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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1801.

ment of the legislation based upon pound policy and pool administration. There are facts connected with the case covered by the bill now before me which, in my Judgment, forbid its favorable consideration." The President then 'reviews the military record of Captain Wells, paying that in the fail of ISTu he was charged with conduct unbecoming an ollicer and a gentleman. The specifications were that while intoxicated he had violently assaulted other cfticers at Fort Fetterman. Wyoming, and struck one on the head with a billiard cue. Jiefore his trial he took advantage of an act Just passed to apply for his discharge, which was given him and the charges withdrawn. In 1 he was appointed a second lieutenant, against the protest of other ofllcrs, and in 17 was charged with being drunk on duty, and with conduct to the prejudice of srcod order and military discipline in refusing to promptly obey the command of his gurierior. and was court martialed and dismissed In 1W. The messace continues: Since that time repeated efforts have bepn made to vacate this judgment and restore the dismissed officer to the service. While a number of committees in Congress have made reports favorable to such action, at lnst two committees have recommended a denial of legislative relief. Roth of tr.-se reports were made on behalf of House committers on military affairs by distinguished soldiers, who. after patient examinati n. ami with nn inclination to be rot onlv just, but generous to a fellow-soldier, were constrained to recommend a iefuyal of the ajiplication for restoration. I ant impressed with the belief that legislation of the kind proposed is of extremesdoubtful expediency in any save very exceptional cases, and I am thoroughly convinced bv the fact? now before me that tre rli.-cipline and efficiency of our armv. as wdl as justice to Its meritorious members, does not permit my approval on any ground of the bill herewith returned." Till! CHICAGO i:IM.OSIOV.

Oftlclnl Statement of the !teu!t of an In et Inlloti. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. While the United States troops were In service during the strike at Chicago a caisson attached to a battery of artillery exploded, killing four soldiers. The cause of the accident was a mystery, und a thorough investigation was started, tirst by a court of inquiry appointed by General Miles and then by Captain Iiinnie. an expert in ordnance, at the direction of General Flagler, chief of ordnance. The reports from both sources l.avc reached the War Department, and the fell' wing official statement of the matter is given out: The explosion at Chicago resulted from defective plungers in the base percussion Lues of the three two-inch, shells. These piur.gers are cylinders of brass filled wdth lead, through which lead a iointed pin 1? forced bv pressure until the point is on the plane of the forward fare of the cylinder, while the other end of the pin projects about a quirter of an inch beyond the rear p'ane of th cylinder. This plunger is plxred in a cavity in the fuse plug, which plug is solid at the rear and contains a percussion eap-ule at the front. So lant; as the cylinder of the plunger does not move, the ioint cannot siriKc the percussion cats. When the gun is tired the leadti'.Ied brss cylinder ."dips do.vn over the pin. !t?iving Its point exposed. When, after tiring, the .h?H strikes a resisting object, the cylinder and pin ily forward, the point of the pin strikes the percussion capsule a.id the bursting chirge of the shell is igiMted. "I reussion shells having plungers of this kin.l h ivc been in use since 1&S7. KxaminatiD.T showed that Jostling in the chests, criirled probably with corrosion of the lead, had caused rome of the cylinders to jar down, leaving the points of the pins exposcil. In this condition a sudden jolt could have caused the explosion. Everything indicated tha.t the lif;ht artillery officers had iieI gr?it care with reference to the packing and transportation of their ammunition, and the defect discovered was one that they could not have been expected to anticipate. The defective fuses were manufactured at the Frankford arsenal in lSSS rnd the ordnance department accepts all responsibility for the disaster. Steps have ieen taken to Immediately remove all the defective fuses issued and to replace them by others containing a plunger operating upon (in entirely different principle, and it is believed that such an occurrence will in future be impossible." HOW'S THIS, DAM I EL f Intimation that Voorheen Is Standing In with the Whisky Trust. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. 1 Ind.. Aug. 7. The Whisky Trust has just made application to the collector of internal revenue to release the spirits now at the distillery, which means that about 00,000 tax will be paid at SO cents a gallon. A few weeks ago a local syndicate, headed by Crawford Fairbanks. Senator Voorhees's Intimate friend, took from the trust about six thousand barrels, paid the tax, a half million dollars, and stored the "goods" in the new so-called anti-trust distillery. Several weeks agj the Gazette, the Democratic organ at Senator Voorhees's home, said that the local whisky people had means of obtaining Inside information as to legislation on the whisky tax. Referring to the action of the trust now the Gazette says: "The application Is taken a3 an Indication that the gentlemen at the head of the whisky company are of the belief that the tariff bill will pass in its present form." Short SeNMlon of the Senate. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-The Senate held a short and uninteresting session today, adjourning at 2S0 p. m. The most important event In the clay's proceedings wa3 the passage of a resolution directing the President to take steps for the release of American citizens confined in the island of Cuba for participation in recent rebellions. The early adjournment was due to a desire to avoid Irritating remarks v.-.iich it was thought, on the Democratic s'dr. would probably b;? heard later in the day from Reoublican Senators and might leid to a debate which, at the present time, when feeling is running high, might prove disagreeable. There was also nothing before the Senate, except the calendar, wnich ccntiins a large number of bills that sone of the leuiiinsc Democratic Senators think might as well remain on the calendar. I tier's i:ill Ailvoentetl. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Mr.' Jeffries, the head of the contingent industrial army from the State of Washington, and several other commonwealers now stationed In the outskirts of Washington, was given a hearing by the Senate committee on education 'and labor to-day. They advocated the I'effer bill which provides for an issue of L'.