Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1893.

THE D 1LY JO URN L " SATURDAY, SKITEMDER 30. ISM. , Telephone Call. Eufincfi Office 2?3 Editorial Rooms f ""terms opHsunSciuPTioxI DAILY BY MAIL. T)alJy only, one month I -70 Ha'.ir only. three montna 2.00 I ally only, rne year Daily, including Sunday, one year 10 Surdaj only, one year 20 11! W"ekL?Xrt f BY T'lScti Hun Uyf lnlVVpyf"V.!yi!!ili""i"" Sets Daily ani sJnday. per week, by carrier.... 20 cts Per year.. ... EE.K.... $l-0Q Reduced Hates 1o Club. Subscribe with any of our numerous agents or en.i aubacriptioM to the JOURNAI NEWSPAPER COMPANY Indianapolis. Ind. - Persona sending the Journal through the malls In the united statra (houid put sn an eight-rase papr a ONE-CENT poataje stamp: on a twelve or lxten-pase paper a TWO-CENT postage stamp. Fcrela-posuje is usually double theae rat"All communications Intended for' publication In this paper must. In order to receive attention, be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. . Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unles postae is inclosed for that purpose. 1 TIIE IXDIAXAPOLIS JOL'RXAL Can be found at the following places: NEW YORK Astor House. CHICAGO-r.-i!mer Ifoue. P. O. News Co.. 217 Iearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Crand Pacific Hotel. CreJt?NATI"J UlmltT & Co- 134 Vln LOUJSVILLE C. T. Deerlnic. northwest corner of Third ani Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Co., 2ZS Fourth avenue. . IS-L'nlon New.Comp.ny. Union Depot. .WASHINGTON. .D.. C.-RIms House. Ebbltt House and WlllarcTs Hotel. f ? The campaign is being made upon municiDal issues and thit L what l omharratd. jpai issues, ana that la wnat is embarrassIng the mayor and his friends. Admiral Dewey caDturcd New York as Aamirai xjewey captured isew xorK as

easily as he did the approaches to Manila, as the names of the persons voted for are and it wan a mnro nrnnal virtnrv too reaa therefrom. In the canvass of the vot? na K as a more personal victory, too. any ballot wnIch Js not inJorsfd wJth tne initials of the poll clerk, as provided in this Would the Democratic party grlve up Its act. and any ballot which shall bear any i tft i OT, i ja . distinguishing mark or mutilation Fhall be 15-to-l heresy and its tendency toward flag- vo,d ana shn not be counted. and ny furling In the Philippines if it could have ballot or part of ballot from which it is . . m.i. impossible to determine the elector's choice -Adinlral Dewey for a candidate? of candidates shall be counted as to the . candidate or candidates affected thereby: The Mayor's campaign managers appear provided, however, that on the prot.st of v . . , any member of the board such b.illot and CO have substituted a wagon bearing: the an- aii disputed ballots Phali be preserved by the nouncement of his meetings and a flfo and inspector and at the close of the count . . 4i , , M . placed, with the seals of the ballot packflrum for the attraction of free beer. ages, in paper bags, securely sealed, and so delivered to tho (city) clerk, with notlficaJust now Mayor Taprgart 13 In need of a t,on t0 nlm of the number of ballots fo . . . , , t placed in such bags and of the condition of new speech, and he could make one that the seals of the ballot packages. The poll all the papers would print If he would tell clerk snaI1 also record on. the tally sheets . , A. , . - memoranda of all such ballots and the conail he knows about the park-land purchase, dition of the seals of the ballot packages. and n any contest of election such ballots Although 100,000 cars have been added to an(1 seals maV be submitted in evidence, the freight equipment of the railroads the In a11 tno municipal elections In this city past year, the car famine continues una- under the Present law the pluralities of the bated, and yet the movement of the crops successful general tickets have been so dehas scarcely begun, cided that the counting of the ballots by the election boards would not affect the re,dmiral Dewey need not expect any rest suit, but there may be elections so close ur til he gets back to Vermont, and even that the result will turn upon a recanvass there he will have to undergo an official re- of the ballots rejected by the boards, ceptlon from his native State and city, at Two years ago dir. Taggart was so cerMontpelier. tain of election that there could have been . no real motive on the part of his election A decided majority of the voters of In- offlcers Jn, throwIng out 1800 Republican dlanapolls believe that Mayor Taggart voteSt but tn,3 tImef when he and hlg assQ. hould be beaten. He will be if that ma- clatea are flghtlnff for political life, it may Jorlty votes the ticket headed by Charles A. be expected that every Republican ballot

jiooKwauer. i ki--... ... lde of NeW York city, where stringency ls reported. is one of the features of the new monetary conditions incident to the largely . o. . w,rtM y... increased amount of money owned by the . . . . . people in the interior. The man who desires the defeat of Mayor Tacerart and votes for some candidate who I may get a few. hundred votes assists Mr. I

