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

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 189(5.

day. 'will probably die. The mercury only reached SO decrees at noon, but the op

pressive nurmauy causea great sunenng. 102 for Thrrr Darn. EVAXSV1LLE. Ind., Aug. fL-Evansvillo teems to be th? center of the torrid wave that la sweeping over the country. For three days the .thermometer has reached above 102 In the shade. There were two deaths yesterday as a result of sunstroke and ten prostrations of various degrees. FXtal Canm In Baltimore. BALTIMORE. Aug. 8. Three fatal cases of sunstroke and a laige number of prostrations are reported here to-day. The highest point reached by the mercury was SI. and at R p. m. It registered decrees, with a relative humidity of 62 per cent. , Three Succumbed In Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8.-There were three deaths and thirty-eight prostrations from the heat to-day. Tho thermometer touched 9G. the high water mark of -1J2W. Nine Death In !eTT York. NFTU' YORK. Aug. 8. Nine deaths and forty-three protratlons Is the heat record for the day here. ' WCAT1IBR BULLET1X. ' Yenlerdny'n Loral Observation. Time. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind.TVeathcr. Tre. 7 a, m.. 30.01 J?l TS South. Clear. 0 7 p.m. .20.94 89 63 S'wcst. Clear. 0 Maximum temperature, OS; minimum temperature. 74. Following Is a comparative statement of temperature and precipitation Aug. 8: Temp. Pre. Normal 74 0.11 Mean ; 0 Departure from the normal i2 0.11 Departure since Aug. 1 45 0.72 Departure since Jan. 1 "1S 3.56 Plus. C. F. U. WAPPENIIANS. Local Forecast Official. FORECAST FOR THREE STATES. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Forecast for Sunday: For Ohio Fair, preceded by thunderstorms in northern portion; continued high temperature; fresh to brisk southwest winds. For Indiana Generally fair and continued hlEh temperature; southwest wind. For Illinois Continued hlsh temperature; partly cloudy weather; probably local thunderstorms; southwest winds. . . ' Saturday' Tern pe rat area. Max. 7 p. Stations. Atlanta. Ga.. Itlsmarck. N. Buffalo. N. Y a. m. 74 m. D.

f2 1 S2 IM ') N) 80 81 M S.H T 9 . 82 94 90 SO I'2 84 72 -100 52 . SO 10-2 f4 7S 10) 0 ft) 70 82 ( . . 7H W S2 TS . . . 7S . . 64 S4 SO 78 ino P4 7S 94 W &S 82 C2 92 M 64 SS Jfi S4 1X) f,2 7S 100 7S 7fi . 92 82

Calvary. N. W. T Cairo. Ill Cheyenne, Wyo Chicago.' 111. Concordia. Kan "Davenport, la Pes Moines, la Dodge City. Kan Galveston.- Tex Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla Kannaii City. Mo Little Rock, Ark Mlnnedosa, Manitoba.. Marquette. Mich Memphis. Tenn Moorehead, Minn Nashville. Tenn isJew Orleans, La New York North Platte. Neb Oklahoma. O. T Omaha, Neb; rutsbunr. pa.... Qu' Appelle. N. W. T. .ttapid City. S. E Fait Lake City, Utah... St. Louis, Mo Ht. Paul. Minn Springfield, 111..; Springfield. Mo Vlckshurg. Miss , Washington, D. C TUB LADIES TAKE A HAND. ine All-Fcrvndliig; Silver Question Canxr Trouble. Pittsburg Dispatch. "I'm sure I don't know Just what all this fuss is about." said the young woman in pink, "but I know It's something dreadful, because whenever I say anything about It John gets up and says such awful language, don't you know, Just ns if I were responsible for it. whatever It is. and I know it must be something shocking, for John doesn't usually talk that way. So you see It Is certainly too positively awful, though 10 to 1 looks harmless enough on paner. now. doesn't it?" "Yes," replied the other woman, who wore a. ffloomv brow under a chin hat: "hut you know, dear, how men make fools of themselves ov r politics. And they don't know any more about it than we do." "Not a bit." said the young woman in pink, carefully inspecting a minute red spot on her cheek In the car mirror. "They come home some day and rave around about the country all going to the devil, and talk about the other side being a parcel of foe's and Idiots and rascals and criminals, and never give a woman a chance to say a word. And my husband says I can't have a new bonnet, because the Anarchists and Socialists and the criminal crowd ot fools at Chicago have kr.eckcd the bottom out of the market, but I don't know if-" "Why, John said to me this morning that we've got to retrench because the 'gold lugs had cornered the markets of the ivorld, and the plutocrats were grinding the faces of the people, and the only hope of the country is ltf to 1, whatever that means, for I y "Sixteen to one! Nobody but an Idiot could take any stock in that panacea. This howl about free silver makes me sick! Those people ought to be locked up somewhere cither in an asylum for incurables or in the penitentiary. That's what:" "You are disposed to be .complimentary, madam. Hut let me tell you that if the irllllonalrer and the money power had tlnir deserts they'd be stretching hemp, as their robber ancestors did before them! Idiots, Indeed! The biggest ldiota I know of are the poor, miserable starvelings wno haven't the price of a spring bonnet about them, but who sneak along in the trail of the goM bugs fcr such crumbs as fail :10m the rich man's table! They ought to wear collars and" "Oh. oh, oh! From my best friend, too! I'll tell my husband!" "Do so! Juat do so! I hope you will and I'll tell John. If he doesn't fix your old fool-" "S hush, child; don't do that they'll just go off together and get full and laugh at is! And you know my man can outdrlnk John!" "That's so! How could T be so rude, my dear? Forgive me! They will spend enough in one night to buy half a dozen bonnets!" The young woman In pink, who has been on the verge of tears, suddenly braces up and 'meets the proffered kiss half way. Ti en they disappear cheerfully by the way of the elevated stairs. TRAINING A DIUD DOG. Teach Him to Retrieve Without Ma. tllattnir and to He Obedient. Harper's Round Table. Never be too familiar with a young dog. He must have a certain respect, not necessarily a fear of you; but he must learn to obey. Any Intelligent puppy will learn his name In a few lessons. Once you have given it to hlrn never change it. Mind you this when he has once recognized you as being his master. hi3 one idea is to please you and to deserve a pat on the head and a word of praise. Never tussle with him with a stick, and never deceive him under any pretense. More dogs have been spoiled by their masters not playing fair with them than one could reckon. Be honest with your dog, and he will be honest with you. If you possess a gun, and your dog Is of that kind which has inherited the scent for game, the first thing to teach him Is to fetch and carry that is. to retrieve and this without chewing or mutilating the object which he brings. A way to break a dog of this I to take an old glove, put a few tacks with th points extending outward, and fill It full of cotton, lie will find that by picking it up gently he can carry it without discomfort, while If he attempts to worry It the consequences are not agreeable. This lesson is much better for him than any amount of whipping, and he will remember It much longer. If you wish to shoot over your log. the next thing Is to make him find the bird. To tlo this, the best way is to procure a live quail, which can easily be had from anv Ltrd-fancier; put It in a small cage and show it to the pup. warning him not to touch It. Then conceal the catre in a copse of fern or gra?s. and bring him carefully in that direction. Never let hlrn nearer than within four or five feet of It; then fpealc to him encouragingly. Under the intluence of your words he will become all attention, and a dog thus properly broken will never "flush a covey," unless he runs Into them by accident owhen be is carried away by excitement, under which circumstances he will show contrition. Will lie .Needed. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. - It is to be honed that Air. Bryan will take an assorted lot of quotation marks clU bixa to Madison-square Garden.

