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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18

full plans are made manifest by the old
woman's every act. are vouched for by
the most reliable newspapers In the East,
s,enicant facf tbst the Enress p dowaser
has surrounded herself with the head
butchers or the former army of slaughter
ers elevated and honored them, and is
allowing them to recruit, arm and drill
their forces without even pretense of OPP
position.
Opposed to her plans have been a few
feeble diplomatic protests falling upon ears
as deaf as the walls of her palace. few
appeals TO her heart, when she has none,
and few dawdiing and dilatory prepare
tons to remove foreign subjects from the
chief danger zone when the storm has
broken and Ii is too late to seek refuge
America is chiefly TO blame for the mod
GRAFTON with which the Chinese were treat
ed after the late uprising. America, ever
sympathetic with the overpowered and
helpless. lessened the pain of the castiga-
ton and prevented the greater part of the
punishment which China so richly deserved.
and America must shoulder more than her
proportion of the responsibility for what is
to follow. The contempt in which the tot
tering old monarchy is held by modern gov
ernments is largely responsible for the
apathetic attitude of the powers while
ominous signs are in the sky. The COM
mercial wars between the great industrial
powers, the political conflict in South
America. the formation and dissolution of
alliances between powerful countries, the
political campaigns at home and the inter-
national treaties to be ratified both at
home and abroad, keep the world humming
busily and loudly and the degenerate at
Peking works out her plots under cover
of the noise.
For the protection of the lives of Euro
peans in China and for the perpetuation OF
all that they represent, for the sake of the
benighted beings who will be led to the
slaughter by the ruler who would see every
one Of them murdered IL that would serve
the least important of her purposes, is it
not time for this country to take the in
itiative and by arousing the civilized world
to the danger that looms up black on the
eastern horizon make preparations for the
only relief that is valuable or effective
the relief that arrives in time?
The treaty is being violated, arms are
being imported, former rebels are being
exalted, and excuse is given for strenuous
protest and if need be armed resistance,
to the Empress dowagers plans, while they
are still nothing but plans. Is IL the part
of wisdom or humaneness to wait until any
of those plans have been acted upon?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18

the hair of Jumbo's back. Through the
flying dust he seemed TO be trying to run,
but his efforts only served TO make him
look ike a compromise between an octo-
pus and a pinwheel.
Hastily jumping out. President Jordan
ran back to meet the pair. He seized
Jumbo and released the chain. Then he
tried to pick up the monkey. But Jocko
had a few things further to say. Splitting
out the dust, he took long breath, beat
his chest with his hands, strained far back
on his leash and opened up on the President
Of Stanford University with whitening
flood OF Simian profanity, invective and
objurgation that would have doubled Prof.
Gamers vocabulary I'm the first rush OF
words. Then he turned on the dog anc
opened up few remaining impressions Tor
his benefit.
1t was a badly battered Jocko that Presi-
dent Jordan took home. For days he would
have nothing to do with Jumbo and suIked
whenever his master spoke to him. Now
he is becoming friendly again, and Presi-
dent Jordan has observed that he has de-
veloped that invention of which necessity
is the mother. For. when he was nnally
attached to the dog again, peace having
been concluded. and Jumbo desired NAP
in the sun. Jocko coaxed him over 10 g
hitching post, and. when the dog doZed on
solemnly wrapped his chain twice around
the post. He was guarding against anotnei
surprise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18

Gated at the time of the accident. and the
successive steps OF erysipelas. septicaemia
and spetic pneumonia were evidence OF the
progress Of the condition which had acci-
dentally happened originally. There was no
Intervening cause whatever. because these
diseases were the expression OF the increas-
regards the language of the policy the ex-
ception inserted I'm favor OF the company
was diseases or other intervening causes
and the word diseases was defined by the
policy to mean typhus. scarlet fever. ty-
phoid fever. smallpox and measles. none
of which were present In this case
Brushing aside all objections, the court
gave decision for the plaintiffs. Mr.. Justice
Wright saying that IL seemed 10 him that
IF IL was once agreed that the same
scratch broke the mans skin and intro
duced into the wounded surface the germs
which eventually poisoned him, the conclu-
sion was irresistible that the morbid con-
dition OF the illness which was ultimately
fatal was directly and solely caused by the
wound. To take one OF the instances cited
in argument, suppose a man was bitten Dy
mad dog and died Of hydrophobia, the
court should say that the death resulted
from the bite, although the actual destruc-
ton of life resulted not from the bite, but
from the poisoning set up by the bite.
Then came the second objection taken by
the insurance company-that there was an
exception in the policy as 10 death caused
by or arising wholly or in part from dis
ease or other intervening cause; Upon this
point the court was OF opinion that the case
did not come within the exception so far
as the word diseases was concerned"
This case has peculiar interest for under
writers in this co lntry. since the decision Is
in line with what the courts have held to
be an accident company's liability under
the ordinary contract OF insurance. For
that reason the American companies have
stripped their policies so far as possible OF
vexatious technicalities. on the theory that
contested claims do them more harm than
good. The position is analogous TO that
arrived at by prominent life companies,
that the suicide clause is in most Instances
an insufficient defense
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.

