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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
CHASED THE STEAMER.
Young Married Couple Nearly Missed
Steamer for Europe.

New York World.
Just after the American line steamship
st. Paul left her pier yesterday morning an
excited young man, with pretty woman
clinging to his arm, came hurrylng down
the pier, only to see the liner out in mid
stream.
"Oh. we have missed boat" ex-
claimed the young woman. That minister
was horrid to keep us so long signing the
marriage certificate.'
They stood at the end of the pier watch
ing the steamship and wondering how they
were going TO get IL. a tug came slowly
by the end of the pier and the man hailed
it, He told the pilot that they wanted 10
go on board the st. Paul, and the tug pre-
pared to take them out. The young woman
turned TO a customs inspector who was
standing near and said
I'VE have Just been married, and the
minister kept US so long that he made US
miss the st. Paul. My husband must go
leave me behind, so he asked me TO marry
him.
The bride seemed greatly relieved when
the tug drew up TO the foot OF the pier and
her husband assisted her on board. The
chase of the big steamer began. The ST.
Paul was making rapid progress down
stream. but the tug did her best and
whistled shrilly to attract the attention OF
the St Paul.
The liner had almost reached the Statue
of Liberty when the tug succeeded in max
ing the pilot understand that two passen-
gers wanted TO go aboard The st. Paul
came 10 a stop and the tug ran alongside
a rope ladder was thrown down and this
bride and bridegroom scrambled up TO the
liners deck amid the applause of the ST
Paul's passengers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

that the farmer stands next to the Creator
In good deeds to mankind? Well, any way,
1 like farmers, but I'm nice to this old
farmer for special reason. When | was a
boy / used to live out in his neighborhood,
and-you mustn't give me away-I used to
go with the other boys to steal his peaches,
pears and watermelons; we just lived in his
range all over his place, setting rabbit
snares Many a good old fat coon I've
shared his farm, too. Whenever L see
him 1 feel guilty, even after all these years,
so | give him extra good measure in every
thing he buys May be, some day. when L
think I'm even with him, I'll tell him
about il. And then again, may be won't
don't you give away"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
MAGNETIC WATER.
Remarkable spring That Attracts An
finals for Miles Around.

DFnVeT Times.
Water that will attract animals that are
miles away has been discovered in a spring
near Steamboat Springs ROutt county.
Samuel Adams. OF that county, who is a
member OF the worlds fair commission
says that IT'S waters are so tempting TO
horses and cows that when they run away
or become separated from herds any place
within radius OF ten miles they can be
found dipping their heads in the spring.
The pool OF water that has such magnetic
power IS known the milk spring. The
liquid II white and contains a large per
cent OF magnesia. IL lies about a quarter
OF mile from the town, on the opposite
side OF Bear river.
Not only do domestic animals thirst FOR
the milk-like substance, but the wild ami
mails come from all parts or the hills in that
vicinity and drink a cooling draught Bear.
deer. antelope. mountain lions. wildcats
and all the Wild animals that abound in
Routt county make pilgrimage 20 the spot.
Since IL was discovered that the waters had
such o drawing power hunting parties have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

her cries and applications. joined by those
OF her little children. must have touched
some chord of mercy in the heart of this
marauder. for he turned away with the re-
mark, Boys. we cannot kill sick women
and little children" and the cabin was the
only house standing when the went
down.
This quaint old cabin Is one Of the historic
spots Of our country. Interest in 1t will grow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

Sometimes a man pays for what he gets
and then again he pays for what he doesn't
get" remarked a travelling man sitting in
street car with a big
Forty-DOllar valise between his feet
Gratitude. "Hows that?" the
other man asked.
tive just been down on. the road in south
western Indiana" the traveller replied, land
l met comrade on the train who has been
sick for some weeks. He told me he had
just escaped appendicitis: that all his town
physicians said he had it. and nothing but
a surgical operation could save him Then
he remembered an old-fashioned doctor
forty miles away, who used to be most
wonderful in cures of all kinds, and who
was so opposed to the knife that he would
use 1t only in the EXTREMIST need. Although
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

