Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 280, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, I89D.

reeded it. tea. for though the easy, lolling excursion crowd? who watched the race figured that the sailers mu?t h- workirg eas.er than nny men they ever saw. the fact was that tho crew to a man worked three times ns hard as if a genuine rare had been sal.fd. Eight times the spinnaker was set and taken In, while the stowing of ballooners ar.d topBail was tin almost momentary occurrence. When the men turned out to-dsy tney found that their ypell of rest was to be very rear a reality. Mr. Istlln derided for one thing that it would be good to move up to Hay Ridge. There was a look In the sky which hinted that some other anchorage might be better. So the consort was called t ahead and a little after 9 o'clock the tow began. The Columbia was Jogfd alnng easily. like a racer down from the line. The coastwise steamers pasyfd her. and the little clusters cf storm-clad passengers gave fctr a cheer. A little under two hours from the time she left her anchorage Inside the Horseshoe, the Columbia anchored oTt Tiny Itldge. The wind pemM to have an extra Jam in It then ar.d to, after making fast to the buoy, the anchor was got over as well. Bnugged down at last, the only work of the day for the white Jackets was begun. This was the Inspection of the racer. Aloft and below the D?er li!e men clambered . and worked. Kvery part had to stand Inspection. Small chance there was, indeed, of any strain having taken place in the lady finger's breeze, as it was called on board the St. Michael . Hack to the tender the men turned for the noonday meal. The remainder of the afternocn was spent by all in their quarters. Mr. Iselln above, th men below, each with one fervent wish, fcr a strong wind. They cast few glances at their boat where she lay astern, but they knew she was there. SIR THOMAS'S JOKE. The Shamrock lay all day, tossed on the white-capped waves, off the Horseshoe, watched anxiously from the deck of the Erin by Sir Thomas Upton and his guests. The only sign of llfVon the deck was a sturdy sailor, clad In oilskins, pacing back and forth, keeping watch. When Sir Thomas was told the Columbia had departed for a more sheltered anchorage he a.ked laughingly if the American beauty could not 'stand the wind and weather as well as the Bhamroek. Nothing whitever has been done to the Shamrock tlnce yesterday's race, as the Kght airs which floated across the waf?t then would not have broken a linen thread, and the overhauling of the ringing and halyards was dispensed with. Everything that Ingenuity could contrive or tkili could effect has already been done on the challenger, and she. is now ready to abide the Issue. Sherls in perfect condition for tomorrow's race, and the last move to Insure a victory was takr-n this morning, when the entire crew, including both skippers of the challenger, had their hair cut short in or der. as Charles Russell, a guest of Sir Thomas on the Erin, remarked, that thera would be no extra weight aboard. The third set of spreaders, which were put In position for about five minute before Thursday's race, have been removed, and in ail probability will not be unrd at all. as lliey are deemed unnecessary and were not even tried in the last race. Sir Thomas Llpton expressly stated, when questioned on the subject, that Capt. Ben . Parker, skipper of the German Kmperor's yacht Meteor, was on board the Shamrock simply as a guest and friend of Skippers Hogarth ar.d Wrlnge. and that, notwithstanding all rcport3 to the contrary, he took no part at all in sailing the Shamrock In yesterday's race. Sir Thomas stated that the Shamrock had proved herself to be an excellent drifter, and that he. was very much pleased with her performance in light airs. .He said the challenger was at somewhat of a dlsadvan-tage-ln that she could not command the services of Mr. Fife, who designed her and who Is till confined within doors by his rheumatism, while Mr. Hereshoff was always on hand to give advice and oversee - any alterations or changes' on the Columbia, no matter how trivial, which might be contemplated or carried out. Mr. Russell was asked whether. If the Shamrock should succeed In her efforts to carry the -cup across the ocean, the American yacht which would go across to win back the cup would be at as much disadvantage as the Shamrock 13 over here. He said that they rarely or never had tha light breezej owr there and the calm seas which have characterized the first two attempts at races cn thl3 side, and that & yacht built for sue ilht alrr would stand little chance ahroad, where the breezes were heavier and tho seas more boisterous. SIR THOMAS SMI L BID. It Is evident that Sir Thomas and his friends are modestly confident that the Shamrock will make an extremely good showing against the Columbia In a bieeze and are greatly pleased at her good performances In the light weather hitherto prevailing. Sir Thomas smiled when he was tnld that the forecast for to-morrow promised a fair day and plenty of wind, and said that such a day as to-day, without the rain, was what he was longing for. Among the most prominent of the guests aboard the Erin during to-morrow's race will be Rear Admiral Schley, U. S. N., and the Governor General of Canada, Lord Mlnto. Admiral Dewey, it Is stated, will not be - able to accept Sir Thomas's Invitation before Tuesday any way, and nothing deilnlte ' has been settled on foi that day, but it is Admiral Dewey's hope and Sir Thomas's most earnest wish