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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
ACCIDENTS IN OUR NAVY.

In his letter to the Navy Department
praising the heroism of the officers and
men Of the Missouri during the critical mo-
ments following the recent gun explosion
President Roosevelt paid a very high and
deserved tribute TO both Referring TO the
men he said: THE accident was Que to no
fault of theirs or of their comrades. 1t
was one of those accidents against which
we must guard with ceaseless vigilance"
This statement as 10 responsibility for an
accident is entirely true as far the men
are concerned. but how about the officers?
The accident was due TO too rapid firing of
the gun, and investigation showed there
was no rule on that subject. or, if there
was. that it was not enforced This places
degree of responsibility either on the
Navy Department or on the officers of the
ship.
In his letter the President says: 1.-The
weapons with which men now make war on
the ocean are so terrible. the mechanism of
our warships is so delicate and so for
midable as to make thorough training and
practice in their use both indispensable and
dangerous" If accidents in this practice
cannot be entirely averted every effort
should be made at least to minimizing them
The absence of a rule regarding the too
pid firing of guns, or if one existed. the
failure to enforce it shows that this was
not done in the case of the Missouri
Another reason why every effort should
be used to prevent accidents of any kind
TO our warships is their enormous cost. Re-
pairs on them are very expensive, and even
slight accident may involve large cost for
repairs. The Kreuz Zeitung, of Berlin,
speaking, of course. in an unfriendly spirit,
recalls some of the accidents that have hap
pened to our warships during the last two
or three years. 1t says:
The United States navy has. in the course
of the last half dozen years. met with many
uni ortunate accidents, and has laid bare
long series of weaknesses. Even within
recent period four large vessels have been
seriously damaged after taking the water
the Brooklyn. in September, 1902; the Mas
sacnusetts and the Olympia in August. 1903
All sustained injuries curing maneuvers OH
the New England coast. short time ago
the Columbia was damaged off the coast or
San Domingo In the course of the naval
review at Oyster Bay in August, 1903, the
torpedo boat destroyers Barry and Decatur
collided. Some weeks ago the battleships
Missouri and Illinois coIded near the
southern coast of Cuba. In the last acct
dent to the Illinois Sic sustained such serl-
Gus injury that she will probably have to
remain in drydock FOR weeks. The steering
gear of the Missouri. ship which only late
ly went into the water. got out OF order
1t is right to learn from an enemy. If the
spirit of this is unfriendly the facts are in
disputabe. To what extent they show
''weaknesses' in the navy is for experts to
decide but they certainly show remark
able series of costly accidents. Such acct
dents are not due to the men on the ships
In every such case the cause and the re-
sponsibility should be fixed by rigid investi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

But Mr.. Roosevelt is not deprayed The sum Of
all the viIlainies is not embodied in his person
and II the fiery Democratic orators ana editors
attack him with SUCH unwarranted assumption
they viii raise up friends IN his behalf and
arouse those friends he already has-and their
name Is iegion-to greater activity than they
would otherwise display IL the campaign he
pitched too much on abuse Of Mr.. Roosevelt the
Impression will be made the popular mind
that he is a strong. positive character. while his
Democratic opponent Is negative nonentity. No
man ever more venomously assaiied by his
political enemies than Andrew Jackson. but
these attacks served 10 point the real strength
OF his character and increase his popularity.
Nashville Tenn Banner dnd)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
sound shadows.

In the course of recent lecture at the Royal
Institution sound Shadows Lord Rayleigh
referred to Marconi's feat of signaling across
the Atlantic. and said that the explanation OF II
was obscure. because from what is known OF
these sound shadows the ethereal waves could
only pass with great difficulty around such an
object as was constituted by the intervening
sea- which rose something like hundred miles
above straight line between the two wireless
stations. Although it is difficult for a sound
wave to pass around surface, in the
case Of concave surface the effect is reversed.
The familiar whispering galleries illustra-
tons of this. The sound seems to cling to the
sides. as it may be completely blocked by hold
ing a comparatively narrow strip of wood YER
tically against the walls at any point between
the noise and the listener.-New York CONNER
cial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Magnetic Research.

one of the great outstanding problems Of
science is that of the magnetic and electric con-
dition of the earth and its atmosphere. To aid
in It's solution the Carnegie Institution has es-
tablished department of research in terrestrial
magnetism, and has allotted $4,000 year to
carry it on. The advisory board of the depart
ment will be international in character and the
members will be selected from the leading
authorities in this branch of science all over
the world. Professor Neumayer regards this as
1.-The most important step ever taken in the de-
velopment of our knowledge of the earths mag
netism." DR.. L. A. Bauer il the director. and
organization was begun G. April ls-Youth's
C-ornpanion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

