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duties of legislators and other public officers. whom ho designated servants, not masters of the people. At the Coliseum to-night Mr. Bryan spoke in part as follows: “‘The Bible tells us that Ahab, the king, wanted the vineyard of Naboth, and was sorely grieved because the owner thereof refused to part with the inheritance of his fathers. Then followed a plot, and false charges were preferred against Naboth to furnish an excuse for getting rid of him. " Thou shalt not covet.’ ‘thou shalt not bear false witness.’ ‘thou shalt not kill,’ three commandments broken, and still a fourth, ’thou shalt not seal,’ to be broken, in order to get a little piece of ground. And what was the result? When the king went forth to take possession Elijah, that brave old prophet of the early days, met him and pronounced against him the sentence of the Almighty: Jn the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.’ Neither his own exalted position nor the lowly station of his victim could have saved him from the avenging hand of outraged justice. His case was tried in a court wnere neither weaith. Tier rank, nor power can shield the transgressor. “Wars of conquest have their origin in covetousness, and the history of the human race has been written in characters of blood because their rulers have looked with longing eyes upon the lands of others. Covetousness is prone to seek the aid of false pretense to carry out its plan, but what it cannot secure by persuasion it takes by the sword. Senator Teller’s amendment to the intervention resolutions saved the Cubans from the covetousness of those who are so anxious to secure possession of the island that they are willing to deny the truth of the declaration of our own Congress that ’the people of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free.’ ” Mr. Bryan then proceeded to apply the story of Naboth to the Philippine question, and argued that a war of conquest would be wrong in principle as well as expensive, and as harmful to the people of the United States as to the Filipinos. He spoke at considerable length and concluded as follows: “Imperialism might expand the Nation’s territory, but it would contract the Nation's purpose. It is not a step forw’ard to a broader destiny; it is a step backward toward the narrow views of kings and emperors. Dr. Taylor has aptly expressed it in his ’Creed of the Flag when he asks, ‘Shall we turn to the old world again, with the penitent prodigal’s cry?' I answer never. This Republic is not a wayward son; it has not spent its substance in riotous living. It is not ready to retrace its steps and with shamed face and trembling voice solicit a humble place among the servants of royalty. It has not sinned against heaven, and God grant that the crowned heads of Plurope may never have occasion to kill the fatted calf to commemorate its return from reliance upon the will of the people to dependence upon the authority which flows from regal birth or superior force. “We cannot afford to enter upon a colonial policy. The theory upon which a government is built is a matter of vital importance. The national idea has a controlling influence upon the thought and character of the people. Our national idea is selfgovernment, and unless we are ready to abandon that idea forever we cannot ignore it in dealing with the Filipinos. That idea is entwined with our traditions; it permeates our history: it is a part of our literature. That idea has given eloquence to the orator • and inspiration to the poet. Take from our national hymns the three words, ‘free, freedom and liberty,’ and they would be as meaningless as would be our flag if robbed of its red. white and blue. “Other nations may dream of wars of conquest and of distant dependencies governed by exterior force; not so with the United States. The suits of imperialism, be they bitter or sweet, must be left to the subjects of monarchy. This is the one tree of which the .citizens of a republic may not partake. It is the voice of the serpent, not the voice of God, that bids us eat.” * NEEDS OF THE PHILIPPINES. Industrial Enterprises Offer Good Inducements for Americans. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.—The Associated Press correspondent at Manila writes, regarding the opportunities for investments in the Philippines. He says that industrial enterprises offer the best inducements, and that* American labor has no chance to compete with the native laborers, who can stand climate, can live on native foods and are In every other way more fitted to perform the labor of the country than Americans, and laboring men are warned to give the Philippines a wide berth in their search for new fields. Modern street-car lines and modern railroads would earn big dividends. Though the present cars are uncomfortable .and slow they are crowded from morning to night, with the exception of a few hours during the hot part of the day. Construction would be comparatively easy and cheap, owing to the level nature of the most settled portions. Electric power would have to be generated by steam. A modern telephone exchange would be an improvement, but present conditions do not warrant too vast an extension in this line. Mechanics skilled in their trades would do well. The native mechanics are very skilled, hut work only with the crudest of tools, modem appliances being almost unknown. There are only two blacksmiths in Manila. Five American carriage makers, with modern machinery, could do as much work in a day as thirty natives. There are no less than two hundred Filipino carriage shops in the field, and they all do well. Americans would have little difficulty in getting control of the trade. An elaborate ice plant is a necessity. The ice here is of poor quality, and the supply falls far short of the demand. The manufactur-

