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rmi*t secure a majority In both House and Senate for some definite proposition. The B<u4 buss understand this; they know that an ambiguous plaiform is equivalent to a gold-standard platform. Mr. Cleveland was •elected in 1892 upon a platform which declared for the use of gold and silver as the standard money of the country. and for the coinage of both gold and silver without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage, and yet Mr. Clove.and found no difficulty in supporting the single gold standard. The Democratic par:.v will not return to the days of uncertainty and evasion. When the • •ppnnents of 1G to 1 agree u|*on another ratio it will be time enough to compare the merits of the new ratio with the merits of the old ratio. But they will not be permitted ,io suspend the party in midair, out of reach of 1H to 1 and out of sight of anything else. To surrender the ratio is to accept the gold standard as final. “The Chicago platform was good when t lepted; It gr< • r with age. It was strong in 1886; it ie stronger now. NKW QUESTIONS. “But enough of old issues; what of the Hew questions? Our party cannot ignore the issues raised by the war. It must speak out against militarism now or forever hold its peace. A large standing army is not only an experts.- to the people, but it is a menace to th- Nation, and the I>emocratic party will is? a unit In opposing It. "A word in regard to imperialism. Those who advocate the annexation of the Philpln< s call themselves expansionists, but th< y are really imperialists. The word ex--1 ion would describe the acquisition of .Itory to be populated by homogenous i <*rple, and to be carved into states like those now in existence. An empire sug£l sts variety in rac* and diversity in gov-rnnu-nt. ’I he imperialists do not desire to clothe the Filipinos with all the rights and privileges of American citizenship; they want to exercise sovereignty over an alien rac< and they expect to rule the new subjects upon a theory entirety at variance with constitutional government. Victoria L Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India; shall we change the title of our executive and call him the President of the United States and Emperor of the Philippines? “The Democratic party stood for the money of th< Constitution in it stands for the government of the Constitution now. It opposed an English financial policy in I860; it opposes an Plnglish colonial policy now. Those who in 1896 were in favor of turning the American people over to ih • greed of foreign financiers and domestic trusts may now be willing to turn the Filipinos over to the tender mercies of military governors and carpet-bag officials. “Those who in IhW> thought the people of *h< United States too weak to attend to iheir own business may now think them strong enough to attend to the business of remote and alien races, but those who in ih:i fought for independence for the American people will not now withhold independence from those who desire it elsewhere. “We are told that the Filipinos are not capable of self-government; that has a familiar ring. Only two years ago I h p ard iho same argument made against a very i expectable minority of the people of this country. The money loaners who coerced borrowers did it upon that theory; the employers who coerced their employes did it for the same reason. Self-government increases with particiiation in government. The Filipinos are not far enough advanced to share in the government of the people of the United States, but they are competent io govern themselves. It is not fair to compare them with our own citizens because the American people have been educating themselves in the science of government for near- . ly three centuries, and while we have much to learn, wc have already made great improvement. The Filipinos will not establish a perfect government, but they will establish a government as nearly perfect as they are competent to enjoy, and the United States can protect them from molestation from without. "The Republicans of Illinois, of course, will not expect the Filipinos to select a legislature equal to the last Republican legislature in fidelity to the public welfare. Illinois became t State nearly a century ago. and tho Legislature which enacted the Allen law wati, as it were, the ripened fruit of long experience. Give the Filipinos time and opportunity, and, while they never will catch vp with us, unless we cease to improve, yet they may some day stand where we stand now. "What excuse can be given for the adoption of a colonial policy? Secretary Gage disclosed the secret in his Savannah speech. I think we might be justified in calling Mr. Gage the keyhole of the administration, because wo iook through him to learn what is going on within the executive council chamber. He suggested that ‘philanthropy and 5 per cent.’ would go hand In hand in the new venture. These are the two arguments which are always used in favor of conquest. Philanthropy and 5 per cent.! The one chloroforms the conscience of the conqueror and the other picks the pocket of the conquered. “Some sty that philanthropy demands that we govern the Filipinos for their own good, while others assert that we must hold the islands because of the pecuniary profit (o be derived from them. I deny the soundness of both arguments. Forcible annexation will not only be criminal aggression tio borrow Mr. McKinley’s language *>f ,i year ago), but it will cost more than U is worth, anti the whole people wall pay the cost, while a few will reap all the benefits. “Still we iker is the argument based ui>on religious duty. The Christian religion rests upon the doctrine of vicarious suffering and atonement; the colonial policy rests upon the doctrine of vicarious enjoyment. “When the desire to steal becomes uncontrollable in an individual he Is declared to be i kleptomaniac and is s>nt tc an asylum; when the desire to grab land becomes uncontrollable in a nation we are told tl.ut the ’currents of destiny are flowing through the hearts of men’ and that the American people are entering ui*m their manifest mission.

