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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
MARINES WILL REMAIN.
Only 500 Now i'm the Philippines and
Force Will Not Be Reduced.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Eight hundred
marines, the total force now in the Philip
gapo, forty miles distant from Manila. None
Of these are to be brought home for the
present and it was said at the Navy De-
partment to-day that no date had been
fixed when the force should be reduced.
Navy Department officials say the concen-
tration of the marines was in pursuance of
the plan of replacing them by constabu-
larry, and that 1t has no special connection
with the Developments in China.
1t is stated that Rear Admiral Evans has
recommended that the force of marines
on the Asatic station be not reduced in
strength at present
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

OMAfIAs Neb.. May 16.-A plan of arbi-
tration has been proposed by the Central
Labor Union to settle the strike here. The
plan is to submit the differences to a court
composed of eleven, five each from the
Employers Association and from the labor
unions, the eleventh to be selected by these
ten men. The plan has been unanimously
adopted by tho labor organizations, and It
now remains fer the employers to accept or
reject the proposition. Everything was
peaceable here to-day. Sixteen men ar
rested for interfering with strike breakers
were arraigned in Police Court and released
on bond pending hearing next week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
LITTLE G1RLsM1ss1NG.
Parent. of FHera KeIso AnxiousIy
Looking for the Child.

Flora Kelso the eleven-year-old daughter
of John w. Kelso. 3S Lincoln lane. has
been missing from her home since early
yesterday morning and her parents are
almost prostrated with grief for fear that
their child has been the victim of some
accident. The police We're aotifed and
are looking for the girl. II Is thought
that she will be found to-day. as II is prob
able that the child wandered away from
home and, unable to find her way back.
was taken In for the night BY some kindly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

MANILA, May 16.-Dominador Gomez,
president OF the Nationalist party, and a
labor leader, recently wrote to Governor
Taft. asking him to permit Fausino Gull
lermo, an outlaw and insurgent leader. to
surrender, on the condition that he be not
punished. The Governor scathingly warned
Gomez not to mix himself UP in insurgent
affairs and added that the government in
tended to follow Guillermo until he was
killed or captured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
Freight Handlers, strike.

ST. LOUIS, May 17.-About 500 freight
handlers recently. organized into a union
afi,liated with the American Federation OF
Labor and employees at Cupple's Station
struck to-day for higher pay, seriously I'M
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, May 16.-Lieut
George Biegler. of the United States Cav
airy, returned to-day to his post at San
Antonio and will leave next month with
his troop for two years service in the
Philippines. Mrs. Biegler will accompany
him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
NO CHANGE on M. & O.
Men Say They Will Fight to a Finish
Arbitration Plans.

MERIDIAN, Miss, May 1s.-The strike
situation on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
shows little change. The company is oper-
ating most Of its local Ireights. passenger
trains and a few extra freights. Third
Vice President Fitzgerald, of the Railway
Trainrnen. declares that the men will fight
the strike to finish.
The Board OF Trade and Cotton EXCHANGE
OF Meridian decided to-day TO tender its
good Offices In bringing the company and
It's employees together.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
Montreal strike Called on.

MONTREAL, May 16.-The strike of the
teamsters was called off to-day. The rail-
road officials announce that they are now
prepared to handle all kinds of freight
consigned to Montreal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

TOPEKA, Kan. May 16-Governor
Bailey will issue proclamation ordering
that all cattle brought into Kansas shall
be dipped TO relieve them from Texas
Live Stock Sanitary Commission will be
held here next Tuesday, when plans for
preventing the alarming spread OF the d1s-
ease among cattle Win b made,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

WASHINGTON. May IA cablegram
was received at the War Department this
afternoon from General Davis. at Manila,
confirming the Associated Press account of
the killing of Captain Overton and Private
Moves.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-01
A TVenty-iour Months
Voyage.

