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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-30
BUNNY TURNS TABLES.
Discharges the Gun That shoots Both
the Hunter and His Dog.

New YORK Telegram.
No one can make Milton Reynolds believe
intelligence since a cotton taii'' he was
hunting turned the tables on him and rid
died him with shot. and he has had plenti,,
thought How il happened may read like
a dream, but IL is all gospel truth. and
Drs. De Kay and LathrOp will vouch for
the fact that IL took them several hours
TO remove the shot from Reynolos's body
TO say nothing about those they found
lodged in the dog.
Reynolds. who is fireman on the night
pusher engine. used in the yards OF the
New York. Ontario & Western road. near
this village, got day on with Frank
Romer. the engine driver. and the two hied
themselves to the woods for rabbits. Soon
after reaching the woods the dog holed g
rabbit.
The dog was unable TO brighten the ''cot-
ton tall into lea ring his hole, so Reynolds
laid his gun down. and with long stick
began probing into the hole After a few
pokes bunny appeared and, glanclng
about in alarm made a dash for Reynolds $
gun. which was lying on the ground near by.
While Reynolds has no way OF proving
the rabbit had any evil intent, as the rab-
bit is still at large and has not been ques-
toned. IT is n fact that the frisky cot
ton tall leaDed in the air and managed
10 land with one foot on the trigger OF the
gun.
Instantly there was an explosion and
Reynolds fell to the ground. his left hand.
leg and his face riddled with shot. He was
found groaning with pain by Romer. who
ran I'D when he heard the shot. believing
his companion had bagged g. rabbit.
The dog was wounded far more seriously
than Reynolds, as one of his lind feet was
shot of. AS a witness OF the rabbits Prov
ess. the dog may now be seen limpine about
Reynolds's house. while the dogs master Is
laid up i'm bed. The rabbit has not been seen
since the explosion of the gun. and Reynolds
says he will not go cunning for II again. He
bears bunny" no III will however. and de-
cIares he would shake hands with him IL he
met him on the road.
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gers are usually picker. II wits are not
nmbier. In the less mechanical, or strictly
clerical, positions, there are women VINO
have been In the service for many years,
and who are exceedingly useful.
The comparison between men and women
as stenographers. however. is frequently
made. and often to the disadvantage OF the
women Every person who has employed
more than one or two stenographers knows
how difficult il is TO find first-class one.
The high schools and even the colleges
turn out many young men and women who
can't spell. who can't compose dozen SEN
fences grammatically, who SEEM totally ig-
norant of the great characters ana events
of history and literature. and who have
q hazy idea of important contemporary DO
ings. If they happen 10 take up stenos-
raphy as an occupation. they first misun,
derstand and then misspel- Any unusual
form OF expression or any quotation from
the classics that may occur in the course
of their employers ''dictation" is lost upon
them. They either ask cxasperating ques-
tons at the time or they invoke the wrath
of their employer when he sees the tran
script of their notes.
Thousands and thousands of young men
and women take a course and call them
selves stenographers. The really frst-ciass
stenographers-one is sometimes led 10 be-
lieve-are. in all the country. only few
hundreds. The government is constantly
calling for good stenographers. A nrst-
class stenographer can always get place
at a good salary in the federal service This
Is eloquent statement, when it is con-
sidered that in almost any other occupa-
ton under the government the chances are
hundreds to one against securing place
without long waiting. so great is the pres
sure for appointment
The United States Civil-service Commits
sion would tell you-if the members could
be induced to make statement on the sub
iect-that there are more good male than
female stenOgraphers in the government
service. The commission Will certainly tell
you that male stenographers are in greater
demand in the executive departments. But
why it is that these conditions obtain, the
commission probably won't tell you. be-
cause il doesn't know Some wise student
OF anthropology may know.
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BILLS ARE BEING PAID
WORK ON C., II. & c. ROAD WILL BE
RESUMED AT ONCE.
PcnnviIIe's Offer for n Railroad Con-
nectiOn-Rapid Work on Power
House mt RushyiIie.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PORTLAND, Ind, Oct. 29.-The prospects
of the Cincinnati, Button & Chicago Rail-
road TO become reality are better to-day
than they have been for some time Forty
nine teams arrived from Cincinnati, billed
TO the Bracey-Howard Construction Com
pany, the builders of the road. Work on
this road, which is TO extend between Hunt
ington and Union City, connecting Portland.
