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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24
NURSE FINDS MOTHER Who
WAS SUPPOSED TO Be DEAD
Goes to Railway Station to Act as
Interpreter and Meets Her
Parent.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. May 23.-Miss
Elizabeth Bambooragian, nurse at a
sanitarium here was called by the police
last night to act an interpreter for an
aged woman who had been put off a train
here sick and unable to speak English
and found her own mother, whom she had
supposed to be dead for many years. The
aged woman had been brought to New
York by a son, who was detained there,
and started his mother West alone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24
MRS. W. E. STONE MAKES
DEBUT is IN AUTHOR
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind, May 23.-Mrs. Vic
toria II. Stone, wife of President w (.
Stone, of Purdue University, has just COM
pleted a character study entitled ''Valesca, =
which will be run as a serial in a local
daily and may later be published in book
form. This is Mrs. Stones debut as an
author. and her friends predict that the
story she has written will be eminentIy
successful. Although never before at
tempting anything of the kind, Mrs Stone
has always been regarded as a deep stu
dent in literature and one possessing both
originality and brilliancy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24

A vocal recital will be given this evening
by the pupils of Miss Emma Igelmann at
the studio of Miss Grouse. on Park ave-
nue.. The following music students will
participate in the programme: Mrs t.
Records, Miss Ivy Dunlap, Miss Floy Over
street, Mrs. Edna Hair, Miss Opal Voris,
Miss EdelI Voris, Miss Susan Richardson
and Mrs Marcia Voris Curtis. Violin OBJ
ligatos to some of the vocal numbers Will
be played by Miss Brown and Mr. lgel-
mann and the piano accompanist Will De
Mrs. Ruick
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24
GUEST IS SUED FOR
EXITING MINCE PIE
County Court in Pennsylvania to
Decide Who Suffered the
Most.

HANOVER, Pa, May pa mince pie
suit is on for the Adams county court G..
w. Hilterbrick, of Mount Pleasant town
ship, sues Ezra W. Mehring, of Littles-
town, charging that while Mehring was
visiting him the defendant appropriated
and consumed one of his wife's elegant
mince pies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24

is charmngly pretty and attractive, but
cloth and washable fabrics possess UNI
doubted advantageA for warm weather
wear.
The coat is made with fronts ard back
and Is fitted by means of shoulder and
under-arm seams. The sleeves are full,
gathered into straight cuffs, and the collar
is quite separate and arranged over the
coat after they are sewed into place
The quantity of material required for the
medium size -four years. is SIS yards y
inches wide. 2ss Yards q inches wide. or rs
yard 50 inches wide.
The pattern 4737 is cut In sizes for children
OF six months, one. two. four and six years
OF age.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24

Frank Harrol. thirty-three years Of age.
who some time ago gained a reputation as
an aeronaut, was yesterday declared insane
and will be removed TO the Central Hos
pital for the Insane Nine years ago Har-
rol was performing at the state fair ground
and fell five hundred feet from a parachute
and broke his back. From this, together
with other injuries, he became insane and
ina gines that he is the Divine Master.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24
Menu for a Day.

Suggestions furnished by Table Talk {
housekeepers of moderate means:
breakfast
Fruit
Force Sugar and Cream
Broiled Bacon Potato Cakes
Rolls Coffee
Lunch
Corn Chowder
McIlhenny's Tabasco
Stewed Rhubarb Tea
Dinner
Mock Oyster Soup
Meat Pie
New Potatoes Peas
Radish Salad
Waters Cheese
Lemon Jelly Cake
Coffee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24
Hamilton Morris "a Years old.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYvILLE. Ind, May 2S.-Hamiltor
Morris. one OF. the most prominent farm
ers in Marion township. celebrated hi.
seventy-fourth birthday anniversary yes
terday surrounded by thirty children ant
grandchildren. Mr.. Morris Is a stancf
Republican and has never voted any other
ticket.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24

The classes of the Indiana Institute for
the Blind will hold their closing exercises
this week. Each class will give a recital
on each day. The closing event of the
commencement exercises will be given
Wednesday night In the form of a cantata
by the members OF the junior and senior
classes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-24
Proof of the Crime.

