Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1896 — Page 4

T HE INDIANAPOLIS J OURIJAU SUNDAY, APItIL 19, 153

BRIDE SHOT HERSELF

BULLET THROUGH HER ARM, GRAZING HER FRIGHTENED FATHER. The Girl Had Eloped and Married Her Cousin, and Wanted to Die When He Was Sent to Jail. MINERS GET NO ADVANCE STORMY MEETING WHEN THE OPERATORS' OFFER WAS READ. Owner of Shovel Factories Organize a Trust and Advance Prices-Oil Wells Enriching Indianans. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., April 18.-Several weeks ago Miss Laura Sikes and her cousin, John Bowen eloped and were married. Since their return William Sikes, her father, has attempted to get her to leave her husband, but she refused to do so. They went after her yesterday, but she resisted going and seizing a revolver attempted to shoot herself. This ended the matter for the time being. To-day Bowen, was arrested on a warrant charging him with living in a criminal manner with his cousin. He was brought to this city and bound over in the sum of $200, and went to jail for lack of bail. The young wife was much affected by this, but finally agreed to accompany her father home. She said she wanted to get her cloak, and her uncle, Taylor Sikes, went with her, rather expecting her to do something rash. And she did. She reached into the pocket of her cloak, quickly drew out a revolver and pressed the muzzle to her heart. Fortunately her uncle seized her arm just as she fired and the ball, a thirty-two calibre, passed through the fleshy part of her arm and then cut through the shirt front of her father, who came rushing up. He was slightly scratched and excitedly exclaimed: "My God, I'm shot! Call an officer!" Mrs. Bowen was carried into a store where the wound was examined and pronounced not dangerous. She was then taken to her father's home. Now it is proposed to arrest John Flannigan for swearing to the marriage affidavit. STORMY MINERS' SESSION.

Operators Ilefaae to Raise the Block. Coal Dlxtrern A'ures. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LTIAZIL. Ind, April 18. A mass meeting of :he block coal miners of this district was hell 'in the-courthouse here to-day. After fonr.s preliminary work five delegates were sclc:ted to meet the operators at .l o'clock. Tha scale offered by the operators for the con.lng year, beginning May 1, was read, and it v.as the same as is being now paid. This caused a general uproar in the meeting, and tne persistent calls lor order by Chairman William Lynch proved of no avail. At one timo three or four different motions and as many amendments were before the house, ,,' and a dozen miners were on the floor demanding to be heard. The meeting for a while was extremely turbulent, but finally a motLsn was carried to refer -the report of the Cjrr.mittce buck to Uie miners, to be voted on attach mine In the district, ,6ni that a delegieshould be selected from each mine to race: the operators here on.April 20.. Most or the'5 miner present were in faToi of demand ins a 5-cem raise, which they claim they wer3 entitled to as a result of a raise in Ohio. It looks now very much like there will be a atrKte, as the operators declare they will not ivo a cent advance. XOW IT'S A SHOVEL TRUST.

