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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
PERILS OF THE GLADSTONE
Ohio Physicians Accuse 1t of Causing
Blood Poisoning.
Toledo Blade.

1OleQO BldOe.
The development of a case OF -pois-
oning following the application of the
Statehouse maidstone has started an
agitation in favor of stopping the use of
this stone. which physicians are a unit in
denouncing as a humbug. Two weeks ago
a Mrs. Waugh, of Columbus presented
herself at the relic room i'm the State
House, where the stone is kept, and, say
ing she had been bitten by a dog. asked TO
have the stone applied 10 the wound. This
was done. 1t has since developed thu the
dog was not mad, but she is now i'm a
critical condition, blood poisoning having
developed from the wound.
This stone was originally owned by a
colored man named Depp. living in Della
il to the State. Ii has been in the museum
OF the State Capitol for about a dozen years,
and has been used scores of times there.
The custodian of the museum has always
been the operator. He boiis IL in sweet milk
for a few minutes and then applies the
is taken as evidence that the PATIENT was
inoculatcd. and IL Is permitted to remain
on the wound until IL releases itself. IL In
refuses to adhere IL is regarded as evidence
that the dog was not mad.
Since the state keeps the stone and per-
mits its use. physicians claim thai il be-
comes particeps criminis I'm the practice of
the ~humbuggery which they say may do a
great deal of harm in preventing the pa
tient from getting rational treatment be-
fore il is too late.
DIR. G.. o. Probst, of the State Board of
Health. said last night that the boiling of
the stone was a wise precaution as il re-
moved the danger of blood poisoning from
the application of the stone. Otherwise il
wot.ld be highly dangerous to place the
stone against the raw wound. But the APP
plication Of the hot stone no doubt broke
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

was all "the evidence the law required.
The copy of the indictment. Mr.. Wise said,
was of itself all the evidence the govern
ment intended to produce and if the defense
counted on forcing the government TO bring
here all of it's witnesses and subject them
to cross-examination by the defense, prac-
tcally trying the case in New York, it
would find itself mistaken.
Two postoffice inspectors brought from
Washington certified copies of an indict-
ment against Mcclellan and Huntington.
and obtained bench warrants for them to-
day. They were not able to find either
of the men. however, up to a late hour
this afternoon. At the office of Mcclellan
and Huntington il Was said that both men
were out of the city and may not return
for several days.
Subpoenas were served to-day by deputy
United States marshals on the cashiers of
the Fourteenth-street Bank the Mercantile
Bank at ISL Broadway. and on a Mr.. King.
one of the officers of a trust company at SO
broadway, having also an uptown branch.
The subpoenas require the presence of the
cashiers in Washington on Monday, when
they are to appear before the federal grand
jury Ii Is understood that the testimony
they are expected tn give Is i'm this connec-
ton with checks paid by the government to
various contractors of postal supplies which
passed through their Institutions or were
deposited with them for customers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
"AS WEAK AS A CAT.v


Our Animal Friends.
Of all the animal adages founded on the
mistake of fact. las weak az a cat, is
the most absurd: Really, the cat is a most
muscular animal. The lion. the tiger and
other so-called big cats" as Won aIreadv
know. are OF the same family with our
common house pussy: We shall not speak of
them further, AS weak as a cat" is APP
piled TO the house pussy; but TO say 'as
weak as a kitten is truer. One NAV then
mean the newborn kitten which comes into
the world blind softer and more helpless
looking than even the blind puppy: but
which. however. Is not so helpiessiv weak
as the puppy, the kitten having sharp
claws which the puppy has not. You know
SO much OF cats, do you not, young peo-
pie?
The cats muscles are extraordinariiy
large and powerful in proportion to the
animals size. Then again. those muscles
are attached 10 bones, fitted together at
such angles as to make 1.-The finest system
OF springs and levers says DIR. Huide-
koper, known in the whole group: the
claws are sharper and are curved into
stronger hooks than in any other mammal
and by the action of special muscles are
Withdrawn under the protection of sheath
like pads. that they may escape wear and
injury when not in use" The slender. sup
the highest activity. The heavy boy, you
may have noticed. is not always the
strongest: the thin. active boy is the fastest
runner and the quicker at games which
need both strong and timber muscles.
The shoulder-blade the arm and the fore
arm: the thigh. the leg and the foot of the
cat lie az what the veterinary surgeons call
closed angles That peculiar conforma-
ton shows that the enormous jumps which
the cat can take TO the envy of any ath-
letic BOY are due TO the great power and
the closed angles of the joints: Drt the
conformation of the legs makes the cats
stride AT a walk. a trot or a run remarka-
bly, limited. The cat moves. therefore,. with
wohuer1ul quickness, but with no great
speed. Inc DON who saws he feels s.aS uaaL
as a cat-it he Is at all like the cat
should be splendidly muscular. The truth
IS that, III proportion To the size of his body
cat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
PROGRAMME OF MAxEUvERs.


WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-THE prosramme
of exercises and duties at West Point, KY,
during the period of combined maneuvers
of regular troops and militia was announced
at the War Department to-day. The scheme
was prepared by a board OF officers under
the direction and supervision of Gen. John
c. Bates, who has charge of the m%aneuvers.
The ground available for maneuvers does
not permit, strategical exercises of severe
duration, but requires detached exercises in
each case not lasting more than twenty
four hours.
The general strategical assumption upon
which the exercises are based Is the same in
each case. namely, the blue army is
supposed to have it's base on the Ohio
river at Louisville and to be operat-
ing against the brown army. which
has its base on the Tennessee river at Nash
vile. The brown army has advanced to
the vicinity of Louisville. The blue army.
supposed to have been forced back in pre-
vious operations, has been reinforced and
now resume the offensive. The ma
neuvering ground lies in the vicinity OF the
Muldraugh hills and was the scene Of ac-
tual maneuvers during the civil war.
The foreign military attaches accredited
to the United States have been invited 10
be present at the maneuvers. Invitations
also have been extended 10 each of the sew
eral States not participating in fhe ma
neuvers to have an officer present. IL was
announced at the War Department to-day
that battery A Ohio National Guard. To-
Gated at Cleveland. has signihed its desire
10 participate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
TWO TROOPS in CAMP
LAFAYETTE WELCOMES CAVALRY
MEN EN ROUTE TO KENTUCKY.
Started from Fort Sheridan on Labor
Day and May Reach ndianapo-
His on Monday.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. 1.-Two troops
of the Second United States Cavalry are
encamped tonight on the Wabash bottom
land between West Lafayette and this city.
They are troops l. n M, under the COM
mand of Capt. John H. Gardner. a veteran
cavalry oflcer, and are on their way to
West Point, KY, to attend the military
there. The men started from
Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, on Labor Day. They
arrived in West Lafayette this afternoon
from Oxford, where they camped last night.
The two troops consist of 15O men, who
convoy four baggage wagons and twenty
mules. The march is long and tiresome,
but the men are standing it well. Super
intendent Harrison, of the police force. as
signed them a place for their camp. Bat
terry c, OF this city. will also attend the
West Point maneuvers, and the members
are making the acquaintance OF the cav
alrymen. The troopers will leave here to-
morrow and expect to reach Indianapolis
Monday or Tuesday. They will stop in
the capital city two days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
WILL CONTEST wIFE's WILL.

he indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 1.-THE hus-
band of Mrs. Margaret Rogers will contest
her will, which was filed for probate yes
terday, because she gave her property.
valued at 5000. to two little girls who were
not related to the family and tried to de-
prive him of any part of her estate.
Rogers. who is a gardener, and his wife
Quarreled several years ago and she said
she would provide that he should not have
any of her property. In her will. drawn
at the time, she also gave farm land 10 the
little daughters of Warren Coordes. but
afterward sold the farm and put the pro-
ceeds I'm bank. saying she would made n
codicil to the will that they might have
the money instead of the land. but she
failed to make the codicil and the husband
will inherit the bank deposit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
Numerous Casualties to British Ship
ping, Fifty-Six Having Been So Fer
Reported to Lloyds.
FATALITY LIST SWELLING
SCORES OF PERSONS DROWNED AND
SOME KILLED ON LAND.
Widespread Damage Along the
French COasts-Western Part of
Germany Also Windswept.

