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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-17
Mad Dog stops Train.

ROME, Jan. 16.-The train leaving
Dieppe at 12:40 p. m. for Paris was delayed
at Longueville recently by mad dog, which
stood guard by the levers operating the
points, and prevented the officials from ap-
preaching. 1t was only after the dog had
been killed that the train was able TO pro-
coed on its way.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-17
Venezuelan Tribunal to Meet.

THE HAGUE. Jan. 16.-The Venezuelan
Arbitration Tribunal WILL 1t was announced
to-day. sit from Feb 10 to Feb II TO con-
slider the judgment I'm the case or the ap-
peal OF the blockading powers for preferen-
tial treatment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-17
AMERICAN sYMPATHIZERs.

Although almost nothing has been written
in the United States about this big contest.
letters from sympathizers across the ocean
are beginning 10 pour in by every mail. IN
New York and Boston committees have
been formed. and funds are being solicited
10 send across the ocean. The Rev. or.
Hill. OF Valley Falls. n. Y. Is the head OF
the American movement and nearly all tho
contributions reach England through him.
Drs. Lorimer and Haw OF New York are
associated in the work with DR.. Hin. while
the Rev. DIR. Macarthur. OF Boston. Is fur
thering the cause In that city.
For the beneflt OF American readers D-.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22

10 gives warning. The installation of
this system costs money. Maybe TO
construct hImsy cars and permit them
to be smashed is cheaper, but the
method does not appeal TO the judg-
ment of the public, whose rights, after
all, ought to be considered.
Pullman cars are well constructed.
The collision fOrceful enough TO de-
molish them or break them SUFFICIENT
ly to endanger the inmates is rare
They are not injured by such impact
as would splinter a baggage, express,
or mail car or the ordinary passenger
coach.
The lesson in this is obvious.
Every ear in use should be as strong
as the Pullman, and the law should
force the corporations TO so provide.
Of course, there would be a corpora
ton clamOr OF dissent, and the asser-
ton that the companies could not af-
ford the expenditure. Nevertheless,
they could afford it, and everybody
knows they could afford it. No plea
OF poverty should for an instant be
needed. If here and there some con
Germ could not buy suitable cars. let
it go out of a business for which it is
not qualified.
The public demands that the line
dividing the tTahc business and the
institution Of manslaughter be more
distinctly drawn. People are forced
to travel, and have a right to travel
unmarried by the specter of impend-
ing death
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
AGED SEYENTY-SIl,
FIGHTS FOR MILLIONS
Aged Squatter Renews Legal BATHS
for Rich Coal
Land.

WILKESBARRE. Oct p. - Henry
ZeigIer, aged seventy-siX came into court
again yesterday 10 renew fight that
has extended over a quarter OF "a CEN
fury Tor possession OF "a twO-milli0u-dol-
lar tract Of coal land.
A year ago he secured a partial vic
tory. the court awarding him one-haIf
the land and the Hillside Coal and Iron
Company the other half. Neither side
was satisfied ana each agreed TO q new
trial ZeigIer said IL was all his land,
and he is convinced that he viii be able
TO prove il.
The contest is the most remarkable in
the history OF the coal fields. Zeisler
claims part OF the land by purchase and
the remainder b. right of squaIter SOW
ereiguIty.
The controversy has estranged some
Of Heigler's children. and they VIII app
pear as witnesses Tor the company and
against him, while his other children
support him
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
Canteen AbOLitiOniSt
Us. Cdnteen Advocate
Army Officers Clubs Re-
SpOnSible for Law
breaking.

In contrast TO the hundreds Of appeals
from army ofhcers who favor the re-
establishment Oh the cauteeu, the War
Department has finally received a letter
from one military man who opposes the
cauteeu.
And strangely enough the writer Is q
Kentuckian, Noel Gaines. the inspector
general Of the State Of Kentucky.
Mr.. Gaines letter is a personal appeal
to Secretary Taft. and IS written ia
refutati0n Of the recent protest OF In
suector General Burton, Of the army.
against the abolition OF the canteen-
Pitches on Army Omcers.
AIr. Gaines remarks about army ON
GERS are highly Incorporate and have
caused much surprise in army clrcIea
He served ia the Spanish war with vol
unteers and has an excellent record In
the Philippines he assisted i'm unearthinE
commissary frauds
In his letter Mr.. Gaines denounces
army officers as -lawbreakers and hypo-
critics" because there are officers clubs
at many posts WheIe liquor IS sold and
where the example set by the officers
incites the enlisted men 10 conduct THAI
is ''reyengefuL reckless. and obstinate"
The Washington times., 1904-10-22