Pennvillc and Bluffton, was begun several
weeks ago, but when the grade had been
built for a distance OF ten miles south from
Blufft0n, and three miles of track had been
laid, the Eastern capitalists who We're to
have financed the project withdrew their
support, and the builders were left without
money to go on or to pay bills already con-
tracted They had not so much as enough
to pay the freight a hundred carloads of
rails and other materials which arrived
about this time and which We're of course
held by the railroad which carried ii.
Yesterday John S. Bowers, of Decatur,
came TO the relief of the road and bills are
being paid as fast as presented, so that
work may be resumed. The little town of
Pennville. which has no railroad and is nat
urally eager for the success of this one,
has offered the company $4,000 ready cash
and a free right of way for distance Of
eight miles. Besides this, Pennville some
time ago voted the company u subsidy Of
$4,000
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CONFERENCE OF FRIENDS
NEED OF A BETTER EDUCATED MN
IsTRY UNDER DISCUSSION.
Movement Toward the Hiring Of Pas
sfOnary Societies Are Held.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


RICHMOND, Ind. Oct. 29.-An important
meeting of the evangelstic and pastoral
committee of the Indiana Yearly Meeting
of Friends was held yesterday al the home
OF Mrs. William J. Hiatt. All the members
of the committee were present except one.
The absentee was Cornelius Small. of Fair
mount, who was called to Wabash by the
burning of Whites Institute. Those pres
ent besides Mrs. Hiatt were Rev. Allen
Jay, Richmond Rev. Joseph Q. Binford,
Knightstown; Joseph A. Goddard. Muncie;
Mrs. William p. Henley, Carthage; Miss
Elliott. Fountain City; Rev. Enos Harvey,
Paramount, and Rev. Ira Johnson, Lynn.
The session was continued through the
entire day, as there was much to discuss
This was the first meeting of the year
following the Yearly Meeting recently held
Marion. !.
There is a crying need for more educated
ministers, and the committee is looking to
Earlham College to supply that need. AT
the present time there are three OF the
pastors attending the Biblical course at
Earlham and at he same time are keeping
up their pastoral duties. Since the re-es-
tablishment of the Biblical course at Earl
ham it is believed more of the ministers
Will take advantage of the work there and
better prepare themselves for the work of
the ministry. The number of ministers
who regularly stationed and receive
salaries among the Friends is increasing.
1t appears from the outside that eventually
the opposition in the society 10 a 'hireling
ministry will pass away, and the pastors
will be regularly stationed and receive their
remuneration just the same as in other
denominations.
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New Problems of the Universe.

Prof Simon Newcomb. in Harper's Maya
zine for November.
We all know that the nineteenth century
was marked by separation of the sciences
into a vast number of specialties. to the sub
divisions of which one could end. But
the great work of the twentieth century will
be TO combine many of these specialties
The physical philosopher of the present
time is directing his thought To the demon
straton of the unity of creation. Astronom-
icaI and physical researches are row being
united in a way which is bringing the inf
nitely great and the infinitely small into one
field of knowledge. Ten years ago the atoms
Of matter. of which il takes millions OF mil
lions 10 make drop of water. We're the
minutest objects with which science could
imagine itself to be concerned. Now, a body
of eXperimentalists, prominent among whom
stand Professors j. j. Thompson. Becquerel
and Roentgen. have demonstrated the exist
encc of objects so minute that they lind their
way among and between the atoms of mat
ter as raindrops Go among the buildings of
a city. More wonderful yet, il seems likely
although il has not been demonstrated, that
these little things, called "corpuscles," play
an important part in what is going on among
the stars. Whether this be true or not. IL is
certain tina; there do exist in the universe
carnations OF some sort. producing visible
effects, the investigation of which the nine
teenth century has had To bequeath to the
twentieth.
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WHISKY CAUGHT FIRE,
And the Victim Perished I'm the
Flames Before Help Arrived.

