Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 February 1896 — Page 2

THE IKDIAIUFOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 16Ca

412 grains of tilver were cotned Into a dollar, hut silver was worth 11.23 an ounce." la concluding; he ridiculed those w!l lerel DfirocratV who denounced the attituio of Mr. Cleveland. "No Democrat." MM he, "has been more consistent, more closely ndhtsivo to his announcements than he. In lvv, before his first Inauguration, tie dclarej arai.at the silver heresy. In all Ills utterances since he has adhered to chat position. In May, 1832. he reiterated hl3 position for the fifth time. You knew," aald he, addressing the Democratic sid.?, that he could not carry out your platform except at the price of perjury and personal dishonor, yet you now pretend that you were deceived." (Laughter und epplau.e.) Mr. Town, of Minnesotta. iIlu?tratM his remarks with charts. Twice the House guve him an extension ct time, an 1 his remarks aroud rrat enthusiasm among the Bilvtr forces, ills charts showed the appreciation of koIJ and the fall of prices. One chart, upon which he laid e?peclal tre?s. demonsirared. he said, that the fall In he price of silver ?inee 1573 was not duo to the overproduction of silver. Mr. Towne close! with the declaration that the Republican party must define its programme and do somethine for the restoration of silver. The ITnitfd States could unite with Frarrce and Germany if England refused. Mr. Towne was piven a tremendous ovation when he concluded. Per several minutes the fre silver members crowded about and tendered him their congratulations. MR. II ALL'S SPEECH. Representative Hall, of Missouri, the author of the income-tax bill in the last C'or.srejs, was the next speaker. He was followed with do.se attention in a speech In which he announced his conversion to "sound money." He sa!d: "If I were called on to-day to define what I regarded as the greatest crime and curse threatening to sink American institutions I shoutd reply in one sentence: The cowardice of our politicians, of the men who have not the courage, the manhood, the gnt to fro before the peop!e and tell them when they are wrong on these great economic questions.' I am credibly informed that there are eight Senator, at the otht r end of this Capitol who voted for this bill, yet who say that they believe the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 would mean national bankruptcy and ruin. What does it mean? It nvans that cur politicians have come to a pretty pass when. In order to feather their own nests, in order to hold themselves in ottlce. Rational, tatc or county, they are willing to see a preat number of men who have not the time to delve into tnese questions turn their backs on their own welfare wnen they are v ill in? to close their hearts to all fnatitudo for past favors and tell those men that what really leads to their destruction leads but to prosperity and happiness. 1 am convinced that the greatest curse that besets our country is the cowardice of our politicians who have not the courage to tell the people when they pet wrons on theso economic questions. I know that it Is regarded as political death for a man in a rural district not to throw up hU hat and applaud these delusions, but if my people want a man of that kind to represent tnem they can get rid of me, und 1 will willingly and gladly retire, from political life." Mr. Talbert Did not the gentleman vote for the free-coinage bill In 1S03? 1 ask the Question for information. Mr. Hall The gentleman asks if I did not vote for the free-coinage bill In the extra session in I answer yes. Rut I will tell the gentleman that I have processed since that tlme while he is standing where I was three years ago. (Laughter.) Mr. Layton I wish to ask the gentleman a question. I understand him to make the extraordinary statement that ie had been informed that eight Senators who had voted for this bill had said they actually believed that the free coinage of silvtr would lead to the bankruptcy and destruction of this country. I ask that gentleman, Do you believe that any Senator ever said thatr WHO ARC CONSISTENT. Mr. Hall I told you that I was credibly Informed that they had said It, and I believed It or I would not have stated It here. But I want to say a few words now on this question of consistency. I find on investigation in the Rureau of Education that the Chinese, the Inhabitants of the Indies and the tribes of Africa, are the only human beings that are continually consistent. (Laughter.) The lower grades of animals also are always consistent. (Laughter.) 1 maintain that reasoning, thoughtful, clearheaded men who pass through the world with their minds bent on the Investigation of truth are ever liable to change. Where Is the intelligent man in the United States who has not a high regard for the fame of William E. Gladstone, the great English statesman. Listen to tthat grand man express his regret that he should have made the blunder that he did in 1S52. Observe the course of Bismarck, the greatest German statesman. When he was advocating the sale of the silver of Germany for whatever price could be obtained for it, and was approached by one of his friends, who said. "1 am Just where you were ten years ago," the reply was, "That was the political blunder of my life, and I have had intelligence enoug.i to proiit by It andnove forward." In the history of the world there Is no gTcat progressive movement, no great development that has not contained the germs and seeds of progress and development, and, therefore, of inconsistency. I might take a case from our own legislative halls. Mr. Talbert According to this doctrine. We can never tell where a man stands. Mr. Hall We can always tell, Mr. Chairman, how certain animals stand, and how the Chinese stand, because they adopt the doctrine of Confucius, that the greatest crime which a Chinaman can commit is attempting to do a thing differently from the way his ancestors did it a thousand years before. - 1 did not intend to make an Hddrpss further than to put myself on record as the one Democrat frcm a rural district west of the Mississippi, In a purely agricultural region, that tiares stand up and say that round money is the salvation of the agricultural and laboring classes of tliL government. I understand full well that the action of the National Rimetallic League has put my district on the black list. I understand. Mr. Chairman, situated as I am, that both of my Senators are on the opposite side of the question, my entire State and all my speaking colleagues on tho Democratic side are on the other side of the question, and that my action leaves me standing alone practicaily and with a hard row to hce. And If I shall go down to defeat I will go with my own self-respect and my friends will be able to appreciate that I was not too cowardly to tell my people what I believed to be right when their Judgment was entirely the other way. Mr. Cox Now, In view of the fact that we have a"ted together and worked for free silver, I hope the gentleman from Missouri does net mean to say that any of his friends who happen to differ with him on

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this question or who have not adanced as far as he has are a set of cowards or have no respect for facts. Mr. Hall I do not believe the shoe fits him, and I do not want any man to wear It unless It does fit him. At 5:10 p. m. the Hou.e took a recess until 8 o'clock. At the night session several speeches were made.

