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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

The city has never been more deeply
stirred or saddened by any local happen
ing than 1t was by the horrible railroad
accident of yesterday. Other fatal disas-
tiers have happened here in past years, as
explosions, fires, collisions. etc, but nothing
to compare with this in tragic circum-
stances and fatalities. Everything con-
spired to make it unique in local history.
Here was train filled with students from
leading educational institution. repre-
senting the best blood in the State, full of
life and joy. coming with hundreds Of their
friends to engage in an athletic contest with
pleasure. confident of victory and without
cloud on the horizon Of their future-when
suddenly, almost in the twinkling of an eye,
they are plunged into the jaws Of death and
transformed from a party of happy and
hopeful young men full OF vitality and Wig
or into mass OF mutilated corpses and
writhing. bleeding bodies. In an instant
nearly twenty young lives were blotted out
and the possibilities of a great future were
eliminated. In an instant the shadow Of
death fell over scores Of family circles rep
resenting the relatives and friends of the
victims, and profoundest grief was carried
into thousands of hearts where happiness
had prevailed but moment before. The
sadness and tragicalness OF the accident
are emphasized by the fact that all Of the
victims are Indiana people and that 1t &C.
CURED within our very gates.
ror of railroad wreck. While the accounts
Of such accidents always excite sorrow and
sympathy, 1t is only when they occur near
home that they are most acutely felt. This
one occurred within the city limits and at
our very doors. The cries OF the injured
could almost be heard and the dying pangs
Of the killed were too easily pictured. Thou
sands of persons who hurried to the scene
Of the wreck by street cars witnessed sights
they will never wish to see again. They re-
turned with stories of personal observa-
| tions and experiences which. as they passed
from one to another, added continually to
the deep pail of gloom that pervaded the
city. There was something almost like a
sense of local responsibility for the horrible
catastrophe that had destroyed the lives of
nearly score Of visitors within our very
gates. 1t was almost as If the hospitality
of the city had been abused to lure the vic
Tins to their death. AS the extent OF the
horror became known there was nothing
the people would not have done, no sacri-
flee they would not have made to have re-
stored to life and to their homes and friends
the young men who had been so suddenly
and horribly killed at their very doors. The
parents, relatives and friends Of the victims
can rest assured that the deepest sympathy
Of this community goes out to them and
that they will not be left alone in their re-
membrance of one of the saddest disasters
In the history of the State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

A writer in Harper's Weekly makes
plea for the scientific regulation OF food.
He wants science 10 tell a man convinc-
ingly what Is and what is not his proper
food. The Harper writer is behind the
times. The world is full OF people assum-
Ing TO have knowledge of the subject who
are telling their fellow creatures what TO
eat and what not TO eat The trouble is that
among them all precious little is left which
they agree TO be safe and wholesome. Conse-
quently the great republic, which is con-
cerned first with securing food pleasing
TO the palate. pays little attention to their
warnings. but goes on eating what It likes
And this IL will do even should govern
ment authority pass upon the digestibiIity
and nourishing qualities OF foods Govern
ment can never. for instance. prevent in
diligence IN that odorous and indigestible
dish. boiled cabbage: some people like it.
strange 20 say. The agricultural department
Is making various food experiments now,
hus who viii heed its conclusions when it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

