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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07

A second trial of Butler, OF st. Louis,
on the charge of bribing members of the
St. Louis Council to secure the passage OF
city lighting bill, has resulted in his ac-
quittal. On the first trial the jury failed to
agree. The weak point in the States case
appears TO have been that all the witnesses
for the prosecution were themselves con-
fessed boodlers, and counsel for the de-
Tense attacked them as thieves and pre-
sumably liars. Prosecutor Folk recognized
the danger of the attack and in his address
to the jury said:
How could we have brought other wit
nesses to prove the crime of bribery than
those we did bring? Men like you do not
engage in such transactions. l would like
TO produce honest farmers; IL would afford
us great pleasure If it were possible to bring
here reputable business men, but men of
that character don't engage in boodling.
Bribery Is always under the surface.
Six witnesses testified directly to the de-
PENDANTS guilt. but the jury-a country
jury-refused to convict on their testimony.
1t is a disappointing outcome to a vigorous
prosecution
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To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
The theater managers IN old times would not
let sit in the pit. They said women
spoiled the play. and they were right 1 heart
lily wish that our English theater would allow
only and women sixty 10 enter our
parquette. OF stalls they called in Eng
land. Then persons who really want 70 hear
the actors could do so. Mr.. Charles Hawtry's
play, 1.-THE Man From Blankley's," i'm
portant artistic event There fine actor.
of a noble figure, handsome countenance. and
high capacity. His playing was finished in style.
all OF the niceties OF his art were at his fingers
ends. The play. too. was capital. the company
fine. the dialogue witty. the plot interesting, IL
would have been delightful to hear. The audi
ence, however, at least the female part. were
bound that nobody should hear single word Of
that play and talked every moment, as IL they
were at a reception. and the actors were forced
to scream the top Of their voices. like Buffalo
Bits showmen. What could Charles Hawtry
have thought OF Indianapolis audience. He
thought. unavoidably, that his hearers were a
crowd OF low-bred country boobies. and so they
were. indianapolis likes to call itself refined
and ideal and so forth. but IL lacks manners
and intelligence. Talking at the theater is a
test. ANTI-CHATTER.
Indianapolis, Feb g.
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VIEWS OF JOURNAL READERS.


To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
In Sundays Jan 80 paper you have on Page
l. Part ,. article entitled Broken Legs"
etc. I well remember many OF the late Or II.
r. Aliens great successes IN making and ap-
plying steel apparatus 20 relieve persons with
broken limbs. ailing joints spinal diseases. etc
1 have seen scores Of cases that came 20 his
institute on pallets, not having walked for years.
who in few weeks were able 10 80 about the
streets in their steel harness. which had articu-
lating joints corresponding TO ankle. knee and
hip joints. The patients needed TO use clutches
20 protect them from tripping and
help navigate over uneven ground. For several
years the Allen Surgical Institute world
famous from its remarkable orthopedic and
mechanical success and said devices much
simpler and less burdensome than what Is de-
scribed in your article. DR.. Allen repudiated
plaster casts as instruments Of torture. retard-
ing oonvalescence.
beg 10 ask your notice Of this for the justice
to man who brought much relief 10 humanity
and honor to city. DIR. Allen was the FIRST
man to bring clubfoot 20 a perfectly natural
symmetrical shape without cutting and tor
menting an infant with binding IL in mortar
bec-that is, a plaster cast I am moved TO cal;
attention TO these mostly for humanity's sake
". II. TURNER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07

