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the following: telegram from Bagshot, signed by the Duke of Connaught: “Pray accept my most sincere sympathy for the terrible accident which has happened to the Maine. I deeply deplore the loss which has occurred in your navy and country.” Henry White, secretary of the embassy, replied as follows: “1 beg to express to your Royal Highness most cordial thanks for the telegram of sympathy of your Royai Highness with my country in the loss of the Maine under such appalling circumstances. I at once cabled your message to my government. The ambassador is in Egypt.” Tiie lord mayor of I,ondon. Mr. Horatio David Davies, has sent the following message to the United Staes ambassador. Col. John Hay: "In behalf of the citizens of London and myself personally I beg to convey to your Excellency our heartfelt .sympathy in the terrible calamity which has befallen the American people by the loss of so many of their gallant Sidlors.” The provincial morning newspapers make comment similar In tone to those of the London morning, and the London afternoon Newspapers devote much space to the disaster. The Pali Mall Gazette, alluding to the bravery of the American officers, says: “t'aptain Sigsbee, for one, behaved with a splendid contempt of danger worthy of the best traditions of the American or any navy.” Based chiefly on two special telegrams appearing this morning in the Daily Chronicle and the Morning Post there Is much discussion of the treachery theory. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Washington says that Mr Roosevelt and other bureau chiefs, as well as congressmen, are absolutely certain that treachery was the cause of the disaster, while a dispatch to the Morning Post from New York says President McKinley has long been suspicious of some atrocious foul play, and is reported to have confidential reports in his possession which, if published, would cause Immediate war. The St. James Gazette says the conduct of President McKinley in the De Lome incident shows he is not seeking a quarrel and is “unwilling to allow his hand to be forced by the lire brands of the Senate. Yet a President of the United States, though very powerful, may be driven against his will.” Other newspapers comment on the disaster on the same lines. Sir William White, director of British naval const ruction, when questioned to-day regarding the loss of the Maine, said it was impossible to venture a theory until the reports of the Maine’s officers had Iteen received. He added: “English naval officers are waiting for the reports with the utmost Interest, as they. In common with all English officers, feel the most profound sorrow at the disaster, particularly in that it occurred on board un American ship, for. In spite of occasional talk to the contrary, England and America are the very best of friends.” The first lord of the Admiralty, the Right Hon. George J. Coschen, in the House of Commons to-day said he had no information to impart to the House relative to the disaster to the United States battle ship Maine, but that he had taken the opportunity of sending to the Navy Department at Washington an expression of deep sympathy felt by the British Admiralty with the loss sustained. The announcement was greeted with cheers.

SENTIMENT OF GERMANS. Sympathy for the United States Expressed by the Emperor. BERLIN, Feb. 17.—Immediately after the news of the disaster to the Maine was communicated to Emperor William he cabled direct to President McKinley expressing his most heartfelt sympathy at the loss of the Maine and so many brave officers and men. The German ambassador at Washington was also Instructed to convey to President McKinley his Majesty’s sincere condolence. At the subscription ball yesterday evening Emperor William expressed to the United Staten ambassador, Mr. White, “My sincere regrets and sympathy at the loss of the Maine, and I hope it wfil not be so bad as the first news indicates.” Admiral Knorr, the commander-in-chlef of the German navy, called to-day at the United States embassy and expressed the German navy's sympathy. Admiral Von Tierpitz, the secretary of the navy, sent an officer on the same errrand. The North German Gazette this afternoon says it is authorized to state that the recent report, emanating from Madrid, that i number of high Spanish officers proixised to leave their cards at the German embassy with the view of thus setting on foot a demonstration against the United States, is utterly devoid of foundation. MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. Cablegrams Convey the Sympathy of Foreign Nations. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.—A number of messages have been received at the State Department from foreign governments expressing regret In connection with ' the Maine disaster. Among them are the following: t have the honor to inform you that I am * onimanded by the Queen to convey to the President the expression of her Majesty’s sympathy with the American people on the occasion of the sad disaster which has befallen their navy by the loss of the battle ship Maine and of so many members of her crow. 1 request that you will be good •'hough to transmit the above message to its high destination. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, sir, your most obedient, humble servant. JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. From Santiago de Cuba—Archbishop Saens expresses sympathy for Maine disaster. HYATT. From Legation of the Republic Haiti, Washington—The news of the sad accident which lias befallen the Maine hits deeply touched me. and I beg leave to express my condolence and sympathy with the families of the unfortunate victims. My government cannot fail to feel deep concern on account of the loss which the United States has lust experienced. Be pleased to accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of my highest consideration. J. N. LEGER. & From Berlin, to the President of the (United States—Let me express my sincere 'sympathy to you and your country at the terrible loss of the Maine and the death of so many brave officers and men of your navy. WILLIAM, I. R. From the Legation of the Greater Republic of Central America—l have received instructions from the Diet of Uie Greater Republic of Central America tj inform the supro me government of the United States of America, through your Excellency, that Liutli it and the governments of the States which compose that republic feel profound regret on account of the disaster which bofeii the Maine night before last In the port ,f lliivana. In obeying these Instructions 1 take pleasure in renewing to you, Mr. Secretary. the assurances of my highest consideration. LOUIS S. COREA. From Imperial Legation of Turkey—The charge d’affaires ad Interim of Turkey has the honor to convey to his Excellency the set retary of state, the deepest regrets of the Onoman government on account of the deplorable accident which has befallen the M From Parts*— President Faurc asked personal interview, in which he requested