cook; how the woman, content to
brighten life for the ButterwOrtEs
and secure in her dominion over
them, refused to hear his plea; how
proud words from ButteTwOTth pro-
vOked Kidd to shoot; and how But
terworth now pays the penalty of his
superiority with two ribs broken and
several shot lodged in his lungs, while
the relatives Of the presumptuOus
Kidd are arranging for his decent
burial
Let no man blame the unhappy &C
tors in this tragedy without full
thought. Let them be tried only by
their real peers-the men who have
lived without cooks and the men who
have had their cooks taken from
them. There is a poignant sorrow in
a return 10 a home made desolate by
the departure of a cook which no
prose can outline and no poetry can
describe. Human happiness. to say
the truth, begins where the cook is
monarch of all she surveys. When
her throne is empty the household
buries its face in sackcloth and heaps
ashes on its head. The Constitution
guarantees all men a trial by jury of
their fellows. Public opinion will
surely not do less when every heart
has borne this same deep sorrow and
ali the country is seeking cooks.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
Justifiable ManSlaudhteT?

The men of Washington know what
il is 20 suffer and say naught They
know what it is to choke down the
gorge OF resentment and then-while
the heart aches with sickening disap-
pOintment-to force a weak smile on
a face which is ashen gray with suf-
fering.
But down in DinWiddie county, Va.
the men are not so self-immolating
When life grows dark for them their
spirit asserts itself in manful resist
ence against fate. They are no phi
Iosophers, indeed. They are not
asceUcs, whose whiteness Of cOunte-
nance is only the reflex of a pauid
liver. For mutterings in the closet
and smoldoring dislike they substi-
ute broken ribs and gaping skulls.
The occasion for these observations
is obvious enough. They could not
possibly refer 10 anything save the
fight between Barnes ButterwOrth,
Esq, and A. Kidd, Of Bracey. Neck
Ienburg county. Everybody knows the
circumstance the willy and en-
yious Kidd creDt stealthily TO the
house OF the amuent Butterworth and
endeaVored 10 entice away his negro
The Washington times., 1904-10-22

ANNOUNCED

Mr.. ana Mrs. r. Harris announce thee
engagement OF their daughter Jeanette
Ruth, TO Philip King AT home Thurs
day, October 81, from 20 TO-
The marriage OF Miss Frances n. Tay-
Tor 10 Herman q. Hartman viii take
place at the brides home I'm this city
Wednesday, November %
Miss Carrie Sale. daughtc- of j. j..
sale, OF King George county. Va. viii
be married to Fl. NJ Tenant on No
vember in ST. PauIs Church. King
George Courthouse, Va.
Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
Ida Cady, daughter OF 1fr and Mrs
Henry A. Cady. of Takoma Park. - c..
to Walter NorthsCoU GTouudseIl The
ceremony viii take place ou November
3 AT S O'Clock in Trinity Episcopal
Church. TakOma Park
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
Safe Guarding Life.

Out OF some disasters there comes
a definite good. Hundreds Of people
persisted in a Chicago theater last
winter. AS a result all the theaters
OF that city were forced 10 suspend
until they had been made safe. Inc
refOrmatOry influence was felt In the
theaters Of every city in the land
The sinking Of the SIocum caused
an cutlery that was more than IGere
protest In consequence OF the reve-
latons of that horror. boats have been
OVsThauled and made fiji. incompetent
men have been dismissed from ser
vice, and the ones deemed 10 be Grim
iually involved face the courts. Pur-
yeyOrs OF deadly ''life-preseFyers' are
under arrest, and trying TO wriggle
out of deserved punishment. Perhaps
they may succeed ia this, but they
viii find that exposure has ruined
their nefarious business.
But the railways 20 on killing vic
Tins by scores and by hundreds. and
nobody seems 10 think the matter
suggestion OF necessity for reform in
methods fairly 10 be regarded as
homicidaI Many OF the more fright
fuI accidents. so called, are collisions.
IL IS only In a rare instance that a
collision Is an accident. Much more
frequently fl is the logical climax of
q crime. II an empl0ye. weary from
oyerwork. falls asleep AT his post. the
result Is only blssphemously TO be
termed THE act Of God" There is a
criminal responsibility somewhere.
There are methods by which col
llsi0ns are rendered next 10 impossi-
bic. The block system has this ef-
feet. It operates automatically. and
cannoz go TO sleep. When trains APP
preach near as consistent with safety.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
Ineurgions 10 lie ThoughtfuL

