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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAIi THURSDAY, .FEBRUARY 7, 18U5.

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Tcsiea m you were lost, x tie statement oy the men hers of your then Cabinet that th y could not control your nrooosed action and their appeal to the citizens of Honolulu for J assistance was the next step wmcn tea io a reaumminn hv the neoDle of the liarht' Of government. "Third So far as your communication max be taken as a notice to the disaffected, that it is your desire that the republic shall be reooKnixed by them as the sole and lawful jfovernment of 'the country, it is fully appreciated. Ii; this connection your untselrlsh anpeal for clemency for those who took part in the late insurrection will receive full consideration." TRIAli OP REBELS. Military Conrt Convened nod Royalists Arraigned WMIa Protests. The correspondent says regarding the arrest of royalist conspirators and their hearing before a military court: Arrests for treason and conspiracy have been numerous. In all there are about 330 men under lock and key. This number includes the prisoners of war. It Is thought the government has under arrest nearly all who took part in the rebellion. The last of the leaders to surrender was Lot a dangerous adversary. He gave himself up n the 17th, after wandering about the mountains for five days. On the same day the first military court in the history of composed as follows: Col. William A. Whiting, Lieut. Col. J. II. Fisher. Captains C. W. Zeigler, J. ii. Camara, jr.,' J. W. Pratt and W. C. Wilder, jr., with Lieutenant Jones and Capt. William A. Kinney as Judge advocates. The court was called and named by President Dole, who is of the ujmuun r uai urnier ine present tircuiuistances better and quicker results will toe obtained than if the matter was left to the civil courts. A. large crowd was in attendance, among the auditors being United States Ministers Willis and British Commissioner Hawes. After deliberation the court , decided to allow the prisoners counsel. In most o the cases Paul Neumann was named. The following day Robert Wilcox, W. C. Lane, James Jane, bamuel Nowlin, Carl Wideman, William Craig, Henry Bertellman and Louis Marshall were arraigned on. a charge of open rebellion. Wilcox, Bertellman anl Nowlin, the three leaders, all pleaded guilty. The others refused to plead, on the advice' of counsel, and a plea of not fullty was entered against their names. aul Neumann objected to the Jurisdiction of the. court, claiming that tinder , the proclamation of martial law the general authority of tho courts of the republic created toy the Constitution 'continued, and they had sole authority to try persons accused of offenses such as specified in the charges before the commission. The court overruled the objection, and the trial has since proceeded from day to day. A great deal of Important testimony was secured from Nowlin and Bertellman, who have turned state's evidence to save their necks. The murderer of Charles L. Carter has been found. He is a half white carpenter named Thomas Poole. Ho admitted to a native rebel that he did the shooting. ' LEADER WILCOX'S STORY. . When Wilcox took the stand he told his tory in t, straightforward manner. He claimed that "he knew nothing of the threatened outbreak until one week before it commenced. He said that - there was not more than three hundred men at Diamond Head Sunday evening, when the first shot f the rebellion was fired. 1 The trial of the leaders was concluded on the 20th lost., but the finding of the court has not yet been made public. "A member of the court Is Quoted as eavlne that 1C the death penalty is imposed the executions will take place quietly, and the public will' not be informed until they are over with. Th profound secrecy wieh whioih affairs are conducted has led many citlzena to believe that the offenders will be dealt with in a lenient manner. In consequence of this theory members of the Citizens' Guard have met and signed a petition to President Dole to be firm and punish the rebels as they deserve. On the 21st inst. Charles T. Gulick, W. H Rickard, T. B. Walker and W, T. Seward were arraigned on a charge of treason. Walker was the only one who pleaded guilty. It is generally supposed that Se-yui-viiaseu. me arms anu ammunition for the rebels during his recent visit to Ban Francisco. It was proven in court that he hired a native to remain on a small Island on- the west side of Oahu to watch for a vessel that was expected from California. The schooner was a sealer named W. C, Wehlborn, belonging in San Francisco. The vessel was sighted on Dec. 19. The arms and ammunition were placed on board the steamer Waimanalo, an island vessel. They were afterwards landed on Diamond Head. Captain Davlea, master-of the steamer, admitted all this, and said he was approached first "by W. H. Itlckard, whe engaged hira to Interpret the sealer and secure the arms. He was promised 110,000 for "doing so. He received $JQ of tne amount mentioned. John Cummings, formerly Cabinet minister, and now under arrest for conspiracy, rtated that he was told by Seward that he had received a letter from the ex-Queen telling htm to go to San Francisco, where he would be furnished with funds by Rudolph Spreckels with which to purchase arm. A friend of Spreckels named Willis was also implicated in the transaction. Samuel Nowlin told of frequent meetings held at Guliek'e residence, at which plans were discussed' by 'himself. Gulick, Rickard and Seward. . The rebellion was planned for five months. The new constitution was completed about Christmas. The rebel had ?. martial-law proclamation all ready. NowIn ald that many foreigners had agreed to (help him, but they failed to appear on the field. Charles T. Gulick presented a written statement to the court in which he denied everything but the drafting of he constitution. On ithe 24th a number of natives were tried on a charge of treason. They were on 'the field of battle. A fourth batch of prisoners' was tried on the following day. Evidence against them waa conclusive. John Bowler, an Irishman, was tried on the 29th on a charge of treason. Ashford is on trial now on the same charge. In all of tho above oases no verdict has been brought in toy the court as far as the public is aware of. It I thought the commission will be in session for at least two weeks yet, as there are a large number of prisoners to be disposed of. Martial law ntill continues In order to rive vaJitllt-v tn Uie verdict of the court. WILMS INTERFERES. lie Object to Trial of the Traitors by a Military Court. Sine the arrival of the Philadelphia, yesterday, it, is learned from trustworthy sources that United States Minister Willis has made objections, both written and verbal, to the powers of the military court now sitting. He eeems to take the same views aa Paul Neumann, counsel for the prisoners, that offenses committed previous to the date on which martial law was proclaimed should be tried before a civil court ancj jury. The text of his objection cannot be obtained at (his time, but it is understood to be of a nature to cause the government more uneasiness than anything that has taken place since the beginning Df the rebellion. . President Dole was seen previous to the departure of the Australia. He stated that he was not aware that any written objection had been received from the American minister. He admitted that In the course of conversation Willis had implied that he would object. British Commissioner Hawea has not given the government any trouble. He has pursued a policy of moderation nince the trouble began, chiefly. It la stated, because he is in doubt io regard to the legality of the claims of many Englishmen who foreswore their allegiance some years ago when they became citizens of the country under the monarchy. From present indications It looks as though the Supreme Court will pass on the constitutionality of ths military - court. This cannot be done until martial law Is rescinded, as writs of habeas corpus cannot be Bwrorn out while It Is In force. It is understood that WUHs has Interested hlnurelf In the cases of Louis Marshall and Thomas Walker, both of whom have claimed the protection of the United States. Marshall is charged with open rebellion. Walker pleaded guilty to treason. Admiral Beardslee is a atranger here. But little is known of his stand in regard to the government 'here. It is said that in close government circle It is feared that he might co-operate with Willis and land forces to prevent the finding of the court as to th American prisoners from being carried out. Minister Willis was seen th morning, but be declined to make any statement for implication. He would not deny nor affirm the. fact that he had objected to the Jurisdiction of the court. The Australia arrived on the evening of Jan. 27. Hiie was boarded by the police and a search was made for W. H. Cornwell and Rudolph Spreckels. They were not on board. The cruiser Philadelphia arrived yertterday, nine and one-naif days from San Francisco. The councils of the republic were called together on the 16th to elect four new members and make an appropriation for war expenses. F. A. Hoamer, G. P. CasmA. C. B. Wood and J. A. Kennedy were

elected to fill vacancies. Fifty thousand dollars was appropriated for expenses incurred during the rebellion. THl'RSTOV TALKS.

