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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
Who Is Said to Have Solicited Persons
in the Department to Purchase
Stock I'm a Mining Company.
MIR. MACHEN WAS PRESIDENT
AND DAVID III. FENTON, OF INDIANA,
ONE OF THE DIRECTORS.
No Charge of Fraud or Dishonesty, but
the Matter VIII Be Investigated-
Gen. Dudley's Fee.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June 9.-The departure
Of Postmaster General Payne for Ohio has
been followed by lapse of interest In the
pending investigation and attention is now
directed toward the movement against II.
H. Rand, of Wisconsin, who is nominally
the confidential clerk to Mr.. Payne. The
charges against Rand are to the effect
that as an officer of the National Copper
Mining Company, Of which Mr.. Machen,
the indicted postal official, is president, he
has solicited persons in the department to
purchase mining stock David H. Fenton,
of Lake county, Indiana. is one of the
directors of the company. The statement
was made in one of the morning papers to
the effect that Mr.. Fenton, as an official
Of the auditors office, passed upon the ac-
counts of the free delivery division. This
was denied to-day at the office Of the
auditor. Mr.. Fenton is at present law
clerk of the auditors Office. AS such he
has nothing to do with the auditing of ac-
counts. his duty being purely to construe
the law with reference to the audit of ac-
counts and violations of the postal laws
and regulations. Mr.. Fenton was at one
time chief of. the bookkeeping division. In
that position he audited mahy of the pay
accounts and handled the reports of all
postmaSters covering receipts and dis
bursementS. In 1897 Mr.. FentOn was trans
ferred from the bookkeeping division to the
place he now holds. His transfer antedates
Machen covering the purchase Of letter.
box fasteners. on which the late chief of
free delivery was arrested, suspended from
office and indicted by the federal grand
jury. The movement against Rand, and
the mention of Mr.. Fenton's name In con-
nection with Machen in a business way, is
separate and apart from the investigation
now progressing in the department. In
addition to MeSSrS Rand and Fenton sew
eral other department officials are con-
nected with the National Copper Mining
Company. Among them is John d. King,
Of Wisconsin, chairman Of the rural free
delivery board Of examiners. Rand is also
from the State of the postmaster general
w. B. Smith and ]. H. Wilson, two post
Office employees, are stockholders In the
company.
Mr.. Bristow. the fourth assistant post
master general. has been asked to investi-
gate the reports against Rand. which Incl
dentally affect the other officials named
General Bristow has been unwilling to do
so, although the suggestion that he pro-
ceed came from Mr.. Payne himself. The
point made by Mr.. Bristow is that there
is no charge of fraud or dishonesty against
Rand, and that the charges being only of
a character impugning Rand's sense of i'm
propriety Ii would be better for Mr.. Payne
to pass upon the matter himself 1t is
probable, however, that Mr.. Brfstow will
have the facts looked into for the benefit
u e-'' p JOHN e. MONK
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
INDIANA union TRACTION
COMPANY PAYS SECRETARY OF
STATE A FEE OF $4,000.
Stockholders' Meeting Held at An.
dersOn - Other Traction Line
News Of Interest.

The Indiana Union Traction Company.
Incorporated yesterday in the Office Of the
secretary OF state, consolidates the street.
railway companies in all the cities and
towns of the northeastern part OF the State
through which the Union Traction now
runs. The new concern. the stockholders
and directors of which are all members OF
the Union Traction Company has a capital
stock OF s5.ooO.oOO. and the company paid
fee Of 5000 to the State.
The directors are Horace Stillwell and Z.
c. Carpenter. OF Anderson. and T. r.. Lee
son, Z. A. Turpin. c. w. Mcclure. II. f.
Guthrie and A. W. Brady. Mr.. Stillwell
was elected president and. A w. Brady
secretary.
The company will operate lines from Lo-
gansport on the west and New Castle on
the south TO the eastern and northern State
lines
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
Ex.C0NFEDERATEs PLEASED.


