Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 48, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1901 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1901

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SHELBY BAR ASSOCIATION TAKES THE PRELIMINARY STEPS The Loomiller Murder Case--Maurice Thompson's Funeral -- Argument Begun in the Rinkard Trial. Special to the Indianapolis Jounral. SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 16. The Shelby County Bar Association held a largelyattended secret meeting to-night to consider the situation growing out of the Ray case. Itesolutions were adopted severely condemning the use of perjured evidence and false affidavits. The lawyers were at no pains to conceal their feelings and bitterly denounced, by name, those who had sought to bolster up the old regime by false- swearing. They pledged their services to the prosecutor in order to bring the guilty men to justice. A resolution also was adopted condemnatory of Senator Wood's bill, which proposes to admit to bail the defendant In a criminal case, pending an appeal to the Supreme or Appellate Court. MAURICE THOMPSON'S FUNERAL. It Will be Held on Monday After-noon--Bar Association Tributes. Special to the Indlanapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 16. The funeral of James Maurice Thompson will be held on Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at Sherwood Place, his late home. The Rev. W. P. Kane, president of Wabash College, will conduct the services and In-, terment will be made at the Oak Hill Cemetery, near this city. The local post of the G. A. R. and other soldiers will attend the funeral of Maurice Thompson In a body next Monday. Mr. Thompson served In the Confederate army, and this action Is In token of the esteem in which he was held In the community. The Montgomery County Bar Association held a memorial meeting this morning In tribute of Maurice Thompson. The meeting had the largest attendance of any held by the association in years. Judge J. M. Seller read the memorial, which was prefared by a committee. It reviewed the ife of Mr. Thompson and closed with a high tribute to his worth. The memorial was made a part of the bar records. There were a number of speakers heard during the morning. Among them were Judge Thomas, M. E. Clodfelter, Peter S. Kennedy. Charles Johnson, M. D. White, Judge West. Judge Harney and others. The presiding Judge, Jere West, studied law under Mr. Thompson,, and his tribute to the dead author was beautiful. M. E. Clodfelter also had studied law under Mr. Thompson, and several years ago visited that part of Georgia where Mr. Thompson had spent his youth. He raid he was astonished to And that the people there remembered him perfectly, and with the kindliest feeling, although he had parted from them thirty years ago.- Judge Sellar recalled that Air. Thompson had, while studying law, been active in the country debating society of which he was a member, and that he was a most formidable opponent, always seasoning his arguments with a genial charm that robbed them of any sting, and at the same time rendered them Irresistible. Judge Thomas paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Thompson as a man and scholar. Sons of Revolution Aet. The board of managers of the Society of Sons of the Revolution met yesterday and took appropriate action, concerning the death of Maurice Thompson, who was an active member of the organization. Resolutions of condolence were prepared and spread of record. A copy will be furnished to the family of the distinguished, deceased. A committee consisting of J. C. Tarkington. president of the society, and Revs. Allan B. Phllputt and Lewis Brown, was appointed to attend the funeral of Mr. Thompson, at Crawfordsville, to-morrow. In accordance with a picturesque custom of the society, a flag will be presented to be used In the funeral ceremonies, and later to be turned over to the family as a memento. Iiaac C. Dorii. Bpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 16. Isaac C. Doan, clerk of Wayne county, died this evening as the result of a stroke of paralysis. He as born In Clinton county, Ohio, In 1837. He was a junior in Earlham College when the war broke out and enlisted in Company B, Fortieth Ohio Infantry, serving for more than three years. He came to Richmond in litk and engaged in the insurance business. He was a Republican, and was elected county clerk in 1898. taking the office only last November. He was a member of the G. A. It., the Masons. Odd Fellows and the Friends' Church. He left a widow and two daughters Mrs. Wlllard F. Teo, of Indianapolis, and Miss Marguerite Doan, of thl3 city. Others Deaths In the State. RICHMOND. Ind., Fb. 16. Bennett Durban, aged flfty-tyo years, died to-day of paralysis, at his home, north of this city. Mrs. Sarah S. Dick3on, aged sixty-nine years, is dead. She was a member of the Friends Church. She will be buried at Kankakee. Ill. John Ritter, manager, of the Penny store, died suddenly this afternoon of heart dis-ease. WABASH, Ind.. Feb. 15. Mrs. Harvey Coble, nged thirty years, was found dead In bed this morning at her home near Somerset. She had been ill for some time, but her condition w üs not considered serious. Her husband, when he awoke to-day, noticed she was cold, anil Investigation ihowed she had passed away some time before. Death was due to heart disease. JEFFSRSONVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 16 Addison Barrett, Jr., a son or the late Captain Addison Barrett, formerly chief storekeeper at the government depot, died to-day after an illness of only a week of typhoid fever. He was twenty-five years Old and left a widow and one child. RECEIVER APPOINTED. Chlcrtfro & Southeastern Is Taken Charge of by the Courts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BRAZIL, Ind., Feb. 