Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 352, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1901 — Page 2

TTIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1901.

Indiana," by Paul Dre?ser, who won fame as the composer of "On the Banks of the Wabash." and who wrote this latest ballad for the present occasion. Mr. Dresst's song follows: WAY DOWN IN OLD INDIANA. Cor-rriehtd by Paul Dr.fT.J iYiih a heart fall of lorsir.g my thoughts turn to-night Pack to oM Indiana. The tame wayward lal In the mallow moonlight. Down In oil InJiar.a. Thre lie the scenes cf a lifetime the best. There' where I watcLcd the eun ir.k In the west. And when I am (one It is there I would rest. Way down hi oil Indiana. Chorus: There's where the oil folks have slept many years. There as a eh!13 I paw life's Joys and tears. In fancy I ee mother calming my fears. Way down In old Indiana. It was there that in prayer I first fol-ied my hand. Down in old Indiana. And there In my dreams I taw far distant lanis. IX In' old Indiana. I ee the harvest hanJj gathering the Kraln, The thought of the old home my heart fills with pain. Cladly would I live it over again Way down in old Indiana. Short speeches' by the presidents cf the 'Indiana colleges, interspersed with recitations and music, followed. The programme of toasts and responses as carried out is here given: "Log Cabin Era." Hon. Mark E. De Motte; "Indiana Literature," Hon. Thomas Riley Marshall; "The College Man in Chicago," George Ade; "Indiana Statesmen," Hon. Robert S. Taylor; poem by James "Whitcomb Riley, dedicated to the Indiana Club; "Way Down in OM Indiana." new sons, sung and written by Paul Dresser; "The Iloosiers Nest," a poem dedicated to the club, by Addison Ballard. Responses on behalf of Indiana colleges by their presidents were made as follows: "Purdue University." Winthrop Ellsworth Stone, ph. IX; "Wabash College." William Patterson Kane, D. IX; "Indiana University," Joseph Swain, LL IX; "Notre Dame University," Rev. Andrew Morrissey, C. S. C; "Rose Polytechnic Institute," Carl Leo 2l!tes. Ph. IX; "Hanover C .liege," D. W. Fisher. I.I. D. ; "Northern I-.diana Normal School," H. B. Brown, Ph. M.; "Franklin College." William T. Stott. D. D.; "Indiana State Normal School," William W. Parsons, A. M.; "University of Indianapolis," Scot Butler. Ph. D. Previous to setting down at the banquet tablea the 2i) guests gathered in the parlors of the hotel, where old friends renewed their acquaintanceships and over an hour was spent In social Intercourse. The personnel of the reception committee, which looked after the welfare of the guests, was J. XV. Fertig. C. W. Mann, H. M. Skinner, William M. Goldthwaite, Jos. L. Davis, E. E. Pope, R. M. Jackman, Lillian A. Cox, Mabel Leech, Madge D. Headley, James F. Kennedy. IX G. Hamilton, A. XV. Macy. William XV. Butterworth. C. W. Ailing, Jacob Newmen and William C. Niblack. Among those who attended the banquet were the following: Marion County and Butler College Hoyt King. Addison C. Harris, Charles W. Moores. Scot Butler. D. M. Illllis. Wayne County William Strowbrldge, A. I. Swift. L. P. Good. E. S. Boyd, Frank Verbeek. Addison C. Thomas. . Hanover College Alderman Charles Allin?. Prof. John M. Coulter, Frank Crosier, XV. H. Kullenwlder. W. L. Fisher. Franklin College Hazlett A. Cuppy, Charles S. McCoy, Frof. John "W. Moncrieff. Earlham College W. B. Wlckersham. A. W. Macy, Morris E. Cox, Clarence Burkholder. Rose Polytechnic XV. XV. Crow. J. Montgomery, C. I. Mees. Notre Dame University John S. Hummer, Judge John Gibbons, Amy Ieslie, James F. Kennedy, Kickham Scanlan, P. J. O'Keefe. Valparaiso Normal Senator N. L. Agnew, O. I. Klnsey, II. I. Brown, Mark I. De Motte, Linn II. Young, William D. Weis. Purdue University James S. Shortle, Benjamin McCutcheon, George Ade, W. J. Ettin. W. E. Stone. H. C. Ettln. Indiana University W. H. Wood. Miss Marian Rondthaler, Rev. J. A. Rondthaler, Miss Mabel Leech, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swain. Wabash College Lyman Beecher Glover,

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair To-Day nnd To-Morrosr Prob ably Warmer on Thnmdny. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Forecast for Indiana on Wednesday and Thursday: For Indiana and Illinois Fair on Wednesday and Thursday; warmer on Thursday; variable winds. For Ohio Generally fair on Wednesday, except snow along the lake. Thursday ta; and warmer; fresh to brisk northwesterly winds. Local Observations on Tnemlny. Rar. Ther. R.H. Wind. W'ther. Pre. 7a.m..SX0l 5 St Seast. Clear. T 7 p.m. .33.10 1-' M West. Lt. snow. T Maximum temperature, 15; minimum temperature, 4. Comparative statement of the mean temperature and total precipitation on Dec. 17: Temp. Pre. Normal 31 .10 Mean 10 T Departure 21 .10 Departure since Dec. 1 107 2.S0 Departure since Jan. 1 153 11.27 Plus. XV. T. BLYTHE. Section Director. Yesterduy' Temperatures.

