Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1895 — Page 1

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On our Hats. Never befbre .were such values literally blown at your heaxl. Two days more of this. If you'll bring your head in to-day or tomorrow, we can probably make it look at least make it feel better. Tftiis way:

82X0 and 83 Straw Hats for.... $1.47 81X0 and 82 btraw Hats for.... 97c SI Straw Hats for 69c Toe Straw Hats for 39c 25c Straw Hats for 23c

To-morrow morning' we will printt the programme of the Indianapolis Military Band Concert to be given from our balcony to-morrow

evening. 'Young Gibraltar" Drug House 300 Massachuscts avc. FRANK H. CARTER. MANY A DINNER.

Has been marred by a bad stove. No matter how good the cook, she must have a good stove. WE MAKE THEM, AND GUARANTEE THEM.

IHDIA11AP0LI3 STOYE CO., - THE BIG -5L ROUTE IS THE OFFICIAI. ROUTED TO THE Annual Ming of the B.Y.' P.O. AT BALTIMORE, MD., July 18 to 21. QUO For the Round Trip Ol FHOM INDIANAPOLIS. Corresponding rates from all points in ' Indiana. A special train will leave Indlanapolls at 3 p. m.. July 16, and run through via the Chesapeake & Ohio, reaching Baltimore early the next afternoon. The sleepin? car rate from Indianapolis will be $4 per double berth. Those intending to take this train should Inform as early as possible the undersigned or L. A. Clark, transportation leader B. Y.- P. 17., Crawfordsville, Ind. Tickets will also be pood going en any-train leaving Indiana points July , IS and 17, and will b good rflfurolng until Aug. 6. inclusive. IL M. BftONSON. A. G. P. A. ' C, H. & B. R. R. frr NIAOAKA FALLS BtTFALO. CTIAUVQ TACQUA. THURSDAY, JULY 18. Tickets good for fire da) a. QIO THOUSAND ISLANDS. Tickets good for ten days. CINCINNATI AND RETUKX. tlootl only on Sunday, July 21 PUMN-BAY. Independent Tumrereltt Tickets good going on regular and special trains, Saturday, J ulr 20; good to return for ten days. For detailed Information call at No. 3 t Washing, ton street, tito. W. HAYLER, D. Y. A. i . MONON ROUTE (LcaUtCls, Jftw Albany Chicago Ry. Ca) . THO i'GHICAGO GHOKT XvIVE ' leave ivdianapous. jco. 38 Chlrtf o Limited, PuUmaa Vt ubuled Coacnes. Parlor and Dining Cars, dally 11 9 am Arms Chicago 6:30 pm ho, SS-OUcao lght Express. PuUmu Vetibuled Coaches and Sleepers, daily 12.35 am Arrtrs Chicago 1:40am "o. 10 Monoa Accommodation, dally, except buntfay i.OOpm iRRlVK AX lMDlAMAruLlS. 'o. 33 Vestibule, daily 5:55 pm ho. Veatlbule, daUy S;2a am t - Monon Accommodation, dally, except fcuuday 11:20 am Pullman Vestibule Sleeper for Chicago stands as Mt nu Union Station, and ca te taken at b-JO p. ul. For furtter information call at Ticket Office, No. 2 treat Waabingtoa street, Union Station and Maasacaif artts arecae. CEO, W, HATZXE, D.t.JL IBANK J. BEEP. A., - THE IBDIAHAPOLIS WAREHOUSE CO. Warehousemen, Forvrardlnjr and Commission Merchants. lloney advanced on conxtsmiiientJi. Telsterl neelpe ren. oa, 53 to 2U fcOLTH PKNNSYLVAMA STREET. Telephone 1343 FAILURE OF A COLONY. Rumor tlint the i(roei IVow In Mexico AVill lie IlroaKht Hack. DL PASO, Tex., July 11. News reaches here from Mapimo. Mexico, that William Ellis, the negro who induced eight hundred negroes to leave Alabama and Georgia and go to Mexico, where they have become practically 'enslaved, has been sent to the colony to conduct the negroes back to the American boraer, where they will be turned , loose. The negroes have been dyinc so fast and have proven so unruly from ill-treatment that the colony managers have resolved to get rid of them. The colony is regarded as a failure. AN INSANE MOTHER IInnR Her Trru Children and Herself. lut Ihc Haby Survives. riTTSBUUG. July ll.-Mrs. Lena Hoesncr hanged herself to a closet door yesterday after she had hung up two of her children in another room. She has been sick for a long time, and it is supposed she was insane. She sent her eldest daughter, aged Bine, to visit a relative. Then she hung her daughter Ella, agrd three years to the bed post. After that she tied a towel about the neck of her baby and hung it up on tho post of its crib. After that she hung herself. When discovered all were dead except the baby, and It was chewing the towel with which it was tied. Sold Ills GoMtel float. ASHLAND. Wis.. July ll.-Capuin Bundy, for thirty-seven years a missionary amoni sailors en th great lakes, to-day sold his gospel boat. Glad Tilings, to Washburn parties, una will seek retirement la his old ae at Chicago.