15. To-day the case of fifteen creditors vs. the Chicago & Southeastern Railroad Company to have a receiver appointed for the road was tried In Chamber before Judge Colllver. Benjamin F. Simpson was appointed receiver and filed a bond of $50,000. The claims aggregate $10,000. The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Mill in a Receiver Hands. Bjeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 13. Th-3 Martinsville Milling Company, at the solicitation of two of the proprietors, was thrown Into the hands of a receiver to-day. John F. Richardson is receiver and filed a bond of $1.5. The trouble is not a linanclci one. but owing to a disagreement among partner. Liabilities Twice the Assets. WAT K RI.OO. Ind.. Feb. 16. The dry goods firm of J. 1-oewenstein & Co., which madu nn assignment a few days ago. has Mied a petition in bankruptcy. The liabilities are riven at and assets at JU.ttA). . AIIGIMKXT fMlKIt WAV. . ItinkarU Murder Case Will lie Given to the Jury on Monday. Sroisi to the In.llanrrtli Journal. WABASH, In!., Feb. M The argument In the trial of John lUr.kard. for murder, is -well under way. Joseph Murphy, prosecuting attorney for Wabash county, closed his argument for the State this evening. Those who preceded him to-day were George Peterson, of Marion, and Otto Allen, both of whom pleaded for the prisoner. R. fl. Peterson, of Decatur, will follow Prosecutor Murphy on Monday, and Prosecutor Amsden, of Marlon, will make the. closing r.ddre.ja for the Slate. The attorneys for the defence have not tried to disprove an allegation of the State, except that us to th mental condition of Hlnkard. They eay that the murder, and Rlnkard's con

duct prior to and after the tragedy, show that he was Insane, and they say that with her life in constant peril. Mrs. Rlnkard made no complaint. The State's attorneys' line of reasoning is that Rinkard Ih a degenerate; that his brutality is innate, and that having, by fiendish cruelty, driven his wife and children from home, he was determined to demonstrate to her relatives, with whom he was at odds, that he was master. The sjeeches on each side occupied from two to four hours, and the courtroom was crowded all the day, many of the spectators being women. Rinkard maintains perfect stolidity. He listens to the appeals in his behalf and the savage denunciation of the attorneys for the State with a countenance unvaryingly Impressive. The jurymen are inclined to grumble at being held prisoners over Sunday. XO DILL AtJAI.VST 3111. IIKHT.

Clark Cnnnty (iraml Jury Takes !o Action In Reformatory Chip. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSONVI LLK. Ind.. Feb. 16. Up to the time the grand jury adjourned today no Indictment was returned against Superintendent llert, of the Reformatory, and it is the general opinion that no true bill will be found. Chaplain Comfort, Superintendent Herfa private secretary and his colored driver were examined to-day, and it is said a number of other witnesses will be examined Monday, among them William Dellinger, who formerly had charge of the prison farm. The wide-open manner in which the investigation is being conducted has raised a doubt as to the legality of the proceedings. HOURS WILL NOT SPEAK. Prisoner Refuses to Discos the Loo. miller .Murder Case. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. .PRINCETON, Ind., Feb. 1G. -Martin Hobbs, charged with the Loomlller murder, was taken before Justice Corder to-day. He waived arraignment, and his preliminary hearing was set for March 4. He has secured able counsel and will make a "hard fight. The oil skin pouch in -which Loomlller carried his money was found this evening, a quarter of a mile from the scene of the murder. The pouch was near the trail taken by the hounds. Hobbs refuses to Ciscuss his case. Tvro Mysterious Disappearances. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Feb. 16. Two residents of this city have disappeared, causing their relatives much concern. Mrs. Nathaniel Conrad, wife of the proprietor of the Conrad Hotel, disappeared last night taking her clothing with her. The police were notified, but have not been able to locate her. Her husband can assign no reason for her actions. W. A. Hamilton, who was a sergeant In Company C. One-hundred-and-lifty-ninth Indiana Regiment, left this city last fall and was last heard from in Nashville. Tenn. His family also notified the police to-day. He was a. soldier In the British army and was present at the fall of Khartoum, Egypt, a few years ago. Hunted the Same Spot to Get Hurt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind., Feb. 16.-G. T. Bowen, Isaac Thomas and William Lewis, all of Spartansburg, were leaving this city today in a buggy, en' route home, when, in turning a corner at a lively gait, the horse fell and was instantly killed. The men were thrown to the ground. Mr. Thomas breaking his nose, Mr. Bowen fracturing a rib and Mr. Lewis breaking his arm. The latter met with a similar accident at tho same spot eighteen years ago, when ho broke the same arm in the same place. Colnmbna 31 en In the Thirtieth. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind., Feb. 16. The return to tho United Slates from the Philippines of the Thirtieth Infantry Volunteers, which was scheduled to sail from Manila the last of this week, will be welcome new3 to many Indiana homes. Many of the recruits for this regiment, when it was stationed at Fort Sheridan, went from Indiana. Columbus contributing Christopher Bailey, Charles G. Maring, J. M. Dobson and John W. Manley. These boys are expected home by April 1. Work on n New Railroad. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Feb. 16.