FORECAST FOR TO-DAY. Generally Fair, Colder Weather, with Brisk Northerly Winds. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Forecast for '‘twenty-four hours: Ohio—Threatening weather, followed by fair; much colder; brisk northerly winds. Indiana and Illinois—Generally fair; colder; brisk northerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The. storm central Monday night over Lake Erie has moved to the. Gulf of St. Lawrence. The area of high pressure central last night at Assinlboine has moved with great rapidity to the north of Lake Superior and has caused a decided fall in temperature from the interior of Texas to the lake regions, Springfield, Mo., reporting a fall in temperature of 30 degrees in twenty-four hours and to 22 degrees. Rain has fallen from the middle and lower Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast, and rain or snow in the upper lake regions. Rain has also fallen on the North Pacific coast. The temperature has risen in the northern Rocky mountains and has remained nearly stationary in the Atlantic and Pacific States. Generally fair weaher may be expected in all districts with a decided fall in temperature from the middle and lower Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast. Brisk northwesterly winds and much colder weather will occur on the North Atlantic coast and fresh to brisk northerly winds on the South Atlantic coast. Local Observations ou Taeolay. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 30.01 30 87 N’west. Foggy. 0.00 7p. m.. 30.19 33 84 North. Lt. Snow. 0.03 Maximum temperature, 40; minimum temperature, 29. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Jan. 17: Temp. Pre. Normal 27 0.09 Mean 34 0.03 Departure from normal *7 —O.(M Departure since Jan. 1 *9O *1.82 •Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperature*. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta, Ga. 46 58 50 Blsnlarck, N. D *l4 10 6 Buffalo, N. Y 28 34 28 Calgary. N. W. T 0 36 26 Cairo, 111 30 42 30 Cheyenne, Wyo 16 38 26 Chicago, 111 26 30 26 Cincinnati, 0 38 40 38 Concordia, Kan 20 28 22 Davenport, la 26 28 28 Des Moines, la 8 20 16 Galveston, Tex 56 66 62 Helena, Mont 36 46 40 Jacksonville, Fla 56 62 56 Kansas City, Mo 20 26 22 Little Rock. Ark 36 52 36 Memphis. Tenn 40 52 40 Mlnnedosa, Manitoba ....*2B Moorhead, Minn. *l4 Nashville, Tenn 42 48 42 New Orleans, La 50 64 60 New York. N. Y 36 54 42 North Platte, Neb 12 24 22 Oklahoma, O. T 30 34 30 Omaha, Neb 10 18 16 Ftttsburg. Pa 38 42 38 Qu'Appelle, N. W. T *lB 6 6 Rapid City, 8. D 8 30 26 Salt Lake City, Utah 32 42 40 Bt. Louis, Mo 28 32 28 Bt. Paul, Minn o jg 10 Springfield, 111 2K ;) 2* Springfield, Mo 22 28 22 Vicksburg, Miss 46 62 56 Washington, D. C 34 50 46 •Below zero.

ers get 2 cents a pound for their product. A good American hotel is one of Manila’s most urgent needs. Modern beds and fixtures are a necessity. Many private residences are now being thrown open to transients because the public hotels are so poor. American doctors, homeopathic and otherwise. will find a good field for the exercise of their skill. The place is very unhealthy, and the native doctors are very pooriy skilled in medicine. DEFENSE OF GERMANS. Ambassador White Says They Are Not Inciting the Filipinos. BERLIN, Jan. 17.—The United States ambassador, Andrew White, said to the correspondent of the Associated Press: “Asa conclusive answer to the assertion that the Germans wish to stir the Filipinos against the United States one fact out of many which may be mentioned seems to me as conclusive to the contrary. It is that from the beginning the German merchants in the Philippines have been the strongest advocates of American rule. When the war with Spain v as pending the head of one of the leading German houses fn Manila came to Berlin, saw me and urged the Importance of our assuming sovereignty there and taking complete control. He spoke to the same purpose here at the Foreign Office and then went to Paris and saw various members of the peace commission and urged them most earnestly to the same effect. He insisted that the interests of German merchants there demanded that our sovereignty over the islands be maintained, and he has since furnished us a document of great length on the subject, embodying statistical considerations of various sorts, wherefore he must have the collaberation of many of his fellow-merchants there. Altogether I regard this as a most significant fact against all the loose, wild charges that the Germans are seeking to undermine American authority in the islands. If that were so they would simply wreck their own interests, and this they know better than anybody else.” READY TO SAIL TO-DAY. About 2,000 Regulars Will Go to Manila. on the Transport Grant. NEW YORK. Jan. 17.—The Fourth Regiment, United States Regular Infantry, from Fort Sheridan, arrived in the Jersey City depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad early to-day. The regiment consists of about 1,400 men, commanded by Gen. Robert A. Hail. The men were all in prime condition. They ate their breakfast in the cars, cooking their own coffee and food, and later were transferred to the transport Grant, which is to take them to Manila. Four companies, comprising the first battalion of the Seventeenth Regiment Infanry, arrived in Weehawken, N. J., to-day over the West Shore Railroad from Columbus, O. The battalion is also going to Manila on the transport Grant. There are about 450 officers and men in the detachment. Two cases of measles have developed since the troops started. The two men were taken to Liberty island. * To Bid Lawton Farewell. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—A party, composed of army officials and members of the Senate and House committees on military affairs, left here at midnight by the Pennsylvania Railroad for New York to witness the departure to-morrow of Major General Lawton and staff, besides a large number of soldiers on the transport Grant for Manila. Secretary Alger had expected to go, but was detained at home by the illness of his daughter, Mrs. Pike.