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Prices S3 T)erby and Tourist Hats $1.97 82.50 and 82 Derby andTourists.$1.47 81J50 Derbies and Tourists 97c A, whole lot of odds and ends fetraw Hats worth up to 81, at. 9c Hood's and Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Greene's Nervura, Paine's Celery Compound 75c Allcock's riasters, Carter's L. L. Tills 15c 71 & 73 South Meridian Street IS FLOWER KESPONSIBLE? A Pardoned Convict Shoot it Girl, a Farm Hnnd and Himself. WATERTOWN, N. Y., July 11. A girl of sixteen years was murdered and an old man fatally wounded by an ex-convict, at Chapel Hill, near Lowville, Lewis county, last night. The victims of the Assassin were 'Minnie Ingersoll, who lived with her brother Eugene, and Nicholas P. Strife, a farm hand, in Ingersoll's employ. Tho murderer is John Hoch. aged thirty years, who was convicted of attempting to murder a young woman in Denmark, Lewis county, several years ago. and who was sentenced to seven years at Auburn. Two years ago he received an absolute pardon from Governor Flower, and since that time has lived in various parts of Lewis county. He met Miss Ingersoll this spring and became Infatuated with her, but the girl would have nothing to say to him. Yesterday morning Hoch drove from Lowville to Chapel Hill, but the girl's brother Eugene ordered him away, and he drove to his halfsister's home for dinner. Driving back to Lowville he bought a Winchester rifle and cartridges. Late In the evening Hoch sneaked into the Ingersoll barn, and when. Miss Ingersoll passed with a pall of milk he fired, the ball lodging in her heart. She fell dead. Strife was following the girl with a pail of milk, and the murderer fired a second time, the ball entering Strife's left side. Strife ran in terror and alarmed the household. Hoch made for the woods and escaped. This morning the sheriff found Hoch at a farm house, He had told George Graves, the owner, the story of the crime, threatening death to him If they said a word. He showed fight to the officers, but. finding resistance useless, he put a revolver to his forehead and tired, fracturing his skull. Strife may die. It is expected that Hoch will recover. LEFT NOTHING FOR CREDITORS. Bond Forger Lewis and Family Carried" Off Everything; Movable. URBAN A, O., July 11. No new forged bonds turned up to-day In Z. T. Lewis's case. The amount of J 125,000 spurious bonds remains unchanged. Frequent inquiries from outside brokers in regard to bonds came In and will no doubt bring to light more fraudulent securities. It now looks as though Lewis had premeditated this collapse and had prepared for it. Ills wife went east In ' April, but turned up at St. Clair, Mich., later. His daughter also went to St. Clair two weeks ago. "A visit to the residence this afternoon revealed that every particle of clothing of the two women had been taken away. The sealskin cloaks had not been forgotten in the pack-up. While the family may have known nothing of the expected collapse. Lewis himself knew it and was prepared for it. It has Just been developed here that Lewis had a scheme concocted to get hold of 1:50,000 natural gas bonds of this city. His object was to replace 6 per cent, bonds with & per cent. Had his plan been successful it would have resulted In the possible Issue of a- cool million. The sudden collapse balked his game. . Embexsled Dack Taxes. LEXINGTON, Ky.. July 11. Back tax collector R. J. O'Mahoney was to-day indicted for the embezzlement of $37 back taxes collected from Major Thomas, the famous turf man. and not turned into the city treasury. This Is one of scores of similar cases developed by expert accountants now KOing over the city collector's records for the past ten years, Involving a loss to the city of $50,000. As fast as shortages develop they are charged to Deputy Collector W. P. Walsh, who was drowned a year ago while fishing alone, and who. It is now Relieved, committed suicide, knowing that exposure was inevitable. O'Mahoney says he indorsed Major Thomas's check and runed It over to Walsh, but the books show no record of the transaction. Intlnatrlal Activity In the South.. BALTIMORE, July 11. Special reports to the Manufacturers' Record show a continuation of activity In all lines of industrial interests throughout the South. The recent heavy advance in iron U forcing all ironmaking and coal mining companies to pueh their plants to their fullest productive capacity, and Is already resulting in arrangements being made for large additions to established plants and In the starting of new enterprises. Several projects are now being matured for buildirig new furnaces by experienced Iron men. backed by ample capital. All Indications point to as great activity in the iron and coal interests in the South as has recently been seen In tho textile Une. Sulfide of Dr. JonfM. LEXINGTON. Ky., July 11. Dr. Edward Jones, agod fifty-three years, for many years superintendent of the Eastern Kentucky Asylum here, committed suicide today by Jumping from the second story of the institution of which he wa once superintendent. He had been an Inmate the past year. He was a distinguished surgeon in the Confederate army, and was'a brother of the late General J. Lawson Jones. Students MlaslnK ROCf I ESTER. X. Y., Juljc ll.-Harry May and Cleveland Coxe. nephew of Rlshop Coxe, of Buffalo, students at Hobart College, started on Saturday last to row around Seneca lake, and have not since been seen. A boat resembling theirs has been found upset on tho lake, and friends of the young men fear they have been drowned. Altitude of Pike Peak. COLORADO SPRINGS, Col.. July ll.-It Is believed that the work, of the government surveying party now here will disclose tin error in the reckoning made from the old Kansas Pacific survey of the elevation of this locality, and that the altitude of Pike's Peak will be proven to be 15,617' i feet, a gain of over 1,1'JO feet.

