Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 July 1899 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JULY 10, 1899.

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EstablUhed IS 53. Sole Affenti for Datterlclc Patterns. ToDay Will End the MI Bad Don't miss it, for there'll be greater bargains than ever, to clean up .... . Pettis Dry Goods Co Hodesty and Honey Are very desirable. Modesty in a good - housewife add to her charms. Money adds good things to her pantry. Princess Patent Flour Is reasonable In price, and unequaled In quality. Every pack age guaranteed. BLANTON MILLING CO. ZZ3 All the year round the masses And the best values In shoes at the second largest shoe store In the world. 22, 24, 26 and 28 East Washington St i i JML arott ALMOST INCITED A RIOT HEV. SHERMAN POWELL ATTENDED A SUNDAY BALL GAME IN DISGUISE, Bat Warn necognlsed. "While Taking Names of Spectators for Use as "Witnesses, and Ejected by Folice. Bpecial to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 9. The presence of Rev. Sherman Powell, of Trinity M. E. Church, at the baseball park to-day before the game between Fort Wayne and Newcastle was called, almost Incited a riot as he pulled from his pocket a notebook and score card and began writing the names of persons he recognized In the crowd to be used as witnesses and evidence for filing affidavits. The agitation over the right against Sunday baseball being waged by the Good Citizens League put the crowd on the alert and as soon as Rev. Powell was recognized there were cries of "put Mm out" He paid no heed to them, but continued vrlting. One man grabbed his pencil and Lroke It, throwing it away. His notebook and score card were aim taken awiy and destroyed. One man in the crowd In front o,the atand had a brick, but he was not allowed to use it. The management feared that he vouli Incite a riot and be mobbed and tendered him his money, but Mr. Powell refuse J to accept It. He also refused to leave .he park end police were telephoned for. Officer XMckson led Powell from the park amid cheers for the officer and hl?sc3 for the minister. The game than proceeded. Powell refused to talk for publication nher fian to say all Sunday violation in Fort "Wayne would be stopped by the league. Powell was disguised in a rap, gogfles, :ed necktie and sporty clothes. Toe score: RUE Ft. Wayne ... 00201002 0-5 8 3 Newcastle 000 1 000 2 0-3 11 5 Batteries Swalm and Bergen; Wadsworth and Grafflus. ' Other Games. At Toledo R H E Toledo 40000000 1-5 83 Youngstown ...00100010 02 9 5 Batteries Arthur and Ewlng; McFarland and Lattlmer. At Davton niTE Tayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 04 8 4 Mansfield 0 10 10 12 1 6 H 1 Batteries Gil patrlck and Donahue; Miller ana tieu ana uw. At Grand Rapids - RUE Grand Rapids ..0 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 08 IS 2 Wheeling 2 0 0 0 1 0 O 1 0-4 7 2 Batteries Campbell and Cote; Poole and iwinenam. Ilnseball Notes. Outfielder Householder was traded by Fufraio to Hcranton ror uppert. who will Join the Bisons In a few days, but Houieuoldcr refuses to go to Scranton. First Baseman Massev has been released by Buffalo, and Dillon, secured from Scran ton, will hereafter look after the initJal corner. The new man Is ald to be a cousin of Clark Griffith, of Chicago. It is reported that Ted Sullivan Is in Milwaukee to meet President Loftua if the Co lumbus club with a. view to securing1 en op tion on ntcner waaueu ror ine ioston Club. Milwaukee haa put In a claim for 8econd Baseman Fultz. released bv PhlladelDhla. Manager Mack has opened correspondence with the collegian and plarad a claim in xjan jonnson s nanus tor his services. How different it has been since the In dtana reached here. No back talk to the umpire, no kicking about white ball?, no throwing of bats at fielders less: but then. the Indians are not Balms, and they don't piay "ginger' twin. Minneapolis TilLine. It is Just as inexcusable for an umpire to fill himself up with the stuff that n.akes juuwaukee famous as it for the ball player. The umpire who spends most of his time be tween games trying to help the brewers pay nir war lax may oe very patriotic, hut he Is apt to turn ud with a sluezlsh brain and a foggy eye at a time when lcth eye and brain should be clear St. Paul Pioneer ATesa. The season of '99 in baseball will be recalled by the chroniclers of the ijme as one of reversals, table-turnings and surprise parties too numerous to mention. The r.ro. tracted brilliancy of the Phillies, the ultraeuow ana ultra-mellow ).?rformances cf the much-touted and over-estlnntert Herts and the erratic streaks of wins and losses by me cuarapions. juperDa Mia HcrfectoH. are among the freak happenings that this fickle and uncertan sejson has developed. Such happening. of the unexpected are not what ie aramauc stage cans "artistic triumphs,' but they are nothing If not popular successes. Washington Post. "Whist League Meets To-Mght. CHICAGO. July 9. More than 400 del gates are expected to attend the ninth an nual congress of the American Whist league which opens to-morrow evening at we Auaiionum liotel. Representatives from whist club? of Buffalo. Syracuse. Baltimore. ew lork. Cleveland, and many other -tj ii nun- navi aireuuy arrived, but th e ui in piayers who will take pa In the Erosres.ve and tmnhv inmA, n nf n rt - ' " r,.iivo J1 UI - arLi rm"rr,w. ine progressive games will Zfz i to-night, the trophy contests opening Tuesday. Iln?ed nis.le" for the First Time. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. July 9.-For the first time la the history of Camp Lincoln the regimental band of the Illinois National Guard nlaved nfxl" i.t Hr .a right the splendid regimental band of the xirsi inrar.try wun arum and bugle corps rtndered that inspiring tune as It marched across the parade ground in front of the leglment, which was drawn up In battalion order.

