Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 168, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS' JOURNAL, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1901.

llvcrcd the baccalnure.it adJre?, anJ at this evening the commencement sern.oii was preached by Kcv. W. J I. l'enhallean. of hrraliir. 111. The remarks of I'rfsMeM K.mc were In part as follow., hlj text being. "Blessed nr.- the pure In heart, for they sh.ill see Cod:" "Two nifü stand sM by side and look upon the werk or a great artist. One man 'es canvas an.l paint: th otht r sots the Meal creation that .khl:if. through tne. lolors. The wonderful World about us funis Its counterpart In the wonderiul world within; intelligence catch Intelligence; boautllul conceptions within match beautitul creation without: the unspoken song of the soul answer to the spoken song ot the lips; the- friendly spirit mats the friendly grasp; I ivc only romprt h;n: th love; ail knowledge ati'l all sentiment are the anuwerlng of a power within to th touch of reality without. Wo know the deep thins In other U s heraus' there are eurrespomiing depths In our own. Anl so we il;w (ioil by the livlne that Is In us. This h-atls at once to the open door of one text. "U'.essed are th pur' In heart, for they shall s e Cod." There l.s some-thing within u:? eoiiepondlrig to the divine presence about rs. That something within us Is the faculty the. eye by which we fee (Jod. What Is it? Men have made grievous mistakes at this point and so have failed to see (Jod. And lorn of them because of this failure are ready to aflirm that there is no (Jod. "God dofs not reveal Hirns if to the physical ?en?es of neu. There Is- a wonderful world that opens to us through the channel of our senses; sights which startle and enchant the eye and sounds which entrance the ear. Hut there are many thing also in nature, the effects of which we can see and feel while the things themselves are hidden from nur sight. We cannot see gravitation steadying the mountains. We cannot hear light drop upon the earth with Its vivifying power. The evidence of life Is easily seen In the beaming eye, the radiant face, the bounding step; but life itself no human eye has ever seen. You tit by the side of the dying with your hand on th Muttering pulse waiting for the last moment. Suddenly the hart stops and you know that th spirit has gone. Hut you heard no footstep. You saw no rush of the angel escort through the air. These are real things; close about us; at our very Side, touching us. Yet they elude the senses. And so does (Jod. No man hath Seen God with the fieshly eye. "Nor do we rind God by any physical analysis. Nature reveals wonderful secrets In the scientist's laboratory. Marvelous discoveries come forth under tho microscope. The achievements of scientific research are almost beyond computation. They have literally called about us a new world. If the men of a century ago wero to come back to their old places they would hardly recognize the earth upon which they once lived, so wonderful has been the change In the condition and surroundings of human life. And yet science is not allBearching. It has Its clearly defined limits, beyond which it cannot pass. There are treat regions of reality into which it has not entered and cannot enter. The mightiest, the most wonderful and the most real things that exist among us and within us the probing of science do not touch. The anatomist dissects with great skill tho human body, lie traces every liber and muscle, and defines tho function of every organ. Hut his search is not exhaustive. In Shakspeare's brain the knife finds no Othello; In Raphael's no Mother and Child; In Angelcs no high-poised dome; in Napoleon's no moving armies, as though they were fingers. No scientist has ever yet discovered character with his probe, nor drawn out genius with a pair of forceps. And yet these are real things; the most real with which we have to do. "It is equally true that God does not reTeal himself to metaphysical analysis. The profoundest researches of philosophy have not discovered Ills hiding place nor revealed to the reason His personality. When John the Uaptist, standing on the banks of the Jordan, looked into the face of Jesus he declared: "Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." He knew that he was face to face with the creating God. But his knowledge was not the result of a metaphysical analysis of his character nor the conclusion of a logical argument. How, then, did he know? There was something within him which answered to the divine one before him. Tha poor woman who came into the house of Simon and washed the Savior's feet with her tears knew that she was in the presence of her Lord. And yet she could not have framed an argument In defense of His divinity. It was through tho vision rf the heart, not of the intellect, that she knew Him. It was tho divine image In her poul that answered His look, like the cry of a babo at the sight of its mother. In nil this I do not disparage science. Certainly I make no attack upon it. Science Is not the antagonist of religion. Kach has Its own proper sphere, within which it Is God-appointed and noble. I honor the men of science who try with patient Investigation to interpret her secrets. But their work and methods have their limitations, beyond which they cannot go. They can point Godward. but they cannot disclose Him. They cannot reveal before my longing soul the Infinite heart. And so, when they assume to speak authoritatively Upon such matters, they transcend their Inevitable limits. They have entered a region where science is no longer an oracle,"