ARMY OF CHRISTIANS

FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND EXDEAVORERS WELCOSIED TO BOSTON. Six Mounter Mas Meetlugs and Twenty-Seven Denominational Rallies Yesterday and Last ISigbt. SECRETARY BAER'S REPORT AX EXHIBIT OF THE GROWTH AXD "WORK OF THE SOCIETY. " 1 'rather" Clark Annual Address Rend Defore 29,000 PeopleSan Francisco Next Year. BOSTON, July 11. All Boston has sounded with the enthusiasm of the great army of young Christians now within her gates. The splendid welcome, that to-day was officially extended to the 53.000 delegates to the grand Christian Endeavor convention has gladlened their hearts, and to-night three magnificent divisions of the multitude praised God in song and prayer. Even the immensity of the enthusiasm that prevailed to-day at the mammoth meetings in Mechanics' Hall and the two great tents Williston and Endeavor was exceeded tonight by more mammoth gatherings at the same places. Every address delivered this evening was of Importance and interest. At the Mechanics buildirig the Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.. D., of Boston, founder and president of the society, delivered his annual address. The address was also read in tent Williston, by the Rev. H. T. McEwan, Ph. D., of New York, and in tent Endeavor, ' by Prof. James Lewis Howe, of Lexington, Ky. Thus it was -heard by 2D.000 people, for in each of the tents the Endeavorers were 10,000 strong, and at Mechanics' building were gathered 9,000 more. The story it contained was a story of successes that exceeded hope and almost audacious in their extent, and it evoked the utmost enthusiasm, which was expressed in such hosannas as modern Athens has never heard before. The meeting in tent Williston to-night was, perhaps, the greatest of the three. The address of Rev. H. Conwell drew a great crowd; an address by Rev. Teunls Hamlin, D. D., of Washington, D. C, whose subject was "Washington, 1895," was a very strong effort, while Mr. W. H. Pennell, of Washington, D. C, spoke in the tent Endeavor on the same subject. Addresses by Dwight F. Moody, at the Mechanics' building, and by John G. Woo ley, the noted Chicago temperance lecturer, who spoke in tent Endeavor on "The Christian Endeavor vs. The Saloon," were also great attractions. The choruses, too, at all three meetings surpassed all that has yet been attempted in music s'.nee the meeting began. Eight hundred singers were included in that at Mechanics' Hall, and in each of the tents a quota of not less than six hundred. General Secretary John Willis Baer, of Boston, presided at Mechanics' Hall. General Treasurer William Shaw, of Boston, led, the meeting in tent Williston, and Trustee Rev. J. Z: Taylor, D. D., of Cleveland, directed affairs in tent Endeavor. The denominational rallies held this afternoon in twenty-seven chilrches, halls and tents , were attended by thousands of delegates belonging to the twenty-seven denominations represented at the convention. More than one hundred clergymen and laymen spoke at these meetings on almost as many subjects. The principal rallies were: Baptist, at tent Endeavor; Congregational, at tent Williston; Presbyterian, at Mechanics' building; Disciples of Christ, at South End Tabernacle; Cumberland Presbyterian, at Union Congregational Church; Methodist Episcopal, at People's Temple; Reform Church inthe United States, at First Presbyterian Church, and United Drethren, at Park-street Church. These meetings were led respectively by Rev. H. C. Vedder, Chester, Pa.; Mr. W. H. Strong, Detroit, Mich.; Rev. , George. R. Stewart, D. D., Harrisburg, Pa.; Rev. Allan B. Philpot, D. D., Philadelphia: Rev. P. W. Lewis, Meridian, Miss.; Rev. Wallace McMullen, Philadelphia;. Rev. Henry T. Spangler, D. D., Collegeville, Fa.; Rev. F. H. Shute, Dayton, O. After the big convention meeting of the forenoon hundreds of the delegates held noon-day rallies throughout the city. In the churches and hails, in vacant lots, on street corners and wharfs, in the big markets and factories and in missions and large retail stores they gathered and offered prayers for the benefit of the thousands of the toilersvwho heard them. The largest of these meetings was held in historic Faneuil Hall and in the Broomfield-street church. In the hall several market men joined in the familiar hymns. The services were led by the Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman, D. D., of Albany, N. Y. The Broomfield-street church is In the center of the retail business district, and the services there were so well attended that an overflow meeting in the vestry was necessary. The Rev. Francl3 .V. Smiley, of Denver, Col., presided at tho main meeting, and the Rev. Seth K. Mitchell, of Cambridge. Mass., led the smaller gathering. Twenty ladles and gentlemen wearing the badges of the society entered the gallery, of the Stock Exchange at noon. The traders at once abandoned business, and, facing the gallery, with uncovered heads, earnestly sang "America." THE OPEMXa 31EETIXGS. Enormous Crowd in Mechanics Hall nnd Hie Two Tents. Hundreds -were unable to obtain admission to the Mechanics Building this morning. The stage, portion, . reserved- for the speakers, was occupied by one section of the chorus of nearly one thousand voices. This chorus started songs of praise long before the convention formally opened, and cgntlnued the hymns until President Clark appeared on the platform. The advent of the founder and leader of the Christian Endeavor movement was a signal for the outbursts of tremendous applause, which continued for several minutes. At 9:30 o'clock President Clark called the convention to order with the gavel presented to him by the Salem (Ore.) Christian Endeavor Union. Rev. Smith Baker, of East Boston, led the devotional exercises, and then President Clark appointed the business commiteee, as follows; Secretary, J. w. Baer; Rev. F. II. Harwood, Wisconsin; Dr. E. Kelly; California; W. II. Leads. State of Washington, and Miss Ottle E.' Wiggins, of Ontario. Dr. F. H. Smith's hymn of welcome was first read in concert and then sung with a will. Rev. Albert H. Plumb, D. D., of this city, welcomed the delegates in behalf of the Boston pastors. Hon. s. R, Capen. chairman of the committee of ISM, made the address of welcome In behalf of the committee. President Clark then Introduced Governor Greenhaige. Again, the convention broke out Into applause and cheers while the Governor bowed acknowledgement. He was given the Chautaur.ua salute. The Governor welcomed the delegates to Massachusets, saying, among other things: "It is not of material wealth this State boasts.