Stations. Min. Max. 7 p.m. Atlanta. Ga IS i.0 22 Bismarck. N. D 16 1 12 Buffalo. N. Y J2 IS 1 Calgary. N. W. T 2 44 42 Chicago 4 10 t; Cairo, 111 12 IS 12 Cheyenne, Wyo 4 r.6 Cincinnati 10 1? 14 Concordia. Kan 2 12 10 Davenport, la...,. 0 8 4 TVs Moines. Ia , 0 4 2 Galveston. Tex 40 42 40 Helena. Mcnt Iß 41 SS Jacksonville. Fla 2S 45 4J Kansas City, Mo 2 4 4 Utile Rock. Ark U IS 16 Marquette. Mich 2 n 12 Memphis. Tenn IS 22 pj Nashville. Term 16 24 IS New Orleans 02 44 New York 20 24 20 North Platte. Neb 12 10 16 Oklahoma. (X T 8 21 20 Omaha. Neb 2 .. 2 Pittsburg 12 is 16 Qu Appelle. N. W. T.. 24 4 6 Rapid City. S. I) 2 IS n Salt Lake City. Utah.. 20 34 so St. LouU 8 . 15 g St. Paul. Minn 6 4 2 Springfield. Ill 6 12 C, Springfield. Mo O 6 o Vlcksburg. Miss 24 So 24 Washington, D. C 16 SO 22

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. NEW YORK. Dec. 17. Arrived: Marquette, from Ioiu!on; Vaderland, from Antwerp; Amsterdam, from Rotterdam. Sailed: Georgle, for Liverpool. CHERBOURG. Dec. 17.-Saited: Kronprinz Wilhelm, from Bremen and Southampton, for New York. BOULOGNE SUU MEU. Dec. 17.-Ar-rlved: Potsdam, fron New York, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH. Dec. 17.-Salled: Patricia, from Hamburg and Boulogne, for New York. HALIFAX. N. S.. Dec. 17 -Arrived: Corinthian, from Liverpool, for St. John. N. F. LIVERPOOL. Dec. lT.-Arrived: Cevlc. from New York; Saxonia, from Boston. Q U E E N STO W N . Dtc. 17.-Arrived: Oceanic, from New York, for Liverpool. LONDON. Der. 17. Arrived: Minneapolis, from New York. PORTLAND. Me., Dec. 17.-Arrlved: Roarlan, from Glasgow. BREMEN. Dec. 17. Arrived: Bremen, from Now York.

