Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 228, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1901 — Page 4

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Roth telephones "25. Two Democratic conventions in session yesterday seem to have forgotten the 'peerless and matchless loader." If President Shaffer is passing the hat around now, to whom can ho pass the hat when he has a general strike ami noboly can earn money? The latest from Kansas Is that the rains have revived the corn and that a fair crop may yet be secured, but not enough. It 1 predicted, "to hum." It is a pleasant departure from the usual rim of Southern news to read that an Alabama Fheriff defied a mob with a shotgun und successfully protected a colored pris oner. How much better It would have been for Mr. Taggart to have named his candidate Tor mayor at the outset than to have it appear that he has rejected two or three aspirants. Thosej Democrats who signed petitions for candidates for mayor should have gone to Chairman Fanning first to learn if their favorites nro acceptable to the Taggart fcfflceholders. ino cnicaRO itoarti oi imiew hjls uielded to place all church l-.n nonages on the tax list. This is right. Whatever may be said in favor of exempting churches does Cot arpiy to patnrs residences. The Hoard of Assessors of Trenton, N. ff., , has established a new precedent by taxing tho rights of way of corporations Ising the public streets. The franchise certainly has very substantial value. 'Another cracker trust is reported to have tten organized, duo doubtless to the fact that other capitalists have discovered that eracker truats are fror-l things: xIt Is always the case that a business affording a good profit lures competitors. It is worth while to note that in tho Democratic convention in Plymouth county, Iowa, the) Bryanitcs carried things with a high hand, proffering "undyinjr, support to our recrlesa leader, William J. Bryan." On wonders If there are counties in Indiana wht-re Democrats will do the "peer less" act when the conventions are held. The announcement that Dr. It. J. Catling, formerly of this city, and inventor of the famous Catling gun, has turned his attention towards farm machinery is old news. He made Important inventions in that line before he began to experiment on a gun. The new motor plow now spoken of Is probably a revival of one he invented in 1557. The statements of Rev. Dr. Crafts, made a few months ago in Washington, were o painfully lacking in the element of probability thjt nis declaration that all the honorable commissjotd officers of the army are In a conspiracy to make the antl-cantccn law odious will ! In Id in abeyance until the evidence is presented. That all army officers should enter into a conspiracy to weaken discipline to obtain a thing of no advantage to them is scarcely Ithin tho range of probability. jne plan ror reducing the time of the transatlantic pasage to four and one-half days has taken form hooner than was expected. The plan contemplates the establishment of new steamships and railway terminals at Herehaven, ti the extreme outhwest coast of Ireland, front whence it is claimed special trains and fast steamehlps can make the distance to London In thirteen hours. As the project has received the approval of the Drltish House of Lords Its consummation is probably a question of brief time. President Shafltr's threat of a general trike which will make "Wall street's rich Tragnates tremble." indicates that the members of unb-tis and men of wealth are all the people there are iu this country, and that a general strike would affect millionaires only. iie seems not to realize that a general strike means the stopping of all the industries of the country, includ ing the railnad There ate poibly two thousand millionaires to tremble, but what would befall the millions of people in cilie who purchase their fot from day to day with the vnijif and ialarie. earned from day to day? '( uld tho trembling of a few capitalists be any gratification to Mr fi'.iaffer hf'i put against the suffering of hundred; of thm sands for tho necf.stirlei of life r.hid. would be phut off by a general strike? I. tho persons who are Indorsing this threat of Shaffer's know hat a general strike rneMna to every city In tho country? Do they realize that it rvans the stopping of trains txarlng tiod. to that in a week the price o bread would

be five or six times as muh as now? Fortunately, Shaffer cnnr.ot -arry out his tr: te.it, nn.1 his making It hows that he hs separated hirrsclf from what little discretion may have had. He is simply an orator ;,one frantic. Acnin. it is w. 11 to state the cause for stoppirg all the industry of the country and forcing the peopio to the verge of starvation, which Is that the officers of the teel combination would r.ot force workmen not belonging to the union, employed In nonunion mills, into unions by signing the Amalgamated scale. W-ntie this art of tyranny will not be tolerated Mr. Shaffer in going to plunge the whole p- jd into want and distress.

