Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1903 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1903.

Balfour's Matern nt in the Mouse of Com

mens outlining ;rat Britain'" attitude. : and the warnings of Austria and Russia to Bulgaria prove that these three nations are In accord, and the advices received at . my embassy show that France and Germany approve th policy of Russia and Austria. War between Turkey and Bulgaria might lead to a general conflagration. It is to prevent torn plications of such a grave character that every effort Is being madf by the power to maintain peace between those countries, f'p to this time Bulgaria baa been holding herself in hand and I bope this will continue, although the state Sjf public- feeling could conceivably cause on or tin Mhr to pr-elpltate hostilities. l have no information regarding the exart destination of the Russian squadron, but within forty-eight hours it will reach whatever point has been selected. There to no doubt th.-it the sole object of the dispatch of the squadron is to mak Turkey understand that Rux-ia is in earnest and that her d'-inands must be complied with. "I have confirmatory advices a to the general character of the revolution. Tur L , h i n fru. Vtoi-wl -1 a fur ail t h milltarv I uperatto'i within her cwn territory arecomcerned. but the suppression oi the revolt is not a matter of a week and the longer it drags on th- greater the fear of international complications, which all the powers are laboring to prevent.'" WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and Warmer. Followed hy ( londy and Hhonem. WASHINGTON, Aus;. 17 Weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday. Indiana Fair on Tueaday; warmer in north portion. Wednesday partly cloudy; probably showers and nobler in north portion: light to fresh cant to south winds, becoming variable. Ohio Fair on Tuesday. Wednesday partly efoody. with showers and lower temperature; fresh south winds. Illinois -Fair Tuesday; warmer in north and central portions: showers and cooler at nlirht or W'.it In northern portion; fair hi south, fresh east to south winds, becoming west Wednesday. Kentucky and West Virginia Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. Lower Michigan-Fair In south, showers in north portion Tuesday. Wednesday showers .-end cooler; fresh south winds, ibably squalls In north portion. Wisconsin Show rs and eooler in north; fair in south portion Tuesday: fresh south Winds, possibly Mali in north portion. Wednesday fair, except showers and cooler iii aoutheaal portion. Iowa Fair anl warmer Tuesday. Showers and cooler at night or Wednesday. South Dakotn-Showers Tuesday: cooler In central and east portion. Wednesday fair. Kansas Fair and warmer Tucj-day. W ed l da -til. Minnesota- Showers Tuesday; cooler In southeast portion: brisk to high southwest winds near Lke Superior. Wednesday fair. Nebraska Fair and warmer in ea-t. sliowers In west portion Tuesday; cooler in northwest portion. Wednesday fair. North Dakota Fair Tuesda. preceded by showers in extreme eastern portion, v Inesday fair. Local Observation on Monday. Bar. Th. It If. Wind. Wethr. Pit. 7a. m.. 30.08 2 7 N east. Clear. 0.0 fp. m.. 30.110 4 N'eant. Oar. 0.00 Maximum t mperature, &!; minimum temperature. z. Comparative utcmcnt of the moan tempi rature and total precipitation on Aug. 17: , Temp. Pre. Normal 74 0.10 Mean 70 0.00 Ieparture for day 4 0.10 departure lor month 7 0.86 Departure since Jan. 1 10 8. 54 W. T. BLYTHE, Section Director. trsterdar'i Temperature. Station?. Min. Max. 7 p. m. Abilene. Tex , Aioarlllo. Tex is Atlanta. Qa S Bismarck. N'. D Buffalo. N. Y G Cairo. Ill 6 Calgary. Alberta 54 Chattanooga. Tenn 8 'heyenne. Wyo 54 t'hicago. Ill 4 Cincinnati, O 2 Cleveland. O 58 Columbus, O. 58 Concordia. Kan 64 Davenport. Ia 50 Denver. Col. 58 Dodg City, Kan 36 Dubuque, la 56 Duluth, Minn n Kl Paso. Tex 70 tJalveaton, Tex 80 Grand Junction. Col fij Crand Rapids. Mich 58 Havre. Mont 56 Huron. 8. D 90 Helena. Mont 60 Jacksonville. Fla Tt Kansas City. Mo 62 lenders. Wyo Uttle Rock. Ark 72 Lioulsvilie. Ky 6 Marquette. Mich 62 Memphis, Tenn J Modena. I tah 56 Montgomery. Ala 72 Nashville, Tenn 70 New Orleans 78 New York 62 Norfolk. Va 70 North Platte. Neb 64 Oklahoma. Okla H Omaha Neb 52 Palestine Tex 76 Farkersburg. W. V. 60 Philadelphia ti Pittsburg. Pa 58 Pueblo. Col 60 Qu Appelle, Aasin 60 Rap'd City, S. D 60 Bt. Iouis 68 St. Paul. Minn 62 Salt Lake City. Utah.... 64 San Antonio. Tex 74 8e.nte Fe. N. M 58 Ehreveport. I at 74 Springfield. Mo 66 Valentine. Neb Washington Wichita. Kan 100 74 ss . 1 1 SN NJ 72 M 72 84 KJ M S2 82 80 94 !6 M t ss :i 88 SO :i l M 74 no 94 78 7s 81 S4 SJ ! 84 S2 80 86 82 84 !6 78 SJ 80 so 94 78 so 84 70 68 a 74 76 70 80 72 78 78 7 ;.; 7s 70 62 92 84 12 1-2 84 414 86 76 TS 84 80 80 74 J 88 80 80 m; 78 74 7 S4 as a Ts 90 2 ! 7S 70 76 Ecaema, Ko Care, No Pay. Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to ure Ringworm. Tetter. Old Ulcers and Sores, Hmples and Blackheads on th face, and all skin diseases. &0 cents. Inventory Sale Negligee Shirts Ail our regular $1.50 line of .50 lln Manh 1 Negligee Shirts, including the Manhattans, now mi All our regular tl.5 and $1.00 Negligee Irts new. Men s Half Hose All our 10c and II. -e IM 75c Men's Fancy Half So 3 Pirs for tfl.OO FALL STYLES in MIM. F.RH an.l STKTSnNS Celebrated liata are now ready for your insp:i.-n Danbury Hat Co. No. l ast Washington St.

