Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 206, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1899 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1899.

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New York Store Established 153.

Sole Agents for Hulterlck Patterns. It Rained Yesterday It'Ssa-fo-HoiTow Get a Clog.Wright Umbrella to-day and be prepared. You can get them for - :54c, 84c, 94c, $1.34, $1.44 and $1.84, Which Is 40 per cent. less than usual' Come In before the rain catches you , . . Pettis Dry Goods Co JD A decidedly new and novel . neck scarf for men and worn- ' " en. Specially suited for shirt ; .waists and soft shirts. The i hit of the season. See Window Display ' BATHING SUITS for men, women and children. A large line to select from. SUIT : CASES, TRAVELING BAGS and STEAA1ER RUGS. PAUL H. KRAUSS 44 East Washington Street. Member of the Retail Merchants Associ - - ' ation. ' Drugs First Quality. ' ':, "" POPULAR PRICES .if ;H uder 's D rug Store ; . : WASHINGTON AND PENNSYLVANIA STS. Open all night. v PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Taylor and son have ' pone to Cape May. : Mr. Clarence E. Coffin has gone to Chl- . cago for a few days. - 'Mr. and Mrs. Howard IL Brlceland have gone to St. Joseph. Mich. ' Miss Sarah Goldberg, of Terre Haute, Is visiting friends In Indianapolis. ' Miss Koons. who has been visiting Miss Corella Taylor, returned home yesterday. Miss Amanda Smoot. of Sherburn. Ky., Is visiting Miss Doyl Comer, at No. 1113 Ash street. Miss Pauline Miller, who has been visiting Mrs.. W. H. Block, has gone to Dayt ton, O. Miss Ethel Cleland will go to Terre Haute . Thursday to visit her sister, Mrs. John Allen Blair. ; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Atkins, who have been home for a few days, returned to Chicago lat evening. -Mr. Paul Wlnlngs has returned from La fayette and Richmond, where he has Deen for four weeks. Mrs. Albert Yohn, of New York, is visiting her parents,. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson and sister. Mrs. Coffay. Miss Mary Williams Thompson has Issued Invitations for a tea Friday, from 5 to 6, In honor of Miss Fraser. Dr. and Mrs. Hanly Hicka will return to Wawasee to-day, accompanied by Mr. J. A. - Lemcke and Miss Mary Hicks. 1 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brecount have returned to Cincinnati after a short visit , with Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Drew. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wiltsle and Mr. Wllt'sle's mother have gone to Lake Tippecanoe and Turkey lake for a month's outing. Mr. and Mrs. Francis T. Lilly, of Holbrook. N. H.. who have been visiting relatives In this city, have returned home. Mayor John H. Busby and family, of -Lebanon, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Gregory. No. 516 West New York street. Mrs. A. L. Varney has returned from the - East and is visiting her son, Mr. Gcrdon E. Varney, and family on West Eighteenth :itreet. Mrs. George Tousey and daughter Mera are In Boston and will go to the coast of Maine soon. They will remain East until October. . Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Schofleld ;and daughter June May have gone to Martinsville to re aide. Miss Schofield will go to New York In August. The George H. Thomas Corps will give a octal to-morrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. Hornaday, No. 1S13 North New Jer eey street. Miss Nellie Blitz, who has been spending " several months with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. N. Silvester, will return to her home In Minne apolis to-day. Miss Jessie Harbin, of Waterloo. Ia.. and Miss Edna Scott, of Lima, O.. are visiting their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. w. li. Scott. No: 315 East Vermont street. Rev. IL C. CUppinger and sons Foster and Gilbert,, of Vincennes, were guests of A. J. Mcintosh and family during the Epworth League convention. They returned home last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Raynfond Van Camp and visitors. Miss McUermott ana Miss Cooke. t)f Cincinnati, have returned from E. B. MartIodales country place, where they made a snort visit. , - Mrs. J. J. Curtis, of Chattanooga. Tenn., Is visiting Mrs. M. E. Crampton. Miss Bruley. of Anderson, will spend this week with Miss Crampton. Mr. Samuel Allen Bouslog Has returned to nis nome in the East, after visiting his cousins, the Misses Crampton. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Carr, of 3313 North Pennsylvania street, are entertaining Rev. IX S. Mcrrison and ramiiy. Dr. J. t . Morrison and family of Emporia. Kan., Mrs. J. A. Hanr.a of Clay Center, Kan., Mrs. Albert Rurnsides cf Coal Creek, and Mrs. W. F. Walker of Greencastle. The Daughters of the American Revolution will give a lawn fete this evening at the home of Mrs. K. C. Atkins, No. 1312 North Meridian street. The proceeds are to go to the fund for the erection of Continental Hall in Washington. The ladies of the society have been appointed cm the various committees to Ir.surq the success of the entertainment. Mlves Laura and Nellie MIchelson entertained yesterday afterncon for Mhss Bertha Trattner. who U to be married soon to Mr. Mannie Auer. of Cincinnati. Guests from oat of town were Mr. Auer and Miss Lena Auer of Cincinnati. Miss Sara Goldberg of Terre Haute, ills? Millie Greenbers of Chicago, Mr. Painuel Bailey of Kokomo, and tlr. William Copland of Chicago. FOX-KAHN. The marriage of Miss Bertha Kahn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kahn, and Mr. Simon B. Fox, formerly of Cincinnati, took place last evening at the 'Amerlcus Club and more than one hundred guests witnessed the ceremony. The long parlors wers decorated with palms, ferns and asparagiu fern and before an embanked mantel the bridal party stood. Mr. David M. Levy, of Cincinnati, was master of ceremonies. The ushers. Messrs. Louis Wolfsteln, Leo Lehman, of Cincinnati. Nathan Kahn, of Louisville. Gustav Honstadt. of Chicago, and Albert Kahn. of Sew York, preceded the maid of , honor. MUj Martha Kahn, stater of the r ride, who walked alone and was followed by th bride, with hr father and the groom, with his mother. Mrs. Solomon Fox. of Richmond. Mr. I. V. Kahn, of Cin