H. A. Ritter. Otto Gresham. Gen. John C. Black. Senator E. Ii. Wolcott.

De Pauw University IX G. Hamilton, Rev. George XV. Switzer. Rev. XV. H. Hickman. E. S. Sheridan. John Hltt. Hilary A. Gobln, Roy O. West. Indiana State Normal Arnold Tomnkins, Anna It. ÜorufT. W. Y. Maxwell. Jane Tompkins, Laura Fisher. Laporb? County Alderman William M. Butterworth. Addison Ballard. PENNSYLVANIA'S EL00DS. Lome Efttfimited at Between Three anil Five Million Dollars. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17. Railroad service in this State, which was badly crippled by the Hoods of Saturday night and Sunday, is gradually recovering its normal condition, and by to-morrow morning trains will be running practically on time. Thousands of laborers arc at work to-day, repairing the damage to roadbed and bridges wrought by the rushing water. Various estimates are given of the money loss entailed by the Hoods. Conservative guessers placo the loss at from ".'-""J to $d.iM),o.ii.. So far reports have been received here of the loss of nine lives in various parts of the State. Aoten of the Flood. PITTSBURG. The three rivers at Pittsburg have fallen below the danget line, and the work of clearing away the debris, mud and the reclaiming of lost craft, washed away by the waters, has begun. The upper Ohio valley is still in the throes of the Hood. The water is dangerously high at many points down the Ohio river. The loss suffered by Pittsburg interests may reach $1,.mvai0. " WI L K ES B A R RE, Pa. The Hood situation in the Wyoming valley shows some improvement. The water in the Susquehanna river receded ten inches more during Monday night, but the lowlands are still submerged and all connections between Wilkesbarre and the towns on the west sid( of the river are still cut off. The railroads are getting into normal condition again. E ASTON, Pa. Through passenger traffic on the Ihigh Valley road from New York to Buffalo is practically open after a tie-up of forty-eight hours due to the floodw. No effort is being made to run throuch freight, and all perishable goods for distant points arc being refused. Al'STINVILLE. Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Abner Richards, well-to-do residents of this place, aged about fifty years, were swept down stream while endeavoring to save their poultry from the rushing water. Their bodies were found a half mile from their house, half buried in the sand and debris. SOUTH HARRISBITRG. The high water In South Harrisburg is gradually receding, and work has been resumed in all the, manufacturing plants in that locality. BORDENTOWN, N. J. The freshet in the Delaware river has fallen two feet, and it is gradually passing out. OF A NEW KIND. Roosevelt's Political Ethic Different from the General Form. Kansas City Star. It Is said that President Roosevelt was surprised at the number of letters and telegrams from leading Oklahoma citizens urging the retention of Governor Jenkins. He regarded them as evidence that the people were not accustomed to looking for a scrupulous sense of good taste and propriety In their political leaders. The statement of his reasons for the dismissal was published, lt is said, to call attention to the fact that to the President, at least, there Is not one ethical standard for privae life and another for political life. This feature of the administration has made a deep impression upon the public. People have become accustomed to looking with tolerance upon actions on the part of politicians which they would denounce In men In ordinary business transactions. The politician may fill offices with incompetent men. He is only "taking care of his friends." He may multiply positions, and expenses and bestow contracts on high bidders. "It Is all in the game," people say. Against this dual code of ethics the President is protesting with 'all his remarkable vleror. He intends that the men in federal otlice shall be governed by the Ideals to which he himself is loyal. Against the popular belief that politics must continue on a low ethical plane Mr. Roosevelt has set his face like a Hint. People who have come to accept the old dual code as inevitable have received a shock. Here is a man in the highest office in the land who has consistently preached that the decalogue has its place in political affairs. By his own career he lias demonstrated that a man need not sacrifice his ideals to attain brilliant success In politics. The country needed a prophet like Roosevelt to arouse it from Its lethargy. HAVEN FOR TRAMPS. Home for HoIioh Who Will Submit to n, Cleanliness Tent. CHICAGO, Dec. IS. Chicago will open a municipal lodging house at Nos. 12-14 Jefferson street Saturday night. Honest men who need a bed and food and tramps and loafers who apply to the police stations for shelter will be sent to the municipal lodging house and put through a cleanliness test and a medical examination before they will be given a home. They will also be asked about their lives and divested of weapons. An employment bureau will be opened, and whenever men are wanted the managers of the municipal lodging house will seeg to get their lodgers employment. John H. Rogue is to have direct management of the lodging house for the present. The City Council has appropriated $10.ooo for the purpose. The building on Jefferson street will accommodate Ö) men. ROBBED OF A MAIL SACK. Driver of n Postolllcc Wng;oii Knocked Down at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 17. Oscar Kelling. driver of a mall wagon, was knocked down tonight by three men as he was leaving the old postofflce building, and a sack of registered mail was taken from him. The robbers escaped beforo Kelling could give the alarm. At the time the lobby of the building was crowded, and the sidewalk thronged with men returning home from business. The exact value of the contents of the lost sack is not known. Decision lu u Will t'ac Affirmed. MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Dec. 17. In an opinion handed down to-day by the Alabama Supreme Court a decision of a lower court is affirmed rejecting an alleged w:!l of Miss Julia Wilson, of Montgomery, by which property valued at $l,,i) is bequeathed to the Rev. Stewart McQueen, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter. It is held that the Rev. Mr. McQueen occupied confidential relations with Miss Wilson as her spiritual adviser. Hearnt'n Snit In I)iKinifted. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Dec. 17.-Upon Its own motion the Supreme Court to-day dismissed the three cases of the Chicago American. New York Journal and the people against the Associated Press. The court was of opinion that where there is a local court having jurisdiction. It will not step in and take Jurisdiction in such cases. The court probably will file its written opinion to-morrow. Extradition of a I'lrehn Wanted. COLUMBUS, ex. Dec. 17. A requisition has been issued by the Governor at the request of the state fire marshal for Robert Meenan. who is now at Racine. Wis., and is wanted at Port Clinton on the charge of arson. He is said to have repeatedly set tire to his house, on which there was $:5.on insurance, forbidding the firemen to enter when they went to put it out. Knoxvtlle HoMier Identified. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. P.c. 17. Lowell Spence, a Plnkerton detective, arrived here this morning from Chicago. He positively identified the man under arrt here as Harvey Logan, one of the alleged Great Northern express rot hers. Mr. Sjn-nce had In his possession a photograph of Harvey Logan, which is a good likeness f the man he ld here. One TIiIiik Settled. Kansas City Journal. lt Is now pretty well nssured that Miss Stone Is confined fear some small place, which H only a few miles from some other place, und that she Is either dead er Is alive and in good halth in the latter case undergoing tremendous strain, uf course..

