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Arizona republican., 1904-09-22
WHY RENO FAILED CUSTER.

The slaughter of General Custer aud his whole immediate command is the greatest tragedy of our Indian wars. Whether Busters plan of battle in- vited disaster, or brought it only be- cause of the failure of Major Reno to do what Custer sent him to do, is question on which military experts diff fer, and to which a positive answer can never be given.
 Whether Reno could have done what he was sent to do is also a question on which experts differ, and to which positive answer is equally impossible. The court of inquiry which Major Re no demanded declined to advise any further action in his case. Yet many army officers held him highly culpable, and some accused him of cowardice as well as incompetence.
 That Reno was no coward his civil war career. during which he was twice promoted for gallantry would seem to prove. The court of inquiry after careful investigation. declined to say that he did not do all he could under the circumstances. Yet the Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, in a narrative of the disaster just published and evidently based on the most careful study, reach es the conclusion that Reno certainly l head he lost Custer"
 | Whether Renos failure to do what he was sent to do really did cause Gus ter's death-whether Reno did all he Icould-may be left as open questions. The undisputed fact that remains is that Reno failed to do what he was sent to do, and thus contributed to Gus l ter's disaster, even 1T he did not cause 1t. Why did Reno lose his head, if he did lose it. Why did he fail, as he cer- tainly did? What was the explanation of his conduct?
 The Northwestern Christian Advo- cate, in commenting on Mir. Brady's | study and description of the affair gives an explanation which it asserts comes directly from Major Reno him. self. and which Is new to the general public. It says:
 Major Reno himself told the late Rev. pr. Arthur Edwards, then editor | of Northwestern, that his strange ac. tions were due to the fact that He was drunk. To Arthur Edwards, who knew
 him well and continued his faithfu friend, Major Reno often unburdened his heart, and on one occasion in deer
 sorrow said that his strange actions
 were due to drink. His action at the
 battle of the Little Big Horn was cited
 as one instance"
 Major Reno was dismissed from th5 army four years after the Custer dis aster for getting drunk. publicicly as saulting fellow officer, and other wise behaving scandalously. It is cer- tain that his use of liquor brought this
 soldiers career to a disgraceful end.
 If his drinking of whisky on the day
 of the battle of the Little Big Horr caused him to fail to do what Custer
 had sent him to do, as pr. Edwards successor says he told Dr. Edwards il
 did, and thereby caused him at leas to contribute to the death of Custer and
 all his men, the simple fact is one O.
 the most powerful temperance lectures ever given.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

he will be followed. by a host of broad minded young democrats. Young men. especially. who have yet to decide as to their permanent affiliations politi- cally should read, and read again. Judge Barnes graphic description of the two parties.
 It Is true that Arizona has no voice in the politics of the nation outside of the presidential conventions, but the time is not far off when Arizona will be state. If it shows proof this fall of its readiness to be a republican state. the doors of the union will open soon. indeed.
 Although voiceless. Arizona is inter ested in the outcome of this presiden- tial campaign as much as any com mOnwealth of the union. As Judge Barnes points out, under the national irrigation law the work of building a great. new empire has begun. Under a republican administration that build ing will be done by friendly hands It would be a calamity immeasurable should this great work fall into hostile hands. And in all probability it would not be six months after Parker's cleo tion until democratic statesmen all ov- CT the country would be pointing out that the constitution does not per init the government to construct reser- vOirs with public funds.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

a sentiment of invincible power the force of suggestion and cOntagiou. The force of numbers and sense of fires possibility add to this sense of power. The soldier in battle is braver and stronger-or more cowardly and panic stricken-than when thinking indepen- dently.
 By means of suggestion and conta- zion the individuals in the crowd are put into a sort of hypnotic state. The power of the subjective mind is seen and the personal will and objective mind disappear for the time being. Hence mObs are impulsive and mobile. l They are aroused one minute to acts of generosity and heroism and descend
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

good fellows and story tellers of the cloak rooms at the very time Arizona needs him in the hard work of the committee room or in the hurly-burly of the floor. Benjamin Fowler, on the other hand, belongs to the modern school of upright business men-the men who achieve things. Having all of Smiths culture and polish and good address, Fowler likes to work He would be at his post every day, and he interest
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

No moose Is good news to the con- victed murderer.-Chicago Daily News.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE

The first thing Mir. Henry James did upon his return to America after an absence of twenty years was to go to a post office and ask for a three-cent stamp-Harper' Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22
PRESCOTT BUSINESS FIRMS.
 Hotel Burke
AMERICAN PLAN.

