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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-21
CORNSTALK OF USE TO
THE PAPER MAKER
Manufacturers OF Print Paper to
Utilize Materials Once Be
lieved Worthless.

NEW YORK. March 2o.-The cotton stalk.
the corn stalk, and the old field pine may
solve the problem of the disappearing supply
of material for the manufacture of print
paper pulp. In Texas, NJ. w Marsden of
Philadelphia, and Joseph Wiley. of Owens
boro, Ky, are utilizing cotton stalks in
the manufacture of paper. The idea that
there was byDroduct value in cotton
stalks as in the once despised cotton seed.
originated with Mr.. Marsden. He went TO
Texas in the fall when the stalks are at
their best and securing several hundred
pounds of them, sent them TO Philadelphia
and Cincinnati for experimental purposes.
The fact that the experiments were salts
factory is evidenced by the fact that at
Gonzales. Messrs. Marsden and Wiley had
completed arrangements for the erection of
a factory which by next season will be
ready 10 work up the stalks into all sorts
of things. but principally paper, and IL this
factory is successful others will be started
in different parts of the South.
The fact that a fine grade of paper Is
being made from corn stalks is we'll known.
and some time ago the old field pine in the
South was also crudely worked UP into a
very good pulp.
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TIN WORKERS TO GET
A BIG CUT IN WAGES
Local Lodges Will Vote on Propo-
sition to Accept 20 Per Cent.
Reduction.
FAVORED BY OFFICIALS

PITTSBURG. March o.-Reduction of 20
per cent below the wage scale of 10000 is
the proposal that will. this week. be SUBJ
mitted to the tin and sheet lodges
of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron. Steel and Tin Workers. The
proposal is the outgrowth of a joint
meeting of the general executive board
OF the association and the officers of
the American Sheet and Tin Plate Com
Guiding at 10 O'Clock last night. The new
scale will be submitted TO the tin and sheet
lodges only on Tuesday next. The vote on
the scale must be In by April 2. II adopted
II will be effective from March q. 1t will
have the recommendation Of the Amalga-
mated officials. After the meeting last night
Theodore T. Shaffer. president of the
Amalgamated Association, made a state
ment for publication. He said that the reduc-
ton which Is proposed is caused by the
commercial stringency and the keen compe-
titfon which exists In the tin and sheet
trade and the fact that there are many idle
mills Of this kind with thousands Of Anal
gamated men out of employment A. di-
rect reply to the question whether the re-
duction would result In idle mills starting
this question had been asked by Anal
mated Officers Of both the American Com
pany and the Independents and that the
uniform reply was that no such assurance
could be given and that a few weeks after
the scale was actually assumed would be
orders on the new basis
However, the Aetna Standards big plant
Is running. as is the one at New Philadel-
phia. and our reports from Muncie, Ind,
and Lisbon, O., are to the effect that there
are rumors of these plants starting in case
the reduction Is made. "
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-21
GIRL CAUGHT WILDCAT
md HELD 1T FOR PET
Swedish Servant Astonished When
Seventy-Five-Pound Pussy"
Made Its Escape.

ALTOONA Pa. March 20-Farmer John
Stephens who lives in the Alleghanies about
five miles west of this city, was awakened
from his slumbers one morning this week
by an unearthly squalling in the lower por-
ton of mis- home. Selling a revolver. he
sprang down three steps at a time to the
kitchen. where he found his new Swedish
cook placdly preparing breakfast, while
mass of squirming something near the fire
place spat out a vocabulary of feline in
vective such as he had never before heard
Il got you pretty puss. she said smil
ing at Stephens. Il got him in stable ven
| milk. | catch him Wit horsefy MEETINGS
so he don't scratch. Yes; he is Won fine
big cat.
The farmer looked at the struggling ami
NAL. IL was a wildcat which weighed at
least seventy-five pounds and had claws like
a small tiger. He scratched his head in
perplexity He could not cut the animal
loose and IL was equally impossible to al
low il TO remain in the house. Suddenly a
ripping was heard. and. with wild howl.
the cat began TO extricate itself from the
netting The farmer dragged the girl into
an adjoining room and locked the door. A
minute later the animal leaped through a
window TO liberty.
Him was Won nice cat" said the maid,
regretfully. Il wish him would stayed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-21
OUTLAW YIELDS TO
THE WILES OF LOVE
Wild Rabbit, Smitten with Tame
Bunnie, Gives Up Freedom
of Park.

