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I New York Store j EctnltllKlicd 1553. / Sole Aernt* for Huttcrtek Pattern*. <j All of our finer Bedroom Suites, Side-! boards and Exten-j sion Tables at 25 I per cent, off former j prices in our sale of Fine Furniture, j which starts to-f < day. £ —FOURTH FLOOR. ( | Pettis Dry Goods Cos j W fin't 6 Taken In. by nny so-called brand* of "palent'' flour. “ ’Tin M pity, ’ll* true.** PRINCESS Patent Flour—reliable, purity and quality Knnrnnlfed—run be had, for the nnklng:, of your grocer. BLANTON MILLING CO. “Not How Cheap—But How Good.’* ;j In boxes. The best Is none too good for you, therefore be sure CRAIG’S name is upon the box. Craig’s Candies INDIANA Dental College Department of Dentistry, University of Indianapolis, S. W. Comer Delaware and Ohio Streets. Receives patients from 9 a. in. to sp. tu for all kinds of Dental work. The fees are to cover the cost only. Great Alteration Sale Infanta* Shoes 20c Children**. Shoes 4Mc Ullage*' Shoe* 70c Geo. J. Marott, 22, 24, 26 and 28 East Washington St. npNTRT Dr * A E BUCHANAN IALm 110 1 32 .33 When Building. AMUSEMENTS. The first matinee of “A Scrap of Paper” v.ill be given this afternoon'and the Grand will have another of those characteristically large audiences which have ever marked the afternoon performances. The theater wus well filled last night, and it looks as if Sardou’s pretty comedy w*as going to be quite as popular as anything recently put on. Next week the stock company will I resent "Mr. Barnes of New York,” which hi.s been underlined for some time, and which will prove one of the half dozen strongest bills of the entire season. It will require the full strength of the stock cornpuny, and Mr. Patton, who went over to Columbus, 0., for a couple of days, will return to-day to begin rehearsals. He Is out of the cast this week. From now on there will he few, if any, vacations for the members of the company, as several elaborate productions are to be brought out following “Mr. Barnes of New York.” Charles Bradley, the well-known playwright, author of twenty or more plays in this country, England and Australia, is in the city, acting as E. 11. Sothern’s advance agent. Mr. Sotherq returns to this city Monday night with his new play, “The King's Musketeer,” one of the most pretentious productions he has had in years, containing more scenes, even, than the brilliant "Prisoner of Zencla.” This will be Mr. Sothern’s first appearance In English’s Opera House. He has not played here since his season with "An Enemy to the King.” On Tuesday night Mr. Sotnern will give “The Colonial Girl,” another new play of this season. "The Sign of the Cross’* will begin its engagement at English's with u matinee today and continue the rest of the week. This powerful play, so attractive to all people, theater-goers and nontheater-goers alike, tells one of the most fascinating stories ever worked into a drama, and with a moral tone and such lofty motives that it may really be regarded as one of the purest dramas Introduced to the public in years. The last two performances of Hoyt’s “A Texas Steer,” at the Park, to-day. wPI close an engagement that rivals in point of audiences any of the Hoyt plays ever seen in the town. Beginning with the matinee to-morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Byron will appear for their annual engagement. Nat Goodwin Mark for SIO,OOO. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—John Maxwell, a Chicago newspaper man, was to-day in the Federal Court awarded a verdict of SIO,OOO against Nat C. Goodwin, the actor, for infringement on Maxwell’s play of "Congress.” Maxwell claimed that he submitted the play of ‘'Congress’* to Goodw’in, who, after looking it over, declared he did not want it. but later produced a play called “Ambition,” of which Henry Guy Carleton was named as the author, and large portions of which were, according to Maxwell, taken from “Congress.” Tlie attorney for the defendant asked that the case be taken from the jury on the point of law that, even If tho actor-defend-ant had deliberately pirated the Chicago man's play, the plaintiff was entitled to no recompense because his copyright on "Congress” had not been perfected. Judge Seaman had the motion under advisement since Saturday, and to-day he announced that the case must go to the jury to be decided on facts and not a point of law. The jury was oni but twenty minutes before returning a verdict for the plaintiff. The first vote of the Jury resulted in a unanimous verdict of "guilty" as to the charge that Goodwin pirated Maxwell’s play. The next vote was as to the amount of damages. This vote ranged from $.'.0,000 to SI,OOO, on which an average of $13,200 wus struck. It was next t lB50 -1898. | nown over the i staple remedy

agreed that SIO,OOO would be the proper amount, and by unanimous vote this sum was agreed upon. John Maxwell is a former Indianapolis boy, now on the Chicago Tribune, for which paper he went as a war correspondent to Cuba. It has been reported from the lirst that Goodwin and his managers had attempted to give Maxwell the worst of it, pirating his play and then "rubbing it in” by naming the villain John Maxwell in tho rehashed version by Henry Guy Carleton. Maxwell is only one of scores of native writers struggling for a hearing on the stage, who have their work and brains stolen by successful stars and managers whose standing before the public gives them protection. Any unknown playwright, who submits a virgin production to producing managers, might as well give it to them, for the good ideas, if there be any. are likely to be “absorbed" by someone and the manuscript returned with “regrets.” PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Miss Grace Gullifur, of Greensburg, is visiting friends in the city. Mrs. John F. Carson wdll not observe her regular at home this week. Mrs. Welcome Rice will leave next week for Peru to spend a few days. Colonel Jesse Claiborn Tarkington is in Denver, Col., for