Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1897 — Page 2

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York passed the German war ship Koenig V, illi- m. the latter's band played “Hail Columbia." THE MIGHT OP BRITAIN It was 10 o'clock when the ’great naval display began, and it may be said rightly that the apotheosis of Great Britain rightly culminated on the waters of the Solent. London witnessed the sumptuous outpouring of loyalty, the love of a proud people for their sovereign, an exhibition of national growth and domination, in the long train of princes and potentates which graced the Queen's triumph. All of it put together, however, furnished no such living picture of the might of Britain—the might that has made right over and over jig i l— as was afforded this morning by the great naval display in these waters. Nor lias there been anything this week in all that has gone Ix-fore to bring home so vividly the material changes of the Queen's long reign. When Victoria ascended the throne the “v .11s of England - ’ were w'ooden. There wore no steel battle ships, no iron cruisers, no triple-expansion engines, no steam in .• in war vessels, no search lights, no electricity in the service of man. no great or quick-firing guns, no torpedoes. The lights aboard were still lit with flint and steel nd were no more brilliant thas w’hale oil could be; guns Were still fired with a slow match; the three-decker was still the model of all that was worthy in naval architecture, and tonnage was reckoned with n such modest limits that a vessel of moit than 3,000 was lookvd upon as a marine wonder. Never before, therefore, has a sovereign seen such changes in the bulAvarks of empire as has fallen to the lot of Queen Victoria. At Spithead this morning was assembled the latest triumphs oi the industrial re\ r olution under Victoria; triumphs of workers in iron and steel and metals, triumphs of inventors, triumphs of chemists and th'e giants of the laboratory, triumphs of the ship builder, the engineer and the artisan, triumphs of the genius of a great nation. This may be demonstrated better by figur< s. In 1837 the total number of ships in commision was 196. omitting steam-paddle tugs, not then considered vessels of war, and other small craft, such as cutters, receiving ships, yachts and packet brigs, the navy list comprised 129 ships, w'herr-of tire largest had a displacement of 4,000 tons. The navy list this year—including ships in and out of commission, but on the list—comprises 430 vessels, mounting 2,050 guns, with a tonnage of 1.463,219, and a horsepower of 1,887.505 growth has synchronized with the onang’e from wooden walls to armor of proof; from propulsion by sails to propulsion by steam; from armaments of many guns to armaments of few guns of tremendous power; the concentration of the 1837 broadside of sixty guns into one monster piece of ordnance. It is perhaps a pity that in the seven lines of the British fleet at Spithead there was not anchor'd an old three-decker to emphasize this startling change. For the men-of-war that first salut'd the Queen in the long ago were magnificent sights with their high d* cks and towering masts ovaring billow on billow of swelling sail, riding the waves lik' great seabirds and realizing to the full all the wild witchery of the romance of the ocean. Far different were the great battli ships this morning with their sullen steel sides and short masts, great guns, rams and torpedoes—everything that gave the sense of povVr, the brutality of force. IN SEVEN LINES. The fleet was drawn up in se\ - en lines on the south of the Solent, the head of the lines being off Brading, thence stretching Avcstward almost to Cowes. The outer line of all on either side of ♦he Sturbridge shoal, and known as E line, was composed of fourteen special merchant A r essels, whereof the American liner New York was one. Next, in A line, were the foreign men-of-war, the following being a list of the countries represented and their respective ships and commanding officers: 1 ranee, by the Rear Admiral the Marquis De Counthillo; Italy, by the Lepante, Vice Admiral Morin; Germany, by the Koenig Wllheim, Rear Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, K. G.; Austria-Hun-gary. by the Wien, Vice Admiral Herman, Baron Von Spann; Spain, by the Vizcaya, Rear Admiral St gismundo Barnejo y Merelow; Portugal, by the Vasco Di Gamo. Captain Barreto de Vusconcelles; Netherlands, by the Evertson, Rear Admiral F. K. Engelbrecht; Denmark, by the Heligoland, Rear Admiral H. H. Koch; Sweden, by the Gotha Hear Admiral Klintberg; Norway, by the Frithjof. Rear Admiral Von Krogh; Russia, by the Russia, Rear Admiral Nicholas Skrydloff; United States, by the Brooklyn. Rear Admiral J. N. Miller. B, C, D, F, G lines consisted entirely of British men-of-war. from the Majestic and Renown, the latest type of battle ships, down to the smallest torpedo boat —In all eighteen craft. B and C lines were made ■up exclusively of battle ships and cruisers ©f the first and second class, Dos thirdclass cruisers, gun vessels and torpedo gunboats, F of destroyers, gunboats and sailing training brigs, while G line was of torpedo boats. Ail the lines, except G, were approximately five miles in length. Two things are to l>e noted after a tour of this tremendous aggregation of seafighting power. The first is the fact that, If need be, their number and fighting value can be duplicated, as this fleet was only the channel squadron and coast defense fleet slightly augmented by new and larger ships. The most noteworthy fact was the remarkable testimony 7 to the growth and improvement of the fleet. Os the twenty-one battle ships reviewed by the Prince of Wales tills afternoon, only four took part in the jubilee display of ten years ago, while of the forty-three cruisers in the Solent not one existed in 18137. Needless to say 7, the thirty torpedo boat destroyers are of a class which has only b in introduced during the past five years. Further, the battle ships built before 1887 were armed with muzzle-loading guns, which, though extremely powerful, and marvels of their day, hav 7 e been entirely outclassed by breech-loaders and wire guns, which, though extremely powerful armored by Harwyized steel, which can scarcely l>e penetrated in actual warfare, ■whereas the guns of any of the ships of the M'ajest •? class could easily send projectiles through the armor belts of any of the 1887 squadron.

