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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
THIRD FIGHT At PORT
ARTHUR IS REPORTED

sAsEBO, Japan. Feb. 1.-THE opinion OF
Japanese naval officers here is that a third
fight has occurred of Port Arthur. Some
of the Russian war vessels have been re-
ported as leaving that place.
Impressive funeral services were held here
to-day over the remains OF three officers
and two men OF the Japanese battleship
Full. who were killed by the Russian fire
during the first attack on Port Arthur The
religious ceremonies were conducted by
Shinto priest and the funeral Grafton was
delivered by Admiral Somewi.
LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch 10 the 81.
James Gazette from Kobe. Japan. in re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
WOMAN KILLED INTRUDER
Defended Her Home with Double
Barrel Shotgun.

BLUEFIELD, w. Va, Feb. 17.-While at
tempting to defend her home from the at
tack of an unknown man last night Mrs.
]. c. McDay, of Mcdowell county, emptied
the contents of a double-barreled shotgun
into her assailant's body. The dead mans
name has not been learned, but it is said
he was farmer who had been elected from
the McDay house earlier in the night. The
woman has not been arrested.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
MOTHER AND HER FIVE
CHILDREN CREMATED
Oil Lamp Explosion Set Fire to the
House and They Were Unable
to Make Their Escape.

NEW YORK, Feb. H.-Mrs. Jacob An
toniassi and five children were burned to
death last night in fire consuming the
house i'm which they lived near CrOtOn. The
husband, two bOarders and the oldest son,
aged thirteen, escaped.
The house was one of number inhabited
by a settlement of Italian laborers work.
ing on the Croton aqueduct and being of
wood, blazed up so rapidly after the ex-
plosiOn Of an oil lamp, that the mother and
the five children, ranging in age from
eleven years to one year, were unable 10 es-
cape.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
NO DEMONSTRATIONS
OYER PRESIDENT YET
Panama People Have Postponed
Their Rejoicings Until Canal
Treaty Is Ratified.

COLON, Feb. 1.-THE election of Dr.
Amados to the presidency of the Republic
of Panama creates no excitement here. 1t
was generally known that he would be
unanimously elected. 1t has been decided
TO postpone all popular demonstrations on
both sides of the isthmus until the receipt
of the news that the canal treaty has been
ratified in Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
TRAINS STUCK IN SNOW
DRIFTS IN THE WEST
Coal Famine Threatened and MANY
of the Public Institutions
Short of Supplies.

BISMARCK, n. D., Feb. 1.-THE weather
has cleared after a severe blow that has
drifted badly along the railroads. Through
trains from the West are still stuck in
the snowdrifts west of here. The Wash
burn road is still tied up and a fuel fam
inc is threatened in this city If the blockade
is not relieved soon. No coal has been re-
ceived from the mines for week. The
State Capitol. penitentiary and other pub
lie institutions running short OF sup
plies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
.PAJARITO BOABARDED
BY AMERICAN WARSH|P
AND MARINES LANDED
Troublesome Santo Domingo In
surgents Probably Punished by
Admiral Wise.
ADVICES VERY MEAGER
Cruiser Columbia Supposed to
Have Taken Drastic Action
Marines Soon Withdrawn.
ADVICES VERY MEAGER

SAN JUAN, p. r., Feb. IA private
message has been received here from Santo
Domingo City, dated Feb. Il, saying that
an American warship bombarded the in
surgents at Pajarito. near Santo Domingo,
and then landed marines. These men, how
ever, subsequently re-embarked.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18

WASHINGTON, Feb 17.-Richard Guen-
ther. consul general at Frankfort, Germany,
has reported to the State Department that
a professor of the University of Freiburg,
who has been investigating as to the exist
ence of radium in nature, has come to the
conclusion that all natural springs Of water
and also the petroleum wells possess a
heavy gas, whose radiations are similar TO
and probably identical with radium-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
PANIC IN Il THEATER
DUE TO CALCIUM LIGHT

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 1T.-During the
performance at the Grand Opera House to-
night a defective calcium light began 10
splutter and the audience became panic
stricken. Some 300 or more. including many
women made rush for the exits but the
theater employees and the local fremen who
had Oeen summoned, succeeded in calming
the frightened people and all emerged from
the theater in safetS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
MORTALITY WOUNDED.
Col. Fry, Proprietor of Hotel, Shot
in Fight with Burglar.