Taggart to the extent of a vote that he I on the outside. If this Is done Mr. Tagtnlffht eive to Mr. Bookwalter. who ls the I part's election offlcers cannot disfranchise

mayor's only real opponent. Mr. Bookwalter is proving a strong factor In the campaign. He possesses the quailties which commend him to voters in every walk of life. He inspires confidence In his capacity and Integrity and his purpose to make the city a worthy mayor. . "u""itv" v" "- wo .ui wuulcv u, -aJwl tion Doarus two years ago wiu ce more careXul in using the pencil this year. They will make a mark inside tne circle over tne "Lcx iu ujr .xwc . " The naval parade at New York yesterday was doubtless the most interesting and spectacular feature of the Dewey reception. As , . , ,. , k surpassed by some British naval reviews. but a, a ter naeeant of all kinds of craft v,, k.ki.. ttv., mmi These are not pleasant days for those op-

posing the upholding of the supremacy of cited Colonel Poster and his friends to minthe United States in the Philippines. Horace gled wrath and ridicule in 1SS0? If there is "White, of the New York Post, one of the any one thing that Mr. Porter has mainmost persistent of the Hag-furling papers, tained from early dawn to dewy eve It Is desires Admiral Dewey, an outspoken de- that a high protective tariff ls essential to

fender of the Philippine policy, to be a candldate for President. I "I beg to state to the department that I doubt If any commander-in-chief was ever served by more loyal, efficient and gallant captains than those of the squadron now under my command." So said Admiral Dewey ln his official report of the battle of Manila bay. and the feeling of confidence seems to be reciprocated by the offlcers. Anti-administration papers publish severe criticisms of General Otis from private sol diers, who are not supposed to know much about administrative duties or the conduct of campaigns, but the offlcers. and especially the higher ones, almost invariably speak well of him. He may be attempting to do too much, but if that ls co It Is because too much has been put upon him. Jcw York has never seen a greater day t?ian was yesterday, and It may be added that the country at large was as much in that city as it could be and not be present to witness the great pageant ln honor of a. faithful and. brilliant commander and a thorough American. Even the organs of the ilag-furlers have recognized the event by maintaining a becoming silence. Vhe Britlsh-Trnnsvaal situation seems to have reached the culmination of an acute ittage. If Mr. Chamberlain's last note was nn ultimatum, as was understood at the time, the reply of the Transvaal govern ment is certainly a rejection of Its terms. Tils seems to put further negotiation out f the question and makes war Inevitable tin!e3 some further pretext for diplomatic fencing Is found. The officers of the First South Dakota Regiment have been questioned, since their return to San Francisco, by the representa tive of a paper: in that State as to their views regarding the war. The answers show that they are unanimous In favcr of uplildlr. the policy of the President. The .!! oCcers c!?clare that Agulnaldo Is rer- t ? r j en hostilities tnd thit

aU reports of crue,t t0 Filipinos are sianCits. This will not please Senator Pettlgrew, one of tho bltt?re3t opponents of the war. who, it has been discovered, was identified with an attempt to Induce members of the regiment, when in Luzon, to cry down the war- . TO VOTEHS AXD ELECTIOX HO A FIDS. -, rpe precinct officers ot the last municipal ... - . j election threw out 2.300 votes as being defcctlve under the law. Add these 2.300 to the VteS CUntd f0f mayr 11 8P" pear3 that 25.215 men qualified to vote cast ballots in the election. As the votes of 2,300 were not counted, it is evident that one voter In seventeen who went to the polls and deposited a ballot either disfranchised himself or was disfranchised for that electIon by lhe prec.act offlcers. It ls further reported that by far the greater part of those voters who were thus disfranchised for the occasion were Republicans who were attempting to vote for a few Democrats. The election boards at that election contained. as they will at the election of Oct. 0 maiorirv of nemnrrat 1U- a majority of democrats, The marking of a ballot so that fair- , minded election officers cannot ascertain