We longer speak of Matching thousands Of
fry. but of millions and hundreds of millions
The number Of eggs fry. fngerlings and adult
fish distributed by the Bureau of Fisheries in
1862 aggregated 1.50O 600 900.
1t is certain that the shad whitefsh. lake
trout and pike perch fisheries. each of vast i'm
portance. have not only been saved from entire
depletion, but that they have been maintained
chiefly through artificial propagation at "a high
degree of productiveness. That these fisheries
are industries to-day. valued at nearly So 900 900
annually is due entirely to artificial propaga-
ton by the Bureau Of Fisheries.-National
Geographic Magazine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

No minister Of the gospel ever gave voice
to more certain truth than did The Rev
J. c. Christie when he declared that faith
is as necessary in business as in religious
life. Our whole fabric of commerce and
industry is founded on faith in our fellow
men, faith in the wisdom and industry of
our people. faith in the stability of our
institutions and laws. faith in the ability
of the government to pay its debts. and
faith in the ability and good intent OF the
persons; firms and corporations of whom
we buy and TO whom we sell. If there were
no faith there would be nothing whatever
of activity in the world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Yesterday morning hundreds of school
orderly procession, under guidance of
Grand Army veterans and to the accom-
paniment of martial music, distributed
flowers over the four grass triangles at the
foot of the monument until these plats
were covered with the blossoms. 1t is a
beautiful ceremony, and with the prelimi-
nary instruction from the teachers gives
to the children who participate an idea Of
the cause which the great shaft commem-
crates which, perhaps, they would not 9TH
Hill makes it unlikely that many Of these
young people will ever see the services and
ceremonies in honor Of the dead who lie
there. The monument stands for all of
these departed Indiana soldiers and others
buried in distant graves. and the fowefs
there are as much a memorial Offering to
the dead as If placed upon the grassy
mounds beneath which they sleep. They
should no more be disturbed until they are
withered than the decorations at Crown
Hill. The afternoon was not half over
yesterday however. until children were
permitted TO overrun the grass plots and
carry off the still fresh blossoms by the
armful until none were left. The custodian
lost no time in gathering in the flags, and
long before night little sign was left of the
ceremonies of the morning. 1t was unseem-
ly and irreverent haste for which there was
no need. and authorities in charge of the
arrangements should bear the matter in
mind and see that the like does not occur
on future Memorial days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

In all our wanderings in the forest OF sociology
and the mazes of child study. have not found
any gudeboard great truths which every
observer of boy battle has noticed again and
again:
/. why does the other boy always begin it2''
2 II boy gets a black eye. why is the boy
gave it, him. invariably bigger than
he and apparently giant?
Thus ask, but knowledge lngers.-New
York sun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
The Cry of the Old House.

Come back,
My little lads, come back.
My little maids with starched frocks;
My lads. my maids. come back.
The poplar trees black
Against the keen. lone, throbbing sky;
The tang of the old box
Fills the clear dusk from wall to wall.
And the dews fall.
Come back.
/ watch / cry:
Leave the rude wharf the mart;
Come back,
Else / shall break my heart.
Am / forgot;
Ny days as they were not -
The warm. sweet grooming tunes;
The Sunday afternoons,
Wrought but for you:
The larkspurs growing tall,
You wreathed in pink and blue.
Within your prayer books small:
The cuphoards carved both in and out
With curious. prickly vine,
And smelling far and fine;
The pictures in a row.
OF folk you did not know;
The toys. the games. the shrin gay rout;
The lanterns that at hour for bed
A charmed but homely red
Went pickering from shed to shed;
The fagots crumbling spicy. good,
Brought in from the great wood:
The Dark that held you all about;
The Wind that would not go?-
Come back. my women and my men,
And take them all again,
-
Come back
Come up the stiii. accustomed. wistful lands
The poplar haunted lands.
You need not call.
For 1 shall know.
And light the candles tall,
Set wine and loaf arrow.
Come back,
Unlatth the door.
And fall upon my heart once more.
For / shall comfort you. oh. lad:
oh, daughter shall MAKE you wholly glad,
The wreck. the wrong.
The unavailing throng.
The sting the smart
Shall be they were not,
Forgot. forgot.
Come back.
And fall upon my heart.
-Lizetts Woodwork Reese. In june Atlantic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Whatever may have been thought of pre-
Russians. the one at Kin-Chou was neither
an accident nor due to Russian cowardice
error. 1t was a hard-fought contest
calling for courage of the highest quality.
persistence and all the arts of war, and
the best fighters won. Tables may turn
later and the Japanese be overcome by su-
perior numbers, but the army of the
Mikado has proved its military equality
with the troops of any nation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