GUYANDOTTE. w. Va. Feb. 17.-CoIonel
A. F. Fry, aged eighty. proprietor of the
National Hotel. was mortally wounded last
night by a burglar whom he discovered at
tempting 10 drill into the safe. AS the
burglar attempted 10 escape Colonel Fry
crappled with him and was shot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Russia Warns Bulgaria.

LONDON, Feb. IA dispatch received
here from Sofia says that Russia has Of
ficially notified the Bulgarian government
that any encoura agement given by Bulgaria
for the renewal of the insurrection in Mace
donia will be regarded an act of hos
tility which will be promptly and forcibly
resented
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
FOUR LIVES LOST IN BOAT
Bessie Jones Swamped by an Ice
FlOe in River.

NORFOLK, Va, Feb, ia special to
the Virginian pilot from Laurel. Del, says:
Captain Hezekiah Jones, his son Willard,
aged eighteen, and two unknown dredgers
lie at the bottom of the Nanticoke river
the result of their boat, the Bessie
Jones, being swamped by an ice foe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
DistiIIery Feedhouse Burned.

PEORIA. Ill. Feb. 1.-THE feedhouse of
the Great Western Distillery was DESTROYED
by fire to-day. with loss of $1,000 The
house Is not operated during the night, and
after the fremen started the furnaces this,
morning they noticed the flames, which are
presumed TO have started from spontaneous
combustion, and sent in the alarm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
JAPAN PREPARING TO
STRIKE A HEAVY BLOW
At THE RUSSIAN ARMY
Hurrying Large Force OF Troops
Probably to the Liao-Tung
Peninsula.
ANOTHER CABLE SEVERED
Third Engagement Is Believed to
Have Taken Place Off Port
Arthur.
TWO SHIPS DESTROYED
In the Brief Battle of Last Sun
day, Which Was Cut Short by
a Furious Storm.
ANOTHER CABLE SEVERED
TWO SHIPS DESTROYED

LONDON. Feb. 1S.-Japan IL most
successfully Keeping her plans secret
Not a single item Of news which could
be of possible service tn the enemy
has been permitted To leak out. The
belief prevalent i'm London. based ON
ents. a. that her nnin objective viii
be found 10 be the Liao-Tung penin-
suIa, but that nothing of a military
nature will he attempted until Rus
disposed OF.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-The corrcspond-
ent at Che-FOo OF the Paris edition of
the New York Herald i'm dispatch I'm
which he reports the arrival of junks
bearing Japanese wounded from the
Port Arthur engagement of Feb. IL,
cOnsides this shows that something
more than torpedo attack took
place there.
The correspondent at Toxic of the
Standard reports that two bnttIeships
were destroyed I'm this attack, while
the correspondent at Tien-Tsin OF the
Standard says under date Of Feb. IL
that private dispatch from Port
Arthur brings the statement that the
Russian squadron has again put tn
sea.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18

CHE-FOO, Feb. 1S.-The Port
Arthur-Che-FOo cable was cut yester-
day.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28

And Lieut.. Thomas Morley Gray.
who strobe up the gravel walk at that
moment, beheld Billy struggling from
the embrace of young woman, who
blushed furiously as she saw him
standing there Barry Paine in San
y--a .1i-Ses Cell
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28
BEECHER AT FORT SUMTER.
The Rehoisting of the Stars and
STRIPES in Glory.


