until the keeper OF useless
records some day I'm the distant future de-
cides TO build mighty bonfire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

QUEENSTOWN. Nov. % - Arrived :.
Southwark. from Montreal and Quebec, for
Liverpool Sailed: Etruria, from Liver
pool. for New York.
MOVILLE. Nov. 22.-Arrived: Tunisian
from Montreal. for Liverpool: Columbia.
from New York. for Glasgow and both
proceeded.
INCONSISTENCIES. Nov 22.-Sailed:
foordam. from Rotterdam. for New York
and passed Beachy Head
NANTUCKET LIGHT. Mass, Nov. 22.-
Minnehaha. from London. for New York.
on hesc at 40 y. m.
NEW YORK, Nov. e2-Arrived: iceland,
from Antwerp: La Bretagne. from Havre
LIVERPOOL. Nov. 22.-SaiIed: casibro-
nan. from Boston. via Queenstown.
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WRECK DUE TO MALICE.
Two Persons Killed ON the Reading
Because Rails Were Loosened.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22.-Two persons
were killed and half dozen others were in
Jured late last night in a wreck near
Gwynedd. a short distance from this city.
on the Philadelphia & Reading Railway.
The dead are C. l.. Custer. aged fifty-seven,
q passenger, who lived in this city, and Har-
ry Roderick. OF Doylestown, Pa. fireman
OF the wrecked train. While the injuries
TO some of the passengers are serious all
will recover.
The railroad officials believe the accident
was due to deliberate attempt at train
wrecking. The train was a local one from
Doylestown and had just passed the station
at Gwynedd when the engine jumped the
track and went over an embankment, fol-
lowed by car. An investigation, the
railroad officials say, showed that spikes
had been drawn from a plate connecting the
tracks and the rails had been spread apart
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD. Ind, Nov 22.-The Rev. L. C.
Wilson. a minister OF this city. to-day is
sued from the press his new book. The
Ship of Zion in Perilous Waters The
book especially criticises the conduct Of
the modern fair and race meeting. the late
Elwood fair being set forth as the ''hor-
rible example" Churchmen are roundly
oastigated for not insisting on a more strict
observance of the law generally, and the
book has caused much comment among
those who have seen IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
FALSIFIED REPORTS
Made I'm Connection with Milwaukee
Correctional Institution.

MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Nov. 22-Experts
who have for some time been investigating
the books of the Milwaukee County House
of Correction for 1902 report that the in
stitute operated at a loss during that period
OF nearly $4,000, while the annual report
filed with the county clerk shows there was
loss of about $1,000. Particulars concern
ing the nature of losses have not been
made public.
All of the county institutions are being
Investigated and the result, 1t is said, will
furnish much material for the grand jury,
which will convene early in December.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
NOT TRAMPS, BUT ROBBERS.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Nov. 22.-Later in
vestigation of the "hold-up' of a Vandalia
mail tain last night near Ben Davis shows
that the two men found in the mail car
were not tramps. but were robbers. there
to steal registered mail. The car is a stor-
age car for through mail from the East
and is unoccupied by mail clerks. When
the brakeman entered il the robbers saw
that taeir game was blocked and that the
only thing to do was to get off the train.
to do which they forced the brakeman to
pull the bell cord.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23

Bar. TIL. RH. Wind. Weather. Pre-
Ia. m. .301S "a So South. Clear. O.OO
ID m 3008 AZ 81 South. Clear. 600
Maximum temperature. 46; minimum tenn
perature, a.
Comparative statement of mean tempera-
ture and total precipitation on Nov. q:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
TEACHERS IN POLITICS.
Madison County Instructors Want
Representation.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ORESTES, Ind, Nov. H.-The teachers
of Monroe township, Madison county, held
their institute here Saturday. Prominent
features of the work were the strong talks
of Miss Willetts, Miss Mitchell and Mr..
Harting, three young teachers, who made
their initial addresses before an institute.
Prof. l. L. Wilson, of the Orestes school,
entertained the teachers at dinenr at his
country home. Another feature of the
days session was talk by James T. Ar
mold.
The fact has developed that these social
functions of Monroe township teachers are
held with view TO creating an interest
among politicians so that two strong teach
ers may be placed on the ticket for trus-
tee. 1t is intimated that L. l.. Edwards will
be the Republican candidate and William
Cunningham the Democratic candidate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
Probable Victim of Footpads.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
UNION CITY, Ind, Nov. z2-John Hally,
aged twenty-nine. was found in an uncon-
sciousi condition this morning lying near
the railroad track with bad wound in his
head. A ten-dollar bill was sticking out
Of his pocket, and it is thought he was the
victim of footpads who were frightened
away before they could complete their
work. His injury is serious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23

The city hall and other public buildings
that belong TO the city are lighted for MOTH
ing. According 10 reports, business Is con-
Quoted more for fun than for money. There
are two electric light plants i'm Assump-
has sent the price of electricity down 20 a
mere song At the last meeting Of the City
Council both plants put in bid for lighting
the city buildings. One company made a
company not TO be outbid, offered TO fur
nish the lights free IL permitted. This offer
was accepted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
New Trial for Stroud Refused.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELVTOOD, Ind, Nov. Fudge Mcclure,
of the Circuit Court, yesterday refused a
new trial in the case of George Stroud, SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment for the murder
of Joe Yates in the lobe saloon at Orestes
last april. Stroud will be sentenced and
taken to prison at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
SALAZAR WARLIKE.