a few weeks. Miss Evaleen Stein, of Lafayette, is the guest of Mrs. John L. Griffiths. Mrs. Frank Finney and family have returned to their home in Cleveland. Mrs. Charles Carver has gone to Danville, 111., where she will reside permanently. Mrs. Frank M. Talbott, of North Illinois street, will go to Peru to-day to visit friends. Mrs. Frank Wells will give a luncheon Thursday for Mrs. Maud E. Showers, of Bloomington. Mrs. W. If. Tennis has gone to Martinsville and will discontinue her reception day for this season. Mrs. May Blake Baugh has returned to Anderson, after spending a short time with relatives in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Keys and Miss Warren, of Terre Haute, who were with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hibben, have returned home. The Misses Hess, of Nortli Alabama street, entertained the card party of which they are members yesterday afternoon. Mrs. T.ee Cannon, of Denver, will come in February to visit Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Talbott." of North Pennsylvania street. Prof. Charles S. Kritz and wife, of Waveland, Ind., have returned home after visiting the family of Rev. R. V. Hunter, D. D. Mrs. Bertha and Pauline Schellschmidt will entertain the French Club to-morrow afternoon. The subject will be "Cyrano de Bergerac.” Miss Louise Garrard will chaperone a series of dance classes which will be taught by Miss Kate Strauss, of Louisville, at the Propylaeum next month. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Kurtz will leave today for Asheville. Mrs. Lillian Francis will remain with Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz’s children during their absence South. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Forest and children left yesterday for Thomasville, Ga. Mr. Forest will return home in a few weeks and his family will remain until spring. Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Nier will receive informally at their home. 1614 Park avenue, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Kaufman, from 8 to 11 o’clock to-morrow evening. Mr. Edwin Spear will go to Chicago early in March to spend two months, and at the end of the time will return to this city for his family and will go to New York to live. A social will be given at the Y. M. C. A. for the junior class Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 6 o’clock by Mrs. W. W. Winslow, Mrs. F. L. Gregory, Mrs. S. D Pray and Mrs. Harry Couhglen. Mrs. Ankeny and daughter Alys. of Lafayette, who came for the Mansfield performance, will leave to-day for Cincinnati to make a visit. Mrs. Charles H. Pierce, who is with them, will return home to-day. Mrs. M. H. Spades and daughter, who have been at Asheville. N. C.. have gone to St Augustine, Mr. Spades has sold his home at St. Augustine and will build a handsome residence near the Ponce de Leon Hotel. The ladies of the first section of the T>adies’ Aid Society of Central Christian Church will be pleased to meet all friends at the home of Dr. John P. Avery, No. 849 North East street, this afternoon, from 2 to 5 o’clock. A Mansfield theater party from Logansport. comprised Mrs. Joseph Wiler, Misses Clara Wiler, Kate Parish, Mary Mulcahoy, Maggie Halpin, Gertrude O’Connor, May Warnick. Lida Jackson, and Messrs. Carl Wiler, Carl Mandel and F. E. Armstrong. Mrs. P. M. Dill entertained about forty ladfes yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Maud E. Showers, of Bloomington. The guests were asked to give the names of wellknown books from different articles that were arranged to represent them. Among the guests from out of town was Mrs. A. B. Kirkpatrick, wife of Representative Kirkpatrick, of Kokomo. Mrs. Georgy W. Pangborn and a number of other ladies will entertain Friday evening at the home of Mrs. Pangborn. and Mrs. May W. Donnan will read the play of "Cyrano de Bergerac.” Mrs. Donnan has given the play a reading before different small parties several times, and this winter has a Saturday night reading at her own home of the modern dramas. The auxiliary of Naomi Chapter, O. E. S., will give a play to-morrow evening at Masonic Hail. The play will be "The Little Rebel,” and the cast is Mr. Will G. McVey as Mr. Stephen Popnincourt, Mr. Donn V. Smythe as Arthur Ormstrow. Mrs. Mattie Connelly as Mrs. Wingrove. Miss Jean Cummings as Kitty Tikes and Mrs. May May as Laura. The play will be followed by a dance. Miss Gertrude Hauk, of Chicago (an Indianapolis girl) will give a dramatic'recital at Plymouth Church to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Hauk will give readings from the works of Bulwer I.ytton, James Whitcomb Riley, James De Mille, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and other standard authors. Miss Jeannette Durno, pianiste of the famous Chicago orchestra, will assist Miss Hauk. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pierson entertained about fifty friends at cards last evening at their, home on North Meridian street. The rooms were decorated with roses and carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Pierson were assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn B. Millikan, Mrs. C. C. Pierson, and among the guests were Miss Yager, of Danville, Ky., and Miss Lance, of Peru. Mrs. Pierson will entertain this afternoon at cards. Miss Emma Atkins gave a pink luncheon yesterday for Miss Alice Fenton, of Chicago, who is her guest for a few days. The guests were seated at two tables, which were decorated with vases of pink roses and lighted with pink candles in silver holders. The guests included Mrs. George E. Hume, Mrs. J. S. Holliday, Mrs. A. D. Gates, Miss Waite of Toledo. Miss Sharpe of Helena. Mont., Miss Knippenberg. Miss Coburn. Miss Martindale, Miss Haines, Miss Duncan, Miss Burford. This evening Miss Atkins will give a theater party for her guest. WHITE-MALOTT. One of the most notable and interesting weddings of the season was celebrated yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Meridianstreet Church. 