Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1899 — Page 3

New York Store j Fn(ubll<hp<l I J } Sol* A(*nl for Ilultrrlok ralleru*. ) ! z (si if be lie CJ \ sS’ii 1 = CA> 1 as if £ v ; | Pettis Dry Goods Cos | Men’s Night Dress Pajamas or Night Shirts, in materials that will keep you warm. Wool, French Flannel, Flannelette anti Fleece-lin-ed. Re comfortable—it uon’t cost much. Paul I I. Krauss 44 East Washington St. Men’s Outfitter and Shirt Maker. Miirtingr Sold by the Yard. S Caught You are, generally, when first quality flour is expected at a “cut” or “bargain sale” price. ...PRINCESS PATENT FLOUR is the highest quality produced. Guaranteed and sold by all grocers. Blanton Milling Cos. Hot Water Bottles. All Sizes, All Prices. Huder’sDrug Store WASHINGTON AND PENNSYLVANIA STS. Opeu all night. Dr - aTe BUCHANAN L/£m 1101 32-33 When Building. AMUSEMENTS. Engllull’s—“Hon. John Grigsby.” It is a delightful feeling for theatergoers to know what they are going to see in advance of buying their tickets and they always have this feeling when Sol Smith Russell comes to town. The audience that greeted Mr. Russell at English’s last nignt went prepared to laugh and likewise to shed a few tears of sympathy. Os course, the audience can never tell what particular set of circumstances will be employed to amuse in a Russell play, but it is generally well as sured what sort of character Mr. Russell will have and the people would probably be disappointed If the playright took liberties and sprang a surprise. There is no surprise in “Hon John Grigsby,” except in what he does; never in the way he does it. Russell is always a most lovable character and he makes Grigsby another of those sterling, honest and self-sacrificing fellows found In the story books. The author’s treatment seems to falter In spots and in places th> character may show evidence of plain, unadulterated farce, but when Russell speaks with fun or cause a tear to start. The struggles of the Illinois lawyer, whose clients are mostly poor folks, are not made as pathetic as might be, the interest in the character of Grigsby being overshadowed before the close of the first act by melodramatic Incidents in the work of scheming politicians, who set about to ruin the future of the lawyer. i he story, laid before the war, gives opportunity to color the action with the pre- \ ailing conflict in those days, when there were two iarties in every Northern State divided on the slavery question. The author has concocted a plot in which the slave sympathizers attempt to secure a derision from Grigsby, whom they have placed on the supreme bench, that will virtually make Illinois a slave State. Grigsby beautifully foils their scheme and exposes much personal and political rottenness in the characters of the men who have sought to defamo the State. The play is brought to a beautiful conclusion, all the situations being admirably adapted to Russell’s style of humor and pathos. The audience last night was plainly enamored of the play and frequently offered flattering evidence of its delight. After the first act Mr. Russell was called out for one of his dainty talks, which are always enjoyed. The play Itself while at all times entertaining and affording no ground for criticism on that score, is to be criticised for Its old-fashioned melodramatic features of plot as well as for the license with history which the author has taken. Surely there was more than one supreme judge in Illinois before the war and the placing of Grigsby on the, bench would not have been enough to make a slave-law valid, even had there been an opportunity. While the slave Question was being hotly discussed at the time of the play there was nothing to justify a playwright in assuming that an attempt was ever made to Introduce slavery ) n **' a * State. The author Is also vaguely indefinite about the old law that Is alleged to be In the statutes giving anyone the right to throw a girl in jail for preaching against slavery. It there ever were such a law it would have been, equally operative against every campaign speaker long before the memorable Lincoln-Douglas campaign. Charles Klein’ the author, has assumed facts In Hon. John Grigsby” that do not go down with the average thinking playgoer and to that extent the story of the play loses in Us appealing force. There ure crudities in character treatment that should also be done away with. The stain should be removed from Nellie Ogden’s name, ami the love interest between Grisby and the school juarm could be better brought out. Yet the lines are so bright and Russell handles the Situations so admirably that it seems almost like taking liberties to hint at criticism The play is wholesome and the characters •re entertainingly natural. The introduction of the ISR2 veteran anti the Mexican veteran is a novel conceit, but it is only #ne of the jnarw things in the Piny which make it hard to believe that Charles Klein orlgin- •***- the idea of the drama. It Is so rural,

so domestic and even so amateurish as to be entertaining In spite of its defects. The three acts all take place in Grigsby’s garret-like office in Sangamon county, Illinois. and the audience grows to ftel very much at home in the den liefore the curtain falls on Russell’s la*l comedy line: "Kiss your mother. Jack.” Mr. Russell's engagement closjs with to-nigui s performance. Grand—“ Too .Much Johnson.” The Grand Stock Company seems to have made its biggest comedy bit of the season with “Too Much Johnson," which was given its initial performance last night. The theater was rilled to the back row and the audience warmed to the play from the beginning. taking a wicked delight In the wholesale lying of “Mr. Billings,” in which role Mr. Hansel appeared to much advantage. The clever leading man enacted the role of what Is probably the greatest all-round athlete In prevarication ever put on the stage in a perfect manner. He lied with a grace, ease and fluency that had every semblance of nature—but no one would be so unkind as to say that Mr. Hansel would do such a thing off the stage. Miss Daily as Mrs. Billings and Miss Bridges as Billings’s mother-in-law. were extremely clever. Miss Daily gets all there is to get out of her part, while Miss Bridges is one of the mothers-in-law one reads about. Mr. Patton has anew role for him—that of Henry Mackintosh, lovesick boy, and be draws a great many laughs. wffiile Miss Berg, as Miss Faddish, is up to her usual standard in this girlish part. Mr. Kirkland, in a “Simon Degree” make-up, is the Cuban planter. Johnson, and he is as fierce as they make them. Kirkland Is always good, no matter where he is cast, so the Grand patrons will see the usual good bit of acting from him this week. Mr. Sheldon does another