State Normal AV Inner in Oratory Cpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. TEURE HAUTE. Ind., June lS.-Mlss Grace Mullikin won first and Miss Myrtle Van Cleave second place in the interelass oratorical contest at the Indiana State Normal School last evening. All four contestants this year were young women. Miss Mullikin, who. represented the junior class, is from Franklin. Ind., ami Miss Van Cleave, who represented the senior class, 1 a Terre Haute girl. Miss Hattle Van Cleave, of New Market, represented the freshmen, and Miss Virginia Head, of Washington, Ind., the sophomores. ATTACK OX CAH.MUJIK Zlade In a Baccalaureate Address to New York Student. NEW YORK, June 16. The baccalaureate services of the commencement exercises of tho College of the City of New York was held to-day In the Episcopal Church of the Ascension. The Rev. Dr. Tercy Stlckney Grant, the rector, delivered the scrWEATHER FORECAST. Showers To-l)ny, Followed ly ClearIns Sklen Wenterly AVIimIn. "WASHINGTON, June 16.-Weathcr forecast for Monday ami Tuesday: For Ohio Showers on Monday. Tuesday fair; southerly, shifting to northwesterly, winds. For Indiana Showers, followed by fair on Monday, with cooler In southern portion. Tuesday fair: westerly winds. For Illinois Fair on Monday with cooler In southern and western portions; fresh westerly winds. Tuesday fair. Local Observations on Sundny. Bar. Ther. R.II. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7a. m.. 29.94 6S :0 N'east. Clou.lv. 0.01 7 p. m..29.?S SI 53 Nwest. P'tcldy. 0.00 Maximum temperature, S5; minimum temperature,. tj. Following is a comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation for Sunday, June 16: Temp. Pre. Normal T5 o.lfe Mean 7.; n 01 Departure from normal ! o.r I'tparture since June 1 20 in Departure since Jan. 1 s.vs !h Plus. C. I R. W A I ' I E N 1 1 A N S . Local Forecast Oillcial. Yesterday Temperature. Stations. Atlanta. (J.i Mymarck. N. 1. .. Uuffalo. N. Y Canary. N. W. T. Chicago. Ill Cairo. Ill Cneyenne. Wyo. . Cincinnati, O lJavenport, la Pes Mulnes. la. .. Galveston, Tex. ... Helena. Mont Jacksonville. Fla. Kanins City, Mo. l ittle Rock. Ark. Marquette. Mich. . Memphis. Tenn. .. Mln. Max. 71 70 Mi I) 74 sn 70 v: M 71 ! ) 72 fcO 74 71 W Hi 7 IK 1 7 p. m. SO ; (A 7) G! M 7G 70 h2 US S2 so lJ (A i rj 7-' M 72 CS 52 64 8) W 7d 'i U 70 4) KS as . . .. 7 ) Nashville. Tenn. New Orleans. La. . New York. X. V. . Ncrth Platte. Neb. Oklahoma. O. T. .. Omaha. Neb ... a ... Gi ... ... Gi ...52 Flttsburg. Pa. üu' Appelle. N. W. T. I:apld City. fi. D Bait Ltkc City, Utah Ft. Lo?.ls, Mo. .. 71 Pt. Paul, Minn. Fprlngfleld. III. Cprlnrfield, Mo. ,. CI .. 72 .. 74 Vicksbur-. Miss. . Washington, V. C

iron. In his address to the graduates he said, anions other things: "ihc Kreat temptation which I believe will Lft:t your puiii is materialism. We sco about u.1 men with i;r.:ncne wealth, here one pos.ses.-in; one hundred millions. thre worth two hundrt'il mldlon and another worth lour humiied millions. Wo find a man giving libraries to a city, which should b? ashamed to receive them when it knows his lumi- must be written across the buildings which he nlves. The same man rIvc universities to a country which never asKed for an.vthint; in university education but an opportunity to tarn It. "Many of th' men who have amassed great fortunes attac h too much importance to the rough and ready spirit which they heliov' to have ald'd them most materially. Mr. Schwab. may conclude, lias little conlidenc- in education uioii higher lines as an assistance In business affairs. The men ot millions have power. Wherever they throw the vast Impuls. of their capital the labors are accomplished. They have unlimited power. Iouiik men see tills, and what Is the result? They throw tluni-j-elvcs like fagots Into the furnace of material production."

Tolln tho Call of Duty." EX ET EI I. N. II.. June 16. -The Rev. W. W. Kenn, of Chicago, who next fall will assume a professorship In the Harvard divinity school, delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Phillips-Exeter Academy this evening. The sermon wis an eloquent and forceful appe.-.l to follow the call of duty wherever it may lead. ARREST OF A MAGNATE u. c. rowEHsE, or the steel Till ST, MAUi: TO CilVi: DOM). AecueI of 3IiiiMrirIiit!:iK Money II roe I veil for St nek Story ot I.onic Ch a hc. PITTS IirnO. June IC-Edmund C. Converse, of the executive board of the United States Steel Corporation, formerly president of the National Tube Company, was arrested at Crcensburg Junction Saturday afternoon. He was taken from the special train in which he had been tourln the country for several weeks, visiting the various plants of the billion-dollar trust with a large party of the officials, and arraigned at (Ireenshurs. where he was compelled to Klve bond for his appearance the first Monday in September. Converse was arrested on a writ Issued by the Westmoreland Couit at the suit of James L. Dcvenny. of McKccsport, charging him with misappropriating the proceeds of the sale of 3,309 shares of the capital stock of the McKeesport, Duquesne & Wilmerdlng Street-railway Company. Devenny held the majority of the stock in the road and several hundred shares in trust. He alleges that In February of 1S03 Converse secured the stock from him, sold It for about $100,0 ) and failed to account for the receipts. Although Devenny says hc has made repeated demands for his share of the money. Converse has failed to respond. Last January Mr. Devenny began equity proceedings against the steel magnate, but Converse has kept himself outside the Jurisdiction of the Allegheny county courts. On Saturday, when he passed through McKeesport. Devenny saw him and started after him. Converse got out of the eity and went over the line into Westmoreland county before Devenny could serve a writ on him. Devenny. knowing that Converse's special car would have to go through (Ircensburg to reach the main line of the Pennsylvania, took a short cut to that town, secureel Morehead & Head as his attorneys, and when Converse's special train arrlveel at the junction Devenny was waiting for him with the sheriff of Westmoreland county and, Constable Collins, of McKersport. The special train was not supposed to stop at the junction, but was flagged by order of the sheriff. The party boarded the train, and Converse, much to his surprise, was placeel under arrest. He went with the party to the office of Morehead Sc. Head, in Greensburg, and furnished bail for his appearance in the Westmoreland Court on Monday, Sept. 