cinnati, was best man and entered with

Ilabol Messing, who performed the ceremony. An orchestra played the wedding march from Lohengrin" and "Call Me Thine own ror the ceremony. The bride wore a gown of white duchesse satin, made en train and with a voke of chiffon. Below the yoke was a bertha of Dolnt lace. Her veil covered her figure and she carried a Bible bound in white. The groom a gut. a sunburst of diamonds and pearls, was her only Jewel. MLs Kahn wore a white Fllk crepe over white taffeta made with a low corsage and carried a shower bouquet of marguerites. Above the heads of the bridal party was a large butterfly made of flowers in white and rich colors. After the ceremony a banquet was served. The bride s table for the party and nearest relatives was decorated with white, and the tables for the guests In pink and green. The banquet was followed by a dance. Mr. and Mrs. Fox will take an extended Eastern trip and will return to this city to reside. Among the out-of-town guests present at the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Fox, the parent?, and Misses Ada and Jessie Fox. the sisters of the groom, of Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kahn. Mrs. Theresa Solomon. Mr. and Mrs. David Kahn. Mr. and Mrs. Sol G. Kahn. Mr. Joseph Kahn, Mr. Ben.Wmln Blng. Miss Millie Blng. Mr. Arthur Bowman. Mr. David May, Miss Jennie Kahn, Mr. Leon Mclss and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frleberg, of Cincinnati; Mrs. I. Meyer, Miss Fannie Meyer, Mr. Leslie Meyer. Mr. Jacob Fox. of Richmond; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rawitsch. of Chicago: Mr. Cerf. of Pittsburg; Mrs. Guggenheim, of Allegheny City: Mrs. Llchtenstein. of Titusvllle, Pa.; Miss Jessie Meyer, of Louisville: Mr. Julius Kaufman, of Ohio; Mr. Beecher Blng, or Grayvllle, 111.; Mr. Moses Stern and Mr. Maurice Levy, of New York. BELDON BLACK. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind.. July 21. Mr. Bruce Beldon was married last night to Miss Catherine Black, of this city, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. John Thornburg. Dr. Perry Powell performed the ceremony In the presence of a large number of friends of whom a number were from a distance. Mr. and Mrs. Beldon left for CTOthersville. and will be absent two weeks. GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind.. July 24. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schultz, of Hope, to-day celebrated their golden anniversary. They were married at Salem, N. C, and at once moved to Hope, where they have since lived. Mr. Schultz established a hack line here, which he still manages. He Is seventy-rtve years old and his wife is seventy-four. Thev have five children. THEACTUALATTENDANCE JOI.VT AGENCY FIGURES SHOW 13,100 RAILROAD TICKETS HANDLED. About 2,200 Holders of These N6t VisitorsExpression from Hotel Keepers. Ganit Fort, Joint ticket agent of the railroads .for the Epworth League convention, compiled a statement last night of the business done to date. Most of the leaguers have gone to their homes and there will be. few more tickets submitted to the Joint agent to be approved. Mr. Fort's statement-shows that he and his assistants handled 15,190 tickets. Of this number 4,521 were extended. Of the number of ticketholders applying for extensions Mr. Fort estimates 50 per cent, did not stop In Indianapolis ' more than long enough to deposit their tickets and then went to other cities or to summer resorts. Finally, he estimates that 12.000 Epworthians and others who took advantage of the lower rates to visit Indianapolis were in the city during the convention. How many of these people staid but a day he did not care to guess, but when it was suggested to him that there were probably 6,000 who staid the convention through he replied that he would not call that an unfair estimate. Yesterday was the big day for Mr. Fort and his assistants and it was hard work for many hours. At previous conventions the work of the Joint ticket agency has not been satisfactory, but Mr. Fort and his assistants worked the system without a fault, railroad men say. Mr. Fort Is a young man who lives at Chicago and is secretary of the Central Passenger Association. He has had considerable