Stripes in Glory.
Since this flag went down on that
dark day who shall tell the mighty
woes thatAave made this land spec
tacle to angels and men? The soil
has drunk blood and is Quilted. Mil
lions mourn for myriads slain, OF, en-
vying the dead, pray for oblivion
Towns and villages have been razed.
Fruitful fields have been turned back
to wilderness. It came to pass, as the
prophet said
'"The sun was turned to darkness
and the moon to blood"
The course of law was ended. The
sword sat chief magistrate in half the
nation; industry was paralyzed: NOR
ais corrupted; the public veal invaded
by rapine and anarchy; whole states
ravaged by avenging armies. The
world was amazed. The earth recled.
When the flag sank here it was as it
political night had come, and all the
beasts of prey had come forth to de-
YOUR. That long night is ended. And
for this returning day we have come
from afar to rejoice and give thanks.
No more war. No more accursed
secession. No more slavery, that
spawned them both.
Let no man misread the meaning of
this unfolding flag. 1t says:
Government has returned hitller.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28

l have the exceptional privilege Of
addressing my readers on Memorial
Day, and the honor of sending mes
sage to the million odd homes among
which this article circulates-a privi-
lege greatly appreciate and an honor
highly esteem. A thousand thoughts
leap forward, crowding each other for
recognition the valor of our men, the
abnegation of our heroes, the sanctity
of our cause, the sacredness of our
mission-the bravery of our foes, their
high but false aspirations, their mis-
taken zeal in an unworthy cause.-the
nobility of our women, North and
South, the beauty of their ideals, their
almost divine sacrifices: mothers CIV
ing their sons, wives their husbands,
daughters their fathers, sweethearts
their lovers, to be sacrificed as a
bloody holocaust on the hOrrid, reek-
ing altar of war. But all these we
must only take as adjuncts of high
er and nobler theme: The greatness
of our country in the dispositions and
gifts of Providence, and our own con-
sequent responsibility IN transmitting
with added glory the Inheritance given
to us by the Fathers of the Republic,
and preserved for us by the heroes,
whose surrender. of life in a holy
cause we this day commemorate.
How, exactly, the observance of the
day arose is involved in considerable
obscurity, but no doubt more than one
incident contributed to the celebra-
ton.
One tradition has it that on the
breaking out of the civil war a soldier
of the German army came to America
to join the Northern army, with whose
cause he syr1pathized, and served
through the war, coming out unscath-
ed. At the close of the fratricidal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28

. The object of the Grand Army in it's
relation to civil life, and aside from its
traditional association and charitable
work, was to organize the victory
which had been won on the field of
battle. The post rooms become schools
of loyalty, where reverence for the flag
as the symbol of the nation has been
persistently inculcated and where the
national idea has been constantly ex-
allied. Then. came the work in: the
schools of which mention has been
made and whereof all the land knows.
1t is not too much to say that owing
to the far-reaching influence of the
Grand Army of the Republic more
than to anything else the flag is now
universally revered, and there is no
longer any question in the land, either
in the North or South, that the Amer
lean people now constitute nation.
Day after day, as the glory of their
achievements in all the arts of peace
is finding new acknowledgment in ev-
cry quarter of the globe, there comes
new evidence that they are unit
the world encompassing power of the
future-great, glorious, invincible.
But what of the men who won this
priceless heritage in the most stupen-
dous struggle Of the modern age?
They are passing, passing, swiftly
passing. More than ever now each
annual encampment brings home the
tragedy of death in life. More than
ever now each annual encampmenJ
emphasizes the grim, solemn fact that
soon-all too soon-the Grand Army
of the Republic, with all that it SYM
bolizes, will be nothing but tradi-
ton. Figures that do not lie give
much food for thought-sad, intros-
pective thought.
In April, 1865, more than million
of men we're in the military service of
the United States. To these must be
added a roll of names which at that
time numbered over three hundred
and fifty thousand-the grand army
Of the dead.
During the four years of the desper-
ate conflict altogether 2,859,132 men
had been enrolled in the military SER
vice. There had been killed in bat
tie 67,058; died of wounds and other
injuries, 43,032; of disease, 224,5S6,
and from causes not classified, 24,852
"a total death roll of $685..
This vast army had taken part in
more than two thousand engagements,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28