2. The party traveling on the special train was composed of about twenty-five of the officials of the United States Steel Corporation. They had started about two weeks ago. and had been touring the country, inspecting all the mills- in the control of the great combine. OBITUARY. The Itev. J. I. Dyer, Fnnioun Pioneer Preacher of the Wet. DENVER. Col., June 16. The Rev. John L. Dyer, one of the mo.'t famous preachers who has figured in the history of the West, died here to-day from paralysis of the throat after a lingering Illness. The Rev. Mr. Dyer was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1S12. "Father" Dyer, as hs became known, began preaching In Wisconsin in IS 10. and wasi the oldest, If not the lest, of the old Methodist "circuit riders." Coming to Ctdorado in ISM, he met with manv thrilling adventures in his travels in this State and New Mexico, and through his. zeal in preaching the gospel to tin widely separated and almost inaccessible mining camps in all kinds of weather earned the sobriquet of "The Snowshoe Itinerant." lie was the author of a book bearing that title. fJen. W. M. Gardner. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. June 16. General William Montgomery Gardner, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars, died here tonight, aged seventy-eight. General Gardner was graduated from the Military Academy at West Point in the class of 1M6. Ills legs were shattered by a ball at the first battle of Manassas, where ho was colonel of the Eighth tJeorgia Regiment. The ltev. i. W. Gray. GKXFA'A, O., June 16.-The Rev. G. W. Gray, a prominent Methodist minister and well known In northern Ohio, died here today of paralysis, aged sixty-nine years. ALL WILL GO OUT. Ciiitnltnn Pncltle Tmcknifn to li lit for Increase of Wane. VANCOUVER. Ii. C. Juno I?. All of the Canadian Pacific trackmen will SO out tomorrow morning, the demand of Eastern division men for an increase in wages of 20 cents iwr day having been refused. Officials of the road state that the granting of this demand would mean an additional expenditure of ?KH". Men are being: secured to take charge of bridges and portions of the track where surveillance Is peclally necessary, ami it is announced tiiat all trains will be run to-morrow as usual. ' lltitrhcrs Withdraw Demand. SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 16. The butchers' strike was formally ended to-day. The striking Journeymen butchers decided to withdraw their demand that a union card should bo displayed in all retail shops. Ohle GuureUmen Elect Oftieer. NEWARK. O.. June K. The Ohio National Guard Association to-day elected the following officers: president. Hrig. Gen. W. V. McMakin. Toledo; secretary. Capt. W. A. Westervelt, Columbus; treasurer. Col. George R. Donavin. Delaware. The convention was held at the State Knoampment grounds and the officers found their brief camp experience so pleasant that they decided to hold their next convention here. Xht Hector of American College. PHILADELPHIA. June ic. A private cablegram from an authoritative source In Rome has been received here announcing that tho Pop ha appointed Rev. Thomas r. Kennedy, D. D., of the Seminary of t. Charles Borromeo, at Ovtrbrook. near here, to th? office of rector of the American College in Rom. Dr. Kennedy's Jiame was presented to the Tope by CardinJ? G.bbons. who recently vialteu Rome,

THROWN ON THE ROCKS

Indianapolis ti:aciii:k IS UAÜLV III ItT AT DANVILLE. Da?-' Accident tit Evniiv llle Oltl 31a a' Snlelele nt EiikIHIi Meetliiil of the Turners. Freclal t th In ilan.ipolls Journal. DAN VI U.E. Ind., Jun- l'!. Miss Jessie Ilojsrate. teacher In the Indianapolis schools, vad terribly Injured here to-day. Whllo driving across a bridge a bolt broke allowing the rhaft to fall. The buggy rolled off the bridge and turned over. Miss Hogate was thrown upon the rocks several feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left arm and her face was so badly cut as to be almost unrecognizable. Miss Ungate has been a teacher in -public school No. 1) for several years. While in tills city she makes her home at No. 4. the Aromore. She is visiting relatives in Danville. Three A eel dent of One Dny. Special to the JnJiar.ai ulls Journal. KVANSVILEE. Ind., June lC.-Goorge Nohsey, aged nineteen, elrowned In Pigeon creek to-day. while bathing. Giles Ewing was drowned off the steamer J. C. Kerr, lie was one of the oldest cabin tenders in the country. Eva. the nlneteen-months-old child of George Phiffs. drank a large ejuantity of eil of wormwood, to-day, and died in agony. A TALK ON DIVORCES Cause a Scnuntlon nt a Funeral In Knkotno Saturday. Special to the InJlanarolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind.. June !6. The Rev. George Edward Walk, pastor, of Harrisonstreet Christian Church, raised a commotion in a funeral sermon here yesterday that was followed by a dramatic incident at the grave. A four-year-old son of William and Mrs. Hancock was being buried. The Hancocks had separated and divorced ami Mr. Hancock recently remarried., 'The child since the separation had been at the home of its grandfather. The Rev. Mr. Walk. who was presumably acquainted with the domestic relations of the family, announced for his text the following Biblical quotation: "When my father and mother forsake me my Lord will take me up." He followed his text with a scathing arraignment of modern elay divorces. The three principal topics of the sermon were, "Man Is feeble but God Is mighty." "Man's Instability and God's unchangeableness" and "The divorce abomination." The divorced parents who sut at the head of the littl? casket, made no demonstration of disapproval, but Otho Jackson, a brother of Mrs. Hancock, walked up to the minister as services were beginning at the open grave anel demanded a public retraction of the sermon at the house. Mr. Walk disclaimed a personal application of the sermon, saying his reference to divorce was of a general character and not intended to be offensive. The angry brother was not satisfied with this private explanation and pressed his demands for a public renunciation, either at the concluding funeral service or in the public prints, emphasizing the mandate by threats of a personal encounter. The minister llnished the service without referring to the Incident at the house and trouble Is expected to come later. Te a newspaper reporter afterward Mr. .Walk said he hael nothing to take back and that he had received many compliments em the sermon. "I am heartily tired," said he, "of indiscriminate laudations at funerals. 