neat character part this week—that of the Frenchman, who Is after the mythical Johnson. Mr. Bradford does the ranting old man Faddish very well. Mr. Miles and, Mr. Conger have two small parts. The play is well staged, the scenic effects being quite clever. The stock company's production, for a first night, was- smooth and even and quite as good an entertainment as anything it has done. Mr. Hansel's photos were distributed last night as souvenirs. I’nrk Theater—Helene Mora. A warm house and a “cracking” good show rewarded the large crowd that braved the bitter cold of yesterday afternoon and last night to see and hear Hyde's Comedians and Helene Mora at the Park Theater. This combination, greatly helped out by Charles R. Sweet and a host of other entertainers, can always be relied on to test the seating capacity of the Park whenever it comes to town. Hyde's aggregation is better. If possible, than last season. Miss Mora’s wonderful contralto voice seems to have gained In power and richness by the year of use it has had since heard here last. She was in her most yielding mood at yesterday's performances, and responded to her hearty encores cheerfully and gracefully. The songs Miss Mora is singing this season are noticeable for the excellence of their verbal construction, something that is a decided novelty in topical and descriptive melodies. Hardly second to the reception accorded the star was that given Mr. Charles R. Swpet, noted on the programme as the “musical burglar.” Mr. Sweet is a comedian of no mean ability, in addition to being a "wizard of the piano.” He kept the audience almost constantly in a roar of laughter while he executed his clever musical imitations. If the other performers making up tho olio seemed less entertaining than the two mentioned, it was doubtless because of the association, for certainly any one of them would redeem an otherwise poor show. The entertainment concluded with a serio-comic sketch entitled “Way Down South.” in which Mclntyre and Heath led in the fun and were ably assisted by the rest of the company. The skit was very prettily staged, particularly that portion of It showing thq levee on the Mississippi and ending with tne blowing up of the steamboat Robert E. Lee. Hyde's Comedians will continue to Ik* the attraction at the Park for the rest of the week. They will be succeeded bv the Robert Fitzsimmons Specialty Company, the leading feature of which is receiving so much free advertising at this particular juncture. Empire—Pat Reilly. Reilly & Wood's Big Show, under the management of Frank D. Bryan, has outdone ail its previous records this year. The immense house which greeted its appearance at the Empire yesterday afternoon got something to suit from top to bottom. Pat Reilly's work—well, it was the same old Pat, with the same mysterious eye and airy graces. Everyone knows what to expect from Pat. There is more of it this year, but still not enough. The hit of the show was made by the three Mortons. Sam and Kitty have been favorites for years r while their little daughter, Clara Louise, In whose voice and figure the traces of childhood are still predominant, started such hearty applause with her singing and cakewalking that it continued through half the next turn. Bessie who did “coon songs” with the aid of five (instead of seven, as advertised) pickaninnies, is another “comer.” Frank D. Bryan, who has the knack of working a well-known joke into verse and music, made a hit with his impersonation of Roosevelt, while the six “Yankee Doodle Girls” joined in the chorus. Other numbers were rendered by the Brothers Melrose, gymnasts; the three dainty Dunbar Sisters, songs and dances; the Weston Sisters, in their familiar nonsense; the De Filippis, the Cyclonic Six and Baker and Reynolds. “La Danse Internationale” closed the performance and let Pat Reilly raise another laugh, while the prettiest part of the performance was done by little Clara Morton. The engagement is for three days, with Girard’s Interocean Vaudevilles to follow Thursday afternoon. Notes of the Stage. Thomas Canary, once a well-known theatrical manager, is dead at his home, near New Brunswick, N. J., aged sixty-three years. J. I). Leffingwell. formerly with Otis Skinner, is here in advance of Jacob Litt's production, "Mistakes Will Happen,” which has the first three days at English's next week. Tho sketch given by Mclntyro and Heath, with Hyde’s Comedians at the Park yesterday afternoon, was the “Georgia Minstrels,” the one made famous by them last season. They gave their new sketch, “Wav Down South.” last night and will repeat their latest skit both matinee and night the rest of the week. EXPOSED HIS JUGULAR. Lewis Tagar'ii Throat Cat id Notorious Engle’s Nest. Lewis Tague's throat was cut last night at Eagle’s Nest, tho notorious resort at Washington street and Eagle creek, that has been closed by the police several times. The knife laid his throat open and exposed the jugular vein to view—a blue column rising through red walls. Police Surgeon Christian stitched the gash together at the police station. Tague was anesthectioally full of whisky, According to th3 story the police gathered at Eagle's Nest, Tague and Phillip Brock and another man went into the place, quarreling, about 11 o’clock. The bartender ordered them out. Tague and Brock fought out their disagreement in the snow, and what was done to Tague was clearly marked by a red stain on the whited ground. Tague and Brock were found by Patrolmen Rockford and Hillman at the West Wushington-strcet car ba: ns. Brock was locked in at the police station on the charge of asault and battery with intent to kill, and Tague for simple assault and battery. Tague has a family at 45S West Fifteenth street. Brock is a gardener. PERSONAL_AND SOCIETY. Mrs. George Byrd is visiting Mrs. C W Crawford at Brazil. Miss Martha Parry is visiting Mr. an] Mrs. John Parry at Blwood. Mrs. Henry Jameson and daughters will not observe their day at home this week. Mrs. E. Parker and Miss H. Wells, of C hicago, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T Lavton. The German cotillon announced for last night at the Brenneke Academy was postponed. Mrs. Mary A. Moody has gone to Washington, D. C., to attend the Council of Women. Mrs. Charles Burns Clarke has postponed her tea to have been given to-day at her homq in Irvington. Mrs. D’lsay aad Miss D’lsay, of Kansas City, who have been visiting Mrs. 8. E. Morss, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Tripp entertained a party of friends lkst evening at the theater and later with a supper in the English case. Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Buchanan and Mr. and Mrs. Frank A.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1899.

