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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1894,

GEN. I P. BAMS DEAD

Demise of an Eminent Massachusetts Statesman and Soldier. Snffered Nearly Two Years, Began to Fail Mentally a Few Months Ago, and Died Yesterday Morning". HIS CAREER IX CONGRESS Memorable and Successful Contest for Speaker of the House. His War Services Cut Short by ResignationDeath of Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa's Famous War Governor. WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 1. General Nathaniel P. Banks, soldier and statesman, died at his home, on Main street, this city, shortly before 8 o'clock, thl3 morning, from hra!n trouble, after a long illnesa. f or nearly two years the General has been a sufferer, but he was not taken seriously i:i until about a week ago. Early this sum mer he began to fail mentally, and was taken to the home of his daughter, the wife of the Rev. Paul Sterling, at Mount Deer isle, Maine, for the summer. Three weeks ago his condition became more serious and he was brought to his home here, lie grew worse, and he was then taken to the McLean ylum. at Somervllle. He succumbed rapidly, and when he could not recognize members of his family it was decided by the physicians that nothing could be done for him, and yesterday he was con veyed to his home once more. He began to sink rapidly, and at 6 o'clock last evening it was evident the end ??a.s fast approaching. Mrs. Banks, with the General's daughter Maud and his niece. Miss Sybil Banks, were at his bedside constantly until his death. At midnight he became unconscious and slosviy lost his strength until the hour of his. death. The end came very quietly, and those gathered about the dying General were hardly aware when he passed away. On the announcement of General Banks's death the flag3 of the public building3 In this city were displayed at half mast, and. on every side evidence of the respect In which the General is held is conspicuous. The funeral will taKe place Tuesday afternoon, under the direction of Mayor Warden and Colonel Stevens. On Monday afternoon the body will be escorted to Asbury Temple by a detail of the G. A. U., inhere it will lie in state until Monday evening. On Tuesday afternoon, at 1:43, brief servvices will be held at the residence, after which the body will again be borne to Asbury Temple, where the public services will be held. An Eventful Career. Follow the course of the C. u's river from Massachusetts bay out . 1 w rh the meadows In front of Longfellov .J mansion in Cambridge, through W. - own, a distance of ten miles, and you w : 'orae to the town of Waltham. It was in that town that Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was born on Jan. 30, 1816. Ilia father was a carpenter In poor circumstances, unable to give his children an extended education. At a tender age Banks was set to work In the cotton mill in the town. When hardly out of his teens he manifested a taste for oratory, and the strongest feature of his personality was his wonderful voice. In addition to his magnificent voice his personality was attractive. As straight as an Indian, his well-knit frame proclaimed perfect health and a robust manhood, while his finelyshaped head well set off his broad, square shoulders.' His hair was as white as the driven snow, but the mustache and imIerial which he wore made him look fully a dozen years younger than he really was. From the workshop in the mill to his election us a member of the Legislature from -his native town, thence upward to the speakership of the Massachusetts House. the gubernatorial chair. to Congress, and the speakership of the national House . of Representatives General Banks's career was rapid He first went to Congress in 18."3 as a coalition Democrat. He identified himself with the Knownothing partv and was overwhelmingly re-elected in After a contest of nine weeks he was elected Speaker of the House on the 131 ballot. After th House had become well-nigh exhausted in Its efforts to elect a Speaker, it adopted the plurality rule in order to put an end to the prolonged contest. At this point a powerful effort was made to unite th opposition against General Banks by making Gov. Aiken his rival, ami had not six members then belonging to the Knownothing party refused to voie for him he would have been chosen. Tremendous excitement followed the declaration by the tellers that Banks had been chosen. Dr. Marshall, a fire-eating member from Kentucky, offered a resolution declaring Howell Cobb, of Georgia, elected Speaker. Keitt, of South Carolina, seconded the motion in one of his fiery, ranting harangues. For a few moments everything indicated the breaking up of the proceedings by a light upon the floor of the House, when Governor Aiken mounted his eeat. and. in a voice that rang out above the fury of the storm, declared X. P. Banki elected Speaker, and that he would personally conduct him to