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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
CHURCH NAN POWER
BEHIND THE THRONE,
Procurator of Holy Synod of Rus
STA Exerts Far-Reaching
Influence.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NEW YORK, March 19.-There is a one
man power in Russia, and the man is not
the Car. The complaints among Greeks in
America, over the conservation the other
day of Bishop Raphael. grow out of the am
biton of the procurator of the Holy Synod
of Russia. This official is a layman, and
years ago he was tutor. of the present Car
He controls the Russian Church, and some
say the Russian government, in large part
The Russian Church is the offspring of the
Greek Church, but for political reasons it
is much greater than the Greek. and with
greatness 1t has always had strong ambi-
ton. The new Bishop Raphael is a Greek.
but all of his consecrators, from Bishop
Tikhon, of Alaska, down, were Russians.
NOminally, he should owe obedience to the
Patriarch of Constantinople, who is head Of
the Greek Orthodox Church Really he bows
TO the. Procurator of the Holy Synod of
Russia. He is a Syrian, in which country
the Car has no political voice whatever
Greeks charge both that the church in
America is being made a football of re-
ligious and political ambition, and that in
Syria the Car seeks to gain influence. Rec
ognizing the orders of each. while denying
those of the Western churches, these two
branches of Eastern orthodoxy, are quar-
reling, and employing America as the scene.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20

FALMOUTH, England. March 19.-The
passengers of the Holland-American line
steamer Statendam. which sailed from Rot
terdam March u for New York and which
returned to Falmouth March 10. with her
boiler and furnaces damaged will be for
warded by the same cOmpany's steamer
Potsdam. which sailed from Rotterdam to-
day for New York. The Statendams cargo
will be transferred TO the Holand-Ameri-
can lines steamer Sloterdyk, which sailed
from Rotterdam yesterday for New York
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20
Fined for Carrying Dynamite.

LIVERPOOL. March 19.-Iban L. Jubano-
vic, an Austrian who reached Liverpool on
the White Star line steamer Majestic from
New York. and who was arrested the fol-
lowing day on the charge of being in
possession of explosives with feonious in
tent. was to-day acquitted of felonious in
tent. but was fined $50 for having dynamite
concealed in his trunk
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-20

imported OF courSc-that SeH rcgu larry
al 85c. $l.oo and Sis yard.
Here Monday. Choice. at 69c Yard
That is news of stirring Importance.
certainly. in view of the timeliness of
the offerings.
It's only another example OF our
immense buying organization.
As you know, year after year the
finest gowns are made Of these beau
tiful fabrics. Fashion never ignores
them.
Our French representative saw a
chance 10 buy them and jumped at
the opportunity.
Silks that, should sell at Sc, 500.
sl.25-you should get enough Monday
for your spring gown: Monday, In the
center silk counter. at. a 90
yard ......---.--.--..------..
West Center Aisle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
AN EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE
Quantity of Nitroglycerin Explodes
Near Upper Sandusky, O.
The Accident Occurred When the
Deadly Explosive Was Being Low
cred Into an Oil Well.

Findlay, o., Sept 5.-Five are dead
and an equal number Seriously injured
as the result of a premature explosion
of quantity of nitroglycerin near Up
per Sandalsky, Sunday.
The dead are:
. Malen Lookabaugh, Findlay.
Lafe Mckay, Findlay.
Joseph Fox, Lima.
Corine Wise, aged IL, Upper San
dusky.
Emanuel Urcan, Cincinnati.
The injured:
Ernest Wise, leg badly rlansled and
internally injured; will probably die.
Louis Lookabaugh, aged Is, arm
blown off and leg broken; not expected
to recover.
Alice Wise, badly injured about the
head; condition critical.
Mary Gulliford, bruised about the
body.
Claire Lookabaugh. face and limbs
badly cut
The accident occurred while Mckay,
an oil well shooter, was engaged in
lowering the nitroglycerin. At one
time his assistants, the Lookabaugh's
and Fox, together with the others, were
grouped about the well The cause of
the explosion is unknown.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
EDUCATIONAL BUREAU
Under Direction of KATE MARKHAM POWER