Maus are among those who have gone to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras to-day. Mr. Alfred D. Evans has issued invitations to the North Capitol-avenue Neighborhood Whist Club for an evening at the Denison Feb. 22. The annual reception and musicale of the Monday Afternoon Club, to have been held last evening, was postponed until Monday evening, February 20. The Cavendish Whist Club will be entertained by Mrs. L. A Kinsey Feb. 22, and the ladies will wear Martha Washington costumes, in honor of the day. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Flshback and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Milligan will observe their marriage anniversary this evening with a family dinner at the hume of Mr. and Mrs. Milligan. The Valentine cotillon this evening at the Propylaeurn will begin at 8:30 o'clock. The assembly hall will be perfectly comfortable, extra prepa rations having been made to heat the building. Mr. J. F. Wild has returned from New York, where he went wdth Mrs. Wild, who sailed yesterday with a party of Pittsburg friends, on the Fuerst Bismarck, for the Mediterranean trip. Miss Flora Greenstreet is visiting Mrs. Charles Greenstreet in Chicago, and Mr. Greenstreet, who has been visiting his parents here, en route from New York, will return to Chicago to-day. Mrs. Clifford Arrick, who has been spending some time in Atlanta and Washington, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. H. Miller. Mrs. Miller will on Saturday give a luncheon for Mrs. Arrick. There will be a supper at the First Presbyterian Church Friday evening with a programme of toasts and responses. The committee in charge is Mrs. J. H. Byers, Mrs. Henry Latham and Mrs. Albert Baker. Miss Ceeiia Chine gave a 4 o’clock high tea yesterday in honor of Mrs. Charles P. Greenen. The table was decorated with pink roses, was lighted with pink candies in dainty holders and the favors at the plates were American Beauty roses. Valentines were used for the name cards and several of the courses were in heart shap°. Among the guests was Miss Wagner, of and Miss Kiley and Miss Cameron, of Muncie. General and Mrs. Harrison gave another of their series of handsome dinners last evening, entertaining Governor and Mrs. Mount, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Williams, Colonel and Mrs. Oran Perry. Mrs. John B. Elam, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Dye and Maj. M. G. 51cThe table was decorated with crimson tulips, which tilled a large silver bowl in the center and Bohemian glass vases, which encircled it. Miss Estelle Sterne, of this city, is at present visiting Penn and her daughter in London, England. In March Miss Sterne and a friend. Miss Brewer, of New Haven, Conn., a daughter of Professor Brewer, of Yale, will leave for an extended trip through Italy, the Riviera. Switzerland and Germany. Miss Sterne lias been studying voice and piano in Berlin during the winter, the former with Marie Lehman, sister of Lilli Lehman, and the latter with Miss Viscauska. PELL-WEST. Sjieeial to the Indianapolis Journal. CARBON, Jnd., Feb. 13.—Dr. G. M. Pell and Miss Lizzie West were married yesterday evening at the residence of the bride's parents. Rev. Oakwood. of De Pauw University, officiating. Dr. Pell is a leading physician of Carbon, and Miss West is a teacher in the public schools here. A MURDEROUS TIME. Three Men Shot to Heath on the Streets of Dekalb, Tex. TEXARKANA. Ark., Feb. 13.—At Dekalb. Bowie county, Texas, about h o'clock this afternoon, B. F. Blocker was standing on the corner talking to friends when Frank Pittman passed along the street. Blocker drew a revolver, took deliberate aim and fired at Pittman, and then fired the second time. Pittman ran a few steps, but Blocker fired again, killing him. After the killing citizens and countrymen created a disturb-* anee by beginning racing horses through the streets. Constables Alf Simmington and Dobbins attempted to arrest two countrymen. John Hughes, one of them, drew a revolver. As Simmington rushed f*>r him he was seized by Joe Duke, who tried to take the officer's revolver from him. Then Hughes began firing at Simington, but killed Duke while in the officer's arms. Duke fell when Hughes shot him and Constable Simington turned and knocked Hughes down before he could fire again. Meanwhile Dobbins was emptying his revolver at the men and after the tight it was found that Dobbins was himself badly wounded. Pittman, Hughes and Duke were killed. The town is filled with drunken men and thq officers are having much trouMe in suppressing the riot. All the men have friends who are apparently intent on revenge. A short time ago a negro w*as shot to pieces while sitting at Simington's side in the Dekalb waiting room.