All Factories Combine and Prices Advanced SO Per Cent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDEIiSOX, Ind.. April 13. Business representatives from all the fourteen shovel fac tor.es in the United States met in secret session in Boston a few days ago and organized a trust. The factories are located in Philadel;)hlar Fittsburg, Beaver Falls, St. Louis, Terre Haute and Anderson. The total' output for the year amounts'to 400,000 dozen!' The cao ia this city has been, turning out from for:y to itlfty thousand dozen, and on account of the free use of ntaural gas has been able to all at a lower margin of profit than any of its competitors. It is the purpose of the ain:9 cf these plants to meet again in Boston the latter, part of next wee, when the or-,inlzatlon will be completed. The plan no proposed is to limit tne output to 400,000 dczen per year, which is about the limit of the demand. None of the plants In the comblration will be permitted to Increase their ou put, as shown by the work of the past ycr, and if one should sell more than it aufac;ures the privilege cf placing UVie ordir must be purchased from the trust. Prices fcave been boosted. Since the 9th of thla cunth not an ordec has been booked at the cl-i quotations, and the cost of shovels has bea advanced 20 per cent. ' IXDIAXA OIHTT'ARY. y..). A. D. Bond, of the Late Governor Hovcy Staff. f ?eolal to the Indianapolis Journal. ' DUBLIN. Ind., April IS. Major A. D. Fond died to-day, after eight weeks Illness, f om raralysia. during which time he never t.oke nor knew any of Mr vf riends. For j cars he had been afflicted with Erisht's c.sease. Major Bond was born in October, i;il, on the farm on which he died. He v.as the youngest of nine children. He enl'jted in the f!lghty-seventh Indiana Volunteers in 15t. Soon after the battle of Mum. fordsvllle, Ky., he was promoted to comnand of the Third United States heavy I attery, colored, and served througout the war. In liS he was elected sheriff of Wayne county, and again re-f lected -in IS!)." llc was one of Governor Hovey's staff cfllcers, and was with the Governor on his memorable trip to Mexico Just before the Uovernoi died. Major Bond leaves a wife and .two grown daughters. He was also a member of the I. O. O. F., Masons and K. at P. Israel 3IcCann. Cpecial to the Indianapclis Journal. RUSHVILLE. Ind.. April lS.-Israel McCana. a pioneer farmer of Union to.vnsh!p, died at his home near Fairvlew last night of general debility. He was born near Dayton, O.. in 1S14, an! removed to Hash county in ttie twenties. He entered a large tract of land, and has ever heen locked cn as one of the progressive and active farmers of the neigh bo mood. John R. McCann and Mrs. E. JDaie J'orjian, of Kr.lghtstown, W. M. McCann. of Kushville. L. B. McCann and Deli , IB. McCann are children of the deceased. The l antral sermon, at the Raleigh M. K. Churcn, tianday afternoon, will be preached by Rev. J. A. Sargent, of Inllampolis. Luther i;eart. a prominent Mllroy dry CocIs merchant, died of Bright's disease at 7 o'clock last night. He was fifty-five years oil. and a sen of Daniel L. Stewart, wtio three weeks aeo. A wife and two sons. Charles and Joan Stewart, survive. Wife of Col. G. W. Gunder. Cpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. MAItlOX Ind.. April 13.-Mrs.. Anna Gunder, wife of Col. George W. Gunder, of this city, died of dropsy this morning after an Illness extending over a period of several months. She was a prominent member of the W. C. T. U. and of the W. Ut C attending alt the State meetings. She 'became the wife of Colonel Gunder in removing to Marlon In after the return cf Zir. Gunder from the armyv The funeral wdl take place Monday at 2 o'clock under the auspices of the order of the Eastern Ctar. Mrs. Apolonla Peener, A iced 101. Cpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. COUTH BEND, Ind.. April IS. Mrs. ApoIztAa, Pecher, who a few weeks ago celebrat ed h?r one-hundred-and-flrst bfrthday, at the tome or tne asters or the Poor, at Misharrlra, dit-d to-day of old age. She had been ! .irj with the sisters for a number cf years. o r;-.::LereJ distinctly cf havlnj cta

Gen. George Washington pass the home of her parnts in the East when she was a little girL Other Deaths In the State. ' PERU. Ind.. April 18. Louis Gould, a wellknown citizen and for many years a prominent business man in this' city, i dead, after a long illness. He was a solditr and participated in Sherman's famous march to the aea, during which time his lungs were affected and finally caused his death. He was fifty-one years old and leaves a wife and two sons. HAirMOND. Inl. April 13. Mrs. Eliza Francena Gray, of this city, aged nfty-three. died this morning. She was widely known lasecre: society circles, being a member of the Order of Eastern Star. Ladies of the Maccabees, Daughters of Eebekah an! Woman's Relief Corps, as well as a prominent worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. t RICHMOND. Ind.. April IS. Among those who died in this city and county to-day and yesterday were Jehu Jessup, aged seventyfour; John Whissler and Edward White. A dispatch from Wilmington, O.. announces the death of Mrs. Caroline E. Harlan, widow of Judge Barclay Harlan. COLUMJ3U3, Ind., April IS. Matthew Patterson, aged elghiy-three. wUo has been lying at the point of death for ten days past, died last evening. RICH OIL STRIKE.