WASHINGTON. June 9.-After the close
OF the Confederate reunion at New Orleans
there was an exchange of letters between
Gen. John B. Gordon, president of the
Confederate Veterans Association, and
Secretary Root
General Gordon wrote:
please accept from me and the United
Confederate Veterans, whom / represent
the assurance of our sincere appreciation
of your generous course in urging the pro-
vision for a roster of all ex-Confederates
as well of ex-Jnion soldiers. At our re-
cent reunion in New Orleans our indebt-
edness to you was expressed by formal
resolutions, unanimously adopted. The
readiness of all Confederates to cooperate
with you was also fully expressed"
Secretary Root in his reply said: "I beg
you to believe that L fully appreciate and
highly prize these expressions. / think
that next to the splendid fighting that was
done on both sides OF the civil war the re-
establishment OF friendly relations and
common sympathies between the two sec
tions within the lifetime of these very
men who fought so desperately against
each other. is a high title 10 respect for
Americans by all the world. Ii is a very
great pleasure for me to be able to do any
thing which may contribute toward the
further advancement OF these friendly re-
latiOns."
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
TRIBUTE TO r. E. LEE.


OXFORD. Ga. June 9.-Judge Emory
Speer. of Macon. delivered this morning the
annual commencement address at Emory
College. His subject was 1.-The Life and
Character of General Robert f. Lee" and
he gave vivid and eloquent recital of the
great soldiers career. dwelling upon Lees
sublime self-poise and patience, both in
victory and defeat. In his peroration Judge
Speer referred TO the proposal by the State
OF Virginia to place a statue of General
Lee In statuary hall in the Capitol at
Washington. In this connection he said
Deny Lee a place by Washington? All
Is IL sure. IL In the awful hour when the
invading columns approached Virgfnia's $
soil. the winds of the prophet had breathed
upon the slain that they might live. that.
caught from the wall at Mount Vernon by
the reincarnated hand of the father OF his
country. the defensive blade OF Washing
ton would not have cleaned beside the
sword OF Lee? Repel then not, my country.
the fervid love OF thy sons who fought with
Lee and OF the children OF their loins. Then
honor him and I'm thy need. on those who
love him thou wilt not call In vain. And
woe to thy foe In the press Of battle when
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
A Two Hours, service.

The Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Company will inaugurate a two-hour serv-
ice on the new line between Knightstown
and Dublin, beginning Monday. The
schedule is only temporary and later IL is
expected to run cars every hour. The COM
pany is now awaiting the baIlasting of the
track and the arrival of the new cars,
which will carry passengers through from
Indianapolis TO Dublin. Under the tenn
porary system, the cars viii be run TO
make close connection with the company's
cars at Knightstown. and those of the
Richmond Company at Dublin. The In
dianapolis company will charge a rate OF
75 cents for passage between this city and
Dublin, and the fare OF the Richmond
company from Dublin TO Richmond Is %
cents, so that the fun rate is s1-05.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
Name Finally Agreed On.
special 70 the InelanapolIs Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind. June 9-The
announced intentions of the Southern In
diana Traction Company TO change its name
to the Louisville & Northern Traction Com
pany, and the demand OF the citizens OF
New Albany that the name be made the
Louisville. New Albany & Northern Trac-
tion Company, aroused the old-time rivalry
between this city and New Albany. The
citizens of this place felt that If the name
OF New Albany was Incorporated In the
name Of the company that that of Jeffer-
sonville should also be added. To this end
a meeting was held by the commercial clubs
Of the towns and the managers OF the trac-
tion company. and some very spirited argu-
ments were presented by each side. A COM
promise was finally agreed on. and the
name will be the Louisville a. Southern In-
diana Traction Company.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
SPEECH BY ROsEBERY.
"Heaven Alone Knows What Il Com
ing Next He says.

LONDON, June 9.-Speaking at the Essex
agricultural show to-day, Lord Rosebery
remarked that there was a lively situation
in the House of Commons Heaven alone
knews what is coming next" added the
former premier. Startling developments
may be expected at any moment" The pro-
posed protection would stimulate Canada.
Australia and India and the advantage
would be with them. The rural depopula-
ton, the greatest evidence of the agricul-
tural depression in this country would
increase and prices of food would be raised.
How long would the people stand that?
Before the country reverted to the state
of things which preceded free trade the
people should thoroughly consider how mar
rowly they had escaped national famine
and revolution in 1876. These were only
averted by the adoption of free trade and
might return if the country departed there
from.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
LEO RECEIVES PILGRIMS.
Though Weak, the Pope Gives Audi
ence to 300 Frenchmen.