YOUNG PLUTO WHIPPED SOUTH AFRICAN PUGILIST KNOCKED OUT BY GEORGE DIXON. 1 Rendered Unconscious for Twenty Seconds by a Left-Hand Swing on the Pit of the Stomach. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Once more George Dixon proved his cleverness and hard-hit-ting ability to-night at the Lennox Athletic Club, where he met and defeated Young Pluto, of South Africa, in the tenth round of what was to have been a twenty-round bout. The knock-out came in the shape of a left swing in the stomach, which crushed the wind out of the latest arrival among the short-haired fraternity in this countrjf Pluto was heralded as a world-beater by his friends, but, although he is very clever in defensive work and undoubtedly game, he was never dangerous. Dixon soon battered down the African’s guard and early in the fight demonstrated that he w as Pluto’s master. As the round passed Pluto’s strength was fast ebbing, while Dixon showed no signs of distress, but, on the contrary, seemed to gain renewed energy and forced his opponent all over the ring. He rained lefts and rights on head and body, receiving only an occasional blow in return. In the ninth round he should have knocked his man out, as the opportunity presented itself for a right swing on the jaw. Dixon did not try to take advantage of this chance, as he plainly saw that Pluto could not go much further, and he was right in so judging. Although Djxon cannot hit as hard as formerly, his wonderful cleverness still stands to him, and it looks now as if he will be able to hold his own against all comers for a long time to come. Pluto looked weary when he came up in the tenth round. Dixon sent four lefts to the face and a right to the head. Then with a left on the stomach and a right on the jaw Dixon floored his opponent. Pluto got up inside of three seconds. Then Dixon began to rush Pluto all over the ring, landing lefts and rights at will on the body. Pluto was unable to guard himself, and after Dixon had pummeled him into his corner he let Pluto out only to go after him with a finishing blow, a left swing on the pit of the stomach, which put Pluto down and out. Pluto lay on his back for nearly twenty seconds, and then his handlers jumped in and carried him to his corner. The referee decided in Dixon’s favor. Time of round. 1:31. The attendance was 5,000. Dixon weighed 115 pounds and was in perfect condition. Pluto weighed about 126 pounds and was a couple of inches taller than Dixon. Thev were announced to go twenty rounds at 122 pounds, as Dixon did not make any claim for the overweight. John White, of this city, acted as referee. Cannot Fight in Texas. GALVESTON, Tex., Jan. 17.-Shcriff Thomas this evening notified the officers of the Galveston Athletic Club that the proposed fight between Joe Choynski and Jim Hall could not take place. The twenty-five-round contest was booked for Thursday night at the Opera House. Captain McDonald, of the State Rangers, is in the city, presumably in the interests of the State and to see that the law is respected. AUTOTRUCK COMPANY. New York Concern with Capital Stock of $10,000,000. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The organization of the New York Autotruck Company was perfected at a meeting held in this city today. The capital stock of the company was increased to $10,000,000. The following officers were elected: Joseph N. Hoadly, president; Lewis Nixon, vice president; Nathan Straus, treasurer; C. C. Hardy, secretary; Augustus Van Wyck, general counsel. The following directors were elected: J. H. Hoadly, Arthur P. Gorman, Nathan Straus, Lewis Nixon, Richard Croker and Robert J. McKinsley, of Philadelphia. The object of the company is to do a general trucking and freight transportation business in the city of New York and throughout New Jersey. FLYWHEEL BURSTS. Two Men Are Killed and a Youth and Girl Severely Injured. NEW YORK. Jan. 17.—Two persons were killed and two severely injured by the bursting of a fly-wheel in lairillard’s tobacco factory, in Jersey City, to-day. The names of the dead are: James Delaney, engineer, and Norah McCarthy, r tobacco wrapper. The injured are: Harry Hickey and Maggie Dillon. Vose finest upright pianos at Wulschner’a.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1899.