NEW AMATEUR RECORD. McCreery Runs lfM> at Bulk-Line BilliarilK in York. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—The opening match in the amateur championship billiard tournament, under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Union, was played to-night at the Knickerbocker A. C. Mullen was the favorite before the game, but McCreery surprised all by his splendid form. In his thirtieth inning McCreery broke the amateur record for high run, which was 97, held by J. B. Stark, making 139 by beautiful nursing, finally winning by the following score: McCreery—2, 11, 3.6, 1. (i, 1,4, 24, 0, 49, 3,2, 0,2, 28, 4 . 0 . 3, 13. 139. 20. 13, 12, 13, 1, 2. 4. 0, 34—400. Highest runs, 139, 49, 34, 2S and 24. Average, 13 10-32. Mullen—3, 57, 1. 8. 0,1, 4, 12. 12. 0. 1. 1. 3,3, 9. 2. 1. 0,0, 3,1, 19, 0, 13, 0,3, 0,0, 0. 2—169. Highest runs, 57, 19, 13, 12 and 12. Average, and 19-u2. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Dr. Frank Woods Baker, rector of St. Paul’s Church, the largest and oldest Episcopal Church in Cincinnati, has accepted a cad to Trinity Church, at New Haven. Conn. The Madison-avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, has presented a call to Rev Dr. H. A. Johnson, late of Chicago, to become j'.astor of the church and he has accepted. The Missouri Senate yes ted ay passed a House resolution asking Congress to provide for the election of United States senators by the direct vote of the people. It will be certified to Congress at once. Boston capitalists have undertaken the formation of a large lumber company to consolidate, all of the lumber mills on the Machias river, Maine, and to purchase several townships which embrace valuable timber lands. Francis W. Bergin, a mattress manufacturer, filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States District Court at St. Lcuis yesterday. His liabilities aggregate $34,600. Os this amount $22,917 is secured by assets said to be valued at $30,100. At yesterday's session of the Grand Dodge of the Independent Order B'Rith Abraham at Philadelphia the ietiring grand master. Max Stern, of New York, was presented with a check for $2,000 as a testimonial of his labors in behalf of the order. At Lexington, Ky., last night during a drunken brawl J. H. Malier was shot and fatally wounded by Wl C. Cornelius. Both have just been mustered out with Company C, Fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and both are from Beattyville, Ky. The executive board of the Chautauqua Association has decided to remove the administration offices from Chautauqua, N. Y., and the headquarters of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle from Buffalo to Cleveland. The removal wili be consumated within ten days. On account of the railroad blockade, only two senators and one representative were present at the joint session of the Delaware Legislature yesterday. They took one ballot, resulting in two for J. Edward Addicks, Rep., and one for George Gray, Dem. The senatorial deadlock in the other States continues. A late report to the effect that a number of American prisoners, who names are unknown, are confined in a Siberian pri-on, undergoing penal punishment, has aroused a hope at San Francisco that among these men may be found the crew of the lost sealing schooner E. E. Webster, which was last heard from in Bering sea waters in April, 1896. Ijhe third battalion of the Seventeenth Infantry, which left Columbus, 0., Sunday afternoon for Manila, only got as far as Mount Vernon, 0.. when orders were received from the War Department turning their regiment back to the barracks, the reason being that the transport on which they were to sail was not ready, work having been delayed on account of the extreme cold. CITY NEWS NOTES. There will be a meeting of the patriotic workers of the Women’s Relief Corps at 10 o’clock this morning, ai Room 120, Statehouse. The supper which was to have been given to-night by the ladies of Central-avenue M. B. Church has been postponed until Friday evening.

DESERTED IN OLD AGE * ♦ SAD STORY RELATED IN KX-JI I)GE NEAL’S DIVORCE COMPLAINT. Poor Natural Gas Pressure Causes Fires In Several Cities ns Well as Sufterinjg from Cold. ♦ Sl>eelai to th* Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Jnd., Feb. 13.—Stephen Neal, ex-judge of the Boone Circuit Court, and who is said to be the author of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the L'nited States, this afternoon applied for a divorce from his wife, I.aura Neal. They were married in May, 1880. and separated last week, when, it is alleged. Mrs. Neal abandoned her husband, going to Los Angeles, Cal., under the supposition that she was going to see a sick son. Mr. Neal Is now' eighty-two years old and his wife is sixty-two. He has been blind since last July. He alleges in his complaint that Mrs. Neal forged his name to a cheek for ?275 on the First National Bank of this city, that she cashed it and took the money, which was about all he had In bank, when she left for California, leaving him blind, in feeble health, and without money and with no one to care, for him except his fifteen-year-old son. He alleges that she has frequently threatened to abandon him and has also endeavored to persuade him to leave her. Two children were born to them. Gertrude. aged seventeen, and Theodore, aged! fifteen. Both Mr. Neal and Mrs. Neal had been married twice before. TOO COLD FOR CHURCH. Business nt n Standstill in Many Indiana Cities. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Feb. 13.—For the first time in years there were no church services in this city yesterday, and people remained in doors all day. The cold weather will soon cause suffering if it continues much longer, as about all the wood available has been burned. The gas supply lias held out fairly well. At 6 o'clock this morning the water works thermometer registered twentynine degrees below zero. This is located in the river bottom. Thermometers in the city registered twenty-two and twenty-four below. Water pipes by the score have burst and business of all kinds is almost at a standstill. Poor Service lty Gas Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., Feb. 13.—The intense cold weather here this week has caused much suffering among the consumers of natural gas on the Citizens’ line. The thermometer has ranged from zero to twen-ty-four below zero. The service in this company is very poor, and while there was an abundance of gas. at times it would freeze up entirely and the consumers w r erc compelled for several days when it was the coldest, to resort to wood or coal. As there is no place where such fuel is kept, it was a serious question with many. The complaints have been long and loud, and threats have been made that the company would be held responsible for the suffering caused by a neglect to put in proper service. The Alexandria Gas Company supply lias been bountiful and all that could be desired, even the factories have had no trouble with their supply. That it is not a failure of gas in the Citizens' line, but a failure lof service, is shown by the fact, that after the gas has gone down very low and the consumers have opened the valves of their mixers, suddenly the gas will come on strong enough to almost blow them up, and again in a minute’s time the gas will go down till there is not enough to make a light, and then will not come on again for many hours. When thawed out it will again come on with a terrible rush. It is not only distressing but dangerous, as the gas may come on in the night and result in suffocation, lire or explosion.