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FOREMAN WAS HIT HARD

rOUNDED FIFTEEN TI3IES FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTV.SIX OASES. Ilooslers In able to Ranch on Denier, and the Saints "Won with Two nun In the Lead 31111er Beaten. St. Pnul. ...... 7 Indianapolis 5 Detroit 11 Minneapolis .. I Kansas City. .. 5 Buffalo ....... 3Illwaukee . ..10 Columbus 0 To-Dny's Game. Tndlanapolls at St. Paul. Detroit at Minneapolis. Columbus at Milwaukee. Buffalo at Kansas City. "Western Leugne Standing:. Clubs. riayed. Won. -Lost. Pet. Minneapolis tt 3 28 .578 Indianapolis W : zs .53 Detroit T S4 31 .521 Columbus f-" 23 32 .508 Milwaukee 68 33 33 .4. St. Paul 63 31 34 .477 Kansas City 67 31 3U Buffalo C6 27 33 .409 Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ST. PAUL. Minn., July 9. The suspicion had been growing for a week or more that batting was a lost art among the Saints, but they took occasion this afternoon to disprove it, and chose Frank Foreman as the victim of the object lesson. Every man on the team got at least one hit and there were fifteen In all, with a total of twentysix bases. Six of thf m did not count In the scoring, but there were plenty without that half dozen. Denzer really pitched a remarkable game, especially as he put the first three men on the bases with two free passes and a balk, and they all scored. After that he never slipped a cog. In that disastrous first Inning he struck Stewart and HIckey out and In the seventh, with Hartzell at second, he struck out Motz and McFarJand. McFarland's home run was on a fly .badly Judged by Preston. The Saints fielded the better game. Ball almost gave the game away In the eighth by two fumbles In quick succession, but he redeemed himself by retiring the side without a run on Foreman's fly in center field. Hartzell's fielding was very fast. He made two beautiful catches and cut off the extra bases on a number of hits to left. Score; St. Paul. ' A.B. R. H. O. A. E. Ball, s 3 1 2 2 5 3 Gler. 3 5 1 2 O 1 0 Burke, rf 4 0 110 0 Lally, If 5 2 1 2 0 0 Glenalvln. 2 5 0 2 5 1 1 Isbell, 1 4 118 0 0 Preston, cf 5 12 3 0 2 Spies, c 5 1 3 a 2 0 Denzer, p 3 0 1 0 2 0 Totals 33 7 15 27 11 6 Indianapolis. A.B. R. H. O. A. E. Hogriever, rf 4 2 3 1 0 0 Hartzell. If 4 112 0 0 Motz, 1 5 1 0 12 1 0 McFarland, cf 4 1 2 4 0 1 Allen, s 4 0 1 3 3 1 Stewart. 2 4 0 0 1 4 1 HIckey, 3 4 0 1110 Kahoe, c 4 0 0 3 2 0 Foreman, p 4 0 1 0 4 2 Totals 37 5 9 27 15 5 Score by Innings; St. Paul 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1-7 Indianapolis 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 05 Earned runs St. Paul, 5; Indianapolis, 1. Two-base hit Preston. Three-base hits Preston and Spies. Home runs Geler. Ially. McFarland. Sacrifice hits Ball, Isbell, McFarland. Stolen bases Motz. Allen, Hartzell. Bases on balls Off Denzer, Hogriever, Hartzell; off Foreman. Burke. Hit by pitcher By Foreman, Ball. Struck out By Denzer. Stewart. HIckey, Allen, Motz, McFarland; by Foreman, Burke. First base on errors St. Paul, 2; Indianapolis, 3. Left on bases St. Paul, 10; Indianapolis, 8. Time 3 hour:?. Attendance-2,000. Umpire Haskell. Brewers Badly Scared In Ninth. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 9. The Brewers hit Cross freely, while Hustlng kept the hits well scattered until the ninth, when the Dons batted him hard and tied the score after several chances had been missed to retire the side. Jones relieved Cross in the ninth and the Brewers made three hits, winning. Score: Milwaukee .... 13011201 110.14 i Columbus 000 12 10 05 9 11 6 Batteries Cross, Jones, McCauley and Sullivan; Hustlng and Speer. Timers Datted Savagely. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 9.-In the game at Minnehaha Park this afternoon the Deroits outbatted and outplayed the leaders, winning easily. Frisk's pitching and Abbey's second base play were features. Score: Minneapolis ...1 30000000 4 11 2 Detroit 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 11 18 0 Batteries McNeely, Bandlin and Fisher: Frisk and Ryan. Bisons Shut Out by Cowboys. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 9. Gear pitched in splendid form to-day and the sharp work of the Blues in the field enabled the home team to shut the visitors out. Score: RUB Kansas City ....1 '5 0 0 0 0 0 2 05 12 1 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 8 0 Batteries Gear and Wilson; Amole and Dlggins. INDIANA-ILLINOIS LEAGUE. Terre llnnte Players "Dntted Like Demons and Won. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 9. Swalm did much to win the game for Terre Haute to-day.v The visitors made only two hits up to the seventh inning. The Terre Haute players batted like demons, making thirteen hits off McGreevey In five innings and six off Kinlock the last three times at bat. Seore: RUE Terre Haute ...fO 4 0 4 0. 4 1 -14 M 5 Bloomlngton ...0 0000 O' 330 665 Batteries Swalm .and Kellner; Mc Greevey, Kinlock and Siesler. How the Clnbs Stand.

Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. Pet. Mat toon 9 7 2 .778 Bloomlngton 7 S 2 .714 Wabash -.. 6 2 3 .500 Danville 7 3 4 .429 Crawfordsvlile 4 13 .2.7) Terre Haute 3 2 7 .222

Made Two Homers In One Inulnj?. Special to the Indlanapc.lls Journal. DANVILLE. 111.. July 9. In the eighth inning to-day Turner, Danville's first base man, did the record-breaking feat of mak ing two home runs. One of them was the longest drive ever mado on the Danville grounds. Score: R IT E Danville 32210029 0-13 23 3 Crawfordsvlile 000040020 6 11 5 Batteries Jarvls. Abbott and Montgom cry: Henley and Frazee. Msttoon Goes Into First Place. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MATTOON, 111., July 9. The home team hit the ball often to-day, and but for errors the score would have been one-sided. Score R II E Mittoon..2 2200100100 1-9 13 6 Wabash..4 0000121000 0 S 10 3 " Batteries Young and Wilkinson; Biglow and uner. Terre Haute to lie Strengthened. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. July S. William Schneider has retired as manager of the Terre Haute baseball team because he cannot spare the time from his business. Frank Warrender. the pitcher, will be the manager. McKenzle haa been appointed captain, to succeed Bateman. The Terre Haute team Is to be strengthened at once. The officials of the leagua axe now confident that the aon will be i-led tl. rough. All rhe nx

clubs have ud their guarantee money. The

only probable change will be the transfer of the Wabash team to Lafayette to make the circuit more compact. At the beginning of the season Terre Haute was the only town west of Indianapolis and it was thought the league would have to drop this city and make the circuit more compact in the gas belt. On the contnry, he pas belt has dropped out and the league circuit has moved west. Alexandria Drnbhed by MattlieTrs. Special to the InfiianapC's Journal. MATTHEWS, Ind., July 9. Alexandria was strengthened by the addition of a pitcher and a catcher from Elwood, but this did not prevent a severe drubbing at Matthews to-day. The score: R It E Alexandria ....0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 7 95 Matthews .. ..0 0 4 10 1 0 0 0 15 19 6 Batteries For Matthews. Wills and Hayworth; for Alexandria, Doan and Friend. Easy Victory for Richmond. 8pecial to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., July 9. Richmond eas ily defeated the Cincinnati Gyms to-day. Score: , R II E Cincinnati .... 00 5 000000559 Richmond .... 10100506 13 12 6 Batteries Barlow and Burte; Thomas and Earle. Sooth Bend Greens Lose to Toledo. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 9. The South Bend Greens were defeated by Toledo to day by a score of 5 to 2. Rapp, of the Greens, gave only four hits, while Butler, of Toledo, was touched up for 8. Score: Greens 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 02 Toledo 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 Decatur Club to Be Reorganised. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., July 9. The, home team lost to Huntington to-day by a score of 12 to 6. Decatur played loose ball, being charged with thirteen errors. The home team will be reorganized, as the players have refused to accept a cut in salaries. SCORED ONE IN MNTH CINCINNATI REDS BARELY ESCAPED A SHUT-OUT BY CHICAGO. Got Only Six Scattered Hits Off Taylor Game Witnessed by 14,000 People Two Won by St. Lonls. Chicago 7 Cincinnati 1 St. Lonls.. ... .11 Louisville .... 4 St. Lonls 11 Cleveland 4 To-Day's Scheduled Games. Baltimore at Washington. New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Brooklyn. Standing- of the National League. Clubs. Played. Won. Lost Pet. Brooklyn 70 48 22 .686 Boston 68 43 26 .618 Chicago 67 41 26 .612 Philadelphia 67 40 27 .597 St. Louis 70 41 29 .5S6 Baltimore 66 38 28 .37G Cincinnati 68 34 34 .500 Pittsburg 68 34 34 .500 New York 67 30 37 .448 Louisville 70 Washington 71 Cleveland 68 27 43 .3S6 23 48 .324 12 56 .176 CHICAGO, July 9. Six hits, scattered one to an Inning, were the best the Reds could do with Taylor's curves to-day, and but for a gift and two errors In the ninth they would have been blanked. Mertes and Demontrevllle divided most of the hits off Dwyer, and with Elmer Smith, carried off the fielding honors. Attendance, 14,000. Score: Chicago. A.B. R. H. O. A. E. Ryan. If 2 1 1 3 0.0 Green, rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 WAlvortrtn 1 1 A A O o Lange, 1 4 0 1 1.1 0 1 Mertes, cf 4 2 ' 3 3 1 0 McCormick. 2 3 2 1 1 4 Q Demontreville, s 4 1 3 4 Donahue, c 2 0 0 3 0 1 Taylor, p 2 1 0 0 3 0 i . - Totals ..27 7 10 27 15 4 Cincinnati. A.B. R. H. O. A. E. Smith, cf 5 0 2 6 0 0 Sclbach. If 3 0 0 0 0 0 Miller, rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 McPhee. 2 4 0 0 1 1 2 Stelnfeldt, s 3 112 3 0 Irwin. 3 4 0 0 2 1 0 Vaughn, 1 4 0 19 10 Wood, c 3 0 1 2 3 0 Dwyer, p 4 0 112 0 Totals 33 1 6 21 U Score by inningsChicago 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 7 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Earned runs Chicago, 2. Left on bases i-mi-ago. tmcinnau, 'irwo-Dase nits McCormick. Demontreville, Wood. Sacrifice hits McCormick, Grt-ea Donahue, Ryan, Miller. Stolen bases Vaughn. Selbach. Double plays McCormick, Demontreville and lnppr Wrtnd and Rtf1nfMt Struck out By Taylor. 2. Base on ball Off Aityiur. ; on uwyer, a. w iia pucn uwyer. Time 1:53. Umpires Gaff ney and Latham. Two Games, and Scores the Same. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 9. The Perfectos plugged the ball harder to-day than at any time this year, and, consequently, won two games. Every man on the St. Louis team hit the leather. In the second game Cross mado a home run with the bases full. It was a tcrirfic line drive to left center. McKean also made a home run in the second game. It seems as though the latter has got his eye back. Attendance, 1,300. Scores: First game- R H E St. Louis 13004021 11 18 0 Louisville 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 11 2 Batteries Powell and Crlger; Phlllippl and Powers. Earned runs St. Louis, 10: Louisville. 3. Two-base hits Burkett. Tebeau. Powers, Clarke, Zlmmer. Double plays-Rltchey (unassisted). (2.) Passed ball Crlger. Stolen bases Wallace. Cross. McKean. Dexter. Sacrlrlce hits Hoy, Powers. Three-base hlts-Heidrick, Ritchey. Hit by pitcher-Hoy. Bases on balls Off Powell, off Phlllippl, 2. Struct out By Powell' t. 7ime-2:.u Umpires O'Day and Mcoarr. Second game R H K St. Louis 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 -U 17 3 Cleveland 2 0 0 C 0 0 0 24 10 4 -,aeeJr,'7"CuDpy and O'Connor; Schmidt and Schreckengost. Earned runs-St. Ixuis. r. Cleveland 4. Two-base hits-McAllister Homet.- runs-?ross. McKean. Double play McKean and Tebeau. Stolen base-Held rick. Bases on balls-Off Cuppy. 1: off Schmidt. 3. Struck out By Cuppy 1 Tlme-i;45. Umplres-Q-Day and McGarr.' REAL ROTARY ENGINE. Perfect Machine Said to Have Been Invented by W. E. Pratt. NEW YORK, July 9.-A perfect rotary engine has long been the dream of inventors and engineers. William E. Pratt, jr., claims to be the mm who has succeeded where so many have failed. Mr. Pratt has been at work on his engine for about two years. At the outset he Interested 11. Seward Webb in it. Finally, it is said, the New York Central backed Pratt with money. Now, after an expenditure of more than $150,000, the Inventor's efforts have been crowned with success. The dimensions of a rotary engine, constructed under Mr. Pratt's directions, are: Eight inches diameter, sixteen Inches over all, weight sixty-two pounds. It develops thirty-two horse power, and can run from one to three thousand revolutions a minute. The net cost for horse power will bo much lower than for any other engine. One of the greatest advantages claimed for Pratt's rotary engine Is that it will prevent all vibration when used In steamships and greatly increase the speed at which they can be driven. There will also be a great paving in weight, although it will require the same size boilers as in other engines. It is said that the rotary engine wll prove Invaluable in electric lighting and electric traction. As regards steam railroads the value of the invention will probably soon be put to a practical test. It is asserted finally that Mr. Pratt has effected as Important a change in engines by doing away with all the mechanical problems in connection with crank motion aa was accomplished in marine propellers rvhen the paddle wheel was superceded by the screw.