President Roosevelt's itinerary shows that
his coming trip will be the longest and
busiest yet made by any President. Presi-
dent Hayes went to California in 1877 by
the Southern route, but his entire trip only
occupied about month. President Harri-
son visited the Pacific coast in 1891, leaving
Washington April 13 and returning May II.
He took in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Portland. Seattle. Salt Lake and Denver
These are the longest trips made by Presi-
dents while In Office. President Cleveland
made a flying trip West. and President Nc
Kinley made one of about two weeks be-
sides shorter ones South and East Presi-
dent Rosevet's trip will occupy over two
months. beginning April and ending June
5. and he viii be ION the go" nearly all of
the time. The only stop of any length
will be about two weeks, from April till
April "a in Yellowstone National Park. Dur
ing that time his train will be sidetracked
and, with few companions and guides, he
will make an extended tour of the park in
wagons or on horseback. AS the park COW
ers a tract about sixty-five miles in length
and about fifty-five miles in width and con-
tains an almost endless variety of natural
wonders and mountain scenery. two weeks
is not too long a time to devote to it. This
will be the most restful part of the trip for
the President. as there will be no rear
platform speaking, handshaking or ban
quoting. He will see great deal of wild
game-including bears-and may wish he
had his gun with him. but shooting in the
park is strictly prohibited. The next long
| est stop will be four days in the Yosemite
valley and the big-tree region of California.
which will give the President a needed rest
after two days entertainment in San Fran
| cisco. The trip will include number of
| public receptions. banquets and other func-
tons, and no doubt some significant and in
teresting speeches. besides a great number
| of rear-platform addresses. 1t will be siren
uous enough to tax the energies OF almost
| any person. The President, however. seems
| to thrive on that sort of thing and the
| country will hope he may thoroughly enjoy
| his outing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18
JUSTICE TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

The proposition to devote $4,000 of the
$4,000 bond issue for boulevard purposes to
a boulevard on the South Side would be, IL
made effective, an act of tardy justice to-
wards a portion of the city that has been
neglected as well as unfortunate. 1t was
the misfortune OF the South Side to be
SO badly cut up and cut off by railroad
tracks to seriously depreciate property
in that quarter and give an impetus to the
growth OF the city northward. Many per-
sons are not aware that the highest ground
within the city limits. including many ex-
ceptionally beautiful building sites, is on
the South Side. The natural '1ay' of the
land and attractions of the country are
such as to have attracted the growth of the
other had It not been that the railroad
tracks cut 1T of from Washington street
and the business portion. In addition to this
misfortune. and perhaps partly as a result
of 1t, the South Side has never had due
recognition In the way of city improve
ments and expenditures. 1t is true that it
has Garfield Park, which has been i'm
proved and maintained in a fairly liberal
way, but 1t contains only ninety-nine acres,
while Riverside Park. on the North Side.
contains $50 acres, which has also Brookside
Park with ninety-two acres. several smaller
parks within the city limits, and Fairview
Park. which, though it belongs to the
Street Railroad Company, is practically a
North Side park To these will soon be add
ed the government military post containing
over 1000 acres, which will become one of
the finest parks in the country. The North
Side also has the soldiers monument, Tom
linson Hall. the public library, the Heron
| Art Institute and other attractions. The
elimination Of grade crossings, which will
certainly come in the near future, ought
to mark the beginning of a new era for
the South Side, and the city should consider
| the propriety Of making permanent i'm
| provements in that direction. The appro-
| priation of $4,000 for a boulevard would be
| good beginning. 1t is understood the boul-
evard thus provided for will begin at Gar
| field Park and extend eastward along
| Pleasant run as far as the appropriation
| will carry it. This will be a considerable
distance, as the condemnation of property
and assessment of benefits may make much
more than $4,000 available for the improve
| ment. 1t is the desire of the South Side
| citizens that the boulevard shall eventually
| be extended along Pleasant run all the
way to Irvington. This would be prac.
ticable. and, besides adding a permanent
attraction to that part of the city, would
accelerate the improvement of Pleasant
run, which is a problem that will confront
the city at no distant day. With railroad
| grade crossings done away with the city
can afford to do something handsome fol
the South Side. Residents of that section
have contributed for many years for i'm
provements on the North Side without get
ting much in return. Money spent on &
| South Side boulevard will not be a dead
investment, as the city will get it back ii
the way of increased value of property anc
| taxes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18
Typhoid I'm Water.

