Indianapolis Journal, Volume 50, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1900 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY,

JANUARY 9, 1900.

n and South Dakota load with 3 each. Nebraska had 2. while no other State had more than 1. Of enlisted men killed In action or dying1 from wounds received In nctlon. Nebraska lot 22, Kansas 2), and South Dakota 21. New York lost 15. while M of the States had no losses. In the total number of enlisted men who died frcm all causes New York leads with 417, llHnnf?, 2S1; Massachusetts, 271; Pennsylvania. 2C3; Ohio, 25. and Michigan, 2S. Nevada lost but 1 man. In deaths from disease amonjr enlisted men New York had 20 out of about 2i),V0 enlisted. Illinois had 271 out of about 13.000; Massachusetts, 2o out of about 6.8m0: Ohio. 213 out of less than lLCO; Pennsylvania. 21' out of less than I7.w and Michigan, 200 out of less than .y0. In desertions from the ranks New York Is charged with 514, or about 2 rr cent., while North Dakota and the District of Columbia had none, and Utah had but one. Teennesice had 241) out oi a total of about fi.000. about 4 per cent. One desertion la charged to "general officers and staff." Prig. Gen. A. W. Greely. chief signal officer LT. S. A., who was attacked by a drunken man at his home last evening, is resting well, and a.ide from the shock and weakresj attendant on the loss of blood experiences no serious hurt as a result of the encounter. The physicians believe his kull ha3 not been injured and though he probably will be confined to his beu for some time a rapid recovery Is looked for. Minister Loomls, at Caracas, has cab.ed the State Department that Venezuela has Imposed an extra emergency duty of cents a pound on flour and 6. cents a pound on butter. . The secretary of war has sent to Congress a request for an urgent deficiency appropriation of $750,000 to supplement the S1.S00.00Q heretofore . appropriated for the repatriation of .ie Spanish prisoners and their families held by the insurgents in the Philippines from these Islands to Spain, In accordance with the treaty of peace. A caucus of Democratic members of the House will be held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of perfecting Democratic organization. It 13 probable a committee of three will be appointed to look after pair?, etc.. to take the place of the Democratic whip. Representative Undertvood, of Alabama, has been voluntarily filling that position since Congress convened. It Is likely that a resolution will be offered to bind all Democratic members to abide by caucus action upon all subjects. The President to-day sent the following nominations to the Senate: Navy-ray Inspector If. T. Wright, to be pay director; Paymaster S. R. Colhoun, to be a pay Inspector: Passed Assistant Paymaster Joseph J. Cheatham, to be a paymaster; Passed Assistant Paymaster M. M. Ramsey, to be a paymaster. Wer Acting Assistant Surgeon Frank T. Titus, of California, to be a surgeon of volunteers, with rank of major. It has been decided to improve on former methods of taking the census by giving to the supervisors of large cities (100,000 inhabitants) a sufficient clerical force to enable them to subdivide their territory In such a way as to secure competent help in the selection and appointment of enumerators and the supervision of their work. The Machlas has been ordered from Ran Juan to Santo Domingo. She left that place a few days ago to secure coal at San Juan and it is deemed well to have a naval vessel on hand to protect American Interests In case any trouble follows the attempt of the French naval commander at Fanto Domingo to enforce the settlement cf the pending French claim of $60,000. It U r.ot believed there is any chance cf any conflict between the French and American naval efficers in the execution of their Instructions, but apparently the United States minister at Santo Doming believes that in ihe interest of peace there ehould Tee a larger naval force than cne vessel there during this exciting time. The news that success has attended a popular subrcrirtlon to raise the $50,000 to pay the claim Is alo icsrardcri a3 tenölng to avert

uanger or me auopuon or iorciDle measures by tne French warship's commander. The State Department has received a report from United States Consular Agent Mitchell,, at Can Pedro, Honduras, cn. the facts connected with the killing at that placd of two Virginians, Iniböden and Golde, lis report makes it appear that the killing was the result of a private quarrel and does not implicate the government ct Honduras. It 'is probable that all that can be done by the State Department will te to s?e that Justice is meted out to the murlerer, who is now under arrest at San Fedrow xu ic:;'ui:;c iu ili'lUJlj Uli lilt: SUUjeci the commissioner of internal revenue has held that A bequest of a sum of money to a priest for the purpose of paying for masses is liable to legacy tax." The law, the commissioner 3ays. contains only one provision on the subject of exemption from legacy tax, namelv, legacies to a husband cr a wife. Justice White, of the United States Supreme Court, to-day handed down the opinion of that court in the case of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and others vs. Henry W. Behlmer, appealed from the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth circuit. The case Involved the construction of the long-and-Short-haul clauso of the interstate-commerce law. Behlmer was In 1SD2 a. mer chant at Summervllle, S. C. and was charged 28 cents per one hundred pounds on a consignment of hay shipped from Memphis, whereas the rate on hay from Memphis to Charleston, S. C, was only ID cents per one hundred or 9 cents less. The Court of Apreals as well as the InterWEATHEE FORECAST. Ra In To-Day and To-Morrow, with Southerly Winds. WASHINGTON. Jan. S.-Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Ohio Increasing cloudiness on Tuesday; rain on Wednesday; fresh northeast to east winds, increasing. For Indiana Rain Tuesday and probably on Wednesday; southeasterly winds, becoming southerly. For Illinois Rain on Tuesday, followed by fair on Wednesday, with cooler In western portion; southerly winds, becoming northwesterly. Local Observation on Monday. Bar. Ther. IUI. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a.m..3MI 22 6Tj N'east. Clear. 0.00 7 p. m..J0.tl 37 70 East. Pt. cldy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 42; minimum temperature, 21. The following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation Jan. 8: Temp. Pre. Normal 27 00D Mean Stj n.00 Departure from normal o 0.09 Departure since Jan. 1 3 0.57 Plu.l. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yfiterdny' Tempcralnrm. ,