Providence Journal
A fire attended with loss OF life occurred
In Danelson about $50 O'Clock Sunday
morning. when the boarding house con-
nected with Sherman's mills was dis
covered to be on fire. The alarm was
quickly responded TO by the hosemen. hut
upon their arrival their services were not
much needed. as the blaze proved 10 be
slight and was promptly subducd.
Then came rumor that man was
burned to DEATH which upon investigation
was found TO be true = Frenchman. Nell
son Couture, one OF the mill operatives.
while trying To warm himself over a
lighted lamp set upon the floor. had in
some way ignited his clothing and been
burned TO death. AS no call for help was
heard by the other inmates OF the house.
1t was at first supposed to be a case
OF heart disease. but upon investigation
the coroner's verdict was that intoxication
was the cause and that the man had been
trying to drink from a bottle which was
found near, the contents of which became
ignitedf from the lamp and enveloped him
i'm flames causing his death before an out
cry could be made The flames then spread
to the window, where they attracted at
tention and the alarm was rung In.
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House Mover EIectrocuted.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
URBANA, ILL.,, Oct. 29.--John Block,
house mover. was instantly killed here this
afternoon by electrocution. Twenty-Five
hundred volts of electricity passed through
his body. He had been employed to move
the old Catholic Church from its present
location. and found that the electric light
wires interfered with getting the building
off the lot. He employed boy to climb the
pole and pull the wire over the building.
The boy was unable to loosen the wire. and
To help him Block threw iron hook at
tached to a wire chain over the Wire. The
moment the connection was formed Block
was thrown into convusions. and. being I'M
able to loosen his hold, was killed.
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MEN OR WOMEN WORKERS.


New York Commercial.
1t being freely admitted that women VINO
need to earn livelihood deserve. by every
instinct of male gallantry, To be encOur-
aged, ii still must be said that the employ
er's preference for men in purely clerical
positions is a little more marked than IL
was few years ago. At least this is the
case where the United States government
is the employer.
One high official of the government has
recently become unpopular with woman
kind generally in Washington because he
has boldly declared that he doesn't want
women clerks in his department, and that
he intends to "get men, whenever pract:-
cable. This official was unnecessarily blunt
of speech-some will say brutal-for he said
in plain terms that he didn't want any
more women around, for they were "a
great bother"
This brute represents the extreme of
adverse views on this question of male or
female clerks. There are many who. al
though temperate in their opinion and in
its expression. decidedly prefer male clerks
and male stenographers.
There is no woman employed in the offices
OF the President of the United States in
any capacity. "A large part of the business
of the Presidents office is peculiarly con-
fidential in character, and all Of IL calls for
a high order of clerical efficiency. Are
women absent from the large force of
ClcrkS at the w nllc House because they
can't keep secrets. or because they are less
efficient than men? a mans charity would
give the latter as the reason. a woman
would resent either imputation.
Male stenographers have for the last
five or six years been in special demand BY
the government. y Secretary Hay dictates
his letters TO n man. Secretary Shaw has
two women stenographers. and they are
extremely intelligent and efficient. Secre-
tary Root and Secretary Moody employ
men in their own Offices, and the number
OF female clerks in the War and Navy de-
partments is relatively small. Attorney
General Knox relies on his private secre-
tary "a mani and female stenogrlpher to
handle his correspondence under his own
direction. The young woman-who hap
pens To be a frst-class law clerks how
ever, chiefly employed in taking down from
dictation legal briefs and opinions The
other members of the Cabinet usually die
tate their official correspondence to men
but, In one or two cases, occasionally TO
women. Yet in the other Offices of the ex-
ecutiVe departments are hundreds OF fe-
male stenographers and thousands OF fe-
male clerks.
Some OF the women clerks are almost in
dispenSable. Men could hardly be found
to MI their places. This is notably true
in some offices OF the United States Treas
ury. where women were employed earlier
than i'm any other department OF the gov
eminent, something like thirty years ago
under the administration of Secretary
Spinner. Women, for instance have been
found TO be especially efficient in Counting
money-both paper and coin. Feminine fin
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-30
BRAND NEW SCHEME
To Fleece the Railroads Ont Of Their
Eares-HOw the Trick Is Done.
I'LL.

Eares-HOw the Trick Is Done.