He Saya "LIP Merely Followed the Example of Her Predecessors. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Minister Thurston read the account of the abdication of the ex-Queen with close interest, but refused to hazard an opinion as to whether or not the document signed by Lilluokalanl would affect the general situation or even the attitude of the royalists. "This action of the ex-Queen has a familiar ring to It," said the Minister, "and it is a question Just how much it is worth. It is right in line with what the rulers of Hawaii have been in the habit of doing wherever they were in a tight place, except that in this case the situation is worse and the declaration is, . of course, more extreme than has ever been made before. The old jKing ma substantially the same thing once, in la80, when a mass meeting was held to protest against a Cabinet which he had appointed, and again in 1887, when, to save himself, he proclaimed the new constitution which practically deprived him of power. Then in 1893 the Queen tried to save herself by offering to proclaim the old constitution, but It was too late and she was deposed. "Of course," continued Mr. Thurston, "this action of the ex-Queen has no formal force whatever. She was nothing more than a private citizen and had no powers to abdicate, but still ft may or may not have some moral effect on the royalists and the Hawaiian natives." The minister expects extended advices by mail and will wait for them before venturing to speak more definitely concerning the situation. IN FAVOR OF BRAZIL ARBITER CLEVELAXO DECIDES A LOXG-STAXDIXG DISPITE. ; He Finds that the Mlsslones Territory, Claimed by Argentina, - Belongs to Her Sister Republic. ; WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. The President today announced, through the Secretary of State, his decision as arbitrator- between Brazil and Argentine in the boundary dispute between the two countries over the Missiones territory. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Baron Rio Branca, the special Brazilian envoy, with the members of the commission, and Senor Seballos, the Argentine minister, who was clothed with special functions as the representative of his government's claims, appeared at the State Department and received from the hands of Secretary Gresham a copy of the President's decision, which was favorable to Brazil. The document was quite long, and much of it was given up to a recital of the provisions of the treaty of Sept. 7, 1889, by which the two countries agreed to submit the questions at issue to the arbitration of the President of the United States, and stated at length the exact matters to be terminated by the arbitrator. The substance of the President's decision is contained in the following paragraph: "That the boundary line between the Argentine Republic and the United States of Brazil in, that part submitted to me for arbitration" and decision Is constituted and shall be established by and upon the rivers Peplra (al3o called Pepirl-Guazu) and San Antonio, to wif. The rivers which Brazil has designated in the argument and documents submitted to me as constituting the boundary, and hereinbefore denominated the Westerly system." The territory involved covers an area of 31,000 square miles, and has a population of about seven thousand inhabitants. In early colonial times it was the subject of frequent controversy between the crowns of Portugal and Spain, and many efforts have been made in more recent times to arrange the dispute between Brazil and Argentine by treaty, but all without success up to this time. The position of the disputed territory is of no little interest, not only from' a political but from a military standpoint. Its loss to Brazil would almost have cut off the rich and populous Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul from the remainder of the republic, leaving only a narrow tongue of land of something less than fifty leagues in width as a means of connection. Thus the territory of Missiones, If held by a foreign power, would be a continual menace to the peace and progress of Rio Grande do Sul, as well as to the States to the north, and would require numberless frontier garrisons and fortifications as a precautionary measure. Inasmuch as Missiones has always been in the possession of Brazil, the willingness of the latter to submit the matter to arbitration has caused considerable favorable comment, and her denire to avoid complications with a neighboring state by peaceful means has afforded those who advocated arbitration in the Panamerlcan congress much gratification. - War Talk Merely "BlnlT." ST. LOUIS, Ftrt). ' 6. T. J. Prosser, a prominent railroad contractor of this city, has returned from a five weeks' trip to Mexico, -where he went to inspect some of the harbors on the east coast "which the Mexican government is about to improve. As a result his business was largely with persons close to the administration. To a reporter Mr. Prosser said: "While there is a strong war sentiment in Mexico, I am satisfied there will be no war, as I was so informed by an official very close to President Diaz. His name, of course, I am not at liberty to disclose. Inasmuch as the contracts we sought to secure, and are still seeking, are government contracts, we, of course, were anxious to know about the war scare. The information I am giving you is what was given us." CLEVELAND WAITING. (Concluded front First Page.) Reed measure and two or three silver men are working against it. While some of the free-silver Republicans will vote for the Reed substitute, others argue that from a party standpoint it will be good policy to encourage the Democrats to pass a bond measure with a gold proviso. Representative Broslus, who is a member of the banking and currency committee, says that he believes most of the Republicans will vote for the administration measure in the end after recording themselves for Mr. Reed's bill, but he fears that the Democratic defection will be strong enough to defeat It. Mr. Hendrix, who endeavored to bring about the compromise by which the Democrats would accept the second section of Mr. Reed's plan, says that the prospects for legislation are nearly hopeless. BLATVD'S SUBSTITUTE. It Provides lor Use of Both Gold and Silver In Paying Obligations. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Chairman Bland, of the coinage committee of the House, has prepared a proposed amendment Intended as a substitute for the financial bill now before the House. It provides, in brief, that all coin Obligations of the government shall be paid In standard gold or silver coins, and that such payments 6hall be made in such coins as may be most advantageous to the government. For the purpose of providing the treasury with such coins the duties on imports are to be paid one-half In gold and one-half In standard silver coins. To redeem the treasury notes issued under the Sherman acts the bullion purchased thereunder is to be coined, not less than $10,000,000 every month. The treasury notes redeemed are to be pail into the treasury. The freecoinage act of 1837 Is revived and all authority to Issue bonds or to increase the interest-bearing debt la revoked. To meet the deficiency accruing in the treasury and to enable the Secretary to set apart coin to meet obligations of that character the Secretary is authorized to issue treasury notes, which are to be receivable for all demands of the United States, except duties on imports and other coin demands. Wants No Sulttreaaurlen. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Senator Allen today Introduced a bill requiring that hereafter all gold and silver coin kept by the government for the purpose of redeeming silver certificates and treasury notes shall be kept in the vaults of the Treasury Department, and at no other place, and that all redemptions of these notes or certificates shall be made at the Treasury Department, and at no other place. Blair's Successor a SHverlte. NASSAU. N. II., Feb. 6. A. Sulloway, who was elected as a Republican to the next House of Representatives as the successor of Henry W. Blair, has come out for silver. He is the only member of the New England delegation who has yet taken such a turnd

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TWEXTY-TWO WOMEN AXD OXE MAX DROPPED IX A DEAD FAIXT. Costly, Fires nt Plymouth and Fort Wayne Terre Haute Jewelry Robber Caught in St. Louis. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Wr ABASH. Ind., Feb. 6. There are over two hundred persons In Wabash to-day with splitting ' headaches and Indescribable nausea, and It Is fortunate that their condition is not more serious. Last night Wabash Lodge, Knights of Pythias, gave a dress ball in the new shoe factory erected in Walnut Hills, this city, which was attended by over two hundred society people, some from surrounding cities. The ball room was the second story of the factory building, which was heated by two furnaces just placed in, position. It is said that the cold air duct In one of these furnaces had been closed so that the vitiated atmosphere in the basement was run through the furnace repeatedly, discharged into the ball room, where it was Inhaled by the dancers. The chimneys are, it is claimed, also too small to carry off the fumes of the gas, and about 9:30 the women began to turn sick and faint away. By midnight every person present had a throbbing headache and was deathly sick. Twenty-two women fainted and Clinton Zeigler, a young man, fell over Insensible and lay unconscious four hours, despite efforts made to resuscitate him. He is better to-day, but very weak. Many of those taken home in hacks last night are confined to their beds, but it 13 believed there will be no serious results. It is alleged that the chimney openings were only three by seven inches, and as the furnaces were large the gas was forced back into the basement and thence, up stairs. The escaping gas sadly interfered with the festivities, and to-day last night's experience is the sole talk of the town. S? .-0,000 BLAZE. Business Houses at Plymouth Destroyed by Fire. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PLYMOUTH, Ind., Feb. 6. The most destructive fire that has occurred in this city in the last twenty-five years took place this morning and destroyed what was known as the Corbin Block of four twostory brick buildings, occupied with mer-. chandise and business offices. The entire loss is over $50,000, partially covered by insurance as follows: Gus Wolf, merchandise and clothing, loss, S8.0C0; insurance, $4,C00. C. M. Welch, jewelry, etc., $4,000; insurance, $1,000. F. M. Nicolay, $50. Joe Anderson, tobacco manufacturer, $300. H. Corbin, building, $7,CO0; insurance, $3,500. Charles Corbin, tobacco and cigars, $2,000; insurance, $1,200. John C. Kuhn, building, $4,500; insurance, $2,500. John C. Kuhn, saloon and fixtures, $4,500; insurance, $2,000. J. K. Houghton, attorney, $800; insurance, $400. R. B. Oglesbee, attorney, $2,500; insurance, $500. Ed Kuhn, merchant tailor, $450; insurance. $150. Fred Kuhn, building, $4,500; insurance, $2,500. Fred Kuhn, meat market, $3,500; insurance, $1,503. J. R. Lorey, jeweler and boots and shoes, $1,503; insurance. $1,500. Baker & McKinney, boots and shoes, $1,000; insurance, $1,CC0. C. P. Drummond, attorney, $300; insurance, $500. Martin Earhdall, jewelers' tools, $150. Charles Kellisson, attorney, $2,000; insurance, $5C0. A. E. Wise, attorney, $300; insurance, $3C0. Will LeHers, attorney, $500. Ii. M. Lauer, attorney, $2,000; insurance, $2,000. Total loss, $50,550; insurance, ?25,5C0. The fire commenced In Welch's Jewelry store and would have been confined there had the fire plugs not been frozen, preventing the firemen from getting water early. The fire wall In Thayer's south store room prevented the further spread of the flames, which at one time threatened the whole block. - Disastrous a Fire at Evansville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. E VANS VI LLE, Ind., Feb. 7. A big fire has been raging in the heart of the city for half an hour. Johnson's wholesale paint house will go. Peter Sheim's drug store, Lennert's cigar factory and two stores have been burned. The thermometer is just above zero, and several water plugs are frozen up. A strong wind is blowing, and the fire threatens to spread greatly. Loss cannot be estimated. Two Factories Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . AUBURN, Ind., , Feb. 6. Two factories burned here yesterday, involving (a loss of about $7,000. The Auburn Roaster and Baker Company lost $4,000, and had $2,000 insurance; Sherman Hollister lost the building, valued at $1,000, and F. A. & E. A. Benedict a machine shop valued at $2,000. There was no insurance on the two last. The heaviest losers are the owner of the Auburn Dispatch, ex-Couhty Treasurer Samuel and Auditor Borst. Old Landmark Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 6. An old landmark In Muncie was destroyed by fire early this morning. The large residence at Riverside, erected many years ago by Moses Neely, but now owned by Burt Bradbury,- was burned. It was occupied by John F. Fox, a cigar manufacturer. Fox and his family were visiting in Bluffton at the time, having left a badly regulated natural-gas fire in the house. Two Factories in Ashes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 6. This morning the plant of the Painters' Box and Lumber Company was destroyed by fire. Two large four-story factory buildings were reduced to ashes, with their contents, entailing a loss of $60,000. The concern manufactured fine furniture and office and church furnishings on contract. The Insurance -was only $13,000. Clothing Store Damaged. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLE3VILLE. Ind., Feb. 6. Fire yesterday damaged the - clothing store of Lowther & HMnznan $3,000; insured in the Queen Insure Company and Home Insurance Company of New York for $1,000 each. . :- Robert Wooden House Destroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 6. Robert Wooden'a residence, In the west part of this county, burned yesterday. Loss, $1,5C0. GAS-BELT MURDER MYSTERV. Slayers of Farmer Foust Arrested at Elwood Tuesday Xlght. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 6. The mystery which has surrounded the murder of William Foust, a well-known farmer of thl3 county, who resided in Pike Creek township, about two miles east of Elwood, has been cleared up, his slayers arrested and now in jail in this city. The murder took place In Elwood on the morning of July 8. His body, covered with bruises, was found at a crossing of the Panhandle early In the morning by some children. It was put there to give out the impression that he had been killed by the cars while in a drunken stupor. Coroner C. L. Armlngton, of this county, found a bullet hole In the man's left breast, Just above the heart. Since Chen the murder has been a mystery, although It was generally suspected in Elwood who had a hand in the crime. Last night Sheriff John Storr. Deputy Warren Capper, Chief of Police Amos Coburn, special Panhandle detective Matt Moore and police officers Robbins and Pence, having chartered a special engine, left for Elwood at 6:30 o'clock and returned shortly after midnight with George Hires, charged with the murder, and William Cox and Ephralm Orull as accessories, together with Mrs. Margaret Bolton, at whose house Foust was murdered. Mrs. Bolton had two small boys, aged twelve and nine, who were witnesses to the crime, and it was from them that the clew to the murder was finally obtained. Last fall Mrs. Bolton and her sons, Clifford and Ephraim, were taken to the county poorfarm. Mrs. Bolton left there about two months ago, going to Kokomo, where she was arrested yesterday in a house of 111 repute. Young Ephraim was taken before the grand jury yesterday morning and told a simple, straightforward story of the murder. He said Chat on the night pf July 7 George Hires and William Cox ame to his , mother's house, two blocks north of the Diamond plate-glass wows In

Elwood, and that later George and Ephraim Crull came. He and bis brother went to bed in the room off to one side. They noticed that the men were drunk and talking loud, but thought nothing of it, as their mother always had male company at night. He awoke at about 3:30 and saw the men In a fight. He saw Hires shoot Foust, who had come in during the fight. His brother Clifford told the same story in substance. Mrs. Bolton, when arrested and confronted by the evidence, admitted most of the story. She was before the grand jury to-day. She said Hires and Cox had each offered her $10 apiece to keep quiet about the affair, and that she had been paid $S of that amount. The four prisoners will be held, pending a further investigation. They refused to talk to-day. They have been separated and are closely guarded. William Foust was well known in this county and city. He owned a farm, but being addicted to drink, became heavily involved and his farm was mortgaged. A dispatch from Elwood says: The officers also wanted George Crull, son of Ephraim Crull, but the boy escaped. The Crulls are brothers-in-law of Chief of Police Frank Toler, of thi3 city, who took such an interest in working on the case last summer, when the murder occurred. The prisoners are all desperate men.

THE JEWELRY ROBBERS. Frank Montrose Cleverly Trapped at -, St. Louis. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Feb. 6. Both men engaged In the robfiery of jeweler Strang last Saturday night have been arrested. William Cody- was caught that night; he had a dozen of the thousand dollars worth of rinjrs which were on the tray when his partner snatched it from the jeweler and ran, and he told the police where his partner, Frank Montrose, a noted crook, would be heard from. This was his wife's house, in Louisville. The police of that city learned that he had sent for his wife to come to St. Louis, and he was arrested there to-day. The police say that Montrose had come to this city frequently to commit robberies. Cody was in the jewelry store when the tray was snatched, and pretended to aid the jeweler in trying to capture the thief. A dispatch from St. Louis says: Just as Frank P. Montrose, ex-convict and expert aiamona tnier, accompanied Dy -nis attractive young wife, stepped from a Louisville and. Nashville train at the Union Station to-day he was placed under arrest by detectives and. alonsr with his wife, taken to jail. When detectives McGrath and O'Ccnnell notified Montrose of his arrest he ran his hand back to his hip pocket, where he had a revolver. Before he could draw the weapon he was seized from behind by de tectives- Flynn and Tebeau. He broke away and again tried to use his weapon, but a few blows subdued him, and he consented to go peaceably. He is wanted for robbing jeweler W. -T. Strang, of Terre Haute, Ind., of $2,C0O worth of diamonds, snatched from a tray shown by a salesman. He ad mits his guilt, and says his accomplice was "Ked" o Brien. Montrose has also .been recognized here as one of the three men who robbed a Wabash train conductor here some time ago. DARING HOLD-UP. Three Bobbers Made a. Raid at Logansport and Are Caught at Camden. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, . Ind., Feb. 6. One of the most daring robberies committed here for many years was that accomplished by three masked men, about 10 o'clock last night. They entered the drug store of J. E. Erwin, at the corner of Plum and Miami streets, just as the proprietor was about to close up, and, each pointing a revolver at his head, compelled Erwin to give up over $100, together with his gold watch and a revolver. A few minutes before the same masked men had walked into the saloon' of Peter Titus, near the Vandalia depot, and frightened the bartender into giving them drinks. The chief of police telegraphed the police of all cities near by to look out for the men. and they were captured to-day at Camden after a desperate fight by the town marshal and a pos3e of citizens. One of the men drew a revolver, and the others also showed fight. Two were soon overpowered, but the one who drew a revolver was caught only after a two-mile chase through the snow. They give the names of John Cummings, of Indiana dolis; Richard Lamont, of Pittsburg, and Ed Wilson, of Cairo, 111. Druggist Erwin later identified them as tho men who robbed1 him, and part of the money was recovered. They were brought back here to-night and lodged in jail. - - Holiuan Gone to Mexico. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 6. The understanding here Is that John E. Holman, the absconding Kokomo attorney, is now In Mexico. An Intimate friend of . the fugitive relates that for weeks he has been engaged in the study of Mexico and posting himself on the extradition laws of that nation. During this same period Holman has been making cash deposits in a private box in the vault of the Kokomo Loan and Savings Association, to which, he alone had access. In this box he stored away $2,500 fraudulently obtained. This amount, and probably much more, he carried away with him in his flight. As comminBioner of the Morgan sewer Holman handled $19,000, but this is accounted for except about $200 due the city and the Panhandle and Clover-leaf railways. The fugitive's aged and feeble parents are made penniless through Holman's infamy, and it is feared the shock of their son's downfall will kill them. All his best friends are heavy losers. Holman's wife Is prostrated over the affair. Terre Haute's Electric-Unlit War. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Feb. 6. By entering into a temporary contract with the old electric light company this afternoon the City Council averted the danger of the streets being left in darkness. The terms of the contract are that the old company, which had been lighting the city for six years until the first of the present month, is to continue doing so until Russell Harrison's new company erects its plant and begins the fulfillment of its contract, which was obtained by underbidding the old company. Harrison's company was under bond to besln lighting the city the first of the month, but for some time the work of erecting the plant has been suspended by a restraining order from Judge Henry's court. Attempt to Fleece the County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT. Ind.. Feb. 6. The County Commissioners advertised to receive bids yesterday for the construction of a bridge, fiftyfoot ppan, across Prairie river, in this city, at Washington street. There were fifteen bids submitted, nearly all of the principal bridge companies having representatives present. The lowest bid was $12,400, the highest exceeding $15,000. As two other bridges had been built across the same stream at a cost of nearly one-half of the bid submitted to-day, the commissioners were not slow in discovering that there was a collusion between the bidders, and all were rejected. ' Tattooed Man in Prison. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Feb. 6. Frank George, who was received at the. Prison South yesterday from Vanderburg county, for larceny is the most remarkable looking prisoner confined in that institution. He is a veritable tattooed man. On his body are representations of a ship, cross, man, spear, two anchors, girl, sailor, flower girl, a number of stars, monument, trees, arms of the United States, a chair and the letters L and G. Parts of his body are entirely covered with needle points. He is the greatest curiosity arriving at the prison for years. Famous Old-Age Family. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 6. Amos Drake, of this city, was called to Greencastle yesterday by the serious illness of his mother, who Is thought to be dying. Should her death occur it will.be the first in a family of twelve, consisting of father, mother, three daughters and seven sons. The father is ni riety-seven years old, the mother ninety-f ur, and the ages of the children range from a little more than fifty, to more than seventy years. Fort Wayne Man Found Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal TTDRT VA WV fnrl Tiph. fi. John Ktolnborn was round dead in a Dea at ms home on Walton avenue at 5 o'clock this evening. He lives alone, and was at work Monday, but had not been seen since. Friends becoming uneasy went to his home, and were compelled to break in the doors. The gas lire was burning, and the man's body was in a terrible state of decomposlton. The only relative Is a little daughter, who lives with a relative. Big Four Gets a Verdict. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Feb. 6. Th Jury la th case of Ch arias Osborn against

the Big Four railway returned a Verdict for the defendant to-day. Osborne was a freight brakeman, and when he was sent back to flag a train he sat down on the ties and was struck by the train and died from his Injuries. It was alleged that Osborne had been overworked and as a result went to sleep. Sixty Days for Wife Beating. . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., . Feb. 6. A few days ago

a strange woman with five children arrived here from Carthage, Mo. Monday William Evans came from the same place, claiming to be the husband of the woman. He attempted to abduct the children, but was un successful. He then tried to kill the woman, and came near succeeding. Evans was arrested, and received a sixty-day jail sen tence for wife beating. Sew Treasurer at Alexandria. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind.. Feb. 6. James F. Brenaman, chairman of the Republican central committee, and a member of the city School Board, was unanimously elected to the office of city treasurer last night by the Common Council, in the place of E. C. Robinson, resigned. Other business interests Drought about Mr. Robinson s resignation. Mr. Brenaman filed his $23,000 bond and entered at once on his duties. A Xew Gas Territory. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 6. Sulphur Springs, Henry county, people are very happy today over the discovery there of natural gas in paying quantities. The well was drilled in on the McSherley farm, and after being shot with nitro-grlycerine shows a bis flow. This is the third attempt to get gas in mat part or Henry county. Gen. Manson's Widow Prostrated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 6. The funeral of Gen. M, D. Manson will be held at the Methodist Church to-morrow afternoon instead of at the late residence. Mrs. M. D. Manson is completely prostrated from nervousness brought on by her husband's death, and no one Is permitted to see her. Indianapolis Man Found Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 6. Conrad Sponsee, a cabinetmaker, who recently came to Anderson from Indianapolis, was found dead in his bed this morning. The man had been in usual, health, but was drinking the day before his death. The remains were taken to Indianapolis for interment. Indiana Deaths. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 6. Elder A. H. Campbell, of the Presbyterian Church, residing at J-.exington, died yesterday or consumption. The funeral took place this afternoon. The remains of Capt. J. M. Phillips arrived this evening from Dallas, Tex. The funeral takes place Friday, under the allspices of the Knights Templars, Elks and Knights of the Ancient JEssenic Order. SEYMOUR. Ind.. Feb. 6. Isaac L. Whitcomb, an old and esteemed citizen of Jen nings county, died Saturday, aged sixty nine. Mrs. Minnie Lange died yesterday evening with cancer, after suffering for thirty -months. She resided in this city. SHELBY VILLE, Ind.. Feb. 6. William Collins, aged seventy-eight, died at his home in Hendricks township last night of the grip. He leaves a widow 'to whom he has been married fifty-eight years, and five children. WABASH, Ind., Feb. 6. Fred Baker, a leading farmer of Lagro township, died this morning of heart disease at his home near Urbana. Deceased was a veteran and sixty-seven years old. Indiana Notes. Columbus City Council has decided that city shall have a market house. A child of John Roberts, of New Ross, died from burns received while playing around an open grate. Elder W. O. Moore, of Dayton, has been' chosen by acclamation for the Christian Church pulpit at Martinsville. Clay City is considering the lighting question, andexpects to soon be the possessor of an electric-light plant. Andrew J. Norman, who was convicted of perjury at Brownstown, was taken to the Prison South yesterday by Sheriff Stiliwell to serve two years. Underwood Brothers & Co., dry goods, at Noblesville, have assigned for the benefit of creditors. Assets, $18,000; liabilities. $15,000; partly secured by mortgage and stock. District Deputy Grand Chief Mrs. Mollie Fechheimer. of Terre Haute, assisted by Rosewood Temple, No. 74, of New Ross, instituted a Rathbone Sisters Temple, with twenty-three charter members, at Jamestown Tuesday night. The following were installed as officers for the ensuing term: Mrs. K. L. W. Stockton, M. E. C. ; Mrs. Lizzie Hochstedler, E. S.; Mrs. Lillian Camplin, E. J.: Mrs. Jennie Long, M. of T.; Miss Edna Hochstedler.M. of R. C.;Mrs. Sarah Porter, M. of F.; Mrs. Anna Magers, P. of T. ; Mrs. Mattie Roberts, G. of O. T. PULLMAN IN DANGER JUDGE GROSSCUP MAY PUXISH HIM FOR COXTEMPT OF COURT. He Is Wanted as n Witness in the A. R. U. Conspiracy Cases, but Has So Far Evaded the Summons. CHICAGO, Feb. 6. "If Mr. Pullman has evaded the service of the subpoena I shall certainly punish him for contempt of court," said Judge Grosscup this evening. To-morrow morning half a dozen of George M. Pullman's clerks will be brought before Judge Grosscup and sworn as to their knowledge of Mr. Pullman's actions on Monday. A subpoena was issued for his presence as a witness in Judge Grosscup' s court on behalf of the defense in the conspiracy cases. The subpoena was given to Deputy United States Marshal Jones on Monday morning. At the office of the Pullman company he was informed by one of the attendants 'that Mr. Pullman was in the building and in his private office. Another clerk who was requested to inform Mr. Pullman that someone wished to see him. Inquired of Deputy Jones his business. He was informed that he had a subpoena for Mr. Pullman to appear In the Debs trial. The clerk returned to the outer office in a few moments and said that Mr. Pullman was not In the office, but would be in later. All Monday the clerks kept the deputy running up and down the elevator, and each time he returned he was informed that Mr. Pullman either had gone out or had not yet returned. On Monday night the deputy called at Mr. Pullman's residence. He was told that Mr. Pullman had not yet returned home, but was expected at any time. At midnight Mr. Pullman had not been reported as having returned home, and the deputy gave up the search for the night. Tuesday morning when he called at the office of the Pullman company he was told that Mr. Pullman had gone out of town; that he was either -in New York or in Washington. The clerk did not know" when Mr. Pullman had left Chicago, only that he had gone away. To-day the counsel for the defense called the attention of Judge Grosscup to the mysterious action of Mr. Pullman's clerks and Intimated that Mr. Pullman had ruccessfuily endeavored to evade the process of the court. The judge directed that Deputy Jones call into court at the opening to-morrow morning all of the clerks and messengers with whom he had come in contact at the office of the Pullman company, and the court would endeavor to learn from them the meaning of their action in regard to the subpoena. At the adjournment of the court Judge Grosscup, in speaking of the matter sa:d: "If Mr. Pullman has evaded the service of the subpoena, I shall certainly punish him for contempt of court." DEBS'3 TESTIMONY. President Debs, of the American Railway Union, was on the witness stand all day. Debs was led by his counsel, Mr. Darrow, to review his life and his connection with the Botherhood of Firemen down to the inception of -the A. R. U. after the organization of the General Managers' Association. The union, the witness aid, was organized to prevent one class of railroad employes from being used to defeat the demands of other classes. The object of th General Managers' Association was to brin-r a united front to bear against the demands of tho men -n any one road. There were S70.000 employe on the pay rolls of the railroads of the country. The General Managers' Association embraced about half the

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roads of the country. The tendency of the ttst few years, Debs declared, was to in absorption of the smaller roads by the large railroad corporatio'is. Wages had been steadily reduced for years and to resist further reduction was one of the reasons for the organization of the A. R- L. The union was organized with fifty members and steadily grew in numbers until It had l-0-000 members at the time of the strike last summer. Ail of these memlers were located along the lines of the roads representedm the General Mur-ogeis' Association. The witness first heard of the trouble at Pullman on his return to Chicago from the Great Northern strike about May 5. 