THE BATTLE SHIPS. Among the battle ships nine types were represented, the first of these being the Majestic type, the latest ami most powerful model of British battle ships, carrying four twoh'e-inch fifty-ton guns. Some of the others present had heavier armament, notably the Benbow and Sans Pareil, each possessing a 111-ton gun. There were four of the Royal Sovereign type. The Renown was the only one of her typ?, the distinctive feature of which is a huge center battery. The Admiral class of vessel was represented by the Collingwood, the unfortunate Howe and the Benbow. The Alexandria class, close upon twenty years old, the Devastation type, with their revolving turrets, were also in evidence, as were the classes of which the Inflexible, Thunderer and Sans Pa riel are specimens. Two types were shown in the cruiser class, of which the Powerful and Terrible, the two fastest British cruisers afloat, were the most interesting and there were thirty-flA'e of the old dorpedo boats. All the ships had their fullT'omplemt nts. The naval craft present flew about tAvo hundred pennants—a number which but for the size and importance of the vessels, would have seemed lost in the crush of attending steamers and yachts—craft of every possible description in every possible condition from the great Atlantic and Australian liners, cross-channel packets. Norway excursion steamers, Mediterranean cruisers, old paddle boats, dirty tugs and smart yachts, dainty electric launches and fishermen s dinghy?, venturi some canoes and many a rowboat filled with wharf rats. The decorations of this shipping hotch-potch were as variegated as the Crafts they adorned. The stately liners were trimmed with a near approach to ■what b possible in ships and the long string of flags from stem to taffraii showed up very effectively against the morning sky. The smart yachts were daintily beIfimged, but not much could be said for the rest. It was therefore a great relief to the cy< when, at 8 o'clock, on signal from the Konoai , Admiral Sir Howell Salmon's flagship, there broke out on every war vessel a perfect eruption of color. Each ship spread every stitch ot bunting it possessed —streamers from every spar and rainbows over all. The flags were mainly signals of the international and naval codes and their m Jltitorm colors added A - erv perceptibly to i: ensemble which was as striking as it was theatrical. It was 5 o'clock p. m. when the honorary • imiral of the fleet, his Royal Highness, | be Urine of Wales, concluded, on behalf >'■ the sovereign of the realm, the review af the ships gathered in her honor. The review itself did not add A’ery much to the picture framed for the spectator this merning, saving always the battlelike roar of guns, Avhich was enough to waken the d>ad beneath the sea, when the salute of twenty-one was tired. During the morning the excursion steamers, densely crowded to the rails, were very busy steaming in and out of the lines of ships, dodging about, maneuvering for good positions and generally behaving in eccentric fashion, resembling nothing so much as a lot of huge r spiders. Owing to a wise regulation IS*;, the admiral that no vessel was allowed to use other than the' best Welsh coal, the prrftike nuisance proved less disugreeagtile than anticipated. f REVIEWED BY PRINCE OF WALES. [ The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Admiral H. R. H. the Duke of Saxe-Coburg i and Out ia and Captain H. R. H. the Duke [of \ .'k the Princess of Wales and other l royalties, with their suites, arrived at

Portsmouth at 1 o’clock. The party Immediately proceeded on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, in which, forty-one years ago, her Majesty inspected the fleet, whereupon her Royal Highness's standard was hoisted. After lunching on board at 2:30 the Victoria and Albert, with the principal royalties, left the harbor for Spithead. She was followed by the yacht Irene, by the Pando, the Carthage and the Eltin, an admiralty yacht, these vessels carrying the distinguished*visitors. Then came the Enchantress, an admiralty yacht, with the Hon. George J. Goschen. first lord of the admiralty, and after her the admiralty's yacht Wildfire, with Mr. Chamberlain. the secretary of state for the colonies, and the colonial premiers. She was followed by the Eldorado, carrying the embassadors and special envoys. Including the Hon. Whitelaw 7 Reid. Then came the Danube, with the mem hers of the House of Lords, the Campania, with the members of the House of Commons, and the Fire Queen, the yacht of the commander-in-chief at Portsmouth. As the Victoria and Albert was seen approaching the fleet, led by the Renown and echoed by the foreign vessels present, fired a deafening royal salute of twenty-one guns. Simultaneously the blue jackets and marines “manned ship,” standing on the ironclads in solid lines round their outer edges and filling their tops, while on vessels of the older type the yards were quickly dotted It was very theatrical and interesting. The Victoria and Albert, followed by the other yachts, then steamed through the lines, the sailors heartily cheering, the bands playing “God Save the Queen.” The Victoria and Albert afterwards anchored between the RenoAvn and the foreign war vessels. Immediately the steam launches of the foreign commanders left the sides of their big ships and made for the Victoria and Albert, on the quarterdeck of Avhich the commanding officers Avere received by the Prince of Wales. This ended the review 7 . The royal yachts then returned to Portsmouth. After dinner his Royal Highness and guests went out again to tho to witness tho illuminations. - THE NIGHT DISPLAY. lllaminations. Rockets, Cannonading and Sea relilightM. RYDE, Isle of Wight, June 26.—The illumination of the fleet at Spithead A\as cne of the most charming sights of a week of delightful spectacles. The night was pleasantly dark, no moon dimmed the effect of mortal creation, the waters of the Solent were reposefully quiet and everything contributed to enhance the success of the programme. It was all ghostly, fantastic, suggestive of fairlyland and the world of magic—a fitting termination to a day of imposing realities and iron facts. The brutal grimness of all the enginery of destruction, savage looking guns, venomous torpedoes, the veritable teeth of war, was lost in peaceful shadow and softening gloom. The spectator knew it was all there; but it was not relentlessly thrust upon the mind as it had been the day long from eA 7 ery angle of vision. The mantle of night shut out what was jarring to the noncombatant and revealed only that which Avas agreeable. A minute before 9 o’clock the miles of w'aters show r ed only such lights as are usually associated with shipping, reds and greens of port and starboard, while lights at mastheads, gleams that, like tiny rows of diamonds, showed the ports of passenger crafts, with here and there some particolored lights that had been lit on private vessels before the time. At 9 o’clock there was a flash, a rocket from the Renown ripped into the dark blue and, bursting with a shower of splendid stars, signaled the lighting up of the fleet. The stick of the rocket had not turned towards the water ere the mighty fleet was suddenly skeletoned in brilliant yellow light, hulls, smokestacks, spars and cordage being thrown into strong relief. Light lines ran in graceful curves along the sweep of the monsters now ghastly gray in the sudden glare and from bow to stern over the mastheads were garlands of incandescent light like “jeweled necklaces hung upon the horns of night." "A feAv minutes later they vanished with the suddenness of their appearance, leaving the spectator staring at the place where they had been. Then the darkness was broken again, this time by numberless search ligths Avhich, with uncanny glare, like the eyes of a hundred cyclops, patterned the hea\ 7 ens as a checquer board Avith radiant bands. Later these "eyes” slowly swept the gathered craft and the shores beyond, as if seeking something to discover or devour. Then they were all shut off leaving the darkness more visible than e\’er. A pause, and the darkness was pierced by hundreds of signal rockets, ambitiously soaring into the blue Avith messages of jubilation, not disaster, delivering them and falling burnt out and useless into the waste of waters. The purpose of this nat 7 al •exhibition was not to be overlooked, however, the might of Britain. Its ever-prepared strength, was again to be impressed upon the staring thousands. A signal rocket reaped from the Renown and now there was provided an exhibition of Avhat war would be like if ever an immense fleet of battle ships and cruisers should engage at night. A royal salut'e of sixty guns was tired from e\ 7 ery ship capable of tiring it. Great guns and small answered each other in one prolonged roar, rising and falling in intensity as more or less of them fired together. It Was truly av. ful! Even the certain knowledge that there were no deadly missiles in the guns did not prevent a chill feeling from creeping over many of the civilian spectators. The foreign war ships moored opposite the British lines joined the cannonad’e and, to the superstitious, there was from the deep-throated guns of the L’nited States, Russia, France, Germany, a note of d'efiane'e, a resonant resolute answer, gun tor gun! Yet, all was in honor of Victoria. Then the angry roaring ceased, much to the relief of thousands who were stopping th’eir ears, and as the panoply of unpleasant smoke slowly drifted away the fleet again stood revealed in fairy lines of lightness. The signs of war were dimming and disappearing in the shadows, the gentler sid'e of things was again put to the front to instill into the minds of departing thousands, that Avhile the dogs of war were "Ready, aye ready," that after all what the people came out to sefe was the "triumph of peace, and the glory of the Queen.”