MEMORIAL DAY, 1904 MESSAGE OF PEACE


Secretary of tho American Church Bible inst''u'e'
y @:s,.> ~. Ravenswood Chicago rs>

ance grew into national Importance
and took root in the great heart of
the people, it was felt that the word
Decoration was OF too light and
festive a nature, and that an express
sion more adequately to declare the
solemnity of the occasion and the ma
tons depth of feeling, was required.
Accordingly the word Memorial was
selected as more fittingly expressive
of the survivors, conception. OF what
was due to the memory of the heroic
dead. To this instructive feeling OF
the saviors of the union the heart OF
the country throbbed a sympathetic
response, and Memorial Day, with its
grand service of nations sorrow,
has been spontaneously substituted
for the less significant "Decoration
Day." -
And it is well that this observance
should be kept as solemn high day.
The army, it is true, was recruited
from the average American citizen;
but this was also the chivalry of the
land. The best blood. the truest
hearts, the noblest souls gathered
round the flag. They planted the
standard firmly, and said with a de-
termination from which there was no
swerving, "The Stars and Stripes shall
float over a united country, or we
die!" And they did, alas! many of
them die, but the flag f1oated triumph
antly in the free breeze Of the united
land of liberty. \
It is wise as we'll as chivalrous,
whilst honoring the patriotic dead, to
meet the former foe with generous
impulse, and, letting the dead past
bury its dead,' to live henceforth for
the uplifting of the downtrodden and
the regeneration of humanity.
Incidences of the great rebellion are
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28

From this pulpit of broken stone we
speak forth our earnest greeting to all
our land. We offer to the President
of the United States our solemn con.
CALCULATIONS that God has sustained
his life and health under the unpar-
alleled burdens and sufferings for four
bloody years, and permitted him to
behold this suspicious contamination
of that national unity for which he has
waited with so much patience and for
titude, and for which he has labored
with such disinterested wisdom. To
the members of the government asso-
ciated with him in the administration
of perilous affairs in critical times; to
the senators and representatives OF
the United States, who have eagerly.
fashioned the instruments by which
the popular will might express and en-
force itself, we tender our grateful
thanks.
To the officers and men Of the army
and navy who have so faithfully and
so skillfully and gloriously upheld
their country's authority, by suffering;
labor and sublime courage, We offer q
heart tribute beyond the compass OF
words.
Upon those true and faithful citi-
zens, men and women, who have
borne up with unflinching hope in the
darkest hour, and covered the land
with their labor of love and charity,
we invoke the divinest blessing OF him
whom they have so truly in2:t2ted-
But chiefly to thee, God of our fathers.
we render thanksgiving and praise for
that wondrous providence that has
brought forth from such a harvest OF
war the seed of SO much liberty and
peace! N
We invoke peace upon the North!
Peace be to the West! Peace be up
on the South!
In the name of God we lift up our
banner and dedicate it to peace, UNI
ion and liberty now and foreyermore!
Amen.-Oration Delivered April II.
1865, by Request Of President Lincoln,
at the Raising Of tie Flag Over Fort
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many and varied, but all instructive
to the rising generation, and preg-
nant with a grand idealism to poster
ity-the idealism of Duty.
$50 nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near to God is man;
When duty whispers low, thou must
The youth replies, I can
The general said to the young lieu
tenant, 1T is necessary with the first
streaks of dawn to attack the enemy.
To insure success we must take him
in the rear. I must dispatch these
regiments tonight when the moon
goes down. This night march is
dangerous enterprise. But it must be
attempted, and, if possible, accom-
plished without attracting the enemy,
or raising his suspicious. 1 would like
to intrust this enterprise to you, for
you have proved to be judicious
leader and valiant soldier, but if you
undertake the dangerous duty you
must lead them straight,' The young
officer accepted the hi responsible
ty. The night was hazy and some
times clouded, which dimmed or cut
off the light even of the stars, and the
compass was his only guide. But I'M:
dismayed and unfalteringly, the
young lieutenant led the way through
thicket and brake and copse, across
streams, through morasses, over hills.
and the gray streaks of the dawn saw
the soldiers resting after their weari-
some and arduous march. The can
mons doomed the signal for the battle,
the bugle sounded the charge. Shot
and she'll and shrapnel rained death
and destruction around. The critical
moment had arrived when the young
officer was to guide the soldjery to the
rear attack. He was equal to the oc.
casion. He precipitated himself upon
the foe, and the soldiers with cheer
rushed impetuously on the enemy, but
were received with thousand guns
belchlng forth fire and death. as the
sun gilded the eastern horizon. Among
the brave there was none Drawer than
the young lieutenant, and rushing
foremost against the foe he fell,
pierced with several bullets But
with dying hand above his head,
He shook the fragment OF his blade
And shouted Victory!'' E'5s
The enemy hesitated for moment,
then wayered. broke and fled. The.
battle was won! The general wished
to compliment the young man upon
the field but heard he fell in the hour
of victory. He rode up to where the
young hero lay supported by two COM
rades, ebbing out his LIES blood. The
general dismounted, knelt beside his
young friend, took him BY the hand,
and said, with choking sobs. NY boy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-05-28

