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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
Meeting of manufacturers Club

The indianapolis Manufacturers Club
will hold it's last monthly meeting of the
year tonight at the Commercial Club. Sup
per will be served. after which routine busi-
ness of the month will be disposed OF and
the evening spent In social enjoyment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
DDrCr a ~,r,>rro on RAILWAY TRAINS
IhlOE = OLN Id. CENTS

night. it is said. makes the eleventh in the
last ten years and is the second for the
Adolf Schleicher Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
ENGULfED BY THE FLOOD
Several Illinois Towns Deep Under Water and East
St. Louis Threatened with Destruction.

and seven children. swept from a fence
by the ilood in sight of the terminal rail-
way operator in Madison, who was at,
tempting to save them: woman. drowned
In Madison, near the American car works;
a woman and baby seen clinging to a tele-
graph pole in Madison: The pole turned in
the water and both disappeared. Manager
Shipley, of the Madison car works, re-
ports seeing seven employees of the Ameri-
can Car and Foundry Company drown;
Henry Edmunson. farmer, was drowned
near Granite City. His wife was res
cued. Four boys, ranging in age from
twelve 10 fifteen years, were drowned in
the freight yards of the St Louis Valley
Railroad East st. Louis, near the eastern
end of Eads bridge at l o'clock this after
noon. They were playing on raft at the
time. Three of the boys were employed by
the Big Four Railroad and lived in St.
Louis. They were Harris Schraber, Willie
King and Eddie Amyx. The name of the
fourth boy was not learned.
This afternoon the viaduct connecting
East st. Louis with the Eads bridge was
condemned as unsafe. The street cars were
stopped and not allowed to cross the bridge.
The water of the Cahokia creek has been
washing against the viaduct for several
days, and 1t has been strained to its utmost
by sightseers, who used Ii as a vantage
point TO view the food
The Associated Press received the follow
ing dispatch from the National stockyards
at East st. Louis this morning: mo mar
ket here to-day, on account OF high water.
This indicates that the meat supply Of st.
Louis. which comes mostly through these
yards, will be cut off when the river falls
considerably.
THE RAILWAYS.
East of ST. Louis the full effect of the
flood is felt by the different railroads and
most Of the trouble centers in the relay
station at East st. Louis. Nearly all the
trains to the east pass through East st.
Louis. which is flooded. Those trair1 that
go east over the Merchants bridge are cur
tailed by reason OF the unsafe foundation
of the embankment approaching the bridge.
All lines. however. are moving traffic TO
some extent.
The Big Four and the Chicago & Alton
passengers are taken to Alton by boat,
where they connect with their trains. The
Vandalia track is barely above water in
the relay station. and trains creep over
CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COL. 81
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-09
IT WAS ALL IN FUN.
James Smith Tried to Scare His Broth
ers and Shot Them.

COSHOCTON, o., June S.-James Smith.
aged twenty-four, tried to scare his two
brothers, Eugene, aged nineteen, and AL
bert, aged ten, who were teasing him, by
pointing a gun at them. One barrel went
off, instantly killing Albert and binding
and fatally wounding Eugene. The boys
were the sons of John Wesley Smith, a
wealthy farmer. The boy says there was
no anger, but it was all in fun.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
WITH INTENT
TO DECEIVE
BY w. w. HINES.

The two were sitting in the freight.
ut is a mere superstition" murmur-
ed Edith combatively
HAS it even so much dignity?" said
Rodney, submissively.
You won't even take the trouble
to combat my assertion. them" asked
Edith, with a dissatisfied little laugh
at seems to me that man who has
arrived at your age-thirty, isn't it,
ought to know enough about woman
kind to realize that what they need is
a little opposition-of the right kind"
And from the right man."
"Only the right man can offer the
right kind of opposition"
do you mean that the man who Of
fers no opposition can never be the
right MANI"
You never oppose me in anything"
Ergo, I am not the right man."
Exactly"
Then you must suffer from little
opposition. 1 oppose your views on
this matter completely. 1 am the right
man."
1T is not very modest of you to say
So
"Modesty and I have never had
more than a bare nodding acquaint-
ance."
Il should say not, when you assert
positively that it was your face l saw
in the mirror. And this in the teeth
of my first contradiction of that fact"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