"Shame upon a logic which looks up the ra tty offender and enthrones grand larceny. Have tin- people returned to the worship of the golden calf? Have they made unto themselves anew commandment consistent with the spirit of conquest and the lust for empire? Is 'thou shalt not steal upon a small scale’ to be substituted for the law of Moses? “Awake! oh. ancient law-giver, awake! Break forth from thine unmarked sepulchre and speed thee back to the cloud-crowned summit of Mount Sinai; commune once more with the god of our fathers and proclaim again the words engraven upon the tables of stone —tho law that was, the law that is to-day—the law that neither individual nor nation can violate with impunity.” * _ ALTGELD ISM EXPO! NIIEU. Characteristic Speech by the Ex-Gov-ernor of Illinois. OMAHA. Neb.. Jan. 7.—What the members of the Jacksonian Club of this city assert was the most successful banquet ever held took place in the dining room of the Paxton Hotel, which could barely accommodate those in attendance. Democrats from all parts of the State were present, and with them many leading Populists, in eluding all the State officials. Ex-Governor Altgeld, of Chicago, cx-Vice President Stevi nson. of Illinois, and Congressman Sulzer, of New York, as the guests of honor, made the’ principal speeches. Mr. Altgeld had as his subject "The Situation.” lie said in part: "Look about you. Nearly all wealth of this land is passing into a lew nands, and not one ot these hands tavor the freedom of the c:tiz< n. Every great industrial, commercial, mining or ti: asportation enterprise is passing Into tho hands nrst of corpoiations, and then by further consolidation into the hands of trusts which thus have an absolute monopoly— a momqrtily which can. arbitrarily, lix prices, fix wages and regulate outpu-—a monopoly* which lias no sout and whose chief purpose is to plunder the public. The monopolist and the sjH?cuiator prosper, but the masses wither. Men of moderate forums and fair incomes, who were tne bul- • ;>’t of tin Republic, are slowly but surely b'.uvT wiped out. We are being reduced to 1 „o class*: ; in the first stages these will be known as the very rich and the moderately poor, and in tho second stage as the Mast* rs and the slaves. We have established a monied aristocracy and are now* fastening a yoke on posterity. A standing army is to lie enthroned Hnd bayonet argument is to govern. Republican institutions cannot live amid these conditions. Wealth has never been the friend of liberty. Concurrently with the progress of these changes we hear the snarling voices of men who deride the doctrines of Jefferson and I-ir.coln that made our country "Teat and mighty. Already we see magazine articles urging the establishment by law of a permanent aristocracy in our system of government, and from high quarters we hear a demand for Hamiitonism. Hamilton believed in monarchy and aristocracy bottomed on corruption. * • * “Verily, the spirit of Hamilton fits these times, but what shall we say ot u Judiciary that openly rejoices over the fact that an era oi corruption has enveloped the land, that the betrayal of the peopie lias become & science, and that the robbing of the people has become a tine art? And now we are to widen the sphere of this class of statesmen by giving tiurn a chance to rob the Filipinos Heaven pity those poor jieopie. The Spaniard took what was in sight, but the Hajnlltoflke, with his bond Jobbery, enters the womb of the future and plasters his mortgage on remote generations. ”We wish to prevent the enslavement of our people and the establishment of an aristocracy. IV e sec that no aristocracy, either

of birth or wealth, can be established or maintained where the great masses are prosjterous and independent. It can exist only amid cheap property, cheap labor and cheap men. A cowed and a poor people are the soil in which it grows. Then gave us a financial system which paralyzed our country, which cheapened property, which crushed labor and which cheapened manhood and destroyed independence; thev laid the first stone for American aristocracy. If these conditions are to continue, then the star of the republic has set. But if we can overthrow this system, if we can te-establirh bimetallism, if we can found a scientific monetary system and restore the price of products and of property, if we can raise the spirit of labor and renew the independence of the masses, then the beginning of the n<xt century will crush this aristocracy to atoms and ca*k it to the fmf winds, and a liberated people, bowing only to the God who made tnem, will leap forward with a joy that shall gladden the earth. You see the money question confronts us at the door. It is not of our choosing. We cannot make issues. Issues grow out of wrongs—grow out of Injustice, grow out of human suffering. Cow ards . nd we klings evade them, but men must *ueet them. • * • “What about lfi to 1? Well, my friends, it is not in our power to change this; it is impossib.e to get anything along any other line. Change the ratio and the whole case dissolves. To be sure, theoretically this is not so, but we have to deal with fearfully sad facts. F’or twenty years both of the great parties denounced the gold standard and demanded the free coinage of silver at the old ratio. It looked as if the question would be settled in a week, but instead the gold standard got more firmly seated in the saddle. How? By corruptly controlling the government and manipulating Congress. Open the question of ratio and you will get no action in a century'. To drop the ratio is to betray the cause. We are for the old ratio because it is right, because it will undo a great crime, because it will make prosperity possible, because we cannot succeed in any other way, and because the suggestions for a change come only from the enemy. * * * “We are in a crisis. The liberties of a mighty people are at stake. There is no neutral ground. Trimming and trading can no longer be tolerated. The world demands earnestness and candor. I do not believe in the black flag; give every honorable enemy quarters. But we have a sacred black motto which we must keep to the front, and that is, ‘Woe unto him who trifles with the American democracy.’ Grover Cleveland is dead, and lie left no friends to whom to send the obituary notices. Scores of wabl.lir.g statesmen are to-day looking through the fence into the graveyard for a burial place, because they w< re hit by the wrath >f a deceived people. Each age furnishes a weapon for the people. The w’eapon for his age is initiative and referendum. Through it we can restore democracy. Then fill our people with the spirit of Andrew Jackson, and the corruption of Hamiltonism, as well as the hy’pocrisy of McKinleyism. will not longer threaten or disgrace our land.” Mr. Stevenson's subject was "The Democratic Party,” and his address was devoted to a history of the party and an argument against expansion. Mr. Sulzer s subject was “The We Celebrate.” Mr. Altgeld was the only one of the speakers who made any reference to free coinage, and he oniy briefly. The subject did not receive much attention from any of the speakers. The two or three references to \\ . J. Bryan as the Democratic candidate in 1900 each created great enthusiasm. A letter from Mr. cyan, expressing regret at his inability to be present, was ueartay cheered when read. In it Mr. Bryan said: “We are passing through a struggle similar to tnat which the national bank forced upon the Democratic parly in the days of Jackson, and the contest must end now as it enued then unless our people have lost interest in their own welfare. The increasing brood of trusts, led by the money trust, the parent of ail the others, wilt soon matte representative government a tarce if they continue to furnish the campaign contributions to elect officials and then secure immunity from punishment because of contributions. Two new questions—militarism and imperialism—have been thrust upon the country as a result of the war, but they can soon be removed from the arena of politics if met at once by the discipies ol Jefferson and Jackson ana solved In accordance with Democratic principles. Those who prize independence themselves are willing to grant it to others; tiiose who rely upon reason to advance their cause deny the necessity for an increase in the permanent military establishment. Let those advocate colonial policy who have lost faith in self-government; let tnose turn to force who discard justice.”

