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requesting the court to “strike the soul from the. record." "You must only give your own conclusions from personal observations," remarked Judge Tuthill, addressing the witness. The hone which had puzzled the experts was a portion of a rib which had been introduced by the prosecution. Both of the hands of Charles Boos, a stenographer in the state’s attorney s olttce, are swolelr badly and much inflamed. Boos Las been reporting the Luetgert trial and lias handled the bones placed in evidence uulie treely. A physician who to-day examined the stenographer's hands said they showed evidence of tubercular germs. Tne result may be serious. The trial will last at least three w’eeks longer. FREIGHTRATES CUT. Demoralization Among Western RatlHM.VH Kuld to Be Increasing. CHICAGO, Oct. i*.—The demoralization In Western freight rates that has been troubling the Western roads for some time is on the Increase rather than on the wane, and a meeting of the Western Freight Association has been called for the purpose of seeing v/hal can be done to betterment. The meeting will be held in this city next Wednesday. With all the business they can handle and crowded so badly for cars that they are at times forced to let business go, the roads, especially during the last three weeks, have had great trouble in keeping up rates. There has oeen much cutting of rates where there has been little or no need of It, and some of the roads have actually thrown away money In the way that they have cut the rates when they had all the business they could handle at a large tariff. It is announced that when the Monon secures control of the Chicago & Southwestern road, as it expects to do through foreclosure, the newly-acquired property wild be practically rebuilt from Anderson to Brazil, Indiana. Th*- Baltimore & Ohio has taken anew departure on the construction of express cars. It has had ten cars constructed with movable stalls so that the cars can be used for the transportation of line horses. When the care are not in use for carrying live stock the stalls will be taken out and the cars then used for ordinary run of express business. it Is likely that another meeting of the Chicago-St. Paul lines will be called in the near future for the purpose of seeing if something cannot be done at once to settle the passenger situation. The roads inside the association say that they are not able to maintain rates as long as a number of their competitors are not members of the association, and the roads which are on the outside say that they are not, and have not been, responsible in any manner for the demoralization. The next effort to stiffen up the rates between Chicago and St. Paui and Minneapolis will cal! for heroic measures, and the executive officers, who are not fond, as a general thing, of meeting to do the work of the general passenger agent will probably apply the remedy without much hesitation when once they have reached a conclusion as to what that remedy may be. Freight Rale*. NEW YORK. Oct. 2.—The managers of the Joint Traffic Association have recommended the following rates on east-berund lake and rail grain products: From Bake Michigan ports. 17 cents per 100 pounds. From Superior ports, 20 cents per 100 pounds. New rates on railroad ties, hewed or sawed, from Ohio and West Virginia points to points in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania were established: also, new commodity rates on building materials, iron billets, etc. The C., I. & C. S. Hallway Sold. Special to the lndlafai>olis Journal. ROCKPORT. Ind., Oct. 2.—The Chicago, Indianapolis & Chattanooga Southern Railway was sold at receiver’s sale here to-day to W. A. Bradford, jr., of Boston, for S2OO. The road is graded for ten miles out from this city northward, and trestle work completed at Grand View, costing about $30,000. There is a prospect for work to be resumed soon. THREE SCHOONERS LOST. Five* Men and a Woman Drowned Oft the Labrador Coast. ST. JOHN. N. F., Oct. 2.—The schooners Garibaldi, Erebus and Poppy were lost off the Labrador coast in the severe storms which have prevailed during the past fortnight. Five men and one woman belonging to the vessels were drowned. The schooner Nautilus, which left the same coast, caught tire, was burned to the water’s edge and sank. Her crew escaped. Schooner < ‘a iisir.cd. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 2.—An unknown schooner capsized off Long Port and now lies two miles off shore with a heavy 'sea breaking over her. The crew r are still aboard and the life saving crews cannot approach tijem. It is almost a foregone conclusion that thp crew will perish before morning. The government crews are still trying to plan some way by which they can reach the men. Movements of Steamer*. NEW YORK. Oct. 2.—Arrived: La Touraine, from Havre; Etruria, from Liverpool; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam; Georgia, lrom Stettin, etc. Sailed: Mobile, for London; Aller, for Naples; La Champagne, for Havre; Lucania, for Liverpool; Spaarndam, for Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL. Oct. 2.—Arrived: Georgie, from New York. Sailed: Nomadic, for New' York. CHERBOURG, Oct. 2.—Sailed: Furest Bismarck, for New York. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2.-Sailed: Rhynland, for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON. Oct. 2.-Sailed: St. Louis, for New York. ' BREMEN, Oct. 2.—Sailed: Karlsruhe, for New York. STETTIN, Oct. 2.—Sailed: Island, for New York. HAVRE Oct. 2.—Sailed: La Bretagne, for New York.