-The. first actual work on the Wabash River Traction Company'i trolley line, which is to connect Wabash and Peru, was done to-day when Wilbur Davis began distributing ties along the proposed line in this city. He began near the Pioneer hat works, in the northern part of the c'ty, and will continue south and west a3 . rapidly as the ties, which are bought south of the Ohio river, are delivered. Appeal to the Supreme Court. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 16. An appeal to the Supreme Court has been taken in the case of certain township assessors against the Wayne County Council. The council made a specification to pay the assessors, but their claims were J1.W0 In excess. The council refused to pay the amount and the lower court sustained it. Found Wandering In the Snow. WARSAW, Ind., Feb. 16.-Mrs. Oscar Noel, wife of a wealthy young farmer, who left home in his absence Thursday morning to die, as stated In a note found by her husband, was located at Nappanee to-day. wandering aimlessly about, half frozen and almost exhausted. She had walked sixteen miles through the deep snow without food. Farm Residence Darned. KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 1C The farm residence of William Windsor, of Jackson township, was destroyed by fire last night. The loss will reach $1,500, with small insurance. The family Was attending a church revival at the time, and the origlu of the Are Is unknown. Fatal Draught of Sassafras. PETERSBURG. Ind.. Feb. 16. Roy and Ruth Thompson, three and six years old, drank sassafras tea from old bottles this morning while their mother was visiting a neighbor. When the mother returned she found Roy dead and his sister in a dying condition. .Northern Bowling Championship. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 1G.-The championship of the Northern Indiana Bowling League was won by the Commercial Athletic Club of this city. Mlshawaka Is second and the Turners, of South Bend. third. Intllunu Note. Carpenters, bricklayers and retail clerks of Sullivan organized unions during the past week. H. C. HufTstetter was thrown from a load cf hay at Orleans yesterday and suffered a compound fracture of the left leg. The murder last week of Amos Jones by Robert Futrell. at Richmond, will be investigated by a grand jury. Judge Fox, having ordered one impaneled. Word has been received at Columbus that a party of Brown county farmers on Thursday last drove to their dens and killed seven timber wolves of large size. Representative Landis telephoned to Crawforusville from Washington yesterday that he would recommend M. M. Nye tj succeed John R. Bonnell as postmaster. Henry I.uking had his jaw broken, his head crushed and was otherwise injured by the bursting of a pulley In the Wymond cooperage works at Aurora, yesterday morning. John White, a molder. was arrested at Dalev!Hc yesterday and placed In Jail at Muncie, charged by the authorities at Krle, Pa., with assault with Intent to kill. White will rosl?t extradition. The union, revival services at Anderson have commanded such general attention that the Liquor Dealers Association has oidered all its members to observe the Nicholson saloon law to the letter. While Sherman Peabody. agtd fourteen, and Thomas Townsend. aged eleven, were hunting near Martinsville yesterday tho former shot the latter through the foot. Amputation Is believed to bo necessary. A successful religious revival is being conducted at the Hagerstown Methodist

Church. The Rev. G. W. Martin, of Anderson, assisted by the Rev. F. F. Thornburg, the local pastor, has charge of the meetings. Postmaster A. A. Small, of Anderson, was notified yesterday that he had been selected to deliver the address on "Young Las-men as Soul Winners" at the international convention of the Epworth League in San Francisco In July. A cow on the track of the interurban road north of Anderson disputed track rights with a fast motor car, Friday night, and, according to the veracious correspondent, "stood the car on end," with its thirty passengers. The result to the bovine was not stated.

MONEY PAID OVER. Minority Steel Stockholders Paid for Their Shares, 3Inny iu Cash. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The Mail and Expiess, In its article on the steel deal today, says: "The steel problem with which J. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller and their associates have been wrestling has been solved. Not only has Andrew Carnegie been paid a sum of money slightly In excess of $25,000,000 for his 586,373,000 werth of Carnegie stock, the balance to be paid in bonds of the new company, but the minority Interest in the same company has been placated. "Some of the mlnorty stockholders have agreed to receive stock of the new company at the rate of three shares for one o the old, to be divided equally Into common and preferred, which was the original preposition. A few will get bonds on the same basis as Mr. Carnegie, and the rest, who would be satisfied with nothing less, have been paid in cash, the amount reaching many million dollars." C. M. Schwab, president of the Carnegie Steel Company, said to-day that It wa3 still impossible to say when ofilclal anr.cuncement of the steel merger would be made. He even declined to predict any date for this. There has been tome speculation as to the probable name of the new combination. One story has it that tho rew company will be called "The United States Steel Company," but no confirmation of this could be obtained. MINISTER L00MIS ILL. Petroleum In Large Quantities Fonnd by Americans in 'Venezuela. CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 16.-Francis B. Loomis, the United States minister., is very ill. A party of Americans have found petroleum In larg3 quantities on the island of Margarita, (an island In the Caribbean sea belonging to Venezuela, thirty miles north of Cumana) and at Maracaibo, (a city of Venezuela, capital of the state of Zulia, on the west shore of the strait connecting Lake Maracalgo with the sea), while prospecting for asphalt. They have also lound iron and discovered several asbestos mines. RULE OR REIGN. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) continuous opposition, the campaign of obstruction is certain to be unprecedented. We will Interfere with every piece of English legislation.' said John Redmond, the new leader of the Irish party. 'No matter whether it refers to an extra grant to tho crown or to a tramway line in the north of Scotland, the Irish members will have something to say about it. We have eighty determined men whose only object is to get Justice to Ireland by every possible means. England has interfered in Irish matters long enough. Now, we propose to turn the tables. The other day we wanted to extend the boundaries of Dublin. It was a purely local matter, but we were defeated by the votes of English and Scotch members. Now we will show them what we can do In the way of interference with their business.' " 'Does not the King's speech foreshadow legislation favorable to Ireland in the way of the purchase of tenant farms?' Mr. Redmond was asked. " Nothing of the kind,' he replied. 'It is merely the shilly-shally of evasion. I- intend to move an amendment to the address calling for compulsory sale of tenant farms, Instead of the optional sale which the government offers and means nothing. Mr. Russell will second tho motion. We don't propose to allow the Ministry to throw dust into the people's eyes any longer. They have to face a united Irish party, now, including many of their former followers like Mr. Kuesell. and won't be able to put them off with subterfuge as heretofore.' " 'Are you going to do anything relative to the objectionable anti-Catholic oath?' ' 'We have a bill ready for Introduction, calling for the repeal not only of this, but of many similar anti-Catholic disabilities. For instance, the late Lord Chief Justice Russell, acknowledged to be the ablest chief justice that England has seen for a century, could not become lord chancellor, because he happened to be a Catholic. The Duke of Norfolk, whose assistance is absolutely necessary before the English monarch can ascend the throne, might not act as lord lieutenant of Ireland because he is a Catholic. The religious orders in Ireland who are responsible for the education of the young, have no legal existence and cannot own a shilling's worth of property because of the ridiculous antiCathollc laws on the English statute books. You can be sure of one thing," concluded Mr. Redmond, 'the Irish members are going to make themselves heard and felt this session. We have organized in committees covering every subject of possible legislation and will talk, talk, everything or anything. If the English or Scotch members don't like it, that will be their affair, not ours. If they will Insist on Irish members coming to. London to discuss Irish affairs Instead of doing so In Dublin, they must take the consequences.' " Ci;il.MANS STILL DIS PLEAS AD. Another Anglophobe Outbreak Emperor William Criticised. BERLIN, Feb. IS. Emperor William's friendly conduct towards Great Britain recently and the motives which induced it form the favorite subject for discussion here. It was because of this that unusual interest was taken in Germany at the opening of the British Parliament. The speech from the throne, and the debate on the address In reply to it, were thoroughly disappointing because of the absence of any reference to closer AngloGermaji relations. Thoma3 Gibson Bowles's interpellation anent the alleged German seizure of a portion of the Belgian Congo, was seized on by the press to-day as proof that the British people's hostile and meddlesome feelings toward Germany remained unchanged. The Tageblatt Ironically says: "The harmony between England and Germany is evidently largely overestimated, because Mr. Bowles's queries were directed by nothing but ill-will and spite." The Lokal Anzeiger says: "Hardly has Fcrliament opened when the spiteful antlGerman hatred begins." The Emperor's pro-British sentiments and actions are still unceasingly condemned. 1 be Dresdener Nachrichten (Con5ervative), says: 'Since Prince Bismarck's fall the relations between the nation and' the Emperor wero never worse." The semi-official pres, since his Majesty's return, has been doing everything to counteract this all-pervading anti-Emperor sentiment, but rather unsklllfully and unsuccessfully. It Is noteworthy that the strongest opposition to Emperor William In this connection comes from the Conservatives, which party usually claims loyaltv to the monarchy as a monopoly. The Munich Allgemeine Zeitung (National Liberal), Inspired, announces that Count Von Buelow. Imperial chancellor, assumes responsibility for Kmperor W1I1-l.i-31's pro-British acts and that he will reize on an early opportunity to show the nation that hi Majesty had good and sufficient reasons for his conduct. The Yorwaerts (the leading Socialist organ), sarcastically points out that the "Vounker party expresses disapproval of ümperor William's doings even more freely than the Socialists whenever his Majesty happens to differ with them." The winter trip which General Werdor is to undertake to Russia has been misinterpreted. General Werder is not undertaking ary diplomatic mission, as reported here ard elsewhere. He simply goes to Russia as the private guest of several old Russian friends t:t St. Petersburg. However, It is not ottlclally denied that Russia, Including the Czar himself. Is -deeply suspicious of Emperor William's doings In Great Britain, notwithstanding the fact that the Russian nnbassador here. Count Osten Sacken, during several conferences with Count Von Buelow, was assured that his Majesty's actions were simply due to his impulsive ns.ture and strong family feeling. Coburn Coal Company sells the best Coax.