the Intent of the voter ls the result of carelessness rather than ignorance. There Is, however, a very general impression on the part Qf thos wnQ haye ter that many election officers forget that ... they are under oath to discharge their duties faithfully and assume they are selected to promote the Interests of the candidates .u. -a- .M(lK ,,.. ui a,. of tne party to hich the belong:. The duties of election officers in regard to the CQUntIng and dlspos5,tlon of ballots whlch are adjudged to be mutilated are plainly set .u c - . ... , , forth in Section Z2 of the election laws as follows: TIle board shall then proceed to canvass the yctes . . by jaytng each ballot upon the table in the order in which it Is taken from the ballot box. and the inspector and lne Jude of lne election, differing in politics from the lnspector snaU vlew the Pilots

be thrown out for which the least pretext is afforded. In such event the Republlcan Judge must lnsIst tnat tne ballots re' 'ected be Preserved, as the law requires. . Tnere be no pretext for rejecting antiTaggart ballots If the voter will, with the pencil furnished by the board, make a cross in the form of the letter X inside the circle at the head of the Republican ticket and nowhere else, and then fold the ballot so as to leave the Initials of the poll clerks 18?0 Republican voters as they did in 1897. AX t'XWAnnAXTED ATTACK. The Chicago Chronicle makes a recent ex pression by Hon. Robert P. Porter the oc casion of an abusive and wholly undeserved attack on that gentleman. The expression is quoted from an interview with Mr. Por ter, published a few days ago by the Lon don Newa and cabied to tho united States, In which, alluding to the tariff question, he said. ..ConditIona are so different ln the UnUed gtatea and England that wnat ,a meat fof one ma fce sQn fof the other Aa an American I am a protectionist, but " 1 wre a Britisher I . would be a freetrader." The Chronicle, leaving out the ,lrst sentence of this statement, quotes the rest as evidence that Mr. Porter is weakenIn 1x1 his advocacy of. protection and lean in towards frce trade' '."What is this." ys the Chronicle, "but a paraphrase of General Hancock's declaration that the tar Iff is a local Issue a declaration which ex the prosperity of any and every nation on the face of the earth." Then It intimates that Mr. Porter is hunting after a new issue, and says "he has been lying about the tariff so long that he can't apply himself to a fresh falsification." This attack on Mr. Porter is not only wholly unwarranted by what he said, but shows a surprising ignorance of American politics and of the fundamental conditions of the tariff question. Mr. Porter alluded to these conditions ln that part of his state ment which the Chronicle left out. He says distinctly that it Is different conditions which Justify the United States and England ln adopting different tariff policies These conditions relate to wages, prices. cost of living, rate of interest, standard or style of living, etc. They are recognized by all intelligent political economists as being essential factors In the settlement of the tariff question, and Mr. Porter is right in saying they are so different in the United States and England that what ls meat for one may be poison for the other. It does not follow because free trade is good for England that It would be good .for the United States, or that because protection 19 gcod for the United States It would be good for England. No Intelligent protectionist has ever based his advocacy of the policy on that ground, and it Is very far from be ing true that Mr. Porter has maintained that "a high protective tariff Is essential to the "prosperity of every nation on the face of the earth." But perhaps the most glaring misstate ment In the Chronicle's article is that Mr, Porter's present statement "is but a para phrase of General Hancock's declaration that the tariff is a local Issue." The dlf ference in the two statements Is funda mental. Mr. Porter refers to two countries with entirely different conditions, while General Hancock's referred to the United States alone. "When Mr. Porter says that free trade may be the best policy for Eng land while protection is best for the United States, he spoke of the two nations at large. but when General Hancock said the tariff I question U o local question he Implied that