1t is SO rare that the responsibility for a
railroad accident is definitely fixed or that
any person Is punished for one that the
public has almost ceased 10 expect it. The
horrible accident of yesterday must have
been due either to a violation OF orders or
20 failure TO deliver them TO the switch
engine crew. The passenger train was a
special and doubtless had the right OF way.
II the train dispatcher did his duty. and
the presumption Is that he did, some per-
son blundered In not instructing the crew
Of the switch engine. or else the latter
violated orders. Il is evident the passen-
ger train was running at a much greater
rate OF speed than the city ordinance al
lows within the city limits. though for
that matter the ordinance is violated every
day In the year. The present case calls
for thorough investigation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Many residents of this city have pleas
ant recollection of Mr.. Walter s. Morton,
son Of Hon. Oliver p. Morton, who re-
moved from here to st. Paul several years
ago. He is now actively employed as a civil
engineer. A recent issue of the New Mil
ford Comm Gazette contains an account of
local water power in the Housatonic river,
near that town. which Mr.. Morton is de-
veloping for electrical and manufacturing
purposes. 1t includes a dam across the
river fifteen feet high, a canal two miles
long, part Of the way through solid rock,
an electric power house and other features.
The work was begun about two years ago
and is now nearly completed. The local
paper says:
w. s. Morton, the chief engineer Of the
company. is also financially interested In it.
he has become well known to our citizens
by reason of his residence at Bulls Bridge
and is highly esteemed because of his
straightforward character and genial man
ners. He has been connected with some of
the most important and difficult engineering
work in the country and is well equipped to
do the engineering work at Bulls Bridge.
Mr.. Morton was associated with Captain
Eads, 1878, in the work on the jetties at
the mouth Of the Mississippi also he was
connected with hydraulic work in the same
river. Mr.. Morton built part Of the water
works at st. Paul and was an engineer for
1mpounding the upper reservoirs of the
Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

ming the list Of unmarried and bereft sena-
tors with eagle eyes And everybody that
has ever attended a Washington crush"
and seen these generals In action on the
matrimonial battlefield can understand
about how much chance a good catch"
has for his life when they are after him.
The situation is alarming, particularly for
Indiana, where in this crisis all thoughts
naturally turn to the perilous position of
the distinguished and handsome junior sena-
tor. who will doubtless be the most shining
mark In the whole Senate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

A good many people, when reading about
submarine boats, have probably had the
thought that the men whose duty 1t Is to
go down in them or the adventurous souls
who go to satisfy their curiosity are re-
paid for any risks they may take by the
strange sights they behold far beneath the
surface of the sea- That this notion is
erroneous is shown by a writer in Harper 9
Weekly, who says, in describing such a
descent: IF you have ever made trip
In a closed launch on q rainy day you have
had about the equivalent. You do not see
the wonders of submarine life. There is
an oblong patch of opaque green: that is
your submarine view. Then the boat rises,
and you see broken water, then the sur
face. A plunge, and there is the wall Of
impenetrable green" Thirty feet, says Mr..
Gauss. is the limit Of sight under the most
favorable conditions. When this becomes
well understood the average man will have
no more desire to go down in submarine
boat than in a divers suit. For If there Is
nothing to be seen why should one care to
cruise about under water? But the In
formation takes away much of the interest
a landsman is disposed to feel in submarine
vessels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

All sorts of conflicting statements have
been made and will doubtless continue to be
made as to the responsibility for the disaster
Of yesterday, but, whatever the truth as to
train dispatcher's orders. misunderstanding,
ETC., one fact remains and stands out
clear: If either the special or the freight
train had observed the city speed regula-
lions the accident could not have happened.
Both trains, according to all accounts, were
running at high rate of speed at a point
we'll within the city limits
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
salvation Army Mu.ic.

Kansas City Journal.
Ibid you ever know why the Salvation
Army lassies always sing sacred words TO
popular airs?" said Mrs. Brigadier Henry
Stilwel, OF Chicago. who is the national
secretary of the West for rescue work
among in the Salvation Army. yesterday
afternoon. "Why, the words would never
go home TO the people whom we wish 10
reach IL we sang them 10 regular anthem
tunes Everybody likes Mr.. Dooley' and
Hiawatha' and after We have sung them
over several times the words we sing TO
those tunes begin TO affect our listeners.
Why, we have won many a woman back 10
her former self BY singing Mr.. Dooley' TO
her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Petoskey Tyre,

Petoskey Lyre-
Willie and Tommy two Michigan young
sters who are pugilisticaIiy inclined. The other
day the following conversation took place be-
tween them:
"Aw.'' said Willie tauntingly. you're afraid
e hght-that's wot 1t is
NAV. amt" protested Tommy. stoutly.
"end IL fight. my mall ind It out an lick
me-"
How'll she find IL out ehf''
She'll see the doctor goin' Z your house."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
Ambitious Boy.