FOR LI HUNG CHASG

STATK DEPARTMENT LACKS FINDS TO ENTEKTAIX THE VISITOR. He Ilenr a Letter to President Cleveland, Who May Delegate Olney to Receive Him. OUR BLUE-BLOOD SENATORS 31 A XV SOLONS TRACE THEIR ANCESTRV HACK GENERATION S. Nevr Arrival from the South Sap. planting the Prond Ones Who Used to Come from flint Section. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. Although no official steps have been taken towards the reception of the Illustrious Chinese statesman LI Hung Chang, who Is expected to arrive In the United States during the latter part of the present month, the matter has already received the attention of the State Department officials. In view of the short time that is available to make the necessary preparations It Is probable that they must begin at once to arrange the details of the reception. It is unfortunate that the prospective visit of the Chinese Premier was not known early enough to enable the President to apply to Congress for an appropriation of funds to defray the expense of entertaining the illustrious guest in suitable fashion or at least in such manner as will not be an objectionable contrast to display of hospitality made by the European governments. Because LI Hung Chang comes, not as an individual, but as an embassador extraordinary, yiere will be no escape possible for our authorities, and they must do the best they can with the means at hand. This means recourse to the extraordinary fund of the State Department, and while this is not in a. flourishing condition, never having exceeded $10,000 In these latter years, doubtless the officials would feel authorized to go beyond the limit In the peculiar conditions that exist and rely on Consresa at the next session to defray any bills incurred In excess of the appropriation. As LI comes bearing a personal letter from the Emperor of China to President Cleveland, it Is not now clearly to be seen how the latter can avoid the necessity for a trip to "Washington to meet the ambassador In person, though this would interfere sadly with his summer plans, and involve the premature opening of the White House. which is now closed In all portions save the office. It is Just possible that Sec-. retary Olney may serve as the representative of the President on this occasion, and some color is lent to this belief by the fact that the Secretary of State i.s known to have arranged to come to Washington about the date now set for the arrival of I.i Hung Chang. If the precedents in such cases are followed some oilicer of the army, or navy, or perhaps a. representative of' each, will be detailed to meet the Nation's guest in New York and devote himself to insuring the comfort cf Li Hung Chang while In the United States, traveling with him by rail and acting as an intermediary between him and the many visitors who will wish to greet the distinguished Chinaman. PROrD OF LINEAGE. 3IemlerM of Congress Who Can Ronst of Tlielr Aneentry. Sreclal to the In-llanapolia Journal. WASHIGNTON. Aug. 8. The Congress cf the United States is a thoroughly representative body, and its membership includes representatives of every color and of every nationality In this country which has the right to vote. In the House of Representatives there are whites and blacks and swarthy New Mexicans, If onechooses to set aside these lemon colored gentlemen as a separate color. In nationality almost every country is represented. It la pleasant, too, to reflect that there are even some native born Americans in Congress, though so far as the House of Representatives is concerned the proportion is ridiculously small. What the House, however, lacks In ancestry the Senate supplies. That body Is overwhelmingly American of native stock. Senator Turpie, of Indiana, id said to be a native Englishman, and Mr. Pasco, of Florida, was born in London. Mr. McMillan, of Michigan, was born in Canada and Knute Nelson waa born in Norway. Lee Mantle was born in England and Senator Jones, of Nevada, is also c.n Englishman, while Senator Sewell. of New Jersey, is an Irishman. On the other hand, of tlye great majority who were born in this country nearly all can trace their ancestry back to revolutionary days. The second resister of the Sons of the American Revolution for the District of Columbia has been prepared by Mr. William Jones Rhees. of the Smithsonian Institution, and will appear shortly. It includes the pedigree of several of the Senators who have affiliated themselves with the local district. The majority of the Senators, however, vh05e pride of ancestry has led them to join this association, prefer to retain membership In their home districts. Of the "ancestral Senators' Senator Dubois, of Idaho, shows up with two seta of ancestors who were in the revolution, the Tuttles and the Fords. Moses Tuttle. of Morris county. New Jersey, who v.a a member of the committee of safety for his county in 1776, and Jacob Ford, of the same county, who was a delegate to the provincial Conpress in 1774. The register also shows that Senator Sherman is a great-grandson of Daniel Sherman, who lived at Woodbury. Conn., from 1721 to 1799; was a clerk of Probate Court for sixteen years: iudge for thirty-seven years; represented Woodbury in the General Assembly from 1771 to 17H3; Speaker of the lower house and member of the State committee which ratified the federal Constitution. Senator Frye is a great-grandson of Capt. Joseph Frye. jr.. who resigned a captaincy in the British army to accept a commission in the American service. He is also a great-grandson of ien. Joseph Frye, sr., of Andover. Mass.. and Fryeburg. Me., who was a major general of the Massachusetts troops Jan. 21. 1,5. and bripadier general In the continental army in 1776. These few random specimens of noble bieedlnp would indicate that there is much "blue blood" in the Senate. As a matter of fact, the Southern Senators until only a few years ago represented tho cream of Southern aristocracv. and It was only until Senator Martin, of Virginia, had the hardihood and affrontery to defeat a Lee of Virginia, to the horror of all the aristocratic South, that the charmed circle of senatorial exclusiveness and "gentle birth" was broken. THE VENEZIELV CASE. Evidence Now All In the Hands of the ComiulNloner. WASHINGTON. Aug. 8.-Durlng the past month the work of the Venezuelan boundary commission has entered on a new stage. Heretofore the efforts of the commissioners have been directed mainly to securing the evidence on which the final report Is to be based. The work from now on will very largely consist In examining and classifying the Information already collected. The Rritlsh government, it is presumed, has put Into its two voluminous blue Looks all the Information on which it relies In support-of its claim. The Venezuelan Government has done the same thing in ita three volumes of transcript from the Spanish archives. Independently of this the commission has been searching on Its own account. The congressional library In Washington and many public and private libraries In various parts of the country have been ransacked for historical and cartographical Information. The archives at The Hague have been gone