INCIDENTS OF THE DISPLAY. The Prince of Wale*’* Reception—lllumination of the Brooklyn. PORTSMOUTH. England, June 26.—One of the prettiest sights of the day was when the royal yacht had come to anchor. The various foreign admirals, with their staffs, put off to pay their respects to the Prince of Wales. As they passed the different war ships the bugle sounded, the bands played and the marines presented arms. All the admirals Avith the exception of Rear Admiral Miller went in their steam pinnaces. Admiral Miller went in his barge, the seamen of the Brooklyn rowing so finely that they proA 7 oked approving comments on all sides for their skill and sailorlike appearances. The Prince of Wales received Admiral Miller and his staff with special cordiality and complimented him upon the appearance of the Brooklyn. The prince presented each of the admirals with a medal as u souvenir of the jubilee. On board the Brooklyn during the review there were a number of prominent Americans, the guests ot Admiral Miller and the other officers of the United States cruiser. They included Mrs. Le\’i P. Morton and her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Meigs and their daughters, Miss Grace and Mr. and Mrs. Watson Blair, of Chicago. It is generally admitted that the Brooklyn presented the smartest appearance of any of the foreign ships. Everything about her was spotlessly clean, she was beautifully decorated with flags, her crew were trim and alert and her salute Avas tired with the greatest precision and regularity. The United States special envoy, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, and Mrs. Reid, as a special compliment, were the guests of the Prince and Princess of Wales on the royal yacht instead of occupying their places with the special envoys. Tne United States embassador. Col. John Hay, Avas on the regular diplomatic boat. The illuminations of the Brooklyn to-night reflect the very greatest credit upon all concerned. Along her rail Avas a row of electric lights, while between her funnels were large letters "V. R.” and the dates “1837-1897" showing up conspicuously. But the most striking feature was Old Glory flying from .a yard arm. and on which from time to time the rays of a search light were thrown, all the other lights of the cruiser in the meanwhile being extinguished, thus giving the flag the appearance of floating in the air. The Prince and Princess of Wales passed through the lines on board the Alberta and returned to the harbor at midnight. The entire fleet then fired a royal salute. Buckeye Suite Democrats. CINCINNATI, Juffe 26.—The Democratic State convention will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday at Columbus. The last of the delegates were selected in the counties to-day. It is conceded that the free-silver men will have as complete control as last yVur. The large delegations from Cleveland and other cities as well as from Cincinnati huA 7 e been Secured by John R. McLean, who is a candidate for United States senator and it is belie\ 7 ed that he will control thv? convention. McLean will remain In Cincinnati and not attend the convention.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 1897.

BROKE THE FARLEY WILL ONE OF THE JURORS DENIED THE VERDIC T IN OPEN COURT. Rnns Machine AVorltn at Fort Wayne in Hands of Receiver—Elwood TinPlate Works Enlarged. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind., June 26.—The jury In the Farley will case returned a verdict at 11 o’clock this morning, after being out tAventy hours, finding for the plaintiffs, thus declaring a forgery the will found in an old ice chest at Noblesville after the death of Mrs. Farley. After the verdict had been handed in the jury was polled. In response to the query of S. M. Ralston, attorney for the defense, "Is this your verdict, all of the jurors replied affirmatively except Benjamin Thompson, who replied emphatically "no.” T. J. Terhune, for the plaintiffs, asked the juror if he now agreed in open court to the verdict, and he replied in the affirmative. The verdict was allowed to stand without sending the jury back for further deliberation. . Juror Thompson still declares that it was not his verdict, but that he just agreed to it. His action will be the principal ground on which the defense will ask for anew trial. The case has occupied four Aveeks in court here, having come on a change of venue from Hamilton county. It has been hotly contested from the first, and the testimony was occasionally sensational. The case involved the disposition of about SIO,OOO worth of Noblesville property. Mrs. Jennie Farley bequeathed her property to her niece, Mrs. Jennie Hawkins, who is a daughter of Dr. J. M. Gray, of Noblesville. The husband of the legatee found this will in an old iqe box some time after the death of Mrs. Farley, which occurred in July, 1896. The date of the instrument was May 23, 1895, and it was witnessed by W. W. Williams and William Lowther and attested by F. B. Pfaff, notary public, all of whom are dead. When it was admitted to probate the brothers of the testatrix attacked its genuineness. At the first trial, in Noblesville, one of the jurors made an indiscreet remark, and the case came to an abrupt termination. A change of venue was then taken to this county. The main witness for the defense was E. C. Wilson, mayor of Nobles\ 7 ille. who testified thatihe was a witness to the signatures. A viciius attack was thereupon made by the plaintiffs on his character for truth and veracity. About twenty Noblesville citizens testified against him with most damaging statements, but twice the number were brought from Noblesville to prove that the mayor was a reiiablo and truthful man. The trial became bitter, and will leave scars that will take -some time to heal over in Noblesville. THE HASS FOUNDRY FAILS. Hurd Times Forces the Big Plaut Into Receiver’s Hands. Special *o the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 26.—John H. Bass was temporarily appointed receiver of the Bass foundry and machine works. The embarrassment is only temporary and has been caused by the depressed times for the past few yWirs, and it was thought wise to place the works in the hands of a receiver for a short time, so as to keep the concern going and the 600 men employed. It has ample means to meet its liabilities, and nene of the other concerns in which Mr. Bass is interested is in any way affected.

