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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-28
Patent CuriOsities.
Chicago Journal.

chicago journal.
The patent Office authorities have endless
trouble with cranks of all descriptions
Not long ago a New Zealander desired TO
protect a new notwithstanding fluid Of
such amazing efficiency that he guaranteed
its ability to put out any active volcano
before il had time to do serious damage
Another has invented a means of drawing
a limitless supply of electric power from
the sky. He proposes to fire by means of a
thirteen-inch cannon spherical magnet
tached some thirty miles of wire. The In
ventor apparently believes that the power
of gravity ceases TO exist twenty miles
above the earth's surface.
He claims that at that height there exists
a magnetic sea, and that he will be able
to draw therefrom by means of his wire
a supply Of electric power so great that IL
will run more machinery than the falls Of
Niagara.
Almost equally astonishing is the device
of a Frenchman, whose specification pro-
vides for the laying down Of hugh suction
tubes from the coast out 10 various points
in the open When war broke out, and
hostile fleets approached the coast, ma
chinery on shore would be set 10 work and
the enemies vessels would be caught by
the irresistible suction drawn 20 the ends
of the tubes, and there held firmly as help
less prisoners This idea and several other
similar ones were submitted by the in
Ventor, whose name is Surbois, TO the
French patent office, but all have been re-
turned.
The French patent authorities have also
refused invention which has much more
to commend than those Just mentioned
1t consists of a bullet especially designed
for French duelists. Made of a white
chalky compound, II is warranted HARM
less, and yet will leave mark upon the
place where il strikes It's inventor a
use of this bullet settle their differences
without risk
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GENERAL REYES TO LEAVE
FOR BOGOTA TOMORROW
Believed His Presence There VIII
Have Quieting Effect on the
COlombians.
MAY BECOME PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.-Information
reached here to-day from New York that
General Rafael Reyes, the Colombian en-
voy, will sail from that city on Saturday
next on the steamer Valencia for Barran-
quilla. whence he will proceed Immediately
10 Bogota. Several of the Colombians who
came TO Washington to assist him will
return to Colombia with him, including Cen
eral Ospina and General Cabalero. Since
General Reyes's departure from Washing
ton there has been no communication be-
tween him and the State Department
The most interesting piece of news which
will be communicated to General Reyes on
his arrival at Barranquilla is his expected
election TO the presidency of Colombia. The
presidential electors meet in their respec
tive departments on the I'd of February
for that purpose. Although some oppOsi-
ton TO General Reyes has developed no
doubt exists among diplomats in Washing
ton as to the outcome. The return Of Gen
eral Reyes TO Colombia, it is felt here, will
have a beneficial effect in restraining the
jingo element who still resent the action of
the United States on the Panama question.
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PANAMA CONSTITUTION
ALMOST COMPLETED
One Article Authorizes the United
States to Intervene to Re
store Order.


PANAMA. Jan. 27.-At this afternoons
session of the constitutional convention DIR.
Amador proposed that the following article
be included in the constitution of the re-
public:
should public peace or constitutional
order be disturbed in any part of the Re
public of Panama the government of the
United States may intervene TO restore
peace or order in the event that the United
States, by treaty convention. shall have
assumed or expressed the intention of as
Stunning the obligation or guaranteeing the
independence and sovereignty of this re-
public"
DR.. Amador spoke eloquently on this mat
ter and the proposal TO incorporate the
article was approved by a big majority.
Another measure by which the convention
ratifies all the acts of the provisional gov
erning junta, including the ratification OF
the canal treaty, also approved this
afternoon. This is considered 10 show the
perfect understanding existing between the
legislative and the executive authorities.
Only one article of the constitution remains
to be discussed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-28
S. H, S. TRACK TEAM
IS EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG
Lester Miller, the Crack Mile
Runner, VIII Enter the North
Side School on Monday.
MAY CO TO NEW HAVEN

