Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 October 1899 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1899.

11

ESTABLISHED 18 53 Hk SOL

Indiana's Greatest Distributers of Dry Goods, Carpets, Furniture and Hou5efurnishings.

Muslins for the

And a. sale that be of Rreat Importance to her. Greatrr Talurn'trerr never offered. In Sbeettnsr. Muslins, Pillow Caves and Caning untl lied Ticking; In fact, everything; In white that housekeepers, etc., are needing; right now. Here are a few of the many ajood things you will And to-morrow when you come down town.

Full yard-wide, unbleached muslin, wort Hemnants of bleached muslin, worth 5c, Unbleached Canton Flannel, a good 9c q Light and dark Cheviot Shirting a 10c 42-lneh ready-made bleached Pillow Ca Very fine bleached Pillow Caslnsr. well h 4S-inch ready-made bleached Pillow Ca Feather Ticking that we will guarante for We are selling all sizes of ready-m buy the goods by the yard. The cotto are wise you will see our lino of Keady-

3Pottis XDxy Goods C o rrxjp any

20 to 50 Per Cent. Reduction -ON ALL' SUAXMEJR SHOES GEO. J. BIAROTT, 22 to 28 East Wash. St. Second largest Shoe Store in the World.MMQ)M Nobby New Jewelry and Sterling Silver sold to yon at the Wholesale Price. I5 Eat Aiihlngton Street. NEWS OF THE THEATERS MR. KETCHAM TAKES A LEASE OX Ii.NGLISH OPERA IIOUSB TILL 10O4. Stage Jlannger Craven and Scenic Artist Hitter to Leave the Grand Stock Company. - George II. Ketcham, president of the Valentine Company, which controls English's Opera House, in this city, the Valentine Theater, Toledo, O., the Great Southern Theater, Columbus, O., and the Victoria Theater. Dayton, O., came to the city yesterday and renewed the lease from Mr. English of his opera house until lOOi. Mr. Ketcham said last night that he felt good over the transaction. "We have received the best of treatment here," said he, "and we aro thoroughly satisfied with our business. The first half of last-season was not very profitable for us, but since then the business has been good. I showed Mr. English our bookings for this season and he was greatly pleased with them. . The list contains the best attraction.! of the country and Henry Irving and the Kendals from England." i It Is understood that Mr. Walter Craven, stage manager for the Grand Stock Comfiany, will sever his connection with the ocal company next week and. with Mrs. Craven, return to the East. Ills successor has not been announced. Miss .Lucille La Verne arrived yesterday from .New York to take Kate Fletcher's place In the stock company. She will appear next week In 'The Planter's Wife," playing the part of Aunt Susan Gordon. Miss La Verne was Identified with the origlml production of "Pudd'nhead Wilson" ad later with Clay Clement in "The New Dominion." Early last summer fhe starred for a short time In "A Woman's Politics," Miss Fletcher being at that time In her supporting company. It has been suggested by several patrons that the show at the Grand could e made more popular by, interchanging leading actors now and then with the Cincinnati Stock Company, both of which are under the same management. C. H. Hitter, the scenic artist who has been so generally complimented on his work for the Grand Stock Company last season and this, leaves to-day for St. Louis, where he has an engagement with the Castlesquare Opera .Company. There Is a Castlesquare Company In each of several of the larger cities and one Is to be established at St. Louis. These companies put on operas on the stock plan and are having great success. Mr. Hitter's friends feel that this engagement Is a reward of merit. The elaborate scenery of 'Arizona," which will be seen at English's next week, la Mr. Hitter's work. English's Willie Collier In "Mr. Smooth. "Willie Collier, the same Willie Collier that was call-boy at Daly's Theater well, not so many years ago, for Mr. Collier Is still a young man presented at English's Opera House last night a play written by himself. The play has been successful In the East, where the theatergoers set up their decision as the criterion for the West, and last night It was a success. In- Indianapolis. In view of these-facts It is superfluous to point out that Mr. Collier has risen rapidly In hl3 profession. Mr. Collier's success seems to be due to the fact that he has so many bright ideas that he does not have to exploit any individual Idea to make his hit. Everything he does is good and he has respect enough for his audience to take It for granted that they do not need diagrams with his remarks. Ills humor Is of the best In the land. He has put his personality Into "Mr. Smooth" and as a result it is ingenuous, natural and a production altogether worth seeing and remembering. The story has been told in these columns and those who saw the performance last night know that the story works Itself out smoothly. Mr. Collier did not cheat his play when he selected his company; the men are admirable actors, the women charming. The several love scenes In the play are carried out delightfully, and there Is no tinge of burlesque to mar them. The scenery Is complete, with doors that really slam and balconies that do not sway and bend when the whole company runs on them, as it does at the exciting close of the second act. The production will, no doubt, go far toward giving Mr. Collier a high rank in the estimation of the public as a playwright and manager as well as aa actor. The cast is worth reading: Toe Tattcn, traveling as Mr. Smooth.. Willie Collier Cornelius 3mooth George W. Parsons Arthur Chilleigh, a retired banker John V. Ward Frank Chilleigh. his eon John B. Maher Mr. Hickey, a bookmaker Thomas Evans George Dobscn. a detective. -Thomas Garrick Glib, a valet M. L. Heckert Dolt, a butler Lawrence Sheehan Hose Chilleigh. the banker's daughter.. Helena Collier Angelica Chilleigh, the banker's sister.. Helen Relmer Miss Langdon. a maid Myrtle May Vera Vane, a Chicago girl Louise Allen-Collier "Mr. Smooth" will be presented at English's again to-night. Park "An Easy Mark." The engagement of "An Easy Mark" epened yesterday afternoon. The play was written by 11. A. Du Souchet, the wrlght also of "The Man from Mexico" and "My Friend from India." It H a little rougher than the other two plays and it Is full of sred. The company Is of that meritorious class which ore may enjoy at the Park once In a while at low price. CrfdJt is due to Ui person responsible for the fact ttut