srvf.iw: hi t Tia i:. Governor Odell, of New Ycrk, Jn an address a few days ago to a Chautauo.ua assemblage, made the following pertinent observation: When we find parents teaching their children that politics Is degrading, that it Is disreputable to participate In tho operations of government and thit to be known as a politician Is to lower one's self in the estimation of one's friends, then the seed of careless disregard for our institutions is sown and the harvest will be disaster to our republic. Ignorance provokes discontent, and if I may be permitted to use the term, "educated ignorance" provokes anarchy and confusion. (Jovernor Odell has had experience In the line of his observations. Ho had been actively connected with the Republican organizations in New York for years, and, because ho had been chairman of the State committee four years when nominated for Governor, was denounced as a "machine man." It made no difference that ho did not desire the nomination; he had been active in party management and would be "run by tho machine" if elected. He was admitted to be personally a clean and able man, but, because ho had been active in party affairs, a class of ultra reformers denounced him and refused to vote for him, so that ho ran quite a nuanber of votes behind President McKinley. It is now a wellknown fact that New York has not had so energetic and useful a Governor in years, or ono who has uprooted so many evils in state administration. Tho paragraph quoted embraces much truth. It is tho practice of many good men to hold up those who take an active part in political affairs as men to be avoided, if not really disreputable. This is particularly the case in municipal politics. No matter how honorable the young man or how free from any selllsh detlgn, the moment lie takes an Interest in municipal politics he runs the risk of being branded as a ward politician. Men will say of him that ho is a promising young man, but, having taken a hand in local politics, they will shako their heads as if by so doing he had put himself in tho list of the suspected. Hecause of this sentiment, more than anything else, cities have inefficient governments. That tho condition is not worse Is duo to the fact that a goodly number cf men run tho risk of being called disreputable politicians and take a hand in shaping affairs. Perhaps wo are recovering somewhat from tho cynicism with which the machine in politics lias been discredited, and in telligent men are more and more seeing the importance of taking an active part in local politics. The attitude of the inde pendent Is very gratifying to those who assume It, but a hundred or a thousand independents never made a nomination, so that ultimately they must either vote for a machine nomination or not vote at all. Tho law-protected primary is a long step toward better government if those who should bo tho "best citizens' really win tho title by taking part in the primary of one or other of tho two parties by helping to put the names of good men on the primary ballot. Those are not good citizens who constantly criticise and denounce men who aro active In politics. The effect of such denunciation is that young men who look upon active politicians as models are taught to distrust our institutions, one of which Is tho primary election regulated by law. TIIK STEI'.L COHPOItATIOX AM) TIIK Ii AW. In a communication printed in yester day's Journal a local attorney maintains that the United "States Steel Corporation is an unlawful combination under the Sherman anti-trust law, and that, in compliance with the terms of the law, it Is the duty of the United States district attorney in this and other States to institute' proceedings against it. There Is room for a difference of opinion on the subject, and probably the only way to settle the matter is by filing suit, which may bo dine by the district attorney or by any person -who may claim to be injured in his person or property by the corporation named. The law says any person so injured "may sue therefor in any circuit court of the United States in the district in which the defendant Is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover three-fold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit. Including a reasonable attorney's fee." That sort of a suit by any person who claims to have Wen Injured by the trust, even In the smallest amount, would test the legal question as well as proceedings instituted by the district attorney would. The contention that the Steel Corporation comes under the Sherman law Is based en recent decisions of the Supreme Court. U was admitted on all hands that the early decisions were favorable .to the corporations, on tho ground that unless they were Interfering directly with Interstate commerce Congress had no power over them, und that the manufacturing of goods for distribution and sale in the various States did not constitute such an interference. In the sugar trust case the Supreme Court said: The fact that an article Is manufactured for export to another State does not. of itself, make it an article of interstate commerce, and the intent of the manufacturer doe? not determine the time when the article or product passes from the control of the State and belongs to Congress. Contracts, combinations or conspiracies to control domestic enterprise in manufacture, act lculture. mining, production In all forms, or to raise or lower prices or wane's might unquestionably tend to restrain ex ternal as well as domestic trade, but the restraint wool I be an indirect result, how ever Inevitable and whatever its ext tit, and such result would not necessarily determine the object of the contract, combination or conspiracy. Nevertheless, it does rot follow that an attempt to monopolize or the actual monopoly e t the manufacture, was an attempt, whether executory or consummated, to monopolize commerce, even though in order to dispose of the product the Instrumentality of commerce was necessarily invoked. The effect of this decision was to confine the operation of the Sherman law to matters clearly and directly relating to interstate commerce. It is contended, however, that the steel trust comes within the scope of later decisions. In the case of the Addyston Pipe and Steet Company- the court said: "If an agreement er combination directly restrains not alone the manufacture, but the purchase, sab or exchange of the manufactured commodity among the taveral States, It is brought within the pro-

visions of the statute." In that ease several corporations were working under an agreement to divide the territory of the Fn'tcd States among themselves and to keep up prices. This agreement to divide territory and control prices was a controlling element in that case. ;ip.,l the basis of the de-ci.-ion. It Is not believed this averment would lie against the steel company. The consolidation of plants, the closit g of scrne and the removal of others, the restriction of production, the reduction of wages,, or all of these combined do not constitute interfcr'nee with Interstate commerce under the definition of the Supreme Court. To constitute an interference there must bo direct interference with or disturbance of the means of transportation. The decision of the Supreme Court of Illinois in the case of the American Glucose Company was rendered und-rr a state law. In that case one corporation being about to aceiuire the plant of another, both having been organised tinder tho laws of New Jersey, a stockholder brought suit to prevent consummation of the sale, and the crurt held that, tinder the laws of Illinois, any corporation is .forbidden to sell its property to a compositor, if the transaction has the effect of regulating prices, limiting competition or contiolling production. This decision has no be? ring on tho construction of the Sherman law. Possibly tho same rule would hold under the laws of Indiana in a prosecution in the state courts, but the same attorney who wrote to tho Journal, said, in another city paper a few days ago: "In Indiana, because of the utterly inano statutes enacted at the last Legislature, the suits would have to bo brought upon the principle of common law and public policy. The attorney general, however, is, under the statute, not the proper officer to begin such prosecution." The Journal Is still of opinion that it is not a caso of plain sailing. A Washington dispatch says tho rostoffice authorities have information that the trial of L P. Thompson, formerly postmaster at Havana, has been concluded. This is the first Intimation received that it had been begun, although Mr. Thompson has been trying for many months to have his case taken up. It dates from May, 1900, when ho confessed to having committed the technical offense of anticipating his salary to tho amount of $433 by drawing on the money order funds of tho office and leaving a memorandum as a receipt for the money. This was an Improper and dangerous procedure on his part, but it is often done by postmasters, and jio person who knows Mr. Thompson believes that ho could be guilty of a dishonest act. He made the amount good, and now, after having been kept in suspenso and on expense moro than a year, he Is convicted of a technical violation of law and sentenced to pay the amount over again or serve six months in prison. Of course, he will pay the fine. A reprimand from the Postoffice Department at Washington is all the punishment Mr. Thompson should ever have received. It is hoped he is not being made a scapegoat for other real criminals.