REPLY TO WATTERSON. Mr. Tlioiiiiih Pleads for Rryauisiu and Hie Cause of Silver. DENVER, Col., Jan. 7.—Governor-elect Charles S. Thomas, of Colorado, delivered the principal address before the Jacksonian Club this evening. Governor-elect Thomas, in the course of his address, replied to the recent editorial of Henry Watterson, in the Louisville Courier-Journal, in which the latter suggested that Admiral Dewey and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee be made the Democratic nominees for 1900, with the platform, “The stars and stripes—God bless them.” Governor Thomas said in part; “Bourbon density is said to be proverbial. It polarizes in the political atmosphere or doiu Democracy w nicn biuiully assumes that the national organization ,steady to toss the t tins it on: the drivers’ box to those whom the vehicle but yesterday run over. 'Old horse sense sitting In the rocker' is dilapidated when it asserts either that the economic issues of the last campaign are obsolete or that the leadership of that time is not the leadership of 1899. it may be that in 1!k) Democracy will find inspiration in the name of the great admiral; it may be that the events of the ensuing period will point to him a. c > its logical candidate; it may be that General Lee or some other conspicuous military lighter will stand as ids associate, but these conditions must come, if at ail, not that the bolters of 19> may be persuaded to return, not that their views or opinions must be accepted, but that through such leadership the principles of the Chicago platform may be enduring. But if it be true that the political platforms are formulated by political hypocrites and predestined to abandonment, and that Democracy's sole pledge foi ItOO should be ‘the stars and stripes—Bod biess them, what assurance can we give that any pledge, involved even in such a catch-phrase, will not be disregarded? * * * "it we have lost all the devotion to our party principles and our political duty is performed by resorting to any device which promises victory, it were better to adopt Colonel Sellers’s platform and ‘go in for the old flag and an appropriation.’ This has some political meaning, and in sentiment it s fully equal to its more graceful but not less attractive Wattersonian imitation. "We arc warned that the Republican leaders are not going to handicap themselves with any ancient party rubbish. Hence it is argued that we should not only imitate but support them in our desertion of party principles. Wc are toid that at the opportune moment McKinley and Wheeler will march down to tho footlights to the tune of ‘The Land Wc Love,’ or words to that effect. if national politics have descended to the song-and-tiance level of negro minstrelsy. one set oi end men will serve as well as another. We arc not concerned as to the names of the performers if the song and j‘g he satisfactory. Indeed, if such an attitude is to be assumed by the Republican party in 1900 we should spurn the suggestion that we imitate it. Let us stand by our colors, well knowing that if we are right defeat shall be turned Into victory, and, if we are wrong, possibly they will give us the credit for the sincerity of our conviction. Wc are not to he diverted from the real issues of the hour by the clamor or tiie protests of the enemy in the open or the enemy in disguise. “The issue oi iree stiver may be relegated to the ‘limbo of business shades.’ but it will not be consigned there by the wishes or the assertions of those who fear or who condemn it. - The men to whose keeping the fortunes of our party were committed by its las. convention believe that its declarations mean something. They do not estimate Us principles by the changing currents of pubc sentiment or the shifting standards of expediency. They are building, not for a day or a generation, but for ail time. To them defeat in ISOO means delay hut not disaster. * * * They welcome to their ranks all who believe with us without regard to past affiliations. To such the right hand of fellowship shall be extended. They invite the return of those who led us astray in other days and abandoned us when we assayed to return, but these should come in sackcloth and serve their day of probation. The purple of authority and the feast of the fatted calf are not for the prodigal sons of Democracy. When works met i for repentance have been performed and due atonement in the ranks have been made the deserters of may again aspire to the seats of the prophet and the law giver. Until then the faithful only should be rewarded with authority." ROSS CHOKER’S LETTER. It Is Notice to Democracy tlint Ilrynniom Him Hud Its Day. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—" Boss” Croker timed bis letter in opposition to the Bryan theory of anti-expansion so that it would get to the public simultaneously with the Nebraskan’s latest pronounc* ment on that subject. The Croker letter favoring expansion and branding fr> *• silver dead is, therefore, portentously significant. It is

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formal notice to the Democratic party that Bryan and his fallacies must be laid on the shelf or else that the Democratic ticket suffer the loss of Eastern support in IfOO. This puts the responsibility of defeat solely on the South. The South will have control of the national convention and can name the nominee. It must decide whether to name a certain loser or a man with a chance. The Croker letter would seem to dispose of Gorman almost as completely as Bryan. Croker has set the Democratic leaders at sixes and sevens. OBITUARY. Lawrence Hnrrlgun, Once a WellKnown Chief of Police. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 7.—Lawrence Harrigan, who for many years was one of the bestknown chiefs of police in this country, died to-day as the result of a complication of diseases, aged sixty-five years. The deceased was born in Ireland June 15, 1834. He came to New r York when fourteen years.old. After learning the shoemaker trade young Harrigan came to St. Louis, and on the recommendation of the Hon. Frank P. Blair he was appointed to the police force in 1857. Gradually Harrigan worked himself up through all the grades until in June, 1874. he was appointed chief of police. That position he held with the exception of four years, which time he served as appraiser of the port here, until last May, when he resigned. William Neeb. PITTSBURG, Jan. 7.