GRAND JURY IS BALKED NO INDICTMENTS IV SCOTTSBURG LYNCHING INVESTIGATION. Member* of the Mob Now Wondering What Governor Mount Will DoTrouble in Lawrence County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SCOTTSBURG, Ind., Jan. 17.—The grand jury which has been investigating the Tyler lynching, adjourned this afternoon at 2 o’clock without returning indictments against any of the guilty parties. The jury employed eight days in its investigation and examined 109 witnesses. The jury made a special report to the court, which is as follow s: “To the Honorable Judge of the Scott County Circuit Court: “We, the grand jury in special session, January term, 1>99, do hereby supplement our report to that part of our work tor w r hieh we were especially charged by your Honor, viz., the lynching of Marion Tyler on the night of Dec. 23, 1898. “We desire to say that we entered upon the investigation of the above work on the 9th day of January, 1899, and have without any intermission earnestly, faithfully and conscientiously labored in our endeavors to find out the perpetrators of the crime of the lynching, or some evidence that would lead to the knowledge of the names of one or more who were in possession of the facts. We have called ami have had before us, and questioned under oath, 109 witnesses. The greater part of these witnesses were citizens of Scott county, some from Washington and some from* Jackson county, Indiana, and thoroughly questioned all of them as to their knowledge of who the guilty parties might have been. We have gone in our investigations of this particular matter far beyond what our better judgment would have led us in ordinary sessions of the grand jury, to wit: By following every suspicion, regardless of its remoteness, to actual facts, with the hope in view that some light might come to us that would possibly lead to the indictment of one or all of the persons who took part in committing the horrible crime of murder in the above case. “After eight days of continuous labor we very much regret that the evidence that we have taken in this matter does not warrant us in returning an indictment against any person. Respectfully, “JOHN \V. MONTGOMERY, Foreman.” This sort of report had been anticipated for several days. At first it was thought the grand jury had available clews to work on that would bring out sufficient evidence to warrant the return of indictments, but when the witnesses were placed cm oath they either knew nothing or would tell nothing. The many stories mat were expected to afford clews lor the grand jury were explained away without trouble. Some witnesses appeared to bo walling to tell all they knew and what they hud heard, but when ail this was known it amounted to nothing. The knowing ones, or the ones who were supposed to know something, were the ones* who knew the least when they faced the grand jury. After a. few witnesses had been examined it was plain that all were not willing witnesses, and that it would doubtless be impossible to secure evidence to justify indictments. When the grand jury made its report Judge New thanked the members of the grand jury for their efforts to discover evidence sufficient to justify the return of indictments. He explained that he was fully aware of the great disadvantages under which they had labored, and appreciated their attempt to find indictments against those who had disgraced the county. He wanted the jury to understand that he sincerely believed it had done its duty. The failure to return indictments is the sole subject being discussed to-night. It is now believed the coroner will continue his official investigation, In the hope of securing at least enough evidence to cause the arrest of some member of the mob. His investigation was adjourned indefinitely at request of Attorney General Taylor.