Manager Forsythe. Of the Shortridge
track team, yesterday received a letter from
the athletic coach at Yale College asking
that team be sent to New Haven from
the Shortridge High School early in June
To compete in the annual interscholastic
meet.
Three of the crack athletes Of the North
Side school may be sent to Yale to contest
in the meet Tevis Saltmarsh. Russell Jo-
seph and George Steep are the candidates
who are exceptionally strong and il may be
decided in the near future By the Shortridge
Athletic Association 10 send the three men
toned TO New Haven. The events which
will probably be on the programme for the
interscholastic meet are as follows: one
hundred. 20. 40 and SS0-yard dashes, one
and two-mile runs. broad jump. high jump.
pole vault. hammer throw, discus throw and
the shot put.
Lester Miller. the champion pile runner
OF the Y. NJ. &. A., and formerly of the
Manual Training High School, will enter
the ShOrtridge High school on Monday and
may be sent to Yale. Ife won the one-mile
open race in the Hyde Park track meet at
Riverside last fall from a field of eleven
starters. When Miller enters ShOrtridge
that school VIII have the greatest cOmDlnd-
ton of distance runners of any high school
IN the State. Tevis Saltmarsh, the star of
Shortridge. who forced Jack Shideler TO
break the State record two years ago to de-
feat him, Is in good shape, and viii again
represent the blue and white on the track
this season. The record for two miles made
by Jack Shideler has not yet been equaied
by any high school in the West George
Steep, who Is the proud pOssessOr of the
title of champion half-mile runner of Indi-
ana, is still in school, and Will do his share
the coming season toward uphOlding the
glory Of the blue and white.
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PRODUCTION OF PIG
IRON IN THIS COUNTRY
Total Production Last Year Broke
All Records, with an Aggregate
of IS,oo0,252 Tons.
REVIVAL OF THE DEMAND

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.-The Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Association has received
from the manufacturers complete statistics
of the production of all kinds of pig iron
i'm the United States in 1903, which will APP
pear in to-morrow's issue of the Bulletin,
the associations official publication. The
statistics are more interesting than usual
because of the reaction in the iron trade
in the last half of 1903.
The total production of pig iron in 1903
was 1S,OO9.252 gross tons, against 17,S2l 1907
tons in 1902 and 15,S 1854 tons in 1901. The
following table gives the half-yearly pro-
duction OF pig iron in gross tons: Period
l9OS-First half, 97O7, 1851; second half, $780,
SS5; total, 1SO09, 252.
The production of bessemer and low phos-
phorous pig iron in 1903 was 9,9S990S tons,
against 10, 1898, les tons in 1902. The produc-
ton of basic pig iron in 1893 was 200, 126
tons, against 203S, $50 tons in 1902. The pro-
ducuon OF charcoal pig iron in 1908 was 5O4,-
757 tons, against 37S SOL tons in 1902. The
production of mixed charcoal and pig iron in
1903 was 92I tons. The production OF sple-
geleisen and ferromanganese in 1903 was
1872, 600 tons, against PIP, 9S1 tons in 1902.
The stocks of pig iron which were unsold
in the hands of manufacturers or which
were under their control in warrant yards
and elsewhere at the close of 1903 and were
not intended for their own consumption,
amounted to 59l, 43S tons, against ,301 tons
on June 80, 1903, and 1881 tons on Dec. 81,
1902
The American Pig Iron Storage Warrant
Company had no pig iron whatever in any
of its yards on Dec. 81 1892, but on Dec. 81,
1903, it held AZ 200 tons, of which 40 149 tons
were still controlled by the makers and
1051 tons were in other hands. The whole
number of furnaces in blast on Dec. 81,
1908, was Isl, against 800 on June 80, 1903, and
307 on Dec 81, 1902. The number in blast
"A a a
close of any calendar year since Dec. 81,
1896, when 159 furnaces were in blast.
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CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM
CAUSED WRIGHT'S DEATH
Had 1t Concealed in His Handker-
chief and Took 1t After
Sentenced.
LOYAL TO HIS FRIENDS