I shipped in Boston just after
Christmas and went to Thomaston
to join the ship "R. r. Thomas q
new ship just off the stocks. She
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-01
HIRAM DESCRIBES AN INVENTION.

plodSou Will my SuIIOuHulHSo
heave a sigh of regret that under
the laws Of the state Of Minnesota
it is not permissible to retire from
this haven of peace and bliss in
favor Of substitute. Itisneedless
to say 1 should select you as my
substitute, for, to whom do [ owe
more than to my father? Didyou
not in the days of long ago labor
hard, and earnestly, and painfully
painfully to me at least; when
ever I think Of those days [ have
vivid recollections of palms,; to
make me happy? And should not
I, as dutiful son, burn with de-
sire to pay tire debt owe you in
your own coin, and with interest?
All, il you have ever thought me
guilty Of ingratitude you have
done me an injustice! You can
not know, you cannot imagine how
ardently I long to labor and be-
labor you; even as you did me,
when [ was young. And more:
You never resigned in my favor,
but [ would, if I could, resign in
your favor tomorrow.
You may have formed an opin-
ion that this institution furnishes
the world some very extraordinary
men, and it may interest you to
read something about the most re-
remarkable student this place can
boast of. Besides other unusual
attainments this wonderful young
man has by long and persistent
efforts acquired such a mastery
over his facial and cranial muscles
that he can without the aid of a
derrick, or any external means Of
assistance whatsoever, move his
ears up and down, back and for
ward Four years ago this gifted
young man conceived the brilliant
idea of constructing railroad
from Cape Nome to Cape Horn.
Before he began with the actual
construction, he, like a prudent
man, made an estimation of the
probable cost of such gigantic
undertaking. After much wag-
ging and shaking of ears he found
that his salable property, includ-
ing a solid brass watch, would
bring about $1,000, which, added
TO the Sl.7O cash in his pistol
pocket, would make S3lOO, or
something like $799, 999,969 less
than the estimated cost of con-
structing and equipping rail
road from Cape Nome to Cape
Horn. Do you think he was dis
couraged? Not bit of il! He
relied upon himself. He did not
even ask Uncle Sam for a land
grant, or an appropriation. He
quietly went to work to make his
own money. Paper being cheap,
he soon turned out national bank
notes, and z. S. gold and silver
certificates by the bushel. But
the officers of Uncle Sam as well
as the officers of the state Of Min
nesota are ever watchful for signs
Of budding genius After much
talk and many formalities board
of arbitration, consisting of twelve
members, decided unanimously
that the gifted young man with
the movable ears was entitled to q
five year course Of instruction al
the Industrial College of Stillwa-
ter.
Since he has been pursuing his
studies here, automobiles have
come into general use. He has
now given up the idea of Cape
Nome, Cape Horn r r., but has
constructed an automobile which
runs, or flies, or does both, with
out electricity, or gas, or steam
and without wheels. The mech
| n ~ I =
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-01