International Medical Magazine
Jordan admits the possibility Of infection
with typhoid fever through contaminated
dust, and flies especially may at times be
the conveying agents. Minor epidemics OF
typhoid fever have, indeed, been known to
follow in the wake OF great outbreaks by
means of infected milk, infected raw veg
etables and insects-all known under the
and predominating danger of infection
comes undoubtedly from polluted water
supplies. The statistic data of Chicago.
both before and after the installation OF a
drainage canal, furnish conclusive evidence
to this effect. The sand filtration of water
as practiced I'm Berlin, London and Vienna
is considered the safest means OF obtaining
water comparatively free from typhoid fe-
yer germs.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Our national capital holds what is prob
ably a worlds record in letter-writing.
Each inhabitant spends about s32 yearly
In the purchase OF postage stamps
Kaid Maclean. commander-in-chief of the
Moorish army, draws the comfortable SAL
airy of sS5. 900 year AS a lieutenant in the
British army his pay was less than $3.50 a
year.
Mrs Ossie NJ Fitzgerald, who recently
celebrated her ninetieth birthday at her
home in Newark, n. j., has read the Bible
through ninety times, and has begun a
fresh reading of 1t.
A check for 100000 has been received by
the trustees of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, as the first payment of
the bequest to the museum under the will
of Jacob S. Rogers, the millionaire locomo-
tive builder of Paterson, n. j. Ii is said
that the amount which the museum is like
~ to receive will aggregate at least s6.000.-
"Magasinitis is a new word coined by a
French physician to describe the state of
mind similar to intOxication produced in
display OF seemingly unguarded articles in
department stores. DIR. Dubuisson thinks
that the owners of these stores should try
to diminish temptation, as we'll as to pun
ish thieves.
The postmaster at Eloise, Fla, being
short one cent in his cash at his last set
Element with the government, made up the
deficiency out of his own pocket; but in
checking his accounts the auditor for the
Postoffice Department found an arithmet-
ical error whereby Uncle Sam had been
overpaid to the extent of cent. There
upon the department sent the postmaster a
draft for one cent, which he has just re-
ceived.
A remarkable experiment is being con-
Quoted at Michigan University in an at
tempt TO discover a cure for typhoid fever.
Six big tanks containing layers OF gelatine
| have been constructed. and in these IA
square feet of the fever germs are grown
at time. The living germs are killed.
| scraped of and bottled up. The object is
| to extract the poison from the germs feed
| animals with it. and try to discover the
antidote.
Senator Platt, of Connecticut happened
into a House committee room and found
| Congressman Metcalf. OF California, read
ing. "A novel?'' queried the Yankee
| grayely. Yes" Say. Metcalf, do you
/ like detective stories-the ones with villains
| in emp The Californian showed him the
/ title page of the book he had been perusing
/ In was a regular "Old Sleuth" affair. .Sc
| do /" said Plat. and then the two states
men began to discuss this particular brand
of literature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18
CONTROLLING THE FLOODS.

The failure Of the levee system to keep
the Mississippi within its banks every sea-
son there Is flood ought by this time to
convince those who have charge of the
work that 1t is time some other method
than levees be tried to prevent the fire.
quent recurrence of the breaking of the
banks and the turning Of the country into
seas. Possibly the floods are higher this
year than usual, but the casual reports
which the papers are now printing OF the
breaking OF levees and the flooding OF the
country have been published In many other
years. Yet the federal government and
the States proceed to rebuild the levees
and to so on With system to promote
the Increase Of the fow OF waters Just as
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18

was not a regiment. and In the East scarce
ly company that did not have upon its
muster rolls the distinctive Irish names
In a fight he was always the best When
the Irishmen had enough all the rest had
a-plenty. As a citizen he is to the hearts
core an American, clinging to his national
type, for he is not ashamed of his race, but
true to the flag. At his best he stands by
his church, and, standing by his church,
no Irishman is an Anarchist. Under Amer
ica's free institutions the Irishman has rap
idly risen In intelligence and position. He
has won his way to places of usefulness
and honor, and he holds them because he is
a worker with a quick brain. No race does
more to make the whole world go round,
or contributes so much in the way of
neyer-ceasing cheerfulness and good spirits.
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Died When She Said She Would.