through with a thoroughness that not even the zeal of Great Britain and Venezuela have heretofore attempted, and, as a result, important documents which the world thought lost or destroyed have been unearthed. This work, although not yet terminated, is nearing completion. For some months past Sir Clements R. Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society, has been in correspondence with the secretary of the commission, and has furnished valuable Information on the subject of the Schomburgk line, accompanying It by copies of maps on file in the Colonial Office, some of which have never been published. While information is locked for from Rome, from The Hague and possibly from other places, the bulk of the evidence is In. and the question now is to determine what it is which that evidence establishes. In order to solve this problem a number of preliminary reports are being prepared. Among those may be mentioned special reports upon the geographical and physical characteristics of the region in dispute; reports on the evidence presented by the 300 or more maps which have been published since the discovery of America: reports on the facts of occupancy and settlement as given by historians, and separate reports on the same facts as developed by the documents from the Dutch and Spanish archives; critiques on the arguments of the Rritlsh and Venezulan governments, these appear in the Rritlsh b'ue books and in the Venezuelan brief. Those reports are being prepared for the most part by the commissioners at their respective summer homes. President Brewer spent several days this week at the office of the commission in Washington. He was joined on Thursday by Mr. Mallett-Prevost, the secretary, and the fwo passed the day in consultation. President Drewer has gone on to his home In Vermont. The? secretary will remain for some days in Washington. Off for Cirny Gnhle. WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Secretary Carlisle and his party embarked on the lighthouse tender Maple this morning at 11 o'clock for a two weeks cruise, the ultimate destination being Gray Gables. The party consists of the Secretary and his wife, his son. W. K. Carlisle and wife and the latter's daughter. THE STOCK IN TRUST

DIAMOND MATCH A"SD NEW YORK RISCriT TO RE LOCKED 11'. PInn to Control the Market nnd Protect Those Cnuyrht in 3Ioore FailureOther Dullness News. CHICAGO, Aug. S.-There were some important developments in the .Moore failure to-day, and for the lirst time since Monday night It could be said that affairs In that relation were moving towards a definite accomplishment. A plan Is afoot, with every prospect of success, looking to the deposit In trust of all the stock, both Diamond Match and New York Biscuit, which is now the basis of loans by banks and individuals. The plan Is to have this stock deposited with a. trustee, probably the Northern Trust Company, under a trust agreement which shall provide that the stock Is to lie in the trustees hands for one year. It is proposed not only to have the stock on which loans have been made put !n trust, but to have the large individual holdings also deposited. This plan, if successful, will therefore result in locking up tor one year a very large block of the stock, probably more than a majority. It Is argued that with a large portion of the stock locked up for a year it will be comparatively easy to handle the market when there Is a market. A cablegram was received to-dav from director George T. Smith. of the Diamond Match Company, which bids fair to greatly enhance the stocks of that enterprise. It reads: "Deal with Leander Rank of Austria closed. Have contract. It is worth more than all deeline in match stock." This Is the most important contract that President Barber and director Smith were negotiating in Europe, and it was the hope of making this contract that brought President Rarber home from Europe last spring, when he was accompanied by Dr. Furth. of the firm of Bernard !fc Furth. the largest manufacturers of matches in Austria. Dr. Furth represented the Leander Rank, one of the biggest financial concerns in Vienna, which had signified a willingness. If the machines were as reporteJ. to make a contract on the following terms: "The Leander Bank to furnish all the capital necessary to construct buildings and supply working capital, while the Diamond Match Company should furnish its machines. 'The match company was to hold 51 per cent, of the capital stock in the new corporation and the Austrians 49 per cent. s Rubber Trr.t Fight Rack. 'PROVIDENCE. R. I.. Aug. 8. Attachments were levied to-day on the funds of the Woonsocket Rubber Company, in the hands of the Rhodt- Island Hospital Trust Company, the Industrial Trust Company and the Merchants' National Rank of this city. The attachments were made at tho Instance of Joseph Ran'gan, late president of the United States Rubber Company, who brings suit against the Woonsocket Rubber Company to recover on a $100,000 note held by him. Subsequently a writ of attachment in a suit for $."ACK0 brought by the Woonsocket Rubber Company against Joseph Ranigan, lately Its president and also formerly president of the United States Rubber Company, was issued. The action is brought for alleged debts. Levy has been made on all of Mr. Ranlgan's real estate in this vicinity and also on his funds in banks here. C A 31 PA ICS N PERSONALS. When Women Run for Office Personalities Will Re Dropped. Philadelphia Press. "To what am I indebted for the honor of this call?" It waa Mrs. Mary Ellen Rlcketts who spoke. She held In her hand the card of Mrs. Samantha Jenkinson. which had Just been laid on the desk by the office girl, for the card was followed almost instantly by the entrance of the person whose name it bore. There was really no necessity for the use of her card, for the two had frequently mMrs. Rlcketts was the candidate for Congress on the Republican ticket, while Mrs. Jenkinson waa the Democratic nominee. Under the circumstances it was natural for her tp be surprised at receiving a call from hrr opponent. "I came to see you on a small matter of business." replied the visitor. "Pray proceed." "I have learned from good authority that your managers are bent upon a campaign of personalities and that they intend to give to the press certain slanderous goa!p about me. intended to injure my candidacy." 'Well'" "Well." echoed Mrs. Jenkinson. "we must keep personalities out of the campaign." "We must, must we?" We must." Mrs. Rlcketts sneered. Mrs. Jenkinson waxed wroth. 'Look here. Mary Ellen Rlcketts," she exclaimed, "don't you dare to turn up your snub nose at me. now." "Samantha Jenkinson." retorted Mrs. Rlcketts. "ray nose Is not snub, and don't you dare to presume to dictate what my managers shall or shall not do in this camnaign." Veii see about that. Mary Ellen Rlcketts, you were engaged to my husband in your younger days, a good many years "I'm not nearly as old as you, I d have you know." "You are!" "I'm not, you insulting thing!" -You are!" "I'm not!" "We will pass that point, but I want to say that when I married my husband all your love letters were still in his possession, and I have them now." You spiteful thing!" "Many a good laugh I've had over them. What a perfect goose you were!" I just hate you o. there!" "And I merely wish to add that, on the very tirst publication of a personality about me in your 1 ewspapcr organa I shall print in the Dally Husle every single one of your mushy, lackadaisical epistles. Do you understand?" The two women glared at ench other half a minute, and then Mrs. Samantha Jenkinson withdrew, leaving Mrs. Mary Ellen Ricketts deep In thought. The campaign was conducted v ithout any pirbonallties. Joined the Strikers. LYNN, Mass.. Aug. S. When the operatives at the T. G. Plant works finished work to-day, five hundred of them declared that they should not return, having decided to join in a strike In sympathy with the lasters, who struck several days -ago. Word has been received here from Ipswich that several more from the Plant factory there have joined the striking forces this morning.