(

AGENTS FOR BUTTERICK PATTERNS sekeeper h 5c a yard: special, 2S yards for 111 10c and 12V4C a yard, special for. C5 l-sro uality for Oo Quality, special for Oo sea lOo emstitched, an ISc quality for ..133 iao sea l l-i5o e to hold feathers, a 16c quality 113 l-22o ade bleached Sheets at less than you can n market la advancing steadily, and if you made Sheets. Basement. there Is no drag to the show and the audience dos not feel like reading the ad's in the programme to kill time instead of watching everything that goes on on the stage. Every bit of the show is worth watching. The three acts are full of funny situations, clever dancing and good singing. The wind-up of each act is a well-built medley of popular songs rendered harmoniously and intelligently. John Byrne has a few minutes with a cornet and h!s ready wit that set yesterday's audiences wild with Joy. Ben Grinnell and Beatrice Rinehart have a burlesque on operatic selections which they had to repeat a few tlmps to satisfy the people "in front." Grinnell and James Kelly and Charles Mason, among the men. have the most to do in the show. The Chappelle sisters, the Schumann sisters, Eleanor Carroll, Dorothy Carter and Mrs. Harry Bloodgood are all bright women and help . greatly in the success of the performance. "Barber of SeTllle" to Be Given. 'The Barber of Seville" has been decided on as the opera to be presented on Nov. 6, when the Metropolitan Opera Company, under the management of Maurice Grau, comes to this city. The cast for Rossini's great work is a strong one, including, as it does, at least three singers of world-wide fame, two of whom have never been before an Indianapolis audience. Marcella Sembrich, soprano, is cast for Roslna; Campanari, a local favorite, for Figaro, and Edouard De Itezke, for Basllio. The othe' characters will be carried as follows: Bertha, Mile. Bauermeister; Bartolo, Signor Pinl-Corsi; Sergeant. Slgnor Vanni: Fiorell, M. Meux; Count D'Almaviva, M. Salignac. Slgnor Manchinelll will be the director, while the chorus and orchestra will be from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The opera wlli be sung In Italian. otea of the Stafre. The well-known Joseph Hart Vaudeville Company will bo at tho Park next week. "NIobe" continues to draw at the Grand. It will be seen only three times more tonight and to-morrow afternoon and night. The advance' sale for "Trelawney of the Wells," to be given by the Lyceum stock company at English's to-morrow night. Is large. Marion Crawford has finished his novel, written about tho personality of Viola Allen, which he will dramatize for her use next season, and will come to America Nov. 1. He will make the dramatic version of his story in this country, assisted hy Lorimer Stoddard, with whom he will collaborate. Wilson Lackaye's make-up as "Reb" Shemuel, the rabbi, in the Zangwill play ("Children of the Ghetto"), which begins Its New York run at the Herald-square Theater Monday, Oct. 16, is said to excel even his Svengali in "Trilby." James A. Heme has been praised for his artistic staging of the play. Mr. Zangwill aided him in producing it and the results show that they are kindred spirits in matters of dramatc art. It was stated before the piece was presented that Mr. Heme had entirely rewritten it. When called before1 the curtain at the first night in Washington Mr. Heme took occasion to deny this story and to state explicitly that the piece had been staged as Mr. Zangwill had originally written It and that not one hundred words had been changed during the entire six weeks of rehearsals. He desired it clearly understood that the play was entirely the work of Mr. Zangwill. As the stage producer he had only endeavored to "harmonize the whole." PERSONAL AND SOCIETY. Mrs. Henry J. Brandon is visiting In Louisville. Mrs. William Jones went to St. Louis yesterday to visit her daughter. Miss Edith Bonnell Is visiting her uncle, Mr. E. R. Bonnell, on East Fifteenth street. Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Van Winkle, who have been in New Tork, are expected home this evening. Mr. C. S. Newton, of Kokomo, is in the city this week attending the State Baptist Convention. Mrs. John R. Wilson has issued Invitations for a reception Tuesday, Oct. 17, from 4 to 5 o'clock. Mrs. Harry Bennett will give a tea Saturday afternoon. The guest of honor will be Mrs. Anderson, of Florida. Mrs. A. B. Gates went to Cincinnati yesterday afternoon to attend the national convention of the Christian Church. Mrs. S. Lu Kiser will give a book shower next Thursday afternoon for her sister. Miss Bamberger, whose marriage will occur the following week. The Kappa Alpha Theta fraternity will hold a business meeting with Mrs. W. E. Henry, No. 523 East Seventeenth street, Saturday afternoon. The Young Woman's Missionary Socletv of the Second Presbyterian Church will meet this afternoon with Mrs. Robinson, No. 103 Middle drive. Woodruff Place. 'Miss Nell Tophouse. of Oxford, England, who is traveling in this country, will come, Friday, to visit Miss Rebecca Insley. Saturday Miss Tophouse and Miss Insley will go to New York together. Mr. John Q. Justice, who has resided for several years at No. 2131 North Fennsvlvania street, yesterday, with his family, moved to a farm recently purchased, a few miles north of the city, for permanent residence. The membership committee of the Matinee Musicale will hold a meeting Saturdav afternoon, at the residence of Miss Bessie Beck. No. lir7 North Meridian street Candidates for voice, piano, violin and organ will be heard at that time. Mrs. Philip Rappaport Invited a number of her friends yesterday to her home on North Alabama street to meet Miss Lena Anderson, who recently came to the city from Clinton. Mich., and 1st a member of the faculty of the Metropolitan School of Music. Assisting Mrs. Rappaport in receiving and entertaining were Mr?. George Kaschlg. Mrs. Richard Leiber. Miss Emma Martin. Miss Amelia Kipp. Miss Stella Adams, Miss Lily Adam? and Miss Anna Hansel. Miss1 Anderson read an interesting paper on "Musical Kindergarten Work," and Mrs. Lottie Adam Raschig, Miss Cora D. Cameron and Miss Benaldine Smith assisted In a musical programme. The St. Louis Republic has the following announcement, which will be of interest to many Indianapolis people: "An engagement full of Interest to many of the old Southern set of St. Louis is that of Mrs. Grace Augusta Wilson, of Colllnsville. 111., and Col. James Robert Henry, of Indianapolis, which has Just been announced to Mrs. Wilson's intimate friends in town. Mrs. Wilson is the daughter of Lloyd Hogan. for years one of St. Louis's prominent figures in the business and social worlds. Miss Logan married Major O. R. Wilson and went to live in Colllnsville, 111., where the major bad business interests. His death occurred three years ago and since that tlm Mrs. Wi!son has lived very quietly in the Illinois town. The wedding will take place at the Planters' Hotel early, in November. A special car will bring down Colonel Henry and his Indianapolis friends, and the ceremony which is to take place in one of the parlors' will be followed by a dinner." Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Samuel J. Brash and Miss Lena T. Brash were hostesses for a reception from 3 to 6. the guest of honor being Mrs. Robert (Seddes. Mrs. Brash was assisted in entertaining by Mrs. M. ii Haines, Mrs. Henry Coe, Mrs. G. W. Coonse Mrs. A. N. Dwyer. Mr. S. E. Perkins, Mrs' Ijotshar, Mrs. John Weinman, Mrs. Mary Thompson. Mrs. Randal). Mrs. X. Klchur.lson. Mrs. Jesse Overstreet. Ml..- Gertrude Wocher. Miss Ella Vonnegut. Miss Mary Wll?on. Miss Dora Lander, and Miss Clam Lewis. The decorations in the front parlor were lons-attmmed Americ&n BeauW roses.

