Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1900 — FLOWERS ON PARADE [ARTICLE]

FLOWERS ON PARADE

Scene of Bewildering Beauty Presented by the Indianapolis Floral Display. w NIGHT MARCH WITH THE FLOATS Carnival to Be Given Yearly Pipe Line That Made the Cudahys &?■.. $2,000,000 Is Sold, Indianapolis, Oct. 11.—One hundred thousand people lined the streets of Indianapolis yesterday to witness the elaborate floral and allegorical float parades which were given yesterday afternoon and last night, In the floral parade leading Women of the city drove carriages, breaks, traps' and other vehicles burled beneath flowers of beautiful color schemes. The allegorical float parade last night included thirty floats representing the progress of the city and state from a forest, peopled by the native Indians. The carnival will be repreated each year. It is financially a success and yesterday the railroads reported the banner day of the year. Panorama of Decorative Art. The parade was a panorama at decorative art. Under the magic touch of the artist landaus, carts, phaetons, traps, brakes and victorias were transformed into the chariots of ravishing beauty. These vehicles, filled with daintily gowned women and girl*, and drawn by gayly caparisoned horses, formed a procession such as Indianapolis had never before witnessed—one that received the unqualified approval of the crowds that thronged the line of march. Grand Snccets Taken Any Way. Viewed singly, the carriages were uniformly beautiful. Each was perfect in its (icculiar pattern and design of decoration, but taken together, the beauty of each was enhanced and merged tnto a gorgeous spectacle of lifeand color. The fairy queen, Tttania, never led a procession of greater splendor. The decorations of the vehicles Were bewildering In design and color. Thousands of flowers of every hue and variety were used; roses of all kinds, hollyhocks, chrysanthemums. poppies, fleur delis, water lilies, pampas plumes and even great sunflowers—-in fact, it seemed that there was a different flower and a different pattern for each outfit. cidAhvj made a *pot of money. Out of a Pipe Line That Seeks Another j fteUl of Wabash, Ind., bit. 'll.—The great task of destroying an industry representing an outlay of $2,900,000 five yeatjs ago has been begun In the removal of the six-inch pipe line which j- starts in Nottingham township, Wells county, and runs westward 150 miles to the oil refineries at Momenee, Ills* The pipe will he used in new lines to Lima, 0., and Indiana oil will go east after this year instead of west. Five hundred men will be employed until midwinter In the work. The abandonment of the line, which i-was built by Michael and John Cudahy. ! is said to be due to its purchase by the j Standard Oil company, to compete with with which it was, constructed, . Through the transfer of the property j the Cudahys are said to have cleared I $1,000,000 each. The Kankakee re--1 fineries will be closed.

Gen. Hnrrlbnn’s Throwing Rprorl Dillsboro, Ind.. Oct. 11.—For many years it was claimed .that ex-President Benjamin Harrison was the only man who had ever thrown a stone over the Ohio river at the mouth of the Miami. Two years ago. Charles Junker, of U * (Dearborn) county, performed tfio feat, and a few days ago John Roup, also of this county, lupded a stone across the stream—a distance of 350 feet. ‘ Will T->arh Filipino Teachers. Richmond. Ind.; Get. 11.—Professor •T. E. Laugh, a member of the faculty of the Wisconsin State Normal school anfl a son of Captain and Mrs. William H. Laugh, of this city, has been nominated as principal in charge of the organization of a normal school at Manila, Philippine islands, at a salary of $3,500. Explosion of Cruile qilTsnk*. ■Marion, Ind., Oct. 11.—Two tanks containing 50(> barrels of crude oil •exploded on the Raker farm, eight miles east of here, at 4 p. m. yesterday. The tanks wore completely demoPshed. Five men who were working near the tanks were slightly Injured. The oil was the property of the Ohio Oil company. The cause is a mystery. Knr« Hloom At a Sol«llem* Horn*. Lafayette, lnd„ Oct. It. —The elepbant’e ear is a plant that seldom blooms. There are now two plants known ns the elephant’e ear at the Marion county cottage ot the Soldiers’ Home in bloom. The flower is of a bright straw color, and one is not yet fully opened. School Attendance Falling Off. Wabash, Ind., Oct. U.*—stnteSuperintendent Frank L. Jones rejmrts a remarkable falling off in the attendant at the rural schools over the state. In many places the pupils were so few that the district schools bad to he consold ia ted or abandoned. Heavy I’m k of fointtam. Wniiash, Ind., Oct. 11.—Northern lndiann canneries are closing the tomato season and the pack Is beyond ail precedent. The pack will reach nearly a million cans. * Hoosler Slate Short-Cut*. Mrs. Christina Watson, whose death occurred at Sullivan, was 71* years o.a. Rev. D. Powell, of the First Christian church of Portland, haw accepted n call to Ansonla, O. Miss Elixgbeth Stanley, of Richmond, Is preparing to Mil to Madres, as a missionary of the English Lutheran church. Edward Grfbben,’ of Watmah, a bridge contractor, while employed on a bridge near Delray, was killed by fall•lug tftnber. Burglars plundered Henry Henwinikle’s home at Krsklne station, near EvoiuvlHe,- of wedding gifts, hut tha stolen stuff was recovered In a gypsy camp.