me to express his warmest sympathy and profound sense of condolence to President McKinley regarding the appalling catastrophe to the Maine, and to convey an assurance that tMo French people, especially the F’erieh navy, are deeply touched by the death of the gallant officers and men who lost their lives at their post of duty^^ Henry White, secretary of legation at txmdon. cabled the messages from the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke of Connaught, printed in the dispatches from London. He also said: “The First Lord of the admiralty requests me to express Admiralty’s and his personal sympathy with our government and navy in the loss of the Maine. Various members of the diplomatic body have called, including the Spanish ambassador.” A committee of Spanish residents of New York respectfully tendered “sincere expression of heartfelt sympathy and regret for the dreadful disaster to the Maine, with appalling loss of life. ’ This was signed lv Jose F. Navarro, chairman; Antonio Uttyas. secretary: Arturo Cuyas, C. Viadero, E. M, Castillo. Secretary Long received the following cablegram from the Russian minister of marine at St. Petersburg: “I have just received the news of the Maine’s terrible disaster. 1 beg you to accept my own and The Russian rw.vy’s sincere sympathies and condolence.” Secretary Long also received the follow'ing during tip* day: “Regret with all my soul the horrible catastrophe of the Maine and send my condolence for the victims and their families. Spanish navy is in mourning for American navy.” This was signed by Sobral, Naval Attache, Spanish Legation.” Captain General Blanco to-day cabled to Senor Du Bose, charge of the Spanish legation. giving the formal action of the Insular government of Cuba, expressing to the President of the United States profound sorrow over the catastrophe to the Maine and the resulting loss of life to Americans. At the same time the alcarie. or mayor, of Havana, went resolutions of the munlcljisility expressing to the President the grief os the authorities and the jteople of Havana. Senor Du Bose presented ttte dis-

patches to Assistant Secretary Day. who laid them before the President. General Blanco’s dispatch follows: "At to-day’s session of the insular government under my presidency it was resolved to express through your excellency a. respectful and feeling manifestation of condolence to the President of tho United States for the terrible catastrophe which resulted In the destruction of cruiser Maine and the death of a large number of citizens and sailors of that nation. In presenting this resolution 1 request your Excellency to pray the President of the United States to accept the condolence which I send, deploring as I do, that this hospitable port should witness such a great misfortune for the American navy.” The dispatch from the alcade, Marquis Lstaben, was as follows: “The municipality has passed the following resolution: The catastrophe to the Miiine lias found a sad echo in every heart. The city of Havana offers to the American people the expression of its grief and claims tho sad privilege of caring for the wounded and giving burial to the dead. The municipality requests you to express to the President of the United States the grief which is felt through tho city of Havana.” > A SULLEN ROAR. (Concluded from First Page.) uniform; the city fire brigade; the municipal employes; the aldermen, in seven splendidly decorated firemen’s cars; special cars bearing the remains; nine bodies, being carried on a splendidly decorated car; the clergy; deputations consisting of the chief officers of the army, navy and the volunteers; representatives of various official bureaus and of the custom house; a committe representing the Chamber of Commerce; a delegation representing the grocers; the council of administration; representatives of the treasury, the press and various political organizations; then the chief officers of the Maine; the representatives of foreign governments; the city magistrates, with their mace bearers; provincial deputies; employes of the general and regional automatic governments; the municipal mace bearers; then General Parrado, with four aids-de-eamp, representing Captain General Blanco (whose personal presence was not allowable under the law), having on his right United States Consul General Lee and on his left the mayor of Havana: the Marquis Larrinaga, Admiral Mynterola, General Alano and Other officers; two companies of marine and infantry. The funeral music was furnished by tho bands of the Isabella La Catolica and Porto Rico battalions, which accompanied the bodies. Tho funeral cortege started from tho principal entrance of the City Ilall, on YVeyler street, then turned to the right on Mercadores street, then tip O'Reilly street along the right side of Central Park and finally to the right along San Rafael street to the cemetery. The population that lined the route gave every indication of the profoundest respect. General Blanco witnessed the passing of the funeral procession from the balcony of the palace. The entire ceremony was a most impressive demonstration of sympathy. The divers have not yet commenced work on the wreck.

NO INVESTIGATION YET. Hull of the Maine Has Not Been Investigated toy Diver*. HAVANA, Feb. 17.—The night of the disaster to the Maine a light wind from the southwest was blowing and her head pointed in a southwesterly direction. She was moored in about twelve meters of water forward and drew about thirteen meters aft. The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII was about two hundred meters from the American battle ship. The correspondent of the Associated Press was in the cable office writing a message when the explosion occurred. He saw from the window of that office a great column of tire shooting upwards and hurried to the wharf and to the quarters of Admiral Manterola. By that time the flames extended over the whole ship and in a few moments the Maine sank. Tho explosion so disjointed and twisted the battle ship that her remains now appear like a pile of wreckage. All the upper deck structure, turrets and guns are in a heap and one boiler has been blown out of its place and at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon was still smoking on deck. The foremast and bow and the main mast have collapsed and now only the end of her main mast remains above water. The boats of the Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII have picked up a quantity of wreckage, including boats and a flag, and today ten more bodies were found in the harbor and taken to the morgue. It is impossible to identify them. Captain Sigsbee went on board the Alfonso XII yesterday and thanked the Spanish commander, Captain Manuel Elias, for the services the Spanish sailors had rendered upon the occasion of the great disaster. Contrary to the reports current here yesterday the divers have not yet made any investigation of the wreck, and the general opinion expressed iff Spanish circles is that the explosion occurred inside the Maine. The evening papers, excepting La Discussion, print leading editorials and sentimental declarations of sympathy with the Maine survivors. The flags over all the public buildings and ships are half-masted out of respect for the dead. CARING FOR THE "WOUNDED. Condition of the Injured nt Key West —Humors mid Theories. KEY’ WEST. Fla., Feb. 17.