PRESCOTT. ARIZONA. 105 rooms. All modern conveniencea. 4 strictly hrst-class and modern hotel Sample rooms for commercial men.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

Kean St. Charles will not be the next councilman from Mohave. The demo- crats of that county have already at tended to the little matter. St. Charles fell down at the primaries. It is to be feared that he will now turn to the republican party, but it is thought like ly he may find a home among the so- cialists.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money If il fails to cure. E. w. Groves signature ts on each box. 25c.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

We understand that another of Ari- zonas democratic leaders is soon to an- nounce that he has deserted democracy for republican nism. Judge Barnes ex- ample will have many followers, And there is no mourners' bench or ante room in the republican party. The door stands wide open, and the new convert is among the elect at once.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-22

the next to extreme violence and tor ture. They are CredulOus. believing things that would be absurd to one outside the sphere Of crowd influence" Chicago News.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
EDWIN BROOD MYSTERY CONTEST
One Hundred Dollars in Cash Prizes Will
Be Paid to Journal Readers

The Journal offers 500 in prizes for the
best solution of the mystery left unsolved
by the death OF the great English novelist.
Charles Dickens.
The last work of Mr.. Dickens was a story
entitled "The Mystery of Edwin brood"
The great tale teller had woven a tangled
skein of mystery around the tragic disap-
Dearance of an unfortunate young man Of
Wealth. The novel promised TO be one or
the greatest of Dickenss works. But be-
foro he had completed the book death over
took the author. and no man knows what
the end was 10 have been.
Monday. Feb. S. the Journal began the
,nbItcation as n serial story The Mystery
~ Edwin brood" Every man and woman,
how and girl in Indiana may enter the COM
oefition for the solution prizes. The terms
- the contest are such as TO make the com
oetifion an entirely open one and one in
Rarbjch THE READER OF LIMITED EDU-
SaTION HAS AN u CHANCE OF
SITCCFSS WITH THE STUDENT OR
TfgE MAN OF LETTERS.
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST.
Ffrst-Six cash prizes will be given. as
follows: First. 5000: second. $500: third.
5000: fourth, fifth and sixth, $500.
Second-At the conclusion OF the contest
the prize-winning contributions will be pub
Iished. with a number of the better solu-
lions which will have received honorable
mention.
Third-The contributions must not ex-
coed five hundreds words.
CONTEMPLATING. GRAMMAR AND
LITERARY STYLE WILL NOT BE CON-
SIDFRED BY THE JUDGES. The coz
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
FORMER NEWSPAPER MAN
WITH SAVAGE p
Frank Payne, Once in Charge of
Indianapolis Press, Heralds
Big Production.

Frank Payne, business manage of Henry
w. Savage's Castle Square Opera Com
pany, was in Indianapolis last evening on
his way from Buffalo, where the company
is now playing, TO Louisville, where ii opens
week after next. Mr.. Payne was formerly
al indianapolis newspaper man. connected
with the Journal and afterward managing
editor of the indianapolis Press. Going
from this city to New York, he has teen
successful as one of Mr.. Savage's corps
of advance men and managers.
THE production Of "Othello," which we
will give in this city the week of March 81"
said Mr.. Payne last evening, 'is practically
Shakespeare set to VerdI music. and is
therefore interesting 10 the student of the
drama as well as to the musician. We
carry the largest special train used by any
theatrical mpa in the country, a train
of fourteen cars. i can safely promise the
most brilliant production hat Indianapolis
has seen in many years.
MIR. Savage has two Indianapolis news
paper men with this production, +. Percy
Weadon, who was formerly with the Jour
nal. and myself. Mr.. WeadOn is manager
with the show.
Newspapers in this city nave changed
greatly since L knew them There are only
a few men on each paper that were there
when L was in the city,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
INDIANAPOLIS ARTIST
MAKES FIRST EXHIBIT
Themes from His Native State
Chosen by f. X. Sickler for
Paintings.
NATURE STUDIES SHOWN

