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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
SAVE NIAGARA FALLS.

People all over the country, it is not too
much TO say Americans generally, will be
grateful to Governor Oden for having We
toed bill whose purpose was TO increase
the scope of an electric company which
draws it's power from Niagara Falls and
has already done much to make the sur
roundings of the Falls unsightly. While
New York jointly with Canada, controls
this great waterfall, and has, perhaps,
legal right to do as 1t pleases with 1t, the
entire country. the world indeed, has an
interest in its preservation which a state
legislature ought not to disregard. Civil
engineers are quoted as saying that the
increased use of water from Niagara river
TO operate power plants would be distinct
menace to the Falls and might eventually
so lessen the volume of the stream to
destroy their beauty entirely. Whether or
not the national government could interfere
to prevent such destruction is doubtful, and
ii is. therefore, a matter for congratulation
that one man in the New York government
has the willingness, as we'll as the author
ity, to check the commercial vandalism.
1t is only temporary hindrance. however.
The matter will come up again, no doubt,
before a possibly more complaisant Gov
ernor, and the mischief will be done. 1t
behooves New Workers with intelligence TO
realize that this great natural wonder is of
more value to their State than many power
plants to take measures to protect it per-
manently from mercenary legislatures and
the marauders behind them.
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CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PACED
of every county in the Fifth district, and
in return Putnam county must not dis
criminate between The three congressional
candidates. They 60 after Morgan county
on similar grounds. but In this case they
are able TO threaten as well as appeal Tor
fair play. Morgan caunty has a candidate
for delegate 10 the national convention IN
the person of Judge George w. Grubbs. OF
Martinsvlle. and also has a prospective
candidate before the state convention two
years hence-Judge Jordan. of the Appel
late Court, who wills probably seek re-
nomination. Hence the anti-Holliday forces
are i'm position TO tell the Morgan county
people that if they are looking 70 the in
terests of Grubhs and Jordan they dare
not put all their eggs in the Holiday
basket.
HIGGINs's ESTIMATE.
Alva NJ. Higgins of this city, who is
doing a large share of the hustling for
Senator Barcus, this evening made the fol-
lowing estimate of the combined Barcus
and Gulley strength
Vigo, Is; Hendricks. Is: Vermilion. S;
Parke, ~: Putnam, 1-3; Morgan, 91-3;
total, rs 10.
In this estimate the opposition to Holli-
day is given two-tairds of the votes in
Putnam and Morgan counties. Out of the
total anti-Holliday votes Mr.. Higgins
claims Senator Bareus will easily get the
81 votes necessary 10 win on the third or
fourth ballot.
Mr.. Holidays managers will not con-
cede, however, that Putnam and Morgan
should divide their votes, or that a divi-
sion can be forced 1--WE have 10 votes in
Putnam and Is in Morgan" declared Mr..
Bryson tonight, land we have them for
the first ballot and for all other ballots,
if more than one should be necessary.
And on their ability 10 hold this strength
in the two counties in question the Holll-
day leaders base their claims that their
candidate will win on the first ballot, even
if they should not receive more than the
II votes in Vigo county conceded them by
the Barcus. and Gulley people.
I'VE have 20 votes in this county that the
stances said Postmaster Gray, of Terre
Haute. I'VE really elected Is Of the dele
gates but we were doubtful of one at the
time his name went on our slate, and Ii is
possible that one other has got away from
us There's nothing to this fight but Holli-
day, and we'll win easily on the first bal
loti'
The Holiday people claim a further
point of strength that the Hendricks coun-
ty delegates will go to their candidate as
their second choice. They say that Gulley
cannot possibly be nominated and that once
he is out of the race he can never deliver
his delegates to BarcuS. Mr.. Gulley makes
the counter assertion, but adds that IL will
not be necessary for him to deliver his
delegates as ne is going TO be the nominee.
Whatever the candidates and their man.
ayers claim, however, little excursion
among the Hendricks county people who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17

