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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
SHINOLA COMPANY, ROCHESTER, N. Y.
WOES OF ARMY WIFE ARE
CARRIED TO WASHINGTON
She Wants Supply of Window
Shades and Seeks to Bar Re-
tired Officers.
PROBLEM FOR SENATE

WASHINGTON, April S-The army wife
is after the War Department. She wants
consideration for two propositions: The first
that the department supply the quarters of
officers with window shades and the sec
ond that retired army officers be not de-
tailed for recruiting service. college instruc-
ton and like special duties that take them
in pleasant communities and large cities
The army wife complains, as an argu-
ment to sustain her first contention, that
she has 'lugged" window shades from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, from Maine to Tex
as, from Fort Leavenworth to the Philip
pines, all her day, only to find that those
fitted to the quarters she vacates will not
conform to the windows of the new quar-
tiers to which she goes. So she continues to
invest the price of several gowns, every
three or four years. in window shades. As
tenant of the government she is prepared
10 demand better terms at the hands of
her landlord in the line of equipment.
In the second place, she says the only re-
lief from the monotony of distant army
posts, where her children may not be edu-
Gated, except as she is able to teach them,
or give them the surroundings that should
belong to children, has been in details
Wi, III her husband has received to recruit
ing service or as an instructor at some COL
lege. These details, too, enable her to come
in touch, now and then in her life, with
civilization and this years gowns. This al
most single compensation for a life of from
tier or Philippine work is now to be taken
from her and retired officers are to be util-
lied for snap" details. The Senate is con-
sidering the utilization of the retired off,
Ger. but the Senate is likely to hear from
her.
But. according to the views of some.
army officers should not marry" writes
one fair protestant, after summarizing her
grievance and that of her sisters, $50 of
course this must not be considered"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
TERMS OF TREATY SIGNED
BY FRENCH AND BRITISH
France to Guard Tranquility of
Acknowledgment Gets Full
Sway in Egypt.
IN FORCE THIRTY YEARS

LONDON, April S.-The Anglo French
colonial treaty was signed in the Foreign
Office in London to-day. 1t comprises three
separate instruments. the main features
of which have been outlined from time TO
time in the Associated Press dispatches
The first instrument deals with Egypt and
Morocco. the second with Newfoundland
and West Africa, and the third with Siam,
the New Hebrides and Madagascar
BY the terms of the treaty the present
political situation in Morocco and in Egypt
remains unchanged and a full agreement is
reached regarding Egyptian finances.
Great Britain recognizes the right Of
France to guard the tranquility of Morocco.
while France will not impede the action of
Great Britain in Egypt. and Great Britain
adheres to the convention of 1888 for the
neutrality of the Suez canal. 1t is agreed
that public works and other undertakings
in Egypt and Morocco shall remain in the
hands of the respective states.
The freedom of trade in Egypt and
Morocco is guaranteed for thirty years,
and, If the convention shall not be re-
nounced before the expiration of that pc
riod it is TO remain in force for four years
more.
In order 10 assure the freedom of the
fertilization can be erected on the Moroc-
can coast between Melila and the mouth of
the Sebu river. The two governments
promise mutual assistance for the execution
OF these arrangements.
In Newfoundland France foregoeS exclu-
sive fishing rights on the French shore,
though retaining her right to fish. The
bait bill of 1886 is modified as to give
Observation-Disclosures the right to sell bait to
French fishermen. Indemnities will be given
the owners and employees of French eStab-
lshments on the French shore in exchange
for the abandoned fishing rights.
France obtains three concessions regard
ing territory in West Africa. Under the
terms of the first there is to be a terrific
rial readjustment on the Zambesi, giving
France access to the portion of the river
navigable to ocean-going ships; under the
second, France secures six Los islands,
and under the third, there is TO be re-
adjustment of the frontier line between the
River Niger and Lake Ishad, giving France
route through fertile country.
In the case of Siam, the two countries
confirm the declaration of 1896, determin-
ing its precise meaning with regard TO pre-
existing differences.
4 With regard to the New Hebrides, the
British and the French governments agree
TO appoint a commission which will decide
the land disputes between the inhabitants.
Concerning Madagascar, Great Britain
withdraws the protests made at various
periods against the French economic re-
gime there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
OLD CIRCUS RIDER
NAY GET HIS REWARD
Walsh May Profit by His Twenty
Years of Patient Wait
ing.