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II M H) t 1. 1 B OKI I. Kr IF. - Slaters of Providence Depart from M. an Reunions in the State Indiana Senn. Special to i w Indianapolis Journal. HAMMOND. Ind.. Aus;. IT.-Tln- Bachelors' Club of this city Jias taken up the fight in behalf of the unmarried men of Hammond who are assailed by Mayor Knotts. in a request to the different in- ; dustnes here asking that they be süpplanted hy married men. The club was called by President Susemihl to-day and resolutions were drawn up denouncing the action of the mayor. They set forth that if may not be convenient or practicable for a bachelor to marry in order to save - i- job and that a man cannot buy a wife as he would a hat or a pair tt new shoes The Hub promises to do all in its power to convince single men that the community would be the better for their marriage and asks the manufacturers n . to dismiss them peremptorily without a hearing. The meeting between the mayor and manufacturers has not yet taken place-. R E I ION OF l RTIMIAI.ES. Fl ily of thnt Name Ha n Most Intereatina; History. j Tipton Tribune. On Aug 2 the Martindale family will have a reunion at the Anderson fair grounds, and it is expected to be an interesting gathering. The Rev. Klijah Martindale, the father, came from Virginia in 1K20 and settled near New Castle. He had fifteen children born to him. fourteen of whom survived and bocame heads of families. They are scattered from New York to California. There were eight boys and six girls five of them now living. They are S. C. Martindale. an attorney at And i son . E. B. Martindale. prominent in the business affairs of Indij anapolis. residing at Indianapolis; J. B. Martindale, connected with a large collecting agency and living in New York; Robert Martindale. of Hartford City, long since retired from active business; William Martindale. of Peru, Ind.. a retired business man. The girls are all dead. Samuel p. Martindale was a brother, and he was at one time one of the best known residents of Tipton. It ia expected that there will be at least 300 of the children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren at the Anderson meeting, as an effort is being made to have them all present. This is the first reunion of the family, ami an effort will be made to have it of an annual nature In the future. IHOth to Meet at Tipton. b-,'v ial to th Indianapain Journal. TIPTON. Ind.. Aug. 17. -The members of the One-hundred-and-sixt'eth Regiment Indiana Volunteers of this city are completing the final arrangements for the reunion to be held here on e:.iesday. Aug. lit. The reunion promises to be the largest ever held hy the regiment. Several loci I speakers will deliver addresses. M. W. Foley, of Crawfordsville. will deliver the principal address in the afternoon. In the evening a camp tire will be held in the opera house. Blar Family Renninna. tjasafal to tr. Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO. Ind.. Aug. 17. One of the largest reunions in Indiana this year was that of the Endicott and Stewart families in this city yesterday. The family association elected officers as follows: President, J. M. End toot t. of Pom; vice president, Frank Kepner, if Klrthind; so -retary, John Kndicotl. of rrtnkfort; treasurer. Carl Kndicott. of Russia vi 1 1 . Ilonaovell a Member of This Ian. Special to the Indianat.oli Journal. VALPARAISO, Intl.. Aug. IT.-Thc annual reunion of the- Iin willio lan will bo held at Hebron, this -ounty, Sept. 5. President Roosevelt is a memhor and is always SMMMBd with an invitation. While novor able to attend he always sends a letter every year, which Is read at the reunion. (rent ( roTrd Kxperted. Special to 'he IndianapoÜH Journal. GOLDSMITH. Ind.. Aug. 17. The old settlers of Tipton county will hold their eighteenth annual meeting at Gohtsmitb Saturday, Sept. 5. The attendance has been from 15.00(1 to 25.000 for several years, and this year Is expected to excel all previous records. Lake C oanty'a old Settlera. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind.. Aug. 17. Lake county old settlers hold their reunion at Crown Pdnt, Aug. 26. They will collect and preserve the old-time relics and curiosities with a view to exhibiting them. Osdcnltea to Meet Sept. 2. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. OODKN. Ind., Aug. 17. The aixth annual Ogden reunion will be held in J. A. Moffett's grove on Wednesday. Sept. 2. A. J. Moffett is president and Joseph Allen secretary. Sixty-Third nt i ovlngton. Sp". ial to the Indianapolis Journal. BRIDGEPORT, Ind.. Aug. 17.-There will be a reunion of the Sixt -third Indiana Regiment at Covington, Fountain county, .... rphi.Mni' iiir OT 4 Oil iiiuioiia.i, .luf,. EW ROI TE SI R KT ED 72 For Kttrndon of Nhelbyvllle Electric 7 7g i Line to Greensbnrg. 2 Special to the Indianapolis Journal Ml r. I ,n I I I . I . I. . 111U.. .Allg. h.- i no meal traction company's engineers have found it necessary to survey a new route for the extension of the interurban line to Greensburg. According to the first plans prepared th line would run along the north side of the Big Four Railway and cross the tracks by an overhead crossing a few miles from thii city. Rights of way are now being secured on the south side of the Big Four propert. and. aecordlnSj to the new survey, the line will not cross to the other side until half the distance between the two cities. The traction line will pass under the Big Four bridge which spans Flat Rock river. v , - . v . i . wr v -i . mm .. . . - lnyor to Drive Firt piW'e. Special to th India naHilis Journal. fUCHMONp, lud. Aug. 17-The Kästeln Indiana Tract ion Conpsjrjr, which exto begin work In Richmond soon, is arranging for . demonstration when the Ural spik' is driven. The work will begin on the Richmond end of the line and the J plan is to have Ifavor Xlsiinman drive the tlrst spike Chief Enginee r Crankshaw sai 1 lo-da that he is now only waiting ' on material to begin the work. Wfl Ron 4 ara b ThanknajlT Ihr. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MAKIU.n, ind., Aug. n.-Tne graders working on the Marion and Kokomo traction line reavchsd the Grant county line at SOStl to-day and work is being pushed with all possibl. - I II. u. I nomas, an of flcial of the company, said to-day that cars would he run mi g mi the line between this city hikI Kokomo before Thanksgiving. u iniN gP Kit HMiiM) rot Um Palmistry tu Ke Licensed Hot Unter Heat Plant. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RPHMONO. lud. A;ig 17-The City Council to-night iasel an ordinance de signed to put an enl 1. the practice of . iair am . pslmlstry. fortune telling anl the like. It provides for a license fee of f for oiif day, l f,r oiu week t for one month. The ordinance i t,. result of complaints that residents of the city hnve be'n im)Msel upon anil robbed by many suc h practitioners. The t.'ourt il granUU tu K. iv. tfhvra aa

I ordinance to install a hot water heating plant. The ordinance is modeled after that passed at Indianapolis. It is for thirty-five year and provides that 3 per cent, of the iiet earnings be paid Into the city treasury, Construction of the plant is to be pushed.

