Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 186, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1899 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1899.

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Established 1853. Sole A genta for BntterlcU Patterns. THIRDDAY ... OF OUR ... Monster Mill End 0 0 0 0 Come to-day, sure. Pettis Dry Goods Co Modesty and Money Are very desirable. Modesty In a good housewife adds to her charms. Money adds good things to her pantry. Princess Patent Flour is reasonable In price, and unequaled in quality. Every package guaranteed. BLANTON MILLING CO. Marottr All the year round the masses find the best values In shoes at tha second largest shoa stor in the world. 22, 24, 26 and 25 East Washington St For WEDDING PRESENTS In Solid Gold, Heavy Solid Silver, fine China and rich Cut Glass at WHOLESALE PRICES, see 16 Cast Washington Street. DOMINION LI5E. Fast Twin-screw service. Boston to Queer.town and Liverpool. U. S. Mall SteamersBilge keels, modern. Sailing trom Fltchburj R. R. docks. Boston, as follows: New England, July 5, Aug. Aug. 30, Sept. 27; Canada, July 12, Aujr. 9. Sept. . Oct. 11; Derbyshire. July 19, Aug. 18. Sept. 13. Reduced rates. Saloon passage. tGO and upwards; second cabin. $77.50; third class, 123.50. For passage plans and In formation, apply to the company's office, 103 Ftate street. Iinston. Ma. CITY NLWS NOTES. Norbert Eandgraf has gone East on a ten daya' vacation. Charles Williams, a colored boy. nine years of age, was sent to the police station on a charge of petit larceny. It Is said that he "tapped a till" for fireworks money. Rollo Fisher was stabbed twice near the heart Monday afternoon by Walter Overton, colored. Fisher Is a clerk In his brother's etore, and Overton was employed as a porter. Overton stabbed Fisher with a knife after being reproved for Insolence. Overton escaped and had not been located by the police last night. Fisher's wounds are not dangerous. A Hatch or Statistics. The State Bureau of Statistics has issued a bulletin on the subject of electric light, power, gas and water plants of the State, both private and municipal. The pamphlet is made up of thirty-eight separate tables, showing features of the operation of the different plants with relation to the capital J? vested, cost of fuel, water and other items oi operating expense, together with the proportion of revenue derived from public service. The statistics arc presented in such a way as to impress the lay mind with the idea that they are of little value. There are no totals nor capitulation. Moreover, In the preface the bureau states that "The private owners of three electric light and rive water works plants of the chief cities of the State declined to allow the facts presented in connection with the name of the State, and one of the larger gas works plants in the State made only a partial report of- the facts which was so Inadequate as to be worthless." In addition to this, local conditions figure In the cost of operation to such an extent that the tables are of little use for purposes of comparison. The Dublin Reunion. A reunion of people who live or have lived in Dublin. Ind., was held in the large yard surrounding Sylvester Johnson's house in Irvington yesterday afternoon. This is the sixth reunion of Dublin people since the plan of havhig a semi-annual meeting was conceived, about three years ago, by Mr. Sylvester Johnson, Mr. George W. Miller, Mr. Garrett Shover and others. There were present people from Uberty. Cambridge, Richmond and Pendleton, Ind. Notable among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Pentecost, now of Indianapolis, but old settlers in Dublin; Mrs. Clarinda King, Mr. D. M. Brad burs'. Mrs. Ella M. Miller and Mr. Daniel Hunt. II o ran Found at a Broken Window. Fred Koran, 93S Highland avenue, was bound over to the grand jury yesterday on a charge of burglary. About 2 a. m. the glass in the front door of William Grimes' grocery, 1123 East Tenth street was broken, and when Grimes ran. out he found Horan looking into the store. Several witnesses say that Horan broke the glass. He claims he heard the crash and stepped up to ascertain tne cause. Horan was arrested about a year ago on a similar charge and released on suspended Judgment. Horse Returned Exhnusted. John C. Sprow, 901 West Washington Btreet. Martin Costello, 5H Stevens street, and Wesley Coons, 90S West New York street, hired a horse and buggy from Green & Co. about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and it is tald abused the animal by driving it until 11 o'clock, when they returned it to the stable In an exhausted condition. They were arrested and charged with drunkenness and cruelty to animals. Lorrrenre Coanty Smallpox. The State Beard of Health was yesterday notifies of a case of smallpox at Fort Rltner. Lawrence county. "A gang of men has been working on the railroad near that place and the disease has developed among theni. The men are Italians and negroes arid a trict quarantine was ordered. For the Lnwten Sword. George 11. Thomas Post. G. A. R., of this cfty, last evening adopted resolutions commending and indorsing General Lawton. The post alr appropriated . for the fund for a sword for General lawton and it will be sent to the fund of Slon Bass Post, of Fort Wayne. Mayor Sign Gun Ordinance. Mayor Taggart yesterday signed the gas ordinance and the rate for gas is now H a thousand feet instead of 11.25. The gas company will at once take a etatement of all meters and the next bill rendered will be according to the new rate.