LONDON, Jan. 27.-Cyanide of potassium,
found in the stomach of Whitaker Wright
at the pOst-mortem examination to-day,
shows how he took his own life. 1t is be-
lieved he had the deadly drug concealed in
a handkerchief, and when Justice Bigham
sentenced him TO seven years penal servi-
tude. Wright, under pretense of wiping his
face with his handkerchief, swallowed the
poison, which speedily did its work. it is
reported that a loaded revolver was also
found on Wright.
The inquest over the remains of Whitaker
Wright, who died suddenly yesterday. after
being sentenced to seven years penal servi-
tude for fraud will be held tomorrow. The
tragic event is the topic of interest, and is
everywhere discussed in all its features. The
possibility of the promoters escape from
justice by suicide was clearly foreseen by
Detective Willis who brought Wright from
New York Acting on hints dropped by
Wright during the voyage, Willis gave the
court officials a special warning to keep the
closest guard over him. Toward the con-
clusion of the trial, especially during JUS
tice Bigham's severe criticism, it became
evident that there could be only one verdict,
so, if Wright was determined on self-de-
StructlOn in the event or MS CONVICTION, ne
had time TO prepare method for outwtting
the jailers, he must have foreseen that
an adverse verdict was inevitable
y strange document was found on a seat
in court which had been occupied by
Wright, showing that he had premOnition
of his sentence. This was a sheet of blot
ting paper, on which he had scrubbed dur
ing the Justices summing up. The Roman
characters WI were thickly scattered
over the whole sheet. This was before
the verdict, but the number comedies with
the sentence he received. In the middle APP
pears the word intent" the last word
Wright wrote
The opposition papers continue making
trenchant comments on the government,
(which" they say, declined to do it's duty
for reasons now shown to have been absurd
in law, and which are always repugnant to
common sense
The handling of this matter" says the
Westminster Gazette, has reflected more
dscredit the government than it's other
mistakes, with even greater consequences.
Distinguished people were involved and
some of them have had happy escapes"
The Financial News this point says
wright might have made disclosures
which would have seriously disconnected
some people, but he was loyal as we'll as
coura geous, and he carried his secrets to
the grave To prevent others from divulg-
ing what he chose to conceal he destroyed
many papers, thus completing his sacri-
flee"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-28
WOULD PLACE A BAN ON
POLITICS IN UNIONISM
John Mitchell Advocates Consist
ency in Both, but DEGREES Their
Association.
MINERS co TO THEATER

If there is one man in the United Mine
Workers who never leaves a doubt as to
his true position it is John Mitchell. Once
only during the weeks convention Mr..
Mitchell spoke on politics in unions. How
ever, his talk cannot be compared to the
speech he made last night before the miners
as they filled the Empire Theater, where
they were given smoker by Indianapolis
merchants under the auspices of the Cen
trail Labor Union.
When Mr. Mitchell was called upon last
night, he said that on the eve of the joint
conference he was in no humor for leVity
Last night, he said, "a gentleman took
occasion TO point out the weakness of the
labor unions There. are men who have
fought the labor unions in the field and
there are those who have stabbed them
in the back.
The speaker said that the unions are
becoming weak because they have lost sew
i want to say that within the past year
81 per cent. of the strikes of this OrganiZa-
ton have been successful.
Il am opposed to government by injunc-
uons-not as trade unionist but as an
American citizen. L stand for law and
order. take every man to be good man.
The time will come when the way to earn
a fight is by the recognition of the rights
OF all, and L intend to play my part. In
this respect L am like the speaker of last
night
but unlike him, if l had my choice, 1
would be popular. L like the goodwill and
the confidence of my fellow-workmen.
Il have been reported going TO accept
government positions. l do not deny that
offers of this kind fill me with pride. But
i have no ambition to fill a political posi-
ton. There is no position in the country
that l would accept l had rather be pres
ideDt of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea than any other position L could hold.
While | hold it, politics will not enter
into this organization. The union will wei
come every man eligible, whether he be a
Democrat, a Republican, Populist or
Socialist. All / ask is that he shall not
shout politics down. the threats of the other
members -
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NOTRE DANES TEAM
IS SHOPPING STRENGTH
Ten Days of Hard Track Work
Has Made the Prospects
Very Bright.
Special to the indianapolis Journal