DANGEROUS_PRAIRIE FIRE. City of Winnipeg Threotened with Flames Fanned by a Gale. WINNIPEG, Oct. 2.—Owing to a longcontinued drought all vegetation has become parched tinder and a small prairie fire, which started a few days ago. has been fanned into widespread conflagrations by high winds. To-day a gale is Mowing and the fires have run up close to the city. The air is full of smoke and flying ashes and dust which, together with the intense heat, makes existence almost unbearable, Dtnastrou* Marsh Fire. CHICAGO JUNCTION. 0., Oct. 2.—One of the most disastrous fires in the history of this section of the country is now prevailing in the New Haven marsh, one and a half miles south of this place. The ground is composed of dry w'ceds and rotten vegetation and is easily ignited. The tire was caused by the burning of a brush heap by a farmer, and has been burning nearly a week, and to-day two thousand acres of the tract of six thousand is a smoking mass. Two houses have been burned and a dozen more are in danger. SNAIL FARMING. Peculiar Hrnncli of Agricultural Industry In France. Nature. Snail farming forms a peculiar branch of agricultural industry in France and other countries, and the consumption of them in France is very large. Ediblv snails vary greatly in size: the large while ones arv the real escargot, but this term is usually employed to designate ail edible snails adapted to table purposes. But in the markets. besides escargot, there are two other varieties, known as Hmace and limacan, the former being of medium size and tire latter quite small. Though the groat majority of the edible snails produced in France are of natural growth,, their artificial culture is carried on to a very considerable extent. They are propagated from August to October in ground especially prepared for the purpose, and gre fed with cabbage, clover, etc. During the winter they gre sheltered in houses composed of brick or wood, and they are gathered and marketed from April to June. In the Tyrol from JunU to tho middle of August the snails are collected from every available damp place and taken to the feeding ground near the owner’s dwelling. This is a bit of garden ground free from trees and shrubs and surrounded on all sides by running water. In this feeding ground are little heaps of mountain pine twigs, mixed loosely' with wood moss, ami these twigs when dry ai J e replaced by fresh ones. Every day they are fed on cabbage leaves and grass, and when cold weather sets In they go umfer cover, that is. they collect under the heaps of twigs and bury themselves and-there seal themselves up for tire winter. TV hen this has been successfully accomplished they ar collected, packed in perforated boxes lined with straw and sent off to Boris and other citfca.

FROM HAUNTED HOLLOW GHOSTS OF A MURDERED FAMILY TERRORIZE THE TRAVELERS. ■■ ♦ ■ Ilrur.il District Miners Hold n Stormy Meeting and Decide to Assist Brothers in Illinois. * B|)erial to the IndicnajioPs Journal. DECATUR, 111., Oct. 2.—Near Liberty Mills, a small town northwest of here, stands an old log cabin and barn, in what is known as “Haunted Hollow'.’’ The old buildings have stood there since before the war. being located just off the road, near Eel river. Ghosts have always supposed to haunt the place, and many are the stories handed down, but not until recently has there been anything like verification of the many versions. The entire place has long been neglected, no tenant having the nerve to live on the place on account of the uncanny things going on. “Haunted Hollow” lies only a few' miles west of “Haw Patch," a swampy piece of land, which w'as headquarters for a famous gang of horse thieves before the war. It is supposed this gang murdered the original owner and his family who lived in the log house. The victims are supposed to have given evidence against the horse thieves; at any rate, the family suddenly disappeared one night years ago and was never heard of afterwards. Since that time the place was considered haunted. People passing the house at night always drive at breakneck speed. Ghostly forms of a man, woman and children have been seen flitting about the place at all hours of the night, and sometimes wild screams are heard. Nothing unusual has been seen for some time until one night last week, when Farmer Johnson was driving home, about 11 o’clock. As he neared the cabin screams as if someone were being murdered reached his ears. His blood ran cold and his team stood still and shivered with fright. Suddenly a woman dashed out of the door and ran across the road. Mr. Johnson’s team broke into a run and tore down the highway, throwing the driver out of the wagon and leaving him at the mercy of the ghosts. He says a man and several small children, robed in white, w'ould rush back and forth from barn to cabin, continually screaming, while the woman disappeared in the woods. He took no trouble to Investigate further, but followed his team as fast as his legs could take him. • • MIME KING STRATTON. The AVealthy Indian bin l sell to Loaf on the Jeffersonville Corner*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Oct. 2.—The receipt by Mrs. Harriet Hamlin, of this city, of SIO,OOO from her brother. Winfield Stratton, the Cripple Creek millionaire, as mentioned a few days ago in the Journal, recalls many interesting facts in connection with the early life of the man who is now known by reputation from one end of the country to the other. A few years ago he was an obscure wandering carpenter. “Win” Stratton was born and raised in this city, his father at one time having been mayor of tho city. “Win” left here because of some trouble in the family circle, he failing to get along with his stepmother. He also had a misunderstanding with his sister, now Mrs. Hamlin, and tnis was the reason that he was so long in substantially remembering her after he had become fabulously rich. Mrs. Hamlin is one of the most highly respected and lovable ladies of Jeffersonville, and has two sons. Harry and Earl, who were also remembered by Stratton, who sent them $5,000 each a few w'eeks ago. The action of the millionaire in remembering his relatives after so many years illustrates the peculiarities of his disposition. A sister. Mrs. Colb. lives with him at Colorado Springs. When Stratton lived in Jeffersonville his principal occupation seemed to be the securing of a favored loafing place, at the corner of Spring and Maple streets here, there to while away the long summer and fall afternoons. The sudden stroke of fortune which converted him into a modern Croesus seems to ills friends like a fairy tale. Stratton’s wife, who left him because he persisted in wandering around over the country prospecting, secured a divorce a few weeks before he made his first rich strike. She is married again and her husband is now a humble employe of the-great mining king.