A New York exchange comments some
what acrimoniously on the fact that a GER
tain woman on trial for the murder of her
husband wore mourning costume. There
was no doubt as to her having killed him,
the question before the jury relating only
to justification for the deed or to her san
ity. The New York paper doubts the pro-
priety of her wearing the garments of
grief under the circumstances, but it evil
IDENTIFY bases its remarks on the theory that
the black robes of a widow really have
some relation TO her regrets for the de-
ceased, whereas, as a matter of fact, they
are mere convention. Some women who
sincerely mourn for their husbands would
undoubtedly prefer not to don the symbols
of widowhood. but feel constrained by Gus
tom to do so. On the other hand there is
sometimes room to suspect that the veil of
exaggerated. length and the extra heaviness
of the Grape are due to a secret conscious
ness that grief is less than the world would
approve and a desire to atone. There are
also women, it is quite probable, who would
don heaviest weeds with the greatest cheer
fulness If only their husbands would depart
and give them the privilege. In any and
all cases, however, mourning is a mere con-
cession to custom and is no measure of woe.
Even If it were otherwise it is by no means
certain that a woman who murders her
husband is without right to wear black in
his honor. 1t is easily conceivable that
woman who finds man so absolutely I'M
endurable that she is forced to put him out
of the way may yet have sufficiently SYM
pathetic understanding OF him to realize
that he possessed some good qualities and
was worthy Of degree of respect And
then, besides, a widow who wears no
mourning does not feel that she is a widow,
and how then can she enjoy her freedom?
Plainly, the New York paper has not en-
tered at all thoroughly into the why's and
wherefores of the wearing of widows
weeds.
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always had a notion that something was
wrong with Henry Ward Beecher. and am
grateful to the Rev. DR.. Minot ]. Savage for
explaining that he preached in trance. This
also will enlighten the stenographers who usec
to find the ablest of pulpit orators Impossible
to anticipate. His next word. or phrase, was
the unexpected. and no knight of the pot-hooks
dared shove ahead Of him. He was the despair
of every disciple of Sir Isaac Pitnan- Twenty
years ago the leading newspapers gave a great
deal of Monday space to Beecher, and his SER
mons were devoured by all classes Of people
In these degenerate days If a preacher gets a
quarter OF column he is lucky.
1t was a priced privilege to me to sit at
Beechers feet and drink in his trance-oratory.
He alone of all ministers Of the gospel never
put me to sleep. II there is a trance preacher
anywhere to-day I'd like to go to hear him.
Lincoln may have said he wished some of his
generals would drink Grants brand OF whisky
good many church-goers wish that their
preachers would enter the trance state when
delivering a sermon.-New York Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07

When an ambulance surgeon in responding to
a hurry call finds his patient to be suffering
from burns scalds he is apt TO use anything.
from molasses to -four. TO cover the wounds
and prevent the air from reaching them. This
practice was followed by woman in rail-
way station the other day when small child
who was playing around the waiting room &C
cidentally sat down on a hot steam pipe. The
little one was so frightened that in trying to
stand up she slipped and fell back again, this
time becoming wedged between the wall and
the hot pipe. The child's screams brought the
mother to the scene at once. Picking the little
girl up, she turned her across her lap
loosened her clothes. and then, taking a bottle
of writing fluid from her satchel emptied IL
over the scorched flesh. In a moment the child
had stopped screaming and soon was playing
around as lively ever. The writing fluid
itself was not a curative. 1t simply prevented
the air from getting at the burns. The whole
thing was interesting as illustration of the
woman's presence OF mind.-New York Press
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President Roosevelt has been placed in an
embarrassing predicament by his great and
good friend, the Sultan OF Morocco. The
Sultan has not pronounced against the
Presidents Panama canal policy, nor has
he criticised any OF the Presidents official
acts or questioned his motives. What he
has done is this: lie has sent the President
six thoroughbred horses from his own
stables as a gift. The horses arrived at
New York on Thursday by steamer. each
one In charge OF two dusky Moorish keen
ers. They all have long pedigrees and one
OF them was the Sultans favorite saddle
horse. But the trouble is that under the
Constitution the President is not permitted
10 accept a present from any foreign poten-
tate or power without a special permitting
act from Congress. and he does not like TO
ask for that in this case because IL would
establish bad precedent When our for
eien ministers and ambassadors receive
gifts from foreign governments, as they
sometimes do. they deposit them in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07
TO PRESERVE ABORIGINAL RELICS