Michael Davitt, who addressed the United Irish Societies in Chicago yesterday, is an able man in some respects, and as an Irish agitator has had an eventful career. For thirty-five years past he has been a leader In tho Fenian and other like movements, and can boast of having boen arrested and imprisoned oftcner than any other Irishman living. It was hardly neces sary for Mr. Davitt to come to this country to enlighten the American people concerning the Irish question. They have enough domestic problems of their own without meddling with those of other nations. PROM HITHER AND YON. "Worse. Philadelphia bulletin. "Do you think a girl ought to chew gum?" "Well, I car stani that; but exceuse me when she begins to chew the rag." At the Ocean Ilench lintel. Puck. Friend If owdy, Colonel! Taken your morning dip yet? Colonel Kaintuck (puzrlcd) Dip? Ain't It usually called "nip." sah? Permanent -vltli Ulm. Philadelphia Press. "Hello, fr'en'l" cried the jolly Inebriate, "come have drink." "No!" snapped the temperance crant, "I'm not that kind of a fool." "Too bad! If ye was ye might sleep oft yr foolishness. Too bad!" o Absolute Certainty. Chicago Tribune. "You want to marry my daughter, do you? What reason have you to think, youn;? man, she cares ftr you?" "None at all, sir, except that she always kisses tne Rood night when I take my lav after calling on her, anl says she'd be awfully lonely till she sees me again. But I don't knowr much about the ways of r rls, sir." Anxlonis to Oblige. Chicago Record-IWald. A ChicMRo man went into a bookstore the other day and asked for a copy of IJoswell s "Life of Johnson." The clerk hunted around awhile, ard then returned with f hip, thick volume, saylrg: "We don't seem to have thtt, but here's the "Life and Works of William J. Biyan" that we're uellintr away below cost. If you want a bargain, Johnson's "Lift ot P.c swell" isn't in It with tula." MARTYRS TO SCIENCE. Several Mm Have Themselves Inno ulntetl VTltlt llnlne Tiihrrcnloul, CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Dr. Koch's theory that bovine tuberculosis cannot be communicated to human beings Is now being tested under the direction of the Chicago health department. Several men are now undergoing the experiment of inoculation under the direction of Dr. Rellly, acting commissioner of health. The experiment is made with skin, tuberculosis lupus a form of the disease which Is curable and controllable. Just as satisfactory a test, it Is asserted by Dr. Reilly, can be had by inoculating the skin of the human being with the bacillus from the animal as could be obtained from ex: erlment with pulmonary tuberculosis. The one is feasible. because It docs not endanger life. Hecause the latter does P. is regarded as impractic able. The volunteers have been inoculated with the germs obtained from Infected cows. Their condition, a few weeks hence, it is thought, will show definitely whether Dr K'orn's theory is correct. Dr. Reilly. in sneaking of this experiment, said several ollVts have been obtained from persons willing to subject themselves to fnoeuia tion with th more serious species of bo vine tuU'rculoads, but fortunately these of fers w ould not n ed to be accepted. One volunteer who . hails from Michigan offered himself as. a subject without re quiring an annuity for his family. The proposal was referred to tne corporation counsel's ofiVe. and precipitated a discus sion of tho liability of the city for damaes In case or a latal termination of the test. The corporation counsel. Walker, finally advised the health otIUials not to accept the Michigan man's öfter. The city would be held responsible. Mr. Walker said, for the death or the subject. The decision put an end to any plans the city might have unuet ta-ke-n for a test of the thtory in pulluuiiarv tuberculosis.