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IVO OLT11HHAK SIXCG THK TROUBLE LAST WEDXESDAV. Proclamation ly Gen. Wej ler I2dl tors Arrested nnd Office Sealed Spanish Cabinet Crisis. MADRID, Feb. 15. All was calm here today, but the military and police precautions continue in the provinces, especially In Seville and Valencia. Exceptional cold prevails throughout Spain. There have been snow falls throughout Barcelona and Bilbao. The Imparclal says: "The Cabinet crisis began several days ago, but is not yet official. General Azcarraga has resolved not to retain the premiership." The Liberals hope to regain power about ten days hence. Opinions, however, are divided. Some count on a Conservative Cabinet under Silvela. Others think Sagasta is certain to be premier. The Imparclal publishes an article in favor of the Liberals taking power. It says: "Senor Sagasta. in spite of certain objections. Is the sole means of re-establishing moral tranquillity and public calm. Senor Canovas thought so at the time of King Alfonso XII's death. Moreover, Senor Sagasta cannot be accused of Clericalism." El Imparclal says General Azcarraga, the premier, explained to the Queen Regent this morning the great difficulties of the government. "The greatest. In my opinion," he said, "is my delicate health and the present situation. Recent events will lead up to an early crisis, a subject which is only awaiting tho decision of the Queen Regent." King Alfonso, the Queen Regent and several other members of the palace family drovo about the city this afternoon, accompanied by the usual palace guard. The drive was without special incident. Th-a city Is perfectly calm. Martial law, however, will be continued until after ths carnival and will then be removed if the present tranquillity continues. Last evening General Weyler posted in the city a proclamation stating that.- in consideration of tho tranquillity which had prevailed since tho recent declaration jf martial law. and not wishing to Interrupt the festivities of the carnival, he had decreed that the masters' and students' fetes, the battle of flowers und the carnival ball should be permitted without Interruption under such regulation as the civil authorities might fix. Many of the Madrid papers did not publish a word regarding the wedding of Prince Charles of Bourbon and the Princess of Asturias. El Liberal and El Heraldo were mute, while the Correspondence Militär announced that pressure , of space had crowded out an account of the ceremony. Even tho monarchical El Imparclal contained only a few lines with reference to the wedding. The general feeling is that the Cabinet crisis will be postponed until next week, and that Senor Silvela will be asked to form a new Ministry. Trouble Probable Xext Year. PARIS, Feb. 17. A special dispatch from Madrid to the Nouvelle Presse says that although the danger In the present situation has been momentarily averted, the impression prevails that the consequences of the unpopular marriage of the Princess of Atturlas will be felt next year at the coming of age of King Alfonso. The Liberals regard the Queen as having committed a grave fault in consenting to tho marriage and the Republicans are of tho opinion that she has placed the crown at stake. No Fnrfher Rlotlnfr. PARIS. Feb. 16. The story from Madrid of rioting, as published in La Patria In a dispatch dated 'Hendaye, Is regarded her as a fake or rehash of Wednesday's troubles, as a dispatch to the Havas Agency from Madrid at noon said all was quiet there and added that the newspapers were silent regarding events in the provinces owing to the military censorship. Edltora Arrested. LISBON, Feb. 16. Letters from Madrid announce that all the editors on the staff of the Progresso have been arrested and tho doors of tho printing offl.ee sealed In In consequence of the publication in that I-aper of a chemical formula with a view of pouring the liquid produced upon the roadways, making it slippery for horses and thus rendering a cavalry charge impossible. CHOKER GROWING OLD. Tntnmnny'a Bos Slay Surrender Ilia Dictatorship of Gotham. LONDON, Feb. 16. Intimate friends of Richard Croker openly declare he will npvpr rp-pnter active nolltieal life in Amerf lea. Those who have seen Mr. Croker re cently noticed his general physical weakness, which is said to be a form of nervous melancholia entirely opposed to his usual activity. A number of American racing friends who know Mr. Croker Intimately say that while he will probably return to the United States during the coming summer he is utterly tired of political work and would gladly pass over the control of Tammany Hall to younger hands. Theatrical Stock Rlntiiflr. LONDON, Feb. 16. - Theatrical stock, which was depressed by the fortnight of mourning-, is rising on the prospects that the King will' give an Impetus to the revival of old-time gayetles as soon as the official rerlod of mourning has expired. Several new theaters are projected or building. Manager Lowenfeld to-morrow will give a house warming at the Apollo Theater, which will be opened with Lederer s "Belle of Bohemia" company. There will be a notable gathering of actors, authors and critics. The promised event of the weeR is George Alexander's production of Haddon Chambers's "The Awakening." "The Twelfth' Night" continues to draw at Tree's theater. The staging is exceedingly rich, almost equal to Daly's best Shaksperean pictures. An 'llnglliliwoinan' Love Letters." LONDON, Feb. 16. An "Englishwoman's Love Letters" is creating a sensation in London, comparable only with the "Trilby" vogue in America. The weeklies and comic papers contain columns of comments, parodies and speculation as to the authorship. One week's rumor credits the late Oscar Wilde with being the writer of the book; but