Stations. Min. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta. Ga 41 60 & Bismarck. N. D 22 3S 25 Buffalo. N. Y. 22 2 22 Calgary, N. W. T 8 25 8 Chicago 30 2d 31 Cairo, III SO M 4 Cheyenne. Wyo IS 4 31 Cincinnati 34 42 2S Concordia. Kan CO 52 50 Davenport. In 2t 42 " ZU Lvs Moines. la : 2i 4 42 Galveston. Tex 5J &s Z& Helena, Mont 30 40 23 Jacksonville. Fla 5G C4 58 Kansas City. Mo 2S 4 4S Little Rock. Ark ..... 42 5 M Marquette. Mich 22 3.) 30 Memphl. Tenn ii CO 51 Nashville. Tenn 2 42 40 New Orleans 50 GS 5S New York 2s 42 23 North Platte. Neb 28 42 3S Oklahoma. O. T 2S 5s 51 Omaha, Neb 3 40 4) 11 tts burg 32 3; 32 Qu ApiK'lIe. N. W. T .... 11 21 ig Rapid City. S. I 2$ 52 43 Kalt Lake City, Utah 3 21 St. Louis 21 45 41 EL Paul. Minn 11 44 3S Fprtngf.eid. m. s 41 3,; Springlleld, Mo 53 if, 45 Vicksbur. Mis 45 C3 64 IVazhlnston, D. C.... 23 43 53

state-Commerce Commission decided that this was a discrimination in the meaning of the law. To-day's decision reverses the Circuit Court of Appeals on the authority of the decision In Alabama Midland case. In the case of Blake and others vs. McClung and others the Supreme Court tool: occasion to reaffirm with emphasis its po sltion as to the validity of the State law of Tennessee, giving State creditors preference In disposing of the assets of an insolvent foreign corporation wnich had been operating !n the State. The case had

formerly been before the court, and there had apparently Leen some misapprehension of the former directions of this court concerning the law, glvlntr Stato creditors preference over some Ohio creditors in a given case. Justice Harlan handed down the opinion rendered to-day. He said the Ohio creditors were entitled to share upon terms of equality with the Tennessee creditors In the distribution of the assets and that any other decree was inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, Secretary Root accompanied Gen. James II. Wilson, the military governor of Matanzas province, Cuba, to the White House today, where they had an extended interview with the President, presumably In regard to the affairs In Cuba. It has been stated that General Wilson would resign his commission in the army and not return to Cuba, but to-night the general, when asked as to the accuracy of the report, declared it to be his Intention to return to Matanzas as soon as the mission which brought him to Washington had been finished. The Senate to-day rejected, the nomination of Richard S. Berlin as census supervisor for the second census district of Nebraska, embracing the city of Omaha. The adverse action was taken because of the opposition of Senator Thurston. Omaha being his home city. He stated that Congressman Mercer had made the selection of Mr. Berlin without consulting him. and that the nomination was objectionable to him. Thero was no division upon a motion to reject. A statement prepared at the Treasury Department shows that the bonds purchased under the offer of the secretary of Nov. 13. 1S90, amounted to $19.300,050, as follows: Four per cent, consols of UX)7, coupons. $1.022.700; registered. $13,2S7.C50. Five per cent, loan of 1901. coupons. 1,200; registered, $3,999,100. The interest anticipated amounted to $37.713 and the premium paid. $2.373.502. making a total expenditure of $21,771.867. The Senate to-day took up the Samoan treaty in executive session, and after having it read from the desk, Senator Davis, chairman of committee on foreign relations, made a brief explanatory statement. Senator Bacon stated his opposition to the treaty and gave notice that he would ask to be heard on It when the treaty Is again taken up. The injunction of secrecy was removed from the treaty. It has been published heretofore. United States Treasurer Roberts said today that the demand for small notes still continues beyond all precedent, and has resulted in reducing the supply on hand to a point where an increase was absolutely necessary. To meet this increased demand the bureau of engraving and printing has begun to print $3u0.000 additional in new fives and tens and this increase will be kept up as long as the needs of the country require it. The Dewey home fund committee to-day received from the binder three large quarto volumes which contain the names of the 44JXX) subscribers to the fund. The volumes are supberbly bound in green levant with gold edges and on the cover of eah Is an appropriate legend. The work of writing in the names was done after office hours by volunteers among the clerks in the treasurer's office. The books will be formally presented to the Admiral within the next few days. The total amount subscribed to the fund was about $56,000. The appointment of Gen. William Ludlow (lieutenant colonel, corps of engineers) to be a brigadier gefieral in the regular army has caused the following promotions In the corps of engineers: MaJ. W. II. Heur, stationed at San Francisco, to be lieutenant cblonel: Capt. C. McD. Townsend, stationed at Rock Island. III., to be major; First Lieut. Robert McGregor, stationed at Little Rock, Ark., to be captain; Second, Lieut. F. W. Alstatter, stationed at Willen' Point. N. Y., to be first lieutenant; Additional Second Lieut. F. M. Markham. stationed at St. Augustine, Fla., to be second lieutenant. WHITE STILL HOLDS OUT. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) issued the ultimatum. "Even the tactical misfortune at Ladysmith or the extent of the Boer invasion of British territory," said Mr. Balfour, "Is not such as need toy itself frighten even the most timid." In defending the artillery equipment he observed: "Do not believe that your soldiers are sent to the field with a worse gun than France or Germany would use in similar circumstances. The guns supplied to Sir George White were Intended for a mobile force, not for the defense of a beleagured fortress. The course of the war has revealed the necessity for guns less mobile but of great range, and these are being put out abundantly." After extolling the sea transport service and the ready response of the reserves, he declared that the government had given the generals an absolute free hand; that the war was "one in defense of our African empire." and that through good and evil fortune, they would pursue It unswervingly to the end. so that no such war should ever be waged in South Africa again. In conclusion Mr. Balfour ridiculed the foreign prophecies that the dissolution of the British empire was about to begin. lobe liaising? an Irish Ilefflment. COLUMBUS. O.. Jan. 8. Captain I. F. Jobe, who escaped from the county Jail here while awaiting trial for alleged misuse of government mail privileges, is on his way to South Africa. A letter received from him at San Juan. Porto Rico, shows he sailed from there Jan. 2. In his letter he says: "I have now 4S0 good Irishmen with me and expect to enlist from sixty to seventy-flvo more before I leave this island. I have a fine ship engaged and plenty to eat and drink. I am to be the colonel." Steyn' Xew Year' Address. LOURENZO MARQUES. Jan. 5. The Standard and Diggers' News publishes President Steyn's New Year's address to the burghers of the Free State. The address concluded as follows: "Next year the Afrikander nation will enjoy peace and rest, and that peace will be established on the basis that the enemy who has oppressed and persecuted us during the whole of the past century shall no longer be in a position to spill innocent blood. May God in His infinite mercy grant this." Will Ausist Roberts. PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 8. Frederick R. Burnham, of this city, has been appointed to the personal staff of Lord Roberts, commander of the English forces in the field against the Boers, and will proceed immediately to the scene of war. Burnham was principal aid to Jameson in the invasion cf Matabeleland in l&J-l. Heavy Gnus for the British. LONDON, Jan. 8. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mall says: "It Is reported here on good authority that Great Britain has ordered a number of guns at the Terni foundry, and that Senator Broda, manager of the foundry, has promised to deliver them with the utmost expedition. McKinley Anked to Intervene. BERNE. Jan. S. The executive committee of the International Peace Society has sent a telegram to President McKinley asking him to Intervene with a view of ending the war' in South Africa. Woman Ilnrned to Denth. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Miss Johanna Lynch, twenty-eight yc;r.4 old. who HvtHl vlth her brother-in-law, G?orgo Wilson. In a tlirce-rcom apartment on Madison street, was burned to death there early to-day. Aroused by the eip'csion cf a lamp, which ret fire to the place. Miss Lynch had got f;fciy rut of the apartment, carrying In h'r urrrs her slx-var-oM nephew. But in the miMaln belief that her sister's baby had been left bohlm!, frhe went back into the room in which the fire was raging. Overcome as he searched, she fell to the üoor an J was bur:cd to death. All other members cf the family ascended to the roof of the building In safety.

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SOW IIVS BY STEWART DRCG COMPAXY AT HARTFORD CITY. Plans for n Cooperative Tin-Plate 31111 Several otab1e Trials Ilesan Indiana Politics. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. II AR 1 FORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 8. The Daniel Stewart Company, wholesale druggists, of Indianapolis, has purchased a half Interest in the Diamond Flint Glass Company, of this city. The stock of Finley Geiger, Nate Campbell, Moses Erashuller and Theodore Clapper was purchased. The consideration has not been made public. The plant Is a twelve-pot concern, and the product is prescription ware and flasks. It is said the plant will be doubled in capacity. SECOM) DISTRICT POLITICS. Plenty of ConRrouiIonnl Candidates in Doth Great Partien. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMFIELD. Ind., Jan. 8.The fight for congressional honors In the Second district Is waxing warm. Greene county candidates are bobbing up thick and fast. For the Democratic nomination there are at least three aspirants from Greene county, with a possible fourth. The names of two Greene county gentlemen will in all probability be presented to the Republican convention, making in all five or six candidates for Representative Miers's seat In the House, 'ihe candidates for the Democratic nomination are Cyrus K. Davis, William L. Slinkard and Seymour Riddle, to say nothing of W. M. Moss, editor of the Bloomfield Democrat, who, while not likely to make a fight for the nomination, has his friends who claim he should have the nomination on account of his close fight before. The other three gentlemen named above are all Bloomfield lawyers. Davis made a fight for the nomination