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THE IHDIAHAPOLIS HEWS, THERSDAT, DECEMEER 31, 1903.

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who are “sot in our ways,” must go on so to the end of the chapter, but there is no reason why the boys and girls that have the advantage of our splendid school system should not be taught to come out from behind their noses and to pronounce

correctly.

THE CHICAGO HORROR.

At this writing It is known that more than six hundred people lost their lives in the burning of the Iroquois Theater at Chicago, yesterday. Leaving out earthqtiakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and cyclones, it is doubtful whether there ever has been a catastrophe. In this country at least. In which greater loss of life was suffered than In this Are. Only 250 people perished in the great Chicago Are. There may have been greater loss of life occasionally In the sinking of great ships. Floods, too, have wrought greater ruin. But after everything Is said, it is still true that the tragedy of yesterday must ’ be counted.as one of the great ones of history —one of the greatest ones. As frequently happens in such cases, the de \ices designed for the protection of life failed to work when the emergency came. The asbestos curtain could not be lowered. Borne of the exits were blocked. , The fire escapes had no ladders attached to them. The fire extinguishers were without effect, or else were Improperly used. And it is said that the construction of the theater, which was supposed to be one of the best and safest in the country, was such as to make the escape of the people difficult, if not practically impossible. In short, everything combined to make the horror the stupendous thing it is.

Possibly the recurrence of machine politics in the Teachers’ Association is the result of contagion. There has been a good deal of It in the air here for several

days.

from the perforated border of one of the perse his parts of speech.” A flies, igniting from one of the lights. But American singer sang In London,

those were the days of non-flreproof scenery and of gas lights. What valuable lesson did that catastrophe teach us? Here was the newest theater In Chicago, supposed to be fireproof. It goes up in a burst Just as the Brooklyn theater did. Of what use are asbestos curtains that will not work? And of what use are exits that are not used? And what are narrow and winding stairways to galleries but death traps? The last fire proves what they are. It proves, also, the truth of the old saying that a fire once really started in a theater never

stops short of destruction.

If anything lasting except the memory of unrelieved horror is to come from this calamity it must b4 by each community asking itself what are the conditions of its theaters and hotels. In our own city, for example, there is a law requiring the doors of such buildings to open outward — a wise law, whose purpose is obvious. Let the building inspector make an examination and see how many of these buildings comply with this law. For theaters there are manifestly a few things that, complied with, would reduce risk. One Is that auditoriums should rest on the solid ground; the other is ample exits, all of which shall be opened after each performar. :e, that the audiences may know where they are. A third is wide, Iron stairways to the galleries. And these things should be enforced peremptorily atHho matter what cost or at what sacrifice of room. A playhouse that does.not have them ought

not to be allowed.

Love Lightens Labor.

noted When

he had done a voice from the pit roared _ AniJ thought with a nervous dread

out: Now come out from behind your Ofjhe piles of clothes to be washed, and more

nose and sing something ’ We old folk-.

A good wife rose from her bed one morn. And thought with a nervous dread

Through the Microscope

Than a dozen mouths to be fed.

“There’s the meats to get tor the men in the field I

And the children to fix away I THIS TEAR AND NEXT. To school, and the milk to be skimmed and Back over the Whole of the S65 And'aTmie don. this day.” l0 ° k Wlth a curJO '“

When now at the end of the year we arrive.

It had rained In the night, and all the wood And wonder what flUed all those dayel

Was wet as it could be;

my IS ICINDIMTE FOB TOE LOWEfl HOUSE

There were puddings and pies to bake, besides Hr , _. n _ , . . , A loaf of cake for tea 80 mR ' ny th ® w « intended to do!

And the day was hot, and her aching head

ire

Throbbed wearily as she said;

) “If maidens but knew what good wives know

to wed.”

They would be in no haste do you think I told Ben

"Jennie, what

Brown-?'’

Called the farmer from the well. And a flush crept over his bronzed brow. And his eyes half-bashfully fell, “ It was this." said he. and coming near. He smiled, and stooping down, Kissed her cheek; " 'Twai this; that you were

the best

And dearest wife in town!”

We learn from the news columns of the Journal to-day that Mr. Holtzman Is about to desert his party friends, to abandon the policy he has marked out i

for himself, and to repudiate the pledges , Th « bllck

that 1 he has made and so far kept. The Journal ought to cable Its story to the most remote and credulous marines.

Such plans for our progress we’d made! Our many attempts and our victories fewOur records don’t look well displayed.

But what if a year is dumped into the Past With a lot more that also were drear? We know very well that our hard luck can’t

last—

They’ll be coming our way sure next year!

_ J . The political Despite this period of peace and good district is

STRUGGLE WILL BE NECESSARY TO SECURE NOMINATION.

HENRY THE STORM CENTER

GOOD POLITICAL POLICY. Love feasts are good things whether in a political or a religious body. If the Republicans are more prominent just at present in this sprt of revival than the Democrats, there are not wanting among the latter signs of the same Informing spirit. Plainly the next political campaign is not going to be a formality. Unless appearances are deceitful there will be a real contest between two great parses. In this line of thought the suggestions credited to Judge Brownlee, of Grant county, yesterday, as to platform are pertinent; whether conclusive or not they point to this thought

that Is vital. s There will have to be

The whole civilized world will mourn reality and not merely formality to platfor the people who lost their lives, and form promises and these will have to sympathize with the friends and relatives touch such things in such a way as to

The police think they have the safe blowers who have been doing so much damage In the city recently, but for a while it will probably be just as well for you to leave your safe open when you lock up your office for the night, and

avoid possible damage.