mining the contour of the grounds
whether it is level, rough or sloping,
what the slope is, whether 1t Is natural
or the result of grading. The condition
OF soil and its treatment may also be
taught, along with the best sod or
grass best adapted to that section.
Botany may be taught, incidentally.
by studying the trees and their care.
as well as the flowers within sight.
Much is taught the pupil If the teach.
er understands bird and insect lore.
since there are always bird nests. CO.
coons, etc, In winter and the little
creatures themselves in summer.
In all these lessons, as we'll as In
description of the natural scenery. Ian
guage and style Is taught along with
the other lessons.
Something in civil government may
be learned in the study of the school
government. the officers. the manner
of their choice, their duties, etc.
A study of history will enable the
children to learn when the land was
set aside for school purposes, when
the house was built and by whom. In
deed, there is so much to be learned
from the school garden that the bare
printing of the list would more than
fill our space. Any teacher who is In
terested, though, may get printed list
of the main suggestions by writing to
my addres.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
A Great Occasion.

Won Blumer came into his wife's
room rubbing his hands, glow of sat.
isfaction on his usually calm face.
Lets celebrate" he repeated
"Come, my dear, put on your glad rags
and We'll so off and have real good
time. First nice dinner at the res
taurant you like so well, then an even
ing at the theater. How long will 1t
take you to get ready?"
Mrs. Won Blumer gazed at her hus-
band in surprise.
"Can we afford it?" she asked, doubt
fully.
Afford 1t Why. OF course we can.
Do you suppose would make the sug-
gestion if we couldn't afford it?"
But it was only yesterday you were
pleading poverty. What has hap
pened?'
Happened" exclaimed Won Blum
er. "Why, I'll tell you what has hap
ened. You know that old last sum-
mers suit OF mine. Well, just now. as
l was going through the pockets. I'll
be hanged il l didn't find dollar
bill l."-Collier's Weekly.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
Mississippi State News


The weekly report OF the weather
bureau SAYS:
The first half of the week was very
warm, but the Temperature was be-
low normal the last three days. Mod
crate to heavy showers fell in the
southern part of the State, but the
northern part was generally without
precipitation.
In the northern half of the State
the change to the hot, dry weather OF
the past two weeks from the cool wet
weather tne first Of August. is having
a damaging oEEoet oa.@Nusen. Rust
and shedding are serious in many
counties, and the general outlook for
good crop Is not so bright as it
was a week ago. In the northern
delta counties some rain fell the first
of the week and cotton is doing fair
ly well, but near Yazoo City and Shar-
key counties the prospect is not as
good on account of rust, shedding
and boil worms. In the central and
southern counties rust and shedding
are not so damaging, and where rain
fell cotton is making good progress.
Bolls are open in all parts of the
State and picking has begun as far
north as Lauderdale county.
Much fodder and hay has been saw
ed; late corn is doing well, especially
where recent rains have fallen; SOW
ing turnips continues. but they are
needing more moisture in the north
ern part; pastures and meadows are
in good shape.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
Certainly Not Original.

w. w. Jacobs, the English humor-
ist. is as modest as he is brilliant
THE things that people laugh at
most in my stories" he said to an
American, "are nearly always things
that | have heard and noted down.
They are not original with me.
"On that account, wherever | go,
keep my ears open, and thus | get
hold of many a good thing.
Il got hold of good thing last
week in Margate. / was looking at
butcher shops display, when the
butcher came out and said to an oldS
man:
Henry, I want you.'
What do you want?' the old man
asked.
Why. said the butcher, I'll give
you a shilling and joint OF meat IL
you'll kin all the flies in my shop
."All right said the old man. Give
me the shilling first and the meat aft
erwards
"The butcher handed out the shili-
ing. Then the old man asked for q
stick about a yard long. This vas
brought to him. He gripped it firmly.
went to the doorway. and said
Now, turn EN- out, one at
time Exchange,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
The Last Job.

During recent discussion on the
evils of the old spoils system, A.. w.
Cooley, of the civil service commits
sion, told an experience which Gov
ernor Durbin, of Indiana, had with an
officeseeker
The governor was SO annoyed by
officeseekers that shortly after his in
auguration he was compelled to make
public announcement in the press OF
the state that in view of the numer-
GUS applications to him for Office he
would be unable to give consideration
to them all.
A short time after this the governor
received letter reading as follows:
Dear Mr.. Governor see by the
papers that you are going to take
month off to destroy the thousands OF
applications for jobs. Now, my dear.
sir, if everything else is gone, then
should like to be engaged to tear up
the letters. Exchange.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
II Was Called a Baptist Fish.