ilOl!

and in the back parlor Bride roses. The mantels in both rooms were almost entirely hidden with maidenhair fern, palms and smllax. In the dining room the decorations were pink, the centerpiece on the table beIng pink roses and maidenhair ferns. Punch was served in the reception hall by Miss Lewis and Mls Landers. During the receiving hours about 150 guests were entertained. Mrs. Charles E. Coffin was the hostess yesterday for a luncheon In honor of Miss Martha Bradshaw and her bridesmaids. The guests were seated at the oval table, and at each place was a pen and Ink sketch name card, with an appropriate quotation on the back. The colors used In the dining room were yellow and white, with American Beauty roses. A china Cupid candelabrum formed the centerpiece for the table, with yellow candles, and the doylies used were of drawn work over yellow silk. White silk tu'Je was draped around the center of the table, with American Beauty roses scattered here and there, adding to the attractiveness. At the bride's nlace was a silver Cupid candlestick and a bunch pf American Benuty rnsesi The guests were Miss Bradshaw, Mrs. Bradshaw. Miss Emma Atkins, Miss Emma Martindale, Miss Agne3 Duncan, Miss Hollabird of Evanston. 111., Miss Van Norden of New York, Miss K-ii!cy, Miss Foster, and Miss Clara Hawkins, cousin of the bride, who will be maid of honor. Mi?s Burrell, of New York, will be the other bridesmaid. Mrs. Bradshaw and Miss Bradshaw will :ecelve informally Friday afternoon for the bridesmaids who will be in attendance at the Bradshaw-Nevins wedding next week. No Invitations are issued. Mr. Arthur Nevlns, brother of the groom, and best man, will corre Friday; also Mr. Couvsen, of New York city. The groom, his sister. Mrs. Thomas Standish, and little daughter. Mary Anderson, and Mr?. E. Nevin will all come Sunday morning, and these, with Miss Burrell, of New York city, will be the guests of Mrs. Bradshaw, in Woodruff Place, except the groom, who will be at the Denlson. The ushers will be Mr. A. Ward Cobb. Mr. Harold G. Murray, Mr. Franklin T. Nevin. a cousin of the groom. Mr. Charles Doyle, Mr. Frank M. Hutchinson of Sewickley. Ta., Mr. H. Bishop Perkins, Jr., of Warren. O.. and Mr. Harmon Bradshaw, brother of tho bride. Mr. Arthur Nevin, brother of the groom, of Sewickley. will be best man. and Mary Anderson Standlsh. niece of the groom, of Sewickley, Pa., will be llower girl, while Blair Taylor, of Indianapolis, will be flower page. Mrs. W. F. C. Golt gave a handsome reception yesterday afternoon from 3 to 4 and to 6 o'clock, in the parlor of the Victoria, to introduce Mrs. Samuel Andrews Morrison, who recently came to this city a bride. Mrs Golfs assistants were Mrs. Theodore P. Haughty. Mrs. James K. Sharpe, Mrs. W. P. Herod. Mrs. W. W. Scott. Mrs. Oran Perry, Mrs. C. H. Wells. Mrs. Harry Atkins, Mrs. Henry Fraser, Mrs. Henry Wallace, Mrs. Harold Taylor, Mrs. Samuel Reld. Mrs. J. Rilus Eastman, Mrs. Augustus Coburn, Mrs. William Landers. Mrs. John Somervllle, Mrs. Charles Tatham. Mrs. John R. Wilson, Miss C. W. Beaty. Miss Julia Fletcher. Miss Kathrine Winter, Miss Grace Wapson. Miss Dorothea Van Camp, Miss Emma Martindale, Miss Mary Knippenberg. Miss Eleanor Smith, Miss May Henley, Miss Mary Wilson, and Miss Anna Louise Beck. The rarlors were beautifully decorated in preen and red, large bunches of American Beauty roses forming a conspicuous part of the decoration. The mantels were trimmed in maidenhair fern and hanging moss. A unique idea in the decoration was several wall pockets placed around the room, filled with ferns and hanging n os, greatly adding to the general appearance of the rooms. HOLBROOK KERN; FORD-AMES. Special to the Indianarolls Journal. PRINCETON, Ind., Oct. 12.-Mr. Howard Edmund Holbrook and Miss Anna Kern were married here at noon to-day. The groom is a son of Elliott Holbrook. former superintendent of the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad, and was chief clerk to the superintendent during his father's administration. Mr. William M. Ford and Miss Eleanor E. Ames, both of Chicago, were married in the United Presbyterian Church to-night in the presence of about five hundred people. The wedding was one of the largest ever occurring in the. city. The groom is with the Lyon & Healy music house, Chicago. VAN DORIN SIPE. Special to ths In.llanapolls Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Oct. 12 Mr. Henry L. Van Dorin, of Indianapolis, and Miss Ida S'pe, of this city, were married yesterday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sipe. The bride is a well-known teacher and church worker and the groom Is an IndianapoUs busineess man, who formerly resided here, where he was engaged in the newspaper business. After a short trip the newly-wedded couple will be at heme on Cornell avenue, Indianapolis. The ceremony was' performed by Rev. J. H. Jackson, pastor of the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. NEEDLER KALBERFLEISCII. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Oct. 12.-James N. Needier and Miss Anna Kalberfleisch v.ere married last evening at the Presbyterian parsonage by Rev. Edwin Craven. Both are popular young people, prominently identified with church and church society work, the groom being a trustee of the Presbyterian Church. They will reside on West Grant etreet. CRAIG O'HEARN. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind., Oct. 12. Edward Craig, eon of the late Capt. John Craig, and Miss Mary O'Hearn, a popular young woman of this city, were married here this evening. The wedding was a distinctive society event, nearly a hundred of the best people of Jeffersonville attending. Mr. Craig is a successful commercial traveler. M ' M I LLEN ROSS. Special to 'h Indianapolis Journal. SEYMOUR, Jnd., Oct. 12. At noon to-day Mr. Frr-l w. McMIlIen, of North Vernon, and Mlis Virginia Ross were married at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ross, by Elder E. L. Veach, of the Christian Church. The couple left on the afterneon train for North Vernon, their future home. CITY NEWS NOTES.