Just bow the Democrats of Indiana can presume to make any political plans for next y^ar, after reading the Journal's account of the Repuubllcan love feast. Is

pretty bard to understand.

The facts concerning the Republican

national committee chairmanship are gradually coming to light. Senator Hanna has never said He would relinquish It; Senator Scott has not refused an of-_ fer of the honor; Murray Crane is ready to assume the burden If urged; Elihu Root might be prevailed on to accept the place’, and Senator Lodge is a possibility. It looks as if somebody might be

induced to take the job after all.

There are strong indications of a revival of the palnjy days of politics In the contest for the Republican congressional nomination in the Eighth «dlstrlct.

Minister Squires is to hurry back to Cuba to try to hold the Cubans level In their tariff legislation, but we fear for the worst. When a start is once made in the building of the tariff wall, it is pretty hard to hold the builders down to the original specifications.

who have been so sorely afflicted. In the carry conviction. Judge Brownlee’s sug-

presence of such a calamity sensibility is STstions were, of course, for the Repub

almost stunned, so difficult Is it to appreciate the magnitude of the tragedy. One can hardly believe that half of the audience at a theater could be blotted out of existence In the twinkling of an eye. Yet that is what happened yesterday. So, too, there Is a horrible and grotesque contrast between the comedy on the stage and the tragedy In the audience. It suggests the dramatic murder of Abraham Lincoln, while witnessing such | trifling play as “Our American Cousin.” The old year goes out under the burden Of this great grief, and the only thing that men can do — and how pitifully small a thing It isl — is to give free play to their sympathies. The tragedy Is a

lican party, but the Democratic party may well turn Its thought in the same direction. The judge wants to see his party come out squarely in favor of abolishing many offices that now exist In this he is right. On business principles the State's business could be administered with far fewer men and at less cost. Our whole administration Is shaped on tho political, not on the business principle; by political principle we mean Andrew Jackson’s notion of offices. Once treat them as spoils, of course their multiplication on the slightest pretext follows. The Judge favors also a reduction of taxes; and in this he 'is right. " No one believes in

Senator Fairbanks, Senator Beveridge and Governor Durbin all made speeches yesterday at the Republican love feast. They agreed that it was Important for the Republican party to “get together,” and that It should not underestimate the strength of its great opponent. Senator Fairbanks, it is true, was not so greatly impressed as the others with the unification of the Democratic party. In referring to Governor Durbin’s statement that the Democrats were trying to “get together” fhe senior Senator said that “there are two ways in which to get together — one is by ? locking a#ms and the other is\ by locking horns.” How ever, Mr. Fairba^Jrt agreed that it would be just as well to act on the theory that

to the field and the

wife

In a Bmillnz, absent way. Sang snatches of tender little songs She’d not sung for many a day; And the pain In bar head was gone, and the clothes Were white as the foam of the sea; Her bread was light and her butter was eweet. And as golden as it could be.

[Special to The Indianapolis News ] K.N1GHTSTOWN, Ind., December 31.—

atmosphere of the Sixth

will warships continue to be in excellent , with a k^ind cou^Jf

is the storm center. There are present

"Just think:” the children all cried In a breath, . “Tom Wood has run off to sea! He wouldn’t, I know, if he’d only had As happy a home as we.” The night came down, and the good wife •mlled To herself as she softly said; “ 'TIs so sweet to labor for those we love— It’s not strange that maidens will wed!” —Anon.

You Never Can Tell.

You never can tell when you send a word— Like an arrow shot from a bow By an archer blind—be It cruel or kind. Just where it will chance to go. It may pierce the heart of your dearest friend, Tipped with its poison or balm; TO a stranger's heart in life’s great mart It may carry its pain or Its calm.

You never can tell when you do an act Just what the result will be; But with every deed you are sowing a seed. Though its harvest you may not see. Each kindly act is an acorn dropped In God’s nroductive soil; Though you may not know; yet the tree shall grow And shelter the brows that toll.

You never can tell what your thoughts will do In bringing you hate or love; For thoughts are things and their airy wings Are swifter than earner doves. They follow the law of the universe, Each thing must create its kind; And they speed o’er track to bring you back Whatever went out from your mind! —Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

SCRAPS.

harmony was ;to be established in the

national tragedy. Indeed, It le world- j niggardliness or penny wisdom, but after wide. The horror of It la what now allowing this principle full play, there Is

qjilefly fills the mind. The which aH—feel, will be felt

pity of It, even more

generally room for a reduction of taxes, and the party that demands it and en-

•trongly as time passes. Speaking for the j forces it will win support, people of Indiana, we feel sure that we Finally the Judge would make war on may say that they regard the bereave- the lobby; and It would be difficult to ment as personal to themselves, so close select a greater evil or one that has are the ties that bind this State to the flaunted Itself more brazenly. And for great City by the lake. And their chief this the Republicans must answer. In re-

regret now is that there seems to be noth ing that they can do.

OUR NORTHERN "FRONTIER."