was DOund Tor Liverpool with q
cargo Of deals, and when we cast
/ off the ice boat had to break the
ice to let the ship out Of harbor.
!, From Thomaston to Liverpool we
/ had gale after gale and we're 80
j days on the passage, twelve Of
| which were spent in the Irish
i Channel beating against head
wind. With fair wind the chan
mel is made in "a hours. By the
time we locked in the East Float,
Birkenhead, the ship looked more
i like a wreck than a new ship
i We had lost our deck load of deals
and part Of the bulwarks and the
tar was washed out of the rigging
She had been painted when the
! frost was in her and the warm sea
water had peeled the paint all off.
| On the day we arrived in Liver
! pool all the crew jumped her with
the exception Of myself and two
home boys fresh from the farm.
| They would have gone with the
rest, [ imagine, but they didn't
know where to go, so they stuck to
! the ship. The passage had washed
all the romance of the sea out of
them. I said: s'Stick to her boys.
4 We are charted for India and there
is lots of fine weather between
! here and there and they decided
to stay.
i We took advantage of the good
days in port and the boys and |
gave her three coats of black
paint and a streak of yellow on the
beading. We took in cargo Of
salt in the hold and coal in the
'tweendecks, to be unloaded at
Rangoon, India. Salt is a luxury
in Rangoon. With a pocketful of
salt one can have jolly spree,
providing one can get the salt
ashore, for customhouse officers
search everyone who lands.
/ We discharged our cargo and
the captain got a charter to take
rice to Madras. / say the captain
got the charter, for he owned the
ship. All he had on earth was in
/ her, money, wife, child and all.
And right here l may answer one
of J. FL. DIS questions. He wants
to know what a ship costs. The
"R. r. Thomas was a square
rugged ship of 1000 tons and she
stood the captain in $4,000, with
\ everything ready for sea, two sets
: of sails included, In these days
such a ship would not pay for her
self in ten years. The tramps
have killed the freight. But in
the 7O's she was a good invest
! meht.
To come back to my yarn. Mad
ras was in the throes Of a famine,
and the captain chartered the ship
with rice to that port. AS British
soldiers were starving as well as
} natives, he got g6 a ton to carry
the rice just across the Bay OF
Bengal. There is no harbor at
Madras. The anchorage is five
miles off the coast, and we had to
discharge in lighters. We made
two voyages from Rangoon to
Madras and then got a cargo to
Queenstown for orders at ga 5s
per ton. At Queenstown we were
ordered to Hamburg and by the
time the cargo was out at that
point the ship had paid for her
' self and cleared $1,000 to the good
But bad luck to j. H. D. That
' was not what [ started to tell
! With his lubber questions, he has
t broken the thread of my yarn, SC
3 I will have to go back again to the
day we sailed from Liverpool.
We sailed on Sunday about
t p. N. I remember the day, fol
the crew came aboard at the docl
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-01

! political spellplnder; or the vlfu-
jlent anarchistic-iconoclast; on
the inane spouter Of ludicrous in
congruities. None of these being
at hand, the apparatus may be
taken to college commencements,
debating societies, or the meetings
of professional Industrial promot-
ers. But to prevent any possible
shortage of motive force, the IN
ventor will equip each machine
with box large enough to hold
about fifty copies of The MIRROR,
and whenever the indicator on the
hot air chest shows signs of low
pressure, the driver can take out
his MIRRORS and read such articles
as he likes best, and, according to
the calculations of the inventor,
the machine will speed on its way
at the rate of 81 SO miles an hour.
He has confdentially assured me
that the reading of my own con
tributions will be productive of a
still higher rate Of speed, but that.
out of consideration for the pas
sengers' feelings, and for the safety
of the machine, he will discourage
the reading Of them.
In just what way the inventor
will utilize the hot air he refuses
to divulge, but | for one, am not
doubtful Of his success. AS afore-
said, the machine will have no
wheels. When travelling at the
average rate of speed-75 miles an
hour-it will skim through the
air without touching the ground
whenever it is desirable to reduce
the speed and have the machine
travel on the ground, a set of
wheels can easily be borrowed
from the head of any of the pas
}sengers. Take it all in all, it is the
greatest invention of the age, and
the inventor is already wagging
his ears in "ghoulish glee'' when
ever his thoughts carry him for
ward to the time when bloated
capitalists and naughty plutocrats
will be groveling in the dust at
his feet, begging him to sellshares
at his own fgure-of his G. N.
& G.. Ell. S. L. A. M. route. Lack
Of time and space prohibit a more
detailed description of the machine
or it's inventor; [ can only add that
both are highly interesting.
My solicitude for your material
welfare prompts me to make use
of the present opportunity to offer
you little wholesome advice. /
know it is your custom to collect
rents and interest on mortgages,
etc, during the first week in JAN
uary; and that having no faith in
the banking conceJns near home,
you make a>trip to New York City.
to deposit your moneys in the
bank of which your old friend and
playmate, J. Pierpont Morgan, is
the head. [ believe your choice
of a banker is unwise. Mr.. Nor
gan is not a safe man to deal with
he Trusts too much. Then, there
is always danger of falling into the
hands of confidence men anC
bunco steerers. The city of New
York is full of them, in fact, in {
hospitable city like New York
thousands are constantly on the
watch to take the stranger in.
hope you will bear in mind this
warning and take your money
to some other place than New
York City.
! I wish you very happy New
Year, and hope the hard cider viii
be to your liking. You need no
send me any; whisky is strong
enough for too strong, il
fact I only drink ale now
Adams ale, the Oldest and bes
brand made.
| w Il
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-01
was lost. It was the new second