—The reports on the condition of the wounded sailors of the Maine are favorable, except in the case of Patrick Foley, who may die. Every possible care is being bestowed upon them and both well and injured are brighter and better after a night’s rest. Now it is the officers and men not connected with the Maine who show signs of exhaustion. Commander Forsyth, of the naval station here, has been on duty ever £ince the first news of the disaster was received here, and the officers and men on the torpedo boats Cushing and Ericsson have been under a great strain. The officers from the Maine are at the hotels or are quartered with army or navy friends, and the seamen and others have been provided l'or at the barracks or have been sent to the cruiser Now York. A distribution of clothing will be made to them as soon as possible. The officers can buy all they want here in the way of clothing. Regarding the explosion the officers of the Maine are reticent. They are evidently under orders to keep quiet on the subject, but the men talk more freely, and they, including the petty officers of the Maine, are almost unanimous in insisting that tho explosion was caused by a large torpedo planted before tho Maine arrived at Havana, The naval men here say that would be possible, but it is not likely. The anchorage of the Maine was designated by a buoy, and the location of the buoy was fixed by the harbor officials. It is added that any officials perfectly posted as to the currents and tides might plant a torpedo at night so that, under certain conditions of tide, it would be under the forward part of the Maine, as she swung to her moorings. Once planted, it is further stated here, such a torpedo could be exploded from the shore or from a boat at any time fixed upon l>y those in the secret. AH this, however, is regarded as being unlikely to occur, and as being almost impossible to occur without the collusion of Spanish officials. The Maine, according to reports received here, was split open forward; therefore, it is added, it is difficult to see how such a result could be attained by a torpedo from the outside. It Is pointed out that the explosion seems to have come from within, although the keys of the magazines were in the hands of Captain Sigsbee # at Bp. in. When the keys of the magazine were delivered to Captain Sigsbee the temperature

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of the forward magazines wa.< 50 degrees and it is said that no high explosives were stored there, which would seem to make the mystery more dense. Fears are expressed here that the divers will not be able to throw light on the cause of the disaster since the forward part of the Maine is practically in atoms. Why the mam magazine, which was idled with high explosives and easily effected by concussion, did not go up is another mystery and a mercy as well, since had the after magazine exploded no one on board could have escaped death. There were some curious escapes from death when the Maine blew up. Three men were doing punishment watch on the port quarterdeck when the explosion occurred. They all escaped unhurL One man was sleeping in a, yawl hanging from the davits. The boat was blown to pieces and the man was thrown into tho water, but he was rescued unhurt. Some time elapsed before lie could be convinced that the whole affair was not a dream. Commander Wynn, retired, of the United States navy, who is living here, has been indefatigable in caring for the wounded, and his daughter and niece have written a number of letters for the wounded men. The story that a torpedo may have been concealed in the coal furnished to the Maine is scouted here, but an inspection of fuel coal for the war ships will be made hereafter. In this connection, it is advisable to discount the stories in circulation at Havana and here regarding the Maine having been blown up by a torpedo placed under the ship. The Maine reached Havana unannounced, and, therefore, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to have placed a torpedo„at the spot where she was moored. A lieutenant from the Maine, whose name is withheld at his request, was questioned to-day regarding the dispatch from Havana saving that a diver had discovered a hole apparently made by a torpedo in the hull of the Maine. He said: “Why not make the hole 800 or 8.000 feet. One story is as likely as the other.” In short, the cause of the explosion is completely shrouded in mystery, and the demolition of the battle ship is so complete that it is probable that the secret of the disaster will never be known. It is believed here that censorship at Havana will now be made more strict than ever, and that a postal supervision will he demanded as a military necessity. No boats except torpedo boats and the cruiser New York here or near here are suitable to send to Havana. A strong wind prevails, and there is rough water in the gulf and Florida channel. The American and Cuban ladies here are busy preparing delicacies for the wounded and supplying the hospital with flowers. Every one. from the bootblacks to the wealthy cigar manufacturers, are animated by sympathy and are anxious to do anything in iheir power to relieve the wounded. The officers from the Maine who are here have received instruction to remain where they are and to„await orders. Many were paid to-day and provided themselves w;ith clothing. Patrick J. Foley, in the hospital here, who was thought to be fatally hurt, has revived and late to-night Dr. Dudley, w'bo is in charge, says he will be up in a week or so. Foley had two lingers of his left hand taken off. The rest of the wounded are doing well. The coast survey steamer A. D. Bache arrived this afternoon for the Tortuges in command of Lieutenant Commander Barnet. Early this morning she will leave for the cruiser New Y’ork, taking divers and such wrecking gear as is obtainable. Lieut. Holman’s Experience. TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 17.—Lieutenant Holman, navigating and second officer of the Maine, who arrived here to-day, was sitting at a table opposite Jenkins when the explosion occurred. He felt the explosion, and before he could recover he found the ship going down. He w T as pressed by the rushing waters against the top of the room, and pvt up his hand to protect his head. Ho caught his linger on the blade of the propeller of a torpedo and at once realized where he was, and, swimming and feeling his way along, reached the hatchway and escaped. This illustrates his rare presence of mind, and also the rapidity with which the big ship sank after the explosion. Jenkins has never been heard from or found. fAll who came from Havana to-day, and who have any information, scout the idea of an accident.