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MOT SI5G EXPLODED 100,000 FIRECRACKERS AT OXCE. Chinese Celebration of the Fourth Usual List of Accidents and Fires. Moy Sing, a Chinese dealer, on New York street just east of Massachusetts avenue, has long looked forward to the Fourth and he made extensive preparations to celebrate. Moy Sing bought for himself ten large boxes of firecrackers and in each box were 10,000 of the small variety. Moy Sing then invited many of his fellow-countrymen to be present last evening when he celebrated the Fourth. He opened his ten boxes of firecrackers and took out each bunch. Then he piled the bunches into a high pile in the street in front of his store and the pile was as high as a man of average height. After darkness had fallen Moy Sing touched a lighted match to the pile ant. or five minutes the street looked like a . a of flame. One hundred thousand crackets exploded in a continuous roar and now and then the flames and the noise seemed to take spurts, as if to outdo the former noise and flames. The noise gradually died away and the street looked like a c tretch of red clay, arid exploded firecrackers were ankle deep. Moy Sing and his compartriots sat down to talk It all over and they were delighted. "Great day for noise. Great day for noise," said Moy Sing as he laughed and hugged himself. "Joy mysel' once year. Joy mysi' once year. 'Merica make great noise. Great day." a THE DISPENSARY'S WORK. List of the Cacualtle from Various Explosions. The city dispensary physicians had no picnic engagements yesterday. There was the usual heavy list of accidents from explosions. Charles Cowen, fifteen, living at 616 East Georgia street, and Robert Robinson, fourteen, living at New Jersey and Ohio streets, played with toy cannons and got their faces too near when the explosions occurred. Both had the powder picked from their faces at the dispensary. Henry Johnston, rear 24? Douglas street, stood too near to a pistol In the hands of another boy and was shot in the leg. Paper and powder were picked from his leg at the dispensary. Harry Fells, a horseshoer at 2001 Madison avenue, while firing an anvil yesterday morning In front of Kinney's livery stable on East Washington street, had his face badly burned by the premature explosion of a powder charge. .He was taken to Dr. Hoover's office, and for a time it was thought he would lose his eyesight. Thadeua Tedrow, thirteen, living at 1507 Barth avenue, picked up a firecracker and allowed It to explode in his hand. The injured member was dressed at the city dispensary. Will Bridges, aged seventeen, 1622 Ash street, thought a firecracker was a fizzle until he picked It up and It exploded in his hand. He, too, went to the dispensary. James Sullivan, aged ten, living at 175 Qulncy street, and another boy played with a small cannon. They loaded it with gravei and James stood in front while his playmate shot it off. The load struck James in the thigh, penetrating about two inches. Dr. Karchner did the dressing. James Beardsley, 2315 English avenue, while walking along Georgia street, near Shelby, was severely bitten in tfce calf o.f the leg by a vicious dog, which was out celebrating. Dr. Loop bandaged the limb. Edward S. Seguln was severely injured by the explosion of a cannon firecracker in his hand. He was celebrating the dav at the Blacheme. and his right hand was badly lacerated by the explosion. The Red Cross corps at Garfield Park had five cases yesterday. Three were powder burns. A young man named Klemeyer, living near South and New Jersey streets, was seriously, burned. A bicyclist living at 16 Summit street took a header nnd ran a splinter through his upper l!n. Frank Jones, of 12S Bloumington street, vas severely Injured last evening at Garfield Park. He had a small cannon which he was firing, and while loading it leaned too far over the muzzle of the gun. It was discharged in his face, and filled his face .full of powder burns. One finger was also badly injured. It Is not believed he will lose his sight. Dr. Eisenbelsa attended him. s THE FIRE RECORD. Department Homes Almost Exhausted by 3IldAfternoon. Boys, firecrackers and the absence of moisture in inflammable materials caused the fire department much hard work yesterday. From early morn until Z o'clock in the eternoon the horses were kept going almost constantly and at that time were almost exhausted. Three runs were made to extinguish fires in grass plats, started by the explosion of firecrackers. About 10:20 o'clock fire starting from fireworks was discovered In the frame building occupied by S. Osborn at 1724 and 172C Sheldon street, and a $200 loss occurred. The flames communicated to 1722 Sheldon street, and Mary Davis sustained a loss of $25. At 11 o'clock a run to Harding and Washington street was made on account of a grass fire. A few minutes later firecrackers started a blaze in the home of W. L. Ward. 1219 South Sheldon street; loss about $10. At 12.30 a large barn, occupied by George A. Rubush. rear 923 Indiana avenue, caught fire. Four horses were cremated. Eight others were taken from the barn, some of them being slightly burned. A large quantity of harness and several wagons were burned. The less was about $2,500. The flames communicated to a small stable near by. The flames also srread to the home of T. N. Pelton. S43 West Pratt street, causing $50 loss. Fred Mormon, 422 Minerva street, and Otto Nuensler. S53 West Tenth street,, v?ere also small losers by fire, which communicated from Rubush's barn. Several other alarms were turned in shortly afterwards, but no serious damage resulted, the fires in most Instances being put out before the arrival of the department. Frcm 3 o'clock to 6 the department had a rest, only one alarm being turned in between those hours. A few minutes after 6 o'clock a run was made to No. 716 Indiana avenue, wnere a fire in a shed was started by fireworks. Lrf9. 