TIIB PACIFIC ROADS. Reorganise Given n Hearing: by the Senate Committee. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8.-The hearings by the Senate committee on Pacific roads of persons Interested In securing reorganization of the Pacific railroads was resumed to-day. Mr. Pierce, representing the Union Pacific reorganization committee, was again before the committee, and he was put through a sharp process of questioning by Senators Wolcott and Morgan. Jle stated In reply to these questions that It had been the purpose of the committee of reorganization to leave considerable latitude to the government, but said that the plan proposed would give the government about 50 per cent, of Its debt, principal and Interest, which would not amount to quite as much as the principal Itself. In reply to a question from Senator Wolcott, Mr. Pierce said that while Mr. Depew and Mr. Hewitt were on the reorganization committee he could not say whether the GouId3 and Vanderbilts were Interested In the proposed reorganization, or that there was any ulterior purpose to attach any portion of the Union Pacific system to either the Missouri Pacific or the Northwestern. Mr. Morgan asked MY. Pierce whether It was not possible under the reorganization proposed for an alien syndicate to get control of the road, to which he replied that in case the proposed plan of organization should be accepted it was contemplated that the reorganization committee should itself take the property. ' He was doubtful whether, if alien purchasers should spcure the property, they would be able, under the laws, to hold it. lie said that his committee had made no definite proposition except that of 3 per cent, bonds for the principal, and of bonds to cover the accrued interest to run fifty years without Interest. Mr. Anderson, one of tho government directors of the road, said that as a government director he was the advocate of no particular plan of reorganization. He favored a reorganization which should embrace both the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, and he was confident from a familiar knowledge of the two roads that they were not able to meet both the principal and interest due the government. He estimated the property of the roads to be worth about $73.000, 000 or JSO.COO.000. In 1SD1 the net earnings were about W.3GO.O00, which, he stated, were the lowest in years. To arrive at the value of the government lien, it is 'necessary to deduct about $50,000,000 due on first mortgage bonds and on other accounts. He would, he said, recommend that the government should accept a cash offer of $21,000,000. and that It would be better to do tfcls than to enter Into any of the other schemes suggested. This suggestion was based on the Union Pacific alone, but he thought that both the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific should be disposed of as one line, because they would bring more in that way than if sold separately. Mr. Anderson expressed the opinion that the Oregon Short-line would be foreclosed within six months and be taken out of the system. He also expressed the opinion that a foreclosure on the first mortgage bonds would not only close the government out, but would cut off the equity of redemption. Senator Morgan made an effort to secure Mr. Anderson's opinion as to the increase of the value of the Union Pacific property in the next hundred years, in view of the resources of the country penetrated, and asked him if he did not think an investment of S35.000.C00 would in that time prove enormously profitable. To this Mr. Anderson replied that he thought it would be a good investment, but not so enormously "good." He said that the experience of investors in the Western roads in the past had been the opposlteDf profitable. Senator Price asked Mr. Anderson to explain how it was that,, with the net earnings equal to twice the amount necessary, the road management hail allowed the road to approach the point of foreclosure. To this Mr. Anderson replied that the road was to be foreclosed because the bonds hid reached their maturity. He thought the Interest could have" been taken care of. However, in the net earnings were included about $1,200,000 for business done for the United States, which had been wlthhe:d, leaving only about $3,000,000 of actual earnings. It was also a fact that Judge Sanborn, in whose Jurisdiction the road lies, was opposed to applying much of the money earned to the Interest account. Mr. Huntington asked to be allowed to make his promised statement concerning the Central Pacific at a later