DR.. Edward Voiles, DR. Homer Hamer, DR..
George Burckhardt and Mr.. Elmer Stout.
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time and unfit for duty For that rea-
son he was deposed from the response
bIiity of the duty without losing any
salary on account of it, while Olmstead
was given the responsibility without
tho salary, and we are treated TO the
strange phenomenon of a $1.4OO clerk
assistant 20 one who gets only $500. But
1 see Olmstead in line for the next pro-
motion to 5000. anyway. he certainly
deserves 1t. 1 must say.
And look at this name. Elder. He
is the old man who has some business
interests outside. and they seem to
have grudge against him on account
OF IT. He was about eighteen on the
last list but 1 see now they have put
him at the bottom. Do you know why?
because he spoke his mind one day and
told Coburn some pretty plain truths.
Ali the good 1t has done is TO mark the
old man down on his efficiency. Coburn
VIII never forgive the old man. either.
War of Petty JealOusies.
And look at this man. Clarke He
is the nice old man in the index book:
he's the best indexer in the Office too.
and has been here twenty years at the
same salary. Younger men come in
every year and are promoted over him
IN turn. He's a quiet. patient, pains
taking clerk; one OF the best in the Of
fee. but he hasn't tried to make friends
with the chief clerk
This same Coburn is the villain of
the book, and a sneaking, despicable
villain he is at that. These are reported
to be some Of the methods by which a
petty-minded chief clerk can make life
miserable for the unfortunate people
under him:
Mr.. CCburn had always been a
ladies man. He made the rounds
every day to each lady's desk and en-
deavored by his conversational powers
to make friends of them all. He had
a womanish curiosity as Go the value
they set upon these attentions of his,
ana il ne suspected any of the lady
clerks of any preference for some other
man who was a mere clerk he would
always resent II. Sometimes he would
make her suffer for IL in one way or an
other. even though she might be In the
dcnsest ignorance as to the cause. AT
other times he would punish the man.
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doesn't care for either Jap or Russ, ard
that whatever partlality HE Indifference
permits him TO feel is extended TO that
one of the contending parties that does
not chance. at that particular time, to
be occupying his fields and disturbing
the quiet of his village streets.
Through the maze of war and bloody
struggle. so nearly related 20 him that
one would imagine he had an interest in
it. he stalks with the utter compOsure
and Indifference of a looker-on in Ven
ice It does not matter I'm the least to
him which party wins. for he has a
slumbering suspicion-deep in the re-
cesses OF that portion Of him he prob
ably refers to as his mind-that which
ever way the fight turns out he will be
the one TO get the worst Of it. For
a Korean this indicates a quite unusual
intelligence.
Doesn't Mind the Rest
For the rest, as to him, il is nothing.
So that his charming habits of life be
not disturbed, and he be permitted TO
wear white clothes, to wash these in
frequently. and himself never. and TO
defend the sacred topknot that decorates
his poll with a cap shaped like a bird
cage, he cares not a rap what chance
may bring. Let Jap and Russ fight
II out as they will.
The Korean race is dead-dead beyond
the hope of resurrection. The civiliza-
ton it once possessed has passed across
the straits TO Japan. and there II has
grown and hourished under the hand
Of a brave and adaptable people Like
other persons who enjoy being kicked.
the Korean is getting his fun share Of
that exercise.
The great battle Of the Yalu has been.
50 far, the spectacular event Of the war.
The crushing defeat administered there
TO the Russian arms viii not be soon
! forgotten, while II has served TO raise
Russ-Japanese prestige to an equal ex-
| tent General KuroSi's plans were those
of a master Of strategy, and they were
Fcarried out with a tactical skill and a
determined bravery that exhibited the
/ high qualities Of the rank and file OF
/ the japanese army.
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Readiness of Japs for the War and Their
knowledge of the Country Have Given
Victory in Battles Already
Fought.