Money!" insisted stransky. Cadou-
dial named the sum.
Double it," said Stransky Cadoudal
agreed. Stransky was satisfied.
They drew up chairs and talked in
whispers They were planning away
the life of a king.
Later Stransky entered the presence
Of the King. Your majesty" he said,
will do as I suggest. l have consid-
cred all There is no danger"
Later one of the two strobe from the
rom and passed down the narrow cor
ridor. AS he reached a corner the door
of a secret passage opened and a. head
was thrust out. The man kept on.
"Stransky," called the owner of the
head. The other turned.
"All is well?"
"All is we'll"
A quarter of an hour passed. Then
six silent figures crept from the secret
passage and stealthily entered the
apartment of the King. Suddenly. up
on the still air. there was a mufled
Shrek, and then a few groans-and all
was quiet In the Kings chamber,
that which had borne the semblance
of the King was OoZing life blood at
thirty distinct and different wounds.
That night when the crowd outside
was at fever heat a window was
thrust open. and a head thrust out
The King is dead" called out this
man.
Long live the King" echoed back
the crowd. Shortly after half a dozen
men stepped into the glare of torches
bearing a covered burden. Quickly
they dug a pit. and as quickly they
swung the body into it and covered it
up with earth.
At the frontier the guard halted
man in the dress of a lieutenant.
Hes one of the Kings household"
said one Of the guard as he noted the
gold and purple on the sleeve, "he
must not pass. Passport, Lieutenant"
he commanded. The other produced a
small card.
All" said he of the guard. II had
forgot. Go, Lieut.. David Stransky,
the servant of the King"
The King" said the lieutenant
doubtfully.
Exactly returned the other, 1.-THE
new King-Cadoudal of the Southwest"
Stransky returned to his railway
carriage. He sighed with relief as the
train sped across the border. David
Stransky disappeared from the face of
the earth.
Months passed. Cadudal reigned.
The people expectantly looked on. But
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

she would marry. This property.
supposedly common to all mirrors, is
found only in a few" he said, seriously.
oh, yes" Edith interrupted, you
did explain in the note that the mirror
was enchanted. 1 have the frame left,
90 you think that was enchanted,
Rodney looked up suddenly and
Edith, meeting his eye, laughed loudly.
nave a poor opinion of my mental
powers. would have discov the
whole thing even if the mirror had
not been broken
Il was afraid you would, but
thought it might impress you a Bit"
1T did"
HOWE"
"Humorously."
"Oh, pshaw, Edith he answered,
you know what l mean. / thought
maybe seeing my face that way might
appeal to the little bit of superstition
that is in every one and give me bet
ter chance"
1T didn't appeal to the superstitious
element in my nature
Naturally it wouldn't when you
found out how the thing worked. 1
sat especially for that photograph,
too"
How was the thing done?"
Don't know, am sure. The old
fellow who makes the mirrors has a
';.Lent IS OF his own. H. s,snsi-
tizes portion Of the glass, prints your
picture on it, and then backs the
whole mirror with a preparation that
makes the picture invisible except in
certain light. But you are not an
CRY at my little attempt to deceive
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

even the small amount of modesty in
my composition, forbids me to say.
But certainly, l am not dark and l
don't think any one ever accused me
of having 'Wistfur eyes. l have had
to keep mine so wide open in business
that 1 never had time to acquire that
romantic usefulness"
The more Rodney puzzled over the
affair the deeper he got mixed up.
Seized with an inspiration, he turned
suddenly and, looking at Edith mar
rowly, he thought he detected a mis-
chievous twitching of the corners of
her mouth.
Tell me, did you really look in that
mirror as / asked you to-in a dark
room with only one candle to light it?"
The smile which had flickered on
Edith's face grew suddenly to laugh,
as she answered:
mo. did not look in it at ALL
Then why did you go through all
that long rigamarole about the face
of the man you saw?'
Because you were so dominatingly
and masculinely positive that 1 had
looked"
This was putting another turn to
the matter and Rodney looked more
and more puzzled, wondering if all his
pains in the matter of that mirror
were going to naught.
why didn't you look. if I may
ask?''
Because the mirror was broken"
Broken! Who broke it, when and
where?"
You take a great deal of interest
in the matter. Pardon me, that was
rude in me, since the mirror was your
gift, you naturally take an interest
in it. You know, the mirror arrived
three or four days before Halloween
and l carefully refrained from looking
into it except by daylight, as you sug-
gested. ] intended to take a candle
and consult it on Halloween, but my
small brother, Jack. was playing ball
in the hall and his ball flew through
my door and smashed the mirror into
pieces"
THE young rascal But l say, did
you notice anything peculiar about the
pieces"
Anything peculiar about the
pieces? Why should -" This was
said with such an air of innocence that
Rodney was again nonplussed.
Il thought told you about the mir
ror in the note which I sent with it,
You know the man whom l bought
it from said that it had the strange
property that to her who looked in it
on Halloween night it always re-
vealed the features of the man whom
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

