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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-11
IEsTxM0NY TALKS.

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obstinate coughs, etc, by nGolden Medical
Discovery :"
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bad. Had bad cough, spit blood, was very
short of breath; In fact. could hardly get my
chest and right lung, also had dyspepsia
before took your Golden Medical Discov-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-11

cry and Pleasant
Pellets I was SO
eak I could
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and pow I eau do
a small washing. I
worked in the can
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fall, aud I feel like
a new person. l
thank the good
Lord, aud also DIR.
Pierce for making
this good medicine.
I believe that the
Lord aud your pied-
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two years. I took
thirteen bottles of
the Golden Med
icai Discovery and
four vials of Doctor
Pierce's Pellets.p
There Is no al
cohol in uGolden
Medical Discov-
eryn and it is eff
tirely free from
opiu III, cocaine,
and all other mar
cotics.
etimes a
dealer will offer
a substitute for
the Discovery, y
claiming it to be
"just as good"
The su bstitute
pays him more
profit, that's why.
Protect yourself
fro III unscrupul-
Gus dealers by
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-02-11

The people who always say exactly
what they think are never popular.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
MANY LIVES in DANGER
CITY OF GAINESVILLE, TEX, FLOOD
ED AND IN DARKNESS.
Thousands of People Forced to Take
Refuge on Housetops-water Four
Feet Deep and Rising.

GAINESVILLE, Tex, July 8. a. m.-
AT this hour this city is under four feet
of water. Thousands of people have taken
refuge on house tops.
Rumors of loss of life are impossible to
confirm.
The city is in darkness. The damage
will be heavy.
Two creeks which flow by the town, one
of them passing through the center and the
other on the west side, are each a mile
wide. The water is rising rapidly.
ST. LOUIS. July 3.-A dispatch to the Re-
public from Dallas, Tex, says: "A cloud
burst and tornado swept over the county
between San Antonio and Corpus Christi
to-day and news was received late tonight
that eleven persons are known to have lost
their lives near Pettus. There are rumors
of other fatalities. Reports of loss of life
at Beeville were received early in the even
ing, but late tonight around-about tele-
phone connection was secured with Beeville
from Dallas. The Beeville operator said
that some buildings were damaged there,
but no lives had been lost. The San An
tonic telephone office reported that there
was a strip of country between there and
Beeville in which all wires were down and
that it had not been possible to hear from.
The storm was most severe in that section -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
BY ROSEBERY
CHAMBERLAIN'S SCHEME ATTACKED
IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Denounced as a Cloak to Cover Ir-
recOncilable Differences I'm the
British Cabinet.

LONDON, July 2.-Lord Rosebery, in the
debate on the preferential tariff PROPOSE
tions, making further request for infor-
nation regarding the Cabinets plans. In
the course of a long speech, he ridiculed
gramme and said he did not believe the
government intended to prosecute any in
quiry into the matter. The allegations that
such an inquiry was being made were said
the irreconciliable differences between the
colonial secretary and the other members
Of the Cabinet, and he demanded to know
whether the inquiry would be def
mite and organized. whether it would be
individual or collective and whether the
results would be published.
The Duke of Devonshire, lord president
of the Council, said it was impossible now
to give the exact scope of the inquiry Sew
eral heads had been suggested by Mr.. Cham
had determined that the inquiry should be
full and satisfactory. His Lordship de-
clined to enter further upon the subject
without more explicit and longer notice
than Lord RoSebery had seen fit to give in
precipitating to-day's discussion. He could
say that the position of the government at
fict. The whole Cabinet had agreed that
of Mr.. Chamberlain, but they did not con-
flict. The whole cabinet had agreed that
possibilities of a closer fiscal union with
the colonies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
THINK KNAPP Is INSANE
WITNESSES TELL OF THE MURDER
ER'S YOUTHFUL TRAITS.
He Was Fond of "ShOwing on" and
Once Engaged Girls for a ''Great
Theatrical Troupe