buy of our superior ideas and Ideals. In iie name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I welcome you from whatever State, Territory or country you may cone. ,You are all welcome with the welcome rf the great Jieart and soul of Massachusetts. After you go your-sunshine shall remain with us so long as life shall last." At the close of the Governor's remarks, at Dr. Clark's request the entire audience shouted, "God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts." Rev. E. R. Dili. D. D., of San Francisco, whom Dr. Clark called "a loyal Methodist," then made the response in behalf of the board of trustees of the United Society of Chrlstia-: Endeavor. Secretary Ilaer'n Report. After the ladies in the audience had sung "Throw Out the Life Line," Secretary John W. Baer read his annual report. It follows: . Every useful wheel must have Its hub. Every hub, to be useful, should have its wheel. Figuratively speaking. Christian Endeavor is a useful wheel certainly Boston is the Hub. As we are in the Hub, let us turn the wheel upon its axis, and from the hub view its revolutions. Its circumference equals that of the globe, and its spokes number thousands upon thousands. Each year the circumference of the Christian Endeavor wheel widens each year thousands of spokes are added. Iast year our wheel was strengthened by 7,750 new societies (or "spokes," if you please.) This Is the largest increase for any one year since . the "wheel" commenced revolving, fourteen years ago. "Spoke" after "spoke" passes our vision rapidly in this whirl of inspection, in all. 41,229. Of these 4,712 are from other lands, the United Kingdom heading the list -with 2.645, which figure includes ISO from Wales, 112 from Scotland, and 53 from Ireland. Australia now has no less than 1,509; Africa. 30; Chln 3-'; France, C4; India, 117; Japan, 59; Madagascar, 93; Mexico, 25; Turkey. C9; West India islands, 63; and so on until every country is represented save five, Italy, Russia, Iceland, Sweden and Greece. And now tlae "spokes" from the Dominion' of Canada, come into view. Ontario, with her remarkable growth of the last year, leads with 1.995; Nova Scotia. SS8; Quebec. 264; New Brunswick, 152; Manitoba. l'Ji: Prince Edward Island, 62; Assinibola, 53; British Columbia, 40; Alberta. 13; Saskatchewan, 5. In all, counting five in Newfoundland, 3,105, an increase of 1,223 during the.past year. And now our view from the "Hub" discloses the balance of the wheel, all bearing the familiar colors of the "stars and stripes." Pennsylvania still leads with 4,139; New York next, with 3,822; Ohio. 2.787; Illinois. 2,440; Indiana, 1.762; Iowa, 1,563; Massachusetts, 1,309; Kansas, 1.247; Missouri, 1,133; Michigan, 1.082; New Jersey, 1,045. etc. In all from the United States, 33,412, as against 28,696 last year. " These figures from the United States include 18 senior societies, 33 mothers' societies (a splendid movement, fliet started in Kansas), b2 intermediate companies; and It Includes the societies In' our schools, in our colleges, in public Institutions of various kinds, in prisons and schools of reform, to tho number of 169. It includes the noble regiment of 250. known as the North American Union of German Christian Endeavor. It includes the 7 among the "boys in blue" in the regular army and in the navy Of the United States. It includes the societies among tho policemen and patrolmen. It includes the companies among the Indians of the North and West. It Includes our comrades enlisted in work among the lifesaving crews, lighthouses and lightships. It includes the Travelers' Union of Christian Endeavor, an enterprising company. It includes 15S "floating1' societies. It includes a regiment of Junior companies. THE JUNIORS. And now for the juniors. In addition to the 8,859 Junior "spokes" from the United States, there are 339 from Canada, and'.a from other lands, making in all 9.122 junior societies, with a membership of 3!0,(00. While the numbers of Juniors 'were Included In the enumeration by States, It will be of Interest to know that Pennsylvania still leads the Juniors, with 1.C23; New York not very far behind with 920; Illinois t.ext. with 748; Ohio, 623; Indiana, 470; California, 414. etc. And how we have counted the "spokes" as they have swept by our vision. A total of 41,223 societies, with an individual membership from every clime and every nation, with -skins oLaatying.rolor. of wnlch 480 are red: rfl.SM are yellow, 109,400 are Mack, and 2.343,560 are white; in all, -a great interracial brotherhood of 1473,740. Our eyes are now directed toward familiar "ribbon" "badge" banners, which have been displayed at our conventions of late, and will be presented here during the ressions of the convention. The tanner ' for the greatest proportionate incraase in total number of societies during the year thut was first given to Oklahoma, then to Manitoba, then to New Mexico, and which has been in the custody of West Virginia during, the last year, wilL now pass across the Imaginary line for.' the coming year into the hands of our comrades in Assinibola. Pennsylvania first captured the "badge banner." which Is awarded each year for the greatest absolute gain. Ontario took it the next year, then returned it to the Keystone State. Pennsylvania lust year was obliged to give it up to England, where It has been displayed this year. It is .In Boston to-day, and our honored guest who brought it from England's, shores can proudly return with the banner, for none of the States have been able to equal the excellent record of the "mother" country. Ontario and' Pennsylvania In order named were not so very far behind, howevsr. For the second time this banner crosses the "briny" deep. Guard it well; we intend to capture it for this sid,- anotheryear. There are other banners, however, to be awarded the junior "badge" banners. Pennsylvania carried two junior banners from our last convention. One for the largest total number of Junior societies, the other for the largest gain in one' ear. Pennsylvania is again entitled to both of those banners. The junior banner for the largest proportlonato gain in number of societies was delivered last year by the District of Columbia to Delaware. Delaware this year must pass her banner to Assinibola, for that province has surpassed the record of all others. Shall Assinibola hold two banners another year? When we gather next year we shall know. England, Pennsylvania, Assinibola, yours has been a successful year, and the banners you carry from this convention show that Christian Endeavor is not decadent within your borders. Your efforts, put forth in a spirit of friendly rivalry, were not for the banners we know there is no real value in them but for the blessings that come to those that valiantly light "on the Lord's side." AN UMBRELLA OF STATE. Last year, at the Cleveland convention, Xew York State, received from China- a richly-embroidered "umbrella of state," for having reported the largest number of societies that had adopted the Fulton plan for giving "2 cents a week" per member for missions. The "umbrella of state" is a peculiarly Oriental object, and is usually presented by the Chinese to high officials that have faithfully performed their duty. New York brings the "umbrella" to Boston, and this year it will be New York's pleasure to place it In the hands of our lively friends from the District of Columbia, it having been decided that this year the umbrella should be awarded to the union having the largest proportionate number of societies using the Fulton plan for giving systematically to missions. And that leads me to make mention at this time of the missionary roll of honor which will be unrolled in our meetings on Monday. Upon It are the names of over 5.000 societies from thirty-five States, seven Territories, seven provinces, four foreign lands. Each society has given not less than $10 to its own denominational home