TO PRESERVE ABORIGINAL RELICS.
A Washington dispatch says that Sen
ator Cullom has introduced a bill for the
preservation of original monuments, ruins
and other antiquities to apply to all gov
eminent reservations The secretary of
the interior is given authority to establish
rules and regulations governing excava-
tions and imposing punishment for their
violation. The bill makes provision for a
high standard of qualification in those per-
mitted to engage in the work of explora-
ton.
AS far as remembered, this is the first at
tempt on the part of the government to
preserve or protect any of the monuments
or structural relics of the early inhabitants
Of America Provision has been made for
the protection of the animals in Yellow
stone Park and to prevent injury to the
trees and trespassing of other kinds, but
this does not cover tribal monuments. Pro-
lection for the animals in this comparative
ly limited area did not come until after
most of the species had been practically
exterminated on the great plains and for
the most part in the mountains. For many
years after the buffaloes had disappeared d
profitable business was done in collecting
their bones on the prairies and selling them
for commercial purposes. 1t was an ig-
noble ending of thousands of years of free
dom in roaming the plains that the buffa-
loes should at last be exterminated and
their bones converted into glue.
The builders of this country were too
busy subjugating the continent to think
about preserving aboriginal monuments or
ruins. Their time was too fully occupied in
fighting the Indians to allow any thought
of preserving their monuments or any
thing that might throw light on their
origin, habits and customs. They were too
glad to get rid of the Indians to think about
preserving any of their relics. 1t was a
long time before any interest began to be
taken in such matters, and when at last eff
forts began to be made to make colec-
tons of aboriginal remains they had nearly
disappeared. Some very interesting contri-
buttons to history might have been made
if these collections had begun at an early
scattered over portions of the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys had been carefully pre-
served. Now, by frequent blowing, ETC.,
they have been almost obliterated.
1t is presumed that one class of ruins
which Senator Cullom's bill aims to pro-
tect are those of the Cliff-dwellers along the
upper waters of the Colorado and the Rio
Grande rivers, in Utah. Colorado, Arizona
and New Mexico. These ruins. which are
found either on the SUBMITS of mountains
or on shelves in the rock walls of canyons,
are those of early tribes which practiced
this mode of building their villages in in
accessible places a means of protec-
ton against enemies. Some of these VIII
lagos have already been rifed of inter
esting relics and almost destroyed by Ok
plorers and Adventures who had no right
to meddie with them at all. The govern
ment should do what it can to protect
them as an aid in the study of ethnology
and archaeology.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07
Women,s Work in Korea.

AS there are labor-saving machines in
Korea women's work is done by the crudest
and hardest methods possible, from hulling
rice with heavy wood stone pestle to wash
ing clothes by beating them in the streams and
ironing them with sticks. In order to iron
the clothes must always be ripped apart and
wrapped round wooden roller while damp.
They are then beaten by either one or two
women. 1t is surprising to the gloss on the
white calico and the sheen upon the linen pro-
duced by this method of ironing. 1t surpasses
the dressing one in this country newly
bought linen. Since the people dress exclusively
in white, the woman's day-and often much of
the night, tools spent in wash-ironing, iron
ing and sewing-Outing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07
Anxious to Please.

This tale was told by Governor Pennypacker.
in beginning response to toast at Penn
sylvania German banquet in Philadelphia. The
story, he said. showed the readiness of the
Pennsylvania Dutchman to obey those in au-
thority
In 1864 Sheridan, under orders, burned every
barn from valley above Staunton TO a certain
point below Winchester. band of angry
rebels followed this raid. watching for a chance
to pick up any stragglers. Among others who
fell into their hands a little Pennsylvania
Dutchman who quietly turned to his captors
and inquired:
'vat you fellows going to do nit me?'
The reply came short and sharp:
Hang you"
''ven'' he said. meekly. "vatever is de rule -
His good-natured reply threw the Confederates
into a roar of laughter and saved his life.-Den-
Yer Times
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Ring on.