CASE OF ALEX. JESTER

IT PROMISES TO BE A CAtSE t'CLBBRE IN CRIMINAL ANNALS. Several Odd Features That Will Attract Wide Attention The Alleged KUIlnfc'of Young Gates. St. Louis Republic. John W. Gates, the Chicago rnalllonalre, evidently feels that the death of his brother la about to be avenged. He Is positive that the old man In jail at Mexico is the man who was indicted for the murder of his brother twenty-eight years ago, and subsequently escaped from the Audrain county jail while awaiting trial on a change of venue from Monroe county. This bids fair to be a noted criminal case. Thers are many mysteries connected with It. There seem9 little room for doubt concerning the identity of the old prisoner in the Mexico Jail. His sister and a nephew say he Is the man, nnd three other competent witnesses have added their testimony to the same effect. It appears that there is very little along this line that need be added, but still the old man stoutly maintains that an awful mistake haa been made and that he never killed any one In -his life, or even heard of Gilbert Gates until he was recently arrested. It la generally believed that the defense, falling to prove that the old man in the Mexico jail is the wrong person, will assume there is no evidence that Gilbert Gates is dead. This Is where the State will have trouble In making a case, and it is a feature which will render the proceedings of great interest. It ail seems very strange now how Jester managed to elude the officers for so many years. The father and brother of young Gates never ceased to hunt for him, and yet he left a wide trail every place he went. He wad living near Wichita when he was first arrested, and, according to his nephew, he returned there -Immediately after he broke jail at Mexico. It seems that a little alertness on the part of the authorities would at that time have resulted In his rearrest. At the time 1500 was outstanding for his capture. It appears, however, that he did not tarry long in Kansas, but went to Cook county, Texas, and later to Grayson county, the same State, and thence drifted Into Oklahoma. So many stories are told about this old man that it is difficult at this time to know what Is the truth. His own statements do not agree by any means. He admits that Mrs. Street Is his sister, and that he had a sister named Polly who married a man named Moore. He also says that this woman had a son named James, but he does not know if he la the same man who Identified him last Tuesday as his uncle. He says that he was known for a number of years as Jester, and it appears that he is drawing a disability pension under this name. He accounts for thl3 on tha theory that he enlLsted in the army under that name. He agrees with his sister that he was born In Ncrth Carolina and ..was' raised in Henry county, Indiana.. ' SAYS HIS SISTER IS WICKED. If he is not the man wanted, the question ccmes up, how did his sister happen to know anything about Gilbert Gates? That is something that Jester does not attempt to explain, further than to say that the devil must have prompted his sister to make up such a story. He can't account for It on any other grounds, he says. This is a matter of no small importance, for Mrs. Street never lived in Missouri, and it" is hardly deemed probable that she could have heard in some accidental way so many details connected with the disappearance of Gates and the escape of the man who was held for his murder. That FheTs thoroughly familiar with all these matters admits of no doubt, and that she must have known the same for a long time seems equally clear. JeUer says his sister is a wicked woman, and under the influence of the devil. His sis ter says that he is a bad man and treated her cruelly, and that it was through fear of her life that she sent a letter to the sheriff of Wichita notifying him of her brother's ldently. Jester says that his sister wanted to drive h!m from home, and concocted the Gates murder story as a means of accomplishing this end. He says that she also wanted to become possessed of his property. That the two quarreled continually seems to be well established. They came to Shawnee less than a year ago, and neighbors say that they were seldom seen talking together that they -were not quarreling. They purchased a three-room house and two lots in partnership. Jester says, as a further cause for his sister's action, that he had invited his married daughter to live with bem. Hia sister pays her brother was aboito marry for the fourth time, and had planned to drive her from the house. Of course this matter will cut very little figure in the trial. The property is said to be of little value, and yet a half interest in it is all of Jester's earthly poss?sslons. Prior to coming to Shawnee he had lived at Norman, rome forty miles distant, and preached there to a little congregation. This teems to have been his only source of revenue. No doubt his salary was quite meager. The people at Shawnee don't know very much about him. Undoubtedly Jester , has had a varied career during the last thirty years. His sister claims that he has three times been indicted for murder in the first degree. The old man says' he was never indicted for killing any one: that if he was a murder and would attempt to preach. God would strike him dead. In this wav the stories about him are continually conflictl.ij. Waiving the queption of identity) which almost everybody says is settled bevond dispute, attention is directed as to what kind pf a case can be made against him at this late day. It seems remarkable about the way so many witnesses are turning up, but most that they can tell is that the old man In the Mexico jail is the sam man who was Indicted for the murder of Gilbert Gates in Monroe county. Here is about what the State expects to prove. On the night of Jan. 23, 1S71. Jester and Gates were camped together near the little town Of Middle Grove. That was the last time any one in Monroe county saw Gates. Jester drove away next day and he was by himself. If Jester effered any explanation of the absence of Gates that fact has not yet developed. They had a pet deer and a buffalo calf with them, and this caused strangers to pay attention to them. THEORY OF THE GATES ES. It Is the theory of Gates's father ard also his brother that on the night of Jan. 25 Jester killed his victim and moved the body under the ice in Salt creek. The body was never found. Blood was seen on the snow near the camp and also a hole was discovered in the ice with some blood around It. Nothing was thought of this at the time. It being supposed that the blood came from stock and that the hole had been cut in the ice for the purpose of watering the stock. Young Gates posted a letter to his mother at