longer to withstand It. Their hearts
were scout, but even stout hearts have
their limitation. They tried TO with
draw. and in order. but when the horses
OF the Russian field batteries would be
brought up the Japs would concentrate
their fire upon them. and men, horses,
and guns would go down.
An observer has declared that there
seemed to be no limit to the rapidity
with which the japanese could fire
their artillery, and their range was so
Perfect that when once found any num-
Der OF shells could be dropped in the
same place Ten or dozen white puffs
of smoke indicating the presence of so
many bursting shells. would be lowering
over a Russian battery al the same
time. and when the flying fragments
few among the men the carnage was
frightful
Splendid valor Again
The artillery duel was but the prelude
to the charge OF the Japanese infantry
that followed. The little brown men
went IT, the attack as sayIy as boys to
a frolic. and each one with no care
whatever as to whether he should be left
on the field. or return to japan to receive
the plaudits OF his countrymen. 1t was
sufficient for them that their energies
and perhaps their lives were needed in
the fight for emperor and fatheriand-
And the Russians were quite as brave
In the very center of their line was
small conical hill. around one side OF
which ran a trench, evidently hastily
dug for defense. 1t was exposed TO the
full fire of the japanese batteries. Sud
denly, across the crest OF the hill. ran
a squad of Russian infantry, followed
by another and then another. They
were running for the trench. The
japanese gunners at first seemed scarce
ly u realize what was happening, and
even when they did it took them much
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or attempt 10 do SO. by putting him on
some desk away from the lady he adj
nred. For these reasons as we'll as
on other pretexts. he kept the clerks
changing from one desk and room 10
others and putting them or unaccus-
toned work. which they wOH!1 have TO
learn anew. just as if they had just
been appointed.
Spied Upon the Clerks.
Another type Of bureaucrat Is Jermyn.
''Jermyn's was the hardest-worked d.
vision of the whole bureau. his clerks
were subjected 10 a system of espionage
that compromised their self-respecJ-
They were not allowed TO leave the
rooms without permission from him; II
a clerk was three minutes late in the
morning. no matter the cause. the
clerk lost a whole hours leave. Also.
he was a memorandum fiend and every
little friction with his clerks was made
a pretext for writing a memorandum re-
porting the circumstance TO the chez
clerk He often made a memorandum
of the time a clerk spent away from
his desk and would reprimand him for
1t regardless of the fact that the clerk
had been occupied or some official err
rand"
In short. departmental routine appears
from this TO be a belittling process in
which there is opportunity for a good
deal of petty tyranny and some rather
sauaIid vice Margaret Castleton. the
Treasury stenographer. is an attractive
heroine with plenty OF humor. ard there
is nothing melodramatic about her. Ger
trude Downing. the tragic heroine. 10
rather cheaply melodramatic in places,
but perhaps. % the author hints. a beau
tiful girl of certain striking type IL
bound to have experiences. even IL she
be as chaste as ice. as pure as snow.
Rags" the merry. clever girl clerk %
the Census Bureau. is an attractive SOU
brette character. and despite certain OBJ
vious crudities of style the book is very
readable When there is as much hui
man nature and local interest in a story
as there is in this one. perhaps IL does
not so much matter if the author drops
her syntax in one chapter. aud fcTgeta
to pick it up in the next New York: q.
w. Dillingham; Company
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longer than is usual with them TO get
the range. When they did. however. the
very air rained shot and ss1-H- Not a
foot OF ground seemed to- - ape that
destruction that 5prang from the Japa-
nese guns. Shell after shell burst in
the midst OF groups Of the onrushing
Russians. working dreadful destruction.
But they never stopped. save TO pick
up a wounded comrade and carry him
on 10 the trench. They never stopped to
think even. brave fellows that hey were.
It was an order that they should reach
the trench and they obeyed il. No gal
lanter struggle was made by the &C
az Balaklava.
Look to KuTopatkin-
The world knows that the Russians
reeled back from that stricken field
crushed and beaten, leaving many OF
their bravest dead or dying. In what
order they could they retired. and now
are recovering from their wounds and
putting themselves in readiness to meet
the continued japanese advance that is
expected.
When that next struggle comes Cen
eral Kuropatkin will command in per-
son. To him Russia now looks for the
reversal of the unequal fate that has
followed her arms in the field and at sea
and that he Will do what is best and
right they are all convinced. A hero Of
a hundred fields himself, he has seen
service in lands where IT was r,aged
with fiercest galiantry. He is a colder
of proven courage, and a general of ad-
mitted ability. In anyone Of the Russian
leaders can stop the advance Of the
Japs toward Mukden and tie reduction
of that garrison. it is he
The Russians have heard him refer
red to as ian incarnate God of War a
phrase employed by a great English
correspondent Possibly they conclude
that is about what they need.
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Great Pigmy Forest
Of Central Africa.