it was not a question of national scope and

that a policy which might benefit one part of the United States might not benefit an other. There is no sort of resemblance between the two statements. Mr. Porter is entirely correct in his posi tion that protection Is still the best rolicy for the United States, without reference to what Is Lest for England, and he deserves tho thanks of his countrymen for having notified British free-traders that the ques tion has been fought to a finish In the United States and settled ln favor of protection. TIIC TIRX IX TIIK TIDE. It i.s evident that the Mayor and his friends are much depressed over the situation. They cannot conceal their anxiety and their fears. The Mayor Taggart that now ppeaks his little piece twice a night is not the Mayor Taggart who went from meetings two ye&rs ago confident and de fiant in his assertion and manner. Then long lists of Republicans who would vote for him gave him assurance and filled the air with the exhilaration of certain victory. There are no such lists this year, but, on the other hand, there are lists of Democrats who will not vote for Mm. Those who have canvassed business and office blocks report scores of men who voted for the mayor who declare that they will not vote for him again. For these reasons the mayor and his small coterie of assistants bear anxious countenances. Even the mayor's smile, which has beamed upon all in the past and won so many, has become sickly, while his personal appeals to voters to stand by him give the Impression that at last he has come against a solid opposition hard against it. On the other hand, the opponents of the mayor have been gaining confidence until it is well-nigh assurance. Two years ago precinct committeemen brought from their precincts llsta of Republicans who would not vote or would vote for Mayor Taggart. Now they bring to headquarters lists of Democrats who assure them they will vote to have a change. There is no sign of Re publican defection. The Republican harmony which the Taggartltes jeered at two or three weeks ago is the real thing. Tho independent element, as It Is called, which has supported Mr. .Taggart in two cam paigns, Is against him now. The national reception to Admiral Dewey at Washington will not take place till Tuesday. It will differ from the reception at New York in that it will be official. On the th of May, 1S9S, President McKInley sent to Congress a special message in which, after reciting the chief incidents of the bat tle in Manila harbor, which had occurred a week before, he said: I now recommend that, following our na tlonal precedents and expressing the fervent gratitude of every patriotic heart, the thanks of Congress be given Acting Rear Admiral George Dewey, of the United States navy, for highly distinguished con duct In conflict with the enemy, and to the officers and men under his command for their gallantry in the destruction of the enemy s fleet and the capture of the enemy s fortifications in the Bay of Manila. On the same day Congress passed a joint resolution tendering "thanks to Commodore George Dewey, U. S. N., and to the offlcers and men under his command," and voting to him a sword of honor and to hLs comrades medals commemorative of the victory. The presentation of the sword by the President will be the chief feature of the reception at Washington, and it will be accompanied by very Impre$slye .'ceremonies, including a military parade, a distinguished assemblage at the Capitol, etc. The reception at Wash Ington will not be as noisy or fatiguing to Admiral Dewey as the one at New York, but It will mean more. The Brooklyn Eagle, one of the fairest papers in the country, advises the Amer lean people to discount the dnterviews in several newspapers ascribed to Admiral Dewey. "He is in a situation which places him, both as a host and a hero, at the mercy of the imagination or desire of callers who would commit him to predetermined views, and who are sensitively willing to infer, either from his silence or his answers, his agreement with their statements," says the Eagle. It goes on to say that some of the things ascribed to him he cannot have said, for he is an officer of the government, in the service of the government, and his training has been on the side of reserve as to public and disputed questions. Other views ascribed to him should be regarded as attempts to parry questions, rather than to answer them. The Eagle has been moved to give this warning because Admiral Dewey Informed a reporter of that paper that none of the interviews credited to him abroad was correct. The warning Is timely, be cause reporters will follow him wherever ho goes, seize parts of conversations and amplify them to suit the purposes of pub lishers who seek rather to misrepresent than to tell the truth. Thus far no one of those papers which stand on the watch tower day and night to give alarm that the liberties of the people are menaced seems to have discovered ln the naval display at New York and the presence of so many high naval offlcers a menace like the militarism which they have been crying out against so long. Yet the naval display is attracting vastly more at tention than any display of a military char acter has ever elicited. Are these guardians of the liberties of the people asleep on their posts? ' .1 It Is somewhat remarkable that just as we are discussing the future of the horse and concluding that his occupation ls gone because of the introduction of automobiles there should come large orders from the British government for horses to be used in Africa. No charge of any British Light Brigade will be made ln automobiles. And, by the same token, the war orders for mules mean more employment for horses, Mnce it take about two horses to do the work of one mule. BUBBLES IX THE AIR. A S Irons Recommendation. "But, sir, what has your candidate ever done to deserve the support of the people?" "Well, for one thing, this is the first time he has ever run for office." Wayside Philosophy. The Kind Lady If you would not buy so much alcohol, you would have more to eat. Dismal Dawson Yes'm; an If I eat too much I'd be ln misery, but If I drink too much I'd be all right till I woke up. Missed Opportunity. "Did you know there Is a. camera that will take perfect pictures at a distance of thirty miles?" "Why didn't I know that? What a lot of battle scenes I would have photographed if I had known there was a safety camera!" The Savage Bachelor. "Of course you have heard there is no marrying ln heaven?" asked the Sweet Young Thing, as the dessert came in. "That ls what the ministers preach, I believe," said the Savage Bachelor. "And