the chair. The Southerners quailed before the voice of their chosen leader, and for a moment their fury and rant was hushed into silence, and, seizing the opportunity. Governor Aiken and ex-Speaker CoLb. of Georgia, escorted Banks to the Sneaker's chair, when a shout went up from freedom's champion on the first great Republican victory achieved in the Nation. Unquestionably Banks was in the zenith of his fame as Speaker of the national House of Representatives. So well titted was he for this position, and so extended became his fame, that in 1800 he was one of the candidates for the presidential nomination, receiving a respectable' number of votes on the preliminary ballots at the convention In Chicago The American party dissolved after Banks was made Speaker in Congress, and he became a Republican, returning to Congress in 1S.T7 by a larger majority than ever. He Tesigned to accept the governorship of MasFaehusetts, and was re-elected Governor In and 18.19. In ISSO he followed Gen. (then Captain) George B. McClellan as pres'dent of the Illinois Central railroad. When the civil war broke out he was commissioned major general of volunteers, and took the command of the Fifth Corps In the Army of the Potomac. His military record is dim and uncertain, and suffers In comparison with his civil career. It was as Representative or Congress from the Fifth district that be lived the most remarkable portion of h's active public life Never was a member of Congress worFhiped as Banks. His appearance in a public meeting was the signal for the wildest demonstrations of applause, and whoever had the platform he was obliged to subfide until Banks had been heard from. Many a. time he has been borne up and tfown Washington street in Waltham on the shoulders of his wild nnd faithful supporters, and often he secluded himself to escape the pent-up enthusiasm of his friends There was something In the man that eeemed to enthuse the masses. He bolted the Republican ticket in 1S72 and supported Greeley for President. Then it was said that Banks's day had come. His opponents were wrong In their reckoning. As the nominee of the Independents and Democrats in 1ST4 Banks received a tremendous vote and was returned to the House. Later he came back into the Republican fold, when he failed to get the nomination by a single vote. General Banks's 111 luck struck him during the war. His first active service was on the upper Potomac and In the Shenandoah valley, a part of his corp acquitting itself well at Winchester. March 23. lf.rj. He was left with about eight thousand men to guard the Shenandoah, and to the tender mercy of Stonewall Jackson who. with the whole rebel corns, fell on General Banks's command, which barely escaped being totally captured by hard . fighting and a good retreat across the Potomac at Front Royal. May 2G. lsZ2. General Banks made a good fight at Cedar Mountain, holding out against largely ruperlor forces until reinforce 1. In the fall he was placed In command of the defenses at Washington while the secret preparations for the armv to New Orleans were going on. lie took command of the expedition that sailed from New York in November, and on reacning Ner Orleans succeeded General Butler in command of the department. Then came Ms unfortunate expedition up the Red riroTv Backed by a powerful ileot he was

forced to retreat and give up the plan of taking western Louisiana. These expeditions were taken against General Banks's advice, but that did not relieve him of the storm of criticism for their failure. During hi3 command of the Department of the Gulf he endeavored to reorganize the civil government of Louisiana, but did not accomplish It in a manner satisfactory to the people of the State. He was relieved of his . command in May. 1S6 1, resigned his commission and returned to Massachusetts, where he was again elected to Congress several times. General Banks's home life has ever been happy and harmonious. The lady he chose for a life partner was every way worthy to share his honors in the higher circles of society In this country and in Europe when distinction and honor had come to her husband. She, too. In her youthful days was employed in the cotton factory at Waltham. General Banks's family consisted, besides hl3 wife, of two daughters and one son. The daughters, during their residence in Washington, were much admired . for their beauty and accomplishments. Indeed, they have both been belles at the capital. The eldest was married several years ago to the Rev. Paul Sterling, an Episcopal clergyman, and is now a resident of Ohio. The younger daughter, Maud, 13 a pronounced brunette. She has exceptional talent and has become an accomplished actress. She made her debut in 1SS6 as Parthenla in "Ingomar." She has devoted the last year or two to a higher class of work among women, being a leading light in Sorosis at New York. Joseph Banks, the General's only son, was educated in Germany. SAMUEL J. KIRKWOOD.