day, and the permission was granted. He took occasion, however, to repeat his statement made at the last meeting that the Central Pacific meant to pay 1C0 cents on the dollar. He also repeated his statement that the Central Pacific was In good condition, and added some facts concerning the cost of the construction of his road. He said that less than two hundred miles of the Central Pacific road across the mountains had cost more to build than had more than a thousand miles of the Union Pacific from Omaha to Ogden. He said the road pad been built with gold, and that many of the bonds had been sold for 40 cents on the dollar. Senator Morgan asked why silver, instead of gold, had not been used, and Senator Stewart replied for Mr. Huntington that at the time the road was built silver had been worth 3 per cent, more than gold. David Littler furnished the committee with some additional details concerning the Sioux City & Pacific road. ARGl'HBXT FOR A CAXAL. Owners of the Fnnnrca Rnllroad In-i jnrlnfir American Prestige. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. An exhaustive report has been made to the State Department by United States Consul-general Vlfquin at Panama on the business of the Panama railroad and the prcspects of the canal. He shows that there is a small but steady Increase of the number of American steamers calling at Panama, and they carry twice as much as all the other steamers. In five years the number cf arrivals of American vessels has increased from 55 to 81, while the arrivals of English Fteamero in the same time increased from 72 tp only SI. Touching the transit across the Isthmus, the consul-general says the trade would be much larger if the railroad rates were lowered. At present a great quantity of coffee is taken from Central America by German steamers around the Hern to Hamburg and Havre, while timber goes to Italy and England, and wheat from California to all Kurope by water, which fshou'.d cross the isthmus. The consul-general rays It is generally conceded that the Panama road has sofn its ben days in the transit business, although the traffic has increased annually for tne past five years. The fiarht between the Panama railroad and the Pacific Mail Satemship Company has caused much loss to the cash value of the transit bu.-Mnes?, but the increase of acreage in coffee lands has been so great that, notwithstanding the transit business could not be held down, the cash receipts have suffered. Mr. Vlfquin says: "Under a foreign ownership and a foreign management, the American corporation known as the Panama Railroad Company will continue to thrive, whether there be a canal or not, greatly to the detriment of American interests, commercial ami International, inasmuch as European tendencies seem bent, either for self-preservation or international jealousy, to undermine and destroy the United States' prestige in this part of the world. My firm belief 13 that there will be a canal built within the next decade." THE VCXEZLCLAX DISPUTE. Secretary Olney Has Not Yet Conceded Anything to TJrftnln. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8,-Careful inquiry fails to substantiate the statement cabled frcm London to the effect that Secretary Olney has given the Venezuelan minister here to understand that the United States government will not Intervene to prevent Great Britain from exacting an Indemnity from Venezuela for the arrest of British officers at Uruan, and there is good ground for the belief that the Secretary has by no means committed himself in this fashion to what is regarded here as an admission In advance of the Judicial determination to be reached througn the Venezuelan boundary commission that the territory west of the Uran belongs to Great Britain. It is believed, however, that the Uruan IncUent may really &?rve a peaceful and commendable purpose in forming the basis for a renewal of the diplomatic relations between Great Britain ami Venezuela, broken off more than ten years ago. Jf these are once restored, as they might easily be through the response by one party to representations made by the other, even upon such a subject as the Uruan affair, it is. hoped that the way win be open to an adjustment of the boundary dispute by negotiations directly between the two parties concerned, go far as the Uruan affair may be used for this purpose, the United States is not likely to Interfere with any presentation by Great Britain, but If It is intended to Xorco upon

enezuela an obnoxious settlement of the boundary dispute by Its means, decided objection will be entered.