WITH NONUNION MEN

ELWOOD TIN-PLATE COMPANV THROWS DOW.V THE GAUNTLET. Amalgamated Association Refuse to Accept n Cat nnd a Bis Fight I On Other State New. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind.. Aug. S. The tin-plate wage difficulty has reached a critical condition and serious trouble Is feared. The company and the Amalgamated Association, with President Garland, held a conference to-day. The association refused to accept the cut, saying that if an attempt were made to operate with nonunion men the association would fight It by every legitimate mesns. The company answered that they could not run without a cut, and that the plant would be started up nonunion within ten days, and that their steel plant at Indianapolis would also start Monday nonunion. President Garland said the association would fight It to a finish. IRREGULAR WARRANTS. George Ray Mixed Up in More Crooked Township Cases. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKTON, Ind., Aug. 8. Township Trustee Harrison Jones, of Lafayette township, has been notified that three warrants, executed by Dr. I. N. Van Metre, the Democratic ex-trustee, to George M. Ray, have matured. Just before retiring from office Van Metre made a report to the County Commissioners anf made affidavit that It wa3 correct In every particular. These three warrants were not mentioned In that report and if the warrants were properly executed Van Metre has perjured himself, but he claims that the warrants were never executed by him and that they are forgeries. These warrants are like the Adams township warrants of Trustee Forney and the Pipe Creek warrants of George C. Noland. which occasioneu so much trouble last year. They do not show for what purpose they were made, but simply say "lor value received." They are now in the hands of innocent purchasers. Trustee Jones refuses to pay them, and suit will at once be brought to collect them. The probabilities are, however, that the holders will have to lose the'amounts. as that was the decision of tho Circuit and Superior Courts In the Forney cases. Those cases are now In the Supreme Court and the best lej?al authority in the county thinks that the decision of the lower courts will stand. If this be the case the township will be out nothing but the attorney s fees. Hamilton Comity Old Settlers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 8. The twenty-sixth annual old settlers' meeting was held to-day at Eagletown, Hamilton county. The attendance to-day Is estimated at 8.CO0. The day was spent in the beautiful grove a little way north of the village of Eagletown. Some of the features of a county fair were to be noted, but the principal entertainment consisted of speeches Interspersed by music by the Eagletown cornet ban -A The two principal addresses were ' delivered by Hon. Jarres A. Mount and Hon. Chas. B. Landis. The latter spoke In the forenoon and delighted a large audience, dwelling upon the heroic struggles of the pioneer lathers and mothers, who paved the way for a great and splendid civilization. He said he hoped to live to see the day when two statues, one typical of the pioneer father, the other of the pioneer mother, should be erected on the grounds near the Statehouse. and when the work of the early settlers should be celebrated every year. In the afternoon Senator Mount delivered an address that was highly appreciated by the audience. He spoke at length of the dignity of labor: that the occupation of the farmer was a noble calling; that honest toll bullded character and developed a race of men and women qualified to make a great State, and that the early settlers had laid the foundations for the beautiful and prosperous Indiana of to-day. The whole speech bristled with telling truths clothed In excellent language. The present officers are A. F. Shirts, president, G. M. Scott, vice president. W. J. Carter, secretary. Thi managers are J. C. Barker and F. A. Eskew. Spiritualist Camp Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Aug. 8. The campmeeting of Indiana Spiritualists at Chesterfield Is still In progress, and the crowd Increases every day. The report of the secretary shows that there are associations in forty-two States, with a membership of 223,000. There are 400 mediums authorized by the various State associations. The States that are at the front in the number of associations are Michigan, Massachusetts, Connecticut. Ohio. Indiana, Wisconsin. Iowa. Minnesota, .Kansas. Missouri. New York. California and Maine. The same report shows a healthy Increase In the membership In Indiana, and that the local association is now out of debt. In courtesy to Mrs. J. W. Westcrfleld, wife of the deceased president for so many years, the association elected her honorary vice president. The election of officers' for next year was a qu'et affair, resulting as follows: President. Q. W. Parkinson. Muncle: first vice president. Mrs. Colby Luther, Muncle: second vice president, K. R. Chnmness. Alexandria: treasurer. Miss Flora Hardin, Anderson: secretary, F. J. McComber. Anderson: trustees. J. K. Rond, L. O. Edson and C. W. Mr.han. Repnhlicnn Meetings In Grant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. Aug. 8. Four enthusiastic and successful Republican meetings were held in Grant county yesterday. Judge Waugh, of Tipton, ?poke to fifteen hundred people at Fairmount In the afternoon. In the evening the Hon. James F. Stutesman, of Peru, talked to the glass workers and tin plate men at Gas City. The opera house was not large enough to hold the crowd and an outdoor meeting was held. Representative George W. Steele spoke to four hundred people at Matthews, and the most encouraging reports were given him from the workers in that section of the county. Rev. F. M. Collins, accompanied by Chairman Hamaker, Invaded the Democratic stronghold in Monroe township, where, six years ago. President Harrison's picture was torn from the stand and trampled under foot by Democrats. At this meeting they were most courteously received and the closest attention given to Rev. Colllns's address. A Mysterious Lnntl Trndcr. Special to the Indianarolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Aug. S.-A scedy-looklng Individual, who claimed to be Col. H. A. Gilbert, of Morrlstown. this State, tried to work a number cf real estate men here Friday. His scheme was to work up a trade, offering land in Kansas and Nebraska for property here. The Colonel claimed to be worth S.VJ.000. Word was received from Morristown' to-day stating that no man by the name of H. A. Gilbert lived there. The "Colonel" managed to trade some imaginary land In Kansas for a grist mill at Reldcn this county. He was warned to leave town this morning and lost no time in going. Gins Works Closed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Aug. S. This morning local Superintendent M. P. Elliott, of the Kokomo plant of the Pittsburg Plate-glass Company, received word from headquarters to close the factory at once, which was done thla evening. It Is the understanding here that all the nine factories owned bv the Pittsburg company will remain closed until November on account of the unsatisfactory condition of trade. The nine plants employ 8.00) men. The Kokomo operatives do not expect any more work until after the election. Seven hundred men are made idle here. Some needtd repairs will be made during the suspension of operations. Fell from n Derrick. Special to the Imlioapolis Journal. WILLIAM SPORT. Ind.. Aug. S. While operating a derrick at the quarries of the WilMami'port Stone Company George McKlnnie lost his footing and fell a distance of thirty-live feet upon the rocks below. His skull and face were frightfully crushed, his leg broken and a number cf otVier bones broken. He was not yet dead when taken to his home, but is expected to survive only a short time. He has a wife and family. DuimiKC from Friday Storm. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind.. Aug. 8.-In a fierce store of rain and electrical disturbance in this region last night the dwelling c't James Howard, at Spring Hill suburb.