HIDE FIRE IN WABASH

itr.mior HLA.n iiok iiamagh AMOUNTING TO $12.000. Fires in Other Part nf the State. In. eluding a Number Which Were Unused by Lightnimx. CRIME AND ACCIDENT RECORD FAIIMKIl I'ATALIiV ASSAILTKII IN II A II T 1 1 0 LO M I : W CO I N T V. Koknmo Hoy Kills n Comrade Ilencfits of the Hnin Major Steele on lluml l'rce Mail Delivery. Special to the Indianapolis Jourrat. WABASH, Ind., Aug. 17. Firo broke out to-night in tho hido and junk establishment of Simon Cook, and the largo building was gutted. It was nearly full of hides, which blazed fiercely, making a hard firo to light. The Ilamcs spread to Rlchmcycr's feed barn and tho Crescent stables, which wero saved with difficulty, the horses being turned out. Mr. Cook said all his stock was destroyed, but the building, which is of stone and cost $a,000, received comparatively little damage The loss en tho stock is $10,000 and on tho building $10.000. Insurance on all Is $10,000. Tho origin of the fire is supposed to have been spontaneous combustion. Redkoy's Severe Visitation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. REDKEY. Ind., Aug. 15.-F:ie, which broke out from an unknown cause, in the junk shop of Michael Backer, about last midnight, clcstroyed the building and its contents, a horse and the dealer's house adjoining, the livery barn of G. II. Bowser, with all tho hay, grain and fixtures; the residence of W. T. Fires, with a part of its contents: the Fires barn and that of Andrew De Voss, in which was a line pacing stallion, valueel at Jl.oiiO, owned by Joseph Crisler, which also was destrcyed; the barns of J, T. Snider and Anthony McKInney anei two barns owned by G. I Horn, in all of which were considerable quantities of hay and grain and several vehicles, and the rear portion of the Hees Hotel, but here, by the united efforts of the citizens, the lire was checked. Tho town U without fire protection, and as everything is as dry as tinder. It required three hours of unremitting toll to to stop the advance of the tlames. The lois will reach $10.000. with but little insurance, distributed as follows: George II. Bowser, barn and contents, $2.0u0; Michael Backer, residence and contents, $0); Rets Hotel, . fully covered; the balance being a total loss. County Flren In Wabnsh County, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Aug. 13. Thero was an exciting fire near North Manchester yes- j terday, when a spark from a Big Four train ignited a stubble field. Tho flames j ran rapidly toward the big barn on the place owned by Henry Mills, and the hired man attempted to head them off by plowing a furrow. The fire, however, overtook tho man and tram, and to save the horses they were cut loose from the plow. As the firo was rapidly approaching the barn and house the North Manchester fire depart ment was calle-el and arrived barely in sea son to save the buildings. A bad forest fire also broke out on the Woods farm on the IndU.n land, in this county, yesterday, and destroyed a largo amount of valuable timber and much fencing. Burn, Oruln niicl Machinery Ilnrned, Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Aug. 13. Fire starting from a spark from a traction engino con sumed Georgo Krous's barn, in Madison township, with all its Contents, consist ing of farm crops and machinery. A horse was cremated. M. Constable s threshing outfit caught fire and burned also. The loss is in excess of $3,000, with partial Insurance. Farmer Fatnlly Ilnrned. Special to the Indians polls Journal, MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 15. While fighting fire in a field at his homo yesterday, near Muncie, Harris Jefferson fell to the ground In an epileptic fit find was so badly burned that he cannot recover. The man lay in the flames in an unconscious state until found by his brother, who was attracted by the fire. Jefferson is a well-to-do farmer. HIS HEAD CL'TT OFF. Small Hoy Fell Inder n Train Before Hundreds of People. FHvfal to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY, Ind., Aug. 15-Willie Debolt, aged nine, while attending the German day celebration at Ansonla, ten miles east of here, with his father, a well-known veterinary surg?on, to-day, fell under a Bl? Four freight train and his head was cut off. The acoid?nt was witnessed by hundreds of the people who were present at tho celebration. Bridge AVent Down with Ulm. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Aug. 13. Walter Graves, a well-known farmer living near here, had an unusual experience when a thirty-foot span of a bridge over which he was driving a wagon loaded with thirtythree bushels of wheat suddenly dropped from under hire, falling horizontally to the bottem of the river twenty feet from the level of the bridge and under twelve feet of water. The wagon, horses and driver dropped with the pan, but Mr. Graves and the horses escaped injury, though the animals were rescued with difficulty, It being hard for them to climb the bank near the bridge. The wagon whs demolished by the weight of the wheat and the wheat was ruined by water. Sleeping Child. Hon Over. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 13. A little son of Henry Williams, out toward Morgantown, was tun over in a peculiar way last evening. He was playing about the house about dusk, and, becoming weary, lay down in the public road and went to sleep. Soon after dark two men driving rapidly drove over the little fellow's head and he lies iu a precarious condition. Hoy Accidentally Shoot Himself. Special to the Indi.enaiolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Aug. 13. This afternoon Charles Abele, tho six-year-old son of ex-Councilman Chri Abele, of this city, accidentally shot himself through the hip with a revolver which ho had found In a, buggy while playing in a ne-ighhor's barn. The wound Is serious, but not necessarily fatal. PROBABLY FATAL ASSAULT. Itn Mlioloine vv County Farmer Beaten by n Neighbor and His Sons. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS. Ind., Aug. 13. Charles Spragg. aged about forty years, a farmer living in the western part of this county. was murderously assaulted in the public road by James Ciintore and his two grown sons;, Joseph and Otto, about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The tragedy occurred near the town of Osilvillo near which place C 11 more's farm Is located. From the meager details at hand to-night It appears that Spragg, In company with his wife anl little child, was returning home from Taylor's Mill, and when passing the Gilmorc tarn: they were st upon by a daughter of Glhrnre, who assaulted them with stones. Srragg Jumped from his wagon and advanced toward the woman, when the father and two aon who were

working in a field near by. went to her rescue and assaulted Spragg with fence rails or any other clubs at hanL not insisting until thev left him for dead, lying In the road. revived somewhat and was taken home, but Is not expected to reover, as his head is badly crushrd. There is said to hav been a feud of .everal yeais standing between the families. The news of th tragedy was brought to tewn by Spraarg' wife, who. aft?r the assault, placed her child and unconscious husband In the care cf a neighbor and drove th? twelve miles to Columbus to Inform the ofiicers. Sheriff Wagner and Officer Dixon immediately left for the scene of the trouble, but late to-night they had not returned.