once before and was beaten by ex-Representative John L. Bretz. He is ä very able man, a brilliant speaker and logical debater. Slinkard, too, is a good lawyer and one of the most successful at the Bloomfield bar. He was. one of the earliest advocates of free silvsr in this county, and is strongly in favor by this element. Seymour Riddle is the youngest of the three. He was formerly a Populist and made the race for representative in this county a few years ago on the Populist and Democratic tickets, but was defeated by Charles E. Henderson. He is rated as a very clever man, and has a strong following. In addition to these candidates from Greene county, Daviess county will present the name of Eph. Inman, who was born and raised in Greene county, and who counts his friends here by hundreds. It is doubtful if any Greene county candidate can get the full vote of Greene county with Inman in the field; in fact, it is quite likely that Inman will get a good share of Greene county votes in any event. While Greene county will have three or four candidates, every county in the district will have at least one candidate, which would look like the chances for the renominatlon of Representative Mlers were not very bright. Yet, Mr. Miers is very popular with the masses of the Democratic party in this county. The fight promises to be so spirited that, whoever is nominated, there win be left several good-sized wounds to heal. On the Republican side, the names of Oscar W. Shryer. a Bloomfield banker, and Thomas Van Busklrk, are mentioned as candidates. Both are able men. Shryer has long been a leader In. the councils of his party, is well versed in politics, and a debater that is hard to match. Van Busklrk is a distinguished lawyer, a man of magnificent presence, with strong and influential friends. Either man is the peer of any man mentioned by the Democracy, and would wage a successful fight. State Political Notes. It is announced at Butler that Senator Nusbaum, of De Kalb county, will oppose Representative J. M. Robinson (Dem.), who Is seeking a third nomination in the Twelfth district. The senator is in the list for chairman of the district. H. C. Eagleson, of Bloomlngton, announces his candidacy before the Republican convention for state statistician, under the auspices of the Afro-American League. He has taken an active part in the politics of his locality since 1872. CIIAPIX FORGERY CASE Now on Trial Defore the Circuit Court of Clay County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Jan. 8. The trial of Frederick Chapin, charged with forging the name of Sterling R. Holt, of Indianapolis, to notes amounting to $3,500, which were cashed by banks h?re, was begun in the Circuit Court to-day and is attracting a great deal of attention. Chapin was four years ago the chief stockholder In the Ice and cold storage plant here, and Mr. Holt wat the next largest stockholder, but for some cause the plant did not pay and Chapin dropped out. At that time, it is alleged, he forged Holt's name to the notes. Chapin has wealthy relatives in Chicago who furnished the bond and are paying the expenses of the trial. Skelton Murder Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCETON, Ind.. Jan. 8. Thomas M. Skelton, charged with murdering his wife near here in 1SS4, was placed on trial in the Circuit Court to-day. The murdered woman was found in a farm cabin by neighbors. Her skull had been crushed with an ax. The defendant was plowing when told of the discovery, but expressed no surprise. He refused to see the body and left the State Immediately, not returning until last fall, when he was arrested. The State proved ic-day that the Inger prints of blood on the a handle show that the murderer was left-handed. The defendant was proved to be left-handed. AuKU.it Will FlKlit the Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BUTLER, Ind., Jan. 8. Edward August, the blind and one-armed saloon keeper of Napanee, who was refused a liquor license owing to physical disqualifications, to-day appealed the case .0 the Circuit Court, and proposes to fight the commissioners. There is no physical qualification prescribed in the Indiana statutes. BlnfTtoii School Hoard Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLUFFTON, Ind., Jan. S. The compulsory vacation case against the local School Board which Judge Vaughan decided against Health Officer Horn, will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Health officers all over the State are much stirred up over the suit, and they will await the higher court's decision with interest. CO-OPERATIVE FACTORY May De Duilt by Tin-Plate Workers at Hartford City. Sjecial to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 8.-A-largo number of tin-plate workers of Montpeller, who are out of employment on account of the shut down of the American Tin-plate Company plant there, arc here to-day endeavoring to induce local capitalists to take stock in a co-operative -tin-plate mill to be built here. They are meeting with much encouragement and it I quite probable that a tin-plate mill will be added to Hartford .City's long list of industries. The workers say they want to locate here on account of the abundance of natural gas. The work of tearing down the machinery at the Montpeller plant began Saturday. Labor Conference nt Klvrood. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., Jan. 8. At a meeting of delegates from the labor unions of Ander-

son, Marion, r'rankton. Gas City and other places in the gas belt, it was decided to continue the organization of the union workers of this part of the State, and to hold the annual Labor-day celebration at Marion this year. James Carter was chosen president and A. S. Myers secretary, to superintend arrangements for the next meeting. Over one hundred delegates were here attending the meeting.