NEW YORK, March 20.-"Tun," leader
OF the wild rabbits in Central Park yes
terday gave up his freedom and power to
become the mate OF "Bunnie,' whose fam
lily for uncountable generations have been
quiet, orderly and tame. occupying the in
closure.
His surrender of the life which he had
enjoyed with other rabbit outlaws in the
Ramble was due to courtship which has
been carried on under the eyes of admirers
of the big black buck and the little cot
tontail. Through drumming with their
hind legs on boards, the two communicated
with each other and brought their wooing
to a happy end. despite Brinker, father of
Bunnie. who has long been the enemy of
wild rabbits.
Visitors saw Tun seated near the rabbit
Enclosure three weeks ago. II was known
that he was the leader of the wild rab-
bits, and Billy Snyder. a keeper. made
attempt TO catch him. Tun ran away
when he saw the keeper approach but
was again seen about the rabbit inclosure
a few days later. He went into the in
closure last night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-21
RUSSO-J4PANESE WAR
ON 4 SMALL scale
Russians of Racine Assault Jap
anese and Are Beaten Off by
Jewish Reinforcements.

RACINE, Wis, March 3.-Four burly
Russians. Peter Wolk, Vassel Stelmack,
John Rozen and Zon Dominick attacked
lone Japanese in a saloon conducted by
Edward Korr. at 1896 Chestnut street. and
Dor a time there threatened to be an inter-
national war between the Muscovites and
the lone Jap and other sympathizers of for
eign birth.
when the Cars subjects triumphantly
Boosting that their country would event
uaily win the war in the far East and
would wipe the Japanese off the earth The
japanese. whose name is not known. Wig
orOusly defended the land of his birth and
was ready to back his assertions with his
fists. There was free for all rough and
tumble fight.
The japanese was no match for the four
big fellows and was getting the worst of
1t when reinforcements came in the shape
of Scandinavians and two Jews. who are
much opposed TO the Russians account
OF the brutal manner in which the Jews are
treated in Russia. The war waged fiercely
and the Russians were forced into the
street.
They tore pickets from a fence. broke in
the front of the saloon, threw rocks and
iron bars and had the police not been called
and made a charge on the wild Russians
the outcome of the fusilade of missiles
would probably have resulted fatally Two
OF the Russians were cut. but the Jap
anese and his forces escaped without in
jury. The Russians "hiked' out of the
city and could not be captured. The owner
of the saloon was at police headquarters
and demanded warrants.
II is said that the Russians made the
statement before the fight that they were
going back to Russia on Saturday TO fight
fer their country. The police believe they
will rot show up again in the city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-21
BONES OF PREHISTORIC
ANIMAL UNEARTHED
Workmen Make Interesting Dis
covery While Digging at
Louisville, Neb.

OMAHA, Neb., March 20-An interesting
discovery was made recently at Louisville.
Neb, which is located on the south side
of the Platte river, about fifteen miles
west of the point where the Platte flows
into the Missouri. The place is surround
ed by abrupt hills Near it are many lime
and sandstone quarres.
An excavation was recently made for
high school building. upon a hill perhaps
200 feet above the village streets. While
the workmen were scraping out the earth
for the basement one noticed that the
scraper brought up a peculiar substance,
different from the lime and sandstone foun-
dations At first he thought il a piece of
old log, but when the next Scraper load
was taken out a harder substance was
encountered and half of a huge hip bone
of some mammoth animal appeared with
the earth.
The workmen laid the find aside and
later carried it to the village. The part
of the bone embedded deepest in the ground
was crushed in getting il out. Tie part
saved is in excellent state of preservation
but much lighter in weight than the av-
erage bone.
II Is the belief of the people of Louisville
that if the excavation had extended deep
CT all the bones of the animal would have
been brought to light.
This is not the first find of this sort made
at Louisville. Several times in the past few
years excayators at the stone quarries,
where the land must be stripped" to get
down to the rock layers, have unearthed
the bones of huge animals. but they were
not taken care of and have disappeared.
At one time while digging in a gravel
pit east of Louisville not far from Cedar
Creek. a workman brought out what APP
peared TO be the leg and foot of a giant.
The foot was three times long as that
of the man of to-day, and the limb almost
twice as long from the ankle to the knee.
The bone intact but crushed with
sandstone pebbles Only by breaking off a
portion of the top could the bone be seen.
Ii had petrified and was as flnty as the
stone surrounding it. This find also has
been lost
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-21
SUbTERRANEOUS STONE
WALL IN TEXAS TOWN
Curious Formation Concerning
Which There Are Many and
Contradictory Theories.
GIVES NAME TO PLACE