FUSION FORCES WON. Democrats, Populists and Silver Republicans Will Combine. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 17.-The Populist convention here has come to an end with a victory for the fusion forces. The state convention was set for June 15. The middle-of-the-road faction, which desired an April convention, found Itself so much in the minority that it made no struggle. It will make an effort to control the convention, however. Senator Butler, in his speech at tiie mass meeting, took a shot at the administration. Someone called out, “How about the Maine?” He replied, pointing his linger solemnly at the interrupter: “I don’t know how about it, but if we had a truly American administration I know that we would know about it soon.” Heartiness Not Always Health. Everywhere. , We envy those who possess great physical strength, and are prone to consider them’ types of perfect health, but welldeveloped muscles do not necessarily indicate a healthy system. To be strong in the truest sense of the word means something more than mere physical strength. The athlete may be more “delicate” than the so-called "weakling,” and how often have women struggled through hardship and privation that their muscular companions failed to endure! Power to lift a heavy weight, to strike a telling blow, iieetness in a race—these all show a certain kind of strength; but health is quite another matter. Two young college men of strikingly different appearances discuss together their future; much depends upon their health, ar.d the broad-shouldered, athletic fellow looks pityingly at Ms companion, who is “small and weak.” But tho one who can make no boast of superior muscle can look back over his college course and say that hel has not known an illness, he hardly knows what it is to have even a “cold;” indigestion has not troulded him: small mishaps and ailments do not affect him any great time; in short, his system is a healthy one, vigorous and active When the unexpected occurs he is seen to possess stamina and recuperative energy, while the other succumbs to every trifling complaint. Any unusual strain upsets him completely, a change of climate is dangerous to him. and if disease is prevalent lie never escapes. It is a well-known fact that the trained oarsman is particularly liable to chills and colds, the runner to sprains and strains, which months are required to cure, while the ordinary maq recovers in a few weeks; from which it would appear that “athletic” and "healthy” are not synonymous terms. Someone has tersely said: “Health is more* than the absence of disease!” Its surest signs are adaptability; what we call “spring” and energy and elasticity. Sermons on Billboards. New Y'ork Press. If the plans of the Universal Text Display Association of Michigan bear fruit the billboards and hoardings throughout that State will be covered with sermons and Bible extracts this year. A. E. Stanten, a Chicago traveling salesman, has already started the campaign for advertising religion. He has good backing in Muskegon, Bay City and Niles, where societies called the Universal Text Display Association are already at work. The state president is the Rev. Jos. B. MaeCarthy. of Muskegon, and the state treasurer is E. H. Stafford, of Muskegon. Stanten claims that his observation of the results of extensive advertising suggested this movement. Money is being raised for the work, and it Is intended to secure an elaborate line of display advertising matter suitable for billboard use and to cover every board and dead wall obtainable in the State with short sermons printed in immense display type. Texts from the Bible ar.d warning messages to passing sinners, and, in addition, lithographic illustrations of scenes from the Bible will be used. Traveling sign painters will place more prominent sermuns on signboards and buildings. In cities the street cars will bo utilized, cards displayed in hotels', theaters, depots, etc. In short, it is proposed to force every one to learn something of the B'ble by having constant reminders put before them. It is Intended to open a campaign in Detroit this week. Moonlight at Indianapolis. Washington (Ind.) Gazette. "In Indianapolis.” said a traveling man last night, “they do not turn on the street lights on moonlight nights. The young people there look forward to the moonlight nights the same as do the country lads and lasses, and it is the only city T know of where lasses enjoy the untold pleusure of pure old country moonlight. There is a charm about a stroll in the moonlight that is unexplainable, and there is no other kind of a light that will produce the same effect upon young lasses. The Indianapolis young folks are, in my opinion, truly lucky.” TO LIRE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative liromo Quinine Tablets. All dru*c'.st* refund money If it fails to cure. 25*. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet.

THE COUNTY SEAT WAR BROWNSTOWN COURT STILL TRYING INDICTED SEYMOUR MEN. —* Col. Richard De Hart Severely Hurt in a Crossing Accident at Lafayette —Other State News. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BROWNSTOWN, Ind., Feb, 17—J. 11. Hopewell, night policeTof Seymour, against whom the last grand jury of this county found an indictment for neglect of duty, was fined S2O and costs in the Circuit. Court here to-day, besides receiving a severe reprimand from Judge Voyles. It will be remembered that on the night of the county seat election, in October, A. A. Davison w as stoned and egged by a crowd of citizens at Seymour, because of his attitude on the county seat question. Although a citizen of Seymour, Mr. Davison was opposed to the removal of the county seat, and made a number of strong speeches in various parts of the county against it, which caused the above outrage from his fellowcitizens. The failure of the night police to attempt to disperse the mob was the cause of the indictment. Eugene Weathers, Ewing Shields and L. C. Wallick, indicted by the same grand jury charged with riot on the same night Davison was abused, were acquitted, because of a flaw' in the indictment. The judge held that the prosecution could not prove that the three had formed a conspiracy to foment the riot. ♦- INDIANA OBITUARY. Dr. Thomas I*. McCullough, Old Him. mec Valley Practitioner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 17.—Dr. Thomas P. McCullough, one of the oldest practitioners in the Maumee valley, died at his home, on Douglass avenue this morning. He has for years been a sufferer from Bright's disease and a few r years ago lost, a son, Dr. Howard McCullough, from the same disease. He was born in Adams county, Ohio, in 1823 and came to this city W'hen a young man. His wife died thirty-five years ago. John L. Ireland. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PENDLETON, Ind., Feb. 17.—John L. Ireland, an old resident, died yesterday, aged seventy-three. He was born in Preble county, Ohio, in 1825, and came to Pendleton in ISSO. A wife and six children survive. The children are L. E. Ireland, the Big Four agent here; Mrs. A. J. Hardin and Benjamin J. Ireland, of this city, and Chas. O. Ireland, of Anderson; Mrs. W. S. Witmer, of Decatur, 111, and Mrs. Charles A. Brown, of De Land. Fla. The deceased was an Odd Fellow, and the local lodge, assisted by the Pendleton Band, will assist at the funeral, which will be held Sunday morning. * Other Deaths in the State. COLUMBUS, Tnd.. Feb. 17.—Mrs. Oscar Fiegenbaum. wife of one of the largest dry goods dealers in'Columbus, died this morning after a twelve days’ sickness with typhoid fever. She was thirty years old. John W. Parkinson, aged fifty, was suddenly stricken with paralysis last night while walking home and died two hours later. He did not recover consciousness. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.. Feb. 17.—Mrs. Florence Swartz McCauley, wife of John S. McCauley, died at 10:30 o’clock this morning. A tumor had been found at the base of her brain. She was forty-four years old. and a sister of President A. A. Swartz, of the First National Bank. She was one of the best known and highly respected women in the city. ANDERSON, Ind.. Feb. 17— Mrs. J. C. Knight, aged fifty-three, attended the Gen. J. B. Gordon lecture at the Grand Opera. House last night. At 2:30 o’clock this morning she was dead of heart disease.