—William Neeb, aged seventy-six, proprietor of the Freiheits Freund, died this evening from the effects of grip complicated with pneumonia. Mr. Neeb came to this city at an early age from Manheim, Germany, where he was born, and entered the employ of the Freiheits Freund in 1873. He rapidly rose to the management of the paper and has been continuously in newspaper work for sixty-two years. .lames F. Mathew*. NEW YORK, Jan. 7. —James F. Mathews died at his home in this city to-day from pneumonia, aged fifty years. He was born in Cardenas, Cuba, of American parents, had resided in New York for two years, having lived in Georgetown and Denver, Cel., and was largely interested in mining property. \\ illtur W. Tlioburn. PALO ALTO, Cal., Jan. 7.—Mr. Wilbur W. Thoburn, professor of bionomics at Stanford University, is dead. About ten days ago he was attacked with grip. Later the disorder developed into pneumonia and bronchitis, and the doctors were unable to check the dread disease. He was born in Belmont, O. William Howell Seymour. DAYTON, 0., Jan. 7.—William Howell Seymour, tho old-time actor, died at the hospital to-day of heart trouble. He came here broken down in health some time ago and the police sent him to the hospital. MR. DINGLEY WEAKER. Physicians Have Not Abandoned Hope, hut His Condition In Critical. WASHINGTON. Jan..B.—At 2 o’clock this morning Mr. Dingley was sleeping quietly, and his condition had not changed. Mr. Dingley’s condition in the past twenty-four hours has been extremely critical, and despite the assurance of the physicians that they have not abandoned hope, there is strong apprehension as to the outcome, the patient growing gradually weaker. The physician who -emained most of the night reported at midnight: “Mr. Dingley Is certainly no worse and is resting quietly.” Messrs. Edward N. and A. H. Dingley, of Kalamazoo, two of the sons, who speeded between Kalamazoo and Fort Wayne on a special switch engine to catch the flyer there, arrived here last night, and A. G. Dingley, another son, will reach here Monday from Mexico. President McKinley called at the hotel to inquire in person yesterday afternoon, and Mrs. McKinley sent the distinguished patient a bunch of flowers. Representative Hull, of lowa, is reported to be steadily improving, and no further concern is felt over his condition, although it will take some days for recuperation. Both ex-Secretary of State John W. Foster and Hon. Wayne McVeagh are steadily gaining ground, and were much improved last night.

WESTERN BALL LEAGUE. Admission of llufTalo to Circuit Ratified by Club Managers. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Western Baseball League officials met here to-day and ratified the admission of Buffalo. N. Y., into tire Western League. The selection of a board of directors and a schedule committee also came up for consideration, it is generally understood that some changes in the circuit wall be made before the meeting adjourns, as a majority of the members, it is said, are not entirely satisfied with the present arrangements. Columbus, 0., was not a brilliant success as a baseball tow*n last year from a business point of view, and a number of members are looking for a substitute for the Ohio city. Toronto was selected as the candidate a few weeks ago, but today the members were inclined to favor Cleveland in case the National League team there should be transferred to St. Louis. President Johnson said no definite action could be taken until the courts have decided the legal controversy now' pending at St. Louis between Chris Von der Ahe and Receiver Muckenfuss over the ownership of the St. Louis Browns. CITY TREASURER CLUBBED. Hl* Head Beaten in n Jelly and S2OO Taken from Hl* Safe. NEW CASTLE, Pa., Jan. 7.—John Blevins, city treasurer of New Castle, was found at 12 o’clock to-night in his office, unconscious and dying. His head had been beaten to a jelly, the safe broken open and perhaps S2OO in money stolen. This evening Blevins went to the tailor’s for anew suit of clothes. The garments were not ready and he went to his office, which is over the jail, to wait until the tailor had finished. YVhen at midnight he nad not retujfied home his son went to his office. He fbuod his father lying on the floor, unconscious, in a pool of blood. He died soon afterwards. The robbers and murderers had left no ciew to their identity. The prisoners in the jail said they heard a sound as of something falling about y o'clock, and that was about the. time Blevins went to his office. FOR CRIMINAL PRACTICE. Prof. J. W. McClure Given a Life Sentence by a Kentucky Jury. MI’NFORDVILLE, Ky., Jan. 7.—Prof. J. \\. McClure, who was indicted with the Rev. Gregory Doyle for the murder of M;ss Lvdia Bracher, was to-day given a life sentence. The jury was out four hours. Doyle is a Baptist .minister, and, it is alleged. had betrayed Miss Bracher, and while in that condition he is said to have induced Professor McClure, who is one of the most prominent enducaiors in this section, to perform a criminal operation, w'hich resulted in tiie girl’s death. Separate trials were demanded and McClure was tried first. MRS. HAIL GETS DIVORCE. Free from the Yoke That Bound Her to u Roush Rider. NORWALK, 0., Jan. 7.—Jennie Dunbar Hall, of this city, was granted a divorce this afternoon from Thomas W. Hail and given the custody of their children. The defendant is well known throughout the country as Tom Hall, of literary fame, contributor to Life and other periodicals. He was adjutant of the Rough Riders. Henry Clay’* Monument Out of Plumb. LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 7.—The monument over Henry' Clay’s grave in Lexington Cemetery' has been found to be very much out of plumb. The shaft is over one hundred feet tall, and serious apprehension is felt os to us sassing.

