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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-04

Noblesville Ledger.
The long-drawn out Investigations at In
dianapolis are beginning to pail on the peo-
pie OF the State. and. no doubt. of that
city, too. We have no doubt that there
were some men active in bringing about
the investigations that were sincere. and
who were working for the public good. but
IL appears now that some only wished to
create sensations for publication in the
papers or 10 get even with some one and
were not actuated by the public good. The
managers OF the News do not appear I'm a
very good light as the evidence indicates
they were instrumental In bringing a de-
tective TO Indianapolis TO festen some
crime on Logsdon. not being able 20 make
ANYTHING of the charges on trial. Detect
ives are all right 20 detect crime already
committed, but should not use improper
methods, nor commit crimes themselves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-04

Richmond Item.
The reform element in indianapolis Sc
cured the services Of detective used by
Attorney Folk, OF St Louis. But here they
stopped following the methods used by
that gentleman. Otherwise, they might
have been more successful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-04

The police are investigating the reported
opening OF a poolroom at Is West Pearl
street by Fred Heller and John Shea. SUPER
intendent Tarfe said last night that he had
received report OF the matter. and had
given orders for an investigation 20 be made
al once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-04
WEATHER UNPRoP1T1ous.


Because Of the continued bad weather 1t
was found necessary last night TO post
pone the opening OF the Columbia Club
roof garden until next Tuesday night. On
that evening, with fair weather, q good
entertainment will be given.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-04

Kruse & Dewenter, celebrated warm-air
furnaces. No. &z7-l2s East Washington
street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-04

SUSPECTED GAMBLING.
About this time these gentlemen thought
they had fair grounds for the belief that
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10

Van BibhcT. who was ut one time Chief
Justice of the county, complained to the
Court i'll lI24 of his servant Garrett
Bonn; that he was unruly; that he set
him at defiance. and would do nothing
but what he pleased. 1t appeared that
Buum came to the colony in 1722 with
ont being indcnturcd, and the cause of
he quarrel appeared to he in regard to
he limo he should serve. The Court
INT the Constable. Daniel lIuclIlc. after
Bonn, and ordered that he should serve
his master five years from the time the
ship which brought him over landed in
Virginia. and that the Sheriff take him to
the whipping-poSt and give him twenty
lv" laSheS well laid on upon the bare
back. In 1920 Nathan Phillips presented
an account and petition to the Court
about his servant George Williams who
had ran away and waS absent four times.
His master had found him at Welsh
Tract once. twice at New Castle, and
once at Chester. He had abscnted him
self twcnty-nnr days from his masters
service and put him to an expense of
u s. Sd. The Court ordered Williams
To serve SIX months additional to rcim-
Nurse his master. These servants were
bought and sold somewhat after the
manner of slaves. as shown by the pcti-
tiun of Ephraim Thompson, presented
I" tn" Court aS late as 1884. Ephraim
had purchased one Timothy Rouck. II
-four years servant. Timothy proved
10 he Il bad investment. and he shipped
him ON board of II Sloop. the property of
Thomas Writ, to be sent to Virginia and
sold. Upon the return of the SloOp he
learned that he had not been sold. and
he waited upon the skipper Isaac Van
lHnan for the indcnturcS of the said ser
want: when il appeared that some time
during tn" voyag" to Virginia. Rouck
had stolen III" indrnturcS and the skip
per. for want of them. was unable to
dispose of him. Mr.. Thompson prays the
Court to take the premises into conSid-
| "rat ION and grant him such relief as it
thought right.
ItONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
Finds Way To Live Long.

Tn" startling announcement Of Dis
'"v"ry that will surely lcngthen life is
made 10y Editor .. IL. Downey. of Chu-
ruhuScn. Ind. Il wish to state" he
writes. that DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption is the most nfalliblc
remedy thai | have ever known for
Coughs. Colds and Grip. It's invaluable
to pcopl" with weak lungs. Having this
wonderful mcdicin" no one need dread
Pneumonia or tonSumptiom Its relief
is instant and cure certain" r. Il.
Frazer. ElktOn; and $. ". Wiley. Colora.
guarantee every 30 cent and 81 90 bottle.
and give trial bottles free.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
Wholesale and Retail DeaIsE
HAY, LUMBER
AND FEED.