Middle Grove, and that eventually led to locating , the pair there on the night stated. When Gates did not return home, and nothing was heard from him, his parents became uneasy and the father instituted a search for him. He tracked the pair from Kansas into Monroe county, Missouri, and ther the trail ended. Then Mr. Gates made up his mind that -his son had been murdered, and he became an avenger on th track of Jester. Presently he discovered where Jester had sold his son's team in Illinois, ard from thtre he tracked him to Indiana and finally hack to Kansas, at last locating him near Wichita. At that point Jester was arrested and brought back to Monroe county. There he was indicted for murder in the first degree. When arrested it is stated that Jester had in his possession a watch and other personal belongings of young Gates. This watch is still in existence. It had belonged to a brother of young Gates who had been killed in the army and was highly prized by the family. The family say that the young man would not have parted with the wntch for any consideration. Efforts were made to discover the body of Gate?. Opinion In Monroe county teems to be general that the body was thrown into Salt creek. Some years later the l.ones of a hand and arm were found in the crek. but the remainder of the skeleton could not be located. This is a missing link in the testimony, and admitted to De u very Important one. A Jury may hesitate to convict in the absence of direct proof that Gilbert Gate9 is dead. The State will endeavor to prove that Gates was on his way home, and that during his absence he had kept his parents

posted as to his whereabouts and had Informed them that he was coming home, and that the murder was committed for robbery. Great lmportanc-e is attached to the fact that Jester had Gates's property in his possession. Jester has said since his arrest that he moved to Texas In 1S59 and was living In Cook county at the time the murder is alleged to have been committed. It Is claimed the State will offer testimony to the effect that he did not come into Cook county until 1S74. From the same scurce the statement comes that some years later Jester moved to Grayson county, Texas, and in 1SS2 was Indicted for a murder there, but was acquitted. It is itat?d that the murdered man had been shot, but the State could not prove that Jester had a gun. Later; when he lef t. ..hat place, a gun was plowed up in a 'i-.il rear i'?e hoi'?e In which he had been Kvinsr. It U nupi-oted that the gun had been hidden. Of ccurse this later incident will e::t no figure in the Missouri case, but it tends to show what a checkered career the 'ld n an Ir'is had. James Moore, tie Kansi; City man who claims to be a neph:-w "r Jtst.r. -ays tr.t he was living at the lome of he latter, wife, near Wichita, when the tud man came home. That was about the time Jester escaped from the Mexico r.ail It sctms that Moore and the eld man hal some trouble, and the latter left without stating where he was going. A3 M.iure tells it. he did not s.? Jester again until h met him in the Mexi. Jail, nor had re meantime informed any f his peop.e hrc he was living. It s Mare's theor that Jester Is not guilty of murder. STRANGE FEATURES TShere are two or three features in connection with this remarkable case that will attract wide attention. One is the persistency with which Gates's family have hunted Jester down and by what strange means he was finally turned up in the evening of his life, and another will be efforts of the State to fasten the crime on him and the attempt to prove to the satisfaction of a Jury that Gilbert Gates was murdered. Lawyers say that this can be done only by the strongest kind of testimony. It will have to be well established that If he was not killed he would have returned home. It seems the letters to his parents are yet In existence and will be offered to show that he was on his way home. It is not very clear where Jester and Gilbert Gates first met. It must have been somewhere in Kansas, however, probably near Wichita. The young man had a team then, and It seemed he had quite a number of buffalo robes in his wagon, which he had prooably purchased for speculative purposes and intended to bring them home with him. It is also thought that Gates had purchased the buffalo calf and pet deer. Both men were from Indiana, and evidently It was Gates's understanding that Jester was going back there. From Kansas they Journeyed up through Missouri and occasionally they exhibited the buffalo and deer. It was a comparatively easy matter to track them from one camp ground to another. Everywhere people noticed them on account of the young buffalo and. the pet deer. It is claimed that Jester told parties In Johnson county and elsewhere that Gates was his son, but it does not seem that the latter knew of this. Wrhat his object was In doing so must remain a matter of conjecture. It seems that they camped two nights near Middle Grove. Persons living In the neighborhood say that young Gates told some parties the morning after they reached there that Jester had nearly choked him to death during the night. Asked how this happened, he said that Jester told him he was asleep at the time and was dreaming that he was engaged in a fight. It appears this explanation satisfied Gates. The father and brother of Gilbert Gates intend to take a personal Interest in securing all the convicting evidence against Jester that they can find. John W. Gates is a very wealthy man. and it Is well known that he will not spare money to secure all the testimony deemed important. Time has not softened his heart toward the man whom he believes to be the murderer of his brother. He speaks of the old man harshly and does not conceal his Joy that he is once more within the grasp of the law. It is thought that the defense will not undertake to dispute the identity of the prisoner, for that appears to be established beyond any room for doubt, but will stoutly maintain that there is no positive evidence that Gilbert Gates was murdered, or that he is not alive to-day. "It seems that I have no friend left on earth," said Jester, after he was placed In the Mexico Jail, "but the Lord Is my friend and I will place my trust in Him."iThe old man did not 'figure on the notoriety his case would occasion, and the swarm of lawyers who would come forth and offer their services gratuitously in view of the advertising they would receive. But aside from the lawyers, it seems in truth that he has few friends. It is quite certain that he has a rumber of very dangerous enemies, and they will be actively at work hunting up evidence against him while he lingers in a stuffy little cell in a badly ventilated Jail. Toattir la cvMentlv Inrklnsr in education.