was struck by lightning, shocking Rowman and his wife, and the wife's condition U critical. The dwellings of S. Tomlln and Charles Rrown were badly damaged by lightning. At Charlestown Harvey Smith's livery stable was burned ami a fine dwelling between Charlestown and Htnryvllle was destroyed. Miss Alice Robinson, a telegraph operator on the Baltimore & Ohio railway, was so severelv shocked at the kev that her life is Jcspaired .f. Ort. the river the storm was o JUvere that sttamcry laid up till it ras over. Death of Mm. Aeltle Remy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Aug. S.-Mrs. Nettle Rcmy, wife of attorney John A. Remy, of this city, died last evening at 9 o'clock. She was twenty-four years old, and prominent in society circles. The remains were taken to Columbus, Ind.. where the Interment will take place on Monday. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Henderson, of Columbus. Indiana Xotcs. The annual meeting of old settlers of Henry county was held yesterday at Kennard. Charles Anderson, of Union City. lost his footing In an attempt to board an eastbound passenger train at Winchester Friday night and received injuries that necessitated amputation of both legs below the knees.

CHINA LIKES AMERICANS. Talk with nn Engineer Who Had a. Contract in that Country. New York. Sun. M. R. Jefferds, an American civil engineer and railroad contractor, was a passenger on the North German Lloyd steamship Lahn, which arrived in this city on Wednesday. Mr. Jefferds left London a year ago to travel in the East, but principally to look into the possibilities for the development of China as an American market, and as a country affording advantageous opportunities for the investment of American capital. Mr. Jefferds was accompanied by Mr. Wong, an accomplished attache of the Chinese legation in London, who acted as his Interpreter. Mr. Jefferds believes that the commonly accepted conception of the Chinaman's opposition to foreigners is entirely wrong. The Chinese prejudice that does exist is altogether justified by the narrowness and stupidity of those who have gone into the East as representatives of Western civilization. In pursuing his present plans the American engineer has had to contend not only with the competition of German, Russian, French, English and Belgian engineers, but also with the prejudice aroused by the unscrupulous and shortsighted policy of those to whom such privileges have been granted in the past. "In the latter part of last year," said Mr. Jefferds to a reporter yesterday, "his Excellency Hsu Yin-Ts'iang, Toatal of Kwangtung who, by the way, is brother to the superintendent of the Peking granaries and vice president of the Board of Cen-' sorate was appointed by their imperial Majesties the Princes Kung and Ch'ing, at the request of his imperial Majesty the Emperor, to secure subscriptions from Chinese capitalists and to organize the Lu-keo-ch'voa (Peking) & Hankaw Railroad Company. The decree permitted him to accept the subscriptions of foreign capitalists to the extent of SO per cent, of the total sum required. "The Chinese will not go Into a company In which there are no foreigners. Thev mistrust one another. They regard a small proportion of stock in the hands of safe, reputable foreign investors as an assurance that the interests of the corporation will be. carefully guarded. They are very jealous of any tendency toward foreign domination. They do not want foreign workmen or foreign managers. They do want foreign capital and honesty and mechanical inventions. "I had furnished his Excellency Hsu with all the necessary plans, specifications. Illustrations and descriptions necessary for the constructlpn and equipment of railroads of the American type. In consequence a contract was awarded to me for constructing and equipping such a road. I was to subscribe to any pay for the stock to the extent of one-third of the estimated cost, the money to be furnished by English and American capitalists. Since his Excellencv Hsu accepted my proposition he has until quite recently been energetically engaged in securing Chinese subscriptions. He was lately superseded by Chew, Toatai, one of the most successful and influential business men In China. "Many conflicting interests have tried to defeat the plans thus laid out. Up to the present time they have not succeeded. I have been cabled for by persons now in charge of the railroad organization to return to China at' once to commence operations. The Chinese merchants, I am informed, arc ready to comply with their part of the agreement. I, for my part, have all the American and European capital necessary. "The building of a railroad In China moans the opening up of that vast country with a population of 2S3 to the square mile. It means the introduction of modern appliances with which to develop natural resources. The construction of this line from the outskirts of Peking to Hankaw, a distance cf 700 miles, is simply the forerunner of an extended network of railroads that will soon gird that domain with bands of steel and bring Into its proper development one of the rlehest countries of Asia. Many Americans and Europeans have believed that the Chinese -would not patronize railroads; that a superstitious fear would prevent. Bpt from the investigations I have made I think they will act as did the colored inhabitants of a Southern city which I visited just after the installation of its first trolley line. Those who had never worked before worked hard to earn live cents to pay their fare from ore end of the line to the other even when they had to walk back." "If this Is fo." asked the reporter, "why hasn't it been recognized before?" "There Is a very good reason. The greater number of the people who have gone to China have been exploiters who have been brought up under the monarchical form of government. They have been taught to bow and scrape and cringe to those above them In wealth or authority and to kick and abuse those below them. They have failed to realize the antlQuity of the Chinese civilization;. they have apparently looked upon the Chinese as barbarians and have treated them more like brutes than human beings. The treatment of the North American Indian by the white settlers is a fair analogy. Let me give you a practical Illustration of Chinese feeling toward foreigners. I was in a Shanghai bank and was settling a bargain at the cashier's desk. " You Melican man eh?' asked the cashier. " 'Yes,' said I. " 'Me llkee Melican man welly muchy,' he said. "Naturally I was interested. 'Why.' I asked, 'do you like the American man better than the German and the Englishman?' " 'Ger-man. he explained. he takee he steeky; he pokee me in back and say "getty out a my way." English man he takee he canee. He strikee me In shoulder; he klckee me right hera. He makee walkee in the gutter, muddy. Melican man he come to me; he shakee hand; he say. "How do you do, John?" Me llkee Melican man." "In going among the Chinese I pursued a consistently American course of action; that is. I treated all men alike. A coolie. If he behnved himself. I treated as well as 1 would have treated the Emperor. The appreciation of this course T have already seen In the courtesies extended to me and in the contracts I have In hand. It is mv purpese to proceed to China forthwith anil begin operations without delay. Material for building and equipping will 1k purchased wher? It can be had In the best quality and for the least money. At the present time the best field for purchai" is the United States. With this railroad enterprise started and with proper management we will have an advantage over all other nations of the world. "Recognizing this fact, a group of American manufacturers with headquarters in Chicago has organized the American-Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Preparations are now being made for the constructlcn of-the bulldlns? of that bodv in Shanghai, which will be in the nature o'f a permanent exposition for the display of tho good3 of American and Chinese manufacturers, and will also afford a pleasant meeting place for merchants of the two nationalities. China is worth our better acquaintance." Cleveland Will Spring a SurprUe. Washington Special. Reports keep in circulation with singular persistency that President Cleveland 13 about to deliver himself of an utterance which will serve as a beacon light for sound-money Democrats who are In doubt as to whether to pack a third ticket or vote for McJilnlev. and that he Is for the