many of them of minor importance as
to the number of men engaged or re-
suits attained, while others were
mighty battles which strained all the
resources and tested the fullest pow
ers of endurance of the great oppos-
ing armies, to an extent which must
make the legend, which floated from a
banner stretched across the front OF
the Capitol, while the conQuerors
were marching by during those two
memorable days of the grand spectac-
ular peace review: "The Only Nation
al Debt We Never Can Pay is the
Debt We Owe the Victorious Union
Soldiers ring down the ages forever.
It was out of all this that the Grand
Army of the Republic grew into being
in 1873, with membership of only 3D.
O16, out of all those hundreds of thou
sands of veterans. But it's growth was
inevitable-as inevitable as its decline
and death. In 1890 the organization
reached the high-water mark with an
enrolment of 409,489, since which
time it has diminished at the rate of
t1o, three, four, five, six, seven, yes,
and even eight thousand a year and
more. In 1892 the roll had sunk to
263, 745. In that year alone $500 an
swered their final summons.
Pause for moment and think what
that means. Over eight thousand
members passing away every year and
the ratio increasing rapidly. Can your
mind grasp the figures in all their pa
taetic significance? Eight thousand
every year, and soon it may be nine,
ten, eleven-who shall say how many
more thousands till the roster is to-
tally effaced. .
StAnd on the street when the men
who have come to live over again the
stirring days Of the past 60 marching
by. Count them II you can and YOU
will find that there are nearly eight
thousand In line. 1t is an imposing
array; q vast host, the like Of which
is rarely seen in one tense, eager body.
And then let your mind try to grasp
the thought that before another year
les D-E.-si q. q: -.---ss = .Eehir. tt..lS,l-
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PASSING OF THE GRAND ARMY
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sands will be no more. That is what
the passing of the Grand Army of the
Republic means.
And try to realize, too, what se1ti-
ment clusters round that thought. 1t
will be fresh, vivid, real in the minds
of each and every one of those march
ing thousands-the men who fought,
and suffered for a glorious cause.-The.
passing of the Grand Army of the Rel
public. - - 49,
But notwithstanding this sad DEF
crease it has been suggested that the3
membership ought to increase year by;
year. There are still living over 900.4
900 of the men who were part of that
grand army of the sixties. and of that
number less than $4,000 are over.
Ga years old. Short, therefore, as it,
may be, the Grand Army may stilE
look forward to a glorious future,
From speech delivered at the last
national enca1npment of the G. A. R. ::