an aIlopathic doctor, he sparing in
medicine. too, almost to homeopathic doses.
So. nv friend the travelling man, insisted
on a consultation with the elderly small
town doctor He came across country In
his buggy, discoura ged the apparent pro-
pinuuity of surgical necessity, wrote out
one prescription, remained until the most
threatening symptoms had abated, collected
$40 and rode off home again."
81 exclaimed at the $40 fee,' concluded
the travelling man, but my friend said he
only wished that he had felt able to give
the old doctor $50 4 paid him for not cut
tins me open' he said, and | knew and he
knew that L knew that in what he had not
done. he had more than earned the
money
That's So" a listener said. 1--WE often
wished that with s. 1 could hire my dentist
not to pull tooth for me-.
Even in the great rush and struggle men
call business" it appears. the undying
conscience does it's perfect work. Into
thriving little drug sop
Conscience on the outskirts of the
Conduct. city, the other day, came
plain old farmer, clad in
somewhat shabby gray overcoat. heavy
trousers tucked into heavy, muddy boots,
and wearing a discourse ed-looking old
black SLOUGH hat. He had long, struggling
grizzled beard, but keen old blue eyes
peered out from under his bushy gray eye
brows. The drug man made perceptible
dash forward To wait him. attended
every word he said with conspicuous cour-
tesy. urged him to get warm before he
started out again. and carried all bundles
and his coal oil can out to the wagon for
him.
After the druggist came back into the
shop he talked.
That's a nice old farmer" he said. "but
all old farmers are nice, for that matter.
I'd rather talk to an old farmer than any
kind of man on earth. Most OF them
have such astoundingly wise opinions: they
don't always read much, but they think
such an awful lot On other grounds. too,
my hat goes off TO the farmer every time.
Where would the world be il il were not for
the farmer? Isn't it Emerson who says
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

thing-that had no fears whatever. ] shot
the deer-I'm not going to tell how or
where-and I might as well have gone to
London and fired off my gun at Edward
VII The acuteness of the English.
and the majesty of the English law-oh.
gracious! That shot got old Isaac and me
into court quick. i stood trial, of course,
and paid the whole bill, $50
And that's not half of 1t, either the
hunting citizen ended II simply had to tell
my wife-it was too bad TO keep. Yes. she
scolded me, OF course-a well brought up
Sundayschool boy acting like that-and
whenever 1 begin to skimp her money she
says promptly: That $50 deer, my dear;
that deer Then 1 fork over, of course,
what man Wouldn't"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

indianapolis streets, day by day, present
an interesting and almost endless pageant
of unique wagons. Not only in the pass
ing show of handsome,
The Wagon glittering delivery wag-
Parade. ons is artistic entertain
ment found, as to color
scheme and originality, but In the everyday
wagon and the cart of homely purpose.
Among these flash wildly along the high
ways and by-ways the double-decked vege-
table wagons, gay in hue and bright with
baskets of red, green and yellow fruits and
vegetables. In sombre contrast come the
huge. barge-like coal wagons their dark
red bodies heaped high with glistening
black Jumps. or huddled brown bags in the
English style. City milk wagons alone con-
stitute noticeable chapter of every
variety. color and size from the high-class
ebonized dairy vehicle, whirling along with
an ambitious metropolitan title, to the plain
country carts of no name at all. queer can
strucuons or canvas and glass, which jog
from door to door. carrying the big, old
fashioned cans of milk Market wagons
often furnish great diversion to the mind
and eye, many of them being weird edifices
on wheels, with all quaint odds and ends
VI sue WlnuOWs, ana still more curious
sky-lights In the roof; these latter most
numerous among the chicken wagons which
trundle into town from remote and highly
independent rural outskirts. Dirt CARTS
with their movable slat bottoms are equally
unusual in variety, pink dirt cart having
been noted the other day, and the big yell
low barrel wagons. the green and blue coal
oil wagons, the whitewasher's old red
wagon piled high with white barrels, white
buckets and brushes and the motley garb-
age carts are all cheerful bits of the great
sliding panorama of everyday life on city
streets. Among lesser vehicles of the ever
shifting business landscape of the busy
town are the long and timber two wheeled
fruit and candy carts of the italian citizen
and the high wire fenced pushcart of the
men who empty city trash boxes. All
through the autumn the dead-leaf wagons,
bristlng with twigs, the rich brown cargo
topped by wheel barrow and shovel, rake
and broom, fell in tremendously with
natures city background Of smoky sky and
wintry sun. Now and then milk cans direct
from the blessed farm country, come jolt
ing into town in d-time, homemade long
bodied farm wagons, sustained in place by
| a packing Of good sweet hay. Women and
girls drive many of the milk and bakery
| wagons seen on Indianapolis streets, and
sound an admirable note In the pleasant,
ordinary and extraordinary flowing melody
of human traffic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