that the former will be free from other engagements so that he can witness at least one race from the bridge of the Erin. Lord Elphlnston, Major General Fowler- . Sutler. Charlew J. Guthrie. Q. C. Captain Iascelles, Sir Thomas Tancred and a number of other Englishmen, who came over to see the Shamrock-Columbia races, have suddenly determined to return home. They have booked to sail on the Campania tomorrow, as has the Countess of Mlnto. Sir Thomas Llpton was much vexed today because what purported to be signed statements from his Shamrock skippers had been published. He desired the Associated Pre?s representative to make public the fact that immediately o.i receiving the information that such statements were bring circulated, he had gone to the tender Plymouth to inquire of Captains Hogarth and Wrlnge about the matter. "It was exactly what I suspected," said Sir Thomas. "Neither Hogarth nor Wringe had seen any members of the press after either of the races. In fact, no press boat has been allowed alongs de the Plymouth or Shamrock. All the money In America could not lure these men to give away things on the Inside," continued Sir Thomas. "These skippers are men of honor and I trust them Implicitly." The observer at Galilee. N. J., to-night, - reports: "The wind to-night is north, northWEATHER FORECAST. Fair and IVarm or To-Day Cooler and Poaalbljr Showers Sunday

. WASHINGTON. Oct. 6. Forecast for Saturday and Sunday: For Ohio. Indiana and Illinois Fair and warmer on Saturday; Sunday fair In southern portion: Increasing cloudiness and cooler, with showers In northern portion; easterly shifting to fresh and brisk southerly winds. Loeal Observation on Friday. Br. Ther. R.I I. Wind. Pre. Ta. m 30.03 . 4S 82 North. 0.CO 7 I. m 29 9 61 61 N'east. O.OO Maximum temperature, 67; minimum temperature, 4X Following la a comparative statement of tha mean temperature ana total precipitation Oct. C: Temp. Tre. Nermil S3 0.09 Mean 65 0.00 Departure from normal l 0.03 Departure since Oct. 1 12 0.45 Departure since Jan. 1 137 5.34 C. F. R. WArPKNIIANS. Local Fcrecast Official. Yesterday Temperatures. Stations. Mln. Mar. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga &6 75 71) I'lfmarrk. N. D 42 $ 70 liuiTalo. X. V 7A CI 5 Caljrary, N. W. T 40 Zi 44 Chicago. Ill 52 m Li Cairo 111 4.1 70 C2 Cheyenne. Wjo 34 74 6$ Cincinnati. O M es tl Concordia. Kan 43 82 M Daven(ort. la 44 74 C Des Moines. Ia 3S 75 ' 7) Calvetf n. TVx G6 73 d lltna. Mont 44 CS IS Jacksonville. Fla 6 7 f. Kar.xaa City. Ma 7 72 IJttl Rock. Ark IS 76 6 Mfmhl., Tetm to' 73 C Nanhville. Tnn 3 M (4 New Orleans. La fy 74 75 New Tcrk, N. Y Li C4 T8 North Plane. Neb 33 (2 73 Oklahoma. O. T 42 "i 70 Omaha. Nb..... 43 71 70 rutsburir. Pa 44 7 CO Qu'Appeile, N. V.. T 3 76 M 1U;H1 City. 1?. D u f4 74 Fait Lake City, Utah 44 73 C ht. Louis. Mo 52 72 66 Ft. Paul. Minn 4 CI tS trtnfff ehl. Ill 46 70 44 CrrlnxfleM. Mo 4 74 6S Vicks&urs. ills 4 71 (xt Waahlnxton. D. C 5S Cf CO TO CI It i: A COM)lVlMibAY Tz Laxative liromo Quinine Tableta. Al! dru. psta refund the money lr Jt falls to cura. E. W, Lrcv' lirsatcn is on ca box, lie

west, with a heavy sea runnlr.gr. The Indications are that there will be a fresh wind at the commencement of the race to-morrow, also a heavy -ea. but that the sea will go down as the race proceeds." At 10 o'clock to-nlht reports were receivcil from Kay Itidse. Long island, to the effect that the wind is moderating. The Columbia, at that time, was ridlns safely at anchor off Hay Rldpe. At 10 o'clock to-i.Jght the following dispatch was received from Sandy Hook: "Wind still from the north and blowlnp at the rate of thirty-two miles an hour. The skies are clear. There has been no change in the position of the Shamrock, the Krin or the tender. Everything appears all right from the observatory." REV. DR. CAVEN ELECTED.

Clioxrn President of the lnn-PreIy-terlan Alliance Resolution. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6-At to-day's session of tns Pan-Presbyterian Alliance Rev. Principal Caven, D. D of Toronto, Ont., was chosen formally as president of the alliMt.ce, rucceedlnff Rev. Dr. Ling. of Glasgow, Scotlanl. The ret orrmendatlon of the business committee continuing In office the other officers was adopted. Formal resolutions were adopted urging that the Illble be used In all periods of instruction In schools of learning; that the alliance views with alarm the great number of divorces granted by the courts on unscriptural grounds, and asserting that the marriage relation should not be dissolved except on grounds laid down in the Scriptures, and that the church array its forces the more strongly In opposition to the liquor trattic. Rev. Dr. Roberts, of Richmond, Va.. presented a paper on "The History of the Western Section of the Alliance." and the Rev. Dr. Chamberlain addressed the council on "The Missionary Work in Rrazil." The closing address of the clay was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Dufttcld, of New York, on "Christian Progress During the Nineteenth Century." It was a brilliant eflort, a litting conclusion of the formal sessions of the alliance. 3Iinlonarle Sny Fn re well. PROVIDENCE. P. I., Oct. 6. The closing session of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was held this morning. Greetings were received from Rev. Dr. Halley, Melbourne, Australia, representing the Australian Congregational churches, and President Capen responded briefly. A large number of missionaries about to return to their field delivered farewell addresses, and several new missionaries spoke briefly. K. G. Pitkin, of Chicago, recommended that the executive officers take steps for the payment of tho debt cf the board, and President Capen indorsed the proposition. The farewell address was delivered by Rev. J. R. Vose, of Providence, to which President Capen responded. nellevem" Convene nt St. Lou In. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 6.-The "Believers." a religious eect which teaches that the millennium is to begin In 1001, met to-day In tho Tabernacle Church, at Nineteenth and Morgan streets. The convention was called to order by the Rev. Charles T. Russell, of Allegheny City, Pa., who Is the leader of the sect and editor of its principal publication, the- Zlon Watch Tower. About two hundred delegates were present, representing every nationality and coming from all sections of the country. At to-day's session the only business transacted was the receiving of reports as to the progress made by the sect In the past twelve months. ninhop rotter Will Vinlt Manila. NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-The Times says: "Bishop Henry C. Potter ia going to the Philippines. This was learned positively last rdght, although the bishop himself is reticent as to his plans, and refused to admit anything more than that he was going to Honolulu. He will, however, visit the Philippines as well, and has allotted three or four months for his trip. He will probably start to-day or to-morrow for the West, though It 1st not known certainly that he will rot postpone his leave-taking until early next week. The bishop's mission is an ecclesiastical one. He fjoes In his official capacity in behalf of the Protestant Episcopal Church In America." ARMED TRANSPORT SUNK. The llnltlen Steamer Defense Wrecked Xear Fortune Island. NEUVITAS. Cuba, Oct. 6. The Haitlcn government steamer Defense, used as an armed transport, has gone ashore near Fortune Island, in the Bahamas, and will prove a total wreck. All on board were saved. The Defense, which was formerly the Belize, was built In Glasgow In 187k She had a displacement of 1.1S0 tens, was 2Zi feet in length and 23 feet 3 Inches in bea.m. She had the following armament: One 3.9inch Canet quick-firing gun, behind a shield, two 3.9-lnch Krupp breech-loaders, two 12pounder howitzers and two Gatling guns. Steamer Sunk Near Gold Dust. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Oct. 6. The St. Louis and Memphis Packet Company's steamer City of Memphis sank yesterday at Gold Dust. Tenn. No lives were lost and there will be little difficulty in raising her. A valuable cargo is damaged little. She left Memphis Wednesday night for St. Ixui3. While making the crossing between Rosa landing. Ark., and Gold Dust, Tenn., she hit a hidden obstruction and Jabbed a hole fifteen feet long in her hull. She was run on a bar and sank. Her bows are in tour feet of water aud her stern In live feet. The steamer Is a stern-wheeler and is valued at M0.000. Steamship Cnrjgo on Fire. NEW YORK, Oct. 6. The steamship Picoua, Captain Brown, from Mediterranean ports with a. miscellaneous cargo, arrived at quarantine at 12:13 this morning with her cargo on fire. At 6:30 o'clock last night smoke was discovered coming from the after hold and everything was battened down In order to smother the fire. At 8 p. m. the hatches of No. 3 hold blew off. On arriving at quarantine the steamer asked tire headquarters for assistance. Movements of Steamer. CHERBOURG, Oct. 6. Sailed: Fuerst Bismarck, from Hamburg and Southampton, tor New York. ROTTERDAM, Oct. 5.Arrived: Spaarndam, from New York, via Boulogne. GENOA. Oct. 6. Arrived: Aller, from New York, via Naples. LIVERPOOL Oct. 6. Arrived: New England, from Boston. NEW YORK, Oct. 6. Arrived: Columbia, from Hamburg. A PROSPECT FOR PEACE. Venesnela and Her Rebels Muy Reach an Agreement. CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 6. Senor Matas, an envoy from President Andrade to the Insurgent commander. Gen. Ciprlano Castro, to negotiate terms of peace, arrived this morning at Puerto Cabello, coming from Valencia, to confer with General Castro. This evening he went to Laguayra and will leave Immediately for Caracas to report the result of his mission to the lresdent. It is reported here that the proposals submitted by the envoy were accepted by General Castro. FrelKlit Hates Advanced. NEW YORK. Oct. 6. The predicted Increase in freight rates owing to the chartering of so many transatlantic liners and tramp steamers by the British government has. It is said, already begun to manifest Itself. Ocean frelpht agents say that there is a general upward tendency In rates and that the offerings of freight for shipment are becoming comparatively small, as shippers are waiting for the outcome of affairs. One item cited as showing an advance in rates is flour, the tonnage price to South Africa Increasing 5 shillings to-day. Reports, of further charterlngs of steamers by the British government continue. Doctors Adjourn for a Year. CHICAGO. Oct. 6. The annual convention of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association closed to-day with the installation of the newly elected officers and the reading of several papers befoie the combined medical and surgical sections. Ashevlllr, N. C. was selected as the p'.ace for the nxt convention, cn Oct. 4. IJKO. Dr. M. H. Fletcher, of Ashevllle. was made first chairman of the committee on arrangements. Just Try for Your Complexion I Champlln's Llauld Pearl. 50c. pink or white. 1 UarvelousbeautUler. Ureat renown. No equal.