Stole a Carload of Coal. Special to the Indlanai>olls Journal. CRAWFORDSVI LIjE, Ind., Feb. 13.—The continued cold weather has almost completely shut off the natural gas supply and tt< dependence whatever is being placed in this fuel. The gas company now burns wood in its office, and the demand for wood and coal continues to be greatly in excess of the supply. Wood is selling as high as $3 a cord, and finds ready market. On Saturday evening a car of coal was set off on thi Big Four Lack'-- and in *he morning the car was empty, the coal having been carried away by suffering people during the night. Every car of coal that is in a train that stops here is short a good portion of its load when the train leaves. Churches did not hold services on account of the lack of fuel and the city schools are closing for the same reason. Lodge meetings are abandoned and there is much suffering all over the city. Sidewalks Ruined by Freezing. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. AUBURN, Ind., Feb. 13.—During the past year the city, as well as the citizens, have constructed hundreds of feet of new cement walk. The hard freezing has cracked these walks and lifted them up to such an extent as to render them almost worthless. Peach and apple trees have frozen so that the hark is bursting. flic'll und Poor Iloth Suffer. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Feb. 13.—0n account of low' gas pressure and scarcity of wood and coal church services were declared off yesterdav, it being impossible to heat the buildings. Business is practically suspended and big prices are offered for coal or wood. There is much suffering among both rich and poor. Frozen to Death ou she Track*. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. GREENWOOD, Ind., Feb. 13.—An unknown man was found frozen to death on the Madison road about three miles south of here this morning. He was about fifty years old. tall and well built, with light complexion. No clew as to his Identity has been found. Too Cold for Oil to Flow. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Feb. 13.—The frigid and intensely cold weather of the past week has completely prostrated the oil industry in the Indiana oil field and operations are at a standstill. Operators are losing thousands of dollars while their pumps remain idle. PARADOXICAL FIRES. Blazes Caused ly Poor Natural Gas Service in Indiana Towns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER. Ind.. Feb. 13.—Three fires, all caused by gas pressures varying, occurred here yesterday. The first was at the Hartzell Hotel, which was put out before any damage resulted. The second and third were at the home of Joseph Troy, head mechanic at the Indiana steel castings plant. The fire started In the roof and the department succeeded in putting it out in the morning. About 3 o’clock in the afternoon another alarm was sent in, the residence then being in flames. Part of the household goods were saved, while the building burned to the ground. Loss about SI,BOO. insured in the Hartford for $1,200. William Silvers, of BlufTton. owned the building. The damage to household goods was aoout S4OO, insured in the Hartford for SI,OOO. House Hint Drug Store [iurnetl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 13.—Walter Fisher, who lives two miles west of Fisher’s Station, lost his large residence by fire Sunday night. Ijoss, $2,500, with insurance of $1,700. A natural gas explosion at Lapel Saturday night destroyed the drug store ot Mrs. N. W. Klepfer. The leak was caused by a break in the pipe. Loss, $3,500, with only partial insurance. Close Call for u Hotel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 13. —Andersonians are still suffering in many localities on account of the severe cold and poor gas service. There have been a number of small tires, but none serious. The Hotel Anderson

was threatened this morning. The kitchen burned, but the building was saved and only slightly damaged. The I.aw Cutctaen Wetzel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON', Ind., Feb. 13.—Word was received to-day that Peter Wetzel, wanted here on a, charge of adultery, had been arrested in Tipton and was being held until the arrival of the Lebanon authorities. ?.Ir. Wetzel had been living at Thorntown until recently with a woman he claimed as his wife. Mrs. Wetzel was quite a favorite with all of the people of Thorntown with whom she was acquainted. Not long ago a stranger, giving his name as J. E. Newkirk, of Foster. Mo., arrived in Thorntown and created a. sensation by claiming Mrs. Wetzel as his wife. He stated that he had spent the last four years searching for her all over the country. Before Mr. Newkirk could take legal steps to assert his rights Wetzel and the woman left town. They were traced to Kankakee. Til., hut succeeded in eluding the authorities. The police here kept up the search and finally located Wetzel at Tipton and his arrest followed. Mrs. Wetzel was not with him when the arrest was made and her whereabouts is not known. Wetzel will he brought here and tried on a charge of adultery. Thomas Was h Tax-Dodger. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. Feb. 13.—Judge Chipman and Hon. George M. Ballard, who have been to Augusta, Ga.. for Madison county and this city looking for property belonging to the estate of Western B. Thomas, have returned from a successful trip. The lowest aggregate value placed on stocks owned in cotton mills, factories and railroads was SBO,OOO. In Louisville. Ky., storks amounting to $30,000 have been found and there are other properties in that State which will amount to $20,000, making a total of property unearthed to date of $130,000, exclusive of $04,000 of stock owned by Mr. Thomas In the American Wire Nail Company of Anderson. When Mr. Thomas lived in Anderson he paid taxes on property of only &5.C00. He lived in Anderson six years before his tragic death at Indianapolis, and it is estimated that he is indebted to the county about SII,OOO. and to the city of Andersoii about $6,000 for taxes. Missionary ('ougrcsn, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Peb. 13.—The annual meeting of the Missionary Congress, which has been in session at Berne, this county, the past ten days, adjourned this morning. The meetings were largely attended. Reports showed much good was being accomplished in foreign lands by missionaries from the United States. Last night Rev. J. A. Sprunger, the presiding divine of this convention, ordained ten persons for special missionary work, as follows: Mary B. Shirk, of Goshen; Bertha Yarns, lately from Africa; Helen Salyr and Esther Nelson, of Broeton. Mass.;, Anna Uepp, of Bidder, Kan.; Emeline Siiirmer. of Wichita, Kan.; Nellie Smith, of l>oretta, S. D. ; Sebastian Brindly. of Swantnn, O.: Christian Khmer, of Cleveland, 0., and J. S. Reiger, of Henderson, Neb. Most of these will leave for foreign lands at once to do work among the heathen.