Refuses to Be Frozen Out. Special to the'lndianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., June 26.—Yesterday afternoon TJiomas ' Hampton filed suit against the Standard Pottery Company and Herbert R. Paige, Richard H. Marrish, William H. Joyce and Thomas Joice, asking that a receiver be appointed. The complaint among other things alleges that the Standard Pottery Company was organized in 1895 with a capital stock of SIO,OOO, with shares of SSO each, and the plaintiff is the owner of thirty shares, and that in 1896 the defendants entered into a combination to defraud plaintiff out of his stock and secure the plant for themselves; that they met and elected themsel\ r es sole directors and officers of this corporation, and utterly excluded plaintiff from management or control of the plant. The document also alleges that H. R. Paige threatened to ha\ 7 e an Illinois man appointed as receiA 7 er over whom he has influence. Ex-Supreme Judge S. D. Coffey is attorney for plaintiff. The affair has created quite a sensation, as the company has generally had a good name, and is doing a good business here. Will l'ay 50c on I lie Dollar. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., June 26.—For the past forty-eight hours creditors of the New York store haA 7 e been in conference endeavoring to make some sort of a compromise in regard to the existing claims, which amount to over SIO,OOO, apd it is believed that the matter has been satisfactorily arranged. The basis of settlement is about 50 cents on the dollar. The store Avas lately sold by M. Diehl to Jacob R. Jones. Diehl had purchased the interest of the other stockholders. The next move, if the compromise stand, will be to take the suits out of court and discharge the receiver. * —— GREAT TIN-PLATE PLANT. The Elwood Factory and Steel Mills Forced to Enlurge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., June 26.—The American Tin-plate Company has over two hundred men employed on the construction gang at this time, and has advertised for more min to go to work Monday. The new additions to the plant, w 7 hen completed, will furnish employment for three hundred men, making over 1,600 employed at this plant, the largest in this country. Their new steel mills are rapidly nearing completion, and they expect to have them in operation in a few weeks. These will employ three hundred men and ha\ 7 e a capacity of four hundred tons of steel billets per day. This is the biggest industry in the gas belt and is in Itself sufficient to keep business moving along in all lines of trade, as its pay roll at the present time exceeds $50,000 per month. This Avill be gfeatly increased as soon as the steel mills begin work. INDIANA OBITUARY. William L. Carnahan, Well-Known Fort Wayne Wholesale Man. Special to the Ind'anapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 26.—William L. Carnahan, president of the Carnahan wholesale hoot and shoe house, one of the oldest establishments in the State, died here this morning. Death was caused by a long illness of Bright’s disease. He leaves a wife and four children. He was a prominent member of Tricity Episcopal Church, and was active in charitable work. His death has caused a loss in business circles which will not be easily filled. Henry T. Rockwell’.** Sudden Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 26.—Henry T. Rockwell, aged eighty-two, died in a buggy to-day while being taken to a physician, after being found ill on the street. He was one of Terre Haute’s oldest residents. He left a wife and eight children, one of Avhom is Charles Rockwell, manager of the Monon road, and another is Mrs. Frank Reynolds, of Indianapolis. George Rockwell. of the passenger department of the Pennsylvania at Cincinnati, and Clay Rockwell, general passenger and freight agent of the C., L. & N., at Cincinnati, were sons. Another Gas Well at Ingalls. Special to ihe Indianapolis Journal. INGALLS, Ind., June 26.—A gas well was drilled for the Ingalls Lime and Stone Company to-day. It is one of the best ever struck in this section of the gas belt. At nine and a half feet in trenton rock the flow was so strong as to blow the heavy tools from the hole. The gas was ignited accidentally and one of the workmen was severely burned. This AA'ell still further proves the assertion made by some that the gas pressure is stronger here now in new wells than it was fl\ r e years ago in other wells, everything else being equal. Other Deaths In the State. CHICAGO, June 26.—Herbert L. Whiting, who founded the town by that name in Indiana just across the State line, is dead. While at work in his garden in the rear of his residence, 2417 Seuth Park avenue. Thursday, the man whose name the towq made famous by being the home of the Consolidated Oil Company was stricken down with apoplexy. Mr. Whiting had been iu the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad

since 1852. He was bom in Massachusetts in 1821. He leaves a widow and three children—Alfred C. Whiting, who is also a railway man; Mrs. Frank Booth and Mr's. Louis F. George. SEYMOUR. Ind., June 26.—Mrs. Mary E. Robertson, residing near Ewing, died Friday with liver trouble, in her sixty-eighth year. She was the wife of John Blaze Robertson, deceased, and an estimable woman. Jimmie Bulger, the twelve-year-old son of J. E. Bulger, of this city, died suddenly Thursday evening with heart disease. He had almost recovered from diphtheria and was going about the house when he suddenly expired. KOKOMO, Ind., June 26. —Samuel Rodkey. one of the earlv settlers of Howard county, died at his home in Monroe township yesterday, aged eighty. ♦ A WOMAN DECAPITATED. Heudlesft Body of Mra. Sommers Found Near Hiintinghiirg. SpeCal to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGBURG. Ind., June 26.—The headless body of a woman, apparently forty years old, was found this morning by section men about two miles west of here on the L. E. & St. L. Railroad. The position of the body indicated that the woman had lain down to sleep with her head resting on the rail. The head was found on the inside of the rail a few feet further west, where it had been dragged by the wheels. About twenty-five feet from the body her shoes and sunbonnet were found in a clump of bushes. On the opposite side of the track Avas found anew stove shovel. The woman Avas seen yesterday in Huntingburg. She stopped at the New American Hotel for breakfast and dinner and gave her name as Mrs. Sommers, a dressmaker, of Evansville, and her residence at the corner of Second and Pine streets in that city. She wore a black sateen basque and skirt. From her talk it was surmised that her mind was affected. Previous to coming to this city she was seen in \ 7 arious parts of the county telling a different story each place. Here she told persons that she owned property in Evansville, but on account of the recent death of her daughter she could not bear to live there any longer. She had no money on her person. Yesterday Mayor Brundick, of this city, received a letter through the mail notifying him that if the dead body of a woman was found near the city to notify ,W. L. Warner, of Chattanooga, Tenn. The letter was signed by a Mrs. Marks, and it is supposed that the dead woman wrote the letter herself. She was-seen purchasing a stamped envelope and directing it in the postoffice yesterday. Coroner Bigham arrived at noon and went to the scene of the accident. The body was brought to the depot in this city, where the inquest was held, but owing to the absence of passenger train crew No. 3 no verdict can be given for several days.