An interesting exhibit, hung this week in
the Licber gallery, is that Of Mr.. e. r.
Sickler, a local artist. who has a studio
In the Central Trust building. This is Mr..
Sickler's first exhibit. but his collection
Of canvases is we'll worth viewing. One
Of the most notable among them is "A
Morning Mystery" a picture which was
shown in the Flower Mission exhibit of In
diana art at Tomlinson Hall last spring,
and which then elected much favorable
comment. The canvas is a study of Lake
Michigan. The white-capped waves of
translucent green melt into the mist above,
through which the sunlight CLEANS family.
When the picture was shown last year the
only unfavorable commen it aroused was
in regard to the pier which ran from the
foreground out into the lake-an unneces-
sary detail. Mr.. Sickler has altered his
picture, and the pier has been painted out,
with Improvement to the composition.
With the exception of the Lake Michigan
canvas most of the studies are of Indiana
scenery. and in addition there are a num-
Der of portraits and still life studies. Two
of the canvases show the same subject
under differing lights. "In Evening Dress
Green's Forks" is a peaceful study of
AACl0o dilO tCtSs QGACN uhoCA III
evening light, which is relieved only by a
faint glow of color in the sky I'm Gala
Dress-Green's Forks shows the same
fields sparkling with sunshine and light.
The River Drive" a smaller painting,
Is one OF the best bits Of composition in
the exhibit. The road winding between the
arching trees is that between Lafayette
and the historic battle-ground of Tippe-
canoe, and the effect of sunshine and shade
on the foliage and road is admirable. WA
ter for the Mills" a poetic study of the
prOsaic canal, within city limits; "A
Hoosier Farm exhibited in Chicago and
at the Omaha exposition; ''On the Wa
BASH" and "A Passing Storm are small,
but noteworthy for their fine color and
good treatment.
The most important of Mr.. Sickler's fig
ure studies, The Spirit OF the Grotto," is
exceedingly good in it's flesh tints and at
tractive in drawing. The ~still-ilfe studies
are all interesting and well managed. The
exhibit will continue until the end of the
week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18

tributions will receive consideration only
as solutions of the mystery. The most
plausible and convincing manner OF end
ing Mr.. Dickenss unfinished story will be
chosen and the manner of the telling will
not be considered important.
f1fth-ContributionS must be written on
one side OF the paper only and addr sed 10
the Contest Editor of the Journ.L." In
dianapOliS.
Sixth-No contribution will be received hs-
fore the conclusion of the publication of
the story in the Journal. All contributions
must be received within one week after tha
conclusion OF the story.
SeVenth-The contributions will he filed
by the contest editor and Will be submitted
by him, without comment or change 70
the judges of the contest, who will DasS
upon them and announce their decision
Checks will be mailed to the winners unon
the day the awards are announced.
JUDGES OF THE CONTEST.
The following gentlemen have been SOLICIT
ed TO pass upon the contributions and mako
the awards:
William Pinkerton. of Chicago. head ~
the famous Pinkerton Detective Agency
Capt. j. +. Kinney. chief of the Indian
apolis detective department.
The Hon. Fremont Afford. Judge of tha
Criminal Court of Marion county.
An installment of the story will appesr
each day until the completion of the story
There Will be no coupons. subscription
receipts, or other requirements. The con-
test Is open to everybody.
Study the contest conditions and try for
= cash prize.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
NO LAUNDRY FOR UNIONIST
WHO THREATENS BOYCOTT
Fear of Unwashed Shirts Brings
About the Surrender of
Labor Leader.
VICTORY FOR EMPLOYERS