(V,o.O) for the construction of Irrigation works In the arid retrion; for river anil harbor improvements and for the erection of public buildings and the Issuance or" treasury notes to pay for the same. Those who spoke were K. J. Jeffries, of Seattle. Wash.; Arthur VInette. of Los AngeloM. Cal. : A. Lawrence, of San Francisco; Charles Cammans, of Hutte, Mont., and Stewart Drown, of Pittsburg. Pa. Kick Case May He Investigated. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Steps were taken by the judiciary committee of the House to-day for an Investigation of the charges against Judge Augustus Ricks made by the Central Labor Union of Cleve land. It was arirued that no steps toward impeachment should be taken until more , was known of the matter, and the case was Tef erred to the subcommittee, of which Mr. Bail.fy is chairman, with directions to report a resolution for investigation. In accordance i.vith this action. Mr. Halley will introduce in the House a resolution authorizing the Judiciary committee to investigate the case. If the resolution is passed the investigation will probably be undertaken by subcommittee. Amendments to the llniikrnptey Mil. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Senator Gor man to-day offered additional amendments to the uniform bankruptcy bill as it passed the House. Preference to debts due to servants and laborers is limited to those for labor done within one year. Those debts due to any person arising from the debtors dealing with the person while a minor as executor or guardian are excepted from the preferences. Provision is made tor auditors to be appointed by courts for carrying out the business intrusted to them under the act and their powers and duties are denned. Oaths wiy be administered by authorized State officers. Dockets must be kept with records of cases. Japs (iinnot Hecome Citizens. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. The House committee on judiciary to-day oted against the admission of Japanese to citizenship. A bill introduced by Mr. Everett, of Massa chusetts, providing that Section 2163 of the Revised Statutes, shall not operate to ex:l;ide Japanese from naturalization, was 'ailed u. The sentiment of the committee eemd to be acainst any enlargement of naturalization privileges and the bill failed. Patents firitnted Indlnnltin. Ipeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-The following patents have been allowed for Indiana: Calvin F. Darnell and L. Koss, assignors ! to Indianapolis Lath Machine Company, U.Ux iOchinej George A. Dentelbeck. My -

hart, fence machine; Daniel M. Forsyth, j Frarklin, harness; Erastus II. Kunkle, asslgi r to himself and W. D. Rostick. F.rt Wayne, pop safety valve and muifler; Con- j ra'l Jaimm. G.irrptt. eaves trourh hancer: i

James J. Wood, Fort Wayne, electric transformer. Trade Mark Ariel Cycle Manufacturing Company. Goshen, bicycles, tricycles and like vehicles. Denied Iy Mr. Taylor. WASHING ON. Aug. 7. Mr. C. II. J. Taylor, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, whos2 name was mentioned by employes of the District as being connected with a subscription bureau which was demanding contributions for campaign purrose3, denies that he has any knowledge of such demands, and says that his name was used without authority. Iloue Adjourned Amid Cheers. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. After a rather uninteresting session the House adjourned at 2:13 p. m. Immediately on the adjournment the Clerk announced the call for a Democratic caucus at 3 o'clock. The announcement was greeted with cheers on the Republican side. DOMESTIC IMBROGLIO. Mr?. Sidney Drew Catches Her Husband with a Yomiqr Actress, NEW YORK, Aug. 7. The Press tomorrow will say: "Sidney Drew, son of Mrs. John Drew and brother of John Drew, himself a recognized actor, and his wife Gladys, daughter of McKee Rankin, and known to the stage as Gladys Rankin, are in a domestic imbroglio which threatens to culminate in the divorce court. Th? couple, wh!' h has been held up In the theatrical world a.s a model one, for some time had a skeleton in the closet In the shape of Miss Kloise Willis, a young actress Vi'ho played in a company with Sidney before his marriage. She has been living at the same hotel with the Drews, and Mr. Drew's attentions to her were distasteful to his wife. On Monday night, Mrs. Drew alleges, she heard considerable merriment in Miss Willis's room, and, opening the door unannounced, found her husband In the society of Miss Willis. Miss Guion and another young gentleman. A number of empty champagne bottles betokened the nature of the festivities. Mrs. Drew made accusations against her husband and retired to her own room, declaring she would reek a divorce at once. Mr. Drew would not discuss th-i affair. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Frank W. Hawley, of Rochester, has filed a claim against the State of New York for $3l,0)l damages for the killing by the State of 150 head of cattle, said to be affected with tuberculosis. John McClelland, of Sioux City, la., has been appointed receiver of the Underwriters' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The appointment wr.s made on application of" the Attorney-General of Iowa. Receiver Armstrong, of the Fidelity N'ational Rank, of Cincinnati, sent to Washington yesterday for approval papers announcing that he had $.41,000 ready to distribute pro rata to two thousand creditors on the 10th of this month. George II. Dickerman. of Brooklyn, has been given Into the custody of officers from Peoria, 111. Dickerman is under indictment at the latter place for bigamy. The complaining witness is a Miss Price, whose family is wealthy and of the best social standing in Peoria. Mrs. Adelaide Stock, thirty-five years old, has committed suicide at New York because of despondencv over the death of her two children. The children died within a few days of each other in July, and since then the mother has been melancholy. Standing before a mirror, she shot herself in the head. Braggio Turko, an Italian banker, has disappeared from Boston, and his bank is in charge of a keeper. Turko went away last Friday and his wife followed Saturday. This lea to an uprising of the depositors, who nave SiO.ouo in the bank, which forced a temporary suspension. It is said that Turko is in New York. Two Chicago girls Ida Dreyer and Hattie Johnson have been missing since Sun day and, it is feared, have committed sui cide, as they had been forbidden each oth er s cc i?any by relatives and, becoming despondent, the girls threatened to jump into tne iaKe together. The Columbus (O.) police have arrested J. G. McCloskey, a well-known operator of rsew lorK, and another operator named Mittellberger and J. Martin, a lineman, both of New York, for wire tapping, l'hay had tapped the Western Union wire tunning into the principal pool rooms through out the country. SEXATORlAL rOKEll. SerKennt-ut-AriuK llrijfltt Invent n Xew Game. Washington Special to New York Sun. Congressmen and high rollers generally about Washington are indulging in a ne.v variety of poker to while away the dog days and the monotonous tariff grind. The "loo loo game" is the title of this new diversion, and it is - alleged to have been fathered by Sergeant-at-arms Richard .1. Urleht, of the United States Senate. This official seems to have aspirations in the same line that made the late Gen. Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, famous. Kncouraged by the success which awarded the efforts of General Sehenek to give the American game of poker a world-wide reputation, the present ergeant-at-arms of the Senate has stt out upin a peker reform crusade, and the result i the startling Innovation which may ultimately result in the overthrow In the est of stud ioker. and of straight poker in the F-ast. i or Mr. bright s new version of how to play poker," a deck of fifty-three cards. Including the joker, is an absolute necessity. The uses to which the joker can be put are manifold, as will be shovn later on. IJefore a party of five or six gentle men sit down to play the loo loo same a few hints derived from personal contact wttn erereant-at-arms I'.right will be found Instructive a. well as interesting. To begin with, the joker can be made anything that the hokr may desire, till cut a pair, make up a Mush, a straight, or live aces. and as a matter of fact this one card can be- made a very valuable factor in onenimr ana cicsing jacK pots. w Having ulspesea of the joker, the next thing in order will be the arrangements of the combinations to be used in the loo loo game. .'First comes one pair, then two pairs. followed by a blazer. This consists of five court cards; for instance, a pair of kings, pair of queens and a knave, or jack. It takes three of a kind or better to brat a "blazer. Then comes a straight, which, in turn, beats thre ot" a kind, ami next in order is a "skip," composed of al ternating numbered cards: tor instance, three, rive, seven, nine, jack or knave. V hile holding hands of this new game it will not do for the fortunate possessor to overlook a "tilter," which com?s next after a skip and just ahead of a Mush. A tilter Is a hand In which a deuce Is the lowest card and a nine spot the highest card. It frenuentlv hainens that In the earlv stages of the game the novice is apt to overlook the value of a tilter. After the tilter comes a Mush, then .a full, four of a kind, straight Mush and a skip flush. In the case of the latter it is made up of alternate cards of the same suit, whether hearts, diamonds, clubs or spades, and is much harder to get than the plain skip m tne alternating numbers. Five of a kind will beat a skip Mush, and this is where the joker comes out strong. For. in an emergency, it can be the fifth ace. a fifth heart In fact, anything that is needed tomake up five of a-kind or color. Now comes the hand from which the game derives its name, loo loo, and this U brought about by means of a six-card draw. Whoever wants to make a loo loo throws away the five cards, or book, as it is known in poker, and draws six cards, with the expectation of making three pairs. Should the player be lucky enough to bring about such a combination in the six-card draw all that he has to do is to send his loo loo to the nearest brink savings, national or State where It will be found as good as a government bond for obtaining money from the bnk vaults. It is iosslble. but highly improbable, that more than one loo loo can be plajed in one evening where the gam? Is strictly on the square. I'p to date, however, no "one has s-nt a loo loo hand over to the Treasury Depart m?nt, which is presided over by a sc'.on of Kentucky who h supposed to "l an expert on all that pertains to the American came of poker. 1'nilure In the Dry (inotix Trade. NEW YORK. Aug. T.-Zelmor & Co.. r:tiil dry-goods dealers at No. '22 and 2 7 Sixth avenue, assicnel to-day. with a erence of 5:11.731. The firm of Zfirr r & fn. was established about two years a,TC. a:vl is one of th? largest dry-uood establishments on Sixth avenue. Mr. West neim-r. one of the hrm. said that fie liabiliMei would not exceed jMeC). T.'e nominal value of the stock, Mr. Westarin.rr thought, will likely cover the amount. ;o say nothing of the fixtures. The cause for the assignment is a number of suits instituted by small creditors. Convention of Dentist. FORT MONROK. Va.. Au 7. The National Association of Dentists was called to order at 10 o'cljck. About three hundred delegates were present. Dr. J. 1. Patterson, of Kansas City, president of the association, road h!s address Dr. Ilrause, 1 of Chicago, read an interesting papsr,

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ins riAGi:i ito a roxn rou a STICK OF DYNAMITE AM), AVOW! Lake of nturnl linn on Fire In Knko mo More OntrnKf" 1" Uraill StrikersPatriarch Militant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MFNCIE, Ind., Aug. 7. Farmer Sunderland, residing ten miles south of Muncie, In Henry county, was in Muncie yesterday, and related an exciting experience he had last Saturday while experimenting the result of exploding dynamite in his fish pond, in an effort to capture some of the big carp. He took a stick of the explosive, the size used under ordinary stumps, lighted a match to the fuse and threw;" it in the water. He had not noticed the presence of his faithful shepherd dog that stood by his side, eagerly watching fach movement, but the instant Mr. Sunderland tossed the stick of dynamite in the water the dog dashed in aftt-r it. and by going under a short distance seized the dynamite in his mouth and swam to shore to lay it at his master's feet. Mr. Sunderland quickly discovered that this would never do, and he broke for a near-by fence, with the dog close at his herds with the infernal cartridge in his mouth. Sunderland succeeded in getting on the fence when the explosion occurred. A big hole . was torn out of th? earth and the fence knockel down for rods, but the man was not injured. The dog, Fldo, needed no funeral, as not enough of him could be found to make a decent grease spot. HOONlCIt ROAD ACHATS. Wild Story of tin Attempted Hold-Up nt KesMler AkuIii. CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 7. Lake Shore express train No. 12, arriving from the West, puffed into the Union Station this morning, after having enjoyed a most thrilling experience on the plains, of Indiana. An attempt was made late last night to hold up the tra.'n at Kessler, Ind., on the Identical spot that the train was held up last fall. The train was just approaching a split switch at Kessler when the engineer noticed that the switch was turned so as to run the train on the siding. A big obstruction of ties and lumber was plied on the siding, a few