CITY OWNERSHIP PAYS

ni'SHVILLE'S SUCCESS IS ItLWNIXG LIGHT AND WATER PLANTS. A Number of Fires In Cities of the StateGreat Building: Activity In Anderson Neurological. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSIIVILLE, Ind., Oct. 6,-Rushville owns and operates her own electric light and water wcrks plant. The city assumed control of the plant two years ago. The domestic and commercial lighting business had been neglected and the city In its first year's operation of the plant lost J2.S28.73, if the public lighting Is left out of the calculation. When the present administration secured control of the city's affairs the light and water plant received immediate attention. H. E. Wells, of Columbus, Ind., was installed as superintendent and the City Council determined to see If the plant could not be placed on a paying basis. The annual report of the plant for the year ended Oct. 1, 1K. ha3 Just , been made public. It makes a flattering showing for municipal ownership. During the year the revenues from light amounted to JI.703.94 and from water J3.214.1S, a total income of $7,943.10. The cost of operation, repairs, additions and extensions was $6,937.53, leaving a net surplus of $1,010.52, and the city has Its street lights and fire protection, valued at $S,000 under private contract, free. This Is practically a net earning of about $9,000 over expenses. The coming year. It u? expected, will make a still better showing for the plant. The railroad companies are negotiating for water for their engines, which, if furnished by the city, will add considerable revenue. A contract has been made with the railroad companies whereby they are to pay $5 per month for arc lamps at their street crossings, where formerly the city got nothing. In anticipation of the continued successful operation of the water works and electric plant the City Council has reduced the water and light levy and applied the saving to other departments of the city government, where funds are in greater demand. AN ENORMOUS I'll ICE Fixed by the Seymonr Water Company for City Payment Special to the Indlanapoli Journal. SDYMOUR, Ind., Oct. C Ten years ago W. E. McMillan, of Peoria, 111., was granted a franchise to put in a water-works plant in tills city. The contract made with the city was for a period of thirty years, and the city was to have the right to purchase the same at the expiration of ten years. The time for the purchase, according to the contract, having about arrived, a bill was passed by the last Legislature making It possible for the city to purchase the plant by issuing bonds in payment, If the plant could be purchased at a reasonable amount. The City Council afterwards notified tho company of its desire to purchase. At a meeting of the City Council last night a communication was received from the water company fixing the price at $140,000. As water-worki svock, on tho basis of recent sales, it worth iess than $38 on the hundred, this prlco I considered exorbitant. The i-AOO") bor.If of the concern are held by tho shareholders. Tho ciilzons have been paying high rates for water of an inferior grade, analysis by State Health Otficer Hurty showing it to be unfit for use. The city also has been paying $3.0G0 yearly rental for fire protection. The company bases its high price on the fact that Iron and machinery have gone up, but the iron and machinery were put In when both were at low prices, and are, besides. much deteriorated by ten years of constant use. The water-works property In the city and township is assessed at $36,875 for taxes, but this does not include the pumping house and standpipe. which are outside of the city limits. But the entire plant does not pay taxes on over $50,000. NEW GAS AND OIL FIELD. Four Fine Wells Aro Yielding Riches at Loogootee. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LOOGOOTEE, Ind., Oct. 6. The gas wells of the Loogootee Prospecting Company, at this point, were tested to-day by State Gas Inspector J. C. Leach, of Kokomo, the result Indicating a rock pressure of ISO to 107 pounds, and an aggregate volume in three producing wells of considerably over 1.000.000 cubic feet in twenty-four hours. From well No. 4 oil Is flowing steadily at the rate of over twenty barrels per day, the product being pronounced by experienced oil men to be a lubricating oil of excellent quality. The company Is greatly encouraged over the outlook and will push the work of piping the town for gas and the work of prospecting for further developments of oil and gas more extensively than ever. Results for the next few days are anxiously awaited by the public, as it is believed that a new and valuable oil and gas field here Is an assured fact. Object to the Compromise. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Oct. 6. A mass meeting of gas consumers was held at tho courthouse to-night and more than two hours were devoted to speeches of protest against the compromise which a committee of business men has been arranging for Council to effect with the Dieterich syndicate regarding the gas situation. The gas company has given notlec-that it will shut off all factories, oil field engines and public buildings Nov. 1, claiming that without a pumping station it has not sufficient pressure for a general supply, and claiming it cannot possibly afford to Invest in a station as long as there is a possibility of the city's winning the case involving a one-third reduction of gas rates, which Is now In the United States Supreme Court. The merchants, fearing the results of a partial loss orgas, started a movement for a compromise, but the people opposed it bitterly tonight and passed resolutions against it. The citizens want the reduction case to be passed upon, even if all the gas is to be shut off. HUNDREDS OF HOMES. Xevr Houses In Anderson Counted by Letter Carriers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., Oct. 6. By actual count, made by letter carriers on their rounds, and under orders from Postmaster Small to take the name of occupant and street number of the house, it was found to-day that 294 homes have been erected and occupied in Anderson since Jan. 1. Only those occupied were counted. There are fully one hundred now under course of construction, and the total for the year will not fall short of five hundred. No business blocks were counted. It is estimated that the cost of these home9 will average $1,000, and it is also found that few of them are being built on borrowed money. Estimates made a week ago by a leading architect placed the number of new homes at 175. The lists have beer, posted, and will be used In an attempt to pet additional mall carriers fcr the Anderson office. A similar count is being made In some other cities'. Thlrty-slx business buildlnRS have been erected In this city this year. There are many frame structures in the suburbs which are net counted. No year in the past has witnessed such a building activity in this city. The supply of homes is still far short of the demand, and manufacturers who are bringing men In to work 4n new factories are unable to get houses, and say some will have to live in tents thla winter. TWO SllllRDAN FRANCHISES. A Rrnce of Roads to He Unlit In Blackford County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Oct. 6.-Indica-tlons are that two franchises will be granted to electric-line companies which want to reach Hartford City. Last night the committee, to which the matter had been referred by the city, and the representatives of the companies seeking the franchises was held. Superintendent A. L. Scott, of the Fort Wayne lines, and Dr. Dlmen represented the Fort Wayne and Cleveland parties, who purpose to build a line between this city and Montpeller and operate a line between the two depots. XL

C. Brownell. of Munde. represented what Is believed to be the Union Traction Company. The Blackford County Commissioners yesterday granted him the right of way through the county. The company he represents intends building a line between here and Muncie, passing through Eaton and running a spur to Dunkirk. It was practically decided at the meeting to grant franchises to both companies, requiring them to give bond to begin work on the lines within a certain period. GROCERY HOUSE DESTROYED. Fifty Thousand Dollars Loss to a Frankfort Company. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKFORT, Ind., Oct. 6. Frankfort was visited this morning by the most disastrous fire in years. At 3:13 o'clock Shaffer & Co.'s wholesale grocery house was discovered to be on fire and in spite of all the fire department could do the building and contents were destroyed, entailing a loss of $;V.000. The Insurance on the stock and building is $27,500, placed as follows: Germanla Insurance Company. $7,500; Merchants' Insurance Company, $2,000; National of Hartford, $1,000; Firemens Fund. $2,000: German-American, $1,000: Hartford of Hartford, 2,X); Insurance Companv of North America. $1000; Andover. $1.0mO; Continental Insurance Company, $3,O00; London and Lancashire. $1,000, and Phoenix of Hartford, $3,500. The firm will rebuild at once. It was only by the hardest work that the adjacent business houses were saved. Rushvllle Residence Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE. Ind., Oct. 6. The residence of Dr. Frank G. Hackleman, on Morgan street, was damaged by fire to the extent of $1.,7;0 last night. Natural gas ignited the kitchen ceiling, and the house was in flames before the fire was discovered. Mrs. Hackleman had barely time to get out with her child. The loss is covered by insurance. Lafayette Bridge Works Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. C Fire, the origin of which Is unknown, at 9 o'clock tonight destroyed the plant of the Lafayette Bridge Company. Two hundred men are thrown out of employment. The plant recently was acquired by the bridge trust at the reported price of $123,000. The insurance was $23,000.

