Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1901 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, ISOI.

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Tammnnr and Ita llcn Severely Condemned by Wheeler II. Pecklmni. XCW YORK. Jan. 21. The City Vigilance League held a mass meeting :n the intcrfsts of n better city government to-night !n the Metropolitan Temple. Dr. Tarkhurst Is the honorary president of the league. The meeting was the beginning of a series .'or the same purpose to be held In churches, synogogues, schools, society room?, etc. The idea is to arouse the ellgious population for the next mayoralty rampalgn. Wheeler II. Feckham, who was the principal speaker of the evening, said in part: "What has happened in this city to make men think? We have a great city. Through t runs the proud Fifth avenue, lined on rither side with palaces and splendor. And If from that point one will stretch out one's hand on either side, only at arms length almost, it would rest on the most horrible and degrading human misery. This Is due to a great cxttnt to bad city government for years past. Just think of it? At the head of the party and at present having the city's destiny in his hands is a man who never did any thing to bring public notice to himself, but get tried once for murder. Croker defies us to show that he ever made a dishonest dollar. I say that if a lawyer of average ability could put Croker under cross-examination he would be forced to answer. I defy Croker to show when he ever made an honest dollar." Mr. Feckhatn said there are many of the wealthiest and strongest men marching columns strong to pay tribute to those in power either to get possession of things to which they have no riffht or else escape blackmail from unuerllngs. lie said It is cn easy matter for great corporatic Interests to pay large sums to the "Boss" In order to get permission to extort far larger sums from the public. lie said relief need never be expected as long as these same .corporations are allowed to carry on their business as they please. The speaker said he had opposed the ruling powers In this city for thirty-five years and that there Is no more stealing now than there was thirty-five years ago except that a larger city gives a larger chance to the thieves und they have learned their vocation more thoroughly and work In more subtle manner. OUTRAGE IN VENEZUELA EFFORT n' THE GOVERNMENT TO SQUEEZE AM EU I CAN INVESTORS. Property of the Dermude Asphalt Company Will Re Restored, It la Said, on Payment of $1,000,000. PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad, British West Indies, Jan. 21. The arrivals to-day from Venezuela confirm the reports of the existence of a critical condition of affairs lx that republic. A former Venezuelan minister asserts that the polltlcans at Caracas are making a determined raid on the Bermudez Asphalt Company, i He adds that they tried It before on a modest scale, squeezing $30,000 out of the company, when United States Minister Loomls protested and stopped further action of this description. The government, the minister also says, listened to reason then but has now lost its head, through greed, and offers to restore the company's property for Jl.COO.OOO, although It Is said to have been Illegally taken by a dictatorial decree. In addition, the assertion is again made that If foreign governments permit the action of the Venezuelan authorities to pass without some protest all foreign investors will be driven from South America, for the latter claim they are always being illegally plundered. In this connection the assertion Is made that no former Venezuelan government would have dared to act as this one does toward Washington. It Is explained that the Venezuelan authorities are counting on the disinclination of strong nations to coerce weak ones. At the office here of the Orinoco Company, whose two steamers were recently seized by the Venezuelan authorities, the manager says the British minister at Caracas, Mr. Haggard, has informed the American minister that the British government would not protect the company because the shareholders are Americans. The company is said to be losing heavily through the seizure of the steamers. The commander of the French cruiser Suchet, stationed at Carupano, for the protection of the large French Interests In that vicinity, reports that disturbances are increasing. The Insurgents of Venezuela have Just gained a battle near Gulra. FAIE WEATHER PROBABLE. Lower Temperature In Eastern und Southern Indiana To-Day. WASHINGTON". Jan. 1. Forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday: For Ohio Fair on Tuesday, except occasional snows probable along the northeastern lake shore; colder; northwesterly winds, brisk on lake. Wednesday generally fair. For Illinois Fair on Tuesday; colder; northwesterly winds, brisk on the lako Wednesday. For Indiana Fair on Tuesday; coldc-r In eastern and southern portions; west to northwest winds; brisk on lakes. Wednesday fair. Local Observation on Jan. SI. Bar. Ther. Jl.ll. Wind. Weather. Tre. 7 a. m.. 29.07 4 7) S'west. Cloudy. 