THE TYLER LYNCHING ANOTHER BATCH OF WITNESSES EXAMINED AT SCOTTSBURG. • ♦ Attorney General Taylor Strike* Several Good Lead*, and A\ 111 Go Before Grand Jury This Week. * Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SCOTTSBURG. Ind., Jan. 7.—County Coroner Andrew L. Blackali to-day resumed his official inquest in the matter of the lynching of Marion Tyler here on the morning of Dec. 24. Two days last week were consumed in taking testimony, and at that time there were no sensational developments, yet there were enough to give Attorney General Taylor and other officers sufficient encouragement to continue the investigation. At that time there did not appear to be much interest taken in the matter by citizens except from a matter of curiosity, but to-day w’hen the inquest convened a yery good crowd was present and the officers were given to understand that the sentiment of the people was clearly in favor of a vigorous investigation. About a dozen witnesses testified, some in private. The testimony of the latter can only be surmised. The testimony given to-day established the fact that at least a portion of the mob came to Seottsburg that night from a distance; that they came afoot, having hitched their horses in the bottoms about two miles north of this place, near the Marshfield water tank. This water tank is on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway. This testimony was not given publicly, but it is generally admitted as a fact. This, coupled with other stories which have in mysterious ways reached the officers, leads them to believe that they have a very good clew. Nearly all who testified to-day reside in the country—some as far as six miles from this piace. It developed today that the attorney general and deputy prosecutor were in possession of “pointers” of which the public here is not advised. This afternoon somewhat of a sensation was created by one witness w'hose manner on the stand indicated that he was not willing to talk. He was examined closely, and he seemed to lie very positive in his answers. While his testimony alone was not of such vast importance, the evidence of others when taken in connection appeared to establish a most important clew for the officers to w*ork upon. Indeed, the conduct of this witness was enough to cause a silence ir. the room, which indicated plainly that the audience believed the officers had at last hit upon a clew worth following. Summing up the whole testimony so far given publicly there is nothing developed to warrant the arrest of any one. At the request of the attorney general, deputy prosecutor and many citizens Coroner Blackali at 5 o’clock this afternoon continued the inquest indefinitely. Cfircuit Court convenes next Monday, and a special grand jury has been drawn to investigate the lynching. It is believed that Judge Willard New' will deliver such a charge to the grand jury as will cause it to make a most thorough investigation.

THE OIL FIELD REC ORD. Buuclte* of Dry AYells Coining; iu with the Good) One*. Sp-etul to the Tndianapoli? Journal. MONTPELIER, Ind., Jan. B.—Operations are getting more active each day in the Indiana oil field. While no gushers are being completed, there are some good wells drilled in. The last few dtiys has developed a great number of dry holes, but they come in with the producers and do not condemn a very large space of territory. The Ohio Oil Company has completed well No. 5 on the J. B. Wilt farm, in Section 4, Washington township Blackford county, and it did thirty barrels, while the same company’s No. 2, on the Adam Schmidt farm, in Section 9, same township, did thirty barrels. Same company has abandoned well No. 9 on the M. M. Shinn farm, same township. Same company has just completed two worthless wells for oil on the M. Nelson farm, same township; also a failure in No. 17 well on the C. Mclntyre farm, same township. Edwards & Mount have also completed a dry hole on the Williams farm, same township. R. H. Mooney has finished No. 13 on the J. F. A. Leonard farm, in the same township, and it is good for five barrels. The Northern Indiana Oil Company’s No. 13, on the Roberts farm, same township, did ten barrels, as did the same company’s No. 2 on the J. L. Russell farm, same township. The Elcho Oii Company’s No. 4, on the A. M. Gale farm, in Harrison township, same county, proved a failure. N. T. O’Mara’s No. 3, on the W. McMahon farm, same township, also proved to be a duster. McDonald it Co.'s Nos. 1 and 5, on ;he William Twibeil farm, same township, have been abandoned. The James Giles Oil Company has completed well No. 5 on the Joseph Meyers farm, in Chester township, Weils county, and it is good for five, barrels. The Smith Oil Company’s No. 1, on the C. J. Wolf farm, in the same township, is a failure. The Acme, oil Company’s No. 24, on the J. Morrison farm, in Section 13, Jackson township, same county, did thirty barrels. The Hazlewood Oil company's No. 4, on the J. Yahne farm, same township, did ninety barrels. The Ohio Oil Company’s No 11, on the West brothers’ farm, in the same township, did twenty-five barrels, and the same company's No. 9, on the J. H. Williamson farm, in Chester township, did thirty barrels. The Chamness C il comp; ny’s No. 2. on the E. Chamness farm, in Section 13, Jackson township, Jay county, did forty barrels. Tho Hamilton Oil Company’s No. 11. on the W. R. Wheat farm, in Section 12, same township, did twenty-five barrels. The Warren-Indiana OIL Company’s No. 3, on the J. S. Miller farm, in Section 8, Bear Creek township, did fifty barrels. The Mell* ville Oil Company’s No. 1, on the C. Northern farm, same township, did fifteen barrels. Miliiken <fc Cos. have drilled in a dry hole on the J. M. Miliiken farm, In the same township. The Ohio Oil Company has abandoned No. 10 on the B. F. Ninde farm, In Penn township. The Ohio Oil Company has abandoned No. 5 on the H. C. Creviston farm, in Van Buren township, Grant county. Same company’s No. 2, on the J. W. Holmes farm, same township, is good for fifteen barrels. R. H. Mooney’s No. 7, cn the J. D. Conwell farm, in the same township, did thirty barrels. The Strange Oil Company's No. 5, on the J. Strange farm, in Section 15, Monroe township, did ten barrels. The Superior Oil Company has abandoned Nos. 1 and 4 on the J. Swisher farm, in Van Buren township. The Harrison Township Oil Company’s No. 5. on the D. Heller farm, in Hartford township, Adams county, is good for twen-ty-five barrels. The Jerome Oil Company’s No. 2, on the G. C. Clav.son farm, in Wabash township, did ten barrels. The White River Oil and Gas Company’s No. 4, on the C. Hamlin farm, in Washington township. Marlon county, did twenty barrels, and the C. Noelling Oil Company’s No. 3, on the Sarah Wiggins farm, same township, did seventy-five barrels. The Hart Oil Company has completed a dry hole on the C. H. Ream farm, in Erie township, Miami county, and the Duke's Oil Company finished a duster on the C. Allman farm, in the same township. ♦ A TRUNK MYSTERY. Dismembered Body Shipped to Evansville from St. Lool*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 7.