I ORV OF A WIM.. RecHlliiiK Honmiiee of an Excursion to Laken SUtern Years A 140. I F pre-ial to the Indianai-olis Journal. IN' INNATI. Aug. 17-Mrs. Frank X 1 Barrett's will, disposing of some flo.Oftrt. was filed to-day. In the first line she asserts she is Mary A. Norris and not Bar rett's wife. One-third of the property is left to a son by a former marriage, Charles A. Brown, of Oregon, one-third to a sister. Ethel Brown, and one-third to Elizabeth Enochs, of Riehmond. Ind.. her sister. Bar- , ' . . L, rett dann d t hiit w hile on an excursion to the lakes, sixteen .wars ago. they were married by one of the party claiming to be a minister. They lived together till last June, when the wife was taken to a Catholic hospital. She became a convert and refused to live again with the supposed husbarl. She died in June, and while the funeral was in progress a paper demanding $lo.Ojn damages for allienation of affeotion I hy Barrett and was served on the aister. Mrs. Enochs. LAFAYETTE VRMl L. !. I.hi. ociation Fixen Hate aa Uet. to IO. Sp. ial to HM) Indianapolis Journal. LA FA YKTTK. Ind., Aug. lT.-W hih- the air is still full of the echoes of the carnival that ended Saturday night, and while M the atfOeU there still stands the eviden -s of the shows e docted under the aOSpiCSa of the Red Men. the Lafayette Fall Festival Association, which is eomposfl of members of the Iafayette Retail Merchants Assoc iation announc e that a fall festival will be held in this city from Oct. 5 to 10. President Fred Meyer, of the retail merchants, la also a member of the board of polii rommlaalonw. aud on account f his public offic e he decliues to become president of Um festival, a position he held with lxnr last year. He was empowered with authority to appoint a festival chairman, and this afternoon he annoOBCSd the ;ippointment of William F. Klein, who was i lastly identified with the festival last year. Mr. Klein this afternoon called a meeting arrd appointed William A. Shipley. L W. Schafer. Ben Horn. John F. Ruger. ttdfpar A. Taylor. R. B. 8pellman. Joseph Reftemeir. J. EL Pauley and K. K. Curtis his advisory board. The board rganized by electing K. K. Curtis secretary. J. E. Pauley treasurer, and sanctioning th:- appointnn nt of Mr. Klein. Tamm W. Schooler waa named chairman of the privilege committer. The festival this year will be the greatest thing ever attempted by th- merchants. They propose to erect a gigantic theater or stadium, and to give in this stadium a continuous jrograimn of sjKrts ami amusements. The stadium will bo free, but other and smaller shows about the city will charge admission. SISTKRS LK K ST. M ARY'S. One Thousand Were mt the Retrent. Which CleS Saturday. tre'ial to the Indianapolis Journal. TORRE HAUTE. Ind., Aug. lT.-Sitcrs of Providence left by hundreds to-day for their assignments for the ensuing school r-.iv in the parochial school? In northern cities. Nearly l,ou sisters wer.- at the r?trtat at the mother home of the order St. Mary's of the Woods. The order is preparing to op n two new missions in Chicago, one in Boston and one in Washington. Tlo- sisters have adopted a slight change in their habit by which a stiff whit- linen collar replaces the soft white linen. It i- not much of a change to the ordinary observer, but to persons familiar with the habit it is almost a radical change. Cm EDITOR'S "St OOP." The Voiimk Man of the tall "Had a Bta wUI in ;iri." Special to the 1 ii.l in n.i i 1 ir- Journal. LAFA I KTTlS. Itxl.. Aug. 17. I.a.-t night, in wst L&fayette, ooeorred the trtddtng of C?taelaa A. s cn-r. city editor of the Call, and Miss n.tr.t Weyher. The wedding v;is very fpiiet. and was a partial secret. .Mr. Segner was intervicwcl on his comlns marriaco last iiisht by I reporter. and Hfter talking shm t tim Mr. S ki r remarked that h -hal a date with his girl." The morning MWlpftptr man unsiis-(-tingly allowed th- city editor of his e-iiinf rival t aeore a ghtatng scoop tefore his i yes. .Mr. BaajaOff has done newspaper work here and ,t Mum ie, and is well known. H nsd hin lrid- will Spend a lew weeks in the East before returning home. Ol.. H Oft KL. AW ITS PI. AX. He Has n Scheme for Taking; Better Care of Boy Tramps. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. terrk HAi'TE, Ind.. Aug. 17. goi. Alexander Hogeland is in the city to promote the better enforcement of the curfew ordinance. He says the reports he has received convinced him that the enforcement was lax. He also wants to deliver an address to the City Council in behalf of other movements, one for the passage of ordinancea under which boy tramps may be taker, in t harge and held at the city's expense until the location of their homes can be learned and arrangements made to send the boys ba k. The City Council has had such a measure before it, but there is doubt as to the right of a city to pass the ordinance. Colonel Hogeland is also Interested In a movement to separate boy prisoners from older criminals. IMPORT A YT QIESTIO SETTLED. Bloomingdale Debaters Solve Philip. pine Problem. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOM l NODALE, Ind.. Aug. 17.-The debate of the Alumni Association Saturday evening was largely attended. The question was. "Resolved that th lnitej States should hold the Philippine islands as colonial posBessions." Affirmative. C. YV. Pearson and L. J. Brown: negative. W. Q. I.vies and Harold Henderson. The decision of the judges gave two votes to the affirmative and one to the negative. The judges were Thomas J. Brown, of Oarmel. Ind. Prof. John Llneharger. of Montezuma, and Prof. A. F. Mitchell, of this place. The Alumni Association elected new officers: Warren Goldsberry. president; C. V. Pearson, vice presldem ; Miss Allie Newlln, sec retary; Arthur Pickett, treasurer: Mrs. F. H. Hobos, chairman Programme committee. CffAKOatfl T I. I Institution to Hate Nov Assistant Instructor in Ph.vNl; special to the lndMiiaolis Journal. BLOdfllNCrrOK, Ind.. As. 17. -Prof. R. n Rasssey a. v.. 1896, lat.- .i the tJsJssrsity of .Missouri, ha- at SB t hosen assi?t;cnt instructor in physics to succeed Prof. Knipp. who PSSS to Illinois Cniversity. Prof. Ramsey is a Ph. I . from Cornell. Prof K. R. Cummlngs. trnu-rly Instructor in ajsjaiaary here, lnts been appointed as acting professor ' lg.v in place of Prof. V. F. Mjrsters. who i t- Study in Kurope the coming year Prf. Cummlngs la a Ph. D. of Yale. KYK M I KD VI MM mum.. tniount Dpinauiicd of Mu.icle Pulp t nnipmi) by Former Hmploye. Special to the Indianedi Journal. Ml NC IK. Ind. Aug. 17.-Kdmond H. Hacker, of this c ity, asks JlO.liOO for the loss of his right eye. He brought suit for that amount to-day against the Munde Pulp Compunx. where h was emplove.l last Jannary. A pleee f steel from the rim of an 1 AS I mm m kl.. - J- mV emory wheel Mew Into his ye. destroying the sight Mil. Mil Kl -X RK OKI). tiood Woman of Kouts. lud.. Who Una Adopted Tsrulj-Fhc t hiidren. Special to the Indtanapoli Journal. CHICAGO, Aug. 17.-Holding the vorkfl r-ord for adopting and raiding the largest ! family d other peoples children, Mrs. Mary

K ! Shuey. almost wept recently when she saw J a number of motherless children playing I about a south side orphanage and realized that her old age she Is 87 years old would not permit her to adopt and raise another large family.

Mi . Shuey home Is at Knuts. Ind.. nut she H now the guest of friends here. She is spry and can outdance her niece. Child- ' less al! her lifo she has in sixty years of i wedlock adopted and raised Do less thau twenty-five children. Tlül; prison PROBLEMS. Reform ominiNition IIa Opened It Session at Xichinnn lt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MICHIGAN CITY. Ind,. Aug. lT.-The i new prison reform commission, which was J constituted by enactment of the last Genem 1 Aaoemhlv fnrmollf -iiw.t-i.xl itM 4liiti.ll , , " , . session at the prison to-day. The members llf thp ,.limmi-sirin MFe v t. French. Alex- ' andria; C. G. Mauzv. Fowler; J. L. Rupe, Richmond; warden. J. D. Reid. this city; W. if. Whittaker. superintendent f the I Jeffersonvllle Reformatory, and A. W. But- j ler, Indianapolis, secretary of the State Board or Charities. All members or tne hoard are orient, with the exception of Superintendent Whittaker. The law places Od the hoard the duty of investigating the condition of la US and workhouses of the State and prison labor generally for the purpose of formulating a practical and comprehensive plan l'r a satisfactory solution of these problems. The eommlttKf on Client the rtav investicatI jngr th.e conditions that exist at the prison and studying the convict labor question. Th- sessions will be resumed Tuesday, and it is expected that on Wednesday the commission will leave for a brief tour of Inspection of jails throughout the northern part of the State. FAIR GROIAD STABLF.S III BM H. An Fstimated Loss of s.r,oo at I nnrencrhnrs. Special to th? Indianapolis Journal. LAWRENCEBTJRG, Ind.. Aug. 17.-Three hundred stables at the fair gTounds WSfS totally destroyed by tire this afternoon, entailing an estimated loss of $4,50i. The Are broke out about 1:30 o'clock, and under the influence of a stiff breze. spread with great rapidity. O. D. Cunningham. I local horseman of some note, was severely burned about the hands, face and neek m a Cattle effort to .ive valuable effects from his stables. A number of blqoded race horses were in the stables when the lire broke out, but, wltn one exception, were saved. ni.TIHKS TO ÜOI.niKRS' HtdlK. Major James B. Mulky. Veteran of the Mexican War. Special tu the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ipd.. Aug. 17. Maj. James B. Mulky. now past eighty, went to the Soldiers' Home to-day to spend the rsjMjndef of his life. He is a Mexican soldier, h:is Served as president of the Mexican Vete ran Association and was a warm, personal friend of Governor Morton. He is very feeble and able to move about only on crutchi a muni FOR PR MSIDKM' BROW. Head of nlnaralfto School Might Make a iovernor. Special Ui t ic Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind.. Aug. 17.