Suit Against Newkirk for $7,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Feb. 13.—The suit of John A. Titsworth, guardian of Francis M. Hamilton, against David B. Newkirk, a former guardian, to recover judgment, for about $7,000, alleged to be due from Newkirk, was heard in the Rush Circuit Court last week, the trial ending Saturday. The case will be argued by the attorneys before Judge Kirkpatrick, of Kokomo, on March 6. The demand is made on Newkirk because of the depreciation of a 320-acre farm through alleged carelessness; because of failure to collect adequate rental for the farm, and for a loan of SI,OOO made by Newkirk. as guardian to his son. T. J. Newkirk, of Richmond, Ind. This loan was made without any security being taken and is still unpaid. Fatal Shooting in a Saloon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 13.—William Hunter, an iron worker of this city, was shot and seriously wounded in Bond’s saloon, in Hazelwood suburb Sunday morning by a negro. Several men were in the saloon when two negroes entered and when asked to retire a quarrel ensued. Hunter made a move at one of the negroes, who shot him in the abdomen and then fled. The affair was reported to the police Sunday noon and a negro who works at the rod mill was arrested and identified as the one who shot Hunter. His name is Goodwin and he came to* Anderson from Rushville a few years ago. It is thought that Hunter will die. An invalid Burned to Death. Sjiecial to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Feb. 13. Charles Kurtz, an invalid, aged forty-five years, was burned to death last night. He was wrapped in quilts and was seated in a chair near a red-hot stove. Hte atendant left the room for a few minutes returned to find the clothing in flames. The fire was extinguished, but not until the man’s body was badly burned so that death followed shortly after. He was the son of the late William Kurtz, a pioneer editor of southern Indiana. His family is a prominent one in this section. Two Men Shot in Card Game. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Feb. 13.—A bloody fight occurred in Conway’s saloon, at Newburg, last night, in which Frank Shepard and his son, also named Frank, were badly wounded. The trouble arose over a game of cards, and both of the Shepards attacked John Lumdson, the latter drew a revolver and shot young Shepard in the right leg, then taking deliberate aim sent a bullet in the elder Shepard's head, inflicting a wound that will probably prove fatal. No arrests have been made. Anderson Puffed I p with Joy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Inch, Feb. 13.—Anderson’s delegates to the Fort Wayne convention of Republican clubs of the State returned home yesterday to be greeted on all sides with demonstrations of delight and hearty congratulations on the victory achieved in bringing the, next state meeting to Anderson. Republicans are enthusiastic and preprations for the next annual meeting will be undertaken on a grand scale. Won from Parker on n Fonl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CONNERSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 13.—Harvey Parker and Ed Robinson wrestled in the Andre Theater this evening before a small crowd. Robinson won the first fall in 12:45. Parker took the second in 6:15. The third bout Herbert Hale, referee, gave to Robinson on a foul. None of the sport lovers thought the match was on the square, hence the small attendance. Boone County Whent Protected. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind.. Feb. 13.—Interviews with twenty farmers representing every section of the county, show that the wheat crop in this section has not been Injured by tui: present cold spell, but that it is in good condition. There has been sufficient snow to civer and protect the roots of the wheat. Fifeman nnil Mail Clerk Hurt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Feb. 13.—The north-bound passenger train on the C. & E. TANARUS., due here at 7:15 o’clock, was wrecked at Grant, west of here, this morning, by the engine leaving a rail. The engine and a mail car were overturned, badly injuring the fireman and a mail clerk. luilinnn Obituary. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Fib. 13.—The wife of Professor Frank Ogden died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon. She had been ill for some time with the grip but was recovering when she was taken suddenly with a spasm and died in a few minutes. Professor Ogden came here from Vincennes a few years ago and is a teacher in the High School. Mrs. Ogden was about thirty years old and the remains were taken to Vincennes. the former home, where the burial will take place Tuesday. MADISON. Ind., Feb. 13.—Nathaniel Warden, tailor, died this afternoon, aged ninty-one. Ursula Francisco, wife of the late Alonzo Francisco, tiled Sunday, aged seventy-nine. Charles Umbaeh. shoemaker, died Saturday night, aged seventy-two. PORTLAND. Ind., Feb. 13. Mrs. Thomas J Harkins, wife of a well-known druggist, died this morning. Mrs. Harkins had been in

poor health for many weeks, but was able yesterday to appear at the dinner table. Indiana Note*. Judge John R. Cravens and the venerable John Elements, of Madison, are in a dying condition. The old plant of the Indiana Barh Wire Fence Company, at CrawfordsvUle, which was recently sold to the trust, has been closed down and the employes given work in the mills elsewhere run by the trust. The directors of the Island Park Assembly. Rome City, have held a meeting, at which they agreed to hold the assembly this year, giving three weeks, beginning July 25. Rev. Naftzger. of Muneie. wilt continue as president; J. F. Snyder, of latgrange, advertising secretary: Rev. H. J. Becker, of Dayton, 0.. superintendent. This season will be the twenty-first for the island Park Assembly. “LflBBY" BEATEN4GAIN HIS ANM4I. ATTACK ON THE If OISE OF LORDS IASH CESSFIL. Speech by Sir Henry Campbell Hnnnermnii, the New Leader if Liberal* in the Common*. LONDON. Feb. 13.