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
combine with him in an answer to President
MarroquIl1 The idea has been accepted
by the various executives, but il has not
yet been decided what form the combined
answer Will take.
President Zelaya recently was President
Marroquip.s bitterest enemy, openly aiding
the Colombian Liberals in their efforts to
overthrow Marroquin during the last revo-
luton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
Outbreak of CrOatian Peasants.

VIENNA, Nov. 22.-Croatian peasants of
Nagylak, near Nagy-Enyed, in Transylva-
MIA, Friday last organized a murderous at
tack on their Hungarian neighbors. The
Croatians assembled during the day and
armed themselves with revolvers, sticks
and hay forks and at night stormed the
magyar houses and dragged the inmates
into the streets. One farmer was beaten to
death and most of the Hungarians were in
jured, many of them severely.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23

BOSTON, Nov. PA majority of the cot
ton mills of New England will be operated
tomorrow under a wage schedule approx
mately 10 per cent less than has been in
effect two years. In the city of Fall River
alone, $1,000 operatives will be affected and
in the State of Rhode Island not less than
10000. At other points in Massachusetts,.
Connecticut and New Hampshire the ag-
gregate of employees whose wages will be
reduced will be several thousand.
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fight was reported to the police yester-
day at the home of Jack Peterson, s13
Chadwick street. and Bicyclemen Simon
and Morgan were sent to investigate They
found that Mrs Peterson had gone home in
an intoxicated condition and was beating
her husband. Peterson did not want his
wife arrested. however. and as he promised
TO see that she created no further disturb
ance she was not taken into custody.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
BAD GASOLINE EXPLOSION.
Family of Panhandle EmplOye at Lo-
gansport Burned.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Nov. 22.-Neighbors
found the family of Delbert Flanagan,
night yardmaster of the Panhandle. almost
dead in their home, which caught fire from
a gasoline explosion at noon. Mrs. Flana-
gan was frightfully burned and cannot live.
Her husband was badly burned on the
hands, and the six-months-old babe was
slightly burned. The explosion took place
while Mrs. Flanagan was preparing dinner,
her husband being asleep at the time.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, Ill, Nov. 22.-Traffic was de-
layed in a peculiar manner for several
hours on the st. Louis division of the Big
Four Saturday evening at Conlogue, flag
station six miles west of Paris. Early in
the evening the bursting of an overloaded
grain elevator belonging to j. Il. Ricketts,
piled corn on the main track four and five
feet deep. Section men on both sides of
Conlogue were summoned by telephone and
telegraph, and by IL o'clock succeeded in
clearing the track so that traffic might be
resumed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
WOMAN INJUREOBY HORSE
SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAINTED AND
FALLEN IN THE STALL.
Her Husband Also Badly Used-Family
Caught i'm Gasoline Explosion
Accidents in Indiana.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 22.-Mrs.
James Reilly, wife of a dairyman, was
dangerously hurt by family horse to-day.
and is in st. Joseph Hospital. Her
husband, after she had been rescued, went
into the stall, and. he, too, was kicked,
sending him against timbers which cut a
cash from one eye TO the temple. MRS.
Reilly is supposed to have tainted from
some sudden weakness, and. falling under
the horse, was injured by it under excite
ment. Her scalp was torn loose from fore
head TO crown. neighbor heard her
scream and pulled her to a safe place.
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TWO MORE ARE DEAD.
Total of Thirty Fatalities in Satur-
days Fire at Lilly, Pa.

JOHNsTOwN. Pa, Nov 22.-Two of the
Italians who were burned in the lodging
shanty fire at Lilly Saturday morning died
at a hospital in This city to-day. This
bring. the total death loss up to thirty, and
it is thought four others will die. All the
victims were Italians, and most of them
left families in the old country
The bones and pieces of charred flesh.
all that remained of twenty-eight men.
HAYES been gathered up and placed in twelve
caskets. They will be buried Tomorrow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
Decline of Typhoid Epidemic.

WILLIAMSBURG, Mass. Nov. 22-The
danger OF typhoid fever epidemic at Will
Jams College is believed to have passed
Henry Hopkins. president, said tonight
II believe the worst has passed and do not
anticipate further cases of typhoid fever
among the students. Only one of the eight
men confined at the college infirmary with
typhoid fever is i'm critical condition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-23
Plate, Glass Worker Robbed.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Nov. 22.-Frank
Spratt workman at the Penn-Amercan
plate glass works. was held up by two men
as he was going home last night. He was
badly beaten and robbed of two weeks pay
There. is no clew to the identity of his as
saiantS.