THE crowd was quiet and orderly.
Nothing can quite equal the naivete of
this sentence, which one almost invariably
finds attached TO the dispatches telling of
the lynchings Of negroes in the South. We
have lynchings in the North-altogether
too many of them-but we have not yet
fallen into the practice of declaring that
the violence was done by prominent cit-
zens or that 1.-THE crowd was quiet and or
DERBY" The crowd may have been quiet,
as was eminently becoming in the murder
of one frightened and nonresisting negro
by some hundred or more criminals, but
to declare that it was orderly is a bit
too absurd
The purpose, the deed and the effects tof
order. In the slow development of our
civilization during the centuries since our
fathers hunted each other with clubs in
the woodland morasses of northern Europe
we have set for ourselves certain rules of
conduct which we call order, and have
crystallized them into law, dealing with
the protection of life, property and the
personal freedom Of the individual, to the
end that each of us may have the oppor-
tunity to peacefully toll and in peace en-
JOY the fruits of his labor. In order that
infractions of these laws may be. duly and
surely punished. In a deliberate fashion
becoming dignity a people. we have
set up certain tribunals for the hearing
and trial of causes, and we back the
DEGREES of these tribunals or courts with
all our constabulary and military strength,
if need be. When band of men, a dozen,
a hundred or a whole community casts
aside this machinery of justice in contempt
and endeavors to punish a crime these
men themselves become criminals, and all
the sophistry and sympathy in the world
cannot make anything else of them.
In this section of the country we have
and the prompt and vigorous action of the
authorities in Furnishing the members of
mobs at Evansville, Ind, and Danville
ILL.,, has had very salutary effect in SUBJ
DUNG the mob spirit. And nobody was
surprised when the legal Investigations
proved that these mobs had been COM
posed of the criminal dregs of the commu-
mites. men much more anxious to subvert
law and order than to punish crime. And
so it will be found in the South whenever
Southern authorities undertake to investi-
gate lynchings and punish the lynchers.
1t will be found that the men who indulge
in that sort of thing have a natural fond
ness for violence and contempt for law.
murder to vent their rassinn for blood
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A heat and light treatment which has caused
much comment lately among scientists is the
Dowsng system. which consists chiefly in direct
ing electric heat rays the body of the person
subject for treatment. The system is used in
cases of rheumatism. govt. sciatica, lumbago
and similar diseases and certain forms Of tu-
bercular troubles. These RAYS are claimed to be
the nearest approach to the suns rays obtain
able by artificial means. The great advantage
peculiar this treatment lies in the ability of
the electric rays to penetrate the body going
direct to the part parts Of the trouble. To
undergo this treatment the person is first placed
upon a bed. after removing all clothing, and
wrapped snugly In the covers, with the head
only outside. The rays then turned or and
the subject is literally bathed In heat. The pa
tient by this system Is subjected TO a tempera-
ture of 800 400 degrees. The person does not
experience any discomfort notwithstanding this
great heat. Ordinary heat ct this high intensity
would do the human body 10 turn: but these
electric rays. being dry. evaporate the ex-
creted perspiration. This method just mentioned
is for general treatment For local complaints
there are detached refectors which are held a
little away from the affected part. that the
heat plays upon the place and searches out the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
Aid for the Deaf.

1t has been discovered that a modification of
the telephone be made Of for the pur-
pose OF improving the hearing of persons afflicted
with deafness While this scheme is not always
beneficial, it has been found 10 afford great re-
lief to large number of persons. or recent
years inventors have devoted themselves to the
construction of instruments of this character in
the most convenient form and OF such shape that
they can be used without attracting unnecessary
attention. There has been recently patented in
this country, the work OF an Australian inventor,
installation of this character which can be
slowed away in ordinary Derby hat the only
portion of the apparatus exposed to view being
two tubes which depend from the sides of
the hat and repose in the ears. The sound col
lecting bells ale adroitly concealed in the sides
OF the hat crown.-Philadelphia Record.
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TWO GEORGIA BANKS
HAVE CLOSED DOORS
Action Taken by Plants Officials
Affects First National Bank
at Macon.

MACON, Ga, May 1s.-The I. c. Plant
Sons Bank failed to open its doors to-day.
The First National Bank opened at 9
O'Clock, but later closed. posting a notice
that it would not open to-day. pending the
arrived of a bank examiner. who is ex-
pected during the day. No official state
ment of the banks condition has been
given out The Plant Sons Bank was n
private institution, and is said to have
done only a small business for some time
According TO a recent statement. the First
National Bank owed depositors S6S3 900. Its
capital is 100000. Robert III. Plant, presi-
dent of the First National Bank, is also
the head of the firm of |. c. Plants Sons,
which had capital OF $4,000.
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Irwin. in New York Glob


In following the war between Japan and Rus
STA we must not forget the rest of the world
The only way to understand what is going on
is never to skip anything of Importance. Many
men most ignorant Of the current history of
this country those who have been abroad
for a year two and after their return have
not taken the precaution to read a frst-class
daily or at least weekly. paper covering each
day OF their absence. We meet them often
speaking Of distinguished men that dead as
IL they were living and living men IL they
were dead. One OF them recently put himself in
a pitiable position by delivering what was really
a magnificent address which contained five or
six mistakes that even intelligent young men of
twenty years of age discerned. They related to
matters which had transpired while he was
abroad and he had only the imperfect dis
patches that he read in European papers.-New
York Christian Advocate.
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Science Breyities.