'Hie large audience room was filled with relatives and friends some time before the arrival of the bridal party ar.d the Organist, Mr. Charles F. Hansen, played a varied programme. The bride was Miss Margaret Patterson Malott, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Volney T. Malott, one of the most prominent families of the city, and the groom was Mr. Paul H. White. The details of the wedding were marked by their simplicity and elegance. At the hour named for the ceremony the weilding march from “Lohengrin” was played for the entrance of the bridal party. The ushers. Dr. Albert M. Cole, Dr. Frederick Charlton, Mr. George F. Mull, Dr. Carleton McCulloch, Air. Winfield Scott Smythe and Mr. Stuart Dean, were followed by two little flower maids. Misses Macy and Carrie Malott, nieces of the bride; then the maid of honor. Miss Ella Malott, walking alone, and then the bride with her father. At the pulpit they were met by the groom and his best man, Mr. Altnus Ruddell, and the two ministers. Rev. W. A. Quayle, pastor of Meridian-street Church, and Rev. J. A. Milburn, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. The music was changed to “Those Endearing Young Charms," softly played, and the service was pronounced by Mr. Quayle. assisted by Mr. Milburn. The pulpit was broadly massed with palms, and in the center was u huge cluster of American Beauty roses, forming a background for the party. The bride wore a beautiful gown of white duchess satin, made en train. The yoke and sleeves were of duchess point lace. Her veil was held by a brooch of pearls, an heirloom of the family, and orange blossoms, and on her corsage she wore the groom’s gift, a brooch of diamonds. Her flowers were Bride roses. The maid of t\onor, her sister, wore a rich gown of corn yellow satin, under an embroidered w’hite silk beregc. it was trimmed with tulle ruffles and lace on corsage and skirt. With the costume she wore a hat of violet velvet trimmed with white lace, white plumes and violets. Her bouquet was of violets and lilies of the valley. The little maids wore gowns alike, of white organdie and Valenciennes lace, with

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white satin ribbon bows and sashes. They carried baskets of daisies. Marechal Nlel and Bride roses. At the conclusion of the ceremony the party passed from the church as the organist played the w’edding march by Mendelssohn. The relatives and most intimate friends were entertained at the wedding supper at the residence of the bride's parents, immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Malott received the guests in the first parlor and Mr. and Mrs. White stood in the swell window* of the second parlor to receive their congratulations. Back of them the lace curtains were festooned with smilax and at either side w*ere tali palms. The iloors of the several rooms were covered with white, and palms were effectively placed here and there. In the wide arches, between the rooms, swung French baskets, filled with pink roses or carnations, and vases of the same fragrant flowers adorned the mantels end tables. The bridal dining room was reserved for tho wedding party and a few friends of the bride. The small table in the center was embellished with white satin ribbons, silver candelabra with white candles and shades, and a large basket of American Beauty roses. The decoration in the library was also of American Beauty roses. An orchestra in the hall played as the guests were seated for supper. Mr. and Mrs. White left at 7 o'clock for an Eastern trip, making the journey in Mr. Malott’s private ear. On their return they will be at the Denison for a short time until they go into their residence. No. 1801 North Pennsylvania street, where they will be at homo to their friends after April 20. Among the guests at the wedding were Miss Cora Marsh, of New London. Conn.: Miss Jennie Tompkins, of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson: Mr*. A. C. Ritzinger and Miss Ritzinger, of St. Paul, Minn.; Miss Sharpe, of Helena, Mont.; Miss Fenton, of Chicago; Mr. William Irwin. of Columbus; Mr. Stotsenburg. of New York; Mrs. J. I). Converse and Miss Converse. of Philadelphia; Miss Olney, of Clinton, la., and Messrs. Grafton and Albert Johnson, of Greenwood. COUNCIL OF WOMEN. In view of the approaching triennial of tho National Council of Women, to be held in Washington next month, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Day entertained the presidents of the affiliated societies of the Ixreal Council of Women last evening at their home. With the presidents were their escorts and a few friends interested in the council were also) included, so that the rooms were filled with guests. During the evening Mrs. May Wright Sewall, president of the National Council, gave a talk on “The Present Status and Significance of the Council Idea.” It was by a motion of Mrs. Sewall that the organization, now world-wide, was first effected. and she is thoroughly conversant with the subject. Mrs. Sewall reviewed what the council has accomplished and the work which the organization hopes to undertake in the near future. There are vast interests which the council will discuss at the meeting in Washington, and these will Include the grow-th of the council idea in all countries of the world, as well as matters of national importance, such as expansion, imperialism. peace and international arbitration and the condition of women in foreign countries. After the talk Mis. Sewall led in a general discussion. Mrs. Day was assisted by a numher of club presidents in the social hour and there was informal music. The rooms were decorated with flowers and the coffee table was attractive with flowers, laces arid silver. Among the guests from out of town were Mrs. Fremont Goodwine of Williamsport. Mrs. Agnew of Valparaiso, and Mrs. Gill and Mrs. Scott of Ladoga, wives of members of the Legislature. BOYD—NOYES. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -To-day, at noon, at “Ingleside,” (he residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Miss Miranda Noyes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Crosby Noyes, became the wife of Mr. George Washington Boyd, of Philadelphia. Bishop Satterlee performed the service, which was solemnized in the presence of a family party. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd will be in New Y’ork till about the first of February, when they will start for a two months’ tour of Mexico and southern California, traveling in Mr. Boyd's private car. STOVER—W A TSO N. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLB, Ind., Jan. 21.—Urban S. Stover, an attorney of Anderson, and Miss Helen B. Watson, daughter of H. S. Watson and wife, were married this morning, Rev. Mr. Murray, of Ladoga, officiating. The couple left for a trip to New Orleans. Among the guests were Mrs. Grace Watson, Indianapolis; O. C. Stover and wife, Ladoga; Louis Watson and wife, Lafayette. Authorship of the Tux Law. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In an editorial under the caption of “Bills not prepared by members,” published in the Journal of last Friday, it was stated, among other things, that the present tax law was prepared outside of the General Assembly “by some gentlemen who had never been members of the General Assembly.” Knowing the Journal would not purposely misstate facts in regard to the origin and preparation of so important a measure as our tax law, and thereby rob a most honorable gentleman of the reward due to its authorship, I deem it my duty to ask the publication of what I know* to be the truth in regard to the matter. A joint committee, composed of members of the finance committee of the Senate and the ways and means committee of the House, was charged with the duty of preparing and reporting to the General Assembly anew tax law; at a meeting of this committee, after some general discussion, Senator T. E. Howard, now ex-Judge Howard, a member of this joint committee from the Senate, was appointed to prepare a draft of a bill to be reported at a future meeting. After some three weeks of unremitting labor Senator Howard reported what is now, with some few amendments, the present tax law*, and the same was approved by the joint committee and reported to the Assembly, where, after protracted debate in both houses, with a few unimportant amendments, it w*as passed substantially as originally prepared by Senator Howard. There was, however, one feature engrafted on the original draft of the bill which was not the work of Judge How*ard and may have been prepared outside of the Legislature—that providing for the paying of all railroad taxes into the State treasury, which was stricken out on motion of Judge Howard to save the bill from defeat. I was a member of the joint committee above mentioned which reported the bill, was present at its sittings, and know positively, as all tho other members of that joint committee do, that Judge Howard Is the real author of our present tax law, and not some gentleman outside of the Legislature. I have it also from Judge Howard himself that he was not assisted by any one in preparing the original draft of the bill which he reported to the joint committee, and which, with comparatively few amendments, was subsequently passed. These are. in brief, the fadts concerning the preparation of the tax law of 1891, and to Judge Howard belongs rightfully the claim to the authorship of the statute known as the tax law. JEFFERSON H. CLAYPOOL. Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Fnniln In Townnhip Trustees* Hands. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: The balances in the several funds, which are said to be shown by the coming report of the state statistician, to be in the township trustees’ hands on Aug. 1, are not what “was not needed in conducting the business of the township during the preceding year,” as is charged to be the ease by some persons, but what is on hand to be used in the running expenses of the township during the first half of the ensuing year. The county treasurer paid the trustees the several township funds on the second Monday in July, 1898 (as is always the ease every year), and at least a part of this was on hand on Aug. 1, 1898, and of course was reported as being in the township treasury on the date named. These sums received on the second Monday of July were used in paying the township expenses until the next payment, which will be on the last Monday in January. 1899, and the money then received is to be used in paying the expenses until the next July payment Is received, on the second Monday in that month. If the sums on hand on July 1 had been called for the sum on hand then would have b?en very different from what Is shown to be on hand a month later. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. The New Woman. At English's Opera House last night Thos. Dixon, jr., discussed “The New Woman,” in the Y'oung Men’s Christian Association course, to a fair audience. He dwelt on the respect that is shown women by* the present generation, in one sentence saying “women get the best of everything.” His lecture was punctuated with interesting anecdotes and lively illustrations of women's power in tHe latter days of the nineteenth century. Looking Forward. Boston Transcript. If, as stated, the new senator from Indiana is a composite of Robert ingersoll and Ri scoe Oonkliug, it may be necessary to build tin annex to the Capitol,