The question of armed cruisers on the great lakes Is taking on an aspect that marks a retrogression from the high plane where the Rush treaty placed it. Canada, it Is said, is building such a cruiser and there is talk that our Government will seek to obtain a revocation of the clause In tho treaty that forbids the maintenance of national vessels on the lakes. Representative Smith, of Michigan, contends that the inhibition has a paralyzing effect on important shipbuilding industries of the great lakes, which otherwise might be able to furnish ships for training stations on the lakes and also enter Into competition for naval vessels

with builders on the seaboard.

There was a time, when communication was slow and difficult, that It might hav*» seemed desirous to have war stations on the lakes and to build ships there. But *n these days, when the seacoast can be reached so quickly from the heart of the continent, It seems farfetched to argue the necessity of lake stations and warships there. The openness of the lakes in this regard has been a great object lesson to both peoples. We are here, the two great branches of the English race, living about the shores of these inland seas without fortifications and without warships. That condition not merely bespeaks national comity but emphasizes the genius of our rdoe, which is the genius for peace and civilization. We are neither a military monarchy nor g military republic. In this, the two

| branches of the race present profound .genius of

contrasts to Germany on the one hand

and to Franca on the other.

In this North American continent there are these two peoples both from the same stock, speaking the same language, having the same liberties and very much the same laws, reading the same books, holding the same ideas and pretty nearly the same Ideals as to public and private standards and attainments, They have given themselves and the world, these long years, the great object lesson of equal ownership in the great lakes with no outward and visible signs of "frontiers.’* They have not felt it necessary to scour the waters with •hips of war —notice to each other on tight of war Instead of peace. They have by all their ’outward seeming lived In confidence of peace and surety of the settlement, of troubles without being in

cent years the lobby has been in evidence In a way that has made early history tame in the comparison. War on the lobby and all Its works would open the way to a purity of administration in the making of laws especially, that this State must have if It Is to make progress. Judge Brownlee's suggestions go no further than this and It will be seen that they hardly scratch the surface. But. If only they are acted on they will set the Republicans forward In a way that will advance public standards as well as party welfare.

Democratic party. Of course he is right. For the outlook for Democratic harmony Is just now very good. More than the others, Governor Durbin sounded a note of warning. ^He was confident that Indiana wpuld be "all right," yet he thought that it would not do to be over' confident, or to underestimate the strength of the opposition. In his opinion the Republican party deserved victory, but he thought that it would have to fight if It was to get what it deserved. We think he is right

But as an officer of the Orinoco Tanning Company, why did Mr. Overstreet know nothing about Its business? This neglect of what would seem to be a plain duty is unfortunate both for himself and for others. „

Surely the army post complications will be straightened out before the latter part of next year! The waste of a whole summer when so much work could be done toward the establishment of the post would be little short of wanton.

Florida’s orange and pineapple crop Is estimated at $2,500,000. Russia has recently taken new interest in electrical appliances. The colonies of the world have onethird of its population. Safety pins are peculiarly American. The United States uses 144,000,000 of them

each year.

An exhibition devoted entirely to work done by policemen opened In Leeds, Eng-

land, recently.

Out of 1,000 persons Inoculated for hy-

»r i f

drophobla after being bitten by dog, 975 are savftd from death.

a mad

Out of every 1,000,000 prsons who are born in the same year 213,000 live for seventy years, 107,000 for eighty years and 881 for ninety years. Liabilities $600,000, assets nil. Is the balance sheet of a Russian army officer who had latterly managed to squandor annually close on $126,000. Governor Bates, of Massachusetts, has appointed a special committee to revise the laws in regard to the relations between employers and employes, Paris bakers have decided to call a general strike before the end of the year, which Is intended to be the signal for a strike of alimentary trades all over France. The Block Island Wireless, a little sheet issued by the Providence Journal, gets all its news by wireless telegraph. It is the pioneer wireless newspaper of the Atlantic coast

So Lieutenant-General Young, who has hardly got his new shoulder straps broken In yet, Is to be retired and succeeded next week by General Chaffee. It seems a pretty short shift for a man who has gone to the expense of a new uniform, but then as it is not noticeably worn, possibly he can dispose of it at a merely nominal loss to his successor.

The declaration made before the English section of the Indiana Teachers’ Association that the use of the word “ain’t”— unfortunately so common in the vernacular—Is as bad as the tobacco-chewing habit, should rouse the public to immediate action. What’s the matter with an Anti-Ain’t Society? If it didn’t do much good, it at least wouldn’t do any harm, and that Is to be considered fn Its favor. Besides It would afford the opportunity of electing officers and holding periodical meetings.

The suggestion made before the reading and elocution section of the teachers’ association that the speaking voice of Americans should be improved is an excellent one and should be followed^ and with this end in view we would respectfully submit the proposition that possibly a little rest would do much toward bringing about the desired result. —I— Rahke still says he is going to run a

poolroom hi Cumberland, but certain citizens of that place hope before it really gets to running they will have it on the run.

Another ~man is sending “conscience” money to St. Louis. If this thing becomes epidemic and affects all the possibilities in St. Louis it is thought that the city will be able to carry 7 on the world's fair project without further aid from the Government.

LINES To a Coal Man. Who loads a ton and gets a wtlgh May profit an another day; But he who loads a ton that's short Will have to settle in the court. —From the Apothegms of Ryan.