Poor Rushvllle Man Making a Fortune in Wells County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVTLLE, Ind., April 18. As an instance of the rapid increase of wealth in the Indiana oil -fields, the case of William Ogle, formerly of this county, is worthy of note. Ogle, a few years ago, slender in purse, decided to locate in some county where he could purchase land cheaply. He. removed from Rush to Wells county, and there bought eighty acres of land at $76 per acre. When the oil fever struck Wells county he leased his farm for two years for $120 a year. Men around him were rolling in wealth, while he, by the terms of his lease, was bound down to his mere pittance of $10 per month. In the spring of 1895 he bought out the lessees of his farm and released it to a Hartford City company. Eight profitable wells were sunk on his.place, and oil found in large quantities. His income every twenty-four hours is $35, or $245 per week-equivalent to an annual salary of $12,000. Ogle a few days ago was offered $16,000 in cash for the land, for which he had paid $1,280. A HARRISON PALLBEARER. His Name Is Bernard McDowell, of Fairmount, Ind. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., April 18.- There is living at Fairmount, twelve miles north of Maion, a man who served as pallbearer at the funeral of President W. H. Harrison at North Bend on July 4, 1841. His name is Bernard McDonnell. He is eighty years old. At that time he was a deckhand on the "U. S. Express" and was in Cincinnati when the "Red 0'Bleedin," containing the remains of the dead President, arrived there. He assisted in working the steamer to North Bend, and with three other men carried the coffin to a wagon waiting. He also carried the body from the wagon to the orchard, where it was laid to rest. He recently received a letter from .Mrs. John Ogden, of Ternbank, O., a granddaughter of President William Harrison, asking him to give her some discriptlon of the event. He may attend the unveiling of the W. H. Harrison statue at Cincinnati on May 30. BIG RIVER FIRE. Three Wharf Boats and Two Packets Burned at Evansvllle. EVANSVILLE, Ind.. April 18. The river front of this city was swept with fire at noon to-day. Three wharf boats and two steamers, the Alex. Perry, Cumberland river packet, and the A. L. Norton, Green river packet, burned to the water's edge and sunk. The wharf boats were packed with freight, which is entire loss. The loss wtll reach $100,000, partially insured. No lives lost. Officers of the Y. P. C. U. cpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., April 18. At a late hour last night the campfire meeting of the Young People's Christian Union of the United Brethren Church closed and the fourth annual conference of White River, district came to an end. The service was conducted by Rev. J. F. Roberts, of Indianapolis. The conference adjourned to meet again in Wabash in the first week of April, 1897. This conference was the largest in the history of the church organization in Indiana, fiftyseven counties being represented. The election of officers and delegates rsulted as follows: President, Alonzo Meyers, Anderson; vice president, H.. S. James, Kokomo; secretary, Idella Darling, Columbus; treasurer, J. E. Paddock, New Lisbon. To the General Conference, which will convene in Des Moines, Ia., the following were named: J. E. Shannon, Indianapolis; A. C. Wilmore, Anderson; M. O. Jarvis, Hartford City. Alternates J. E. Paddock, New Lisbon; Ada Thomas, Lafountain; Emma Vickery, Marion. A Muncie Propylaeum. Special to the Indianapolir Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., April 18.-Muncie club women met last night and organized the Federated Club of Clubs by the election of the following officers: President, Mrs. Carrie J. McCulloch; recording secretary, Edith M. Love; financial secretary, Mrs. John M. Kessler; treasurer, Mrs. Harriet Kemper. The respective president of each constituent club are vice presidents. It was unanimously decided to erect a propylaeum for the use of the three hundred members, and delegates to the State convention of Union Literary clubs at Connersvllle will be instructed to work for the '97 convention for this city. The '96 meeting wanted to come here, but there was no place to entertain it. A Heroine at Seven. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., April 18. While two little girls of Robert Walker were playing in the yard of their father's home, Hamblen township, Brown county, Thursday afternoon the younger one, aged about five, fell into the well. The older, aged seven, climbed quickly down the slippery walls of the deep well and caught hold of her sister and supported her head above the water until their parents were attracted to the place by their cries. Ropes were procured and the children released from their perilous situation. The little girl was badly bruised about the head and body, and may die in spite of her sister's heroic efforts to save her. Luther Revis Gets Five Years. Special to the Indianapolis Journal, NOBLESVILLE, Ind., April 18. Luther Revis, nineteen years old. from near Deming, this county, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary this morning for forging the name of James Horton to a two-hundred-and-eighty-dollar dollar note and trying to sell it at the Westfield Bank. The young man bears a bad reputation, and was suspected of crooked work at the Sheridan fair last year. John Lackey, a young man from Arcadia, was also given one year in the penitentiary for petit larceny. Worthington Commencement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WORTHINGTON. Ind.. April 18.-Under the supervision of Prof. W. D. Kerlin the sixteenth annual commencement of the Worthington High School took place lastevening with the following programme: Salutatory, "Always Black the Heel of Your Shoe," Fred Dyer, other graduates beingGuy Bucher, Bura Newsom, Ably Dyer, Bertrand Jeter, Maud Owen, Lulu Beach, Juanita Selfridge, Maggie Baker and Lee Campbell with the valedictory, "Survival of the Fittest." Mrs. Bligh Gets a $1,000 Verdict. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., April 18. After eight hours deliberation the jury in the slander suit of Mrs. Bligh against her ex-husband returned a verdict to-night awarding the plaintiff $1,000 damages. Mr. Bligh is a wealthy wholesale liquor dealer of Logansport, who two years ago obtained a divorce and married his typewriter girl, Kate Eiserlo. The basis of the suit was a letter written by Bligh in which the abandoned wife was accused of immorality and drunkenness. She sued for $10,000. Yoang Lawyer Failed to Pass. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVI LLE, Ind., April I8. Judge Stephenson, of this circuit, has adopted a new rule governing the admission of young attorneys to practice. It is his purpose to require every applicant at his bar to pass a satisfactory examination before a competent committee appointed by his Honor. One candidate was refused admission to-day for lack of proper examination. ------------------------ Peru Has a Curfew Ordinance. Cpecial to tha Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind.,April 18. The City Council last night, after a great deal of delay and much discussion, passed a curfew or-