trouble with the scalpers during the convention and has taken up a number of forged tickets sold by scalpers, but he is not of opinion that the scalpers made moiey out of the Epworth gathering. He will be In the city until to-morrow. The office will be kept open until the tickets deposited for extensions have been called for. Inquiries among merchants of the city yesterday were met with statements that the convention had resulted In an increase of business for the few days that was quite satisfactory. Particularly was the demand for 6oda water increased. Edward Clancy, manager of Wasson's department store, was enthusiastic. The store had done a greater business, he said, than it had ever had dur lng a July week. He said the low rate had brought excursionists in from all parts of the State to do shopping. Mr. McAllister, of the New York store. .said the restaurant and the soda fountains had had all the business they could handle, but there was not a perceptible increase in the demand for merchandise. "It was a large crowd," he said, "but it ,spent little money. Still, if the others are saying it was a money-making convention I don't want to throw cold water on it." The Indianapolis Street-railway Company did not "make good," according to one of the officials. The company gave $2,000 to the convention fund. "We didn't get our money back." said he. "The Epworthians are good walkers." THE HOTEL CONTRIBUTIONS. The hotels gave $700 to the convention fund. Of this amount the Grand and Bates gave $123 each. English's gave $100 and the Denison gave $350. The Denison gave the largest amount because the headquarters of the convention was established there. Mr. Cullen said.' yesterday, the hotel had cared for nearly five hundred Epworthians, and he was very well satisfied. The management of English's had no complaint. That house had 130 Epworthlan guests. The Bates entertained twenty-two leaguers. "We did not make our money back." said Mr. Cunningham, the manager. William Holt, manager of the Grand, said his house had only two Epworthians. Have you paid your $123 contribution?" he was asked. "No," he replied, "and we haven't decided yet that we will pay it. The Missouri crowd, for whom 150 accommodations were engaged, didn't show up at all. It seems to me that Indianapolis doesn't get conventions until they are worn out." One of the prominent physicians of the city, who takes his meals at the Bates House, went into the hotel yesterday and was handed a bill when he stopped at the desk. It was explained to him that an Edwcrthlan had been his guest at the hotel during the convention. The physician then remembered that he had told a member of Dr. Lasby's committee that he would entertain one of the delegates to the convention. He had expected to entertain the visitor at his rooms, which are not in the hotel. Instead the committee wrote to an Epworthlan and told him he would be the guest of Dr. , at the Bates House. The Epwcrthlan registered at the Bates and asked for a $3 a day room. He turned over to the clerk the letter as an order for his entertainment. He did not call on the physician, and when the latter learned, after his "guest" had gone, that he had been paving his hotel bill, he was greatly surprised, to put it mildly. CITY NEWS NOTES. James M. Winters, who was appointed by Judge Woods to take evidence as master commissioner In the Monon litigation, has not yet begun work and will probably not begin until some time In September. David Moore, a resident of Irvington and employed at Klngan's. broke his left arm yesterday morning by falling down a stairway backwards. He was taken to the office cf Dr. Elsenbcss and then sent home. Adam Barrett, No. 42? East South street, became violent at his home and started to throw everyone out of trc place. The bicycle men were sent for and they took him to tho roilce station, slating him as Insane. The wife desertion case of the state against William L. Jones. No. 1623 Ash street, in Justice Smock's court, with the twenty or more witnesses, attracted considerable attention yesterday. The case was taken under advisement. The evidence showtd that Jones and his wife quarreled almost continual!!', and the neighbors were called in a number of times to act as peace-