IoiTa' AVnr Governor, Federnl Senator and Cabinet Ofilcer, Dcntl. IOWA CITY, la., Sept. 1. Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa's war Governor, died this afternoon. He had been confined -to his bed since Monday, but he was an invalid fr the past year. He leaves a wife, but no children. Telegrams of condolence are coming in from prominent men of the State and Nation. Iowa City is in mourning for a friend and neighbor. Senator Samuel Jordan Kirkwood was born in Hartford county, Maryland, Dec. 2-), 1S13, and his education ended at the age of fourteen at the Washington, D. C, Academy. He was admitted to the bar in Ohio in 1843. In 1K0 he was a member of that State's constitutional convention. He went to Iowa In 15, engaging In milling and farming. In 1856 he was in the State Senate, and was elected Governor in 1S39, being re-elected In 1S61. He placed in the field nearly fifty regiments, the draft never being used in Iowa. Lincoln offered him the appointment as minister to Denmark, but he refused it, and was sent to the United States Senate in 1SGC as a Republican. He filled the unexpired term of James Harlan. In 1875 h.? was a third time made Governor, and the next year went again to the United States Senate, serving until 1S51, when he resigned to enter President Garfield's Cabinet as Secretary of the Interior. Ex-Governor Kirkwood was well known to Indianians, having appeared on the stump in many political campaigns. Other Deutlin. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. W. A. J. Stephenson, president of the Metropolitan City Railway Company, of this city, and one of the best-known business men of Washington, is dead. He was taken ill a week ago at Chicago, where he went to investigate the systems of underground electric motors for use on his road. He was fifty-three years of age. During the sixties he served as chief clerk to Quartermaster General Rucker of the army. CHICAGO. Sept. 1. Dr. Horace Todd, a prominent physician and son of ex-county physician Todd, died suddenly to-day under circumstances that indicated suicide. Dr. Todd recently had serious domestic troubles, but his, family denies that he took his own life. BOLD ST. LOUIS GIRLS THEY WDAIl BLOOMERS AND TAKE PART IN BICYCLE RACES, One Rides a Half in 1:2S and n Mile In StoS Rennlta of Princlpul Events at Asbury Park. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1. At the Pastime Athletic Club games, here, this evening, the event of the day was the half-mile bicycle race for ladies. As this was the first time that ladies wearing bloomers have ever appeared on any "bike" track in this country, there was much curiosity as to how the contestants, who are all daughters of prominent citizens here, would be received. When, they came upon the track they aere heartily applauded. Miss Field was the first one to come cut of the dressing room. She had on a pair of short, loose pants and a blouse shirt, while the others wore bloomers and knee skirts. The Misses Field and Waldon were scratch and the Misses Vail and Spelbrink each had fifty yards handicap. Miss Waldon won the half-mile race by ten lengths from Miss Field, who took the place by a length from Miss Vail. Time, 1:28. MUs Waldon later made a record for the mile, paced by E. E. Anderson and Tom Coburn. The time was 2:o$. AVlnuern nt Anbury Park. ASBURY PARK, N. J., Sept. 1. The Good Roads tournament ended to-day after three days' successful racing. The attendance was large and the track in excellent shape. Summaries of chief events: Mile Class B, championship. First heat won by J. S. Johnson, Syracuse: Charles M. Murphy, Syracuse, second. Time, 2:23. second heat won by F. J. Titus, Riverside; S. D. Kennedy, Chicago, second. Time, 2:30 2-5. Third heat won bv H. C. Tyler. Springfield. Time, 2:20 2-5. Final heat won by Tyler; Titus second, Johnson third. Time, 2:'J 1-5. One-third mile open Class B. First heat won by Titus in :4."2-5. Second heat won by McDonald in :4G. Final heat won by W. F. Murphy, New York: Titus, second. Bald third. Time, : 46 4-5. W. F. and C. M. Murphy broke the halfmile track record on a tandem unpaced, their time being :53 2-5. Titus and Miller made a tandem to establish a track record. It was covered in 2:07 4-5. Harry H. Maddox broke Zimmerman's track record for a mile paced. The new record is 2:09 2-5. From Chicago to w York Awheel. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. Charles E. Smith, the letter carrier, who will attempt to lower the bicycle record from Chicago to New York, left the postofflce at 1 o'clock today. Smith carried a letter from postmaster Hesing to the postmaster at New York, and was escorted to the city limits by a large delegation of wheelmen. He will pass through Cleveland, Buffalo and Albany, and expects to lower the present record of eight days and eight hours. Track Record. Broken. N RIVERTON, N. J., Sept. 1. The feature of the bicycle race of the Rlverton Athletic Association to-day was the performance of E. A. Bofinger in breaking the track record of 2:23 3-5 for a mile in competition br running the first ' heat of the mile handicap race in 2:19 2-5. Champion Jumper Beaten. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. L The surprise of the day at the Bank Clerk's Association games, held on the University of Pennsylvania grounds, was the defeat of M. F. Sweeney, champion amateur high jumper of the A. A. A. U., member of the Xavier Athletic Club, of New York, by N. T. Leslie, of the Bank Clerks. Leslie cleared the bar at six feet one inch, but the best Sweeney could do was six feet. The New Yorkers showed up well in all games and captured many prizes. Rnre "Water Lily. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 1. A specimen of the rare and ragrant plant known to botanists as Vic to-? a Regina, or the royal lily of the Amazons, has been In bloom this .week at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The flower blooms only two nights in succession; on the third it makes an Ineffectual effort to unfold its petals, and sinks under water to beqome a seed pod. On the first night the petals are pure white, but change the next night to pink or light crimson, and exhale a fragrant per fume. This species or water my has a very heavy broad leaf, sometimes six feet in diameter, and capable of sustaining a man's weight. Teacher for ttic Armour Inntltute. CHICAGO, Sept. 1. President Gunsaulus, of the Armour Institute, in arranging for the coming year's faculty has secured three prominent Eastern profesior3. Prof. H. J. Lamed, of Harvard, has accepted the chair of history in the institute, and Prof. Albert G. Porter, of Johns Hopkins University, and George T. Lincoln, of Hungers, have also accepted positions. Other changes in the faculty are expected to I follow.

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XO LESS TIIAX TEX PRISONERS ESCAPED AT MARIOX YESTERDAY. 3IIninerial Appointments In V. R. Conferences at Wabash and DubHn Other State ZVctvs. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Sept l.-Louia Loch, charged with larceny; Jack Wilson, with forgery; James McCann, with assault; Henry Dougherty, with assault; Hardy Williams, with larceny; Jesse Bodkins, with larcfny; Charles Bowen, with intoxication; Claude Clawson, with larceny, and two others, ten In Ml; escaped from the county jail early thu; morning by saving off the bars in a window. Clawson, who U a boy, returned this morning voluntarily, lie says the work was done with saws smuggled in by IxcJi. Williams was rearrested this morning at hi3 home in this city. None of the others has been recaptured. The exit was made through an opening which Clawson states 'jvas a tight squeeze, even for him. The spac between the bars is but eight inches. Telegrams have been sent to various places with the hope of capturing the fugitives. U. II. ArPOI.T3IEXTS. Conference Adjourns at Wabash and AMftlgrnmcntw Announced. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Sept. L The Whitewater Conference of the United Brethren Church, which has been In session here the past week, closed to-day. Reports of minor committees consumed the most of the day, and th conference building committee elected the following officers for the coming year: President, Rev. A. C. Williams; vice president, Rev. D. Darling; secretary, J. T. Roberts; treasurer, I. X. Mccarty; 'directors, W. Gossette, Alonzo Myers and JJ. Zartman. The appointments for the coming year were read to-night and are as follows: Anderson, M. Bailey; Andersonvllle, F. Demumbrum; Blue River, O. E. Evans; Clifty. J. T. Colter; Columbus, J. E. Shannon; Dublin, J. A. Bray; Elwood, J. F. Reynolds; Franklin, M. F. Dawson; Greenwood, M. Hodson; Indianapolis, A. L. Roberts; Middletown, J. F. Chalfant; Noblesville, A. C. Wilmore; Pendleton, W. Gossette; Warrington, C. E. Hunt; Boyleston, O. Whitecotton; Converse, J. W. Utsler; Dundee, E. M. Roberts; Gaston, J. H. Wyant; Greentown, S. Transbarger; Hartford City, T. W. Williams; Kokomo, H. S. James; Lincolnvllle, I. V. McCarty; Marion, D. O. Darlington; Montpelier, F. M. Moore: North Marion, D. P. Coldren; Selma, W. N. Sleeth; Stony Creek, W. O. Jarvis; Williamsburg, D. W. Zartman. Conference evangelists, E. Wright and N. Valentine. Dublin Conference Appointments. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DUBLIN, Ind., Sept. 1. The "radicals" of the- U. B. Church closed their fortyninth annual White River Conference today. Following are the ministerial appointments: Dublin District C. W. Rector, presiding elder; Dublin, H. W. and S. E. Kobbins; Franklin. J. T. Holmes: Hopewell, B. F. Jones; Hartsvllle, A. J. Bolen; Blue River,. Z. McNew; Greenwood, J. Cramer; Warrington. J. A. Rector; New Castle, J. M. Kabrick; Daleville, It. Steele. Marion District N. D. Wolfard; Salamonla, W. A. Oler; Lincolnvllle, to be supplied; Fairmount, I. M. Thorp: North Grove. N. T. Davis; Elwood, J. E. Rector; Gaston, G. W. Dinnius; Hartford. J. Seeleg; Farmland, A. Rust; Economy, M. V. Bartlett; Williamsburg, T. E. Kinnemanj M. Wright, bishop of Northwestern district; H. Floyd, bishop of Eastern district; C. B. Small, presiding elder of Lower Wabash Conference. Rev. J. A. Thomas, of the Christian, and Rev. W. II. San Is. of the Presbyterian Church, were Introduced to the conference.Peter Reuiher. of New Castle, a layman whose connection with the conference is historic, he having been connected with Otterbien's church fifty-four years ago, was present. Memorial service in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Wolford was conducted by Bishop Floyd and Rev. A. J. Bolen. Tln-rintc Plant Opens. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MIDDLETOWN, Ind.. Sept. 1. The opening of the Irondale Steel and Iron Company's tin-plate plant just put in here took place yesterday. This is the company that originally did business at Anderson, where it rolled sheet iron. Being burned out last fall, they located here, being paid by the citizens of Middletown a large bonus. During the summer they have constructed one of the largest and best-equipped tin-plate plants in America. Everything being in readiness, the engines were started at noon and a few sheets of black plate rolled out. There was present to witness the start an Immense crowd, including a number of visitors from Chicago, Richmond and other cities. Almost the entire population of Middletown turned out and witnessed the opening, celebrating the day as a holiday. The plant is but partially completed, but two mills being ready to operate. These, will begin next Monday and will run steadily, turning out black plate. In the meantime, the work of construction will go on until four additional mills are completed. Thi3 will be about the middle of November, when the plant will give steady employment to five hundred people. Until then about 150 men will be employed. To Annul Mis Austin's Mnrrlnge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Sept. . 1. The sensational marriage of Philip H. Hobbs and Miss Emma Austin, both of Albany, which occurred last July, promises to be settled without much trouble to banker Frederick Chilcoat or the groom, both of whom made oath that Miss Austin was of age. The young woman's father, NV B. Austin, a wealthy paper manufacturer, has filed complaint in the Circuit Court asking that the knot be untied on the grounds that his daughter was under eighteen, and that she did not know a wedding ceremony was being performed, she thinking it a joke. Mr. Austin alleges that since the marriage the young people have not been in each other's company and hi wants his daughter's maiden name restored. Mr. Hobbs secured the license here, went to Albany, secured his bride, drove to Eatorn ana was married by Rev. Aspy, a Christian Church minister. m - Tipton Old Settlers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Sept. 1. The old settlers' meeting held at Goldsmith, to-day, was attended by nearly four thousand people, it being tho largest and most enthusiastic of any ever held in the county. An old lady who has been a resident of the county for fifty-three year3 was present. There were a number whose ages were in the eighties and several who are over ninety. Hon. Dan Waugh made the principal address. One of the most interesting features of the meeting was the show of old relics, such as farm machinery and household furniture. Among the old newspapers were copies of the Near York Tribune, Cincinnati Gazette, Indianapolis Journal and a few county papers, all of them between the dates of 1SJ5 and 1S0. Union County Farmers. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL . LIBERTY, Ind., Sept. L The great annual grove meeting of Union County Agricultural and Horticultural , Society, was held in Esteb's grove, two and one-half miles south of this place, to-day. This is the third summer meeting of the 'society and was largely attended. The principal speaker of the day was Hon. A. M. Kennedy, of Rushvillc. who ' spoke in the morning on "Capital and Labor." In the afternoon a paper by li. F. McMahan on The Farmer of the Twentieth Century" attracted attention. J. W. Billingsley, of Indianapolis, preached "An Agricultural Sermon." Hon. E. C. Ellis, of Cincinnati, president of the Hamilton County Fair Association, was present, delivering a short address. Joint Old Settlers Mcetlnjj. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.' WINCHESTER, Ind., Sept. 1. The annual meeting of the old settlers of Randolph and Jay counties was held at Ridgeville, eight miles north of here, to-day. Fully three thousand people were In attendance. Short addresses were made by Major J. II. Stine. Col. H. H. Neff, Levi James. J. Cottom and others. There were In attendance at the meeting eleven persons fiom this county who have resided continuously in the county more than seventy years. The next annual meeting will occur at Ridgevi'de. ' , Christians' L'nlon Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind.. Sept. L The nine Christian churches in Howard county held their