dinance, which provides that at the ringing of the curfew bell at 9 o'clock all children under sixteen must be off the streets, unless having a reasonable excuse. On the first offense they are to be warned and taken home. On the second offense the parent or guardian is to be fined, unless the children are deemed incorrigible, in which case the offenders themselves are to be fined and imprisoned. The ordinance will go into effect next week. Ball Business ColIege Fails. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., April 18.-At the Ball Business College yesterday, when the thirty students assembled; Professor J. W. Hooke informed them that school was out for good. The college was believed to be in a flourishing condition, and much surprise was caused by the collapse. The scholars each paid $50 tuition in advance, but have received a rebate or diploma. Indiana Notes. Miss Stella Jerome, a rider in B. E. Wallace's circus, was seriously and probably fatally injured at Peru Friday by her horse falling on her. To-night the Anderson postoffice will be removed into its new home. Just completed, at the corner of North Central avenue and East Ninth street, in that city. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company and others in Madison county have begun letting go their gas leases. This is said to be due to the gas wells rapidly developing into oilers. The formal opening of the new gymnasium at Hanover College will take place Friday, April 24. That date will be observed as a holiday at the college. The young women will give a supper and entertainment. The damage suit of E. T. Graham, of Anderson, for $5,000 against Ora Warner, Letha Warner and S. B. Hartlng, of Elwood, and Matt Moore, of Anderson, charging false imprisonment, is set for trial at Noblesvllle next week. The suit grew out of Graham's arrest and trial on a charge of killing his sister-in-law's infant child, and of which he easily cleared himself. NO MORE CUT RATES

RAILWAY OFFICIALS "WILL OBEY THE IXTERSTATE-COM3IERCE LAW. They Will Go Farther; It Is Said, and Assist. In Prosecuting the Beneficiaries of Shaded Tariffs. CHICAGO, -April. 18, The Evening Post says: "A new deal is reported to have been entered into between tho various railroad organizations throughout the country and the Interstate-commerce Commission. It Is likely to bring about a revolution In the methods of conducting the transportation business of the United States. Under it cut rates are to become, a thing of the past and millions ot dollars are to be added annually to the Incom3 of the roads. According to the terms of this alleged deal, the commission is to drop all proceedings against the roads for breaches of the law committed prior to the rendering of the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Auditor Brown, who refused to testify under the supposition that the Constitution protected the roads and the officials from furnishing evidence to convict themselves. Bygones ,re to be bygones, old scores are to be wiped out and both commission and roads are to start out on a new career of combined usefulness and enforcement and observance of the law. On their part the roads undertake to stop their discriminations in favor of big shippers, to treat ail persons and places alike and to become agents of the commission in enforcing the law.- Under the terms of the deal the commission will have no need of a detective force because the various traffic organizations and associations throughout the country are to furnish evidence which may come to their knowledge against either shippers or individual roads which try to benefit themselves at the expense of their neighbors through breaches of the law. When prosecutions are undertaken these associations will furnish the evidence on which conviction may be made. Nonmembers are to be treated alike in this regard, and the Jaw is to be enforced with the strictest impartiality. In the first place, however, the efforts, of both parties to the deal are to be directed against the shippers who have been the chief beneficiaries in the past of the anarchy that has prevailed in the conduct of the transportation business of the country." The agreement really means that the roads and the commission are to Join Issues against me Dig snippers wno nave ror many years been insisting on special rates and, what is more, beon getting them. If these shippers Insist on their usual cut rates the road will call their attention to tha law and if they Insist on the rate after this thev mav irvt it, but the information of their demand will be at once forwarded to the commission and the trouble for the shipper will then begin. This plan, if carried into effect, is the dawn of the railroad millennium, and It is an open question if it has not been in some measure hastened by the forty subpoenas that have been issued calling railroad men and heavy dressed beef shippers before the federal grand Jury, which begins its sittlner on Mav. 4 in Chicago. A dispatch from Washington says: "A number of railroad men, including President Stlckney, of the Chicago & . Great Western, have called at the Interstatecommerce Commission the. past week and talked with the Commissioners regarding the effect of the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the Brown case. They said it was the intention of the railroads to obev the laws, and that the decision was bene- ! nciai to tnem in many respects. In a general way they said they would endeavor to assist the commission in securing compliance with the law, but It is denied at the commission that any deal was made with them, and it is pointed out that the commission could not so act If it desired. Chairman Morrison, when told the purport of the above publication denied that any negotiations or a deal had been entered into with the railroads looking to the dropping of prosecutions in cases begun prior to the Brown decision. He said: 'The commission has nothing to do with that, and it has made no agreement of the kind on paper or verbally with any one. We Intend to secure obedience to the law, and will take every measure necessary .to secure that end New Shops for the Peoria & Eastern. M. E."1 Ingalls, president of the Peoria Eastern, has authorized General Manager Barnard to erect larger and more modern shops than those now at Urbana, 111. He is to give Urbana the first opportunity to make propositions to retain the shops. Danville and Champaign.-111., are both; active bidders for the' plants. Mr. Ingalls proposes to give $2, on the part of the company, for every dollar of subsidy Urbana will donate to retain the shops. In other words, if Urbana will give $20,000 In money and ground valued at $1,200 he will give double the amount of both the money and the ground donation. . A committee of the citizens of Urbana now has the matter under consideration, and one week from Monday is to report what Urbana will do. Then Danville and Champaign will be given an opportunity to see what their respective . cities will do In the way of donations. Mr. Barnard says, however, that the company would prefer that the shops should be located, at Urbana, or at least he proposes that Urbana shall have an opportunity to meet the propositions of President Ingalls. Mr. Barnard says the present sheps at Urbana are in bad condition and not worth repairing, and it is proposed to build the new shops on a plan by which they can be extended from time to time if necessary. He proposes to put $100,000 in the shops to be built this season. Nothing further will be done In the matter until the committee from Urbana reports what progress has been made. Work will be begun at once after the location has been settled on. The Peoria & Eastern has $30,000 worth of practically new machinery in its shops in Moorefleld, most of which will be placed in L the new shops as soon as completed. Railway, Notes. Notice has been issued by the Grand Trunk road that owing to the uncertainty rejfarding the ice bridge between Point Levis and Quebec agents must discontinue selling tickets through Quebec. The Baltimore committee on the reorganization of the Baltimore & -Ohio railway has decided to employ an expert to make a thorough examination of the accounts of the company from 18S3 up to the present time. An attachment has been received at New York for $64,470 against the property of David J. Mackey, of Evansville, Ind., In favor of Christopher C. Baldwin, for money advanced for the purchase of stock of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad Company. The railway parsengrer representatives of the late Chicago and Ohio river lines combination met In Cincinnati yesterday, wound up the business affairs of the defunct association and completed the work of merging the association into the Central Passenger Committee of Chicago. No wine has a purer bouquit tfcra Cook's iw-pcnzi ixtra ury r.zrr.iv.. it u tr.s pure Jules cf tha cr-cj f:m- izl.