LONDON, Sept. the details of
the havoc wrought by the storm which
ragged over the British isles yesterday are
incomplete, the reports coming in from all
parts of the United Kingdom show that the
devastation was general, and it is feared
that the loss of life is much greater than
was at first supposed. Lloyds already re-
port over fifty-six casualties to shipping.
All sorts of vessels were caught in the gale.
and many foundered, several with their
crews. A great number of minor craft is
believed to be lost, and the bodies washing
ashore continue to swell the list of fatal
tiles.
The gale sprang up with sudden fury from
the southwest, and the wind blew with a
velocity at times reaching seventy-twO
miles an hour. This continued for several
hours. All the coast towns suffered, and
the agricultural regions in the interior re-
port incalculable damage owing TO the late
harvest. The beautiful hop gardens of Kent
have been ruined, and in many places the
valleys of the Thames and the Severn are
submerged, many sheep and cattle being
drowned.
For some time Geographic communica-
ton was stopped, and the land lines are
still Interrupted. The telegraph companies
report that the wires and poles are down
everywhere.
Great numbers of fine trees in the parks
of London and other cities were torn up
by the roots or stripped of their branches,
and the list of minor damages and casual
ties Is amazing. In addition TO the deaths
from drowning reports from the inland give
many fatalities resulting from various
causes incident to the storm.
The suburbs of London are Uttered with
trees and branches which have been blown
down. The tents of the First Army Corps,
which was under canvas preparatory to
taking part in the maneuverS, were almost
all blown to pieces. Ii Is possible that the
whole force may be recalled from Alder
shot.
The breakwater of the new harbor in
course of construction at Dover has been
entirely swept away, involving a loss of
many thousands of pounds sterling. The
channel steamers from France arrived late
this morning after perilously riding out the
storm for six or seven hours. Numerous
lifeboat rescues were made and several IA
talities and many accidents were recorded.
A Lloyds' dispatch from Cowes, Isle of
Wight. reports that the American steam
yacht Enchantress was badly damaged in
the English channel.
PARIS, Sept. 11.-Reports from Havre,
Cherbourg and Dieppe show that the heavy
gales along the coast caused widespread
damage. Casinos and hundreds of bathing
houses at the summer resorts were swept
away. A schooner in the harbor of Havre
foundered. Telegraphic communication with
London and throughout France was inter-
rupted.
BERLIN. Sept ia severe storm has
swept over the western part of Germany.
Telegraphic communication has been inter-
rupted, trains have been delayed by minor
accidents and many trees have been blown
down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

Cholera is reported to be raging fercely
at Birejik, Syria.
Forty cases of trichinosis, several of them
of a g-angrenous nature, have occurred at
Neuntadt, near Coburg.
The British Admiralty authorizes a con-
tradiction of the statement that a British
squadron will visit the United States.
Count Lamsdorff's resignation at Russian
minister of foreign affairs is expected be-
fore long. He will be succeeded by NJ.
A. II. De Lsvolsky, now Russian minister
at Copenhagen.
Count Tolstoi spent his seventy-ffth birth
day in strict privacy among his children at
Tula. He was in the best of health. The
papers printed glowing %eulogies of the
count on the occasion of his birthday.
The sergeant who was recently arrested
at Metz, with six privates. for selling two
bombs with a newly patented fuse at
tached. to a French agent. has confessed
able conduct. He was arrested before the
money was paid.
The projected visit of the Car to Bucha-
rest. to act as godfather at the christening
of the infant Prince Nicholas. son of the
crown prince, Ferdinand Victor, has been
countermanded because of fear that the
Roumanian police would be unable suffi-
GENTLY to insure the Cars safety.
With reference to the representation
made to Washington by the British charge
d'affaires. Mr.. Raikes. regarding the seizure
of two or three islands off the northeast
coast of British Borneo by the United
States gunboat Quiros, a British foreign
official said: 1.-The case seems quite simple.
The Americans seized the islands which they
claim were Spanish. which We claim are
British. Protest is a very strong word to
use in connection with our on the
subject
King Edward, while crossing Germany
on his return to England from Vienna. re-
quested an equerry to order a cup of coffee.
The cook, an American negro, was in a
forward car without corridor communication
with the royal carriage. The King, when
so informed. pulled the air brake connec-
ton and stopped the train. to the dismay of
his suite and the train crew, until the rea-
son for the stoppage was explained. The
cook was then taken into the royal car
rage with a coffee apparatus, and the
train proceeded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
MAYOR MAYBURY EXPLAINS.


