Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1896 — Page 11

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896.

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PATIENTS AT DUNKIRK can ' receive the best medical ATTEMIOX IN TIIi: WOULD. Ceml-Annual Meetlncr of Delaware Medical Society 1'rojsreM in the Indiana Oil Field. Fpeclal to the IndlanapolU Journal. DUNKIRK. Ind.. June 17.-The thirtyninth semi-annual session of the Delaware District Medical Society met here yesterday. Dr. Jay, of Portland, delivering the address of welcome. Dr. F. G. Jackson, of Muncle. read a paper on "Fracture of the Skull." Dr. Parvln. one of the senior members of the famous Jefferson Medical College faculty and one of the moat popular medical writers of the day, arrived with Drs. Senn. of Chicago, and Kleb3, of Germany, now visiting this country. Dr. Parvln was present and assisted in the formation of thfc society at Muncle twenty years ago. and wan made Us first honorary member. Dr. Senn Is the professor of surgery at Rush Medical . College, president of the American Medical Society and one of the most popular and authoritative writers upon surgery of this or any other country. Professor Klc-Ls is best known as the discoverer of the bacillus, or germ, causing 'diphtheria, thus becoming a benefactor of mankind for all time. Dr. Joseph Eastman, of Indianapolis, Is present and will take part In the deliberations of the society, as will also Drs. G. W. II. Kemper and J. L. Howies, of Muncle, and O. W. McKInney, of Jonesboro, charter members, of the society. The names of the visiting physicians are: D. T. Diekes, Porthmd: Samuel Mason. Fennvllle; M. T. Jay, Portland; F. G. Jackson. Muncle; A. E. Vinton, Muncle; C. M. Kelley, Winchester; A. H. Farquhar. RldgeviUe; A. A. Cecil. Muncle: Samuel and A. E. Hollls, Upland; II. O. Pantzer, Indianapolis; G. W. McKlnnev. Ga City; J. W. Patterson, Fairmount; Peter Drayer. Hartford City; I. G. Kims. Portland; W. H. Walker. Portland; William P. Whery. S. 1. Drayer and II. A. Duemllng. Fort Wayne; L. II. Connelly, Gas City; J. C. Knight, Jonesboro; T. PL Noble. Indianapolis; c. S. Arthur. Portland; M. R. Hlatt, RIdgeville: J. It. Kidder. Mount Pleasant; I N. Davis and O. E. Current, Farmland; U.G. Poland. Muncle; K. G. Reynard. Union City; G. W. II. Kemper. Muncle; T. J. Bowles. Muncle; J. E. Hall. Alexandria; J. E. Metcalf and Fred Hodges, Anderson; Joseph Eastman, Indianapolis; B. S. Hurst, Winchester: C. W. Macey, Portland; C. R. Cox. Lynn: E. J. Owey, Cincinnati; R. J. Morgan, Van Wert. O.; F. E. Moyer and E. J. Saunders, Pennvllle: D. W. Stephenson. Richmond; C. H. Searles, Chicago; D. S. Kinsey, Portland: H. P. Franks. Losantville. and Anna Lemon Griffin, Muncle. f NOMINATION DEFERRED. Mnth District Prohibitionist TnnKletl on 'Silver Question. Special to the Inllanapolls Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind.. June 17. The Prohibitionists of the Ninth district met In this city to-day for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Congress, but the broadgaugers refused to takQ art In the convention unless the name of the party was changed from "Prohibition" to "National." Nomination was deferred until July 25, and resolutions were adopted asking that the State chairman call a delegate convention for the purpose of changing the party's name to "National." Maine Dcms. for Gold. PORTLAND. Me., June 17. The Democratic State convention to-day elected the following as delegates at large to the national convention at Chicago: Seth C. Gordon, of Portland; John Scott, of Rath; Frederick Vv". Plalsted. of Augusta, and Charles I. Snow, of Bangor. References In the speech of C. F. Johnson, who presided, to ex-Governor W. E. Rursell, of Massachusetts, were greeted with applause. The platform declared In favor of a gold standard against the free coinage of sliver. OIL MEN'S ASSOCIATION. Fifty Indiana Men Located at MontIeller Are Members. Bpeclnt to the Indlanarnlls Journal. MONTPELIER. Ind.. June 17.-The Western Oil Men's Association, with headquarters at Toledo. O.i now has a membership of 221 all told. The following are the Indiana members of the branch, located in this city: R.' R. Armor, J. N. Lewis. A. J. Mitchell, II. C. Zeigler, Alexander T. McDonnell. J. K. Sinclair, L. G. knight, W. S. Morton. L. A. Tuttle. W. M.I Page, II. M. Motz. J. H. Shoemaker. II. W. Rowland, George W. Edward3. E. G. Cottlngham, F. E. Alexander, J. F. Jones. Andrew Urban. James O'Donnell. W. F. Sinclair, B. M. Cloud. W. IL Welton. (ieorgo Ely. J. W. Sweeting. L. C. Boyd. Georgv G. Darrow, B. F. Pyle, O. E. Evans. A. E. Lineman. Howard M. Davis, Joseph. H. Twlbeil. E. G. Palmer. M. 11. Broderlck. Jerry Hayes. F. W. Flshell. John C. Watson. LJ E. Maddox. Jonas P. Smith, IX. F. Whiting. S. W. Tait, A. II. Bonham, A. McDoneil. D. R. Shea, John A. McKay, L. C. Da vertport, G. A. Mason. L. D. Roebuck. J. EhJfr. James McCormick, W. B. Nimmons, William A. Kunkel. J. G. Herrlett. W. B. Little. D. O. McCormick and IL C. Mount. The association is now in shape to grow rapidly. It is not confined to the producer exclusively, but to all who are engaged in the pursuit of oil. An OU Well Driller Killed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGTON. Ind.. June 17. - George Carll, aged twenty-four, of Warren, employed at an oil well In the south part of the county, was killed by an accident this morning. The large bull wheel, which is used In raising and lowering the casing into the well, came to a stop on the center and Carll stepped on one of the spokes to gtve it a start. The wheel started suddenly, and a rooe which was attached to It flew us and caught him around the legs, drawtnar him under the wheel and mangling him. lie lived but a short time. Xerr OU Well Struck. Special to tn Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., June IT. The Indiana Oil Company, recently organized, drilled in a 10-barrel well about two miles west "of Keystone yesterday. Keystone is Just north of Montpcller, this county, on the I E. H. W. railroad. Although gas has been plenty all around the town, it was considered dry territory for oil purposes. The well is owned by the Indiana Oil Company, and is the company In which Major Doxey, of Anderson, is interested. Conner Strikes a Well. pcial to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH Ind.. June 17,-The first of four oil wells being sunk on O. W. Conner's farm. In Huntington county, came In today. It Is down about 1.073 feet and is producting 2i0 barrels per day. CRAZY FOR A BICYCLE. . A Lebanon Youth Shoots Himself When lie Couldn't Get One. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind., June 17.-EImer Wills, the nineteen-year-old son of Jasper Wills, formerly of this county, now a resident of the State of Washington, committed suicide at an early hour this morning at the home of his uncle, Robert Love, near Mechanlcsburg, because his uncle would not buy him a bicycle. All day yesterday he had txen absent from homo and' all l.st night he had rpent In the woods ulons the banks of the creek near by. This morning aboMt 4 o'clock he was seen to enter his uncle's barn and a few moments later u report of a gun was heard. The family was aroused, and on entering the barn found young Wills lying on the hay with a bullet throuzh hi heart- Last spring a year ago David HeiTnett. another uncle, attempted to discipline him during one of his 'mad spls nnd the lad. to get even, burned his uncle's burn. Tho boy was arretted for arson, but the charge was charged to malicious trespass and he was let o:f with merely a nominal line. ,"--" J. W. LAYXE'S siisfoiitum;. ?&e Demented r.durator'i Estate Val ued at 15.OO0. Cpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. June 17.-Word was received here this evening by H. D. Thompson, partner of J. W. Layne. who xzsa sent to Richmond nome weeks ago. Ctating that he was failing very rapidly, nd that death was expected any day. Harrison Quick, who was appointed by the court to look after Mr. Layne's afialrs. V"-1t that Lb estate was much largtr thau

expected. His rroperty will amount to about H3.000, there being two pieces of property in Chicago worth $1S,UX. property In this city valued at $3,000, a tine farm of K-0 acres worth $1S.500, and fcU) in bank. His downfall is deeply regretted by the people here. He has bn prominent in ail educational movements of the State, serving on the State Board of Education and as superintendent of the schools of Evansvllle for a number of years. 31. E. MUxlonarf Women. Fpclal to the Iniianapolls Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind.. June 17.-The fifth annual convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Richmond district, is now In session in this city. Delegates from Richmond, New Castle, Muncle, Fountain City, Hagirstown and Mlddletown are here. The address of welcome was by Mrs. J. V. Dennen. of Winchester; response by Mrs. L. H. Eunyan. of Richmond. "The work In Mexico" was discussed by Miss Mary Monroe Dennis, of Richmond, a returned missionary from Mexico; "Why Are Home Missions Necessary?" by Mrs. Van D. lirown. of Richmond; "Systematic Benencence," by Mrs. Joseph 11. Smith, of Ntv Castle. Mulc was furnished by Mrs. Ida Way and Mr. Earnest Barnes. The session this evening consisted of devotional services, led by Mrs. L. A. Williams, of New Castle, and an address by Mrs. F. V. Chapman, supelntendent of Ultte's Home, of Athens, Tenn. Fnrmrr McFarland "IJlnckmnlled." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind., June 17. James McFarland, a farmer living north of here, was accosted by a stranger who pretended to be a United States marshal, yesterday, and

was blackmailed out of $200. It seems that the stranger placed McFarland under arrest, the charge being bribery. While talking to McFarland the officer exhibited a pair of handcuffs and a long pistol and in formed h m that It could be settled for mu, saving himself the trouble and expense of being taken to Indianapolis and locked up. The farmer told his visitor he had no money, and they finally compromised for a note ror with approved security. .Mr. McFarland came to town this morning. making known the facts and is now trying to stop payment of the note. Object to Receiver Cutsinger. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EDINBURG, Ind.. June 17. It Is stated on the streets to-day that the National Starch Works Company will enter a protest against Martin Cutsinger acting as receiver for the John A. Thompson bank failure. Inasmuch as he is a brother of Mrs. Mollie Thompson, the principal In the hank, and as he is also one of County Treasurer Breeding s bondsmen, the county having in the bank at the time of Its failure Jll.GOO. The National Starch Com pany had money on deposit in the bank. and this information comes through Henry Scholler, who is superintendent of the starch works at this place. Mr. Scholler says a new receiver will be demanded of the court. Mr. Cutsinger is a highly re sponsible and respected citizen, but the law says the receiver must be a disinterested person. Biff Four Compromised for 81,r00. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., June 17.-The dam age case of Mrs. Mary Maxwell against the Biff Four, which has been occupying the Circuit Court here all week, came to a sud den end this afternoon. Mrs. Maxwell Is Quite aged and partially deaf. Last December she took a Big Four train for Falrland. but the train did not stop long enough for her to alight. She v.arf thrown to the ground, broke an arm and two ribs, and had an eyo knocked out. She was on the stand for seven hours, and when excused, fell prone, to the-ground completely prostrated with nervous exhaustion. The rail road attorneys compromised at $1.C0. and an expenses. It Is possible .Mrs. Maxwell wm not recover from the shock of her examination on the stand. Refuse to Work vrlth Italians. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., June 17.