INDIANA ODITUA11Y. 3Irs. Mary Tolerton, of Elkhart. Who Was Mnety-Onc Last "Week. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. .ELKHART, Ind.. Jan. S.-Mrs. Mary Tolerton died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frances Peck, No. 200 Klnzle street, at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, of old age. She was ninety-one years old last Wednesday and had been ill from the infirmities of old age for some months, though her condition did not cause apprehension until the last few weeks. Her mental faculties remained clear to the last. Mrs. Tolerton was the widow of Dr. Alexander Tolerton. who was well known as an old resident and practitioner of Fort Wayne. She resided with another daughter, Mrs. Frisbie T. Beck, of this city, for a number of years, until Mrs. Peck moved to this city, a few years ago. Mrs. Beck and Mrs. Peck are the only surviving children of the deceased. The interment will take place at Fort Wayne Tuesday. Descendant of Frances Slocura. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU, Ind., Jan. 8.Mrs. Eliza Kllllcoraiqua, aged sixty-eight years, died to-day in the Indian settlement. She was a daughter of one of the Godfreys, and her mother was the daughter of Frances Slocum, the white woman whose capture by and life among the Indians Is generally known over the country. The Slocum grave Is a few miles from Peru, and the descendants are to put up a bronze monument in May. Other Der.ths. BRAZIL, Ind.. Jan. 8- A. B. Wheeler, one of the oldest residents of the county, died last evening of heart trouble. He was making preparations to attend the funeral of his neighbor, Mrs. Mary Ruigo, when he became ill. Mr. Wheeler was seventy-eight years old and had the uistinctlon of being the second wnlte child born In the county. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 8. John G. Cousman, aged forty-four years, died yesterday. He was a member of the Red Men, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. WINCHESTER SOLDIERS. Fraternal Association Celebrated Its Thirty-Fourth Anniversary. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind., Jan. 8. In January, 1S67, Col. H. H. Neff, of this city. Invited the resident civil war soldiers of this city to meet at hl3 home with the view of organizing an association to be known as The Winchester Soldiers' Association. Thirsty-two of the then soldier residents of this city attended that meeting, among the number being such men as Gen. Tom Browne, many years representative from the old Sixth congressional district of Indiana. Colonel, later Judge, Silas Colgrove, Col. M. B. Miller, Col. Geo. W. Riley, Capts. J. S. Fisher, Asa Teal and Edmund Engle, Stanton J. Peelle and others of more or less prominence. At that meeting it was decided to limit the membership to the original thirty-two members ' and to continue the meetings so long as there should be two or more survivors. Colonel Neff, now in his eighty-fifth year, was made life president. Eighteen of the original membership survive and are scattered and widely separated. Three of the number, Peelle, Miller and Lieutenant W. E. Murray are in Washington, D. C, one, Colonel Colgrove, in New York, Captain Fisher in Pittsburg and others In different parts of the country. The thirty-fourth anniversary, just celebrated, was at the home of C. C. Smith, a resident member, and, considering the limited number of members, was well attended. In recent years the wives and daughters 'of the original thirty-two participate fn the meetings. KILLED BY A STREET CAR. Vincennes Man Said to Have Committed Suicide nt Cliattnnooga. Associated Press Dispatch. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Jan. 8. William Smith, thirty-eight years old, a prisoner on the chain gang, committed suicide in a sensational manner this afternoon. The chain gang was at work on Market street, when, at 3 o'clock some eyewitnesses declare that Smith threw himself under a rapidly moving street car and wa3 instantly killed, the body being horribly mangled. At the time of the accident Smith's ankles were manacled, and the story is disputed by some who saw the occurrence. Smith was on the chain gang for drunkenness and would have been released Saturday. The body was shipped to Vincennes, Ind., to-night, where Smith's father is a prominent wholesale grocer. Ills wife is in Canton, O. GANG OF YOUNG THIEVES. Eighteen Gathered In by the 3Iancle Police Force. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. . MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 8. The police tonight rounded up eighteen boys, ranging in ages from six to thirteen years, who have been doing systematic stealing. They took brass and copper metal and beltings from factories and railroad shops, and sold it for junk, often tripping machinery of valuable pieces of brass fittings. Henry Mullenlx was the ringleader. They all confessed and accuse! one another. Several junk dealers will suffer also. HurKlarics by Paroled Prisoner. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Jan. 8. Dan McCool, of Montpeller, who Is out on parole from the Jeffersonvllle Reformatory, was caught in the act of burglary at Montpeller Saturday night and Is now In jail. Two years ago he was sentenced here for burglarly and had been on parole several months. Recently burglaries have occurred almost nightly at Montpeller. Saturday McCool was discovered in a small room in the Opera House block above the latter store. The door was broken down and McCool captured. A skeleton key and watch and several revolvers were found on him. He confessed to a number . of robberies ana has implicated several associates. Ilrldfte Wanted at 3Ierom. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SULLIVAN. Ind., Jan. 8. Citizens of Sullivan county, Indiana, and Crawford county, Illinois, have prepared petitions to Congress for a bridge across the Wabash river at Merom, Ind., ten miles wes. of here. The petitions, bearins more than five hundred signatures, arc in the hands of John C. Chaney, of Sullivan, who will bring the matter to the attention of one of the Indiana senators and a prerescntative from Illinois and, if possible have bills authorizing the construction of the bridge introduced simultaneously in the two houses. An appropriation of $150,000 will be asked for. Starke County OH Field. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINAMAC Ind., Jan. 8.-Great excitement prevails near the village of San Pierre, Starke county, over rich oil strikes made within the past few weeks. The Standard Oil Company, through its Ohio agents, has secured a large number of farm leases. Oil vein strikes are being made in the Kankakee valley marsh lands, and farm lands have advanced two hundred per cent, in price. Oil experts who have been over that territory in the Kankakee valley marsh lands say' that when developed It will produce more oil than any other fields in all Indiana. Lovers Caught 11 re. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINCHESTER, Ind., Jan. 8.-A peculiar accident occurred in the touth part of the county last night at the home of a Mr. Whetsel, near Bloomlngport. Seward Hard wick was at the home of Mr. Whetsel, keeping company with a daughter. Miss Bello Whetsel. During the night the young people who were sitting not far

from the fire, fell asleep, and in some manner the young woman's dress caught fire. This so frightened her that on awakening she ran out into the yard where her screams soon brought Hardwick to the rescue, but befre he could help her, her clothing was consumed, her hair burned and her flesh cooked in a frieghtful manner. In his efforts to rescue his sweetheart young Hardwick was badly burned.