San Antonio Express.
IT heard you give your readin' last night"
said the little boy. II wisht ! could read like
you
IT am delighted to hear you say So" replied
the eminent elocutionist.
Yes sir. wsht that when I to the hard
words / could just chew 'em up like you do,
stead OF havin' to pronounce EN-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
Food.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
Miss Kulcher-He's professor OF classics out
at the university. isn't he?
Miss Inez Zent-Yes. and he's vegetarian.
too so Mr.. Kidder tells me.
Miss Kulcher-Did he really tell you that?
Miss Inez Zent-Well. he said he simply lived
on Greek roots.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Chicago Tribune.
upon the stone sidewalk.
"oh. what a pityv exclaimed the other girls.
s'Not at aIv' said Bella. with cry Of tri-
umph Papa is always telling me pinch my
waist This will show him don't!'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Evanston girls are nothing If not original
One of them accepted the attentions of
.masher" and lured him to the police sta
ton on pretense Of letting him accompany
her home. 1t was a good stunt, but it re-
ouired a quality Of nerve that few girls
outside the immediate vicinity Of Chicago
poasesS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
THE HUMORISTS.
Little Onhdences.

New York Evening SUM-
He (angrily)-I only asked you 70 marry mo
out Of pity for you!
Oh. with a howD-And only accepted you to
anita that red-headed Simpkins girl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

HdTptI > W tthIFs
IL has been assumed that Mr.. Depew
speaks on the spur OF the moment. but that.
he confesses. is not so. II have never made
more than one or two after-dinner speeches
without careful preparation. / have a regu-
lar system. IL the subject Is historical sell
dom fail TO read over several OF Macaulay's
Incompatible essays, and AZ il Is political
glance through the writings OF such past
masters as Lincoln and Douglas. The stories
tell? Oh. have a supply on hand suited TO
all purposes put out a batch and let them
assert themselves
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Personal visitation OF schools by the su-
perintendent OF this county has developed
the fact that there is a considerable pro-
portion OF incompetent teachers in the
schools outside Of the city. The proportion
Is probably much larger in some other
counties than il is in this. A general sys-
tenn OF State visitation would probably
show an amount OF incompetency among
teachers that would call loudly for reform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

graduate work in England is not developed
as IL IS In America and England has no
Johns Hopkins University
Before they sail for England members
OF the commission plan 10 visit Buffalo.
Cleveland. Pittsburg. parts Of Kansas, Col
oradO and California
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
Shutting Him Up.
Chicago News.

Chicago News.
yes said the egotistical person. 'I am proud
of the fact that am self-made man, but,
strange TO say. have never yet encountered
self-made woman
.oh that's easily explained" rejoined the
auburn-haired female, lone glance at self
made man is enough to disgust woman with
the self making business
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

The present discussion relative to the
status and, disposition OF the Consumers
Gas Trust Company has brought out the
fact that there are some very public
spirited citizens in this community. And
there are Others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01
Her Wise Papa.

New York Weekly.
She-Papa says that when coming to see me
YOU must not come in a street any more.
He-Reallyi Does he expect me to walk all
this distance?
She-Of course not. He says all he asks is
that you will come in carriage, hired by the
hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

An envelope postmarked Montreal, Can
ada. brings the Journal the following
greeting:
You Ignorant. narrow minded, bigoted.
self-conceited, chuckle-headed brat. 1t is
very evident that your little RED SCHOOL
HOUSE on the hill is responsible for your
ignorant talk. CANADIAN.
The cause Of this somewhat personal COM
munication was the following editorial
paragraph in the Journal short time ago:
There is strong element Of the ridiculous
in the Canadian excitement over the deCf-
sion in the Alaskan boundary case. With
the usual stupidity OF Canucks they per-
sist in regarding II as surrender of Can
adam territory instead OF simply a con-
firmation Of American title to what has be-
longed to us ever since the purchase OF
Alaska.
This fell under the eye Of our Canadian
friend and elected the foregoing anonymous
communication. If the writer had signed
his real name the Journal would have
given him the benefit of a free advertise
ment, but perhaps he Is satisfied with his
literary achievement without further pub
Lefty. He is evidently one Of the class of
Canucks who advocated stealing American
territory and is very mad because the game
did not win. AS the Journal has a large
circulation throughout the United States
and adjacent countries. 1t Is hoped this &C
acknowledgement of his communication may
also fall under his eye.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Judge Carter very properly declined to be
stampeded on the gas trust question. If
certain people are trying to get possession
OF the assets OF the company through their
speculations in the stock certificates the
thing they most want is a receivership.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