110. At 9:40 a stable owned by II. McKay and occupied by Mrs. M. R. Holt, rear 2311 Cen tral avenue, was aestroyea Dy nre, rrf uimnblv caused by fireworks. Eoss. $500, The flames spread to a stable In the rear of No. 2007. and J. R. Ross, owner and occupant, lost about 91.000. A stable belonging to E. Plainsmith. rear No. 2012 Ruckle street, was slightly burned, causing a loss Thf department also made a run to No. 501 Madison avenue on account of fire In the salnnn nf S. Banv. The names, however. were quenched before the arrival of the fire wagons; no loss. The Fourth nt Institutions. The Inmates of the Central Hospital for the Insane were entertained on the lawn yesterday afternoon with a programme of patriotic music, declamation and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. There was also dancing on a platform decorated in national colors. In the morning the hospital ball team played a team composed of insurance men irorn tne city, me hospital team won by a score of 11 to 3. The prisoners at the workhouse celebrated the Fourth by giving a minstrel and variety show. At the Woman' prison and Girl's reformatory the inmates suspended work and enjoyed a day of rest. Henry Street-Car Trnllle. The street-railroad traffic yesterday was the heaviest that has been known for years. The exceptional attractions at Garfield, Fairview and Armstrong parks. Broad Ripple, two ball games, races at Newby Oval last evening, to say nothing of the private outings ana the use or tne holiday for visiting, combined - to crowd the cars from early morning until late at night. Nearly all the regular employes were dolncr extra work, and many of them were on the cars tne entire day and night. Irvlnirton Flrevrorlrs. Irvington citizens enjoyed fireworks last night which were touched off In the circle

north of Washington street. In the suburb. A large crowd turned out and the display was much admired.

MISS GRADY'S CONDITION. It Is Still Precarious Xo Trace of Her Assailant. Mis3 Pearl Grady, 1221 Keystone avenue, who was mysteriously shot-Monday evening, was yet in a precarious condition early thl3 morning, but her physicians were hopeful. She rested easily yesterday, but the slightest movement caused her great pain. The doctors believe, should no complications result, that she will recover. The detectives worked on the case yesterday, endeavoring to ascertain who fired the shot, but did not succeed in so dointr. The general opinion is the shot was fired by some cateless peison, rather than one with malicious intent. PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Miss Anna Asmann. of Cincinnati, is visit ing Mrs. Frank Carter. Mrs. W. W. Hammel is visiting friends in Chicago for a fortnight. Mrs. J. F. Wallick and sons will go to Maxlnkuckee this week. Miss Messer. of Mattoon, is visiting Mrs. Thomas Alford on Park avenue. Miss Gertrude Wocher will give a small and informal party this evening. Mr. Frank Cutter has gone with a party fishing down the Tippecanoe river. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ketcham and family will go to Maxlnkuckee for the summer. Mrs. Horace Bennett and daughter Helen go to Chicago to-day to spend a month. Mrs. A. M. Ogle is entertaining Miss Eleanor Lemcke at her home at Maxlnkuckee. Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Rykes will leave tomorrow for Turkey Lake to spend two weeks. Mr. Shuler Craft, who has been visiting here, returned to his home in Decatur yesterday. Mrs. E. C. Sellers, of Covington. Ky.. will come to-morrow to visit Mrs. Dorman Davidson. Master George Brearley, of Monticello. is spending a few days with Master Walter Barcus. Mrs. E. B. Sellers, of Monticello. is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Pearson, on Broadway. Mr. Oglesby, of Salt Lake City, is visiting his sisters, Mrs. M. M. Landis and Mrs. Anna Hays. Mrs. W. E. Sayer and children, of Chicago, are visiting John F. Wild and family, on College avenue. Miss Lucia Cruft Holliday and Miss Ayleworth. of Cleveland, will go to South Haven, 111., the last of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Walcott and family will leave to-day for New York Mills to visit Mr. Walcott's mother. Miss Lord and Miss Niblack, who 'have been visiting Miss Esther Haughey, will go to their homes in Chicago to-day. Mr. Harry Gray will spend his vacation with a party of friends from Pittsburg and Richmond in a tour of the upper lakes. Mrs. Charles Murphy, of Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of this city, will leave for other Indiana points the latter part or tne week. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Baldwin and Mr. and Mrs. Enrique P. Miller and children will go to Atlantic City on Thursday for several weeks. Mrs. Frederick Herron and daughter Josephine, Miss Chlpman and Miss lone Scholl nave returned from their outing in the country. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Curtis and daughter, of Noblesville, were in the city yesterday to attend the birthday party of Master John E. WTiid. Miss Meldrum. of Louisville, will come this week to visit Miss Hendricks, in Woodruff Place, and later will be the guest of Miss Valette Miller. There was a drive out to Broad Ripple and supper given last night for Miss Matthews, who 9 visiting Mrs. John M. Shaw, and Miss Elliott, Miss Erwin's guest. Miss Margaret Rlnn will go next Saturday to Columbus. O., barracks to spend a month with Mrs. Gertrude Hibten and Dr. Flagg and family, who are stationed at that post. Miss Grace Williams, No. 2034 North Cap itol avenue, accompanied her father, Daniel G. Williams, to Michigan and will spend several weeks at Ottawa Beach, on Lake Micnigan. Mrs. James P. Baker will give a dinner this evtning, having for her guest of honor airs. Jamos H. Babbitts, of Springfield, O., who is visiting Mrs. James M. Winters. Mrs. M. B. Wilson will give a dinner to morrow evening for Mrs. Babbitts. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Vail and family, and guest, ansa Jvonecke, with Mr. and Mrs. ulcn Howe, went to the country In a tally ho yesterday evening and had suDDer. Mrs. Vail has issued her invitations for a card party t rlday mcrnlng for Miss Konecke. The North Side Social Club, of ten fam ines, gave a picnic at tne home of Mr. Thomas, on college avenue, yesterday after noon ana evening, ine arternoon was spent in dancing, cakewalks and sack races, and in the evening the club gave a display of nreworks. Mrs. George G. Tanner entertained a few friends at luncheon on Monday. The list Included Mrs. James H. Babbitts, who Is visiting Mrs. James M. Winters. Miss Lee, tne guest or Mrs. Harry S. New. and Mrs. Hugh J. McGowen. who has recently come to Indianapolis to live. The others enter tained were Mrs. George C. Hltt. Mrs. A. Ll Mason. Mrs. H. S. New. Mrs. Charles H. Comstock. Mrs. M. B. Wilson, Mrs. James M. V inters and Miss Katherlne Sullivan. The table decorations were carnations, and in the drawing room garden flowers were arrangea. Misses Maud Gray and Lena Cunningham entertained: a number or their friends yes terday evening with a house and lawn party in nonor or tneir Dirtnaay anniversaries at the home of the latter, on Cornell avenue. The house and grounds were tastefully decorated, the national colors predominating. The reception hall and double parlors were decorated with palms and ferns and with streamers cf red. white and blue ribbon ex tending from the chandeliers to the sides and corners of the rooms. The large lawn. where refreshments were served, was gayly bedecked with Japanese lanterns and red. white and blue bunting. Dancing was the ieature of tne evening: s amusement, inter sperped with piano numbers by Professor scnuitz ana miss .Edith Nutting. Yesterday a children's party was given by Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wild, at their home on College avenue, to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Master John E. Wild in a patriotic style. The lawn was decorated with nags and lanterns, a tall Mav nole. with red. white and blue ribbons to he wound around the oole, and daylight fireworks in great variety. Not the least enjoyable part of the celebration was the reiresnment. in tne evening Mr. and Mrs. Wild entertained about fifty of their friends at supper on the lawn, which was hrimant. ly lighted. During the evening the fireworks were continued, which greatly entertained the guests. The decorations included sev eral Daiioons. wnich represented warlike nip tures, and some showed correct likenesses of Dewey, Sampson, Schley and others. A Fourth of July celebration and neigh borhood picnic was given yesterday after noon and evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Barcus, on Broadway. The decorations were elaborate and suited to the occasion. The lawn was Illuminated with hundreds of Chinese lanterns, and flags were stretched across the yard connecting the homes on both north and south, giving the effect of an immense garden. The pictures of several former Presidents were hung in different places in the grounds and all were surrounded by nags. The supper was served on the lawn. For amusement music, cards and dancing were enjoyed by the older com pany and the display of fireworks bv allProgressive euchre was played. The prize given to the successful player was a beautiful flag, eight by twelve feet in size. The favors were small flajf3 to each truest. Mrs. E. B. Sellers, of Monticello. and Miss Anna Armann. of Cincinnati, were the out-of-town guests. Irvington. Miss Temple Tompkins has gone on a visit oi several weess in sortn caronna. Miss Katherlne Bray, of Westfleld, Ind is the guest of Miss Gussie Stevenson. Miss Edith Scott returned yesterday after a snort visit witn rnenas in Anderson.. Mr. Frank and Ben Stevenson enter talned the Pleasure Club by a hay ride to Fail creek yesterday. Miss Grape Thomas p-a v n nicn !r nn.tv yesterday to a number of her friends In the wwus iiunu oi Arvizigion. Miss Essie Hunter will entertain a nura ber of friends this afternoon by a lawn par ty at her home on Bitter avenue. Mrs. Fanny Pounds, who has been the guest of Mrs. George Russell, on Bitter avenue, naa reiurneu 10 ner Dome in Newman, 111. Mayor at AVest Daden. Mayor Taggart, on the advice of his phy slcian, went to West Baden yesterday to main until next week. The mayor made statement before leaving that on his turn he expected to take up the natural nnpsf Inn TIa vnril tVio nnlninn K. re the re eras the people should either get all the gas they n.uu iiuiuiK mc wimrr ur not do compelled pay for what they do not get. to

THE SOLDIERS' FOURTH