rods ahead of his engine. The obstruction did not appear to be Impassable and the engineer put on all the steam and dashed through the obstruction, passing safely on the main track, through the split switch at a high? rate of speed. As the train passed the engineer noticed a group of masked men and. as the engine cleared the track of .all obstacles, the would-be road agents fired several shots into the train. The United States express car was attached to the train and had on board a large amount of money. It is thought that this was known to the desperadoes who attempted to hold up the train. It was almost a year ago that bandits tried to hold up this same train at Kessler. The train reached Cleveland this morning on time Tried to Wreck n l'nnliaiidle Train. CHICAGO, Aug. 7. An attempt to wreck a Panhandle passenger train was partially successful, last night, when an east-bound train was crossing the other tracks near Dlller street. It was section three of Train 10, bound for Columbus and the Kast. A baggage car and express car were derailed. The tower man at Diller streetstates that an unknown man threw a switch after the engine and mall car had passed over it. The train of seven coaches and one Pullman was going at a rate of about five miles an hour, but the shock as the train came to a stop, was sufficient t:. throw passengers from their seats. The crash created commotion among the passengers. There were cries of alarm and irreat confusion, but no one was seriously injured. The baggage and exnress cars, however, were crushed together and badly damaged. AX IXCKXDIAItY'S WOUK. Number of Hullil tnr Ilnriied nt MliieNvllle, Causing Loss of $ 1,000. Special to the Ind'anapolls Journal. SPENCER, Ind.. Aug. 7. An incendiary' fired the barn of Steve Sczwatski at Stinesville, last night. Intending to burn two saloons adjacent, but the wind blew the flames in another direction, and destroyed the following property: House, barn and carpenter shop of Frank Moore; loss. $3.jo, with no insurance; grocery of John Easton, hardware and postofnee of Clel Easton, Odd Fellows and Town Hall combined, with insurance of $1,CC0, being near the full value. The barn of Millard Easton, the contents of the grocery, hardware and postofilce buildings were saved. Total loss about $12.C(J0. Threshing Outfit Destroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Aug. 7. A separator, straw stacker and entire threshing outfit belonging to the Wright brothers was destroyed by fire last niyht, entailing a loss of nearly $3.XK. Th straw ami much of the unthreshed grain was destroyed. INDIANA DEATHS. Frederick Eckhtirt, Wealthy Fort Wiiyne HuMlne Mnn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Aug. 7. The community was startled this afternoon to learn of the death, at Mount Clemens. Mich., of Frederick Eckhart, caused by congestion of the brain. By his own perseverance Mr. Eokhart had risen from a butcher's boy to one of the wealthiest citizens of northern Indiana. He had erected large business blocks here, which will live as a monument to his work. His pork-packing establishment at the end of West Main street is one of the most extensive and best paying institutions of the city. His forture was estimated at .j0,000. He was a director of the Hamilton Bank and interested in other bank His wife and family resided in a comfortable home on East Wayne street. For several years past his two sons, Henry and Fred Elkhart, jr., have managed branches of the extensive pork-packing business, which is known all over Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Fort Wayne has lost a most enterprising and progressive citizen. DESPERATE HIIAZIL STRIKERS. Two Hrldfte Unmet! nnI Conductor Stevenion Shot At. Special to the lndianaro"s Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Aug. 7. Last night, bridge No. 3, north of here, on the C. & I. C, was discovered on fire. Early this morning, a bridge west on the old peavine, also a branch of the C. & E. I. system, was greatly damaged by fire. The burning of these two bridges absolutely blockaded all trainc on this branch of the road for twelve hours. It is believed to have been the work of strikers or their sympathizers. Conductor Stevenson, of the south-bound passencer on the C. & E. 1.. was shot at. last evening, near Coal Bluff, and the bullet closely grazed his head. Fifty business men have been sworn in as United States deputies, and a strong effort will be made to ferret out the case. Smith, the man who came here from Chicago sometime aar-i to take a position on the C. & E. I., and was attacked and driven out of town and badly beaten, is in the city and will endeavor to Identify his assailants. The court of Inquiry is at work, bu: all the proceedings are tecret. The Vnndalla 1 Fnlr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Aug. 7.-A committee of Vandalia employes who went on strike called on General Manager Williams to-day. They first asked what he would do if the local union, which is Debs's home union, would docl.ire th strike oft. Mr. Williams said he wouldn't do anything. Finally the men asked it to.ey could go ba-k to work. They wtre toll tint they are cut off the service of the company, and that tb'-y mut make application to the if -ecl've heads of departments, the sane as anvon.-' rise se?Uing employment. Mr. WiiJi-.ms sail thr was no bUck lis:, n.r vould the ldj men b restored at the injury cf anyone now in tr.e employ of tae company. PATIllAItCIIS MILITANT. (inuul Council of the Imllnun Department l'loeil nt Mluooil. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., Aug. 7. The annual session of the Grand Council of the Indiana Patriarchs Militant. I. O. O. F., came to a close this evening, after a most Important mc:tlng. Many new cantons were reported organized th. pat year axd busi

ness is In good shape. The decision was reached to go to Chattanooga as a department, and not as a separate canton. The election of ofiicers resulted in th: selection of the following: Oen. W. W. Canada, department commander, Winchester: Gen. J. E. Bodine, department vice command ?r, Indianapolis; Lieut. Col. J. M. Longe, department clerk. Sullivan: Col. R. W. Vanvalzah, department treasurer, Terre Haute; Col. J. N. Nuzum. departmrnt officer of day. El wood; W. F. Menning, sentinel, Indianapolis. Among the notable persons present besides the above were W. H. Iedy, J. G. Stokfr. Gen. W. H. Foster. W. H. Wise. T. W. Keiser and W. H. Relnharmer. The city has been filled with the patriarchs, whose comfort was carefully looked after by Col. J. N. Nuzum. captain of Canton El wood, the champion canton of the world. The council aft?r appointing the various committees and transacting the annual business of the department was -shown over the city and witnessed the industrial concerns that give employment to th? thousands of laborers in this city. T1EA11 AXI) IIYKXA.