Kansas City Journal.
A remarkable case Of prescience is re-
ported by the Fort Scott Monitor. At Ar
cadia young woman of twenty. Mrs.
James M. Creager, became possessed OF
the belief that she would die at a certain
time. This was in last September, and so
strong was her belief in coming dissolution
that she selected the text for her funeral
sermon. the hymns to be sung. and the
friends who were to act as pallbearers. Her
family paid little attention 10 what they
regarded as a passing vagary. But two
weeks ago she took to her bed while in
apparently robust health and declared that
her time had come. No amount OF argu-
ment could remove the settled conviction
from her mind. The physicians treated her,
but they declared they could find nothing
to treat. Eleven minutes before she died
a consultation of doctors was had and they
reported TO the family that there was no
reason why the young woman should not
get out OF bed and go about. However. this
verdict had scarcely been rendered when
she turned over on her pillow and passed
away without an apparent pain or struggle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18

The publication by the War Department
OF the names of all the soldiers who par
ticipated in the war Of the rebellion Is a
great undertaking, but it win be worth all
it will cost. Every Northern State has pub
lished the names of its volunteers, but 1t
was done years ago and in most cases in a
form that the regiment must be known in
order to find a name; consequently. when It
Is desired to ascertain IL a man was an In
diana volunteer. for instance, the present
reports in this State are Of little value.
Furthermore, the United States to-day has
a more complete record than had all the
States combined. AS to the Confederates,
there is reason to fear it will be impossible
to get the names of many thousands, both
because the muster rolls at the outset were
defective and because many records were
lost soon after the war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18
SLUMBERING VOLCANO.


Lincoln CNeb) Star.
For weeks before the final outbreak of the
reign of terror in China, missionaries. for
eign merchants, military attaches and other
white residents informed their home gov
ernments directly otherwise that the
storm was coming. Some little heed was
given to their predictions, but no action
was taken to prevent the outbreak or re-
move the American and European resi-
dents of the fowery kingdom. A torrent
of blood rushed from Pekin to the sea,
fed by the tributary streams of Christian
gore which flowed in from the other
provinces. Later the allied troops carved
their way to the forbidden city and
other red torrent dyed the waters of the
Yellow sea. The expedition was necessary.
and its work was justified in dozen differ
ent ways. 1t was punitive, protective and
at the same time was considered more as
relief expedition than anything else, yet
it also upheld the right of Christianity to
carry the lighted torch into the dark coun-
tries and keep Ii burning there. Possibly
no force ever was sent out for better pur-
pose. or accomplished that purpose in the
face of more serious obstacles.
The civilized world is proud of the
proves displayed all along the bloody trail
from Tien-Tsin to Picking, on which march
the little brown jap. the sturdy Britisher,
the dashing Frenchman, the phlegmatic
German and the hairy Cossacks of the
Car fought shoulder to shoulder, guarding
one another's TANKS, binding one another's
wounds and burying their dead in a COM
mon graveyard. 1t is bit of glorious his
tory. but do we wish more like il to be
written?
Tha E,rprasc dowaoar tbot feminine how'll
incarnate. that arch plotter and hypOcrite.
has rewarded those who led the former up
rising. The promise of retribution she made
when the European bayonets cleaned be-
fore her eyes were forgotten as soon as
the last detachment left Picking. In private
life the murderess of her own kin, In pub
lie life the tyrannical ruler of her own peo-
pie, and in her dealings with foreigners
the most deceitful, treacherous and ire
sponsible ruler upon the face of the globe.
her promises and protestatfons should be
given no more weight than the whispering
winds that sigh around the dismal walls
constant and reliable. While she Is con-
ferring special favors upon Americans.
bowling to Englishmen. smiling upon Ger
mans and cringing before Russians, muni-
tions of war are being imported, troops
drilled, officers appointed, money collected
and active preparations made for another
massacre of Christians with real war
TO follow IL.
The programme of the Empress dowager
according TO the same advices which SO ac-
curately prognosticated the bloody events
which are written upon the recent pages
and bloody-minded Flu Hsiang, recognize
the ex-heir apparent. Prince Chun, and ele-
vate him to the throne over the mangled
body of the present imbecile Emperor. hel
son. Then Is to follow the butchery OF
every foreign devil' In the kingdom from
| the gray-headed priest to the youngest
member Of diplomats family. These aw'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-18

The Americans OF Irish blood have
abundant cause to be proud of the Demon
stration they made yesterday. The
organizations Were made up of fine looking
men who carried themselves as IL they
knew they represented a race which.
though II Is not a nation. is an influential
factor In all lands where there is work to
do. Denied his own country, II is we'll that
the Irishman possesses those rare qualities
which make him a citizen of the world. He
Is at home and happy in every land ex-
cept that which bears his name II the
lrishman were taken out OF the worlds
history there would be in every department
OF human effort large blank. He is one
Of the best workers In the world, always
working his way up to higher and better
things. He Is the natural soldier of the
world Never a battle for freedom tina,
be was not In and lavish with his blood
He helped make the fame of the army OF
his historic foe. He has always filled a
large and honorable place In our army
ne was . power In the Union army: there