1 think the truth should be told there as well as anywhere else. I did preach against modern divorce, but the application was general, not personal." The affair has caused a profound sensation. DOII1I.E Til AG EDV ATTEMPTED. Portland 3Inn Trie to Kill His Wife nnel HlniNelf. Special to the Inch mai olis Journal. PORTLAND, Lnd., June 16. After a family eiuarrel Oren Jordan fired two shots at his wife at noon to-day, both missing, and then turneel the weapon on himself. The ball struck him above the temple, glancing, making a ragged wound. The screams of his wife and the sight of Jorelan running down the street bleeding created much excitement. Jordan was arrested later. Two weeks ago his stepdaughter. Nora Gibson, tried to commit suicide by swallowing" laudanum, but was saved. Jars in the family have been frequent. Illew Off the Side of III 1 1 end. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ENGLISH, Ind., June 16. John Brown, who recently married a Mrs. Endow near Taswell. committed suicide this morning by placing the muzzle of a shotgun, loaded with buckshot, tinder his chin and discharging it, tearing off one side of his head. He had trouble with his wife, who was not at home when he killed himself. Before shooting himself he tired the house, antl his body would have been burneel had not neighbors discovered the flames in time. Over J-t") in money was In the house, some of which was silver, and was taken from the embers, removing all doubt of foul play. Brown was sixty years old, and served three years In the civil war. His wife Is flity-eight. He came to this county from Mt. Carmel, 111., about four years ago. TIUNERS AT FORT NVAYNE. Summary of Fliilnnetl Kvenbi Intlianapnll Man Hurt. FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 16. Three thousand people from Indiana. Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky are attending the seventeenth annual Turnfest of the Indiana district. Teams of athletes from Chicago, Indianapolis. South Bend. Louisville, Findlay and Fort Wayne are here to c mpete for prizes In the athletic events. Vo-day v as chiefly occupieel with class work, but some events were linished. To-morrow the class work will be concluded and the in dividual contests pulled off and the prizes will be awarded in the evening. To-night there was a summer-night's carnival at the park. Eight thousand people witnessed the contests to-day. Summaries of llrdshed events: Six-hundred-yard relay race: Won by South Side Chicago Turnemeinde. Tlmo, CT -5 seconds. Chicago, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne each had six men entered, for 100-yard s with 15-yards flying start. One-mile bicycle race: Won by William Aller. Central Chicago Turngemeinde, in 2:3 2-Z. John Duha, Chicago, second. It was a tame affair. Shot put: Gold. Chicago Central, and B II. Faller. South Side Chicago, tied at S3 feet 3 Inches. Running broad Jump: Won by Otto Kecke, South Side Chicago, feet t Inches. Kees. of Indianapolis, was slightly in jured during the class work on the parallel bars, but will enter again to-morrow. S A EN (i Ell PEST AT PERI'. German Sluicing Societies of Two State Are in Seloii. Special to the Indiana; oils Journal. PERU. Ind.. June 1G. The annual saen mJrfflt nr tri l lerms n-Arne nenn Kirrrinr societies of Indiana and Ohio opened In this city this afternoon, and will continue until to-morrow night. The societies from South Bend. Fort Wayne. Alexandria, L,ogensport. Lafayette.. Marion, Wabash and two societies from Indianapolis sang In the contest this afternoon, ln'a big tent pitched on the bank of the Waba3h. The Munde, Michigan City, Toledo. O., and Peru societies were present, but did not enter the contest. The Judges wero Carl Barus and Alexander Ernestlnoff, of Indianapolis, and A. Gehrtn. of Peru. The iocietlea rsül

ciect their joint officers and will have a banquet to-morrow. To-r.iRht the Judges announced the prize wlnneis. as follows: First. Indianapolis Sm clallst Saenrrertund; second, I'ort W.iytu; Concordia; third. lr.u:.in;iioil.s Suth side Maennerchor; fourth. South Fend Concordia; tilth, Alexandria Concordia.

ANDERSON INDUSTRIES. UlK St raw board Mill to Hemline TnI)h New Iron Ware Mill. Special to the lnilianaijlis Journal. ANDKRSON, InJ.. June Pi.-The Anderson plant of the American Strawboard Company will resume operations to-morrow, after a shut-down of four months. with a full complement of operatives, about C) all told. Kvery other manufacturing industry save the glass business in Anderson is operating with full force. The Jehnson-Ucynolds Company, of Anderson, began the erection of a large plant In this city yesterday. Their buildings will be 100 by 36. of stone, iron and steel, and constructed in the most stable manner. It is the intention of the company to add hew and costly machinery and in addition to the manufacture of gass regulators and scales do commercial work and engage in the manufacture of iron and steel novelties. HnnilNome Church Dedicated. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PRINCKTONY Ind.. June IC The new church of the First Baptist congregation was dedicated here to-day with fitting exercises. The ltev. Dr. K. W. Lounsbury, of Chicago, preached the dedicatory sermou this morning, his subject being, "The Glory of a True Church." This afternoon a social service was held, and pasters of other denomlnalioiis took a prominent part. To-night the Kev, Albert Ogle, of Indianapolis, delivered an address, and the ritualistic dedicatory ceremony was observed. The new church a handsome edifice and has been built after a great sacrifice by the small congregation. Last March lire nearly destroyed the building, but tho work was continued and the church completed. The cost was $W,WJ. The Ilcv. X. C. Smith is pastor. Treasurer Ford Wants to Knovr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JKFFKRSOXVILLK. Ind., June 1S.Treasurer Ford, of Clarksville, is trying to figure out the justice in the action of the town board in cutting his salary to a year, when he Is compelled to give a bond of SS.OCO. Ford is a Republican, and a ma jority of tho board are Democrats. For merly the- treasurer was paid a salary and allowed percentage on delinquent collec tions, generally averaging a salary of from $j0 to Jü'A a year. Counterfeit Silver at Anderson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON'. Ind., June K-Hazehvood merchants discovered last night that counterfeit money had been extensively circulated in that addition to this city. The coin was dated 1S:!) and bore the mint stamp "o." The imitation was almost perfect in all save the weight, and the difference is so slight that none save an expert could detect it. A half dozen stores had been "worked" systematically. Debs to Settle the Strike. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June K. The machinists' strike is likely to be settled by to-morrow morning through the mediation of Eugene V. Debs. He was asked by employers to use his influence with the men. He held a conference with the strikers, and a joint meeting has been arranged by Mr. Debs for to-morrow morning. TIppeeanoe Memorial Services. LAFAYETTE, lnd., June 16.-The Tippecanoe Battlefield Association held memorial services on the battlefield to-day. After the election of officers the graves of fallen heroes were decorated and an address was Oelivered by the Hon. E. D. Crumpacker. Indiana Obituary. KOKOMO. Ind.. June 16. Jose Parker, an old and highly esteemed resident of this city, expired suddenly of heart trouble hist evening. He left a widow and three children. Rufus Parker, of Chicago. Frank Parker, of Union City, and Mrs. S. E. Nicholson, recently of this place, now a resident of Raltimore. Md. John Nolan, a blacksmith at Young America, was found dead in bed yesterday morning. RICHMOND, Ind.. June 16. Peter Johnson, one of the city's best-known business men. died this evening. He was recently operated on for growths In the abdomen. For many years Mr. Johnson had been in the hardware business, owning a fine store at. the time of his death. A family survives, lie was prominent 'n secret orders. RICHMOND, Ind., June IC Levi Thompson, aged eighty-six years, died last evening at his home In Uethel, this county. He was born In Ohio, but had resided In this ceainty many years. He was a member of the Christian Church and the Masons. Six children survive. TERRE HÄUTE, Ind., June 16.-Mrs. Samuel T. Reese died yesterday at the age of seventy-seven years. She was born in Sugar Creek township, in this county, and was married In 1S50, moving to Terre Haute the next year. Indiana Notes. WINDFALL. The local tent of ths Knights of Maccabees and the hive of Ladies of the Maccabees held a joint memorial service and elecorated the graves of deceased members interred in the Windfall Cemetery. Sunday. They marched to the Methodist Church, escorted by the Windfall Brass Rand, where the Rev. Lotus Aspy, of Anderson, delivered the memorial sermon, after which tho procession again formed and marched to the cemetery. Similar services were held by the Woodmen and their feminine auxiliary. WORTIIINGTON. The eighth grade pupils of Highland and Jefferson townships held their exercises Saturday eveninp: at tho former place. Diplomas were presented by the county superintendent, II. E. Cushman, to the following: Madge Fellows. Ciara Walls, Josephine Jewell. Lena May Jran. Mary Long:. Jessie English, Fannie Tetrlck. John Padgett. Cora Noel, Julii Crites, Pearl Dyer, Edith Jewell, Mabel Marshall, Myra Brouillette. WAR ASH. At a meeting of the congregation of the Wabash-street Methodist Church, this city. Saturday nicht 'it was voted unanimously to proceed with the erection of a new chureh to cost from $12.ooo to $15.mC The members of this church seceded from the First Church because of a difference in opinion concerning the site of the new First Church, dedicated in March. The membership is :. JEFPERSON'VILLK.-At St. Augustine's Church a class of foity-seven children was contirmed and partook of the lirst communion. The occasion was attended by a solemn and Impressive service. After mass tho class appeared before th? aitar, and. with a sponsor on either side, services commemorative of the Lord's supper were observed. The services were conducted by the Rev. Father John O Connell. ANDERSON One of the large lionesses of the Rostock animal show in the Alexandria street fair whelped four cubs on Saturday. The visitors from here and elsewhere were given a sight of the little fellows last night. The mother and her young had been placed in a separate cage, and attracted great attention. The little fellows are ejulte active. PORTLAND Mrs. IJalley. or Aosonia. O., i here endeavoring to secure papers for a pardon for her son. Oeorge Bailey, who is In the reformatory for stealing lard. He had been married a month when arrested. evr PoHtoMce in Mexico City. MEXICO CITY. June 1C Th federal government has completed plans for a new postofflce edifice in this city which will be built near the Schwol of Mines And in what Is now the center of the city. The building will be wholly of steel framework and fire proof. A Chicago tirm of architects received part of the contract. II oraeinrii In i Durl. LEXINGTON, Ky., June lö.-After a quarrel over a debt on the street. Sam Forsyth, to-day. shot five times at Harry Patterson. Two bullets made wounds and two others went through Patterson's coat. Both men are well known horsemen. Smith to Succeed IJlodsett. CLEVELAND, June 1G.-A. II. Smith, now first assistant to General Superintendent p. S. Blodgett. of the Lake Shore, is slated to succeed Mr. Blodgett. who has been made general superintcndiat of tri New York Central.