SCHOOL FIRE AT ATLANTA

NEARLY XEW STIUCTIRE DUOS, "WITH A LOSS OF Fi rem at Crawford a ville nnd El wood -Mnn Frmen .Near Lafayette IlurKlarn at Whltestown. ial to the Indianai oils Journal. NOBLES VI LLE, Ind., Dec. 17. The eightroom brick school building at Atlanta, twelve miles north of here, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The house was Lullt three years ago at a cost of $12,000. The trustee, C. M. McConnell, carried $7,a of insurance on it. Eight teachers were employed and UhJ pupils were In attendance on the schools. Temporary ejuarters will be secured in Atlanta and the schools will resume after the holidays. The origin of the fire Is a mystery, as coal was being used in a first-class furnace, recently put in. Fire Due to u Cignr Stump. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 17. The dairy barn of Elwood Frazler, one of the largest in this part of the State, has been destroyed by fire. With it twenty-five head of fine Jersey cattle, many of them prize winners at the leading fairs of Indiana, and several head of horses, were cremated. The loss will approximate J.'J.v.'O. with a small amount of insurance. The blaze Is thought to have been started by some men who were about the barn in the afternoon, who are supposed to have thrown a cigar stump into a idle of straw. Grocery Store Destroyed. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAYVFORDSVILLLE. Ind., Dec. 17.Fire early this morning destroyed the grocery store of George Scaggs. The flames originated in the basement anil caused damage estimated at $4. IMX The stock was insured for $2.so0 in the following companies: Continental. $1,200; Merchants'. xi; Pennsylvania, $5ort; Alliance, $."jGO. The building was owned by Henry Crawford and is insured for $2.0W in the National. EARLHAM ATIILKTICS. Much Intercut in IlnNeball nnd Trnck Teams Collese Note. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Dec. 17. Those interested in athletic affairs at Earlham Coll(ge are delighted with the prospects that institution Is üow enjoying in that line. The interest is now chiefly centered in the baseball and track teams, although football Interests will be kept in mind, and the newmanager for each department has already begun arranging a schedule for next season. There are a number of new candidates for the baseball anel track teams, and just what they can do will be determined by preliminary work in the gymnasium. The prospects for a strong track team are especially good. Several of last year's team will return to school in the spring in time to train. Nearly all the football team will be back next year. Phariba XV. Stevens, of this city, who graduated with the class of lS7y, will go soon to Matamoras, Mexico, to take a position in the Friends' girls' mission school. Lindley D. Clark, 'M. who is a crk In the labor department at Washington, has presentee! to the History Club library a very interesting and valuable volume. It is a copy of "A Complete History of England," by Robert Brady, and was published in ltN5. Pliny E. Goddard, '92, has become an Instructor in the State University of California and for some time has been making a research for that institution among the Indians, studying their languages and customs. Purdue Athletic ClintiKes. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 17.-Furdue is still without a baseball captain, as all the ballots taken this morning resulted in a tie between John McKee, of Cayuga, and John W. Cornell, of Goshen. Four of the five students entitleel to vote participated in the balloting. McKee plays short stop and Cornell holds down the second bag Both are junior engineering students and on a par as players. The election was post poned until after the holidays. Fred C. Hahn, of Indianapolis, right end on the 'varsity eleven, was given the high office of treasurer of the athletic association to-day, succeeding George Olsen, also of Indianapolis. This place is perhaps the most responsible one In the gift of the student body, and this is the first time in many years that lt has been bestowed on an athlete anel a second-year man. Ora C. Herkless, of Carthage, Ind., was to-day elected president of the freshman class. He plays left end on the varsity eleven. Just who will bo selected to take the place of manager in place of J. alter Esterllne. resigned, is a topic widely discussed at present. C. I. Freeman, the athletic til rector, has been suggested for the place. combined with the duties of trainer, and the Idea seems to be meeting with favor Yale has made him a prejposition to join its gymnasium force which he considers very flattering and may accept. Meeting; of Wabash Trustees. Special to thd Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 17. The semi-annual meeting of the Wabash College trustees was held to-day. The trustees present from other places were D. P. Baldwin, of Logansport; Edward Daniels, In dianapolis; Dr. T. R. Paxton, Trinceton; Judge Samuel C. Stimson, Terre Haute. The Rev. G. L. Mackintosh, of Indianapolis, arrived too late for the meeting, as it ad journed at noon. The report of Treasurer T. It. Ristine was approved. It showed the college finances to be satisfactorily han dlenl. The report of Treasurer Kane as to the work of the college during the present term was made and was satisfactory to the board. The college expects to have a spring term for women, nnd if this is sue cessful it may be the commencement of the long-looked-for co-education movement in this college. Hanover Collegre Xote. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HANOVER, Ind.. Dec. 17. The entertain mcnt of the Junior class, places on tho pro gramme of which are awardeel for class standing, was held In the Presbyterian Church last night. There were five speakers. A. L. Boyer was given first place and was followed by V. L. Litterer, Catherine A. Hughes, W. E. Middleton and H. L. Morgan. The term examinations will close to-mor row and college will close until Jan. 2. President Fisher has been absent for two weeks attending a meeting of the committee appointeel to revise the creed of the Presbyterian Church. The committee held its sittings in Washington. Several profes sors will attend the meeting of the State Teachers' Association at Indianapolis dur ing the holidays. OLD 31 AX FROZEN TO DEATH. W: In the Kansas Ante-Relluin Dis order nnd Served In the Army. Special ti the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Dec. 17.-Benjamin Atkins, aged sixty-eight, was found dead in his home near the town of West Lafay ette this morning, having frozen to death some time yesterday. He lived altogether alone. Hie old man was born In Countv Cork. Ireland, and came to this country in lv"5. He soon went to Kansas, where he participated in the bloody scenes of the ante-bellum days. He later enlisted in the Missouri battery which was involved in the famous "hornet's nest" at Shiloh, where he was wounded in the leg. About five years ago he entered the Marion Soldiers Home. and at the tl.ne ot his death was out on furlough. 1 1 11 11 I reel n of Stove Sold. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., Dec. 17. Over 60 coa stoves have been sold In Elwood since Saturday morning anel to-day not a heating stove suitable for the above fuel was to be found at any store In the city. This probably is the most remarkable result of the blizzard which has neid tnis city in its fiilD tor threo days. Gas as a fuel has been