MESSENGERS TO STRIKE

THE LOCAL A. D. T. BOYS GET THE FEVER PREVAILING ELSEWHERE. Thirty-Five, It Is Claimed, Will Qnit Work To-Daj-rWolk-Out" lu o-Dart(Walk Other Cities. The messenger boys about town had the "slowfoot" lever, as the malady !s known among them, last night, and most of them didn't care much whether they worked or not. One or two would Intercept another, bent on a mission, and talk gravely ef the strike that the morrow was to bring; for it was generally understood that the thirty-flve or more boys employed by the American District Telegraph Company would lay down their books at 9 o'clock this morning and proceed to roll In the mud or dust any lad that dared to "scab." The strikes of messenger boys in other cities seemed to lend those In Indianapolis courage, and suddenly they remembered a long string of grievances against the American company. The boys are a bright lot of chaps, much better than the average run of messengers employed a few years ago around town. They refer to the "good old days 'when they received $13 a month from the Western Union. Now, they say, they receive but $10 a month, and, besides, are treated unreasonably. They are paid $13 a month only when they own bicycles. "And if you get a puncture," said one of them last night, "it costs you a day's wages to get it fixed." The system of fines Is another grievance. Not long ago the American company took charge of the Western Union's delivery service and has been attempting the gouge on the public by collecting extra money for delivering messages outside of a mile from the office. There is an ordinance against this, but the company seems to have no respect for the ordinance. When the ordinance was passed the telegraph companies claimed that the extra dime for delivering outside the limit went to the "poor boys." The boys claim that the American company now collects this dime and puts it in its treasury, despite the ordinance. Where citizens refuse to pay it the company makes no attempt to collect, because it knows that it cannot legally do so, but where the patron makes no complaint the money is taken. Few citizens care to take a case of this kind to the Police Court, and so there has been no prosecution, although City Attorney Kern said some time ago that he would take up and push to a conclusion any case of the kind brought before him. The Postal .Telegraph Company is not expected to be affected by the strike which the boys say will take place to-day, as the Postal's messengers are said to be satisfied. NEW YORK MESSEXGERS. Strike Lasts One Day, and the Roys Will Likely Win. NEW YORK, July 24. About two hundred messenger boys employed by the Postal Telegraph Company struck to-day. The offices of tho company most affected are in the financial district. The strikers demand that they be paid a flat rate of 2a cents for each message; that returned messages whicli they are unable to deliver shall be paid for the -same as delivered messages; that the levying of 50 cents a week on each boy for clotnlng shall cease, and that the boys bo permitted to purchase their own Clothing. The mesfenger boys attached to the main office of tae American District Telegraph Company won a victory to-night, after preparing to strike. While the concessions made to the boys to-night constitute only a part of the demands made by them, it is probable that the company will further capitulate to-morrow and give in to the other demands. To-night's concessions only Include the question of hours which the boys will work in the future. The question of increased pay for . the delivery of messages and the purchase of uniforms will be considered by the company officials. RIOTING IX CIXCIXXATI. - Roustabouts Join Striking Doys and Resort' to Violence. CINCINNATI, oV, July 24.-fhe strike of messenger boys that 6tarted last Saturday, became, more serious to-night. Two boys were stabbed, several hit by missiles and many slugged with clubs. Most of the violence comes from roustabouts. The street urchins congregated about the Western Union and Postal offices' to-night, about a thousand at each place. When any new boys or men went out with messages a gang pursued them with epithets, clubs and stones. When these working messengers took street cars the pursuing mob stoned the cars and seme innocent people were hurt, none serloiisiy. The police charged on the mob3 repeatedly and scattered them, but the disturbers would soon rally again. Later tonight the mob concentrated around the Postal office. The companies to-day refused to recognize the newly-formed union, and at a meeting to-night the boys voted to continue the strike. At this meeting the newsboys and some tobacco-strippers promised to Join them to-morrow. The boys will start petitions among the business men to-morrow. NEW P0S T0FFICE ENTRANCE. Secretary of Treasury Hears Objections as to It Facing: Xorth. According to a ' dispatch to the Journal from Washington last night, complaint is being made to the secretary of the treasury that the proposed plan for a federal build lng on the University square site contemplates placing tho main entrance to the north, facing the residence portion of tho city, Instead of the business portion. It was stated that this plan was causing dissatis faction. This will probably be news to most Indianapolis people, as the matter of an entrance has not been discussed, and there is a suspicion that most of the complaint would come from the property owners on the south half of the square who demand such enormous prices of the government for their ground. The main entrance, it Is claimed on the other hand, would make little difference to business men, as long as there are doorways to the south or west where mail may be taken in. An entrance to the north would not be as advantageous to the property owners on the south side of the block as one on the east or the west. Mr. Overstreet has received a letter from the Treasury Department saying that the department had positively decided on the University square site and that the property will be condemne-d unless a new proposition is made oy tne owners. A NEW PARRY PLANT. Seventy-Five Acres Southeast of the City Bought. D. M. Parry has purchased a tract of land near the crossing of the Big Four and Belt railroads and will move the Parry Manu facturlng Company there. The first neV building will be erected this fall. The tract bought by Mr. Parry Includes about seventy five acres and the price paid for it was $30,000. The larger part of the real estate was purchased of Dr. L. D. Waterman. Charles M. Cooper, the German Gardeners' Benefit Association and the Katharine Home. It is the understanding that the Connersville branch of the company will be consolidated with the main plant. It is estimated that it will require about three years to ccmplete the buildings according to the plans of the company. The number of men employed through the year will average l.Ouo. The Prospect-street car line will be extended to the new plant when it Is finished. Biff Four Switchman Hurt. James Shaffer, a switchman employed In the yards cf the Chicago division of the Big Four Railway, was struck by a "cut" of cars last night and Injured about the head Dr. GHrtansr attended him. His injuries are not nangeroit?. Appeals for Ills Fee. By a decision of the Supreme Court the Pennsylvania Railroad Company had to pay