AX lf.XORMOlS CROWD AT GARFIELD PARK EXERCISES. Battery A's Evolutions and a Dress Parade The Addresses. nnr nf I hp larcest crowds that has ever assembled at Garfield Park was the one of esterdav. It was said to be much larger than the crowd of the year before and that was counted a record breaker. The day ,as made the occasion of many family picIcs. and early in the morning the street cars were crowded with families going to tne rark with well-filled baskets and nreDared to make a day of it. The regular programme of the day was in charge of the National Soldiers' and Sailors' Mutual League and in it the veterans of several wars were repre sented. The most spectacular feature of the day was the drill of Battery A and a com pany of Infantry under command of Lieu tenant Miller, and the dress parade and review of these troors by General McKee and staff. These exercises closed the celebration of the day and the Immense crowd formed a hollow square in which the evolutions were performed. Battery A gave the first drill nounted. All the movements of artillery tactics were gone through with and the battery fired the guns several times. The company ot Infantry followed in a short general drill, and then gave a skirmish drill vs Ith the advance and retreat. Blank cart ridges were used and for a time the noise producers of the general crowd were silenced. General McKee and his staff then rode into the square and the two organiza tions passed in review and then formed for a dress parade. A slight rain interfered a little with the dress parade, but the crowd remained to the end of it. The exercises were to have commenced at 1:30, but it was some time after that hour when they were taken up. A stand was erected in the grove back of the main pa vilion, covered with flags and bunting, and on it the speakers and choir were seated. Captain W. E. English presided and, in the absence of Rev. G. A. Carstensen. the Invocation was offered by Rev. W. W. Rey nolds, of Brightwood M. E. Church. CAPTAIN ENGLISH'S ADDRESS. Captain English .then referred to the Fourth of a year ago and in part said: "It Is but natural that in thus assembling to-day the mind should quickly and naturally revert to the very different circumstances under which we celebrated this national anniversary one year ago. Then, you will all recall, the Nation was thrilled from one end to the other with the glorious tidings that Shafter's and Wheeler's and Lawton's and Sumner's and Roosevelt'streat victories of July 1 and 2 upon the land had been supplemented by a highty and sweeping victory by Sampson and Schley upon the sea that forever eettled the question of Spanish dominion on American soil. "But if you were thrilled and stirred to the utmost by this Joyous information, you can comprehend 'the effect it had upon the soldiers of General Shafter's gallant but sick, worn and weary army, that filled the trenches, hospitals and fever camps surrounding the besieged city of Santiago. I particularly speak of the effect It had upon the sick, the wounded, the exhausted and the feeble, who filled the hospitals and the fever camps at the time. On ths night of July 2 they had been disheartened by the gloomy rumors and forebodings that had been whispered about that our army would be compelled to withdraw from the advanced positions, occupied with such gallantry and at such sacrifice, and retreat to a position near our base of supplies at SIboney by the sea. As they feverishly tossed about upon their blanket rolls under the torrid sun or swung feebly in the few hammocks they possessed, they eagerly listened on the morning of July 3 to the roar of the great guns out at sea, which told them that events of great moment were at that time undergoing the grim decision of naval war The sea was shut 2Vm frPJnth,?Ir viw by lhe stern anJ rugged Mils that line Santiago'? shore, and they did not know the full Import of what was gOlng On. but thpv lfnem ii r 1 i American navy were sending a. ijuu ui6noi ana sneu upon the Spanish enemy. They knew how much might depend upon it to their country, to the army, immediate future and safety. "Later in the day the news began to be doubtfully whispered about that a great lctory had been won and the Spanish fleet had been destroyed. They went to their friph iIoep th1 .n!sht wIth at report Impressed upon their anxious hearts, fearing that the news of the morning mlsnt prove it all to be a feverish dream But brought all the details of confirmation of that glorious victory. Parched and burning Hps anxiously and eagerly whispered the news to the fever-stricken comrade on the blanket adjoining, and the eye of the bandfdan raaimed and wounded brightened with the Joyous news. There were to be no m..ILe,gloomy Jrebodlngs, no more rumors of withdrawal, for now It was only a question of days when the star-spangled banner was to float proudly ov.;r the ramparts of Santiago; it was only a question of days when the war would be at an end. ,a.Le l n.ime tJere ,n thJs beautiful city, with all the pleasant surroundings and comforts of home, and friends cannot comprehend what that news meant to those poor sufferers. To them It brought a glorious vision of hearth and home. Many eyes in which the glassy etare of death could already be faintly seen grew brighter with a holy light, as the belief that the war was soon to end brought the feeble hope to their trembling hearts that they mteht yet be spared to return to the mother, wife, sister or sweetheart who waited lovingly and longingly for the absent one. who was never to re-turn an anxious longing never to be realized-a home never to be beheld again, for srrim death was already stalking hideously abroad, laying his feverish hand upon our brave boys In that poison-laden, feverstricken land." THE ATKINSON ILK. Captain English then took up the subject of the patriotism of the American people and said there has never been