ARMOR PLATE CONTRACTS. Ex-Secretarr Tracy and Mr. Carnegie QaeRtloned Xy Senators. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The Senate commlttee on naval affairs to-day continued its hearings on the armor plate contracts. Ex-Secretary Tracy was before the committee for four hours, "and went over the entire ground covered by Senator Chandler's resolution, Including the contracts for Harveylzed steel and nickel-plate. Ho said that he knew of no irregularities in these matters while he was Secretary, and that he left all the details to Commander Folger, who was chief of the Ordnance Bureau. He also said that Mr. Folger's employment by the Carnegie company did not occur while he (Tracy) was Secretary. Mr. Andrew Carnegie, of the Carnegie company, and Mr. John W. Harton, of the Bethlehem Iron works, were also before the committee. The questions to them were directed especially at securing information on the subject of the cost of making armor, with a view of action on the Smith bill 'for the establishment of an armor-plate factory at Washington. They agreed in the statement that such a plant could not be secured for less than $4,000,000, which was about the price that the plant had cost in each of their concerns. They also said that there was not a large profit in the present average price of armor plate, which 13 from $0 to $300 per ton, and explained the low rate at which foreign contracts had been taken by saying that this had been done for the purpose of extending business. Sncceful Tent of Armor. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. A seven-inch experimental turret armor plate, made by the Carnegie company, was tested at Indian Head proving grounds to-day at the request of the makers with very satisfactory results. A six-inch shell was fired at the plate, with a velocity of 1.620 feet per second. It struck the plate on the upper end, on two cracks made during the application of the Harvey process, penetrated only two inches and then smashed, leaving the head of the shell Imbedded in the plate and without extending the two cracks already on the plate or making anv new ones. The second shot was fired at a velocity of 1,816 feet per second. It had about the same effect on the plate as the first shot, except that there was some flaking around the shot hole. There was also a trial of smokeless powder intended for the big thirteen-inch rifle. LT3ing 315 pounds of the powder, velocities of 2.2S5 and 2,250 feet were obtained with pressures in the powder chamber as low as 14U and 14 tons pei square inch. - German Trade in Transvaal. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Within the past few years Germany has built up an important anJ lucrative irade with the Transvaal, notwithstanding the fact that only, a few years ago she refused to enter into closer trade relations with the little African republic, because her interests In that quarter of the world were 90 insignificant. Now, however, according to United States Consul Moore, at Weimar, Germany having acquired colonies in East Africa, is looking to that continent as the most favorable field for extending her foreign trade. Germans have acquired large interests in the Transvaal go'.i mines, and they built the railroad from Pretoria to the coast. The Krupps and other great ironmasters have established agencies in the Transvaal, and Germany counts upon checking British influence there through the development of its iron trade. In consequence the German trade with the Transvaal has Increased from 1,00V 000 marks in 1S89 to 6.000.0-50 In 7831, excluding goods shipped via England. Ilnmmond Well Treated. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Secretary Olney has i.-;eived the fcllowing cablegram from Mrs. Hammond, dated yesterday, at Pretoria, relative to the treatment of her husband. John Hays Hammond: "Because of my husband's, ill health, due to prison confinement, the government allows me to remove him to a private house, where I can personally attend him. The preliminary examinations are proceeding and the treatment of the prisoners is good." A cablegram from Unjted States Consular Agent Manion, dated last nisrht, at Johannesburg, reads as follows: "Hammond out on ball. Tho government continues to show wisdom and magnanimity." Action of Iopnllt Senators. WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. The Populist Senators held a caucus to-day and concluded to stand by their former decision to nominate candidates of their own for the offices of secretary and sergeant-at-arms of the Senate when the election of these officers is undertaken, in accordance with the itepubliean programme. The Populists will name Hon. Thomas Watson, of Georgia, for secretary, and Mr. Taubeneck, of Illinois, for sergeant-at-arms. They did not, so far a,s culd be learned, go beyond an agreement to support these men on the firbt ballot. Their Wive Barred Ont. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Judge Reeve, the Solicitor of the Treasury, has held that a Chinese laborer who has a right under the law to remain In the United States and to return to China temporarily, Is debarred from bringing hl3 wife with him on again returning to this country. This decision is based on the fact that no Chinaman can acquire citizenship in the United States, but he is held to be simply a sojourner, and thus the laws Inhibiting the landing of Chinese apply to the case under consideration. - General 'otes. . Feh S. The Controller of the Currency has appointed David Armstrong, of Jackson, O., as receiver of the Farmers' National Bank at Portsmouth, O. In the House to-day. Representative Evans, of Kentucky, introduced a bill to repeal that portion of the Wilson tariff act which authorizes the removal of distilled spirits from one warehouse to another. Acting Secretary cf the Treasury Scott Wlke has made a recommendation for a change in the mining laws so as to allow the government to defray the expenses of refining and parting bullion at the mints frcm the sale of the bl-products of such bullion. AFFAIRS OF THE RAILWAYS. Home Seeker' Excnrslonn Work for the Ccntrnl Traflle Association. CHICAGO, Feb. S. Missouri river lines were afforded relief to-day by the chairman of the WVstern Passenger Association from the restrictions previously agreed to in relation to home seekers excursions. It had been arranged that no excursions should be run from points immediately east of the Missouri river to points in the Southeast, on the ground that If there were it would lead to the west-bound lines running them into Kansas and Nebraska. At the last meeting of the Transmissourl committee it was agreed that excursions should be run into Kansas and Nebraska, and, therefore, the east-bound lines are relieved from their former agreement. A call was Is3ued to-day for a meeting of the Central Passenger Committee, to be held next Wednesday. The main object is to finally adopt the proposed new agreement and complete the reorganization of the association. A number of questions have been submitted for recommendation by the board of managers of the Joint Traffic Association. They relate to the withdrawal of unlimited tickets, the use of continuous train tickets and a number of questions of that sort. The committee will also be called upon to pass upon a large number of applications for reduced rates for meetings and conventions of one kind and another. Positive denials were issued to-day by the traffic officials of the Canadian Pacific road of the reports which have gone out that It had entered into a combination with Western live stock and grain shippers to break up the Jclnt Traffic Association by diverting shipments from the usual routes and carrying them by way of St. Johns, Newfoundland. The traffic officials say they have not carried a single bushel of American grain to St. Johns for export since Jan. l. The whu'e report, they aver, Is devoid of truth. Mount Tanklqnlts Active. . SAN BERNARDINO. Cal.. Feb. 8.-Mount Taukiqultz, a spur of the San jaclnto mountains, and well "known to be an extinct volcano, fltuated about twelve miles from the town of San Jacinto, has become active, it is reported. A column of vapor, it is said, can bo plainly seen arising from the highest point. It looks nearly as white as snow. Reports of this mountain being In a state of active eruption have been numerous for several days, ani to-day a party of newspaper Terxrters left th city on an expedition to .Taukiqultz to discover tue truth of these reports.