DETROIT. Sept 11.-Mayor William C..
Naybury. when seen to-day in reference to
the indictment OF DR.. Eugene Scheble, Of
Toledo. formerly interested in the firm Of
Maybury & Ellis. letter box manufacturers,
said:
Our business relations with Mr.. Scheble
ceased two years ago when he was given
fhe contract for furnishing the government
with mail boxes OF his own design. Before
that time Mr.. Scheble was interested with
us, and for a period Of one year. beginning
six years ago. we manufactured a box
which ne originated. and which was ac-
cepted by the government; Finally, the
hoxes which were formerly in use and two
years ago. when Mr.. seheele secured the
contract, our relations with hin terminated.
deal with the government In the matter
OF mail boxes and the fact tnat Mr.
Scheble was once associated with US has
nothing 10 do with his present position,
neither are there any grounds on whicn the
Postoffice Department could connect US
with the matter
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

Charged with Conspiracy tn Defraud
the Government.

NEW YORK. Sept. 11.-George W. Beav-
ers. the former head of the department OF
salaries and allowances I'm the Postoffce
Department, was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock in the fed
eral building to-day on a bench warrant
issued In Washington charging him with
conspiracy to defraud the government.
Beavers furnished a bond OF 5000 for his
appearance on Sept. Is. Beavers was re-
Gently arraisned on the indictment re-
turned 10y the federal grand jury in Brook
lyn.
Neither Mr.. Beavers nor his counsel
would discuss the nature of the charges.
sut gave notice that they would on Sept
3 insist upon the government producing
Its compiled evidence against the defend
ant. Assistant United States District At
torney Wise stated that IL such a demand
were made he would insist that a certi-
he'd copy of the Indictment returned
asainst the defendant in another district
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

Muncie Councils Action Resented by
anufacturfn Company.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept 1.-THE officials OF
j. II. Smith e. Co.'h bending works
announced to-day that the plant would be
moved to Anderson within a year, where
the concern will be operated with the old
Buckeye Manufacturing Company's plant.
Both factories are owned by the Pioneer
Pole and Shaft Company, the trust formed
about a year ago, which absorbed many
plants throughout indian and Ohio.
The reason for the removal Of the local
plant is the action of the City Council in
making the company take up the tracks
connecting the storerooms with the fac
tory and in demanding that the company
build sidewalks in front of its buildings.
The action of the Counc would mean the
expenditure of $1,000 and the officials say
they would receive nothing in return. The
plant employs $50 men.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Sept. 1.-For the first
time in nearly two years the power of at
torney on remonstrance against applicants
for liquor license did not prove sufficient
to-day and the four applicants for licenses
before the County commissioners were
granted the privilege of retailing liquor
in Sullivan for one year. This will give
Sullivan six saloons instead of two.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