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
NOTRE DAME, Ind, Jan. 27.-Ten days
of track work has made the prospects for
a successful season still brighter at NOtre
Dame. During this time many new men
have appeared in uniform and Coach Hol-
land is getting pretty good line on the
material he will have 10 meet from Indiana
on March A. The men are all doing general
work. but he is beginning to see where the
special timber lies. Many OF the recent
arrivals are showing remarkable promise.
OCOnnel and TOrney, i'm the sprints, and
Beacon. with the shot, have created very
favorable impression. On Monday the men
were tried on the hurdles and Draper, the
redOutable captain Of the squad. showed
up In his Old-time form However. his en-
thusiasm received a very decided check
for in the broad jump he received what was
at first thought TO be a serious injury to
his ankle. The spfain proved to be a very
painful one. but he is able TO be around on
crutches to-day and IL is expected that he
Will be in the game again for the first in
door meet. O'COnner and Scales are doing
we'll on the hurdles and the temperance
of Bracken makes the chances of placing
the pole vault more TO be desired.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-28
CITY WITHOUT TAXES.
Income from Its Forest Pays All
Municipal Expenses.
New York Sun.


In the Black Forest of Germany is the
little city of Freudenstadt. with about seven
thousand inhabitants. a busy industrial
place, with iron and chemical works of
some Importance. Small as it is, Freuden-
stadt is a full-fedged city, with mayor,
aldermen half a dozen policemen and a
FIRE engine. The public business is conduct
ed on an economical basis and the total eX-
penses do not exceed $4,000 in year.
Freudenstadt has the distinction of being
the only city in Germany, and perhaps in
the world, which does not tax the citizens
a dollar for municipal expenses. This yearly
net revenue from the public property covers
all the outgo. This property consists of
about six thousand acres of fine forest
which, being managed under the best for
estry methods is a permanent source OF in
come. One or more trees are planted for
every one that is cut down. No tree is cut
till it can yield the maximum profit. After
deducting all the expenses of the industry.
the annual profit to the acre is about So This
is exceptional, even for Germany. where the
annual profit ranges from s. To $3.50
The question is often asked i'm this coun-
try whether it will pay 10 keep land under
permanent forest. Unless at least a moder-
ate profit is possible can be ex-
pected to grow trees on land that can be
used for any other purpose. The Rhode
Island experiment station is now giving
some attention to this question, and i'm a bull
letiE just prepared by Professor +. w. Card
some interesting figures are presented.
He cites the experience of Zachariah Allen,
of Rhode Island, who planted a worn pas
ture with trees in 1920 and kept a careful
financial record till 1871, fifty-seven years.
After deducting all expenses he found that
his profit was nearly per cent. per annum
on the original investment.
There is also a record of the returns on a
forty-acre tract of white pine in New
Hampshire for eighty years, during which
time the average annual profit was 50. 10 an
acre The facts given by Professor Card
seem to show that only moderate profit
is to be expected from forests treated as a
permanent crop. Perhaps we cannot make
as much money in this industry as is made
i'm Europe, where every part of a tree can
be marketed at some price, even the small
branches and twigs being gathered into
bundles and sold for firewoOd.
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AUTO Races WILL
EXCITE MUCH INTEREST

DAYTONIA, Fla, Jan. H.-What are ex-
pected TO be the most important automo-
bile races ever held in this country are
scheduled 10 begin tomorrow and continue
on the two following days at Ormond and
Dayton. Barney Oldheld. OF New York, will
be one of the contestants ard he is deter
mined TO break FOrds record for the mile
straighway at 2.3. made on the ice at De-
trOit last week other Well-knOwn automO-
bilists who will take part in the races are
w. X. Vanderbilt. jr-. Is. Stanley. jr., III.
BOwGOin, : e Steven. L. Innsley Blair,
Louis 5. Ross, Walter Christi, l.. L. MOers,
Dominique Emile Lamberfact and Howard
Gould.
Nj. Santos DumOnt. the aeronaut. arrived
tonight to attend the races. In trial races
to-day several worlds records We're broken.
w. Gould Brokaw, with "A lightweight ma
chine. New York, covered fifteen miles i'm
12:5l 40 Fifteen miles heavyweigkts, III.
l.. BOwdOin, Boston, covered the distance in
10.1S.
Speed trial. one mile. w. X. Vanderbilt
made the distance in 80 seconds fiat.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-28
TRAINS TRAMCAR.
Experience of the Eccentric Amer
lean in England and Ireland.