DULUTH, Mimi, April S.-The Walsh
Mining Company, which has just been
organized with T. j. Walsh, of Tower,
president will soon determine whether Mr..
Walsh is to reap rich reward for twenty
years of waiting, and sixteen years of liti-
CATION, to get title to land in Section 4, 61-l5.
on the Vermillion range, or whether he will
be doomed to disappointment The mining
company owns $50 acres altogether but
there is an interesting story in connection
with Mr. Walsh acquiring title to the land
in Section 4. which is especially timely
now, that it is to be explored for iron ore.
The surface indications on the property are
very fiattering and diamond drills and an
exploratory shaft will determine the min
eral content of the land.
Mr. Walsh was a bareback rider with
Barnum's circus back in 1881. and after
becoming tired of that life after an ex-
perence of thirteen months, quit the bust
ness and came to Duluth. He joined the
throng of people rushing into the Vermil-
lion range country, there being considera-
BILE excitement over the discovery of iron
ore. He took a claim in Section 4, ellis,
and before very long he found that an
effort was being made TO shoulder him out
of the country and deprive him of his land
He had taken the land under the homestead
act. First one contestant and then another
appeared to try and wrest the land from
favorable for iron ore. and the history of
the iron range is that men were often
deprived of lands by foul means we'll as
fair.
1t is matter of record in the United
States land office that Mr.. Walsh walked
$500 miles over the old Vermllion trail
between Duluth and his property situated
near Tower. while trying to comply with
the homestead act. That was in the days
before the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad
penetrated the wilderness to the north
Mr.. Walsh carried all his provisions
his back distance of one hundred miles,
over snow and ice in winter and through
water and muskeag swamps in summer
While absent these trips his home
stead shanty was burned down five diff
ferent times by parties who wished to
discourage him to abandon his claim. But
Mr. Walsh was possessed of good Irish
fighting blood, and would neither be dis
couraged nor driven. and he finally won
out
The positive existence of iron ore on
Section was proved in an exceptional
and interesting manner. Last summer
while clearing land for hay meadow Mr.
Walsh discovered iron under few inches
of moss and mold Stripping the showing,
two men in three days time uncovered a
formation 2iO feet wide. and the boundaries
were not reached. Neither wall was found
and further work will have 10 be done to
determine them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
DYSPEPSIA Turks IN THE
SOUP STATESMEN CONSUME
Members of Congress Are Dissat-
isfed with Their Capitol
Boarding House.
RIVER WATER TO DRINK

WASHINGTON. April S.--Members of
Congress are greatly disguised with their
Capitol boarding house. They assert there
is dyspepsia in the soup, indigestion in the
pie and insomnia in the beans, that the
service is poor, the prices high, and be-
sides there is nothing to drink except Po-
tomac river water, which, at this season of
the year, is so thick that it best be
handled with a shovel. Their indignation
found expression in a resolution passed
amid applause and without a dissenting
vote to authorize the committee on ac-
at the earliest practicable date as to the
desrabiity and feasibility of conducting
the House restaurant by other business
methods than those now in vogue"
The resolution was offered by Represent
alive Graft, of Illinois. and is the result
of long standing protests against the bill
of fare provided by the men who hold the
concession for providing the members with
the midday lunch That the privilege of
conducting the House restaurant is a valu-
the concessionaries, formerly the proprietor
of a hotel in Washington, was a favorite
of the late Speaker Reed and originally
obtained the concession from him, and has
always managed to hold it.
The proprietors pay no rent. nothing for
heating and lighting. and are required to
furnish only the food, the service and
equipment. The prices are slightly in ex-
cess of the popular restaurant prices out
side the Capitol, but there are no lunch
rooms in close proximity to the building,
and hence the House restaurant enjoys a
monopoly.
Since the privilege of selling liquor In the
Capitol. for which no license was paid, was
taken away by the Fifty-seventh Congress,
the proprietors have declared that there is
no money in the business. and, accordingly,
both food and service have deteriorated,
until members declare that their dis
gruntled condition. ill-temrer In debate, in
ability TO properly transact business and
other ills are all due to what they charac-
terize as bum grub.
The plan now is to do away with the con-
cession and have the House itself enter
into the business of running lunch coun-
ter. 1t already maintains pie" counter,
and why not full lunch counter, the mem
bers say. 1t Is proposed that the committee
on accounts shall designate a manager or
chef TO buy provisions conduct the restau-
rant. procure the best the market affords
sell it at cost, receive a salary for his serv-
ices and If there is a deficit the same will
be made good out of the contingent fund
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
AMATEUR CHAMPION
TRAVIS WON TROPHY