Minneapolis Tribune
A brand new scheme has been discovered
by the weary wayfarer to work the rail-
according to Lawrence j. Ryan. travel
ing man from Chicago, who registered at
the Rogers last night. While all sorts
of schemes have been adopted successful
~ in which the "con" is ''conned OUT of
collecting fares. and many of them have
received the stamp of approval from the
Free and independent Order of Amalga-
mated Grafters, there are always new ones.
which teach the wise where they get off
at At least says Mr.. Ryan
He stated to the Tribune last night:
waiting for train, and was standing in
line to buy a ticket to a little town not
very far away. If l remember rightly
the fare was about "a. There was a large
hind me in line was clever looking young
fellow who said to me;
credential ticket? | have heard of them,
but have never seen one
II complied with his request and we step
ped out of the line, while he figured out in
pencil on the back of the ticket the differ
ence between the excursion rate and the
credential rate. Then We separated and
did not see him again until we reached our
destination, which happened to be the same.
when we met in the street he said TO me:
81 got here without paying fare and
did it, thanks to your Kindness. In show
ing your ticket. I'll tell you how
worked it, so if you ever get hard up you
can do the same.
when the conductor came around to
collect fares. L was a few seats back OF you
and / went past him. and returned so as to
make him believe that L had come from
the front part of the train. When he asked
me for my ticket, L told him that he had
taken 1t up and forgotten TO give me a
check. He denied having done 40. but when
l said that he would find my ticket among
those he had taken up. and that l could
identify il by the fact that 1 had written
some figures on the back, which were cal
culations showing the difference i'm the
credential ticket and excursion rates, he
was non-plused.
"'Of course. when he looked through the
bunch he found the ticket, and promptly
apologized.
mo, | don't have TO work this often.
but l am broke, my best girl lives here. so
| was bound TO get 10 see her somehow"
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MARK TwAIN'S PAPER.
Grent Scheme to Publish "Obituaries"
of Men Before They Die.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Mark Twain. with his family. started for
Florence in the North German Lloyd steam
er Princess Irene. Mrs. Clemens, who is an
invalid. must have sea voyage immedi-
atey, which. the author explains, is his
chief reason for going abroad. incidentally,
however. he is to write at Florence. and his
daughter. Miss Mary. who accompanied
him, with another daughter. Miss Clara, is
to act as his amenuensis and carry my
camera" as he expresses Ii.
After Mr.. Clemens had succeeded In get
ting his family and their eighteen trunks
aboard he turned 10 the reporters and said
II feel very peevish to-day. In fact. / have
absorbed all my wife's pugnacity and my
daughters audacity.
Il have been troubled very seriously these
last few DAYS. / have had premonition that
/ am TO meet Dowie L don't know where
we're going to meet, but | am afraid II is
going TO be in one place or the other
shall like heaven and l want society. but L
don't want the society Of Dowie. If / go
there. wherever Ii may be. and find Dowie.
I'll fight like thunder To get out"
The author was told that Harry Lucy. the
humorist. had arrived on the Lucania, and
had stated that he had entered into an
agreemer. to print a postmortem black
mailing sheet called the Obituary" and
that he feared Mark Twain was getting
away with the profits. having rendered no
account To- him. Mr.. Clemens said
THAT is true. every bit of il. We did talk
IL and agree to print a paper OF that
kind, and ii was very plain To US both that
a better money-making paper had never
been devised. The object was To write up a
mans life while he was alive. There is mon
ey in a corpse. What we wanted To do was
TO write the obituary of a prominent man
thoroughly. covering UP all the spots. and
you know there are shady spots in all men
or spots that can be artistically rendered
shady. Then this paper would be offered 10
this man at 80 guineas
There was TO be no circulation and no
dra wback on that account The man could
have as many papers as he wanted, aud
the greater the number he took the more
would his shady spots be obliterated. IL he
bought UP the whole edition he would get a
really fine obituary, that his family would
be proud Of.
when 1 came home and got at things. l
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-30

Washington Letter.