or foreign missionary board for the cause of missions. The total amount as reported on this roll of honor is $149,719.09. In add! tlon to this amount of money which has been given by these 5.551 societies that we have enrolled upon the roll of honor, we find that $190,884.45 has been given by these same societies for "Christ and the church" in other ways, making a total of $340,603.54, the largest amount given by any one society being the $1,900 of the Clarendon-street Bapt'.st Church, of Boston. So much for the roll of honor, which measures nearly five hundred feet if we use a yard stick, but who can measure its real length and breadth but He that guides us all in our endeavor? Let me make it plain that the $l4y,7l9.09 given direct to mission boards by tho five thousand societies, and their gifts of $190.SS4.43 for other benevolences, represent only the record of the societies that have asked to be enrolled upon the "missionary roll of honor." After careful gathering of other statistics and information, and from advice received from the representatives of missionary boards, home and foreign, we find that the societies in the United States and Canada have contributed not less than $J25.C00 for missions at home and abroad. The largest amount reported to me by any one board is from the Presbyterian foreign missionary board. The treasurer of that board states that during the last year $33,1.&3- has been received, and that in the last five years t he total Is I1C3.704.77. . When you (Contlnuta ca Ttlxa l'zc)

NATIONAL RACE MEET

SEVERAL EXCITING FINISHES AT THE ASIlfRY PARK CONTESTS. Straggles of the Crack Cycler Witnessed by G.OOO People, Despite Threatening. Weather. A DARK HORSE CHAMPION THE TWO-MILE RACE WON RY NAT BUTLER, OF BOSTON. Half-Mlle Open Event Captured hy A. Gardiner, of Chicago Cnlmnuc and Other Riders Injured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ASBURY PARK. N. J., July 11. The first day of the sixteenth national race meet of the League of American Wheelmen was partially spoiled by the cloudy day and .the continued rain during the late morning and early afternoon hours. The racing was carried on nevertheless. The heats of the morning were marked by several serious falls. Cabanne, who had been reported training In Erie and in good condition, fell in his heat of the half mile open and was badly cut. Just before starting in this race iic said that his recent Illness was no story, and that he was not feeling like racing. Otto Ziegler, the "little California demon," also fell in a heat of a half open, together with Brown and Will N. Coburn, of St. Louis. The latter probably suffered more, than any of the riders, as he had several very bad gashes in both shoulders and in the face. Ziegler held the two-mile national ' championship, which to-day was taken by Nat' Butler, of Boston, the darkest kind of a dark horse. Butler defeated both Coulter and Gardner on the stretch, the three finishing so close together that a small table cover would have covered all of them. The mile open was undoubtedly the race of the day and the closest finish, Bald winning by so narrow a margin from Titus that the grand stand would have it no other way than a win for Titus. No records were broken In the contests, nor can it be said that any were expected to be broken, as the track is exceedingly dangerous and probably far from a record breaker. The surface is of clay and gravel, and as the gravel has sifted to the top, on this the wheel dips and slides as the riders round the corners. The attendance was probably 6,000. The number was greatly decreased by the rain which fell during the early contests of the afternoon. Among the spectators at the races was James J. Corbett, the pugilist, who occupied the box with Colonel Pope. Mr. Corbett was the cynosure of all eyes. The races were competed In by a larger number than have competed at any contests of this season. T,he prizes were hardly up to the value of rlzes offered at less Important National Circuit meets than this. The racing was closer than any previous day's racing of the season. This applies to every contest. Surprise, parties occurred in .the results of many races. It is hardly probable that Bald is riding in as good form now as he has ridden during the season. In his heat of two miles, national championship, the Buffalo man was shut out In the last turn. B. B. Baird, of St. Paul, was to-day transferred from Class A to Class B by his own request. THE RACE IN DETAIL. The mllo