White Pine, Yellow Pine,
Hemlock, Oak, Rosendale and
Portland Cement, Building
Lime, Adamant, Hair, Roof
ing Paper, Fencing Wire,
Staples, Bricks, Fire Clay Pipe,
Terra Gotta Pipe, Drain Tile,
Cucumber Pumps, Flax Seed
Meal, Bran, Gluten Feed, Cot
ton Seed Meal, Land Lime, all
grades of Salt. The best Ferti-
HERS the market will afford as
low as can be bought from any
other source. Estimates furn-
ished on application.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
Fine Printing,

The Printing Department of the Cecil
Whig" Office is employing larger force
of workmcn now than ever before. Tn.
best work at the lowest prices is the
reason of this increase in business. All
styles Of printing. Send us your order.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-01-10
CHAPTER XIV CONTINUED.

button, who is believed t. have been the
person referred To in til" chapter upon
Nottingham Some time previous to lIlG
he had Il mill on or near IN" ST" of the
iron works, which he sold, together with
fifty acres of land upon part of which it
stood. to Richard Bennett Of Queen
Anne's County. in that year. for 200
silver money. This mill WAS near the
BOTTOM of the main falls of North
East" and there seems To hAv" been Il
forge or furnace upon II. Tor IRON works
are among the many things mentioned us
being conveyed by the deed. Ii is very
likely that button had the land upon
which this mill WAS built condemned by
writ of nd quod damnum. rs III" legal
process was called. for the early lcgiSla-
tors of the colony were 50 sensible of the
use of mills that they very soon passed
an act providing for the condemnation
and valuation of land for the use of thoS"
who were disposed To build them. This
process was much the same ~ that now
in use for obtaining privat" property for
public use The party obtaining the site
tor Il mill III this manner had the use of
it for the term of eighty wears nj given
annual rent. Many of the mills in the
county. in its early days. were built upon
land obtained in this way.
Among the petitions presented To the
Court in 1919 was one from som" of the
citizens of SuSuu"hanna Hundred. in
which they state that they had settled
i'll Il remote part of this county and were
destitute of convenient roads both TO
church and court and also for rolling
tobacco to any convenient landing: they
therefore prayed for Il road To he laid
out from the head of North East River
TO the plantation of Roger Kirk. The
petition was signed hy Robert button.
the proprietor of the mill. and about
twenty others.
In 1T21. John touSinr. an orphan. thir-
teen years of age. was hound To John
Pennington. of North East. Mr.. Pen
nington was Il cOr,lwan"r (which was the
name given to ShormakcrN at that timel,
and he obliged himself to teach the or
phan ITO read. write and east accounts
and to get his catcchiSm by heart, and
to teach him thr cordwaimer'S trade.
and to civ" him. mt the expiration of his
time of service. Il set of &hormakerS'
tools. two new suits of clothes and -
young breeding mare.
In l123 many of tn" inhabitants of Mil
ford Hundred. which then embraced the
northeastern part of tn" county. petit
toned the Court for road from the
New Munster Road. at David AleXan-
dcr'S. across the main fresh of Elk River
1T stephen IollingSworth'S mill. (which
was the mill ON Big Elk, west of Cowan-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
RICE SHOWERS FORBIDDEN.
Railway OniciaIs i'm Connecticut
 Town Put an End to . Crow ing Nuisance.