ROME, June 9.-The Pope to-day received
three hundred pilgrims who are returning
TO their homes from the Holy Land. They
were mostly French The audience lasted
twenty minues. Only dozen leaders of
the pilgrims were admitted TO kiss the hand
OF the Pope who addressed few words to
them and gave the apostolic benediction to
all. The POntin urged the French pilgrims
10 pray fervently for dear France. which
needs IL so much"
PARIS. June "a dispatch to the Temps
from Rome says the Popes reception TO
the French pilgrims to-day was due TO the
fear OF the Vatican authorities that his
failure 10 receive them would cause exag-
gerated reports OF his iii health The cor
taiiily weakening but he says the Pone
continues on foot. directs the affairs of the
church with his accustomed clearness Of
mind and to-day discussed the affairs of
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10

CLEARFIELD, Pa, June 9.-Four men
were killed and three men badly injured in
collision between a coal train and a
freight train three miles east of Osceola,
Tyron division, Pennsylvania Railroad, to-
day. The men killed are Ogel Burley, en-
gineer, and his fireman, of the freight train:
Jacob Boyer and his fireman. Robert Will
son, of the coal engine, which was pushing
heavy coal train up grade. When the
tain between Osceola and Tyrone Boyers
engine could not hold Ii and the engine
and fourteen cars were pushed back on the
advancing freight.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
SHOT BY FOOTPADS.


WILKESBARRE. Pa. June 1.-TWO men
were shot. one fatally. by footpads IN this
city early to-day. John Raldes. OF this
city and Benedict Kessler and John Weld
eman. OF Altoona. Pa. delegates 10 the
State convention of German Catholic So
cieties. were returning from a banquet
when they were stopped by two highway
men and ordered TO throw up their hands.
All complied with the demand and the foot
pads started TO go through the pockets Of
the men.
They secured weideman's money and
railroad ticket and had taken s. from
Baldes when he made an outcry. This
frightened the robbers and they backed
out. hring at the men. Baldes was htt
three times I'm the stomach and cannot re-
cover. Kessler was shot In the knee but
Weideman was uninJured- The footpadD
escaped.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10

COLUMBUS. o.. June 9.-The Dispatch
prints the following announcement in fts
editorial columns this evening: ''William
ID. Brickell has sold the Dispatch (news-
paper) TO the Dispatch Printing Comnanv
a corporation organized under the laws of
Ohio with capital stock Of 500. 900. Joseph
j. Gill. OF Steubenville, owns a controIling
interest In the company ard Mr. Brickeli
10 whom all credit is due for the Dispatch's
growth, prosperity and power, continues
with the new corporation and directs its
affairs as general manager
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
lew ls.ooO-ton battleships and the following

new l6.00O-ton battleships and the following
awards have been made:
Minnesota-Newport News Shipbuilding
Company. OF Newport News. Va. All0.000
kansas-New York Shipbuilding Com
pany, of Camden. ~. J.. for s4.179Ooo. and
the Vermont TO the Fore River Manufac-
turing Company, of Weymouth. Mass. for
81, 165, 900.
Secretary Moody has ruled that portable
equipment is not TO be included in1he limit
of cost fixed by changes. which was 81.
2l2, 600 for each ship.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10