Michael Besten. one of the oldest fifeplayers of the city, ied yesterday at the State Soldiers' Home at Lafayette, where he went a few months ago on account of ill health. His body will be buried in this city. Mr. Tom E. Potter will be the master of ceremonies, and Barclay Walker, Joseph Cameron and J. M. Dungan will be the judges in the different contests at "Ye Olden Time Fiddlers' Contest" at Tomlinson Hall, Saturday evening. Losses by Fire. SAGINAW, Mich., Oct. 12.-Fire to-day did SGO.OOO damage to the plant of the Brewer Lumber Company, at Carrollton, a suburb of this city. The shingle mill, planing mill, cooperage mill, which manufactured stock for salt packages; a portion of a plant for the manufacture of barbed wire reels and two million feet of lumber were destroyed. The company will rebuild at once. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Oct. 12. The Produce Exchange was burned to-day. The loss on building and the occupants was $100.000. Tho building, a four-story brick block, was owned by a Boston capitalist, and was valued at $25,000; loss, $20,000. Hegna & Co.. shirt manufacturers, lose about $50,000, while other occupants of the building were damaged to the extent of about $30,000. NEWPORT. Vt., Oct. 12. Owl's Head Mountain House, a popular summer resort hotel on Lake Memphremagog, owned by C. D. Watklns, of New York, was burned yesterday. Loss, $100,000. The hotel had been closed for the season. Obituary. NEW YORK, Oct. 12. William Ward Teck, a pioneer in the California trade, is dead at his home in this city, aged eighty years. During the Californian gold fever he went West and established a mercantile business at Sacramento. Some years later he moved to New York, and conducted a shipping and commission business between this city and California. He retired from active business life about twenty-flve'years ago. LONDON, Oct. 12. Baron Thomas Henry Farrer, of Abinger Hall, one of the most distinguished British authorities on trade and finance, and at one time permanent secretary to the Board of Trade, died suddenly this morning in his eighty-first year. EVERETT. Mass., Oct. 12. William R. Smith, well known as the man who first refined petroleum, died at his home here today, aged seventy-two. Funeral Directors Adjourn. CINCINNATI. Oct. 12.-The eighteenth annual convention of the National Funeral Directors' Association adjourned this afternoon, to meet next October at Denver Reports were made .by W. P. Hohenschuhi Iowa City, as delegate to the national convention of general baggage agents, and Josiah S. Pearce, as delegate to the general conference of state and provisional boards of health. Addresses were made by C. O. Probst, secretary of the American Public Health Association; H. P. Deerlng. general baggage agent of the Michigan Central, and others. The following officers were elected: President. Josiah S. Pearce. Ardmore. Pa.: vice presidents, p. H. Dixon. Mobile; Frederick Hulberg. New York, and W. H. Davie?. Minneapolis; secretary. H. M. Kirkpatrick Kim wool. m.; treasurer, Charles A. filler, Cincinnati.