BRITAIN'S KEW GUNS

THEIR DEATH-DELVUXG POWERS TO BE TRIED OX DERVISHES. "Will Throw n - Stream of Explosive Shells Ten Miles, and Eaca.Shell Can Disable 200 Men. 0SMAN PIGNA- KEPT MOVING AXGLO-EGYPTIAX TROOPS AIDED BY THE FRIENDLY TRIBES. Englishmen Alarmed at Provisions of the Allescd Secret Treaty Between China and Russia. (Copyright, IS, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, April 18. The defeats of the Dervishes outside of the Suakln and around Tokar have drawn attention to the fact that troops from India will shortly have to be landed there if -the campaign against the Khalifa is to be properly conducted and the Soudan reconquered. The friendly tribes In the vicinity of Suakln and Tokar are constantly harassing the Dervishes and are keeping the latter continually on the move, while avoiding any serious engagement. The scouts report that Osman Dlgna has retreated to Adarama and the friendly chief, Omantltata, has reoccupled the Agoba district. It is expected that the newsof the defeats of the Dervishes will soon reach the Nile and have a salutary effect tm the Dongola distrlct. .... 7, There is much gratification in England at the splendid showing made by the Egyptian troops under British officers, and they are said to be becoming reliable enough to be pitted against the Dervishes with every chance of victory. Indeed,'" according to many of the war correspondents, the fellaheen now appears to be equal to the Soudanese as a soldier. The reqent defeat of the Dervishes has also had the-important result of compelling Osman Dignai to evacuate positions around Tokar, from whence he' had made forays on the friendly tribes, and it has apparently caused a diversion in the Dongola district, where the Dervishes have already missed the first opportunity of harassing the. Anglo-Egyptian advance guard. The line of communlcatlon'betweea Abasheh and Wndy-Halfa is nowj secure and is patrolled on all sides by friendly chiefs. A small party of Dervishes fired into the camp at Akesheh yesterday evening and vanished in the night immediately 'afterward. Some of Great Britain's ;atest guns will be employed for the first time during the autumn campaign in the Soudan. They carry a highly explosive shejl ten miles, and each shell'is capable of disabling 200 of the enemy. Thefe guns have' such a rapid fire capacity that before the 1 first shell bursts three others are on their way In the sama direction. -The government shell foundry has been overwhelmed: with" orders for the manufacture of projecuies and private con tracts for l.COO.OOO shells have been given out. ...... General Carrington, the British command-' er at Gibraltar, has been ordered to the Cape of Good Hope in order to take command of the British forces In Maiabeleland. He is a veteran in South African warfare. It is understood that the French syndicate is about to withdraw from all banking operations in Egypt. - V . . r The Chornlcle publishes, an Interesting letter from Rome, in which It . is stated that the Pope still governs his- great household with order and diligence;' Although there are stories of the occasional failure of his physical power. But neither his diplomacy no ecclesiastical policy have los't, their old keenness of perception. 'Referring to the Pope's pro-French diplomacy, ,the correspondent re marks that he does not believe that there is a question of a pope ever making his headquarters at Avignon, though "at an undated future there might be a Pope at Baltimore," the correspondent as? e.rty. His Holiness, it appears, is now absorbeoTirr the idea of a reunion of the Roman Anglican Church. There have been 201 fresh cases of smallpox at Gloucester, making a total of 1,302 since the epidemic broke'obut, 'on account or the antl-vaccination fcleas since dispelled, of the inhabitants of that place. -. The alleged terms of th,e secret treaty between Russia