SIXTY MILLIONS IN IT - * ALLEGED SIZE OF THE DIETER It >1 INDIANA GAS COMBINE. Mr*. Rosenlmiger. Who Tried to Poison Her Own Sou. Get* Seven. Year* in Prison—State New*. ♦ Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY', Ind., Jan. 24.—The gigantic combine which was effected last Saturday* in New Y'ork city* known as the Central Union Gas Company and including all the natural-gas plants of importance in Indiana and Ohio, is believed to be for the purpose o? fighting the gas-belt manufacturers, who are organizing to force these foreign syndicates to leave the State. The sac-t that the Fort Wayne Gas Company, the Indiana and Ohio Pipe-line Company and all the Deiterich concerns are in the Central Union Gas Company lends color to the belief. In addition to the real estate, pipeline system, pumping stations, machinery, patent processes and various other rights this gigantic corporation will have 1.8.290 acres of land under lease for gas and oil purposes. These concerns are now pulling the life out of nearly a thousand gas wells in the Indiana gas belt. The company Is capitalized at Iw.OvO.Wf. Os this iM.ddJ.OOO is to bo capitalized in 7 per cent, cumulative preferred stock and $30.t0,0J9 in common stock. From each of the above stocks 50.00j.000 is to bo retained in the treasury for contingent needs—extensions, improvements, purchases of other plants and probably to fight the manufacturers. If the Central Union Gas Company* undertakes to resist the action of the manufacturers’ efforts to oust them from pumping gas out of this State, and there is no question but what they will, the clash between these two great corporations will be one to the death. An effort will also be made to put a stop to the pumping of gas from this county to Fort Wayne and other points by the Fort Wayne Gas Company. v INDIANA OBITUARY. Dr. Claude McDonald. Formerly of the ITJMIi Regiment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Jan. 24.-Dr. Claude M. McDonald, of this city, a steward in the Second Division hospital, Second Army* Corps, died at Greenville. S. C., last night of heart disease. He was for some time connected with the Prison South at Jeffersonville. He enlisted in the One-hundred-and-fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteers last spring. While at Camp Alger he was appointed hospital steward and took charge of the measles ward. He was sent South from Camp Alger. He was a prominent Mason. Edward f. Beardsley. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Jan. 24.—Edward C. Beardsley, aged fifty-six, vice president and one of the active members of the Miles Medical Company, died suddenly* of heart disease caused by overwork at his home in this city last night. He leaves a wife and daughter, Miss Beatrice. State Representative A. R, Beardsley, who is the head of the Miles Company, is a brother. In the war of the rebellion E. C. Beardsley served in tho Sixth Michigan, which entered service as an infantry regiment, but was changed to an artillery regiment. He began as a private, but was mustered out us second lieutenant. For twenty-one years he was a general agent for the McCormick Harvester Company, residing in Minneapolis. One year was spent In Australia. In 1896 he came here to assume the position he held at the time of his death. George Smith, Aged 101. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Jan. 24.—George Smith, who claimed to be 101 years old, died to-day. He enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Kentucky Infantry in 1862, and always asserted he was sixty-five years old at the time. He came to this city from Evansville about six years ago. He will be buried in the National Soldiers* Cemetery. Other Death* In the State. CONNERS VILLE, Ind., Jan. 24.—Mrs. Lydia Powell died at her home northeast of this city this morning of old age and the grip. She was the oldest native of this county, having been born July 23, 1814, and always lived in the immediate neighborhood where she died. Her parents settled in this county in 1812. She was the mother of nine children, five of whom survive her. SULLIVAN, Ind., Jan. 24.—Jackson Dooley, one of the oldest residents of this county, died at his home in this city today at the advanced age of eighty-two. He was born in this county Nov. 1, 1817, and settled where this city now stands when it was a dense woods with only a few settlers’ cabins. MATHEWS. Ind., Jan. 24.—Ezekiel Woodward died yesterday of paralysis, aged sev-enty-two. He was a veteran in the civil war, serving three years in a New Hampshire regiment. THE POISONER GUILTY. Mr*. Ronenliarger, Who Attempted to Kill Her Son, Get* Seven Years. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Jan 24.—Mrs. Rebecca A. Rosenbarger was found guilty of poisoning her son with intent to kill and sentenced to seven years in the Woman's Prison, Indianapolis. Judge Welborn gave his verdict; this afternoon after the completion of the oral argument. The court discussed the phases of the case at some length, stating that the defendant’s own testimony incriminated her. Mrs. Rosenbarger gave the poison to her son several months ago. She was living with a doctor’s family and had access to his medicines. She told the boy It would cure the pimples n his face. After his life was saved she induced the boy to make a confession saying he had attempted suicide. The evidence showed the woman to be a cold-blooded would-be murderess. Stubbed Hi* Victim in the Hack. Sptcial to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT, Tnd., Jan. 24.—“ Jack” Reneau, a young Frenchman, was stabbed to death last night in the Valley House, a disreputable resort in this city, by Mike Paulina, an Italian employed at the Kenneth stone quarries. Reneau, Paulina and another Italian by the name of Tony Dolter were at the house, when Dolter made an attack on the Frenchman. drawing a razor. Reneau pushed his assailant over on a bed. Paulina came up behind and plunged a knife into Reneau’s back three times. Reneau staggered from the house and was found in the back yard. He died in half an hour. The Italians had made their escape, but Paulina was traced to the West Side and arrested. Dolter had made his way to Kenneth, where he was arrested shortly after ipidnight. Both were identified by Mrs. Spencer, kepper of the Valley House, and Nora Gill, a girl who was in the room with the three men at the time. The Italians at the quarries have been very troublesome, and this affair has so aroused the hitter feeling against them that it would take but little to incite a mob. WABASH, Ind., Jan. 24.