1M4. About 50 per cent, of the Pullman employes were members of the union. Witness had not gone to Pullman to make a personal examination of the situation but had delegated Vic Fiesidem Howard to that dutyHe first learned of the strike "self in the newspapers on the morning of May l- e bad sent Howard to Pullman In 'naYL avert the threatened strike, and the strike was without his consent and contrary to ms adTniI" afternoon Debs sa-d he never counseled or advised in any form the use .or violence or interference with the united States mail trains. He had never at Blue Island or elsewhere told the men to tie up the roads, mail or no mall trains, lie was shown the famous "Save your rnoney and buv a gun" telegram, and satd he had not sent It or seen it until it had been sent out by one of the directors. Other telegrams in which the government charged violence by Indirection and inference were withdrawn by the prosecution. In reference to the riots at the stock yards, he had issued a statement disclaiming responsibility lor the turbulence there, and asserting that it was being committed by others than tne American Railway Union. Want the Charters Revoked. , BROOKLYN. N. Y.. Feb. 6. A committee of five citizens called upon Mayor Schleren this afternoon and asked him to sign the resolution passed by the Board of Aldermen rescinding the charters of the trolley roads involved in the strike. The Mayor decided that he would not give an answer to the committee until to-morrow morning. Brooklyn's trolley strikers, since the striKe began, have refused to draw the weeks wages due them from the companies until to-day when hundreds of the strikers went to the officers or 'ine.inree roau .u.cv;i.;n and demanded their pay. At the office of the Brooklyn Heights Company, in Montague street the men were massed in the basement, taken up in squads to the paymasters office, where they received their checks, which were cashed in the treasurer's office. It was said that 300 or 400 men were paid off during the day. President Lewis sa'd that none of the men had apn.ied tor reinstatement and he did not expect any applications until the men's money was exhausted. Curious Strike at Knojville. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 6. The Westrollurotf nvnorloni'C.-l a. PllHnil!; .K-fHrtA Ctf 'motormen and conductors here, owing to a dispute as to when their pay begins each day. Four conductors and motormen quit. The amount of time in dispute is three minutes, and the total wages per day of the four men for that time Is 21-5 cents. Their places have been filled. FAMILY WIPED OUT BY FIRE. John Bock, Wife and Four Children Burned to Death. STANDISH, Mich., Feb. 6. The entire family of John Beck, consisting of himself, wife and four small children, were burned to death this morning. It is supposed that a hot stovepipe, which passed through the floor, caused the fire. The home of the Bocks was a comfortable little farmhouse situated a mile east of Omer. The alarm was given at 5 o'clock this morning, but when the villagers arrived the house was already nearly consumed. The remains of Bock and his wife, the latter with a child In her arms, were found in the main living room. The remains of the other members of the family were found in other parts of the ruins, burned beyond all semblance of human forms. School Fnrnace Explodes. ELYRIA, O., Feb. 6. The furnace In the new West-side public school building blew up with terrific force during the noon recess of the school to-day. The northern wall of the main building was blowni out. Fire immediately started, and was only extinguished after much damage was done. Had the explosion occurred fifteen minutes later, when two hundred children would have been in the building, loss of life would have occurred. The loss on the building will be about $7,000. Three Men Suffocated. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6. Three menGriffin Brown and Sylvester Richardson, colored coal rollers, and John Hogan, a white tramp were suffocated this morning on a coal boat. After lighting a fire in a small cabin the men fell asleep and were discovered dead when other workmen reached the boat. Three Men Crushed. ROCKVILLE. Md., Feb. 6. During a fire to-day a chimney fell, buryins hree men. They were seriously if not fatally injured, as follows: Frank Morgan, a tinner; Chas. Eagle, aged sixteen; Phil Johnson, aged eighteen. Chinese Fleet Still Holding; Out. CHEE-FOO, Feb. 6. The Chinese fleet In the harbor of Wei-Hal-Wei is still holding out against the Japanese. The Chinese vessels have shelled that part of the town which was supposed to be occupied by the Japanese. Three foreigners named Walpole, Schnell and Thomas are reported to have been killed or taken prisoners. The commander-in-chief of the first Japanese army, General Nodzu, Is reported to have been killed at Hal-Cheng. Local papers state that General Tai, commanding the Chinese land forces at Wel-Hai-Wel Is dead and that th situatloni is critical. German Pythian Lodare Organized. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 6.-k)ne hundred German members of the Knights of Pythias in this city have withdrawn from the order and organized Germania Lodge No. 1, of the Improved Order Knights Pythias. The Swedish and Danes of the Knights of Pythias are preparing also to organize lodges independent of the old order. The dissatisfaction of the foreign element in the order was caused by measures adopted by the supreme officers of the Knights of Pythias at the session held at Kansas City two years ago, which legislated all lodges other than English out of existence. Obituary. ' WASHINGTON, Feb. G. Isaac M. Turner, the Grand Rapids lawyer, who was taken ill here a few days ago, died at the Providence Hospital last night. His remains were taken charge of by Conexessman Richardson and started for the West to-night. LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.. Feb. 6. Isaac Small, aged ninety years, is dead. One of his daughters married Admiral Beardalee, of the United States navy. Mr. Small commenced his business career In New York. Prosperous Match Company. CHICAGO Feb. 6. The stockholders of the Diamond Match Company held their meeting here to-day. The annual report showed a surplus of 11.000.000, which will bo issued as stock and distributed among the stockholders as additional dividend. The regular quarterly dividend of per cent, on the capital stock of $9,000,000 was declared and announcement was made of an addit'onal issue of Jl.OOO.O'JO of stock, to which the stockholders will be given the first opportunity to subscribe. The Molurman Responsible.MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Feb. 6. The coroner's jury to-night returned a verdict in the Ktnnicklnnic-avenue street-car accident, find'nr that the three persons killed lost their lives through the negligence of motorman John W. Kennedy. The Jury recom mends that guarding gates be erected at the bridges, and that vestibule cars to protect the motormen from the cold be used by the street-car companies. Julius and Slegfre I Siegl, Vienna bankers, charged with the forgery and embezzlement of $1(X,000 In Austria, who were arrested In New York last August, have been. sent back to Europe on the steamship Ems. They fought against extradition for six months. Tis Sozodont the whole world tries, Tls Sozodont which purifies The breath and mouth, and dirt defies. Tis Sozodont for which we cry. Sweet Sozodont for which we sigh, Tls only Sozodont we buy.