Major Taylor, proprietor of the Excelsior
laundry. has the distinction of having gen.
eraled the first real passage at arms be-
tween the Indianapolis Employers Asso-
citation and a member of organized labor.
And it is said Mr.. Taylor considers that he
has won a signal victory.
D. +. Kennedy. a prominent advocate
of union labor, is said TO have had a griev-
ance against one of the laundries of the
city and declared his intention of having
the laundry placed on the unfair list. When
the news reached the managers of the
laundry they appealed TO the Employers
Association, which named Mr.. Taylor-he
being the laundrymen's representative Of
the emplOyers-to take some action In the
Controversy.
Mr.. Taylor called In to see Mr.. Kennedy
one evening and after a remark about the
unusually cold winter told the labor cham
pion that he could place the laundry on
the unfair list, but If he did, every laundry
in the city would declare a boycott against
Mr.. Kennedy. Mr.. Kennedy, it is said, con-
sidered the quandary in which such es-
tranged relations would place him, and
thereupOn replied that he would not push
his own boycott.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
CORONER INVESTIGATES
Il MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Poison Theory Strengthened by
Discovery OF Candy in Girls
Room.

Did Lizzie McGill. who died suddenly early
Tuesday morning at $40 East Court street.
commit suicide, or was she murdered by
poison given in small doses at different
times during the past three weeks?
This is the question Coroner Tutewiler en-
deavOred 10 solve yesterday without sue
cess He had the body of the girl taken
10 his undertaking establishment and a
post-mortem examination will be made this
afternoon.
IL is generally believed the girl died from
the effect or arsenic.
Coroner Tutewiler found some pieces OF
candy IN her room. Early Tuesday evening
the girl complained of illness and went 10
her room She was found very sick and an
EFFORT was made TO get "A physician from
the Dispensary. For some reason, the wom-
an who hurried for the doctor saws. the
physicians at the Dtspensary refused TO an
swer the call.
A second call was made on the Dis
pensary when IL was seen the girl was DIV
Ing. but a physician did not arrive until
over an hour after her death. Coroner Tute-
wiler was not notified OF the death Until
late yesterday morning and he began an
Investigation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
POETRY MICROBE
BUSY IN CITY HALL
Officials Send Correspondence
with Poetic" Letter from One
Board to Another.

II an epidemic of poetry that has broken
out in this city gives indications of spread
ing farther than it already has it is prob
able that the city Board of Health will be
asked TO adopt stringest measures to
check il.
A letter, purporting to be a poem, was
recently received by the Board of Public
Works. signed by "A Shareholder" 1t con-
sisted of some thirty lines of verse reciting
the woes of SHAREHOLDERS in East Market,
and praying the board TO grant them longer
hours on market days. The writer stated
that he had adopted the poetry" style of
communication in order to attract the
boards attention.
AS all market matters are under the direc-
ton of the Board of Public Safety, the
Works Board directed Clerk William r.
Williams to send the communication to the
latter board. He did so, accompanying it
with a note that ran like this:
To cheer and not to sadden.
The b. =. w. greets Tom Madden,
And feels, when you have read this verse,
You'll swear you never have read worse.
Chairman Madden, of the Safety Board,
has not yet essayed an answer to Will
iams'S poeticus.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Services for Deaf Mutes.

The Rev. Austin W. Mann, of Cleveland,
founder of the Western work of the Episco-
pal Chuch among deaf mutes, will hold
services at ST. Adams Mission in the chapel
of Christ Church. Monument Place. on sun
day. Feb. q. at 1890 a. m. and 3 p. m. The
holy communion will be administered at
morning service. Readers of this notice
who have deaf-mute neighbors. will do a
great kindness by calling their attention
to IL. Since 1872 the Rev. Mr.. Mann has
been engaged in the labor of building UP
silent missions in the large cities west
of fhe Alleghenies. After his graduation
from the indian institution, in 1855, he
taught for several years at the Michigan
institution, from which he resigned to enter
into missionary work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
POLICEMAN IN DISGUISE
CAPTURES Il FUGITIVE