FRATERNAL UNION FUNDS

IT IS EXPECTED THEY WILL YIELD ABOUT TWENTY PEIl CEXT. Perpetual Liffbt Man In Trouble at Locansport Three Men Killed by the Exploln of a Boiler. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 12. Judge Henry C. Fox. of the Wayne Circuit Court, who has had under advisement for some time the petition of Paul C. Graff, receiver of the Continental Fraternal Union, for Instructions as to the distribution of funds, has prepared his ruling and it was made public to-day. He holds there are no preferred claims other' than creditors' bills, which amount to but $31.50 These bills are mostly for printing. The total balance of funds, which will amount when all in to nearly $20,000, will be distributed pro rata to the certificate holders according to the amount each has paid in. The court orders a payment of 10 per cent, of the amount due each one entitled to share in the fund. The court also gives Instructions to the treatment of sick bercfits and those poilcyholders who have lapsed or have been suspended. The receiver will make the payment of 10 per cent, as soon as the number entitled to share and the amount due each are ascertained. It is thought the order eventually will pay irom 13 to 20 per cent, of the claims against It. THE TROUBLES OF MCKL'M. Flnunclal "Woes of the Inventor of the Perpetual Light. Special to the IndianaioIi Journal. LOGANSPORT. Ind., Oct. 12. It has been known for some time that Sylvanus B. Nickum, the alleged inventor of a perpetual light, who during the past two years has, through the newspapers, become known all over the country and who during that time by the sale of territory to agents for the sale of his light, has received large sums of money, was nearing the end of his "string." His action this week In permitting executions to issue on two small Judgments obtained by local creditors in a Justice's court and the admission of his attorneys confirm this, and it ia believed that this is but the beginning of the end. When Nickum first came prominently before the public two years or more ago he occupied a dingy euite of rooms in the down-town district. There was his residence and- workshop. In this workshop was Jumbled ' together a heterogeneous collection of glass globes, mysterious bits of machinery and strange-looking tools, the whole permeated by a smell of chemicals. Soon money began to pour in upon him from all parts of the United States from persons vho were anxious to secure the exclusive right to Bell in their territory the wonderful perpetual light. No one except Nickum knows the amount received. H leased a handsome house in the eastern part of the city and furnished It luxuriously. A part of thii, residence he fitted up in an elaborate manner for a workshop and in this he placed much machinery, all of an expensive sort, but the exact nature of which no one. save a few trusted workmen sworn to secrecy, and himself, know, and even the workmen were not permitted to know all about the machinery or the work carried on. Each workman was placed to himself in a little room, having communication with the workman next him, only through a small hole in the board partition, these openings being so arranged that no two men could see what the third was doing. Most of the heavy machines, of which there are understood to ba several, were operated by men who were permitted to know nothing of the results expected to be obtained from the work done by the machine. At this house Nickum maintained a large corps of clerks and stenographers until within a few months ago, but these are now gone, save one or two,vThere wre, numerous guards, supposed to be armed, "both inside and outside the house, at all hours of the day and night, and no one was allowed to enter the place without a special order from Nickum himself. These are now gone, save two or three. Nickum spent money freely, his ex penses in maintaining his extensive estab lishment being heavy, and large sums going xowaras rurtnenng his experiments in search of his perpetual light, which has never been produced so rar as the public knowe, although so often promised. To a few of his agents who became clamorous for either the light or their money Nickum refunded the money. Some time ago he executed a mortgage to his attorney. John S. Lalry. for the sum of IfiOO. covering all of his machinery, tools and chemicals, and another mortgage to John Eckert. one of his backers, for the sum of $500, covering personal property. INDIANA OBITUARY. David Cheescman, a, Prominent Stock Raiser of Wayne County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HAGFRSTOWN. Ind., Oct. 12 David Cheeseman, fifty-three years old, died suddenly at his homo near hero to-day. Mr. Cheeseman was one of the most prominent stock and grain dealers in Wayne county, and a noted poultry fancier. In partnership with Daniel Harris, he extended his operations over a half dozen counties and conducted a large business outside of the State. He leaves a wife and six children, Frank Cheeseman, of Galveston. Mich.: Mrs. 'May Sparks, of Dublin. Ind.; Omar Cheeseman, of Duluth, Minn.; Richard Cheeseman, a partner In his father's business, two young children, Hattie and George. Mr. Chee&eman was a member of Gen. Tom Bennett's regiment and served throughout the civil war. The pallbearers will be from amoung his old army comrades. Oldest Man In Daviess County. Special to the IndianapoUs Journal. WASHINGTON. Ind., Oct. 11 Christopher Grow, the oldest man in Daviess county, died here last night, aged ninety-eight years. lie was three times married and outlived all his wives. He was the father of sixteen children, four of whom were born after Mr. Grow was sixty-eight years old. He was the ancestor of 123 grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Six Prominent Citlsens Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PLYMOUTH, Ind., Oct. 12. The deaths of the past five days exceed those of any other week In the history of Plymouth. Mrs. Levi Cramer. Mrs. W.XE. Bailey, Dr. J. H. Wilson. Mrs. Julius Shlndell, Mrs. Henry Shane and Harry A. Ruge, all prominent people, have died within five days. All died of chronic ailments, and the general health of the city was never better than at present. Other Deaths. KOKOMO. Ind.. Oct. 12, Solomon Sikes. a Harrison township farmer, received word from the Presidio, California, yesterday, that his son, Oscar Sikes, had died in camp at that place. He is making arrangements to bring the body home. The young man went to California nearly a year ago. and enlisted for service in the Philippines in one of the volunteer regiments. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Oct. 12. Herbert Harrison, of Noblesville, who conducted a sawmllling business at Beebe. Ark., died at that place this morning. He leaves a widow, who is at her home here. The body will arrive Saturday for Interment. LEBANON, Ind., Oct. 12.-Joseph Davis, a veteran painter and decorator, died here to-day. He was born in Monroe county. Virginia. In 1S33. He came here in 1S47. He leaves three children. EDINBURG. Ind.. Oct. 12. Charles Bay, a Johnson county pioneer, died at his home, near, this city, last evening. He lived in the county nearly seventy years. , ANOTHER FLAG. TO BE RETURN ED. Tenth Indiana Regiment to Give Up a Rattle Standard. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind.. Oct. 12. The Tenth Indiana Regiment, at Its recent annual reunion, decided to return a captured Confederate flag in Its possession. The banner was maJe by the ladles of Grenada, Miss., for the company recruited In that community. The banner was captured at the battie of Mill Springs Jan. 19, 1W2, by the late Major B. M. Gregory,: of Zlonsvllle. The flag was turned over, not loss ago, to the