novice race had eight starters. In the entry list were two men with historic names, Zimmerman and Dirnberger. The former did not start and the latter qualified, as did all the starters without riding. In the race Dirnberger held front for a while, when. three men took it from him, and, rounding the last turn, he was fourth in position and swung wicje down the stretch. The brother of King Michael rode like a streak, and, jumping again and again, captured the contest by six Inches, and hugging the side of Donald McKay, of Denver, who Is here as a captain of the great Denver '95 meet club. The time was 2:37 1-6 without pacemakers. The final of the half-mile open, Class B, had eight men at the start, but Kennedy, Cf Chicago, was disqualified for using improper language. Murphy set most of the pace in the race and suffered the usual consequences, being beaten out by five men in the stretch. Fred Allen, of Syracuse, went up with a rush at the turn and down the 'stretch and was leading by a length, when Gardiner came forward like a streak of lightning and shot by Allen almost on the lap, winning by a few inches. Jenny, of Utica, beat out Sims for the third position, and Helfert, Murphy and C. H. Callahan ran in the order named, strung out lengths apart. The time was 1:10 3-5. Sims was probably third in this contest, but the judges transfsrred the position to Jenny. The first heat of the mile open, Class B, with pacemakers, resulted in a dead heat between Titus and MacDonald. This was one of the most exciting finishes of the day. MacDonald closed in on Titus on the stretch and gained a length in the last thirty yards. For the two-mile national championship C. R. Coulter, of Toledo; Arthur Gardiner, Chicago's pride; Nat Butler, the Boston bey; Earl Riser, the little Dayton sprinter; F. B. Stowe, of Springfield, Mass.; Henry B. Caldwell, of Manchester, N. H.. and-W. A. Terril, of San Francisco, faced the starter in the order named from the pole. Mayo and Saunders paced the first mile and the "too much" Johnson segregation paced the second. In the rush for the tandem little Kiser gained the lead and held to his position. Gardiner was in second place. Coulter, Butler, Caldwell and Stowe following" In order. On the turn there was a fall and Terrill was out of it. Stowe dropped out on the -second lap and Caldwell on the third, these being the only two Class A men who nualified. Kiser, Gardiner, Coulter and Butler maintained their position. The first mile was done in 2:091-5, and the Johnson brothers picked up the men in splendid style. In the second lap of the last mile the Johnson brothers pulled away from the men and started a loaf, with Coulter in the lead. At the pole Kiser had dropped to the rear position and a record was lost for the track. Coulter attempted too long a sprint, followed by Gardiner, and around the corner Butler shot his bolt and came into the stretch like a streak all in purple, and down the stretch closed with and passed both Coulter and Gardiner The latter shot upon Coulter's rear wheel and gained second by an Inch. The time was 4:20. For the mile open. Class B, the heats of which wre run during the afternoon. Ray MacDonald. Titus, Fred Allen, C. A. Church of Philadelphia, Gardiner of Chicago and Bald of Buffalo, faced the starter in the order named from the pole. Mayo and Saunders paced on a tandem. In the rush for the tandem, Gardiner and Bald locked In side by side and Bald went by the tandem to the lead, when, falling back on the inside, he forced Gardiner from the position. Titus, Allen. MacDonald, Gardiner and Church was then the 'order back of the tandem. The tandem dropped at the threequarters and Church sprang from behind and led around the lower turn. Gardiner closed up and was out of it. Titus closed with Bald on the stretch and a game fight ensued. Titus pushed up closer and closer all the way down the stretch and lost the race by but six. Inches, Fred B. Allen running a close third. Church and MacDonald fourth and fifth. The time was 2:07 3-3. So close was the finish the crowd yelled vociferously for Titus. Summaries of finals only: One-m!le novice C. C. Dirnberger, Buffalo, first: Donald McKay, Denver, second. Time, 2:37 1-3. Two-ml! handicap, Clasa A, eighteen starters W. G Douglas. New York Athletic Club. 30 yards, first; 1 A. W. Abel. Arlington. 200 yards, second; C. S. Henshaw, Greenwich, 230 yards, third. Time. 4:3$. One-half mile open. Class B A. Gardiner, Cfclcaco. first; F. ii. Allsa, Syracuse, ccq-