LAWRENCE COUNTY AFFAIRS. Some of the Tiling,* Involved in Recent Grand Jury Indictment*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 17.—Discussion in Lawrence cotftrty in reference to the reported bills returned by the grand jury has reached a high pitch. It has just recently leaked out that bills have been found against quite a number of county and township officials, as well as some gravel-road contractors. It is said that arrests will be made this week. Early in the last campaign thp Bedford Democrat made bitter and serious charges against certain county officials who were candidates for re-election, and kept it up even to the last issue previous to the election. The accusations so boldly made by the Democrat were not effective, as every Republican official attacked was elected. Judge Martin, who is a Republican, convened a special grand jury for the November term of court and delivered a carefullyprepared charge, the substance of which was that intimations of corruption in county and township officials, coming through certain papers and local gossip, had prompted him to impose upon the grand jury the necessity of investigating the acts of every official of trust, from his Honor down, and if any fact savoring of corruption was disclosed, to return bills accordingly. For the purpose of the investigation, he deposed Prosecuting Attorney Zaring and appointed S. B. Lowe, who had previously served three terms as prosecuting attorney for the counties of Lawrence and Monroe. This move on the part of the judge occasioned much embarrassment to Prosecutor Zaring, who seriously objected to being ousted at the time; but later he withdrew his objection and allowed S. B. Lowe to participate in the matter. Most of the officials indicted have heretofore stood high in both social and political circles, and the impression prevails that they will be arrested and allowed to go on thtir own recognizance. Prominent lawyers have been retained by some of the defendants, and have examined the indictments with a view of contesting every part. Some attorneys assert that Judge Martin has no authority to oust the regular prosecutor and substitute a stranger in the grand jury room; and probably this point will be settled in the Supreme Court. All those indicted are Republicans except one, who is a Populist, belonging to a firm of gravel-road contractors. The report goes that the following county officials are on the list: Elx-Auditor John B. Malott (just retired’). County Surveyor Will Duncan, Commissioners Truebulood. Sears and Deutisson, and ex-Commissioner John W. Cosner; also, three justices of the peace of Shanswick township and three gravel-road contractors. Commissioner Deutisson was elected last November, and his first sitting as an official was in December. He is at a loss to know how a bill could be returned against him. lie has done, nothing except what was clearly in his scope. Trueblood, Sears and Cosner are men of considerable business prominence in this county, the two former being extensive farmers, the latter a prosperous merchant and director and stockholder in the Stone City Bank of this city. The Republicans of Lawrence county are as anxious as are the Democrats for purification in affairs, if impurity exists. Republicans who are familiar with all the facts attending the investigation believe the matter will end in a farce, except possibly in one or two instances, where officials have misinterpreted the law, but who stand ready to be set right. While the Republican party has predominated in Lawrence county for years, it has always been cautious in nominating and electing men worthy of public confidence. The Democratic party here is simply outnumbered, and has been so long without office that the Introduction of any scheme looking to a foothold receives its approbation. Democrats reason that if this investigation brings forth significant fruit tne Republican politicians will carry an unfavorable impression of the judge and his adherents and a remembrance that will guide them in the .’mure, thereby leaving a split in the Republican ranks however this matter terminates. A TIMELY MOVE. Gas-Belt People Organizing to Conserve the Supply. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 17.—Preparations are being made for the entertainment of from seventy-five to 100 business men and manufacturers of the Indiana natural gas belt in this city to-morrow with the Commercial Club, C. M. Kimbrough, president, and F. J. Claypool, secretary, in charge. A month ago the Commercial Club began steps for an organized fight to preserve the fast disappearing gas supply. The greatest detriment comes from the Ohio-Indiana Company, which is pumping the precious fuel to several Ohio cities and towns and

fast pulling the life out of the field with ponderous pumps, in strict violation of a State law which makes the limit pressure on any line at 300 pounds. It can lie shown that the Ohio-Indiana Company, aided with pumps, carry a pressure of from 700 to 1.000 pounds. The law prohibits any artificial means being used to convey the gas. There is a falling off in the general pressure this winter throughout the entire field, and residents of the gas belt are for the first time fully awakened to the situation that confronts them, and further delay will not be tolerated. A big fund will be subscribed in time to carry on the prosecutions. Suicide of C. R. Conlant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 17. Chauncey Coutant, a well-known resident, committed suicide last night by shooting himself,in the head with a revolver. He was supiosed to have been suffering from the grip. He purchased the revolver to shoot cats, and his family think he may have shot himself accidentally. Mr. Coutant was the manager of