HAMILTON, o., July 2.-When the Knapp
trial was resumed to-day Charles Wenzel
was called. He is a relative of Knapp and
expressed the opinion that Knapp was in
sane because of his absurd statements and
peculiar conduct. On cross-examination he
said he did not know whether or not Knapp
had a moral sense
Joseph Gooseman, of Cincinnati a team
ster who knew Knapp for years, said that
Knapp was called crazy Knapp" and that
Knapp had once engaged girls for a great
theatrical troupe" He regarded Knapp as
unbalanced.
Wilfred Smith. playmate of Knapp's in
Cincinnati seventeen years ago, said the
boys called Knapp "Loony," and that he
used to have disgusting habits, such as
putting worms and bugs in his mouth.
Knapp also threw stones at the girls en-
ployed in the factories near his home and
when detected laughed foolishly and didn't
try to run away.
The witnesses who testified at the after
noon session were Rev. Ben Haman, Will
liam Maher, Charles E. Mccarthy, John
Cleary, John Smith. William Waliingford
and Mrs. Martha Reiss, all of Cincinnati.
These people all knew Knapp about 1856
and though each recites different details
of Knapp's peculiar traits, their testimony
was practically the same. All were of
opinion that Knapp was abnormally fond
of showing OFF, and that he was insane.
He associated with young boys and was
press them. He occasionally appeared in
the streets In cold weather without coat or
shoes Knapp himself feels confident that
he will not be convicted.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
PROMOTION OF CLERKS
FORTY-SIX INDIANAPOLIS POST.
OFFICE EMPLOYEES ADVANCED.
Sixteen Additional Clerks of the
$500 Grade Also Allowed POST
master McGinnis.
special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 2.-Announcement
was made at the Postoffice Department to-
day of the readjustment Of the promotions
in the larger postoffices throughout the
United States. The department does not
make public comparative statement show
ing the changes made in the lists prepared
by George w. Beavers, former chief of the
division of salaries and allowances. 1t is
learned, however, that the allowances made
by Beavers are cut down on an average of
about so per cent.
The indianapolis postoffice is allowed six
teen additional clerks of the $500 grade.
Promotions among the clerks are authorized
as follows: One from $500 to $500: ten. $500
to s7O0: thirteen. 500 to $500; three. $500 to
5000 four $500 to 81 600; FIVE, 81 200 to 81 100.
six s.. 100 to 81, 200: two. 81 500 to 5000: one.
50 200 to s., 4O0 and one s., 100 to s., 500.
The American National Bank of Indian
apolis was to-day approved as a reserve
agent for the First National Bank of New
Harmony, Ind
Lewis c. Arndt has been commissioned
postmaster at Wilder. Ind. and Pauline
Todd at Kurtz. Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
Chinese NOT PLEASED
MAY MAKE A POOR SHOWING AT THE
ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Say the Proposed Regulations Will
Virtually Make Them Prisoners
While i'm the United States.

PEKING, July 2.-The United States
treasury regulations regarding the Chinese
visitors to the st. Louis exposition are
bitterly criticised in the native press and
it is believed will demoralize China's efforts
to take creditable part in the exposition.
The most Objectionable points in the eyes
of the natives are the $500 bond, the photo
graphic Identification. police supervision of
the visiting Chinese and the expulsion from
America of the Chinese workmen and as
sistants when the fair closes The press
points out that the Chinese visitors will be
no better than prisoners throughout their
stay.
The official newspaper of Chilli province.
whose utterances are understood to be di-
rected by Yuan Shi Ki, the governor OF the
province, taunts America with hypocritical
pretense of friendly intercourse and says
the politeness with what is called the most
just nation on earth treats its guests is a
warning TO Chinese merchants and others
throughout the empire TO seriously reflect
If they are contemplating visit TO St.
Louis. The tone of the press has already
induced many Chinese to forego the idea
of exhibiting at the exhibition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
Quitclaim Given by the United States
to All Interest i'm the Little
Isle of Pines.
NAVAL BASES PROVIDED FOR
COALING STATIONS AT GUANTANAMO
AND BAHIA HONDA.
United States Given Perpetual Owner
ship on Payment of Purely
Nominal Rental Price.