and Chlna'Were reprinted here to-day from a German paper, and have created a bad Impression, though it Is evident that the statements made are not wholly true. According to the 'story, China permits Russia in war time to use: any of her ports to mobolize, repair or coal her war ships, and to raise supplies in China. The latter also allows Russia to use Port" Arthur, Kian-Shou or any port of Klan-Shoo'or Che-Kiang as a naval or military base, other startling orovls!on9 Include a branch line of the Siberian railroad to Tallen-Wan, controlled cojointly ror nrteen years Dy Russia ana unina. Then the latter. If capable, takes charge of the. railroad, and there is a virtual cession to Russia of an island opposite Tallen-Wan and several points on the south side of IluentSchun as a protection to : the Siberian railroad, the opening of the Chinese markets to Russian, goods, and Russia to send several hundred officers to drill 100,000 Chinese troops. The Globe this afternoon says: "If one-tentn of the foreging is true, there Is no doubt that the far -Eastern question is about to assume a far graver aspect than ever. Hitherto there has been no doubt ol uhe existence of a secret treaty. Until the? coronation of the Czar is over it is not likely that Russia will do anything openly provocative, but afterwards it is probable that she will boldly, show her hand and we shall be confronted with the most difficult problem for a long time past." The Pope will bestow, the golden rose on Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, as a token of the approval of his Holiness of her opposition to the conversion of her son. Prince Boris, to the Greek Churcn. ; ..: , ; It is reported that the 'Queen' has invited Emperor William to' vtsljt Osborne in August, and that when Major, Jacobs, tho Emperor's aid-de-camp,' callefi on Her Majesty at Clmlez. . near Nice, yesterday, (bringing a letter from thd -German , Emperor, he brought the atter's acceptance of the Invitation of his royal grandmother. If this Is the case a more harmonious state of affairs between Germany and Great Britain, on paper, at least, mayjbe anticipated. The United States minister to Liberia, William 11. Heard, sailed for New York on the American steamship St: .Paul from Southampton to-day on a six-weeks leave of absence before going -to Africa. - The Inaugural baseball, game at the Crystal Palace will be played -on May 4. United States Embassador Bayard and the Lord Mayor of London, Sir- waiter Wilkin, will attend. -.,. kThs striking feature. of thex musical week has been the success . of English opera at Drury Lane. Several ... standard works, including "Faust," "The Bohemian Girl" and "Cavalleria Rusticana,"4 have been produced with great success. "Blarritr.,T- Jerome K.1 Jerome & Co.'s musical farce, produced, at the Prince, of Wales's Xbeater. on Morvaay. is a aire failure. The critics- generally pronounce tho book, which is the work, of Jerome K. Jerome and Adrian Ross, as puerile to the last degree. The music was by F. Osman Carr. The greatest rage In LOfidon 13 the "Gay Parlslenne," at the Lyric Theater, which is attracting all the smartest people. Late to-day It was announced that the nremler at Daly's Theater of the new Jananew play (lmretto toy Owen Hall and music by Sydney Jones), which was to have taken place to-night, will bp postponed for H. B. Irvine, son of Sir Henry Irving, is soon to be married to Dorothea BaJrd, of Trilby fame, lie sails for America shortly to act In The Sign of the Cross" with his wife. The Cunard : searashrp Urobria, -which sailed from Liverpool for New York to-day. took amons her pasirtra tho Portuguese minister to the United- otates, The sale of tha- .pneumatic tire patent business was arranged, in Dutlin on Monday, the syndicate agreeing ta pay tli,CC0,CCC for It, ani th2'tulr-3 crTsred to th --Ulc fcr Ci:-J.:: crrllL cm:r rl-r;