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PROSECUTOR Pl'ETTS COWIXCIXG SPEDCU AGAINST KELLER. HI ram Robinson's Wife Catches Her Trnant Husband In Crawfordsvllle Other State Nevrs. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 8.-Attorney Puett, of Rockville, occupied all of to-day's session of the court in the Keller trial with the opening argument. There was a big crowd In the morning, and this afternoon the record was broken. The crowd of eager men and women wanted to get within hearing distance of the big attorney from Rockville, who has come to be accepted as the qne who is especially pitted against Mr. Lamb, of the counsel, for the defense. Mr. Puett concluded his argument at 3:30 o'clock In the afternoon, having spoken four hours. The defense insisted on getting ahead, evidently fearful of the effect of a Sunday's consideration of Mr. Puett's address without reply. The attorneys for the State wanted to adjourn, that they might be able to return to their homes In Parke and Fountain counties to spend Sunday, and after an argument on the point the court adjourned until 1:30 Monday afternoon. Mr. Puett's speech is generally considered to have been a very strong argument, and Impressive In its appeal to the sentimental principle underlying the case. He wanted the jury to give the accused the benefit of a doubt if one existed, but he maintained that every statement made by Mr. Maxwell had been proven. He knew that he and his assistant counsel were strangers to the jury and he left it to the Jury if they had pot treated them fairly. He called attention to Mr. Lamb's opening statement in which he said he was not here defending criminals, but persons who were :h victims of persecution of a few persons ii their r.e'pl tornood. Mr. Lamb also said that he proposed to show that the blood had been placed i. the Keller house by a malicious person, insinuating that George Thomas did it Mr Puett said he would leave It to the Jury if mi Lamb had treated them with rood faith in that promise. Referring to Mr. Lamb's reference in his opening statement to Maggie Keller as an :nnotent person who had been indicted for the purpose of prejudicing her evidence, Mr. Puett read the law as to accessories, which holds them as responsible as the principals. Mr. Puett read the opinion of Judge Biddle in the Engle murder case, from Sullivan county, in which Mr. Lamb was prosecutor. Boot and horse tracks were evidence. The blood on a fence "resembled" the blood found In the house, and this was evidence. The court referred to the fact that it did not appear where the defendant was at the time of the murder. Mr. Puett here dramatically called attention to the fact there was no evidence by the defense as to the whereabouts of the defendants in this case. In the Sullivan county case the court said there had been trouble "somehow" about a woman, and Mr. Puett rung the changes on the indefinite "somehow" as applied to Clara Shanks. Said he: "If I am accused of a crime and stood silent It is an admission of guilt." Mr. Lamb objected an3 Mr. Puett said he was referring to instances when it was said the person was guilty, and not to the failure of the defendants to go on the stand. Mr. Beasley and Mr. Maxwell joined in the debate. The court held-that the comment was legitimate if it did not refer to the failure to testify. Mr. Beasley said that the State did not point to any evidence that the refendant had failed to refute a charge and he moved that the Jury be discharged because of th misconduct of the attorney for the State. The court refused to sustain the motion, but instructed the jury not to give heed to any remark that the "defendants at any time or place had failed to answer to a charge against them made by any person. The court sa'.d there was grave doubt if a person Is called upon to deny an accusation until legally called upon to do so. Tr.e speaker then proceeded to the evidence as to the murder in the first degree. First, he wanted to consider the proposition as to whether she went to that pool and drowned herself, or over to that house, more dangerous than- the-five fept and a half of water In Wolf creek pool. What had this girl done that she should commit suicide? Instead, like a good woman, she wanted to confront her accuser. She and her mother went over to the Keller house and Dan Keller would not say it was true because Clara confronted him. He stood silent like a coward, a brute. When Dan Shanks heard what had been said he went over to the house wher? all the Keller