relegated to the rear in hundreds of homes and will meet a like fate In many more as toon as stoves can be had. The total

nadequacy of the cas supply is demon strated on every hand schools are closed, church services were abandoned, many of the smaller factories are running but part of thfe time and business is stagnate. A few nres have resulted from the irregular gas pressure without much loss. Much Damage at Fort Wayne. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 17. The cold weather of the past four days has caused an immense amount of elamage in Fort Wayne. The low gas pressure and the sudden lowering of temperature has caused a general freezing up and bursting of water pipes. Some of the largest business houses in the city have been deluged, and the dam age to stocks is very great. The shortage of gas has renewed the old warfare against the gas company, and the City Council is preparing to enforce the ordinance which requires the company to give a rebate to everyone proving an insufficient supply. ScIiooIa Were Dlmleel. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. : GREENWOOD, Ind., Dec. 17. The fur naces In the new schoolhouse could not heat the building sufficiently and work was suspended in six rooms. The demand for wood and coal has been so great for the past two days that the local supply is about exhausted. Gas pressure is at a minimum. IXDIAXA OIIITL'AUY. Funeral of the Late D. W. Mlnshnll ut the Family Residence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 17.-Funeral services for the late D. W. Minshall were held this afternoon at the residence on Cherry street and were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Jesse Bowman Young, of the Walnut Hills Methodist Church, Cincin nati, assisted by Chancellor Hickman, of De Pauw. Dr. loung was a nephew of Air. Minshall. The body was placed in the Minshall mausoleum at Highland Lawn by the side of Mrs. MlnshalL who died several years ago. The pallbearers were John T. .Beasley, Eelward Sendelbach. It. v . Marshall. Bertis McCormlck, S. C. McKeen and Jacob Baur. The services were attended by repre sentative citizens of Terre Haute, several bodies like the Commercial Club and the Charity Society formally sending representatives. Mr. Mlnshall's will will not be made public for several tlays. Funeral of a Centenarian. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. ALBION, Ind., Dec. 17. Mrs. Caroline Hass. living with her son four miles cast of this city, was buried to-day. She was born in Germany Oct. 20, 1S01, and died on Dec. 15. Her life was mostly spent In the fatherland, as she came to this country but ten years ago for the purpose of making her home with her sons, who hael precedeel her here. She was very active till about one year ago, but since then had been confined to the house, but not to her beul much of the time. Other Indlnnn Necrology 'lal to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 17. Major XV. II. Lough, of this city, to-day received word of the death of his father. Levi Lough, at Eureka, Kan. He was ninety-three years old. He was for many years a resident of this vicinity. John Burgess, a pioneer resident, aged seventy years, died last night at his home near Whitewater. He was a native of England. He held membership in the Friends' Society. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Dec. 17. Mrs. Sarah Bush, aged eighty-two years, died to-day from infirmities of age. She was born in Freeport, O., and rame here in lbU7. WRECKED TWO SAFES. BurRlnrs nt Whltestown Secured Only 1f.HO nnd Some Jewelry. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 17. Burglars visited Whltestown between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, bi oke into the Citizens Bank, a private Institution owned by Preston Smith, ex-county treasurer of Boone county, . worked the combination of the safe and blew open the second set of doors with dynamite, but failed to penetrate the vault, where $2,000 was stored. The explosion hurled a small piece of the safe door through the front window and across the street. After failing in their purpose to reach the money in the safe the burglars wrote on a card the letters "O K" and left the card in a consplcious place. From tho bank they went to Laughner's drug store, forced an entrance and with a charge of dynamite blew the ordinary iron safe to pieces, secured $t in money an 1 some jewelry and escaped. The explosion in the drug store awoke two women who had rooms above the store and one of them went to the window to Investigate and saw three men drive away In a southerly direction in a buggy. The burglars, previous to visiting the bank, had broken Into Saul Turner's blacK smith shop anel secured a sledge hammer, a file, chisel and other tools which they left In Laughner s drug store when they escaped. MERCER IX FLIXT BOTTLES. Plan to Combine All the Companies, with 9.10,000,003 Capital. PITTSBURG, Sept. 17. Efforts are being made to combine all of the flint bottle manufacturers of the country. J. G. M. Porter, of Chicago, is the promoter of the plan, and the expectation is that by March or April next the combination, under the name of the Continental Glass Company, with $30.C0,000 capital, will be completed. If the combination should fall the intention of the manufacturers is to establish a selling agency as a preliminary step to a merger later on. A meeting was held last night to ellscuss details, and another has been called for the near future. The Pittsburg Seamless Bottle Company and II. J. Heinz & Co. have refused to join the proposed combination. THE DECLIXE OF XO.ME. Coin minis Man Discusses Conditions in the Alaskan Gold Fields. -:pclal to the Indianapolis Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind.. Dec. 17.-Fred G. Donner, a brother of William II. Donner, who has large financial connection with the American Tin-plate Company's establishments at Monessen and Donora, Pa., has returned to his home in this city from an extended visit to the Alaskan gold fields. He left Nome on Oct. 10. Mr. Donner thinks the current newspaper stories of the fabulous strikes of gold are not borne out by the facts. Once in a while some individual makes a fortune, but the opposite is the rule. In speaking of Nome's decline he says that before the exodus began last July there were 12,000 to 4v people there; now perhaps but 3,500 to 5,000. Many others would leave if the means were at hand. Regular work brings $1 an hour that Is, $t or $7 per day and board but the labor supply far exceeds the ilemand. In July, lvt'j, meals were $2.50 and $1 was the lowest price for a common bed. Now meals, and better meals than served in ls;f.. are to be had for 50 cents and sleeping accommodations can be had for the same pi ice. As the courts out there are kept busy adjusting claims, Mr. Donner considers Nome a good field for lawyers. HIS ARM DROPPED OFF. Intoxicated Mnn Fell Acre n Hot Steve and Lay There. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' TUSCOLA, 111.. Dec. 17.-C. B. Kennington. a business man of Fairland, a small town ten miles northeast of this city, left his home In an Intoxicated condition this morning, for his place of business, and when he reached the store he went in and locked the door after him. No one could pain entrance during the morning, and he did not go home to dinner. Citizens became suspicious and broke Into the store. They found him unconscious, where he had fallen upon the redhot stove, slth his arm lying across It. When he was picked up his arm dropped off, and It Is expected he will die. Wayne Ceiunty AKrlculturlxtn. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 17. The Wayne County Arlcultural and Horticultural As-