-Six young laboring men came to Wabash yesterday from Elwood to tako employment under Casparls & Narter. who arc pushing the limestone cutting through the bluff at the Big I-our railroad yard here. When they arrived and found a force of Italians en?aged in the cutting the'Elwood men reused to work unless the Italians were dis charged. They claimed that as much of the work was done at night, and a great deal of blasting was done, they could not safely work beside men who could not speak Lngllsh, and they returned home. Engine Smashes Into a Carriage. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., June 17. East-bound pas senger train No. C on the Big Four road ran into a carriage Just vest of the city to-night, completely demolishing it. The horses had crossed the track and were not injured. Sidney Keenan and Walter Rlchey. who were in the carriage, were thrown fifty reet ana but sugntij' injured. The pilot and headlight on the engine were torn off and engineer Brock Quigley was badly cut in the face by the debris. The carriage was covered and belonged to John M. Stan ley. The Elwood Attorney Acquitted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., June 17. Attorney Gilbert R. Call, of Elwood, who has been under trial in the Superior Court in dis barment proceedings, was acquitted last night by a jury, whicll had been out for several hours. Young Mr. Call was warmly congratulated by his friends, as well as many members of the bar who wern nrescnt. The cases that are now pending against attorney a. L. doss and Prosecutor D. W. Scanlan will be venued from this county. , Epworth District O Ulcers. Special to the Indianapolis Journnl. BLUFFTON, Ind., June 17. The Epworth League convention the Fort Wayne dis trict adjourned this morning to meet at Decatur next year. The following district officers were elected: President, James W. Sale, BlufTton; vice presidents. Miss Cora bnacKncj'. Uecatur. Mrs. E. M. Holloneter. Roanoke. Henry Johnson. Angola. Miss Lizzie Mohler, Huntington; secretary. Miss Carrie Schrader, Fort Wayne: treasurer, Mrs. H. L. Askew, A villa; superintendent or junior work. Miss Ida Thomas, Bluff ton. Death of Rev. J. B. Dash. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGTON, Ind., June 17.-Rev. J. B. Bash, aged seventy-seven, and for over forty years a prominent minister of the. United Brethren Church, died at tho home of his son. F. S. Bash, city editor of the Herald, last night. He was well-known In the SL Joseph conference of the United Brethren Church, many of the churches of which h-3 organized during his itinerancy. The rubral win be held Thursday after noon. Burial at Roanoke. Grant County Grammar Schools. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., June 17. The eighth an nual commencement of the Grant county grammar schools took place in this city to day. Thero were fifty-two graduates, and each township was represented on the programme. Miss Maud Illmeliek, of Fulrmcjnt township, was awarded first place on essays and Miss Stella Dlcken. of Van Buren uawnshlp second. The scholarship was awarded to Aliss Thana Smith, of Monroe township, Mrs. Wright's Leap for Life. Special to' the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., June 17. Mrs. Henry Wright, whoso husband 13 employed at the plate-glass factory, was carrying dinner to him to-day, having to cross the Panhandle railway bridge spanning the ildcat river. As she reached the center of the bridge a fast train came around the curve. Mrs. Weight leaped into the water, thirty-five feet below, from whence the tram men res cued her uninjured. 1C. 1. Celebration nt Madison. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind.. June 17. The Pythian celebration here to-day was a great suc cess. There was a large attendance from New Albany, Lawrenceburg. Aurora. Seymour. Jeffersonvllle and other neighboring cities. The street parade was an Imposing nfTalr. An exhibition drill was given in Beech Grove Park, west of the city, where there were also horse and bicycle races. Drowned in the Reservoir. - Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PARIS, Hi., June 17. Peter Powers, a bricklayer, 'was drowned at Reservoir Park this afternoon by the capsizing of a boat, lie is the son of a wealthy contrac tor in Buffalo, N. Y., and has a brother in Bt. louis. Freight Wreck on the IHg Four. Sreclal to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBURG. Ind.. Juno 17.-A wreck occurred this afternoon on the Big Four

east of the city limits, in which seven

freight cars were thrown from tne tracK and badly damaged. Three tramps wero seen crawling iron unuer a uvwiuiismvu car, but their injuries were slight. Danker Peters Alens. Special to the In-iianapolis Journal. NEWPORT, Ind., June 17. Henry O. reters, banker and trustee of Eugene townshlp this county, yesterday closed the doors of his bank and made an assignment to James Malone for the benefit of cred itors. Assets and liabilities are not known at this time. Failure of a Lebanon Druggist. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., June 17. T. C. Laughlin, a druggist, made a voluntary assign ment here to-dav. Liabilities, about $3,500; assets unknown, but considerably less. Mr. Laughlln came here from Garden City, Kan., four months ago. Indiana Notes. Vts Gertrude Simmons, the Indian clrl orator at Earlnam College, has gone to Wabash to teach a music class during the summer vacation. .T'V. ChloMa a - TT-nm I n t business man and horse buyer of Connersville, was thrown out of his buggy yesterday and sus tained a oroicen leg. The result of a gravel road election In Curry township, Sullivan county, yesterv ivRiittf-fi in th dffoat of the measure by a majority of fifty votes. Pcrrv Tamh wn stmrk hv llehtnlng "f nn.f i v oiTnim w.-h H nt work on the farm of Otto Bertram, three miles southwest of Centerville, and seriously injured. Judge Taylor, of Lafayette, overruled the motion for a new trial In the case of Jesse VMtt mrl sentenced the nrlsoner to life imprisonment. Yfhite was convicted of the murder or nester turus, an ugeu wiuuw, last December. TVia Tlrn-Wrrf"l LnAre IT? "IvnlffhtS Of PvA A A .-VXkw - a- v' up, . wV n thlnfl ifCCiV:t(( thp PMVA of itS OnlV deceased brother, Harry C. Bowman. Tuesaay. i ne xouge was insuiuitu ieu .