is through? The Harper man who wants
his appetite regulated by scientific dlctum
or by government pronunciamento should
seek a health food retreat and be content
with the husks therein served.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

The opposition 10 Parry in the new Citi-
sens Industrial Alliance did not seem to
materfaiize. The first want of people mixed
up in a fight is aggressiveness. and Mr..
Parry has this In plenty. Wherever he is
IN authority there is something doing every
A.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Parks has again been found guilty of ex-
fortion 1t seems time the doors of the
penitentiary were opened on some of these
various convictions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

The New Yorker.

The New Yorker.
Witherby-I made the mistake OF my lie this
morning. I told my wife didn't like her new
gown.
Plankington-what. was she angry?
witherby-Oh no, 1t wasn't that; but she
wants another.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Life.

Said the road agent to the row Of stage pas
senge-s: 81 beg your pardon. my friends. fer
this seemin' imposition. but I'm raisin' funds to
establish q home fer INDECENT pblanthropists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

who have given away ell their wealth. an this
method seems more humane than organizln' a
trust. Now. shell out. please"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

Mrs. Sophia Lovejoy Dickinson. of
Denver, said to be lone of the most promi-
ment club women of Colorado, appears
to have drunk deep Of the exhilarating
atmosphere of her native Rocky mountains,
for she talks of her sex with a reckless
abandon that Is quite likely to get her
disliked. No mere man person would ever
have dared to say these things about
lovely woman:
As a class women are conservative;
they closely follow race inheritance. What
they feel Is expected of them they do
The world expects them to be honest,
therefore they do not steal large amounts,
nor forge signatures. The world expects
them to be. virtuous. and some are.
Whether they are equally moral may well
often very feminine, and their growing
tendency to kleptomania is alarming. The
world has not demanded much beyond
the self and home relation and only a
narrow view of these.
That is surely unkind enough, but when
she comes down to the point of women's
clubs, she tells truths that are awful to
contemplate:
mite, too anxious 70 please men, too busy.
bustling, too self-centered to allow the
members, to help on the real and impor-
deceived. They think they are in earnest,
but rarely are. They are interested in
their relations to things, but not in the
thing itself. They are much like children
in the way they conduct business and as
sumo responsibility, and their sense of
obligation is often very faulty. If the
weaknesses which we have enumerated
are not suppressed. the entire club move
ment win degenerate into social func-
ton.
Shades of Frances Willard and Annie
Devereaux Blake. what do you think of
that? After all this rushing TO and fro.
nervous prostration, reading up and
positively brain-raking thought to be
thus mercilessly analyzed is hard indeed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

The perniciously active Mr.. Depew
claims credit for having started a marriage
epidemic in the Senate to which Senators
Plat and Stewart have already fallen VIC
tins, and he gleefully declares that others
are likely to follow. With an inner SUBJ
consciousness that nearly all the members
of this august body are old enough to know
better he breaks forth with this defense:
1.-THE age Of love? Age is not question OF
years. but of constitution and temperament.
Ninon de rEuclos cut out all the beauties of
the French court when she ninety years
DID," Naturally the agitation thus started
by this genial irresponsible is having wide
spread effects, and II is declared that all
those mothers that take eligible daughters
into Washington society are carefully scan
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AoUIsVuLE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets. and BluefelC
Bros, AZ West Market street
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DENVER. Col-Louthafn & Jackson, Fifteent
ana Lawrence streets. and A Smith, Lei
Champa street.
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administrator Notice.

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appplnte administrator Of the estate of 49, /,
gHs deceased, Of Cooks, Luna county NJ,
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