During a recent Baptist convention
held in Charleston, Rev. DIR. Greene OF
Washington, strolled down to the Bat
terry one morning to take a look across
the harbor at Fort Sumter. says the
New York Herald.
An old negro was sitting on the sea
wall fishing. DR.. Greene watched the
lone fisherman, and finally saw him
pull up an odd-looking fish, cross be-
tween a toad and catfish.
What kind of fish is that, old
MANI" inquired DR.. Greene.
"Dey call it de Baptist fish" replied
the fisherman, and he tossed the fish
away In disgust.
why do they call it tie Baptist
fish," asked the minister.
Because dey spoil so soon after dey
comes outen de water" answered the
fisherman
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
Wonderful increase Shown.

A statement from the Office of the
secretary of State shows the Won
derful increase Of the banking busi-
ness in Mississippi during the last
eight months, and the amount Of
capital that has been invested i'll the
banking business within the State
during that period surpasses all pre-
yious records. Since the 1st of Jan
uary the records in the secretary of
States office shov that fifty banks
have been chartered, and that these
banks represent a capital stock of
S., ,295, 900; that during the same
period six banks already in opera
ton increased their capital stock to
a toal of $4,000, making the
amount that has been placed in the
banking business within the State
since the first of the year 81, 900.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
JUDGE PARKER NOT cOMlNG
Changes His Mind About His Trip
to St. Louis.
Says That In All Probability He Will
Not Leave Rosemount Dur
fn the Campaign.

Esopus, N. Y, Sept. 3.-There was
considerable surprise at Rosemount,
Friday evening, when correction was
made of a statement issued in the
morning to the effect that Alton B.
Parker and his wife had completed
their arrangements for st. Louis trip.
1t is now announced that Parker has
changed MS mind in regard to the
trip, and In all probability will not
leave Rosemount again during the
ccmpaign. 1t is understood that good
reasons were presented TO Parker In
argument against the proposed trip.
and that the abandonment of the pro-
gramme is the result. So far as is now
intended, Parker will make no
speeches during the campaign.
William E. Ryan, Of the Devery as
sociation in New York, and Capt.
Charles Campbell, retired sea captain
of New York, called at Rosemount,
Friday, ostensibly to ask Judge Parker
to make clear in his letter of accept
ance the plank in the democratic plat
form In relation to marine commerce.
Capt. Campbell said that ship-owners
are not in favor of subsidy bill, but
that they do want protection against
unfair competition with foreign bot
toms. After talking shipping at
length, they brought up the subject OF
the governorship nomination for New
York state, and suggested that Con-
gresham William Sulzer is best
equipped to save the party from the
inroads made by tho popularity OF
Thomas e. Watson, the populist can
iidate for president,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
Teachers Better Equipped.

A majority of the public schools
cf the State will open this month.
The teachers of the State are in fine
shape for the work as they have been
attending the institutes and normals
for the best part of the. summer and
have gained considerable in expe-
risnce from these meetings. State
Superintendent of Education Whit
field believes that greater results
viii be attained by the schools this
year than for years past. He says
Ihat the teachers are better equipped
a,,d the terms will be longer all over
iho State.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
.OYAMA SAYS LAO
YANG HAS FALLEN
The Japanese Are Now in Com
plete Possession.
CESSATION OF FIERCE FIGHTING
1t is Reported In st. Petersburg
That Kuropatlin HAS Arrived Mt
Tfehling, which 1T Eighteen
Miles south of Mukden.