secure he sent the crew to supper
and after supper sent man to re-
lieve me at the wheel, where / had
been for over four hours. As [
came forward the mate said: $50
into the cabin for your supper.
The captain will take you as sec
ono mate | kicked, but went
just the same, for 'kick you may,
but go you must, be you last or
first" While | was at supper the
captain brought in the ships arti-
cles and over the second mates
name he wrote "Drowned," and
underneath he wrote, "Sinbad,
second mate. Six pounds per
month from Liverpool And
then he said: "You can frisk his
chest and clothes bag for what
you want, and put the rest in the
halfdeck. I'll sell them at auction
when the men are out of debt"
Barbarous, is it not, this custom
of the sea? The men had a
months advance (e3) and the Sec
ond mate had G6 advance. He
went and got drowned before he
had put in a watch.
We had good passage out and
nothing out of the ordinary hap
pened until we started on our
passage home. Then a stowaway
took sick and died. He had served
ten years in the British army in
Burmah and many a thirst had he
got on the road to Mandelay. He
had skipped and slowed away in
our ship. The crew knew of it,
think. He was native Of Cork
in the land of Ireland, if the land
lubbers like j. I'll. D. know where
that is. On the way home he
took sick and died, and it was
we'll that he did, for the English
came aboard Of us in Queenstown
harbor to look for him.
The captains wife took care Of
that man as tho he were her son.
When we buried him we sewed
him up in canvas with iron at his
feet, and laid him on a plank. The
captain hove the ship to, half
masted the flag and read the bur-
ial service, and the captains wife
prayed for him.
When we arrived at Hamburg
we found the ship drew too much
water to get over the bar into the
river, so we were forced to lie
outside. The captain took the
crew to town with him while the
mate. the boys and myself looked
after the ship. The stevedore
lightened her and in ten days she
was at the dock in the city. One
evening the captain, the mate and
the captains wife were at supper
and [ was in the galley { kitchen)
chewing the rag with the cook,
when three Of the men came on
board, one of them carrying box.
They hadn't any bottle, SO | got
one Of them to go and get one.
Then when [ went to supper L
told the captain that three of the
crew were on board and wanted to
speak to him. II wonder what
they want" he said. Il paid them
all that was coming to them.
Send them in.
"Well, men," said he when they
appeared, edo you want to see
me?" mo sir, we want to sec
your wife, replied one Of the men.
"Well, you have your nerve with
you u must say" said the captain.
"But here she is, look at her."
Then one of the mon said s"Well,
madam, for your motherly treat
ment Of our shipmate that died we,
the crew, wish to present you
this" and he lifted the cover of
the box and disclosed silver tea
urn lined with gold. The date Of
L. 4;a., Tho mama Of the shin
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-01