ALL MINING SUSPENDED For One Day While tlie Block Goal Men Meet and Discus* Matters. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Oct. 2.—ln response to a call for a general mass meeting of miners here to-day', every mine in the county was forced to suspend work, and the miners attended the meeting in a body. Secretary John Kennedy-, of District 16 of the United Mine Workers of America, was present and gave the meeting a short talk on the condition of the Grape Creek miners and the strikers in northern Illinois. He w’as of the opinion that a settlement would soon be reached at Grape Creek. The miners’ committee here has on hand $250.19, which it received since the strike w'as declared off. It w'as decided by the mass meeting to forfard that amount at once to W. L>. Ryan, state secretary of the Illinois Miners’ Association, to be contributed to the striking miners in that State. It was also decided that the miners here should contribute 10 per cent, of their earnings to the men still out in northern Illinois. A motion was then made to have the check weigher at each mine to check off the dues of the organized miners, to he paid to the treasurer of the organization through the coal company'. This caused much opposition and the meeting was in a constant turmoil until adjournment was secured. The miners will take a vote of the various locals to determine the advisability of working only five days a week. It is believed that this plan will be adopted, as the sentiment of the mass meeting was decidedly in favor of it. BRIGHT MIND WRECKED. llarry Ream. Accomplished Musician, Scut to Innane Asylum. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 2.—Harry Ream, oldest son of J. W. Ream, and one of the brightest young men in Muncie until a year ago, was to-day' committed to the Hospital for the Insane at Richmond. After graduating in tlie Muncie schools, and when a mere boy, he displayed wonderful talent as a pitmist, being regarded as a prodigy. He developed into an accomplished player, studied at Wabash and De Pauw universities and spent the required time at Hanover preparatory for the Presbyterian ministry, and was ready for the pulpit when his mind gave way from overstudy. He has been confined in a private sanatorium at Oxford, 0.. for some time, and the many persons who looked to the advancement of the young man with great interest had hoped that he would recover. Dccutur Burdened with Lawsuit*. Special t' the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Oct. 2.—The city of Decatur has a number of lawsuits on hand that will cause a good deal of trouble and no small amount of expense. Some time ago the Council shut off the electric streetlighting service and is putting in a plant of its own. During the darkness that prevailed one night Alex, laj Brun was injured while on his way home from business and now sues tlie city for damages. Linemen, in putting up wires for the new electric-light plant, destroyed a large number of beautiful shade trees of property' owners, who have secured counsel and will sue tne city’. J. D. Edwards, whose commercial electric-light lint* was totally destroyed the other night by officers and workmen acting under orders of the Council, will enter both civil and criminal suits against the city next week. Mr. Edwards was run down and finally knocked clear out of business by tlie Council. The case of Rev. J. E. Stoops, who was awarded $3,000 damages by the Jay county' Circuit Court for injuries received on defective streets here, has been appealed to the Supreme Court by the city. Besides these the School Board has a suit pending wherein ex-Superiniendent A. D. Moffett sues for salary for the time he lost after being discharged for indiscreet ness. Taxpayers are becoming somewhat alarmed at the state of affairs. A llahy Hike Rider. Special to the Ini tana polls Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 2.—Muncie claims the youngest bicyclist and smallest wheel in the country. The rider is baby Fred Kaiser, who is not yet three years old, and his papa, F. A. Kaiser, made the wheel for the young-

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ster, he being a machinist employed in the Muncie rivet factory. The frame of the whecd is only eleven inches high, and the rest of the apartments are of equal proportions. the wheels being less than twelve inches high. The juvenile rider w r as taught to ride at his home on the parlor carpet, and it required but one hour’s time to prepare him for street work unassisted. Yesterday the boy rode ten miles, and to-day as many more miles were added to the score of his cyclometer. The first wheel made by the father was for his own use, and was the result of him being unable to purchase one with a frame high enough for him. It measures thirty-one inches, while the largest frame offered for sale is twenty-eight. Sneeessfill Street Fair Closed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Ind.. Oct. 2 Fifteen thousand people participated in the closing festivities of the street fair. This was Hoosier day, and the attendance was up to the expectation of the fair managers. The premiums were awarded to-day, and everybody was satisfied. The cost of the fair to the business men in the erection of booths, premiums and advertising wits about $5,000, but the expenditure of this large sum has brought a large return in advertising the city and in the large increase of business done by the merchants during the week. The finale was a grand parade to-night, covering the streets occupied by the booths. Business was suspended at 0 o’clock, and merchants and their employes joined in the parade, carrying Chinese lanterns. After the parade Mayor Joseph Bulsley addressed a vast audience from a large stage on West Second street, and the fair closed with three rousing cheers for the success of Seymour in the coming courthouse election. Narrowly Escaped a Moll. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Oct. 2.—Last night at 9 o’clock E. A. Nixon went home in a drunken condition and assaulted his wife for not having supper ready. He became furious when she asked him to go to the bakery for bread, and kicked her and beat her brutally. Her screams caused a great crowd to assemble, which was prevented from tarring and feathering Nixon only by the determined action of the officers, who hustled the man to jail. Even after he was securely locked up the crowd clamored around the jail in a vain attempt to get at him. Mrs. Nixon is a weakly woman, and has suffered for years from her husband’s abuse. Nixon is about fifty years old and draws a pension. One of tlie Christian Hand Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 2. Fred Hubbard, president of the late Young Men’s Christian Band, which caused so much excitement here a few weeks ago by prosecuting merchants who did business on Sunday, was to-day arrested on an indictment charging him with carrying concealed weapons. Hubbard was one of the men attacked in the law office by three prominent business men. When the police went to quell the riotous fight the revolver was found on Hubbard, who had drawn it and attempted to use it. The threatened indictments against business men for violating the forgotten Sunday law did not develop. Hubbard gave bond. Kokomo to Have Cheaper Gas. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Oct. 2. Kokomo will have competition in natural gas, notwithstanding the practical absorption of the Kokomo Natural Gas Company by the Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company. A new company came to town this week, and mains are already being laid in the streets. The competing company is the J. M. Leach Company, which has a factory line. The City School Board yesterday entered into a contract with the new company at a price 20 per cent, lower than was paid last year for heating the schoolhouses, the price heretofore being $1,450 for a year of seven months. Knight* of St. John at Elwood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Oct. 2.—The Knights of St. John encampment in this city to-mor-row will be attended by commanderies from Shelbyville, Indianapolis, Brightwood, Anderson, Union City, Logansport, Lafayette and Lima and St. Mary's, O. General Werst, of Ohio, supreme president, and Colonel Meer will be present w 7 ith their staffs and head the parade. They will also review the uniform ranks. General Werst and Colonel Meer will deliver addresses. At 5 o’clock the uniform ranks will give exhibition drills. Several commanderies of catuolic Knights will he present and participate. Fire iu the Pasture*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 2.-Fire this afternoon burned a large plat of grass in the eastern part of the city' and for a w'hile placed a number of residences and barns in great danger. The drought in tnis section is fast becoming alarming. In the country almost daily reports are given of w'hole fields burned over, together with fencing and corn. A great share of the farmer’s attention is now given to protecting his fields and standing crops. Water is getting scarce and the pastures are dry, and many of them have taken lire and burned up.