BAD CROSSING ACCIDENT. Col. Do Hurt mid Thomas LoncrKuii Barely Escape Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 17.—A buggy in which Col. Richard P. De Hart, the wellknowui lawyer, and Thomas Lonergan were riding was run into at 4 o’clock this afternoon at Main and Third streets, badly injuring the occupants. Colonel De Hart w T as badly bruised on the hip, head and hands, and Lonergan’s leg was broken. The buggy was a complete wreck. The accident will greatly interfere with Colonel De Hart’s canvass for state senator, for which he is a candidate on the Republican ticket. Decatur Gets the Convention. Sjtecial to the Indianapolis Journal. INCIE, Ind., Feb. 17, —The congressional convention in the Eighth district will be held at Decatur on Tuesday, May 24. One delegate is allowed for every 150 Republican votes in the county. The representation will be as follows: Adams, 11: Blackford, 14; Delaware, 49; Jay, 23; Madison, 56; Randolph, 31; Wells, 15. Necessary for a choice in tho convention, 100. The candidates are Mayor George W. Cromer, of Delaware; Judge A. O. Marsh, of Randolph; Thomas Stilwell and I. P. Watt, of Madison, and Dr. Sharpe, of Wells. The congressional committee chairmen who met here to-day were D. 1.. Woods, David A. Lambert, James Goodrich, Dr, Culbert, A. F. Kinsley, C. E. Neptune and A. L. Sharpe. District Chairman Myhon L. Case was present. Dale for llie Ninth District. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 17.—The congressional convention of the Ninth district will meet at Crawfordsville May 24, and the joint convention Ao select a candidate for the Legislature from Madison, Hamilton, Boone and Montgomery counties will be held at Anderson May 17. Hamilton county has one candidate for joint representative in the person of Thomas E. Bowls. For Congress there are two and possibly three candidates. They are Rev. Hudson, of Sheridan, and Dr. A. R. Tucker, of this city, with Hon. Thomas E. Boyd as a possible candidate under certain conditions. Mr. Boyd believes that Congressman Landis ought to be renominated, but in case it is seen that the district is not for Landis then Boyd will enter the contest. May Explain Sadden Death. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. INGALLS, Irid., Feb. 17.—A week ago Mrs. Sam Umbenour suddenly died of congestion of the brain at her home in this city. It now transpires that a week or so before death tho lady drew SSOO from a bank for the purpose of building a house. She carried this money in* the bosom of her dress. Her death was very sudden and her husband, who alone knew of the money, in the grief and trouble Incident to the demise, entirely forgot its existence until after the funeral. A search was then instituted about the house and in all dresses of the deceased, but as yet without finding it. No one knows where it has gone nor can any clew as to how it disappeared be found. Poison in tlie Candy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES, Ind.; Feb. 17. —Isaac R. Conway, an old soldier, and his family were poisoned by eating candy* said to have contained strychnine. Two of the family, Mrs. Conway and daughter Bertha, will probably die, but the others will recover. Neighbors gave the children some candy and the whole family ate of it and became seriously ill. The timely arrival of a doctor saved their lives. An examination of the candy revealed enough poison, it is said, to kill. The parties who gave the children tho candy deny any knowledge of it containing poison, and say that it was just as they had purchased it from a candy store. Officials are making an investigation. Young Railroader Fatally Hurt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Feb. 17.—Councilman J. H. Shoup, of this city, this afternoon received a telegram from Chicago stating that his son George, who has for some time been employed as a fireman on the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway, had both his legs cut off by a yard engine while passing through the yards on ids way to the roundhouse this morhing. He cannot recover. The young man two years ago giaduated from the iuw, department of the University cf Michigan, at Ann Arbor, but

being of a mechanical turn of mind, preferred railroading to the practice of a profession. Forcuter*-' Coming Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Feb. 17.-Commlt-tees have been appointed and the programme arranged for the annual state convention of the Independent Order of Foresters, to be held litre Feb. 24 and 23. The first session will be held on the afternoon of the 2-ith. In the evening there will be a reception, with a musical programme and a banquet. There will be an address by John McGiivary, supreme secretary, of Toronto. The session of Friday, the last day. will open at 8 a. m. and continue throughout the day. Eastern Circuit Dates, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Feb. H.-The secretaries of the fair associations comprising the Eastern Indiana Circuit met in this city to-day. AX. S. Claypool, of Muncie, was president, and Knode Porter, of Hagerstown, secretary. The schedule of fairs for the coining season was arranged as follow's: Middletown. July 26-29: Hagerstown, Aug. 2-5; New Castle, Aug. 9-12; Muncie, Aug. IH--19; Elwood. Aug. 22-26; Lafayette, Aug. 30Sept. 2; Crawfordsville, Sept. 6-9: state fair, Sept. 12-17; Portland, Sept. 26-Oet. 1. Betrayed His Own Brother. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 17.—Ed Dobson, an alleged member of the Dobson horsethief gang, members of which were sentenced the first of the week to three-year terms, was released from jail to-day. He turned state’s evidence and his pointer’s resulted in the conviction of his brother and Frank Maynard. It is stated that there was no evidence on which to convict Ed Dobson. WOunded Student Dies. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind., Feb. 17.—Hayes T. Smart, of Detroit, 111., the young student who was accidentally shot through the head last Sunday night while preparing to have a picture taken in a wild West scene, died this evening. Fred Rosenberger, of Petersburg, 111., who did the shooting, js guarded in the county jail to prevent his committing suicide. Smart remained unconscious from the time of the accident. A Strike for Back Wages. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Inil., Feb. 17.—The employes of the Old Fort Manufacturing Company, at Eaton, went on strike yesterday again on account of their failure to receive pay for work that has been done. The company, which is owned principally by Fort Wayne people, is in bad financial straits. The factory is now in the hands of a receiver, appointed ttvo weeks ago. Some of the men have large sums due them. Conscience-Stricken Mediant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Feb. 17.—George Landen, a spirit medium of this city, has renounced spiritualism and joined the United Brethren Church. Landen was at one time recognized by local spiritualists as a medium of great power. He recanted, however, and told the people that he resolved to deceive them no longer, as his work was only sleight of hand. Tbront Cut by Crazy Woman, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Feb. 17.—While in the stable attending his horse this morning Lawrence Showe, of this city, was attacked by an insane woman who came stealthily behind him and plunged a sharp knife into his neck and throat, making a dangerous wound. The woman, whose name is Mary Hoffman, will be committed to East Haven Asylum.