-The large number of graduates of Valparaiso College throughout the State have, through the alumni association, started a. movement favoring President H. B. Brown, of Valparaiso College, for Governor on the Democratic ticket. ilMMI OF TVPHOIU. Ilarrodsbnra; Having- a Tussle with the Dread Disease. sje tul t'. Um Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINOTON. Ind., Aug. 17.-The little town f Hnrrodsburg. twelve mtls south o here, is fn a siec of typhoid fever. Within the past week twelve cases. Includingwl 1-k Mown ellistens. have levlopeJ. and sonn an dangerously ill. A well is in licvc il to I)- i-'spongible for the trouble. IHM I Kl)I IOR UBWIKi UlmoiirKF Ihr s. itlrnx m or Nesi-oo. In Porter I onnty. 4 BptH Ial to the Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO, Ind.. Aug. 17. Küitor A. J. Bowser, ot the 'hesterton Tribune, this county, has taken the initiative in an prpanized opposition to the srttlomont of negrocs In Porter rounty. where a. colored man. John Wilgon, last week narrowly escaped lynching: for assaulting- Mrs. 1. S. Birk, the wife of a farmc. He says editorially: "The settlement of nejrroes from the South in this county means that fear would enter the home of every farmer in the county, and our wives, daughters aod sweethearts would be exposed to a fate more horrible than death in any form, property values would go down and lynchlngs would follow " The proposition ia to discourage in effective ways all negroes from locating within the county. An I n identified Demented Man. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind., Aug. 17. A strange insane man is in the Boone County Infirmary awaiting the efforts of the authorities to identify him. When arrested he claimed he was a lecturer and had lived in the world a million years and in the flesh seventy-three years. He said his name was William Henderson, and then declared there was nothing In a name. He wears good clothes, and has a grip containing a Prince Albert suit. He is about fifty y. ars Of age. His collars are marked 'William B. O'Conncr." but he says this is not his name. Among his possessions are a Bible and picture of William McKinley. Wayne County Rural Carriers. Special to ihe Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 17. The rural mail carriers of Wayne county met in this city and completed an organization to be known as a branch of the Indiana Kural Carriers" Association, The only work done at the first meeting was to complete the organization. Harry Fisher. Richmond, was chosen president; Oscar Werking. Hagerstown. vice president; A. t Walker. Hagerstown, secretary; Richard L. Walker. Cambridge City, treasurer; John L. Du Granrut. Milton, corresponding secretary; Harry Fisher, Richmond, delegate to state convention. Indiana Weddings. H ARRIS-B1NKLKV. Special to the 1niiaiiapolif Journal. TIPTOM, Ind., Aug. 17. Miss Clara LJinkhyy, daughter of Mr. ami Urs. Henry Binke . and Fremont Harris, of Indianapolis, wer- tarried at the hone t the hrtdsi parents, on South Fast Street, yesterday. Only the immediate relatives of the bride were present. nd the marriage wa a surprise t the friends of the bride in this city. The Rev. I . S. A. Bridge, pastor of the Main-street Methodist Church, performed the ceremony. They will live in Indianapolis. Itclatives 1 nable to Agree. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAPOHTK. Ind.. Aug. 17. Balsar Crane and Oscar McCormlck have begun proceedings in Laporte Circuit Court to haw Henry P. Crane, a respected and wealthy L. polte rounty farmer, adjudged of unsound mind and a receiver appointed for his estate on the ground that h' is Incapable of managing the same, other relatives will contest the appointment f a Ivor, so that Uvell iegiil battle is anticipated. Cmne is well advanced In years and has been in feeble health for some tltlle. It'a Mortmuc I. if led. social io the Indianapoli Journal. I MUNCIE, lud. Aug. 17 The Union Trust Company of Indianaolis tile.j notice to-day of the r. leas- oi Stio.tKK.t mortgage held on the prop- i t ot the Heat, Light and power Compani or this elty. Th amount has been paid in lull. t.as l'ontan Not DistHraned. apSttal to the !ndlanaoli Journal. i'Aoi.1. Ind.. Aus. i7.-v ii drfUara hsrs who were seeking gas and oil drilled to a

depth of nearly 1,400 feet and failing to strike either gas or oil, stopped drilling. The local company having V.w drilling done is undaunted by the failure In this well and is making preparations to have others drilled in different parts o4 the county. The company is confident t at gas or oil underlies the territory In thus county.