—The remains of Jack Reno, son of Scott Reno, a Wabash mechanic who was murdered by Mike Paulina, an Italian quarryman, at Logansport last night, will arrive here to-morrow. Reno was almost thirty years old and a ne’er-do-well. In Logansport he has been living with Sadie Chatsworth, with whom he lived here for three months. Their conduct while in Wabash was such that they were warned to leave or be locked up, and they moved to Logansport. The father was not notified until this morning of the killing of his son, and was greatly affected by the news. Iniliiiiin Striker* Happy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Jan. 24.—1 t now looks as if nonunion glass blowers, especially in the fruit jar and bottle trades, were soon to lie a thing of the past. A movement is on foot by the Glass Blowers’ Union to accept as members all of the nonunion blowers in the country, and thereby force all nonunion factories to run union or use machines. Dennis Hayes, president of the Green Glass Blowers’ L'nion, is now at Bridgeton, N. J., where over one thousand nonunion men at work in the factories there w nt out on strike to-day. This explains why Mr. Hayes has not made his appearance recently in the gas belt to assist the strikers at Swayzee, Redkey and Greenfield. Bridgeton has always been the headquarters for nonunion glass blowers, all firms in the West when out of blowers sending to Bridgeton for them. Now that all of the nonunion men there declare they will never work in a nonunion factory again, it seems

to be a sure thing that the nonunion firms in the West will have to give in. It is thought by glass men that the strike of nonunion blowers throughout the country to induce their employers to run union will be the hardest strike in this trade for many years. MILLVHJIE, N. J.. Jan. 24,-The glass workers of South Jersey did not strike today, as the men were not its well organized as was expected. At least one hundred more workers joined the organization this afternoon. The union officers are urging the men to conduct themselves on a high piano. Asks Damages for Blacklisting. Special to the Indianapolis JoumaJ. WABASH. Ind., Jan 24.—William Green, ten years the superintendent of bridges and buildings of the Michigan division of the Big Four, sued the company to-day for $15,<XK). Green alleges that on Jan. 26,1896, he was dismissed from his position because he would not “O. K.” bills for lumber to be used in the erection of the company’s grain elevator ut Benton Harbor, Mich., for a sum considerably in excess of the actual amount of the purchase. He declares that when he was dismissed notices were sent to other railway lines, and to officers of all divisions of the Big Four system, warning them not to employ him, as lie had been blacklisted and that in consequence, on Feb. 19. 1896, when he applied for a position on the Wabash Railroad he was refused, and since then he has been unable to re-enter railway service. Mr. Green is a well-known citizen and last spring was a candidate for the Republican nomination for county commissioner. Oil Gusker Now Only ISO Darrelx. Slieciul to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Inch, Jan. 24.—The big well on the Powell & Shirey farm in Washington township, which startled the oil operators by starting off at 1,800 a day, has now settled down to 180 barrels a day, and inside of a week it is estimated that it will be only an ordinary fifty-barrel well. Several wells in the immediate vicinity will be in this week, and it is expected that there will be more gushers to record. Oil men are making a strong effort to have South lama and Indiana oil given the same rating as North Dima, which means that Indiana producers will receive 5 cents on the barrel more for the product. The Standard is still purchasing the property of producers who sell their product to the Cudahys. The latest purchase is that of the G. P. Brant property, consisting of eleven wells, all fair producers, for SIO,OOO. The leases cover the R. K. Shadle and L. K. Sharpe farms in Chester township, Wells county. Brant is an Indianapolis man. Seeing Things in Dream. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FLORA. Ind., Jan. 22-Miss Maud Wheeler, daughter of James M. Wheeler, a prominent business man of this place, is in receipt of a letter relating to a dream, which is regarded as remarkable. Miss Wheeler lies at her father's home in a hopeless condition—a victim of consumption. The letter is from an oid schoolmate with whom she became acquainted while attending college at North Manchester, and who is ignorant of Miss Wheeler’s condition. The writer of the letter now lives at Nappanee, Ind. The letter is as follows: “Dear Friend: I had a dream the other night about you, over which I am considerably worried, so I thought I would write and tell you about it. 1 dreamed I approached a snow white bed upon which you were lying, and flowers were strewn all about you. When 1 went to speak to you someone gently touched me on the arm and said, ’That is Maud, she is dead.’ ” i:\-Rcbcl Buried by G. A. R. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TIPTON, Ind., Jan. 24.—The funeral of Elijah O. Elliott, aged sixty, took place in this city to-day under the direction of the G. A. R. Mr. Elliott was once a prominent merchant in this city and was a member of the Indianapolis Board of Trade. During the civil war he was in the rebel army. He was with the John Morgan raiders in Indiana and Ohio, and was taken prisoner and sent to Johnson’s island, near Sandusky, O. He attempted to escape on the ice, but artillery .opened tire across the bay and broke up the ice, so that he bad to run back, but not until lie had received injuries from which he nester recovered. When the war ended he was paroied and soon afterwards located in this county. Before his death he requested that his casket be draped in the American flag and that the Grand Army have control of hi® funeral.