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AGGUHGATK OF IIAIMIOADS IXDCll LATEST AGHMll.MUNT. G (can tic Community of Interest' Plan Said to Have Ileen Successfully IlrouKht to Fruition, CHICAGO. June 15.-The Tribune to-morrow will say: "The Ilarriman combine has secured control of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and that a composite agreement has been made to perfect a community of Interests among roads with track enough to twice belt the globe Is generally accepted in railroad circles. The sudden departure of Mr. Ilarriman for the East, accompanied by President John J. Mitchell, of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, was announced in suppport of the statement that Mr. Mitchell and other bankers would furnish the funds for the completion of the Milwaukee & St. Paul transfer. "The meeting of the Western offlclals with Mr. Ilarriman is believed to havo been the result of the recent controversy over control of Northern Pacific stock, which eirove short holders to cover at Jl.OoO a share. A few small roads out of Chicago are i;ot parties to the agreement, but it is understood they will consent to anything that will maintain rates and end the squabble that has been kept up in the past among the various "Western lines. It was asserted to-night that all the roads west, northwest and southwest from Chicago to the Pacific coast will be controlled in future by the following Interests: "Lines west of Chicago to the . Pacific coast, by Ilarriman, Kuhn, Locb ic Co. and the. Rockefellers. "Lines northwest from Chicago, by Hill and Morgan. "Lines . southwest from St. Louis, by Gould and the Rockefellers. "Lines southwest from Chicago, by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Ke. to which probably will be added before long the Chicago, Rock Island &. Pacitic. "J. Pierpont Morgan and E. II. Ilarriman, however, will be the real dictators and direct the policy to be pursued by these combinations, thus establishing the "community of Interest," which has been the dream of Mr. Morgan. The railroads interested in the Ilarriman consolidation, with their mileage, nre the following: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fc 6.915 Southern Pacific 7.C14 Union Pacific 4.43". Northern Pacific 4.524 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul 6,m Chicago & Northwestern 5,077 Chicago, Burlington &. Quincy 7.1SQ Missouri Pacific Great Northern, 5.1J7 Chicago ix. Alton SU Wabash 2,326 Total 55,592 "This statement of mileage is according to the Interstate-commerce Commission's report to June CO, l.m" TWENTY MILES AT SEA. Steamer Lucnnla Telegraphed Her Proftrens Iy MnreonF Syntem. LONDON, June 15. The steamer Lucania, tho lirst of the Cunard vessels to be fitted with the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy, made communication with the shore when twenty mile from Liverpool. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK. June 16. Arrived: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam and Boulogne; Christiana, from Naples; Armenia, trom Hamburg and Boulogne, via Halifax. ST. JOHNS. N. F.. June 16. Arrived: Carthagenian. from Glasgow and Elverpool, for Halifax, N. S., and Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. June IG.-Arrived: Rhynland, from Liverpool and Queenstown. BROWIIEAD. June 16. Passed: Belgenland, from Philadelphia, for Liverpool. QUEENSTOWN. June 16. Sailed: Lucania, from Liverpool, for New York. MOVILLE. June 1G. Arrived: Laurentian, from New York, for Glasgow. LIVERPOOL. June IC Arrived: ErYurla, from New York, via Queenstown. EMPIRE BUILDER. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) view between Mrs. Botha and Mr. Kruger beyond revealing the fact that Mr. Kruger will listen to no proposals unless they are accompanied with a Guarantee of the independence of the republics. The Dafly Mail's Cape Town correspondent says that Cecil Rhodes, speaking at Buluwayo on Saturday, predicted that a federation of South African States would come in three or four years; but he contended that to grant self-government to the republics before federation woulld render federation impossible. Horrible Mnreler by Czechs. VIENNA, June 15. A number of Czechs, who were traveling on a railway, near Troppeau, with two Germans named Luzaj, deliberately seized one of the Germans and dropped him under tho wheels of the car. The man was killed, but his brother jumped from the car and escaped a similar fate, though he was badly injured. 31 r. PiiiKrec'n Condition Unchanged. LONDON, June 16. Dr. Thomas Barlow said to-night that ex-Governor Pingrce's condition was unchanged. The complications from which Mr. Pingree suffered yesJtrday continued, but his strength has not materially diminished. He is bearing up well under the most trying conditions. Docks Closed Because of Strike. ST. PETERSBURG, June 17.-In consequence of the renewal of labor riots last Saturday the dockyard authorities havo decided! to close the docks until order la restored. SLOW PROGRESS AT PEKING. A Few More Minor Points Have Ileen Settleel by the Envoys. PEKING, June 16. The foreign ministers say that, although yesterday's meeting did not result in the settlement of matters, still things arc working most satisfactorily toward a conclusion, and that the amount ol the indemnity and the 4 per cent, rate ot interest were almost agreed upon, the only hitch being with regard to Japan, which country cannot borrow money under 5 per cent. It Is the desire on the part of most of the ministers to arrange this satisfactorily, as it is felt that Japan eleserves special consideration. The probability is that additional bonds will be given sufficient to cover the loss. Special Commissioner Rockhlll, on behalf of the United States, has agreed to add 5 per cent, to the tariff, provided Chint would agree to the widening and dredging of the Shan-Si and Pei-Ho rivers, and also to certain tariff, reforms. The ministers consider it certain that everything will be ended before July 1. All the troops except the legation guards will have left by the end of August. The Germans to-morrow will turn over the Chinese winter palace for preparation for occupancv bv the court. The director of the Pao-Ting-Fu Railroad has been notliied to have means of transportation ready to bring 3,w) Chinese troops to Peking. French Lose In Tonkin. TACOMA, Wash., June IC The steamship Tacom.i brines news from Hens-Kong that tho French forces In Tonkin have lost four effk-ers and seventeen foldicrs in a fight along the Tonkin frontier with maraud;ng bands of Chine? numbering over 5,000. Manv Chinese women were killed and the Chinese were driven into Kwang-Si province. River Yachtsman Killed. DUVAL'S BLUFF. Ark.. June 16.-Ed-vard W. Stover, superintenuent In the White river valley for the Ayer-Lord Tie Com rany. of Chicago, was killed In a gasoline yacht at Seven Mile last Saturday. Mr. Stover was struck by the ilmo of a tree