FAIR'S STRONG DEFENSE. Ex-TrenMirer of De Kalli County Expected to Be Acquitted. Special to the Indianapo is Journal. AUBURN, Ind., June 26.—The trial of W. D. Fair, ex-treasurer, for embezzlement, began yesterday. But the whole day was consumed in securing a jury, and the taking of evidence did not begin until this morning. The forenoon was mostly occupied in furnishing documents and officers’ commissions by Circuit Court Clerk Long, but the afternoon developed the strength of the defense, as well as the prosecution, and to-night it is belie\ 7 ed to be pretty sure the result will be an acquittal. The defendant was on the witness stand at the adjournment of court, and his testimony that he has trusted all care of the funds to his son and others; thut he had lived economically during his official career was 3hown correct by the witnesses of the defense, and though the prosecution is contending for every count iri the indictment, it looks as if the defense, which is strong, had won the case already. William Brown, of Steuben county, is assisting Prosecutors DaA 7 is and Welsheimer, and the defense is carried on by Hon. Thomas F. Marshal, of the firm of Marshal, McNagney & Clagston, of Columbia City; W. G. Croxton and Frank Powers, of Angola, and Hon. E. D. Hartman and C. E. Emanuel, of this city. The courtroom was croAvded far beyond its seating capacity, and among the attorneys were many exjudges, ex-congressmen and prominent men from other counties and States, all interested in the first trial of any one of the many Avho have been indicted since last September. The e\-idence thus far shows the utter depravity of ex-Auditor Cofflnberry, deceased, and, though he may have had a' willing tool or so, every person who has been indicted or who ha confessed of robbery or conspiracy in this county can lay their downfall to him. Borst, Sawvel and Dills, the seif-convicted prisoners serving time in Michigan City, are yet being held as witnesses in the Fair case, which will last until Tuesday or Wednesday. —e CLODFELTER PAYS THE STRIKERS. Work Resumed on the Interurliun Eleetrie Road. Special to the Indian -polls Journal. MARION, Ind., June 26.—Noah J. Clodfelter, promoter, and Louis Enricht, general contractor, arrived in Marion to-day, and before their departure they had paid all claims against the projected electric railroad up to June 15. This was followed by the resumption of Avork among the strikers between Fairinount and Summitville, and the prospects for the completion of the undertaking are again on the rise. Mr. Clodfelter said to-day that the delay in making payments was not due to a want of money, but to a dispute between the officers of the company and the contractors. He added that the differences had all been settled, and that hereafter there would be no occasion for delays. He still insists that the line between here and Anderson will be in operation by the Ist of September. He says that Contractor Enricht is under bond to have the cars running by that time. He expects, also, that cars will be running betAveen here and Indianapolis before cold weather begins. The cars are to be finer than anything now in use on interurban railways. They are to be fortytwo feet long and finished in mahogany. Each passenger car avi 11 seat forty-eignt persons, and is to be equipped with two fifty-three horse power motors. They are to be built on a guaranty to stand a speed of forty miles an hour. There will be eight freight cars, and a contract has already been made to carry express matter for the United States Express Company. $40,000 OIL DEAL. Two-Sixth* Interest in B. P. Pyle Company Bought. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., June 26.—J. C. Linneman, of Montpelier, to-day purchased a two-sixths interest in the B. P. Pyle Oil Company for $40,000. The property consists of thirty producing wells located a mile west of Mount Zion, Wells county, with an average output of seven thousand barrels a month. Several more large deals are pending. Another iiOO-Ilarrel Well. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., June 26.—A company of Geneva operators has completed a good oil well about two miles from that place. After being shot it began making nearly two hundred barrels daily. The well was sunk in wild-cat territory, and has none very near it. BITTER ANTI-SALOON FIGHT. Remonstrntors In Trouble Because of a Defamatory Circular. Special to the Indianapolis? Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., June 26.—The remonstrators against the retail saloons in a recent attempt to defeat five applicants for license had a circular printed to the voters of Martinsville in Avhich was rehearsed everything which gossip said the live applicants had done since childhood days contrary to the ten commandments. The circular used language that would render it unreadable in good society and did not stop, with the flaying of the applicants, but attacked every city official, save one councilman. from the mayor down to the dog killer. The circular was never sent out for the reason that one of the applicants for license secured one of the circulars ami got conclusive eAidence as to who wrote It and who had the printing done. He then called on the printer and told him he would kill him if the circulars were distributed. The matter was hushed up for a time until now the saloon men say they have conclusive evidence, and the heads of some of Martinsville’s most prominent families may be made defendants in a sensational trial in the courts. Double Superintendent Farce. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind., June 26.—Two teachers' examinations were held here to-day. Prof. House, the newly elected county superintendent, received the regular questions from the state superintendent and examined numerous teachers. The old superin-