annual meeting at this citr Friday. Officers elected for the coming year were: President, Dr. il. F. Ault, Kokomo; vice president. Mrs. J. E. Sherwin. Russiavllle; secretary, Mrs. J. A. Jones, Kokon;o; treasurer. John Newton, Oakford. The next meeting will be held at Russiavllle in September, 1SD5. . Rev. J. IV. Porter Acquitted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR. Ind.. Sept. 1. The trial of Rev.. J. W. Porter, who was charged with grand larceny, and whose arrest sometime ago created a sensation in this city, has

Deen in progress in the Circuit here the past two weeks. The case ended this week, and the Jury returned a verdict of acquittal. Lost n Foot Recklessly. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 1. Wililara Higgins, while attempting to board, a street car from the front end, was knocked down and one foot cut off to-day.' Higgins was an employe of the street-car, company. He is the same man who was blown up in a coal mine in this city, but recovered. ' Jefferson County Ticket. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind.. Sept L Jefferson county Democrats to-day nominated George Everroad for Representative; Joseph WI1!r.s, prosecuting attorney; Robert O. .-. sheriff; George Stone, recorder; Wat Brown, treasurer; Robert Oliver, auditor, and George Trow, coroner. KHraln Whipped Ilrambrnngh. Special to the Indianapolis, Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., Sept. L Jonas Brambraugh and John Kilrain, two glass blowers, agreed to settle a pers-onal difficulty In the prize ring, and fought twelve rounds this evening at the factory, with bare fists, Marquis of Queensbury rules. Kilrain punished his man severely. Winchester Woman's Club. Special to Ihe Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind., Sept. 1. The Woman's Club of Winchester held its first meeting after the summer vacation to-day at the home of Mrs. A. C. Beeson. Following the address of the president, Mrs. A. C. Beeson, an Interesting programme was carried out. Fatal Gas Explosion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENFIELD, Ind., Sept l.-In an explosion of natural gas at the Weston paper mill at 9 o'clock to-night Samuel Hines, a paper maker, was frightfully burned about the face and head. His injuries are painful and probably fatal. Evansvllle Standard Qnlts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. E VAN S VI LLE, Ind., Sept. L The Evansville Standard, an afternoon paper, ceased publication to-day. It was started four years ngoe as a Republican paper. After one year in the morning field It went to the afternoon. Rev. Mnrlln Resigns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. S VINCENNES, Ind., . Sept. 1. Dr. L. II. Murlin, pastor of the Methodist Church, has resigned his pastorate to accept the presidency of Baker University at Chanute, Kan., to which he was recently, elected. Rector Abbott "Oil led" to LaPortc. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . LA PORTE, Ind., Sept. l.-St. Paul's Episcopal Church, of this city, has extended a call to A. A. Abbott, rector of the Holy Innocents Church, of Evansvllle, to fill its vacant pastorate. Dead at the Wabash Bridge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 1. Louis Allegretl, supposed to be an Italian miner from Clinton, either fell or was knocked from the Vandalia bridge over the Wabash river, this afternoon, and killed. Greenwood Planing: Mill Darned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENWOOD, Ind., Sept. 1. The large planing mill and screen door factory at this place burned to-night at 9 o'clock. Loss, $50,000; insurance, $10,000. Cause of fire unknown, but accidental. Ccutervllle Marshal Shot a Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CENTE R VI LLE, Ind., Sept 1. At 11 o'clock to-night Marshal Rowan shot and fatally mounded George Brumfield, of Richmond, while attempting to arrest him. Indiana Deuths. YORKTOWN, Ind., Sept. L Mrs. George W. Parkison, nee Martin, tho wife of one of the prominent citizens of Delaware county, died at her home. near here Friday night after a brief attack of heart trouble. She was fifty-five years old. ' The death of Mrs. dames Corwin occurred at the residence of her brother-in-law, Mr. W. K. Helvle, Saturday morning. Mrs. Corwin was sixty-five years old, and was visiting in Yorktown, but resided at Memphis, Tenn., where her remains were taken for burial by her daughter, who arrived only in time to see her die. A singular coIncidence of Mrs. Corwin's death is that she was the, fourth one