An exceedingly interesting volume
just published By Robert Grier Cooke
which cannot fail Immediately to inn
press the thoughtful, is six IncurslOns. %
by Edward Augustus jerks. A. n.
Few books Of the year viii attract
more attention The following paragraph
will explain why this is so:
Belief Is largely the daughter of cir
cumstauce and environment We are
Christians, Jews, Mohammedans. Con
fucionists. or Buddhists, depending upon
the accident of birth. We believe, as q
rule, what We are taught TO believe. The
chances are five TO one that in religion
We follow the beaten paths of our faith
ers, especially while we are young: and
this is well. and comparatively safe"
Further on, Mr.. jerks explains what
ne means by this apparently eXtraOr-
binary philosophy and, although there
are many who viii disagree with him
upon some points in his presentation Of
the subject, yet 10 them the volume is
Teplete with observations which cannot
fail 10 arouse thinking men TO a fun
sense OF religious duty and Christian in
dependence II VIII prove of intense in
terest To clergymeu of all denomlna-
lions, and TO teachers OF all religious
faiths.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
4 Die Zoe Wen Wntten.

When a dime novel is sufficiently well
written IL attains 10 the dignity of cur
rent fiction. Ia 1.-THE Queens Advocate 90
by A. w. MarchmOnt the lovers Of rO-
nance viii ind q story quite as thrilling
as any OF his earlier tales OF adventure.
The plot is the hackneyed one OF q
beautiful princess surrounded by every
imaginable danger from which she is
rescued by a young American million
aire possessed OF any number OF abilities
from those OF a mining engineer TO con-
summate skill in the use Of fOils. Nat
urally the combined efforts Of the army
OF the little kingdom, the authority OF
the court and every effort OF the ennis
saries Of the Russian government can
not keep the princess and her American
lover apart.
The story is laid in Servia and deals
with the recent overthrow OF the OBJ
TeuOvIC dynasty ana the asss ssinatiOn
OF the king and queen History ana
fiction are somewhat curiOusly mixed.
but the plots are well worked out and
the story holds attention from the hrst
10 the last page.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
Two in a Zoo

Between the mental world or animals
IN a geological park and the master
world OF men stands little limping boy
named Toots. The iron on his leg makes
hiLa kindred TO the mental people, who
have TO wear irons TOO. and this SYM
pathy enables him TO interpret their say
ings TO his rich little Eirl friend, the
Princess"
Each clapter centers Ia some incident
of importance ia the animals lives ard
memories as they impart ii 10 the eager
ear OF ToOls-Ihe conspiracy 10 give
the jungle roar In the ZOO arranged By
PWiU-PWiL the Sparrow. u5Ws-gaLherer
and gossip In chief the humiliation OF
the monkey who claimed relationship
and equality with men; the giant ela-
plants encounter with red hot stove.
and so on.
TO this comedy effect the inimitabls
Illustrations of AIT. HEREFORD c0ntFibuts
much. He is working in his best vein
ana il would be difficult 10 figure Out
just how much OF the fuu IS due 10 his
delicious pencil and how much 10 ar.
Duuham's delightful pen.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
How to Stop War,

The recent movement In favor of
universal peace has started anew al
most every theory ever propounded
by the opponents of war. Wise men
are discussing disarmament and arbi-
ratiOn. There is talk of mediation in
the case of Russia and Japan.
The struggle in the Far East has de-
generated into slaughter Appalled,
and Mortified. the world is watching a
useless ehusion of blood. Lectures
are delivered with the spectacle as in
SEPARATION. IT is the theme Of reform
ers, ready in speech. or eager to take
pen IN hand and write morality into
the human race.
One simple method of estopping
conflict does not seem to have come
to mind. tt is that Of cutting on sup
plies. War cannot be conducted with
out money Both Russia and Japan
had TO call upon their neighbors for
financial aid Without this their ar
mics could not be moved nor kept
supplied with the implements OF
death. The cOmmissary would be ex-
hausted, and the soldiers, OF uecesst-
ty, be scattered to take up again their
abandoned civil pursuits, Cut of the
money supply, and war would cease.
Nothing could be simpler or more .ef-
fective
However. there is not the slightest
tendency 10 cut on the money sup
ply Any nation that can give securi-
ty can get all the cash required. IT
can buy with this money whatever is
for sale in the whole broad field of
barter Germany France. England.
the United States. and lesser powers
furnish able delegates 10 a congress
that breaches peace, and vet the capt.
talists of all these countries are ac-
cessorles before and after the fact to
the crime of war They are ready to
advance funds, TO sell guns, ammuni-
ton. and ships. They are ready in
any fashion that promises profit TO
lend themselves TO the promotion Of
the barbaric custom OF settling dis
putes by the sword
Thus the proponents OF peace have
a task that begins at home. They are
wasting appeals TO the Russian and
the japanese. Clothed in respectable
fly. offenders as culpable are sitting
in the market places Of every nation.
The financial kings Of Paris, Berlin,
London. and New York furnish the
money that makes war possible. They
do TT for gain, and no pricking coz
science tells them they are doing
wrong. Their cOnsciences need arOus-
ing. They are the individuals whose
conversion must be preliminary to re-
form.
Conversion of the man to whom the
interest on a dollar is a subject OF
greater import than the salvation OF
his own immortal soul is q difficult
and nearly hopeless task. Yet it is
the task that must be accomplished
before this pleasing tall. Of peace can
lead 10 anything more substantial
than the dream OF the Optimist.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
FIFTEEN EARTHQUAKES
SINCE LAST APRIL
Seismograph at Johns Hopkins Records
That Number Of Dis
turbanCes.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 22.-Dr. H 4. Reid
who has charge OF the seismograph at
the Johns Hopkins University. has de-
veIoped the films and hnds that it had
recorded fifteen earthquakes since April
last
Not only is this the largest number
recorded during a like period. but the
machine also showed the longest shock
ever recorded.
This occurred on August p. when an
earthquake began at D. IN, and lasted
until 1880 p. IN. The shock was SO great
chat IL moved the beam that suuuorts
the registering needle over sixteen MILL
meters The work just completed an
sitiVC paper.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
a Message Of PatIiotism.