Two Children Incinerated. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 6. Clifford E. Balfo, a farm laborer, and his wife left their home near Terre Haute to come to the city to-day and locked up their house, leaving their two small children in bed. The house, which was a rude lo,j cabin, took fire and burned to the ground. The charred remains of the two children were found in the ruins. - FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT. It Closes 11 Very Successful Reunion at New Albany. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Oct. 6.-The Fiftythird Indiana Regimental Association closed Its annual reunion to-day with the following election of officers: President, Capt. John W. Marshall, of Corydon; vice president, William Gebhart, of Boonvllle; secretary and treasurer. W. E. Jenner, of Marengo: chaplain. James A. Engleman, of Georgetown: historians. W. W. Wilson, of Yankeetown, and James Berkey, of Salem. The next reunion will be held at Boonvllle. Reunion of the Forty-Fonrth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WATERLOO, Ind., Oct. 6.-The twentieth annual reunion of the Forty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers closed a two days session In this city this afternoon. The reunion was one of the largest and best ever held by this regiment. About 130 mem bers of the regiment were present. Tho first session was held last night, at the opera house, with a rousing campflre, there being about 800 persons present. Among the exercises on the programme worthy of especial mention was an address toy Hon. Nicholas Ensley. of Indianapolis, who gave the regiment much Information regarding his recent visit to the battlefield of Chickamauga and the placing of. the markers for tho Forty-fourth r Regiment; also showing the Inscriptions placed on the regimental monument. Just before the campilre last night a reception was tendered to the regiment at the residence of the president, Hon. Frank W. Willis, on Center street, at which about 400 were present. Entertainment was furnished by the citizens for the veterans, and the reunion was in all ways a brilliant success. INSANE ASYLUM I3IPROVEMENTS. New Building at the Eastern Hospital, N'ear Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 6. Before the present year closes it'will witness a number of valuable Improvements at the Eastern Indiana Hospital for - the Insane, located Just west of Richmond. Early in the sunr mer the contract was let for a new cottage to accommodate fifty-eight men. This is nearing completion and is expected to be ready for occupancy by the first of the year. A new cold-storage plant has been in use since the 1st of August. Ground was broken this week for two hospital cottages, each to have a capacity of thirty beds, ono for men and one for women. The new cottage for men will make it possible to take In a number cf additional patlent J, and this will in some measure relieve the jails and poor houses. The hospital has been badly crowded for some years, and there have been no admissions possible-of late except where vacancies resulted trom death or djscharge. An addition is to be made to the laundry this season. v ril'ES BADLY EATEN'. Muncie Water Mains Perforated by the' Electrical Current. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 6. Yesterday Superintendent Walling, of the Water-works Company, made an investigation of his pipes on North Walnut street and finds that the asphalt pavement for a distance of two squares will have to be cut up to enable him to put In new service pipes. The natural gas pipes were found perforated with holes, eaten by electrolysis, also, the condition being appalling. The indications are that there is not a good service pipe under thla part of the streets, and natural gas is escaping in dangerous quantities. The City Council is making an investigation, and suits will be brought if the street-railway company refuses to take proper e?re of the electric current that is permitted to use the pipes as a route back to the power house. ARRESTED AS A SWINDLER. A Reverend Lecturer Is Charged with Misusing: the Malls. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind.. Oct. 6. A man claiming to be Rev. Forest Marston was arrested at Owensville, this county, to-day on the charge of using the United States mail for fraudulent purposes. The arrest was made by United States Marshal Price. Marston claimed to be a field representative of the Red Cross Society and delivered lectures under the auspices of church societies. At the close of his lectures he took up collections for the Red Cross work. He was arrested in Owensville this morning, where he registered a letter to Clara Barton, claiming he was sending collection money. The United States postoffice inspector found the envelope to be empty. Tha prisoner was taken to Evansville. MADE A GOOD HALL. Thieves Robbed Two Mnnele Offices at the Dinner Hour. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCID, Ind.. Oct. 6. Thieves made a good haul at noon to-day in this city as a result of their boldness, right in the heart of the city, in the Anthony office building. Having a key, they had easy access to the offices of Lyons & Johnson, real-estate and rental agents, and P. K. Morrison, insurance agent. The outer door to the b!g Iron safe was not locked, and a hammer was used to open the Inner doors, permitting the removal of the drawers and iron boxes. Two of the latter contained about $000 and many valuable papers were carried away. One of the papers was a $5,Coi paid-up life insurance policy belonging to W.-L. Lyons. Mr. Morrison lost about $TjO, besides several valuable foreign gold coins of mere than face value. The stenographer was absent from the oQco

at her dinner but thirty minutes. The office 1 situated on the second floor at the street corner, with full glass fronts, and the wonder is that the thieves were not seen from the street or adjoining buildings. There are dozens of other offices on the same floor, but no person witnessed anything unuuaL LETTER CARRIER ARRESTED. Accused of Selling: Timber Which AVas Not Ills Property. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind.. Oct. 6.-George Ulsh. a letter carrier of the Wabash postoffice, was arrested to-day on a grand Jury warrant, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses. The prosecuting witness is Aaron N. Dukes, of Peru, who claims that he purchased of Ulsh, on one of the John Q. Elliott farms, in this county, a quantity of timber, for which he paid $223. When he sent men to cut the trees he found they had been taken away by a local lumber concern. Ulsh admits making the sale to Dukes, and says he believed the farm was his at the time, as he had negotiated a trade for the property, which was not consummated, Mr. .Elliott afterward making the sale to the Wabash company. He gave bond. A VERDICT FOR LIBEL.