According to reports from the country
side. Indianapolis, as a great literary GEN.
ter, is radiating an influence which affects
even the rural roads and
In Literary woodland territory of the
Indiana. city outskirts Visitors
to 1.-THE Shack" near
Broad Ripple, not long ago, heard outdoor
sounds OF the human voice, and peerng
through the tangled wildwood beheld a
black-eyed damsel with a big blue ging-
ham apron tied around her head and hang
ing down her back like a court lady's veil,
stumbling along the rough dirt road, read
ing aloud from a paper volume held theat-
really in one hand. Pomona of course
On another day recently an Indianap polls
railway traveller leaving town, saw in the
woods, just on the edge of the city, a man.
tramp sitting comfortably on log before
q blazing fire, built In a little hollow. He
wore dark gray clothes an artistically
slouched hat, and made pictorial feature
in the wintry forest. Not far away, striding
towards him, over the dead beech-leaf car
pet, was a tall woman-tramp, her arms
and gathered-up skirt full of wood to re-
plensh the fire which was making life SC
coy for the man-tramp. And the traveller
into his eye and mind, said to himself
'Isopel Berners and Lavengro by all that
is wonderful"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
SEALS. STENCILS AND STAMPS

". HI. LoSKwo
Patent and Trade Mark Lawyer
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

indianapolis streets, day by day. present
an interesting and almost endless pageant
of unique wagons. Not only in the pass
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

According to reports from the country
side. Indianapolis. as great literary Gen.
ter, is radiating an influence which affects
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

That's So" listener said 1--WE often
wished that with s. 1 could hire my dentist
not to pull q tooth for me"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
India Stools

Both foreign and domestic,
very artistic, in cherry. wealth
cred and golden oak. Spe-
cial Xmas prices
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
BALTIMORE AND OHIO IMPROVEMENTS

Baltimore. Feb IS tSpev.aD-- y sum LPPI I'>'I',,,
Ing SsnO0OOOO Is now being cNpendcd hE '"' ' =.
agement OF the Baltimore and Ohio IN .'i' go. -,
nroyIde facilities TO care for business that i pre-
tI,ally in sight and ready be moved Whe"''
the company can transport It. 1t was thOush' -,
the s7OO0OO0 spent between 1924 aud 1850 W'''N
sufficient to place the line In condition To care -
as much traffic could reasonably be eNP'v''u .
dow TO It, Yet tine improvements could '''
made as rapidly as the business IucTrHsvd
Some OF the most important work ne" u'0'' "
is between Cumberland. Md. and ChlctS1 bI,rc
lion Ohio by way OF ConnesVille and S'3rrstt
The expenditures Tor two Purposes 70 .nd
the low grade between the Eastern svapo,,liI .rI
C'htraCo and the other 10 establish Sdtu g
r0ImdhouSe facilities at ConnelsVhle HS t' i,tIr.
dIr OF next summer the entire line from ~
to PhllaieIphia will be double tracked win E''''
reduced grades and improved alignment
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
THE ETRURIA RUNS AGROUND.
Touches Bottom at Gedney Channel En-,
trance-Tugs Pull Her Of.

The barber yesterday morning responsible
for the grounding of the Cunard Line steamer
EtrUria she was on her way to sea. She passed
out Sandy Hook at 1910 a. m, and partly disap-
peared in the fog. 1t was then observed that her
masts had become stationary. it evident that
she had touched bottom When the fog lifted It
was found that she had caught tho entrance to
Gedney Channel and would be Obliged to wait
until nigh tide early last evening before she could
get under way again.
The wrecking tug /. J. Merritt and three tugs as
sembIed around her, but all assistance refused
until last night. when lines were run out. At 5
O'Clock the tugs had swung her around with her
bow headed inshorc. At that time the running
lights were displayed. indicating that she would
soon be free. At $40 o'clock she headed seawRrd
and passed out Gedney Channel.
Lieutenant T. g. Brodie Sir and LADY Bache
Cunard. Joshua B. Carpenter Captain D. j. Ken
nelly. George McBurney. G. Fl. pnder and A. C..
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
PHYSICIAN sTARvEs TO DEATH.
He Was Unable to Eat on Account of Can.
Ger in the Throat.