fortifying the portion of the Congo
bordering on the British frontier. Many
of the far interior stations are being
transformed into forts. and quick-fring
guns are being imported packed in chop
Good boxes.
In the recesses of the great forest Ia
found n modern fertilization, partly
built OF stone, and surrounded with
moat in course Of construction.
His Long Journey.
Starting from San Francisco Mr.. Cell
visited the Sandwich Islands. many of
the Pacific Islands. New Zealand. Aus
tralia, the islands of Torres Straits,
New Guinea, the Philippines. Japan,
the mountains of Northern Korea, Vlad-
ivostck. Hardin, Borneo, and the
Straits.
He then crossed China. commencing
at Shanghai. and Travelled up the Yang
tse and across into Burma. Proceeding
10 Nepal, along the Tibet frontier and
through India, he steamed TO Mombasa
and visited East Africa, travelling
through Uganda into the Congo. He
reached London by way of steamer from
Sierra Leone.
In discussing his experience in Man
churia Mr.. Cell said he met with some
opposition from Russian officials. once
on the railway. his notebook was taken
away, and he only recovered 1t by phys
ical force, and on a second occasion.
when a paper was snatched from his
hands. he struck the officer who took IL
and threw him across the railway car
riage. When IL was found that Mr.. Gel
possessed transport signed by the Rus
sian ambassador at Washington the Of
ficer he had assaulted gave to him spe-
cial steamer 10 convey him TO Nlu-
chwanG.
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tenders With Heavy Loss.