In Mr.. Eugene Debss Social-Democratic
Herald Mr. Debs has article entitled
The Overmastering Passion for Profit .
which begins with this paragraph: .-rhe
primal consideration in the present indus
trial system Is profit All other things are
secondary. PROFIT is the life blood OF cap
1tal-the vital current OF the capitalist sys-
TEN. and when 1t shall cease TO flow the
system will be dead" This Is q profound
statement TO emanase from a man who
enrries IN his pocket nomination to the
presidency of the United States. Does Mr.
Dehs think that under any system. even
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

The Mexican mint facilities are to be
largely increased to meet the increased
Oriental demand for Mexican dollars. The
development of the Mexican silver dollar
as the monetary unit of trade all over the
curious things in history. The inhabitants
of China and Japan know nothing of the
Mexican government, but they know its
stamp stands for a certain amount of silver
and are willing to let it go at that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

The Armenian convention. Just opening in
Boston viii find plenty to talk about II
the dispatches are at all trustworthy the
Turkish government has taken advantage
Of the occupation of Russia and the gen.
eral fear OF spread of the conhagration
Of war among European cabinets to disre-
gard all treaties covering the subject and
work her will among the Christian inhabi-
tants of Armenia
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Judge Parker opened his mouth long
enough to remark that he was big enough
for the presidency. When he completes
the treatment made necessary by the
1rom him again
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
A Shady Tree.

Patience-Does she ever speak of her family
tree?
Patrice-No think it OF the shady
sort Of trees.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

1t Is rumored that Mr.. Bryan will take
y senatorship as consolation prize-if he
can get it. The chances are. that the
Democrats are dangling this plum before
his nose to keep him from organizing
bolt at ST Louis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

1t is not necessary that we be assured by
leading statesman that if Cortelyou shall
be chosen chairman of the Republican ma
tionai committee he will be a real chair
man." Corteiyou has proven himself the
real thing in every position in which he has
been tried thus far.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

According to the Birmingham Ledger,
''the Republicans are indorsing Roosevelt
with as good grace as they can muster +"
Yes. alas. Oh that we had that wild
unanimity of enthusiasm with which the
Democrats are indorsing Parker,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

A successful campaign manager must possess
many qualities rarely found combined in one
mantle must know where TO command funds . $
we'll as where TO expend them; he must be "a
good mixer all things TO all men. without com
uniting either himself his party. and he
ought to be capable al a pinch OF delivering a
good speech a good tine--Boston Transcript.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
Impudent Question.

Bessie-I almost hate Carrie Dyeri She asks
such impudent questions, you know. was tell
ing her If Frank Barnes had asked me to marry
him he had asked twenty times and
she had the impertinence to ask me if he had
asked once.
Minnie-The idea. But has he. Bessie?-Boston
Tran
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

hood traced it to its source in Gods fatherhood.
Hooded ii with the divine affection. put II into
His own self-sacrificing life. and showed US how
We might practically attain to it through His
help. Since then the idea has been symbolized
oy the cross of Christ, and has for eighteen
centuries been regarded as the Christian solu-
ton though christendom has too often been
antagonistic to it.-Rev. John II Denison. in
Atlantic Monthly
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

The Democratic platform makers have
but one issue left them, the tariff-and If
some wise man will only tell them how to
handle that they will be under everlasting
obligations. They are. aware that there is
. heap OF difference between declaration
for a modified tariff and an enunciation of
the principle of free trade
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