Editor of the Populist Referendum Mulcted In Heavy Damages. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Oct. 6. The suit of Hiram McCormick against N. H. Motslnger, publisher of Referendum, a Populist paper of Shoals, Ind., has been finished after occupying the entire week of the Lawrence Circuit Court. The suit was for $3,000 for libel. After having the case for over twenty-five hours the Jury returned a verdict for damages in favor of the plaintiff for $2,471.23. The action was tried in the Pike county courts once before and a verdict for damages in the sum of $2,500 was given at that time. . INDIANA OBITUARY. Two Aced and Well-Known Cltlsens of Morgrnn County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 6. Miss Priscilla Bragg, ninety-two years old, is dead. She was endeared to all who knew her and was of a family that was prominent in pioneer days. Miss Bragg resided with her brother, Wm. J. Bragg, two miles west of this city, and lived to see Morgan county grow from an Interminable forest to its present condition of beauty and prosperity. Charles Abbott, of Paragon, died at the age of eighty. Mr. Abbott was a wellknown wagon maker in this city for many years. He was a native of Germany. AN INFANT HERO. Fonr-Year-OId Boy Saves Two Babies from the FInmri. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. C Charles Cooper's home, four miles south of Anderson, was destroyed by fire this morning, while Cooper was in this city, his wife away, and the three children, all under five years of age, in bed. The fire was not noticed until the walls were caving In. The children could not be found and it was thought they were incinerated. When Cooper arrived from the city he began a search and found all three of them huddled in a neighboring corn field. The oldest boy, four years old, had got the other two out. They were afraid to come out of their hiding place. Terre Hnute's Reception Committee. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTEv Ind., Oct. 6. At a general meeting of citizens to-night at the rooms of the Street Fair Association, it was decided to appoint a special committee to arrange for the reception of President McKinlev and his party next Wednesday afternoon, when they will stop here for an hou to rldo through the street fair. It Is thought the train will arrive about 3 o'clock on Its way back to Chicago from Evansville, where the President is to spend tho morning at the blue and gray reunion. Special excursion trains on all roads will be run Into Terre Haute. A Young Soldier's. Injuries. Sreclal to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND. Ind.. Oct 6. Colonel Pettit, commanding the Thirty-fourth Regiment, United States Volunteers, has sent a telegram to James E. Syphers, local manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company, giving further particulars regarding the injuries received by Private Naftie C. Grandstaff, of Albany. In his message Col. Pettlt states that young Grandstaff was injured by Jumping on cars, both feet being crushed His left foot was amputated and the right is terribly mangled, but hopes are entertained at the Presidio hospital that it can be saved. Randolph Sunday-School Convention. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY. Ind.. Oct. 6. The Randolph county semi-annual Sunday-school convention, which convened at tho M. E. Church in this city yesterday, closed this afternoon. Addresses were delivered by President B. F. Wilmore, of Winchester; State Sundayschool Superintendent C. D. Meigs, of Indianapolis; Prof. S. Wilkin, Rev. M. E. Nethercut and others. The attendance was large from all over the county and It waa a most successful gathering. The next meeting will be in Winchester some time in May. An Aldermanle Garbage Junket. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind.. Oct. 6. The Canton City Council and Board of Health visited Fort Wayne Thursday evening to Inspect the garbage system and garbage crema-" tory In use here. The Canton gentlemen are on a tour of inspection and before coming here visited Columbus, O., Dayton, O., and Richmond, Ind., where they inspected the garbage systems. They were well pleased with the system here and stated that Canton would be given a good crematory for the burning of garbage. County Surveyor Jones Fined. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Oct. 6. County Surveyor George B. Jones, who was arrested on a charge of obstructing a public highway, was tried In Magistrate Penil's court. Jones, who Is the superintendent of the B. F. Simmons free gravel road, and who got into trouble while exercising his functions in that connection, was adjudged guilty and fined $1 and costs, amounting to $14.5). An appeal will be taken. A Female Balloonist Fatally Hurt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 6. A woman balloonist, known as Madame Le Roy, residing at Redkey, fell from a height of 300 feet to the ground two days ago at Deer Creek, Ind., and cannot recover from her Injuries. Her parachute failed to open properly, and she came down with great force. A leg and an arm were driven into the ground. She has been making ascensions at county fairs all through the season. Terre Haute Copper Company. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 6. A company has been formed to work the vein of copper discovered recently on a farm near New Goshen, this county. John R. Shank, the farmer who discovered the rich vein of mineral, had several specimens assayed and experts report that the ore is of a high grade and the run to the ton will be very large. There Is much excitement over the find and prospectors are going over the land adjacent to tbo Shank farm. Earlham and Pnrdue to Play. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, led., Oct. 6. The Earlham College football team will leave here In the morning for Purdue University. The team will be the strongest the Quakers can put out, and while they hardly hope to win from the crack Iurdue men, they Intend to surprise that team as well as the friends of Earlham. The local and Dayton, O.. High Schools will play here to-morrow afternoon. Found Guilty of Forgery. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COVINGTON, Ind.. Oct. 6.-Arthur Voliva. of Newtown, who was accused of forging a note upon his mother a short time ago for $250, was found guilty by the Circuit Court to-day and sentenced to two to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Hartford City Team In Trouble. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Oct. 6. The Hartford City High School football team,