about $3,000 on account of the death of Charles Hosea. The appeal came from Clark

county, one or the attorneys in the case, C. B. Harrod. of Scottfburg. assigned his claim to Gardner. Moxley & Speed. This claim was for $1,175, which the Judge of the lower court "turned down." The holders of the claim have now appealed to the Supreme court. RANSDELL IS WILLING. He Would Be Glad to Accept the Re publican domination for Mayor. "How about this talk of your being a can didate for the mayoralty nomination?" asked a Journal reporter of Daniel M. Ransdell yesterday, as the two met on the street. "In answer to that question." replied Mr. Ransdell, "I will say that if the Republican convention sees fit to make me Its nominee I shall be glad to accept. It would be a compliment that any citizen should appreciate, and I am sure I would. If I am honored with the nomination I will do the best I possibly can to be elected, and I firmly believe that a Republican can win. I most assuredly will not be the candidate of any fac tion, and do not believe any man snouia be. The mayor of the city should make it his first duty to give to the people an honest, capable administration of its business af fairs, and if elected i snail most assuredly do my best to insure that. As to politics I would deem it my duty to the party that elected me to unify instead of dividing it. and to have it in better shape upon the ex piration of my term, of office than It was when I entered upon it. You may say this much for me if you choose." New Candidate Mentioned. Dr. H. L. Hewitt, president of the cradle works at North Indianapolis, Is talked of as a Republican candidate for mayor. He is a resident cf the Second ward. Yesterday a delegation of his friends called on him and urged him to permit the use of his name. He said he would become a candidate if his friends thought best. A CINCINNATI DETECTIVE One Under Charges Suppose to Have Come Here. One of Cincinnati's evening newspapers has found a note, given by Sergeant of Detectives Witte, in the possession of Dora Green, keeper of a resort The note. Is for $100 and was given In 1S02. It Is alleged that Witte accepted money from a number of disreputable places and as a guarantee gave each report keeper his note for $100 that might be cashed if the resort keeper was arrested, thus refunding the amount she would be fined. The exposure has caused Witte to hastily resign.. It was reported in Cincinnati that he had gone to Indianapolis to hide from the newspapers. A representative of the paper that made the exposure was in the city last night looking for Witte. HAUGHVILLE MAN'S DEATH. Coroner W ill Investigate Edgar Miller Case To-Day. Edgar Miller, residing at 433 Haugh street, was taken ill last night about 9 o'clock with pains In his stomachi He arose to go to the front door and before reaching It he fell exhausted. A doctor was summoned, and when he arrived he found Miller breathing his last. ; Miller was marrled and leaves two small children. He was a laborer and had recently come to this city from Dayton in search of employment, at-which he was not successful, and In consequence, the neighbors say, he presented a melancholy appearance. The coroner will investigate the case to-day. 'AT A NOTORIOUS DIVE. Womnn's Clothes Nearly Torn from Her at the Atlantic Garden. William H. Rogers, a bartender, No. 311 East Washington street, and a woman giving the name of Alice Painter, No. 313 West Washington street, were drinking together in the Atlantic beer garden and a flercs fight followed, a during which both were much bruised and ' scratched. The woman's clothing was nearly torn from her person. Patrolman Scott sent them to the police station on the charge of assault and battery. Found Wandering at Terre Haute. William Brandel, aged forty-seven, was found wandering about the streets of Terre Haute in his underclothing and In a mental condition which permitted him to give no further account of himself than that he lived in Indianapolis. He was taken to the hospital in a state of. physical and mental collapse. The police asked the Indianapolis authorities about.hhTv and they sent word that some one would come for him. His clothing was found In a saloon. More of Tim Ferrlter. John Shea, a saloon keeper, reported to the police late last night that he had been assaulted by Tim Ferriter and Pat Hlnes at Noble and Geontla streets. He was badly bruised and he said his assailants were also. The voung men room with a Mrs. CluiTe. and he thinks she got them to whip him because he slapped her face In his saloon for trying to beat him out of the price of a glass of beer. Lewis Proposes to Stay Here. J. Vance Lewis, the colored attorney, who was released from jail on his personal bond and with the understanding that he was to leave the city, declines to go. He says he proposes to surrender himself to the sheriff to-day. He says he is innocent of the charge against him and will remain here and in Jail if necessary. To leave, he says, would be an acknowledgment of his guilt. X. Pennsylvanla-St. Property Sold. Henry D. Pierce has sold his property on Pennsylvania street, near Fourteenth street, to John P. Hawkins for 13.213. The lot has a frontage of sixty-two feet and a depth of lal feet. Mr. Fierce yesterday de posited the deed with the county recorder It contained the requisite amount or rev enue stamps. Pope Wanted at Greenfield. William Pope, alias John Sample, who was arrested a few days ago and charged with grand larceny, the stealing of a horse which he claimed had been given mm Dy ur. iden harttr. superintendent at the Insane Hospi tal, is wanted at Greenfield, his home, and will be taken there. The horse he had, it Is claimed, was stolen there. 31 r. Smith Returns- Home. C. F. Smith, president of the Indiana Bicycle Company, is home from New York, and says that the capitalization of the bicycle trust has been reduced from $50,000,000 to $40,000,000. The capital stock, Mr. Smith says, practically represents the actual valuation of the plants. To Assist Lieutenant Rovrell. Lieut. Walter Bowman, of the Thirty-first Volunteer Regiment, has arrived here to assist Lieutenant Rowell in recruiting for this regiment. Lieutenant Bowman was a corporal in the One-hundred-and-sixtleth Indiana Regiment. The Thirty-first Regiment now has eight hundred recruits. Doe Bit Her in the Face. Florence Sager, the twelve-year-old daughter of Harry P. Sager, living at No. 22 North East street, was severely bitten In the cheek, last night, by a dog kept by a neighbor. She stooped down to pet the dog, and said. "Come here, pretty dog," and the dog "came." Crawford Will Par i."p. It is announced that the railroad operated by Harry Crawford between Anderson and Brazil, will lay new track between Anderson and Muncie and build a three-mile extension at Brazil. A State official says this means that the road will pay its $25,0u0 of back taxe Lafayette Gets a Gun. The War Department has informed Governor Mount that one of the 'guns captured from the Spanish will be sent to the Soldiers' Hdme at Lafayette. The department announces that no more Spanish guns can be sent to this State. Incorporated. The Matthews Glass Company was incorporated yesterday with a capital stock of $:,000. The company will operate in Grant county. The Union Savings and Loan Association, of Washington, Increased its capital stock by JlOdOw). .