a time in the history of the country when this day was not celebrated. No year, said he, has been more pregnant in results than that one which has Just passed. America has taken her place an ong the nations of the earth as she has nver taken it before, and this country has become a more important factor in the world. Coming to the present duties, he said: u"T,ay.there ,s but one duy before us in that relation, and that Is to manfully support the President of the United States in his patriotic efforts to put down rebellion and enforce respect for the American flag and enforce obedience to the commands of the American Nation tnrough her regularly accredited representatives. ''For myself. I do not hesitate to say that I have no sympathy with the Boston conspirators of the Atkinson ilk and their followers, who are firing upon our brave soldiers In Manila Li the rear while their savage enemies are firing uponythera in the front. Ncr do I believe they will even find sympathizers in their unpatriotic course in any soldier who ever wore the blue, whether in the civil or the Spanish-American war. In the consideration of what is due to soldiers of the Spanish-American war no distinction s-hould be made between those who reached the battle linr nnH ihnca through circumstances which they could not coniroi. were not mven mat opportunity. They all volunteered under exactly the same patriotic circumstances, and. whether they suffered on the battle line or in the feverstricken camps of the South, are alike deserving of the favorable regard and consideration of their fellow-cltlzens. "But In considering more recent results, we must not forget that after all the greatest meed of praise and the greatest crown of glory is due the few remaining veterans of the civil war who are still with us. If we feel that our more recent sacrifices and privations for the country were great, how much greater were theirs in comparison? Ours .were for "days, weeks, and at the most months; theirs were for years! We foe, but they made the very existence of A 1 A H. IL1 . FT" . inai itepuDuc possume. iney aeserve tne best and most fostering care of an nnnreciatlve people and a rateful Republic, for t h v irnva mnr thnn t hrp nf Ihn hoot i-o o rm of their lives that this Nation might endure ana iree government migm not perish from me eann. Th anfrh nf Contain EmrHh wa enhn - - - r o - - - v m uu slnsflcallv rpreiveti. and in nnrHMiln tho part relating to the present duty of every MR. MERRIFIELD'S POETRY. The choir of Hall-place Presbyterian Church, accompanied by the J. O. R. M Band, sang 'The Star-spangled Banner after which Maj. H. C. Megrew read the

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01 o o o o o Declaration of Independence. "A Thousand Years My Own Columbia" was sung by Prof. Belcher, accompanied by the choir and band, after which Mr. Charles E. Merriiield recited an original poem. It was called "The Boys of Fifty Years Ago," one verse of which was as follows: We have guns of such excellent make They could raze a cltj almost like an earthquake. Dut for dealing death in its greatest sum I'm told that Maxim has reached the maximum; Why. old Vesuvius with his awful crater. Is not so terribly much greater Than our little Vesuvius down near the equator. If you had felt the chock. When 3ne of her she Is ttruck a mountain of rock, You would surely think she was a chip oft of the old block. Such a chip as bears proud Indiana's name. And guards upon the seas our Nation's fame. With stars and stripes and Union Jack unfurled. Could fifty years ago have sunk the navies of the world. And thus we might go on ad libitum. And tell how we could the enemy destroy, if we could only hit 'cm. MR. HANNA'S ORATION. The oration of the day was then delivered by ex-Lieutenant Governor Thomas Ilanna. "It is our duty to commemorate the mem ory of the soldiers who have died; too many words of honor and songs of praise cannot be uttered, but the Republic is now under greater obligation to the living soldiers. We cannot do the dead any good; hundreds and thousands of the soldiers of the war for the Union and of the Spanish-American war are with ua. and our government is liberal to the invalid and crippled soldiers, to the widow and the orphan, but not too liberal. "A guarantee of employment by the English government Is a discharge from its army and the same with the French soldier. The Confederate soldiers are royally treated by the States that seceded from the Union. Soldiers homes have been erected for the weak and feeble and the States have burdened themselves with taxes to pension the disabled and all the offices are filled with the Confederate soldiers, if there are any living to choose from. We sometimes are driven to the conclusion that the great commercial North think that the soldiers should be contented with the pensions they receive and that they should not claim priority over a civilian in seeking an office. Much complaint has been made when 'Marching through Georgia' was played by the band at a convention where the soldier was a candidate against a civilian. Indiana has thirteen congressmen, only one soldier chosen. These things should not be; our duty to the living soldier should not be overlooked, lest that it may be truthfully said: " That God and the soldier all men adore. In time of trouble and no more; That when the trouble is over, and all things righted, God is forgotten and the old soldier slighted.' "Miss Clara Barton, the greatest philanthropist of our age,, said: In conclusion tremulously, lest 1 astume too much, let me hasten to commend to the