The only direct news from the seat
Of war bearing Sundays date came by
way of Toxic. in a report from Field
Marshal Oyama, saying that Lao Yang
fell completely in the hands OF the
japanese at nine o'clock that MORN
ing; that the Japanese casualties were
believed tosbe heavy, and that moth
ing was known by the Japanese con-
cerning conditions ON the right bank OF
the Taitse river.
The only comfort for the Russians
at home was the news conveyed
in a dispatch from Kuropatkin, dated
Saturday afternoon, that Gen. Stakel-
berg's first Siberian army corps of 2o,-
600 men, reported Saturday as having
been cut off to tho westward of liao
Yang, had been safely extrieated, and
that the corps has succeeded in join
ing the main Russian body on the
right bank Of the river, but no details
of the escape OF Stakelberg are known
Gen. Kuropatkin also reported that
the greater portion of his army was,
at the time of filing the report, south
of Yentai (ten miles northeast of Liao
Yangs), and few miles from the Ken
tai mines, where fierce fighting had
been in progress. 1t is indicated that
there has been cessation of the
fierce fighting. Kuropatkin reports that
his men were not being much interfered
with by the Japanese in the neighbor-
hood of his army.
In st. Petersburg, the absence OF
news is looked upon as heightening
the gravity of the situation for the
Russians.
1t was reported in st. Petersburg,
Sunday night. that kuropatkin had
arrived at Tiehling, which is ten miles
north of Yentai, and Is miles south OF
Mukden.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
ALL TOXIC REJoTcEs.
PopaIace Madly Cheer the Exploits
of Field Marshal Oyama.

PopaIace Madly Cheer the Exploits
of Field Marshal Oyama.
Toxic, Sept. 5.-Beyond Field Mar
shal Oyamas dispatch reporting the
occupation Of Lao Yang, and the CONF
mencemeat OF Gen. KuroiAf's turning
movement against the Russian left,
nothing further concerning the battle
OF Liao Yang had reached Toxic Sun
day. Neither the number OF Russians
who succeeded in escaping nor the
number encompassed by Gen. Kuroki's
turning movement is known here. The
severity of the Russian defeat hinges
largely Oh kuroki's movement. II
successful, the number of Russian
prisoners will be large The meager
reports received indicate that the SOL
diers of both armies went to the limit
of human endurance and suffered ter
ribly. 1t was impossible constantly to
supply them with food and water, and
the men have fought for days past.
starving an6 parched with thirst.
Although full details are lacking, the
duration of the fighting, he numbers
engaged, and the losses SO far reported,
indicate that Lao Yang will prove to
be one of the greatest battles of his
tory.
Tho dispatch received from Field
Marshal Oyama announcing the fall
Of Lao Yang had the effect OF cheering
all of the subjects of the Mikado.
Throughout the rejoicings here, fol-
lowing the early successes OF Japanese
arms at Liao Yang, the more thought
full people feared the results of the ex-
posure to which the right wing of Gen.
Kuroki's army was subjected, and 1t
was held possible that the strength Of
the Lao Yang Notifications would per-
NIT the withdrawal Of the bulk of the
Russian forces there Even now there
Is doubt concerning the number of Rus
SLAMS who have escaped, but there Is
no doubt about the character of the
victory at Lao Yang.
Toxic is brilliantly illuminated, and
joyful crowds parade the streets,
cheering the exploits OF Field Marshall
Oyama and Generals Oku and Nodzu.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
After . Canning Factory.

Port Gibson capitalists are 70
organize canning factory. A meet
ing looking to this end is to be held
at that place this week. There are
n number of canning factories in the
State and all of them seem to be
in a prosperous condition and earn
ing good dividends on the amount
of capital invested. In this way the
surplus fruit and vegetables are pro-
vided with a splendid market at
good, remunerative prices. Canning
factories are fine things for truck
and fruit growers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
MAY HAVE BEEN WRECK
Peculiar Not Found ON the Shore Of
Puget Sound Near
Seattle.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. Sin bottle
washed up on the beach at Barlow, a
little town on the west shore of Puget
sound, this note was found:
March 6, 1904-Ship La Norma in
sinking condition. No hope for crew.
(Signed.) JAMES SLOANE,
First Officer"
On the reverse of the note was the
name of W. E. r. holman and wife,
Norfolk, Va.
The bottle and note were brought
to Seattle Friday. The British ship
La Norma, Capt. Carmack, sailed from
Tacoma, wheat-laden, for Queenstown,
February q, and is supposed TO have
been wrecked In a ssorln OF ancol-
yer island prior to March %.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
DISASTROUS FIRE
IN NEW YORK CITY
Fourteen Persons Killed and Nearly
a Score Injured.
CAUSED BY LAMP EXPLOSION
when the Firemen Reaehed the
Scene, the Tenants of the Build
Ing Were Jamping From the
windows and Fire Escapes.