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third-ticket proposition. From a high administration source the statement to this effect comes this afternoon: "The President cannot publicly favcr McKinley. because in doing so he would be Indorsing a platform that contains, in addition . to a ound-money plank, an attack upon tree trade and upon his own administration, and especially upon his sale of bonds, without which he could not have maintained the national honor. He cannot come cut for a third ticket, because by so doing he would make himself the inevitable nominee of a sound-money convention. He will fish and cut his own bait. I do not mind telling you. however, that the President has a sensation un his sleeve that the public will hear from him in a very short time, and In a wav that will give the correspondents j-omething to talk about." CiEXTLE ART OF KICKING. American Enjoy few Personal Right In Spite of Their Freedom. Leslie's Weekly. It Is generally supposed by Americans that thy enjoy personal liberty to a greater degree than anv other people on the face or the earth. Thoretically this Is true, and when Americans nave asserted these lights to the bitter er.d they have always been upheld In them by the courts, both State and federal. Uut practically the people of the United States enjoy fewer personal lights than almost any men and women 111 the world, for the very reason that they will not take the trouble to assert them. The cause of this may be found In a philosophical truth which will be suggested rather than entered Into at this time. In a government where an hereditary monarch reigns and an hereditary nobility assists in framing tho laws the people fee! that they must be always on the alert to prevent an encroachment on their rights; hence they keep the barrier, "No further shalt thou go." always in place. Rut In this country, where tne people are supposed to govern themselves, there seems to be no constant necessity for this eternal vigilance, this stubborn resistance to encroachment. This, no doubt, is upon the theory that we, beinir our own governors, cannot and will not do ourselves any serious harm. The consequences of this conclusion and inaction are so dire that at this moment the people of the United States are oppressed and ill treated upon every fide by officials In office, by the servants of corporations created by the authority of the people, and constantly by one another. And all this might be changed before next summer If the readers of this paper would band together and cultivate and practice the gentle art of kicking. Our personal rights and privileges have not been taken awav from us by any legal process; they arc all for us to-day If we will but insist upon having them, upon having every one of them, every one all the time. The kick will do the business in seven cases out of ten without further protest; but the kicker who makes his kick and then stops because his protest is disregarded does the cause infinite harm, for he strengthens the hands of our oppressors, he adds tcf the courage of our enemies. Indeed, such are only hal (-kickers. By way of Illustrating what is possible In this direction we take pleasure in reporting several recent instances of the efficacy of well-considered kicks as to minor class of abuses: Pirst A collector for a gas company called at a gentleman's apartment and asked for payment of the bill. Gentleman was not at home; wife was seen; collector very rude; threatened to turn off gas; was told to do so; he did. Gentleman came home to dinner; no gas; ver angry. Next day saw president of the company; paid bill, had gas turned on. Rut he was still angry, so he found that there was another gas company In his street; he called on his neighbors and found that they, too, had been annoyed by the collector and treated rudely: found further that several had changed gas companies on account of him. He got documentary proof of this, und whfn he went to order the meter of the old company taken out he showed his evidence to the president of the company. ResultThe offending collector wa instantlv "bounced." and the gas bills in that particular neighborhood were never so low as now. Second Clerk In branch postofllce was habitually rude and offensive in his manner. A gentleman who had to use the office wrote to the postmaster; superintendent called and asked for particulars. The kicker gave these, and said he would prefer that the clerk should be reformed rather than dismissed; superintendent took the hint and acted on it. Resultthe clerk Js now as polite as a "basket of chips," and after two months of civilltv to the public he seems really to like it. It is needless to Fpeak of the public. Third "Saleslady" in dry goods shop. In.olent In manner, indifferent in attention. Ignorant of , the things she had on sale. Shopper In the case did not go to the lordly "floorwalker" but to the proprietor himself. Shopper was thanked profusely. Result the "floorwalkers" In that shop have shrunk to their natural proportions, while the "salesladies" are as pleasant as nice young girls always should be, and none of them over "cTiews gum" while on duty. We could stretch out there instances through columns and columns of this paper. Rut these three are fair examples. Are such results not worth trying for? We are sure that they are. and we therefore counsel all who care for a higher civilization, in which gentle manners shall count for more than rough, to kick to kick with discretion and with persistency. To submit much longer will be to yield entirely to the barbarians and the savages; to resist successfully we must cultivate and practice this gentle art of kicking, which, apart from the good results it produces, is in itself something more than art, for it is a sport in which much skill can be acquired and much pleasure experienced. GETTING DRINK OX STRYCHNINE. Development of n New Drug: Habit "Which In Rapidly Spreading:. Pearson's . Weekl y. A new kind of patient can shortly be looked for at the gold-cure establishment, the victim of the strychnine habit. We have had the cocaine fiend, the morphine fiend, the slave of the hashheesh drug and the wretched mortals wnom only a regular diet of opium could keep alive. The strangest victim to drus of an excessively stimulating nature, however, is the t-trychnine liend. Strychnine is known to medical science as a deadly poison, but when under medical direction it acts as a powerful tonic, greatly stimulating the heart's action. So powerful Is it in its operation that only the most infinitesimal proportion Is allowed in a tonic prescription. Yet it has been seized upon by the physical wrecks of civilization as a means of stimulating the flickering spark of life, and a strychnine "jag" can be added to the hilarious moments that nerve-shaking drugs afford. The discovery of the strychnine tiend was made by a religious worker in a large city, whose mission takes him nightly into the society of women to whom excitement of some kind is essential to the forgetfulness of life's dark side. This missionary recently found, early one morning, the form of a well-dressed woman prostrate on the pavement. She was taken to one of the Institutions in connection with which the missionary worked, and a doctor sent for. It was clearly a case of "jag" of some kind or other. The usual remedies were applied, but the deathlike pallor of the patient's face and the queer action of the heart alarmed the doctor, and he ordered her clothing to be Fearched to obtain a clew to guide him in his efforts to bring her to consciousness. In the woman's pocket was found a small bottle containing a few pellets, which, upon Investigation, proved to contain enough strychnine to kill an elephant. Hie woman was suffering from an overdose of strychnine, and the drug had done its work well. It was with the greatest difficulty that her life was saved, and for days following this she cried pitifully for the deadly tonic that was withheld from her. Frcm her own statement, and the doctor and those present believed It. she had begun by taking a very small portion of strychnine, and, as the craving for the drug increased, had added to her daily dose until she found she could take with impunity a quantity sufficient to kill ten people who were unused to poison. A reporter who visited the chemists's shops in the district gathered some additional particulars regarding the new "done." One chemist stated that the poison book In which entries are made of all deadly drugs sold showed a steady increase In the amount of strychnine consumed. "It is quite evident that the new stimulant is gaining In favor." said this druggist, "and the recklessness of the fiends' is sure to result in some fatality unless druggists decline to sell strvchnlne altogether. Those addicted to Its use buy It In pellets and the dose they take is regulated by themselves. The seasoned hands are able to take an enormous eiuantlty without doing anything more than quickening the beating of their dying hearts and stimulating their jaded nerves, but tho.e to whom the drug is a new thing are likely to kill themselves with a comparatively small quantity. "I have on my books the names of women who are shining lights of society who send to me for strychnine pellets with the ptereotyped assertion that they are 'wanted to kill a dying cat. The women who send for the poison are without doubt victims of the strychnine habit. Then I shall show you the names of men who ape regular customers for strychnine. In their case the poison is taken to counteract the evil effects of tobacco smoking. A eron can derive pome benefit from taking strychnine, as the stimulating effect of. the one poison counteracts the sedative effects of the other. In thos caves the poison may be taken with some benefit, under medical di-