The price of eggs is so high In Kokomo that the well-known firm of Tom & Jerry has almost been compelled to suspend business.

Bourke (Victoria) has been visited by a plague of mosquitoes. So great was the number that the lamps were extinguished and for the remainder of the night the town was in absolute darkness. In a Berlin Insane asylum is a patient, It is said, whose hair changes color with her temperature. When she is cool and quiet her hair Is a tight yellow, but when she is restless and excited it becomes auburn.

The Queen of England has a favorite teapot of which she is very . fond and which is in frequent use at Sandringham. It is In the shape of a barrel of wine,' with a stout old Dutchman sitting

IN THE MATTER OF SPEECH.

Among others, two notable suggestions have been made at the assembly of the teachers here. One that the language waa drifting toward obscurity by the changed meaning given to words; the other that effort ought to be made toward correct pronunciation; that Americans should be distinguished by something more than boots and a nasal pronunciation. Both of these suggestions are Tull

Iowa also has a candidate for the Republican vice-presidential nomination. The-national committee may yet reach the point where It will have to give out numbered checks.

The attendants at the Republican love feast left the city not only fired with a determination to work as never before for the continued success of the great party, as the Journal so eloquently savs, but also for such IncldentaL personal advancement as may result from their arduous labors.

The ten Bluffton high school boys have been acquitted of the charges against them growing out of a case of hazing, j and the case is ended; but they have

- ... A ^ , learned a lesson that will probably be as of vitality. The first seems to be the valu&b j e t0 them as anything in the curhardest to reach and remedy; and the j riculum of the public schools, question arises whether our changes of the meaning and use of words is greater | We wlsh Logans P ort set all tt^

fun possible out of its sleighing carnival?

than normal. A living language is sub- u * ' , " f7' ~~

ject to such change constantly, and oe- enough‘to have one of. our owT' 1 Sn ' "

cause it is living. When it becomes fixed It is dead. No tongues then mar it. But

Both the Russian ambassador .and the

astride.

A slum inspector told the Glasgow municipal commission on the housing of the poor that on some occasions he had found families sleeping in tiers—the parents on the floor, then a mattress and a layer of children on top. In olden times rings were worn by monarchs and rulers alone, but as clv-

Now comes an English doctor who condemns the traditionally respectable and beloved Christmas plum pudding. He says that In the cold, clear light of scientific examination it Is little better than a mockery. Ah, well! Lots of us have felt that way about it a few hours after we have eaten it; but it doesn’t come often enough not to enable most of us to forget and look to it with a great deal of pleasure before the Christmas dinner is ended. And then there is always

and prospective candidates in this county galore, and they spring from everywhere. 1 he county Republican convention will meet at Newcastle on Saturday, January Hi, and the campaign will be inaugurated at that time. The county is overwhelmingly Republican, and the Democrats will probably not name a ticket. There will be no county offices of any importance to fill, and the race for senator or

all the in-

representatlve will command

terest and attention.

More Than a Local Interest. The contest for Representative from Henry county to the next Legislature has more than a local interest from the fact that Charles S. Lternly, of Newcastle, exchairman of the Republican State committee, is a candidate. Mr. Hernly announced his candidacy some time ago, and he had hoped that he would be given the nomination without any opposition. In this, however, he is to be disappomted. There has been talk of several other candidates, including Joe Lambert, editor of the Middletown News and chairman of the county committee, and Mark O. Waters, editor of the Newcastle Courier; both of whom, however, have denied that they will make the race. The only avowed candidate in opposition to Mr. Hernly is Wrighter R. Steele, of Newcastle. Mr. Steele has announced his candidacy and will make a formidable race. He served the county two terms as prosecutor, is a well-known young lawyer, and is one of the most active of the younger Republicans of the

county.

Speculation Rife as to Hernly. Before Mr. Hernly announced Iris candidacy for Representative there was much speculation rife as to his probable intentions politically. The extent of his previous officeholding career in Henrycounty had been two terms as county clerk. Later he became chairman of the Republican State committee for two terms, and then he was supposed to be in line for a good appointive job. He was turned down, however, by both the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, and he announced that he would quit politics and turn his attention to making a city of Newcastle, a task which he had creditably begun. However, the rumors would not down, in spite of repeated denials from Hemly’s own paper, the Newcastle Press. At first it was declared that he would run for Senator, to repreHenry, Fayette and Union coun-

•er. For the last ten weeks he has been busy inspecting Knight Templar commnnderies throughout the State, In his official capacity as Inspector-general, and this has been a splendid opportunity for him to get In a word on the side In his own political interests. He has not been mixing politics with his duties, but after his duties have been discharged he has found time and opportunity to look after his fences.