New York, Sept 5.-Fourteen per-
sons were killed and nearly score in
iured in a fire in a fiye-story double
tenement in Attorney street, at an
early hour Sunday morning. II was
one OF the worst fires i'll the loss OF hui
man lives that has occurred on the
east side in several years, although the
property loss was slight.
The dead include four women. one
man and nine children, ranging In age
from three months to u years.
Many OF the injured were taken to
hospitals, and it is thought that sew
eral of these will die. Among the in
jured were FIVE firemen, who were on
fourth floor balcony when it fell with
them
Men Asleep on the Roof.
The small number OF men among
the killed and injured was due to the
fact that most of the men who lived
In the building, following the Attorney
street custom in hot weather, were
asleep on the roof, while but few OF the
women and children were there. Those
on the roof were unable TO escape by
descending through the burning build
ing, and made their way to safety over
neighboring roofs. Meanwhile the
members of their families who had re-
NAMED in their rooms found escape cut
off. and panic reigned throughout the
structure.
The fire started about three o'clock
in the morning, and there was consid5
erable delay in sending in an alarm,
although the district is one OF the
most thickly populated in the crowded
East Side of New York. When the fire.
men reached the scene, some of the
tenants were jumping from the VIM
dows and from the ends of fire escapes
that reached only to the second floor
others were crouching in the smoke In
the small rooms and narrow halls.
Caused BY Lamp Explosion.
The fire is supposed to have been
caused by the explosion of a lamp
that had been left to light the hall OF
the second floor, and the slespirg ts
ants were not aroused until the hall
way was ablaze, and escape through
the building was cut off.
The fire was soon extinguished, and
the search for the dead began.
Most of the dead were found on the
two upper floors.
While the search of the building was
going on, four firemen were at work on
fourth floor balcony, when it gave
way. Another firemen on the balcony
on the floor below was also carried
down, and was probably fatally in
jured The other four We're badly hurt,
but will recover. Two of them fell
upon pile of bedding in the court
yard, and their injuries were caused
chiefly by the iron work of the balcony
falling upon them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08

in some places IN the delta serious
consideration is being given to the
proposition to import Italian labor
trs to work on the large plantations
For many years the planters of the
le!;a have not been able to get
enough labor to work their broad
arses, and while a large majority
Of the negroes Of the State are con-
c.ntrated in tbo delta vet the sup
r.; does -gual to the
heavy demerd. Those who have
had experience in working negroes
on large plantations say that they
need some kind Of a stimulant to
rake them work their best. For
scme years it has been noted that
the free labor in those neighbor-
hoods where some Of the plantations
have been worked by convict labor
have done great deal better than in
sections where the free labor has had
no such stimulus. This is accounted
fcf on the ground that where men
hive competition they strive to do
tleir best and where they have a
cineh they are inclined to take
things easy. 1t is believed that ii
considerable number OF Italians were
pit to work in the delta that they
would serve to stimulate the negroes
TO their best effort. No one who has
given the matter any consideration
seems to think that it would be
good idea to mix the Italians and
The negroes on the same farm, for it
is believed that there would be more
o. less friction all the time, as the
Italians are said TO have as intense
race prejudice as any of the other
white races. The importation OF
Italian laborers has not got beyond
the point where it is being discussed.
None of the large planters have
made any move to bring any OF tins
class Of workmen to the delta, and 1t
NAV be several years before a serious
move is made in this direction.
Among some of the big planters
there is serious opposition to import
ing Italians. They say that it would
lead TO endless trouble, while others
look on the proposition with con-
siderable amount of favor. Labor in
The delta is short and has been fer a
number of years. If there was
plenty Of it, there is no telling how
much cotton and corn would be
raised in that section of the State,
for there is lots of idle land there
nov which is nos.being worked be-
cause there is not sufficient labor to
properly cultivate il. In time the
dalta planters may be forced TO add
to the supply Of labor, and the Ital-
iars, coming from hot climate, are
said to be the best suited for work
in the Southern fields. Certain it
IL, it will be many years before any
la,ge number of Italians will be en-
ployed as farm laborers in Missis-
siylpi.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-09-08
demonstrating Attendance

More than ten thousand people
attended the Neshoba County Fair
last week near Philadelphia. Much
fine stock was shown, and the con-
tests for the premiums offered BY
the association was very spirited.
Many fine addresses were made dur
ing the week, and the music was fur
nished by the famous Jones Family
Band.