Mi-kuin Says Hlm Light 1m Beady. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. I/JGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 24.-S. B. Niokum, of perpetual light fame, said to-day: “The reason why 1 did not have the exhibition on Jan. 14 was because I acted on tho advice of my attorneys here and at Washington, who notified me that everything was not complete and for me not to make an exhibition to any one. I will not now name the exact date. It is true that the light is not yet complete; it will take years to complete it, but I now have a light which is fifty candle power strong and is perpetual until the globe is broken. The light is now ready, and I could have shown it to Judge Baker in the United States Court at Indianapolis had it been necessary.” Mr*. Gest Has Two Husbands. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Jan. 24.—Mrs. Herman Gest was brought into court today on a warrant procured by her husband, William Abrams, of Mattoon, accusing her of bigamy. She told the court that Abrams had repeatedly informed her that he had secured a divorce, and Gest corroborated her testimony. The court indefinitely postponed the case and Abrams promised to return to Illinois and get a divorce. There was handshaking and a friendly parting in the courtroom when Abrams agreed to relieve the young woman by doing what he had led her to believe had been done months ago. Criticising; Congressman Miers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SPENCER, Ind., Jan. 24.—Charles Green (Galaspie) is on trial here for killing Alonzo Stout in this city Christmas night. A jury was agreed upon this afternoon, the opening statements were made and the introduction of evidence began. The defense will /;cad self-defense. Some talk is being indulged in by the people by reason of the fact that Congressman Miers appears in the case to assist the defense. Upon a statement made by Gretn that he was too poor to employ counsel Messrs. Beem & Williams were appointed to represent him, which they are doing. A Blaise In Groceric*. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGBURG, Ind., Jan. 24.—Early this morning fire broke out in the frame building on the corner of Washington and Sixth streets, occupied by R. W. Jamieson’s meat market. Before the fire was under control the building was a wreck, as well as the one adjoining, a frame grocery store, occupied by Joseph C. Fields. R. W. Jamieson lost $20(1; insurance, SIOO, and J. C. Fields, groceries, $800; no insurant j. The buildings were owned by William Cook and were a total loss, with no insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Assaulted a I.lttlc Girl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind., Jan. 24.—Arthur Quassey, aged twenty-four, was arrested here to-day charged with criminally assaulting four-year-old Addie L. Woodall, daughter of Dow W. Woodall, a farmer for whom he worked. Bast night Woodall and his wife left the house to visit some neighbors, leaving the little girl at home with Quassey. When they returned they found their child lying on the lioor unconscious. The brute had escaped, but to-day was arrested in a woods near the city. He is now in jail here, and the feeling against him is high. Beal Is Acquitted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Jan. 24.—After being out from 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon until 5 o’clock this morning the jury in the case of Benjamin C. Beal, charged with assault and battery with intent to commit murder, returned a verdict of not guilty on the sole ground that Beal was not in a responsible mental condition when the shooting was done. Beal shot Parsey Webb and William Thomas at Dunkirk lust February. The defense introduced testimony to show that his mind had been greatly affected by the death of a favorite child. Gorilnn'N Lucky Compromise. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Jan. 24.—The suit alienating his wife’s affections brought by John N. Bartiow against Samuel P. Gordon for $25,000 damages, was compromised this evening by the payment of $2,500 to Bartiow by the defendant Gordon. The parties

Hair I Wagsprl ■do ? It makes the hair •, precisely as nature senses the scalp from bs removes one of the baldness. It makes a a in the scalp and stops iming out. And it reray or white hair. | Si Prevents ami it ■ Cures Hairiness > If von do not obtain all the benefits yon I expected from use of the Vigor, write ■ the Doctor ab' V ul Au. ■, Da. J. C. AYER, Lowell, Mass. ———————— ■— ———■ live at Greenfield and the case came here on a change of venue. The trial began yesterday and would have continued several days. A member of the Jury remarked after the compromise that if the jury were to pass on the case it would have given Baitlow SIO,OOO. How Murlmrgcr M on. Slecial to the Indianapolis Journal. RCSHVILLK, Ind., Jan. 24.-Snni Murbarger, of Indianapolis, won an inglorious wrestling match from Frank Gehle, of Piqua, 0., last night. After wrestling twen-ty-seven minutes Dec Tobin, the referee, gave the match to Murbarger on a doubtful foul. The decision was hissed and it was finally agreed to call it a fall. The second fall was a sera!eh, and its merit was questioned by the audience. Gehle challenged Murbarger for another match. Attorney Baldwin Asks Divorce. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Jan 21.