y
---~.cS-S foolish to misapply my
well-meant advice! When | was
young [ often used to think how
nice it would be to have three or
-four fathers especially on birth
days and holidays; perhaps they
would strive to Guido each other
giving presents and candy to
sonny" But even in those early
days of my existence [ felt a
vague, indefnabIe, but neverthe-
less ardent desire, to look at all
sides Of questions and things. l
distinctly remember one summer
day when the notion su denly
struck you that you needed ex-
ercise, and, bent upon putting
your notion into execution, you
took unto yourself a plant willow,
with the aid Of which you raised
sundry welts and beautifully col
ored seams on my anatomy; and l
remember how I was seized by a
sudden fright less GU should over
exercise yourself; and how [ broke
loose from you at last after biting
you in the hand; and how [ ran
behind the barn and thanked my
stars that [ had only one father!
And [ remember we'll the day
when you threw a brick at me,
which hit me in the small Of the
back-how my little soul and body
rejoiced because you were but one,
and not a half dozen; for verify
believe had there been six Of you,
you would have thrown the grind
stone atme! And even now when
[ think how pleasant it would be
to have three or four fathers, each
blessed with farms, and houses,
and moneys to bestow upon their
only son. [ straightway feel in
clined to look at the other side of
the matter, and contemplate the
horrible possibility of having three
or four fathers, each of them too
anuddle headed to understand a
bit of plain advice.
But I was filled with sorrow for
your misfortune all the same. l
hope you have entirely recovered
from the drubbing your hired
hands gave you, and that you may
live to add many, many dollars to
your bank account By the way:
this penchant to look at all sides
eof thing is not altogethera bless
ing, either [ once felt an un-
squenchable desire to see the in
side OF a certain building, and
even now bitter tears of repent
;ance we'll up in my eyes. The
door Of the building is provided
with time lock, and will not open
again for 10! these many years. 1t
does seem that one may possibly
overdo, or get too much of, good
thing.
I have already in former letter
given you an mixing of the
nature Of this celebrated Indus
trial College and its inmates. AS
students we are way and beyond
the best that ever happened. We
are SO quiet and we'll behaved
And we apply ourselves so sedu-
lousy to our studies. Such things
as riotousness and drunkenness
are altogether unknown here. We
never play football, or ping pong
or other foolish games. We
breathe an intellectual atmosphere
@sWe never speak as we pass by
but are always meditating. Med
itative casts of countenance are
common here. Sometimes when
ponderon the inestimable blessings
which I enjoy my heart almos
bursts with desire to share the ad
vantages this place offers with my
dear old father. You know | an
the very quintessence of unselfsh
zLor r ~, ort;ou1o III (,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-01-01
EAR FATHER:

A-IO = 3
last letter gave my nerv-
Gus system such a shock
that | didn't have the
nerve to reply before
now. That an old man
like you should be SO
foolish to misapply nv
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-16
BOUGHT TWO LOTS
+. NJ. Gribblsof Gribble IL Skeen,
Contractors, 20 Live on
Capitol Hill

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property IL M o. "A. euhblr. ~
efHbsv a shosn. the heavy contrac-
tore II this city. Mf Gnhbis select
ed lNn has utifui lots az the corner
IF Sixteenth avenue ana froapsci
street Il 10 HE intention 10 erect
aus ~ the finest houses in that To-
caiitY iu the near future
Na better evidence ~ che value ~
capitol Hil realty cen bs had than
the fact that such well informed
men an Mr. Uribhie choose it above
any other residence property ~ ~.
attic. ."
- -
There's place nn thr corner ~
Occidental and Washington where
yuu can has Euit for very much
lees than coHt -
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-16
UNION CARMEN FEEL
BITTER RESENTMENT
Are Being Disseminated Against BY Seattle Electric
Company, They Ciaim---Meehngs
Are Held Today

~ the company prior g. the strife :
A. uuncAn v ha II enc - the
union's executive Commits. and ieok
an active part 10 the stffke. Wa
Transferred from = guod run on the
Virginia street line 10 shs East
lpeen Anne. he vas Obliged % fun
ss motoffuRn on > car with con-
ductor who worked during The
strike
Yesterday he complained 10 thr
s=tsr- e ssF .ssss.a.ss: manner =;
which he handled the cauntsrwsiEhi
thus endanHerinz the lives u pae-
senKsrs This morning he Was called
before superintendent Ksmpstsr and
given an uncalisd for rspfinand fas
disobeyins the rules Of the COM
pany"
The union = holding a meeting this
afternoon and vii hold another this
evening A grievance COMMITTEES viii
be appointed ard II u cannot obtaln
adequate Satisfaction from fha com.
paBy the business men II the cts
VII probably - appealed to.
Permanent officers will be elected
under q charter from the Anal.
gamat~d Street Railway Employees
~ Amsrirs.