Fntnl Quarrel Over lurltle. f pocial to the Indianapolis Journal. KOIvOMO, Ind., Aug. 15. Yesterday four boys in the north part of town were playing marbles when they quarreled ever the game and a twelve-year-old lad named MrVety hit Eddie McKee, aged thirteen, with a stone. The blow produced concussion of the train, from which McKee died last night. An arrest for Involuntary manslaughter will follow. Victim of nn ArTrny Die. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. SPENCER. Ind., Aug 13. James Green, who was shot by A. S. McBride at Freedom on June 22. died yesterday as tho result of the wound. An autopsy was held to determine the nature of ho wound. The coroner's verdict has not yet been reported. McBride has been under $1.0)0 bond since the shooting. He will le heltl to tho grand jury on an Increased bond. INDIANA OIU1UARV. C. V, Knyser, Philippine Soldier, la Burled nt Clny City. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLAY CITY, Ind.. Aug. 13.-The body of Christian F. Kayser, of Company B, Thirty-first Regiment United States Volunteer Infantry, arrived here to-day from the Philippines, and was interred at Greenwell's cemetery. Kayser enlisted on July 20. 1899, and died on Dec. 7, 1W. cf fever contracted while on duty in the Philippines. He was thirty-ei?ht years old and single. His father, seventy-nino years old, two brothers and two sisters survive. A large assemblage witnessed the arrival and burlaTof the body. A R ed Woman of Lnfljro. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Aug. 13. At Lagro, Wabash county, to-day, Mrs. Nancy Adams, aged ninety-two years, passed away, having been slowly dying for the last ten days of the infirmities incident to her advanced years. She was, so far as known, the oldest female resident of Wabash county. Mrs. Adams was born in Hartford, Conn., on June Y.l, 109, and there married Richard T. Adams, coming West with htm in 186, when ho was employed as superintendent of the work cf constructing tho Wabash and Erie canal from Fort Wayne to Logansport. After the completion of the canal they moved to DisKo and thence to South Chicago, returning a few months later to Lagro. Three sonn were born to them, Wilson, now merchant at Lagro, Edwin, station agent of the Erie road at Laketon, and Lucius, who is a roldier In the British army in the Transvaal. Another venerable resident of Lagro also expired this morning Mrs. Balllnger, who since 1S40 had lived in and around the town. She was eighty-eight years old. Another Philippine Soldier. Epeoial to the Indianapolis Jourral. NEW CASTLE, Ind., Aug. 15. The body of Daniel F. Griffin, lato of Company C, Thirty-first United States Volunteers, arrived here to-day from the Philippines, and after identification by Herbert Morris, a comrade of Griffin and also of this place. who was with Griffin when ho died of fever, tho body was taken to tho family home. The funeral services will be held Friday, and the local company of the National Guard will do escort duty. Michael J. Huydou. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 15. Michael J. Haydon, aged sixty-seven, for fifty years a glass worker; a blower for forty years, and one of the founders of the ejreen Bottle mowers Association, in Pittsburg, died tonignt. lie win ne burled in Pittsburg on Monday, from St. Joseph s Church. He was widely known in the trade. Other Indiana Necrology. TirrON. Ind., Aug. 13. Cartaln M. C. Holman, aged eighty-four years, and one of the; oldest residents of the county, died at his home near Sharpsville this morning after a brief Illness. His death is attributed to a dlseaso contracted in tho army. Captain Holman was bern In Ripley county on April 17, and was the youngest ol! the ten children born to William and Mary Holman. His parents were among tne nrst settlers or itipiey county, having Fettled there in 1.S-0. The deceased was a cousin of the famous congressman long Known as " tne waicn uog or the treasury." Captain Holman served with distinction during the civil war, enlisting as a private and leaving the army as captain. MUNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 13. Tho Rev. John V. Studebaker diet! at his home In Shldeler this morning, after a lingering illness. Ho was eighty-five years old and had lived in Delaware county since 1KIS. when he settled In the northern part of the county, near the present site of Eaton. For many years he was a minister in the United Brethren Church. The funeral services will be held t riday morning. MARTINSVILLE, Aug. 15. Harvey Gillaspy, aged eighty years, eiied last night at his home east of this city, of old age. Mr. Gillaspy was well known as a farmer and stockman. A widow, two sons and four daughters survive, Mrs. Nancy Gulnn, of Indianapolis, being a daughter. NEW ALBANY, Ind.. Aug. 13. Andrew Jackson Gwin. aged lifty-cne yearn, died suddenly to-night or heart disea-e. He was a native of this city and left a widow and two sons. VALPARAISO. Ind.. Aug. 15. Mrs. Wil liam McDonald, of Pleasant Ridge, aged seventy-five, died yesterday as the result of injuries received recently' In a runaway. CHANGES AT WINONA LAKE. Preparations Are About Completed for the (irent Bible Conference. Special to tho Indianapolis Journ?l. WINONA, Ind., Aug. 13. Many chanses are going on at Winona in the population. Hundreds nf busy men and women who have spent their vacations here are hurrying to their homes, while hundreds more arc arriving daily to attend the great BIbro conference. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman will preside at all tho meetings. He will be assisted by such men as the He. Jehn MoNeil, of Scotland; the Rev. Rowland Edwards, of England: the Rev. J. W. Vanc'c-venb-r. of Scotland: Mr. Todd B. Hall, the detective evangelist, of Baltin.ore, and scores of others. This morning John McNeil spoke earnestly t" a large audience. In the afternoon the Imperial Be!l Ringers gave their econd concert, after which the Rev. I). C. Martin, of Pittsburg, lectured on "The Relation of Divine Governme nt to Nations." This evening W. M. French, of the Art Institute, of Clvcago. talked on "The Wit and Wisdom of "hei Crayon." Islnnd Pari Is Closed. Special to the Indiana po'Is Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Aug. 13. The annual assembly at Island F.irk, Rome City, which has been in session Rlnce July 24. came to a close this evening with a grand concert in which all the talent on the ground took part. The affair wa a delightful success and was attended by a large crowd. Nearly all of the cottagers ere preparing to leave, and to-morrow will be 'Vtawai" dav in earnest. The attendance this year has been very large. In fact, tne best for any of the twenty years the Western Chautauqua has been In existence, and the management feels much flattered over Its success, but realises fully that the large sum expended for improvements h?s in a men jure been responsible for the liberal patronage. CAY MS A ST It IKK T1LL IN SF.TTLKI1. Miner Are Preparlntc to Appeal from Prenldent Mitchell' Decision. Spexial to the Indianapolis Journal. TEHRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. 13. The members of 'the loca'. union of the United Mine Workers at Cayuga, whose charter was taken from them by National Pres ident Mitchell, are preparing to appeal from his action. The local went on a strike In a

mine at Cayuga over a controversy with)

the superintendent of the mine. President Van Horn, of tho Indiana district, ordered the men to return to work pending a proper consideration of the grievance, as provided in the contract with the lnoiana operators, but the men would n"t obey his order, and then Preider t Mitchell g ive the-m warnins. The strikers are very bitter Hg.iint the officials of the minar' organization ;nid say they will win the strike in the- end. Th mine is still Idle.

CJrnceo-Amerlciin Hint. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., Aug. 13. The riot which began west of Daleville, yesterday, between Greek and American workmen on the line of the "Midland Railroad resulted In most cf the American? quitting work this morning, although no more violence resulted. This morning both factions went to the fucr.o of the affray of yesterday armed with revolvers and knives. The Americans. seing that they were outnumbered nearly two to one and that the Greeks were heavily armed, served notice on the boss that they would not work in so much jeopardy and dispersed, leaving the (.reeks in charge of the work. The trouble started yesterday over the possesion of some picks and shovels which were used in ballasting the track. Hopeful of Early Settlement. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION. Ind.. Aug. 13. Indications arc that the plumbers' and steamlitters' strike in this city will soon he over. State Labor Commissioner McCormack. of Indianapolis, is here in an effort to bring about an adjustment of the controversy between the workmen's union and the local Master Plumbers' Association. The workmen have been on strike for over a month, and the building industry hece is at a standstill as a result of the trouble. STHLCIv BY LlC.HTNINt. Barn Deatrnyed During the Storm of Wednesday Night. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FARMLAND, Ind., Aug. 13.-Lightnlng struck the barn of Jacob Hütchens, south of this place, during a severe storm early this morning, killing a fine horse and setting the barn on fire, burning it to the ground beforo help could be summoned. Several tons of hay and the entire yield of sixty acres of wheat were lost. BRAZIL, Ind., Aug. 13. During a storm last night the large barn of Richard Campbell, wh3 lives north of the city, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The contents, consisting of sixty tons of hay and many farming implements, wero also destroyed. Loss, $2,J)0i; partly covered by insurance. Wnyne County Barn Burned. SpecKI to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 15. Lat last r.ight lightning struck and burned completely, with its contents, the large barn of Jonas Marker, near Campbellstown, cast oi here. .Che loss Is 57,000. Bain Drops. NASHVILLE. A gentle but steady show er of rain set in at Thursday morning day light and continued for over two hours. greatly benefiting pastures, com and garden crops. It was tho first shower for over" a month and was general throughout the county, 'ihe farmers are much more hopeful of the crop outlook. NEW CASTLE. This part of Henry county was blessed with a rainfall of throe hours' duration, early Thursday morning, and the farmers bellt ve the yield of corn will be greatly increased thereby. The drought listed fifty-three days, but thtre will 00 thousands of bushels of lirst-class corn in the county. DUBLIN. Dublin and the surrounding country received a good drenching after Wednesday midnight, and. whlio the corn will not receive much benefit, nearly all other crops will be put in better position. me larmers are taking a much more cheerful view cf the situation. MARTINSVILLE. Rain fell copiously for nearly an hour early Thursday morning over a strip beginnirg just east of the river and exteneling about eight miles cast of town. The melon crop will be greatly benefited and some good will result to bottom corn. ML ST HAVE GOOD IIOADS. Government Demands Them for Rural Delivery, Siim Mr. Steele. Spec.al to tho Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., Aug. 13. In commenting on an artlclo recently published in the Journal in a special dispatch from the Journal's staff correspondent. Otto Carmichael, of Washington, Major Steele, con gressman from the Eleventh district, re garding the malntenaiice of good roads In connection with the free rural mail delivery, says: "This is not a mere recommendation. It does not mean that it would be real nice if good roads were maintained where rural free delivery is practiced. It means pos itively and imperatively that good roads must be provided with service. While the rural free delivery was in its experimental stage the maintenance of good roads was merely advised and recommended as some thing that would materially improve the service by enabling tho carriers to make bell er time over their route s. Now the system has passed the experimental stage and is a permanent institution. The de partment ha made a fair and square change of policy along that line, and now ceases to recommend good roads it demands them. If the government is to furr.ish farmers and other country people their mail right at their door yard, the people must do their share by supplying good roads for the mailmen to traverse. That is a fair exchange. "Where rural routes aro established and tho roads are not good enough to suit the department they will be discontinued promptly and alle wed to remain idle until tho necessary arrangements are made toward improvements. The rural delivery has come to stay. Perhaps the roads in this district aro as good as any in the State, but some of them i ced looking after. This is a matter which needs emphasizing pretty strongly. It means Just what it says the discontinuance-) of iural mall delivery wherever there ar bael roads." CLAY CITY SCHOOL SITUATION. The Town In n Dilemma Over the Erection of n Building. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLAY CITY, Ind., Aug. 15. Tho question is to whether Clay City Is to have a new schoolhouse has become a serious one. The State Board of Health having condemned the old building on the ground that it is unsanitary and unsafe, this action has given rise to a division of pentirrent as to what should be done. A few of the citizens have taken the ground that this condemnation means the old building shall not ton repaired for use, while others rrako the peiint that if the conditions on which the he-alth board based its action be remeivcd the town may continue to ue the building. A large majority of the citizens tHke the latter view, claiming that the courts would not sustain nn action to prevent the use of the building when made sanitary and safe. Several experts have examined the building and say tht with an expenditure of t' or JV) it can be made safe. Not 011 of th? local physicians has been able to attribute a case of sickness to an unsanitary condition of the school building. A r.ew building, such as contemplated bv its advocates, would cost something like $1R. '). The town has no money aneJ. the assessed valuation of property is on y sufficient to raise :S7.U by th" ss.le e.f bo-ids. To begin the constru. tion of a new building now would mean no school before March 1 and the turning back to th" Slate for redistribution of some 11 or J:h1 of unused tuition money, besides, depriving the children of four or five months of school. Sil It I II V A LT Y VACANCY. Declaration that It Elista by Wording of Tenure of Ofllcu I.atv. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CKAWFOKDSV1LLK. Ind.. Aug. IS. Orville C. Jarvis has filed a request that the County Commissioners be called together by the auditor on Aug. '22 for th purpose of naming a person to serve as sheriff until next January, setting forth the plea that the term of the present sheriff ends on Aug. 2 and that the last Is-glslature set the time for the sheriffs elect e-d to take their office on Jan. 1. It Is m t f rth in the notice of Mr. Jarvis that the present sheriff. D. C. Canine, "having served for two full terms by election, and that under Article 6. Section 2. of the Constitution of Indiana (being Section V2 of the Revised Statutes of l'-). he 1 Ineligible: to hold-

the office longer. Tint tlv Sheriff elfetrd at the l,it election, by reno-i of the law paed nt the J.ist Islsl.vtnre. docs Tot N-gin his term until .bei. 1. '2." Therefore it J stated tint it the duty of th Bo: rd of Comtui-'i' e. rs t. tne t on A!:g. 22 an. I fill the v;--.ir.-y by app. ir.tlr.T a satiable jetson for hrrifT for the 1 i.U T i" i - .. Hire b'tween th u and tlie 1; of January. I'OtMl IN A CLOCK.

Ancient Will Which llequrn.tb.ed Part of (he Site of Dblenbarg. Sreclal to th Ir.dlarvpo'is Journal. W I NAM At. Ind.. Auk. 13. Carl Stelnbaugh Is th? ov.ner of a clock that H said to have been made In the year P'-Jl in Oldenburg. Germar y. He had just taken possession of a faira which ho had purchased in this county from the estJte of his mother and was trying to make to old clock run when he discovered a secre panel in which a will was secreted dated iat Stettin. Ormany. rn Oct. :i. 1T. in vJhirh John Ftutman willed to his niece. Kettle M. Rundenburgh, several thotistnd acres of land on which part of the city of Oldenburg is said to bo built. At the time this will was made Kottle M. Rundonburg was about six years old. and her pa-ents came, to America and settled in the State of New York. It is said that at the time of her grandfather's death a brother suddenly became vrrv wealthy, and Mr. Sternbauuh is of the opinion that, as no will was found, a will was forged. Mr. Sternhaugh will go to Germany and employ :in attorney to look up the estate, as he thinks tl ere nre millions of dollars coming to him through his mother's interest as a descendant of the legate. 4 . ANN' CA L HETBF.AT ENDED. Twelve Admission to the Order of the Slaters of Providence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE 1LYUTE, Ind.. Aug. 13.