DR. Alexander Stanley Hancock. a retired
physician died in his home, at No. 330 East
Nineteenth-st last night from starvation,
caused by a cancerous growth i'll his throat
which prevented him from taking any nourish-
ment
He was born in England sixty-hve years ago.
his father being a we'll known barrister and d
friend OF Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. DR..
Hancock was educated in Trinity College, To-
ronto, and came to New-York twenty-five years
ago. He at once started as practising pnysi-
clan and built up large business from which
he retired in 1853.
About two years ago he was taken ill with
cancer of the throat. DR.. Hancock was at
tended by several physicians, but in spite OF
their efforts the disease spread until about
month ago he WIS unable to swallow any food
Drs. Carl Bec. and Frederickson. Of the Post
Graduate Hospital, were attending him at the
time, and food was given to the suffering physi-
clan by means of injections.
Last night DR.. Hancock was being led from
couch in the front room Of his home to bed by
Mrs. Hancock when he died. Mrs. Hancock
summoned the physicians and they said that Dr.
Hancock had practically died from the weakness
induced by insufficient nourishment. Besides
his widow, three sisters Of the physician survive
him. Two are in Canada. and the other Is in
London, There were children in the doc
tors
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
TAX OPPOSED BY CHICAGO BANKERS

Chicago Feb. 2S.-Unless the ~ per cent tax
clause of the Aldrch bill is eliminated. a strong
fight against the bill will be made by Chicago
bankers. This decision reached yesterday after
q three hours conference and instructions were
wired to Washington to that effect. The telegram
was signed by every national bank in the city and
was addressed to Senators Mason and CulIom and
the nine Representatives from Cook County. The
following is the substance OF the telegram and ex-
plains the &ttitude q the bankers:
Tho Aldrich bill, II passed as IL stands. in
our opinion will cause immediate repayment by
the banks of a large amount of the government
deposits which they hold resulting in contrac
tion of resources now in Use and in reduction Of
the market value of government bonds, which Will
be withdrawn and sold. National banks cannot
afford to carry as an Investment government
such other bonds the bill calls for, and there
would be actual loss to them to do so under the
of the bill government deposits at II. per
cent. Few. If any. Western banks could or would.
in our opinion. avail themselves Of the supposed
provisions Of the bill at that rate of interest There
would he loss to them and no advantage to the
public in doing. We urge you to oppose the bill,
which would hamper instead Of help present finan-
cial conditions unless the interest clause shall be
stricken out
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
FLOODS, SNOW AND WIND.
Cloudburst in Kentucky and Blizzard in
Wisconsin
IRr TELEGRAPH To TIL TRtBrHg-I