Two Men In One Office. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., Feb. 17.—John Terman, who was elected superintendent of the county schools by a majority of the trustees Tuesday, has been recognized by the state superintendent. The former superintendent, F.. L. Hendricks, however, refuses to step aside, and as a consequence each of the two contestants has an office. Miss Krout Is Patriotic. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 17.—Miss Mary H. Krout sent a large American flag to-day to the London Polytechnic, an organization having for its purpose tiie uplifting of young people. While with this society on a trip to Luzerne, Switzerland, she found that the society did not have an American flag and she promised to send one to them. Kokomo Odd Fellow* W ill Bid. Special to tiie Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 17.—The Odd Fellows of this place have commenced in earnest to secure the State Odd Fellows' Home. At a meeting of all the twenty lodges in the county committees were appointed to confer with the home managers to raise the donation asked. The four lodges in Kokomo offer to donate SI,OOO each. Joe Horton Pleads Self-Defense. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind., Feb. 17.—Joe Horton, who shot Postmaster Dinn. of Amity, last October, is now on trial here. His plea is self-defense. Judge Johnson and Deupree At Slack represent'the State and Miller & Barnett the defense. Air. Dinn is able to be in court. $15,0410 Fire Damage. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Feb. 17.—At an early hour this morning fire broke out in the hat and cloak store of David M. Gilbert. The building was saved, but the stock was damaged to the extent of about $15,000. Insurance, $6,000. Fell Dead on the Street. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Feb. 17.—George Bodge, a prominent Delaware county farmer, fell dead on the street of this city this afternoon. He was forty-five years old and leaves a widow and seven children. John Clapp Cuts Ills Throat. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., Feb. 17—John Clapp, an old resident of South Whitley, committed suicide this afternoon by cutting his throat with a razor. No cause assigned. Youth and Bruins. Success. Mr. Armour is a great believer in young men and young brains. He never discharges a man if he can pos~,ibly avoid it. If the man is not doing good work where he is, he puts him in some other department, but never discharges him if he can find him •other work. He will not, however, tolerate intemperance, laziness or getting into debt. Some time ago a policeman entered his office. In answer to Mr. Armour's question. “What do you want here?” he replied: “I want to garnishee one of your men’s wages for debt.” “Indeed,” said Mr. Armour, “and who is the man?” Asking the officer into his private room ho sent for the debtor. “How long have you been in debt?” asked Mr. Armour. The clerk replied that he had been behind for twenty years and could not seem to catch up. “But you get a good salary, don't you?” “Yes, but I can’t get out of debt.” “But you must get out. or you must leave here,” said Air. Armour. “How much do you owe?” The clerk then gave the amount, which was less than a thousand dollars. “Well.” said Mr. Armour, handing him a check, “there is enough to pay all your debts, and if I hear of your again getting into debt, you will have to leave. The clerk paid his debts and remodeled his life on a cash basis. Against Cigarette*. New' York Evening Post. Some interesting statistics recently published should be emphasized by the mother of every young man in the land to her son. They are from the general freight agent of a large railroad, who says that he will in the future employ no young man who smokes cigarettes, and that he Intends to get rid of till now in his department who smoke them. “Eighty-five per cent.,’’ he says, “of the mistakes made in the office by my two hundred clerks are traceable to the thirty-two who use cigarettes." The four lodges of Odd Fellows and Canton McKeen. at Terre Haute, have decided to hold a celebration of the seventy-ninth anniversary of the order on April 26. bringing to that city Odd Fellows from many other places. There will be a parade at noon, and in the afternoon speaking at the Grand Opera House, closing with a reception and dance in the evening at the Armory-

DEATH OF MISS WILLARD LIFE OF THE W. C. T. IT. PRESIDENT EXDED AT MIDNIGHT. ♦ One of the Most Prominent Women in the Country, and the Leader of Temperance and Social Reform. ’■ ♦ NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Miss Frances E. Willard, president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, died shortly after midnight this morning at the Hotel Empire, this city. At the bedside of Miss Willard at the time of her death were her niece, Mrs. W. W. Baldwin, Mrs. L. M. M. Stevens, vice president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; Miss Anna AI. Gordon, Aiiss Willard’s secretary, and Dr. Alfred K. Hill. Miss Willard had been ill for about three weeks. Dr. Hill made the following statement to-night: “Aiiss Willard had suffered some years with profound anemia, and on several occasions had bgen given up to die. Last summer she seemed to take on anew lease of life and gained in weight and strength so that she went through her convention work at Toronto and Buffalo, which was most arduous, and came out much better than was expected, but on her arrival here five weeks ago she was much prostrated and readily took the grip, which attacked the stomach, liver, intestines and later the nervous system. The disease progressed favorably, and in many respects she had much improved when the fatal issue came and overwhelmed the nerve centers. There was no cancerous degeneration of any organ, as has been stated.” There will be funeral services in New York city and later in Evanston, 111., Aiiss Willard’s home, where the body will be taken.