The Two Are nt Larue Terrorizing; People enr Torre Ilntite. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Aug. 7. All of Sugar Creek township across the Wabash river from the city Is excited over the appearance of a hyena and bear, which have been after the domestic animals and fowls, and yesterday scared a man and woman who were driving on a much-frequented highway. Terre Haute huntsmen went to Sugar Creek to-day to get a shot at thia rare game. The hyena Is supposed to have escaped from Sells Brothers' menagerie, when the show was at Paris. 111.. a month or more ago. The bear is thought to be one which a physician at Robinson, HI., had more or less subdued. The bear .as first seen about three weeks ago. three miles from Terre Haute, when it killed a small hog in a barnj-ard. A few days later, two dogs which had given battle to the bear, were nearly torn to pieces. Hen roosts were depleted every night and the families feared to leave their homes after nightfall. Yesterday the bear confronted Mr. Louis Corbin, and Mrs. Marrs, who were driving to the city. The horse became frightened and ran away as did the bear when It saw what mischief it had caused. The hyena has killed seven dogs. The farmer in whose woods the hyena makes its hiding place, says it has caused him a good deal of annoyance by killing bis fowls. Ed. Fetzel, the gunsmith, who was one of the party of hunters. says he saw the bear twice, but the distance was too great for a shot. A lltllXIXG LAKE. YVhnt Followed nn Attempt to Clean Oat u Gum Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. 7. The Kokomo Natural-gas and Oil Company has an elephant on its hands in the shape of an uncontrollable gas well in the central part of the city. A few weeks ago the company, under the impression that the well had gone dry, attempted to pull the casing. The pipe broke in two about 400 feet down, making it impossible to remove the lower portion or replace the top half. While pulling the tubing the workmen were driven from the place by a tremendous rush of gas and water from the well, which shot high In the air and took fire. The immense flow of water formed a small lake, which is kept in constant turmoil, like a boiling cauldron, by the gas rushing through the water. It is a veritable geyser, with gas burning about it, endangering the houses and killing the trees In the vicinity. Paint on houses a block away is blistered by the heat, and it "nas developed into a dangerous nuisance. The City Council Monday nlcht gave the company Ie;'il notice to capture the monster, if possib.v.-. but this will have no effect. Since the tubing is broken in the well and cannot be replaced, there is no way to secure control of the well. The company sees no way but to let the well exhaust Itself, and this may require years. The well, thought to have failed, was only obstructed at the bottom, the obstruction being removed by the attempt to draw the iron casing. Xevr Religion Association. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GOSHEN. Ind., Aug. 7. At a called meeting of representatives of the Church of Christ of northern Indiana, southern Michigan and northwestern Ohio a permanent organization was effected of the Educational, Sanitarium and Home Association of this church, and the capital stock of the company placed at $100,000, divided into shares of ilO each. The object of the organization is the immediate establishment of a sanitarium and hospital, and, later on, the permanent endowment of a school and charitable institution. The location of the association was left an open question, to be decided by the executive committee after correspondence with representative citizens of certain eligible sites in the district. Revs. A. S Rlggs, of this city. Dr. Dowllng and Rev. W. N. Arnold, of Kendall vllle, were constituted the executive committee, with instructions to at once proceed to locate the association and tile articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State. Flan: for Mnneie Fenelhle. Special to the Indianapolis JoarnaU MUNCIE, Ind.. Aug. 7.-From four to five thousand people gathered at the east side of the public square to-night, at 7:30 o'clock, and witnessed the presentation of a beautiful silk flag to the Muncie Fencibles, Company G, Fourth Regiment, State militia. The banner was donated by Muncie business men and manufacturers, and, although it is but six by seven feet In :ize, it cost ?5. The presentation speech by Joseph G. Iertler was a bit of eloquence on patriotism, "the young man, who is prominent in State Sons of Veterans work, fairly outdid himself. Captain T. K. Helnpohn responded, thanking the donors. The Muncie company was the only one called on to use it:? guns or bayonets during the late trouble at Hammond, or East Chicago, and the fiag is donated in honor of the excellent manner in which the young men represented Muncie and the State. Prieat Eneharist L.enne. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Aug. 7. The American branch of the Priests Eucharist League is holding its first convention at Notre Dame, near this city. About two hundred members of the Catholic clergy are present, including Archbishops Elder, of Cincinnati, and Katzer, of Milwaukee; Bishops Chattrd. of Vincennys: Richter, of .Milwaukee: Ilademacher, of Fort Wayne, snd Mcsmer, of Green Bay, Wis., and Father Didier. of Baltimore, representing (Ordinal Gibbons. The order includes about 2.9"" priests and was founded in 1S81. This meeting 1s to arrange for a large congress in the nevj: future. Papers relating to the oblects ot the order were read to-day. The reunion will conclude to-morro.v. An Injunction nt 1 A. M. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUXCIE, Ind., Aug. 7. The WarrenScharff Asphalt Paving Company did not tear up street-railway tracks and begin paving on North Walnut street this morning, as ordered to do by the City Council last night. After the Council meeting Judee Moons was secured and the Streetrailway Comnanv had a restraining order I issued after midnight and served on Super intendent i;rown. or tne paving company, at the Klrby House, at 4 o clock this morning, preventing the company from molesting the tracks until after the case is heard in court next Friday. In the meantime the .vork already begun will be finished. Catholic Benevolent Legion. Special to th Indianapolis Journal HUNTINGTON, Ind., Aug. 7. The State convention of delegates of the Catholic Benevolent Legion is in session here. Judge Williams, of Union City, in the chair, and John G. No!!, of Fort Wayne, secretary. Councils are represented from the following cities: Elkhart, Michigan City, Fort Wayne. Rushville. Union City. Kokomo, Kentland, Plymouth, Dafayette, El.vood, Decatur, Legansport and Delphi. High mass was celebrated at the cathedral in the morning and Rev. Father Graham, of Antwerp. .. delivered an ad lre.-s. A reception vas given at the legion hall thi. evening. The fusions are secret. Trifled with Her ileitrt. HAMMOND. Ind.. Aur 7. Miss May Livingston. oiw of Crown Point's belles, to-day began a breach of rromlsc suit against Prof. George W. Christie, of Hobart. placing damages at S10.000. The fair plaintiff alleges that the Professor has trifled with her affections for the past two years. Sensational developments are expected. Mi Dntutige Suits for $10,000. Special to the Indianaoolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 7. Six damage suits, each for $10,0O. were filed in the Circuit Court to-cUy against the Alexandria Mining and Exploring Company by John Irish. repres?nting as administrator the estate of Ora E. Ball, Charles Hoover, Jesse Harroll and Henry Bohyer, who were

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killed In the natural-gas explosion at Alexandria last March: also, for William Pyle i and Hiram Heard, who were injured at tne same time. The suits are based on the ground of improper piping. The explosion was one of the worst that ever occurred in the gas belt. MinisterM Want Education. Special to the Indianapoll3 Journal. MITCHELL Ind., Aug. 7. A number of students of Rev. W. H. Krutsinger's Young Ministers' Training School met here to-day and organized a literary congress for the purpose of improving themselves in the knowledge of literature. Officers were elected as follows: Rev. W. H. Krutsinger, of Ellettsville. president; Rev. L.ltina Adamson, of Hertford, vice president; Dudley Wharton, of Ellettsville, treasurer: Rev. Jackson, of Terre Haute, and Rev. L F. Martin, of Mitchell, secretaries. To Keep Filth from the filter. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. YORKTOWN, Ind.. Aug. 7. The Yorktown strawboard works are meeting with so much success that they have now commenced a new six-acre filtering reservoir, through which all water used by the factory will pass before entering White river, thus doing away with all damage to the fish of that stream, a precaution forgotten by many strawboard -.vorks hereabouts. Forty-Five Yearn Knouicli for Her. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 7. Amanda M. Olleman has just filed suit for divorce from her husband, Ezra A. Olleman, after having lived with him for forty-five years and reared a family. The Ollemans are among the most prominent In the county. He is wealthy, and she asks for $5,000 alimony. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. Aetv OH Company Formed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind., Aug. 7. George W. Thompson. Fred E. Hoden and John M. Boden have 1 filed articles of association, under the name of the United Oil Company. The capital stock is J10.000. The company is to operate in Grant, Huntington and Wells counties. AVhent Crop Ilurned I'p. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Aug. 7. Fire destroyed William Carroll's wheat crop south of this city this evening, together with the engine, threshing machine and wagons. Fire caught from the engine. Loss, $3.5tX. MIhh Sparkn Wanted to Die. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WILKINSON, Ind., Aug. 7. A daughter of James Sparks, four miles northwest of this place, took a spoonful of concentrated lye this morning with suicidal intent. Disappointment in love affairs was the cause. Drs. llanna and Litus saved her life. Farm Residence Destroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WILKINSON, Ind., Aug. 7. The residence of W. F. Johns, three-fourths of a mile east of this place, burned tills morning. Loss, ?1,000, with $000 insurance in the Hancock County Mutual Company. Deentur Clcrnr Mun Fnlln. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Aug. 7. M. L. Byers. an extensive wholesale cigar manufacturer of this city, failed to-day. His main creditors are wholesale tobacco dealers of Cincinnati. J Other IJeMths. PLYMOUTH, Ind.. Aug. 7. Col. Hugh B. Dickson, a former resident of this city, died at the home of his son, Mr. Lott Dickson, at Englewood, IJ1.. Sunday. He was about seventy-three years old. His funeral was held in this city to-day at the residence of the Hon. D. McDonald, his nephew. Colonel Dickson's acquaintance . extended over the entire State of Indiana. He was in the hardware business many years in this city, after which he moved to Indianapolis, and represented the Oliver Chilled Plow Company as State agent. Iater he was at the head of the Dickson Storage Company. YORKTOWN, Ind.. Aug. 7. John W. Harmon, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Delaware county, died at his residence, near Yorktown, this morning, after being ill a short time of dropsy. He was born in Maryland Sept. 1, 1S23, and came to Indiana a poor boy in 1838. By Industry he accumulated about six hundred acres of land. Indiana Xoten. Boone