0.00 7 p.m. .30.17 37 74 N'west. Cloudy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 54; minimum temperature. C. Following Is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for Jan. 21: Temp. Pre. Normal CO 0.09 Mean 45 O.VO Departure 15 4).0-. Departure since Jan. 1 ni O.&j Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday's Temperature. Stations. Mln. Max. "a. Atlanta. Ga 24 fiO & llismarck. N. D 14 CS S 2'ufTalo. N. Y.. 36 42 3. Calgary. W. T 40 2S Chicago. HI 32 44 22 Cairo. Ill 5.) 66 Cheyenne, Wyo 24 44 36 Cincinnati. 0 42 54 42 Concordia. Kan 30 .44 2d Davenpart. Ia 30 3S 2) Pes Moines. Ia 30 26 30 Galveston. Tex CO f,S C2 Helena. Mont 26 3 4 32 Jacksonville, Fla 50 70 5S Kansas City, Mo 2S 46 40 Little Rock. Ark 56 CS 64 Marquette. Mich." 16 26 16 Memphis, Tenn 52 G6 tl Narhvllle. Tenn 4S M 52 New Orleans. La 50 70 Gl New York city 26 46 44 North Platte. Neb 21 4S 36 Oklahoma. O. T 40 4 51 Omaha. Neb 22 26 22 J'lttsburg, Pa 44 48 41 Hu' Appelle. N. W. T.... 6 21 ) Rapid City. 8. D 20 52 42 Halt Like City.. 32 4 42 Ft. Louis. Mo 42 54 42 fit. Paul. Minn IS 24 IS Fpr!nneld. Ill .... 36 4K S6 t-pringfield. Mo 46 54 46 Vlcksburg. Mls 52 CS ß Washington, I). C 31 56 50 Hovr It Corn in Boston. During the present cold and grip season thirty-five thousand two hundred and eighty boxes of Laxative Promo-Quinine have bfen purchased by the following r.holfsale drug houses of Roston: Gilmau Zirui. end Lastern Drus Co.

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THOMASSOX-GAIXES CASH WILL GO TO THE JIHY TO-3IOIUIOW. Hlffh 3Iurder Case at Terre Haute Dear Trial at Albion-Death of II. C. Dell Other State Xecrolosy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Jan. 21. The argument In the Thomasson-Galnes murder case is now In progress, and It Is expected that the Jury will be ready to deliberate on a verdict by Wednesday noon. When court opened this morning the crowd filled the room to its utmost. Thomasson was placed on the stand, and stated that when he shot he only intended to frighten I.entz, and had no malice. Witnesses were Introduced from the neighborhood to show that Lentz was a man of high standing. A legal contest was waged over the question whether Lentz, after his throat was cut, could have asked the question, "Who are you boys, anyway," and physicians testified both for and against the prosecution. Gaines had testified that Lentz asked him the question after he had struck him with the knife. At 2 o'clock both sides rested and the argument was commenced. Deputy Prosecutor Miller opened for the State and was followed by John Edwards, of Mitchell, for the defense. . Had Hatred for "Dagos." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TEURE HAUTE. Ind., Jan. 21. Many witnesses were heard to-day in the trial of Ed High for the murder of Joe Malinski, the Tolish miner, at Fontanet last April. The witnesses for the State testified that High had frequently expressed his desire to "kill dagos" or "kill foreigners." At the time I.e shot Malinski, who refused to give him money with which to .buy beer, he told several persons that he had more cartridges for "dagos." The defense sought to weaken the testimony of these w itnesses by bringing out the fact that they had contributed to a fund to employ additional counsel for the prosecution. Neighbors Are Against Hear. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALBION, Ind., Jan. 21. All his old neighbors and children of Solomon Bear are against him and all have testified that he was only angry when he shot his son, and not crazy. The testimony to-day brought out that he was guilty of numerous assaults and one murder, of which charge he was acquitted on a plea of self-defense. In telling this to the sheriff he said he had a fight with a fellow; they clinched and he got his opponent around the neck, cut off his wind, reached in his pocket and took out his knife, opened it with his teeth and stabbed his opponent in the back until he was dead. Plea of Hereditary Insanity. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 21. The evidence In the Lewis Baker murder trial was all in at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The evidence of the defense was largely to prove the plea of hereditary Insanity. The State In rebuttal put several witnesses on the stand to testify to the defendant being of Found mind. Judge Johnson and Oscar Mathews spoke for the State and John McNutt and Representative L. K. Slack for the defense. The case will be given to the Jury to-morrow morning. CAUSED SORROW IX LIBERTY. Death of Two Popular Younjr Men in Washington by Asphyxiation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LIBERTY, Ind., Jan. 21. This community was cast Into gloom Sunday afternoon by a telegram from Washington telling that George Rose and Albert Miller, both of this city, had been found dead in bed at a hotel, death being due to asphyxiation. Mr. Rose, aged thirty-eight years, was a prominent young capitalist, a grandson of Joseph Corrington, the wealthiest man in Union county and one of the richest men in this section of the State. Young Miller was the son of Theodore Miller, a prominent citizen and former business man. one of the best-known families in this county, with many relatives in Indianapolis. Albert Miller was employed m Washington, and Rose was there visiting his brother. Prof. J. N. Rose, who is connected with the Smithsonian Institution, and. meeting Miller on the street, had gone to the theater with him and then to spend the night with him atJils room. A leaking gas stove caused their death. The affair has caused general sorrow in thl3 community because of the prominence of the families and the popularity of the young men. The bodies will arrive here from Washington to-morrow, and funeral services will be conducted Wednesday. INDIANA OBITUARY. Robert C. Ilcll, Lonsr n Prominent Attorney of Fort AVuynr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind.. Jan. 21. R. C. Bell died at 5 o'clock this afternoon, being unconscious to the last. He was fifty-seven years old, and had lived in this city ever since the civil war, in which he served. He was always prominent In Democratic politics, having eloquence, wealth and other potent qualities of leadership. He was W. J. Bryan's closest friend here. He was an Elk and an Odd Fellow. His widow was a daughter of Adam W. Wolfe, of Delaware county, one of the richest men of his time. Tho interment will be at Muncle on Thursday. Mr. Bell's mother is living and he was the first of eleven children to die. To-night W. J. Bryan wired to A. J. Moynlhan here as follows: "I am pained to learn of th3 loss of so excellent a citizen, so loyal a Democrat and so good a friend." Mr. Bell was born at Clarksburg. Decatur county, in 1S44, served during the civil war as Lieutenant in the Eighth Indiana, and later as Major In the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana. He was graduated from Ann Arbor law department in 1SSS, and settled in Muncie. He served as a Deputy United States district attorney under Alfred Kllgore. In 1ST1 he came to Fort Wayne, was elected to the State Senate in 1S74 and again In 1SS0. He was a dele-gate-at-large to the national democratic convention In 1SS4. In 1V6 he won distinction as chairman of the state convention by his successful opposition to the attempt of the gold faction of the party to get a gold plank Into the platform. He was an ardent silver advocate and a close personal friend of William Jennings Bryan. IlonKht III Way Out of Slavery. - Sl-eelal to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Jan. 21. Henry Clay, living near Arlington, a colored miser of peculiar habits and ideas, died to-day of pneumonia, after a brief illness. He was born in slavery about sixty-five years ago. in Kentucky. By working overtime he accumulated a fund with which he purchased his liberty, and settled in Indiana. Thirty years ago he bought a farm near Arlington, containing forty acres, which he owned at his death. In addition to this land, valued at $3.0, he owned real estate in Indianapolis and Is supposed to have as much as $10.000 in gold burled on his farm. Clay distrusted banks and preferred planting his money under an old stump on his farm or In a fence corner. The old man claimed to have no relatives and If he had any disowned them. He Is supposed to have a nephew In Indianapolis and relatives in Kentucky. W. II. Ialset of Tcrre Haute. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Jan. 21.-W. II. Paige, the veteran music dealer of Terre Haute, died this morning after an Illness which has kept him from active business for a ling time. Mr. Paige was born in Cleveland on Oct. 8. 1S37 and went to New Castle, Ind., when a young man. He came here in ISOi and was the music teacher of the city schools for several years, after which be

started in the music business. He eft a widow and six children, one of whom is the wife of the Rev. F. D. Morgan, of Laporte, and another is Miss Maude Paige, a member of the Imperial Ladies Quartet Concert Company.