the Crawt'ordsville Dovetail Buggy Company, one of the largest industries of the town, and last evening returned from A, business trip. He went from the train to his residence, on South Water street, and complained to his wife of not teeling well. He retired to his room and stretched himself on the bed with the reouest that she bring him a cup of coffee. She left the room, and was absent only a few moments when she was startled by a shot. She hastened back and found him unconscious, with a bullet hole through his temple and a revolver lying by his side. He lingered until 9 o’clock, when he died without having regained consciousness. He was about sixty-five years old, and leaves a wife and three grown children. He was a prominent Mason and a man highly respected in the community. Girl Prevents .Tail Delivery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 17.—The alertness of a servant girl in the sheriff’s residence frustrated a desperate attempt at escape on the part of William Fitzgerald, convicted of the murder of Quincy Beebee, of Bunker Hill; also Joe Fair, under arrest for assault with intent to kill, and being held awaiting the final result of the injuries of his victim, Abraham Bingham. At 3 o’clock this afternoon, the girl heard a peculiar noise in the cell corridor, and making a quiet investigation found the two men at work with saws on the bars of the outer door. They had already sawed the bars to their cells and had reached the outer corridor. The work had been done by Fitzgerald, assisted by Fair. Fitzgerald had a long, thin steel saw for cutting steel, and in his cell secreted in a corner was fount* another. The men were at once placed in other cells, and a sharp watch will be kept over them. Sait Wafer in tle Big Oiler. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 17.-The output of the monster oil well on the Powell farm is now diminishing, as is customary with gushers of this sort, and the oil is being accompanied by a small flow' of salt water. A great number of derricks arc being erected in the immediate vicinity of the well and a number of other wells will shortly be in. The Standard has purchased the holdings of the Hurricane Oil Company at Geneva, known as the Booher lease. The lease contained six good producing wells and fifty acres, and went for $7,099. Oil men freely admit that the Cudahys are no match for the octopus, and it is only a question of a short time until the Standard swallows up its competitor in the Indiana field. Oil men in this section have but little sympathy for the Cudahys. The price of Eastern oil has dropped 3 cents the past few days, and Western is expected to follow any day now. Deserted Her Aged Benefactors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Jan. 17.—At 8 o’clock yesterday morning Miss Gertrude Frary, the adopted daughter of Preston Frary, met her lover, Everett Brewer, of Chicago, was quietly married and departed immediately for Chicago, without so much as on the aged parents of the bride. Before leaving her home she had placed a rote on the table explaining her intentions. Frary had adopted the girl in early infancy, and she had been raised with great care and kindness. For several weeks both Mr. and Mrs. Frary have been very ill, he from the effects of a wound received in the civil war. It was while they were bedfast and had no other attendant that the recipient of their years of kindness deserted them, leaving them utterly heartbroken.

Patents Granted Indianians, WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -Patents have been issued to Indianians as follows: Mary L. Barr, Indianapolis, baby carriage; William Butler, Redkey, apparatus for finishing glassware, method and apparatus for making glass rollers, method and apparatus for heating and flaring lamp chimneys; John M. Crowe, Fort Wayne, cuff holder; Jacob Harter, North Manchester, axle nut wrench; Clarence E. Kelly, Greentown, bicycle tire repair tool; Caswell L. Leonard. Muneie, wood bending machine; Elder F. Obenchain, Logansport, ball bearing; Thomas E. Scantlin, Lafayette, acetylene gas generating lamp, acetylene gas generator; James J. Wood. Fort Wayne, regulator for constant current dynamos. Fop the Odd Fellows’ Iloine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GRBBNSBURG, Ind., Jan. 17.—Mrs. Anna W. La Follette, of Indianapolis; Philip F. Jeckel, an architect, of Anderson; J. Clyde Power, superintendent of parks at Indianapolis, and Hiram Graham, of Terre Haute, a landscape gardener, were here to-day and located a site for the first of a series of buildings to compose the I. O. O. F. home at this place. They were much pleased with the natural lay of the land selected. Plans and specifications will be completed by the 15th of February and bids will be received by the 10th of March. All work is to be pushed so the cornerstone may be laid during the next session of the Rebekah assembly, in May. Wants Thunderstorm Damages. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENWOOD, Ind., Jan. 17.—The case of Miss Kate Jennings against Grayson Johnson for $5,000 damages came up in the Bartholomew Circuit Court to-day on a change of venue from the Johnson Circuit Court. The suit grows out of the failure of the defendant, who is the proprietor of the Greenwood Telephone Exchange, to post notices notifying subscribers not to use the telephone during thunderstorms, and the plaintiff in ignorance used one in June, 1897, by which she received injuries from which she has never recovered. A large number of witnesses are summoned from this place, and indications point to a trial of several days’ duration. New Electric Road. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WATERLOO, Ind., Jan. 17.