A SUSPECTED MURDER

FORT "WAYNE HAS A CASE OF ARSENIC rOISOXIXG. Lishtnlngr Does Much Damage Throughout the State Epidemic of Attempted Suicides. - Special to the Indianapolis Jourral. FORT WAYNE. Ind., July 24.-ThIs city experienced the first murder sensation today that it has had in years. Last week Karl Westenfeld. a retired farmer, died suddenly at his home an4 it, was given out that death was due to heart disease. Dr. Dumllng, the attending physician, was not satisfied and suspecting something wrong had Coroner Barnett examine the stomach. The examination revealed seventeen grains of arsenic so far and the arrest to-day of Mrs. Martha Hassenfus, her son Otto, and Mrs. Sarah Ann Kreig,. charged with being implicated in the death of the old man. Mrs. Hassenfus was his housekeeper and is accused of administering the poison in his coffee. Her son Otto, who was a soldier In the regular army and fought In Cuba, Is charged with being an accessory in buying the poison. Mrs. Kreig is held, as she has said that she was engaged to nurse the old man, and was told she would get a new dress and money if ."things went through all right." The object of the alleged murder was money and property. .When Westenfeld retired from farming he was worth over $12,000 and over seventy years old. He came to Fort Wayne and purchased a home at No. 81 Madison street and employed Mrs. Hassenfus as housekeeper. When his death occurred the post mortem did not reveal the cause. Examination of papers of the dead man has revealed that they have been tampered with. His will, In which he leaves all his property to his daughter, with the exception of $2,000. which be bequeathed to the German Lutheran Church, was found to be mutilated lines drawn through it with ink. It has been ascertained that there are notes in existence executed to Mrs. Hassenfus. It is also rumored that Westenfeld kept $2,000 In the house, which cannot be found. POISOXED MEAT FOR DINNER. One Dead and Slother and Child .Dying; at Decatur. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR. Ind.. July 21. As a result of eating poisoned meat the four-year-old son of John Burke is dead and Mrs. Burke and an eight-year-old son are dying. Mr. Burke bought beef at a butcher shop to-day and It was served for dinner. Mr. Burke and a six-year-old daughter did not eat any of the meat and thus, escaped being poisoned. What caused the meat to be poisoned is not known, but It is being thoroughly investigated. - IXDIAXA OBITUARY. Rev. John Samuel Coffman, a Famous Mennonlte Preacher, r-:lal to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., July 24. John Samuel Coffman, one of the best-known ministers of the Mennonlte Church, died at his home in this city at 5:30 p. m., Saturday, after a lonr and puzzling illness ?f the stomach. The diagnosis was cancer of the stomach, but at the autopsy yesterday it was found that the ailment could not be definitely decided, and portions of . the stomach were sent to Battle Creek, Mich., for microscopic examination. Mr. Coffman was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, fifty years ago, and moved to Elkhart in 1879, to become the editor of the Herald of Truth, one of the Mennonlte publications. Four years before this he became a minister and spent some time in evangelistic work. Three years ago he became president of the Elkhart Institute, and has had charge of its business management. Two years ago he resigned as editor of the Herald. of Truth. Mr. Coffman leaves a widow and seven children. ' " George W. llarryman. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. Ju'y 21.-George W. Harryman, aged fifty-nine years, died at his home yesterday, four miles south of this city, of a peculiar complaint. While cutting weed3 on his farm three weeks ago he was suddently taken with violent pains in his knee, and reached the house on hands and knees with great difficult)'; He grew gradually worse and something like decomposition set in in the entire limb. He was a soldier in the civil war, and was born and reared in Morgan county. Lewi Sillier. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., July 24. Lewis Miller, one of the leading grocers of this city, died to day of abscess of the brain. He was fifty eight years of age and had followed farming the greater part of his life. He was a Mason and a prominent Odd Fellow. William Keyi. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WORTHINGTON, Ind., July 24. William Kevs. aeed shout twfintv.nno veetef day of consumption after an illness of many IUUUIU3. ' ' ' ' RED-LETTER DAY. Athletics and Drains Are Combined at Winona Lake. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINONA . LAKE, Ind., July 24.-To-day was rather a red-letter day at the assem bly. This morning Prof. Charles H. Bart lett delivered a lecture on "The American Indian in Literature and Art." To-night Rev. Thomas Dixon delivered a lecture on the subject "Backbone." Unusually large audiences were at both the morning and evening meetings. The Cincinnati Enquirer Household Club anived to-night for the annual reunion and outing. There are 200 in the party and all are registered at Mln newanan Inn. The tennis tournament began this after noon, the mixed doubles being called at 4 ship Is e pected. The following are among the latest ar rivals at the hotels: Winona Agnes M Cain. Cincinnati; G. W. Natt, Dayton, O.; G. W. Wishard. Miss Majorie Wishard. St. Tmil Minn Mice VHtu Kt K TVIsharH Ml Harriet Wishard, Indianapolis; H. W. Shute, Chicago; walker scheii, Terre Haute, Henrietta Townley, Terre Haute; Edith larneiie. uort Wayne. Mlnnewawan Inn A. E. Smith, Muncie; Miss uiara icLane, Miss Line Jones, cm cinnati; Mrs. E. M. Richards, Auburn; Miss Lois Metaker, Columbia City: Mrs. A. J. Little and niece. Auburn; Mrs. Christine Seath. Terre Haute: Miss Jessie Blood. Terre Haute; Mrs. Jessie S. Conant, Charles Conant, Terre Haute; Miss Lizzie Mason, Miss Maud Mason, Hioomington; tu. it. la son. Bloomfleld; Cambert Barker, Bloom field; C. E. Bistle and wife, Brldgeton. N. J.: Charles H. Bartlett. South Bend: Row land Evans and family, Indianapolis; E. T. Dickey and wife, Indianapolis. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Three 3Ien Stand Under a Tree Daring n Storm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOGANSPORT. Ind., July 24. During a severe thunderstorm at about 6 o'clock this evening William Stevens and Elmer Garver, farmers living Just over the line in Carroll county about six miles south of this city. were struck by lightning and Instantly killed. Abraham Downham, who was with them at the time, was probably fatally hurt. The three men had sought shelter under a tree in a field during the storm. Stevens was a married man about thlrtv years old and Garver was a widower about forty years old. and leaves several children. Downham is also a man of family. The bodies or tne two men Kiued were fright fully burned. PARIS GREEN AND ACID. Job Jeffrey, n Farmer Near Winchester, Tried to Take Both. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER. Ind.; July 24. Job Jeff, rey," fifty years old, a prosperous farmer liv ing five miles northwest cf this city, one of the trustees and leading members of the

North White River Christian Church, attempted to commit suicide at his home yesterday by taking a dose of paris green and carbolic acid combined. His son Thomas, nineteen years old. was present at the time