ROCKWALL. Tex, March 0.-Near this
place is one of the most curious formations
in Texas. The town and county were named
after it and many contend that, despite the
opinion of scientists to the contrary, the
formation is the product of the toll of a pre-
historic race of people.
The rock wall, as it is known, extends
along three sides of the town. but generally
at some distance from il. No one seems to
know just how long ii is, but traces of it
have been discovered across the river in
Dallas county.
Biologists say the wall owes it's origin TO
a volcanic upheaval. 1t is composed of
stones. three or four inches in width. two
OF three inches thick and six to eighteen
inches in length. They are piled on one
another like brick. and with the same reg
ularity.
All of the wall is under ground At some
places it comes to within ten feet of the
surface. In others one will have to dig
down twice that depth before its top is
touched. Wells have been dug down by the
side of the wall for fully fifty feet without
finding the end.
The stones are of light yellow color and
evidently have mica in them. There are
some streaks which closely resemble white
marble. The substance is hard, and when
rate.
A curious thing about the wall Is that
there Is no other stone in the county which
Is like II. 1t resembles more nearly the
bricks which are manufactured from clay
found throughout this section.
The theories as to the origin of the wall
are many and interesting. Because the
town occupies commanding position some
think IL was the site of prehistoric village.
The smoke from signal fires could be seen
for miles in the daytime and at night the
fires themselves could be distinguished from
many parts of Dallas county.
With a wall around the place and with
this facility for summoning aid. these the
orists contend that the position would have
been impregnable. They think this wall was
built by prehistoric men a fertilization.
The theorists neglect, however to explain
how wall not more than four inches wide
at the most and not less than fifty feet high
could stand unless supported by props. No
props have been found.
Asked to explain why 1t Is that the wall
is now under ground, they call attention to
the belief of biologists that once upon a
time the Red river found its way to the
sea through this valley, and that il was
miles in width Deposits from the river,
they say, covered the wall
One thing seems TO substantiate their
contentious. Report has II that in a we'll
two and half miles northwest from Rock
wall not long ago the diggers found tongued
and grooved rocks in the wall. There were
evidences that the stones had been cemented
together.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-21
BRAVE DISEASE IN THE
INTEREST OF SCIENCE
Sixty Students of University of
Toronto Expose Themselves
to Smallpox.

MONTREAL. Que. March 1s-Sixty stu
dents Of the University of Toronto have, in
the interest of science. been deliberately
exposed to smallpox. The university au-
thorities obtained permission from the
board OF health for fnal-year medical stu
dents TO attend clinics i'm the contagious
disease hospital and when a recent case
of smallpox was taken to the hospital sixty
students attended the clinic, a few at a
time. Before being admitted all of them
were vaccinated. and DIR. Sheard, city
health superintendent, personally saw that
the vaccination had taken properly.
When the students entered the hospital
they removed all their clothing except
trousers and shoes and they put on rub
Der bathing caps and long linen busters.
On coming out each student was required
10 take a carbolic bath, so strong that in
some instances IL took the skin off Two
weeks is the incubative period for small
pox- That has more than expired and
none Of the students has contracted the
disease.
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CHAPTER VII.
THE CIPHER CODE.