Rice-throwing has become a nuisance at Hartford, Conn. So many couples have been married there recently, and their friends have been so demonstra- tive at the railway station, that Superin- tendent Davidson, of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, has de- cided to put an end to it in the precinct which is directly under his supervision. Recently he happened to be in the union station when bride and groom were being pelted Passengers had to keep off the station platform till the couple were within the car, and then, fin the hurry to get aboard. "eral slipped on the rice.
 MT. Dayi, promptly issued an or der to the ~4tion master to call upon the police to arrest all persons who com mitted the nuisance of rice-throwing. Half an hour later the station master enforced the order, and caused the ar rest of 8 young man. but on the ground that the order had not become we'll known the youth was released. Here after all offenders will be prosecuted,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
Ganasrone,. statue.

A statue to Gladstone has recently been placed in Westminster Abbey on the spot marked for it years ago by Dean Stanley. It occupies the last va- cant space for standing figure in the, north transept. It was made by Mir. Brock. of the Royal academy, and is a marble figure on marble pedestal. which at present contains no inscrip- ton. On one side is the statute of Sir Robert Peel, on the other, that of Lord Beaconsf1eld. The aisle is called the ''Statesmen's Aisle," and is near the pulpit. Gladstone stands in the robes of doctor of civil law of Oxford, with his face turned slightly to the left. The likeness is good. There is no cere- amony of unveiling monuments which. like this, are erected by the authority of parliament. No display is neces. sary to call attention to the honor which the nation pays it's great map~ --LondDns Times
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
SUNDAY TRAINS.
NAuGATUCK DIVISION.

Trains leave Bank street station for New York, Bridgeport, New Haven and other places south at 6:35, 7:55, 11:13 a. m.; 1:40, 3O5, 4:40, 6:15 and 500 D. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from New, York Bridgeport, New Ha- ven and way stations at TIA. S:23. 9:O5, 1O:55 a. m.: 1 PA, 3:4O,e 6:30, GAS S:4S D. m.; 12:39 a, m.
 Trains leave Sank street station fer winsted and way stations at s:2s, 1O:55 a. m.; $40, 5:20 (Waterville on- ly), GAS and S:4S p. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from Winsted and way stations at 6:35 7:55, 11:13 a. m.; 3:05, 5:46, (Water- ville) 6:15 p. m.
 Trains leave Bank street station for Watertown and way stations at 6:45, BPS, 11:17 a. m.; 1:30, 8:45, 5:1O, 6:12, 6:53, S:53. and 11:2O p. m.
 Trains arrive at Bank street station from Watertown and way stations at $40, TAT, 10:42 a. m.; 100, 2:56, 4:3O. b:51, 6:45. 7:45, 11:16 p. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS.
 Leave Bank street station for New York. Bridgeport and New Haven at 7:O5. $50 a. m; 1:40, 6:10 ard 500 D. n.
 Arrive at Bank street stat'on from New York, Bridgeport and Nc.- Haven at 9:53 a., m: 1:24, 7:52, 1o.7" m.
 Leave Bank street station for Water town and way stations at 9:5S q. m. and S.O3 D. m.
 Arrive at Bank street station from Watertown and way stations uI 0:5a a. RA and 4;58 D. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
SPANISH BEGGARs TO GO.
Ancient Organization of the ''Pordio-
 SerOs" Threatened by ARt1- C1 VaRrant Measure.