—A stock company has been organized for an electric railroad from Orland, Ind., to Fort Wayne, passing through this city. The stockholders are ex-Judge Stephen, A. Powers, Dr. J. A. Waller and Solomon A. "Wood, of Angola; Judge John F. Shuman, of this city; Don A. Garwood, M. E. Griswold and Judge Frank S. Roley, of Auburn, and Nicholas Ensley, of Indianapolis. The company will start the read at Orland and build to Angola early in the spring. A rate of 1 cent a mile wall be made, and a freight tariff as accordingly low. Speculation ltaincd Him. FOWLER, Ind., Jan. 17.—0. C. Mino, representing the Big Four Railway Company at this point, and also the express company, is under arrest, charged with embezzling $2,800 belonging to the company. It is also alleged that he forged an American Express Company order for SSOO, making a total of $3,000, all of which was squandered in “futures” on the Chicago Board of Trade. Minor's bond is but SSOO to the Big Four company and an equal amount to the express company. He is a man of family, and until the present trouble stood well in the community. Gas Explosion Victims. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 17.—The natural gas explosion at the home of Charles Null Monday night was worse than first reported. Mrs. Null died this morning and Mrs. Marion Smith is not expected to recover, being badly burned on the breast, shoulders, face and hands. Miss Alpha Burns, badly burned on hands and face, will recover. Founders’ Day at De Pauw. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENCASTLE, Ind., Jan. 17.—Founders’ and benefactors’ day at De Pauw was

observed to-day. Recitations were done away with and a general holiday taken by the students and professors. At 10:30 o’clock the annual exercises were held in Meharry Hall. Appropriate music was rendered and the annual address was delivered by Henry M. Dowling, of the class of ’93. Mr. Dowling is the youngest alumnus who has ever been chosen to deliver the address. Mr. Dowling is from New Albany and spoke on the subject of education. V. >l. r. A. Conference at Terre Haute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 17.—Secretary Jamison, of the Y. M. C. A., has received notice that th? state executive committee has decided to hold the big conference in February in this city. Several cities were applicants. It is expected there will be present 150 leaders in association work in the State and several distinguished men from outside the State, including Judge Sheldon Spencer, of St. Louis. The conference will discuss plans for enlarging the work in this State. Copt. James H. McClung Dying:. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 17.—The family of Capt. James H. McClung has been summoned to his bedside and his death is hourly expected. Mr. McClung is one of the oldest newspaper editors in the State, now a part owner of the Muncie Times. He has had papers at Jeffersonville, Wabash, Connersville, Liberty and other points in the State for forty years, and was a member of the Thirty-sixth Indiana Volunteers in the civil war, being a captain. Trick of the Bell Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 17.—The Muncie Telephone Company, which is operating a system of live hundred ’phones in this city in opposition to the Bell Company at a reduced rate, and which has put in a plant at New Castle and other towns, charges that the Bell Company is cutting its wires and in other ways injuring its system, and a sT>o,<Xjo damage suit is promised. J. H. Holbrook, a Chicago capitalist, is backing the Muncie company. Arm Pulled Ol? at Slioulder. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 17.-William Sommerfeld, who runs the bender machine at the Central Manufacturing Company’s plant, became entangled in the belting this morning and was instantly whirled to the top of the room over the shafting, where his right arm was literally pulled oft at the shoulder and his body dropped to the floor. The doctors have small hopes of his recovery. He is twenty-one years old, and his home is at St. Bernard, O. diaries E. Everett's Trlnl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Jan. 17.—The case against Charles E. Everett, the well-known Fort Wayne attorney, for obtaining money under false pretenses Was called in the Circuit Court here to-day. Appellate Judge Custer, of Marion, is occupying the bench, on change from Judge Heller. Both the prosecution and defense are prepared for a hard fight. The case has attracted much attention in northern Indiana. Electric Road Project. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 17.—The proposition to build an electric railroad from Rich,mond to Hamilton, 0., was taken up in earnest to-day at a mass meeting held at Fairhaven. Fully live hundred people attended and arrangements were completed for securing the right of way and making the survey. 11. L. Weber, city civil engineer of this city, was chosen chief engineer. Chick with Four Wings nnd Leg*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGBURG, Ind., Jan. 17—H. C. F. Mandel, a fruit dealer in this city, has a chicken that is a curiosity. It has four legs and feet and four wings. The chick was taken from the egg shell a day or so before time for it to hatch, on account of the hen leaving the nest and not returning. It was alive w’hen the shell was broken, but soon died. It was preserved in alcohol. Lottie Knowlton'* Father Too late. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 17.—William Knowlton, of Fort Wayne, father of Lottie Knowlton, who eloped with Robert Roark, of Harrisburg. 111., and was married in this city yesterday, arrived too late and says: “Roark saved his life by beating me out of town.” Mr. Knowlton says the couple had been in Cairo and Paris, 111., trying to be married before they came here.