-u.io ago. Past Chancellor Commander George Bonham and Prelate Harry Henry conducted the exercises. Anirnn will hnvA n hievrlft meet Sunii' nl the orirani7.;ition of wheelmen there is making extensive preparntions for the event, a grana paraae oi uu MMiors will take place at 1:30 o'clock, to be foilnwf.il hv the events at the track of the Anderson Driving Park Association. Thn TTfirtfnrd Pitv hr:inrh of T. A. 200 has elected the roiiowing aeiegaies 10 me glass workers' convention at Pittsburg next year: Flora Lecheln, Ora Lecheln, wiiiinm iefirii-K. urant tinier. jacK uubert, Frederick Niecase, Amos Meriit, Frank Bastlne. Eugene McCann, J. O. Schmidt and aiatt rnorey. HMG A MAN ON LIES COL. "WASHINGTON WARNS THE WALLIXG JURY NOT TO DO IT. Scores Nlgger Witnesses" and At torney Hays from Indiana Where They Doast of Horse Sense' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEWPORT, Ky., June 17. Colonel w asnington, the heavy gun looking after Alonzo Waiting's defense, opened his batteries on the Newport Jury this morning, and did not cease firing until court adjourned this afternoon. He made a speech long to be re membered by all the crowd that heard it. but whether or not it will have any effect on the Jury remains to be seen. It was a question in tho minds of all who heard Hays on Tuesday whether the big gun with Us heavy projectiles could dis mantle and silence the rapid-firing of the rilled guns of the eloquent and logical Hoosler lawyer. In his opening remarks Colonel Washington was very sarcastic on the Hoosler lawyer, who came from a State, he declared, where they had no use for education and doted on horse sense. Colonel Washington paid his respects to the alleged driver, George II. Jackson, it was all a case of circumstantial evidence. 'Take the nigger out of the case," said he, "and there Is nothing to it. It falls to the ground." Colonel Washington dwelt on the testi mony of medical experts. He declared that thero never was a greater failure in all his recollection than that of the prosecu tion in trying to establish its case by medical testimony. His argument on the med ical phase showed a vast fund of medical Information, and that Colonel Washington has burned the midnight oil In this respect. Like Colonel Crawford in the Jackson case, he scored the Cincinnati police and detec tive forces. He declared that the prosecu tion had not dared to call Dr. W. F. Crane. But the defense had called him. They were not afraid of his testimony. Dr. Crane said he had found two grains and a fraction of cocaine In the girl's stomach. Yet in some Instances a half grain would causo death. What an awful doso must have gone into the girl's stomach! Enough to kill a half dozen, or perhaps a dozen, persons. The prosecution maintained absolute silence on that score. They were afraid of it. The girl would have been uead before she could have been taken to Fort Thomas. There was the stillness of death In the courtroom when Colonel Washington spoke of Pearl Bryan and the awful consequences of her having met Scott Jackson. "Would to God that Jackson had never met Pearl Bryan. And here was a man who had never seen l'earl Bryan until he had met her on the street as a complete stranger to bear tho message o- Scott Jackson. And he is charged with her murder. The speaker felt for the poor old mother and father, and the family, and had no desire to denriro the grave of Pearl Bryan of a llower or a blace cf grae. But on tho other hand there was a sweet-faced woman, the mother of Alonzo Walling, and the family of the accused boy. These were all made to suffer by reason of this unfortunate af fair. Colonel ashington then tooK up the attempted identifications and said they wero enough to make a dog laugh. Patrick Kinney at the depot was positive. He was certain. It was a sample of all police testimony. They were always positive. They never reached to the dignity of a doubt. Doubt is tne sateguara or the wise. He cited a number of cases In history where identifications had been positive and mistaken. Among them the cele brated Tlchborne case in England, where there were scores of identifications by peers and people, and it remained for cross-ex amination to develop the fraud and expose the tramp claimant to name and fortune. "There is a man in Cincinnati." said Col onel Washington, "who is said to be my double, and my life has been made a burden thereby. I can scarcely go into Cin cinnati but what seme one takes me for Colonel Godfrey Zlegler and once my own vlfe was fooled in this respect. I wish Colonle Zlegler would move away from Cincinnati, and no doubt he wishes I would leave Newport. INDULGENCES GRANTED. Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Pope's First Communion. WASHINGTON, June 17. Next Sunday, June 21, is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first communion taken by the Pope, and in a cablegram received to-day by Cardinal Satolll from Cardinal Rampolla, tho Holy Father grants indulgence to all those who partake of the sacrament on that day. The cablegram is as follows: "I hasten to inform your Eminence in or der that you may In the most fitting manner" give notice that on the occasion of the eeventy-tlfth anniversary of his first com munion tho Holy Father deigns to grant a plenary indulgence to all children who on the lst of this month shall make their first communion, and an indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines CsO days) to all the faithful who on that same day shall partake of the sacraments.praying for the intention or nis Holiness." Recently Cardinal Satolll addressed a circular letter to Catholics. Inviting all children to celebrate the occasion of tho anniversary by receiving their first com munion. Movements of Steamers. LIVERPOOL. June 17. Sailed: Majestic, for .New York; Rhineland. for Philadelphia. SOUTHAMPTON. June 17. Arrived: Lahn, from New York, for Bremen. . QUEENSTOWN. June 17.-Sailcd. Senia, xrora Liverpool, ror lioston. AMSTERDAM. June 17.-Arrlved; ScheiWilli, 1IUUI UW iuriv. ROTTERDAM. June 17.SaUed; Veencum. xor 4cw lork.