WASHINGTON, June 9-The statement
of the gross postal receipts for last month
as compared with May. 1902, at fifty OF the
largest postoffices in the United States.
shows a net increase of s2ss. s.152. or about 6
per cent The largest increase was g per
cent at Nashville, Tenn. Ten Offices report
a decrease. the largest being about per
cent at Portland. Me. New York's receipts
0.S per cent and those OF Chica-
go per cent. Philadelphia with per cent
decrease was the only one of the ten largest
cities that failed 10 show a gain. Ffe1
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ANDERSON, Ind, June 9.-An important
meeting Of the stockholders and directors
of the Union Traction Company of Indiana
was held in this city to-day. II was the
first meeting since the merger OF the
Northern Indiana Traction Company and
the Union Traction Company properties in
Anderson, few weeks az ,. and this meet
ing was arranged for at that date. The
stockholders elected directors and the old
board reelected. The directors are:
G.. F. McCullech. indianapolis; Phssip Mat
ter. Marion; Randall Morgan and Levsring
Jones. Philadelphia; w. K Schoepf. Gin
cinnati; ]. A Van Osdol. Anderson. and w.
G. Sampson, Muncie. The directors reor-
ganized Immediately by electing G. +. Nc
Culloch president and general manager:
Philip Matter. vice president: j. A Van
Osdol, secretary; w. G. Sampson. treasurer.
President Horace G. Stilwell, OF the In
diana Union Traction Company. which WAS
organized at Indianapolis this morning,
was present. and made a proposition to
lease all of the lines OF the Union Traction
Company. The matter considered and
will be finally determined on June 90 at
which time a meeting OF the stockholders
is called. IL is generally believed here,
however, that the proposition will be ac-
cepted. as those who are the moving spr.
its in the Union Traction Company are said
to be fully in accord with the movement.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
Governor Signs Contract.

A contract permitting the Plainfeld in
terurban electric line 10 cross the grounds
of the Plainfeld Reformatory was signed by
Governor Durbin yesterday. A law passed
by the last Legislature makes such action
necessary. and this is the first contract
under the new law
The old trustees of the reformatory op-
posed the crossing of the line through the
grounds and secured the passage OF the bill
for the purpose OF keeping the line out.
Terms were agreed TO by the commission
of State officials and the owners of the
road and the contract was signed.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10

~. bsen used for Over fifty years by miilion. =,
ashsrs for their children while teefhins - ,t ot
sset success. II soothes the child softer" "isn t
De- allays pain. cures wind collie rega,Ja. ,iae
and Is the best remedy for taess
@sh.sher sIe arising from teething other eausa'
~ ale by druggists In every part OF the ,a.ss
f,s sure TO ask ior Mfs. Winslow's Soothing
S~rup % cents bottle
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10
Hoods CdES0p0riiLQ
HOOPS PTILs are the best caiharflc.

the soul OF Lee shall fire their hearts and
his bright sword shall point the charging
columns OF thy sons"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10

orable split on the home rule bill. and the
kcenest interest was manifested in regard
to the possible Developments
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-10

WASHINGTON. June 9.-Secretary Moody
late this afternoon announced the accept
ance Of the three lowest bids for the three
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14
The Rock That Moses "smote.''

The famous Rock in Horeb," an
ciently called the '.Rock Of Nassau
erd at present known throughout the
orient as the ''Store Of the Miraculous
Fountain" being the identical rock
which Moses struck with his rod in or
der to give water to the children Of Is
racl, is rcligiously preserved and
guarded even down to this late date.
Dr.. Shaw in his book "Shaw's Travels
says, 1T is a block Of granite about
six yards square lying totterinG and
loose in the middle Of the valley Of
Rephidim and seems to have originally
been part of Mount Sinai
The action Of the waters of that MI
raculous fountain, as related in the
seventeenth chapter Of Exodus, hol-
lowed a channel about two inches deep
and more than twice that broad across
the face Of the rock, this not upon IN
supported testimony, but upon the
word Of such men as the Rev. Dr..
Shaw, DR.. Pocock, Lieutenant Clogher
and other eminent scholars and trav-
elers. N. Beaumgorton, German no
bleman who visited the Rock Of Ho-
reb' in the year 1907, declares his be-
liee in the generally accepted story Of
it being the rock Of Moses famous
fountain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14
The H.JESt Alike.N

Few people perhaps notice that all
omnibus wheels are painted yellow,
says the London Chronicle, so that any
wheel may be worn with any bus color.
Every circus ring in the world is Of
precisely the same diameter, whatever
the size Of the auditorium, so that the
rider knows the angle at which he
must lean in San Francisco IS the an
gle Of safety in st. Petersburg. Even
the ladder is standardized" Every
holman in England knows what he
has to step when toiling up the build
er's ladder, though he may not know
it is seven inches. The sailor who runs
up the ratlines has twelve inches as a
step, and that makes a run possible,
and the fremen's ladder is crossed
with exact equivalence to the ratlines.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14
Famous Moated Houses.