Established 1853 Indiana's Greatest Stare

UNKNOWN WOMAN SENT POISON TO TWO CHILDREN

Boy and Girl Ate Paris Green In Their ! { Candy and Are Seriously III at Ithaca, N. Y.

| Store Closed All

Day Friday

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ITHACA, N. Y., December 31. - Two |

children of Michael Casey, a wealthy retired business man—a boy of ten and a girl of thirteen years—are critically ill from eating candy that contained Paris green. The candy was In a box delivered at the Casey home by a messenger boy. to whom it was given by a veiled woman. 1 When the messenger delivered the package a party was being entertained by Casey, who Is a widower. It was left unopened over night. In tne morning the children divided its content* and were

stricken after eating a few pieces. Investigation showed that the chooolate-

co’-ered creams and gum drops had been divided, a portion of the Interior removed and filled with Paris green. The pieces had then been stuck together in such a manner that, except by dose examination,

the dividing would not be noticed. The messenger says he answered a call

from the City Ho*p U and was met In front of that instltu. vn by a veiled woman, who handed him the box, with in-

Men’s King Oak Shoes

struotlons to deliver it at the Casey home, saying it came from a nurse at the hos-

pital, whose name she mentioned, and who was a friend of the Casey family. No trace of the poisoner can be found, and the nurse Is unable to throw any

light on the affair

RECEIVER IS APPOINTED.

Defendant Company Confesses Judg-' ment and Offer No Opposition. FRANKFORT, Ind., December 31.Robert Bracken, acting cashier for the American National Bank, having made application for a receiver for the J. I. Hoke Manufacturing Company, on notes held by the bank aggregating $10,000. Mr. Hoke confessed Judgment and Norman O. Davis was appointed. He gave bond in $30,000. The Hoke plant makes a specialty of farm cultivators and it was removed from South Bend to this city about a year ago. At that time the Kelly farm was purchased for $12,000 and divided into lots, which were sold for $100 each. Mr. Hoke receiving 140 lots, besides ten acres as a site for the factory. Altogether $13,000 was raised by citizens and put into the investment, the Hoke company adding $8,000. Mr. Hoke places the assets at $60,000, with $20,000 liabilitlee.

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ties; but Albert D. Ogborn, the incumbent, is Hernly's right-hand bower, and he could not come out against Ogborn without raising a family row. On the other hand, Otho Williams, the young preacher-politician, who represented Henry county in the Legislature, stood ll L the w %y of Hernly’s candidacy for that office, as Hernly had taken him up and stood sponsor for his candladcy. About this time, however, it began to be noised about In political circles that Williams would like to go to Congress. Nobody took it seriously, and no one thought of it for a time. However, Mr. Williams announced his candidacy, and that was Hernly s opportunity. There are those ^ h !LE rorep3 to bell * v e that the bringing n f \Y II If a roar 11 w /"’tw*-* ~ _ ■** xx »

the hope that we may be gastricaily Williams out for Congress was a little more capable this year than we were , sentativ^track enilj 8 t0 clear the fepre-

last Doctors or no doctors, the plum |

pudding is with us to stay, .bringing Made His Race with Beveridge, pleasure and pain to the rest of us and ! A little while ago Hernly would have prosperity to the doctors and druggists j probably been stamped as a candidate of

—aye, and sometimes the undertakers.

In the report of the fifth annual banquet of the grave diggers at Atlanta, we regret to note the absence of any mention of our old friend Alas P. Yorlck. Surely on so congenial an occasion he must have been present as the life of the

party.

ilization advanced and women were more i and convey to us rib^ Information about

chivalrously regarded the ring was given her as a token of the high dignity be-

stowed upon her in the marriage cere-

mony.

Fresh eggs cost from 86 cents to $1.80 a dozen in South Africa. There is consequently a great demand for condensed eggs, which are sold In one-pound boxes. A box contains fifteen eggs minus the water in them, and with the addition of

sugar.

A German method of testing the purity of milk is by dipping into it a polished knitting needle. It should be held upright and immediately withdrawn. If the milk is pure some will adhere to the needle, but if water has been added, even in small proportions, it will come forth

quite -dean.

The first corset—not counting ancient modifications of the Grecian zone and girdle—was introduced into France by Catherine de Medici. It was a strange affair and fashioned after the style of a knight’s cuirass. The framework was entirely of iron and thq velvet, which decorated the exterior only, served to

the anti-Beveridge faction. He has never been a very ardent follower of the junior Senator. Whether this Is due to the latter’s alliance with President Roosevelt, and Hernly’s aversion to the President can not be stated. But the fact remains that Hernly was not friendly to Beveridge. Many a time and oft, when Beveridge’s vice-presidential boom was at Us hlght, did the Newcastle Press say good things about the junior Senator and the vice-presidency, but never a word did it cay in favor of his re-election to the Senate. The inconsistency was noted by the Beveridge following In the county, and Hernly got the credit of being antiBeveridge, whether he was or not. However, things have changed since Hernly has become a candidate. The

And now we hear that Mabel McKinley 5- of , fron t aan best be described by left her diamond, in a hack and came £mw!S; l ”,L e, SSlSuo oreSTofTha pretty near losing them. It's pretty hard county: b or ine to tell whether Mabel Is unusually care- , A / < \ w Charles S. Hernly was less about herself and her helnno-intre nr closeted with Senator Beveridge in Inless auout neiseu ana ner belongings or Jianapolis for an hour or two. They had

M. U. JOHNSON SOLD HOME.

Anderson Man will Apply Money on His Debts.

[Special to The Indianapolis Newe.] ANDERSON, Ind., December 3L—Manson U. Johnson has sold his home to William H. Surbaugh, cashier of the Indiana Union Traction Company, for $4,500. Johnson says the sole was made that he might obtain ready money to apply to his liabilities. He failed about two years ago, while dealing In township school and road supplies. He says he is gradually getting his affairs in shape again. The only part of hi# business affairs which worry him, he said, is to realize on warrants which he took from township trustees. He expects to clear himself of all obligations In a short time.