—A mysterious box of freight was opened here to-night at the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis freight house, and a dismembered body was found. The heads, legs, arms and a portion of the trunk were found. The box containing the cadaver was shipped to “E. L. Thurman” from St. Louis before Christmas, and It has since been stored here. No such party can he found in Evansville. It la believed a crime will develop when the ease is investigated. The coroner and police have taken hold of the matter, but there is little clew on which to work. A BLACK BRI'TE CAUGHT. Attempted to ODtrnge a AVabawh County Farmer’* Wife. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind., Jan. 7.—A negro named Marion Weaver was arrested and lodged in jail here this evening on the charge of attempting to criminally assault Mrs. Daugherty. a highly respected white woman, residing eight miles south of here. Mr. Daugherty was taking care of a sick neighbor last night, and Mrs. Daugherty, hearing a noise down stairs, stepped to her bedroom door to ascertain the .-ause, when she was confronted by Weaver, who works for Daugherty. He was almost entirely nude. and. swinging a razor in his hand, threatened her

life Sf she refused him. Mrs. Daugherty darted back into her room and loekt-d the door. Weaver afterward went to his own room nnd Mrs. Daugherty later escaped with ner children to a neighbor’s. Sheriff D. B. McKahnn and Marshal Charles Lines drove out to Daugherty’s farm this afternoon and captured Weaver. He was concealed in a hay mow. Angry farmers threatened to lynch the negro, but the officers landed him in jail to-night, where he is well guarded. MIXERS ARE DEFIANT. Indiana Men In Strong: Position for Strike If Necessary. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 7.—Delegates to the convention of the United Mine Workers of America left to-day for Pittsburg, headed by W. H. Kennedy, a member of the national executive board. Mr. Kennedy said that the miners of the Indiana district were better able to combat for their rights than ever before in the history of the Indiana district. He added that if it was found necessary to resort to a. strike the men would put up a fight which would go down in history. Their finances are in better shape than ever before and the organization is almost impregnable. A delegation of mine operators in this field, headed by J. Smith Talley, presidt nt of the Coal Bluff Mining Company, will leave to-morrow to take care of tho mine owners’ interests. Senor Romero’s Autograph. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Jam 7.—Court Bailiff D. H. Drummond, of this city, has in his possession a genuine autograph of the late Senor Matias Romero, Mexican ambassador to the United States, who died at Washington a week ago. While Mr. Drummond was living in Indianapolis, a dispute arose between him and some friends in regard to the translation of the sentence: “Life of flowers,” from English to Spanish. He wrote to Senor Romero and in a letter dated March 29. 1891, the ambassador replied: ”In replying to your letter of the 38th Inst. I beg to say that the literal translation of the words life of flowers, into Spanish is vida de las flores, and in the same sense of a plant fertilizer it should be translated planta fertilizadora.” Mr. Drummond prizes the letter very highly as it probably contains the only genuine autograph of the great diplomatist in the State. Councilman Bray Missing. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. 7.—There is considerable anxiety here over the disappearance of Councilman Samuel Bray. Mr. Bray left here on or about Dec. 8 and has not been seen or heard from since. The mayor and other city officials know nothing of his whereabouts and his wife is much ’concerned over his absence. Bray is chairman of the street and alley committee of the City Council, and is ak.o a member of two or three other important committees. He is said to sometimes take “spells” and leave home for aw'hile. Members of the Council have written to several places where Bray was reported to be, but their letters were returned. Editor Indicted for I.lbel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RENSSELAER, Ind., Jan. 7.—The present grand jury of the Jasper Circuit Court has made a general stirring up throughout the county. Among other indictments returned was one against Frank Babcock, editor of the Jasper County Democrat, for criminal libel, in that Mr. Babcock, through his paper, had charged the county auditor with issuing county warrants before the claims had been allowed by the Board of Commissioners. Another indictment was against John E. Alter, county surveyor, charging him with swearing to a claim as due and owing to him in nis official capacity for which the county was not liable. Bedford “Round-Table” Ladies. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 7.—The literary club of Bedford known us “The Ladies of the Round Table” observed its annual guest evening on Jan. 5 at the home of Mrs. C. S. Norton. The handsome residence was no doubt in marked contrast with the barrenness of King Arthur’s court of old. At 9 o’clock the president of the club, standing between two ladies, each bearing a basket of roses, announced that they were about to inaugurate again the w r ar of the roses. York and Lancaster were again to meet on the field. After the banquet there were toasts, and the session lasted until a late hour.