HAVANA. July 2.-The treaty covering
the naval and coaling station bases and the
treaty placing the Isle of Pines wholly under
Cuban sovereignty were signed to-day at
noon.
The two treaties, which are the last of
the six between the United States and
Cuba, were subscribed in duplicate at the
secretary of states office. The signers were
Minister Squiers, Senor Garcia Monies, sec
retary of the treasury and acting secretary
of state in Zaldo's absence. The others
present were Senior Hevia. assistant secre-
tary of state Senior Diego. chief of the De-
partment of Justice, the legation secretaries
and Mr.. Squiers's eldest son.
The Isle of Pines treaty was signed last
lutte sovereignty of Cuba, the treaty safe
guards the rights and privileges of the
American residents on the island as though
they were on American territory. Property
and judicial and educational rights are es-
pecially guaranteed, as we'll as the conven-
fences for reference to and the registration
of property and other public business. 1t
is pointed out that the American landhold-
ers are better off in respect to taxation
than they would be under United States
sovereignty There were practically no diff
ficulties or delays in reaching an agreement
on the subject of the Isle of Pines treaty,
but the naval stations matter was the SUBJ
ject of long negotiation
The occupation of the naval and coaling
stations will be perpetual the rental price
being purely nominal and based on the cost
of acquiring the stations and sites by the
Cuban government, the United States ad-
vancing any money for the purchase of pri-
vate lands at Guantanamo and Bahai
Honda.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
is delaying the ratification by postponing
action on the treaty signed Feb is conced-
ing the two naval stations TO the United
States The reason the committee gives is
that il Is desirable to await the reports of
the joint commission of United States and
Cuban engineers which is now engaged in
marking out the site for the large station
at Guantanamo.
President Palma and the leading admin
istration senators maintain that all the
treaties will be ratified before the adjourn
ment of Congress.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
Young CoIored Men Who Were Friends
IndulSed I'm a Fatal Quarrel
i'm Restaurant.
EDWARD BOTTOM A MURDERER
VICTIM RAN A BLOCK BEFORE HE
FELL AND EXPIRED.
He Had His Hand on Knob of a Drug
Store DOOr-POlice Searching
for Bottom.

Clarence Butler, colored, living at TAI In
diana avenue, was shot and killed last night
while standing in the doorway of Sims's res
taurant on Indiana avenue, by Edward Bot
tom, who was considered his best friend up
to the time of the shooting.
Both men had been in the restaurant and
had partaken of light lunch. They were
prepared to leave when a question arose as
to who was to pay for the repast they had
indulged in. One word led to another. Bot
tom called Butler name and Butler made
a movement as if to draw revolver from
his companion. Bottom was on his guard
and held his own revolver in his hand
ready for use, and when Butler made the
movement toward his pocket Bottom lev
eled his pistol with his friends heart as a
target and fired twice. Butler realizing
the nature of his wound. reeled and ran
half block to the corner of Indiana and
Capitol avenues, intending to get to the
drug store on the corner, but dropped dead
with his hand on the latch of the door. Dr.
Short, who happened in the neighborhood,
was on the scene moment after the VIC
tim of friends wrath had breathed his
last, and bending over the silent form Of
the negro, pronounced him dead.
BOTTOM RAN AWAY.
Directly after the shooting Bottom. know
ing that his aim had been true. turned and
ran west on New York street, disappearing
in an alley several blocks from the scene
of his crime.
Bottom was porter in the Elks Club on
West Maryland street, and has always
borne good reputation, and Butler worked
for the street-car company and has always
been known as a peaceable negro. He
leaves a wife and small child in his little
home at 741 Indiana avenue.
Two shots were fired, either of which
might have been fatal. Both bullets struck
Butler directly over the heart, and he died
without a word. The police were soon to
arrive, and a search was instituted for
Bottom, but up to an early hour this morn
ing he has eluded arrest 1t is thought that
he went directly to the Big Four yards and
boarded a freight train out Of the city.
Ricyclemen Hull and Griffin, Sergeants
White and Leet and Patrolmen Gillespie
and Christ were all on the scene of the
murder almost before the colored man had
breathed his last, and in a short time had
a description of the murderer and the
names of several people who saw the fatal
shots fired. Arthur Jones, a colored boy
who was in the restaurant at the time of
the shooting, said the men were quarreling,
but that none of the bystanders thought
there was anything serious between them.
He said it was the opinion Of the people
of the shooting that both men were joking.
Buffers body was removed to the city
morgue in the Dispensary ambulance In
chareg of DR.. Crockett, and post-mortem
will be held by Deputy Coroner Gels this
morning.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
SKELETONS OF GIANTS
BONES OF PREHISTORIC MAN AND
WOMAN FOUND In A MOUND.
Both Were Nearly Nine Feet High
of Animals Also Found.