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H. C. EVANS SWORN IN TOOK THE OATH AS GOVERXOR OF TEXXESSEE YESTERDAY. ' Claims to Have Been Fairly Elected, as the Returns Opened by tbe U islature Show -Mandaniu NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 6. Henry Clay Evans, Republican candidate for Governor at the -late election, to-day took ths oath of office. After the returns had been read la joint convention of the Legislature, he proceeded to the State Library, where the oath was administered by a magistrate. Tha Secretary of State was then formally requested to file the oath. He declined to do so. '. The action of Mr. Evans created soma surprise, though very little, as "It was known that he intended to . have himself sworn in, claiming that the joint convention had opened and published the returns according to the requirements of the Constitution; that the figures showed he was elected, and that - the contest law enacted at this session Is unconstitutional. - It is believed by many that it was his intention to have taken the oath as soon as the joint convention adjourned, and in the presence, m i . a 1 . A. - A - k Justice of the peace was present and the Bible at hand. But when the roll call of counties was concluded, and all the returns had been opened Senator Cooper moved that all persons except members b requested to leave the hall, and Mr. Evans and his attorneys left. Mr. Evans's friends say he did not intend to try to take the oath in the hall, though he had determined to take the oath to-day. There was no excitewho were not close observers of the morn Insr's events, and to-nlsht there Is no ex citement and but little talk over the matter. After leaving the hall of Representatives Mr. Evans and his attorneys went into th library of the Capitol, where about one hun-' dred and fifty people had gathered, 1 Demo crats and Republicans, and took the oath of office as Governor, it being administered by justice of the peace T. O. Morris, of this city, both of them signing the oath. Then Mr. Evans's attorneys proceeded to Secretary of State Morgan's office and tendered him the oath for filing as required by law. Secretary Morgan aeennea in writing io receive it, stating that he did not recognize Mr. Evans as Governor, and only recognized Governor Turney as legal Governor. Mr. Evans and his friends and attorneys then left the Capitol. Everything was done quiet ly, thsre was no demonstration, and curiosity was more prevalent than Interest. Mr. Evans will appeal for a mandamus to com pel the Secretary of State to file his oath ot office. , Proposed Sunday Liquor Law. NEW YORK Feb. 6. Assemblyman Wilkes, of New York city, has Introduced! a bill in the Assembly which provides that the Sunday liquor selling question be submitted to the popular vote of cities of fifty thousand or more lnhabitans. It was drafted by John P. Smith, editor of the Wine and Spirits Gaazette, who went to Albany to sound legislators about it. Mr. Smith said that as Messrs. Saxton, Lexow, Fish, Robinson and Ainsworth had promised to support his bill he thought it had a fair chance of passing. Mr. Smith's bill contains -three brief sections. One provides that at the next general election voters shall have an opportunity to cast their ballots for and asalnst the sale of strong drinks between and hours of 1 p. m. and 12 p. - m. on Sunday. Another says that if the question is affirmed by a majority of the voters the succeeding Legislature shall make laws to govern the new condition of affairs. The UllI U OCUUVII oat-J a lliab UJ; Dale ui uvjuui on tsunaay auring tne nours uamea is at ine expense of law, order and public decency the next Legislature shall take immediate steps looking to the holding of an election to repeal the law. ' $20,000 for an Anti-Toxin Plant. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 6. A bill for an appropriation of. $26,000 to establish a plant In which to cultivate at public expense antitoxin, the new German cure for diphtheria, was Introduced In the State Senate to-day by Senator Brand. The bill provides that the plant shall be under the care of the State Board of Health. Twenty thousand of the amount asked for in the bill is for a plant and the remainder Is for buying animals and other necessaries to be used in the manufacture of anti-toxin. Brand is a phj'siclan and says he has, used anti-toxJrt on twenty patients and not one died. Four of his children had the disease and he sent for anti-toxin. Two died before the remedy arrived. The other two recovered under tha anti-toxin treatment. Still No Election. DOVER, DeL, Feb. 6. Two ballots wers taken to-day In the United States senatorial fight without any change. ' SALEM, Ore., Feb. 6. There was no material change in the senatorial Joint ballot to-day. Six members were absent. Tha vote stood: Dolph. 39; Hare, 10; Weatherford, 7; Williams, 9; Hermann, 13; Lord, 3; Lowell, 3. 1 BOISE, Ida, Feb. 6. Another ballot was taken to-day for United States Senator, and showed no change. Shoup. 12; Sweet, 18; Claggett, 14. . Features of Oklahoma Legislation. GUTHRIE. O. T., Feb. 6. A memorial has been introduced in the territorial Legislature by a Populist," calling on Congress to reduce the salary of the President, Con gres3men, Senators and all other federal officers one-third. Bills were also introduced prohibiting the sale of cigarettes in the Territory under $500 fine; compelling theatrical companies to show everything advertised, and another one to divide M county into three counties. This bill will, doubtless inaugurate a county seat war. Bermuda Girl and Puttie D. Sold. LEXINGTON, Ky.. Feb. 6. Woodard & Shanklin to-day sold eighty-six head of horses for $0,375. The chief , sales were: Bermuda. Girl, 2:21,4. by Bermuda, dam Anna McKee, by Red Wilkes, to Andy Welch, Hartford, Conn.. W.30: 1 Pattie D., 2-12i, pacer, by Ultlmus. dam by Old Drennon, J. D. Kelly. San Francisco, $2,250. Dr. Price's Cream Baking: Powder " World's Fair Highest Award. NATIONAL iuud i urns. wrodghtHroh PIPE roE - Gas, Steam andWater Boiler Tubes, C'Mt aa4 Mailoabls Iron Fittings ( blftek aud ffalTaninklk. Vslvea. Stop -ock, kngins . rimming. M-iu vaue, l'H Touk; Vips Cutter. Viwa. Screw Walna aud Dies, WreucUe. Ptcam Trap, Pumps, kiirlu'ii sink. Uo, llnlliue, B!lut Metal, Sol. der. White utt '"lured Wis. tug Waste. muiX U other Sup. pile al iu con ecUuu wiia ua. 8 team ami Witter. Nau nral Gas upilie peUl(r. btetuu heanritf Apparatus f Pubhe liuililiocM. Storeroume, Mill. Sliop. h aetort, Latindrlee Lumber I'ry licunea, te. Cut aud i hrpad to rd aay U Wrought troa lte, tmam laca to l J wclie diat tor. -JKnight & Jillson 75 aad 71

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