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SENATOR JONES'S C03I3IENT ON CLEVELAND'S GOLD LETTER. Ex-Secretary Whitney Postpones Ills Ocean Journey to Attend the Chicago Convention. WASHINGTON, June 17. President Cleve land's public statement as to the money plank of the Democratic national convention has caused widespread comment here to-day, although few prominent public men outside of Cabinet officers and department officials remain In town, and these will not be quoted. Senators Harris. Vest and Wal thall, of the bond investigation coirynittee, left for New York early to-day. Senator Jones, of Nevada, another member of the committee and a prominent silver leader. said: "Mr. Cleveland's statement was not open to analysis, as there was nothing In It beyond his personal belief that the convention would not do what everyone knew It was going to do, and what it was elected to do. There is a lurking conceit about such an expression of opinion, said the Sena tor, "indicating a belief that when he says it will not do what peoplo know it will do, tho public will pause and fall in line and recognize him as a great prophet. But the convention will disclose what a poor prophet he is. for after all the Inlluence of patronage and ortice, the convention will be lor silver. The President merely gives it as his opinion that the convention will not be for silver, passing over the merits of the question. Tnere is no discussion of the right or the wrong of this great question. The statement that a free ei.ver proposition will not attract a majority of the voters of the country sounds much like placing this large question on the political ptane oi shaping a platform to catcii votes, rather than to set lorth a principle of right. No, there is nothing in the President's statement that can be seriously discussed. By the way," added Mr. Jones, "I note that the British press commends tho goid plank at St. Loui3." Whitney Will Be at Chicago. NEW YORK, June 17.-Whltney did not Bail for Europe to-day, as he Intended, but will attend the Chicago convention. Mr. Whitney said to-day that he could not think of going abroad and deserting his party at a critical crisis. "Certainly," he added, "tho Democratic party is about to witness a crisis in its career. It is on the verge of disruption and at such a time I think everyone who can help hold it together ought to give all the aid In his power." The crisis. Mr. Whitney said, was created by the forcing of the currency issue. He expected to find at Chicago as vigorous a party on the side of the gold standard as there is in the Republican convention at St. Louis, and he added: "It may not be so large and it may not predominate, but a vigorous fieht will be made by it. I think. as a good Eastern man, that It is my duty to go to Chicago and. as one who Is in favor of gold, that I should do all I can for the party." Mr. Whitney said that It had not yet been decided whether he should go to Chicago as a delegate at large or in his private capacity. He would not say what would be his course in the event of a declaration for free sliver colnago by the Chicago convention. Gorman Will Go to Chicago. BALTIMORE. June 17. It Is asserted here to-day on what, appeared to be good authority that United States Senator Gorman will reconsldej his determination not to attend the Democratic convention at Chicago, and that ho will go as a delegate at large from this State. His course in the matter 13 said to be the result of a confer ence held in New York yesterday with the . . . . A. ni.ii a iormcr secretary oi uie navy, miiiey, u which it is alleged an agreement was made that both gentlemen should go to Chicago and use their efforts to turn the tide in favor of the adoption of a gold plank in the national Democratic platform. Should he so desire. Senator Gorman may go to Chicago In the place of C. C. Homer, who has de clined the position of delegate at large, to which the Democratic State convention elected him. Arkansas for Bland. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 17. The Democratic State convention met to-day. Daniel W. Jones was nominated for Governor by acclamation. The convention went wild with enthusiasm for Bland as a presidential favorite. It required rll the ef forts of the anti-Bland poopla :o prevent a stampede. Divided on Money Qnestlon. PENSACOLA, Fla June 17. The Dem ocratic State convention has selected dele gates to Chicago, who aro evenly divided on the money question. Terry, of Arkansas, Renominated. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 17. Hon. W. L. Terry was renominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Fourth district today. END-OF-TIIE-WORLD PROPHETS. They Keep Cropping Up In Spite of Innumerable Fullures. Philadelphia Press. It is a most remarkab'e book that has Just been issued In the little town of Vichy. i ranee, ana or wnicn a single copy, so far as It Is known, has made its way to this country. Its author is the Abbe Dupin. cure of the village of Dion, and he declares that he has discovered indubitable evidence of tho approaching end of all things. The great "coup." as he calls it. will, he assures us, take place in all probability on Sept. H or - or this year, certainly before the close or iku. What makes this statement so extraor dinary Is the fact that the author declares tnat his work is issued with the sanction of the Catholic authorities. He disclaims anv attempt to inculcato any except orthodox aennne. The title of the book is curious and re minds one of the first pages of some Eliza bethan romance. Here is part of it: "The grand coup, or universal cataelvsm will ravage the world between the 19th and 21st of September. la9G, as foretold la the scriptures. i ne prophecies of the Old and New Testaments compare with those of the Father, and with tho secrets of La Salette, in which are foretold the great war which will destroy nlne-tentbs of the human race, the comingof antichrist and his reign, after which the church will triumph over her enemies ani the reign of Christ begin on vUl 111 The book Is divided Into two parts. In the first the author foretells the events which are about to occur, including the devastation of the world by wars, earthquakf s and plagues, the birth of antichrist, whose mother, he says, is already here, and a terrible cataelvsm. the n.itnm nf which is vague, which will leave few human oeings anve. au tnis. he declares, he has found, on unimpeachable authority, to be due to occur at the time he states. The second part contains his reasons for selecting the time he -specifies. It consists of a number of elaborate calculations of the kind which readers of similar prophecies are familiar with. Some of the coincidences he mentions are curious, but people will probably not alarm themselves to any great extent by his warnings. The chief interest of the book lies in the position of Its writer. The prophet is ever with us, and regularly has predicted the end cf all things for nearly every year for the last 500. "Rev." Mr. Baxter created quite a sensation in England a few years ego by assuring his hearers that they might expect the end of tho world in 1J87. The year went by and nothing particular happened and the prophet then shifted his