sociation, which has maintained an active existence for many years, has organized for the coming j'ear by electing these officers: President, Caleb W. King: vice

president. Rev. R. D. Laughman; recording secretary, Walter S. Ratliff; corresponding secretary, Joseph C. Ratliff; treasurer. J. P. Xorris. Reports to the society show tnat wheat has lost much In condition the past two weeks. Clover is in fair condi tion. It is thought the supply of corn will be larger than necessary to carry stock through the winter. DyliiK 31an (ilven 11 Divorce. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANS VI LLE. Ind.. Dec. 17. This afternoon William Blockley, aged thirty, who is elylng, was carried into the courtroom and was granted a divorce from his wife, who abandoned him several weeks ago. Nothing like this has ever occurred here before. Blockley had his insurance policy changed to the name of a friend who has been caring for him. He had to adopt the friend as his child under the law. Blockley at one tune was worth considerable money. Opened an Artery with Shears. Si-oclal to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 17. Frank A. Kelley, a Cincinnati mechanic, arrived Sunday, having tramped his way and arrived In the city with his feet frozen, and destitute. He was taken to tho poer farm, and the humiliating nature of his plight so preyed upon him that he committed suicide by opening an artery in his wrist with a pair of shears. Cowglll Will Oppose 3Injor Steele. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind.. Dec. 17. This evening Cary Cowgill made the positive statement that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in this district. He has not made a canvass of the elistrict, and until yesterday was undetermined whether to go into the race. He will oppose Major Steele, of Grant county. Charles II. Good, of Blackford, is a candidate, and Frederick Landls, of Cass, also may enter the fight. Meeting: of Coal Operators. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Dec. 17. The Indiana Coal Operators' Association met today for their quarterly meeting with twenty operators present. It is said that no action was taken as to a further advance in prices, and that only routine business was transacted, together with general talk about arrangements for tho annual national joint meeting with the miners next month. k Great Scarcity of Engines. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PERU. Ind., Dec. 17. The Wabash Is having considerable difficulty In finding engines sufficient to move its business during the cold weather, as so many have to be in the shops for repairs. The Lake Erie & Western is having the same kind of trouble, but is having even a harder time, as the shop force here Is so reduced that it is not sufficient to keep the engines going. Recovered n Long-Lost Pin. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPOUTE, Ind., Dec. 17. Two years ago, while she was a resident of Elkhart, Louise Engle, aged fourteen years, now living in Laporte, swallowed an ordinary pin. She has suffereei intensely at periods since and has been the victim of a form of poisoning which has proved an enigma to the medical fraternity. Last night she coughed up the pin, and the attending physician declares she will get well. Body Found In the Woods. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 17. Several days ago Jacob Barrett, a farmer near Zanesvllle, disappeareel and since then a search for him has been in progress. To-day his body was found in the woods a mile from his home. It is thought he became exhausted and fell, and froze to death. He was seventy years old. Subsidies Voteel nt Warsaw. WARSAW, Ind., Dec. 17. Two railroad subsidies were Voted to-day, $37,000 to the proposed Toledo & Chicago Transfer Steam line, which is to run from Streator, III., to Toledo, O., and $25.000 to the Logansport, Rochester & Northern Traction Railway Electric line, which is to run from Logans port to Kendallville, Ind. Youiis Man Takes Strychnine. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind., Dec. 17. Jacob Lam pert, a young married man of this city. tried to commit suicide late to-night by taking twenty-five grains of strychnineNo cause Is assigned for the act. His con dition is critical. Indiana Notes. PERU. A committee of twelve leading citizens has been appointed to solicit sub scriptions to the extent of $3,001 to insure a Y. M. C. A. building for the city. If the amount is raised the Wabash Rallroael Company will give $(1,000 and Miss Helen Gould, as before announced, will give books and equipments equaling $2,500. The inter est In the movement is general and there is no eloubt that the project will be car ried through successfully. The building will be used for railroad men and others jointly. RICHMOND. The Tanhandle Railroad Company has taken out a $100,000 building permit for itr new depot. E. E Stacy, state Y. M. C. A. secretary, and Mr Hall, a member of the international com mittee, were in Richmond on Tuesday and met the committee that has charge of the project to build a "i. M. C. A. home in this city. The outlook for this enterprise is re ported to be excellent, and the local com mittee feels greatly encouraged. The work will be fully launched within a few days. SALEM'. The memorial services of the late Judge David M. Alspaugh were held In the Circuit Court room Monday afternoon, all the members of the bar and many citi zens attending. W. H. Paynter was chairman of the meeting and William Voyles secretary. Addresses and eulogies of the deceased were made by Judge T. B. Bus kirk. J. C. Lawler, for twenty-five years Mr. Alspaugh's law partner. Prosecuting Attorney Thomas llonan ana many or the Salem bar. NOBLES VILLE. The Farmers Institute of Hamilton county has been in session in the Presbyterian Church of this city for the past two days. The cold weather kept down the attendance, but unusual Interest has been manifested in the subjects dis cussed. The speakers were O. A. Somers, of Kokomo. E. II. Williams, of Irvington. Mrs. De Vilbiss, of 1'ort Wayne, and Sen ator T. J. Lindley. S. M. Smith, A. A. Lind Icy, E. H. Collins, Charles McConnell ard George M. Yo"ng, 01 this county. ELWOOD. Edward Boggs, a tin-plate worker, and his wife were caught on the Panhandle bridge over Little Duck creek by a switch engine and jumped to the ice. twenty-five feet below, to prevent being run over. The woman had a leg broken and suffered serious internal injuries and the man was badly burlsed. The engine was backing at a high speed and the storm and darkness prevented it being seen and heard in time for them to escape from the bridge FORT WAYNE.-The McKinley Electric Railroad syndicate has organized two new companies, known as the I ort Wayne & Northern and Fort Wayne & Southern Traction Companies. It will build electric lines from here north to Auburn, Waterloo, Oarrett and HlcKsviiie, and south to Deca tur and Bluffton. Its line between here and Huntington Is now in operation and in course of construction westward toware; Marion. THORNTOWN. Fremont Cason, hea: miller of Thorntown Milling Company, was seriously injured Tuesday morning while trying to throw on a belt. Three ribs were broken and probably some internal injuries were suffered. WARSAW. Jesse Perkey was so badly frozen In the outskirts of town Monday night that one of his hands must be amputated. ELKHART. The Elkhart County Bar Association has elecided to hold a banquet at Goshen on the evening of Dec. 29. Killed lty MtroKlyeerln. BUTLER. Pa.. Dec. 17. Thomas L. Edwards, aged thirty-seven, and Charles D. Parker, twenty-five, both of this place! were instantly killed thU evening by a terrific explosion of nitroglycerin which completely wrecked the nitroglycerin factory ef II. Hume t Co., about a mile and a half from here. Not a shred of the two unfortunates could be found, and the site of the magazine was marked by a hole twenty feet deep and forty feet in diameter. Polish PrlestM I nder the Ban. SCRANTON. Pa., Dec. 17. At to-day's convention of the prles;a oi the Scranton