PINEHURST. n. c., April Sin the final
thirty-six-hole round of the United North
and South Amateur Championship tourna-
ment to-day Walter j. Travis, the amateur
champion, defeated Charles B. Cory, of
the Oakley Country Club of Watertown,
eight I'D and seven TO play, for the cham
pionship trophy. Cory was not at his best.
while Travis was in brilliant form. The
tournament ends tomorrow with a thirty
slx-hole open Southern championship event,
in which amateur players will be paired
with professionals.
Fifty players participated in an eighteen
hole medal play handicap, which was a
special feature of the day. Edwin A Free
man. scratch, of the Montclair Golf Club
of New Jersey, wop the gold medal offered
for the best gross score with a card of IS.
The Pinehurst cup. offered for the best
new score, went to John YeGger of the
Kearsarge Golf Club of New Hampshire.
who played with handicap allowance of
ten strokes and scored al net. +. +. Rob-
bins. Is of the Ardsley Club. and S. r.
Armstrong. l. of the Deal Golf Club of New
Jersey. tied for the silver medal offered for
the second best net score, with 40 each.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
HIS HEART IS ON RIGHT
SIDE OF THE BODY
Six-Year-Old Boy Who Is Sturdy
and Healthy, But Some
what Nervous

NEW YORK, April S.-Dr. Philip NJ.
CRAFTSMAN, of No. 227 West Forty-fourth
street, has. found an anomaly in the case
of little patient. Van Norden Faunt,
whose heart is on the right side of his
body. Little Van Norden. who lives with
his parents at No. 6G9 Ninth avenue, does
not suffer any Inconvenience from the Pc
culiar location of his heart. He is normal
youngster, six years old. and is quite
sturdy and healthy.
1T is a remarkable case" said DR.
CRAFTSMAN This transposition of the or
gan is very rarely found, and ii is quite
possible that 1 will make a report on il
to the New York Academy Of Science AS
to any report that / intend to perform
an operation on the boy, that is all nom
sense. The little fellow is healthy and there
is no treatment or operation that could be
ventured in such case"
DR.. CRAFTSMAN has made thorough study
of the youngsters condition and he inti-
mated that he might later have some inter-
esting matter to report to medical circles
According to Van Norden's parents the
boy Is somewhat nervous, and noise or
excitement often cause his breast to beat
with great rapidity.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
PRAISE FOR EDWARD,
LOUBET And OTHERS

LONDON, April 9.-The government has
long been a stranger to such a chorus of
universal approval and congratulation as
that exhibited editorialy this morning in
all the London newspapers because of the
happy conclusion of the Anglo-French nego-
tiations for a colonial treaty. This APP
prevail is none the less whole-hearted be-
cause it is recognized that France has OBJ
tanned substantial concessions while sur
rendering little of real value. King Ed
ward is again hailed as successful diplo-
matist and the greater portion of the
thanks is accorded his Majesty for having
initiated the rapproachement and TO Presi-
dent Loubet for having received the over
lures in a corresponding spirit. Lord
Lansdowne the British foreign secretary.
and NJ. Delcasse, the French foreign min
lister. are equally complimented for their
notable services to the cause of peace be-
tween the two countries.
PARIS, April 9.-Although the Anglo
French entente does not appear to provoke
enthusiasm, the general tone of. the press,
even of newspapers hostile TO the govern
ment, is distinctly favorable, the editorials
for the most part expressing relief that the
possible causes of the conflict between
France and Great Britain have been re-
moved without the making of undue sacri-
fees on the part of France.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
HEAVY SHOWSTORM SWEEPS
OVER THE NORTH AND WEST
Dakotas, Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska in the Grip of
a Blizzard.
COLD WAVE, BRINGS WIND