There many lines in which the American
machine and implement manufacturer may fairly
hope to share in the trade of Germany for many
years to come. This will be especially true when
his wares are protected by patents. when he can
produce them at minimum of cost, and when
cheaper products other causes may assist
him.
''AI methods of putting children to sleep by
monotonous sensation ought TO be forbidden"
says the American Inventor. Including monoto-
nous lullabies. 1t is undesirable either TO inter
rupt to prolong artifcially the slumber of in
fants and young folks. AS for the practice of
rocking, Dr. Manaceine has found by. expert
ment that swinging the body for only fifteen
minutes produces in healthy adult a lowering
in temperature of from l to 22 DEGREES Fahren-
heit, with less pronounced brain
anemia (bloodlessness) and pain at the heart
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
Electricity and Plants.

Recent experiments at the Massachusetts, Agri-
cultural College tends to show that atmospheric
electricity acts a stimulus TO plants, and has
much to do with their development and conhgu-
ration. 1t found during the experiments
that at distance Of thirty feet from the ground
the air. for about nine-tenths of the time. has a
positive electric charge. The differences OF DO
tential between the earth and the air ranged
from rs volts negative to 800 volts positive. In
thunderstorms the potential OF the air frequently
changes from positive to negative. and vegeta-
ton often becomes charged.-Youths Companion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17

Funny thing happened this trip said the
sleeping car conductor. "Just as the porter was
yelling First call for breakfast in the dining
carl, very fat elderly. sober-faced, respectable
old lady came jolting down the AISLE looking up
the curtains that still up in front of
most OF the berths. and at last stopping before
me. she poked her umbrella at upper ten.
Kitty" she called, where are you? Is that
you up there?
There wasn't any answer, and the old lady
got right mad. She beat regular tattoo on the
brass curtain rod and fairly yelled:
Kitty Kitty! Get up right away! Why don't
you answer me? It's time for you to get up.
Kitty! Breakfast is ready. Kitty, Kitty, get up
Then the curtains of upper ten were pulled
apart. large red face with long black whisk-
ers on the lower half of it. was poked out. and a
deep. husky voice said:
MY name is George? philadelphia Press.
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What He Needed.

Admiral Walker. since becoming one Of the
Panama canal commissioners. has had his pa
thence somewhat tried by persons who have been
to the isthmus giving him gratuitous informa-
ton concerning the climate there.
One informed him that after returning
from a journey to the place he went to his ply
stefan to learn If he had malaria in his system.
The doctor showed him drop of his blood I'M
der the microscope. land" said the narrator,
eft was full OF the microbes of malaria They
looked like lot of lively potato bugs
Then what you need. 1 should think" said
the admiral dryIy. would be dose of insect
powder New York Press.
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An Evansville woman has had her hus-
band arrested because he so far forgot him.
self as 10 use profane language In her pres
ence- She may have gone to extremes. but.
perhaps. she had noted the fact that he
did not swear In the presence of other
ladies and wanted 10 teach him that she
must not be Disseminated against. Incl
dentally IL may be remarked that the habit
men, except Of the lowest social grade or
those with whom the use OF bad language
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.


1t is reported in the German press that sue
cessful experiments have been made in various
forests of France in cutting trees by means of
electricity. A platinum wire is heated TO a white
heat by an electric current and used like a saw
In this manner the tree is felled much easier
and quicker than in the old way. sawdust is
produced and the slight carbonization caused by
the hot wire acts preservative Of the wood
The new method is said to require only one
eighth of the time consumed by the old saving
process.-Chicago Post
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
A NARROW VIEW.

William English Walling. grandson of the
late William II. English, of this city, has
an article in last weeks issue of the New
Means the Destruction of the Unions" The
drift of the paper is shown by its opening
paragraph:
The whole employing class of the United
States is lining up tor a new campaign
backed by the press. the middle classes,
public opinion generally and the highest
labor arbitration tribunal in the country.
The struggle is momentous. 1t will decide
not only the industrial but the social and
political future of the United States. If
the employers campaign is successful, it
means the elimination of the trade unions
as a factor in American industry. Ii il
fails, nothing short of direct government
control can prevent the unions steady prog
ress toward industrial domination.
He outlines the movements of employers,
their organizations and purposes, and sees
a disposition to discriminate against union
men wherever an open shop is secured.
They (the employers are acting as a unit,
he says. in this opposition to unions. They
have already united on the open shop. The
open shop leads to the employment bureau,
the employment bureau TO the national
labor bureau. The blacklist will be prac-
ticed on national scale. The unions also
will act not locally and by separate trades,
but nationally and in concert. The sympa-
thetic lockout they will fight with the SYM
pathetic strike. To the national blacklist
they will reply with the national strike.
Labor conflicts are to become community
affair. The most vital concern of the ma
ton is to be the labor question:
Doubtless Mr.. Walling is right as to the
last statement, because the labor question
is always the most vital concern of every
nation. but there is some reason to doubt
whether he sees the subject in the right
perspective. He has for some years been a
worker in a university settlement of New
York. and though he is said to have at
tended conventions of the Civic Fedora
ton and to have visited employers assoc
Citations, none of these experiences is of a
sort to give him a broad and unbiased view
of either side of the question. Observers with
greater opportunities than he believe that
the interest of both classes of citizens, en-
ployers and employed, are so intermingled
and common sense so universal a possess
sion that one class will never set itself as
a body against the other. Mr.. Walling is
young and has many things to learn. Never
theless, his views are interesting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17