the publisher, John Murray, denies it. The Academy claims that John Houseman is responsible for the work. Houseman, who is a minor dramatist and reviewer, does not deny this. Nevertheless literary people refuse to believe him to be the author. Queer Insurance Practice. LONDON, Feb. 16. A member of Lloyd's tells the papers that J. Pierpont Morgan's life Is being Insured by Investors interested in his projects with London companies. About 10.M0 was written at less than 10 per cent. So far as known, the custom of Insuring financiers, as the Queen's life was insured, is growing. Probably Cecil Rhodes represents more policies written in England than any capitalist living, though the amount 1? less now than it was a few years ago. when the African schemes depended more on his management. Cable XoteM. The strength of Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway is increasing. She Is now able to pass a few hours out of bed dally. Prince Henry of Prussia has arrived at Cronburg to visit his mother. 'the dowager Empress Frederick, whose condition is said to be fairly satisfactory. Sir Francis Cook, head of Cook & Son. warehousemen. London, and husband of Tennessee Clarlln, once of New York, Is dying. He was born Jn 1S17. A painting, supposed to be a genuine Raphael of 1510, will be sold at auction in Berlin, on Feb. 23. It is claimed that the late Professor Nicole discovered the paint-

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Six hundred pieces, foreign and domestic black and colored Dress Goods. New spring styles have just arrived. We bought them on an average of about sixty-six cents on the dollar of their actual present value and will offer them on same basis. . Sale opens to-morrow and will continue all week. We recommend this offering as the most worthy one we ever advertised, and should not be classed with the general sort of sales. Although the stock is very large, it is advisable to call early to secure best selection. THE BLACK DRESS GOODS

Mohairs and Sicilians MOHAIRS SS inches wide, very brilliant, 0c is the actual value, this 33c MOHAIRS SS inches wide, extra OQ, quality, 75c quality, this sale "" MOHAIRSSS inches wide, very lustrous, looks like silk, S3c quality, -this CZft sale OUC SICILIANS-50 Inches wide, M Is ((r regular price, this sale vltJU Serges and Cheviots SERGES-50 inches wide, all wool, AQ 75c quality, this sale Oo SERGES 60 inches wide, extra qual- CQ. ity, sell regularly for b9c, this sale..001 CHEVIOTS Yard wide, all wool, 50c is the regular price, this sale OUO CHEVIOTS 50 inches wide, all wool, GL(n 75c is the regular price, this sale....0 CHEVIOTS 50 inches wide, extra heavy. all wool, 75c quality, this sfl sale. wv

THE COLORED DRESS

Henriettas, Serges and Plaids HENRIETTAS Yard wide, about 20 shades, 21)c is the regular value, 1ft,, this sale SERGES 38 Inches wide, all wool, all colors, 60c is the regular price, this ift sale OirC PLAIDS Nearly yard wide, 25c is the lowest price they are sold at anywhere, this sale HJC PLAIDS 13 Inches wide, strictly pure wool, fmrticularly adapted for misses' wear; 752 s a reasonable price for the goods; AAe during this sale we offer them at...1 Homespuns and Brilliantines HOMESPUNS Yard wide, SDc qual- H r ity, this sale MA HOMESPUNS 52 inches" wide, all AQr wool, 75c quality, this sale HOMESPUNS 56 inches wide, plire wool, weigh 12 ounces to the yard, the fifL best l. cloth, for uuc BRILLIANTINES Yard wide, good line of colors, Süc quality, this OAn sale BRILLTANTINES 3S Inches wide, all colors, including gray mixtures, C5c A An quality, this sale

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ing at Lausanne and that William K. Vanderbllt offered $300.000 for it. The Oxford-Cambridge Association football match was played at the Queen's Club yesterday. Oxford won. 3 to 2. The ground was wet and there was a poor attendance. Many of Strahtcona's horse were present. They were warmly welcomed. The British chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Is taking measures to circumvent the immense clearings of dutiable goods In bond, chiefly liquors, tea and tobacco, which he Is making In anticipation of increased duties. It is estimated that millions in duties have been paid within the past few days. Rudolph Gunderson, of Chrlstlanla, who won the skating championship of Europe at Trondhjen. Norway, a fortnight ago, defeated the world's champion. Wathen. in 1,500 and 10,000-meter races at Chrlstlanla yesterday. The time was two minutes and forty-three and two-fifth seconds, and twenty minutes and two and two-flfth seconds, respectively. The weather was windy during the contests. Washington's birthday will be celebrated in Berlin, next Friday, in the usual way at the Hotel Savoy. A'muslcale will 'be followed by a supper and dance. Mr. White, the United States ambassador, is chairman of the committee. Mr. and Mrs. White dined, this evening, with Prince Ferdinand Radzlwill. Mr. White will give a reception to the American colony Feb. 22. In the international chess tournament at Monte Carlo yesterday ten drawn and adjourned games were on the card. Ulackburne defeated Regglo. who Immediately thereafter engaged in play with Tschlgorln. thl3 game being unnnished, as was the Gunsberg-Marshall game, when the time for noon adjournment arrived. In the latter game Gunsberg had the better position. Some fine warships, which will greatly reinforce the British navy, will be launched within a month. Feb. 21, the Falrflelds, builders of the Campania and the Lucanla, will launch the armored cruiser Good Hope, of the Drake class; and the Browns, of the Clyde bank, builders of the Paris and the New York, will launch the armored cruiser Bacchante, of the Cressv class. March 5 the battleships Montagu and Albemarble will be launched at Devonport and Chatham, respectively, the cruiser Drake at Pembroke and the cruiser Kent at Portsmouth. MEERY WAR IN KANSAS. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) sas and Nebraska, . just as the main street of the town of Bristol Is the dividing line between Virginia and Tennessee. Although a town of only two hundred inhabitants, it has for years given officers of both States no end of trouble, offenders from one State moving to the other at will and thus evading the officers. Sheriff Searching- for Mrs. Xntlon. WICHITA, Kan., Feb. lS.-Sherlff Simmons, of this county, searched Wichita today for Mrs. Nation, having heard that she was here, with a warrant charging her with inciting a riot during her previous visit. Up till 11 o'clock he was unable to find her. It is reported that she arrived here this morning, and that she was sequestered by her friends to avoid being arrested. Heeded the People's Demand. . DERBY, Kan., Feb. 16.-At Derby, Sedgwick county, there are three Jolntists who have been running without license. The people have demanded either prohibition or license. A demand was made last night that the Joints close at noon to-day. The demand was heeded and the pale has ceased. Her Name Cnuien Terror. EMPORIA, Kan., Feb. 16. Late last night Emporia was set in commotion by the rumof that Mrs. Nation was in town. Some one registered her name at one of the hotels. Every drug store in town was immediately closed and the saloons w-re barred. Mrs. Nation was, however, In Topeka. Warned Xot to Gamble. VALENTINE. Neb.. Feb. IS. A bnd cf W. C T. U. women visited the saloons today and warned tho proprietors airainst I maintaining gambling devices. As local 11-

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Figured Mohairs and Jacquards FIGURED MOHAIRS-SS inches wide, attractive patterns. 50c is the regular price, this sale FIGURED MOHAIRS IS Inches AAr wldc, tc quality, this sale JACQUARDS 12 inches wide, SOe quality, for l"1 Pierolas, Soleils and Leutinas PIEROLAS English make, neat and CQ, showy designs, lüc quality, this sale.,-'-i-SOLEILS 3S Inches wide, ' made in England, all wool, with a perfect satin ffr face, Jl quality, this sale vlUU LEUTINAS 10 Inches wide, all wool, warranted not to spot, in several choice 'Jfn designs, $1.25 quality, this sale Granites and Storm Serges! GRANITES 40 inches wide, strictly pure wool, every imaginable shade. Tie IQquality, this sale -OvSTORM SERGES 43 Inches wide, all fiQ,, wool. $1 quality, this sale Soleils and Matalasses SOLIELS . Inches wide, all wool, in 12 spring shades, i Quality, this ()9c M ATA LA S S E 40 inches wide, a high-class Imported novelty in two-toned effects, imported to sell at $1.50 per yard, fift we offer during this sale at . Pebbles, Venetians and Coverts PEBBLE CLOTHS 48 Inches wide, all colors, S1.25 quality, for this QQC PEBBLE CLOTHS 50 inches wide, the best $2 cloth on the market, Ci-t rA during this sale.... ijJi.tJ VENETIANS 52 inches wide, all wool, a good line of colors, 8?c Is the regu- CQr lar price, for this sale J VENETIANS 52 Inches wide, a superb cloth, In all the leading spring shades, the best $1.23 cloth we know of, QQr during this sale uzri COVERT CLOTH Made by the celebrated Aetna Mills, the flnest cloth for tailormade suits; $2 is a reasonable price for this cloth; during this sale we ß OST offer it at hPi,0 cense is In force, they will not disturb the liquor selling, but hatchets will be used if gambling continues. All Quit Business. WELLINGTON, Kan., Feb. 16. All the jolntists in this city obeyed the demand made upon them by the temperance mass meeting early in the week by quitting business early this evening. The town is absolutely dry to-night. EVILS OF THE DAY. Justlce Brewer Alludes to Mrs. Carrie Nation and Her Hatchet. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Feb. 16. In tho course of his address to the students cf Yale University last night Justice David J. Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, referring to the prohibition laws of Kansas, said: ' "If every man (and woman) in Kan?as had done his best since lJySO to enforce the yprohrbitory legislation of that State George Washington would not have been obliged to divide his hatchet reputation with Mrs. Nation. The problem of government Ly the people depends on the way service at the primaries is performed. To the man who has a solemn sense of what government by the people means the primary and the polls are sacred places. The college graduate can make no excuse. He is the last man in the world who can plead ignorance of his duty in citizenship, lie leaves college an ambassador from the court of learning. Unfortunately, no one can doubt that money is becoming a factor, a harmful factor, in our politics. There is a temptation for an office holder to go out of office at least no worse than when he came in. This is an evil, and it is more of an evil than It was in days gone by. I appeal to the value of high conscientiousness to cure this. Let every one see to it that by keeping himself aloof from its contaminating touch he is doing all In his power to remedy these conditions." In conclusion the eminent jurist made this prophecy: "If the people of the United States ever believe or ever come to believe that commercialism controls politics they will rise and will rid themselves by forcing aside all those who they believe are responsible for these conditions." IRON HOLDERS' STRIKE. The Grent Battle In Cleveland Won ly the 31en. The local union of the iron molders has received official information from Cleveland that the strike that has been on there since last July has been settled and the union men will replace the nonunion men at $2.75 a day, which is the union scale. By an agremeent the membera of the local foundrymens