Andemon Light IMnnt Enlargement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., Jan. 8. Ihe electric light commissioners of Anderson have contracted with F. Sargent, of Chicago, an electrical engineer, to prepare plans for the extensive enlargement of the electric light plant of this city. The present plant was purchased a few years ago from C. L. Henry, and the earnings have so far more than met the maturing obligations. The City Council has voted an appropriationof $20.00) for the improvement of the plant. The commissioners announce their intention to give the public service at minimum cost. Will Help the Deaconess Home. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. Jan. 8. Mrs. A. P. M. Jeffers, of this city, whose gift of $00,000 to Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. O., was announced yesterday, has decided to make a liberal gift to the Indiana Methodist Deaconess Home and Hospital, recently opened at Indianapolis, and for which a special bunding is to be erected. The gift, it Is understood, will be between $5,000 and $.000. Mrs. Jeffers's first husband, whose name was Meharry, give fciO,000 to De Pauw University, and Meharry Hall was named in his honor. Three Fort Wayne Failures. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 8. There were three voluntary actions in bankruptcy begun here to-day. Jacob Bailer, a clothier, who has a store here and one at Auburn, has liabilities aggregating $20,000 ana $10,000 assets. John Ashley, of New Haven, a traveling salesman, has liabilities of $10,000, and $170 assets. A. W. Stace, a local grocer, gives his assets at $500, and his liabilities at $10,000. Store Burned at Redkey. REDKEY, Ind., Jan. 8. At an early hour this morning fire destroyed the residence and grocery store of John Crlstman, on South Meridian street. The fire was discovered when too far advanced to save much of the stock, and only a part of his household effects. The fire was caused by a defective Hue. The loss was $1,500, with 1.100 insurance in the Continental, of New York. f Rebuilding on Larger Scale. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BUTLER, Ind., Jan. 8. McClellan & Robbins, of this county, proprietors of the big hoop and stave factory which was destroyed by fire at Roann Sunday morning, involving a loss of $25,000, with $12,000 insurance, have commenced operations to rebuild on a much larger scale. Skater Drowned in Sylvan Lake. ALBION, Ind., Jan. 8. Albert Cobbs, twenty-six years old, of Rome City, skated into a hole in the ice on Sylvan lake this morning. The water was only four feet deep and he managed to get out. He tried it again this afternoon, got Into water twenty feet deep and was drowned. State Sunday-School Convention. Special to (he Indianapolis Journal. BLUFFTON Ind.. Jan. 8. W. C. Hall, president of the Indiana State Sundayschool Association, has notified local officers that the annual convention will be held in this city June 12. 13 and 14. One thousand delegates will be in attendance. Iiishop Rademacher Is Weaker. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Jan. 8. Bishop Rademacher's condition remains unchanged, save that he is weaker. His heart action has weakened materially. Indiana Notes. Alva HIckum, of Bloomlngton, twenty years old, was cut in two by a Monoa freight train at Gosport yesterday. He was a Clover Leaf employe. John Abbott, a P. & E. freight conductor, received probably fatal Injuries at Knox yesterday. He fell from the train and sustained internal injuries, besides having his foot crushed. Madison County Council, In session at Anderson, increased the county expenditure appropriation $15,000. An expert accountant was employed to audit the books of the county clerk and the auditor for the past year. Otto Lockton, while using a stick to throw off a belt in the Anderson wirenail mills, yesterday, had a sliver three and a half inches long driven into his face below the eye. It went under the bone, penetrating nearly to the brain. The silver was extracted and his recovery is probable. A "C00N HOLLOW" TRAGEDY. Supposed Actor Kills a Woman and Mortally Wounds Himself. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. After taking every precaution to prevent the identity of himself and his victim from becoming known, a man supposed to be John Futrell shot and killed a young woman and then tried to commit suicide in a rooming house at No. 143 West Madison street to-day. When the door of the room was opened this evening the Indications were that the woman had been dead about five hours. The man was yet alive and semi-conscious. At the County Hospital he became unconscious and the identity of both remained a mystery. The doctors said they did not believe he would recover. The two persons, the police believe, were theatrical people, judging from their appearance, their baggage and many photographs and other articles found in the room. Despite the man's efforts to conceal his Identity, the police believe his name Is John Futrell, that he was an actor and formerly connected with the "Coon Hollow" company. The cause of the crime Is as much a mystery as the Identity of the two. There were no letters found in the room, and nothing occurred during the stay of the couple at the rooming house to give the officials a clew as to the cause, except that the man acted strangely and may not have been In his right mind. SELLING THEIR CHILDREN. Famine-Stricken Hindoos In Dire Strnits for Food and Water. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Latest mail advices from India aver that the situation there grows darker every week. Three millions are working on government relief work. The sale of children by starving parents is becoming common. Families are breaking up, each member for himself in search of food. Abandoned children are found with frequency. It is a famine of water as well as food. Cattle are dying off by thousands and no rain is now expected until June. Oil Village Partly Darned. FOSTORIA. O.. Jan. 8. Prairie Depot, on oil village twelve miles north of here, was visited by fire last night. Eleven business houses and one dwelling were destroyed and a number of other buildings more or less scorched. The lire broke cut In an oil well supply store and spread, cestroylng it and Lewis's drug store. Heath's saloon. Stump's restaurant, Loudcnslager's bakery, Jefftries's drug store, Dern Ä; Son's hardware store, March's livery barn and John Wise's residence The insurance will nol cever onc-thlrd f f the icsses. The place wrs provided with only r.n old hand engine for lighting fires. Ilolnnd Heed Condition. NEW YORK. Jan. 8. The condition of Roland Read, which was reported as worse this morning. Is unchanged to-night. He Is dangerously ill.