Indiana Obituary. RICHMOND, Ind.. Aug. I7.-Aaron G. Oano. an aged and prominent resid'iit of Richmond, died suddenly to-day of heart failure. The widow and daughter. Miss Laura Oano. survive. The body will be taken to Cncinnati for cremation. The funeral of Dr. J. W. St Clair was held hi the Methodist i'hurch in Milton Sunda y. It was one of the largest ever held there. The Odd Fellows turned out In a body, the lodges at VntervilU . Fast l rmantown. Dublin and Cambridge City sending representatives. MARION. Ind., Aug. 17 Fx-t 'ounty Recorder Charles Lillibridge. one of the le-t known c itizens of Orant county, died at his home on South Gallatin street this morning after a sickness lasting over six years, II' M prominent in politics for years and was a member of many secret societies. NFW CASTLE, Ind.. Aug. 17. Thon.as Ice. aged eighty, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of this county, is lying at the point of death at his home, north of here, as a result of a severe stroke of paralysis. PORTLAND, ore. Aug. 17 Sarah J. Scott, wife f William T. Scott, a prominent citizen is dead. Mrs. Scott was boru at Cat y don, Ind. CHURCHMEN AT MUNCIE III MMtKDS OF METHODIST PROTESTANTS GATHERING THERE. Annual state ( onferenee of the Church Thla Week Call Extended hy Columbn Baptists. Special tu the Indianapolis Journal. MCNCIE. Ind.. Aug. 17. Hundreda of Methodist Protestants from all parts of the State :re expected in at 111 111 this week to attend the sixty-fourth annual State conference of the church. To-day about 100 visitors and delegates had arrived and more are expected to-morrow when the conference gets under way. The convention will be in session the entire week, c losing next Monday morning. The president, W. W. Lineberry. will preside. The conference opened this evening at 6 o'clock when the meeting of the faculty of instruc tion was bsjd. The formal opening wag at 7:45, Whan the Rev. W. A. McCorkle. pastor of the Muncic Church, delivered the address of welcome. J. R. Lanhnrt responded. This was followed by a sermon by the Rev. Fdarard Hawkins. Tuesday morning an examination of candidates will be held and Tuesday afternoon the Rv. James Barclay will deliver i lec ture to students. Tomorrow evening one 't" the most important numbers of th week s programme will occur, the diamond jubilee service in com memoration of the seventy-fifth annivetBaiy of the founding of the church. . - m - CAPACITY OF W IX OX A TAXED. People Still ArrhiiiK to Attend the Bible C onference. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 17. -The people are still arriving at Wtnons Lake by hundreds, to atb'iid the Ninth Annual Bible Conference and it is estimated that the attedanco to-day :s as large as that of any day s meeting of last year. Summer visitors at the park have bc n compelled to leave their rooms iu grder that th preachers anl church workers might have places in which to stay, and hundreds of the regular raasmer visitor, who Waited to remain for ggf oral weeks longe.-, have been compelled !- return home. Major I 'de. of Adrain, Mich., opened the meetings to-day with a devotional Bei' V Ice al i::u. ir the hap 1 of the Inn. Ho spoke OB the "Jew" and, his religion. At S o'clvjck the Rev. Thomas ML Chainiere, of Pittsburg, had charge of the meetinp and an hour later the Rev. James If. Gray conducted the Bible hour service. Marcus A. Bronson. .f Philadelphia, and l. W. Munhall. I. D.( were, the principal speakers at the regular morning service m th- auditorium at U In the morning. In the afternoon the meeting was in charge of the Rev. Joseph Kyle. D. P.. of Xenia, 0.. and Marlon lavriiee. of Toledo. O.. and Prof. R. R. Lloyd, D. D., of Kvanston, 111., were speakers of note. The Rev. J. W. Van Deventer. of Dundc Mich., conduc ted a children's meeting ou the hillside at 2 in the afternoon, and a good attendance wat present, in the evening the speakers were. S. D. Gordon, of Cl"eland. and Rev. John Robertson. D. D.. of Glasgow, Scotland. Practically al' of the speakers on the programme are present, the only exception so far being the HCT. W. W. White, of New York city, who will not arrive until Tuesday. Holiness Association Adjourns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NSW ALBANY, Ind.. Aug. 17.-The sixteenth annual camp meeting of the Ohio Falls Holiness Association closed last night and all of the workers and many of the campers have left the grounds. The officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President, M. J. Gerrish. of Seymour; vice president. George Greene, of Jeffersonvllle; secretary and treasurer. K. K. MePheeters, of New Albany; superintendent. H. J. Martin, of New Albany. Of the workers the Rev. C. W. Ruth has gone to Indianapolis; Dr. I). V. Brooks and the Rev, and Mrs. M. J. Harris, to Mount Vernon. 111., and the Rev. C. K. Cornell to Wichita, Kan. City of White Tents. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GR K N WOOD. Ind.. Aug.. 17 Greenwood Park has been converted ! into a city of white tents for the Salvation Army, which is in camp here until the 24th. At the meetings yesterday the pavilion would not accommodate the crowd of Hirt f n II I The meetings were in charge of Staff Capt. Atkins. Old-time songs were sung and great interest was shown. They exp t by to-day a large; number of visiting volunte rs. making it the largest meeting ever held here. They have some twenty-five tents on the grounds for accommodation. On Wednesday ex'enlng a stereoptlcon lecture will be given and on Friday evening "Thr Drunkards Home" will be given. Talks will be made by rren wh have experienced such homes. On Saturdny Brig. (Jen. Blanche Cox will arrive and assist during the remainder of the encampment. olnmhus Itnplists i:teud t all. Special to the I., i. .. , . Journal. COI.CMBIS, Ind., Aug. 17-Yestei day the csssjregatlen f the First Baptist church extended a c all to the Rev. W. C gTversSQ, wh graduated last ear from Franklin college. It is not known as et whether the call will be aeoentod. This church has been without a regular pastor since last spring, when the Ren . F. O. Lamoreux resigned the charge cm account of the ill health of his wife-, and went to the Pacific coast Will Ask. for Pastor's Beturu. gpOt SU i" mt Indianapolis Journal. VALPARAISO. Ind.. Aug. 17-The M. K official board at s meeting unanimously recommended that the Rev. M. H. Appleby, who has bepn pastor of the local Methodist church hers for five years be returned at the annual conference of the Northwest Indluna M K Conference, which convenes at South Bend next month. linclcmcir Societies f onveatloa. Se ;;l t, the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Aug. 17.-The annual convention f the Christian Kndeavor aoCletSM Of this listri t will bC SSM at Lewisvllle. Ind.. th- last week in this month. Thomas McMeans. of Rl hnr-nd. district secretary, is nw completing the programme. Obltnary. riULADLLPIIIA. Aug. 17 MOSSS Pollock, said t t. the oldest publisher and bookselhT in the Cnited State. Is dead at hhl home her. He was born In IM 7 and sp :u s v nt.v-t w years in the book business. Most of the- great American lilr:ris are Indebted p. his collections.