the attempt was made and caught tne bottle as his father was In the act of swallow ing its contents. In the scuffle that followed the bottle was brcken and the con tents dashed upon the face and neck cf the father and over the hand of the son. badly burning both of them. It is believed the at tempt was the result ox temporary mental aberration. JUDGE BAKER'S ORDERS. Injunction Asjainst a Bankrupt and Slot Machine Decision. Special to the Indianapcli Jojrnal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 2i.-At War saw to-day Judge Baker issued an order restraining A. U. Friend and the Fort Wayne Trust Company from disposing of the property of the Friend clothing store pending the hearing of a petition in bankruptcy. The petitioners are Eastern clothing manufacturers, who asked that Friend be declared bankrupt. They allege that he has converted $18,000 worth of personal prop erty Into cash to delay and defraud his creditors. This affects both Fort Wayne and Muncie stores. Judce Baker to-dav dissolved the tempor ary injunction against Mayor Schere and Superintendent Gorsllne, which restrained them from interfering with operations of the slot machines. It was claimed that the machines were advertising devices, but it was shown they were nothing but gambUng machines. The police will rid the city or them. MAY GET 3PK1NLEY. Evansville Delegation Receives a Promise from the President. Special to the Indiancrolis Journal. WASHINGTON, July 24. The Evansville delegation cast its spell on the President today and extracted more than a half promise to attend the reunion of the blue and grey next October, the date to be made to suit the President's convenience. The President assured the delegation that if ho went West as contemplated he would surely arrange to return via Evansville if the thing could be done. His present intention is to be in Chicago on Oct. 10, which would make his Evansville stop-over within a day or two aftsr. The Indiana party, consisting of Senator Fairbanks, Representative Hemenway. Mayor Atkins and Wessel. Honkins and Schrader left for home this afternoon. Mr. Iieraenway took occasion to inform his Indiana friends while here that he is not a candidate for Governor and that he would not be in the running. To the writer he said: "I would not exchange a seat in Congress for the gubernatorial chair at Indianapolis. I am going to stay in Congress until I am turned out. That, of course, will happen some time, but I am going to keep my seat as long as I can. Until someone in my own party comes along who can take the nomination away from me, or a Democrat looms up who can defeat me at the polls, I will continue to represent the First Indiana district in Congress. I am grateful to my friends throughout the State who have been urging me to make the race for Governor, but they will have to let me out. I will not run. TRIED IT TWICE. Andrew Haley's Attempts to Commit Snlcide Unsuccessful. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., July 24.-Andrew Haley, a resident of South" Portland, made two attempts to-day to commit suicide, but failed in both. The first time he tried to drink a bottle of carbolic acid, but his wife saw him at tile act and a struggle for the bottle followed. Three times the husband and wife grappled for its possession, the latter being burned about the arm by the liquid which was spilled. Haley finally obtained possession of it, and took some of the contents. Restoratives and remedies were given him, and he rapidly grew better. He then went to a drug store and pur chased a supply of morphine, telling the druggist that nis wife was sunering from neuralgia of the stomach and that he wanted It in a hurry. While Mrs. Haley was away from the house he swallowed the poison and a neighbor gave the alarm. Haley resisted the efforts to revive him, and a policeman held him while the physician attended to him. THROUGH AN ADVERTISEMENT. Miss Stella Fonts Will Marry Will Drown. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind.; July 24. It has become known that Miss Stella Fouts, daughter of Col. and Mrs. John Cal Fouts, of New Washington, and Will Brown, of Manson, la., are soon to be married. They became acquainted through the me dium of an advertisement inserted by Mr. Brown and answered by Miss Fouts. The ceremony will be performed in about three weeks. The parents of the bride are wealthy and related to the most prominent people in southern Indiana. At Anderson and other points they also have relatives. The groom is a commission merchant at Manson. New Militia Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., July 24.-It is probable Elkhart will have a militia company in the new Indiana National Guard. When Ad jutant General Gore was hero last week he informed Joseph Graves, who was captain of Company E. in the One-hundred-and-flfty-sieventh Indiana, that if he secured the required number of names for the application for the organization of a company the application would be favorably considered. Mr. Graves has prepared the necessary petition, and it has been signed by over twenty young men, nearly threefourths of whom served under Captain Graves in Company E. He says that he thinks he will be ready for the examining officer in about two weeks. Seventy-five young men will be secured, so that at least the minimum, fifty-three, will be left after the officer has rejected those physically unfit. Patent Medicine Killed Him. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., July 21.-A. C. Orr, aged seventy-three, was found dead at the heme of Emanuel Eddermant, in Baugo township, neur here, Saturday afternoon He was a widower and made his home with Mr. Eddermant. Patent medicines were his hobby, and when discovered dead he was lying in bed with hli clothing and eyeglasses on. his arms and hands holding xlgldly at the proper angle lor reading a glaring patent medicine advertisement. An immense number of letters were found among his effects by the coroner, ell re celved from medicine firms answering ques tions he had asked in regard to their rem edles. Trustee Holdeman took charge of the funeral arrangements, as the old man had no relatives in this section, all being in Pennsylvania. Another Attempt at Suicide. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., July 24.-Jo?eph Green wald, aged sixty-four years, attempted sui cide at his home, six miles cast of Muncie, to-day, by hanging. He has been despond ent for some time because of sickness and the alleged attempt of neighbors to poison his mind against his wife. A few years ago he attempted to kill himself by hang lng. but was found by his wife. This aft ernoon his wife again found him hanging to a pole In the barn and called a passer by, who took a knife from the seemingly dead man s pocket ana, assisted by the wire, cut the body down. After several hours work life was restored and he will recover. He Is quite wealthy and has been an innuential citizen. The Doctor Arrested. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind.. July 24.-The police of Anderson have secured Dr. Arthur Love, the physician of Chesterfield who was prac tlcing without a license and who left last week with an unpaid board bill behind and the bicycle of one who had befriended him Dr. Love took with him a twelve-year-old boy of this city, the son of Mrs. Underwood. and the lad quit the doctor in Plqua, wh-n the latter was arrested there for intoxication. He sold the bicycle and will be pros ecuted for theft. The police officers of PIou.i telephoned Anderson and he was re turned here last nipht. Several charges are landing against mm. Bartender Noeltlnv Not Guilty. Special to ths Indianapolis Journal. VINCENNES. Ind.. July 24,-The coroner