date a year or two forward. lie is probably at the same game and finds a fresh stock of believers every year who are foolish enough to credit him and, incidentally, support him and his family. But the French abbe's book Is of a different character. Home has discouraged any visions of this kind In her priests, knowing that whatever temporary effect they may have is soon destroyed when the futility of the prophecy is discovered. The abbe is doubtless claiming more authority than he has. , One-Gullus Statesmen. Washington Capital. When Booker Washington was hefe, raising funds for his Industrial school, he drew two pictures of pastoral life. One was that of a farmer riding a cultivator across a broad Illinois prairie; and this farmer not only wore good clothes and drove good horses, but he had as the last refinement cf luxury an umbrella affixed to the turnout to keep the sun off him. The other picture was of a farmer in Georgia or Alabama, or somewhere In that regionIt is best not to be too definite who was driving a tired mule, attached to a worn-out plow, through a half-tilled flld with big rocks In it. This farmer was obliged to nop once In two or three mia-

utes to dig up a big etone, or mend his plow, or tie the harness together with a string, or fix up his or.e suspender. Tho

Cloture seemed to strike the audience as eing very realistic, and I am reminded of It by Secretary Carlisle s alleged remark, the convention in that State, that tho mad? to a Missouri Democrat soon after Democrats of Missouri. Texas and Arkan sas had no intelligence, and were domina ted by what he called one-gallus" statesmen. He went on to say that Kentucky. Illinois. Michigan and other States would reflect the real Democratic aentlment; and he said some hopeful things about what Kentucky especially would do. And this did not strike the Missouri Democrat as being Just polite enough for comfort: and when the recent free-silver tornado swept over Kentucky he went to see Secretary Carlisle in a spirit of fiendish exultation, and asked him what he thought of Ken-" tucky s intelligence now? The Secretary seemed to think that silence was golden. and that one gallus would do very well if a statesman cou?dn't get two. MRS. WILLIAM M'KINLEY THE INVALID WIFE OF THE OHIO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. Her Career as a Hello Clerked for Awhile In Her Father's Bank She Keeps Posted on All Subjects. New York Herald. The wife of the man most talked about In the United States to-day is Mrs. Wil liam McKinley. In the ej'es of the public the is hardly less obscure than he Is fa mous. But this is by no means on account of lack of merit, for of hvt it may be truly said that "none knew her but to love her, none named her but to praise." Her life has not been uneventful. It is only less when compared with that of her husband, whose r fame has won him millions of friends, and possibly equally as many enemies, In the world. She is known to the people of this country as the invalid, affectionate wife of William McKinley, whose career she has watched, and whom she has aided in many ways. There is not a more solicitous person in the United States at this time than Mrs. Ida Saxton McKinley. Her life is wrapped up in the career of her husband, and day by day she talks with him and reviews the persent political situat.n. With her husband sho came to Canton last January to begin anew their married life to start housekeeping In the Eame home in which, twenty-five years before, as the bride and groom, they started out In the world together. Her husband, upon whose head had been poured honors, wanted to seek a place of rest and quiet, so he said, nnd thither they came from Columbus after the duties of the gubernatorial office had ended. Rest from office came. Work for ortice followed. In the midst of the canvass being made for the presidential nomination by former Governor McKinley his faithful spouse has been a companion to cheer and In her own way aid him in the effort. It is said of her that years ago she stated to a friend that William McKinley some day would be President of the United States. To this belief she has clung until the peoplo have almost declared that they are ready to fulfill her prediction. For her husband she lives and moves and thinks. The dally life of Mrs. McKinley Is not devoid of interesting events. When able ehe walks about the house and veranda, though she rarely has that privilege. She reads the papers and has acquired so wide a range of things political and questions economic that many a man whose voice is heard in congressional debate would be no worthy opponent of hers in point of fact and argument. She receives callers and entertains admirably, she does fancy work, takes dally drives and aids her husband in opening the hundreds of letters which come to him daily. Her life, then. Is a busy one, but there arc days when she Is scarcely strong enough to perform any of the acts named, for. Mrs. McKinley is in fact an Invalid. AN ADMIRABLE CHARACTER. When tho truth of her life becomes fixed in the minds of the people, her suffering Is recognized as intense, and her heroism in overcoming pain and brooking the disappointments of life are examples' well worthy of Imitation. She has never been peevish or selfish. Most women In similar circumstances would have been both. Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. Her ill-health dates from girlhood. As a student she, with difficulty, carried the studies of the course by reason of this condition, but with constant care and frequent medical attention she overcame all trouble sufficiently to enjoy life and to taste of its pleasures. Her actual ir.xalldism dates from the birth of their second child, in 1871. This child died in Its infancy, and was followed, by the first child, a daughter of three years, a short time afterward. Her mother also died about this timo. Thes? sorrows were more than she could bear, and she never recovered. At present, in appearance and in actual health, her condition is better than for several years previous. Mrs. McKinley was the first child of james ana Mary saxton, or canton She has one brother and one sister, both prominent residents of this city. As a cniid ana young woman she was vivacious and had friends among . all classes. She had then the happy faculty of becoming endeared to those who knew her a trait vhich is hers still. Her education was obtained in the public schools of this city, at a school in Cleveland, and later at Brook Hall Seminary, Media. Pa., then under the charge of a M!s3 Eastman, who was a well-known educator of that time. Here Mrs. McKinley, then Ida Saxton, spent three years. After this she spent six months with a party of friends visiting points or interest in Europe. When she returned to Canton, a young woman, handsome and refined, a career of bclleship was open to her. She added to her charming manners a dash of coquetry. just enough to make the young men eager to be a inenu or tne worthy young worn an. Her father was a man of staid character and pronounced opinions. He was then a banker, and he concluded to give his daughter such a training as would fit her to cope with all the duties of woman, new or old. Accordingly Miss Ida was installed