A dressy Shoe at a moderate coet; At* perfectly and is comfortable. Made on approved lasts In rid kid. coltskin, patent and enameled leather. In the new shape toes. Choice ail sizes, any leather—

Men’s Borosls Shoes, $5.00 pair. Men’s Cobblers' Enemy Shoes. |2.50 pair, —Regr Main Floor.

Pettis Dry Goods Co

Agents Bntterlck Patterns

January Shoe Sale

Genuine cut on Men’s, Women’s and Children's Shoos. Goods all new. It will pay you to get our prices.

A. S. Kimber Shoe Co. 18 N. Penn. St. Indianapolis, Ind.

Fined >.ne Defendant $1,000 and Costs. CONNERSVILLE, Ind., December 31The Jury in the case of Frank Eby, who attempted to kill John Mulheeren in a street fight In October last, returned a verdict last night finding the defendant guilty of attempted murder and fining him $1,000 and costs. A damage suit wae

pending against ‘ '

pending against Eby, and It is alleged that he attempted to prevent Mulheeren from taking his sister to court to testify

Why should the cable tell us that Mme. Calve wears a dress that cost $300 a yard in her production of “Messaline,

, , _ . - — testify

against him, which precipitated a street duel with pistols, In which Mulheeren was

severely wounded.

the songs and gags in the play? Is this the cable s fault, or is the drama at its

old game of going to the dogs?

has an unusually active and imaginative

press agent.

.THROUGH THE TELESCOPE.

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS.

Those vows I made in nineteen three— Alack! How they come back to me!

shall

I shall not need to seek for more. I’ll use them o’er for nineteen four.

-Washington Star.

while it lives the necessities of its speak- | Ja P anese minister at Washington are

No boy ever picks out the time for feeling

hide a frightful and cumbersome article j 80 ,lck he can t K et U P ,or breakfast on a day Of torture. I when the skating is good.—New York Press.

The steady Improvement of recent years i j in the methods and processes of American ; an EXPLANATION,

woolen mills has brought the domestic

era import into It constant change.

recelv'ntr offers ft-nm j fabrics to a standard or quality and style receiving oners From man> Americans 1 whi( . h th „ R nc .i ia h mnrmf»et»r»r fmniiv

In ! . , , . , “ Anier,can s which the English manufacturer frankly i wbo want to take part in the prospective admits is nearly, if not quite, as good as

“Maud’s latest photograph Is Just lovely.’

“Is It?”

such a condition a language Is as much j war. We are such an Impatient people a living thing as a tree;- limbs die and that we would rather fly to troubles that new shoots take their place. we know not of than bear those which

Words are manufactured both by the ' have,

necessities

of the learned and by the ; The troub]M ln the far Eagt howeyer> t ie unlearned, who contribute , are enabling Chile to do a mighty fine

in the warship

slang which in a few years takes Its business as a middleman place in regular usage or dies'and Is for- i Industry'. ^ gotten. In the same way words are re- i v ' ~

The report of a second massacre at Kishlneff turns out to be untrue. The

tained, but their meaning Is shifted. The language Is full of instances, Shake-j

his own. The hope has been "that the trade main Dealer,

lost In the United States would la? made up elsewhere, but. this anticipation has

failed to realize.

Of the appointments made by the United States Civil Service Commission during the last fiscal year, 24 per cent, were clerical, 3 per cent, professional, X per cent, mechanical and 7 per cent, skilled labor. Of those who were examined, 80 per cent, passed and 46 per cent, of those who passed were appointed, so that 36 per cent, of all examined were successful in securing appointment. The work done by the vessels of the I

“Yes. I had to ask who It was.”—Cleveland

When a man celebrates his birthday he takes

a day off; a woman, a year.—Lite.

INSTINCT.

The children all are on; 1 mists. Who hasn't noticed that Tho little darling all play house,

And never once play flat?

—New York Sun.

Mrs.

WEATHER SIGNS.

uvtio w mo *cs.eeis or me i Strongley—John, mother is coming to

# „ j long-range effect of that pigeon-holed pe-! United States^li'evenue^Cutter ^Service for ' » week wlth u3

speares piajs, lor example, are full-of; tlllon still holds. The telegraph Is a great last fiscal year was; Lives saved Mr. Strongley—Thunder and lightning! words that meant one thing to him and \ civilizer and preventive of crime i (actually rescued) from drowning, IS); Mrs. Strongley—No, just reign.—Butte jnt«*r-

, . , i persons on board vessels assisted, 799;

to those who first heard them and mean ; , , . persons in distress taken on board and MounUln

Now if we can supplement our reduced , cared for, 31; vessels in distress assisted,

rate for street cleaning by inspections 71; vessels boarded and papers examined, 11 18 rumored in scientific circles that a cer-

a heart-to-heart talk, possibly about the weather and prospects for a good mint crop. At any rate, since Mr. Hernly’s return every Issue of his paper has had a few nice bouquets for the junior Senator. Roosevelt and the whole layout he has been antagonizing. Senator Beveridge certainly has a powerful persuader In his

private office.”

another to us. AndTT is so with pronunciation. In the matter of words it seems to us that the change can not be arrested, nor is this to be deplored. The most that can be done Is for those that keep the torch burning to be as sure of their calling as may be; to keep in touch with the consensus of good usage. But the process presents great difficulty, for that way Ilea pedantry; many of the raciest words spring up in a night, and many of the new meanings do likewise.