county commissioners will build a new county infirmary to cost $23,000. Dr. William H. Moler was probably fatally injured in a runaway at Lebanon Monday night. The eighth annual reunion of the Sixteenth Indiana will be held at Pendleton, Tuesday, S?pt. 18. Thomas Hardy, secretary, will furnish information. The seventy-ninth anniversary of mother Zereida Wallace was celebrated at Plymouth Monday evening by a reception and banquet given by the W. C. T. L, at the residence of the president, Mrs. Eva II. Plain. Recitations were given by Miss Chase and Miss Angle Thayer, after which Prof. Jacob Martin, ex-Senator Charles H. Reeve, H. G. Thayer. Mrs. M. E. Hume, of Plymouth, and Mrs. Jennie Erwin, of Bourbon, ipoke. At the general Sunda? ohool conference of Western Yearly M. ng of Friends Church the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "We believe the saloon and liquor traffic to be the open enemy of the church, the Sunday school and all Christian work: therefore, revolve J, that we will work for its overthrow and entire prohibition in our country, and that when we go to the ix)Ils we will vote as we feel the Ixrd Jesus Christ would have us vote." CHINA'S WAR PREPARATIONS. They "Were Hean Loiik Aro, AccordliiKT to n Consul's Report. New York Herald. Evidence is not wanting to show that the war between China and Japan has been foreseen and prepared for several years. According to a rciort received at the State Department from Consul Jacob Child, at Hankow. China began to prepare for war as far back as Wi. In that document the consul calls attention to the fact that vast rolling mills and arsenals are approaching completion in Hanyan, opposite Hankow. Consul Chilis says: "One of the marvels of this marvelous country is the vast rolling mills and arsenals now approaching completion in Hanyan, a city opposite Hankow, on the Han side, erected under the auspices of Chang Laz Tung, Viceroy of Huph and Hunan. The plant covers about seventy acres. dth a railroad one and one-half miles in length, from the Yangtse river to the works and thence to the Han river, with an incline from the top of the Yangtse bank to the water, where powerful machinery is located to draw the cars up a steep incline of about three hundred feet to the level. "The works were designed by an English engineer on a most gigantic scale, and In their fitting up nothing but the most modern and improved machinery has been imported, mainly from England. The buildings are, unfortunately, located in a valley liable to overflow, and their foundations have been raided fifteen feet, consisting of a bed of concrete made of brick, stone and Portland cement, covered with a layer of earth, the whole of which -a'as carried in baskets by coolies the labor of thousands of men. The work was commenced in 1S31 and i3 as yet far from completion, as much of the machinery is still in boxes. "There are four Immense hot-air furances, two Iarne steam hammers and immeasurable rollers, with all the appendages for manufacturing railroad Iron, which is the main object of the rection of th3 plant. Large quantities of Chinese Iron ;.re now in the yard, with some English Iron for binding purjoes, and coke Is being imported from Wales to le used temporarily in the construction of rails as soon as the machinery can bo put in operation, ps a tet of what the foundry can do. The ?hed, covered with corrugated rooflnc. cover an area of twenty acres. The smelters are of the most improved patterns and a Hrge furnace is nearly completed for the manufacture of Bessemer steel. The molding and pattern shops are as complete as they can be and large elevators are placed in various buildings for hoisting material. In fact, if ever finished, it .v 1 1 be one of the most complete rolling mills In the world, as expense seems to have been a secondary consider ition In the erection of this immense establishment. It is estimated by the experts in such matters to have cost so far not less than JS.yoooo. and it will cost at least Jl.0u0.w0 nici . to complete it. "Once in operation. It Is the Intention of the Viceroy to manufacture everything in the Iron line ordnance, rails, machinery, small arm3. etc The arsenals are about

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complete and machinery will soon le set up for the manufacture of arms and ammunition. A number of skilled workmen are now en route here for the purpose of instructing the native artisans and of arranging everything in working order. "The two buildings, covering an area of about four acres, are substantially constructed ai:d display great skill on th part of the architect and builder. They are fitted up with large engines and ihe rrwst improved machinery, and everything that th? ingenuity of the machinist cm conceive to be necessary In such an establishment has been purchased in order to mak it a success. The.nvexage Chinaman looks upon these modern wonders with sto'.id countenance and turn.3 away with the idea that the Viceroy must he hypnotized by the foreigner, to put so much cash Into an undertaking from xhioh' he can roe no outcome, and this view is taken by some of the foreigners that have visited the works. "Taken all in all. it is the most progressive movement so far made in China for the purpose of manufacturing arms, steel rails and machinery'. a.s the plant is a perfect one." IICIIIND THE THRONE. Younic Men Who Serve Cleveland' Cnhlnet Oflicer. Washington Special to Boston Advertiser. There are some interesting young men in Washington who are in the outer ring of the Cabinet circle, that is. are behind the thrones cf the Cabinet officers. T.i Cabinet private secretaries are ail young men. younger than they have been for several administrations. And with these young men lies great power. At the State Department, behind Secretary Oresham's throne. Is Kenesaw Landis. He is a