Other Deaths In the State. 1IAGERSTOWN. Ind.. Jan. 21. Mrs. Charles Petro. fifty-seven years old, died at her home here last night of heart failure. At 11 o'clock she retired apparently ar well as usual, and at 11:30 she was dead before medical assistance could be summoned. Mrs. Tetro was the mother of six children, all of whom are living. Mrs. Frank Rogers, of West Indianapolis, is tho oldest daughter. MONTEZUMA, Ind., Jan. 21. Mrs. Nancy Haines, who was born in Ohio on Dee. 8. 1WJ, and who came to Indiana in ISi'J, is dead, death resulting from a fall, on Oct. 12 last, when she broke one of her legs. She was a member of the Christian Church. Interment was at Oakwood cemetery, yesterday. Several of her thirteen children survive. ELKHART, Ind.. Jan. 21. Mrs. Mary Stancllff, who was born at Richmond, Ind., over eighty-three years ago, and had lived here seventy-one years, died this morning. She was twice a widow and left four children. She had eleven brothers and sisters, and two survive. None of the family died under the age of seventy-one. RIDGEVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 21. John A. Fountain, for many years a justice of tho peace at Deerfield. and nostmaster of that place by appointment of President Cleve land, died this morning. He was a native of Ohio, and fifty-six years old. He left a widow and three children. He was prominent in Odd Fellowship. THORNTOWN. Ind., Jan. 21. Col. W. C. Purk, of Thorntown, has received word from Lima, O., announcing the sudden death of his sister, Mrs. J. R. Rickoff. She was born here on Feb. 20, 1S54, and married Mr. Rickoff In this city on Nov. 3. 1SSD, and removed to Ohio. Interment will be in this city to-morrow. BRAZIL, Ind., Jan. 21. Ananias Storm, fifty-two years old. a prominent resident of Clay county, who was elecled county assessor on the Democratic ticket at the last election, died to-night of Jaundice. His Is the first death from this disease recorded In Clay county. ROCK VILLE, Ind., Jan. 21.-Mrs. Mahala Stout, ninety years old. died at Holland.burg. Parke county, this morning, of senile debility. MADISON. Ind.. Jan. 21. reter Staub, one hundred years old last month, died at Ms home In this city to-day. tVCIR MAY RECOVER. Victim of the Laporte ShootlnaT In About the Same Condition. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPORTE, Ind., Jan. 21. The condition of Attorney Ellsworth E. Weir, who was shot last night by Joseph W. Brill, of Cleveland, for refusing to withdraw from a divorce case which Mrs. Brill proposed to bring against her husband, as well as for refusing to sign a compromising statement, is practically about the same, though the attending physicians hold out hopes of recovery unless unforseen complications arise. Weir spent a bad night, the wound giving him much trouble. Mr. Brill is well cared for at the jail, being a privileged prisoner. He received many callers during the day. Woman Took 3Iorphine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Jan. 21. Mrs. Jacob Hickman, of Logansport, committed suicide at the home of a relative In Mount Summit Sunday morning by taking morphine. She had been in poor health and suffering lnun slight mental derangement for some time. Her father is a well-to-do farmer of this county. Despondent Man Handed Himself. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RUSHVILLE, Ind., Jan. 21. Warren Ellison, of Franklin county, committed suicide this morning by hanging himself in an out-building. He was despondent because of ill-health. A daughter found his body and cut it down. He was an oldtime resident of the neighborhood. He AVns n Couain of Kuhns. WARSAW, Ind., Jan. 21.-The identity of the man captured at Green Hill, Ind., with the notorious Marvin Kuhns was discovered to-day. He is Henry Griffin, of Noble countj. a cousin of the desperado. Griffin is held as a prisoner in the Plymouth Jail on the charge of stealing horses owned by Nels Pomeroy, a farmer. DRY GOODS STORE RIIIXED. Sullivan Merchant Suffers a Losa of 910,000. with 97,000 Insurance. SULLIVAN, Ind., Jan. 21. Fire at 10 o'clock to-night gutted the building and dry goods store of H. K. Ross, on the south side of the public square. The stock Is a total loss by fire and water, amounting to $10,000. The insurance is about The origin is unknov n. Robbery and Incendiarism Suspected. Bieclal to the Indianapolis Journal. WHITELAND, Ind., Jan. 21. Dr. Miller's drug store and a residence adjoining, owned by Samuel Dickson, grain and coal dealer, burned here to-night. The fire started In the drug store, and when discovered at 10:30 o'clock had gained such headway that it could not be put out. The residence caught from the store and burned. It was occupied by Ernest Smith, a barber. There were a number of suspicious circumstances connected with the fire, and It Is believed that the store was robbed and then set on fire. The police at Indianapolis were asked to locate a wagon and driver who was said to have left here about the time of the fire. Minor Indiana Fires. TIPTON, Ind., Jan. 21. Early this morning fire broke out In a frame business row in the center of town, and betöre it could bv brought under control three business bouses and the warerooms of the J. II. Fear & Co. .poultry house were destroyed. Two restaurants, a tailoring shop and a boot and shoe shop were ruined. The loss is about $1.200, with JSOO Insurance. The fire originated from a defective fiue. SPENCER. Ind., Jan. 21. The country residence of James B. Archer was destroyed by fire this afternoon. A piano was all that was saved of the contents. WILL