of this family who have come to Mr. Helvie's in the last few years and died there. Mrs. Corwin was a relative of Thomas Corwin, ex-Governor of Ohio. ELKHART, Ind., Sept. 1. Thomas Page, aged seventy, a pioneer of this section, died this morning of dropsy. MUNCIE, Ind.. Sept. 1. Miss Rosa. Favors, aged eighteen, died here this morning. KANSAS BANK ROBBED CASHIER "HELD VP" AND FORCED TO DELIVER $1,000. Citizen Probably Fatally Wounded nnd One of the Bandits Thought to Have Been Hit by a Bullet. SALINA. Kan., Sept. 1. About 9:13 o'clock this morning four masked men entered the bank at Tescott and held up the cashier. After shooting several times at him they compelled him to deliver $1,000. They then backed out of the front door. Citizens shot at them with revolvers, and it Is thought one of the robbers was hit. John Schwartz, a young man, stepped out In the street with a gun, when the robbers shot him through the groin. He was seriously wounded and may die. The robbers mounted their horses, which had been left at the lumber yard near by, and hurried away. Posses from Tescott Salina and other points started in pursuit A farmer who was in the bank at the time of the robbery was made to give up his valuables and money. A citizen who has just returned from the western part of the county, where the Tescott bank robbers were sighted this afternoon, reports that the gang had entered tha hilly country there and it was impossible to f ollow the trail. Under cover of darkness the robbers will have , time to make good their escape. The country round about is being searched, however, and every effort made to discover the desperadoes. DESTRUCTIVE DROUGHT. Western New York ami Ontario Suffering: -or Lack of Jtaiu. BUFFALO, Sept. LWestern New York is almost literally burning up. - The drought is almost without precedent. Farmers mourn the loss of crops and fear further havoc - by lire and starvation of stock. Counties like Chautauqua and Erie, which have dairy interests of great magnitude, are the chief sufferers, but unless rainfall comes speedily and copiously this entire end of the State will experience a financial los3 which it can ill afford. The bordering province of Ontario is similarly parched. A dispatch from Toronto says: Since Aug. 1 but 2.6 inches of rain has fallen the least amount recorded since 1S74. The western peninsula of Ontario, the garden spot ot Canada, is parched and burned. All along the north side of Lake Ontario and half way to Montreal the drought Is nearly as serious. Pastures are drying up and streams supposed to be everlasting have vanished. The milk yield has diminished and the droight threaten to affect the output of cheese. The honey 5le'd will be curtailed by tht drying no of the buckwheat blossoms. In Middlesex and Esex counties farmers are fighting destructive tires, and news comes from Hensal, Huron county, that Are surrounds that village on every side, and the trole cf th poBulxtlca I dtfeniirj It

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Personal Recollections OF SIXTEEN PRESIDENTS By RICHARD W. TH 031 PS ON

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Jefferson sixty-seven years ago. an. was present at the inauguration of- Andrew Jackson. Ho was President of tho famous Panama Commission, is the oldest living member of Congress but one, and during tho administration of Hayes he entered the Cabinet as Secretary of tho Navy. At tho close of this long and brilliant career, Colonel Thompson has given to the. world his own personal recollections of tho Presidents, in. which he does' not refer to documents, but draws entirely upon tho wonderful resources of his memory. It is remarkably full and accurate as to the principal transactions of all the administrations from tho beginning of tho Government, thorough and exhaustive as to tho origin and growth of political parties. He Knew Personally Every President Since Adams Of Washington and the elder Adams he writes as he learned of them from tho Revolutionary men who were personally acquainted with them; but after those two he discusses each of the Presidents as he saw and knew ; them. All of these rulers of the Nation have long since passed away, and ' Colonel Thompson, In his eighty-sixth year, is left as the conntctin-r link between the present and the stirring past. Now that his active iitereourse with the world has ceased, and the bustling affairs of life are laid aside, he communicates to the public In this book his recollections of ever three score years. He alone of those living saw Jefferson, Madison. Monroe. I.afayette and knew every President of the country since their day. With hi death the world would have been deprived of the valuable Impressions of one who knew personally sixteen Presidents, had he not devoted his last years to recording hLo vivid thoughts and recollections.

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