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FROM A SINKING SHIP THRILLING STORY OF A DARING 11ESCLK LXDEI1 DIFFICULTIES. Crev of the Steamer Ella and Family of the Cnptnln Thrown Into the Sea and Picked t'p by Sailor. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. The British steamer Georgian, which arrived this morning from London, rescued at sea on Jan. 6, Captain Stango and crew of thirty men, also the captain's wife, two children and nurse of the German steamer Ella, which foundered at sea the same date while on the voyage from Perthamboy for Hallfax. The Georgian sighted the Ella at 8 p. m. on Jan. 5, In latitude 41.35, longitude 54.03, the German steamer being waterlogged and with a heavy list to the starboard. The sea was too rough to permit of the removal of those on board the Ella until the following morning, wrhen the Georgian's lifeboat was launched and sent to the assistance of the disabled steamer ana brought off all op board her. three dangerous trips being made. Captain Stange's children were transferred to the Georgian's lifeboat, securely strapped to the backs of sailors, who then sprang Into the sea to be picked up by the rescuers. All hands were almost completely exhausted on reaching the Georgian's deck. Captain Stange, who was thrown down by a heavy sea on the bridge of 'the Ella, was severely injured about tho head. At 11 a. m. of the 6th. all hands being safely transferred, the Georgian proceeded on her course. At this time the Ella was fast settling In the water and shortly before noon was seen to sink, bow first. :We had given up hope," said one of the rescued, "but the chief officer would have none of that. He brought his little boat up as near the Ella's Quarter as he dared and shouted to us to throw a rope. The lads obeyed, the boat's crew rowing hard all the while to keep their cockleshell away from what we thought was their doom. The rope connecting us with the lifeboat crew looked like a thread In a tempest, but the chief officer stood up In the stern of the tossing little boat and sung out to tie the women up and jump 'em. The nerve of the man and his Idea hit us right and we took heart and gave him a cheer. But the missus (captain's wife) would have none of It, and told us to try It first. So the boys jumped the cook In a jiffy and the chief officer on his end of the line hauled him Into the lifeboat. The struggles of the cook set .us laughing, though the watch reported at the same moment that the ship was settling fast. Death was rubbing us close. Little Eddie, the captain's son, crowed . and cooed and shook his small fists in glee. He did not know our danger, but we that did laughed with him. I don't know, but It was the relaxation after the suffering we had undergone. "We filled the lifeboat with the crew until the chief officer waved his hand and started for his ship about a mile away. It was a hard pull and we thought more than once that we were gone. But the boat came back for the second load. This time we jumped the missus and nurse girl. They were so hysterical that she would not jump and we were forced to throw her in the sea. The children we lashed to the backs of two men. John Alexander, second steward, took the girl, six years old, and a German sailor, Peterson, took the boy. Little Eddie laughed and shouted as he struck the water and was chirping when they pulled him Into the boat. Annie, the sister, was laughing, too, but the nurse had swallowed more salt water than was good for her. "Twice the lifeboat was thrown up under the ship's counter and some of the men were hurt, but she got away safely, made her second trip all right and came back for the rest of us. It was a hard Job handling the captain. He was so heavy and sick and sore, that he was helpless, but we lowered him Into the sea and then hauled him Into the boat. The last boat got away from the wreck at 11:15, and before we reached the Georgian's side the Ella went down, bow first. The boat's crew who had rescued us were badly played out, but the chief officer patted them on their backs and said that they were the right sort." The Ella sailed from Perthamboy on Dec. 20, under charter of the Munson line, with l.GOO tons of coal for Halifax. N. S. The Ella was a steel vessel, built at Newcastle. Eng, In 1SS8, and was formerly named Abydos. She registered 2.117 tons gross, and 1,340 tons net. Her hailing port was Apenrad, Germany, where she was owned by M. Jobson. She had been for some time under charter to the Munson line in the fruit trade with the West Indies. " DEVOURED I1Y SHARKS. Fate of Chinese Who Denerted a Ship mid Took to Rnft. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8. The story of the loss of the British steamer Hupeh, on her voyage from this city to HongKong, via Java, has been received In this city and the details show that the loss of the vessel was accompanied by a far greater loss of life than the cabled reports told of. The vessel sprung a leak after leaving Java with a cargo of sugar for Hong-Kong. The Chinese crew refused to work and. the ship's boats, with one, exception, were destroyed during a storm, and the crew built a number of rafts, launching them and setting them afloat, leaving the captain and one passenger on board the sinking vessel. fThe Europeans occupied one raft and the Chinese were divided on s'.x or seven others. The rafts were soon surrounded by hundreds of ravenous sharks who. In their eagerness to get at the shipwrecked sailors. Jumped far out of the water. Soon several of the Chinese rafts were overturned and.it was then that the Europeans decided to return to the vessel. The only remaining boat was repaired and launched, the captain taking command. The Island of Lubaun in the Philippine group was finally made, and on the natives learning that the marines were British subjects made them comfortable and later sent them to Manila. Nothing was ever heard of the Chinese crew, numbering forty-five men, and they must have been drowned and devoured by the sharks. Merely a. Coaster. LONDON, Jan. 8. The steamer Glasgow, which was reported on Saturday to have sunk off Dungeness, In collision with the British steamship Ormuz, proves not to have been the British steamer Glasgow, Captain Leslie, from Buenos Ayres for Hamburg, but a coaster. Movements of Steamers. ROTTERDAM, Jan. 8. Arrived: Rotterdam, from New York. GLASGOW, Jan. S. Arrived: Eutopla, from New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Arrived: Georgian, from London. Gift of $100,HK) from Rockefeller. NEW YORK. Jan. 8. At a meetlnR of the board of trustees of Columbia University to-day it was announced that John D. Rockefeller had presented $100.000 to the university for the endowment of a chair of psychology. Mr. Iloutelle Improving. BANGOR. Me.. Jan. 8. The latest reports from Representative Iloutelle are of an encouraging nature. He sleeps well, takes a liberal amount of nourishment and chows decided improvement. -