ond; F. J. Jenny, Utiea. third; W. F. Simmi. Washington, fourth. Time. 1:10 3-5. One-half mile open. Class A C. Ertz. Nety York, first; Tom Butler, Boston, second: rt'. G. Douglas. New York Athletic Club, thirl. Time, 1:31 1-5. Two mile, national championship, seven starters Nat Butler, first: Gardiner. Chicago, second; C. R. Coulter, Toledo. thl; Earl Klzer. Dayton, fourth. Time, 4:2. T. B. Stowe, of Springfield. Caldwell, of Manchester, and Terrill, of San Francisco, a'ao rode. One mile professional: first prize $73. second $40, third $23. fourth J10: seven starters Berls, Boston, first; Starbuck second. Bartholomew third, McCurdy fourth. -Time. 2 'IS ' 5 One "mile open. Class B, Zimmerman anC Wheeler pacing Bald first, Tuus second. Allen third. Church fourth, McDonald fifth. Time, 2:07 3-5, One mile tandem, three teams started Caldwell and Hutler first, Henshaw and Owen second. Time, 2:30 1-5. WINDER'S iREAT TRIP.

The Wnrsavr Rider Who U Making the Circuit of the Stntew. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind.. July 11. Thomas W. Winder, the Warsaw cyclist, who" started on the 14th day of last March to make a tour of the border of the United States, arrived at his home in this city this morning. Mr. Winder started on the above date from New Orleans, La. The distance around the United States Is estimated at 21,600. Up to date he has wheeled 9,600 miles, leaving 12,000 yet to be covered by Jan. 1, 18when the stipulated three hundred days, in which he is to accomplish his task, expires. He reports many hardships while passing through the Arizona desert and the sparsely settled mountain regions of the Northwest. . The route through Idaho, Montana and North Dakota was the most lonesome. For over boo miles not a town of 100 population was encountered, and as a consequence Mr. Winder was compelled to go many hours at a time without food and sleep on the ground a large portion of the distance. West of the Rockies the roads were so rough that to ride a bicycle over them without puncturing the tires was an impossibility, so he was compelled to walk through the sand and over rocks, pushing his wheel, sleeping outdoors without covering and going hungry. At Duluth. Minn., Winder was taken ill with lung trouble, and was for several days confined to his bed. He was in Chicago Tuesday, and rode through from that city to Warsaw, via South Bend, a distance of 140 miles, in twenty hours. After visiting at his home in this city for a day or two Winder will resume his long ride, going from here to northern Michigan, then following the shores of lakea Huron, Erie and Ontario, the northern boundary of New York, Vermont, NewHampshire and East as far as Bangor, Me., at which place he will turn his wheel south, following the Atlantic shore as far as St. Augustine. Fla.. and from there west to New Orleans, the starting point. Mr. Winder speaks in high terms of the courteous treatment he has received from the bicycle clubs In the cities on his route. The local club rode several miles out of the city to meet him this morning, and on his entrance into the city he was greeted with cheers by the populace and paraded the principal streets behind a brass band. A reception was tendered him at the opera house this evening. Winder i the special correspondent of the Buffalo Express. - A BUSINESS MEETING. L. A. W. OfflclnlH nnd the Cycle Uonrd of Trade Confer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ASBURY PARK, N. J.. July 11. The League of American Wheelmen, officials and members of the Cycle Board of Trale came together here to-night mt the Coleman Hcuse, in Asbury Park, per request of President Wlddiston, to confer on matters of mutual interest to both bodies. The matters to be considered are, brief!', a. record of stolen wheels, prevention of stealing, the subject of good roads, transportation Shatters and the conducting of professional riding. A committee was appointej, consisting of Messrs. George Pope, E. C Stearns, C. W. Dickerson and. Howard E. Raymond, with whom the L. A. W. racing board will act. Some planwlll be discussed by these gentlemen for the control of the professional sport, such plan to be referred to the entire body in session to-morrow noon. It Is a noticeable fact that the members of the Cycle Board of Trade appointed on this committee are those reported opposed to the establishment of professional teams this year, as outlined in a previous dispAtch. The manufacturers do not care to take up profesionai racing with the present contracts of the men in force, preferring to wait until such time as a new contract can be made calling for a division of the prize-winning. In regard to the proposed control of professional racing by a rival body comjosed of trotting association men, one of the members of the Cycle Board of Traie said tonight that with the amalgamation of the league and tho Cycle Board of Trade it would be a simple thing to black-list any rider in the new organization and to suspend any manufacturer employing such blacklisted man. Should a manufacturer then employ the man. he would be debarred from exhibiting In any of the cycle shows Jn the country and in other ways cut off from privileges. A Ruitslan Count's' Story. OAKLAND, Cal.. July 11. The trial of a suit brought against Dr. S. A. Ambrose for practicing medicine without a license, disclosed the sensational career of a man who is either a count and friend of the present Czar of Russia, or one of the wildest romancers who ever f acedia Judge. The Doctor says he was a classmate of Czar Nicholas II and graduated from two celebrated medical colleges in Russia, from which certified copies of diplomas were f xhlbited. The diplomas are pronounced forgeries. The Doctor says he was banished from Russia and that the present suit Is a plot to deprive him of his title of count and the vast estates to which he is heir as, under the Russian law, when a citizen Is Imprisoned a year 'for a felony he forfeits his titles and estates. There la Not n Reef Trust. NEW YORK, July 11. Philip D. Armour, the wealthiest man in Chicago, was a passenger, on the steamer Paris which sailed yesterday. To the reporter he said before leaving: "The beef and pork-packing industry Is still In a very unsatisfactory condition. The public has had an erroneous idea with regard to the business In which I am Interested. There has been no trust 'formed to advance price nor to take advantage of a mythical scarcity of cattle to corner the market. The cattle raisers are masters t)f the situation. They are holding their cattle at such figures as compel the packers to pay unprofitable prices for stock, and In order to get out without any loss, we have had to advance prices to the market men. The result Is that there has been no money In meat for a long time." A Chlcajro Ilunlnens Sensation. CHICAGO July 11. The recent failure of the Leader department store took a sensational turn to-day, when the members of the firm were arrested at the Instance of J. V. Farwell & Co. Carl Dernburg. Lip man Glick and Joseph Horner, members of the insolvent firm, were taken into custody on an affidavit made by J. V. Farwell & Co., charging them with making false statements in regard to their credit and obtaining goods on the strength of euch statements. The three men were released under heavy bonds. Cleveland' Centennial. CLEVELAND. O.. July ll.-'ne city of Cleveland will celebrate its centennial anniversary, beginning on July 22 of next year and ending Sept. 10. A commission composed of Governor McKlnley, Mayor McKisson and other State and municipal officers and citzens has been organized, with Wilson M. Day, president of the Chamber of Commerce, as director-general. An industrial and maritime exposition is contemplated, and several important public improvements will be inaugurated during the celebrations. Footpudft on Wheel. NEW YORK, July ll.-Mr, and Mrs. James Britt, well-to-do residents of Haledon. N. J., near Paterson. told the pollc? of Bloomfield that they had been robbed by two footpads on the Paterson road in Brookdale, of $1,760 in rash and Jewelry. The thieves, after compelling Mr. and Mrs. Brltt to give up their money, rode away on their wheels and it has since been impassible for the police to obtain a clew. Six Robber lnt to Death. NOGALES, A. T.. July 1L A courier has arrived here from Opossura, in the Montezuma district of Sonora, with the information that on the 4th Instant, near that place, e4x men were publicly executed by the Mexican authorities for complicity In a series of robberies which, had been unearthed over there.