as assistant in the bank, and there Is a common saying here that her fair face attracted bouquets and bank notes to the window. "She must be trained," said her father, to buy her own bread if neces sary, and not to sell herself to matri mony." Mr. Saxton had married happily, and he jealously guard d his daughter. His placing her in the bank was a master stroke She was having business to think about and was fitting herself for the trials of life and adversity if they should come. Of suitors Miss Ida Saxton had many. There were among them the best in point of position and wealth the country knew. When Miss eaxton returned from her for eiern tour Major McKinley was fairly start ed in his legal career. Ills honest face and manly bearing vanquished all rivals, re moving the young woman from the cash ier's window and won from honest James Saxton these words when the hand of the daughter was gained: "You are the only man I have ever known to whom I could Intrust my daughter." The choice of Major McKinley and Miss Ida Saxton proved to be a happy ono for each. Mrs. McKinley has always assisted her husband in polities. Her ill health has in nowise deterred her. from enjoying the political honors he has won, nor has it prevented her from being a wise counselor. Her trained mind has ever been active, and her presence has time and again served as an inspiration to her husband When political preferment first came to former Governor McKinley it was his wife who convinced him that he should accept. She believed implicitly in hi3 talents, nnd that his services would be for the good of the State she was certain. Sne has never wavered In her faith in her husbind's con victions, and consequently she Is a nro tectlonlst and believes the country must nave a protective tarirr iaw. said a friend speaking of her recently: "Mrs. McKinley is such n devoted wife that I verily believe that if her husband should become a free trader, she. too. in a short time, would be a convert to the faith." CONFIDENCE IN HER HUSBAND. She has confidence in him, not only as a public official but a3 a man. Her Illness has been overcome by her, affection, and she has traveled thousands of miles when she was weak in body merely that she might be near him. She has encouraged him by word, look and presence, and he has in knightly style returned tho favors and reciprocated the sacred affection. In early years Mrs. McKinley was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She later joined tho Methodist Church. Eho

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was active in Sunday school work, but it was only a few days ago that a former Sunday school pupil, now a woman, came to this city to can on ner. cne acquire then as a teacher of the young a strong affection. for children, which in later years was intensified, until now she is passion ately fond of them. Her husband shares with her this characteristic, and it is no uncommon sight to see them stop their carriage in order to speak to some urchin In the streets, no matter how. the child may be clad. . She delights to have children call uncn her. and takes esnecial pleasure in plac ing her arms about them and chatting In a charming, yet natural way. Next to hr love for children is her ronunrss ior powers.Her favorites are pink roses, and it is seldom, if ever, that she does not have them near her. She has no pets, proDaoiy, because she has had but few years of real home life. Music delights her, but she does not play, although her girlhood days she both piayea an g. ati ana statuary attract her, and ias made a good collection. The drarm t a fascina tion for Mrs. McKinley. an. I ner neaitn permits she and her husband attend as many flrst-clas dramas as possible. She is a personal friend aud warm admirer of Joseph, Jefferson. When not engaged In the matters mentioned, Mrs. McKinley spends much time in crocheting slippers which she bestows as minor gifts to friends and hospitals. Indeed, more -that 3.000 pairs of slippers have been made by her to cover the weary feet of unfortunates. Her home life has been short, for out of the twenty-five years of married life more than twenty have been passed by her husband in public service. She has lived In hotels, doubtless a source of regret, since her fragile body made it more than imperative that she should have a quiet place. She has never complained, but has urged Governor McKinley to push forward in his public career. Her face betrays a faint languor, suggestive of the invalid, but it is fair and bears a stamp of beauty, in spite of the forty-nine years she carries. In stature she is 5 feet 4 inches, In weight about 133 pounds. Her dresses are simple, but her bonnets aro selected with great care, a matter in which her better half takes personal delight. She has a penchant for rare laces, and has made a collection, the beginning of which dates back to her schoolgirl daj-s. As the lady of the White House, which it is quite possible she will be, she will entertain with rare grace. aa she did while at the Ebbltt in Washingtoft as an assistant to Mrs. Hayes. Carrying with her ambition, force of character, suavity of manner, inborn case, end a devotion to the life work of her husband, she will take first rank as an entertainer the wife of President McKinley. At dinner parties she turns her wine glass down and is a firm advocate of temperance, the principles of which she and her husband practice. Her life has hjen a constant object lesson to Major McKinley. as an inspiration which tends to, spur him on to greater achievements and to tenacity of purpose. She has been a wife such as thousands of homes need to mike them better. USED TO SHAVE "WAGNER. Gllsey House Barber Who Scraped the Great Composer's Chin. New York Herald. When Richard Wagner was living near Lucerne ln'P08-69 there was only one barber In the town who could successfully cope with the difficulties of his powerful chin's wiry growth of beard. That barber, then a young fellow, was Eugene Wassmar and to-day you will find Film Just as successfully and deftly gliding over lesser chins at the Gllsey House. Wassmar is now about forty-five j-ears old. and if he were a Theosophlst he might have reason to speculate on certain coincidences that the Mahatraas might declare still link the fates of him and his with that of the great composer. Wassmar, it 13 true, merely shaved the great man, but who shall, say that many a great musical thought was not saved to the world as his razor passed over some critical point with soft and artistic celerity. Wagner liked Wassmar' work so well that none but the Swiss was ever permitted to attend him. Wassmar says that when the composer could not come to him he would take his tools to Trubsche. where the master's villa was now the property of Mme. Pauline Lucca and where he frequently saw King Ludwig of Bavaria. When the barber left Lucerne to become one of the ambulance corps on the French side in the FrancoPrussian war, he lost sight of his great patron. Wagner died Feb. 13. 