careful consideration of your noble, generous people, alike the soldier, who has given his strength, the P prisoner, who has sacrificed hio health, the widow,' wno nas onered up her husband, the orphan, who only knows that his father went out to battle and comes no more forever, and the lonely distant grave of the martyr, who sleeps alone in a stranger's soil, that freedom, peace might come to ours.' "It has been discovered by the explorers of the ruins of the old fated city of Pompeii, inundated by burning lav?, that the sentinel that guarded the gates of that city died at his post. Explorers have recently discovered a mold in the lava of the faithful soldier and sentinel that died at his post and it now appears that the lovers of art are enabled to have cast a life size statue of the most heroic and faithful sentinel of ancient times, and that the art galleries of the world can be adorned therewith. My friends, we are unable to have cast life-sized statues of the American soldiers, the bravest and the best; we have one monument in Indiana to those silent victor, but we can have constructed on the planes of our affections and in the art galleries of our hearts their statues, more lasting than brass and more enduring than marble to the purpose and to the end that this government of the people, for the people and by the people shall not perish from the earth." The singing of "America" by the entire audience, led by the band and choir, closed the exercises. The morning was given over entirely to family reunions and a concert by the I. O. R. M. Band. Almost every one In the great crowd had a revolver or noise-producer of some kind, and the din was indescribable. The voices of the speakers could be heard but a short distance from the stand and a line of policemen wera stationed around the stand to preserve a small space, in which noiso was prohibited. EndeoToreri En Route to Detroit. BOSTON, July 4. Two trains of Christian Endeavorers bound for the annual convention at Detroit left Boston to-day. Among the delegates from New England were President Francis E. Clark, Mrs. Clark and Maud Clark, Secretary John Willis Baer and Mrs. Baer, Treasurer William Shaw and Mrs. Shaw, Rev. 11. B. Gre, editor of the .Watchman, Rev. Samuel McNaugher and Rev. John M. Lowden, trustees of the United Society. Rev. P. S. Hatch, president of the state union, II. N. Lathrop, state secretary, and Mrs. Lathrop, Mr. James L. Hill, junior superintendent. Prof. Amos R. Wells and Rev. J. F. Cowan, editors of the Christian Endeavor World, and more than four hundred others. Alletre-d Counterfeiter Arretted. PITTSBURG, Pa.. July 4. United States secret service agents arrested five men here to-day on suspicion of being implicated in a counterfeiting scheme. It is said that certain parts of the city have been flooded with bogus dollars and the secret service men claim that the men under arrest know something about it. One of the prisoners is supposed to have spurious coin with a face value of $1,30) hidden within a few miles of Pittsburg. It is alleged that tho? I who made the coins sold It at the rate of 1 J7.D0 for 1100 worth. ,

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o DREYFUS'S OWN STORY Fill ST HE AVAS DRIVEN SERIOUSLY TO COXTE.MPLATE SUICIDE. Then Ilia Sole Desire Wni to Live to Prove Ills Calumniator Lied Du Paty De Clara's Brutality. New York Journal. Alfred Dreyfus, the victim of the foulest conspiracy that ever disgraced a nation, kept a record while in Jail of the manner in which he was treated, and also of the emotions which the charges against him caused. Now that justice has triumphed and Dreyfus Is returning to a fair and open trial, it becomes of peculiar interest to read what he experienced when his secret mock trial began Dreyfus wrote these notes while in the military prison of ChercheMidl in, November and December, 1S91. They served as his defense at the trial before the council of war, at which he was not present. They were kept secret by the government, but the Paris Figaro has obtained them and published them. ... On Saturday, Oct. 13, I received a letter directing me to be on Monday, the 15th, at 9 a. m., at the War Office for general inspection. I reach the office on the Monday. I am ushered Into the room of the head of the general staff. There I see Major Du Paty de Clam and other persons in civil dress whom I did not know. I am told to seat myself at a table, and Major Du Paty de Clam sits beside me, looking savagely at me. I begin already to be puzzled. The major then Invites me to write a letter from dictation. I am more and more puzzled. Suddenly he says to me: "Your hand shakes." "Not at all," I say; "my fingers are cold." I continue writing, more and more amazed. Scarcely have I finished when he rlses.