BY a shrewd bit of detective work yester-
day, Patrolman Rankin captured Todlove
Williams, who is a negro, charged with
stealing meat from Porter's meat market,
on Indiana avenue. He has eluded the police
for some time.
Rankin learned yesterday evening that
hi- man was in the house at Capitol avenue
and Indiana avenue. knowing that Viii
liams would make a fight for liberty if he
saw the officer. Rankin went to the house
of a friend near by, procured a long over
coat and a fur hat. With his uniform
completely covered, the officer entered the
saloon and captured him man without
frOuhIp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
OFFICERS ELECTED BY
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS

The annual election of officers of the
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection. a.
A. Scottish Rite, took place last night, re-
sulting as follows: Chalmers Brown, L.
p. G.. NJ; Alexander w. Thomson, deputy
grand master: E. NJ. Campbell. grand Sc
nior warden; James W.. Lilly, junior grand
warden; Charles F. Meyer, grand treasurer;
Francis T. Holiday, grand secretary; Will
liam w. Thornton, grand orator.; Edwin
D.. Moore. grand hospitaler; John F.. Mil
nor, grand master of ceremonies; Thomas
d. Lynn, grand captain of the guard;
Frank Wilson, grand sentinel; Henry Ad-
ans, trustee, three years.
Roscoe O.. Hawkins was elected a trus-
tee for two years TO fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Judge Byron X. Ell
liOf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Committee VIII Meet Again.

Arrangements for the local celebration
of st. Patrick's day were not perfected at
last evenings meeting of the a. o. II. St.
Patrick's day committee. at the Occidental,
and the meeting adjourned to meet again at
2:30 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. Two
members of the committee, James H..
Deery and jeremiah Costello, were kept
from last evenings meeting by illness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
FIREMAN KILLED IN
B. & O. FREIGHT WRECK
Train Ran Down Grade, Jumped
Curve and Rolled Over Preci-
pice Into Cheat River.

CINCINNATI. Feb. 1.-THE Times
Star special from Grafton, w. Va, says
that a freight train IN the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad became u-nmanageable at
Terra Alta to-day and ran down the sew
enteen-mile grade until it reached a curve,
where the train left the track and was
thrown over a precipice into Cheat river.
Fireman Francis Eagen, of Cumberland,
was killed. Engineer Porter Kinney, of
Cumberland, jumped and had a leg
broken.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
To Award Engine Contract.

Contract for a new fire engine Will prob
ably be awarded to the American Fire En-
gine Company at the next meeting OF the
Board OF Public Safety. The Cincinnati
Company and the Mott Fire Engine Com
pany. Of Minneapolis. are also bidders. The
old engine In use at Haughyille will be
turned In as part payment. with $3.50
cash The new engine will be placed in
enc OF the down town stations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Light companies Pay Assessments.

The Home Heating and Lighting Com
pany made its semi-annual payment to the
controllers office yesterday, 5 per cent. of
its gross income, amounting to 1857. The
like fee of the Indianapolis Light and Pow
er Company, paid in January, was S11 ,001.
The Merchants Heat and Light Company
pays the fee annually at the close of its
fiscal year, Nav 81.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18

BY request the board of managers of the
Girls Industrial School will again serve
luncheon from IL to 2 o'clock to-day in Tom
linsOn Hall. The luncheon was so we'll pat
ronized yesterday that a request was made
that it be repeated to-day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Engineer and Fireman Killed.

EASTON. Pa. Feb. 1.-Two Pennsyl-
vania coal trains collided to-day at WASH
ingtOn Crossing. n. ]. Engineer Charles
Herbert and Fireman William Norman,
both of PhillfpSburg, N J., were killed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-18
Five Cash Prizes of 81. 90 Each Are Awarded Every Week

Five Cash Prizes OF S1.0O Each Are Awarded Every Week
to te i've people VIII solve both puzzles in he best clearst and most concise
way A puzzle book awarded to all others sending correct W to one or
10Th puzzles.
tHs, ad when. the other volumes which are to follow are issued. they will make
the best collection of puzzles ans tricks ever brought together. I'M as the can
not be procured in n other way, only the clever oks car obtain them.
Prizes will be hanged from time to time.
lions of original puzzles mathematical md geomeuical cuiosnies, bright onu
drums, ETC.
PUZZLE EDITOR, The Journal