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to JO .0 'A 'I '0 holders, who paid altogether $1,300,000, have since received $3.yo,s: in aivjaenas ana premiums, and they will now receive another $14.47,500. The profit in 1S0S amounted to $1,540,000. r It is reported that the hearth of Mr. Gerald Balfour, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, is breaking down on acount xf the labors and anxiety of his office, and it is believed that he will reslgm at the end of the session, and that Mr. R. W. Ilanbury, th Financial Secretary to the Treasury, will succeed him. MISSIONARIES OPPRESSED. Their Houses Blockaded ly Turku nnd Servants Not Permitted to Market. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 18. Telegrams from Bitlis, eastern Turkey, state that the houses, of Rev. George P. Knapp and Rev. Royal M. Cole, missionaries of the Amer ican Board cf Foreign Missions of Boston, have been blockaded by. the Turkish gov ernment, and that their servants have not been allowed to go and come from the mar kets. On March 15 orders were given uy the Turkish government requiring that they and their families should all leave Bitlis by tho southern route. The roads were then impassable. The missionaries heartily acknowledged the activity of Mr. John AV. Riddle, the United States charge d'affaires, in securing the nullification of the order issued March 26 for the expulsion of Messrs. Knapp and Cole and their families, and the zeal of Sir Philip! Currie, the British- embassador. In suoporUng Mr. Riddle's demands. Sir Philip Currie told the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs that the American missionaries co-operated with Great Britain in tho distribution of relief," and that he would not see them driven away. It is further learned that on Feb. 27 the fifty-seven Armenian prisoners in Bitlis were reLxsed, after being confined, most of them, for months. With few exceptions all were leading men. Among them was tho oldest and foremost Armenian Protestant. His brother and son. Who was the head teacher in the boys' high scnopl of the American board, were both killed, and for four months he had not been allowed to see his family. He was the only one who could not be forced to sign the address or thanksgiving , to the sovereign, saying that the only thing he could express himself as thankful fcr was that the rest had not been killed. When they were released and were all called on "to pray for the long lro of the Sultan with cheers, he kept silence, paying that his heart was broken and that he could not Join. The depositions that have been made against the Rev. George P. Knapp charge him with having planned and led in an attack on the mosque; with having used the school bell for giving signals for the attack, and that, on Oct. 25, 1K5, he jras responsible for the slaughter of five hundred or more people and for tne plunder of thousands upon thousands of life wo"h of property from the markets of Bitlis. A timely telegram from the United States Tninister. Mr. Alexander W. Terrell, a few weeks ago, saved him from, being forcibly seized and cast Into prison. Should the Turkish government decline to follow up the case, then it would be feasible for tha United States government to demand damages for libel. The claim for indemnity for the assault, in 1SS3, of Mousa Bey on Rev. George O. Knapp. father of the Rev. Geo. P. Knapp, and on Dr. Reynolds, now of Van. eastern Turkey, was made - but It has never been paM. Indemnity for the murder of Mr. eLntz. the American bicyclist. Is another unsatisfied claim. Dr. Laeger Elected Kayor Acaln. VIENNA, April 18,-Dr. Lueger, the antiSemite leader in the Relchsroth. was agun elected Burgomaster of Vienna to-day by a vote of 88 to 41 ' The minority (Liberals) voted for Dr. Groebl. The crowds outtjde th town hall greeted the announcement of the result with cheers, and Dr. Lueger made speech, in the course' of which he Inveighed against Hungary, and declared that his election was A vindication of Christian liberty and the independence of Austria. Dr. Lueger fcas been repeatedly elected Burgamaater and as frequently been rejected by the Emperor. On Dec. 2 last a riot followed the anti-Semite meeting held in the Pratter to protest against the rejection of Dr. Lueger. Haitian Rebels Pnrdoned. ' ' NEW YORK, April 18. A special to the World from Kingston, Jamaica, fays: 'Gtn. Simon Sam. the new President of Haiti, has ordered a government vessel here to carry horns the Haitian exiles who have bssn livir.j hire. All. including General Itar'-tt. fczvs cvailJd thtmelves cf the Prtzl Zzr.i'a c-y.cZ czztzV7 ct.2 hiv.tt" ; l'z-z to i-izl zrzz ... ;

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The largest and finest display of colored posters ever shown in the city can be seen in our store during this week. American, EnglishFrench and Italian Posters, Music Book Covers, Maga zine and Book Posters. Posters by Bradley, Gibson, Penfield, Smedley, Abbey, Noury and other Poster artists.

The Best Poster of All ..;iS OUR PRICE-LIST DURING THE GREAT CLEARANCE SALE.-. MONDAY MORNING WE WILL SELL 50 COPIES EACH OF THE TWO MOST POPULAR NOVELS OF THE DAY. ;Mrs. Burnett's "A Lady of Quality." Conan Doyle's "Exploits of Brigadier ' ; Gerard," regular price $1.50 each, sale price 96c-ts each. (If mailed, $1.10.) SO sets Victor Hugo's Novels, 7 vol-. . umes, silk finished cloth, $8.75, our price $2.48.