ABOUT 200 INJURED

i A't RTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ATLANTIC CITY DISASTER. Of the 1,HM or More Elks In the Duilding Nearly Onr-Foorth Were Hurt, but Only One Fatally. ' DUE TO A ROTTEN riLLAll ONE OF Tlin SIPPonTs OF THE SECOND FLOOR GAVE WAY. Rcponl1IIIt to He FIxrd hy an ln vrstlg-atlon Ofileers Elcctrd by the Grand Lodge of Elks. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. July ll.-The gayety andb ustJing character of this resort has given way in a degree to a feeling of depression in consequence of last night's disaster at the Baltic-avenue Casino. It Is largely tempered, however, by a devout thankfulness that the catastrophe ' was no worse, and. Indeed, it is considered marvelous that hundreas were not killed outright. At the Pacific-avenue Sanitarium, yvhere the most seriously injured are being cared for it was reported this evening that only one of the patients was in any immediate danger of death. This is Frederick Claproth, the cornetlst of the Jennings Band, of Camden. He has been several times reported dead, but is still hovenng between life and death, to the wonder of the physicians, who ascribe It to a xv markably strong constitution. The other inmates of the hospital are all progressing encouragingly. Among the Injured are: C. M. FOOT, Minneapolis, collar bone and arm broken. , . C. R. LOMBARD, Boston, feet mashed and arm fractured. J. R. DUKE. Joliet, III., badly cut on the head and about the face. JAMES IjONG. Philadelphia, injured about face and nose broken. I'LIE LEE, Camden, hurt Internally. CHARLES FOLWELL, Camden, leg broken. ' GEORGE J. PECHIN, Camden, leg mashed. .... JAMES ARMSTRONG, exalted ruler of the New York Lodge, internal Injuries: his ten-year-old .daughter also received some Injuries about the limbs. MRS. JAPHA and her niece. MISS FRIEDENTHAU of New York, eufferins from internal injuries. MRS. C. MYERS. Philadelphia, leg fractUMeRs5. R. A. LIVESLEY. East Liverpool. O.. leg mashed. M. E. WELLS, Liverpool, O., spine injured. EDWARD YOUNGMAN, Fairraount. O.. mouth cut. - WILLIAM BAXTER. Lima, O., leg and arm injured. The number of the Injured will aggregate close to two hundred, although it is impossible to obtain exact figures, many cf the victims having left for their homes and the others being scattered throughout tht city in innumerable hotels. It has been defl nitely learned that the accident was caused by a . rotten wooden pillar which helped to support the second floor of the Casino, itself an old and long-disused structure, facing the board walk. Most of the visltora had been on the lower floor, which had been used as a refrcshment-'pavilion. but the music from Jennings's Band,' which waa stationed above, attracted a large majority to the upper floor. This undoubtedly prevented a great loss of life. There was' a party Of eight New York delegates fc lew and they remained there, chatting to. gether, when there suddenly came a warning crackle. The ceiling above them waa seen to split and they rushed for their ' lives, gaining the board walk outside bat a moment before the crash came. Tha great weight of the crowd was primarily responsible for the collapse, but measure will probably be taken to fix the responsibility, it having been generally known thit the structure was unsafe for a multitude. The accident occurred a few momenta before 10 o'clock. James J. Armstrong, tha New York theatrical agent, had finished an address and Grand Exalted Ruler Detweiler had arisen to introduce another speaker when there was a crackling sound, the pillars broke and the floor collapsed Into a funnel-shaped gap, forming a "W opea at the apex, to the lower floor, which fortunately withstood the shock. The cene that followed was almost beyond description. Within the radius of a mile the town was panic-stricken, but It was not lonj before every able-bodied person who had escaped unhurt began the work of rescuing the victims from thfe mass of timbers and ministering to their sufferings. Help came from all quarters, and the police and firemen responded handsomely to the sudden call . upon their services. Incidents of a curious character were not . lacking, even amid the intense excitement which lasted until the early houra in th morning. One Elk from New York waa told that both of his legs were broken, and h immediately asked for a dose of prusslc acid, declaring that he did not want . to live. It was subsequently learned that he was not seriously Injured. Another went away in an ambulance, with nls head badly cut, but he was singing at the top of tils voice and declarini that he waa unhurt. One little girl was shot through the hole In the floor into the arms of a young man below, and a moment later her mother, who was uninjured, crawled through the hole, seized tho little one and made off along the board walk. Grand Exalted Ruler Detweller, who witnessed the collapse frcra th platform, has not yet recovered rrom the horror of the sight. He escaped from the building by way of the roof. The enterprise of -which the . structure in which the sad mishap occurred was a part, has proven an unfortunate one for the original investors. It was a scheme combining a double music pavilion, a tobofrgan slide, a merry-o-round and a long pier, from which steamboats made frequent trips to sea. The storms of the first winter swept away the pier, which was rebuilt only to be again washed away the next winter. During a ubeouent torm ; of wind a part of the roof of the pavilion the uprer floor of which has now Riven away, was blown off. This was repaired at considerable expense and has since remained intact. A year or fo ago a goodly portion of the tobogcan fell to the ground and It is still in that shape. All efforts to make a success of the enterprise havo failed because It was entirely too far from the center of attraction. Still people have been found willing to rent the W privileges every summer and the place had been opened only a short time ago. Probably George II. Footc. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. July ll.-Dlspitchea on the falling, last night, of the Atlantic City. N. J.. Casino, placed "C. M. Footc. Minneapolis." among the list of the injured. It is believed here that a mistake has been made in the name of George H. Foote, city passenger agmt re for th Chicago. Milwaukee & Si. Paul railway, who was attending the convention. ELKS ELECT OFFICERS. W. G. Moyer Chocn Exalted floU?i and G. W. June, Tyler. ATLANTIC CITY, July 11. In view ' of last night's accident this morning's meeting of the Elks was not so largely attended as the previous sefs'.on. The firt matter brought up for consideration was the unfortunate affair and the Grand Lod;s adopted a resolution extending sympathy to all members of the order who wers themselves or members of whoe families were Injured In the accident and instructing the grand trustees to Inquire into ths condition, physical and financial, of tt?