lean in England and Ireland.
Philadelphia Press.
Speaking of the late Citizen Train, one
of New Yorks veteran jurists said that
Trains experiences in England were only
partly told in the notices of his life, while
nothing was said of his experiences in Ire
land and the manner of his leaving that
country. When he went to England he
took with him working model of the first
hOrsecar, or tramcar, ii is called in
England, of which it was said he was the
inventor, and succeeded in getting from
Parliament the right to build tramWays all
over England The British Parliament,
however, did not realize what very Valua-
bile privilege they had given away for moth
ing until too late. Train built one tramway,
and he was everywhere regarded as a won
derful man. In an evil moment (for HIM,
however, he visited Ireland and that was
his undoing He espOuSed the Fenian cause,
made violent harangues in behalf of the
poor Irish,' and was promptly incarcer-
ated in Cork Jail After he had langushed
i'm the Jail for some time he was induced,
for the sake of liberty and some other sub
stantial consideration, TO surrender his
tramway charter and privileges. Then he
was put a steamer at Queenstown for
this country, and told that if he ever re-
turned he would be tried for treason and
sent to a penal colony. He did, of course
return to England many years afterward
but was, of course, not molested by the au-
thOritieS.
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THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED.
Protest from Plain People Who
Are Put to Inconvenience.
Golfers Weekly.

Golfers Weekly.
A private citizen, of moderate income
concerned in affairs of Importance at least
to him, was hurrying north fortnight or so
ago, due in New York on Sunday afternoon.
Unexpectedly the express on which he was
travelling from Florida was switched on to a
sidetrack, where it remained an hour and a
half. What was the reason? Surely 1t ought
TO be a good one, for the consequences We're
severe. Connections were missed all along
the line, and our friend did not reach New
York until Monday. He was but one of
many whose arrival at their business or
their homes was thus grossly postponed
With all the many connections through the
South, thousands must have suffered More
over the express carried the mails, to such
an extent that the greater part of il seemed
to consist of mail cars. Who can measure
the possible consequences of holding up
these letters. not TO speak of the awful
majesty of Uncle Sam? The train had been
time. Everything was all right. Sudden
~ the word came TO step aside. 1t was re-
ported, we hope inaccurately, that the rea-
son was the desire of a member of a certain
family TO pass. He was going South for his
pleasure and the train was stopped for his
convenience Had his wife or child been
sick, perhaps not a single passenger would
have protested, but was his within. his mere
and discomfOrts Of hosts Of common men?
He is a member of the same family which
boasts the young man who recalled n train
a few months ago. for himself also with the
result that suits are now pending against the
railway for the damages inflicted on the pas
IN the public mind with the historic decara-
ton which we have used as caption TO this
paragraph. 1t is a comprehensive doctrine
but we feel rather sad about it,
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Labor Against Labor.

There have been cases in which unions
have ruthlessly forced an entire class of
workmen out of employment. The Stone
Cutters Union of San Francisco, for in
stance, demanded one day that the stone
yard employers discharge all their planer
Cutters Union in their places. These
planer men were expert workmen. trained
To the handling of machinery. whereas the
stone cutters knew little about machinery
The employers protested that il was not
stone cutters work to run the planners. but
the stone cutters used their tnVincibe ar
gument-they struck. The employers asked
to have the question at issue submitted TO
arbitration.
1--WE won't arbitrate," said President
Burns, of the union we've got the power
and we are going 10 use it,
Use It they did. The employers finally
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-28
THRIFTY COLORED NAN
EARNED 4 FEW DIMES

An excited person called the police sta
ton last night and told the desk sergeant
that a negro was passing from house to
house on Fort Wayne avenue and ordering
all the residents to clean the snow off their
sidewalks. The negro, il was stated, rep
resented that he had been sent around by
the police to clean off the walks, charging
10 cents for each place where he deemed il
was advisable to do a little work Bicycle
men AskinS and Duncan investigated and
found that the man had told the people
of the new police order to keep snow off
the walks. After explaining the order he
would offer to shovel ii off for 10 cents. He
secured a number of jobs and was doing
such a good business that the police de-
cided his work was a benefit and told him
to continue it as long as he wished