Tenth Indiana Regiment, which voted to

return it to the ladles of Grenada. MLs., who had made it. W. H. Wiley, a member of the committee having In charge the return of the flag, wrote to Mrs. P. S. Dudley, a sister of the captain of the company to which the flag was given. Mr. Wiley has received a letter from Mrs. Dudley expressing the desire of the surviving women of those who made it to receive the nag, ana voicing their thanks for the chivalrous offer. The date cf the return has not been fixed. Veterans Reunion at Cicero. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CICERO. Ind., Oct. 12. The annual reUnion of the Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry and Eighth Indiana Cavalry Is being held here, and the streets are full of veterans and their friends. The double reunion is due to the fact that the Thirty-ninth Infantry, after two years service as "dough-boys" was mounted and called the Eighth Indiana Cavalry. The regiment participated In some of the heaviest fighting of the war. None of the field officers is living, and of the line five captians and" a few lieutenants survive. Five of the captains were present. The camp-fire to-night was addressed by Chancellor W. H. Hickman, of De Pauw University, who was a private in the regiment. A CURE BY FAITH. Remarkable Recovery Aliened In the Case of a Kokomo Girl. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind.. Oct. 12.-Since she was eight years old Miss Edna Osborn, of this city, has been an Invalid, a sufferer from spinal trouble, walking only with the aid of crutches during the past twelve years. During recent months she was confined to her bed, and was not expected to live. Monday it was thought she was about to die, and the family assembled at the bedside, expecting every moment to be the last. As the family wept and prayed, the supposed dying girl suddenly raised from the bed and Btood on her feet unaided on the floor. The astonishzd relatives, believing this to bo only the violent strength of a death struggle, attempted to place her back on the bed, but she assured them she was cured of her disease, and demonstrated the fact by walking around the room. Though still weak, she continues to improve, and has the full use of her limbs. She had been under medical care, but her father declares her sudden recovery is the result of faith and prayer. MLs Osborn Is the daughter of Rev. W. II. Os-born, who was recently asSigned the M. EL charge at New Waverly. HOWARD COUNTY FEUD. Xevr Development In the Long-Stand-ins; Magnett Troubles. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., Oct. 12. The Magnett feud has broken out in a new place. The latest development is a grand Jury Indictment against John Magnett, Jr., and wife, on the charge of forgery, for which they are now under arrest. It Is alleged the defendants changed the reading of certain legal instruments and property conveyances, by which alterations they hoped to benefit. At a recent session of the Howard Circuit Court John Magnett, sr., after twenty years litigation, dispossessed his son, John Magnett, Jr., and wife of a fifty-acre tract, which was claimed as a wedding present. The younger Magnett resisted eviction, and a fight followed which put father and son In bed for several weeks. In addition to the arrests for assault and battery, the elder Magnett went before the grand Jury and had his son and daughter-in-law Indicted for forgery. The forgery cases are expected to come to trial the present term of court. The parties live near the Howard-Tipton county line. ' FIRE AT HILLMAN. The, Dubois County Town Receives a. Severe Scorch lnjr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGBURG. Ind., Oct. 11-Fire at Htllman, eighteen miles northeast of Huntingburg, Tuesday, destroyed the sawmill, planing mill and wagon works of John and Andrew Grading, Harbison & Wagram's general store, tho Methodist Church and several dwellings. The loss is estimated at $10,000, with an insurance of about one-third of that sum. Depot and Pdstoface? Burned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Oct. 12. Fire at Zelma, a small town on the Indiana Southern Railway, last night destroyed the depot of that road, the postoffice and the general 6tores of John Fountain and A. Flynn. Nothing was saved, the fire having gained too much headway when discovered. The loss is about $3,000, with but little insurance. v TO PRESERVE THE GAME. Grant County Farmers Are Taking: Action to that End. Special to tha Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Oct. 12. A number of farmers living south of Marion are discussing the projeet of uniting for the formation of an association to preserve the game birds that fly over their land. A large number have been approached, and it is thought that at least 6,000 acres can be secured. The farmers agree not to shoot the birds themselves and to keep off the farm any who would shoot them, and to prosecute any one who shoots the birds out of season. They think that only in this way can the game birds be preserved to this section of the State. The present game laws are not enforced and the game is rapidly disappearing. BURNING OF DEAD LEAVES Blamed for the Diphtheria Epidemic by Decatur Health Board. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DECATUR, Ind., Oct. 12. The diphtheria situation in this city remains about the same to-day. No new cases have developed, although there are quite a number of cases considered dangerous. This afternoon a case of genuine scarlet fever was discovered in the family of L. D. Eutsinger, whose home was at once quarantined. Both public and parochial schools are closed. At a meeting of the city board of health last night It was the consensus of opinion that the burning of dead leaves was largely responsible for the presence of diphtheria In the city, and the municipal officers were ordered to prevent it. SAW3IILL BOILER EXPLODES. Three Men Are Killed and Four Are Badly Injured. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, Ind.. Oct. 12. To-day at noon the boiler in LIngeman & Adams's sawmill, at Brownsburg,. exploded, killing Nathan Cook, Leonard Wasson and Milton Roberts instantly. William Tyler, Jacob Hudson, William McNelly and Oliver Gilbert wero injured, but not fatally, with the possible exception of Tyler. The cause of the explosion is not known. About three) months ago the boiler in the grist mill owned by LIngeman & Adams exploded, with nd known cause. The men killed all leave famlles. FIRED FOUR SHOTS. Farmer Near Washington Took Offense at Father-ln-Luvr's Words. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, Ind., Oct. 12. William Killion, a farmer living twelve miles east of here, shot and killed his father-in-law, WTilliam Buckley, this afternoon, because the latter upbraided him for Ill-treating his wife. Four shots were fired in the old man's abdomen, and he died In a few minutes. Killion was active In Democratic politics, having been a candidate for sheriff. He was arrested to-night. FOR HORSE STEALING. Louisville Man Arrested at Muncle for Crime at Marlon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 12,-The Muncle police made a peculiar capture of a horse thief to-nisht. William Marmln, alias Jones, of Louisville, this morning stole a horse and buggy from a hitching rack on the public square at Marion. He drove to Muncle,! met a glass worker on the street and contracted 'the sale of tfcd "itf- lor,

$40. The men were near police headquarters and went inside to draw up the papers for the sale. Captain Turner, acting superintendent of the force, was suspicious and as his question brought contradictions from the stranger, the deal was stopped by the possessor of the rig bung put In jail to await an investigation. The olflcer called up Marion as the officers there were in the act of telephoning Muncie to watch for Marmin and the rig, as he was su5pected of the crime.