relatives were congregated. -He was a brave boy to go into that hornets' nest, but he is a brave bov. All honor to him. He stood by his sister till her death, and then he tried to kill her slayers. If she committed suicide Dan Keller la the -'liri'prrr of Hnt vlrt"us gli. There is no other hypothesis than that Clara went to Keller's house to demand a retraction. For the first time, that Saturday morning, Clara was told that Don Keller had made the charge against her. Dan Keller, the coward, had refused to make the chare-e before her. She told her mother that if she had done what Dan Keller wanted her to do, then Nannie Keller would have cause to be jealous. That same morning Dan Shanks hd gone over to the Kellers and told Dan Keller that the talk must stop. KHler said it wouldn't occur any more if Clara didn't come over, but that if she did "there would be trouble." That assertion is the strong evidence for a presumption of fact. Clara Shanks knew her folks would not let her go over,, and so at noon, when the family wre at dinner, she slips away to face Dan Keller. Mr. Puett referred to the evidence that the Keller relatives who were at Keller's house that morning had gone home before dinner because they were afraid of being poisoned, but none of these people were put on the stand. All through his argument Mr. Puett made points on the failure of the defense to introduce evidence. Mr. Puett told how Dan Keller was on guard In front of his. house, lying under a tre, wille Maggie Keller sat through the afternoon at the window by the side of a hot stove. Why? Because she could watch In the other direction. Dan Keller told Clara's little sister that Maggie and Nannie Keller had feen Clara going east on the road. Mrs. Shanks had been calling Clara and Dan, and Magle and Nannie Keller had heard her. They wanted to send the searcher In another direction. . When Mr. Puett resumed his address at the afternoon session he first dwelt on the fact that no one had seen Clara Shanks after she left the dinner table Saturday neon, although many persons were on the road along which the. Kellers said they saw her going toward the dooI. The conduct of Dan Shanks, the brother, who got up from a sick bed to join in the search, and his attemnt to shoot Keller the next morning immediately after he had found his sister's body in the pool, was eulogized. The father's efforts to get a gun and an ax for the same purpose showed that self-murder did not run In the Shanks blood. Clara Shanks had no reason to commit suicide. She was a virtuous girl, but had been slandered, and she went to the Keller house to make Dan Keller retract what he had said. A "TIIIRTEEV CLL'D OF GIRLS. Novel Society Organised by Farmland YonnR Women. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FARMLAND, Ind., Feb. 8. The famous "Lucky Thirteen" Club, composed of thirteen' young women who have determined to carve "out a path to fame along original lines, is succeeding beyond the most sanguine expectations of Its originators. Every mall brings scores of letters from different parts of the country from young men desiring to visit Farmland aa guests of the club. The secretary of the "Thirteen Beautiful Bachelors' Club," of Van Wert, O., writes the following, which has so pleased the young women that they have decided to invite that club to Farmland on March 13 to remain several days as their guests. "We wish to send an embassador to Farmland to Investigate the matter fully and be able to report personal experiences on his return, but as yet we have been unable to decide on a delegate, as at each election we have held for that purpose there have been Just thirteen votes cast, each member receiving one vote. The imputation that each member voted for himself met with thirteen thunderous denials. As the only available compromise it is likely that we will journey In a body to the Land of Promise, where two-Hps nod to every breeze and Utopia bids fair to become a realization." The by-laws of the club compel each young woman to kiss thirteen different young men each month; to never marry until they receive thirteen proposals: to marry on the 12th day of the month: to entertain all guests on the 13th, and to have Just thirteen at each table. Their code of laws name thirty rules regarding? the jnystlc number 13, which has to be carried out to , the letter to avoid expul

sion. The club will go In a body to Albany on the 13th of this month to attend an entertainment given by thirteen bachelors of that city. A MGHT WITH DICKERS.