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lilt II I H i: MS iih' IMKRI'.M FROM M l. UVKK HtM)SIF.RD(M. Snmll Fires at tireensburg Terre Masons to gsjH a alnable Lot Minlnit Tomrn. PORTLAND. The town of Geneva Is to have a big after-harvest fest on Aug. -7. The tire department is promoting the enterprise with a view of securing money with which to purchase a lire-fighting apparatus. A thief Sunday night stole a team of blooded draft horses from the barn of Charles Pontius, a wealthy farmer living west of Genem. A Travelers' Protective Association post has been OTBjai here with Kdwatd Vancil as president. Charles Bishop as vice presielent and J. P. Holmes secretary. RICHMOND. The dagMH of Wodard Lodge of Odd Fellows Is getting into splendid condition for the contests to lc held at the meeting of the Seivreigii Grand Lodge in Baltimore next month. There will be a large gathering of Knights of Pythias in Ric hmond on Tuesday night. They eome on the invitation of Coeur de Leon Lodge, which will confer the Brat rank on two candidates. The places to be represented are Eaton and New Paris. 1 Centerville. Ablngton and Cambridge City. VALPARAISO. The annual session of the Porter County Teachers' Institute will be held in the M. B. Church here from Aug. 24 to Aug. 2. The instructors will be Dr. Iange. superintendent of nature study iu the St. Paul. Minn., schools; Vice President . P. Kitisey. of Valparaiso College. Miss Nannie C. Love, supervisor of music in the ochOOll of Muncie. will have charge of the mush'. Dr. Lange"s subject will be "Nature Study-' and PfoflmmH Kinsoy's ttbject "Literature-. " Ml'NCiK.-The Pickett, the winner of the three first prises at the Cincinnati dog show last week, is owneel by Herman McDonald, of this city. The Pic k tt is a regIstered Knglish bull pup. He- took prizes In the special edass. No. 12."2 A.' novie' 12R.1 and open 1254. The Pickett was bred to Ivel Rott by Bohea and Is registered in the American Kennel Club. He will be entered In the New York dog show in Madisonsquare Garden in October. The pup is now valued at $4o0. HARTFORD CITY This city will have six window glass factories In operation this year, representing a total capacity of 304 pots. Fred Nlcaise. who is one of the best known blowers In this vicinity, has organised a co-operative company and will least the plant of the Blackford Glass Company, which has moved to Vincennes. It is composed of thirty-three stockholders, each of whom will have gttS in the company. The plant can be pure-hased for S6.00U. TBRRB HAFTE. A joint committee from the various Masonic- boeli.-s In the city has decided to recomemnd that the r scant lot long owned by the Terrs Haute Masons be sold at a price not less than gmjHI and that another site for the temple on a street not so noisy as Main street, on which the lot is situated, be bought with part of the proceeds of the sale. The new temple wil! 1"constructed with the view of making h exclusively for Masonic- uep. NEW ALBANY. George Strack, councilman from live Fourth ward, fearing bodily injury at the, hands of William Erdman. who. be claims, was advancing on him with a c lub, tired a revolver at him. but the bullet misled, and Councilman St rack c ontends h" intended only to frighten Erdman. Th- latter recently lost his position In ihe street department and blamed Strack for his removal. No arrests have b en made. BLOOM I NC DALE. The nin ty-sc nssj birthday of Mrs. Elisabeth McCoy was celebrated on Sunday with a family dinner party. Jesse McCoy, ol Indianapolis, came down to spend the day with his mother. Mrs. Thomas Marks, a daughter, from Tangier, and her family were here and other relatives who live near by. There are five generation represented in this family, there being one great-great-grandchild of Mrs. McCoy. WINCH ESTER. -The County T a. hers' institute began its annual session he re today tinder the management of County Su?upeTintendnt Paris. Thr attendance- is now atoiit 17.". anil the interest tlrst das. The InstroctOfS are Prof. Karl Barnes, f Philadelphia. Prof. L. M. Sniff, of the Tristste Normal. Angola, and Prof. J. H. Kurtz, of Chicago Cniversity. who has special charge of the music. GREP.N8B1 "RG. A fine barn, with Its eontenrs. including a horse, oats, wheat and farming implements, the property of c. A. Sefton, near Sandusky, was destroyed by lire Monday morning. A spark from the engine set tire to the sawmill of Thomas Dewey at West port at noon, and destroyed the mill and a quantity of lumber. The loss Is 11.500. PERI. The committees In charge of the combined celebration of Labor day in 1. ru are informed that great crowds will attend. All organizations of Logangnort. Wabash. Huntington. Marion. Alexandria. Jonesboro. Gau City and several other gas belt plaees will be here for a combined celebration. MARION. With appropriate services the junior members of the First Baptist Church were graduated Sunday evening and given diplomas making them full members of the church. It is the first time in the history of the city that diplomas have been granted through a church organization. SI'LI. IVAN. The census of Hugger, one of the rapidly growing mining centers east of this city, was completed Monday. The population is given as 75721' voters and 173 families, t'ntll two years ago this place was practically a mining cs.mp. A special election has been called for incorporation. AI .KX ANDRIA. Monday saw the formnl opening of the Alexandria street carnival under the auspices of local filiform Rank. No. Wj K. of V. Aside from the people connscted with the attractions but few people are in the city, and Interest does not promise to be equal to that of former years. KKW CASTLfK. The Rev. Milton Wright has brought suit for $10.000 on the bond of tin members of the Whitewater Radical U. B. Conference, who recently filed an Injunction suit against him to keep him from presiding at the meeting at Ifemfcfc a couple of weeks ago. SHKLKYYII.I.l". At the close of business Saturday the assets of the First National Bank were something over tl.oon.000. This is the highest mark ever reached in the history of the bank. DIED FROM EXHAUSTION. Vounn Woman Who Kaaayed to limit California Mountains. SANTA BARBARA. Cal., Aug. 17 -Miss Catherine Grathwol. a chool teac her of St. Paul, died yesterday on the mountain trail to the summit of the Santa Yuez range und there aas some question as to how the woman met death until an inquest developed the fact that death was rjunasg by heart failure brought abstK by exhaustion. Miss t'rathwni had redtiested tne friends, with whom she was making the ascent on horseback. t proeeeel without her, after half the distance- had be-n covered, saying that she would await their return. The party went only a couple of miles and then returned and found her prostrate- Im.! In the sun. Kfforts to revive her were futile and she died half an hour later. Th" other members of the party have returned u jured. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. i HKRBOI'Ri;. Aug. 17 -Arrived: Kronprinz Wilhelm, from New fork for Brnrr Sailed: Friederieh der Crosse, from Breme n for Ne w Yorl . YOKOHAMA. Aug. 17. Bailed: Bm press of China. frm Hong Kong, Shanghai and J I logo, for Vietnam and Yancouver. BRISBANE. Aug. 17.-Arrived: Mlow. -r.t. from Yancouver, via Flonoiuln. for Siney. N. S. W. DREMKN. Aug. 17. Arri ve.l : Barbarossa, from New York via Plymouth and Cherbourg. NEW YORK. Aug. 17-Arrived: Minnetonka. from London; Noordam. from Holte rd. MOY1LI.K. Aug. 17.-Arrived: Furnesela. from New York for Glasgow and proceeded. I. I 1,h;NK. Aug I. -Sailed: Pbeonicia. from Hamburg, for New York QIJUKXyW, Aug 17 - Arrived: Sardinia:., from Montreal, via Liverpool. LIZARD. Aug 17. Passed: Lancastrian. frem Boston, for Ixindon. ANTWKRP. Aug. 17-ArrlveU: Zeelsnd. from N w York. LIYKRPOOU Aug. 1. -Arrived: Lucaula. from New York. HAMIU Rtl. Aug. 17. Arrived: Moltke, I from New Vorg,

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creola 10c. ALWAYS EVERYWHERE Save the Bands RAW IS BOOMING AGAIN TWO I i : l POll It HltllM.I ÜESTHOYEÜ AT K I IV. A Third Mrortnre I llarfly ttrakrnrsj ; Xiiiiia and Telephone 4 antra Are t mi rie d ini), KANSAS CITY. Aug. 17 Boats are sgim in use to transport persons between thtwo Kansas Cltys, the Janns-stre t foot und waffeui bri.U- .end the Metropolitan Street-railway Company's bridge over the K.ciisns river having been carried out by the strong current. The river is higher than at any time since the June flood and other stru tines are in danger The wrecked bri lges were temporar) pile affairs c onstructed hastily two months ajro. A furth r rise is cxpecte-d. as half a doxMi tributai'- s to the Kansas west of licre ae bank full. Tle river lus been lurbuknt tor over week past, snd the strong current baa brought in gmit quantlti' of driftwood. The Jmes--ti-eet brtd(f vii partly wracked veaterday. Soon after it wnt out thlR morning it floated down and took out th- atreet-ratlway bridae. severing the main line if communii Hticm bitom tn rir carrying with it the Kansas City gas main and telephone cable. To-night Ihr Knal eu were in nsarfcneaa. The rTkan f the two bridges finally lodged again-t the t'hicago (irfat Western Railwa bridge. and while It weakneel that tracture .end put It out of service, it will, it la nelie . d, remain intact. VICTORY FOR OPEN DOOR AMRRK W niPI.OI CONS KW TRIl'MPH IN 1HIW. Treaty la to Be Mlnned bMristeriBg that Mokdrn and Ta-Taas-Tso Mcnll Be Open Porta. WASHIMiTON. Aug. 17.-Miniter ConK r. 't Pe king, has tired a written promise from Prince Chins to sign, on Oct. . a treaty with the I nited fltatea. which will Inc lude a guarantee that Mukden and Ta-Tung-Tao shall be open ports. PEKING. Aug. 17 The arrangen t made b Minister Conger for the signing of a treaty between China and the 1'nlted States providing for the opening of Mukden end Ta-Tung-Tao on the date of Rus.tn premised rtnai erssmatlesi of Manchuria, ends the stubborn resistance by the Chlne, which for some time promised to be suce lafML Prince t hing made one defense after another until all were exhwusted. r rtrst aigueel KuHsian opposition to the opening of these jorts. H- the n said that he was not Informed that Russia had consented to the opening. Finally be refused on t :ie pre und that China was unable to open towns which were held by another power. Winn the present aettkment was piopoaed with the- explanation that China must presume that Russia Intended to fulfill h r evacuation agreement, Prince Clung reluctantly in. Ta-Tuna-Tao is a email port which does not promise much business to attract frelgners In the near future He opening Is mainly lmiortant aa a victory for the opendoor principle. egrn Killed Kosr Men. HEFLIN. Ala.. Aua. 17. News has just reached here that four men w rs killed and nln" wounded iu Randolph county the latter I.irt of last week by a desperate negro named H. Sledge. The sheriff and poaae nr.- In pursuit, but have not et been able to capture the murderer. The theft of a watermelon started the tioubh arrie m ion Arretted Anal. BAYON'NK. N. J.. Auk. 17. Mra. It Nation was locked up here this evening harget! with disorderly conduct, ghe llected a crowd by haranguins n a street corner and then ran around among the ni- n striking cigars. pn- .ml Igarr tts frotn ther mouths until a polh-eman arrested le r. Mhiic Mniilic I Bodirs. BF.R1.1N. Aug. 17. A T.MnK t a dispatch received by the Frankfort Xeltimg the river near Monastir. Macedonia, is full of the mutilated bodies of women and children who have ben massa red by Turkish bashl-baaouks. Forty tlronafd r Killed. IIK.IINHFOR. Finland. Auk 17. A r-rlbh-ue-e ident occurreef on latke Tyk- jard yeetrdav. The upp t iee k of a esae!. c-onveying eople from church. .II a peed, anl frt peraona mere drownd ur kilUei. aiol many others were injured. Printing Plant Detroed. NORWALK. O.. Aug. 17 -The printing plant of the Lansing Comiany waa practleally thstrnjred by tire eaily l"-clay Lm about flOti.eao. fully lnM.ired. Mnmimii lemple halted. Cl.K KI.AM. Aug. 17.-1 Me to-night destroyed th- thr'-.- i '-i t fheors of the Miimutic Temple and gutted tUe lower fl an. losa is STi-vaXi.

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