SIOUX FALLS, S. d, April S.-The
heaviest snow Of the season prevails In the
northern and central parts of the State
1t is feared there Will DE much loss OF
cattle on the ranges. Telephone and tele-
graph service is interrupted and train serv-
ice on the Northwestern and Great North
ern is at a standstil in the central por-
ton of the State. Dispatches from Miller
say the snow is very heavy. II has been
falling twenty-four hours and still con-
tinues
KANSAS CITY. April S.-A blizzard ragged
to-day over northern Missouri and eastern
and central Kansas a light snow fell and
the wind blew at an average velocity of
thirty miles an hour. The temperature fell
rapidly and ii is believed that damage was
done to fruit trees and garden truck.
LINCOLN, Neb., April S.-Nebraska to-
day was swept by the worst blizzard Of
the year and the most severe April storm
known in many years. A fine sheet of sleet
and snow was driven by a wind that at
times reached the velocity Of a hurri-
cane. Minor damage was reported from
several towns. Cattle on the ranges turned
ont for spring grazing will suffer, the
temperature having fallen twenty degrees
since last night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
FAST TRAIN is WRECKED
BY SPREADING OF RAILS
Sixteen Persons Injured in Ac-
cident Near Fort Scott,
Kan.
NO VICTIMS WILL DIE

KANSAS CITY, April S-Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas flyer No. 5, which left St.
Louis last night for the South. wrecked
four miles south of Fort Scott, Kan, at
4:30 o'clock this morning by the rails
spreading. The engine left the track first
and following it the baggage car and the
mail and express cars piled up. The smok-
er and chair cars also were overturned and
badly damaged Sixteen persons were in
jured, none fatally. The names of the in
jured are: The Rev. r. w. Parmele, Fort
Scott; G.. w. Raikler, ST Louis, news
agent Michael Maley, Syracuse, n. Y;
George Bumwalt, Watseka, ILL.,; A. Bush,
Chicago; Mrs. r. G. Callahan, San Antonio,
Tex; j. Streeter, Cedar Falls, Ia; E. S.
Dawson. Durant. 1. T.; w. c. Karson, ST.
Louis; c. ]. Mount, Kansas City; ]. ID.
Thompson. Cedar Falls, Ia; Thomas A
Sparks, Cincinnati; Mrs. w. w. Sparks,
Cincinnati; Mary Fostcesk Carthagena,
Mo-, and w. G.. Hoyt, Watseka, Ill.
The injured were taken TO Fort Scott.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
MEAT TASTES GOOD TO
SOLDIERS IN BARRACKS
Members of Diet Squad Hail with
Delight Relief from Cereals
and Vegetables.
TESTS FOR THE. ARMY

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April s.-"Another
helping. please. sergeant. of that corned
beef: never mind the and part of the
menu. We've had enough of vegetables. 1
guess said a member of the diet squad in
the barracks when they were. for the first
time in more than six months, given as
much meat as they liked.
did we relish the meat? 1 never tasted
anything in Porto Rico or in the Philip
pines, even after long hike. that came so
near to being food for the gods" said one
of the soldiers.
We've had just a taste, you know, OF
meat in the last few weeks" he added, but
it was only in the form of soup. 1t was
cereals in mush. in tablets, in cakes and
every other way. We got no meat by itself,
and when Professor Chittenden gave the
mess cook tip yesterday to serve up real
good corned beef and cabbage the cook did
1t with vengeance. Some of us. perhaps,
ate a bit too much of the meat. 1t was kind
of a meat jag for me, anyway.
So anxious was one private in the squad
that he bought a dozen big, juicy pork
chops TO prepare for himself and friend
in case the cereal diet should prove to be
still the only thing on the menu. The chops
were ON the table for the last meal
Whether their prospective joy over re-
lease from the tests was the explanation of
the Astounding good humor that few of
the younger showed late at night on their
way TO the barracks is matter for conjec-
ture. A coterie of Yale students who were
i'm town over Easter recess thought the
good humor was attributable to refresh
ments which they provided generously in a
cafe for the dieters
But all Is not sunshine in the barracks A
fortnight ago all the men We're given to un-
derStand. they say, that as reward for
their patience during the tests they would
be permitted to go to the st. Louis exposi-
ton. or il they preferred it. might choose
an army post. Instead. two of them learned
that they will be sent 10 the Philippines
and two others to Governors Island The
latter believe that place to be only step
ping stone to the Philippines. Several of the
men. however, who were eager 10 go TO st.
Louis are TO be satisfied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
NEW FOOTBALL RULE
MEETS WITH FAVOR
Four Men Behind Line Law Nav
Be Extended to Whole
Team.