Southern Indiana Editors. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., Oct. 12. The closing day of the semi-annual meeting of the Southern Indiana Press Association was the most successful of this successful convention. The feature of the day was the flower carnival, which exceeded all expectations. The procession started at 2:20 o'clock, forming in front of the courthouse. The parade was a mile long, being composed of about one hundred carriages, all beautifully decorated. Six thousand reople saw the parade. In the morning the guests were driven over the city, visiting the principal places of interest, among them being a boat launch at Howard's shipyards. At the government depot Colonel Barnett and Major Pullman received the guests in person. They visited tho Reformatory, where Superintendent Hert entertained them. Thursday evening the visitors left for Knoxville. Tenn., where they will be the guests of the. Chamber of Commerce. Contract for Kevr College Building. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Oct. 12. The Marion Normal College has Just closed a contract with Contractor A. E. Lawrence, of this city, for the erection of an additional building, for dormitory and sehool purposes, which will cost $20,000. The normal college has come rapidly to the front among Indiana's educational institutions during the past three years under the supervision of Prof, and Mrs. C. W. Boucher, formerly of the Valparaiso Normal School. The new building will be constructed of brick and stone, and when completed will be a very handsome structure. Road Superintendent Removed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN, Ind., Oct. 11-Thomas Wilson, superintendent of the construction of the gravel-road sjistem in Jackson' township, has been removed by the County Commissioners. Wilson claims the work Is not being done according to contract, and he therefore refused to sign their reports. The action of the commissioners was -taken In opposition to a protest made by the people of Jackson township against the removal of Wilson, and much indignation la expressed. Heavy Purchases of OH Leases. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. Oct. 12. Studabaker, Sale & Co. have disposed of their oil property to Thomas Alford, of Slsterville, W. Va. The property consists of ITS acres of leases, located two miles southeast of Van Buren, three producing wells and a dally production of sixteen barrels. The consideration was $11,000. At the present time Alford is the largest producer in the Van Buren field. Within less than six months he has purchased $S5,000 worth of property in the vicinity of Van Buren. The Heir Sentenced. Special to the Indianapolis Journal WASHINGTON, Ind., Oct. 12. - Henry HeJlmund, a ragpicker of Bedford, and who a few weeks ago fell heir to $40,000 left by an uncle in Germany, was to-day convicted of stealing 308 pounds of brass from tho B. & O. S. W. Railroad. He had been in Jail several weeks. It was while here that he learned of his good fortune. He was given a sentence of from one to three years, and not until that Is served will he enter into his fortune. Violation of Burial Termlt Lavr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. ll-The first violation of the new burial permit law. which went Into effect in Indiana the 1st of October, was discovered at Eaton, yesterday, by Coroner Poland. The Infant cf Mr. and Mrs. Will Tuttle had been buried a few days ago in the famiky lot, without the required burial permit. The body was exhumed and examined yesterday. The parents are liable to prosecution. Bonds Cold at a Good Premium. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Oct. 12. County Treasurer Gibbs sold $12,000 of three-sir year gravel road bonds to-day. bearing 5 per cent. Interest, at a premium of $625. This makes the net Interest on the bonds per cent. This is considered remarkable for a small batch of short-time bonds. The bonds were sold at auction and the bidding was spirited. A Cincinnati firm secured the lot. No Sign of Reynold Bank: Robbers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DELPHI, Ind., Oct. 12. The men who looted the Reynolds Bank yesterday have not been apprehended. With the money destroyed by theexploslon and whit they carried off the robbers made away with about $3,000. The impression is growing that they are the same men who robbed the Flora Bank of $15,000 about a year ago. The Reynolds Bank resumed business this morning. Co-Operative Store at Mlshavraka. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 12.-Employes of the Dodge Manufacturing Company, Mlshawaka, are preparing to start a co-operative store for the benefit of employes of all the factories of that city. They allege the city grocers and butchers chargo exorbitant prices. Indiana Xotea. H. E. Newman, of Lebanon, an Indiana veteran ofthe Santiago campaign, has been appointed to the Omaha police force. The Mattox murder case, set for trial at Sullivan, yesterday, has been sent to the Vigo Circuit Court, on a change of venue. Alvin Johnson, twenty-one years old, is under arrest at Tipton charged with criminal assault on a nine-year-old child. Johnson admitted his guilt. The postoffice at Greentown, Howard county, has been raised to the presidential class; the rise carrying with it a substantial increase of salary and an allowance for clerk hire. On account of the extremely dry weather fires are of frequent occurance around Bedford, fences and other property in the country to the amount of over $l,0o) having been destroyed .during the last few days. Judge Paulus, at Marion, has ordered receivers' sales of the Crosby and Marion paper mills. The Indebtedness of the Crosby company is $10,000, and that of the Marion mills is $30,0u0, of which $?,0u0 is to the Crosby. E. T. Lane, of Lebanon, who, more than seven years ago was receiver of the Midland road nine days, yesterday recovered a Judgment against that road in satisfaction of a payroll, amounting, with interest, to $82. John Crltes, of Marion, has brought suit for $1,000 damages in the Grant Circuit Court against the Union Traction Company for the death of his son William. The young man was employed as a lineman by the company and while working in that capacity, a few months ago, in Marion, was killed by contact with a live wire. Miss Hazel Malone, of Muncle, heard a Joke Wednesday night, and began to laugh. She tried to stop, but it was too funny, and she laughed for over five hours. When she finally ceased she was nearly at death's door, and it required the unremitting attention of a doctor and her family for several hours to lift her out of the coma which succeeded the spell of laughing. WILL CALL A MEETING. Hnnna to Summon the Republican Committee for December. CHICAGO. Oct. 12. The Record to-morrow will say: "Senator Hanna intends to issue a call for a meeting of the Republican national committee in Washington early In December. It Is believed the committee will select the city in which to hold the national convention. Cleveland, Denver, Kansas City. Milwaukee, San Francisco, Pittsburg. St. Louis. Cincinnati and Minneapolis will have delegations of convention boomers in Washington when the committee meets and there are evidences that Chicago Republicans will send a delegation. "Henry C. Payne, of Wisconsin, has laid out a new plan of representation in the national convention, which he would like the national committee to adopt. He wants the delegates selected in proportion to the Republican vote cast for President in 1K5. Mr. Payne, it is said, has ascertained that a large proportion of the Republican national committeemen record his plan with consid-

Jterabl Xavcrt' w--

EUGEF jGiven Free ri lr rw v Acn rc"tfrt interfile! in H r I l pMhucTlhing to the Eucen 1 IJULjlS w Fle!i Monument Souvenir vfund. Surfcribe any amount DAUKTC yleflred. ubfrrlntloni as 1 UlMJ Vow V1U ntl donor ' to this Ualntilj artistic volA $7.00 "Field Flowers" cfcloth bnund. xll. a T)((TT (certificate ef subwrli tlon to 111111 IV fund. Book contains a eewuw (lftlon 'f Field beet and moft rerrentatiY works The Book of the) 1 i ready for dliverr. century.handS But Contr! omelr i 1 1 u ) button ef the wcrl l greattratedbr ofSnt artl5t thla book could the world S rot have been manufacgreatcit artiste) tured for less than J7.00 S The fund creaUnl ia d!vldel equally between the family cf the late Bugene Field and the fun! for the building of a monument t. the memory cf the beloved poet cf childhood. Address EUGENE FIELD Monument Sonvcnlr Fond, ISO Monroe et., Chicaro. AIm at beck ftcres.) If you also wiah to end potace. lnclo?e IV. Mention this Journal, am adv. is Inserted as our contribution.