rectlon. but with the ordinary Tind.' who merely takes it for the plc?urable sensation It produces, the after effect Is bound to be disastrous.

JOCKEY PENNY SHOT. Harry Sayre Send Two nutlets In the Once Fr.moun Rider. DURUQUE. Ia.. Aug. 8. - Hugh Penny. the once famous Jockey, was shot at the race track to-night by Harry Sayre, cf Middleport. O.. who had refused him the moant on His Rrother, In the fifth race. Penny struck Sayre. who drew a revolver, and. pursuing him about a tent near the stab'.cs. shot him twice in the hack. Penny fell and Sayre rlrtd u third shot, which mlsstd him. Other Jockeys and stable boys drew revolvers and started for Sayre. but the police Jumped In and hurried him toJail. Penny's wounds are serious. DECADENCE OI' MANNERS. Complaint of nn Englishman Who Una Reen Away from Home. London Letter In New York Sun. A subject fcr summer Intro? pection has been suggested by another newspaper, which perhaps might be pursued with greater individual and communal proht. It I The D(,cadence of Politeness in thei English Race." I.t I should be accused of alien prejudice and a personal hare ir this lamentable decadence. I will do nc more than quote from the published letter of an Englishman who has been traveling: abroad during most of the pan fifteens vears and who has recently returned to his native land. He pays: "In the street. In the train, at the theater, on the race course everywhere, among all classes, surliness and brusqueness have taken the plaee e.f th old courtesy and good humor. If you accidentallv collide with a man In the tr-et. thcr ar no mutual concessions, no bowings anil exchange of apologies. He saves time by calling you an old fool. "Even when pardon is asked for nn awkwardness, how often does the aggrieved or Injured party utter the words once common '(.'ranted, sir. or 'ma'am'? Usually, when one of the old s: bool exclaims. Reg pardon, the other maintain a dead jsllence, or else grunts. Rut there is an occasional variation turnihed. lust Sunday will it be believed? I accidentally trot lightly on a young gentleman's fe.ot In ;. railway carriage. Perhaps I forgot that I should have parsed oer the Incident without much ado. " I really beg your pardon, sir I cried. 'I hope I haven't hurt you.' 'The young gentleman turned to me with a smile, half of pity, half of amusement, and observed: " 'Don't get excited, old boy. You needn't apologize. When I get out I shall tread on yours "Formerly,. when a rentleman ? poke to a porter at a railway station that functionary Invariably touched his ap. with a Ye. sir, or lf you please, sir. Formerly, when a porter was de.Irous of twk'ig charge of your luggage, he Intimated that intention beforehand. Now lie Invariably hnati Ir out of your har.d. with lens o.iwnouy thru a pedestrlm would bestow alms on h mendicant. I have taken note of eleven jmr ters I have cons'-cutlvc'.y tipped, and only five have thanked me: one of these. I am compelled to isay. with a scowl upon ht face. It is not that the amount of th bonus is smaller than the service warrant?, but merely that these men have come to regard tipping as no longer voluntaty, but a their due and Jut rights. "Petty officials of all kind present to m a surly attitude In place of th- !d l-mlllnc readiness and deference. Rooklrg clerks a fi class seem to me entirely witho.jt man. ner. Last week I punhn'l n tlrkt for a seaside resort, and beprd the clerk to Inform me if the train started nt 6:H. lift threw the change out at me with ueh violence that several coins were distributed! over tho floor. As he volunteerf-d no apology, but turned away ta chat with his feU low clerk. I stood there in great fctirprtfe. Then I slowly and mechanically began gather the coins up determined, howf-ver. to remonstrate with the fellow, whbh 1 did. "'Look-here. m!3ter." snld he. 