SHUT DOWN EARLY. Glass Magnates Cut Two Months Off the Season to Curtail Production. HARTFORD CITY, Ind.. Jan. 21. The American Window Glass Company and the Independent Manufacturers' Association to-day agreed to close their plants on April 1, Instead of June 1. Eighty factories and about 20,000 workers will be affected. The object of the shutdown is to curtail the production and maintain prices. Glass Jobbers Fix Prices. riTTSBURG. Pa., Jan. 21. At a meeting of the National Window Glass Jobbers Association to-day, the price list was revised so as to agree with the advance announced last week by the manufacturers. It Is understood there will be no change made in discounts. TAKEN INTO COURT. Fight of Richmond Citizens Afralnst Construction of a Lieht Plant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Jan. 21. The fight that has been on here for some time past between the Commercial Club and the citizens on one hand and the Common Council on the other was to-day carried into the courts in tho shape of an injunction suit brought by the citizens. They ask that the Council be perptually enjoined from building an electric light plant. The Varney Construction Company, of Indianapolis, and the Varney Electrical Supply Company, W. W. Zimmerman, the mayor, and George J. Knollenberg, the city clerk, are made parties to the suit. The plaintiffs allege that the Council has no right to delegate Its power of contracting to James U. Nelson, of Indianapolis, the consulting engineer: that the Council has no right to locate the power house in Glen Miller Park, which is for park. purposes only, and that such location, not being central, would

result in an increased expense of $10.000 annually and also prevent the furnishing of power, which Is one of the objects In the erection of the plant; that the Varney Construction Company has no legal existence as such and the Varney Electrical Supply Company uses it as a means to secure contract work, and that the stockholders of the Varney Supply Company have no lawful authority or power to enter into the proposed contract with the city. The Varney Construction Company has been given the contract for the plant by tho Council at $144.490. This high price is the real cause of the fight, as there is no opposition to the proposition to build a municipal plant. Snlnir for Use of n Church. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SHELBY VILLE, Ind., Jan. 21.-Several years ago the late James C. Haymond, of Waldron. deeded a lot to the trustees of the Adventlst Church on which a church was erected, one of the conditions of the deed being that it could be used by any and all denominations when not In use by the Adventists. Four years ago the Baptists began using the church for their meetings and were getting ready to start a revival this week. When they went to open the church they found that the trustees of the Adventists had placed new locks on the doors and were holding the fort. To-day legal steps were begun by the Baptists to get possession.

Madison Wants Deep Water. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MADISON. Ind.. Jan. 21. The Madison Commercial Club to-night adopted resolutions asking the Indiana representatives and senaters to have an appropriation made immediately for a dam at Louisville, to give six feet of water, the year round, from that city to Madison and Carrollton. Crnvrfordsvillo's Clever Playlnß. Sreclal to the Indianapolis Journal. V CRAWFORDS VILLE, Ind., Jan. 21. Crawfordsvllle defeated Springfield, O., tonight. In a fine game of basket ball, Taylor, of Crawfordsvllle, made eleven goals. It was a fast game throughout. Crawfordsvllle excelled in passing. Score, 28 to 16. Indiana Notes. Several Rockvllle men have gone to Texas to buy rice lands and to Invest money In a system of Irrigation for the cultivation of upland rice. Carl Davis, a Wabash boy, twelve years old, had his foot torn to pieces yesterday by the explosion of a cannon which he had improvised from an old shotgun barrel. The Town Board of Spiceland has granted a franchise for an e'ectrlc line through the streets of the town, to the company projecting 4he Muncle, New Castle and Knightstown road. A well-developed case of smallpox has been placed in quarantine about four miles northeast of Salem. The wife of James Thompson Is the victim. The neighborhood school has been closed. William H. Meyers, a school teacher of Windfall, .ias been missing from home since Friday night. He did not go where he told his wife he was going, and all trace of him has been lost. A lodge of the Daughters of Pocahontas has been Instituted at New Lisbon, near Ilagerstown. with forty charter members. Mrs. Margaret Dick, Great Pocahontas, and her official staff, installed the lodge. Wallace Leslie, a Bluffton oll pumper, has sued the Ft. Orange Oil Company for $15,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been suffered while In the company's employ. Defective machinery is said to have caused the accident. The Washington County Democrat, of Salem, was sold at sheriff's sale yesterday, to satisfy a Judgment. Attorney Frank Cauble bought it for $1.200. The Democrat was two years old. It is Salem's sixth newspaper failure within five years. Murreil E. Massey, who has been preaching In two Friends' churches near Terre Haute, has renounced that faith and relinquished his charges, and on Sunday night was received Into the Terre Haute Central Christian Church. He is a graduate of Earlham. Judge Smith, on ihe Circuit bench at Portland, has held the cause of action to be good In the suit of the