Ilullet Took a Rueer Course.* Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Oct. 2.—G. W. Dowell and John F. Campbell, insurance agents occupying adjoining offices in the Wilson block, quarreled over rent to-day and a bloody fight followed. Dowell using a revolver and Campbell a paper weight. Campbell was shot in the side, receiving a slight flesh wound, and Dowell, who got the worst of the encounter, was badly hurt. Campbell, who is one of Kokomo’s mounted mail carriers, was able to continue his duties. The bullet, w'hich entered his right side, was found in his left stocking. Nlntli Regiment Officer*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind., Oct. 2.—The reunion of the Ninth Indiana Regiment closed at Hebron to-night. The next reunion will be held at Lowell. Ind., and in 1899 on the battlefield of Chickamauga. Gen. I. C. B. Suman, mayor of this city, was elected president during life; corresponding secretary, Judge Alex. L. Whitehall, Chicago; recording secretary, J. M. Ilelmick, Wheatlield; treasurer, John Banta. Logansport. A vice president from each company was elected. l)r. J. A. Dowell Not Guilty. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALBANY, Ind., Oct. 2.—Dr. J. A. Dowell, who w’as arrested yesterday morning, charged with forging the name of Alfred S. Evans to a note for $23, was acquitted of the charge last night. The name to the note was shown to be not Evans, but Alfred S. Ewarts. The doctor claims the note w’as given him by Ewarts in payment of medical services. Ewarts is saiu to reside in Muncie at the present time. Chargeil with Darn Burning'. Special to the Indianaiiolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., Oct. 2. James Swisher and Mode Amos, two Clinton county farmers, were arrested this morning, charged with arsbn. Thursday night a barn belonging to B. F. Hillis, near Hillsburg. was destroyed. Swisher and Amos have had trouble with Hillis, and, it is alleged, made threats against him. They deny the charge. Both are well connected and have borne excellent reputations. Preacher Arrested fur Seining;. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind., Oct. 2. Rev. Erie Thurpe, pastor of New Hope Church, Liberty township, was bound over to court today on the charge of violating the fish laws by seining and having a seine in his possession. He is the third preacher arrested here for illegal fishing in the past six weeks. The arrests were made by Deputy Fish Commissioner Welty. Cut Off Hi* Tori. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EI.WOOD, Ind., Oct. 2.—Jerome Ayers, of Sulphur Springs, who came here to visit relatives, attempted to board a morning freight train on the Panhandle to-day, but missed the step and the wheels ran over both feet, cutting off the end of five toes and injuring the left foot so badly that amputation may be necessary. Brewery Agent Sentenced. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, ind., Oct. 2.—Fred Freeman, the defaulting agent of the Jung Brewing Company, has been sentenced to an indeterminate term of from two to twenty-one years In the Reformatory. He pleaded guilty, throwing himself on the mercy of the court. Throat Gashed by a Clothe* Line. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., OcL 2.-Clyde, the eieven-year-old son of Constable Eugene Hilton, while running rapidly through

the back yard of the family residence, ran into a wire clothes line, cutting a gash in his throat from which he came near bleeding to death. Indiana Obituary. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 2.-Mrs. Jacob Bungcr, one of the oldest and best-known women of the county, died to-day, after a six months’ illness. She was a native of Virginia and had four sons to die in service during the war. RUSHVILLE. Ind., Oct. E.-Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell, a well-known pioneer, died last night, at her home, in Cherry Grove, this city. Death was due to old age and general debility. Mrs. Caldwell was in her eighty-third year. When a child she came with her parents to Indiana and located in Washington township. About sixty years ago she became the wife of Jonathan Caldwell. She was the mother of fourteen children. six of whom are living—Mrs. Jane Mcllvaine, of Mays; Mrs. Wall and Mrs. Samuel Stoker, of Indianapolis; Train Caldwell and Misses Lou and Ollie Caldwell, of Rushville. Her husband was once in the pork-packing business in Connersville and Cincinnati. Mr. Caldw'ell died three years ago. Indiana Note*. The Indiana Reformatory, at Jeffersonville, was lighted by electricity for the first time last night. The Wall-street Epworth League Society, of Jeffersonville, last night tendered a farewell reception to the Rev. Charles Tinsley and wife. For the past four years Rev. Tinsley has been the pastor of Wall-street M. E. Church, but on Monday he leaves, with his family, for Indianapolis, where he will take charge of the Furnas-place Church. “MOTHtR” M’KINLEY THERE. Annual Reunion of Old People at Alliance, 0., Yesterday. CANTON, 0., Oct. 2.—At Alliance to-day there was held the fourth annual gathering of the old people of this section. There was a large attendance, among the number being Mrs. Nancy Allison McKinley. She went from Canton expressly for the day’s gathering, accompanied by her daughter, Miss Helen, although a trip of twenty miles had to be made. In spite of her eighty-eight years, she enjoyed the journey and tne gathering. At the reunion there were three centenarians, twenty nonogenarians and about seventy-five ranging from seventy to ninety years old. HANGED TO A TREE. Negro Itavisher Taken from Jail by a LouMian.it Mob and Lynched. MONROE, La., Oct. 2.—Wash Ferren, the negro who had criminally assaulted the two Ladrum children, near Cadeville, was taken from jail by a mob at 6 o’clock and hanged to the limb of a tree in front of the courthouse. From 4 o’clock until the time for the hanging the street in front of the jail was crowded. There was no concealment about it. . RAILWAY MEN KILLED. Train Derailed While Rnunlng Down a Mountain'* Side. VAN BUREN, Ark., Oct. 2.—A report reached here at 11 o’clock to-night of a terrible freight wreck on the St. Louis & San Francisco road at Chester, twenty miles north of here. A freight train coming down the mountain got beyond control by the airbrakes refusing to work, and every car ran off the track, killing most of the train crew. The number cannot be learned.