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BIO LUMBER YARD FIRE. Million ot Feet of l)reel Staff Destroyed by Finnic. F.OSTON, June 17. C. W. Leatherbee's lumber yard was burned about 1 o'clock this morning, and 1? probably a total loss. There were between 2.00U.,") and 3.rtW feet of dressed lumber, nearby all of which was destroyed. The tire is thought to have been started by fireworks, as men and boys nil through the city on their way to the Charlcstown celebration have been burning Greek rire and setting off firecrackers. Iluslnes Houses Uurned. DURA NT, I. T., June 16.-Flre to-day destroyed nine brick and twenty frame buildings in the center of the town. The total loss is estimated at $(KR. The heaviest losses: R. Schotsberg, dry goods. J12.tr X); Richie & Childress, building; O. L. Shannan, drugs; Rlanton. machine shop; J. YV. Gallagher, drugs; Klmbrlel, drugs. Chocolate Factory Destroyed. NEW YORK. June 16. The chocolate factory of Runkel Rrothers, was destroyed bv fire early to-day. One of the firm estimates the loss at which is largely covered by insurance. The factory employed IS" hands. RIVAL TO THE ILLINOIS BATTLF.SIIIP WISCONSIN' MAKF.S A GRUAT HKCOHD AT SUA. Good for Over P.ichtcen Knots Under Forced Dnumlit Details of Her Trlnl Trip nt Sen. CHICAGO, June 16.-A dispatch to the Record-Herald from San Francisco says: "The battleship Wisconsin steamed Into this port this morning after a forty-eight-hour trial in the Santa Rarbara channel, during which it was demonstrated that the Illinois will have to look sharp If she would retain the honor of being the swiftest sailor of her class In tho navy. According to members of the trial board and the experts in naval construction who were aboard the Wisconsin when she was put through her hnal paces before being accepted by the government, the battleship will show a speed of more than eighteen knots an hour if put under forced draught. "The Wisconsin left this port last Friday morning, and during the two days had fair sailing in an easy sea. With full head of steam and natural draft the official record for two hours was 16.43 knots an hour. For the forty-eight hours the average was 15.3 knots an hour. Last Wednesday, while being brought to this port from Puget sound, the officers in charge gave the Wisconsin her head from Point Arena to Point Reynos. and had the satisfaction of seeing her put S7.2 knots behind her in two hours, or 18.6 knots an hour. "The trial just closed demonstrated that no alteration would have to be made either In the ship's propelling apparatus or her fighting equipment. On the run up from the channel yesterday all the guns were tested for mechanical elefects, but none was found. Six months ago the Wisconsin was turned over to the government by the contractors. At that time a forced draft trial was made and the new greyhound of the navy surprised her builders by showing a speed of 17.176 an hour. This test was made at a time when the ship's en gines were too new to show their best work. THK HOTTEST CITIHS. Several "Which May De Classed In that Undeslruble List. Washington Letter. During the discussion of the St. Louts tali appropriation in Congress last winter the summer climate of that city came in lor some attention. It is obvious that Buffalo possesses a very distinct advantage over St. Louis as the seat of a summer exposition. Charleston has wisely taken the winter months for her fair. By common repute St. Louis Is one of the three most uncomfortably hot cities in the United States; the other two are Cincinnati and Nashville. I Washington would doubtless make as strong a showing on a thermometer which registered that combination of heat and humidity which might for convenience be termed "disagreeableness" but for the absence here of smoke. To the sultriness of St. Louis and Cincinnati must be added the- inconvenience of having a layer of bituminous-coal soot next to the skin on every hot day. Roth cities have suburbs where this may be escaped. Philadelphia, which had the first of the Ftrles of modern world's fairs, is also a hot city, but there the discomfort is unevenly distributed, according to special conditions. It is an exceedingly hot city for the poor, and the distinction arises in this waj: When William Penn laid out the town he divided it Into great squares, upon which he exacted four houses would ultimately Ik? built. His theory of a bucolic city was not unlike that of Rrlgham Young in Salt Lake City, except that the Mormon capital has never outgrown the original plotting. In Philadelphia, however, these old Penn squares have been intersected in both dirctlons by streets, or courts, which are necessarily narrow. Upon them the poorer people have tuilt two-story houses, which are completely shut in by the four and five-story structures on the original streets. The heat within these inclosures is therefore Intense, particularly when people try to sleep. It Is said that one may walk through these Inner courts in Philadelphia in the night of any hot wave and see hundreds of ieeple sleep, ing out of eloors in all sorts of places. Philadelphia is noted for its large individual ownership of houses and its comparative cbsence of the tenement problem. The courts have had much to do with it, but in respect to discomfort it is a question whether the tenements are not preferable. Sundny Sports. New York Evening Post. Some clergymen in Westchester county, having failed to stop Sunday golf, now propose to put an end to baseball. Without doubt It is possible to prevent the game on Sunday, but is it always wise to do so? Games which are boisterous, which disturb the c;uiet of those who wish to worship, cither at home or in church, or which lead to disorder, should unquestionably be Fuppressed. Rut the Supreme Court has held that the manifest intent ol the Sunday law is to prohibit only that which constitutes "a serious interruption of the repose of thi community on Sunday." If a dozen or two men or boys wish to get amusement and healthful recreation quietly from baseball on Sunday afternoon, zealots for strict observance should remember that the men and boys might be far worse employed. If the game is stopped, they will not. as the Sabbatarians seem to imagine, march in a body to the Sunday school. On the contrary, they are much more likely to tine their way Into the saloons or gamblingrooms. Competent observers are of the opinion that the growing popularity of outdoor sports such as bicycling has done not a little to lessen Intemperance and vice on all days of the week. It is the part of wisdom, then, to deal as liberally as possible with Sunday athletics, which may. after all, be co-operating with the church rather than opposing it. Ilasebnll Superstitions. Philadelphia Times. Professional baseball players are ns superstitious as sailors. If they pass a wagon load of empty barrels going in the same direction as they are while driving to the ball grounds It is regarded a sure omen of victory. It Is essential that the barrels be empty and that the wagon is not coming In the opposite direction. Lat season at the game between the New Yorks and Philadelphias both teams passed a load of empty barrels on the way to the ball park. Each nine thought it had a sure thing. The game was a draw. Indian War In Alaska. TACOMA. Wash.. June 16. The younger members of the Ilidah Indian tribe near Katchikan, Alaska, have declared war gainst the whites because Deputy Marshal Jemes labt week shot and wounded Kltcoon, tlelr aged chief, who resisted arrest tor cutting timber on government land.