—1n the House of Commons Henry Labouehere, Liberal member for Northampton, made his annual attack upon the House of Lords, with a view of limiting its veto power, from which, he said, liberal measures invariably suffera. He moved an amendment to the address to the throne providing that bills adopted by the Commons in one session and not adopted by the peers should, if repassed hy the Commons at a subsequent session, become, the law of the land. After a discussion of Mr. Labouchere’s amendment. Mr. John Lawson. Liberal member for South Leeds, proposed an amendment to the address declaring that the power now possessed by the House of Lords of overruling the decision of the House of Commons demanded the urgent attention of Parliament. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. the newly-elected leader of the Liberals in the Commons, supported the Lawson amendment. In the course of a vigorous speech, he denied that the Liberals were actuated by partisan spirit in raising the question, but the House of Lords, he declared, had always formed a continuous and stereotyped anti-Liberal majority. "On patriotic and constitutional grounds,” said Sir Henry, “the situation is full of danger find no dispassionate man can deny the anomaly of a House of Ixsrds in the fare oi a representative system of government. The Liberals desire to guard the rights of the representative chamber, while leaving to the house of peers a reasonable power of criticism and advice.” Mr. Arthur Balfour, government leader, said there, was no middle course between the policy expressed in Mr. Labouchere's amendment and the policy of leaving the house of peers in its present position. He declared it to be his firm conviction that the Liberals, in proposing constitutional reform, were really acting in the interest of party. The House then rejected both amendments, Mr. Lawson’s by 257 against 157, and Mr. Labouchere’s by 223 against 105. Murine War Kl*k Case. LONDON, Jan. 13.—An interesting question pertaining to insurance in time of war was before tlie Court of Queen’s Bench today, when the owners of the steamer Restormel, coal-laden for the Spaniards in Cuba, and which was captured by the United States auxiliary cruiser St. Paul, as she was attempting to enter the harbor of Santiago, sought to recover £4.000 of ocean marine insurance. The company defendants claimed that the Restormei’s adventure was illegal, and that the fact that she was engaged in an attem ii to supply coal to the Sparish navy was suppressed at the time insurance was taken out. After the evidence of seizure of the Restormel had been submitted the case was adjourned.

English Society Divorces. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Baron Karl de Merck has secured a divorce on the ground of adultery, committed by his wife with her maid’s brother. The baroness was formerly Miss Lillian Young, and is said to be an American woman. Francis C. Baring was to-day awarded a decree of divorce on the ground that his wife had been guilty of adultery with his cousin, the Hon. Reginald Thomas Dudley Brougham, brother of Baron Brougham. All the parties to this suit are well known in society. Storm Damage in Great Britain. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Terrific gales are again prevailing on the coast of the British isles. Many ports have suffered serious damage from the Waves, esplanades being washed away in many cases. Shipping has been delayed severely and some loss of life is reported. DELLENBAUGH GUILTY. Cleveland Judge Convicted of Charged Preferred by tlie Ba r. CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 13.-The Circuit Court this afternoon found Judge Dellenbaugh guilty as charged in the third specification. The sentence of the court was not made public anti will not be until after the trial of State Senator Burke, whieh will begin within a few days. The third specification in the charges against Dellenbuugh is in connection with the “O. K.” which he, as judge, placed on the Manning divorce decree and which it was alleged he was also interested as counsel. Judge Hale delivered the verdict. Judge Dellenbaugh was not present when the decision was read, he sitting as judge in the Common Pleas Court. ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS POLITICIAN. Hi* Possessed Adroitness and Pat Personal Feeling* Aside. New York Commercial Advertiser. Few, if any of Lincoln’s gifts contributed more to his success in guiding the Nation through the perils of the civil war than the kind of political adroitness the hostile might call wire-pulling. That he was a man of great scope in thought and execution, a statesman and a ruler of iron will, the world is fond of proclaiming. That his power of conception and action on large and deep matters was supplemented with a distinguished gift for subterranean manipulation of small but essential details in a game played with human pawns as well as human kings, is a fact somewhat studiously neglected and even misrepresented by some of his conspicuous biographers. The most elaborate life of him so far written attempts to show that Lincoln took no part in the nomination of Andrew Johnson in 1864, while anybody with the accessible evidence before him and bare ability to weigh it must know that Lincoln, and nearly Lincoln alone, provoked that promising but illfated step, though he veiled his own movements against Hamlin dexterously. A later and still more important example of his practical manner of proceeding was his distinct intimation that the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery must lie passed, whatever had to hi done to bring a few more legislators to its support. While the contemporary charge that the Baltimore convention of 1864 was wholly controlled by spoils was the cry of the disappointed, it contains a share of truth. Lincoln’s unusual abilities in political engineering were recognized in bis own State long before his debates with Douglas gave him a national reputation. It was when he was in the state Legislature that, ys a member of the famous Ig>ng Nine, who bossed their party in Illinois, he was intrusted with the important task of getting the capital to Springfield by withholding the support of th nine from the measures of every member that would not, in turn, support the city chosen by them. After he became President he took part, not only in the details of national politics. but in the party affairs of all the States. His diplomacy reconciled the conflicting factions in Missouri, it kept Simon Cameron bound to him in Pennsylvania. even after he had been forced to drive that old spoilsman from the Cabinet. It kept Governor Curtin, in the same State, his friend, in spite of Curtin’s hostility to