was Stransky. the traitor. This thing
happened in the year 1900. In that
year, in all chimes and countries, there
was but one punishment meted out for
treason. and that punishment was
death.
together in a richly furnished apart
ment. one man was seated and the
other stood. The man who stood was
StranslSy. He was still pale.
''Stransky" said the other earnestly,
tell me whence it comes-this vague
dissatisfaction and unrest among the
people,
Stransky stifly bowed. I'm the
Southwest" he answered, where they
are most oppressed" The other
smiled. The Southwest" he ex-
claimed. Il thought as much. And
have you heard in these popular up
risings. the name of Adrianovitch?"
Stransky started as he heard the
name, but he answered Names are
naught to me. your majesty. 1 deal
not with names. but men,"
"Stransky," the other said, you're
a doomed man. But before they visit
upon you the vengeance of the law,
there's one thing you ought to know.
That is. that you, who think you are
the champion of the people, are nothing
more nor less than the tool of Cadou
sal, my cousin of the Southwest prov
ince. who looks with envious eyes upon
the throne. And Adranovitch is moth
ing but his right hand man."
No" exclaimed Stransky.
Yes" answered the King. He pulled
out a handful Of paper. Look over
these" he said, and be convinced. Lee
gally these do not amount to row of
pins. Morally, nothing could be more
convincing"
Stransky read and bowed his head.
81 have given my life for naught," he
answered. II have been a dupe-a
fool"
Exactly" said the King. dryly. ST
thought you'd like to know before you
CO.
Before co." said Stransky. the
traitor, turning paler yet.
The King rose and motioned to the
man. Stransky obeying went on be-
fore. Silently they descended the stairs.
There was a lackey there, but the King
opened the door with his own hands.
Good night, Stransky," he said.
Next time you revolt find out the real
cause that lies behind you" He shut
the door in Stransky's face.
Outside Stransky gasped and the
color rushed into his cheeks.
"Merciful heaven" he whispered to
himself, Il am a free man-set free by
the King"
For him 1t was resurrection day-he
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

"The man whose face you saw in
the mirror was l."
How do you know even looked in
the mirror"
Every unmarried woman does-on
Halloween night"
How about unmarried men?"
When they are as much in love as
I am there is no need for them to look
in a mirror on Halloween or any other
night to see the face of the woman
they are going to marry-or, 1 should
say, the woman they want to marry"
How would you go about it?''
at is only necessary for me to shut
my eyes at any time, and 1 can see
your face clearly"
Really, you are improving. Your
compliments are, perhaps, a little
blunt, but they are delivered very
nicely"
'Rut to return to the mirror. De-
scribe the man that you saw"
I'm the first place, he was rather
handsome"
Thank you.'
You need not thank me. I have
told you that it was not you whom I
saw. He was dark and had those
wistful sort of eyes that you read
about in old-fashioned novels"
WAS it any one whom you ever saw
before?"
Il am not quite certain as to that.
The face is strangely familiar and, at
times, it seems to me that must have
seen the man somewhere in the flesh.
Or, perhaps, I merely met him in my
dreams"
Truly, the description does not
seem to fit me. AS for the handsome
part Of the deseription-well, modesty,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
7 THE:

That night some fifty men huddled
togetehr in the small compass of the
narrow room. The light from smoky
lamps fell upon their faces-faces set
with logged determination. They be-
longed to the laboring classes, these
men Of the vague unrest. A man stood
behind a small table. The eye of each
was was upon him.
Down with the King" he cried.
Down with the King" There was a
deep voiced murmur of applause.
The man at the table paused in his
harangue and lifted up a single sheet
of paper.
I have signed the resolution" he
announced :"let him who cares to fol-
low sign also. Here it is" There was
a sound at the door-a sound that he
did not hear.
"Hark!" cried one man, in sudden
fear. The next instant crash after
crash resounded upon the panels of
the door.
In the name of the King" called
those without. Inside there was a
sudden scramble and fifty men rushed
helter-skelter for the windows and the
roof. All escaped but one. That man,
seemingly dazed by the sudden turn
affairs had taken, stood at his post. In
another instant the door had been bat
tered down and a dozen gendarmes en-
tered. Their leader sprang for the ia
BILE and the man.
In the name of the King" he COM
mauded. snatching up the single sheet
of paper.
The man at the table turned pale.
For there was but one name for his
crime-and that was treason. The
name of this man was Stransky-he
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25
TRAITOR
AND THE KING
By WIN. H. OSBORNE.
Copyright, 1903, By VIM. H. Osborne.

had stepped out Of a yawning grave.
Within the King sighed. "Pshaw, he
said to himself, II might just as well
have let the law take its course. Just
as like as not he's one Of Cadoudal s
star performers"
1t was two years later. The Whole
countryside was in revolt. Not yet,
it is true. in armed revolt, but it need
ed but spark to touch the whole
thing off. The trouble, so the people
claimed, was with the King and his
administration.
Down with the King" they howl
ed. Down with the King
The King kept his palace in state
of complete defense, and ventured not
abroad.
Cadoudal. of the southwest, was at
the capital. He was there unknown to
the King and unknown to the crowd.
One night he sat in a small room IN
an obscure lodging house, talking IN
whispers to another man. This other
was Adrianovitch.
"All that the people need" said
Adrianovitch, is a start. once the
King is out of the way il will be plain
sailing. But the people won't touch
him-they're too civilized for that"
Cadoudal nodded his head. IF they
won't, we must" he answered. I'VE
can do it all right" he went on, but
the thing is to do it in the easiest way,
and the easiest way is from the in
side. Have you got the list of the
household?"
Adrianovitch handed out the list.
Cadoudal looked it over. Half way
down he placed his finger on a name.
"Lieut. David Stransky." he ex-
claimed, the very man. He was with
us once, and he'll come with us once
again"
Four hours later there were three
men in the room. One of the three
was Lieut.. David Stransky.
"Stransky." said Adrianovitch, "the
King is doomed. If he stays inside
for another twelve hours the crowd
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

Providence had never cut him out for
monarch. The people soon found it
out. And besides the people had expect
ed great things of the new admins
tration. They had taken it out in ex-
pectation-nothing else.
Adrianovitch was Prime Minister.
Cadoudal filed his offices with men
chosen from his favorites.
The official coronation was not due
until the end of a Year-the year of
mourning for the late King. For the
late King had been assassinated, not
by the people, not by Cadoudal, but by
some unknown assassins. His death
had merely been an incident which
had occurred at a very opportune
time. SO officially the people mourned
him land Cadoudal, his successor.
mourned him. In the meantime, the
people complained loudly. Cadoudal
was greedy; he wanted riches. And
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

will be like wild beasts But we want
to do ii i'm a quicker, easier way. You
can let a half dozen of our fellows in
from the inside"
Stransky shook his head "If you
don't" said Cadoudal, wen storm the
palace from the outside. The King
and all will go. AS it is, it will be
only the King"
Stransky looked at the two men.
He was thinking. He knew quite as
well as they that the conditionEs were
most serious-that the King could not
escape. He frowned and nodded
slightly.
Cadoudal understood. "Oh, as to that"
he said, Wen compensate you hand
somely. Money now, and a safe trans
port"
Again Stransky nodded. "A transport
WHENCE" he asked.
Wherever you WILL" answered Ca
doudal, pulling out card.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

sage after what you did last year"
Cadoudal, without q look behind,
entered. and the door clicked behind
him. The King smiled.
THE people and l." he said, NOW
we understand each other" He be-
came suddenly grave and placed his
hand before his eyes. But Stransky-
David Stransky!" he cried, IF 1 had
but known-if l had but known that
it was death to you"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-25

you?"
Not since it didn't deceive me.
Perhaps 1 wouldn't have been very
angry if it had deceived me-"
You mean that, after all"
mo: not before January at the very
soonest, and think we had much bet
ter wait until after Easter. Yes, Il sup
pose 1 will have to compromise on
January"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-24
MACON VOLUNTEERS
CAPTURE AMERICAS.
Company Picnic a Delightful
Occasion.
THRoNcs OF PIcNIckERs HERE.
Visitors Are Welcomed to Magnolia
Dell and Occasion One of Much En-
ioyment- Superb Dinner With PIen.
ty of Music and Dancing