hen they go and marry as many couples

as they can, so their victims will long for the other world." The opening of the new stockyards for business yesterday was a notable triumph for a new commercial enterprise. By the way, it Is characteristic of the present pro gressive "business administration" of the city that its whole influence has been used. through one of Mayor Taggart's appointees and favorite officials, to defeat the newstockyards for the benefit of those already established, ln which, the aforesaid favorite official is Ir.tcrested. It was a keen sense of humor that prompted the Filipinos to Issue a proclama tion to the effect that their ports, were closed until further notice to all but American vessels. Thafwas exactly the condi tion of affairs when Commodore Dewey first visited the Islands with his squadron. Whpn TrldArit fihnrnwn stated that it should have hastened, to add that It was not, . ...... . iL. nowever, our auty "to teacn tne juuug wta now to snoot. If President Kruger wants any sympathy after his poetic lampooning at the hands of Kipling, let him correspond with AdamZad. of Russia, ABOLT FEOPLE AXD . THINGS. Clarlnda, Ia... has an Insane asyjum which cost $1,000,000. It ls said by experts to be the finest building of the kind in the country. A German army officer estimates that In hA rpntnrv ust olo.olne no less than 30.000,000 men have been killed in war in civil ized countries. The Queen Regent of Spain has presented to the Spanish Casino at Tampa, Fla., 600 books for Its public library. The books arrived last Sunday. They are intended to show appreciation of the manner In which the Spanish citizens of Tampa were treated during the recent war. . "In all the two years and a half that I have sat at the Cabinet table," said Secretary Long the other day, ''I have never seen President McKInley give the slightest sign of irritation or impatience even when he was under great stress and in trying circumstances. On the contrary, he has always been patient, and even cheerful. He Is the most amiable of men." Mrs. Julia Benhard, ot Wichita, Kan., has found a certificate of deposit for $10,000 which her brother put in the bank of Trenton. Tenn.. to her credit jut before he went to the civil war. Returning home to die of wounds, he gave his sister the certificate and she put it away and apparently forgot it. The Bank of Trenton . has long since fassed out of existence, but Mrs. Benhard s going to sue the stockholders for $10,000, with interest at 6 per cent, for thirty-five years, amounting in all to $31,000. The newest artificial paving blocks to be adopted In Germany are .made by combining coal tar, sulphur and chlorate of lime. This mass is broken into small pieces and mixed with blast furnace slag, being compressed into desired forms 4under a pressure of two hundred atmospheres. The resistance of the blocks to crushing Is 313 pounds to 132 square inches (a square centimeter), and they are as durable as many stones commonly used in paving, give a smooth, easily cleaned surface and are very cheap. Elbridge T. Gerry, commodore and president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, is' said to have in his New York residence one of the finest private collections of law books in the world. The library is exceedingly luxuriously appointed and divided into, alcoves, each of these being marked by a column of costly marble. Each column is" headed by the bust of a Roman emperor. The celling is of the finest of onyx specially selected for Its lucidity so as to permit the light to shine through. By the will of Professor Marsh his home at Prospect Hill, Conn.,, was given to Yale for a botanical garden, provided that a minimum sum of $2,000 should be expended annually in keeping the property in repair. To establish an endowment fund for this purpose William W. Farriam, treasurer of Yale University, and PjotiGeorge J. Brush, executors of the Marsh estate, determined to sell the valuable collection of orchids and Professor Marsh's personal property. The orchid collection comprises ln all 1,34 specimens and 270 varieties, including some of the rarest plants in any botanical garden. The personal property to be offered for sale consists of paintings by American artists, art figures, curios, colonial furniture and Oriental rugs. They will number between 2.000 and 3,000. Paintings and other personality will not be auctioned until January or February, 1900, after the art season has opened. FOR "SLOW" CHILDREN. Physiological School Incorporated hy Three Cltlcagonus. CHICAGO, Sept. 29. The Chicago Physiological School has been incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois by President Harper, Miss Mary R. Campbell and George H. Mead, and will open with the full quarter of the University of Chicago next week. The school is one for the study and training of children arrested ln development. "The school thus far. Is not affiliated with the University of Chicago," said President Harper. "It may in time become one of the affiliated institutions. Miss Campbell will have charge." The school is to be an experimental one in child-training. There will be three departmentsphysiological, psychological and pedagogical. Those who are to be in charge of the school will keep the pupils under constant surveillance. A close study ls to be made of the peculiarities of each one and records of every observation that may be made will be kept. It is thought by this method to get at some logical conclusions of cause and effect and to determine what envirdnments will do for the 'children who fall to develop normally. Owing to the closeness of study that is to be made the school will accommodate only fifteen pupils to begin with. More than titty applications have been received. The children will be boarded ln the school. . THE 3IOIITOX STATUE. 31 r. Shlvely Thinks It as Good nn Could Be Expected for the Sloney. Interview In Richmond. Item. "The consensus of opinion, with the exception of that of Colonel Bright, was that, while the statue was not a high piece of art, yet it was a good likeness of Governor Morton, and a fair average as a piece of nrt, when compared to the other statues ln the same hall. The base and pedestal upon which the figure stands were pretty generaly criticised, and 1 finally decided to have some modifications made, and directed the sculptor to prepare plans and specifications! for such changes as it was thought would improve the appearance of the statue and submit them to the commission for inspection and approval. As a general thing the base and pedestal of a status of this character are drawn by an architect and not by the sculptor, and Mr. Niehaus has retained Mr. Peltz, one of the architects of the congressional library, to prepare the plans for the changes in accordance with my suggestions. "I have seen the severe criticism made of the statue by Colonel Bright, as reported in a special dispatch from Washington, and I regard them as too harsh and believe they were made without very much intelligence. The truth of the matter is that it is generally said by art critics that there arc only four or five pieces of jcenuine art in the entire collection of twenty or thirty statues now In Statuary Hall, and if Colonel Bright Is going after the Morton statue with a sledge hammer, as he says, because it does not come up to his high artistic taste, he will have the opportunity to almost depopulate the hall of its statues. "While the work of Sculptor Niehaus in this particular case is not of as high grade as it should be, yet the Indiana Legislature appropriated but $3) for the statue of Governor Morton. When the commission first went to Washington for the purpose of employing a sculptor, we called upon one or two of the most eminent and were told that for less than $13,000 they did not care to consider the undertaking. We were recommended to Mr. Niehaus, a younger man. with less fame, but who has a good reputation, and whose statues of Garfield and Allen adorn Statuary Hall. We finally induced him to enter Into a contract to make the Morton statue for Jo.OOO. "I think that when the modification are made the statue will bo a credit to- the State of Indiana and not do any discredit in the place where It will occupy." It. M. C. M. B. A. Officers lie-Elected. ST. LOUI3, Sept. 29. The annual convention of the Railway Mail Clerks' Mutual Benefit Association to-day re-elected the old officers. It was decided not to Increase the rate of Insurance and it was voted to have an extra, or sinking fund, assessment every month when there is no necessity for a regular assessment.