lawyer, and Gresham has known him ever since he was a boy. In fact. Gresham and Landis, sr., are the greatest of chums. Secretary Lamont tells his thoughts to John Seager, a twenty-four-year old youn man. He used to be stenographer to V. Whitney, and Whitney recommended him to Lamont. Seager knows New York politics as well as his chief, and does many a political errand in that Slate fur th administration. Secretary Herbert's private secretary Is Lewis Finney, a young Virginian. He used to hold this position to Assistant Secretary Soley. when the Boston man was running things at the Navy Department. The private secretary to Secretary of Agriculture Morton Is a reU baron. His name is J. S. Charieson. He Ij a Swede and a graduate of a German university. He speaks English with a peculiar accent, and is a lawyer as well as a private secretary. Three of the secretaries are newspaper men. At Secretary Carlisle's elbow In the Treasury Department sits II. W. Van Senden, who was an editor out in Kentucky, when he was selected by Mr. Carlisle. Van Senden expects to come to Congress from his district as soon as he finisnes in the Treasury Department. Hoke Smith took as his secretary the yountr man who was the Washington correspondent of his paper, the Atlanta Journal, and Postmaster-general Bissell took a young man namJ Reckard from one of the Washington pipers. Although W. C. Endlcott. jr.. of Boston, is now pardon clerk in the Department of Justice, yet he really acts still ls the private secretary to Attorney-general Olney. He is the social light of the group, is a lawyer and has been In the ortiee of his father in Boston. , QUE EN OF COREA. She Sided with China nnd Caused (he Prenent Wnr. Near York Recorder. At present there is onlv one cadet at th Naval Academy, Motohiko Taka.saki, win is new a member of the first class, and will return to Japan next summer. Cadet Takasaki is a scion of a noble .lapanetsu family, very near to the throne. Cade l Takasaki returned to the academy on tht Bancroft to-day and left shortly after fci Washington. He talks interestingly of th present trouble between China and Japan, and brings forward some fac:s which may r.ot yet be known in this country. The King and Queen of Coiea. he s-ays, are of difierent partus, the former liberal and siding .ith Japan; the latter, who U a great power, conservative, and more In harmony with the Chinese. The Quea has tilled the responsible positions in the kingdom with persons of her own partv, and this is what led to the revolt which precipitated the whole contest. China aided the Queen nd landed force in Corca, thus breaking the treaty which prevail between these two countries, and Japan al once went to war, and has thLs far been successful, slnklrg one of China's bct war ships and also some transports. As to the outcome of the war, things ar doubtful. China's navy before the recent sinkings outnumbered Japan's two to on , and this is a disadvantage which it wiii be Interesting to see whether the c jperi- r enlightenment and courage of the Jajane.-(j can offset. Obituary. EDINBURGH. Aug. 7. G. H. Underwood. United States consul at Leith, the seaport of this city, died here this afternoon of blood poisoning. Mr. Underwood's death, was not unexpected, as ho had been suffering for some time past. r". H. Underwood had been for some years in the consular service in which he had gained a high reputation. He was originally appointed consul at Glasgow in President Cleveland's ttr3t administration. July C. 1S85, and went out of office in Juiy, 1S9. He was appointed consul at Leith. June 8, 1S33. He was a resident of Boston and had done considerable literary work there. He was appointed consul "through the influence of Josiah Qulncy. PARIS, Aug. 7. Augustus Nicolai Gain, the sculptor, is dead. Jamestown Elks Worsted. BUFFAEO. Aug. 7. Judge Ward to-day dissolved the injunction recently issued tn petition of that Grand Lodge cf Elks known as the Jamestown body, restraining the Atlantic City body from do!n business. The decision is a bad defeat for the Jamestown faction. LTi V M.WS uiL. Prof. William II. De Motte will conduct a gospel meeting this evening at No. 1572 North Illinois street, just north of Twentysecond street. Owing to the absence from the city of a number of the members of the Training School for Nurses board the business meeting to have been held to-diy will b? postponed till next month. Rev. I. T. Lecett, of North Vri.on. Ind., who had his leg broken by liing thtown from an electric tv.r July H, at the north eirl of th? Nortn Indianaj-ol s line, is rf covering slowly. The local branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers has Issued a small book containing much useful postal information. An excellent likeness of Postmaster Sahm adorns one of tne pages. A meeting of the Woman's Council was called for yesterday morning, but there not being a quorum the meeting was adjourned. There were reports from the several committees expected, but all action was deferred. The lawn fete for the benefit of the Friends' Boarding Home for Girls will b given this evening at the residence of William I. Pyle. 4S2 College avenue. Ihera will be muMc by Professor Hume's orchestra. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder Most Perfect MadeKational Mi Mi VROICDMBOX PiPE ros Ga s, Stf am a it dWaiet Mft!Ht:e Iran n;t:iir IhUcfc n nd fulTaulrtii. V r. Hiop 0-k. Kitr LS iivo I'-vgy cut:rA. Vir. c4 W ri.il tul lf.r Wrisilio. st-aii Trpi, ;u .-, UNbi.a xi-t-i s-L .irr va: &nd o:. re i v lac V ail', aj'l itn-!-u i Ui ciir uu t (a. K.M ll.Vnl .'.ic. ii ja 'it' ll wi i' '' tr-MV-hf:4in Al'U'tBt !"t PnlMio r iilna r . Mil-, Kwc'rirm Iah:rtrie. luUr Hr.-hvu-. ?o. Tut I.H l hrr:.t to or r ay w oiaMitia X'i-N trvui 7 inca to U I .!. d:arater. Knijrht & JilJsom 75 an t 77 ft. 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