Anderson Society Folic Impersonate Many of the Aovellst's Cbaraeters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' t ANDERSON, Ind.. Feb. 8. The eightyfourth anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens was observed in Anderson last night by an "anniversary party" at the residence of Prof. William M. Croan and wife, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Towsey, that was a brilliant, novel and exceedingly pleasant affair. The guests were costumed as Dickens characters, and as each arrived he was thus announced. Several scenes were reproduced from the novels. Tne first, "A Fatal Tea," from "Nicholas Nickelby." by Mrs. M. S. Towsey ta Fannie Squeers, Hallle Newton as Tilda Price, Prof. U. H. Smith as John Browdie and Ivan Olmstead as Nicholas. Then followed a scene from "Old Curiosity Shop," including Little Nell and her grandfather. Miss Katharine Croan and Hon. John . Ixvett taking the parts. Quilp was taken, oy Mr. Chris Wise nail. The next reproduction was also from the same storyt and included "The Marchioness," the impersonators being Mrs. Jackson as.SaJlie Brass. Mrs. Colbert as "The Marchioness" and K. McCullough as Dick Swiveler. The valentine scene from "Pickwick m Papers brought out Mr. Horace StilweH as Tony Weller. Mr. Elmer Albright as Samuel el -ler. The picture from "David Copperfield where David attempted to reason with his child wife was taken by Mr. U. H. Smith and Miss Winifred Cain, and thoroughly appreciated. The Quilp dinner party included the following: Mrs. M. K. Towsey, Miss McClintock, Mrs. Garvey. Mrs. Hough. Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs. Fattlc and Mr. Chris VWsrnall. It was the largest social gatherng of the year here,, and included many guests from surrounding cities. Disgrace to the Old Soldier. Special to the Indlanapons Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 8. Andrew J. Huffman, a soldier of Wayne township, this county, was dropped from the pension roll during the early part of this administration for the supposed reason that his disability had ceased to exJst. The case was made celebrated by the earnest fight of his friends to have him restored to the pension roll, and it was pushed a? a test case before the department. His disability was proved again by half a dozen prominent physicians, and the Pension Department was compelled to grant him a pension. But the department notifies him that he is placed upon the pension roll from March 10, 1S94, under the act of June 27. 1S90. instead of under the old law yf 1862, under which his original pension was granted. This action virtually discredits the sworn affidavits of several most prominent physicians of the county, places the gallant soldier on the list, not for his disability, but because he is unable to make a. living, and under a law that prohibits any future increase of pension. .Mr. Buffman was one of the first victims of Hoke Smith. Leading; a Double Life. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 8. Four months ago J. Hiram Robinson, of Danville, 111., disappeared from home, and his folks could find no trace of him. Finally they wrote to the pension department and found that his mail was being sent to this city in care of J. H. Williams. This morning his wife arrived In this city and watched for her runaway husband at the postofhee.. He presently came in, and before he was aware of her presence she threw herself into his arms and begged him to return home. After some parleying the two walked off together, and everything looked as if they had agreed to live together ngan. They formerly resided in Lafayette, and have been married eighteen years, having one daughter. The man gave no reason for his desertion. When he came here he gave his name as John H. Williams. I.lKonIers New Church. Dedicated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LIGONIER, Ind., Feb. 8. The Christian Church at Angola will be -dedicated to morrow with Imposing ceremonies. The services will be participated in by the churches of that city, and will be conducted by the Rev. F. H. Raines, of Cincinnati, assisted by the Rev. K. A. Cole, pastor of the church. The church is a handsome structure, lighted by incandescent light and fitted with opera chairs. The windows were contributed by the various organizations of the city, the large windows being donated by the W. C. T. U. and the King's Daughters. The cost of the church complete was $10,000. Evnncellst Wnlkor'n Meetings. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL PAN A, 111., Feb. 8. The labors of Rev. E. F. Walker, evangelist, of Greencastle, Ind., closed here last night with a 'salvation jubilee.". These revival meetings have been most remarkable in attendance, spirit and results. Night after night for these three weeks crowds have been turned away from the doors of the large Methodist Church because there was no room for them. All denominations have worshiped and worked together. Over three hundred have professed conversion, and much good has been done. Mr. Walker begins a union meeting at Shelbyville, 111., next week. Farmer Lenelimnn Insane. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL, Ind., Feb. 8. George Leachman, a farmer living five miles northeast of this place, was declared insane yesterday. Mr. Leachman is a man about fifty-five years old, with a wife and several children. It had been noticed by his family that he was not acting right for several days, and yesterday morning he made attempts and threats to kill members of the family. His derangement is probably the result of grip. This is the first symptoms of the kind he has ever had. He will be placed in th insane asylum as soon as the necessary steps can be taken. ' Dlo McKlnley Club at Frankfort. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., Feb. 8. A McKlnley club of over two hundred members was organized In this city, with J. W. Harrison, a relative of General Harrison, elected pres ident. Mr. Harrison is seventy-eight years old, and prides himself on the faot that he was present as a delegate to the Pittsburg convention in 1856, when John C. Fremont was nominated. This is the home of Deputy Auditor of State Hart, who Joined tne club and made an enthusiastic speech for McKlnley. The club by a unanimous vote favored attacking the apportionment act' of 18S3. Anderson Gets the Epworth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 8. Word was re ceived here at a late hour last night that the contest for the location of the Statei convention of tho Epworth League had been determined. South Bend, Lafayette and Anderson were competing lor the prize, which was finally captured by Anderson. Lafayette was withdrawn, and the vote stood a tie, the secretary voting for Anderson. President II. Lk isurr, or r.ew Castle, set the date at June 25. There will bo something like five hundred or eight hundred delegates and visitors present. Against Free Seeds. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 8. The. Wayne County Horticultural Society net here this afternoon and passed' a resolution supporting J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Agriculture, in his endeavor to abolish the freeseed distribution system, and instructing the secretary to notify Congressman Henry U. Johnson and Senators Turpie and Voor-hee-s of this action, asking them to sustain the efforts cf Mr. Morton. Gushers in Hancock: County. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL . , FORTVILLE, Ind., Feb. 8. The best gas well in Hancock county came in to-day, and was tested this morning, showing 233 pounds pressure in a half minute. The well is owned by a local company. Another good well came in the day before for the GroteGreenstreet Chemical Company, and the citizens are greatly rejoiced over the gas prospects. Mines Closing for the Summer. Special to the Indianapolis JournaL CARBON, Ind., Feb. 8. -The Superior, Mcintosh, Blaine Hill. Zeallers and Crawford mines have about closed for the present, and the only shafts now working to any extent are the two Eurekas, which axe averaging nearly full time. W. e. Eppert, of this company, reports the outlook promising through the summer. Cremated at Ills Oivn Fireplace. Special to the Indianapolis Jourral. LEBANpN, Ind., Feb. 8. Early this morning William Isenhour, residing twelve miles south of this city, was seized with an epileptic fit and fell into en cpea fireplace tnd

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o o I o I o I owas burned to death. When found his arms and legs were almost burned off and the body burned to a crisp. Three-Fourth for McKlnley. Soeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Feb. 8. The Times has published the presidential preferences of fifty prominent Republicans and three-fourths favor McKinley. Indiana Dentin. SEYMOUR. Ind.; Feb. 8. Mr. William Fryslnger, a prominent hardware dealer and editor of the Brownsiown Banner, died last nlffht at 11 o'clock at his home in Brownstown, of congestion of the bowels, after a three days illness. Mr. Fryslnger disposed of the Banner about six years ago and embarked 4n the hardware business. After the last Legislature had passed the Jackson county courthouse removal bill, the citizens of Brownstown prevailed on him to again take charge of the paper, and the business men made him a donation of $300 in cash. He was an able writer and one of the foremost men of the town. He was fifty-nine years old, and a member of the Odd Fellows, who will officiate at the burial next Tuesday. ELKHART, Ind., Feb. 8. Dr. Lemon Clark, aged forty-five year?, one of the most prominent physicians of this' city, fell dead In his office at 9 o'clock this morning of apoplexy. The funeral will be under the auspices of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Mrs. A. D. Jacoby, a well-known woman of this city, died last nlg"ht of cerebrospinal meningitis. The Interment will take place at Plymouth. fRICHMOXD, Ind., Feb. S.A dispatch from Nlles, Mich., received to-day, announces the sudden death there last evening of Mrs. Jennie Quimby. widow of Captain Qulmby, and a sieter of Richard Smith, deputy sheriff of Wayne county. The remains will be brought here for interment. MITCHELL, Ind., Feb. 8. Mrs. Martha Allen, housekeeper for Mr. Morgan Keane, a wealthy farmer, south of town, was found dead in her bed this morning by her little son. She had -been suffering from url?. She was a widow, and was taken to Fort Ritner, Ind., for burial this afternoon. KXIGHTSTOWX, Ind., Feb. 8. Mills S. Reeves, aged eighty-one, died at hi3 home here th!s morning while sitting in a rocking chair. He had been in falling health for some time, but the suddenness of his death was quite a shock to his family. He was well known throughout this section. WORTHIXGTON. Ind., Feb. 8.-Mlss Louise Milan, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Milan, died yesterday of pneumonia. FIFTEEN LIVES IN PERIL. Michael Ickes and II In Family In Danger of Drowning. C LARKS, Neb., Feb. 8. An extensive Ice gorge in tho Platte river here has caused a dangerou3 overflow. The bottom lands are under water for miles. A number of farmers who occupy an island near here are threatened, with their entire families. All day efforts have been made to rescue the family of Michael Ickes wife and thirteen children. They are in danger of perishing at any moment. They can l-e seen huddled together at the highest point of land on their place, with the water nearly reaching them. The river is higher than ever before known and so full of ice that no boat can be floated. Much stock has perished, but so far no lives are known to have been lost. All efforts to destroy the gorge have proved Ineffectual and it is growing in size every hour. CAN THIS BE SCHLATTER? Man Resembling" the Messiah "Working; -with m. Clin In Gang. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 8.A man who has every appearance of being Schlatter, the divine healer, who created such a sensation in Colorado, is believed to be working in the chain gang in this city. He was sent from Redlands as a vagrant last night and placed In prison. He has a Teutonic expression, wears long hair and beard, and is the exact image of the pictures of Schlatter. He will talk to no one except when urged, and says he is doing penance for his sins. He lost his white mule on the desert near Yuma. When asked where he would go from here, he said toward the west or toward the south, whichever way he was called. Louis Allard, Acred lOO, Dead. TROY, N. Y.. Feb. ' S.-Lcuis AHarJ died at his home in Cohoes yesterday, ared 1C3 years. He worked at his traia cp to five year to.

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