-The annual retreat of the Sisters of Providence of tho United States was concluded this morning at St. Mary's of the Woods, tho mother home of the order in the United States, with pontificial mass in the chapel and with the reception cf twelve young women into the order as postulants. The young women entered the chapel attired in bridal robes of white, wearing wreaths and veils. Bishop O'Donaghue s:poko impressively of the duties they wete about to assume, and then handed to each the garb of somber black of the order. Th young women retired and reappeared in their robes. There was impressive music and the Rev. H. Moeller, of St. Louis, of the Society of Jesus, delivered the sermon. One of the new sisters waa Miss Katherine Regan, of Indianapolis, who become s Sister Mary Cassimer. The seven hundre d sisters who have been attending the summer normal at the home and for the seven days past have been in silent retreat will leave for their scholos at one e. ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. Narrow Escape of an Indianapolis Aeronaut at (reensburg Fair. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENS BURG, Ind., Aug. 15. Fully 12,000 peopio attenue-d the street fair here today. A light rain last night laid the dust, and by 9 o'clock to-day the streets were crowded with people. All Lie attractions aro clean and are receiving a large patronage. The crowning of Miss Lena Eich as carnival queen at 7 o'clock to-night attracted great crowds. She will appear in the floral parade on Friday afternoon. Friday will be one of the best days of the fair, which will close on Saturday night with a grand display of fireworks. Six hundred people from Shelby v file came In on one train this afternoon. John Wea'.lurs, of Indianapolis, maele a balloon ascension today, but when high in the air he was unable to cut himself loose from the balloon. He came down rapidly with the balloon, and fvcry one expected to see him dashed to pieces, but he saved himself by Jumping to the roof of a lipuso and escaped serious injury. TYPICAL SAM JONES INTERVIEW. The Cracker Preacher Eiprcsae Ills Opinion of the Democracy. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 13,-The Rev. Sam Jones, of Georgia, was Interviewed here to-day about the Democratic party. He said: "I feel sorry for tho Democrats. The Republicans seem to havo let them down a well and pulled up the ladder. As long as the Democratic party has leaders like Tillman, Altgeld & Co. they will have to take deck passage on the ship of state. There ain't stateroom in any decent ship that would glvo them quarters. They have got to put the brains in front and couple the brains on to tho mouth of the party or the Ropublicar.fi have got a ench on this government lor a hundred years to come." Red Men nt Craw fordav Ille. Special to the Ir.dlanarolii Journal. CRAV.'FORDSVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 13.-Th Red Men held their Wabash valley powwow here to-day at the fair grounds, and it was a very enjoyable affair. There were delegation? here? from Covington, Lafayette, Lebanon, Frankfort and Greencastle, and n-ost of tbeso Jelcftationa bad bands with them. The program no commenced with a parade this morning Addresses of welcome were made) by Mayor Elmore and I). W. Gerard. A response was made by Wilson Rooje, great stehen, of 1ogansport. The entertainments to-day consistent of a balloon ascension and parachute leap, lox chase, foot race, greased pig race. mule, lace and a watermelon-eallrg contest. This evening there v.-a3 also a parade and then there vtas lodge work in the degrees. A business meeting was held this afternoon. Old eitler at llldftevllle. Special to th IndlanRpolls Journal. RLJGEVILLE. Ind.. Aug. 13.-The thirteenth annual meeting of the old settlers of Jay and Randolph counties was held hero to-day. Many thousands of iersons were present. Including large delegations from Portland, Dunkirk and intermedUt stations. Speech were mde by Joseph Powers, of Portland, and Mayor H. T. Day, of Dunkirk. 1 liefe officers were elec ted: George lA-ai.etix. of Kanoolph. president: W. 1 1. McLauphlln. of Jay. vice president; N. W. F rgiison, hooretary. A general exchange of reminiscences folb"ed. The eidest person present Was liter Lnsloy, e-ighty-twe years eld. for sixty-eight years a resident of Randolph coun :y. Bob" Mansfield nt Ills Post. Spoeli.I to th6 IndlanapoliIournal. MARION, Inc.., Aug. 13. Major George W. Steele Is in receipt of a letfer from Robert Mansfield, recently apiolnted United States consul at Valparaiso, Chile, on the west coast of South America. Th letter Mates that th writer arrived nt his destination and post of duty on July 1, after a voyage ef thirty-two days Horn New ork. He- says h" would not re-commend the trip for pleasure seekers. He finds Valparaiso a city of IVUmi inhabitants, fairly wid. awake, and with a good climate. When h wrote he was stopping at th Grand Hotel, and had made that place hii ttn. porary censulate. Independent of Outside Help. Special to th Indian p-diH Journal. PORTLAND. Aug. IV-H. P. Lane, vice preM nt of tin Eastern Indiana Traction Company, w 1: . h w;s lmotporatcd for the purpose of h li.dinr an oice trie line from Uli hniond to I'oitiand. was Icre to-day completing arrant-no nts to bgm takln up the ripht of way. TMs will be done immediately and the construction contract let so that work can bin thi fall. The comtany i i-ot asking any subMis, but r.nnonnce-s that It has ample capital to temstruot the lin . Cincinnati Mnn Took the Honor. Spi I to the InlianaidiH J' un.al RICHMOND. Ind.. Aue;. 15. The third annual sweepstake shoot of the Richmond Shooting and Fishing Club closed this evening. Tlx honors both das wer won by C. VY. Phillis. of Cincinnati, who on the first day broke E f a ji.i-sl.de lv", target and on the second d ty 17: of a jMissible W) latgel.t. Record In oil Writ Drilling. SpeeUI ti th Indianp.!! Journal. MARION. Ind.. Aug. 15. A record was es tabllshed lr. drilling oil wells In this fielt last week. The work was d ne by Nick Selbert and Charles Jlasson. drillers, and "(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3," CuL I.)