tendent. Peter Phillippe, who refuses to vacate, held an examination also. PORTLAND, Ind.. June 26.-Lewis Crowe, the recently-elected county school superintendent, and John E. Bishop, whom he succeeded, both held examinations for teachers’ licenses to-day. Crowe had twen-ty-five applicants and Bishop only four. Bishop says he will bring suit next week to have the matter settled. Crowe was elected on the forty-first ballot by the six Republican trustees of the county board. They alleged that one of the six Democratic votes being cast, that of Peter L. Bishop, was illegal. At tpat time suit was pending in the Circuit Court to oust Bishop from his office because of his having accepted the postmastership at Bryant, and this has since been done and an appeal taken by him to the Supreme Court. Horae* Killed in n Wreck. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WILLIAMSPORT, Ind- June 26.—A freight wreck occurred a half mile south of this place at 2 o’clock this morning. While the train was moving eastward at a high rate of speed it jumped the track on account of a defective switch. The engine and thirteen cars were derailed eleven of the cars being demolished. The cars were loaded with horses, cattle, nogs, dour and potatoes. A number of tramps and persons caring for the live stock were on the cars derailed, but none is known to have been injured. The engineer, fireman and a brakeman remained in the cab of the engine till it stopped. A large number of horses, cattle and hogs were killed. No trains passed over the road till 8 o’clock this morning. Prof. Bassett's Successor Mamed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., June 26.—The committee which had in hand the selection of a successor to Prof. T. J. Bassett as principal of the preparatory school (now known as the Academy of De Pauw University) have elected Prof. Benoin A. May. Professor May was for a number of years president of De Pauw College at New Albany and is now pastor of the M. E. Church at Cannelton. Ind. He is an alumnus of Syracuse University and is said to be a capable man. He has accepted the position. Oliver Perry Hoover, of Dayton, 0., has been elected Greek instructor in the academy, taking part of the work laid down by Professor Bassett. Professor Bassett will go into the active university. S. of V. Camp Reorganized. Special, to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., June 26.—A large and enthusiastic reorganization meeting of the camp of Sons of Veterans of this city w’as held in the lodge rooms last evening. The camp expects a charter membership of ninety. All possible efforts will be made to have the Sons of Veterans hold their state encampment in this city during the state meeting of the G. A. R. and W. R. C. here in 1898. A committee for this purpose will be sent to the meeting at Terre Haute July 6, 7 and 8. The reorganization of the lodge will be pushed. Some of the most highly respected and influential young men in the city are among the leaders. Sheriff Mali* it liridegrooin. Special to th*i Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., June 26.—Sheriff Feltner, of Cumberland county, Illinois, was here this afternoon with Weston Shoemaker, whom he arrested at Spencer on a charge of grand larceny. Shoemaker will be taken to Greenup, 111., for trial. He was to have been married to a young woman of Spencer on Sunday. At the same time Sheriff S. D. Phillips, of Owen county, was In the city after Charles C. Cash, wanted there for highway robbery. He took his man to Spencer this evening.

Lafayette Get* the Nuaie Teachers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., June 26. President William J. Stabler, of the Indiana Music Teachers’ Association, which adjourned at Connersville yesterday, desires to correct a mistake in the dispafeh from Connersville in this morning s Journal in reference to the meeting of the Indiana Music Teachers’ Association next year. It will be held in Lafayette and not in Laporte, as given this morning. Fort Wayne Bonds Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jurnj 26.—The County Commissioners sold $525,000 courthouse bonds to-day. Paul Brothel’s, of this city, secured $225,000 at a premium of $4,000. and John W. White, president of the White National Bank, got the remainder at 1 per cent, premium. Killed in a Stirrup Factory. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., June 26.—While working at a planer in Baker's stirrup factory today Alexander Elzey was instantly killed. A piece of timber was caught in the machine and thrown backwards, passing through his body. He w’as married. Little Girl Found Head in Bed. Special to the- Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind- June 26.—This morning Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, of this city, found their little daughter dead in bed. The child had gone to oed in the best of health last night, and the cause is supposed to have been heart diseasje. Farmer's Wife Burned to Dentil. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 26.—Mrs. Peter Notestine, wife of one of the oldest farmers in this county, was fatally burned by her dress catching tire from the stove this morning. She died this evening'. Jones—Dennett. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DUBLIN, Ind., June 26.—Mr. N. Guy Jones, a schoolteacher here, and Miss Edith Dennett were married at the home of her parents in Brookville. Wednesday, by Bishop Floyd, of this place. Roekport Grocer Assigns. Sjccial to the Indianapolis Journal. ROCKPORT. Ind., June 26.—C. L. Deweese, groceryman. made an assignment last night, with H. Hoch as assignee. Assets and liabilities unknown. Indiana Motes. Lafayette Adams, son of William Adams, near Sycamore, Howard county, died Saturday from the effects of a horse kick in the stomach. "Friday night a number of Masons of Seymour went to Hayden to assist in conferring the third degree on Rev. E. M. Chambers, of that place. Wilburn P. Harrison, near Rockville, was kicked by a horse yesterday afternoon while hitching up to drive to Rockville to see the balloon ascension. His left cheek bone was broken and his forehead injured. C. M. Sailors, of Wabash, has been appointed an aid-de-camp on the staff of Commander-in-chief Clarkson, of the G. A. R. H. MUlican, also of this city, has been made an aid-de-camp on the staff of Department Commander James S. Dodge, of Elkhart. Robber Shot by n Posse. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 26.—At Buffalo, forty miles north of here, last night, Frank Taylor was killed and his brother John badlv wounded while attempting to rob the wood mill. The Taylors were members of a recently organized gang of robbers made up of young Dallas county men. Two of the number weakened and notified the sheriff that an attempt would be made to rob the mill. The sheriff’s men surrounded the premises while the robbers were at work and on their refusal to surrender fired into the building. Frank Taylor was instantly killed. John Taylor, though wounded, managed to escape through a rear entrance. The two informers are in jail. Convention of Wire Drawers. CLEVELAND. O- June 26.—The second annual convention of the Federated Association of Wire Drawers of America began here to-da>, with about 150 delegates present and President Eugene Conroy, of Newcastle. Pa., in the chair. The most important business transacted to-day was the changing of the name to the Federated Association of Wire Trades, the object of the change being to admit all the craft engaged in the wire manufacturing business. This, it is said, will make it one of the most powerful labor organizations in the country. , g - Mew Japanese Cruiser I'nder Wny. SAN FRANCISCO. June 26.—There was an imposing ceremony at the Union iron works to-day over the driving of the first rivet in the new- Japanese cruiser, the Chitose. This incident, which marks the beginning of the work on the new war vessel, was observed with solemn ceremonies and witnessed bv Japanese officers and government officials, as well as a large number of the leading members of the Japanese colony in this city. Col. 11. C. Jones Frosen Out. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 26.—'The Pulitzer Publishing Company to-day resumed the management of the 9t. Louis Post-Dis-patch. Col. Charles H. Jones having resigned as editor and manager and severed all connections with the paper.' Mr. John Norris, of the New York World, becomes general manager pro tem.