city of Dunkirk vs. Kerlln Brothers, of Toledo, to prevent thecloslng of certain gas wells and the removal of the supply pipes, thus cutting off the city's light and fuel supplies. The annual session of the Henry County Farmers' Institute is being held in New Castle. Much Interest is manifest and every seslon taxes the seating capacity of the opera house where the meetings are held. The speakers are Milton Trusler. of Converse, and Walter I. Ratliff, of Richmond. MAZUHAS'S STORY DENIED. Syrians Sny There Is no Plot to Kill Prominent Americans. NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Four more men have been arrested In Yonkers in connection with the stabbing of Elizas Mazuras, a Syrian, who was wounded with a knlfo over the left eye during an altercation with men who he alleges are members of an Anarchist society. Mazuras sticks to the story he told last night of an Anarchist assassination plot extending from the old world to the new, and that the assault upon him was perpetrated because he refused to assassinate a prominent American at the behest of the group to which he had belonged. On the other hand, an Interpreter who was in court to-day when the men were arraigned says he understands from their conversation that the plot against Mazuras resulted from his refusal to work longer for the padrone Vorrls, who had employed all the men as peanut venders. All the prisoners pleaded not guilty when they were arraigned. 4 PAT CROWE IN EUROPE. Supposed to Have Sailed from Boston Under the Xante of Lambert. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. 21. When tho steamer Michigan, which arrived to-day from Liverpool last night, sailed from this pert on L ?c. 22 she carried a suspiclouslyactlng stranger, who, although well dressed, shipped at the last moment as a cattle tender. He gave the name of Robert Lambert. The police were notified that this man, who looked like Pat Crowe of Omaha, was on the steamer, but too late to Intercept him. A cablegram was sent to Liverpool, and after the Michigan reached that port word came back that the officers had found no one who answered Crowe's description. The officers and crew of the steamer to-day were shown Crowe's photograph and many of them were certain that the man Lambert was Crowe. The bunkmate of Lambert is certain that the latter and Crowe were identical. Lambert acted queerly towards the end of the trip, giving away the good clothes he wore on coming aboard. He told the deck officer at Liverpool that he wished to get ashore quietly, as he was afraid friends would see him. He seemed to have plenty of money, and in conversation told mucn about the West in an impersonal way. WORK OF BANDITS. Obstructed the Track: and Attempted to Rob on Express Train. CHEYENNE. Wyo., Jan. 21. Information was received here to-day to the etfect that a desperate attempt was made last night by a gang of train robbers to hold up the Overland express near Kearney, rieb. The bandits placed a large pile of rock on the track In order to wreck the train, which is reported to have had a large amount of money on board. The robbers secreted themselves behind a hill near the rail road. A pedestrian traveling along the track came upon the obstructions, was pounced upon, severely beaten and robbed of all his money, amounting to $150, He got away from them and ran on to Kearney where he gave the alarm and a posse was at once organized and orders given to hold the train. The posse came upon the bandits and captured one, the others escaping. The officers are still In pursuit. to ci nn Tnn cmr i.n two days Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne removes the cause.

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WORTH OF FINE FURNITURE TO BE SOLD IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. Big reductions have been made, and every article marked in plain figures. You can be your own salesman. Goods slightly damaged, but must be sold to allow us to remodel our store and open up with a new stock. COMB 'TO-DY

LOSS OF THREE LIVES COMMERCIAL, HOTEL, KEWAXEE, ILL., lit It. i: I) YESTEUDAY. Tcrre Huntc 3Ian Suffocated and Fort AVnjne Man Dndly Hurt-Part of Henry 111., Destroyed. KEWAXEE, 111., Jan. 21.-Fire early this morning destroyed the Commercial House and caused the death of three men. The Dead. C. C. COTTON, aged twenty-two years, Terre Haute, Ind., advance advertising agent of an Uncle Tom's Cabin company, suffocated in bed. ELMER PETERSON, Galesburg, Illtrick mason. JAMES FISCHER, Walnut, 111., auctioneer. The Injured. JOHN C. GRUBER, Fort Wayne, Ind., contractor, jumped from window in third story, fell on cement sidewalk, hurt about the back and Internally. MARTIN JACOBS, Chicago, expert mechanic, jumped from third story, hurt internally; will recover. An explosion In the kitchen sent the fames into every corner of the house and cut off escape by means of the stairs. The frantic guests rushed to the windows, where some hurled themselves to the ground without waiting for assistance by the (flremen, and others had to be carried cut fainting and panic stricken. Three women were rescued and all the other twenty guests escaped with the loss of all their baggage and clothing. The loss Is about $4, (XX), without Insurance. TERRE HAUTE, ,IndM Jan. 2L-Clarence Cottom, who was burned to death in the hotel at Kewanee, this morning, was a Terre Haute high school boy, twenty-two years old and very popular here. He was the son of George Cottom, an employe of the Southern Indiana road. He formerly was an employe of the Grand Opera House and went out this season as advance agent of an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company. Other FIreH. PEORIA, 111., Jan. 21. The fire at Henry, forty miles north of here, which started last night, was extinguished early to-day. For a time the whole town was in imminent danger of destruction and assistance was sent from this city. Loss about $100,000, nine buildings in all being destroyed. Insurance, $50,000. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. Jan. 21. Fire tonight in the Eagle horseshoe works at South Milwaukee, destroyed the nine-inch mill, sixteen-lnch mill, office and cooper hop. The loss is estimated at $130,u00, partially insured. The fire destroyed $30,000 worth of finished horseshoes. QUEEN VICTORIA RALLIES. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) lck for a time. The palace In Berlin has become as silent as the grave. All the guests have departed." Most of the German newspapers express sincere concern as to Queen Victoria and praise Emperor William for going to Osborne. The Agrarian and Pan-German journals, however, take a different tone. The Deutsche Tages Zeltung, the leading Agrarian organ, concludes an abusive article in this style: "The rising of English power is now followed by a decline. That she has seen the beginning of such a decline has given Queen Victoria a death stroke. She saw the commencement of the decay of that empire whose splenuid development she had witnessed through a long life. This is the tragic finale of her prolonged reign. The most Important question for Great Britain now is whether the new King will be able to find his way out of South Africa again." Some of the papers already discuss the Prince of Wales as the coming sovereign, and the Berliner Tageblatt prints a dispatch asserting that he Is a Germanophobe in his feeling. The Dowager Emprci May Die. LONDON, Jan. 22. The following statement as to the condition of Dowager Empress Frederick appears in the Dally Chronicle : "It is with sincere regret that we announce that the Empress Frederick's condition has become materially worse. There has been a serious development of the disease from which she Is suffering, and her physical pain is Intense. All Idea of any journey in pursuit of health has been definitely abandoned, and it i3 in the highest degree Improbable that she will ever leave Cronberg." This Is somewhat at variance with reports from Berlin to the other morning papers, which report that the condition of the dowager Empress is a trifle more favorable, but, as the Associated Press has alreaiV announced, the news that Queen Victoria was dying had a very serious effect upon her oldest daughter. The dowager Empress was very anxious to go to Osborne and did not abandon the hope of going until it was represented to her that It would e utterly Impossible for her to un dertake the Journey. Sympathy from Italy. ROME, Jan. 21. In the Italian Senate today General Count Guieseppe de Sonnar, commanding the army corps, recalled the "warm friendship and sympathy that have always united the governments of Great Britain and Italy and moved that the Senate should ask for information officially regarding the condition of Queen Victoria and should express heartfelt wishes for her recovery." Marquis VIsconti-Venosta, minister of foreign affairs. Joined In the sentiments expressed by Count de Sonnaz and k supported the motion, which was carried unanimously. Sadnrm In Canada. MONTREAL, Jan. 21. Throughout the Dominion of Canada, among French Canadians, as well as among the English-speaking citizens, there is but one feeling expressed, one of sadness at the serious condition of Her Majesty, and of anxiety as to the outcome. Prayers for her were said in most of the churches yesterday, and in the lareer cities, like Toronto. Montreal anc I Quebec, crowds have surrounded the news-

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We make the assertion that never before in the history of Indianapolis has there been offered so many real bargains in pianos. If you want a piano, or think you will want one at some future time, you now have the opportunity to buy one for a price so little as compared to original price, and actual present value, that you cannot resist buying. Under ordinary' circumstances these prices would not be made, but present conditions demand that this stock be moved and prices must do the work. The pianos we offer have been used, many of them comparatively new; others that are really second-hand, but all have been put In perfect condition by a force of expert workmen from our factory and are guaranteed to be as represented. Space does not permit us to give a description of all of these bargains. We therefore mention a few that should prove interesting. 'If you do not find what you want in this list, come in and look the stock over. We certainly can please you. Any piano bought during this sale will be accepted within a year after purchase as part pay at sale price on any new piano In our store. Come early and get first choice. LYON Si IIKALY UPRIGHT Rosewood case, fancy fretwork panels. In good condition. Price ätlirS. Terms 10 cash; SO lr montL EVERETT SQUARE Rosewood case, overstrung scale, agraffe treble, fancy carved legs, full 7 1-3 octaves, In good condition. Price jjtOC5. STARK UPRIGHT, MEDIUM SIZE Genuine Oak case, full swinging music desk, with three hand-carved panels, rolling fall board with double continuous hincrs. Style has been discontinued; slightly used. Original Starr Piano Co. guarantee. Regular price, ti$050; clearance sale price, t$2&SCS. Terms: JtlO cash; 10 per month.