HE LAY IN THE ROAD

A nil EST FOR OBSTItlCTIOX WAS WIIAT 1IAPPEXED TO JOXES.' County Surveyor nt Lehnnnn Interfered with the Public Highway Water Pollution at Anderson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Sept. 29. County Surveyor George B. Jones was arrested this morning, charged with obstructing a public highway. Mr. Jones is superintendent cC the B. F. Simmons free gravel road, now being built north of town. The other day the contractors, Fall & Brenton, dynamited their gravel pit, with the result that the clay, dirt and graver became badly mixed. Mr. Jones ordered the contractors to strip the pit before any more gravel was taken out of it. This order, it is claimed, the contractors ignored. This morning Mr. Jones stopped eleen wagon loads of gravel on the way from the pit and informed Mr. Fall, one of the contractors, that he would not allow the material to be used on the Simmons read, because it was not what the contract called for. Mr. Fall told his men to pay no attention to Mr. Jones but to drive on. Mr. Jones thereupon procured a club and, spreading his overcoat in the middle of the load, lay down on it, remarking that if they went ahead they would have to drive over his body. Mr. Jones held the eleven teams for over two hours. Contractor Fall proceeded to town, where he swore out a warrant against Jones, charging him with "unlawfully and wrongfully obstructing the highway by. lying down on said highway." Mr. Jones was arrested by Marshal Oden. After the depar ture of the marshal and his prisoner to.j town, the teams proceeded to their destination and distributed the gravel upon the Simmons road. The ca?e will le tried next Tuesday before Magistrate Pcnil. . BEXXETT MADE HIS ESCAPE. lie Is Wanted lu Cleveland to Complete a Sentence, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 29. Governor Mount yesterday granted the necessary requisition papers for the return of Wallace Bennett, of Richmond, to Cleveland, but to-day, when the Cleveland officer arrived In Muncle with the documents bearing the names of Governors Mount and Bushnell, he found that Bennett had left town, and the officer returned to the Forest CR7 this afternoon. Bennett was arrested in Cleveland some weeks ago, after h'.s wedding, charged with and convicted of working the "badger" game. His sentence was thirty, days In the workhouse and a $200 fine. He escaped from the workhouse at the expiration of his thirty days' Fentence and came to Muncle, where he has a sister, the wife of a prominent business man. While at work in the Muncle enameling works a week ago the Muncle police arrested him. He employed attorneys and refused to go to Cleveland without requisition papers. In the 'squire's court he was admitted to $30 bail for a final hearing to-morrow, it being arranged for the Cleveland authorities to come after him in the meantime. When they arrived it was found that the bond signed by the brother-in-law had been forfeited and the young man is again a fugitive. - THE JAW OF A MASTODON Found by Ditch I) I Beers In a Marsh Xorth of Kontlnnd. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KENTLAND, Ind., Sept. 29. Joseph Flagg, while ditching on the Ross and Henderson farm, in Washington township, six miles north of Kentland, found within eighteen Inches of the surface of the ground, in what seems to be an old marsh, parts of a huge skeleton, there being several of the ribs- which measured over four feet in length. The lower Jaw is Intact and In fine state of preservation. The Jawbone measures thirty-six inches in length and twentyfour Inches In width. The teeth are well preserved and roughly raammlllated, the larger ones being eight Inches long and four inches wide, and are nrmiy set in tne Done. There were also found several other large bones, being parts of the same huge skeleton. There is little doubt that the bones are the remains of the extinct mastodon. Mr. Flagg, with the assistance of his friends, will continue his search with the hope of finding tho entire skeleton. DIVORCE QUICKLY GRAXTED. One and a Half Hours the New Record at Anderson. Fnecial to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., Sept. 29. Indiana quick divorce records were broken In-a case disposed of In this county to-day. Mrs. Hat tie Keefauver filed application for divorce at 8:30 o'clock this morning. She was a di vorced woman at 10. Her husband went to Chicago two years ago and recently filed application for di vorco in Cook county. He was forced to ccme here to-day to get witnesses. His wife gained knowledge of his intentions and to head off his case she instituted proceedings. i Jo mo in with n crnss-eomnlaint half an hour later and charged that she had at tempted to kin him ny aspnyxiation, aiso by using a outcner Knue ana Dy oiner sen cHHonnl methods: that home life was too ex citing and he sought Chicago. Her case was turned over and he was given a divorce without asking for it. She was prevented from contracting another marriage ln two years. a TWO FATALITIES AT BRAZIL. Explosion ln a Mine and a GradeCrosslner Accident. BRAZIL, Ind., Sept. 29. This afternoon Herman Mlnnis, aged eighteen, single, and George Thomas, married, employed ln Julius Ehrlich's mine, west of here, prepared a shot and went Into an adjoining room. The explosion broke through and instantly killed Mlnnis and mutilated the body of Thomas eo badly that he is now dying. Mlnnis lived ln this city and Thomas at Harmony. The seven-year-old son of Realsus Modlsett, living west of here, went with one of the hired hands, at noon to-day. after coal As. they were crossing the Vandalia track near Seelyville, a freight train struck the vehicle, demolishing it and killing youn? Modisett and both of the norses. POLLUTION BY THE MILLS Renders Anderson's Water Supply Dangerous for Wathlng Purposes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Sept. 29. Anderson's water supply from W'hite river Is so pol luted by poisonous strawboard dumps east of here that skin diseases are breaking out, the result of using it for washing purposes. It is proving the most serious with women and children. One woman's eyes are In a serious condition, the result of an applica tion of the vile substance. The physicians report the skin diseases as due to the pol luted condition of the water, and they ad vise people to go without washing rathe; than use it. The dumps contain resinocs matter, lime and other substances highly irritating to delicate skins. Salt Compromised by the Litigants. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 29. Last spring a brick business row at Greentown, this county, was destroyed by a natural gas explosion, with a loss of gft.OOO, A wrangle followed between the Insurance companies and the gas company as to liability, lhe Insurance, $9,000, was finally paid and the gas company was sued for that sum by the insurance companies, on the ground of faulty piping. To-day a compromise was effected by which the gas company paid the insurance people $3,70, and the suit was withdrawn. Only Expansionists Are Wanted, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind.. Sept. 29.-Ueut. II. F. McFeely, a recruiting officer for the Fortysecond Regiment assembling at Fort Niagara, New York, has opened a recruiting office here. Before coming here he eecured thirty recruits ln Indiana towns, tweaty-ona