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Our Bicycles are all '96 models. We do not handle or offer for sale any last year's styles. The best is none too good for the Indianapolis people and we pride ourselves upon having the . ; . . BEST LINE OF BICYCLES Ever offered the purchasing public in Indiana. HERE THEY "ARE THE VICTOR, $100 (not a penny less). THE BARNES WHITE FLYER, $100. THE MATCHLESS HEARSEY, $85l SKY-HIGH CRESCENTS, $75 and $50. THE TOBASCO "Hot Stuff," $55.

Call and take your choice. Our terms will always be found the most liberal and reasonable. Our spacious Riding School with padded walls Is at all times under the supervision of competent and gentlemanly instructors.

H, T. HEARSEY CYCLE CO 116 and 118 North Pennsylvania Street. Riding School Open Day and Evening.

JIME. XOUDICA'S TIARA. i . . Some of the Prominent People Among - the Donon. The tiara of diamonds presented last week to Mme. Noraica, who is to sing at the Indiana festival next month, consisted of 234 stones. The event was a festive one in the history of Metropolitan Opera House audiences. The tribute was handed over the footlights' in a basket of roses, and accompanying it was a parchment book containing the names of the donors. Among these names were many familiar to the people of the country, including Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. Robert Goelet. Mrs. J. J. Astor, Mrs. Henry Clews, Mrs. W. 11. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Ogden Mills, Mr. Calvin S. Brice. Thomas Hitchcock, C. N. Bliss, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. C. Vanderbllt, H. -McKay Twombly. J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles Lanier, L. P. Morton. W. D. Sloan. Mr. George Gould and others. The testimonial read::1 To Mme. Nordica We beg your acceptance of the accompanying ornament aa a token of regard from some of -your friends and admirers, and In recognition of your deserved artistic success, of which, as' your compatriots, we are Justly proud." , OTMM WMM WMMMM TUB DEPUTY COX ST ABLE FIRED. Itotert McCllntock Shot at Dlllr Rm sell In a Snlooa.

The police were notified last night that Robert McCllntock. a deputy constable In Justice Lockman's court, had fired a shot at "Billy Russell, with whom he had a quarrel in a saloon at South Bast street and Lincoln lane. While the patrolmen were looking for him McCllntock telephoned to Cirnaln Qulsley that he had consuked with Justice Lickman. who told him that he was Justin ed in wnt he did, and advised him to surrender. Laier McCllntock accompanied the. officers to thto station. He was allowed to ga on his own recognizance. . The I A. W. Indiana Rond nook. The cSlcial I A. V. read book of InCiznrv compiled fcy F. 0. Chance, of this cl:r, ras lirucd from the press ierterdiy. Zi !:s r. cr--::t2 c?"K t--t Trill t3 cf r.u:i - O ere;.:: 3 r:rj rzzi cv:r tho L :-.:

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3 .1$ A T! a. 7 f Bow or from one town to another. Maps are appnled Khowlnj? the gravel and the dirt roads, while steep hlllj are marked with a red cros. Much information concerning the liabilities of cities and towns for injuries to wheelmen from defective -streets an! roads is embodiel. Tiie publication i one of the best of its kind ever issued in thU State. ' IMPERSONATED MEDICAL EXPERTS. High School Student Understand This Sort of Rrlilence. High School students yesterday afiernoon held a mock trial, in which one of their number was charged with burglary. When fc was arrested, a number of burglar's tools, including a lot of skeleton keys, a sandbag and a pair of brass Mknucks, were found upon his person. Mw Schmidt and J. Hobss appeared for the State.- The prisoner was defended by Leo Rappapcrt and F. Tarkinjton Bigger. John Robinson, an acsorr.pllce of the prisoner, William Connor, turned State's evidence, and toil how he and nis pal robbed a residence on North Illinois streeL Attorneys for the defence introduced a lot of -expert testimony, tending to snow that the prisoner waa a kleptomaniac. Boys from the High School, impersonating renowned medical experts from t. Louis, believed that Connor was -a kleptomaniac. It was shown that he had been shot In the forehead while a boy. and was thereafter irresponsible for his actions. The Jury agreed. Captain fcplan, c tne detective force, leant d the boys a sandbag and other burglar's tool from the collection la hi ofnee. A Doctor Taken Suddenly UL Dr. Darnell, of the City Dispensary frc became so Ul yesterday that it waV necessary for hind to discontinue his work at the dispensary. He was taken to the City Hospital, where he Is receiving attention from the hospital physician. Last night it was said that Dr. Darnell was resting comfortably, but -that it would -probably b soms t'.mo before he would be able to resume hi duties. He is surrrrin? from a ccm;:icatioa of stomach troutlts. IlCaiay Last Cay for Taaea. Ths trearurtr'a cr.ca r:zi crondrd all yerterTiy rrlth tr-ayrrs. Z'z-'iy Is th l::t C'7 tzr. t:.5 z:.lr z I ' t-t -