The moat which so often surrounded
halls and castles in the old days is now
generally dry and filed up, but some
remarkable specimens still remain.
Perhaps the finest example of a moated
house is birmingham Hall, the seat Of
Lord Tollemache, in Suffolk, about
eight miles from Ipswich. The draw
bridge still remains, and it has been
raised every night for more than 3O0
years, the ancient precaution being OBJ
served even though the need FOR it has
long passed by. The moat which sur
rounds Leeds castle, near Maidstone, IS
so wide that it may almost be called a
lake. The ancient Episcopal palace at
Wells is surrounded by walls which In
close nearly seven acres Of ground and
By a moat which is supplied with wa
ter from st. Andrews well. 4 vener-
able bridge spans the moat, giving ac-
cess through a tower gateway to the
outer court.-London Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14
WORK AND LOOK YOUNG.
You VIII Succeed ii Your Heart Is
In Iour Labor.


Is it hard work that makes people
grow old or is it because they do not
have enough to do, OF, rather, do not
find the thing they are best fitted to do?
The hardest worked people in the
world are the actresses, yet some Of
them, without mentioning names, are
sixty and some play the parts of lovers
and hoisterous young tomboys at an
even greater age.
The Americans are the hardest work
ed people in the world, yet foreigners
call us a young looking nation. Moth
ing makes a people look so young as
liberty. There Is none Of the cramped,
caste restricted blight upon our people
that is seen in Europe The Oldest look
ing people in the world are not those
who have worked hardest, but those
who have not worked at all. If one
would see them he wants to go to the
fashionable watering places. There be
will see comparatively young men and
women who have never worked, either
with body or mind, driven around in
bath chairs or hobbling about on canes,
while men absorbed in business are Of
ten quite robust at seventy.
Where hard work ever killed man
laziness and inaction have killed a
score. 1t is the class that feels above
work that nature has little use for.
Work and look young.-Boston Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14
T5e TroDic Homo,

White mems homes in India, the
West Indies, west Africa and other
parts Of the tropics to which ciyiliza-
ton has penetrated are usually run on
the principle Of having as much air
and as little furniture as possible.
Carpets, rugs, cushions, hangings and
portieres are banished. Tables and
chairs are made Of light wickerwork,
bamboo or cane. The floors are pol
ished with cocoanut husks until they
become as slippery as good dancing
floor. Indeed, they are used for that
purpose nearly every evening In any
settlement where there is society. 4
ball in the tropics requires no prepara-
ton After dinner it is only necessary
to move the light furniture to one cor
ner. Of the spacious room, send some
body to the piano and start dancing.
The ballroom is practically in the
open air, for wooden "jalousies' form
most Of the wall space and are opened
Like Venetian blinds to let in the cool
night breeZes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14
Life After Death.

a German biologist has been invest-
eating the question Of the activity Of
animal bodies after death and has pub
rshed some suggestive conclusions. 1t
appears that death is not instantane-
Gus throughout the physical organism,
for it has been observed that many Of
the different tissues continue active for
considerable period after the time
when the animal is assumed to be dead,
particularly in the case Of the lower an
imals. Cells from the brain Of frog,
for example, have been kept alive for
over week when held in certain solu-
tons, and the heart of a frog has been
known to beat for many hours after be-
ing removed from the dead body. The
hearts Of turtles and snakes will beat
for days or evcsl 4 week after death
Harper's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14
TIE American Farmer.

When the American farmer rises ear
IL in the morning it is to look over
broad and fertile acres that are his
own. When he goes forth it is to fields
that no human being can lawfully step
upon without his consent. When be
gathers and garners the harvest be
stores what in vast majority Of cases
no greedy and rapacious landlord can
take from him. II is all his. The pro-
ceeds Of it are to clothe and feed him
and his family and educate his chill
dren, to be the support Of his old age
and the heritage Of his posterity. Look
ed at from every point Of view, it is
doubtful if there is another human be-
ing under the heavens who has more
cause for carrying light heart and a
contented mind, for regarding the past
with satisfaction and the future with
hope, than the American farmer.-Kan-
sas City Journal.