Gods Country" an original view
point In patriotism, by John Winfield
Scott, whom Ger. Horace Porter once
described as "ore r New TOrk-s most
patriotic citizens" has just been issued
from the press pf Robert Grier Cooke.
New York. Air Scott was a leader in
the concerted Movement TO have the
public schools OF America display the
Tag Of their country and reverence IT.
Particularly in this time of political
intensity is there great significance Ia
The appearance OF this message OF
Gods Country wherein IS sounded the
note that shall let ambition above race.
boundary. s=ctionalism, creed, party, or
craft, and inspire in each one the vig0r-
Gus desire OF an ideal unity Of purpose
by the several governments and peoples
of Gods Country" IL should lead up
10 a particular kind OF diplomatic and
commercial relation peculiar TO the
Western Hemisphere. truthful and just
10 all the inhabitants thereof
Mr. Scott's little book IS q powerfully
unseIdsh pronunciation OF an unselnsh
idea and its propaganda IS the cup OF
a loving heart seeking only Ene welfare
Of mis- fellow beings. IL sinks as deep
as the Message 10 Garcia IL IS Z
message which one may vel cherish ana
heed
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
PRETTY WEDDING
IN BRIDES HOME
Frank BOmberger Weds
Mary BlundOn.
BIG AFFAIR IN RlvERDALE
Many Guests Offer Congratulations to
Happy Pair-Address at the
Ceremony.

one CT the prettiest home weddings ever
seen at Riverdsle Nd, was that of Miss
Mary Elizabeth BlUndou. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A. Blundon. and
Frank Byers BOmbarger, professor of
English and civics in the Maryland Ag-
FlculturaI College, at O'Clock last even
ing, Al the home OF Mr.. Blundou Fri
day was chosen for the wedding be-
cause II was the twenty-eight auniver-
sary OF the marriage of the bride s
parents.
The reception hall was decorated with
autumn leaves and American Beauty
roses the parlor IN white. with a pro
fusion OF palms, and the dining room IN
pink. The bride, carrying q wreath OF
white roses. entered the parIor on the
arm OF the groom Her dress, made
D her grandmother vas cream color
duchess lace. oyer white silk ana chif-
ION. Her sister, Miss Carrie Lee Blum
DON was maid Of honor her gown was
PINK ROBE over pink silk. She carried
PINK tAFysanthemumss and entered the
pafIor escorted by the best man, Lind
say McCandlsh, Of Reading, Pa.
Little Paul Bluudon the brides only
brother. was ring-bearer He wore a
white satin ana lace suit.
The Ribbon Girls.
The ribbon girls, dressed in white. were
Mary Mayiieid. Catherine ana Elizabeth
waters. ana Stella Latimer. The brides
mother wore black lace robe, over
white silk
me ceremony was performed by the
Kew j. p Tower, pastor or ST. Jerome's
church, HyattsviIle, who at its concl4-
sion. delivered a short but impressive
ADDRESS upon the sOlemuity and indis-
soluu-liIy OF marriage and iu a verv
happy manner extended his congratJ
latiOns.
The brides aunt. aIrs. j. b. Waters.
sang -. Perfect Love, ' and the chorus
OF AoheuErlu s. wedding march was
sung by MIR. and Mrs d Is. Waters
MISS Iva Fowler and Frank MulhaH.
me number OF guests was large and
lucllded the relatives and friends iu
hlFeTddle, HyatIsville. and Washington.
the entire FACULTY of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College and their wives MAYOR
Holzappel and Miss B0mberger. sister
OF the groom. OF HugersJOWu. and Miss
Lulu FaDer. of Norfolk
MI ana Mrs. BOmDerger took the II
o'clock train for Baltimore and "a trip in
the North On their return thew viii
begin housekeeping in their new home IN
College Park.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
The Postal Deficit.