Pronunciation, at least In Its

that inspect, deductions that deduct ; vessels seized and’reported for tain Inventor is now busily at work putting the ■ — —*— . . - . ’ j violation of law, 230; fines and penalties flnshlng touches on a hornless dilemma-

j*-* , <j*G | .HQ/i . »ro I i '

and the* enforcement flf contract terms . incurred by vessels reported. $j4.6§(j; value r . t that enforce, we can probably look for- j of vessels assisted and their cargoes, , *

for a greater 1 *2,468.549; net expenditures, $1,390,000.

ward to ; cleaner streets

length of time than we have known for some time.

A MISFORTUNE,

, In an article contributed to the Review , ... . . ..

i Seientiflque, M. Etiene Rabaud maintains He had b * en teillriK the tbr il.ing story of his

I that in the occasional backward leaps to j Mcal -’*

’’So the automobile got beyond control?”

Opposition to Senator Ogborn. Senator Albert D. Ogborn, who has had everything his own way to date in his candidacy for re-election, is to have opposition. Richmond Wisehart, of Newcastle, has announced that he will enter the lists. Mr. Wisehart is familiarly known as “Uncle Dick.” He is a soldier, and has been county auditor for eight years. During his terms it was charged that he was the dictator of affairs in Henry county politics, and ruled with a high hand lie will probably have the old soldiers of the county on his back. In spite of the fact that he is one of them as he is on record as having said something that was not well received. Mr Ogborn has served through two sessions ot the Senate, and the disposition seems to be to return him. The candidacy of William A. Hough, of Hancock county, complicates the situation. Henry county has always had a' ”cinoh” on this nomination, inasmuch as she had more delegates than Fayette and Union combined and she never passed the pie around. She still holds the plum against Hancock county, although It would only take two or three stubborn delegates from this county to throw the nomination to Hough. District Fight Has Waned. With the congressional convention only a little more than a fortnight away, the contest for the district chairmanship seems to have waned. It is now doubt-

Left Hand Crushed by Cylinder. ANGOLA, Ind., December 31.—Mrs. El-

len Towle, Ircner In the Angola steam

laundry, caught jier i eft hand

the hot cylinders of the machine, Injuring it so badly that amputation at the wrist was a necessity. Mrs. Towle Is a widow, with two children and an aged mother

Her savings

by the s Bank.

dependent upon her labor.

had been previously swept away failure of Kinney & Co.’- r

IDEAS OF INDIANA EDITORS.

William Dudley Fouike, celebrated as Indiana's most distinguished civil service reformer, renews his declaration that he will stand by Roosevelt. This makes It unanimous.—Lafayette Courier.

Now, what do you think of this? The battleship Indiana Is considered a back number by the Government as a fighting machine and has been put out of commis-

Pi

slon for extensive repairs and alterations. It Is claimed by the experts that tha

vessel is seven styles behind the fashion. And yet with a lot of Indiana tars and some Carolina tar heels to shoot the guns, the Indiana is fully able to hold her own with any ship run by any of the foreign nations, and don’t you forget it.

—Brazil Democrat.

A visit to Indianapolis this week will give one an idea of the greatness of our school system, and of the interest and faithfulness with which the teachers pursue their work. And It will also show our people that Hamilton county men and women are recognized as among the leading educators of the State. Some of our good teachers have gone Into other fields, but they are ours yet, and any honors that may come to them will be claimed by us, whether we recognized their claims when here with us or not. That is the rule.—Noblesville Ledger. Congressman Robinson, of this district, and William Dudley Fouike, of Richmond, late civil service commissioner, have engaged In a Joint’ discussion, interview style, of the political outlook in this State. Mr. Fouike Insists and maintains that Indiana is seething with enthusiasm for Roosevelt and Mr. Robinson as stoutly declares the President can not carry the State. The advantage of whatever good may come of the discussion will rest with our Congressman. Hia words are cheering and helpful. With his characteristic vim and waspishness Mr. Fouike sails into the anti-Roosevelt Republicans and i charges ulterior motives to them In their | antagonism of the President. That will not help his party greatly. At the same time the discussion Is Interesting—almost thrilling.—Ft. Wayne Sentinel.

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57 Ingalls Blk. Over Saks. Taka Elevator. Cor. Penn, end Week. Sic.

Editor of the Olden Type.

[Greencastle Banner.}

The death at Indianapolis on Sunday of j Mr. Langsdale removes another of those

BETTER DESKS AT LESS MOREY

Yom the maker than are’offered In .ny retail store In the city.

/ETNA CABINET COMPANY, 307 N. MARYLAND ST. “COME AND SEE US”

Beginning with to-morrow the Indiana-1 ^tSism/^^ olutlon *s'* by h no nJ means polls Gas Company will no longer be the si unifying itself, or even yielding for the

grasping monopoly that many people have ! ^S^butTs ob^ng*sTrictU 7 Ito^n

considered It for .years, but will be a pub- j laws. He defines atavism as the repro-lic-splrited concern selling its product at! d iction, in an individual or a group, of 1 cost for the benefit of the citizens of In- | characters not possessed by their imine-

‘Ya-aa,’’ he replied. “And was wrecked ?”