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diocese Bishop lloban formally pronounced the ban of excommunication against all the independent Polish priests in his diocese. This is aimed particularly at Rev. Frank Hudor, of South Scranton, and lie v. John Merrick, of Wilkesbarre, who have been conducting independent churches for several years. MAYOR-ELECT OF BOSTON. Interesting: Life History of ficn. Patrick A. Collins. Doston Journal. The life story of Gen. Tatrick A. Collins Is an interesting one. Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, was the place of his birth, and the date of that event was March 12, 1841. When four years old he became an Immigrant through force of circumstances. Ills father had died, leaving the family dependent upon the resources of the mother. The problem of rearing her family In Ireland during those terrible j-cars was a tremendous one. The alternative, America, extended a hope that there would be opportunities for herself and her children which were denied them in their native land. So she gathered up her children and her little effects and sailed for this country and established a domicile in Chelsea. Patrick was sent to school until he was twelve years of age. Then he became the office boy of a lawyer, and it was in this offico that his dreams first began to take definite shape. How to realize thorn was another question. He had no means to pay for his education, and the necessity of helping hi3 mother took every penny that he could earn. In the lawyer's office his earnings were so small that he resigned and went to work in a store. Kven then the prospects were far from bright, and, following the westward star, which held out an alluring invitation, the family moved to the new country of Ohio, where Patrick worked at various trades, .and even dug coal as a miner. Ho was then but thirteen years old, but he saw that tho opporeunities which he had hoped to find there were not in harmony with his dreams. so ho returned to Boston, two years later, and became an upholstery apprentice in the store of F. M. Holmes & Co. Ills progress there was rapid, and in a short time he was made foreman of the shop. At that time the trades union movement was in its infancy, but he was from the start a strong believer In lt, and he was at one time the only foreman in Boston, in that particular trade, who was a member of a trades union. He was promoted to the position of secretary of the union, and was later selected as a delegate to the Trades Assembly, a body corresponding to the Central L,abor Union of the present day. While working as an upholsterer he determined that he would become a lawyer, and after he had accumulated a little money he resigned his position as foreman with E. II. Tirabrook & Co. and entered the law office of J. M. Keith. This was in November, 1SC7, and the month previous he had been nominated as representative. He took his seat In the House of los, then a young man of twenty-thrte years, was reelected, and then served two terms in the Senate. During his legislative career he applied himself to the study of law, and In April, 1871, after completing his course in the Harvard Law School, he was admitted to the bar. For the next ten years he closely applied himself to the practice of his profession, although he maintained his Interest in political and other public matters. In 12 he was made chairman of the Democratic city committee, and served two terms in that capacity. In 1876 he was elected dele-gate-at-large to tho Democratic national convention, an honor which he also received in lbSS, and 12. In 1SS2 he was elected to Congress, and re-elected In and 1', declining a fourth nomination. At Washington Ms ability as a legislator was recognized, und he received an appointment on the Judiciary committee. During his last term he was also a member of tho committee on the Pacific Railroads. He was one of the originators of the national bankruptcy bill, which has since become a law. Mr. Collins advocated lt in several speeches, but lt was Impossible to secure its passage at that time. The original bill was reported in March, li, and although it did not become a law for fourteen years, it may be ?nid that lie is entitle to a large share of the credit for its ultimate success. He also Interested himself in the international copyright bill, the bill for the settlement of the French spoliation and Alabama claim, and was interested in securing their settlement. From 14 to 18'jO Mr. Collins was chairman of the Democratic state committees. It is said that his speech in Albany in behalf of Grover Cleveland In 1S84 was the pivot on which Mr. Cleveland's election turned. Whether that be certain or not. It it true that it was a masterly effort and it had a great influence in turning the tide of votes of those. Irifcn by birth or descent, who were being attracted to the candidacy of James G. lllaine. Mr. Collins resided In South Ho?ton from lvtj to lv when he purchased the beautiful estate on Mount Ida. in Dorchester. This he sold when he was appoint d consul general at London by President Cleveland in lv93. and he now resides on Corey roid, Brighton. His family consisfs of his wife, two daughters and a son. General Collin s wife was Miss Mary L Carey, of Boston. His title, by the way. Is one which he never makes use of. although he 1 frequently addressed by it. It was conferred on him by Governor Gaston, in 1ST3, when he made him Judge advocate general on his staff. He is interested as a director In the International Trust Company, and is a mcmb r of the Union Institution for Savings. I7e is also chairman of the American board of trustees of the National Assurance Company of Ireland, lie is a member and a past president of the Charitable Irih Society, and also of the Catholic Union, which he assisted in organizing. He li also a member of the Manhattan and Democratic clubs of New York, the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts, the New Lngland Tariff lleform League, the

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