The Methodists are good business men.
II their General Conference had been a
political convention with everything "set
up in advance they could not have gone
through with their long programme more
expeditiously or with less friction.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Persons sending the Journal through the mails
in the United States should put Oh an eight or a
twelve-pa paper a 1-cent stamp. on a sixteen,
twenty wenty-four-page paper, a 2-cent
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All communications intended for publication in
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Rejected manuscripts will not be returned un-
less postage is Enclosed for that purpose.
Entered second-cfass matter March 10. 1904.
at the postof1ce at indianapolis. Ind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Mr.. Cleveland has repeated his indorse-
nent OF Parker and made it somewhat more
emphatic. But il would be much more in.
tsresting IL he were to tell the hungry
Democracy where Parker stands on at
least one or two OF the questions prom
tnently before the public. All the public
knows about him thus far is his opinion
that he Is big enough to grow into the job.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Whatever hold Mr.. Cleveland may have on his
party is not attributable 10 any achievement OF
his administration. II IL due 10 the fact that he
Is the only they have succeeded In electlng
to the presidency In half = century--Kansas
City Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

1t was necessary to have squad of
police at the st. Louis church attended by
Miss Roosevelt to protect her from the
curious crowd that gathered to see her. The
dispatches do not state whether the church
had extended to her a special invitation
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

ed TO the use of such drugs. except such
same from a licensed physician. Strict OBJ
servance by druggists of this law might
help some in checking the evil habit whose
prevalence they deplore. OR do they lay
all the blame on the doctors?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
Strenuous Times Since.

Pa-Now. don't ask me any more questions I
don't see why your history lessons should bother
you They didn't bother me when was
boy.
willie-Well. there wasn't much history
made when you was boy.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
MINOR TOPICS.

A box of bubonic plague germs, on its
way from India, has been lost in some part
of the country between San Francisco and
Washington. The finder will please report
to the government scientists and receive a
part of the contents of the box for his hon
esty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

The reported determination of Indiana
druggists to secure legislation to restrict
the use of narcotics and stimulants is
such laws. There is already an Indiana
statute which forbids the sale of opium.
morphine or cocaine to any persons addict
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
No Haste.

From the present actions OF General Kuropat-
kin it may be surmised that he does not intend
TO show any indecent haste In the matter Of un-
furling the Russian flag from the Mikados pal
ace -Kxnsas City Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

All these uninstructed delegates to St.
Louis are an indication that Judge Parker
has more trouble ahead of him than an
ofI1cer in a woman's club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

the socialistic, that capital will be used for
purely philanthropic purposes. or that men
viii conduct business primarily for their
healfh2
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
Foolish Habit.

He-It is hard to rid oneself of the habit Of
years.
She-Good gracious Who is so foolish as to
have such a habit? I haven't had a birthday in
a decade.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Father-What you crying about. Bobby?
Bobby between sobs)-I don't want to go to
school to-day.
Father-Why not?
Bobby-Sis Tilted the teacher last night.-Puck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

A Kansas City messenger boy is reported
as having been injured by riding too rapid
ly. So many impossible stories come from
Kansas City lately that the public is be-
ginning to be suspicious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

Kaiser William is an admiral in the Rus
alan navy. What would happen If he
should be notified to report for duty in
Eastern waters at once? !.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

A cornet 1900 years old has been exhumed
in the Etruscan Metropolis at Tarquina.
The place of it's discovery suggests that 1t
was used as an instrument of torture, just
as il is in modern times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

A serum has been discovered for the
successful treatment of hay fever. 1t may
be a welcome thing and it may not; it's
going to beat lot of people out of their
annual northern vacation trip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
THE HUMORISTS.
Easy Method.

Young Authoritarian write far into the night
find great difficulty in getting to sleep.
Friend-Why don't you read over what you
have written princeton Tiger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

A Western paper announces that "a host
of Democrats are still faithful to Bryan"
True; and another host of Democrats still
vote for Andrew jackson.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
The Art Of War.

'.And If is unable TO keep the enemy from
crossing the river?' asked the pupil.
In that case" replied the master of strategy,
1.-The press censor should allow rumors to circu-
late that you are trying to lure him across"
Puck
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

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Mr.. Olney asserts vehemently that he Is
mot a candidate" Somebody has had the
courage to break il to him at last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
Highly Successful.

Jack Sprat took Anti-Fat.
His wife took Anti-Lean.
And % to-day the both Of them
Are sleeping in the green.
--Lippincott's Magazine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31
NEW YORK-Astor House.

ST LOUIS-The Journal Is on sale at all leading
Hotels and News Stands in ST. Louis and at
the Worlds Fair grounds Thomas NJ. Sulli-
van. special agent. On file Pennsylvania sys-
tenn exhibit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-31

A Brooklyn pastor named Knapp has re-
signed because he cannot and will not
preach sensational sermons. Day by day
the number of candidates for Carnegie
medals grows larger.