NEW YORK, April S.-Although ii is too
early in the year to get any definite idea
Of the arrangements of the leading COL
lege teams for the football season, it is
evident that moderation will be the key
note in the sport next fall. This has been
demonstrated in various ways. The sug-
gestion is made that the rule of last year
preventing more than four players being
behind the line between the twenty-five
yard marks be made to apply to the whole
playing of the clubs. The rules committee
last season frankly admitted that this
regulation was experiment, aimed to
satisfy the demand for less mass play and
more open field work. Despite the protests
of a certain clique of coaches, the rule
met with great favor among the specta-
tors at the big games and in no way de-
tracted from the sport In fact, so popular
was the move that there has sprung up n
clude the entire gridiron rather than a re-
stricted portion of the field. and the rules
committee will seriously consider the ques-
ton at its meeting this month. Another
indication which points to an attempt to
lessen the strain upon the players at the
big colleges is evident in the schedules that
have been announced.
Harvard and Princeton are the first of
the Eastern universities to give publicity
to the playing schedules of the eleven for
the season of 1904 In both instances the
tendency TO decrease the number of hard
games and sport in the playing term is
clearly evident. This is done to relieve
the great strain upon the players. Another
feature of the schedule announced to-day is
the absence of midweek games. In past
years 1t has been the custom to arrange
such contests for the early part of the sea-
son. This fall the case will be quite the re-
verse. Princeton will play but three mid
week games. its opponents being Dickinson,
Wesleyan and Fayette. At Harvard but
two will be played, when the crimson meets
Bowdoin and Bates. The schedule for the
Vol u-hi 81 H.
made public for several weeks yet. is known
to provide for one of the shortest sea-
sons in the gridiron history of the New
Haven university. The season will be at
least ore week shorter in duration than
last year. and two games less WILL in con-
sequence, be played.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
INDIANAPOLIS a. MARTINsyILLE
RAPID TRANSIT co.

Waiting room and station. a. Kentucky avenue.
First leaves from In front OF No. q Ken
lucky for Martins.flle and intermediate
on the half-hour mark until so p. m. The 20
p. IN. runs only 10 Mooresviile. the 80 car
runs TO Martinsvflle and the and last car
leaves at II 80 y. m. running 10 Martins-ille.
Leaving Martinsville for Indianapolis and in
termediate stations first 30 a IN. ana
every hour thereafter. the thirty minute mark.
until s. 80 y. The $50 p. only TO
Nfooresville and the $50 TO India polls and
the next and last car leaves at 30. running to
indianapolis.
Cars leave Mooresville for indianapolis and
Martinsville at $50 a
Express car arrives AT indianapolis at TO-
a IN. and departs at 1900 m. also arrives At 80
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
RYAN IND GARDNER GO
SIX ROUNDS TO 4 DR4IV
Lowell Man Had Better of First
Four Rounds, but Weakened
at Close

CHICAGO. April SKINNY Gardner. of
Lowell. Mass. and Buddy Ryan. of Chi
cago. fought six rounds tonight to a draw
During the first four rounds Gardner gained
decided advantage by jabbng Ryan in
cessantly without a return Toward the
end of the fourth round Gardner swung
heavily ON Ryan's jaw and the latter half
fell and half slipped to the floor. Ryan
forced matters in the fifth round and weak
ened Gardner with right to the stomach.
Gardner was compelled TO slow up and this
enabled Ryan 10 even up the advantage
Gardner had obtained i'm the earlier rounds
Near the end OF the sixth Gardner revived
and was taking the lead when the fight
ended The decision was we'll received In
the preliminaries Twin" Sullivan, of Bos-
ton. was given the decision on points over
Billy Moore. OF Syracuse. y. Y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-09
FOUR CHILDREN ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
Parents Awake to Find Wall of
Fire Between Them and Their
Little Ones.

WILKESBARRE, Pa. April s.-Four
children of Mr.. and Mrs. William Burke
were burned to death at Sebastapol this
morning. The victims are Helen, aged
fourteen; James, aged twelve; Mary, aged
eight; Michael, aged six. The family re-
tired at the usual hour last night and
about I o'clock this morning Mrs Burke
was awakened by the discovery of flames
covered that a wall of fire separated them
from the rear room occupied by the chill
dren. The parents made an attempt to
reach the children. but failed and were
forced TO jump from the second-story win
dow. The building could not be saved