BIG TIMBER, Mont, July 2.-Wonder-
full finds of fossils and bones of prehistoric
animals are being made in the Fish Creek
country by Professor Marchus S. Farr and
a party of students from Princeton College.
The party is composed, in addition to Pro-
fessor Farr, of c. d. Thompson, Laurence
Thompson, S. A. Halsey, Gordon Forbes,
Walter Kimball, Charles III. Dugro and L.
S. Adsitt. The remains Of a stone-age city
have been found in which the bones of ami
mails of great size, along with stone imple-
ments of all kinds, many of which are
ornamented with gems. In a mound near
the creek were found the almost complete
skeleton of a man. The bones showed that
the man, when alive, measured nearly nine
feet in height and was of powerful build.
Nearby was the skeleton of a woman, a
trifie smaller in size, and at the foot was
the skeleton of an animal that resembled
the dog of to-day except the animal must
have been as large as small horse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
PACIFIC CABLE OPENING.
President Roosevelt to Send the First
Message TO-MOrrow.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 2-Arranse-
n,ents were completed to-day for the open
ing of the Pacific cable on the morning of
the Fourth of July. President Roosevelt
will send a message TO Governor Taft and
receive a reply. He will also send mes
sage TO Mr.. Mackay, which will encircle
the world in its transmission.
The President devoted the entire day to
his house guests and to his fam
ily Early this evening Senator Bever-
idge OF Indiana, arrived. He was driven
directly 10 Sycamore Hill, where he dned
with the President and his family. The
senator left on late train tonight for
New York.
General Joe Wheeler, of Alabama, and
James w. S. Langerman, formerly consul
general of the United States at Tangiefs.
and now Louisiana Purchase Exposition
commissioner for Morocco, were callers on
the President this evening. Mr.. Langerman
came to Oyster Bay TO present TO the Pres
ident handsome Moorish saddle sent to
him by the Sultan OF Morocco. He also was
the bearer from the Sultan of a personal
letter TO the President The letter, which
was Beautifully written in Arabic. was ac-
companied BY an English translation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
WORK TO BEGIN SOON.
100000 VIII BE Spent at Once on the
Guantanamo station.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-Secretary Moody
expressed great satisfaction at the news
from Havana of the signing of the coaling-
stations treaty. This document has been
the subject of many exchanges between
the two governments. and the task of COM
pleting it TO the satisfaction of both gov
ernments has been a tedious one. 1t is
earnestly hoped that the Cuban Senate.
before its adjournment. will ratify the
treaty. as the Navy Department Is anxious
to proceed at once with work on the sta
tions. Preliminary surveys of the land in
fact already have been made at Guam
tnamo. and the Olympia has been retained
men and begin the work as soon as the
authorization comes from Washington.
About 100000 is Immediately available for
the beginning of the work at Guantanamo
and viii be used probably In the construc-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
BOARD SAYS WATER IS SAFE.
Letter to Citizens Declares II May Be Used for Drink
ing or Cooking Without Danger.
WOMEN ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Mrs. Thorpe and Daughter Alleged to
Have Shot the Formers Husband.