down the tissues and left the wound in
the best possible condition to be poisoned
from other sources.
He said that the laboratory of his board
was now prepared To determine whether an
animal supposed to have rabies really suf-
fered with the disease or not in a few days.
Formerly IL was necessary TO inoculate
whether il developed rabies. That took a
week or two. That process had now been
superseded by the more rapid method.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
Inspector Erwin Is III.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11.-James w.
Erwin was for man years postal Inspector
in this city. He was also superintendent
of the rural free delivery system of Cali
fornia and while in that position exercised
considerable authority. He was also said
TO be interested In the new letter box de-
vices. About n month ago Erwin was re-
ieved from the position of superintendent
OF the rural delivery and ordered 10 60 to
never been well enough to answer the sum
mons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Sept. 11.-To-day
stock of the par value of $500 in the Mon
roe County Bank sold for $1,000, City Attor-
ney Hottie being the purchaser. This is
the highest price at which corporation
stock ever sold in Bloomington. The pur-
chase does not carry with it any control
or further interests.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
REALISTIC TALE

The story of railroad life. by Frank
III. Spearman, in next Sundays Jour-
nal, In not only vivid and exciting.
hut I also touches upon the unjust
treatment that trainmen are subject
to from uninformed employers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE1
Gacben ON Feb. n. 1901: the fifteenth, six
tcenth and seventeenth counts charging the
pay ment OF sl3i 10 Machen on June III. lUi.
Tie other indictments against these de-
fendants has the same number of counts.
Iased on the same facts. the charge being
conspiracy to bribe an officer Of the United
States"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

More than Two hundred ticket agents,
delegates 10 the annual convention of the
International Association of Ticket Agents.
representing practically every railway sys-
TEN in the country. were present at Salt
Lake City yesterday when the first session
was called to order in Assembly Hall in
the Temple grounds. The annual election
Of officers will take place to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
ACTING PRESIDENT.
DIR. j. n. Martin Again at the Head Of
Moore's Hill College.

The board OF trustees of Moore's Hin Col
lege nave elected DIR. j. n. Martin acting
president OF the college until a new man
can be secured TO take the place Of DIR.
Lewis. who has resigned. DIR. Martin ac-
cepts the place only until a president can
be chosen. He is a former president of the
college. aud has been connected with In
diana school work for nearly forty years.
He has served as president OF the Indiana
College Association and the Indiana STATE
Teachers Associations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

The Rev. Charles b.. Newman. pastor Of
the Third Christian Church. has returned
to Indianapolis after a brief vacation in the
north. bringing with him his family. Mr..
Newman is much improved In health and
Will occupy his pulpit Tomorrow morning
and evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12
Hoods C0rSdp0riu0

IL promptly neutralizes the acid In tho
blood on which the disease depends. com
pletely eliminates It, and strengthens tho
system against its return. Try Hood'A
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-12

What is the use OF telling the rheumatio
that he feels as II his joints were being dis
located?
he knows that his sufferings are very
much like the tortures OF the rack.
What ne rants 10 ksosD Is what VIII per
manently cure bis disease.
That, according to thousands OF grateful
testimonials, Is
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-09-29
OBJECTS 70 CRITICISM.
Secretary of Navy Moody May
Order Court of Inquiry
In Briscoe Case.

Paymaster H. E. friscoe has protested
TO the Navy Department against the
severe criticism TO which he was subject
ed by Rear-Admiral Robley +. Evans,
Commander-in-Chief Of the Asiatic Sta
ton, in connection with the court martial
OF Assistant Paymaster Ellsworth Nichol-
son for alleged intoxication and assault
ing the German consul in hefee. China.
A court of inquiry as to his conduct as
member OF the court NAV be ordered.
With two other members of the court,
MIR. Briscoe recommended clemency in
the exercise of the sentence Of reduction
OF five numbers. and of these officers
Rear-Admiral Evans said in his inter
view: These three officers have proved
TO the convening authority and to the
fleet their unworthiness hereafter to act
as members OF a court and not again
will they be placed in position of pass
ing judgment upon other persons or
guarding and maintaining the honor and
dignity Of the naval service.
What course of action will be ken is
not yet known. as Secretary OF the Navy
Moody has not formally considered the
case, but it is thought he will take quick
action in the matter. The Secretary of
the Navy has all the papers in the case
before him. After examining them his
answer to Paymaster Briscoe probably
will be supplemented by an official in
dorsement of Admiral Evans review.