IRY TELEGRAPH TRIBUNE-I
Newport News. Va, Feb. S.-The most violent
wind storm Of the winter swept this section this
morning. the wind travelling with velocity ot
nearly seventy-five miles hour. Pedestrians had
to go indoors. Considerable damage was done
ashore On the water the only serious mishap was
the collision of the y. Y. T. and y. r. r. steamer
New-York with the Old Point wharf. Part Of the
pier was carried away and the steamer had h"lc
4 launch. with several persons aboard. was over
turned in the river i'll trying TO make a pier Al
srbeduies This morning and the Old Dominion
steamer from New-YOrk did not arrive until to-
night.
NIiddlesboro Ky. Feb 2s.-This section de-
yastated to-day by "A cioudhurst. which washed
fences and houses away and. II is believed, caused
loss of life In sections. This valley was
bos in rt6e t6 omer Sections Of the town was hood
ed Every merchant IN t9%m ma ndd 70 s- nss
Chattanooga. Tenn, Feb. 2s.--The lOwlands in
this city and suburbs inundated and telegraph
lines in several places down result of the
heavy rain last night Waeh9us f t are rsp@Esd on
the Tennessee IS rising rapidly.
Pittsburg Feb. 3S.-Iiigh winds prevailed here all
day and great damage was done to wires. build
ings in course of erection and small outhouses. At
ore time the wind reached velocity OF fifty miles
an hour. but subsided to thtrty-six miles an
hour. Scaffoldings and chmneys were blown down
all over the city. and pedestrians had many narrow
escapes, but far as known no ore was seriously
injured.
The telegraph and telephone companies report
their wires Frustrated in every direction At >
D. m. the city was entirely cut of from cOmmuHi-
cation with the outside world. except with Wash
ington. The heavy rains of the last thirty-siX
hours have greatly swollen the rivers, and dis
patches from uprEver points say that the water Is
rising rapidly Heavy ice and drftwood are running
In both streams and the river men have put on
extra lines prevent their vessels from being swept
from their moOrings.
Garden City. Kan. Feb &.-The western part of
this State is buried under the heaviest fall of
known here The indications that loss to
stock will be heavy. Feed Is scarce. y Union
Pacific train which left Denver yesterday afternoon
for the East has been stuck In the snow near
Cheyenne Wells since o'clock last night. Engines
sent to the assistance OF the train meeting with
much difficulty owing to the heavy drifts
Minneapolis Feb. 2S-DspatcheS from South Da-
kota say that last nights storm was the worst of
the winter All roads nre badly drfted. AT Mitchell
the Chicago Milwaukee and st. Paul westbOund
passenger train abandoned. and snow plOughS
were sent this morning to open the road.
La Crosse Wis, Feb 2s.-Fioods. due to the mild
weather, have done much damage In the rural dis
tricts. Small buildings and fences have been
washed away and roads buried under many feet OF
water : biizzapd reached here last night and the
temperature has fallen % degrees.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
UNAWARE OF FIRE NEXT DOOR.
Audience Of Music Hall Undisturbed by
Blaze at Jefferson Building

somewhat spectacular fire broke out last night
on the ninth floor of the Jefferson Building.
modern freproof structure. which through
from the north side of Twenty-third-st. to the
south side of Twenty -fourth-st.
The fire confined to the ninth which is the
top, floor and the premises occupied by the Ma
tIonaI Cloak Company. It was discovered By the
night watchTnan Patrick johnson. who imme-
diately turned in alarm from the building. In
response. account OF the locality, Battalion
Chief Gooderson responded. and he at once turned
in second alarm when he arrived the scene
After the firemen got to work the blaze
quickly extinguished- Acting Chief Purroy esti-
mates the "-Obable loss at from 1850 to 81 900.
Next doo TO the Jefferson Building, on the east
side. is the Bon Ton Music Hail. 1t was filled with
a large audience, which was intent watching
vaudeville show when the fire broke out. Imme-
distey on his arrival Battalion Chief Gooders9n
and 1t was decided not 20 inform the audience OF
the tre unless IT got beyond control. So between
the different turns the orchestra played tunes TO
drown the noise of the fhrobhing Of the engines
outside, and the audience In ignorance or
what was taking place next door. Every precau-
tiOE was taken TO thrown open wide all the doors
in case any alarm should spread to the audience.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
MORE DEATHS ATIIH4C4
Typhoid Epidemic Not Yet Checked
-Nine Nc7r Cases.

Ithaca. y: Y. Feb. 2s.-James Francis Nc
F:vey. Of Bliss, N YN died from typhoid fever
in the Cornell InfirInary this evening. he was
p sophomore In the College Of Arts and Sciences
Eighteen students have now died in Ithaca or
at their homes from typhoid in the bresent
epidemic. Two deaths from typhoid OF citizens
Of Ithaca also occurred to-day. They were
Mrs Frances E. Stevens and Solomon seaeer'
who died at e home OF his brother IN Srooh-
lvn. The health officers report for the last
twenty-foUr hours shows nine fresh cases anu
four suspicious ones. none among students OF
Cornell University.
The local Board Of Health to-day passed reso-
Iutions which. after due publicity, will make 1t
a crime to use city water unbo!ied. The resolu-
tiens provide:
Tha. all persons are prohibited from using or
disnosing 60 any others for domestic purposes
such as drinking, cooking. cleaning OF Fessels'
dishes or in any other manner in Whlcn water
Tnsv or can come in contact with the stomach
anv water supplied from the system OF tne tn
ithaca Water Works Company, unless such
water hes been boiled before being useo vi ui0-
Nod of