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Cameron. Tt won a newspaper to his support by flattering the vanity of a New York editor with the offer of a foreign mission. !n the same campaign he had Meade ami Sheridan send soldiers to strengthen the Republican home vote, knowing that “the bayonet vote” carried much less moral weight. He had General leave 111* command to stump Illinois and Indiana, while Sherman marched to the sea. lie removed an able and independent official from high position in New York city to conciliate Thurlow Weed. He got into a position to count votes from the border States if an emergency should arise to make them needful. He appointed many incompetents to office to hold the various political factious of his party to his support. It Is darkening counsel and confusing the picture of a great man to omit or distort a part of him that, as far as the closest observers can see, was necessary to keep his divided North together on the main issue and secure the support of Republican leaders. Os course, Lincoln was no small politician. He used the fox’s skin only when it served better than the lion’s. He appointed the Democrat, Stanton, with the memory of a cruel affront rankling in his sensitive mind, and he endured Stanton's insults to the day of his death. He was single-minded in his desire to get the best generals, however they treated him. Me made his principal enemy in his Cabinet chief justice of the United States. Ho not only made ills leading rival for the presidency secretary of slate, but he passed by without notice statements by that official that, in the mind of everybody, friend or enemy, warranted dismissal. All this is true, as it Is true that the deepest ethieal realities had his most unswerving loyalty; but it is perhaps well to distinguish, for the sake of discouraging the easy cant that attacks everything adroit In polities, between ihe generally futile person superior to conciliation and bargain and the statesman in whose hand every art known to the smallest politicians becomes a weapon in some high cause. To the latter category belonged Abraham Lincoln. SMALL ACCOUNTS. A Disposition ly Bank* to Charge for Handling Them. The Financier. One or more Chicago banks, according to information published in this paper last week, supplemented by additional particulars given in our Chicago letter this week, have determined to place their business on a paying basis so far as heretofore unprofitable accounts arc concerned, and to that end have decided to make a charge for handling deposits whieh do not reach a certain maximum. Further than that they are discussing the question of paying interest on minimum current accounts for the month rather than on the maximum sum of deposits. Theee and other reforms, we are advised, are not the result of a concerted agreement, but rather are the outgrowth of a common-sen*# view of the matter by the officials of several institutions. The change is radical, but in the light of present conditions it is logical. Whether it can be put into permanent operation is another matter. In New York the business of banking Ims been so classified that'the question has solved itself to a large extent through the distribution of business in certain directions. Still, every bank is troubled more or lees with accounts from which no profit Is derived. It is not always the small deposit, however comparatively inactive, that causes the most trouble. The wildly fluctuating account that represent* a largo credit one day and an almost immediate reduction to zero the next is quite as much a source of trouble as the obscure deposit representing a salary accumulation or the proceeds ot a minor business. Why banks should popularly be supi*osed to welcome and invite such balances is one of the unsolved problems as between the public and the institution. It needs no mathematical demonstration to prove that the time wasted in looking after such business more than counterbalances any profit that might be derived, to say nothing of the losses that frequently arise. In short, the. banks can no longer attempt to follow tpe customs of former years. They are loaning money today on a smaller margin than ever, ami are often unable to find employment for funds that are left with them. A considerable amount of clerical labor is expended on business which is admittedly unprofitable, and unless some offset in the way of charges for doing what has been up to this tima gratuitous work is found the outlook for dividends is correspondingly lessened. Os course, the United States has only recently advanced to the position defined as that of a creditor nation. Money has not been a 3-per-cent, commodity and profits have been constant in the face of generous assumption of expense. But this period has passed, for the present at least, and perhaps permanently. The new era involves, as we pointed out bust week, a reduction of expenses or compensation for labor heretofore granted as an accommodation, and the action of the Ghicago banks only emphasizes the remarks noted. We have no doubt that a few depositors will he mortally offended at the formal notification that their business is unprofitable, but after they have withdrawn their accounts and awaited in vain the closing of the bank they may begin to realize that after all the banker was right. The majority of small depositors, we imagine, ‘ will take a more common-senso view of tjje question and will consent to a moderate charge. At any rate, while the bank may lose a small percentage of business, its officers can console themselves with the though! that while they are not swelling their deposits, they are at least losing nothing. The Chicago experiment will be watched with considerable interest. The Colil In New York. New York Commercial Advertiser. The bearded man had a great advantage of the clean-shaven, in the cold. If this is the prevailing weather In Kansas, no wonder the Populist of that section clings to his yard-long beard, despite all the ridicule of the comic papers. The man with only a mustache, however, was rather worse off than ordinary men. for if he was outdoors much two Icicles bung down from the eormrs of his m >uth and tinkled against his chattering teeth. That’* YYhal. Kansas City Journal. A hot time in the old tow n these nights la a very expensive affuir.

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