1SS3. and on the same day Wassmar's wife presented him with his first child, a girl. He does not regard this as anything but a coincidence. He admits being staggered, however, when the second child, also a girl, arrived in this world on the same date, Feb. 13. If cither of these children turns out to be a muricai prodigy the Theosophlst s will doubtless be able to explain the phenomenon. Wassmar says the composer came regularly to his shop to be shaved on the morning of every alternate day. lie was invariably accompanied by a big St. Bernard dog, named Sultan. Ho would walk solemnly Into the shop nnd call on the barber's boy to bring a basin of -water for the dog, nor would he get into the chair until he saw the dog provided for. He would then hand the boy a fee. amounting in our money to about ten cents. He would never suffer Wassmar or any one else in the shop to address him as Herr Wagner. He did not care to be known to those around, and thus It was that he was always greeted as "Melnherr" and nothing else. One one point the great man was particularly strict. He would tolerate no conversation on the part of the man shaving him. Wassmar never even dared to comment on the weather or ask him If the raror suited. There was no need to ask. Razors that rung harshly against the chin had a way of dropping of their own volition to the ground at a single furious glance from the master's eye "He had a tough beard a very tough beard." waid Wassmar, "and his skin was very tender. I had to be very careful, and sometimes I tell you I was very nervous. But he never said a harsh word. It' wsj

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made regardless of if t 4 r 3 his eye that spoke. I should call him a very aristocratic man." ' For a year and a half or more the barber shaved the composer without interruption. He is fond of telling his experiences at th villa. Whenever the King of Bavaria paid one of his incognito visits to his friend Wagner the barber was summond to tha villa and performed his duties there. There he saw Frau Coslma, "the lady with th big nose," as he calls her, and occasionally., even the King himself. r Wagner never forgot to "tip" the barber. He was punctilious on this point, and would as soon have forgotten to pay his respects to the King himself. Wassmar invariably received a franc piece after every, shave, and he is sorry now that he didn't preserve a string of them. Wassmar has been in this country about twenty-two years, and during that time he has coned with a multitude of boards, but never lias he encountered' one so hard and wiry as that which nature bestowed, along with many other eurpasslng gifts, upon Richard Wagner. BALLOONS IN WARFARE. v Bullets Make Little Impression, bet N Shrapnel Is More Effective. Journal des Debats. The aerial spy has for some time been closely studied by French, German. Aus-. trian and Russian officers, and the results of recent experiments are noteworthy. It appears that It Is not easy to shoot down a captive balloon. The balls of tho modern rifles don't harm It much. The boles which they make In it are fo small that the es cape of gas Is Insignificant. This has been clearly proved by tho result of Infantry fire at a Iwilloon held at an elevation Of 3Jj meters. The only possible enemy of a bal loon is the shrapnel chelL Experiments with these shells have been made with balloons at elevations ranging from 220 to kOO meters and at .a distance of from to 5.OJ0 meters from the firing ground. Out of thirty shrapnel shells the Russian ar tillerymen put twenty-live balls through a balloon 300 meters high and 3.2U0 meters from tho firing ground. At G.eoo metera from the firing ground the Germans mad twenty holes in a balloon ZZQ metres hirh. out of twenty-six sharpened shells. But when the airship was M) meters In the air and the firing distance 5,000 meters, only two bails struck it out or :xty-nve shells and three balls out of eighty shells durinj the experiments last year In Austria, "Wounds" that the balloon receives ara not generally mortal. Indeed, It often happens that the shrapnel and the broken fragments of the shells produce no more effect upon the balloon than tho bullets of the t mall-bore rifles. With eight holes In ths envelope the balloon still preserves Its ascending power, and those that art brought down fall very slowly, like parachutes. But. on tht other hand, when a hug rnt hap pens to be made in it, the balloon drops rapidly. From all these experiments the conclusion Is that, in order to keep the battoon beyesd the reach of dangerous projectiles. It nu:5 be kept 5.000 meters from the enemy ani at an altitude of S00 meters. These condi tions are severe, especially as In the experiments the oscillations of the alrthi were calculated at twenty meter caly, whereas in reality they are greater. he trials were then recommenced with the balloon rolling and with frequent changes in Its position. The Budapest, which was the target, Is a balloon ten meters in diameter and fourteen In heightA battery of eight guns was placed at 6,250 meters from tho windlass. Firing was begun, but the balloon constantly changed its position. Men in shelter moved the windlass by meanB of a cable. This obli;e3 the gunners to alter their pointing constantly. They fired eighty shells at It; that Is to say. all that ware allowed for the experiment, and when the balloon was hauled down It was four J that there rero only three insignificant holes in It. which, had little or no effect upon Its ascending power. Now, ltshouli be remembered that the eighty shrapnel shells represented 10.000 balls and pieces of broken shells. Co the Austrian ofucers came to tho conclusion that a balloon at that elevation an2 moved in the manner described had very many chances to escape all danger frorn the tire of en enemy, and that the efforts of the artillerymen should be directed against tho windlass and the servants ci the balloon. s An altitude of eight hundred nrMcrs tj considered the maximum. Beyond that observations ere uncertain. The distance from the enemy should be from eight to ten kilometers. Major Itenard. who haa charge of the department of military aerostation at Meudon-Chalals. who compiled the documents that we have here condensed, pays than in ordr to foil the fire of an enemy's artillery It is not surhclent to move a baloon In a straight line, because It Is clear that, instead of following it in its backward and forward movements, the enemy would confine his attention to the extreme points of its reach and fire upon It only wh-n It came within the line of range, it Is necessary to vary the direction of its movements and even Its altitude. In this way the enemy would be compelled to alter the iolnting of his guns constantly, and while this operation went on the aeronaut could quietly attend to his business la the lino of observations. To put the thing In a nutshell, the captive balloon is able to defend itself with considerable facility. S-s-sb! Washington Post. Senator Stewart declared yesterday, with great confidence, that Henry M. Teller would be the next President of the United States. "How will that be brought about? be was asked. "Walt and see." was his mysterious reply. "I can't tell you anything about 12 now. because the ben's on. and we don't want to disturb her." Lost Its Effect. Truth. 4 , , She When they hear you are gc!s tD to married, dear, won't, they rau?? yocr rarv?" fie I'm afraid not. tzzV-l tL"j I tcrd if to cfua ttfer