Another defeat like this and Russia,
although her vast resources will not
have been seriously impaired, will have
lost the spirit and the elan that make
so determinedly for eventual victory.
In Petersburg and Moscow and the
great cities of Russia, despite :he cheer
ing news from the front that the gov
eminent disseminates. the gloom is
deep and profound. and the people are
plunged into the most profound dejec-
ton.
Russia Plunged in Gloom.
Fatalism again. for they ascribe the
dc:eat not 10 the skill of japanese lead
ers or the bravery of Japanese soldiery.
nor even 20 any lack of any quality on
the part of the officers and men Of the
Russian forces. but to the will of God.
TT is Gods will they murmur. and
bow tteir heads TO what seems to them
to be me inevitable
Yet II the spirit OF fatalism be car
-sf4 .. step farther, II is not hard 10
see and understand whittier it will lead
the thoughts of the people. II il be
Gods will that a defeat so crushing
should have been inflicted upon Rus
sia.-a defeat preceded by other disas-
tiers less startling only in degrees IL
Gods will that the Russian arms should
finally triumph In the quiet Of his own
heart the long-pondering Russian peas
ant. slave TO tradition and half slave
10 superstition. VIII begin TO answer the
question in the negative. II he does 1t
will be a dread day for Russia. for
troops with their spirit broken are not
the sort of material with which TO win
great battles.
The Fight at the Yalu.
The Yalu is the dividing line between
Korea and Manchuria, a stream with
three channels. separated by islands and
broad stretches of sand. On the one
side IS Wiju, on the other Chu-Liang-
Cheng. For three days before the real
contest for the possession of the Yalu
began the Japs occupied themselves In
taking possession Of these islands, so
that their effective force moved steadily
nearer and nearer the Russian front
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r. DGAR CELL, an American, reached
r LonGea recently after a journey
IL Of 1900 miles in many climes
He visited a number Of mission fields
during his travels. which consumed three
years,
He speaks in the highest terms Of
missionary enterprise, whether consid-
cred from a commercial, humanitarian,
or spiritual aspect. A serious menace,
however. exists TO native races. he says,
in the increasing number Of non Chris
tian white people contiguous 20 the ma
tive populations.
Mr.. Cell spent a month I'm the great
pigmy forest of Central Africa, where
he studied and made photographs OF
these remarkable people. He lived in i
leaf hut constructed for him by the pig
mics at Camp Gorilla. in the very heart
OF the forest Though he encountered
no danger from the natives, the falling
OF great trees which have no tap roots
was a continual menace. The place. too.
is alive with wild animals. and colonies
Of monkeys inhabit the upper branches
Of the trees.
Do Nothing But Hunt.
The pigmies, says Mr.. Cell, are the
greatest meat eaters he ever met They
do no agricultural work, but devote
their whole time to hunting. A tribe
of people Of ordinary size who inhabit
tho forests are completely terrorized by
the pigmies. who make them do all their
work
The pigmies are very clever, bright
and independent people, and are de-
scribed by Mr.. Cell as the japanese OF
Africa"
Mr. Cell said he came TO the conclu.
sion that there are great opportunities
for Improvement in the conduct OF some
of the State officers toward the natives.
He knew something OF the atrocitiea
which took place, but was not prepared
to discuss the question until he got to
Washington.
From what he saw there was nc
doubt that the government is strongly
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There seemed no sort Of adequate pre-
paration to meet the japanese advance.
There has been a statement that there
was a division among the members OF
the Russian staff as to the proper means
Of defense and as 10 the probable place
of the Japanese attack, the commanding
general insisting that the attempt 10
cross would be at Antung. while men,
bers Of his official family were equally
positive that II would be at Wiju As
the event proved the latter were right
The division OF opinion resulted in a
division Of the force. and the resulting
disappearance Of its effectiveness at any
point. There were strong defenses at
Antung, but at Wiju there were none
at all, and the force was relatively
small. The Russian stan seemed to
have no definite idea OF the strength of
the Japanese advance and no idea what
ever OF the artillery force by which 1t
was supported. 1t would have been
better had the japanese crossed the
Yalu without any opposition, rather
than with the brave but ineffective army
that guarded the opposite bank to op-
pose and TO die.
Russians Were Gallant.
That they fought braveIy the victors
in the battle were the first to testify
and from every correspondent who from
the hills above the river watched that
bloody encounter has come the same
testimony to the valOr Of the Russians
who there laid down their lives in use
less endeavor. They could not stop nor
stem the advancing tide. but if they died
useiessly they died gallantly-and the
world has applauded them.
The efficiency Of the japanese artillery
was one Of the most marvellous features
( OF the battle There was an artillery
/ duel between the batteries of the con-
/ tending forces. and time after time the
! Russians were blown out OF existence by
/ the deadly aim Of the Japs.
/ With field guns and howitzers the jap
! anese seemed to be equally proficient
/ and such a hail of shrapnel and ordi-
nary shell was scattered over the Rus
| sian positions they found it impossible
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Growth of Cities.

The thing that impressed him most IL
Manchuria was the mushroom growth OF
the cities along the railway. He found
on inquiry that even the artisans and
shopkeepers were really soldiers. so that
II is difficult 20 say what force Russia
has available in the country.
He was also struck by the presence
everywhere of Japanese, not mere COO
lies, but men Of intelligence. In the
far west Of China he found them, and
In northern Korea they were present in
great numbers.