ordered the body of Lou French, the des-

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Embroidery and Lace Selling at the Big Clearance Sale. 10c. 124c and 15c Cambric edslr.g. all white. worked with colors and tints. Cr Choice for, a yard 4 to 6-inch Cambric and fine Jaco- f5lr net embroidery, 20c quality 23c quality Jaconet skirt flouncing. S and 1inch wide, open designs on wide IQr margins, excellent work 60 pieces beautiful open Cambric and Jaco net skirt nouncing. to 12 inencs wiae. regular prices 23c to 50c a yard. O Sale price AJu Valenciennes Lice by the bolt, 'tpTm bolts that sold at 2c, each mM w English Torchon Laces, Sc qualit'. . fl at, a yard ww Net Top Oriental Lace, at. a An V Fine Columbian and English Torchon Lace, imitation of fine hand-made Cgoods, 10c values ....-'v Z'oc Tolnt de Paris and Tlat Val. Lace 11U JL00 and 73c quality, all-over yok- )Qc H.P.Wasson&Co, perado killed by a mob at Freelandville. exhumed Sunday evening. The post mortera examination exonerates Jouas oeltlug. as the surgeons decided that French wa killed by a bullet near the heart fired from revolver. Noeltlng used a shotgun. Killed by n Live Wire, . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. 1 MARION. Ind., July 24. William Crites, the eighteen-year-old son of John Crimes, of this city, was killed this morning while at work for the Union Traction Company! cn South Washington street. He was employed in resetting poles and constructlns new span wires from pole to pole. A leak is supposed to have been in the hangers to-day, as, when the electrician, Curtis White, attached the new span wire to the, top of one of the poles, it in some manner touched the span wire already up and this formed a connection with the ground. Crites had hold of the other end of the wire held by White and died almost Instantly. Daninice ly LtRhtnlnjr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SCOTTSBURG. Ind.. July 24.-A large barn belonging to John Miller, situated threo miles northeast of here, was struck by lightning this afternoon and three horse were killed. A large barn belonging to John W. Lamaster, southeast of here, had half the roof blown off. The school building at Crothersville, eight miles north of here, was struck by lightning and burned. The building was brick. The original building, consisting of fix rooms, was erected about fifteen years ago at a cost of near S8.0W, and an addition of three rooms, cost ing near $5,000, was Just ncaring completion Capt. Cosby Chariced with Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON, Ind.. July 24. Something of t, sc-nsatton in Madison was occasioned by tha filing on Saturday of a charge against Capt Charles E. Cosby of forgery of a note fof $250, the complainant being a well-to-doi Swiss citizen named Vinceuz SanzchL The captain has given bond in $r0J. furnished by Hon. O. F. Watson, for hi3 appearance for preliminary examination Wednesday morning. The defendant was the first captain of Company I One-hundred-and-slxty-first Indiana. He is a man of considerable ability. He is tho present county surveyor. With a Halter Strap. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., July 24. Late last evening the body ' of James Wools, aged fifty-two years, was found hanging by a halter strap in his barn in Jackson township. He had tied one end of the rope to a beam eight feet from the floor and he stood on a feed box to arrange the 3tran around his neck. The body was found by his wife who, with her children, removed it to the house. Ill health is thought to have been the cause of the suicide. Mr. Wools was one of the most substantial farmers of the county. A Remarkable Engine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FAIRMOUNT, Ind., July 21. Engine 1 on the C. I. & E. Railway has an unusual record. It was In the path of thm famous Johnstown flood and was swept from the tracks and buried in the aind for several months. When taken out It was covered with rust and mud, but waj Bent to the shops and given a thorough overhauling. Later it was nold to the Chicago, Indiana & Eastern, where it row makes dally the run from Matthews to Swayzea twice each day. Enforcing the Lnvr, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., July 24.-Deputy Fae tory Inspector Richards, of Indianapollsu paid Anderson a visit to-day and begun a tour of the factories, with a view of securing the strictest enforcement of the law reU atlve to the safety of employes. Quite a stir was created when he made the rounds' of the large department stores and announced that all would be required to provide scats for clerks, pure water and flra escapes. Poor' Death Wa Accidental. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., July 24. Coroner Conrad investigated the death of William Poor, who fell from a second-story window In Inwood Park Saturday night, dying on Sunday, and as a result Mrs. Poor and others were relieved of blame attending his death. It was shown that Poor had lost his balance and accidentally fallen out the window. To the physician who attended hicx he said no one was to blame but himself. Fatally Burned by Explosloa. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENVILLE, O., July 24.-Last even ing, near Palestine, this county, a fatal accident occurred at tho residence of Jacob Clapp. His wife, aged dxty, was so badly. burned by the explosion of gasoline being carried to a re?ervoir in a pan by her granddaughter. Miss Tucker, aged fifteen, that she died at 2 o'clock this morning. The girl cannot live. The residence waa also burned. For Working on Sunday, - Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., July 2t-Farmer John Heaton to-day- caused the prosecution of Benjamin Reese for working on Sunday, The labor performed was cutting wheat. The ccurt decided that the labor was necessary and the defendant was acquitted. There was great Interest in the case among the farmers, many cf whom were IlkewUe liable and threatened with prosecution. Indiana Rural Delivery. Special to the I.ndlanapoll Journal. WASHINGTON, July 21.-Rural free delivery has been ordered established in Indiana Aug. 1. with one letter carrier to each of the following towns: Southport, Marlon county; Hobart, Lake county; Ladoga, Montgomery county. Indiana Note. The Matthews ball club defeated the An derson club by a score of 21 to S. Mrs. Lec Burdlck, livlrg northeast of Greenwood, was struck by lightning Sunday afternoon and killed. She was eixiy. years old and a pioneer. James Fisher, while threshing wheat near Richland, had bis separator destrojed by dynumlie. A dynamite etick had bttn placed In a wheat chock. Aiter deliberating for a week, the commtffioners of Jay county have awarded the contract for building the nw Jail to Lallcy & Jaqua. of Portland, for JJS.OGu. Rev. Ames Binders, after a pastorate cf nine yeuTs at Nobles vill. has tendered his resignation as pa?tor of the Friends Church, to take effect the middlo of September. Two large barns cn the farm of Henry Hartman. near Waymansvllle. were total! destroyed ry nre yesterday with all thf contents. Loss 4.-H with $l.2tv ln&uran It Is supposed the fir waa caused L

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