at Marion, one at Warsaw, two at Columbia

City, two at Bluffton and four at Plymouth. The station here has been crowded with ap plicants ever Fince it was opened, but so far only four have passed examination. Leonard McFarland. Omer Bowen. Omer Johnson and George De Lon. all of whom were in th Spanish-American war. .most. of the failures were on chest expansion. "Only good expansionists can go to the Philippines," said the recruiting officer. Sudden Deaths at Terre ..ante. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Sept. 29. There were two sudden -deaths jere yesterday of widows of former prominent citizens. Mrs. Mahan, widow of Dr. W. I. Mahan, who. for many years, was a leading physician In Terre Haute, died while conversing with friends in the evening, at her home. esterday afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth LudowicI was visiting at a neighbor's, when she was sud denly seized with Illness and before she could be taken home she died. Mrs. Mahan was seventy-nine years of age and Mrs. LudowicI was eighty-four. Mrs. LudowicI was the widow of Jacob Ijudowici. who came to Terre Haute in 1S30. and who was long engaged in business here. Jones Reunion Near Muncle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE; Ind., Sept. 29. More than two hundred descendants of Jacob Jones, of West Virginia, held their annual reunion yesterday at Oak Grove, east of Muncle, and the usual big time was enjoyed. Nathan Jones, aged eighty-eight, the oldest living member of the family, was present and made an interesting sneech. A big dinner was another feature. The following officers were elected: President, Oliver Jones; sec retary, Arthur W. Shldeler: treasurer. John A. Shroyer. The next meeting will be held In August. 1900, at Grafton, W. Va. This Girl Could Throw Straight. ' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 29. The sixteen-year-old sister of Editor Souer, Of the Muncle Herald, this morning discovered a burglar in the house about to make his escape with a clock and some other articles. Instead of calling for help Miss Souer called on the Intruder to drop his plunder. When he refused she threw a silver-backed clothes brush at him, striking him on the head. He was knocked down but promptly regained his feet and escaped, leaving the articles behind. . A Life Sentence In Prison. Special to the Indlanarolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLD. Ind., Sept. 2.I. The Jury in the case of the state against George Green, charged with murdering his wife, returned a verdict late this evening. Green was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The crime occurred several months ago at Cementville. Mrs. Green having been called to her dcor. and shot by a man who stood in the dark. ' " ' Crashed to Death In a Mine. Special to the Indianapolis Journap. VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 29.-By the fall of many tons of earth and slate In the Blcknell mine, this afternoon, W. W. Buck was crushed to death, and several others are missing. This is the first accident at the mine, which employs sixty-five persons, and is one hundred feet deep. Buck was fortylive years old and leaves a family. Woman Took "RouKh on Rats. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Sept. 23.-Yes-terday evening Rev. Hugh McCalip, at New Market, found Mrs. Edna Matthews dead in bed A- box of "Rough on Rats" was found near the bed. It is supposed that ehe committed suicide. Mrs. Matthews was a widow and had Ued with Mr. McCallp's family for a number of years. A Shifting of Matrimonial Yokes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 29.-Mrs. Everett Wright secured a divorce from her husband two days ago, and within ah hour was married to Ed Thomas. Everett was married to Miss Zela Wilts last night. Obltur.ry. PORTLAND, Ind., Sept. 29.-While going fiom the fair here to his home in Ceylon, David Long, seventy-nine years old and deaf, was run down by a Grand Rapids & Indiana pecial train and killed, every bone in his body being broken. AUBURN. Ind., Sept. 29. Ella, wife of W. D. Rickel, of Albany, died in Auburn today at the home of her mother, Mrs. Hannan Draggoo, of Bright's disease. She was thirty-nine years old. Indiana Notes. Twenty-eight divorce cases are docketed for the present term of the Circuit Court al Peru. Insurance men of Grant. Howard, Miami ond Wabish counties will be banqueted at Marion to-night by F. J. Walker, district manager of the Metropolitan Company. About two hundred Crawfordsvllle citizens, with a brass band. Invaded Terre Haute yesterday and paraded the streets to advertise the Crawfordsvllle street fair, to be held next week. v A company of fifty-four men has been mustered into the 'State militia at Muncle. J. K. Rltter is captain, and John Seldomridge and Jacob Melton first and second lieutenants, respectively. Anderson Methodists laid the first foundation stone of their $50,000 church yesterday, and the Christians have commenced the construction of a $35,000 edifice. Both will be dedicated next summer. An epidemic of malaria of a very severe type has broken out along the Misslssinewa river, near Matthews, owing to the pollution of that stream. Whole families are sick, and three deaths have occurred within two days. The infected strip does not extend more than half a mile- inland from either bank of the river. FINED $12.71 FOR PRAYING. Methodist Layman Mulcted for Disturbing a Conference. WAUKESHA. Wis., Sept. 29. It cost Frederick Trostel Just $12.71 to say the Lord's prayer at the opening of the Wisconsin Methodist Conference, now in session here, and it ls probably the first time that any person has been fined for repeating the Lord's prayer In a house of worship. It wasn't the prayer or the place where It was repeated, but It was because it was Trostel and because of the unfortunate time he chose to say it, although it was in response to the invitation of the celebrant, "Let us pray." Trostel was arrested ln the church for creating a disturbance because of his repeating the prayer In the attitude manner and tone characteristic of himself. In the police court Trostel spoke ln his own behalf, and he made a strong plea. "I went to the meeting." he said, "with th intention of keeping still and listening to the services. After the hymn was sujig tnere were two men on the platform, and one of them said, 'Let us pray, and the impression came upon me to say the Lord s prayer." With his right hand raised, the Index finger extended. Trostel began the prayer in the courtroom as he said it in the church. Of feature strongly cast, with a short, full beard and speaking with a peculiar half German, half Russian accent, Trostel made a striking figure, his entire bodv fairly aulvenncr with nervnii omntinn his voice ascending nearly to a shriek as ne repeatea tne passage "ana lorgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." "I Intended no injury." Trostel continued. "I am a member of the church and I felt I had something of a right to be there, although people seemed to be against me. MembershiD is uritv. and I rnnMer t J a right there and to pray. If I have done vwuns 1 am vti) urry, uui l can I see Why I should be punished. T r mo in a ttcn ki conference. If any one had said anything to me it wou;a nave Deen different, but it seems thev were waiting for m nA nith&si on me. I have prayed in other places, and certainly mere can t oe any narm, ror said. 'Forgive us our trespasses " amount of costs Trostel shook his head mournfully, saying he made scarcely 50 he said he would pay the fine, and left the courtroom with a deputy sheriff to secure tne money, 'mere was considerable taiK omArity trtA vnlnlstAra loaf rtlcrrit nAnnAfnlnv the prosecution of Trosiel, some expressing tne opinion mat n:s treatment rrau Deen 2 little too harsh. Cricket at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 29. The interna tlonal cricket match between Prince Ran Jltsinrli's English team and the gentlemen of Philadelphia, began to-day on the Merlon Cricket Club grounds at Haver ford. The weather was ideal and there was an attend ance or Z.5CO persons. The gentlemen ox Philadelphia scored I06 runs in their first Innnings, while the Englishmen had tallied to runs, witn tne loss or but one -wicket. wnen siu:j were-craTsa. .