'I'm put here to sell tickets not to answer questions. D'ye take me for a timetable? "But. perhaps, nowhere Is the change of manners so noticeable as In the hops. In former years no one was so affable. o polite, so ready to please as the English shonman. Tempora mutantur! He does not seem to care whether you enter his shop or not. and. having entered, he Is at very little pains to please you. ns compared with his predecessors. Perhaps I am a little hard to please, but, at leat. I do not care to purchase an article ofthand without first having had the opportunity of examining it- I went Into a haberdasher's not many hundred yards from Piccadilly Circus no later than yesterday to purchase a cravat that took my fancy in the window. Would he sell me that cravat? Certainly, he responded, that was.hls business; but perhaps I would find something I liked equally well among the Inside stock. I looked over romn cravats he tshowed me. but still expreid a preference for the window article. Th shopman then got It out. but when I had. It in my hand I saw that it was not at all the article It Feemed, but was a cheap and flimsy contrivance merely Intended for dls-. play. "T am very sorry, I said, "but I fear t cannot take this. It is not what I thought It. " 'Then what did you make me get It out for? asked the courteous halrsman. whp thereupon refused to show me anything further, to which he coupled the insult that 'you have got into the wrong shop, my friend. "This may be thought an Isolated case, but It Is only one of many that I can cite, all happening within a fortnight, and not only to myself but to friends, -alili whom I have discussed this question of manners." MAN TO PRAY FOR HIM. Why Mr. Youncrvtife-'a Hatband Doesn't Say Ills Prayers. "Men are so peculiar." jaid Mrs. Youngwife to he- confidential friend, and sho sighed as she spoke. "I know." paid the( confidential friend, sympathetically. v "No," said Mrs. Youngwife. politely, but firmly, "you don't. You never will know until you are married, either." The conhdentlal fx lend looked as If she woild like to argue the question, but. realizing that she was handicapped by circumstances.-she held her p-ace. "Now. there's my husband." said Mrs. Youngwlfe. reflectively. "John's a gocd man, and he is almost always rewdy to do what I want him to uj. but I can't pet him to say his prayers, and l'v tried regularly ever since we were married." "Is that a fact?" fa!d the confidential friend, properly surptised and shocked. "Yes." said Mrs. Youngwlfe. "I hav made all sorts of concessions In the matter, but they don't hav any effec' on John. Pray he don't, and pray he won't, and that's all there is about It. Fir; I wanted him to kneel down nnd say hlt prayers night and morning: then I was willing to compromise on either etie or the oher: then I taid he needn't mind kneiin8 If he'd only fay them, and finally I s!d I'd be atlFnd with 'Now I lay me.' or any little thing like that. Rut no. sir! Ha wouldn't do it at all." "You don't say t?o?" ald the confidential fr'end. "I've given it up now." nald Mrs. Younjrwife, with an afr of retaliation. "There's only one thing that will ever have any effect on John, and that isn't likely to hap. pen." "What's that?" asked the confidential friend. "Oh. If some Riptlt, minister up In th mountains should pend my husband S2 OjV "What does that have to do with it?" "Why, you h-e. It's this way. Several yetrs ao this Baptist m'nlster lived In tha same town with my husband und reemed to take a great interest In John's soul. Of course, John appreciated It, and when tho minister wrote to him and rked John to lend him J2.000, why. it was pretty hard to' refuse. The minister told how hard up ho was. but promised to pay John out of some money that was coming to him. He also promised to 'remember him gratefully ia his prayers.' John let him have the money, but the minister has never done any paying, and. of course, we have only his word for the praying. The first time I asked John if pe didn't say his prayers he paid: " 'Oh. no. I don't have to pray. I've got a man up in the mountaJns who's paid to do tht for me "Every time I say anything to him about It he says the same thing, and I can't make him -e that he has any moral responsibility In the matter. Arcn"t men peculiar, anywav?" and the confidential friend agreed that they were. Wlltltvood Park Service. The Wildvrood Park open air meetings this afternoon at 4 o'clock will be held by the Indiana State Sunday School Union. Addresses will be made by Chas. F. Coffin, president. C. I. Weaver, secretary, and C. D. Meigs, superintendent, upon Interdenominational Sunday school work. At 7:45 there will be xreachlng by Rev. J. YL Pounds, pastor of the Ccntxxl Christian Church. The quartet of the Central Christian Church will sing a numlnr and Mrs. Carolyn Winter Goctx will king a solo. r.fTeot of the Dos !)). Cleveland Leader. A New York "poet" rhymes McKinley with "win thee." He is still at large, but the police are tali to be closing In on bixa.