—The better class of citizens of this city were surprised today when the evening papers announced that Lancaster D. Baldwin, one of the oldest and most prominent attorneys of this city, had asked for a divorce from his wife, Margaret E. Baldwin. He sets out in his complaint that they had not lived together since last August, alleging that she has made life miserable to him for six years. Dr. 1.. I). Levi Acquitted. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Jan. 24.—The jury in the SIO,OOO damage suit of Mrs. Carrie Agnew against Dr. L. D. Devi, a prominent physician of this city, returned a verdict for the defendant this afternoon. Mrs. Agnew alleged that Dr. Levi struck her with a buggy whip and permanently injured her. Telephone Man Not Liable. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENWOOD, Ind., Jan. 21,-The suit of Miss Kate Jennings against Grafton Johnson for $5,000 damages for injuries received wffiile using one of ids telephones during a thunderstorm was decider! in favor of the defendant after a trial of several days at Columbus. Killed toy u Falling- Tree. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WATERLOO, Ind.,Jan. 24.—Douglass Kelly, one of the best known agriculturists in northeastern Indiana, was almost instantly killed late this afternoon by a falling tree. Kelly was a young man and quite wealthy. Indiana Notes. While drilling a well on his farm, near Royal Center, Daniel Bingaman struck a coal vein which he estimates as fifteen feet deep. While Mr. and Mrs. Bode Bowell were waiting in Dr. Barber's office at Argos their little baby unnoticed drank medicine from some bottles on the doctor’s case, and it will die. Broderick & Quinlan, oil well boiler makers, have plans perfected to enlarge their plant at Montpelier so as to be able to turn out two boilers a day and employ one hundred men. One thousand dollars was given as a bonus by the city Board of Trade. The large barn belonging to Silas Mysley, about two miles west of Elwood, was destroyed by fire Monday night, with two clover cutters, two threshing machines, one corn shelter and other farming implements. Loss, $4,000; no insurance. Sparks from an engine caused the fire. The Daily and Weekly X Ray, independent newspapers at Argos, have ceased publication and the Morning Republican and Lawrence County Republican take their places. The Republican, as its name implies, will endeavor to advance Republican interests. The editor will be F. A. Likely.

To Obtain Adequate Gad Supply. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Great suffering and inconvenience have been the experience of thousands of citizens of this city since winter began by reason of the inadequate supply of at least one of our natural gas companies. As no remedy has been proposed, I suggest the following, believing It can be made effective; Let the Legislature pass a law making It unlawful to transport within the limits of any city natural gas at a lower pressure than three ounces or a greater pressure than eight ounces through low pressure gas mains to which service pipes and house connections are attached. Such a measure can be sustained under the police power of the State, and would compel gas companies to increase their supply of gas to a point sufficient to give proper service. There is abundant gas in the field for domestic use for many years to come for Indianapolis, if proper-sized mains were used to transport it from the field to the city. JEFFERSON H. CLAYPOOL. Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Obituary. NORWAY. Me., Jan. 24.—Judge E. W. Woodbury, who framed the first prohibitory liquor luw r enacted by the Maine Legislature, is dead at his home in Bath, aged eighthseven years. MADISON. Wis., Jan. 24.—Marcus Wheeler, father of Ella Wheeler Wilcox, tho poetess, died at his home to-day In Westport, near this city. He was ninety years old. BOSTON. Jan. 24.—Washington G. Benedict, a prominent electric railroad operator and real estate dealer, died at his home here to-day, aged sixty-three. Trouble In the Belgian Cabinet. BRUSSELS. Jan. 24.—A royal decree has been published accepting the resignation of the premier, M. De Smet de Naeyer, and the minister of industry and labor. M. Nyssens. The same decree appoints MM. Liebtlort and Uooreman. noth members of the Chamber of Deputies, to succeed MM. De Smet de Naeyer and Nyssens. M. De Smet de Naeyer has been appointed minister of state. The resignations of the ministers were caused by differences with King Leopold on the question of the introduction of the uninominal electoral system, which the King advocates. Patti to Be Married To-Day. LONDON. Jan. 24.—Elaborate preparations are being made at Craig-y-Nos and at Brecon, South Wales, to celebrate the marriage to-morrow of Mme. Adelina Patti to Baron Cederstrom. Mme. Patti gave a dinner to a large number of her neighbors this evening, and later sang and took part in a pantomime show as Penelope. Joke on M. S. Q. Washington Star. “A person must go through many trials before he can succeed conspicuously In this life,” remarked the philosopher./ “It seecs so,” answered Senator Sorghum, gravely; “especially if he lives in Pennsylvania.” A Good Polieeman. Chicago News. Benjamin Harrison caused the arrest of two burglars in Indianapolis the other night. Mr. Harrison is doing all in his power to tell what shall be done with our ex-Pres-idents. Senatorial OrnitntentM. Detroit Free Press. What with Mr. Ross’s whiskers, Mr. Depew’s manual inflection and Mr. Beveridge'* flowery figures of speech, the adornmeut of tho Senate chamber will bo complete.

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