Americas again opened her gates yes
terday and extended a welcome to the
Macon Volunteers and several hun
dred friends of this gallant company,
who came to enioy.the day at Magno-
liza Dell, feasting and dancing and
mingling pleasantly with friends here,
1t was an ideal day for picnic-by
no means too hot, and yet not too cool
as to make it unpleasant.
The special train bringing the Vol
unteers arrived at 1890 o'clock and af-
ter brief stop at the Central depot
proceeded on to Magnolia Dell where
many citizens were in waiting.
| A detachment from the Americas
Light Infantry met the visiting
soldiery.
After an exchange of greetings the
throng assembled about the pavilion
where Mr.. z. S. Childers, in behalf of
the city, babe the visitors welcome.
Captain Hazlehurst responded for the
Maconites, and after this brief orator.
cal "curtain raiser" the picnickers
went in for good time, which contin
ued until the warning whistle sounded
at p. M
Very soon there was something do
ing among the devotees of Terpslchore.
An excellent string band was in at
ttend ance, and to rapturous strains OF
music the merry dance went on until
the sound of the dinner horn drowned
that of violin and comet.
At o'clock splendid barbecue and
basket dinner was served by the Vol
unteers Good things in greatest
abundance were piled upon the long
tables, and the crowd fell to with q
vim, The afternoon was spent in
dancing and other amusements until
nearly 5 O'Clock, at which hour the
special train returned to Macon.
The occasion was delightful one,
and Americas will eyer welcome the
Volunteers and theis friends.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-24
The New Wash Waists.

Many of our patrons have a
knack of buying wash waists early.
To these early buyers this fine
showing of wash waists will be
hailed with satisfaction.
Ladies' fine Madras and Percale
shirt waist; all sizes, worth $1.25;
special Monday at 79c.
Ladies' white LEVIN embroider-
ed yoke; also imported colOred
Madras; worth ST.; special Mon
day at $1.19.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-24
Mems Summer Underwear.

The time is ripe for such an
event. The Importance of the event
can only be measured by the relia-
bility of the offerings and the
economy of the prices.
100 Dozen Mems Balbriggan I'm
dershirts and Drawers so match, all
sizes, regularly sold at 35c, special
Monday at 25c each.
% Dozen Mems Melted Under
shirts, light, cool and durable,
worth 75c, at soc each.
Mems pure white and unbleach-
Isle thread Undershirts and Draw
ers to match; worth $3.50; special
Monday at $1.00 each.
Mems Fancy Embroidered Half
Hose, lace effects, all colOrs and
sizes; worth 40c; special Monday
at 25c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-24
COTTON IS KILLED IN SUMTER
Farmers Who Have Plenty Seed Are
Replanting,

The unprecedented cold weather
during the past several weeks has
proved disastrous to farming interests
in this section, and as result thous-
ands of acres of young cotton have
been ploughed up and replanted. One
we'll known farmer told the Times
Recorder yesterday that he had just
completed the replanting OF large
portion of bis crop, and that all Of his
neighbors having supply of seed left
over from first planting were now
ploughing up entire fields of killed out
young cotton and replanting same.
Cotton planting was begun lite earli-
er this season than usual, and the ten
der plant is nov looking sick and yell
low from the winds and cold. A very
large portion of the cotton crop in
Sumter will have to be replanted if
good stands are secured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-24
Black StuffS for Summer.


Nothing more genteel; nothing
more dressy than thin black sum-
mer gown. If you've decided on
one just look these ever.
40-Inch all wool Black Examines
regular price 75c; special Monday
69c.
46-Inch Black Etamine, all wool,
beautiful quality, worth 81; special
at Soc.
40-Inch Black Silk Wolfe for a
very dressy skirt or gown; worth
$3.50 yd; special Monday at ST. 96.