Every tourist who contemp1ates visit to Spain will rejoice that the govern ment has reported favorably upon a measure for the repression of vagrancy and begging, which are practiced on a large scale all over the peninsula, and are particularly indulged in by young children. The bill has been prepared by the social reform committee of Madrid, although 1t was actually draft ed by Senator Santa Maria de Parebes, of the Madrid university, says the New York Times.
 In no other Latin country is the guild of beggars so we'll organized. The Span ish beggar is not usually thief, or rather overt thleving Is discouraged by his profession Spanish sociologists trace the origin of the present-day beg gar to the time of barefooted pilgrim ages and hair-shirt discipline. It is af- f1rmed that the whole class of quite or derly men and women who crouch at the church doors and piously bless the donors of copper coins are in many cases the lineal descendants of pilgrims who used to do penance for those wh[ ware charitably disposed toward them. There is no doubt that even to-day the Madrid beggar, who Is called in Castilian ''pordiosero," is very pious person; indeed, the appellation implies as much, originating, at it did, from the first phrase that a beggar uters to the stran- ger-"por Dios.'
 The new measure infiicts on the pa- rents and guardians of minors arrested for begging or wandering and sleeping on highways and the public thorough fares either fines or terms of from one to days imprisonment Heavier fines, or from to 30 days imprisonment, will be imposed on parents and guardians who ill-treat children in order to mak. them beg, or who sell them to others for the purpose of begging. All persons convicted will forfeit the right to have the custody of the children for two years or more, at the discretion of the courts and authorities, who will place the minors in proper municipal and pro- vincial establishments which will sup port and educate them until it Is con- sidered possible to restore them to their parents or guardians.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
Gold Found in Tunis.

A strange piece of news comes from Tunis. It is stated that gold deposits have been discovered in the regions of Sousse and 2izerta. Samples are said to have yielded from two to three ounces per ton, with a minimum of 16 pennyweights A writer in the Matin goes so far as to declare that some specimens obtained near Kairouan have produced in the laboratory the fabulous yield of three and four pounds to the ton. The mining de- partment in the Regency is reported by the same authority, to have at first refused to issue permits until it was proved that the gold existed, but is ow granting them at the rate of 100
 day. A specialist in Paris, however, refuses to believe in the authenticity of the discovery, on the ground that the geological formation of Tunis does not admit of the existence of the con- glomerate that is said to extend for a distance of over 30 miles, being too recent" as until modern times it was partly covered with water.-London
 qiat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20

The world has lost one of its mas- terpieces of art. Leonardo da Vinci's great picture, the Cenacolo or Last Supper" containing, it is said, the most exquisitely tender portrait of the Saviour ever painted. is at last com pletely effaced. It was painted on the walls of the refectory, or monks din- ing hall, of the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, at Milan, being completed in 1498. The monastery was old and the walls damp, the building being periodically flooded, and the painting early showed signs of decay. During the centuries since it has been fre- quently retouched and repainted, and everything has been done to arrest the utter destruction of the picture. It could not be removed because painted on the p1astered wall of the old church, and so the wall has been heated to drive out the damp, the temperature of the room has been carefully regu- lated, but all in vain, and now the eyes of the Saviour, the last feature which could be clearly distinguished, have disappeared.
 The dim outlines of the picture, which can still be with difficulty traced, show that the picture stood ten feet above the floor at one end of the large room. The 13 figures, each one half larger than life size, occupied space 28 feet long. Only two of these could be seen at full length at the opposite ends of the table. In the case of the others the lower part of the body was hidden by the table
 Goethe, the great German poet. saw the painting hundred years ago, when it's exquisite beauty and vivid-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
TITLES OF BEGGARS.
Trade Names by Which Mendicants ,#a. 2n the Big Cities Know
 Each Other. o .

Mendicants are criminals, nine tenths of them with criminal rec ords, is the report 'of those who have estigated these wretches who are allowed to parade their simulated miseries upon our streets. Those who are in fact legless or armless may have lost those undesired and useless organs as tramps in stealing rides on railroad trains, etc., and even the few really blind of the many~ that pre- tend to be so, were made so purpose ly, or are glad they are so, says American Medicine. New York city is ridding itself of these impostors by the simple expedient of showing up their frauds. In the slang of these worthies, "New York is jimmied." By taking the good arms out of splints or the sound legs out of casts, exposing the sham blind, and the malingering, paralytic, punishing the frauds, etc., the streets are cleared of them. Other cities are yet to take lesson. "Chi SlinY made a large in- come, some $50 a week for years, in an hour or two a day in New York playing the paralytic. British" was almost as successful. "P. F." is the name given by the fraternity to the plaster-of-p paris bandage men. The "sap" men are the crutch and cripple frauds. The "cane men" are those who go no farther than canes. The "human crab," the human dog," the human alligator" are other types. The 'crust-thrower" is the fellow who slyly drops moldy crust of bread before the passers-by and then seizessit as if with hunger. The "duckets'' or ''dockets" are those who parade signs verses, etc., on placards. When Florida Shine," "Boston Charlie" "Toronto Peg" '"The Crane" Dutch Harris," 'St. Louis Joe," or "Chi Slim" get arrest ed his companions of "the trust" con- tribute and hire a lawyer for him, or secure means for his escape.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20
IN BAMBOO.
The Crop in Japan Is of Great Con1-
 mercial Value.
Our Agricultural Department Is Try- ing to Introduce 1t Into This Country-How the Ori-
 entails Use It.