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CITT OP MEXICO, Jan. 8.-Madame Bazaine, widow of the famous French marshal, who died some years ago in exile, in Spain, died at a private hospital In the suburbs of this city, where she had gone for an operation for cancer. The case was a critical one and there was barely a chance in a thousand of preserving her life and she succumbed. ' Her maiden name was Do La Pena, and she was allied to many aristocratic families here. Her marriage to Marshal Bazaine added to her social prestige and she received by her alliance the title of Excellency. For a time after her husband's return to Franco she was one of the ornaments of the. court of Napoleon the Third, where her beauty and exquisite taste made her famous. When Marshal Bazaine fell Into disgrace she adhered to his fortunes and on his im prlsonment she plotted successfully for his escape, which was bold and romantic and chronicled at the time In all journals of civilization. During recent years she had resided in this city with her daughter Eugenia, who has inherited much of her mother's beauty. There were also two sons by this marriage, the oldest dying in Cuba of yellow fever. From a brilliant position Mme. Bazaine came to occupy a comparatively obscure one though held In respect for her noble qualities and her distinctly aristocratic lineage. The funeral was private and attended by only a few friends. Other Deaths. MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Jan. 8. Captain A- C. Masters, formerly a captain in the Queen's Guards, died here to-day. He wai the third son of Sir Charles Masters, one of the leading barristers of England, and his mother was a grand-daughter of Admiral Cockburn. Masters came to Mlddlesborough at the time of the boom and his death removes the last member of the English colony, once so strong here. PARIS, Jan. 8. George Sheldon MeCoolc, a son of Professor McCook, of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and a nephew of Gen. Anson McCook, died last night of pleuro-pneumonia, after a short illness. He had been studying' architecture. His father is in midocean on his way to this city and the remains will await his disposition. HARTFORD, Conn.. Jan. 8. Alfred E. Burr, editor of the Hartford Times, died to-day. SCHENK TO QUIT VIENNA. Says He Is a Victim ofEnvy and Ig nornnce of Rival. VIENNA, Jan. 8. Trof. Samuel L Schenk, the professed discoverer of the secret of sex, who was censured by the faculty of the University of Vienna, of which he is a member, made the following statement to-day: "I am a victim of the envy and Ignorance of the Vienna University professors, but I lose nothing by their action on the contrary, it sets mo free to pursue my system unfettered by the chains of professional etiquette, by which mediocrity restrains indejendent action. Long before I published anything on my system I had numberless women indirectly follow it successfully, and my practice became so large that I had to revert to the discovery to avoid the censure of the university. Now I will establish myself in Switzerland or America and openly practice my system, which has only been partially explained in any book. I hope to do for the Czar of Russia what I have already done for Archduke Frederick, for whom my treatment secured a man child after his wife had borne eight daughters. Cable Xotm. The miners strike In the St. Etlenne district of France is now practically at an end. I-rfist evening's figures chow that virtually all the men descended into the pits yesterday in accordance with the arrangement made by the arbitration committee. A story circulated in Paris yesterday that a duel was fought on Sunday between M. Loubet's son, Paul, and a friend, M. Delauney, arising from the conviction of II, Derotlede. appears to have been incorrect, though it is said a challenge was sent. Seconds, however arranged the affair. The Dublin corporation has unanimously resolved to place on record its high appreciation of the honor conferred on Lord Mayor Tallon by the President of the United States on the occaslor of his lordship's visit to Washington, and the warm reception given him on that occasion. lrancois Coppe, the French author and dramatist, in response to a telegram from M. Deroulede, from Genoa, has accepted the candidature for M. Derouiede's seät in the Chamber of Deputies. The Nationalists will fight hard to secure a victory for M. Coppe, as a blow for the government, M. Coppe is a fanatical Derouledlst. Yale Basket Ball Team Won. COLUMBUS. O., Jan. 8.The Yale basketball team defeated the Ohio State University team in a fast game to-night. Score, 22 to 6. The local men were outplayed at almost every point, despite the hard practice which they had followed in anticipation of the game. A large crowd witnessed the contest. A Ilaaao Porto" Well Received. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 8. The Castle Square Opra Company here to-night at Mulo Hall produced for the first time in America Niccola FpineWr. lyric tragedy, "A Basso Porto" (The Lower Harbor). It was a suoces?, the crowded hou?o attesting its ap proval of the new work by unlimited applause and encores. The work Is cf the new Italian school. Intensely tragic an3 above all, realistic. The scene is laid alona the quays of Naples and the story Is og lowly Neopolltan life. The music is passion, ate. Splnelll having thu portrayed the lamost feelings of the principal characters.