Frances E. Willard was one of tho best known women in America. She would have made a success in any line of work that she undertook, for her personality was forceful and her will power great, it was W. T. Stead who referred to Miss Willard as “the uncrowned queen of American democracy,” and in an article in his magazine he wrote: “She would have been a personality well worth studying even if she had been a maker of sepulchers. Asa human she is in many respects unique, as a woman she occupies a place by herself apart, but the supreme importance of Aiiss Willard consists in the position which she holds to the two great movements which, born at the close of this century, are destined to mold the next century as the movements born in the French revolution have transfigured the century which is now drawing to its close. Tho emancipation of man and the triumph of free thought, which w r ere proclaimed by the French revolution, were not more distinctive of the eighteenth century than the emancipation of woman and the aspiration after a humanized and catholic Christianity are characteristic of our own century. Os both these movements Aiiss Willard is at this moment the most conspicuous representative.” The Willards are an old English family. The first American Willard was one of the founders of the famous town of Concord and a notable figure in early New England history. From him Miss Willard came eighth in direct line of descent. Her mother was a native of Vermont, where she was born in 1805. Her father, too, was a, Vermonter. Frances was berrn Sept. 18, 1839, at Cliurchville, O. Asa child she went to Wisconsin with her parents, living at Forest Home on the Rock river from her seventh to her nineteenth year. She was educated at the Alilwaukee Female College and later at the Northwestern University, Evanston, and at nineteen became a school teacher. From 1858 to 1874 she had thirteen separate seasons of teaching in eleven separate institutions and six different towns, the pupils in all numbering about two thousand. Miss Willard in 1868 made a two years trip to Europe with Aiiss Kate Jackson, who defrayed the expense. They visited Egypt, the Holy Land, Russia and all the rest of Europe. This European trip was Miss Willard’s one experience of life, as worldlings live it. She said: “Three things 1 did, once in awhile, during my two years and four months of foreign travel, that I never did and never do at home. I went to see sights on Sunday, went to the theater and took wine at dinner.” She learned to love Rudesheimcr and Grand Chartreuse, and in short, she did in Rome as the Romans do, honestly avowing, as she still vows, that the forbidden pleasures were sweet, ami were abandoned with a sigh. Miss Willard was thirty-live years old when she finally adopted temperance work as her vocation, although she was hereditarily disposed to it, her father and mother having been lifelong teetotalers and their children being accustomed from infancy to the representation of tiie ease against alcohol. It was not, however, until 1873 that Miss Willard entered the temperance field as a missionary. She was soon in tiie heat of the fray in tiie cause of temperance, and shortly was chosen president of the. Woman’s Temperance Society in Chicago. She continued her labors in the local field, and in the autumn of 1875 was instrumental in the founding of the National Woman s Temperance Union, of which she was appointed national secretary. In 1878 Aiiss Willard began a systematic tour of the American continent, addressing meetings in every town in the Union of five thousand or more inhabitants. In the ten years from 1878 to 188,S she averaged but three weeks a year at home and addressed an average of one meeting each day during the whole of that period. * , . . . At Baltimore in IS7B a proposal to indorse woman’s suffrage as a temperance measure was Rejected, but the official organ was permitted to publish reports of the work of societies on that line. The next year at Indianapolis Aiiss Willard was elected president of the National W. C. T. U., a post which she has held ever since. Under her presidency the convention next year dechired in favor of woman’s suffrage, and the whole work of the organization was revised. Individual superintendents were substituted for committees “on the principle that if Noah had appointed a committee the ark would still have been on the stocks.” , , Os Aiiss Willard’s hearty sympathy with every progressive movement there is no need to speak. Her absorbing idea for many years was the combination of tiie labor, the temperance and the woman’s party. The W. C. T. IT. is strong for arbitration as against strikes, for shortened hours of labor, and for all that humanizes and elevates the workmen. It is all for peace, for purity and for tho elevation of the standard of beauty and of comfort in the homes of the people# Nor must it be imagined that Miss Willard was opposed to amusements. Sho wrote: “For the stage I have a strong natural liking. In England I saw Sothern as David Garrick, and it lifted up my spirit as a sermon might. But in this age, with my purpose and its demoralization, the stage is not for me. Somewhere, some time it may have the harm taken out of it. but where or when this generation and many more to follow this will ask, I fear, in vain-” I)urir.g recent years Aiiss Willard was heard of and read of as doing so much White Ribbon and social purity work that her books mad© themselves prominent places. Among her dozen best known works are: “A Wheel Within a Wheel.” "Hints and Helps for the W. C. T. U.,” “Woman in the Pulpit.” “A Classic Town.” “A Young Journalist” and “Glimpses of Fifty Years.” In 1895 Miss Willard was tiie guest of Lady Henry Somerset at the latter’s home in England for almost a year. She returned Sept. 27. 1896, and since then had been unceasing in her efforts to advance the cause she loved. Charles Doyle. CHICAGO, Feb. 17.—Charles, better known as “Con” Doyle, one of the best knotvn prize fighters in the country died this evening of hemorrhage, superinduced by acute alcoholism. Doyle was taken to the hospital on Monday. Doyle was up to a year ago one of the most promising men in the 145-pound class in tiie country. Doyle engaged in a number of notable ring encounters. the most conspicuous being his twenty-eight-round battle with Tommy Ryan at Shelby, Ind., in September, 1890, Kt. Hon. Sir James Stenmfeld. LONDON, Feb. 17.—Right Hon. Sir James Stem: t feld is dead at the age of seventyeight years. He had held the offices of lord of the admiralty, under secretary for Indio, lord of the treasury, and represented Halifax in Parliament from 1861 to 1895. Victory for tlic Complainant. BLOOMINGTON, 111., Feb. 17.-To-night the jury in tiie case of Olga Greenwait, of Peoria, vs. Daykin Brothers, Tbcross and