As our agricultural department Is making an effort to introduce the Jap- anese bamboo into this country, and have it cultivated in commercial Quan- titles, and as these efforts are meeting with some degree of success in Cali fornia at the present time, 8 little in- formation about the bamboo groves of Japan and how the wood is used, may be interesting.
 The bamboo groves of Japan are not only one of the most striking features of its landscape, but one of it's most profitable plant cultures.
 The largest well-kept groves in the world, except perhaps those of Burma, are growing in the central provinces, and some of these are several square miles in area. Tn the tropics general iy the bamboo is cultivated in small rclumps, but in Japan it is grown with almost the same care that Is given to the field crops.
 No other nation has found so many artistic uses for the plant as the Jap anese, and in no other country. except it be China, is such a variety of forms employed by the common people.
 It is popular misconception that bamboos grow only in the tropics. Japan is land of bamboos, and yet where these plants grow 1t is not so warm in winter as 1t is in California. In regions where the snows are so heavy that they often break down the young stems, and where the thermom- eter drops to 15 degrees below the freezing point, the largest of the Jap
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-20

anese species grows and forms large groves.
 The Japanese and Chinese, who are the most practical agriculturalists in the world, have for centuries depended upon the bamboo as one of their most useful cultures, and the natives of tropical India and the Malay archipel- ago would be much more at loss without it than the American farmer without the white pine, for they are not only dependent upon it for their building material but make their ropes, mats, kitchen utensils, and in- numerable other articles out of 1t, and at the same time consider it among the most nutritious of their vegetables. To enumerate the uses of such fam fly of plants as this would be like giv- ing a list of the articles made from American pine, and it would not serve the purpose of this bulletin so we'll as to simply point out the fact that the wood of this bamboo is suited to the manufacture of a different class of ar ticles and fills a different want from that of any of our American woods.
 
 the superiority of bamboo fishing pole over any other. Its 1exibility, lightness and strength distinguish 1t sharply from any American poles, and make 1t better suited for fishing rod than one made from any wood grown in this country. It is because the American schoolboys are so firmly convinced that the bamboo fishing poles are the best that the importers are warranted in shipping into the United States from Japan every year several millions of them.
 The thin, flexible ribs of the inn ported Japanese fan are made from the wood of the same plant. ..
 These are two uses of bamboo wood which illustrate it's character, and must be familiar to nearly everyone. When one realizes, however, that they are selected from over hundred, which would be just as familiar to the Chinese or Japanese, it seems highly probable that this wood must be appli- cable to many other needs among Americans, which a closer acquaint- ance with 1t would reveal. Santos Du- mont has employed bamboo exten- sively in the framework of his dirigi- ble balloons, and Edison once used it in his incandescent lamps.
 Americans see in America only the imported poles or manufactured ar ticles as a rule, and from these 1t is very difficult to imagine the multitude of uses to which the green, uncured stems are put. It is flor just such things as can be made quickly from the green shoots that the plant Is pe- culiarly fitted, and this suitability for making all sorts of handy contrivances is one of the principal reasons why 1t should be made a common plant among the farmers of those parts of our country where it will grow.
 DAVID c. FAIRCHILD. 1