If August Belmont. the American repre-
sentative of the Rothschilds. shall confirm
the declaration that he and his associates
stand ready to put 100000 into the Demo-
cratic campaign fund, in case Parker is
nominated. the thing will be as good as
done and there will be no need of holding
the Democratic convention at ST. Louis. The
Democratic party would never overlook an
or,nnrfiinifx Ike that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
Two Pessinists.

The familiar strains OF "Anona'' came family
TO their ears.
Music" said the man with the baggy trous-
ers lis only a refined dissipation"
The man in the macintosh listened more
closely
NO" he said. Music is a refined torture.
That's a graphophone. Chicago Tribune.
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Democratic Harmony.

Who wants harmony in the party?
81" says Bryan, strong and hearty.
I'D have peace tomorrow if
Out of my way there!
You can't stay there!''
Bin,!
Who wants harmony in the party?
81" says Cleveland. strong and hearty.
East or West it makes no diff
Don't come near me.
Do you hear me?'
Bif.!
Who wants harmony in the party?
81" says Tammany, strong and hearty.
I'VE could sweep the country if
What, for Parker?
That's a corker!
Bin!!
Who wants harmony in the party?
All would sing it strong and hearty,
But musicians love to tiff.
It's a race
And a case Of
Wallace Irwin, in New York Globe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD.
LincOln's Passes.

Lincoln's humor armed him efectually against
the mportunate persons with whom, as the head
of the Nation, he was bese. at all times.
During the civil a gentleman asked him
for pass through the federal lines to Rich
mond.
Il should be happy to oblige YOU" said Ian
coin, ''if my passes respected. But the fact
is within the last two years have given passes
to a quarter of a million men, and not one has
got there yet."-Youth's Companion.
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appeals more strongly to the logical mind
than that dwe.t upon by Rev Joshua
Stansfield in his pulpit on Sunday-the
ethical perfection of the life and teachings
of Christ. Could all mankind but follow in
His footsteps and guide their conduct by
His precepts, the world would certainly
reach the ideal of happiness mankind has
blindly sought from the beginning. The
problems that worry US would an be solved
at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17
OHIO DELEGATES IRE
IN FAVOR or HARMON
Two Districts Do Not Instruct,
but, 1t Is Expected. Will
Support Ohio Man.

CINCINNATI. May l6.-The conventions
for selecting delegates to the national DEM
ocratic convention from the First and Sec
ond districts OF Ohio met to-day and chose
the following who were not instructed but
are understood TO favor Judge Harmon for
President: First district. Lewis Bernard.
Braxton w Campbell. Second district.
Harlan Cleveland. John L. Bruce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-17

Now that Kitchener is In charge In India
Tommy Atkins is quite likely to know what
real soldering means. and his officers will
probably learn a thing or two. also. They
will get taste of what the American army
the British experience In South Africa
thrown In
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A st. Louis worlds fair contractor under
took last fall to cure himself of dyspepsia
by adopting a diet of fruit. nuts and whole
wheat bread. He accomplished the cure
and incidentally discovered that his food
cost him but Is cents a day. This encour-
aged him to such an extent that he re-
solved TO get married-a luxury he had
never before felt able to afford. AS a mat
ter of course, he had to find woman who
willing TO subsist on the same sort
of food, but this was not difficult, since
almost any we'll regulated woman would
be willing to crifice personal taste in
diet for the sake of escaping the custom
airy labors and troubles of a complicated
cuisine At all events, he found the lady
and now expects to lie happy ever after
and save money. His example is commend
ed TO other men and women who think
they have not money enough to marry on.
A thought which occurs to every one of
limited income is that if it were not for
the necessity of eating the income could be
used to much greater advantage and would
,erhap s meet all demands. But when eat
ing can be reduced to such simple and in
expensive matter why have further cares
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disease. The Dowsing system has also been used
with some success in the treatment OF tubercu-
lar joints, ard 1t is believed If the heat rays
could be made to penetrate the patients lungs
they would kill the bacillus of consumption. An
apparatus of this character has been installed in
Buckingham Palace for the use Of the King. and
when Mr. Chamberlain was suffering from a re-
cent attack of govt this treatment resorted
to with success-Iondon EXPRESS