JACKSON, Mich, July Mrs. Warren
Thorpe and her daughter. Pearl Mcdonald.
were arrested here to-day on warrants
charging them with the murder of the for
mers' husband. Warren Thorpe, on his farm.
six miles from this city. on June L. and their
examinatio began this afternoon. Thorpe
was found dead in his bedroom with a bull
let in his head, and it was thought he COM
mitted suicide. His son. however. started
an investigation that resulted in the arrest
of Mrs. Thorpe and her daughter. From a
mark made on the window casing by the
bullet 1t is reasoned that Thorpe must have
been leaning over as If lacing his shoes.
when the bullet tore through his head. II
is also said that black powder was used in
the revolver and the fact that there were no
powder stains on Thorpe's face is pointed
out as a suspicious circumstance. Mrs.
Thorpe says she was in the yard and that
her daughter was at the kitchen door when
the shot was fired. Her statements were cor
roborated by the hired man, who was work.
ing in the barn and saw the two women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03

ton of a wharf, barracks for a marine
guard of perhaps one hundred men and
small hospital The general board is CIV
for this station, as it is the secretary's
wish that the work be thoroughly planned
and as carefully executed. What Will be
done with Bahia Honda is yet uncertain.
though the chances are that Ii will be used
chiefly as headquarters for marines. The
report that the War Department will be
given entire charge there is very emphat-
icallv denied
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
MAD ACT OF A WOMAN.
Tries to Poison Husband and Hangs
Self and Children.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, July Mrs. Will
liam Baxter tonight hanged herself and
two children-Goodson, eight years old, and
Gladys, three years old. When her husband
returned he could not get in. He waited
for some time, then broke in window and
searched the house. In an unfinished attic
over the kitchen, reached by ladder. he
saw hanging. side by side, from the rafters,
his wife and two children.
1t is said that last night Mrs. Baxter
handed her husband bottle of wine TO
drink. He took some of il. and was so sick
this morning that he had to consult a ply
sician. That the wine was drugged or poi
soned seems probable The remaining con-
tents will be analysed
From indications the woman must have
carried the children up the ladder one at
a time. The roof was SO low that the boys
feet nearly touched the floor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
WHITAKER SUCCEEDS BYERS
Secretary of the Republican Central Committee Elect
ed Warden of the State Reformatory
FOUR NEGROES IN BUGGY.
They Had a Moonlight Ride and Were
Then Arrested.

Four colored men, who were enjoying
moonlight ride in stolen rig, were ar
rested last night by Patrolmen Lee and
Hart and locked I'D at the police station
on a charge Of grand larceny. The four
negroes, it is said, stole the horse and bug
gy from Meridian and Vermont streets and
were driving 1t around the streets when
arrested. The horse belonged to Becks
the evening to Mr.. Shultz, of Evansville
Shultz hitched the horse at the corner and
went 10 call on some friends, and on re-
turning found the horse and buggy gone.
He reported the matter to the police and
several hours. later the arrest was made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
DIED IN A BARBER CHAIR.
Had Lighted a Cigar and Was Laugh
ing When stricken Dead,

DECATUR, ILL.,, July 2.-Richard Pedde-
cord, clubrnan, died tonight in a barber
chair. supposedly of apoplexy. Peddecord
talked and laughed with the barber and had
just lighted cigar when he fell back dead.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
WANT NEGROES PROTECTED.
Anti-Lynch Law Advocates VIII APP
neal to CONGRESS.

Antf-Lynch Law AdvOcates VIII Ap-
peal to Congress.
SPRINGFIELD. O.. July AIT meeting
of the National Anti-mob and Lynch Law
Association tonight II was unanimously
decided to petition Congress and the Pres
ident for some legislation for "The protec-
ton of the negroes of the country from
lynchers and slave drivers. II the rulers Of
the United States fail to remedy the evils
which exist then we appeal to the Chris
tian nations OF Europe
The meeting was attended by President
III. c. Jenkins, Vice President j. l.. Harris.
Secretary Huffman and National Organizer
G. p. Hines. After the meeting the secre-
tary said that IL were better for all the
negroes In the country to die at once than
to b killed enc at z time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-03
THIRTY PERSONS INJURED.


MACHIAS, Me-, July "A strong gust of
wind fattened one Of the big tents of
travelling circus which exhibited here to-
day and some thirty persons out of audi
ence of $500 were injured. There were no
fatalities and none of the injured is likely
to die.