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HOW WE TAKE COLD. Fatigue and Anxiety Have More to Do with It tlian Bad Weather. Washington Post. “One of my patients could not understand why he took such a severe cold,” said a doctor, who is especially familiar with throats and lungs. “He said he had ample warm clothing, mackintosh, umbrella, and rubbers, and that his exposure didn’t compare with many he had undergone, and from which he suffered no ill. “When I questioned him. lie remembered that he was very much fatigued the last time. That was the secret of it. It requires very little exposure for one to take eol<} when he is weary or anxious or depressed. The condition of the nervous system has more to do with it titan tiie condition of the atmosphere. “The explanation is very simple. The power to resist diseases of this kind depends on the temperature of the body. You can sometimes stop a bad cold short by hot drinks, and getting your back warm. The temperature of the body is maintained by the nervous system, and the least trouble with the nerve centers lowers the temperature and invites a cold. It is an interesting fact that the bodily temperature is wholly independent of outside conditions. It is a little more than 98 degrees at the equator and at the north pole, if Prof. Andree happens to be there. This is because the nervous system regulates it. But for its watchful care, the temperature of the l>ody would rise with every muscular movement and would rise or fall with the outside temperature. When anything is wrong with the nervous system, it does not perform its work as it, should, just as a clock cannot keep good time when anything is wrong with Its insides. No amount of warm clothing will entirely compensate for tiie disturbance of the nerve centers by work carried so far as to bring weariness, or by anxiety, fright, and so on. When a man is depressed in spirit or fatigued, lie should ho most careful about exposing himself to bad weather. “It is this nervous origin of colds (hat accounts for the shocking suddenness with which robust men in apparent good health are attacked and carried off by pneumonia. In nearly every case, if we could know tit© truth, we should find an unfavorable slat© of mind. The nervous, pushing Americans are more often the victims of pneumonia than any other people, not because our climate is so much worse, but because, we aro less serene and less moderate in our work. "At this season exposure to wind and dampness causes an acute catarrh in most cases, or a bronchitis; but it may easily result in pneumonia. The best preventive is a cheerful mind, and that can be cultivated. It is largely within a man’s own power to be cheerful or glum. A determination to shed anxiety, to look on the pleasant side of everything will sometimes save a mans life, and very often enable him to escape a bad cold. We may pay a big price for the doubtful pleasure of being irritable and anxious. , , “It is a remarkable thing tlvat so few set to work deliberately to be happy. Men have an idea they are pursuing happiness when they toil for riches and refuse to bo genial for fear they may relax their efforts to obtain the means to buy happiness. They might have-many happy hours, in spite of a predisposition to crossness, if they would only make up their minds to b>‘ cheerful. Determination has much to do with it. Delsarte maintained that if one puts himself in the attitude that is characteristic of any emotion, he will really experience that emotion. At least it is true that if one puts himself in the mental attitude of cheerfulnesis, simply resolves to bo cheerful, he will overcome almost any degree of depression. It is the best prophylactic in the world to be cheerful. Even the most virulent bacteria cannot work as fatally in a merry as in a melancholy person. “The French doctors have discovered that many diseases may be successfully treated by music. The idea is as old as Plato. How right Emerson was when lie said that amazing philosopher had clapped copyright on everything in tiie world of ideas, in the Charmides of Plato there i* a remarkable account of the theory of such a treatment, attributed by Socrates to Tamolxis, the Thracian god-king. “It is now some, years since Alattnew Arnold found fault with tie medical profession, and justly, for its ignorance of ihe relations of moral fault and disease. © are only at, the beginning of inoral therapeutics.” Connubial Cruelty. Chicago Tribune. Young Husband—'What’s the matter, Ethel? Young Wife—Nothing, sir! Nothing. if you choose to cut the, pages of th© magazines with the same old penknife you use to ut off the ends of your cigars with, when I gave you a nice pearl-handled paper cutter for a Christmas present, it's nothing to mo. (Hoh.-e Family Pleasantry. New Y'ork Evening Sun. It can be easily seen from the postoffice statistics that the valentine is still fashionable in Brooklyn. It just shows the conservatism of that borough. Over there social customs are not given up readily. They survive for about five years after they bf*’'*> been abandoned on this side of th© bridge. r inUB . ■. % - Barbarous Prison System. Springfield Republican. George Kennan, who has seen the Russian convict system at its worst, stimulates our American pride by saying that he has seen “worse sights in the South’’ than in Siberia. The convict lease system in some Southern States should bo utterly abolished, in his opinion. Mnrderrr Merry Respited. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Feb. 17. Christopher Merry, the peddler, who was to have been hanged to-morrow for wife murder, was to-day respited for sixty days by Governor Tanner. Merry’s lawyers asked for time to appeal to the Supreme Court. Losses by Fire. SPRINGFIELD. Maas.. Feb. 17.-The Burbank block in Pittsfield was burned early to-day. The loss on building and contents will aggregate *45,000. A few days ago David Wallace, highest man in the courthouse bowling “gang." met “Herm" Tuttle, who leads the Capital (Jtty Club. He challenged Tuttle to a game and was accepted. The game came off last night at tho Marlon Club, before as many people as could crowd into the place. Tutti* was iugtonoutuy dcteoLnd by a score of 167 OT HI