The Bicycle a* a Mttigator. New York Evening Sun. The bicycle has long been acknowledged to be the best possible means for running aw r ay from the blues. No other species of locomotion is half so expeditious or effective. Lately, however, the wheel has been discovered to be of even more practical value as a respite. Blues are largely imaginary—if those w'ho know nothing about them are to be believed—and may be dealt w'ith accordingly. But grief, trouble and worry of the definite, actual sort are not so easily evaded; It takes all one’s strength of soul and body to hear them heroically, and anything that will lighten the burden is to be welcomed. In its own unassuming way the bicycle does this. It is no respecter of conditions, and it rests the mind and refreshes the bofiy under the severest stress almost as effectually as when trivialities are concerned. One’s mental health is largely regulated by one’s physical healtn after all. A case in point is that of a family plunged into the deepest sorrow by the death of the father The members in their seclusion so pined away that there was great danger that they would all fall ill. Their physician finally ordered them to ride their bicycles. “It will give you exercise and at the same time divert your minds,” he said. At first they were aghast at the thought; not only because of the “looks of it,” but because anything pertaining to pleasure and diversion was so at variance with their feelings. Good sense ultimately triumphed, however, and the doctor’s orders were obeyed. Os course all the riding for some months was done at night and chiefly in their own grounds, but the gain was the same, better physical health and a better state of mind. In no wise w'as their grief lessened or mitigated, but, thanks to the magic of regular outdoor exercise, all taint of morbidness was removed. Another family at present under the affliction of the prolonged illness of one of its members finds untold respite and relief in daily bicycle rides. In no other way, they say, could they bear up under the strain. The bicycle may not pose as a universal panacea, but as a first-class iriitigator it is hard to beai. Some Tested Point* In Diet. The fact that rnilk has become extremely popular w'ith all classes of physicians of late years is emphasized by a recent w r riter in the North American Review. Formerly a fever patient was forbidden to take the article, while in modern practice it is about the only food allowed, and a well-nigh exclusive diet of that liquid is said to be very efficacious in diabetes. At the German spas, Carlsbad, Wiesbaden, etc., a very little bread is allowed, the diet being mostly made up of milk, eggs, grapes and lean beef; a non-starch diet is the rule, bread, starchy vegetables and cereals being almost excluded. Rice is easily digested and an excellent food, except that it abounds in earthy salts. Fruits are not only digested in the first stomach, but they have a large part of the nourishment already in a condition to be absorbed and assimilated as soon as eaten. The food elements in bread and cereals have to undergo a process of digestion in the stomach and then be passed on to the intestines for a still further chemical change before being of use to the human system, showing the advantage of a diet of lean meats and fruits. Famous Lecturer to Retire. BOSTON. Oct. 2.—John L. Stoddard announces his retirement from the lecture platform after eighteen years of active travel over most of the known w'orld in search of material and seventeen seasons of lecturing. He has lectured 2.500 times and has entertained nearly 3,000,000 of people. He retires to attend more closely to his literary work. He is summarizing his lectures iri a volume. Mr. Stoddard has no necessity of working any more, as he easily is worth $.500,000, Mu*leal Conductor Critically 111. NEW YORK. Oct. 2.—Adolph Neuendorff, the musical conductor, is lying critically ill at his residence in this city. He was compelled by failing health to go abroad in July, and with his wife. Mme. Georgine Von Janorchow'ski-Neuendorff and son, spent the summer near Frankfort. He was born In Hamburg in 1843, and in 1864 he directed the first production here of “Lohengrin.” He has conducted a number of operas. G. A. R. Post Charter to Be Annulled. BROCKTON. Mass., Oct. 2.—Word has been received here that the council of administration of the G. A. R. has decided to annul the charter of Fletcher Webster Post, No. 13, of this place, because of the post’s refusal to send delegates to the National Encampment. The case will be appealed. Vote In New Jersey Close. TRENTON. N. J., Oct. 2.—The latest figures from the various county seats Indicate that the anti-gambling amendment may have been carried, after all, by a majority of two hundred or three hundred. It will require the official figures to positively determine the result. Alleged Stage Robbers.. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Oct. 2.—Gus Smitzer and George Reeh have been arrested charged with stage robbery in Yellowstone Park. They w ere captured in Montana and are being brought here for trial. The Journal has for sale, very cheap. quantity of shafting, an Atlas engine, 30-horse power, and in good condition; a lot of office furniture and fixtures; a power exhaust fan, and numerous odds and ends connected with tho printing of a newspaper, all of which will be delivered after Oct. 15th. when we expect to move into our new building, on the southwest quarter of Monument place. Address oi call on JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind.