Late that night of Saturday the 5th of
September, Spencer Fortescue was sitting
in his room at the hotel. engaged upon
dispatch to the Foreign Office, when a let
ter was brought to him. The bearer was
silent individual who insisted on delivering
the missive In person. and bowed himself
out directly his errand was discharged; but
a glance at the calligraphy was sufficient to
reveal the writer The neat characters
recalled the days when volborth had piled
his English co-operator with many of the
same sample at Belgrade.
The letter was as follows:-
Dear Notwithstanding that you
are to escort Lady and Miss Metcalf to
England via Boulogne. starting hence on
Monday, / am going to ask service from
you Melton. the English police officer
writes me that he is at Boulogne shadow
ing Delaval against whom, however, he has
nothing definite al present, except that he
has been seen in the company of certain no.
torious Irish-American desperadoes Now 1
want Melton to be appraised of Deiavars
pcrtmanteau attempt, but 1 want it done
unofficially and by word of mouth. my
reason being tEat, if | notify him in writ
ing or by telegram, he will be bound by
your red-tape system to report the matter
to his superiors at Scotland Yard This
as you may be unwilling 20 confess, but pro-
badly know, would result in noisy excur-
sions and alarums, and in the ultimate es-
cape of the highly-placed criminals whom
L must run to ground. Will you, old COM
rade, see Melton at Boulogne, tell him
what was discovered after he left and ex-
plain why | communicate in this way? II
is necessary that Delaval should not be lost
sight of, as sooner later he is sure to
lead us TO the Princess P, of whom our
foreign agents have certain trace My
belief is that she is in Boulogne. and that
Delayal. having failed the first occa-
sion to gain access at Won Lindberg's, went
back to her for instructions, when she gave
him Debrowski's name to conjure with At
the same time she probably posted the let
ter TO Dubrowski which caused the upset
to-day.
Il have managed TO stop Dubrowski's in
sane cackle about the Delaval incident by
showing him that whether Miss Metcalf's
assertion is true or false. not only would it
be awkward for him. but that il would sub
lect the writer of the letter introducing De-
laval TO police inquiry His infatuat ton
for the Princess will. | doubt not keep
ni1n quiet. Out he ltISlSlS III DeHeNln2 tndt
Miss Metcalf invented the story at the in
stigation of Mdle Vassili Poor foo,
He will sing a different tune when, at the
close of these proceedings. Herr Winckel'
reappears TO sustain the allegation of
your charming fancoe.
''Mdlle. Vassih is recovering from the
shock of hearing the dear Boris furnish
me with what he rightly described as 'ex-
cellent material The unfortunate girl
for whom | have sincere pity, would
- fainting still il she knew that he was
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I>DIANAPOLIs a. MARTiNsSiLLE
RAPID TRANSIT co.

Waiting room and station. a. Kentucky avenue.
t,,sst car leaves from in front OF No q Ken
,nciv avenue for MartlnsVille and intermediates
sSsttans et $50 a and every hour there
&c. on he haf-hour mark until 90 y. m
sShf : 20 u m car only 10 MooresNtlle. the
an car runs TO Martinsyile and the next and
tinsville ,.,.,, -, -.
,arrnesiafe stations nrst car at $50 a and
every hour thereafter. on the thirty minute
,nsrk until $50 ~ m. The $50 p. runs
nr1y 10 McoresvIlle. and the $50 90 Indian
snoiis and the next and last car leaves at l0.3l
rllnning indianapolis
Cars leave Mooresyte for indianapolis and
Martinsville at $50 a m
Express car arrives at Indianapolis at 10 ~
a M and departs at Il Cd m. also arrives AZ
x.G = n and departs at 6 90 y. IN
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GROWS IN APPLE
THAT Has NO SEEDS
Colorado Fruit Growers Successful
After Seven Years of Elk
perimenting.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS. Col. March %
After experimenting for seven years John
F. Spencer. an old fruit grower of Grand
Junction. Col. has succeeded in perfecting
a seedless apple. The apple looks like
naval orange. Its inside is entirely solid
and there is a depression in the naval end
very similar 10 that of the seedless orange.
Spencer began working for the seedless
apple soon after the seedless oranges were
put on the market. He is now preparing
TO graft his seedless buds on every sort of
apple tree. and asserts that he will be able
TO develop seedless apples of every variety
He Will not reveal the secret OF his budding
and grating. The tree on which the seed
less fruit grows is unusual in that il has no
blossoms.
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LION IND HYEN4 ON
WAY TO WHITE HOUSE
Presidents Gift from King Meme
Xix Arrive at Harbor
at Boston.

BOSTON. March 2O.-King Menelik's gifts
70 the President of Joe. the baby lion, and
Bill. the hyena. which arrived here this
week. portend trouble in store for the
White House. for the hyena is one OF the
most vicious specimens of his kind ever
brought TO America. They await
ing orders from Washington.
With two royal Bengal tigers. two ele-
plants. three big pythons, two black
panthers. big orang-outang several baby
specimens of the monkey tribe and innum-
cradle fowl and other beasts, shipped from
Calcutta for the Lincoln Park Gardens of
Chicago. the crew OF the Lowther Castle
had lively time crossing the Atlantic. The
orang-outang broke loose and had to be
shot. and an elephant got loose and killed
a valuable deer.
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WOMAN FARO DEALER
PRISONER IN NEW YORK
Female Gambler Is Caught in
Gambling-House Raid by
Detectives.