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WROUGHT IRON Pipe and Fittings Boiler Tubes, Mill Supplies, Plumbers Supplies Pumps and Well Materials. Indianapolis, - lnd. For Rent m Eberhardt & Co. New 1'hone 122 8 Old Thoue 3 ou 14333 m 122 Capitol Avenue, S. THE MODERN Y. M. C. A. A Very Different Institution from that of TTenly-Flvr Yen rm A k " New York Kvcnlns To.n. The international convention of the Younff Men's Christian Association, now in session in lloton. marks the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the organization. The association has had a remarkable growth due to the equally remarkable frkill of its leaders in seizing their opportunities and adapting means to ends. Although, as has been said, the Young Men's Christian Association has been in existence fifty years, most of tho important changes In its methods have been made in the last twenty or thirty years. In a few large centers, it Is true, the association used to maintain a fairly well equipped plant for work In various lines; but in the smaller cities and towns tho field of activity was narrow, the facilities pitifully meager. The association had two alms: to keep from wandering the young men who were already religiously inclined; to bring into the fold young men who had no interest in church or religion. In Its second aim, it failed pretty completely until its managers tore a leaf from the book of worldly wisdom. The trouble was that irreligious young men had the impression that the members of the Young Men's Christian Association were a band of particularly offensive prigs, whose sole amusements were attending prayer meeting and singing gospel hymns. The Impression was, of course, partly erroneous, but, as long as It lasted, the irreligious young man fought shy of the association. Moreover, the sinners were not without facts on which to base their beliefs. A single concrete instance is enough to illustrate the point, for the Instance is typical. Twenty years ago, in a city of this State containing about Imu.O inhabitants, the association kept two rooms over a shop on the principal thoroughfare. One of these rooms was arranged with a little desk, a melodcon and chairs for religious meetings; tha other, adorned with what Kipling's friend Mulholland calls "shiny Scripture texts." was the reading room. The tables held th leading religious papers and a few of the secular magazine; some shelves dislpayetl two or three hundred dull books, which had been discarded from private or from Sun day school libraries. There was no permanent salaried secretary, but unpaid volunteers devoted their spare moments to tha conduct of the work. The president of the association, convinced that something was amiss, decided to form a committee cf reception, dozen or fifteen young men. each ot whom should give, an evening a week to the task of making the rooms attractive, lie called his enthusiastic helpers toRcther one day and said to them, in substance: "What we want to do now is to make the hoadquarteis of the Young Men's Christi in Association appeal to the strangers In the city, those homeltjs wanderers whoso souls we r.re all so anxious to save. Wo already have on the front of the building an illuminated sign, Y. M. C A. prayer-meeting and leading room. All young men welcome.' When the stranger is drawn by this invitation we must make him feel at home, and to do that requires great tactSuppose he sits down at the table and picks up the Christian Advocate. You must not rush at him in a hurry. Drop into a chair iicar him and glance ovtr the Watchman. When the stranger turns a leaf or tries a new paper, make a friendly effort to draw him into conversation. If he responds at all you will find It easy to go on. lxam whero lie boards and what church ho usually attends; and then tell him tho meeting house of his denomination which is nearest his boarding house, if, however, he has not been converted, here is tho side room where you can take him and pray witt him." This story is a complete explanation of the early failure of the association to reach the unregenorate. No self-respecting sinner Mould be attracted by the illuminated sign mentioned above; nor would he tolerate the impertinente of young men who were eager to pray with him. The entlrs change from the conditions described abov I convincing proof of the intellectual power and the tact or the preat leaders of the association to-day. The secretary who would now make a speech like that of twenty yt-nrs hro would fitly be JtKlged a candidate for the lunatic asylum. The latter-day secretary is a student of human nature, who Is fully aware that "In vain the net is spread in the sight of any blri." Indeed, he has often passed beyond the point of even wishing to lure the unwary into prayer meetings, or to persuade them to read the Christian Advocate. Th-.e things he looks upon as mere minor incidents, one or two out of fifty methods, some of them much more effective, of improving the characters of young men. The result has been the swift development of a two-room plant for religious exercises and reading into a club which attempts to gratify every worthy impulse. The Young Men's Christian Association of to-day has the le.-t gymnastic apparatus. bowling alleys, rwirr.ming baths, n well, stocked library, a reading room provided with th most interesting papers, roth rcliiriotis and secular, a room for chess an.l other suitabl gimes, a ball for mulc and lectures, walls covered with excellent pictures, quarters for evening classes in literature, languages, sei nces and the u.eful arts, and. finally, a place for worship. In other words, the association has abandoned a narrow field of activity in which '.t toiled with comparatively little efTcct, at. J, has entered a wide lU Id in which it hit accomplished great results. It cannot, however, stop where it Is now; r.or can its saKacJous leaders poibly !a content with present achievements. I'oubtless the next twt nty-llve years will see developments as notable ns those of the pat. For one think', the association nheu:M break down the barrier which limit? full and active membership to adherents of the strict evangelical creed. True. I'nitarlins. Jews and Catholics are now admitted without question to the principal privileges of the association, but the time must soon come when a'.l young m-n of good character, regardless of their forma: creed, can enjoy equal rights and share equal burdens In a noble endeavor. Stockman Huim AiuurW. TtOSWEI.L. N. M.. Jure 1 .-Arthur Kline, a stockman, to-day shot and killed his wife, danger. uslv wounded Marshall Maddux, probably fataliy wouruld the woman with whom Mrs. Kline was living, and then committed suicide. Kline vti crazed by Jealousy, his wife having deserted him. A man giving hi name as Thomas Kinney and reslder.ee in Cleveland was picked up on the streets last night by the police and locked up la the police station, caartJ with being Insane.