DIRECT FROM KLONDIKE RETURN OF GOLD PROSPECTORS ON THE STEAMER FARR ALLOW. > Louis I.auk'm Experience nt Dawaou City and on the Trail—Choice Cut* of Beef $1.50 a Pound. SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 2.—The steamer Farrallon arrived here to-day from Skaguay, Alaska. The Farrallon has on board 110 returning prospectors, among the number being Louis Lang, direct from Dawson City, which place he left Aug. 26, coming out on Dalton trail. In an interview he said: “When I left Dawson the stores had stopped selling supplies and restaurants had closed because they could get nothing to cook. I believe that provisions are scarce, although many of the miners are leaving. It was a great mistake in the trading companies -to bring so much whiskyup the river instead of supplies. Before we left Dawson nine cattle had been thriven in and four of them butchered. Choice cuts brought $1.50 per pound, while a soup bone was worth 50 cents. I paid $1 and $1.25 per pound for elk meat. As we wanted to get out as quickly as possible, I brought but very- few provisions, the entire pack of each man, blankets and all, weighing about sixty pounds. We came up the river to Five Fingers and then out over Dalton trail. We crossed the summit Sept. 21 in a snowstorm and had Indian guides to show us the way-. We had to wade knee deep in snow. We met the Sharp party twelve miles south of the summit with their cattle and it seemed to me doubtful whether they would get in. It took us just twentyseven days to get to tidewater.” Another passenger on the Farrallon was Henry Brattnober, a mining expert, who is a confidential man for the London Exploration Company, which is controlled by the Rothschilds. He has been over the Yukon diggings, going in and returning over the Dalton trail. He undoubtedly thinks well of the country-, but is close-mouthed. Others on board were Lieut. L. S. Adair, Fifth United States Cavalry; Col. G. G. Darrow, formerly a capitalist of Denver, but now living at Montpelier, Ind.; A. Lambeth, a wealthy mining man of Helena. Mont.; O. D. Colvin and T. A. Garret, of this city. Mr. Garrett reached the summit of White pass with his partner, a man named McArthur. They decided that they could only- t; ke in provisions for one man and tossed up to decide who should push ahead. Garrett lost and came back to Seattle. He expects to try it again next spring. GOLD IN OLD MEXICO. Big: Strike* Reported to Have Been Made in Plaeer Field*. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 2. —J. W. Corkins, a well-known citizen of Sedalia, Mo., went prospecting for gold in the northwestern section of Mexico recently- and writes to friends in St. Louis that he has discovered a veritable Klondike. Mr. Corkins’s letter is dated from Hermosillo, and reads as follows: “I promised to write what I thought of this country as a gold proposition. I have gone over about 250 miles of territory of what is considered an average. The portion I have seen is virgin, with surface indications of being one of the richest gold fields in the world. The natives have gophered the ledges from ten to a hundred feet all over this district and found rich deposits of free milling ore, which they reduced by grinding it out between two stones. The placer mining is done by the Indians in a very primitive way. The Americans have recently prospected the placer fields and made some very- good strikes. A man from California got SB,OOO out of his claim last month. His claim is situated upon one of the tributaries of the Yaque river. Other parties have placered out as high as $26,000 in thirty days. “There is a small-sized rush here from Colorado and California. They- all say that they are well pleased with the change. A party of four leave here to-day in the interest of W. G. Stratton, of Cripple Creek, Col., to secure claims and prospect the country. The biggest deal made so far was concluded by C. H. Gage, of Colorado. He owned an eighty-foot ledge which assayed from $36 to $9,000 per ton. He sold it for $250,000. The parties expect to have a hun-dred-stamp mill upon the premises within the next six months. “The Minas Prietas mine, situated thirty miles southeast of here and owned by an English company, is the best developed mine in the State. They are down 600 feet, and are taking out SIOO,OOO per month. This mine was worked by the natives and abandoned many years ago for some cause or other. Three years ago the present company reopened the old shafts, and now have a plant worth millions of dollars. This section is honeycombed with rich mines which were worked by the Aztecs, and abandoned shafts only await the coming of the American to convert them into paying properties. “Generally speaking, the people in the United States know nothing of the opportunities to make money in this part of Mexico, not only in mining, but in manufacturing of every description. One great advantage at the present time is the difference in the value of our money. You can leave the United States with $2,000, and when you get here you have $1,500. Good miners can be secured at $1.25 per day in silver.”