Wire Trust Gets Another Plant. CHICAGO, Jan. 17.—President Lambert, of the American Wire and Steel Company, announced to-day that his company had purchased the Indiana Wire Pence Company, of Crawfordsville, Ind. The price paid was not given. Indiana Obituary. WABASH. Ind.. Jan. 17.—The venerable mother of Rev. Dr. Charles Tattle, pastor of the Presbyterian Cuhurch, died to-day, after having been bedridden for a year. In December 1898, she had a fall and has since then been helpless. She retained consciousness until within a few hours of her death. Her maiden name was Anne Dorothea Thompson, and she was the second daughter of Thomas McKean Thompson, secretary of state under the administration of Governor McKean, of Pennsylvania. She was horn Aug. 8, 1805. Her father moved to Steubenville, 0.. and in 1825 to Granville, 0., where in 1836 she was married to Rev. Jacob Little, D. D., pastor of the Presbyterian Church, at Granville. Seven children were bofn, of whom three survive, Rev. George A,. Little, of Cicero, Ind.; Mrs. Lucy Williams, of Washington, D. C., and Rev. Charles Little, of this city. In 1864 with her husband, she moved from Granville to Warsaw, Ind., where they resided until 1874. when they came to Wabash, where Dr. Little died in 1876. Since 1874 Mrs. Little had made her home with her son. The funeral will take place Thursday afternoon and will be conducted by Rev. D. P. Putnam, of Logansport, and Rev. Harry. Nyce, of Peru. MADISON, Ind., Jan. 17.—The remains of William Donnelly, for twelve years postman at Wichita, Kan., were brought here and buried to-day by the Odd Fellows and Pythians. VERNON, Ind., Jan. 17.-Mad:son Cotton, aged eighty-one, father of A. V. Cotton, mayor of Vernon, died at his home In this place at 4 o’elpck this morning. COLUMBUS, Ind.. Jan. 17.—Mrs. Laura Wendell, wife of Alexander Wendell, of this city, died to-day, aged twenty-eight years. ludiann Note*. The Kokomo Council has passed a curfew law, placing the age limit at eighteen years and the hour 8 o'clock. The second winter term of the Northern Indiana Normal School, at Valparaiso, opened yesterday with an enrollment of 2,437. Three thirteen-year-old girls who ran away from the Children’s Home at Madison were found at Vevay yesterday and taken back. Mrs. Nora Piper, wife of a farmer south of Terre Haute, attempted suicide with morphine because of the death of her child a few days ago. The stockholders of the Blackford County Bank have elected the following oflicors: W. B. Cooley, president; J. A. Newbauer, vice president; A. G. Lupton, cashier. The two dog and pony shows owned by Sipe & Blake, of Kokomo, were sold to H. B. Gentry, of Bloomington, yesterday. Mr. Gentry now has a clear field in the Western States. Brakeman Williams, of the Clover Leaf, was killed by his train at Greentown Monday night. The conductor did not miss him until the train reached Marion. The body was taken to his home at Delphos, 0., for burial. George Johnson, age thirty, an employe of the Vandalia shops at Terre Haute, attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. He v/as despondent because he thought he would no; recover from “walking typhoid" fever, with which he had been aftUcted for several weeks. A fund is being raised by popular subscription at Jeffersonville for a monument to the memory of Nathaniel Isler. the Jeffersonville boy who lost his life at El Cancy. The Legislature will be asked to make a small appropriation, simply for the sake of having the State take some recognition of the deeds of the young hero. A Sons of Veterans post was organized in Elwood Monday by Captain Welker, of Anderson. The new post numbers about two hundred. The following officers were elected; Captain, Charles Souer; tirst lieutenant, Otto Dellinger: second lieutenant, Oscar Balser: first sergeant, M. O. Morris; quartermaster sergeant, Norm Dellinger, The large plate glass factory in Elwood, after a shut-down of three weeks, has resumed operations. This plant gives employment to about 2,C00 hands. Macbeth’s lamp chimney factory has also started up after a shut-down, and ail the factories in Elwood are now' running full time with the exception of the Lippincott glass factory, w’hlch is still idle owing to a strike. The differences will be settled in a few days.

CROWNING DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY A New System of Medicine Discovered by an Eminent Scientist for the Positive Cure of Consumption, Lung Troubles, Grip and All Wasting Diseases. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.

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