but he does not lack for good sense, Judging from what has been seen of him in this State. True, his contradictory stories concerning himself do not Indicate much shrewdness, but he explains all this by saying that his memory Is bad. There are those who doubt this. They think that he knows a trrrat Hpnl mnr than h nretpnds to. nnd that to a great extent he is practicing de- . a a in .a ception. INO aouDi mere win pe a. guou many new developments before the case rnm un fnr trial next Sentemher. Evrrv day seems to bring forth something. So far notning nas neveionea tnai wouta in ine least benefit the old prisoner. They "noasted" the Men. t London Letter. "Women in the Council." "Lazy Husbands." Such are the headlines that assume a startling degree of prominence in one of the'great London papers this morning, nnd that the International Congress of Women should choose this subject as a fitting excuse for a debate must prove that lazy husbands are an international grievance. The wife of the Bishop of London. Mrs. Creighton, presided on this momentous occasion, while the chairman, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, was surely a representative American. She caused rather a fiutter among the big audience, composed solely of women, when she requested nil who were wearing large hats to straightway remove them, so that they might not oDstruct the view of their neighbors. Nothing very srartllngly novel was presented in the course of the meeting except, perhaps, the proposal of Mille. Marie Popelin, of Brussels, who said that she considered it a fearful and uatust thing that women could not be judged y juries of their own sex, rather than by a dozen men, who certainly, as a rule, had but little claim to either their respect or consideration. Men, in fact, were not treated too tenderly by the Congress, ond most of the husbands scattered over the face of the globe must, if old-fashioned superstition is correct, have felt a distinct sensation of burning In the lobe of their left cars during a good portion of the evening's discussion. The Recrnlt. Fez Corporal Madden to Private McFadden: "Be gob, ye're a bad 'un; Now turn out yer toes! Yer belt is unhookit, Yer cap Is on crotkit. Ye may not le dhrunk. But, b Jabers, ye look it! Wan two! Wan two! Ye monkey-faced dlvil, Iil Jolly ye through! Wan two! Time! Mark. Ye inarch like the aigle in CIntheral Parrk! Ses Corporal Madden to Private McFadden: "A aint It ul sadden To dhrlll such a mug! Eyes front! ye baboon, ye! i'hln up! ye gossoon, yet Ye've Jaws like a goatHalt! ye leather-lipped loon, ye! Wan two! Wan two! Ye whlskt-red orang-ou-tang, I'll fix you! Wan two! Time! Mark. Ye've eyes like a bat; can ye nee In the dark?" Sex Corioral Madden to Trlvate McFadJen: "Yer flgjcer wants padd'n Syr, man. ye've no shape! Behind ye yer shoulders Stick out like two boulderi; Yer phins la as thin A a alr of penholders: Wan two! Wan two! Yer belly belongs on yer back, ye Jew! Wan two! Time! Mark. I'm dhry as a dog I can't thpake but I bark!" Sea Corporal Madden to Private McFadden: "Me heart it ud gladden To blacken yer eye. Yer gittin too bold, ye Compel me to scold ye 'Tis halt! that I say. Will ye heed what I told ye? Wan two! Wan two! Be jabers, I'm dhryer than Brian Boru! Wan Two! Time?- Mark. What's wur-ruk for chickens Is sport for the lark," Sex Corporal Madden to Private McFaJden; "I II not May a gadd n' WI1 dagoes like you! I'll travel no farther, I'm dyin' for wather: Come on. If you like, Can ye loan me a quart her? Ya-as, you. What-Two? And ye'H pay the i-otheen? Yer a daisy! Whurroo! Touil do! Whisht-Mark. The regiment's flattered to own ye. me spark!" Robert W. Chambers.