Avoid drjlnr inhalants, use that which cleanses and heals the membranes. CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm is such & remedy, cures CATARRH easily and pleasantly. Contains no mercury nor any other Injurious drug-. It Is quickly absorbed. Gives Relief at once. It Opens and Cleanses the Nasal Pareac-es. Allats Inflammation. COLD HEAD Heals and Protects the Juemoiane. KeiUirs mm Fen sen of Taste and Smell. Herular sire. 60 cental umiiy size, i; at arurfnsis or ry mm.ii. ELY BROTHERS. U Warren street. New Tcrl GARLAND Steel Ranges and Base Burners Are the World's Best. O. KOKIIRIXG Si ZSreO 126 X. Penn. St., 880 Virginia Ave. Tho Carload of ... . Tuckahoe Lithia Water Is in, fresh and sweet from the Blte Ridga mountains of Pennsylvania. The citizens of Indianapolis are Invited to call and sam pie It. 35 Monument Place. PLEADS FOR THE NEGRO rROF. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TALKS TO SOUTIIF.RNLinS. Tells Them the Only Solution of thd Race Question Is Better Eda . cation for the lllitcks. j HTJNTSVILLB. Ala.. Oct. 12. The rac4 question was the topic of discussion to-day, by the delegates to the Southern industrial convention. The presence of the two most prominent negroes in the South, and thd knowledge' that they, together with Governor Macorkle, of West Virginia, would speak on the arubject which has so much tx do with the permanent prosperity of thU part of4the country, attracted the largest aU tendance of the convention. . . President C. W. Dabney. oi the UnlveM slty of Tennessee, was the first speaker oi the day. He discussed the improvement of rrloulttir In the Smith, urertner hleher edu cation of the farmer as a means to that! end. Prof. Booker T. Washington, rrinclpal 08 the Industrial College at Tuekegee, Ala. was s-iven an enthusiastic reception. II wa tntmrtiice1 hv Onlrtnel ' Klllrbrew. of Nashville, acting chairman, in a graceful speech. Prof. Washington's address wai In tone with his oft-repeated views on the race question. In closing he said: "For years all acknowledge that thr South has suffered from the low price off cotton because of overproduction. The ceo nomlc history of the world teaches that an ignorant farming class means a single crop, and that a single crop means too often low price from overproduction, or famine from underproduction. The negro constitutes the f:rlnclpal farming class of the South. So ong as the negro Is Ignorant in head, unskilled in hand, unacquainted with laborsaving machinery, so long will he conflno himself to a single crop, and overproduction of cotton will result. So long as this Is true will you be bound in economic fetters. You will be hugging the bear while crying for some one to help you let go. Every man. black or white. In the South, with his crop! mortgaged. In debt at the end of the year,, buying nis meat from Iowa, his corn from Illinois, his hoes from New York, Ma clothing from Pennsylvania, his wagon frona Indiana, hi Plow from Ma.sachu?ett. W mule from Missouri, and his eofSn frora Ohio, every individual thus situated Is a citizen who is not producing the highest re 6ults for his State. "If it is argued that the South is to& poor to educate such an individual so a to make him an Intelligent producer, I reply that the South is too poop nol- to educate such an individual. Ignorance is many fold more costly to taxpayers than intelligence. livery black youth that is given training of hand and strength of mind, so that he is able to grap the full meaning and responsibility of life, so that he can go into some fore-st and turn the raw material into wagons and buggies, becomes a citizen who Is able to add to the wealth of the State, and to bear his share of the expense of education and government. "Uo you suggest that this cannot be done? I answer that it is beini? done every day at Tukegee, and should be duplicated at a hundred places in every Southern State. This I take to be the white man's burden lust now: no, no, not his burden, his privilege, his opportunity., to give the black man Fight, to give him strength, skill of hand light of mind, and honesty of heart. Do this, my white friends, and I will paint you a picture which shall represent the future. partly as the outcome of this Industrial convention, and will represent the land here your race and mine dwells. Fourteen slaves brought into the South a few centuries ago, in ignorance, superstition and weakness, are now a free people, multiplied) Into many million.; they are surrounded, protected, encouraged, educated In hand, head and heart, given the full protection or the law, the highest Justice meted out to them through courts and legislative enactment; they are Ftlmulated and not oppressed, made citizens and not aliens, made to understand by word and act that In proCortion as they show themselves worthy to ear resoonslbllitiea, the greatest opportunities will be given them. I see them iovir.g you. trusting you. adding to the wealth, the Intelligence, the renown of each Southern commonwealth. In turn I see you contiding In them, ennobling them, beckoning them on to the highest succew, and we have all been made to apprcciatate to the full that " "The slave's chain and the master's alike are broken; The one curse of the races held both la tether. They are rising, all are rilng. The black and the white together. . Severe Earthquake Shoek. SANTA ROSA. Cal.. Oct. 12.-One of the severest shocks of earthquake ever felt here took place to-nteht at 9 ocKck. and feeling one this morning creating much excitement. Chimneys were thrown down and rdaister in many parts of the city was shak en from the laths. A few minute afterward two other shocks of a similar nature, but less severe, followed. 6 Ilorof crd'c flcid PhocpIiHiO while It is invigorating to the system quiets the nerves and produces refreshing sleep. Geauinc bears came Hertford's oa wrapper