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which has a record of winning fourteen consecutive games and having been scored apainst only twice, is to be disbanded. After the game at Dunkirk, last Saturday, several of the members behaved rudely, and one or two are said to have been Intoxicated. The High School faculty Is investigating the matter. The team held the state high school championship three consecutive seasons. Terre Haute District, Y. P. S. C. E. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Oct. 6. The sixth annual convention of the Christian Endeavorers of this dlstrlcUwas held here last evening and to-day. About fifty delegates were present. The district comprises the counties of Vigo, Clay, Putnam and Sullivan, Among the addresses to-day was one ny Miss Jennie Masson. of Indianapolis, on The Bible; How to Use It." Verdlet Afrnlnst the City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Oct. 6. Frank Osborne, who several weeks ago was injured by a dead tree falling on him while he was driving along one of the principal streets of the city, was to-day given a verdict for $2,000 damages against the city. A motion for a new trial will be made and. if overruled, the case probably will go to the Supreme Court. Engine Derailed Xeir Terre Haute. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Oct. 6. The engine of the St. Louis express, the fast Pennsylvania train between New York and St. Louis, was derailed west of this city to-day by the breaking of a casting on the Interlocking plant at Marshall crossing. The engine turned over on Its side, tearing up the track for a considerable distance. The engineer and fireman escaped without injury and no passengers were hurt. Successful Plnjrree Gardening. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 6. The Plngree garden work has been very successful in Richmond this year,, more than a hundred lots being under cultivation. To-morrow at the city building a display of the best raised vegetables will be made and premiums awarded. Miss Emma Rhoades, the city missionary, superintended the gardening this year. Sugar 31111 at North Judaon. MISHAWAKA. Ind.. Oct. 6. The New England Sugar Beet Company announced, to-day, that a sugar beet plant, the largest In the United States, to cost $300,000. would be built at North Judson. The location was conditional on the securing of five thousand acres of land for beet culture. Tho acreage has been secured. Plant Starts After Tvro Years Idleness Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Oct. 6. The Anderson Colled Hoop Company, of this city, has leased the plant of the Rushvllle Heading Company, and will Immediately begin its operation. The heading plant has been idle two years. It will furnish employment for fifty hands. IntI iann. Xotec The golf season at Richmond will close today, the finals being played for a silver cup and the season's championship. The Wabash postoffice Is handling over three hundred pounds of mall matter daily, of which about forty-five pounds are firstclass. The infant child of Charles Klkendall. at Portland, fell into a tub of water yesterday and was rescued Just in time to prevent a fatality. Dr. George Thain, formerly a leading physician of Fort Wayne, was adjudged Insane yesterday. His troubles are due to the use of narcotics and alcoholism. The tenth anual reunion of the Twentythird Regiment. I. V. I., will be held at Salem the 19th and 20th inst. A full attendance of the comrades Is expected. The twenty-third annual reunion of the One-hundred-and-twenty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry will be held at Peru Oct. 19 and 20. Col. H. H. Neff, of Winchester, is life president of the association, formed of the regiment and the Fifteenth Indiana Battery, which Is associated with It. George W. Brown, of Winchester, Is secretary. PETITION TO M'KINLEY. Over 400 Representative Men rrge Mediation in Trunavaal Case. NEW YORK, Oct. 6. The petition to President McKinley urging him to offer the friendly services of the United States in mediation between Great Britain and the republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State has received the signatures of more than 400 representative men, including eighty odd presidents of colleges, fifty church dignitaries, governors of states, mayors of cities, Justices of the state courts, senators, congressmen, editors and others conspicuous in public matters, the professions and commerce. Regarding the petition, the Earl of Aberdeen to-day cabled to the World: "If even now a way can be opened for friendly intervention, the good offices of none would be more acceptable to the people of Great Britain and presumably also to the Dutch in South Africa than those of the' President of the United Statea" Ttte Du.e of Vv-estminster also cabled to the World: "Judging from past history and the prolonged negotiations with our government, whose proposals are most moderate, I am of the opinion that the Boers will not listen to any reform affecting their political status and that therefore arbitration Is now out of the question." Among the editors who signed the petition to-day are Clark Howell, of Atlanta, John R. McLean, of Cincinnati; Edward Rose water, ot Omaha; M. H. De Young, of San Francisco, and Frank P. McClennan. of Topeka. Others of to-day's signers were Patrick A. Collins, of Boston; Chief Justice William M. Springer, of the United States Court of Appeals of the Indian Territory; Senator Mason, of Illinois; Senator Sullivan, of Mississippi, and several state and United States court Justices. THE ATBARA BRIDGE. 31en Who Ilulit It Receive a Royal Welcome Home. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 6. Superintendent Wennas, of the Pencoyd iron works, of this city, and the seven skilled Iron workers who accompanied him to Egypt to erect the bridge over the Atbara river, in the Sudan, reached the Pencoyd works to-day. The , whole force turned out to greet them. Work was suspended and whistles were blown- Superintendent Wennas said to-day that he did not regard his achievement as a great one. He said that if he could have had a big force of American helpers to assist him In the erection of the bridge Instead of convicts, the only help available, he could have finished the work even quicker than It was done. There was no skilled labor In the Sudan and Superintendent Wennas was forced to accept the services of convicts, who were provcklnKly slow in their work. As an instance, Mr. Wennas said tlx gangs of these people, of six men each, were able to drive only one hundred rivets a day, while In America one gang of four men Is expected! to drive 150 rivets a day. The Intense heat was also a drawback and obliged suspension of operations eacn day from 11 o'clock to 3, work being performed only frra 8 1 11 and from 3 to C o'clock. 31 ore Counsel Against Carter. NEW YORK. Oct. . Gen. Henry L. Burnett, United States district attorney, has received Instructions from Washington to cooperate with the army's counsel in opposing the application for the release of former Capt. Oberlln M. Carter, and to-day Gen. Burnett was granted permission by Judge Lacombe to file a brief In answer to the arguments of Acr&n I Uors. Carter's

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The mayor of Havana, Senor Perfecto Lacosta, has Issued an order directing that no Spanish flag shall be displayed in the city of Havana, except at the Spanish consulate. It Is believed that this will give rlao to considerable hostile criticism. : The mayor's order Is causing much bitter feeling among the Spaniards here. Senor Sagrario, the Spanish consul general, declares that, as a mute protest against the order, he will not hoist the flag over the consulate until the same privileges allowed other foreign flags are granted to that of Spain. xne local papers arc discussing the question of incumbrances on property r-hich th properties cannot bear owing to tne reduction In profits caused by the war and tha decreased prices of the island's products. Many properties, it Is asserted, Bre paying annual incomes to the church. Tha bishopric of Havana Is reported to be cow drawing an Income from over $2,000.0" J worth of property to which It has no title and which the Spanish government and a papal bull ordered the church to give up. Owing, However, to the corruption In the Spanish administration this property waa not surrendered. MEMBERSHIP OF YALE. A Probable Gain, Thongb Academic Department Is Smaller. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 6. The Yale academic department, which is the only department of the university whose enrollment Is complete, shows a loss of two in the undergraduate department. The total enrollment In this department Is 1.233. as against 1,235 last year. All classes show decided gains except the junior class, which Is sixty-eight less in membership than last year's Junior class. The figures In comparison for the two years are as follows: For the academic year l$-D-Senlors. Sul; Juniors, 32; sophomores, 2TG; freshmen. SW; total, 1,235. For academic year l3-190O Seniors, 320; Juniors, 2; sophomores, 313; freshmen, 334; total, 1,233. Tne deans of the other departments of the university stata that apparently there Is a gain, though the exact ligures are not ready for publication. The estimated membership of the university: this year is 2,?(w. Mexicans View ev Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 6. The palatial special train bearing Vice President Ignacio Mariscal, of the Jtepublic of Mexico, bis staff and suite and representatives of the Mexican and United States armies and ravies and of the civil governments and tha municipality of Chicago, arrived In the city to-day shortly after & o'clock and was nut by a large delegation of the leading citizens ot New Orleans and representatives of th exchanges and commercial bodies. The committees met the party across the river and crossed to the New Orleans Hide with them. They were taken through the sumptuous train, the finest that has ever crossed the continent, so it is stated, and the champagne flowed ad libitum. After driving about the city, on a typical sunshiny, lalmy. New Orleans day, the entire aggregation lunched at the St. Charles Hotel, and later departed for Chicago, where they will be present at the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone of the new postofflce building about to be elected In Chicago. Louses by Fire. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. Oct. 6 Fire la the five-story building of the Springllcld Steam Power Company on Lyman street caused a loss of Jw.On) to-night. The chief loser Is the Victor Sporting Goods Company, In whose quarters the tire started and whose loss Is total. This Is estimated at X.000. KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Oct. 6. The oil house, tanning room and one small beef cooler at the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger packing plant, at Armourdale. Kan., were destroyed by fire to-day. Loss estimated at 100.000; fully Insured. The main buildings were not damaged. DES MOINES. Ia.. Oct. C-Flre In the Schmidt & Henry furniture factory to-day caused damage to building, stock and tools of loO.OOO. The insurance Is tOO.OOO. Cannot Evade Liability. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-In the United States District Court to-day Judge Adama decided, in effect, that stockholders in a national bank, knowing it to be insolvent, could not transfer their stock legally to another for the purpose of evading the double liability law. The decision was rendered in the case of Gus F. Taylor, receiver of the First Natlonel Bank of Tyler, Tex., the Paramoro Investment Company and Edward E. Paramore, of St. Louis. O fleers Cboaen by Cmbalmeri. CHICAGO, Oct. Buffalo secured the fifth annual convention of the National Em balmers Association, to be held in 1XKX The following othcers were selected for the coming year: President, W. Edward Piatt, Augusta. Ga.; flrst vice president. J. Henry. Long, Pittsburg; second vice president Walton G. 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