The manager of the big store stood stock
still outside the little boxlike chamber which
held the telephone of the establishment, for he
was a very startled manager indeed. Within
the chamber he could hear Miss Jones. the
typst, speaking; and this is scrap of the con-
versation the scandaized man overheard:
~ love you dear. and only you'll I'm weep
ing my heart away Yes. my darling. speak to
once more, love you. dear-I love you so.''
The young woman rang of and stepped out
of the cabinet to confront the angry manager.
Miss Jones'" he said, that telephone has
been fixed where il is for the purpose of con-
venience In conducting business, and not for
love-making in office hours. / surprised at
you. Don't let 1t occur again.
The young woman froze him with a glance.
II was ordering some new music from the
publishers for No. department" she explained
icily.
And then the manager felt that this
cold world indeed.-Chicago Journal.
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ART AND ART WORKERS.

Among the Americans who have been highly
praised for their works at the annual exhibit
ton of the Women's International Art Club.
now in progress in the Grafton Galleries in Lon
don, are Miss Cecilia Beaux, Miss Alice Hay
and Miss Evelyn Purdy.
The woman's Art Association OF Montreal.
Canada. is enterprising body. At en-
tertainment given by them for the benefit Of
an arts and crafts society, the drama OF ''Hia-
watha'' played by real Ojibway Indians.
The society. known Our Handicraft Shop
endeavors to preserve and cultivate all the
home arts and handicrafts of Canada The Art
Association also tries TO collect and preserve
French Canadian traditions songs. and folk
lore.
The artists OF the country are 20 unite in a
petition TO Congress TO take OF the duty on
art. on the side of sentiment. says the Balti-
more American, 1t may be urged that a coun-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07
Teachers, Wages.

To the Editor OF the Indianapolis Journal:
Nobody thinks he has the wages that he ought
to have, but nobody makes such a pow-wow about
II teachers do. Wages settled not by the
wishes OF those who pay or OF those who re-
oeive, but by a thousand Irresistible forces OF
nature-supply and demand, ability 10 work. abil-
ity to pay. state of currency. supply OF food.
general prosperity. and thousand other things
The entire struggles of the trades unions have
not changed wages materially for any length
OF time or in any great space. because they
against the laws OF nature. Judging from re-
suits. our teachers get about all they en-
titled 10. j. r. @.
Indianapolis, Feb. 6.
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MESSENGER GIRLS IN BOSTON.
Experiment of Employing Them Has
Proved Satisfactory.
Baston Transcript.

Baston Transcript.
After nearly three months OF service dur
ing which they have been obliged to en-
counter every sort OF weather condition the
messenger girls have fairly earned their
right TO remain in the places OF the boys
who went on strike last October 1t was
thought by some people who have been
watching the experiment, and officials OF
the company feared a little. that the girls
would have 10 give way when the hard win
ter storms set in, Such has not been the
case. however; in rain, in snow, In slush
and in freezing temperature the girls have
been tried and they have not been found
wanting. The A. ID. T. management Is even
more pleased with the girls than IL was i'm
mediately after it had found relief from the
trials and tribulations OF dealing with boys.
One of the officials said to-day: The girls,
have proved exceptionally satisfactory, and
have more than come I'D 10 our expecta-
tions They have stayed on in bad weather
and have made good time, even under the
worst conditions possible.
The company now has about 40 girl mes
sengers regularly in It's employ. and the
force has sIfted down somewhat since IL
was first put at work. When the girls were
first hired all ages applied and were taken
on Young girls and Old women ran around
town with the messages. The younger girls
were stopped by the State authorities. and
the older women have dropped out OF their
own accord so that at the present time the
average age OF the girl messengers Is about
twenty-five years The girls work from
o'clock in the morning until $50 at night.
After $50 the work Is done by boys. Some
OF these boys appear IN the old A. ID. 7.
uniform, but in these cases the uniforms
were owned previous 10 the recent trouble
and the strike. The boys are also used in
the daytime for carrying messages 90 places
where IL would not be desirable 90 send
arfFfE . fhA or
emily a fixture, IL is doubtful n any attempt
will be made TO have them wear uniforms
OF any sort. Just at present the company
willing 60 forego the uniform for the sake
OF having messengers with whom there u
not always trouble
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Thomas Hardy is quoted as saying recent
~ that he owes what success he has had
largely to 1.-The Greenwood Tree" for IL
was the title of that book which started
him on the road 10 fame. Mr.. Hardy is too
modest. Some novels have found them
selves in the list OF best sellers because
OF their titles and with no other claim to
popularity. but there is reason to believe
that Mr.. Hardy would have been discovered
eventually whatever the titles OF his books
might have been.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-07