“Ya-a* ’

readiness for war. To change this situ- J application, presents fewer difficulties atlon would not be progress. faulty , t can ^ amende(1 _ lf one '' :; ' ' -* • really wishes to amend It — and with us A FEW THINGS OBVIOUS. there is crying need of amendment. We

consumers to be economical and make . he says, embraces the half of biology, their gas bills as small as possible so as I The Western Union Telegraph Comto reduce the company's unremuneratlve P-tny receives about $1,000,000 a year for

keeping 70,000 clocks correct, charging for

The amount of. moralizing that will be of the West are particular sinners, with Indulged in over the Chicago thegter fire our flat a’s and our nasal whine (not to may be discounted. It w’ll all amount to speak of our “will” for “shall”). There words —words, unless each community! is not a particle of reason why an edutakes to Itself as It* Instant duty an j cated boy or girl in New' York or Boston overhauling of conditions Who remem- should pronounce the common words of her* the Brooklyn theater fire, December, the language correctly and use Its aux6, 1S7S? Tl\e audience there numbered ilinry verbs correctly, and a boy or girl about a thousand; 293 persons perished| here, as well educated and of as good

and hundreds more )

injured. The capacity, should flatten his a s and whine

Ere started as this on* did, on the stag# j hi* sentences through his nos# and

labors to a minimum.

ful if the fight will ever be carried into ! oid-time newspaper - men, who followed the convention, which meets at Conners- the close of the war, and whose school , vilie on the 12th of next month. It is un- j of Journalism was of a distinct type of derstood that a compromise has been! its own and one that the whirl of time agreed on w hereby Thayer is to be re- : . , ... “ elected without opposition, and' Char,es ' has made w «Ll-nigh obsolete. He waa Unthank, of Richmond, his opponent is u» i ot ^ ! ® school whose opinions followed

go as a delegate to the national iiepubi lican convention from this district

- — The chairmanship contest has reallv! .

The world will forgive a man almost anv- ' ^ e ? & l ) Sht and :uur * ® d * torla ; matier tnan new*. The thing except failure.—Chicago News. i arson forces in th.s district. The junior people of tiuu period enjoyed the same, Senator, in his fight for the control of Iroia cdstom, and U was often what the _ . _ . . , the State committee, is known to have editor «ud more than what the new# Parke-^Do you know our minister at all? brought Unthank out as his candidate 8aid that was considered of Importance

Indiana RMtalGollig*

"But you escaped Injury?”

“Oh, ya-aa."

"Seetins too bad. doesn’t It?"—Chicago Post.

the personal bent and character of the writer, and whose papers often contained

Now

open for Fall and Winter with a full corps of demonstrator*.

so doing $15 a year for each clock. These I with him —Life,

are set at noon each day by an automatic

lAne—Oh, I have & noddin*

As a result of the gathering of Repub- arrangement in each electric equipment,

licans in this city, it is understood that ' ' ' some of the prospective candidates now

know exactly where they are at and others know pretty accurately where they

are not at.

The New York people who are after the Democratic national 'convention do not seem to take into consideration how embarrassing their success may be to the SUto s bunch of favorite sons.

which responds to the bent of the sidereal clock in the Naval Observatory when 1 its hands point to 12 and lets the time current go, A few minutes before this hour business over the W estern Union wires is

A PIPE REVERIE.

I do not praise the dear old pipe. It does not warm my heart; It never yet has played to me

inn-. ...

A true companion's part.

susfieiiucu, v.i,u tmuugnoui tne country put thetr instruments in shape to form an unbroken circuit from the observatory to every place where ticks a clock to be electrically Influenced There is a hush over all the great telegraphic system. Then the time ball strikes, and Instantly tne time message flashes over Ov> wires. It Is 1$ o'clock.

I do not love to sit with It When fierce nor’easters crack; It calls no pleasant memories From Time’s long traveled track.

The pipe itself may be all right.

I’d not complain rv bit.

Could I persuade tf,e janitor To send come 'Mam thrjtojfh M.

acaualr.tance j-£ e no t ,j 0 this, however, until the

gauntlet was thrown down by the Wat-son-Thayer crowd. The latter claim that Thayer, having served acceptable to the party during his first term, is entitled to a re-election. The supporters of Un thank retaliate with the charge that Thayer was not elected, in the first place, but was appointed to fill out the unex’pired term of Miles K. Moffett, of Connersville who had to retire when he became post-

master.

Businesslike Canvass.

Ork Sun.

In addition to his editorial w\>rk, Mr. Langsdale took a lively interest in everything connected with city and county ' affairs, and was one of the widest-known ciUzens of hia State. Many of his older , friends, and enemies, in Greencastle have passed away in the last decade, and the younger generation know of him only ! from history. Mr. Langsdale was one of the number of men who have had con-ttos-vl iVirt Rsann#*?- ei?>a Ira Ki»-♦ 9. ^ —

Mr. Newby, who live# In Knightstown. is making his candidacy for the lieuten-ant-governorship in & businesslike man.

a half-century ago, ablest, the bound files

and was one of the of the papers In this office during that period showing the distinct stamp of his personality. The Banner drops a tear at his bier along with his many former friends in ■ r-itv.

this

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