Third Assistant Postmaster General Mad
den receives many recommendations for
new designs OF stamps, but a Pennsylvania
has proposed design which outdistances
all others j. Edward Clarke, OF Lock
Haven. has recommended a mourning stamp
for our American Postoffice Department"
In a letter 10 General Madden Mr.. Clarke
states that he submits the design because
of the delay he recently experienced In
receiving "A letter when near relative OF
his died. He said IL was two or three DAYS
after the letter reached the postoffice in
his town before he received IL. He believes
that If the department would adopt
mourning stamp IL would insure the quick
delivery of such letters. But General Mad
den can't see IL in that light. as IL would
be entirely out OF the province OF postofice
employees 10 make special any letters ex-
cept those bearing special delivery stamps.
III the department were TO adopt the de-
sign and follow the recommendation OF the
Pennsylvanian the stamp would have. q
very lively appearance. hardly indicative
of messages OF grief. At least four color
designs would be used. black, white. red and
green General Madden has fled the Penn
sykania mans letter for future considers
-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-30
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.

LIVERPOOL. Oct. 29.-Arrived: Belgen-
land, from Philadelphia; kensington. from
Montreal. Sailed: Columbian. for Boston;
Nomadic. for Portland.
QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 29.-Sailed: West
ernland. from Liverpool for Philadelphia
Majestic. from Liverpool for New York.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 29.--Arrived: Auguste
Victoria, from New York for Cherbourg
and Hamburg and proceeded.
NEW YORK. Oct 29.-Arrived: Cedric.
from Liverpool. Saileds Ia Lorraine, for
Havre. NeclSar. for Bremen.
HALIFAX. Oct. s9.-Arrived: Carthagen-
ian. from Glasgow and Liverpool for Phila-
delphia-
LONDON. Oct. 29-Arrived: Cambrian,
from Boston; Minnesota. from Philadel-
phia.
BROWHEAD. Oct. 30-Passed: Georgia.
from New York for Liverpool.
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VIII Meet Next Year In Marion.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Ind, Oct. 2e.-At the meeting
of the Womans Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Church for the Wa
bash district of the North Indiana Confer
ence, embracing five Counties. which closed
here to-day, Marion was selected as the
place for the convention next year. The
election Of officers by the no delegates pres
ent resulted as follows: President, Miss
Rose Smith, Wabash; first vice president.
Mrs. T. NJ. Guild. Huntington: second vice
president, Mrs. L. Pugh. North Manches-
ter: third vice president, Mrs. Anna Payne,
Wabash; recording secretary. Mrs. II. Il.
Daniels. Marion; corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Lizzie Clearinghouse. Wabash treas
urer, Mrs. II. c. Neal, Marion; superintend-
ent of young peoples department, Miss
Jennie Markley, Wabash.
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SHOCK CAUSED A FALL
ANDERSON LINEMAN VERY BADLY
INJURED AT FRANKTON.
Portland Carpenter Probably Fatally
at Urbana-Other Nishaps.
Special 70 the Indlanapolls journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ELWOOD, Ind, Oct. 29.-William Thomp-
son. a lineman in the employ Of the Union
Traction Company. fell from the top of a
thirty-foot pole on the new Elwood-Ander-
son line at Frankton. this morning and
suffered what appear to be fatal injuries.
Thompson was at the top of the pole rig
ging some wires and reached up TO move a
telephone wire. which was strung on the
same pole He touched live wire, carry
ing 500 volts. His glove was burned from
his hand, the shock loosered his hold on
the pole and he fell in heap 10 the
ground. One leg and one arm were broken
and he suffered internal injuries, which IL
is believed will prevent his recovery. lie
was taken to his home in Anderson
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Traction Directors Elected.
indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
SEYMOUR, Ind, Oct. 29.-The Central
Indiana Electric Railway Company held
stockholders meeting here to-day and
heard the report of the engineer J. y.
Crankshaw, who has completed the survey.
The report was very satisfactory. Mr.
Crankshaw said the route from Columbus
to French Lick was much better clear
through than he had anticipated The
company is hopeful of beginning construc-
ton work in the spring. The following
directors were elected John Stratton,
John L. Stout. John u. Burrell. G.. a. Rob-
ertson, II. G. Johnson, W. +. Masters Louis
Schneck, w. III. Shields. l.. III. Wright,
Charles Dehmer and George w. Caldwell.