OIL BELT IS BOOMING

INCREASE IX WELLS AND PRODUCTION' IS VERY .MARKED. Tabulated Statement of the Month Out put Manhattan Company AbKorptlon Story Is Denied. Splal to the Indianapolis Journal. . ' MONTPELIER. Ind.. Sept. 2?. Never. be fore in the history of Indiana oil has there been such a scramble for territory as thr ls at the present time. Capitalists- frora all parts of the country are coming here ln hopes of getting oil leases. Some will make money while others will lose. All cannot make money, but the majority of them ar bound to make a winner of the oil busi ness at the present prices. Wild-catting galore ls being done. The most' important find of the month is the well completed by. the Ohio" OH Company on the Dudgeon farm, in the southeast corner of Blue Creek township. Adams county, and near the In diana-Ohio State line. This will lead to the connection of the ell fields of the two States, and leasers are already thick iook-, lng for the stray lease .that they can findThere is certainly a connecting link somewhere between the two fields, as the oil is found in the same sand formation. Leasers are also at work near Decatur, as well as near Fort Wayne and down in Randolph county. The southern part of . Jay county will come In for its share of new work. and Knox township of that county is looked upon as a good place to drill, although it ls ln a gas producing district and the trade does not forget the stringent gas laws of the State. Nearly every acre of land la the gas belt is under lease, and when the gas has played out it will be thoroughly developed for the crude product. For tho past few weeks a great many leases have changed hands In.Pcnn and Jackson townships, Jay county, and considerable new work will be under way there In a short time. Blackford county is being closely watched, especially the territory around the Godfrey reserve. Only a few days ago a well was completed in the center of the Horton B. Allen farm, in the once famous Harris pool, which has for some time been, considered about drained. Nevertheless, tho well started off at better than 100 barrels a day. South from the Harris pool thero r till remains a good opportunity for an extensive pool, as the Whitely well, completed during the excitement in the Ilarrlst pool. Is still producing oil in paying quantities, and it certainly exists in the immediate vicinity somewhere. Will Nolan, a prominent young operator, has a large farm near tho Whitely farm, and contemplates drilling a test well upon it in the near future. During the month there were 112 wells completed In the State, of .which 45 were gas wells or -dry holes, the balance showing a dally output of 3,345 barrels, or an average per well per day of 27 1-7 barrels, which is a good average for any Held. This is an Increase ln completed wells over August of S8, and ln new production only J5 barrels. The increase In failures recorded ls due to the large number of wells completed in the gas territory to replenish the winter's supply of fuel for the gas lines. September shows an Increase in new work of 48. This alone signifies A. big month for October. Wells county still maintains the lead In operations, but Grant county ls rapidly forging to the front. The .wells of Grant county are more productive than those of Wells county, owing to tho fact that the field is not as old and has not produced oil as long as Wells tounty has. The following table gives the work for the past two months and gives a good idea of the magnitude of the industry: Summary of Completed Wellsi September. ' County. Comp. Prod. Drjv Wells M 1.170 3 Blackford . 21 270 2 Jay 10 16T '2 Adams 9. .. 1& Grant 44 1,C3 I Huntington 14 200 ,2 Madison 3 30 1, jvuami Delaware 3 Marlon S Wabash 4 Miscellaneous 34 Totals 212 3.345 45 August. County. Comp. WTells 52 Blackford ..' 19 Jay 12 Adams 7 Grant 42 Huntington 11 Madison ; 3 Miami 3 Delaware 3 Marion 4 Wabash 4 Miscellaneous 21 Prod. 1.110 ISO 13v 12") SS0 1P0 20 30 30 K 210 Dry. 19 Totals IS1 3,250 31 Increase completed wells 3$ Increase new production, barrels 9." Increase dry holes 15 Abandoned wells 55 Average October wells, barrels ...21 2-3 Average November wells, barrels 21U Average December wells, barrels 21 Average January wells, barrels 27 1-3 Average February wells, barrels 23 5-9 Average March wells, barrels 26 Average April wells, barrels 23 1-3 Average May wells, barrerls 42 Average June wells, barrels 22 Average July wells, barrels 2) 2-3 Average August wells, barrerls 21',i Average September wells, barrels 20 1-7 Drilling Wells and Rigs Up. September. County. Drg. Rig. Total. Wells 51 22 bS Blackford 18 23 41 Jay 11 K id Adams It 12 2-" Grant 49 17 ffi Huntington 9 6 15 Madison 3 3 6 Miami 4 4 8 Delaware 4 3 7 Marion S 4 .9 Wabash 3 4 7 Miscellaneous 37 17 St Total3 210 133 U3 August. County. Drg. Rig. Total. Wells 44 22 7 Blackford 19 15 23 Jay 10 J 13 Adams 7 8 15 Grant 41 24 C3 Huntington 10 16 Madison 2 3 5 Miami 3 4 7 Delaware 3 4 7 Marion 3 5 8 Wabash 2 4 6 Miscellaneous .'24 13 2? v Totals : 1C7 12S 203 Increase drilling wells. 43. Increase ris up and building, 5. Net Increase in new work, 4S. Xeiv Well Was a Failure. Special to the IndianapolU Journal. PERU, Ind.. Sept. 29. The new Lucas Oil Company has .nade a failure of Its first well, seven miles east of the city, which Is of interest to oil men as falling to show a connection between the Baker field, three miles east of Peru, and the Keller field, as the new well Is half way between them. Absorption Story la Denied. FINDLAY, O., Sept. 29. The reported absorption of the Manhattan Oil Company by the Standard Company ls denied by a high official of the former company, who says the story was given out from vicious motives. The denial Is contained in a letter written to W. O. Taylor, a prominent operator who has Interests In this city. Shot Ilia Wife and Himself. att, a plumber, aged thirty-one. living at Alblna, shot and killed himself to-day. Hefore taking hi life he shot his wife In the back of the head, wounding her fatally. Jealousy Is supposed to have been the causa of the deed. 31 r. Holmes Has Not Doited. To the Kdltor of the Indiana poll Journal: The dispatch from here in to-day'a Sentinel that I had bolted and came out for Congress for County 'ireasurer W. R. Fraker is an untruth, manufactured by Irresponsible Democrats to do me an injury and to divert public attention from the rotten condition of their own party. The statement In the Sentinel is almost too niKy to notice, but I have many friends over th State who will not ur.drrstand it. A. A. HOLMES.

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