NEW ROUTES TO BE OPENED. General Macintosh Discusses the British Gold Field*. NEW YORK Oct. 2.—Gen. C. H. Macintosh, lieutenant governor of the Northwest Territory, in w r hich the gold mines of the Klondike are situated, arrived in this city from Southampton on the steamship St. Paul to-day. “The greatest possible interest is taken in the discoveries of the Yukon by all the English people,” he said, “and I was compelled to delay my departure two days on account of an order I received to address officially the leading financiers and public men upon the resources and prospects, not only of British Columbia and the Yukon, but cf all Northwestern Territories generally. Lord Dufferin, former governor and viceroy of India, was in the chair, and Mr. Whitaker, a leading London financier, occupied the vice chair. My address was given at the Savoy Hotel, and all the representatives of the financial press and many noblemen and peers were present. At the conclusion the general consensus of opinion was that the empire ow T e<J| it to her premier colony that British capital should be invested in the development of wealth from mineral sources in Western colonies. When Lord Dufferin so expressed himself at the meeting the cheering was vociferous.” “Within a few months there will be great improvements in the methods of reaching the upper Yukon, for three good paths through the British Possessions will be available. The first of these is from Edmonton by the Mackenzie river, thence to the Porcupine and so straight to the Yukon. Another good route will he from Revel Stoke, on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, through the Tetteguan pass to the Francis lake, and so to the Louise river, and thence to the Yukon. This is about 1,600 or 1.7C0 miles by water and rail. Probably the best route of all will be by w’ater to Fort Wrangel on the Pacific coast, thence to the Stickene river, a navigable stream of water open to both Canada and the United States under the Washington treaty. Light stern-wheel boats drawing three or four feet of water and even more could run to Telegraph creek, in the northern section of Cassiar, in British Columbia. The construction of a railroad from Cassiar to Lake Teslin, a land section of little more than one hundred and forty miles, would make all the waters from that point available direct to Dawson City. The whole route would not be more than 1,700 miles. Those routes will, within a very short time, make the region of the Klondike as accessible as any other part of the British possessions. “A big company has been formed in England." continued General Macintosh, “to thoroughly explore the mountain ranges of the West. Splendid specimens of quartz have already been discovered at udjacent points. Every rejKirt received also indorses the' stories of enormous rich alluvial deposits, but personally I doubt very much if we will get at the legitimate capability of that country for two or three years.” Steamer Portland Returning. TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 2.—'Hie steamer Northfork, from Alaskan ports, brings the news that the steamer Portland, which sailed for St. Michael’s with a Maxim gun on her bows to ward off pirates, is on her way home again without having accomplished the objects of her voyage. She got

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as far as Dutch harbor only. There a portion of her passengers and freight were disembarked and she is now homeward bound, having neithey miners nor nuggets nor company gold aboard. The latest news in regard to the steamer Hamilton is to the effect that she cannot possibly get beyond Rampart City, but that twenty of her passengers were making the effort to pole up the river to Dawson with little success. Thirty-five passengers who have given up all hope of reaching the Klondike this season returned on the Northfork. All reports coming from the mining d'strict confirm the reports of a prospective famine this winter. Canadian Klondike Party. VANCOUVER, B. C„ Oct. 2.—The Canadian government Klondike party got away just before 3 o'clock on the Dominion steamer Quadra. Minister of the Interior Sifton will go as far as Dyea, while Major Walsh, the administrator of the Yukon, will press through to Dawson with all speed. Judge Maguire and Registrar Wade will establish the first court of justice. A large number of dogs, Indian packers and drivers were on board, together with a detachment of Northwest mounted police. Surveyor Ogilvie accompanied the party at the express desire of Minister Sifton. Carried No Passenger*. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.—ln order to relieve apprehension caused by the notice of the loss of one of its ships bound for the Klondike, the Northwestern Transportation Company has telegraphed the War Department here that the lost vessel, the schooner Hueneme, did not carry any passengers. The company has notice of the safe arrival of the steamer Portland at Dutch harbor, where she will unload. SEVEN OYSTER DISHES. AH Are Delieiou* and Very Easily Prepared. Philadelphia Record. To prepare a very simple and delicious oyster stew put a pint ot oysters, with their liquor, in the hot water pan of a chafing dish. At the first sign of boiling, pour them into a bowl, and quickly bring to boil a pint of sweet milk. Add the oysters, butter, pepoer and salt, and serve at once while the oysters are plump. Creamed oysters are delicious. This calls for one quart of oysters, one pint of cream, a small slice of onion, a tablespoonful of flour, salt, pepper to taste and a bit of mace. Mix the flour with a little cold milk or cream, and stir gradually into the boiling cream. Let the oysters come to a boil in their own liquor; then drain off all the liquor and turn the oysters into cream. Skim out the mace and onions and serve. To three dozen small-sized oysters for saute allow two tablespoorifuls of butter, four tablespoonfuls of fine cracker crumbs, salt and pepper to taste. Drain the oysters as dry as possible, season with pepper and salt and roll in the dish or pan, and when it is very hot put in enough of the oysters to cover the bottom of the receptacle. Fry crisp ar.d brown, being careful not to scorch This is to be served with a dish of tabasco sauce or thin slices of lemon on hot, crisp toast. A nice supper dish, called oyster toast, Is made thus: For each person allow six oysters which must be minced quite fine. Beat together and heat a teaspoonful of butter a little pepper, salt and nutmeg. When hot add the oysters, the beaten yolk of an egg and two tablespoonfuls of rich cream. Stir, and when the egg is set pour over buttered toast. For frying one requires the largest and plumpest oysters. These should be simmered for a few minutes in