CliarKed with Criminal Assault. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, lnd., Jan. 7.—Considerable excitement was occasioned at Jonesboro today by the arrest of Fred Terrell on the charge of criminal assault on the fifteen-year-old daughter of William Hoagwood. it is alleged that the assault was committed last Thursday, but was not made public until to-day, when the father of the girl w 7 ent before Justice Cray at that place and swore out a warrant for Terrell’s arrest. Terrell was taken before the justice, where he pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the Ciri uit Court and lodged in jail at this place. Terrell is twenty-five years old. Beveridge Elected at Portland. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, lnd., Jan. 7.—To-day at Gable's cigar store, which is the Republican headquarters in this city, a vote was taken as to preferences for United States senatorshlp. A ballot box was secured and the polls were kept open for six hours. The most prominent Republicans voted, and none were permitted to vote who were not known as Republicans. In all 101 votes were cast, divided as follows: Beveridge, 67; Taylor, 20; Manly. 7; Steele. 5: Harrison, 1; Mount, 1. Hanly's friends had been claiming that popular sentiment favored their candidate. Big: Elevator at Knox. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KNOX, lnd., Jan. 7.—W. D. Ross, general agent of the Indiana, Illinois At lowa Railroad, was here yesterday arranging with Toledo people for the construction of a 100,-000-bushel transfer grain elevator on the railroad grounds similar to the one the company has at Kankakee. Grain will he shipped here and graded for the Eastern markets. Knox was chosen because of its central location, and also because of the N. Y., C. & St. L. Railroad crossing the 1., I. & 1 at this point. Poultry Show Over. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, lnd., Jan. 7.—The Southern Indiana Poultry Association closed tonight with the election of the following officers: President, Adam Heimberger; vice president, R. H. Bailey; secretary, Frank Heck: treasurer. LewMs G. Plefsaj executive committee, Wiliiam Jack, of Martinsburg; William Overton, of Pekin; S. E. Mclntosh, of Hardinsburg; William Pfrimmer, of Breckinridge; Edward Umtheiser, Edward Seymon and Meade J. Sowle, of this city. Fifty-Year-Old Band No More. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, lnd., Jan. 7.—The Silver Cornet Band, organized in 1848, one of the oldest in the State, and the Crescent Band have been consolidated and the stew organization will be known as the New Albany Military Band, with twenty-live pieces. The Silver Cornet Band has a number of prizes won in tournaments at St. Ixmis, New Orleans and Louisville. D. C. Axiine, of this city, is the only survivor of the original members. Suit Against Telegraph Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, lnd., Jan. 7.—Fred K. Rhoades, of Albany, has filed suit for $1,975 damages from the Western Union Telegraph Company because of the failure of that company to properly deliver a message. The plaintiff was summoned to the funeral of his sister in Virginia, and the telegram was not delivered until too late for him to attend. The error was made at the Albany othce of that company. I’niun Reform Party. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW' ALBANY, lnd., Jan. 7.—The Union Reform party of this district has elected Dr. William Moon, of Harrison county, as district chairman. At the convention last night a resolution was adopted to call the state convention Feb. 22. The Union Reform party is composed of Populists, Prohibitionists, Free Silver Republicans, Socialists and woman suffragists. Folkerth Charged with Forfcery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, lnd., Jan. 7.—John Folkerth was arrestod here to-day on a charge of

NOW FOR THE GREAT Set n i=An mi al Clearing Os Men’s Furnishings and Hats. Prices w hich will be Ibe tlk il the town. Everythin!! goes except credit. This is a stock cleaner and money raiser • Rend tlie Read Ivisst* Underwear Neckwear cinrl HnciVrv Elegant assortment, all shapes. anU 1 IUMCI y Nothing excluded. 20 per cent, discount on lity>rale price..JSc-3for*l everything 75c quality, sale price 50c In this department. Quite a large lot |m f ity tale pr i ce 75c of odds and ends at just one-half for- j* * " . . - Aft mer price ( Harderfold'excepted). i sl.oo quality, sa e p ...$ - | 42.00. 42.50 and $3.00 grades, 25 per cent. off. 5h i rts ■ —= A clean up, not only my retail f”j stock, but also my wholesale stock. About 100 dozen in all. 20 per cent, discount $ 1.00 Colored Shirts 75c THIS MEANS $1.50 Colored Shirts $1.12 . A $2.00 Colored Shirts $1.50 M y &* OO ;; SI.OO White Shirts 80c My s>.oo Christy.... ...$ . $1.50 White Shirts $1.20 Avery rare chance for a $2.00 White Shirts $1.60 I,ne ‘ lat * 20 to 331/3% Discount On All the Following Lines: Handkerchiefs, House Coats, Jewelry, Gloves (Fownes’ excepted), Bath Robes, Pocketbooks, Sweaters, Umrellas, Mufflers. $1 Oxford Mufflers, 78c; $1.50 grade, only $1.12. My goods have always been marked in plain figures, and not a mark has been changed. Everything above-board, honest and straightforward. Understand, positively no goods charged at sale prices. Please do not ask it. Come Early and My immense Stock You have money— T have a big stock of goods—l need money—you need goods. Hence this liberal offer to trade. I want your business. Gerritt A. Archibald

forgery, alleged to have been committed here about two years ago. Folkerth was formerly a printer, but left suddenly about two years ago. This morning he came m from St. Louis and meant to go to Chicago to-night. He is the son of Capt. Folkertn, of Camden, O. De Pauw’s Debating Team. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 7—W. H. Thompson, Fred and Fred Ogg were chosen last night in primary debate to represent De Pauw in the coming debate with Butler. De Pauw’s men will have the affirmative side of the Philippine question, Butler taking the negative side. The De Pauw team is a strong one. No More frupti In Hii*hville. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUBHVILLE, Ind., Jan. 7. The craps games of Rushville were closed last night by City Marshal Jones. Three games were In operation, and some big stakes were recently played for, causing some big winnings and losings. This came to the ears of the marshal, who immediately served notice to stop the games. Highwaymen Secure S4OO. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MATTHEWS, Ind., Jan. 7.—Joseph Newberger, a merchant, was held up on the Jonesboro pike at Barren creek, half way between Jonesboro and Matthews, by two highwaymen and relieved of S4OO last night. Mr. Newherger was returning home about 9 o’clock from a collecting tour. A Spasm of Virtue. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Jan. 7.—The commissioners of Adams county have become very economical. To-day they let the county printing for one year to the lowest bidder. There were several bids for the work, but ,Lew G. Ellingham, of the Decatur Demojerat, secured the contract. Major Steele for President. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Jan. 7.—Company H, of the Twelfth Indiana Regiment, in whiefi Major Steele, candidate for United States senator, served, held a reunion at Jonesboro Friday and passed resolutions favoring Maj. Steele for'Senator and for President of the United States in IPCb. Sixty Applicant* for Parole. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Jan. 7.-1116 board of managers of the Reformatory is in session to-day and up to a late hour tonight had not completed its work. There were sixty applicants for parole and the board is to-night examining these. Bradley Opera Hon*e Sold. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 7.—The Bradley Opera House property, which was some time ago damaged by tire, was this afternoon sold at sheriff’s sale. A. L. Munger, of Dayton, who holds a mortgage, bid in the property. Indiana Obituary. COLUMBUS, ind., Jan. 7. Mrs. Mary Nolle, nee Conner, wife of Alexander Noite, of Cincinnati, formerly of Moore's Vineyard, this county, died in Cincinnati to-day, aged thirty-four. She will be buried in this county. Mrs. Lola Stott, aged thirty, died at the family home in this city, to-day. She was the wife of D. C. Stott, postal clerk on the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. MUNOIE, Ind., Jan. 7.—Edmund Lovett, aged fifty-six, died last night at his home in Shideler of the grip. He was an old soldier and a member of the G. A. R. at Eaton. James O’Mearra, aged thirty-two years, died yesterday after a sickness lasting two years. He was well known as "Sprout” O’Mearra. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 7.—Mrs. T. A. Kennedy, aged fifty-two, died at her home here to-day of consumption, contracted while waiting on her daughter Rose, who died a year ago. A husband and six children survive. Two sons reside in Indianapolis and are in the Big Four railway service. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Jan. 7. Mrs. Mary Gibbs, a pioneer of this city, died at noon to-day, at the age of eighty-seven. She was the mother of Stephen Gibbs and Mrs. John Whitlow, and was wt 11 known over southern Indiana. Indiana Note*. J. S. Giles, proprietor of the Upland glass works, that has been in litigation for some time, has conveyed the property to the Safe Glass Company for $12,000. Articles of incorporation were filed in Grant county yesterday by Messrs. L. P. Halladay, B. F. Burk and M. M. Burk for the Marion Scale Company, capital stock $30,000. The scale which the company intends to manufacture is an invention by Halladay. who Is a member of the Marion Cycle Company. B. F. Burk is the owner of the North Marion window-glass factory, besides being the owner of the Marion Opera House. StrniiKletl Hernelf. WORCESTER. Mass.. Jan. 7.—Mrs. Maria Prouty committed suicide to-day by strangling herse f with a handkerchief. She was the wife of Wm. H. Prouty, a retired shoe manufacturer, and the mother of Miss IrisI). Prouty. whose fiance, Harry Hammond, 1 shot and killed himself yesterday.

MONEY WANTED. (Concluded from First Page.) $5,000,001). The incorporators are W. P. S. Melvin, East Orange, anil G. K. B. Wade and Herbert A. Howell, of New York. The objects of the company, as set out in tho artieies, are to manufacture, produce and sell electricity, gas and fuel and to operate railways, telephone lines, gas and electric light plants, etc. It is understood that the company is formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the street railways of the city of Havana. Death* in Culm. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—General Brooke, military governor of Cuba, telegraphed the war department to-day as follows from Havana: Deaths—Jan. 3, Joseph Morgan, Company E, Fifteenth Infantry, toxacomia; Jan. 4, John I. Sloit, Company F, Fifteenth Infantry, typhoid, both at regimental hospital, Puerto Principe. Spaniard* at Lisbon. LISBON, Jan. 7. —Three setamers from Cuba, having on board 5,300 repatriated Spanish troops, have arrived here. STEAMER LCN3 OVERDUE. Furne** Liner Dumaru Twenty-One Day* Out from Liverpool. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. 7.—The Furness line steamer Dumaru, Captain Wilson, from Liverpool, Dec. 18, for St. Johns and Halifax, is still overdue. She is now twenty-one days out, and as no tidings have been received here it is feared that she has broken down, if not foundered. Sire has a number of passengers on board, besides a crew of thirty men. Incoming vessels report tempestuous weather on the Atlantic. Several small coasting vessels have been driven otf and may go to the bottom. Movement* of Steamer*. NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Arrived: Noordland, from Antwerp: Nomadic, from Liverpool. Sailed: La Gascogne, for Huvn ; Maasdam, for Rotterdam; Patria, for Hamburg; Aurania, for Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 7.—Arrived: Culic, from New York: Etruria, from New York. Sailed: Taurie, for New York. .GIBRALTAR, Jan. 7.—Sailed: Augusta victoria, tor New York. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7.—Sailed: Bclgeniand, for Liverpool. SOUTHAMPTON. Jan. 7.-Sailed: St. Louis, for New York. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 7.—Arrived: Edam, from New York. HAVRE, Jan. 7.—Sailed: La Bretange, for New lork. -NO - some woyien W% feel as if the (T\ dooming them Vi FN / to en< 3l css ra i s ‘ JvjgSSjr cry. Thousands °f woratn who PyX 'I could get no reVAt \ !L \ lief from any other source have written grateful letters to Doctor R. V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the Invalid’s Hotel and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo. N. Y., telling hitn of the benefits received from his wonderful prescriptions and the careful professional advice which he sends by mail without charge. A lady living in West Eaton. Madison Cos., N. V ~ Mrs. Mattie A. Walker, in a recent letter “ Hr. Pierce, says: “I write to inform vou what your remedies have done for me; but they nave helped me So much that I know not where to commence or where to leave off, as I had such a complication of ailments. For three years I had such bad spell* l thought that if dying was only just a sleep I did not want to wake and suffer again; I would be glad to have death come any night. I got so discouraged it seemed as if I could never he well and happy again. I had asthmatic spells towards morning. Sometimes I felt as if I could not get breath enough to live; had dreadful pains in the top of mv head, and was so nervous I felt as if something dreadful was going to happen—l could not tell why {her I could write a dozen sheets full and not tell all the dreadful things I suffered, from female weakness, coustipation, asthmatic spells, ana rheumatic neuralgia. “ I advise all who are suffering not only to use I>r. Pierce’s medicines, but to get his advice also, lor it has helped me so much I cannot say enough m praise of both the advice and the remedies. I look on your medicines as being a God-send. and will ask God to guide suffering humanity to the right relief.” For nervous troubles and ailments peculiar to women Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is t.\c only proprietary remedy designed ty a regularly educated physician. For bronchial affetions and digestive difficulties his “Golden Medical Discovery ” is ujc one permanent cure. His ’ Pleasant Pellets ” are the most effective natural nongnping laxative for constjpitipa. .. Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for a free e< ~'v of the “People’s Medical Adviser.” For paper-covered conr enclose 21 or.*--cent stamps to cover mailing ouiy. Cloth-bound, 31 stamps.