THELATE ROBERTBONNER

AH EDITOIl AND CITIZCX HE MADC A DISTIXCT XSD WORTHY nECOnD. Ills Method of Advertising Was I'nlqne In It Dny nnd Helped Him to Fortune III s Idea About Horace. Mr. Robert Bonner's name was less familiar to the present generation than to the one preceding, but he was sufficiently noted In a variety of ways to make these incidents of his life and estimates of his character, gathered from various sources, of interest to many readers: Born near Londonderry, Ireland, on April 23, ISM, he came to this country when fifteen years old and landed with just one sovereign in his pocket. He made that limited capital do. In all his life he never borrowed one cent. He first visited his uncle, a prosperous farmer, near Hartford, Conn., and soon entered the printing office of the Hartford Courant as an apprentice. His wages were 523 a year, with board, lodging and washing. He learned -to set type, and soon acquired such speed that wagers were laid and matches made for him with other printers. On one of these occasions he set 25,500 ems of solid type In twenty hours and twenty-eight minutes, a feat which, for rapidity and endurance, has probably never been beaten by hard. All he ate during this enormous task was twothirds of a lemon pie. He also drank two cups of coffee. That shows the kind of a constitution he had and the kind of pluck. In 1S44 he left the Courant office and went to New York, where? -e had lived ever since. He secured employment on the Evening Mirror, and this gave him his evenings to himself. He turned them to account by Jotting down the cream of the city's news and sending it to the Courant. His style of composition gave satisfaction, and he soon became the New York correspondent of papers In Albany, "Washington and Boston. Mr. Bonner possessed the knack of setting up display advertisements in attractive and original styles, and the Merchants' Ledger SSfred hlra a big salary for those days to do this sort of work exclusively for them. He was now making a fair Income from all sources and. saving his money carefully, was able to buy the Merchants' ledger when it was offered for sale. EMPLOYED FANNY FERN. He then determined to run "The Ledger" on a literary basis. At that time Fanny Fern was at the top notch of her popularity. The young publisher wrote her a letter.offering her $23 a column for t" columns In "The Ledger." She refused. raised the offer tp $30. Still she declined. He bid $75. with no result. Finally he offerd $100 a column and she jielded. Her first contribution to "The Ledgrer" was "Fanny Ford, and u cost Mr. Bonner $1,000. His rivals laughed at v,ic ..tnnng fniiv. Mr. Bonner ouletly drew out his last dollar from the bank and spent it all in advertising that anny rcrn was writing for "The Ledger" at. iw a coiuimi. The success of this daring venture surprised everybody and laid the foundation of Mr. Tlnnnw'a crreat frtrtline. 11 a una nnt dtsnosed. hOWCVer. tO allOW the success of the venture to depend on that sort of advertising, lnsteaa, ne aeciaeu iu tairA rtvnntflre of the daily newspapers. and he sent a short sentence to the publisher of the New York Tribune, with directions to repeat it in the usual type of the paper to fill the space ot one page. m A Th Tribune's publisher refused to open the columns of the paper to such a form of advertising. In some way James Gordon Bennett, the elder, heard of the incident, and he offered to accept the advertisement and print It in the Herald in any way that Mr. Bonner desired. Without hesitation Mr. Bonner contracted for eight pages of the Herald, and. as the paper was then an eight-page publication, it became necessary to double its. size tor mat issue, as h irnu nt thu novel advertisement, the Led ger fairly leaped Into popularity. And. as Mr. Bonner afterward remarked, he never again found any difficulty in getting his advertisements printed. The first chapter of Fanny Fern's novel appeared on June 9, 1856. and on that date the Ledger had a sale of 50.000 copies. The success which rewarded Mr. Bonner s inorsnuitv and enerev srurred him on to fresh efforts, and he deterrilned to push the circulation of his paper Lntu it numoerea 100,000. This determination was carried out at the expense of large sums paid for artlelps. novels and Doems and thousands of dollars spent for advertising. Sylvanus Cobb, Mrs. E. u. E. W. Houtnwortn, wno died a few days ago, and Emerson Bennett were encaeed to write for the Ledger, and their stories still further increased the popularitv of the naner. Then Edward Everett. ! who had been lecturlnir in behalf of the Mount Vernon Association, was induced to contribute a letter each week for a year In return for a gift of $10,000, which Mr. Bonner made to the association. This Mr. Bonner recarded as the greatest card that had ever been played by his cr any other paper. William Cullen Bryant was the next notable author who was engaged to write for The Ledger, ant then Mr. Bonner secured the services of Henry Ward Beecher. for whose novel. "Norwood." the Ledger's editor paid 3.000. Charles Dickens contributed "Hunted Pown," the only thine he ever wrote for an American publication, and Horace Greeley's "Prcollectlons of a Busy Life soon followed. WHAT HB PAID GREAT AUTHORS. In speaking some years ago of the fea tures he had introduced Into the Ledger, Mr. Bonner said: "I paid Dickens $3,000 for 'Hunted Down. and for one poem I gave Tennyson an equal amount. Ijongfellow alao wtote a poem for me. for which I paid him $.!.W0. John G. Saxe, Dion Lewis, James Parton and Harriet Lewis, all popular writers of their day. were retrular contributor. &nd, besides, special features, such as articles by noted editors, educators and statesmen. were published at frequent intervals. After conducting the Ledger for thirty seven years, in which time he had seen it grow irom a struggling commercial sheet into an Immensely popular and moneymaking journal. Mr. Bonner, in November, 1SS7, gave the paper to his three sons, who hve conducted it ever since. Next to his fame as the publisher of the marvelously successful family paper. Mr. Bonner was best known probably s a lover of horseflesh and an owner of fast hordes. His love of hows was innate, but it was not until he had nearly reached middle age that he became a horse-owner. At that time he was suffering from overwork, and his physician recommended that he try driving advice wnicn was cneeriully rollowed. Mr. Bonner won found that the possession of fleet animals was a necessity for the ab solute enjoyment of a trip on the road, i.nd he began a search for roadsters which could keep pace with those driven by Com modore Vanderbilt and Col. John Harper, two men who disliked nothing more than the dust raised by another's trotters. Through the efforts of a friend he purchased a fast team, with which he was able to hold his own on the road. . Iater. in 1K39. he bought the famous pair. Lantern and Light, and from that time almost down to the time of his death, he was a frequent purchaser of thoroughbred roadsters. Among the noteworthy horses which he owned at one time or another were Pocahontas. Dexter. Startle. Edward Everett. John Taylor, Rarus, Pickard, Maud S. and Sunol. The two latter, among the fastest trotters the world has ever teen, cost, respectively. $IO.OuO and $11.0u0. At the time of his death Mr. Bonner owned fifty or more horses, some of them kept In nis etabies on ruty-nfth street and some at his farm In Tarrytown. Among them are: 8tallIon-Anrel. record 2:'M: Eldrldge. rec ord 3:ni; worthier, unght star. Hazeldean. Newbold. Prince Anrel. Tony V. Geldings Alfred S., record 2:16: Don L.. record 2:124; 8tranger. Uncle Dave, Over. Marcs Daybreak. Elfrlda, recoid 2:13: Frill. Gem. Halcyon. Hazard. Lady Boone, Laura F.. Mamie, Maud C. record 2:10:

Maud 9.. record 2:0.s: Reverie, Russellu, Sunol. record 2:0$U. and Melba. DESCRIPTION OF HIS STOCK. In an introductory statement to the catalogue of his racing stock, issued In May, lSOS. Mr. Bonner ald: "It is generally known that since I began purchasing trotting hor?f-3 I have ownod many of the great record breakers, including ruch celebrities as Dtxter. Rarus, Maud S.. Sunol. and other great horses too numerous to mention. I have expended about $'0.uuo In this way. To those friends who have criticised me for having paid so much money for horses I may be pardoned for saying that I have given away a much larger sum than that for religious and benevolent purposes. "While, as I have stated. It Is generally known that I have owned many famous horses, it is not so well known that 1 have met with considerable success tn breeding on my small farm at Tarrytowa For instance. I bred Macy's HambletonJan, the sire of Bosque Bonita. the first American trotter to beat all the record that had ever been

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There were also bred at my farm Cartridge. 2:14; Majolica, 2:15; Cheyenne, 2:0&4; Instant, 2:14';. and other still faster, but with no public records, as every one knows that I do not trot horses for money, although I have given many free exhibitions of speed In, Prospect Park, Union track. Fleetwood, Fashion track, and on our road, where the public have had an opportunity of seeing the hortes driven. "The dam of Lightning, 2:11, the fastest trotter that the great AJcanUra has rtred, was bred by me; the dam of Edith H., 2:104. the best one that Ducalion ever sired, was bred by me: the sire of the dam ot Emma Offutt. 2:1U), the fastest one that Gambetta Wilkes ever sired, was bred by me. aa was the dam of Protein, 2:11;. I could go on and give the names of about 100 horses with public records whose pedigree can be traced to animals bred on my farm. "But the thing of all others In connection with horses, if I except the great benefit to my health derived from dtivinjr them, which necessarily keeps one out of doors, that hat offered me the most gratification is the improvement I have been able to make in the speed of those I have purchased, and the consequent relief from suffering and lameness the poor animals experienced after coming Into my possession and having their feet treated under my direction." MR. BONNER'S PERSONALITY. One of Mr. Bonner's chief characters-' tics was his remarkable fidelity to his friends through good and evil report. This quality was exemplified in 1S09, when the public believed that President Grant, through the members of his family, was Implicated in the "jrold ring," which caused a scandal that shook the country. Mr. Bonner believed the President to be euiltleis, and it was he who Induced General Grant to deny, over his own signature, all foreknowledge of the combination. This denial. which was printed in the Ledger and copied all over the country, convinced the public that it had misjudged the President. Robert Bonner was extremely attractive In his personality. Of mild disposition, tnassuming and courteous to all with whom he came in contact, no matter what their degree In life, he was universally respected and admired. Ills loss to the Pifth-a venue Presbyterian Church will be almost irreparable. AKsoclated with It from the earliest days of the late Dr. Hall's ministry, he was prominently Identirted in its growth and development and had for many years been known as the "father of the church." He Rave large sums to the fund raised for the building of the present church lnFlfth, avenue, and even when, according to the rules of the church, he was compiled to retire from the session for a stated period, Xio step of importance was ever taken without first seeking his advice. In the troubles that agitated the congregation prior to Dr. Hall's death, he was indefatigable in his efforts to reftore harmony. He lived to see his labors to this end crowned with success, inasmuch as at probably his lat appearance in the church he proposed that a call should be extended to the Rev. Alexander Connell. of London, and without one dissenting; voice the congregation voted In favor of his resolution. As a man who had been through the newspaper profession he more than once was neard to say that he sympathized with youn-j men who were facing the trials and buffetlngs inevitably to be encountered in news setklng. During the deliberations of the session of the church a to the choice of a successor to Dr. Hall. Mr. Bonner would never refuse to inform reporters of the projere that was being made, so far as compatible with his position In the church. Frequently, too, he would impart to them some idea as to how matters In the church were shaping themselves, intimating, however, that he wished nothing to be published of thoke affairs for the time being. And in no vlngle instance was reporter who had the privilege of Mr. Bonner's acqoalntance known to break confidence with him. A Mistaken Gentleman. Chicago Post. There is every indication that Rev. Cay Macauley. who has undertaken to tell what Dewey and Otis think of the course pursued in the Philippines, has mistaken a dream for reality. It is hvdly to te tupposed that either of the officers would deem it necestary to ue the gentleman from Tokyo as a mouthpiece if they had tny important statements to make. Ilcroffcrd'o Acid Ptoc jiiCo promotes digestion and correct acidity or the stomach Genuine bean name Honiara's oa wr&rcr.

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