their own liquor then laid on a cloth to drain. Bread and flour them, roll in egg and bread crumbs and put them in boiling fat. Fry until crisp and of a delicate brown color, drain on paper and garnish with parsley, cress or lemon. To make good oyster fritters stir into two well-beaten eggs one and one-half cups of sweet milk and add flour to form a thin batter. Add this to a full pint of oysters chopped fine, and drop the mixture by the spoonful into boiling lard. Fry a delicate brown, drain, garnish and serve hot. Oysters balwd in a loaf of bread are a celebrated Baltimore dish. A long thin loaf may be baked for the purpose, or a stale Vienna loaf purchased. From the top cut a deep siioe and scrape out the soft part, leaving a wall around. Season your oysters with salt, pepper and tomato catsup: till the “box” and put plenty of butter on the top before replacing the slice of crust. Put the filled loaf in a biscuit tin, pour over it two spoonfuls of the oyster liquor and put on a grate in a brisk oven. Bake from twenty minutes to a half hour, pouring oyster liquor over the loaf from time to time. Serve very hot. If preferred, chopped celery may be used Instead of catsup. The Mother** emigre**. Chicago Post. Who stays out so late when the nightshades fall? It is the mother at Handel Hall. Who are the mothers and how do they vary? Active, prospective and honorary. --Old Ballad. Again the mothers are with us, and again the city rings with the purposes and obligations of maternal life. We should be sadly lacking in a public duty did we not con-

gratulate the city of Chicago on this grand annual encampment. While we deplore a sort of journalistic indifference in failing to give extended accounts of the sessions, and regard it bad taste to devote a page to Mr. Luetgert and only half u column to the mothers, we believe that this blunder will bo recognized and atoned for before the week is out. We have followed with the greatest cure the meager reports as published and are much gratified to find all our friends In evidence. Yesterday was. we should judge from the programme, honorary mothers’ day, and to-day the prospective mothers seem to have a monopoly of the papers and talking hours. One of the morning papers favors us with a "glimpse at the audience” and announces that “Chicago mothers discuss the training of the babies.” The picture is a very beautiful one and exhibits several pleasant old gentlemen and attractive young women, but we cannot with perfect regard for the truth declare that Chicago mothers did much of tfc: "discussing” unless Miss Harrison, Miss Miller, Miss Cook, Professors Coulter and Jackmen and Rev. L. P. Mercer can prove their maternity. However, this is a small matter, a mere typographical error, let us Bay. The main point is that competent authorities are rounding up the mothers in good style, and if they do not profit by the flow of suggestions it is their own fault. Let the good work go on. God blees the mothers; those who are, those who may be and those who, save in one important particular, are qualified to be. STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISES. A Sytem of Private Ownership and Pnhlit; Profit-Sharing; Advocated. E. E. Higgins, in Municipal Affairs. The present system of dealing with street railway corporations by limited term franchises and by the imposition of constantly heavier burdens of taxation Is far from being the best way and is in the highest degree chaotic, unprofitable to the city and unsatisfactory to private capital. Adequate compensation for franchises cannot possibly be obtained by the city hor be offered by private capital under such a system, for everything is so tentative and uncertain that ordinary business prudence requires the utmost caution in undertaking obligations by trustees for invested capital. Burdens of taxation imposed upon street railway companies are, in reality, a form of indirect tax upon the people, since they act to prevent reductions of charges for services rendered. Capital cannot be secured on advantageous terrrs where franchises are short, and this, too. keeps charges above a minimum, not only because a higher price has to be paid capital In the form of Interest, but also because a larger sum has to be set aside each year out of earnings to provide for contingent losses on investment nt the end of the franchise period. The much-talked-of provision for twenty-five-year public service franchises in the new charter adopted for New York city is economically wrong in principle for this reason. The best solution of the problem, and one winch is capable of the widest application is found, I believe, in complete monopoly’ private ownership and operation, perpetual franchises and a system of perpetual profitsharing with the municipality, Joined to a remission of charges to the public if, and whenever profits come to be sufficient for that purpose. Gold from Abroad. NEW YORK, Oct. 2.— The $1,000,000 in go!d received from the Deutsche Bank, of Berlin. by the National City Bank yesterday Was to-day sent to the subtreasury for examination. La Touraine, of the French line, which arrived this morning, brought over $1,000,000 in gold for the Hanover National Bank. This consignment will also be sent to the subtreasury for examination. One at n Time. Washington Post. Governor Mount might at least induce the Indiana people to discontinue the habit of lynching in bunches. Empire Bill Thl* Week. The first straight vaudeville company of the season for the Empire, Bruns and Nina's Vaudevilles, will begin a week’s engagement there at Monday's matinee. This company made its first appearance here last season, and made an excellent Impression. The programme this season contains the names of some prominent people, headed by the popular song illustrators. Harry Bruns and Mile. Nina, who will introduce anew repertoire of picture songs. There are also Allen and Allen, a comical pair of knockabout comedians; the wonderful Japanese Juggler, Kinzo; Howard, the hand balancer; Miss Grace Kmmerson, In her famous endurance dances; Miss Zella Clayton, a vocal comedienne; Prof. Ansonia, the Italian musician. Introducing his popular harp solos; Moore and Jefferson, the banjoists and singers of negro melodies, and McMilUan and Shields, comedy stars. A novel feature of the programme will be a faithful representation of an old-time cake wnik. taken Part in by twelve colored performers, late of Primrose & West's minstrels, assisted by local walkers of this city. A gold ring goes to the lady and $5 gold niece to the gentleman receiving the most decisions during the week. The management desires local cake walkers to leave their names at the box office. A genuine uickauinny band will give a concert every afternoon and evening.