NEW YORK. March 2o.-The first woman
faro dealer caught in this city. according to
the police. was prisoner in the Mercer
street station this week. She is Miss Eliza
beth Routtsn. thirty years old. The police
say that she not only deals faro. but also
owns gambling house In the basement OF
Us Sullivan street.
The place was raided by Captain Tighe.
OF the Mercer-street station. In the front is
n restaurant. of which Miss Routten is the
proprietor Captain Tighe and a couple of
detectives broke into a room In the back
OF the restaurant and captured Miss Rout-
ten and twenty Italians. They also got SIS.
Miss Rouften wasn't dealing at the time,
but the detectives say that she had been a
short time before.
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INDIANAPOLIS & NORTB WESTERN
TRACTION COMPANY.
General Offices. Lebanon. Ind.

Indianapolis waiting rooms ticket Office and
express Office. 1l9 West Maryland street. Union
block Room s. .
First through for Lafayette leaves Indian
apolfs at 4 a. and arrives at Lebanon at BIO
a M Frankfort $50 a. m. and Lafayette $50
a. m Second through car leaves Indianapolis
at a arrives at Lebanon at a:sl a M.
Frankfort at STA a m. and Lafayette at SIT
a m and every hour thereafter until p. m.
Last for Lebanon leaves Indianapolis at II 80
p.
First through from Lafayette leaves La
fayette at 6:25 a. m arrives at Frankfort at
7:s2 a. M Lebanon at Sis a m. and Indian
apolis at 9:45 a. m. and every hour Thereafter
until e:25 D. m. Last from Lafayette 10
Lebanon leaves Lafayette at HIS p m and
arrives at Lebanon at Ills a. m.
Fxpress Department Consgnments received
until 10 o'clock a. IN. for delivery the same day
to ALI points between Indianapolis and Frank
fort and until D. m. for delivery 10 All points
before O'Clock the next morning.
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Througa passenger cars leave Pennsylvania
. "a Washington streets for southport Green
- Whiteland, Franklin. Afnity. Edinbufg.
49, rooSLe,s,,,lIe and Columbus FIRST car al a. IA.
s iS5 every hour thereafter unii 8 p m, The
s All. Sar leaves at II Is p At and 10 p m
las as IeaNe for Franklin and intermediate points
only. ,.or ana sxnress car leave.
Isa and Meridian streets for Greenwood
49,. al go a. IN. and $50 p m
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swAlrs FOR CLOSE OF THEATRES
IND'P,LIs a EASTERN HAiLwAi ~.
GREENFIELD LINE.
General Offices. Franklin Building.

GREENFIELD LINE
General Offices Franklin Building
All CARS DEPART FROM MERIDIAN AND
GEORGIA STREETS.
For Richmond, Kew castle anu intermediate
stations cars leave at S:55 a m. and every two
hours thereafter until 6:55 y. m
Above cars make direct connections Tor Day
ton Columbus Newark. Lima. Marion and Gin
For Greenfield. Knightstown and intermediate
stations cars leave at $50 a IN. and each hour
tbereafter until 1855 y. and $50 p m Nars
leaving at SIS and il:5S p. m fun only as lar
as Greenfield. - -. t....
Combination passenger and express cars le3Ne
~ 5.55 1855 and IL IS a m. for hnightsto"n
and s:55 a. M and $3.50 m. for Richmond
FREIGHT CARS
For Knightstown. Richmond ana irterrneoiats
s.ations cars arrive at :l5 a m ana depart az
a az q m For Greenfield and intermediate sta-
,,ons cars arrive at 7:l5 a. m and leave AZ ss1
m Also. arrive at 2:l0 p. M ana leave al ~
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r. VI. time is in BLACK figures.
Indianapolis Union Station.
IyGnnSY|Vdnid [inGS.|

Trains Run by Central Time.
TICKET OFFICES at Station and corner Illinois ana
Washington Streets.
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