don't know I'll ask Mrs Bromley and he
went out to the carriage, poked his head in,
and asked: What color stove backing do
you want. my dear7'
Mrs. Bromley looked at him with amaze
ment. but catching sight of a grinning face
behind him. she said very politely the
grocer: Use your own judgment. Atr. Brom-
ley will be satisfied with any color backing
you send" Then. addressing her husband she
said sweetly: Hadn't you better get in now.
Ike? AS drive along well think IL over"
AS they drove along ne saw the joke.-De-
troit Journal
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State Department. where they become gov
eminent heirlooms. as it were But the
President cannot do that with these horses.
The White House stables are full and he
has no stock farm or place to keep them,
even II Congress should authorize him to
accept them. IL it had been a white ele-
plant the President might have got home
for it in some geological garden, but they
do not take Arabian horses TO board.
So the President does not know what to do.
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MINOR TOPICS.

The Aquashicola (Pa.) School Board has
put a ban on love-making between men
teachers and their pupils Hugging the big
girls and calling them by names of
dearment are hereafter to be omitted from
the daily exercises. This seems cruel when
it is considered how small are the salaries
of teachers; it is no more than right that
this should be made up for by extra privi-
leges. The same School Board has also
ruled that the chewing of gum by pupils
is good form and must not be discouraged
by the teachers 1t is held that continuous
mastication helps the activity and con-
centration of the mind.
The St Louis papers are demanding that
France march on Morocco and annex it to
the republic This stand on the part of
st. Louis would be hard to explain were it
not fresh in the memory of man that the
Sultan of Morocco remarked, II don't know
where this town of St. Louis Is, and don't
care"
William r. Hearst has leased the house
in Washington left vacant by former Sec
rotary Root. Just TO show how prodigal he
is Of his money, he has leased the house for
two whole years, though he, of course, ex-
poets to move into the White House on the
4th of March, 1906.
The correspondent who appears anxious
to learn what is the Russian name for
reconcentrado is invited to send his re-
marks to some funny paper. The Journal
cannot undertake to answer ridiculous
questions. The same applies to the Japan
csc word for trocha.
DR.. Hale broke a standing record or
thirty years by inviting Jewish rabbi to
make the opening prayer in the Senate the
other day. 1t was a sure thing that DR..
Hale would do something out of the or
binary when he was appointed chaplain.
The frosts may be a-going and the sum-
mer may be coming, but raining, freezing,
showing, the plumber keeps on plumbing.
And when the slush is thawing you don't
know what's the worst-a cellar full of
water or a bathroom pipe that's burst.
Andrew Carnegie has not yet taken steps
to start the library at Stratford-on-Avon.
Probably he is waiting for Marie Corell
TO cast the first stone; or, perhaps, he has
been persuaded by Upton to adopt the
Bacon theory.
One of the United States senator's in all
his speeches makes Panama rhyme with
pajama Now if he can only succeed in
making Morgan rhyme with canal he can
be poet laureate emeritus.
If a man had bought $1,000 bales of cot
ton early in October and held it until last
week he would have cleared s., 600 profit.
How many people have overlooked this
chance to become rich?
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To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
have two IN their teens and I have
taught them to lift their hats when meeting on
the street a lady whom they know. / think
they do it quite properly. but majority OF
men. in my opinion. do not. Nearly ell OF those
1 notice make slow and seemingly reluctant
motion to remove the hat. reaching II after
they have met and passed the lady and anaily
lifting IL some ten or fifteen feet behind her.
1t seems to me that TO give the action any grace
or meaning a gentleman should lift his hat
before he meets lady, not after he has passed
am an old-fashioned MOTHER.
indianapolis. Feb 8