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RICHMOND UPRIGHT GRAND Mahogany ease, full swinging music desk, large carved p-inel, good as new. Original Starr Piano Co. guarantee. Regular price, tSSdT; clearance sale price, lleC5. Terms: j10 cash; $3 per month. STARK GRAND CAIIINET UPRIGHT Burl walnut ease, fancy hand-carved panel in full swinging music desjc; finish slightly checked; been rented row months. Regular price, clearance sale price, 1I20. Terms: !$10 cash; yiO per month. T. C. L.IGIITE SQUARE Genuine Rosewood case, overstrunsr wale, fan-shape dampers, full 71-3 octaves, fancy carved legs and pedal lyre, rrlce, tOO. Terms: tjjllO cash; t5 per month. RICHMOND UPRIGHT GRAND Burl walnut case, full swlndng music desk, lanro hand-carved panel of original design; in splendid condition; looks like new. Original Starr llano Co. guarantee. Regular price, clearance sale, 12 OO. Terms: IgllO cash; tIO per month. TRAYSER & RORINSON SQUARE Overstrung scale, fan-shapod damper, octagon lej?s, genuine rosewood case, handsome figure. Price, lt?0. Terms: cash; Jfel-i per month. STARR UPRIGHT Medium size, San Domingo mahogany case, full swinging music desk carved panel, M-lth polished center; rolling fall board; finish slightly damn god. IIa been rented a few months. Original Starr llano Co. guarantee. Regular price, IUSO; clearance sale price, f$7C5. Terms: $10 cash; l10 per month. REMINGTON UPRIGHT Large size, mahogany finish case, automatic swing music desk, with handsome carved panel: rolling fall board. Has been used but n short time. Original Starr rinno Co. guarantee. Regular price, clearance salo price, f$lJlCZ. Terms: tjXO cash; &3 per month.

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Indiana's Representative Piano House. paper bulletin boards all morning waiting for news. Already it has been decided to postpone a number of balls and prominent social functions. WENT THEÖUGH A BRIDGE. Repair Train "Wrecked and Five 3Ien Injured, One Dangerously. FOND DU LAC, Wis., Jan. 21. A Wisconsin Central repair train went through a bridge which had burned, at forest Junction, two miles from there early today. The injured are: Fireman Kath, Fond Du Lac, dangerously; Engineer McKenna, Fond Du Lac, slightly; Rrakeman Tuttle. Fond Du Lac, slightly; Conductor Brown, Fond Du Lac. ribs broken; Brakeman Dixon, Fond Du Lac, badly. The doctors are unable to say. whether Kath will recover. The property loss will be quite large. It is thought the fire started from burning coals which dropped from an engine onto wooden supports of the bridge. Movements of Steamers. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 21. Arrived: Kaiserin Maria Theresa, from New York, for Naples and Genoa and proceeded. Sailed: Aller, for New York. ISLE OF WIGHT, Jan. 21.-Passed: Potsdam, from New York, for Boulogne r nd Rotterdam. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 21. Arrived: Rhynland, from Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21. Arrived: Belgenland, from Philadelphia. NEW YORK. Jan. 21. Arrived: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam. BREMERHAVEN. Jan. 21. Sailed; Dresden, for New York. Japanese Put Ashore. VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 21. Twenty-two Japanese, including one woman, were put ashore here to-day by the United States cutter Grant, which arrived' this morning from Whatcomb, where two other Japanese, owners of a Stoveston sloop, are imprisoned. They are accused of having taken the Japanese from British Colombia to Waldron Island, in contravention of the United States contract labor laws. The Grant has been making an investigation among the American Islands of the gulf, and arrested the Japanese on Waldron Island, where they were cutting wood for the Roche Harbor Lime Company. Cable Notes. A public school teacher has been arrested at Könitz, charged with being the longsought murderer of the boy. Winter, said to have been a victim of ritual murder. The St. Petersburg Novoe Vremya publishes a dispatch from Vladlvostock, announcing that the laws concerning Russian Taper money have been extended to NeunChwang and Inkou, China. F. T. Charles, representing the Southern Railway Company, is making a circular trip in Germany and trying to Induce German manufacturers to establish branches In the southern States. The Washington correspondent of he Dally Lcndoa Hall cays ha un-errtmij It is

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