association will dispose of all nonunion men in forty days and the union men will not begin work until this is done. The strike was ostensibly against a proposed reduction of 10 cents a day. but it was soon recognized in its broadest sense that it was a fight between the National Foundrymen's Association and the Iron Molders' Union of North America. Although the fight has been very quiet. It is said to have been one of the fiercest ever known between labor and capital. It was a question as to whether the union should live or die. In the settlement the union was victorious. The members of the Foundrymen's Association insisted on employing what they termed "handy men."' These men were not members of the union and the union ortlclals saw danger in the plan which would gradually undermine their organization. When the strike was declared In Cleveland men and seventy-two apprentices quit work. The proposed reduction was to be effective in Cleveland. Cincinnati nnd Chicago, but it was decided to light it out in Cleveland, where the largest Interests lay. The National Foundrymen's Association represents J2O0,000,öiiö of organized capital, and pitted against this enormous wealth was one of the strongest labor organizations, whose capital Itself runs into the sjxth column of figures. No such strike was tver waged before. It is said that two assessments of $100.000

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Granites, Pebbles and Homespuns GRANITES 46 Inches wide, Gdc qual- or ity. this sale OvC GRANITES 44 inches wide, pure Cfworsted. 75c quality, this sale OVJU PElillLE CLOTHS 14 lneh wide, pur wool and mohair, $1 quality, this AO-, sale U PK RULE CLOTHS 50 inches wide, something extra good, $1.50 quality, this QQC IIÜ1I ESI'UNS 50 inches "wide," ä Ii wool, the best 11 cloth we know of. this ff sale U-U PRIESTLY'S STRIPED 1JAT1STES Strictly pure wool and mohiir, $1 Is very cheap for these goods, during (ft this sale UtJi13LACK RAINY-DAY SKIUT1NUS 19 inches wide, 90c quality, this Cf , sale , OVv56 Inches wide, pure wool, extra weight, $1.75 quality, during this PEN RLE ' ' SKIRT liiG-M ' "inches wide. r-.50 quality, during this $1.69 BLACK VRENADIN E S'artl wide, half wool, in 13 designs; they wen made to sell at 50c a yard; we bought them cheap enough that we can sell fftf. them at gKJ GOODS Rainy-Day Skirtings That require no linings. 22-INCH ME LTO N S CDc quality. OKduring this ale PLAID BACK MELTONS 22 inches OQr wide, 45c quality, this sale 56-INCII MELTONS Oxfords, grays ad tans, $1.25 quality, curing this TQr sale ALL-WOOL D6-INCII SKIRTINGS In the popular shades, $2 quality, dur- CZt ing this sale 4J1.UO Waist Cloths We were leaders In French Flannels at far as assortment and prices were concerned. The same may be said of our Waist Cloths. TRICOTS 28 inches wide, all wool. Q 30c quality, for this sale lv BATISTES With fancy stripes, 75c CfU quality, for this sale UV CREI'E CLOTHS With two-toned (Qr cords, $1 quality, for this sale J Albatrosses and Challies ALBATROSSES SS inches wide, all wool, about 10 different shades, GOc Is the OQactual value, for this sale Jz?. CHALLIES 31 Inches wide, all wool, cream and all colors, 60c Is the regular Ar price, this sale CHALLIES Half wool with silk stripes, S5c is the regular price, for this Or sale AUU We have concentrated our efforts to make this the greatest Dress Goods sal ever in Indianapolis. As far as we can see nothing remains undone. There will be plenty of help to give all prompt attention. Very Swell Fancy Shifts Derby Four-in-hands Derby Pins West Window -KRAU. Shirt Maker, Steam Laundry, Men's Furnisher. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY DistmoTicls ... As they are as low as they will be in year to come. Resetting and making of new mountings our specialty. C. ROST, Diamond Merchant 15 North Illinois St. The Bates House Is Just across tho street from me. ,1 3 CARPETS, STOVES W. H. MESSENGER SOI Raat 'Washington St. each were levied upon the rm-mbers of the Foundrymens Association. High premiums were offered to men to work in Cleveland, ranging from to J" a day. liven this bonus in wages was exceeded In instanced, and it is claimed by members of the Indianapolis unions that some of their members were offered $li) a day to take the places of strikers. During this time, whi!i the foundrynieii were holding toKihT und offering double and triple pay, the men v. strike were receiving J7 a week from tho treasury of their national union. b-sli!t-contribution from nearly every local union in the United States, which made their y y for holding out equal to. if not above, tha wufjes they -ould have made had they txt-ri employed. The molders assort they could have kept up the flsht in this manner f r yearn and not felt the c-lTect of It. while the men to replace strikers were decreasing, to say noth'ng of the effect of l-y-cotts. The association ucceled in srettlf? about two hundred men to woik. but id not indue one striker or arjrctnlee to return to work, although um were offered full pay for the many months they had been idle, besides a bonus, to break away from their union. The National Association was organized by a man who once organized a rival uril.ui to the Iron Molders Union of North ArrtrIca, but it failed, lie is a xractlcal mold r. Is secretary of the association and acts ; Its labor adjuster. He also hnd supervision of the Cleveland strike. The members of the union, while they do not entertain the best of feeling toward him, .iy h hau done them much Kood. By iriranllr.g the foundrymen he ha made theni a unina. so that the union could treat with them as one body. Since the Organization of the foundrymen there has been n perc. j-t'Llr decrease In the number of strik This last fight is decixlve and is in favur of tin union.