( fails on me and in a thundering voice says: "In the name of the law I arrest you. You are accused of high treason." . My blood rushes to my head. At the same time two men in civilian dress fall on me and search me. 1 become mad and haggard. "An officer Is not arrested like that," I exclaim. "Give me at least an Inkling of the infamy which you allege me to have ccmmltted. I am Innocent; I am the victim of an infernal plot." "The proofs are overwhelming," was the reply. "The President of the republic and the Cabinet are informed of your arrest." My reason gave way. 1 was questioned and know not what I answered. I was then conveyed to prison by Major Henry and a detective. I raved, and remember nothing except that I was accused of treason. In prison I was kept in solitary confinement, treated like a prisoner, left to myself. TORTURE IN A CELL. During the seventeen days which followed I underwent several Interruptions In my cell by the Judicial officer. He came toward evening with his clerk, hatred in his eyes. Insult on his Hps, when my tortured brain was at the last extremity. What I heard in those sad and gloomy days! My heart still thrills. I did not know half the time what I answered. I was always told, "It is all up with you. Providence alone can extricate you." But In my feverish brain I invented story after story to explain a riddle which, simpleton that 1 was, I could not guess. I constantly asked for proofs of the accusation, but these were refused me. Is not a criminal first shown the weapon of his crime and asked whether he Identifies It? The weapon of my alleged crime was a letter. Why was it not shown to me? The Judicial officer and his clerk made me say. ail they chose. I had no consciousness, nor did I believe it necessary to defend myself against such an accusation. One evening, on asking to be at least told, the clerk replied: "Suppose your watch was found in a pocket where It had no business to be." The judicial officer nodded assent I then understood that documents of mine had been stolen. My Imagination went to work. I remembered a long correspondence which I had had while at the Second Bureau with Captain Hadamard respecting the preparation at the War School. "Other documents." I said to myself, "will also have been stolen from the Second Bureau." 1 remembered a closet locked with only one key, and with no secret padlock. On these data I constructed a fresh story. I became mad with indignation and grief. One day, when I said to the Judicial officer "How can you believe that I. an Al?atlan. to whom the Germans refuse all passports, can be a traitor?" he replied. "It was the better to conceal your game." On another evening the Judicial officer said: "They are on the track of your accomplices. Arrests are imminent and you will be sent accordingly before the civil or the military Jurisdiction." I became literally mad and saw myself entangled In an Inextricable plot. Another evening the Judicial officer said to me: "Your arrest Is secret, yet It is known in all German conclaves, and they tremble and are throwing you over." The night which followed was the mort fearful of all. I was near killing myself. I had hours of frenzy. In the middle of the night, In a feverish moment, I prepared to hang myself to the window bars, but my consclfrc was awake and said: "If thou 6J;st everybody will believe thee to be gull-

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ty. Thou must live, whatever happens, to explain to the world that thou art lnno- . cent." No man In this world ever suffered Ilk me. HIS SECOND NOTE. My brain sometimes refuses to comprehend so arbitrary an arrest. What? A man can thus be arrested, his honor ruined, his name and family dishonored, and he can be driven mad simply because an expert declares his writing to resemble thu of an Infamous letter, though this man has an Irreproachable past and cannot have been ' tempted through poverty. Nobody has seen him or caught him in the act, yet he is arrested, and to make him entirely lose his reason there Is flung In his face: "Overwhelming charges rest on you." During the preliminary Investigation of the officer he Is told: "It is all up with you; nothing can save you." Finally, aftr that officer has been kept In solitary confinement for months, after everything hs.3 been searched, the overwhelming charges disappear, and yesterday when the government commissary informed me that 1 should be sent before a court-martial he said to me: "The presumptions are sufficiently established to Justify your being tried." Thus the overwhelming charges of the first day and the "it is all up" of the following days became after two months only presumptions. Well. 1 here declare it emphatically a monstrous Infamy. Indescribable baseness has been committed against me. 1 have had to deal, not with Investigators, but with executioners. The following scrap of manuscript In Dreyfus's hundwriting was also found In his cell. Curiously, it is his opinion a vtry hostile one of Emilc Zola, who was to save his life. The Ecole Naturaliste was founded undir the Influence of the literary doctrines of Taine. Zola is its most brilliant representative, and he asserts having been Inspired net only by Taine, but also by the works of the phsiologlst8 of the Claude Bernard school. "The theory of the experimental novel is the most colossal error possible to be conceived. M. Zola has never perceived ths difference existing between experiments actually conducted in a laboratory and the pretended experiments of a novel, where everything parses In the author's brain. On this Kround we are forced to condemn the scientific pretensions of M. Zola. "The psychology of hi novels is very limited. In hi desire to furnish scientific data Zola has completely overlooked the Influent cf the bouI the psychological side of th qucnion. AH that can In general be said of his bonshommers Is that they are either brutea or foola. But one thine no one can deny to Zola is Imagination. His novels are sometimes heavy and coarse poems, but they arc, nevertheless, poems: his descriptions are graphic, living. In short. Zola is incapable of making his creations lt ; since he is totally lacking In a sense of thepsychological; but he has imagination, the Kilt of stirring the misses, of giving visions sometimes dlsptoportionau to the nature of the thing seen, and of reprcseatlr rzr Ideas,"

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