THE CLIPPING BUREAUS SCOPE AMD IMFI.IEMCE OF THESE PECULIAR EMTERPRISES. Public Men Are Becoming Dependent Upon the Clipper—Demand from Every Condition of Life. New’ York Commercial Advertiser. Thirty thousand people in the world earn their living by clipping newspapers, of whom 2,000 are in the United States and 300 in New York city. It is computed that there is invested in the enterprise a capital of $15,000,000. The first press clipping bureau was started in Paris seventeen years ago. The first one in New York was established in 1884. The w’orld is the province of the press clipper now and there are bureaus in every large city on the globe. Even Sidney, Australia, has a flourishing bureau, and one has recently been started in Tokio, Japan. There are half a dozen large bureaus in New York, each employing from twenty-five to fifty readers, and sending out an average of from 35,000 to 200.000 clippings a week. A glance over the order book of an office gives one some idea of the scope of the press clipping bureau. For instance, here is an order from the Greater New’ York committee for all editorial comment on the Grater New York. Up to this time about ohe thousand pages of a scrapbook have been filled with these clippings. Next below Chairman Dingley’s private secretary is noted as wanting all adverse criticism of the Dingley tariff bill by Republican papers. Secretary Chamberlain had sent to him everything published in the United States about the arbitration treaty. The executive committee of the Tennessee centennial exposition wants everything said in the papers about the fair. Lieutenant Peary wants all items from the north pole, and Hon. J. W. Bailey keeps track of his dress suit through a press clipping bureau. Opposite Nicola Tesla’s name is “Electrical inventions." Dr. Seward Webb wants everything printed about horses. Cardinal Gibbons and Bishop Keene are supplied with press comments on the affairs of the Roman Catholic Church. The Cramps are down for everything published about their ships. Clara Barton preserves all mention of the Red Cross Society. President. William R. Harper likes to know what is said about Chicago University. Drexel, Morgan & Cos. want all banking and financial news. Several prominent importers take everything on the woolen and other schedules m the Dingley tariff bill. DEMAND VARIES WIDELY. Lady Henry Somerset takes clippings on philanthropy and sociology. Colonel Hay wants to know what the American press is saying about him, and Senator Hale also likes to keep informed as to his personal status. Captain J. D. Kelley, of the battle ship Texas has all comment on his vessel clipped. And so on. Since there are about 3,000 names in the book it is useless to attempt to give more than an idea of the list. Among familiar names are those of Chauncey M. Depew, William C. Whitney, Miss Helen M. Gould, William M. Chase, Brander Matthews, Edward Atkinson, Prof. Henry W. Elliott, Lord Ai>erdeen, Robert Barr. Nelly Bly, E. W. Bok, Henry Irving. Madame Melba and a host of others. If fame is to be measured by mention in the newspapers, Chauncey Depew holds the palm. More has been published about him, so the press clippers say, than any other living man. The opportuneness with which some advertisements reach one often provokes wonder. Literature on baby foods, bay carriages and a lot of other useful information on running a baby w’ere received just after you had one to run. When your brother lost his arm you received a letter from an accident insurance company advising you to carry an accident insurance policy. The next day after your house was robbed you were besieged with agents who w’anted to put burglar alarms in your house. All these firms received their “tips” from the press-clipping bureau. To historians, biographers, writers on current political subjects and a thousand others the value of the press-clipping bureau cannot be estimated. Clergymen and speakers frequently obtain their “illusti’ations” from this source. Politicians and legislators utilize it to obtain the trend of public opinion. Authors find it of great assistance. It is said that when W. D. How’ells desires to write a book on any particular phase of life he orders all the clippings he can get bearing on it. and the incidents thus obtained go toward making up the groundwork df the story. Even newspapers sometimes utilize the press-clipping bureaus to supplement the work of their exchange departments. There is at the White House one of the completest and best equipped press-clipping bureaus in the world. The list of papers received includes every prominent newspaper and periodical published. Everything of importance bearing on state matters or international affairs is carefully preserved in scrapbooks, and this collection is among the most valuable records of the government. Press-clipping bureaus are frequently engaged to supplement the work of this office by furnishing duplicate sets to the departments. A complete set of clippings was prepared for the State Department on the Bering controversy aside from that kept at the White House. The Postoffice Department is a regular and heavy patron of a press-clipping bureau. Every item about postmasters in the United States is sent to the department, and in case they contain complairts they are mailed to the postmaster censured, with a demand for an explanation. This plan of keeping “tab” on postmasters was adopted by Postmaster General Wanamaksr, and proved so efficacious that it has been continued since. An interesting series of scrapbooks were prepared on the birth of Grover Cleveland's daughters by the White House bureau for Mrs. Cleveland. They were taken by the Clevelands to their home in Princeton. A collection of 20,0)0 clippings on the inauguration was made for President McKinley by a New York bureau. RUSSIA’S CZAR'S SCRAP BOOK.

An oasis in a desert is the scrap-book fad to the clipping collector. From this source come his most profitable jobs. Almost anybody who is prominent enough to be much talked about in the newspapers wants to keep a scrap book about himself. Scrap books are kept about everything from prize fights to obituary notices. Not the old-fashioned kind, made of an old ledger or Patent Office report, but an elaborate affair constructed of separate sheets bound together and covered substantially, being got up in as expensive style as the purse of the ow ner will warrant. Some of these scrap books are marvels of art. Perhaps the finest set of scrap books ever made were prepared recently by a Fifthavenue collector for Czar Nicholas II of Russia, consisting of four books and costing $950. The books were made up of clippings on the illness, death and final obsequies of the Czar’s father. Alexander 111, and of his own 'marriage and coronation ceremonies. Rivaling these in elegance are the ones now’ being made by a West Fourteenthstreet collector for Mrs. Bradley-Martin on ner recent hall. Eight books have been filled so far. and the number of clippings aggregates between six thousand and eight thousand. Another splendid set will he tpat now being made for the family of General Grant on the dedication of the tomb. The largest collection of clippings in existence was compiled on the World’s Columbian Expcsition. and is in possession of Maj. Moses P. Handy, of Chicago. It consists of hundreds of thousands ot articles from every paper printed, pasted in one hundred huge books, and containing complete historical data of ihe fair. The most unique set of scrapbooks Is that of Senator M. S. Quay, w ho some time ago ordered a New York bureau to gather all the uncomplimentary things said auout him in the press of the country. Scrap-books are often made to influeuce action of current affairs. Such was the one prepared on Baiiington Bootlt at the time of his removal and sent io .ois father with the hope of causing him to change his decision. This recalls the fact that the Salvation Army was the first regular subscriber to the first press dipolar bureau in London, and has been a steady customer ever since. Scrap books on the Cuban war were prepared and sent to congressmen and senators to influen- e them to t>ome action on the part of the government of the United States. Almost all actors and actresses keep scrap-books of what the papers say of them. The scrap-booa habit is becoming mere and more general. Libraries are now nreserving important clippings from newspapers for reference, usually, however, doing their own clipping. Railroads have their own press clipping bureaus of late years and save an enormous amount o£ matter