The new Postmaster General inau-
gurated his tenure of office with a
characteristic examination into the
estimates for his department for the
fiscal year 1906. AS the budget reaches
the Cabinet ii provides for a total
allowance OF s1S3, ,495. What the
recommendation of Mr.. Wynne's
subOrdinates were, a lOng acquaint-
ance with departmental affairs for
bids us TO guess. The important con-
sideratiOn now is that the head OF the
PostOf1ce Department has held down
his recommendation TO a notably
conservative figure.
The Department calculates a regu-
lar annual increase in receipts of 9
per cent. On that basis the postal re-
ceipts for the year covered in Mr..
Wynne's estimates will be S17O,590.-
515. Congress will thus be called
upon 10 appropriate out of other
treasury receipts the sum of S13,157,-
$50 in order to cover t1s years deficit.
American voters do not begrudge
appropriations for their postal service.
They are fully as anxious as the ON
GERS Of the service that il shall be eX-
peditious, safe. and complete. They
would pay for it outright from the
national revenues If that were the
wisest means OF sustaining 1t.
But they must be getting tired of
this inevitable deficit. Only a few
years ago the shortage was not more
than s6.000,OOO Now it is SO, 900 900.
Is IT TO keep on growing, like the pen
sion roll, which reached it's high
water mark away back in the 70's?
There are business men all over the
country ready to stake their business
standing on the assertion that a non
governmental corporation could pro
vide every facility now offered by the
FOstoflce Department and clear
handsome profit on their investment.
Half a dozen express companies, with
less custom and proportionately equal
difficulties, declare annual dividends
ranging from TO 20 per cent
SubOrdinates in the department
have Indicated that the service could
meet all its obligations today. includ-
ing the enormous allowance OF $40
coo 900 made TO the rural free deliv-
cry, if the mail contracts with the
railroads. bore a fair relation to SINH
lar contracts executed with express
companies. There are POstofce ON
cials who even contend that the ser
vice would pay at a 1-cent letter rate,
II the cost OF railroad transportation
Of the mails were reduced TO a proper
figure.
Another drain consists of mail
'.franked' by members Of Congress.
A pound of household wash carried
free costs the Department just as
much 10 transport and deliver as a
pound of sealed letters carried at 2
cents an ounce.
The third drain lies in the abuse OF
the secOnd-class rate OF ] cent a
pound on periodicals. This last abuse
is being remedied, reasonably and ef-
ficiently. But the Two others remain.
Mr.. Wyune has already fought a hard
light against grating in the Postonce
Department Tt mly be in him 10 win
this harder fight and put the postal
service on a paying basis
Ii is safe TO assume that il Mr..
Roosevelt is elected he viii bend his
energy 20 obtaining this result.
Nothing appeals TO him more strong
Is than sound business methods.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
INDIANA NEWSPAPERS
BOUGHT By J. C. SHAFFER

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct Z2-J. c.
SLamer. owner OF the Chicago Evening
Post" has purchased from George T..
McCulOch the indianapolis Morning
Star and Journal" the 'Muncie Star
and News" and the 'Teyre Haute Star"
for $500, GOO.
Journals in politics, but viii support the
Republican national ticket iu the present
campaign.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
CUBAN CONGRESS WASTES
TIME SEVEN MONTHS

HAVANA, Oct After seven
months Of fruitless sitting the Cuban
congress closed It's session last night.
whether amy act OF the session is legal
viii bee determined soon by the Supreme
court in AN action 70 test the constifII-
Jionality OF the law prohibiting the ex-
porting OF palm bark.
The Washington times., 1904-10-22
A CHILDIsH GRIEF.

What are you crying for. my boye"
81 aiut got nobody so play wild"
But where are your boy friends2"
"Dey are all at de reform farm"
"Oh. Wen. don't cry. Y0uN see them
soon"
"Ah. go long. De Judge said
wouldn't be old enough 20 go deere for
Two years. Cleveland Plain Dealer.