bearing on their business. The hiscoiical value of these collections will be great j n future years. ORDERED OFFTHE BIG FOUR. Rumor as v'o the Central States Dispatch Fast Freight Line. There is good authority for stating that President Ingalls, of the Big Four, has ordered the Central States Despatch off the Big Four system. This line works over the Big Four, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Philadelphia & Reading roads, and h s been in operation about five years, Thomas Noonan being the general manager, and, m fact, the organizer, of the line. The last three years it has been doing a good business. but there has been some question as to whether the line maintained rates. Big: Four Picnic at Danville. Special to the lndiana(H>lis Journal. DANVILLE. 111., June 26. All the employes of the Peoria division of the Big Four Railroad had a union picnic at Danville to-day. Forty-nine crowded coaches brought in the men, their wives and children from Springfield, 0., Indianapolis. Peoria and intermediate qftints. The address of welcome was aeliverW at Lincoln Park by Mayor E. R. Kimbrough. The response was made by Superintendent J. W. Riley. There w’ere bicycle and wheelbarrow races and other games for prizes. No freight trains were run on the road, giving every one a .chance to attend the picnic. Promotion for Mills. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind., June 26.—1 tis stated that Joseph S. Mills, who, until about a month ago, was trainmaster of the Mississippi division of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, will be the new superint* ndent of the Springfield division assuming control on Juiy 1. He wilt succeed W. X. McMahan, who retires at that time. This is a promotion w’hich Mr. Mill’s friends ail believe ; he deserves. Mr. Mills has been a resident of this city for years ami is iuid in high esteem by all.

( Mo .More Cheap Tickets. CHICAGO, June 26.—1 tis now officially announced that tHe market is clear of St. Paul-C'hicago cheap tickets and that no demoralization exists. Thorough tests of the market in both Chicago and St. Paul have proven that the charges made against the Wisconsin Central by its competitors are without any foundation, in fact. But for the row over the business for the meeting of the Elks the rate situation would be absolutely settled. Next Big Four Meeting. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., June 26.—The next monthly meeting of the heads of departments of the Big P'our Railway system will be held at St. Joseph, Mich., in July, ami the gathering will be one of pleasure as well as business. The officials will spend two days there. These meetings have hitherto been held in Indianapolis. Personul and General. J. S. Harrington, general agent of the Continental line and the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern in Kansas City. Mo., has resigned. It is believed he will be succeeded by C. W. Tomlinson, of Cincinnati. Tho Milwaukee & Wauwatosa Railroad line was sold at public auction in Milwaukee. yesterday, ror $48,500. The property was bid in by C. A. Rosenkrantz. The sale was the most disastrous ever conducted in Milwaukee, so far as railroad property is concerned. In the building and equipment of the line $306,0CX) was expended, and it is maintained that the right of way is worth more than $250,000 alone. The statement of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul for the month of May shows gross earnings of $2,359,640, an increase of $101,717 over the same month ol last year. The operating expenses were $1,570,013, a decrease of $16,779, ami the clearings were $789,627. an increase of $118,497. The net earnings of the road from July 1. 189;!, were $lO,815,446. a decrease of $1,176,859 from tho same period of the preceding fiscal year. TELEGRAPHIC BRtViTiES. The directors of the Postal Telegraph Company yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of 1% per cent., payable Juiy 1. The Building Trades Council of San Francisco has passed resolutions favoring tho proposed annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. King Humbert will formally receive Gen. William F. Draper, the United States embassador to Italy, on Tuesday next, when lie will present his credentials. Charles L. Cunningham, who forged Judge E. T. Hamilton's name to a check for $75,000, was sentenced at Cleveland yesterday to five years in the penitentiary. Bishop C. C. McCabe, of the M. E. Church, announces that he intends to build a fin’e orphanage in the Hing Hua district. China, and donate it to missionary work. The national executive committee of the United Mine Workers adjourned at Columbus. 0., yesterday without fixing a date for the new scale to go into operation. There will be no general strike. At Memphis. Tenn., yesterday, the jury in the ease of Frank Parora. charged with the murder of nineteen-year-old Ernest Stanley, returned a verdict of murdvr in the first degree. Sentence has been suspended pending a motion for anew trial. An attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Rome. Watertown <& Ogdonsburg Railroad was made in the outskirts of Watertown, N. Y., Friday evening. A heavy tie was placed across the track, but the train, which was from Utica, though it struck it, was not derailed. The remains of Representative Cooke arrived in Chicago yesterday, accompanied by a congressional delegation. At the railway station carriages were taken and the party proceeded to the home of the mother of the deceased. No. 703 Wtnthrop avenue, at which place the funeral will take place this afternoon. George Colby, who escaped from Lakeport, Cal., jail a year ago while awaiting sentence for burglary, was surrounded by a posse near Middletown. Cal., Friday night. He was accompanied by his father. When ordered to throw up their hands they began firing. The elder Colby and one of the posse w r ere mortally wounded. SOS' Charles Rupert, a boy fourteen years old, was run into by a wagon while riding his wheel yesterday morning, at the corner of College avenue and old Cherry street. He was pretty badly bruised and it was necessary to call the city ambulance to have him taken to his home, 410 North Brookside avenue.

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